The morning was calm as the three cleaned their tents and the campfire.
Swish!
Xian distinguished the flame of the campfire with dust and dirt that she brought on the ground.
Joana brought back the tents while Federick brought back water from the nearby river then they drank it themselves.
*This taste awful.* Xian thought.
Seing the water, Joana glanced at Xian and sized her up.
Xian felt that she was being looked for so long as she turned her head towards Joana and asked. "What's wrong?"
Joana smiled and replied. "You're dirty, so let's wash ourselves at the river."
With that, Xian remembered that she has not been showing for a long time now and she looked down on her cloak and the black long sleeve. Then, she asked with anxiety. "Am I... That smelly?"
Joana chuckled and replied. "Of course not, it's just that your clothes and body are in mess and look at your tied up hair, it was messy!"
Xian caresses her hair and felt that it was really messy, then she thought. *Why didn't I noticed earlier?*
"Okay, I'll go wash myself at the river, I'll go first." Xian said with head down of embarrassment.
"No you dont." Joana said and Xian turned her heads towards Joana with confusion and Joana continued. "Let's wash together, let's plan to wash our backs."
Xian was dumbfounded for a seconds then turned her head at Federick and asked. "Together!?"
Joana laugh and said. "Just the two of us, Bro here will stay and don't worry him peeking at us."
"F*ck off, im not a pervert who only wore a bra." Federick replied.
'Together? With Joana? Naked!?' Xian screamed in her mind and glanced at Joana.
"Come on." Joana said as she walked towards the river near the camp.
*It's just like showering with Mother so it's okay!* Xian thought inside her head as she followed behind Joana and replied. "Okay then."
"Great!" Joana said as she hold the girl's hand and pulled her towards herself and said. "You're still a child so this is fine."
"Shut it." Xian grumbled as she hold the hand of the woman then a glimpse of memories struck her, it was the time when her and her mother used to play together and she tripped over a stone and her mother held her hand to stand.
*Mother...* She said in her mind.
After a couples of minutes, the two finnaly arrived at the river. The sound of flowing water is calming while the cleanness of it is soothing to eyes.
Joana let go the hand of the girl and went at one of the boulders. Then, she started to piece off her silver hand armor and brought it to the ground, after that, she then brought down the metal leggings to the ground.
Only a black leggings and bra is the things she was wearing. Then waiting no time, she untied her bra and a sizable breast popped up like it was being prisoned before then she glanced at Xian who's looking at her.
"What are you waiting for?" She asked.
"Y-yes!" Xian replied as she looked away.
Then, she started to untied her cloak, undressed her black long sleeves and trousers after putting the brown boots.
Joana was just finished undressing and now is completely naked, then she glanced at Xian who's standing there with only her black paired underwears intact to her body in embarrassment.
Joana smiled before jumping into the air and diving into the river.
Splash!
Then she glanced at Xian again who's looking at her, then she said teasingly. "You don't have to remove those but you'll travel with wet underwears though."
*If I use magic to dry my underwears after then I can move freely but this is my secret for now... I can't reveal it yet!* Xian calculated the pros and cons of being naked while washing herself with Joana.
However, Joana patient ran out as she walked from the river waters to the ground making her wet body fully revealed in sight of Xian.
Xian gulped a mouthful of saliva and accepted the truth that she really needs to be naked.
Then, she undressed her underwears infront of the naked Joana and after that, she walked past her steadily looking away.
Then she slowly came contact with the water. Feeling the cold morning water of the river in her feets, Xian instantly forget those embarrassing as she jumped in the waters.
Splash!
Joana joined her too and they washed their selves in the flowing clear water.
"Come here Xian." Joana ordered while gesturing to come over.
"S-sure." Xian said as she walked through the flowing water towards Joana.
Joana then started to rubbed the girl's back.
Xian felt that evey stroke of Joana's rough hands in her smooth back, it was like a real rubbing tool used to rubs skin.
"Your hands are rough." Xian said.
"Is it bugging you? Should I stop?" Joana asked.
"No, don't... It's just a proof of your hardwork." Xian replied and informed. "Upon achieving transendance, our bodies will heal up into a state of youth but it will continue to rough up because of training."
"Really?!" Asked by Joana in amusement. "I can't wait to become one, heh heh."
"Just keep up the work, you will surely become one." Xian replied.
"Yeah!" Joana shouted.
"Then it's my turn now, wash my back Xian!" Joana ordered.
"Yeah yeah." Xian said forgetting that she was embarrassed minutes ago.
She then rubbed Joana's back, it was not rough nor smooth, but each stroke of her hand to the lady's back is good in feeling.
*Am I a pervert.* Xian questioned her mind.
...
