Chapter 36
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"To make the body clean by, first avoiding uncleanliness. We must not eat unclean foods. It includes all the beast with paws, shew the cud, or of them that divide the cud. Only those that have fins and scales can be eaten for the those that live in both the sea and the river.."
As Henry continue, Cheska's face became darker and darker. She imagined the monks and nun back in planet earth.
[will I be wearing some ugly robe and have my hair shaved? that is as worse as food limitations]
Then she realized her role. As the one who manages the household she is also concerned about the types of meal to be served daily. Although she does not directly cook and prepare the menu, her choices of food are greatly considered.
Boar, choldrein, camel, rabbits, feline creatures and other types of beast with paws are part of their everyday menu. To increase their strength, they also eat the blood essence and meat of rare beasts.
[When Henry said that the spiritual cultivation is hard to follow, I thought some routines or exercise was hard to perform, but this.. I am fooling myself…] Cheska was unsure about whether to follow it or not.
Imaginig herself like a hermit or monk made cheska frown.
The cultivation manual is nuts to let them avoid such types of food. Not just meat but fishes and crustaceans as well.
Looking at Cheska's distorted face, Henry smiled and asked if she still wanted to continue.
But the heart is powerful. Just to have moments like this with Henry she was ready to sacrifice all the pleasures in life. Forget about the tasty dishes.
Cheska paused and weighed the consequences. She loves Henry but is she crazy enough to take this leap? she took a deep breath.
"I... I can do this."
Henry smiled continued to enumerate the type of food which was prohibited by the manual. Francis and Helen nodded in agreement. The same rules applied in Planet Hilan. It will not be hard to follow and remember it all. From their expedition from planet to planet the same rules apply.
"When a man has any discharge, may it be from wound or other body fluids he shall be unclean. Every bed that he used, chair and clothes shall be unclean. Whoever touches an unclean man or touched his bed, clothes, or used his chair should take a bath."
As Cheska listen intently she realized that the words that Henry were speaking of are familiar. It was like she have read it before. Henry emphasized the transfer of uncleanliness, like if the unclean man with issues or discharge, touches another person, that person needs to bath, or if he used something and was used by another that person needs to bath.
Cheska did understand the concept based on standard precaution. Microorganism can be passed on and cause disease. This is the same with Francis and Helen.
[maintaining a clean body must mean being free of pathogens in this world] Helen thought.
"If a woman have an issue or discharge of blood, she needs to be put apart for seven days, whoever touches her shall be unclean"
"what the? You mean we can't mingle with anyone when we are in our period? As in, not go out?" Cheska reacted. It's impossible, unreasonable, unacceptable.
"Put apart Cheska, not locked down, duh" Henry said with a pout.
"But why?"
"Blood outside the body attracts bacteria, you are like a bacteria magnet when you have a discharge. The swarms of bacteria in the atmosphere specially those which are responsible for decaying things may be smelled by us, innocent passerby. You can make people sick you know." Francis explained. "Besides your blood have some crazy soldiers who might attack us."
"Are you kidding me Francis?" Cheska looked at the manual and saw that Henry wasn't lying, it was not just about menstruation, the manual prohibited copulation when a woman has her period. It also told them that man and woman shall bath themselves after copulation specially when there are semen's and discharge after orgasm.
"body fluids from another person is unclean to you, such an easy concept Cheska, was it not taught in your planet?" Francis said as he scratched his head.
"yes it was but not to this extent, this is nuts."
"Okay, I will spit and then let you touch my saliva. Make sure not to wash your hands after" Francis smiled as he talked.
"What the? why would I want to touch your saliva?"
"See, you don't even want to touch my saliva but it's okay for you not to wash after sex? Filthy" Francis was indeed vulgar and not a gentleman.
"That's not the point Francis" Cheska scoffed.
"Cheska, spiritual cultivation is built on faith, self-control, preservation and hope. This is not known as the hardest type of cultivation for nothing. It is always your choice whether you want it or not." Henry said.
Helen fully understood the concepts that Henry was talking about. Because of quantum scope they knew exactly how hard it is to fight with smaller organisms from the lower dimensions. Spiritual cultivation sounded more scientific in her ear.
"We cannot mate with other species, or our close relatives,we cannot mate with the spouse of our close relatives, or other beasts". Henry continued. "We cannot utilize familiar spirits or become witch or wizards."
After four hours of discussion, Cheska could no longer help but to shudder. Spiritual cultivation is a narrow and difficult path indeed. It was very easy to stray away from it and be tempted by the pleasures of the physical world.
[can I do it? Maintain the rules for life?] It was hard to follow the things that one does not understand. But the problem is, she had an idea as to why it should be done but she felt crazy following the rules. Can she even forget about how sweet and tender a scallop was, or how tasty a roasted pork was? Just the thought about it made her mouth salivate. Forget about the other rules. She doesn't have any plans of mating beasts or relatives, she can take a bath or wash her hands when exposed to germs, but to avoid food? Oh it was a torture.
