Sit together to discuss the Dao and improve together?
It sounded tempting, and Wang Quan was swayed.
Half yielding, half resisting, he rode Yellow Steed Tongtong to find Ruo Jinghong, then practiced with her.
The result left him with mixed feelings: Beautiful Lady Yu had not worked well.
They had not improved together; instead, they had gone around in circles.
The only benefit they had gained was:
It had felt wonderful!
Ruo Jinghong tied her hair into a ponytail, sat upright on the Cloud of Auspiciousness, and straightened her clothes. "Fellow Daoist Flower-Scatter, we should discuss the Dao more often from now on."
Hearing this, Wang Quan hesitated, but still nodded. "Not too often."
"It doesn't do much, and it wastes time."
Beside them, Tongtong shook herself, scattering the droplets from her fur, and said sadly, "You had such a wonderful time, yet you're complaining that it wasted time?"
Ruo Jinghong smacked her on the head. "Shut up!"
"Fellow Daoist Flower-Scatter, farewell."
Whoosh!
Ruo Jinghong swept up Yellow Steed Tongtong and streaked away in a whistling beam of light.
Watching them leave, Wang Quan fell silent for a moment, then told Ying Jiaren that he had just made a mistake any man would make.
But Ying Jiaren was in a Historical Fragment and could not receive his message at all.
Wang Quan sighed. "I'll tell her when I get the chance!"
"It's all because my resolve wasn't firm. I was only thinking about improving my wisdom and studying the Daoist Scriptures, and that's how I made this mistake!"
As he pondered, he pointed at heaven and earth and swore he absolutely would not make the same mistake next time.
Whew!
Exhaling a breath of stale air, Wang Quan prepared to return to his routine.
Then Mei Niang came looking for