The Girl of the Ultra Sword Sect

What are the thoughts of a fourteen-year-old boy when he accidentally stumbles on a naked fourteen-year-old girl? Hormonal lust from his recent puberty? Embarrassment from having looked at someone of the opposite gender naked? Thoughts on how to explain the situation and not get labeled as a pervert? How to explain this matter and arrange for it to be hush-hush?

Well, he isn't some mature guy. He is a fourteen-year-old boy who never stepped out of the forest. All he could do was look down and blush furiously. Even if all the thoughts mentioned above did go through his mind, they were completely overwhelmed by his shyness.

What about the fourteen-year-old girl? Embarrassment from having someone of the opposite gender having looked at her naked? Rage and thoughts to silence this offender? How to suppress this matter from spreading? And how to punish this offender? Or blank shyness like any other normal fourteen-year-old?

The little girl opened her mouth wide. The boy in between his half-closed eyes and furiously blushing face was thinking, "I'm done for. Her scream is going to be heard for miles. That old man and his friend are going to hear it, rush over, and label me as a little pervert. Then who knows what this girl and her family will do to me? Oh lord"

But this was no ordinary girl. Raised by the Ultra Sword Sect, and being taught by the best masters, her mental state was quite refined. She quickly suppressed her embarrassment and forced down her reflexive scream and dashed towards the shore. She wore her clothes in a hurried manner and turned towards the boy.

"Um...I didn't.....I wasn't....I was unaware....." stammered the boy.

"You just came here, and you saw absolutely nothing. Am I clear?" coldly said the girl in a crisp voice.

"Uhh...Yes, I just came here and I saw nothing. No. Never saw anything" said the boy, relieved. It seemed like this girl was not about to make a fuss.

The girl looked into the distance and whistled. A swishing sound could be heard, and a beautiful woman about twenty years old dressed in black clothes came towards the two rapidly.

"Young miss," said the woman while looking respectfully at the girl.

"Autumn, I asked you to keep a watch over this lake. How did he manage to come past you?" questioned the girl, pointing at the boy. "Fortunately I had finished my bath, or else it would have been a really embarrassing matter"

"I apologize miss. A Demonic Stone ape wandered towards the lake. It was quite troublesome to deal with, so I got distracted" replied the maid respectfully towards the girl, not exhibiting any form of dissatisfaction against the girl even after being admonished.

"Hmmph, you must have gone to kill it. If you wanted to drive it away, it wouldn't take much effort. Nevermind that for now. I'll let it pass this time" she replied.

"Yes, miss. I will keep this in mind. Young miss, should we...?" asked the maid, suggestively glancing at the boy.

"No need," she said. She then turned towards the boy and said "You must be that boy uncle Tan was talking about. My grandfather is a friend of his and has agreed to take you back to the sect. So in the future, we will be fellow disciples. Now let's go back to uncle Tan's place and meet them"

"Umm...Can I have my bath first?" asked the boy.

***

"Whew!" exhaled the boy, ruminating all the stuff that happened today. First, he was told that he would have to leave the place he had been living in for all the time he could remember. He then learned about the mainland. After that, he caught a talented little fox. Then, he saw someone of the opposite gender for the first time. More importantly, she was his age, extremely beautiful, and naked. Then there was also the woman who appeared to be the maid of the girl, who judging from her speed and ability to deal with the Demonic Stone ape, was at least a cultivator at the late Spiritual Foundation, if not higher.

Cultivation started by tempering the body. There are nine layers in the Body Tempering stage. Humans could only start cultivating at fourteen years of age. Any earlier than that could cause some deformities during the Body Tempering stage. Body Tempering involves using spirit energy to temper the flesh, internal organs, and bones.

After Body Tempering comes the Spiritual Foundation stage. This involves constructing a stable spiritual foundation inside the naval region of the body. It is divided into early stage, mid stage, and late stage depending on the degree of condensation.

After the Spiritual Foundation stage comes the Spiritual Condensation stage. It involves condensing the spirit energy into the previously constructed spiritual foundation.

The stages of cultivation after this were unclear to the boy.

"Well, this was a long day. But the bigger concern is, the day is not over yet. I better hurry back and meet the old man's friend. That girl looks like she wants to keep that incident a secret, so she probably won't tell anyone. Well, let's see what happens" thinking so, the boy picked up the little fox he had tied up and tossed in a corner and started walking back towards the shack he had called home all this while, the one which he would be leaving soon.