The wind above the clouds carried a hint of coolness, brushing across the surface of the hot spring and creating slight ripples.
Lu Ming leaned back relaxedly against the edge of the cloud hot spring. The warm water submerged his shoulders, making him so comfortable he almost drifted off to sleep.
On the other side of the pool, Lin Hua was humming a tune tunelessly, idly tracing her fingers across the surface and watching the warm water slip through the gaps between them.
She lay in a soft cloud hot spring, her face filled with pure delight.
She marveled to herself that after living for so many years, this was the first time she could fly freely in the sky and even soak comfortably in a bath atop the clouds.
This magical experience had long since made her forget her previous disbelief in Lu Ming's gadgets.
Just then, Lu Ming heard movement from the villa below. He glanced down out of the corner of his eye.
A familiar black sedan was slowly pulling into the villa's garage; it was the car his parents usually used.
Lu Ming immediately stood up and rubbed his eyes. After confirming he hadn't misseen, he said to Lin Hua, "Sister Lin Hua! My parents are back. Let's go bring them up so they can enjoy the cloud hot spring too."
Hearing this, Lin Hua, who had been soaking with her eyes closed, suddenly popped her head out of the water and leaned her upper body over the edge of the clouds to look down.
Seeing the situation below, Lin Hua's eyes lit up. "Okay... Great! Let Uncle and Aunt see these magical gadgets of yours too!"
Lu Ming nodded with a smile, got up, and put on his clothes by the pool. With a thought, the gravity mechanical watch on his wrist flickered with a faint red light.
A gravity field instantly expanded, enveloping Lu Ming. He slowly floated up, hovering steadily above the hot spring.
Lin Hua stepped out of the pool, picked up her coat from the side and draped it over herself, then took out her bamboo copter, pressed it onto her head, and flew down after Lu Ming.
Halfway down, Lin Hua's eyes darted around. She called out to Lu Ming, "Little Lu Ming! I want to discuss something with you!"
Lu Ming looked at Lin Hua suspiciously and asked warily, "Sister Lin Hua, what are you trying to do now?" Seeing her shifty gaze, he added, "Sister Lin Hua! It's fine if you prank me."
"But if you dare to prank my parents, just you wait and see how my mom will give you a thrashing!"
Lin Hua's mouth twitched as she realized he was right. Her Little Aunt wasn't as easy to deal with as Lu Ming! She had no choice but to follow Lu Ming down dejectedly.
Before Lu Ming and Lin Hua could even land in front of the villa, they saw his parents walking out of the garage hand-in-hand.
Lin Wan and Lu Ye stared blankly at Lu Ming and Lin Hua flying in mid-air.
Seeing this, Lin Hua's eyes sparkled, and she completely ignored the warning Lu Ming had given her about his mother.
She got ahead of Lu Ming in mid-air and spoke in an extremely cold tone, "Hmph, mortals! Why do you not bow upon meeting this Immortal?"
"If not for the karmic ties between us in this life, this Immortal would surely have seen fit to punish you."
"I appear today only to bid you farewell. I and Little Immortal Lu are about to return to the Heavenly Realm."
Watching Lin Hua spout nonsense one line after another to fool his parents, Lu Ming's mouth couldn't help but twitch.
Lin Hua, you rascal! You're actually risking your life just to prank my parents. Lu Ming truly admired her courage.
Lin Wan and Lu Ye were completely stunned. Looking at the babbling Lin Hua, although they didn't believe a word she said, they found it even harder to believe that Lin Hua and Lu Ming were actually flying in mid-air.
Lu Ming couldn't bear to watch any longer and hurriedly flew down to explain the situation to his parents.
Lin Hua pointed at Lu Ming in disbelief. "You traitor, you actually sold me out!" Seeing this, Lin Wan's face darkened as she shot a fierce glare at Lin Hua.
Lin Hua had no choice but to back down, shooting a glare of her own at Lu Ming.
Once the parents fully understood the situation, they both reached out to Lu Ming to ask for bamboo copters. Seeing this, Lu Ming took the remaining two bamboo copters out of his Manufacturing Space.
After receiving the bamboo copters, the parents couldn't wait to try them out. It didn't take long for them to master their use.
Lu Ye flew over to Lu Ming and landed. He held the bamboo copter and was just about to say something when Lu Ming interrupted.
"Dad, if you want to ask about those blueprints in the study, I can tell you that I drew all of them."
"If you want me to produce bamboo copters to sell, I can only say it's impossible."
"Even if I did produce them, would you even dare to sell such a magical item?"
Lu Ye was left speechless. Seeing this, the mother flew over from the side and patted the father's shoulder.
"Alright, don't think so much! Our son is a genius; he can handle his own affairs."
"I just heard Lin Hua say, Little Lu Ming!"
"That you made a hot spring on the clouds above our villa. I need to go experience it right away."
Lu Ye was stunned but didn't say much more. "Let's go back and change into swimsuits, then we'll go up and try it."
After changing, the parents followed Lin Hua and Lu Ming and soon arrived at the edge of the hot spring pool on the clouds. Lin Wan looked in amazement at the steaming pool in the center of the clouds.
She couldn't wait to pull Lu Ye into the steaming hot spring. Lu Ming and Lin Hua followed, finding comfortable spots to soak.
Lin Wan and Lu Ye soaked in the comfortable hot spring, washing away the day's fatigue.
"Little Lu Ming! Why don't we come here to soak every day from now on!" Lin Wan suddenly said after soaking for a while.
Lu Ming thought for a moment, gave an "Mhm," and then took the omnipotent cloud processing gas out of his Manufacturing Space to introduce it to everyone.
"This is the omnipotent cloud processing gas I created. With it, you can perform all sorts of processing and manufacturing on clouds."
"It doesn't just have hot spring gas; it also contains many similar gases, like floating pool gas, red wine hot spring gas... and so on. You can switch between various functions at will."
"When we go back, I'll put it in the living room. You can just grab it whenever you want to use it."
Lin Hua listened intently to Lu Ming's introduction. "Little Lu Ming, I didn't expect this small can of yours to have so many functions!"
"In the future, I must experience every single one of these functions."
Lu Ming's mother, Lin Wan, also chimed in, "Yes! I want to try such a magical thing all the way through too."
Just then, Lu Ye looked at his son and asked, "Will using this thing so freely cause any trouble?"
Hearing this, Lu Ming said calmly, "It's fine, Dad! After you're done using it, just turn the clouds back to their original state."
"So this gadget can even turn clouds back to their original state? How truly magical," Lin Wan marveled.
After the family soaked comfortably on the clouds for a while, they turned the clouds back to their original state and returned to the villa.
Lu Ming placed the omnipotent cloud processing gas on the living room table.
Lin Hua and Lin Wan also began busily preparing ingredients and cooking tonight's dinner.
In the blink of an eye, Lu Ming had finished dinner and washed up. He returned to his room and entered the Manufacturing Space once again.
This time, in the Manufacturing Space, Lu Ming produced the upgrade for the Rock Climbing Safety Rope: the immortal binding rope.
This manufacturing process wasn't as complicated as the previous ones; it was quite simple to make.
Lu Ming emerged from the Manufacturing Space and lay on his bed, thinking about the day's events.
As he thought, he fell into a deep sleep, dreamless throughout the night.