The Game of Wits, Master Meng, and Attaining the Dao Through Martial Enlightenment! (6k)

"Phew..."

Meng Chuan slowly exhaled a breath of stale air and opened his eyes, a trace of helplessness on his face.

Restraining Daoxin's Blood Siphoning had been remarkably easy.

The awkward part was that Meng Chuan had forgotten one crucial detail...

He could control his own body, but he could not control Daoxin.

If he refused to give Daoxin a share, the damned thing went on strike...

Meng Chuan guided Seed Demon Internal Breath through the Greater Celestial Circuit, exchanging energy with the world inside the banner and converting it into qi-blood.

Daoxin had always handled that process before.

All he had needed to do was guide the newly formed qi-blood around his body to strengthen it, then channel it into his Star Veins to solidify them, while ensuring nothing went wrong.

Now Daoxin had gone on strike, hiding inside his Primordial Spirit and refusing to come out.

Meng Chuan had to handle every step of the Greater Celestial Circuit himself.

That laid bare just how difficult this cosmic "Divine Art and Peerless Technique" was to cultivate...

By Meng Chuan's rough reckoning, completing one circuit took a full three times as long as before.

In other words, his daily Core Method practice, which normally took six hours,

would now take eighteen hours if he did it all himself...

He would have time for nothing else. His backside would be planted in the Crimson Refinement Banner as he practiced day and night...

Daoxin also cultivated many secret arts for him in the background, saving him a great deal of work.

He could not afford to sour their relationship...

"Hiss..."

Meng Chuan reached into his Primordial Spirit and was about to approach Daoxin when it zipped away.

"I'll give you a share. Come on, let's talk!"

His perception swept out and caught