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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 04 Mar 2024 06:42:43 No. 5942944 Report >>5942943 One is the richly dark pink pill, the strength of the mountain bending rose drug, each of which is about the size of a small tangerine and easily fits into your hand. Dark green swirls through it, and while you roll the drug in your palm, you cannot even see a single finger print pressed into the surface of the pill, which is a shortcut for strength training exercises and arduous physical cultivation . Another is the red clay hued pellet, that is called the bone mending bamboo pellet, and which has a feel and aroma close to sun bleached bone that even has Monu excited, as it can regrow limbs if taken immediately after they've been lost or severed.
The only problem with both of them, is that they're expensive! Enough to reduce a poorer sect to wearing threads and eating millet instead of rice for a couple of years! Buying those two with just the funds of your sect, would take big chunk out of its treasury and your personal funds! However, you are nothing if not prudent, and foresaw that the thousand lotus hall would overprice their medicines, and brought goods to trade in place of valuable spirit stones. These healers have the prestige and reputation to be allowed to ask for any price, since the rest of Chuan has got it into their piggish heads that their pills are worth any price, which, yes they make good medicines but they don't make the best medicines by a longshot. But, these two and one other are worthwhile enough to catch your eye and useful enough that you need to own at least a couple of them.
The third you're just willing to pay for, purely out of scholarly interest, and that is the Steelbark hide drug, since while its effect is useful and interesting enough to stoke your curiosity, the reason it does make you curious is the real reason you want it. That it can turn skin to bark, reminds you a lot of the odd, blood sucking tree or red eyed Jiangshi transformation you were able to perform beneath the blood moons glow. And maybe, just maybe, taking apart and analyzing the drug will provide a clear path how to replicate that technique or at least the groundwork and foundational techniques to build towards it, without having to spend as much Qi and stamina as is necessary to bend the moon itself to your will and make it bleed.
"I see some of our finest drugs have caught you by your tail and turned your feline curiosity into true interest" The elder of the two woman elders of the hall, who you have learned recently is the reprehensible and brainless hag Yang Yingtai, who thought it was a good idea to use the mangled corpses of Qi Qi and Sun Cuifen to serve as a warning, unaware that even if she only did it for a day, doing that sort of thing is a good and fast way to turn a merely vengeful spirit into a proper and violent Hungry ghost.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 04 Mar 2024 06:43:44 No. 5942945 Report >>5942944 You frown, as you mother presses herself between you and the too familiar elder, her crow's feet framed eyes twinkling still as the younger and more beautiful woman rudely pushes her away with her chest, something that could cause an incident anywhere, but she and the other elders are far too focused on the spirit stones you're rolling between your fingers and the pills you're thumbing with your other hand to care about how rude your mother is being. Or anything else really. You glance up, looking past your mother and the idiot old hag, seeing Fang Ru, who is desperate to be your friend and ally in heresy even though you can't stand him, whispering covertly into the ears of one of his elders whose eyes light up with outrage and disbelief, before he, a little louder, whispers something else and cows him.
Turning away, you see Lian Tianhua fretting with her hair, the flowers rooted in it half wilted as she watches worriedly, not knowing when the expect you to set your plan into motion and stake your claim for Luli.
"Yes they have, Spring master" You state as cordially as you can to a moron who basically went around prodding a ghost in the bottom with a heated iron, flicking up the steelhide bark drug in your hand into the air, making her and her fellow elders gasp and wince, before you use your cat like reflexes to catch it in the middle of its downward arc "I'll be bartering for some of it"
That makes Fang Ru forget what he was supposed to be doing, and that you'd given him a generous gift of plants and seeds that only grow in hell or amongst the stars, as the old dog rushes forward with more energy than he has shown since you've met him, eyes agleam with greed and triumph
"The harmonious five elements spring water!" He declares almost vicious in his celebration, spit flying from his mouth as he trusts out a hand "Finally, it shall be within our grasps"
"We have been endeavoring to work out a trade deal with old Su to have privileged access to his miraculous spring" The younger of the two female elders says quietly, rubbing the ear Fang Ru just shouted right next to, not knowing that you own said spring's child, Heh-Heh "It will improve our gardens' already peerless quality by several magnitudes, won't it, Spring master?"
