A phoenix

Mother Xu and Xinyi rushed to their son/brother to help him. His mother collected the buckets of water and kept it in the kitchen. Longwei wiped off the sweat that has formed on his forehead and said while panting. " Mom, you said you need water, right? I went inside the forest to bring water to you. Now you can use it" Longwei said with a bright smile on his face showing off his cute dimples as he went in the kitchen to do the dishes as he continued talking " And mom if you need more water, just ask okay. I don't want you to trouble yourself when you have me and Xinyi" Longwei continued to do the dishes as his sister helped him after she wiped off her tears. She doesn't want her brother to get worried. " Yes Mom, you have us now, go, go. Shoo, go and relax" Xinyi said with a smile while shooing her mother teasingly. Their mother's heart was filled with warmth as she hugged her children before going back to sweep the floor but before she could even touch the broom, her children's loud voices were heard from inside the kitchen " Mom! We said relax!" Mother Xu laughed before she entered the room to take a short nap...

" Xinyi what happened? I saw you wiping off your tears a while ago!" Longwei stopped washing the dishes after rinsing his hands as he looks at his sister with a pained expression on his face.

" Haha brother its nothing! I just tripped and fell because of my clumsiness So I started crying. You know how I'm a crybaby" Xinyi tried to hide it from her brother because if she told him then he will definitely pick a fight with Xu Chao and Xu Chao has already started his cultivation So her brother will be badly hurt if they fight. " Xinyi I know you're clumsy but I'm your brother. You can't hide anything from me. Tell me what's wrong" Longwei said as he caressed his sister's soft cheeks but his eyes were still showing pain and not because he is hurt his sister is hiding something from him but by the fact that he couldn't protect her form the thing that made her cry.

Seeing her brother's pained face, Xinyi couldn't help but burst into tears and she hugged him tightly " I'm sorry brother. I couldn't give you a gift for your test. Xu Chao stole the gift I wanted to give you and father defended him without even listening to my explanation and he even slapped me" She continue sobbing as tears that were shining like crystals rolled down her face nonstop.

" Xu Chao!" Longwei said with his eyes beaming in anger

" Brother please don't do anything reckless. He might kill you" Xinyi said as she looks at her brother's terrifying gaze and shook her head.

" He made you Cry!" Longwei said his eyes still red from anger but his voice was as soft and soothing as a beautiful garden with a soft and gentle waterfall, very soothing.

" Brother, you should at least start your cultivation first before thinking of fighting with that son of a biscuit" Xinyi hugged her brother as she said softly but the moment she remembered Xu chao's Ugly face. She puffed her cheeks and she pouted cutely. "Let's forget about that ugly beast. Let's continue to wash the dishes" Xinyi said to change the subject. Her brother heaved a deep sigh before he continued washing the dishes. After washing the dishes, they swept the floor and used the rest of the water and boiled it for their mom to bathe. They carried the buckets and two baskets and went out of the house and into the forest to bring back water and fruits to use at home. They saw alot of beautiful animals in the forest and sweet and juicy fruits. Xinyi dropped her bucket to collect some berries while Longwei went to the apple tree to collect apples to bring back home. He was going to climb up the tree when he notice a beautiful red bird on the tree, he smiled brightly at the bird and said " Hello, pretty birdie! I'm going to collect these apples if you don't mind. I promise I'm not going to hurt you" And as if the bird can understand him, It flew down and land on his shoulder and rubbed its soft feathers on his cheeks. Longwei giggled softly. The bird then flew up and started pulling the apples for longwei. The apples fall down and longwei picked them up and flashed another beautifully smile to the bird as he said " Thank you beautiful birdie but I'm sorry, I have to go now. Bye~" Longwei waved goodbye at the bird as he left the tree and went to the lake to find his sister. The beautiful bird then grew bigger as it turned into a beautiful girl that was only about three years younger than longwei with beautiful red hair and a mask that covers half her face on the tree. The girl smiled brightly at longwei as her beautiful sea blue eyes shined with happiness as she said loudly" Bye~".

Longwei was already a bit far but because of her sweet and clear voice he could hear her so he turned towards the place he left a moment ago but he didn't see anything there, so he continued walking.

" Princess we need to go back home. Your father will be worried if he finds out that you're here and not in the Palace" A man in black said to the young girl after bowing as he appeared on the tree close to her. The girl turns her head and looks at the place where longwei left a while ago before saying with sadness in her eyes " Okay". She finally made a friend who isn't as arrogant as her kind. Royalty. The girl then removed her mask as her whole face was revealed. A peerless beauty indeed. She turns into her bird form but this time she is ten times bigger and her whole being is blazing in flame. A phoenix. The man also turned into a bird but he isn't as big as her even when he is a grown man and because they're hiding their powers, they flew away without scaring the animals or the humans around them.