As the winds blew around the lake. Rex was dumbfounded that the lake did not move along with the wind.
"That moment of carelessness." Rex spoke unintentionally.
The lady of the lake smiled. She had never met someone who could try to fight their urge to keep up their good side without lusting.
"Darling, step in and the water will do the work." The lady of the lake told Rex.
"Huh?" Rex turned.
He knew that he heard a voice. He could not tell who it was. Before he could say anything, his body was already stripped to his underwear holding his clothing in the system.
His body naturally began to walk awkwardly into the lake. It was a forced walk that made this look weird.
Once his body dipped inside. Flashes began to stir inside Rex's mind. These flashes were the deepest members that Rex wanted to forget about.
"Ah come on." Rex spoke to his mom.
"Darling. You know you will not like it. So why do you want to do it?"
"Because you like it." Rex blushed as a young child.
"Alright." She replied.
The duo got into a ferris wheel. The wheel began to turn. As the wheel turned, Rex was getting nervous. He did his best to hide it. His mom knew better.
"Do not worry, I'm here." His mom replied.
The wheel did it's first stop and they were at the peak. This scared Rex the most.
"Yeah, this is just a little scary." His mom replied to his face that had the most scared look.
Rex calmed down once the wheel continued. The next stop happened. This continued until they were the last ones to get off.
"How is my little man?"
"Not too good." His teary eyes told the truth.
"I am glad that you did that with me. It would not be fun to do it by myself."
The tears rolled and a smile was plastered on Rex's face.
"GET AWAY!" Rex shouted.
Two older boys were eyeing Liz. "It must be nice to feel strong, little chucklehead." One of the boys replied.
Rex was ready to fight. Even just a little older than before the ride on the ferris wheel.
"Rex, just let them be. They are not worthy of even licking my toes." Liz told him.
This direct insult caused the boys to charge.
Rex punched the first one in the nose. Shattering the nose bone and breaking his right ring finger.
The second one kicked Rex's temple. A concussion happened. Rex stood his ground.
Liz not happy that one of the boys kicked Rex's head. She decided to make sure that his family pays for the price of kicking Rex's head.
As the fight continued, Rex received more injuries. Liz was almost crying seeing the pitiful state of Rex. She knew he would not be able to access his Qi, if he actually had any at that time, the sheer amount of bruising and bleeding caused her heart to ache.
Finally, two adults came up and grab the elder boys and dragged them away. Rex slowly passed out.
Liz crying her heart out. That was when the two adults and boys came back. In the next moment, Rex could have sworn that he saw Liz holding fire in her hands.
"Such beauty."
He passed out thinking and did not know what happened next.
As these memories and much more cycled through Rex's mind. They became nothing but a good dream. Did they still happen? Yes. Were they going to force change upon Rex? No.
This cleansing was a reminder that he would never be strong enough or brave enough when matters truly needed to be dealt with.
"My strength must continue to get stronger." Rex became determined.
This is the cleansing part of this lake. That determination to either cleanse it or solidify it into a pure state that cannot be exhausted, extinguished, or given up on.
As the next part of the cleansing came upon Rex. He could feel his Mortal and Demonic Qi get strengthened. His Godly Qi activating the deepest parts of his atoms.
The atoms becoming bigger causing bigger bones, more muscles, stronger bones, his organs to become vitalitized and stronger with each of his heartbeats, his blood became richer and darker, his muscles to be more relaxed and sturdier when he wants or needs them to be. The biggest change to Rex was his natural beauty. He now could enter the World's Most Beautiful Contest and win hands down with everyone else being a woman.
The man did not know what all was changing within him. The lady of the lake saw this and could not help but become more attracted to Rex.
"I must give him the ability to summon me when he needs strength." Her resolve came to her.