"That it will, the matriarch was right to call you a friend of our hall" Yang Yingtai chuckles, as Tianhua herself blushes and glances away "That alone is worth a full supply of any of the priceless medicines we've offered you today, and we know you aren't bluffing"
"She did drop a pot of the priceless water in front of us" the youngest of the men amongst the elders adds, giving a thumbs up "And we can expect that you will not be trading such a commodity for the steel bark hide drug, which means"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 04 Mar 2024 06:44:45 No. 5942946 Report >>5942945 "Either the Strength of the mountain bending rose or the bone mending bamboo pellets" Tianhua correctly and astutely guesses, entering the conversation now as Monu glares down Yang Yingtai, like she expects her to recognize her or something. Does she have a history with her? Yang Yingtai does look old enough to have known your mother before her fall from grace.
"Both of them actually" You bluntly reply, nodding to your mother, who uncorks your dimensional gourd, that she had been holding onto for you, and retrieves a wax sealed jar "and before you argue that all the spring water I give will only pay for one drug or the other, you misers, let me tell you, I've brought something just as useful and wonderful as that water. Mother, if you'd please open up the jar of honey"
"Ugh!" The younger woman cries out, covering her nose, while Yingtai and Tianhua just wrinkle theirs. Some of the other elders look sick as the potent and condensed scent of fresh blood spills out of the jar
"Honey that reeks of blood?" Fang Ru sneers, eyes practically on fire with fascination as Yingtai frowns and narrows her eyes. They lock gazes, and sparks fly between them as Tianhua flicks open a fan and uses it to cleanse and freshen up the air around herself, clearly unused to the sickly sweet and almost mouth water aroma of divine blood honey
"What is this, Lady Huanliuxue?" She asks sharply, probably not rudely or out of disgust, but because she is struggling to breath beneath the wave of honey sweetness tinged with iron
"A gift from her younger sisters, the only other two princesses of beast in the world" Monu smugly answers, as you smirk a little smug yourself
"I call it divine blood honey, its what you get when you mix Qi rich blood with Honey made by a magical beast, it is very useful and is the base ingredient for most of the medicines and drugs I feed to my disciples" You answer, braggingly only a little bit "I figured flower children like yourselves would appreciate it more than others. It is a treasure for alchemsists and healers of all kinds"
"Why does it reek like that!" The younger woman wails, pinching her nose as the men closer to her age than not turn pale or green in the face while the silent battle between Ru and Yingtai comes to an end, and the Autumn master kneels down to jab a finger into the ruddy gold honey and swirls it around
"Fool! You dare!" Monu snaps, grabbing his arm "Your dirty hand might soil the whole batch! Witless fool"
"Blood QI" he says quietly, not able to hide his glee behind a pretend mask of dread
"Blood Qi?" Several voices gasp at once, sounding terrified
"Isn't dangerous or scary if it is unpolluted and pure. I went to the extra effort of clarifying and cleansing the blood and its spiritual energy" You scoff, rolling your eyes "But even so, that is a pointless process. The blood Qi in divine blood honey, even dirtied, is still perfectly safe to consume"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 04 Mar 2024 06:45:47 No. 5942947 Report >>5942946 "You use blood Qi in your cultivation, you cultivate..." Fang Ru giddily surmises, before he is shut up by a harsh glare from Tianhua and Yingtai
"She doesn't like you pestering her about her methods, autumn master" Tianhua scolds
"And it is much more complicated and refined than you imagine, wannabee heretic" Monu snickers "My Huan discovered something no one else has in all the history of cultivation! You should be at her feet, bowing and praying, Heh-Heh-heh"
"So that is where she got that laugh of hers" Someone, you don't know who, mutters, before wisely shutting their mouth before you can figure out who it was.
