Bai Lei holds me close as he says "Those who drink Spirit water..." His voice tightens as Zhen steps up and says "They go boom. They blow up and die Liling. This world is not your world... if we forget to tell you something or if you aren't sure about something, ask us first. Please."
I stare at Zhen with large eyes before slowly nodding my head. They go boom... that would have sucked. Zhen watches me with a frown and says "You drank four or five handfuls of the Spirit water?" I nod my head again as Bai Lei starts to relax.
"That shouldn't be possible... you said your foundation has stabilized after drinking it?" Zhen asks walking back and forth in deep thought. I nod once again as Bai Lei starts running his fingers through my hair making me shiver.
Zhen stops and turns to look at me with a deep frown while saying "I think it's safe to say that you are truly different from those of us from this world. No matter how strong someone is, they can't directly drink spirit water. They can use it to make medicine but not to drink directly."
This time I frown as I ask "Well, what was I supposed to do with it?" Zhen gives me a strained smile as Bai Lei chuckles and says "You're supposed to sit by the water source and allow the pure energy to slowly seep into you as you cultivate or stabilize your foundation."
Zhen chuckles in disbelief and says "Not on were you sitting in it, you were even drinking it! You are one lucky girl. Spirit beast are different, they can drink spirit water without it hurting them but not humans." I nod my head in understanding but something else bothers me.
I look to Zhen and ask "Should I not drink it anymore? It tastes good to me and even helped me. Oh yeah! I have a storage space!" I say pointing to my head with excitement. Zhen looks surprised as he says "You shouldn't be able to access your storage space until the third tier. Can you hold anything in it?"
Bai Lei begins chuckling again as he buries his face into the back of my hair as I say "I accidentally put the spirit water source in my space. I just wanted to take a little bit of the water but I ended up taking the whole thing. It looked a little bare and I was curious so I put in some air, a tree, and some grass. It looks much better now."
Zhen turns to concrete as he stares at me in disbelief. Bai Lei's chuckle deepens as he says "You did good, Love." His breath tickles the back of my neck making me shiver again when he places a light kiss on it. I try to lean away from him but he pulls me close without much effort.
"This... this shouldn't be possible. Storage spaces are not meant to hold living things... they're just spaces to store objects..." Zhen mumbles as he starts pacing back and forth again. I silently watch him for a few moments but he seems lost in his own thoughts.
I turn to look at Bai Lei as he starts playing with my hair again. "Are you not shocked?" I ask with a smirk but he just shakes his head and says "When it comes to you, no. You aren't from this world so I don't think the same rules apply to you. I have a feeling you're gonna keep doing the impossible."
He lifts his hand up to my face and uses his finger to gently push a stray hair behind my ear as he says "Thank you for standing up for me in the meeting. I have no plans to kill myself though, not while you're here." I look into his dark eyes as Zhen comes to a sudden stop and says "Meeting? You went to the meeting? Weren't you supposed to stay in your courtyard?"
I cringe and say "Yes, that was the plan but things never seem to go the way they're supposed to." Bai Lei's grip tightens a bit as he says "Lei Wei is here as the new ruler of the Heavenly Realm. I need you to be extremely safe. I'm going to have Ren with you at all times when I'm not with you."
I tense in his arms and he quickly says "Don't worry, I won't let him do anything to you. I'm keeping my eyes on him." I give him a strained smile as my panic starts to rise. I'm more worried about him finding out about the bath thing. Should I just tell him?
When I think about how pissed he'll be I just can't do it! I know it's a cowardly move but I just can't bring myself to do it. Suddenly, a wave of energy flows through the ground making me freeze. Zhen continues to pace as Bai Lei keeps playing with my hair.
Did they not feel that? When I feel another wave of energy, I lean over and gently lay my hand upon the ground. Bai Lei watches me with a frown and asks "What's wrong?" I frown and try to feel it as I say "Can you not feel that? It's like a wave of energy flowing through the ground."
Bai Lei and Zhen both frown and touch the ground. They look to each other in confusion before looking back to me with a frown. Another wave hits as I say "There!" As the energy washes through and hits my hand, I disappear.
Bai Lei freezes in shock before jumping to his feet with panic. Zhen looks to Bai Lei with large eyes before they both look around the room with fear. Where did she go!? Bai Lei grits his teeth and storms out of the room saying "Ren! Find Nova!"
Ren quickly takes off trying to track her as Zhen quickly runs out of the room. Zhen lifts his head and closes his eyes as he takes a deep breath. When he opens his eyes, he quickly says "She's close! This way."