As Wu Long was having a date with his beauties, he noticed that Hua Ziyan’s gaze was sometimes falling onto an item of elegant clothing made of Lotus Silk, but she was hiding that gaze very meticulously in sightseeing. He smiled and whispered to Ye Ling who also smiled, happy that he finally noticed, and naturally took the others further down the street while he wrapped his hand around Hua Ziyan’s waist slowing her down.

“Hm?”

She looked at him with a questioning gaze but that also contained happiness from the intimate gesture.

“Ziyan, let’s go over to that store”

He casually led her to the store the item she liked was in and her heartbeat slightly elevated since she understood that her gaze was caught.

“Wu Long, I…”

She turned to him but he cupped her cheek with his hand and looked her straight in the eyes, cutting off her words with a sincere gaze, and as she looked at him he emphasized her name when he started talking again.

“Ziyan, whatever it is you want, you can have it. No matter how expensive it is, no matter even if I cannot afford it, I can find my ways. The main thing is, don’t hide your desires from me”

He told her with a smile and a blush appeared on her face. She of course liked that piece of clothing but what made her happier than anything was his care and attention. There also appeared a slight redness around her eyes but he soon noticed a flow of Spiritual Qi and it faded away. He gently smiled at the fact that she hid the tears that were about to pour.

“You’ll spoil me”

She said in a tiny voice, looking slightly down and away as his gaze was piercing and the care in it was so apparent she felt light-headed. Wu Long chuckled at her cute appearance.

“You are my woman, so I have that right”

He said, making her blush even more. He gave her a sweet kiss and led her further into the store, where they purchased not only that piece of clothing but a lot more. Wu Long looked at the shining smile on Hua Ziyan’s face in the elegant new dress and smiled with satisfaction.

“And you were about to deprive me of this sight, truly criminal”

She laughed at the exaggerated feeling of being wronged in his voice, it was like he was treated with the utmost unfairness. Although he said it like he was talking about her in the dress, which of course was magnificent, what he was really enjoying was the happiness she felt.

He knew that just this one reminder would not be enough for her to be completely honest with her desires, since there was still a lingering fear deep in her that she would be seen as a nuisance, but gradually, she would understand that she had the right to want things and being pampered. It just required time and attention, something he could give her plenty of.

As they rejoined the group Hua Ziyan felt a little awkward but the others eased her worries at being the one pampered separately. Wu Long may have given attention to one of them more from time to time, but they all now understood that there would be time for them as well.

As they stood on a sightseeing pier, as the others were talking excitedly and Wu Long was sitting with Ye Ling on a bench, Luo Mingyu approached them with some slight hesitation.

Ye Ling smiled and gave her a nod of approval while standing up and giving them some time to talk alone. As she went a little into the distance she sighed with relief that it did not come to a situation where they had to intervene and she was able to come to a point of talking to him on her own. 𝘯𝑜𝑣𝘦𝘭.𝘦𝑡

“Wu Long, I think I might have found the problem that was at the core of my worries, but I cannot seem to untangle it myself”

Luo Mingyu said as she was pondering about her Dao and the feeling of being useless when others fought that she had for the past few days while meditating. He attentively listened to her while looking at her and nodded.

“I am not a fighter”

She said, as he smiled and nodded again.

“Even if I do try to invest time and effort into becoming one, I know that if I invested that same time and effort into helping you and others as a Dao Cultivator I would be far more effective and useful”

As she looked at him she noticed a reaction to her words but he still seemed to want to listen to the end of what she said before speaking up so she continued.

“So I decided to concentrate on the Dao. But there is one problem and it is the feeling of vexation when I cannot help during battle, so I want to find a way to do so.

Sister Ye Ling told me that there is a theoretical concept of Dao Intent…”

As the words “Dao Intent” came out of her a slight worry appeared deep in Wu Long’s eyes. Numerous Dao Cultivators, including big names in the Seven Boundless Worlds, tried to comprehend it but none of them succeeded, and many ambitious young Dao Cultivators who did not achieve immortality spent their entire lifespans trying to comprehend it only to die not achieving it. Since they were Dao Cultivators, this idea became the bottleneck that prevented them from breaking through to higher realms unless they were able to comprehend it.

“… so I want to attempt comprehending it. I know, she said that it is only a theoretical concept and no one was able to confirm it. And attempting to do so could be potentially very dangerous, but I think I have a chance”

She finished and Wu Long ponderingly looked at her.

He did not blame Ye Ling for mentioning Dao Intent to her since she was just that ambitious herself. Ye Ling’s sword technique, the Heaven Transcending Lotus, was something she began to create very early on, taking a huge risk as a Sword Cultivator, who similarly could become stuck in their cultivation if they did not have sufficient achievements in the sword.

But he still was worried since now that she expressed that desire it was apparent that if she did not comprehend it, that could become a knot that hindered her advancement. And even if she did not know about Dao Intent, her inability to help in combat would have similarly become a knot.

“Mingyu, I said that I will support you in whatever you decide, and I will. I just want you to know that ‘usefulness’ is not something I seek from you. I am happy you think about me and about the others. I really am. I just hope that you do not measure your worth by usefulness”

He said as he patted her head gently. She lightly closed her eyes from the pleasurable feeling of being pampered.

“Regarding Dao Intent… it is certainly very ambitious of you to attempt it. I understand why you asked me, you want to get my permission or approval. But you do not need that since it is your path, my role is to make it easier for you as much as I can”

“Thank you!”

Luo Mingyu went forward and hugged Wu Long with a happy smile, as she now had both her own determination and Wu Long’s support in her decision.

He hugged her in return, with a little sigh as he knew that her road just became a lot harder than it was, even when it was not easy in the first place.

Once she calmed down a little from her excitement she sat on his lap and he looked at her with a sincere gaze.

“You have to be prepared, Mingyu. Paving your own path of comprehension of the Dao is a big enough task on its own, but if you want to also comprehend Dao Intent it is increasing the level of difficulty”

He said as she nodded.

“Yes, I meant to tell you about this, I have not yet consolidated it, but I think I found the first clue to my own comprehension of the Dao. I also think I might know a clue to the Dao Intent as well”

She said greatly surprising Wu Long with this news. There was no difference in her cultivation base, so she truly did not consolidate it, but just finding a clue is already a tremendous achievement when it comes to paving one’s own path. But she even found a clue to the Dao Intent, which he found hard to believe no matter how talented she was.

“Hehe, I cannot yet tell you about my path of the Dao, but the clue to Dao Intent is different since it is not an actual clue in comprehension, but a lead which could be helpful, and is related to you”

She said with a chuckle at the expression of bewilderment she rarely if ever got to see on his face.

“Related to me?”

“Yes, in fact, I think I am blessed with luck in comprehension of the Dao Intent since I have someone beside me who has comprehended many intents, Sword Intent, Spear Intent, Halberd Intent and I think you had also had Saber Intent”

She said with a smile and an astonished expression appeared on Wu Long’s face.