44 Things Get Spicy (2/2)
However, Evangeline was a girl and Jam had yet to see a living example of their ”partless” crotches. She seemed to not care about the awkwardness of nudity between the two genders, so Jam wouldn't let this chance go to waste. Jam started speaking.
”Hey, I was wondering… could you stand up for a second.” These words might have been acceptable in other situation, but they were directed by a boy to a girl, who was naked in his bath; it wasn't appropriate for these circumstances, to say the least.
'Oh, shit. I've seriously fucked up this time around. He's my future husband so I don't mind letting him see me naked, but if he tries something funny...' Evangeline thought to herself. She didn't think of what would happen if Jam ”tried anything funny,” but the result wouldn't be pretty...
Evangeline took a deep breath, gave Jam a glare full of complex emotions, and stood up, revealing herself in the totality of her perfection.
It should be noted that Evangeline had been seriously cultivating her body, and had even reached the beginning phases of the Bone Realm. Each time a person made a breakthrough to the next Stage or Realm in body refinement, their body would become closer to that of the ideal body. This in turn made Jam look like a devilishly handsome eighteen-year-old, and Evangeline looked like an eighteen-year-old world class beauty.
Honestly, the scene of both of them in the bathroom, looked less like a bunch of derpy ten-year-olds playing around in the bath, and more like a mature couple acting out some sort of soft foreplay.
As Jam looked at the the now exposed Evangeline, he couldn't help but mutter under his breath ”It really is true… they really do have partless crotches...”
”What the fuck are you talking about?” Evangeline had heard Jam's mutterings as clear as day.
”I read a book on anatomy, but up until this very moment, I've never managed to see a real woman's crotch. I had always been skeptical about the rumors, but they were really true! Men and women have different crotches!”
The ridiculousness of Jam's explanation diffused how tense the mood was, and Evangeline felt atmosphere lighten up. So, she sat back down, and the two enjoyed their bath for a while. Evangeline, while wanting to trust Jam, still couldn't help but be on guard against him during their bath. Jam on the other hand, closed his eyes and fully enjoyed his bath for the span of its duration.
When Jam felt relaxed enough, he got out of the bath, dispelled any lingering drops of water still stuck to his skin with his energy, and put on his uniform. Whenever Jam was out of combat he would walk around in his bare uniform.
Evangeline was still pulling herself back together after that experience she shared with Jam in the bathroom, but soon followed after Jam's steps in re-clothing herself.
The two Dao Companions were trying their best to understand the others intentions. Jam acted completely different that what was expected of a boy his age, and the same could be said for Evangeline.
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After this desperately needed break, Jam returned to his cultivation room and resumed his energy cultivation. Now that Jam had completed his body cultivation for the Spirit Realm, he could focus more time on his other core skills and energy cultivation.
Jam and the other core disciples, had about a weeks worth of time to prepare for the trip to the Titanic Beast Mountain Range. During this time, apart from improving his relationship with Evangeline, Jam managed to reach the peak of the Soul Condensing Stage, as well as master all the core skills available to him from the Thunderfire Cataclysm.
After Jam's willpower had been strengthened through his experience with the Bone Realm of body cultivation, Jam's souls grew to be several times more resistant. Therefore, allowing him to feed his soul larger amounts of energy at a faster rate. This resulted in him being at the peak of the Soul Condensing Stage by the end of the week. Jam's soul was now the same size as his body.
Right before the core disciples would meet in the classroom to leave with Cecily to the Titanic Beast Mountain Range, Jam also collected the techniques he was promised for being in the champion squad of the hunting competition.
Tzatziki recommended that Jam should take a Demonic technique for the Saint Realm technique, and a Yang technique for the Sage Realm technique. Jam could understand why a demonic technique was picked. Jam had his True Demon Form, but it had no skills aside from the transformation. But, the Yang technique? Why on earth would Jam need a Yang technique, after all the Daos he was currently studying?
Jam tried to ask Tzatziki, why he could possibly need a Yang technique. But all he did was giggle non-stop and put on a peculiar face — ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). In the end Tzatziki finally put together a complete sentence through his laughing ”Your going to need it in the future. TRUST ME.”