return from lanling

[shangba]

A full moon, unblinking.

You did not sleep, to see?

Comments

[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.

[shangba]

Shall make love to you with indulgence the other two days.

[emperorssmile]

I could use some indulgence tonight, but it’ll have to wait until tomorrow.

Unless you were serious about the bowls of rice?

[shangba]

Would not jest about rice.

But eaten before me.

[emperorssmile]

About taking me for each bowl of rice, then.

Oh right, you didn’t sleep well last night. Do you have the stamina for three goes?

[shangba]

Within a night's span, with certainty.

Perhaps sleep in between, a parting take before Wei Ying's rise. With luck, he stirs to witness.