"We will need to discuss how much of each drug would be suitable to give in exchange for these two...treasures" Yingtai explains, forcing a smile to her face as the stirred honey bubbles ominously "Clearly they are both as rare as phoenix feathers and unicorn horns, but we, as a whole, must find their true value and anaylze the properties of both the water and the strange honey"
A twitch tugs on your smile as you have a very, very mischievous and whimsical though, and can't help but to grin just thinking about how funny it'd be to tell them you're going to be taking their prized student along with the drugs you've bought. Oh its just too amusing the resist. Tianhua, as if sensing the mischief you plan, looks your way and vainly shakes her head. Fang Ru is too occupied sucking the honey stuck to his finger, to the disgust of everyone in the room to notice and try to stop you.
Monu. Monu just pats you on the back and nods approvingly
"Oh, and I'll be taking Lian Luli as well!" You shout boisterously, voice booming loud enough to reverberate through this part of the tree carved hall and out into the rest of the sect, making it impossible that the elders couldn't hear you or claim to have suddenly been struck death when probably all of the rest of the thousand lotus hall sect heard you
"You...You dare!?" Yang Yingtai bellows, before immediately making herself look small, as you cocky smile chills and grows as frigid as the grave, turning to a small, disdainful and threatening glower, and Monu snaps her venomous glare her way as well, nearly crushing her to the ground with your combined Mother + Daughter pressure. The elders Fang Ru talked to, glance his way for direction. He simply nods, while the ones he hadn't been able to speak to bluster and nearly choke on their tongues. Lian Tianhua choose the perfect time to back your claim.
"I discussed it with her privately, and have decided this is the best for Luli" She declares confidently and utterly unafraid, standing at your side even as Yingtai gnashes her teeth and glares daggers her way "Huanliuxue has great renown as a teacher and isn't afraid to be experimental in her lessons. This is clear from how far her own disciples have risen in so short a time, I..I"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 04 Mar 2024 06:46:48 No. 5942950 Report >>5942947 the elders who aren't with the program and who haven't been strong armed by Fang Ru to siding with you glare at their supposed leader hatefully, pique and outrages all but rising from their back as dark smoke as they gnash their teeth, but don't dare to say anything while you're standing their, arms crossed and looking as imposing and imperious as possible
"I have made my decision, and it is finale!" Tianhua shouts, suddenly finding her footing and her spine, her voice unwavering and strong, the living floor and walls around her creaking and warping as she musters the strength to protect her beloved sister "I will hear no opposition, and no complaints! Luli will become Huanliuxue student, and will flourish in the palace of natural laws!"
"So the little girl was hiding fangs behind that delicate and cute smile of hers, My oh my! How courageous, how outstanding" Monu purrs, eyes twinkling as Tianhua, all of a sudden, loses her courage and meekly glances down at her feet
"You...you little' Yingtai spits, eyes watering as they flick between Monu and the now bashful and meek Tianhua "You...weak...naive, manipulated by...you"
is she about to explode? That'd be fun to see, but Fang Ru steps in before the old bitch can start crying or do something stupid again, like slapping Tianhua or worse, your mother.
"Of course. Huanliuxue and I had spoken, and she enlightened me of the numerous benefits of the young mistress learning under her as her student. She is most wise and generous to welcome one of our own into her court as her ward. It will strengthen ties between the Lian family and her own, as well as our two sects" He says loudly, crushing Yingtai's pathetic and childish tantrum as she gawks and the other elders he hadn't spoken to stare at him like he was the beast in the crowd.
"We agree with the autumn master and the matriarch" The second most senior of the elders mutters, eyes closed as the other ones Ru swayed or cowed nod along, which makes the ones not in on the plan quickly bow to their senior and hurry over to bolster him by standing at his back, leaving Yingtai choking and stuttering to stand alone against them, Tianhua, your mother, and yourself.
She looks around, looking utterly betrayed and confused, a scathing, furious look in her eyes as Tianhua waves her fan to hide the fact she is crying, having not expected even a single elder beneath her to actually support her. Instead, she has all but one of their number agreeing to hand over her sister, saving Luli from their ambitions, that they all forsook because they didn't have the spine to go against their senior, even if they were willing to bully their own sect head into submission before Fang Ru spoke up.
