"I'm still a child. How would I know?" Mo Hua said, perfectly justified.
Zhang Lan's expression stalled, full of helplessness, and he could only explain.
"So-called harvesting and supplementation is actually a kind of dual cultivation."
After Zhang Lan finished speaking, he paused, then said, "You at least know what dual cultivation is, right?"
Mo Hua's face reddened. "I only know a tiny bit."
Zhang Lan did not know whether he truly did not know or was only pretending not to know, so he continued.
"It's actually just affairs between men and women. To put it plainly, that's all it is. But dual cultivation can improve one's cultivation a little, and the process is charming and suggestive, so many cultivators become intoxicated with studying the Dao of dual cultivation."
Mo Hua had a question. "Can dual cultivation really improve cultivation?"
"It can improve it by a tiny bit, that's all. Better than nothing. If you have time to study this crooked side path, you'd be better off spending more time sitting in meditation and cultivating," Zhang Lan said.
"Then what's the difference between dual cultivation and harvesting and supplementation?"
"Dual cultivation can still be considered normal. Harvesting and supplementation is vicious. Evil cultivators use harvesting and supplementation to draw out another person's blood vitality, essence, and spiritual power. The person being harvested and supplemented may, in light cases, regress in cultivation; in severe cases, their Dao foundation collapses, or they may even be harvested and supplemented to death. Such things happen often."
Mo Hua's heart chilled.
"That flower thief you're hunting—did he harvest and supplement someone to death too?"
"He's definitely done that kind of thing before, but not this time. We're hunting him because last month, he harvested and supplemented a perfectly healthy woman until she was reduced to