"If you can do it a second time," He Xuan says gruffly, "This inadequate teacher would be delighted."

So he's willing to let Shen Yuan keep a hold of the pole, only loading up the hook with another piece of bait so this cultivator doesn't have to get his hands dirty with whatever bugs He Xuan has collected. This time he doesn't instruct so closely, just watching to see if there are any adjustments he needs to make or advice to give. But once the line is cast he is actually the first to resume their previous conversation.

"Tell me more about transmigration," he says. "It sounds as strange as coming here." To this city so different to life he'd known. If he was thrown into the body of someone from Jinx's world with their guns and tattoos and bright hair he isn't sure what he'd do.