[Tsk, I will not do this] Cheska gritted her teeth.
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"To make the body clean by, first avoiding uncleanliness. We must not eat unclean foods. It includes all the beast with paws, shew the cud, or of them that divide the cud. Only those that have fins and scales can be eaten for the those that live in both the sea and the river.."
As Henry continue, Cheska's face became darker and darker. She imagined the monks and nun back in planet earth.
[will I be wearing some ugly robe and have my hair shaved? that is as worse as food limitations]
Then she realized her role. As the one who manages the household she is also concerned about the types of meal to be served daily. Although she does not directly cook and prepare the menu, her choices of food are greatly considered.
Boar, choldrein, camel, rabbits, feline creatures and other types of beast with paws are part of their everyday menu. To increase their strength, they also eat the blood essence and meat of rare beasts.
[When Henry said that the spiritual cultivation is hard to follow, I thought some routines or exercise was hard to perform, but this.. I am fooling myself…] Cheska was unsure about whether to follow it or not.
Imaginig herself like a hermit or monk made cheska frown.
The cultivation manual is nuts to let them avoid such types of food. Not just meat but fishes and crustaceans as well.
Looking at Cheska's distorted face, Henry smiled and asked if she still wanted to continue.
But the heart is powerful. Just to have moments like this with Henry she was ready to sacrifice all the pleasures in life. Forget about the tasty dishes.
Cheska paused and weighed the consequences. She loves Henry but is she crazy enough to take this leap? she took a deep breath.
"I... I can do this."
Henry smiled continued to enumerate the type of food which was prohibited by the manual. Francis and Helen nodded in agreement. The same rules applied in Planet Hilan. It will not be hard to follow and remember it all. From their expedition from planet to planet the same rules apply.
"When a man has any discharge, may it be from wound or other body fluids he shall be unclean. Every bed that he used, chair and clothes shall be unclean. Whoever touches an unclean man or touched his bed, clothes, or used his chair should take a bath."
As Cheska listen intently she realized that the words that Henry were speaking of are familiar. It was like she have read it before. Henry emphasized the transfer of uncleanliness, like if the unclean man with issues or discharge, touches another person, that person needs to bath, or if he used something and was used by another that person needs to bath.
Cheska did understand the concept based on standard precaution. Microorganism can be passed on and cause disease. This is the same with Francis and Helen.
[maintaining a clean body must mean being free of pathogens in this world] Helen thought.
"If a woman have an issue or discharge of blood, she needs to be put apart for seven days, whoever touches her shall be unclean"
"what the? You mean we can't mingle with anyone when we are in our period? As in, not go out?" Cheska reacted. It's impossible, unreasonable, unacceptable.
"Put apart Cheska, not locked down, duh" Henry said with a pout.
"But why?"
"Blood outside the body attracts bacteria, you are like a bacteria magnet when you have a discharge. The swarms of bacteria in the atmosphere specially those which are responsible for decaying things may be smelled by us, innocent passerby. You can make people sick you know." Francis explained. "Besides your blood have some crazy soldiers who might attack us."
"Are you kidding me Francis?" Cheska looked at the manual and saw that Henry wasn't lying, it was not just about menstruation, the manual prohibited copulation when a woman has her period. It also told them that man and woman shall bath themselves after copulation specially when there are semen's and discharge after orgasm.
"body fluids from another person is unclean to you, such an easy concept Cheska, was it not taught in your planet?" Francis said as he scratched his head.
"yes it was but not to this extent, this is nuts."
"Okay, I will spit and then let you touch my saliva. Make sure not to wash your hands after" Francis smiled as he talked.
"What the? why would I want to touch your saliva?"
"See, you don't even want to touch my saliva but it's okay for you not to wash after sex? Filthy" Francis was indeed vulgar and not a gentleman.
"That's not the point Francis" Cheska scoffed.
"Cheska, spiritual cultivation is built on faith, self-control, preservation and hope. This is not known as the hardest type of cultivation for nothing. It is always your choice whether you want it or not." Henry said.
Helen fully understood the concepts that Henry was talking about. Because of quantum scope they knew exactly how hard it is to fight with smaller organisms from the lower dimensions. Spiritual cultivation sounded more scientific in her ear.
"We cannot mate with other species, or our close relatives,we cannot mate with the spouse of our close relatives, or other beasts". Henry continued. "We cannot utilize familiar spirits or become witch or wizards."
After four hours of discussion, Cheska could no longer help but to shudder. Spiritual cultivation is a narrow and difficult path indeed. It was very easy to stray away from it and be tempted by the pleasures of the physical world.
[can I do it? Maintain the rules for life?] It was hard to follow the things that one does not understand. But the problem is, she had an idea as to why it should be done but she felt crazy following the rules. Can she even forget about how sweet and tender a scallop was, or how tasty a roasted pork was? Just the thought about it made her mouth salivate. Forget about the other rules. She doesn't have any plans of mating beasts or relatives, she can take a bath or wash her hands when exposed to germs, but to avoid food? Oh it was a torture.
