Zhen returns and she takes a few of the pieces of wood and piles them like she saw her classmates do on the trip.
XiXi mutters, "How am I going to light them?" It dawns on her... "I'm a Sorceress !..didn't I make blue lightening strike that globe?What if I start the spell right there and aim at the wood? It is worth a try ."
Should I just skip to that part, hmmm... right before I exploded the globe. XiXi has a serious look on her face, arching her eyebrows, and biting her lower lip. She sits on a rock to think about it, crossing her legs, her hand resting under her chin. She hikes up the robe, it's going to be hot today, I can tell.
Zhen casually walks over and pulls the robe down over her legs. What position is that she is sitting in, so unladylike.
XiXi pats him on the head chuckling, you are so funny.
"Zhen, I am going to try something here so stand over by that large rock, on second thought stand behind it. Actually, crouch down on those little legs of yours behind the rock and cover your cute furry head."
"..." What is the little Sorceress planning.
Zhen has a sinus headache from the swim in the freezing lake so he doesn't question her, just runs over behind the rock.
XiXi stands in front of the twigs and aims her finger. She concentrates all her mental energy looking at the neatly stacked pile. She pictures in her mind's eye a blue white flame then aims. She chants the few words she said previous to the globe exploding.
Suddenly blue lightening comes from her finger,surrounded in blazing flames shooting towards the pile of wood engulfing it in flames. She jumps up and down in joy until she realizes the flames might be too large. She grabs a gourd and hurried throws some water on the flames to bring them down to a reasonable level.
Am I glad we are close to the stream, that could have been disastrous!
Zhen comes out from behind the rock when he hears her panic, but he sees her sitting on the ground on the part of the ripped robe, putting the seasoned palm leaf wrapped fish on skewers, a nice little fire going.
Wow! She did it!
She slices the vegetables with a jagged piece of rock, they look pretty like I intentionally made them with irregular edges. I wish I knew where Siyu got those red potatoes, I could use lemon too.
" Zhen, come here I heated up some medicine for you but its only warm, The gourd can't take too much heat. If it tastes nasty, I grabbed a few grapes when we were by that vine. They will be sweet and get rid of the horrible after taste."
She pulls out a couple juicy purple grapes and lays them on the cloth next to the medicine bowl.
He looks at her and rubs his paw on his eyes. I can't believe she is so thoughtful to this ugly little beast this King has become..
I will reward her heavily when I return to power. She could enter my harem as my Empress. Yes..my Empress.
XiXi tends the fish while Zhen drinks the medicine. Yeesh, she was right it tastes horrible! He shoves two sweet grapes in his mouth.then lays on the cloth and falls asleep from the medicine. XIXi pats his head and covers him with part of the cloth.
I wouldn't mind being on my own in this world with little Zhenny as a friend. But, I need to get back home..I wonder where Dad and Feng Tian are?
I don't know how I will explain what I'm wearing. Maybe Yun Tai will return to his home then I can retrieve and clean that dress.Yun Tai,.. Please God don't let anything have happened last night. I was drunk from that wine and Yun Tai was drinking from that leather flask.
What if?She shivers..
No, I won't even think about that. I will just avoid him at all costs.
Back at the hut, Yun Tai is just waking up. The Old Master was right if you drink too much from the flask it is like 'The Sleep of the Dead'.
I haven't slept that soundly in a hundred years, his mouth feels so dry and his head is pounding.
I will cultivate for awhile and practice my breathing to get rid of the headache, but I am so thirsty.
He rolls over to see the little Spirit Cat is gone. He squints his eyes and looks around the room. So it decided to leave while I was asleep..angry, he sits up, Damn cat, not appreciating my kindness.
Yun Tai looks at his half naked body and barely remembers falling into bed last night. His dreams were so vivid though they are etched in his mind. He puts his hands behind his head lays back on the pillow recalling the dream he had last night. I was dreaming of a woman next to me...it was so real, that wine does have hallucinatory qualities if you drink too much.
He felt her soft supple naked body and long silky hair next to him. He couldn't resist, moved her closer to him and wrapped his arms around her, kissing her sweet pouty pink lips. His body growing hotter by the minute, he pressed his lips tighter and pried her lips open with his tongue. She was softly moaning as his tongue intertwined with hers, his slender fingers moving down her body.
Her creamy white skin was heating up, he could feel her losing control. He brushed her hair away from her face and looked into her deep eyes, her long eyelashes leaving them half veiled.