The two finished drying their underwears and clothes in the makeshift rack upon washing them minutes ago. The orange sun who's about to reach it's peak help the clothes to dry real quick.
Drying herself, Xian came over to the rack and brought her clothes and starts to wear in one by one.
Belting her sheated sword on her waist and tying up her cloak around her neck, Xian was ready to travel again.
"What a fresh shower." Joana said in joy after finishing to wore her clad of silver armor in both of her arms and legs.
"Shall we go now?" Xian asked.
"Yeah let's go." Joana answered as she walked and take the lead.
Couple of minutes has past when the two of them arrived at the already cleaned up campsite and saw that Federick was also just arrived.
Seing this, Joana asked. "Where did you go?"
"Shower." Federick simply answered.
"Where?" Joana asked again.
"There is nearby hot springs inside a cave I found earlier." Federick answered while pointing at the far depths of the forest.
"What!? Hot springs!?" Joana shouting asked. "Why didn't you tell me!?"
"I just found it earlier okay!" Federick shouting answered.
"Argh! I want a hot shower too!" Joana said as she show a face of both disappoinment and anger.
Xian didn't watch the two arguing themselves instead she took the time to pack her belongings in the leather bag before putting it in her back.
"Let's go now kids." Xian said in provoking tone.
"The real kid speaks." Federick replied and agreed. "Yeah, let's go now."
"Let's hunt along the way." Joana added.
Xian silently followed the two. Along the way, Joana frequently mentioned what Xian taught her yesterday night and a face of amusement appeared in the face of the siblings as they walk.
...
In the depths of the forest, under the tall trees stood a boar with white tusk while crunching some grass.
Suddenly, an arrow flew in the air and in the blink of an eye, it pierced the boar's head.
Thud!
Joana flew in the air and landed besides the dead boar.
Unpiercing the arrow, she brought the dead boar in her hand and jumped in the air towards Federick and Xian who's hiding in the tall trees.
"Your bowmanship is quite amazing, how can I say it... Yes, it was accurate." Xian complimented Federick and asked. "What's your refinement placed at?"
"Refinement?" The two questioned together.
"You don't know refinement of heavenly bodies?" Xian asked in return.
"No... We don't know it." Joana said as she slumped the dead boar to the ground.
"Well it's easy to understand... Refinement of heavenly bodies are the parts of our physical bodies being refined more than anything else. For example is me... My refinement is focused in my six senses and I think Joana's refinement is focused in strength and speed." Xian explained.
"Then I guess my refinement focused in the six senses as well." Federick replied.
"No wonder I am this strong than my brother." Joana said.
"It will refined even more upon achieving transendance so keep the good work." Xian added what she explained earlier.
"Anyways let's set up a campfire to eat." Xian said.
"Yeah, I'll set the campfire." Joana said before looking for a branch of woods.
"I'll skin this unlucky one." Federick said as he started to skin the dead boar.
Xian glanced at the distance inside the depths of the forest as she frowned. Then she said in unpleasing mood. "I'll took care of surroundings."
"Huh?" Federick questioned.
"Just stay here with your sister and don't go looking for me." Xian replied as she jumped to the air and jumped again in the air itself before flying towards the depths of the forest.
"She's not gonna leave us, right?" Joana said in worry.
"No, I heard some commotions where she was heading... Let's hope she came back okay." Federick replied.
...
In the depths of the forest, three figures was walking under the specks of lights illuminated by the light sipping from leaves.
The three imperfect demons was growling as they walked then suddenly, a figure flew in the air and struck the ground causing a large explosion of dust.
Stood at the smoke of dust, is Xian who has her silver sword pierced into the wolf demon head.
The wolf demon didn't have the time to shriek in pain as it died instantly.
The two surviving imperfect demons shrieked at the sight and didn't wait anytime as they rushed towards the girl.
*Imagine a sound barrier.* Xian instantly thought of it and in a matter of seconds, the surroundings became silent as the footsteps of the two imperfect demons rushing on her subdued into silent.
"Sound barrier." Xian murmuring chanted as she unpierced her silver sword from the head of the dead wolf demon and raised it in the air.
*Let's try this.* Xian thought as she focused her transcending power towards her hands which handing the sword and focused it in the blade itself.
In the instance of a nano seconds. Xian's silver sword shone in silvery light then she swings it 360 degrees horizontally and chanted:
"Circle of Inevitability."
Swosh!
A wave of silvery energy shot forward in all directions horizontally cutting it's way through anything physical in reality.
It cutted through the smoke of dust and in an instance, Xian stood at the center of a field and circling her is the cutted trees on the ground.
The rushing imper demons earlier turned into half standing half laying on the ground.
It was not even a half of minute when Xian executed the three imperfect demons.
"F*cking demons."