Seeing the Cat Master ramble on without getting to the point, Jiang Yi knew it was time to offer some "filial devotion."
He immediately booked a quiet chamber and respectfully escorted Profound Mystery True Person onto the couch.
"I'm starting, Cat Master!"
Jiang Yi put all his techniques to work, sparing no effort.
Only by tending to the Cat Master properly could he advance steadily along the path of cultivation.
"Little Jiang truly is a devoted child..."
Profound Mystery True Person's soft belly, white as cotton, quivered and rippled like water.
After merely half an incense stick's time, he could no longer bear it and began meowing wildly.
Jiang Yi continued diligently, quietly working away.
Having tended to the Cat Master for so long, he had already gleaned a few insights.
Whether a refusal was coy encouragement or truly heartfelt, he could tell just by listening.
He rubbed lightly, kneaded slowly, stroked and teased, occasionally changing the Cat Master's position and turning him over.
Jiang Yi kept at it for a full two hours before stopping.
Profound Mystery True Person lay limp as mud, as though his soul had flown beyond the heavens, without even the strength to lift a forepaw.
"All right, all right, Little Jiang. Bring your ear closer. This True Person will explain Essence-Blood to you in detail."
With the Cat Master coaxed into a good mood, how could progress in cultivation be a worry?
Jiang Yi leaned his head closer and listened as Profound Mystery True Person rattled off his explanation.
Compared with the vague explanations and rote recitations of the previous two Dao Inheritances,
this time the Cat Master cut straight to the heart of the matter, drawing out its mysteries and essentials so clearly that Jiang Yi could understand without Supplicating the Heavenly Book.