14 Chapter 13

'Philia....You heartless cat...you won't find another master if you keep being like this...'.

Thider gritted her teeth as she sat inside the medicinal bath...

'Don't know what's inside them but they were not very harmless,this I sure.. ..'

Because the smell is a thousand times worse than the one she made for the future murderer..

Thider even remembered the exact words the black furball said.

"You brought this on yourself..Don't leave this bath till the water become as black as the midnight sky ..."

But the problem is...that the water in the bath is becoming clearer than ever as time went on and she couldn't feel anything or heard a sound...

Only two of her senses are working right now... that is her vision and scense of smell...

And they are not having it good either....

'Gahhh,I'm so helpless..Dumb Philia what's he planning?'

After a long long time of soaking in the bath... She saw something shocking...

'Heck! What's up with the black sweat coming out of my skin!?'

Thider could only endure her disgust as stared at the water sizzling with the company of black slimes ozzing from her body and the dreadful smell went into her nostrils.. ..

After sometimes ,the water in the bath tub was replaced by a thick,sticky looking black slime....

making her puke...

She puked blood...Dark purplish blood....

'I'm dying...I survive through the poisonous creatures back in the ancient city while being blinded... and now,I'm dying with my eyes wide open in a batb tub prepared by my contracted furball...Life is very unpredictable.. ..'

"You are not dying...Idiot!"

Philia's voice came into her head,making her somewhat dizzy.

Then,three puppets came in to pull her out from the tub and then,put her into the other one with clean and warm water..and they carried the old tub away..

"....."'What are you planning to do with that?Just burn it with Thamadi Holy fire.... It's so disgusting...'

"I'm keeping it...That's the most poisonous thing in this contenent"

'Then,you should burn it all the more... Why keep such a thing in here!'

'.....To put on your flying daggers of course!'

'Got a point there... but...I really don't like the feeling of using excrements...on my darlings'

'.....Those are not excrements...'

'Ok...do as you will,my kitty cat'

'Don't call me kitty-cat!'

Thider could really imagine a furious furball jumping and hissing... and she felt great..HoHo

But not for long...

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhh" Extreme pain attacked her body suddenly...making her scream like a beast... Then,her relaxed mind became alerted and her aura instanly changed into that of a blind and wounded beast she had been for the past five months...

Then,she stopped screaming...as she remembered that it would only bring her trouble.... after an hour or so,the girl's face showed a tranquil smile...

Philia felt conflicted emotions when he saw this smile... On one side,he felt proud for his master ,On the other hand ,he felt distress...She's only ten in this life....My master is shortening her childhood emotions...everytim..

He stopped thinking..as Thider and Philia are bounded by an unbreakable vow....She knows his emotions and tbought process as he does about her...They were made of one soul after all.

"Philia,I gonna kick you after this"

Thider said while smiling....

It gave Philia creeps...

...

After the inhuman pain which nearly led Thider to madness went away...Thider was pushed into the spiritual lake inside the bracelet.

Then,she used her spiritual energy to examine her body and her eyes

grew wide...

'The heck!What's with this thing!'

There were seven spiritual roots which people would usually name as trash... because it is rare for a cultivator to advance with this many roots to grow...of course there were examples of cultivation geniuses with many spiritual roots in their bodies... but those were rare cases..

"Originally a genius...now,I became an idiot.. ."

"Nice poetic words..."

"...."'Wait,what?'

Thider found that her level had reached...

"Seventh moon stage!?"

She went into a daze... Just three hours ago..I was at the initial soul stage...Just Five months ago,I was a cripple... Is this because of that dreadful bath?

If so,that bath needs modification

She may need to bath in it for...

"Don't even think about it!You can only used it once every three years and if only you need it urgently.."

Philia crushed her sweet dreams very curtly...making her speechless.

"I must boost my strength somehow...I have left many things unfinished back there.."

"Blame yourself for being born with incomplete set of wits..."

"Are you calling me an idiot?"

"What made you think so?"

Philia swished his fluffy tail and twitched his ears...acting cute and innocent.. .

"....."'Fine,I'll let it pass...

...

Thider meditated in front of the Jade pagoda....

The bells were jingling on top of the pagoda ...and birds sang in the trees around the pagoda...

A gentle wind passed by Thider..bringing a floral scent with it...Thider's heart is in a peaceful state...

She was drawing the spiritual energies from her surrounding..

The air,the water,the earth and from the jade pagoda..

She was sensing as the energies strengthening her seven spiritual roots and her body and her soul ..

pouring the purest energies into her heartlake... which rapidly used them to strengthen every part of her soul ...

She felt comfortable and at ease while basking in the warm spiritual energies surrounding her...

It was like..like she was in her mother's embrace back when she was a child in her past life...

In her past life,she had a happy childhood like most children back then would have...perhaps even better.... and then ,and then...

'And then,what?' Thider frowned as she could not remember her past life well.... 'It's strange...'

"Concentrate,you Idiot! Do you want to get down to the demonic path!"

Philia said with his eyes closed...

He was watching out for her balance when he detected conflicts in her heart .. 'What are you thinking about in such a critical moment!?'

'Sorry,' Thider said apologetically as she turned her focus intirely on her meditation.. Peace came into her heart once again...

After about a month of meditation on the pagoda ground,

Thider felt her cultivation rose tremendously...

"Wow,A soul emperor...."

'This is soooooo good! I must thank the previous masters for making such a place in this bracelet....

May you have good fortunes everywhere you go!'

"....." Philia thought that this may be the cause of everything...

"Of what things,Philia?"Thider was in a good mood as she skipped around smiling like a naive three years old... Completely different from the dreadful devil she had been in the past five months..no...even when she was in her own bedroom or with her closest friends and sisters,she would not smile like this....

The dark past made her build walls around her and draw lines to

those around her... No matter how close they were to her or how geniue their hearts were to her... and how much she loves them and cares for them.... There was still a thick wall around her heart that will prevent her from diving any deeper...

But,in this little world where she lives alone with a cat,made from her own soul...She can take her mask off...

"Huh? Concentrate on your cultivation.... then,you must train in the survival ground and then,you have books to read,Seeds to plants,herbs to harvest,pills to refine,weapons to make,artifacts to design and produce,languages to learn...and"

Thider suddenly felt that dying in a bath tub is more favourable....

"Philia!"