"Uh, Fellow Daoist Li..." As Li Xiaoya flew through the air, continuing his search for Zhang Hong, Second Better, who had been silent all this while, suddenly spoke.
"What is it?"
"Don't cultivators these days have any taboos against improving mortals' abilities?" Second Better asked, sounding puzzled.
"Uh, Second Better, what are you getting at? Is there a problem?" Li Xiaoya paused at his words, then recovered and asked.
"If I didn't see wrong just now, you used your magic power to open that mortal's meridians and improve his constitution, didn't you?" Second Better promptly asked.
"Yes. Is there a problem?" Li Xiaoya smiled unconcernedly. It had been no more than lifting a hand, after all, and had barely consumed any of his magic power.
"Ah, it seems you really don't know!" Second Better said, unsure whether to laugh or cry. "You should know that we Immortal Cultivators shouldn't casually alter mortals' destinies. Improving a mortal's strength the way you did is especially taboo. Heaven's will governs all things unseen. By improving Little Beggar's constitution, you gave him extraordinary talent for martial arts. If he does good, that's fine-you'll have accumulated virtue. But if he does evil, your actions will have made it possible, and that will affect your fortune as a cultivator. That's why, from ancient times to the present, cultivators have been very wary of casually improving mortals' abilities. Do you understand now?"
"Huh! There's actually such a rule?" Li Xiaoya asked with a hint of disbelief.
"Of course. Though we Immortal Cultivators defy Heaven by cultivating the path to longevity, aren't we also seeking the path of the Heavenly Dao? So, Fellow Daoist Li, you would do well not to disrupt that unseen will of Heaven lightly," Second Better advised.
"Uh, are we supposed to just leave