[Tsk, I will not do this] Cheska gritted her teeth.
"To make the body clean by, first avoiding uncleanliness. We must not eat unclean foods. It includes all the beast with paws, shew the cud, or of them that divide the cud. Only those that have fins and scales can be eaten for the those that live in both the sea and the river.." As Henry continue, Cheska's face became darker and darker. She imagined the monks and nun back in planet earth. will I be wearing some ugly robe and have my hair shaved? that is as worse as food limitations Then she realized her role. As the one who manages the household she is also concerned about the types of meal to be served daily. Although she does not directly cook and prepare the menu, her choices of food are greatly considered. Boar, choldrein, camel, rabbits, feline creatures and other types of beast with paws are part of their everyday menu. To increase their strength, they also eat the blood essence and meat of rare beasts. When Henry said that the spiritual cultivation is hard to follow, I thought some routines or exercise was hard to perform, but this.. I am fooling myself Cheska was unsure about whether to follow it or not. Imaginig herself like a hermit or monk made cheska frown. The cultivation manual is nuts to let them avoid such types of food. Not just meat but fishes and crustaceans as well. Looking at Cheska's distorted face, Henry smiled and asked if she still wanted to continue. But the heart is powerful. Just to have moments like this with Henry she was ready to sacrifice all the pleasures in life. Forget about the tasty dishes. Cheska paused and weighed the consequences. She loves Henry but is she crazy enough to take this leap? she took a deep breath. "I... I can do this." Henry smiled continued to enumerate the type of food which was prohibited by the manual. Francis and Helen nodded in agreement. The same rules applied in Planet Hilan. It will not be hard to follow and remember it all. From their expedition from planet to planet the same rules apply. "When a man has any discharge, may it be from wound or other body fluids he shall be unclean. Every bed that he used, chair and clothes shall be unclean. Whoever touches an unclean man or touched his bed, clothes, or used his chair should take a bath." As Cheska listen intently she realized that the words that Henry were speaking of are familiar. It was like she have read it before. Henry emphasized the transfer of uncleanliness, like if the unclean man with issues or discharge, touches another person, that person needs to bath, or if he used something and was used by another that person needs to bath. Cheska did understand the concept based on standard precaution. Microorganism can be passed on and cause disease. This is the same with Francis and Helen. maintaining a clean body must mean being free of pathogens in this world Helen thought. "If a woman have an issue or discharge of blood, she needs to be put apart for seven days, whoever touches her shall be unclean" "what the? You mean we can't mingle with anyone when we are in our period? As in, not go out?" Cheska reacted. It's impossible, unreasonable, unacceptable. "Put apart Cheska, not locked down, duh" Henry said with a pout. "But why?" "Blood outside the body attracts bacteria, you are like a bacteria magnet when you have a discharge. The swarms of bacteria in the atmosphere specially those which are responsible for decaying things may be smelled by us, innocent passerby. You can make people sick you know." Francis explained. "Besides your blood have some crazy soldiers who might attack us." "Are you kidding me Francis?" Cheska looked at the manual and saw that Henry wasn't lying, it was not just about menstruation, the manual prohibited copulation when a woman has her period. It also told them that man and woman shall bath themselves after copulation specially when there are semen's and discharge after orgasm. "body fluids from another person is unclean to you, such an easy concept Cheska, was it not taught in your planet?" Francis said as he scratched his head. "yes it was but not to this extent, this is nuts." "Okay, I will spit and then let you touch my saliva. Make sure not to wash your hands after" Francis smiled as he talked. "What the? why would I want to touch your saliva?" "See, you don't even want to touch my saliva but it's okay for you not to wash after sex? Filthy" Francis was indeed vulgar and not a gentleman. "That's not the point Francis" Cheska scoffed. "Cheska, spiritual cultivation is built on faith, self-control, preservation and hope. This is not known as the hardest type of cultivation for nothing. It is always your choice whether you want it or not." Henry said. Helen fully understood the concepts that Henry was talking about. Because of quantum scope they knew exactly how hard it is to fight with smaller organisms from the lower dimensions. Spiritual cultivation sounded more scientific in her ear. "We cannot mate with other species, or our close relatives,we cannot mate with the spouse of our close relatives, or other beasts". Henry continued. "We cannot utilize familiar spirits or become witch or wizards." After four hours of discussion, Cheska could no longer help but to shudder. Spiritual cultivation is a narrow and difficult path indeed. It was very easy to stray away from it and be tempted by the pleasures of the physical world. can I do it? Maintain the rules for life? It was hard to follow the things that one does not understand. But the problem is, she had an idea as to why it should be done but she felt crazy following the rules. Can she even forget about how sweet and tender a scallop was, or how tasty a roasted pork was? Just the thought about it made her mouth salivate. Forget about the other rules. She doesn't have any plans of mating beasts or relatives, she can take a bath or wash her hands when exposed to germs, but to avoid food? Oh it was a torture. Tsk, I will not do this Cheska gritted her teeth.
