The Lust-Ban Demon Record

She raised a cauldron furnace.

Rumors grew in the telling.

Yun Xie, once a woman of impeccable reputation, was saddled with a reputation for debauchery.

She set the record straight: "Sorry, I've given up sex."

Her nominal furnace, however, laid out a table full of delicious dishes and propped his chin in his hand, smiling at her. "Lust is like an appetite. Looking without tasting doesn't count as breaking your abstinence."

Later, he said, "Wine and meat pass through the gut, and so does desire. How could that count as breaking your abstinence?"

*The Buddhas' bitter verses dispel illusion; I fell nine thousand zhang into the mortal world.*

Reader's Guide:

1. A story about how you swear off sex, and I make you break your vow.

2. A haphazardly cobbled-together opera troupe, with fish flying through the sky.

Message: Happiness is life's main purpose.