return from lanling

[shangba]

A full moon, unblinking.

You did not sleep, to see?

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[emperorssmile]

It's hard not to when we can't keep our hands off each other.

I trust it and I trust you.

[shangba]

Then, fly to me. Shall reward you.

[emperorssmile]

What sort of reward?

Patience, my love. It’ll be less than a shi. We’re making good time.

[shangba]

Will take you a turn for each rice bowl with your dinner.

[emperorssmile]

We’ll have to start early and stay up late after I finish all three allotted bowls!

[shangba]

Perhaps this is the way to fatten Wei Ying.

[emperorssmile]

I’m not gaining weight even though I’ve been eating more often than I was.

Maybe all that food’s getting used up by my core progression.

[shangba]

Is there chance of corrosion from resentful energy?

[emperorssmile]

I usually pay the price with a drop of blood or through music, but it’s possible.

I am using demonic cultivation regularly for the immortality thing, so it could be that. If my core gets strong enough, I can switch to just using spiritual energy for it.

[shangba]

Every day must mean every day.

[emperorssmile]

At least every day when we’re face to face.

I wouldn’t want all of our bed play to be dual cultivation, though.

[shangba]

Even for one lifetime, out of a time immortal?

[emperorssmile]

You’d really want to donate qi every day?

Sometimes, I just want it to you, me, and instinct.

[shangba]

And cultivation anchors in the moment. Forces you to think.

[emperorssmile]

Right.

Right now we’re cultivating once every four days. Maybe we could do it once every three days?

[shangba]

Would two overwhelm?

[emperorssmile]

Every other day…

We can try it. But if it doesn’t speed up my core’s formation, we can go back to once every four days, right?

[shangba]

Compromise: cultivate through bedplay each third day. Meditate half a shichen during the rest.

[emperorssmile]

Meditation for half a shichen on both days between or just one?

[shangba]

One day of cultivation through bedplay. Another through meditation. A third of rest and Wei Ying's indulgence.

[emperorssmile]

Deal!

I don’t think I could stomach meditating that long two out of every three days.

[shangba]

Perhaps meditate the day after coupling, when Wei Ying's body is worn, his meridians replenishing. A lethargic state.

[emperorssmile]

That works. I can do it when I wake up if the nursemaid takes over caring for A-Liang in the mornings after.

[shangba]

Shall consult books, also. Bedplay need not be... uninspiring.

[emperorssmile]

I know. We’ll make sure it’s fun, but I’ll have to focus on something other than just the two of us loving each other.