The next day, after gathering purple qi, Ying Jiaren and Wang Quan each gathered Beauty Essence again, and Ying Jiaren began branding Dao characters onto her Yin Spirit.
One Dao character after another was branded onto it at a tremendous pace.
Wang Quan watched over her briefly from the side, then left.
He let his Yang Spirit practice Dharma Refining to earn money.
His main body studied various spells or joined in Dharma Refining.
Whenever he grew bored, he descended into the Second-Layer World to clear out some Evil.
He repeated this until the afternoon, when he activated Moonlight Escape again and headed to his base.
While Wang Quan improved bit by bit amid the tedium and monotony, arguments raged within the Si Household:
The rental period for the goose egg was up.
The Si Household was divided.
A large portion of them said bluntly, "This goose egg is truly wondrous. The Flower-Scatter Daoist is alone, with neither influence nor backing. He simply can't keep a grip on it."
But another group objected, "Our lineage's cultivators swore before everyone, calling heaven and earth to witness, that we would return it on time."
"If we don't return it now, we'll damage the Si Household's reputation."
Someone retorted, "A reputation can be built up slowly. But once this treasure is gone, getting it back will be harder than climbing to heaven!"
A cultivator sneered, "Once our reputation collapses, we might never rebuild it in our lifetimes!"
"Perhaps plenty of organizations and individuals are waiting for the Si Household to break its word, so they can seize the chance to strangle us and plunder our territory."
"Everyone, this goose egg has already strengthened the Si Household's foundations considerably."
"With those additional foundations supporting us, the next few decades, or even a century,