Her face flushed red to the roots of her neck, and she pushed An Honghan away with her two slender arms, stammering, "Um... let go of me, I think... we need to wash separately!"
In the past, even though we were completely open with each other in the bathhouse, we had never gotten this close.
Moreover, the bathing pool is much larger than the cramped bath tub.
The more embarrassed Xi Xizhi was, the more An Honghan wanted to tease her.
An Honghan remained expressionless, though a glint of light flickered in his eyes. "That's fine then, but the water will be pretty cold by the time I'm done washing. Don't blame me if you catch a cold and get a fever."
Autumn had long since arrived, and the evenings were chilly. Most people who took cold showers would develop a fever and cough. Xi Xizhi and her companions still needed to continue their journey, and if they caught a cold, they couldn't stop in town to make do with anyone else.
Thinking of this, Xi Xizhi gradually reduced the force with which she pushed him.
"Why don't you just ask Lynn to boil two more buckets of hot water?" Xi Xizhi said, biting her lip.
An Honghan scooped up a spoonful of water and poured it on Xi Xizhi's back, washing her as he did so. "I bet the waiter and Lin En are both asleep. Who would bother to boil water for you? Besides, don't forget, you're a sable now. What use are two buckets of water? Do you want to arouse suspicion?"
An Honghan's words completely dispelled Xi Xizhi's desire to boil water again.
But the next moment, Xi Xizhi pushed herself up from the bathtub, jumped out, and walked towards the bed while humming, "Then I won't take a bath, okay?"
“Fine, why not?” An Honghan smiled, “But you’ll stink all over, don’t even think about sleeping in my bed.”
"Who smells so bad..." Xi Xizhi jumped up and down, wanting to have a three-hundred-round argument with An Honghan, but her nose wouldn't listen to her. She sniffed at her elbow and found that there was indeed a faint sour smell. She glanced at the soft bed and then turned to look at the narrow bathtub.
Xi Xizhi struggled internally, but finally succumbed to the warm, cozy blankets and returned to the bathtub, slowly climbing inside.
Hot water enveloped Xi Xizhi's body, the water level just reaching her neck.
An Honghan sat in the bathtub, and because the tub was too small, Xi Xizhi could only be held in his arms.
Xi Xizhi's face was flushed, just like a ripe apple.
An Honghan found it pleasing to the eye.
It's so much fun to tease a child.
Although they are of different genders, An Honghan is not so perverted as to react to a small child.
Although he realized he had some different feelings for a certain ferret, it wasn't enough to arouse his beastly nature.
From beginning to end, he treated the little ferret as nothing more than his own pet.
Xi Xizhi's eyes widened in surprise, and she cursed inwardly, "Shameless! He's taking advantage of me again!"
Xi Xizhi felt that this damn bathtub was extremely awkward and made her feel uncomfortable all over.
After soaking for about two minutes, Xi Xizhi could no longer hold back. Gathering her strength, she tried to stand up and slip away.
At that moment, an uncontrollable surge of spiritual energy swept through Xi Xizhi's body.
Xi Xizhi was shocked and stumbled, falling back into the wooden tub.
Although she didn't know what was going on, she could feel the overwhelming power emanating from that aura.
My internal organs felt like they were on fire, burning with pain.
An Honghan also noticed the anomaly, a hint of surprise flashing in his eyes. He released his grip, wanting to check what was wrong with Xi Xizhi. But just as he approached, a golden light suddenly appeared around him, intertwining with the faint white light emanating from Xi Xizhi's body.
Xi Xizhi also noticed the presence of an aura that did not belong to her.
Xi Xizhi absorbed the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, which was different from the true dragon energy carried by the five-clawed golden dragon.
After swallowing the dragon ball, An Honghan experienced no physical discomfort, but the dragon ball was indeed inside him. Because of its presence, An Honghan's body began to subtly change, and the dragon ball was merging with him.
