49 XiXi's Dance

Yun Tai returns swiftly to his house and immediately sheds off his clothes. The black robes are tossed onto the ground,The Gemini Twins hop out as he is about to incinerate his clothes with his internal energy. {We were so quiet listening at the hut did he forget we were in his pocket}.

What was I thinking rushing down to the lake without cleansing the residue of blackness that had flowed out of my body while I was cultivating. I guess I'm used to being surrounded by my soldiers who are constantly around the foul odors of the demons.

But, she is not very ladylike, blatantly showing her distaste, holding her nose like that and waving her little arms around. She did sound ridiculous while she was talking holding her nose.

Yun Tai shakes his head laughing picturing XiXi. I don't think I have seen such an amusing girl ever in all my travels. Did she ever learn any manners or etiquette?

She is not like Feng Tian's other girls who are quiet and have an air of perfection about them. Why did he leave her in the hut with Siyu guarding her? I should hurry and return.

Yun Tai sinks into a bath, enjoying the warmth of the water at an even temperature. When he is cultivating his body reaches extreme temperatures of hot and cold as his qi flows through his meridians.

Yun Tai leans his head back washing his long wet hair draped over the back of the bath. He rubs his temples, Feng Tian why do I feel this situation will be harder to deal with than a horde of Demons.

He closes his eyes for just a moment, when he does his mind pictures XiXi on the bed laughing holding the little beast. The dress must be Ling Ling's it is a little too big and sliding down her delicate white arms.

Her twinkling blue eyes when she was hugging Siyu, seemingly not caring he could crush her with a paw. Too impulsive!

Yun Tai climbs out of the wooden tub, his muscular body still dripping water as he grabs a towel by the side. He looks down to see a disturbing sight, just picturing that stupid girl his body had a reaction. He takes the basin of cold water that is on the jade table, irritated dumps it on his body.

Damn that Feng Tian bringing her here! It must be because I haven't seen a woman who wasn't a Demon in fifty years. Yes, that's it!

Yun Tai decides his reaction was just natural, it would happen if he saw any woman in that seductive posture on the bed. Her blue eyes half open, she kicked the covers off revealing her white soft legs.

Her thighs were even revealed before the little beast jumped onto the bed to cover them! He stops himself there, rubbing his body roughly with the towel as if to erase the images in his mind.

He takes a black robe from the closet and thinks maybe I shouldn't rush back down to the lake as he is tying the sash. Feng Tian must be returning soon, he wouldn't leave Siyu to guard her all day.

I need time to process this feeling I'm having. I was often surrounded by Demonesses trying to suck my soul out over the course of the Demon War, They would be beautiful, voluptuous, fawning and hanging their bodies onto mine.

I'm positive it was just seeing a normal{well not quite normal} girl I let down my defenses. Yes, that's it!

But, I said I would return and bring her that Chrysanthemum tea. She said she was anxious without Feng Tian there. I should take it to her. It's not right just to leave her with those two beasts.

After Yun Tai left she had walked outside into the woods to try to forget the stench in the room. XiXi found a stream close by, the water was clear and it looked refreshing.

Also,when she had awakened earlier,she had seen a fresh dress on the chair Feng Tian must have left for her. {Where would that brat go without me, he has some explaining to do!}

XiXi grabbed the dress admiring how the pink color was so pretty and the white lilies were embroidered on it were so delicate. She then headed to the stream, her body had healed without her being aware of the damage the water wall had done to it, but she felt grimy.

While Yun Tai is having a cup of wine sorting through his feelings, XiXi is picking flowers in the woods on the way to the stream.

She is accompanied by those beasts, Siyu and Zhen. The little beast wanted to ride on Siyu's back, his short legs could barely keep up, but he decided against hopping up onto it.[maybe he could make friends with him at the stream..he was always good at making new friends}

The two beasts being gentlemen waited for her behind a large bush where they couldn't see her but could hear if she was in any distress.

Zhen couldn't help staring at Siyu's golden eyes which was making Siyu uncomfortable. Why is that little beast drilling a hole in my face with that look?

I'm too tired to care and he laid down. Zhen was astute enough to realize now was not the time to try to communicate with the big beast beside him from that glare he just got.

Zhen then also laid down to soak up the warmth of the sun. If a passerby had seen them they would have laughed at the contrast a majestic beast with a red mane, laying next to a little beast with a little furry head and chunky body.

XiXi is in the water wishing she had some soap but just rinsing herself felt good, she took some of the flower petals with a nice aroma, and rubbed them in her hand then used them to wipe her body with some scent.

One actually felt like she could make soap out of it, she considered the idea, maybe I will collect some more on my way back to the hut.

She emerged from the water feeling refreshed and freely walked naked to dry in the sun. XiXi thought being in these woods no one is around, there are only those two beasts it will be fine.

I don't want to put that beautiful dress on while I am wet. The sun is hot today it should only take a few minutes to dry my body , I can clip my wet hair up with this pin{what a beautifully carved lily on it. LingLing really knows how to dress}.

Looking around at the scenery , the tranquil green woods, the stream quietly flowing she had an urge to dance like a wood nymph, naked in the sun.

XiXi suddenly thought this is a freedom she would never have in her world.

She lived in an urban setting with people everywhere, even when they went to the mountain spa there were still people who could walk through the woods.

XiXi on an impulse began dancing, her wet hair flying as she spun around { trying to remember those ballet lessons from Middle School}. She started singing a French song her mother loved, it told of a lost love.

The sound of her voice was drifting through the air and she was moving to the music she was creating

XiXi was thin and had a lithe figure of a ballerina. She had studied ballet at her mother's insistence... She never thought those tiresome lessons would come in handy!

XiXi flew in the air off a rock, her creamy white body spun around landing with her tiny feet in the grass.

XiXi stumbled a bit from being off balance, laughing she skipped a verse of the song. She put her willowy white arms up over her head and stood on her tiptoes twirling around.

The French song resonating with heartbreak, she dramatically grabs her hair in her fingers , raises her arms, then lets go of her hair. Her face imitating that of a woman whose love was lost, her blue eyes turning dark with pain.

The sunlight made her black hair shine like black jade, as it fell back down her bare back. It was a breathtaking sight.

Then she bent over backwards, with a fluid motion slowly came forward, imitating a dancer she had seen on television.

She decided for the finale of her dance she took the pink, white, and pale yellow blossoms that remained on a rock nearby. XiXi tossed them in the air, laughing as they floated down around her.

Some of the colorful blossoms remained entwined with her hair and did not fall to the ground. It created a beautiful contrast to her ink black hair.

" Qing Jun! Wait for me!" XiXi shouts longingly, as she looks up at the sky with a gleaming smile.

XiXi slowly strolls over to her clothes, "Whew, haha..I deserve an award for that performance!" she laughs as she picks up the pink dress.

Little did this little wood nymph know, her performance had a spellbound audience of one...