But it doesn't hide that she is crying. She's sobbing actually. Overwhelmed that Luli has a chance to live, to survive beyond the short amount of time her bloodline cursed her to have, to outlast her predecessors and truly live, live for herself.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 04 Mar 2024 06:47:49 No. 5942951 Report >>5942950 A pleased and deeply satisfied warm feeling radiates from your heart as the older sister cries tears of joy for the younger, overjoyed herself that she was able to give her a fighting chance to save her own life. You've done something you can be proud of today, a good, noble thing. And just seeing Tianhua weep her gratitude and relief is reward enough.
"And this in no way affects our appraisal of the spring water and divine blood honey" Fang Ru proclaims, so Yingtai can't use that as an excuse to get back at you for robbing them blind just now, or humiliate Tianhua by cheating you all the same
"Thank you, thank you" Tianhua sniffles weakly, legs shaking as she walks past you to follow the elders in their private discussion of how much you overly generous offers are worth in their eyes "I...I can't, I don't know how to thank you, I...I'm sorry, I need to go, I...thank you"
"Cute little blossom, isn't she" Monu snickers, covering her giggling smile with the sleeve of her robe as she glances your way, eyes mirthful and a little too amused "They'll make us wait, I can tell already, those fools are going to be arguing until they lose their voices, and not just because you forced them to hand over their brightest pupil or else lose a lot of face for breaking rank or courtesy, but because all of them are toads lusting after swan's flesh. That was expertly...no, masterfully done, sweet daughter of mine! You had them dancing in the palm of your hand, and even I hadn't noticed! You really do take after your mama, don't you? Laugh and all, Heh-Heh. Like puppets on strings...what utter simpletons, this hall really hasn't changed at all since I've last visited, hmm"
"Thank you, your praise is always the sweetest, dear mother" You cackle, watching Tianhua shuffle after the already arguing elders, while Fang Ru booms with laughter from his gut as Yingtai sulks and weeps. Tianhua throws a last look your way, before vanishing behind the door the other elders hurried behind "But hah, now comes the part I was dreading the most, the waiting... how long do you think they'll be arguing for?"
"Who can say, maybe all day, maybe two days" She snickers, shrugging flippantly as she shakes her head "What matters is we'll get a good deal and a student with a lot of potential, with how magnificently you've maneuvered around them and played them all for fools. What wonderfully swindling, I just can't stop applauding it, Huan~"
You smile, cheeks flushing as your mother continues to heap you with praise. You weren't lying, her praise is always the best to get.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 04 Mar 2024 06:48:50 No. 5942952 Report >>5942951 <span class="mu-s"> Double vote </span>
What do you do while you wait
>tell Luli the good news and introduce her to Monu >Wait, where is Xuebai!? What is she up to. Leaving a mischievous fox like her alone is never good. Better find her before she causes trouble. >Ask Monu about her past with the thousand Lotus hall. >Poke around to see what you can find, already bored of waiting (Stealth trial. Auto success) >Write in And what do you do after you've been given the drugs you've bought and Luli, Huanliuxue?
>Hurry back to your temple to get her acclimated and comfortable to her new home >Push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and a chance to explain herself to her little sister >Work out a trade deal with the thousand Lotus hall, calling in a few favors from the other two members of the tomb, mountain and sea alliance. >Confront Yang Yingtai, since she is clearly not going to forgive you or Tianhua for humiliating her like that, and "impress" it upon her that trying anything will end very, very poorly for her >write in Anonymous
>>5942952 >Poke around, bored. When you let a fat insude, you surrender sovereignty.
>Push Tianhua to say goodbye. >Confront Yang yingtai, to impress on her the foolishness of vengence. Anonymous
>>5942963 A cat. A fat cat perhaps but we wre not fat, we are a cat.