During the fusion process, the state is extremely unstable. Just now, when I came into contact with Xi Xizhi, I don't know what happened, but the two different auras mixed together and reacted. Once they were mixed together, a chaotic situation occurred.
A fierce wind howled outside the window, and rain lashed down relentlessly. The pitch-black night sky was filled with lightning and thunder, making one's heart pound.
Xi Xizhi was startled. She had clearly seen a fiery sunset in the evening, so it shouldn't have rained. So where did the torrential rain come from?
As soon as Xi Xizhi was distracted, she saw the phantom of two dragon horns appear on An Honghan's forehead. A layer of fine scales covered An Honghan's entire body.
Could it be...?
A bold guess came to Xi Xizhi's mind: the dragons recorded in ancient books could summon wind, rain, thunder, and lightning.
Not only was Xi Xizhi feeling unwell, but An Honghan was too.
His whole body felt like it was on fire, and he also noticed subtle changes in his skin. Biting his lip tightly, no matter how much pain he was in, An Honghan didn't utter a sound.
The Dragon Ball is a divine object spat out by the An clan's ancestor, unique in the world. The Heavenly Emperor placed the Dragon Ball on Earth so that the An clan's ancestor could return to Heaven. Assuming all of this is true, then this Dragon Ball could probably transform a person, perhaps even…
Thinking of this, Xi Xizhi's expression changed from surprise to disbelief. Did An Honghan know about this all along?
Xi Xizhi felt increasingly uncomfortable, shifting restlessly, trying to create distance between them. Suddenly, something seemed to slowly condense in Xi Xizhi's dantian...
Xi Xizhi was stunned for a moment, and then she actually broke through the bottleneck and began to form an inner core?
The rich spiritual energy enveloped Xi Xizhi, easing her pain. Xi Xizhi closed her eyes and clearly felt the spiritual energy in her dantian being continuously compressed, transforming into a translucent emerald green bead.
It started out as small as a grain of rice, gradually grew larger and larger, and eventually became about the size of a date.
While Xi Xizhi was carefully sensing the condition of her dantian, she did not notice that her body was also undergoing subtle changes.
Her hair, which had originally reached her waist, suddenly began to grow wildly. In an instant, the silvery-white strands filled the entire bathtub, clinging wetly to her and An Honghan's bodies.
The bones in her hands and feet slowly began to grow, and in no time, the originally fair-skinned and slightly chubby child transformed into a beautiful young woman.
The person who was most surprised was An Honghan. He witnessed Xi Xizhi's transformation firsthand and marveled at the wonders of the world. He was also lost in thought as he looked at Xi Xizhi's oval face, which was as beautiful as a lotus emerging from water.
Xi Xizhi's chin wasn't very pointed; it was slightly rounded. Her eyes, like stars, were misty with a thin layer of water. The diamond-shaped mark on her forehead was incredibly beautiful, its color even more vibrant than cinnabar.
After the intense pain subsided, Xi Xizhi realized that An Honghan was staring at her intently.
"What's wrong with you? Why are you looking at me like that?" Xi Xizhi asked, her voice becoming even more beautiful and melodious than before. Xi Xizhi sensed that something was wrong, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.
Unbeknownst to them, the tiny scales all over An Honghan's body had gradually faded away, and even the phantom dragon horn on his forehead had disappeared, as if everything that had just happened was merely an illusion and had never occurred at all.
An Honghan shifted his body slightly, and the edges where the two were touching slowly separated.
Xi Xizhi raised her hand to cover her mouth. No! Her voice had changed!
"When you were speaking just now..." Seeing Xi Xizhi's startled reaction, An Honghan's smile deepened, and his gaze became increasingly unfathomable.
Xi Xizhi felt her hair stand on end from his gaze. Why did An Honghan look at her like he wanted to devour her?
An Honghan did not consider himself a gentleman, much less a virtuous man like Liu Xiahui.
It didn't matter when the little mink was still a child, but now that she's lying naked in his arms as a young girl, what normal man would dare to guarantee that he could resist?
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