Alice, Liz, and Chiryousha all sat on the floor in a lotus position. This was to calm the mind of the trio. At least until they entered the bath and got the talk that Liz wanted.
Minutes passed and still no word from the other guards. Liz was not upset but rather disappointed in the fact that either the water was too cold or their Fire Qi was not up to par.
Finally, at the end of the hour. The guards came back. Their clothes soaked, the smell of cleaning on them, and the upset faces seemed to be almost hurtful.
"Our Lady Liz, we are ashamed to tell you that we managed to increase the water temperature only to find that the bath was dirty. We cleaned until just a few minutes ago.
We drained the water and filled it back up only to realize that our water supply as been contaminated.
If you wish to have a bath still, we do our best to find some clean water and fill the tub up. If you do not, we will take the punishment for your inability to take a bath." One of the ladies spoke.
"Give me a few minutes." Liz spoke.
She was indeed troubled. If their supply had been contaminated, it meant more likely that the opposite side has it as well.
Liz contacted Iris about it. Iris was upset because she could not tell if the water had been contaminated or not. At least at the forefront, she had just taken a natural cold bath.
Iris called for a Fire Qi user to warm the bath. Just like on the other side, once it was warmed up the water became contaminated.
"Yes Liz, we too have contaminated water." Iris finished.
What Iris did not say was that it was not has bad due to their yours truly.
Liz was fuming with anger. She walked out of the house with Chiryousha and Alice. People outside were astoundished to see her. Liz's anger sent death down their spines. They rushed away.
"Good. Now to find the cause of my bath not being perfect right now." Liz's anger was more than evident in her words.
The trio flew to the base of the Sect. They went to the river that supplies both sides of the Sect. Of course, it was not like normal river but like the Nile River.
Hundreds if not thousands of predators swam through the river. Their job to ensure that nothing terrible appears and to keep some wildlife from becoming overpopulated.
People had dealt with the issue of the creatures trying to enter the Sects by putting weird blocks in place. Of course, due to both sides having to work together. Their unintentionally actually contaminated all of the water flowing into the Sects.
As Liz, Alice, and Chiryousha made their way to the river source. Iris also came down and walked with them. Although not as serious as what Iris made it sound like. She knew how Liz enjoyed her baths. If anything or anyone made her angry, she needed to make sure that the person or persons responsible would be captured instead of burned alive.
Iris could tell how contaminated the water was flowing directly into the Sects. This made her feel sorry for whoever dared to mess with Liz.
As soon as they reached the main river. They saw a weird looking block. It was similar to a makeshift dam blocking the creatures instead of water. What made Liz angry was the fact that poisonous coating was used on it.
She knew it was poisonous due to one reason alone. It was simply the fact that it was black with blue dots painting. The black paint was normally not poisonous. However, due to whatever other ingredient was used in the paint caused it to become poisonous the blue dots.
Liz blew the block up and forced her anger on the predators lurking in the deep. This caused them not only to swim as fast as possible but stay away from the path. They taught their children that as well.
Liz was finishing burning the block. She wanted to ensure that nothing survived. Iris knowing that this was probably the work of the two Sects. She wanted to talk to her father about it calmly.
"Liz, just stay here and purify the water. I will talk with my dad about the water situation." Iris told her.
"I already planned to purify the water and whoever dared to mess with my bath time." Liz replied.
Iris knew that this would not end well for the two Sects. Currently, there was nothing that could be done about it. All that Iris could do was hope that Liz's fury was calmed down before the start of the purging. Iris had to get whoever was in the project in suspension before Liz found out.
That would not happen. Nor would the people who made the paint be saved either.