She grabbed him around his neck as though she didn't want to ever let go. Their bodies on fire molded together, he continued to deeply kiss her. Their intimate embrace was sending what felt like Dragonfire through his body, his heart was pounding next to hers.
Right as his body was aching to make them as one, his tongue moving down her soft neck, his hands on her delicate waist, about to slip the cover down to expose the rest of her pure white body .. in a soft voice she whispered no..no..
That is all he could remember, not her face or anything else, just that he was mesmerized by her eyes and couldn't resist her body.
The fact he couldn't picture her and it seemed so real is very disturbing.
No Succubus could break through my protective array formation on my land . I am resistant to their charms after fighting Demons for so long..
Who was she that she would appear in my dream!
Yun Tai shakes his head, I don't think I will drink the old man's wine for quite awhile. I need water... he looks around for a pitcher, there is none.
Dammit! My throat is as parched as the Blue Iguana Desert in the Wastelands.
I guess I need to go to the stream, he looks around the room.
Where is my robe?
Meanwhile in Myriad Cloud City...
Feng Tian, Zhang Yu and Rong walk down the street lined with food stalls, Feng Tian stops at one selling candied fruit on a stick. XiXi would like some of those, and orders the vendor to wrap up a few. He is wondering if she has awakened yet, they need to hurry back.
Zhang Yu is walking slowly while thinking about the men whose disturbing conversation he overheard in the Heavenly Cloud Restaurant. How could that man seem so familiar to me, I have never visited this Kingdom before.
He stumbles because he isn't watching the flow of people around him and Feng Tian grabshis arm to straighten him.
"Zhang Yu, are you all right? This street is busy you need to pay attention" Feng Tian thinks he has been acting strangely seemed since they left the restaurant.
"Yes..yes..let's hurry to the boat I have something to discuss with you."
Feng Tian tells Rong," I won't need you until we head back , if you need anything go buy it, return before the sun goes down."
They arrive at the boat all the supplies and horses have been loaded down below.
Just to be sure there were no problems on the way he hit the horses' accupoints to immobilize them. When he walks up to the deck, Zhang Yu iss leaning on the railing looking back at the shore with a concerned look on his face.
"Feng Tian while you were gone from the restaurant I overheard some suspicious looking men and a scholarly looking gentleman talking down below. I was on the steps, I moved to the side and lingered when I saw the scholar's face. I was hidden from their view and could only see the profiles of the two rough looking black robed men.
They had greasy hair and were sweating , but I could clearly see the gentleman. They looked to be unusual dinner companions, and the black clothed men looked nervous. The gentleman was exerting an oppressive aura towards them and they appeared frightened.
I'm having trouble remembering where I saw the gentleman before, but he looked very familiar to me."
"Did you see him earlier while we were gathering supplies?"
Zhang Yu didn't want to say until he thought it through, it seemed impossible what he was thinking. I think I saw him in my world.
"No .., I'm not sure where, it is bothering me."
"Not just that he looked familiar but, from what I could hear seemed to relate to your family. I didn't want to be discovered so I couldn't get too close."
"What do you mean?"
"They mentioned a Fourth Crown Prince and that their plans were not moving as planned. The mission had failed. The gentleman with them sounded exceedingly upset, he harshly said "I thought those men were the best at what they do! What did we pay them that gold for...incompetent fools!"
Feng Tian instinctively grabs Zhang Yu's arm and turns him to face him. With a piercing gaze he asks "Can you describe the scholarly looking man?"
Zhang Yu can see the concern in Feng Tian's eyes they are turning a dark green and the golden specks within seemed to be on fire.
" He had a light green robe with a bamboo design..."
Feng Tian interrupts.."His face!..What did his face look like?"
He had a sharp nose, wide lips and brown eyes. His hair was black and he was wearing a hat I assume designated his position in the court. His features were slightly feminine and he kept fiddling with a ring on his finger."
"What did the ring look like?" Feng Tian is getting very agitated.
"When he raised his hand to his forehead rubbing his temples I saw it clearly. It was white jade with a red stone in the middle carved in the shape of a spider.
Peng Yihong?
"As the two men were leaving, I didn't want to look conspicuous so I continued down the stairs, I heard the gentleman say as he was twisting the ring on his finger, under his breath," Damn you, Feng Che.
Feng Tian looks at Zhang Yu with an exasperated expression. "Why didn't you tell me before!"
"I wanted to try to put some pieces together in my mind first, as to where I saw that man before. I'm still not able to..I also didn't know if anyone would overhear me tell you on the street. This boat seemed the best place to tell you what I saw.
There appears to be a conspiracy against your brother. Who knows if someone is following you."