20 Blissful Bathing - 6 (1/2)

Wondering where the bathing room was, Fan Zhu Xia quickly went towards the closet and with a wave of her hands; placed most of her robes and hang them

inside, only leaving a couple of them in the space of her storage ring. She did the same with the dresser and placed her other articles of clothing as well as a couple of other things.

She then made her way to the vanity table she saw earlier and opened a couple of the drawers before taking off her hairpins and accessories, placing them in different drawers before completely shutting them once she was free from all of the pins and accessories she was wearing earlier.

After that, she went ahead out of her room and walked until she found the other hallway that she passed by earlier and followed it.

Fan Zhu Xia noticed that it bordered the two unfurnished rooms she had entered earlier as well as had two more doors.

Going to the farthest one first, she slid the big double doors open and saw that it led to the back gardens of the courtyard so she just closed it back up.

Fan Zhu Xia then turned back and made her way to the other door that she passed and went to open it and stepped inside while closing the door behind her.

Just by the entrance was a built in shelf on the wall where there's a couple of baskets filled with different oils, extracts, salts as well as soaps and towels of different sizes. There also space to place your belongings and hang your clothes.

Quickly stripping, Fan Zhu Xia removed her clothes and her shoes before grabbing a small basket and placing a couple of different oils, salts and soap, along with a couple of towels and made her way towards another two doors; one was unlike the previous door that she entered which was made of the same spirit wood as the rest of the courtyard, was now made out of entirely with white jade and glass and the other was quite normal when compared to the jade door and was just made with the same wood as the rest of the courtyard.

Opening the other wooden door, she saw that it was a small but spacious room that serves as the toilet. There was a couple of buckets aside from the toilets as wells as a water pump and a tall table with a basin with a mirror hanging in front of it as well as a shelf filled with a couple of basins and towels as well as a basket of soaps and pots of potpourri which made prevented the room from becoming smelly.

Closing it, Fan Zhu Xia directed her gaze to the jade door instead.

The moment she pushed the jade door open, an involuntary gasp of surprise escaped her.

Steam rushed to her, and stepping inside, a soft warmth enveloped her. Looking down, she noticed that the walls and floor was the same white jade as the door and the heat in the room was perfectly distributed that even the floor was comfortably warm.

Because of the steam, Fan Zhu Xia's view was slightly hazy but looking around, she noticed that there were a several small slits on the top part of one wall where the steam seems to seep out which serves as ventilation. It was enough to let air filter through but not large enough for anyone to fit in and since it was placed in the upper part of the walls, it would also be hard for anyone to take a peek and this brought her a small sense of security.

Taking a fee more steps, Zhu Xia noticed that the bathing room was somewhat divided into two areas. One was for an area for washing were a couple of buckets and built in shelvings as well as jade stools where located alongside what seems to be an water pump while on the other side was a large curved pool with carved steps in the middle while it's bordering edge extended all the way to the wall; shaping it into a half-circle.

From what Fan Zhu Xia could see, the large pool is the one that generates the steam and this is also most likely the natural hot spring that the old man, Min Guo Ji told her about earlier.

Feeling a bit torn, Fan Zhu Xia decided to wash herself for a bit to make sure she was rid of any dust and dirt she had on her body due to their travels and being outside before going into the pool.

Placing her small basket filled with the soaps and oils earlier into one of the shelves that's been built into the jade walls, Fan Zhu Xia grabbed a bucket and one of the stools before sitting down near one of the water pumps and getting water from it.

The moment she poured water on top of herself, she exhaled in relief since the water wasn't cold but wa also comfortably warm.

Humming softly, Fan Zhu Xia cleaned herself happily. Using the soaps and various oils she got; the scent of it slowly mixed into the steam in the air which gave the whole room a relaxing floral fragrance which Fan Zhu Xia really enjoyed.

Amidst the steamy haze, her alluring figure could barely be seen as the sounds of water splashing to the ground along with her soft humming filled the room. The water which fell down the floor was being drained in several parts into dimly glowing lights from the floor.

Glancing at them curiously, Fan Zhu Xia's eyes widened slightly as she murmured, ”Runes? Such extravagance for a bathroom...”