Xiaoyue sat by Li Dazhi's side, casually picking up the scroll of paper and sprigs of Spiritual Root leaves next to her. She rolled a bit of tobacco with the paper, her light pink tongue tip moistening the edge of the tobacco so it sealed itself, then she gently rolled it on her thigh.
Li Dazhi extinguished the tobacco pipe and took the rolled cigarette Xiaoyue offered with his mouth, his fingers igniting a flame.
"Uncle-Master, are you troubled by something?"
"Ah, I'm thinking about the safety issues concerning Ping'an."
Li Dazhi sighed:
"Ping'an has gotten too deeply involved in some matters.
"I should have stopped him from going to the Eastern Alliance before... But even stopping him would have been useless. Now, the various forces are eyeing Ping'an because he has resonated with the Heavenly Dao and gained its favor.
"The Heavenly Dao is very peculiar; hardly anyone in thrall to it ends up with a good fate."