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is he about to finally give her access to the metal scroll?

I think the intention the author is trying to convey is that now that the unending one has less territory it needs to defend it is harder to remove him from his entrenched position. kind of like if an ancient empire only had one fortress remaining and they concentrated all the remaining forces on it. yeah they don't have a lot of territory but it's going to be really hard to take that last fort

it isn't useless. even though the person who uses this has to take a month off making the efficiency seem like it is a 1:1 ratio. they gain something valuable, 1 month of time. sure they can not build qi during this time but they can use it to do other things. for example if you could double your income and only work 6 months in the year instead of working 12 months for your current income, wouldn't you do it? time is the most valuable currency in the world and it is the hardest one to recover once spent

she has a VES-ted interest.

only 3 times lol

IDK why but this has to be the single funniest line I have read so far