Night fell:
Ying Jiaren set foot in the Second-Layer World.
After more than a month of cultivation, burning through vast quantities of Sandalwood Incense regardless of cost, she had forcibly refined a hundred strands of [wondrous fragrance dharma power].
With a hundred strands of dharma power, the first thing she did was enter the Second-Layer World to recite scripture and cleanse evil.
At Wang Quan's suggestion, she entered the Miscellaneous Goods Hall to cleanse it.
Since this was her first time cleansing evil, Wang Quan wanted to go in and look after her a little.
But Ying Jiaren said coolly, "You should hurry up and go do some Dharma Refining!"
"I can handle it myself!"
Ying Jiaren had a strong-willed nature.
She believed that whatever other cultivators could do, whatever Wang Quan could do, she could do as well.
She even wanted to do better than anyone else.
She did not need anyone else to escort and protect her.
That was why she decided to cleanse evil alone, strengthen her Yin Spirit's foundation, and prepare to transform it into a Yang Spirit.
Wang Quan neither approved nor disapproved of Ying Jiaren's decision.
After reminding Ying Jiaren of a few precautions, he placed his Yang Spirit and physical body among the mountains and went about gathering moonlight to temper his dharma power.
An incense stick's worth of time...
An hour...
Two hours...
Ying Jiaren sent a message: "I'm back, and I've already bathed and changed; come cultivate, quick!"
Whoosh!
Wang Quan exhaled a breath of stale air.
With a beauty inviting him, duty allowed no refusal.
He left his Yang Spirit mechanically and woodenly gathering moonlight for Dharma Refining, while his physical body headed straight for Ying Jiaren.
Inside the room, incense smoke curled through the air.
Ying Jiaren snapped her