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>>5942952 >tell Luli the good news and introduce her to Monu >Wait, where is Xuebai!? What is she up to. Leaving a mischievous fox like her alone is never good. Better find her before she causes trouble. >Push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and a chance to explain herself to her little sister >Confront Yang Yingtai, since she is clearly not going to forgive you or Tianhua for humiliating her like that, and "impress" it upon her that trying anything will end very, very poorly for her I also want to do the trade deal idea, but not sure I wanted to add that onto this vote.
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>>5942952 >Wait, where is Xuebai!? What is she up to. Leaving a mischievous fox like her alone is never good. Better find her before she causes trouble. >Push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and a chance to explain herself to her little sister Anonymous
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>>5942952 >tell Luli the good news and introduce her to Monu >Push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and a chance to explain herself to her little sister I don't want the bonds of the sisters to fragment. Seeing such emotion they should say there goodbyes to one another regret is as bad as grudges.
We can hash out and send a trade deal offer later. Offering better deals with the Allience members and monks and alright one for dusk wolves to maintain ties.
We need to make some money makers so suggest we turn that one city with the massive tree into a spiritual garden.
Also can one on the moon and maybe swing one in hell. Those three herb patches should cover the expenses on raising our disciples and sect expansion.
Our two alchemists and mother can experiment with the ingredients and our girl can as well make some new pills. Allowing use to make some spirit stones.
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>>5942952 >Wait, where is Xuebai!? What is she up to. Leaving a mischievous fox like her alone is never good. Better find her before she causes trouble. >Push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and a chance to explain herself to her little sister Anonymous
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>>5942952 >Wait, where is Xuebai!? What is she up to. Leaving a mischievous fox like her alone is never good. Better find her before she causes trouble. >Push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and a chance to explain herself to her little sister Anonymous
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>>5942952 >Wait, where is Xuebai!? What is she up to. Leaving a mischievous fox like her alone is never good. Better find her before she causes trouble. >Confront Yang Yingtai, since she is clearly not going to forgive you or Tianhua for humiliating her like that, and "impress" it upon her that trying anything will end very, very poorly for her Anonymous
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>>5942952 >Poke around to see what you can find, already bored of waiting (Stealth trial. Auto success) >Push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and a chance to explain herself to her little sister Anonymous
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>>5942952 >>tell Luli the good news and introduce her to Monu >Push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and a chance to explain herself to her little sister Anonymous
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>>5942952 >Wait, where is Xuebai!? What is she up to. Leaving a mischievous fox like her alone is never good. Better find her before she causes trouble. >Push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and a chance to explain herself to her little sister Mission complete, time to go home after we find out troublemaker
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>>5942952 >Wait, where is Xuebai!? What is she up to. Leaving a mischievous fox like her alone is never good. Better find her before she causes trouble. >Confront Yang Yingtai, since she is clearly not going to forgive you or Tianhua for humiliating her like that, and "impress" it upon her that trying anything will end very, very poorly for her Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 05 Mar 2024 16:14:21 No. 5943950 Report Quoted By:
Ending the votte and tallying its result now.
Poke around to see what you can find, already bored of waiting:2
tell Luli the good news and introduce her to Monu:3
Wait, where is Xuebai!? What is she up to. Leaving a mischievous fox like her alone is never good. Better find her before she causes trouble.:7
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Push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and a chance to explain herself to her little sister:9
Confront Yang Yingtai, since she is clearly not going to forgive you or Tianhua for humiliating her like that, and "impress" it upon her that trying anything will end very, very poorly for her:4
So, noticing your prankster of a sister is suspiciously scarce, you'll find her before she can get herself into trouble the way only a trickster fox can
And after being given the supply of cultivation pills/ spirit drugs, and Luli, you'll push Tianhua to say her goodbyes and give her aa chance to explain herself to her little sister
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>>5942965 makes me think of this song
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 05 Mar 2024 17:48:48 No. 5943997 Report However, even the luxury of her praise isn't enough to be blinding even if you'd like nothing more than to relish and drown yourself in it, since their is a wiggling, maggot like worry gnawing at the back of your mind that ruins the almost intoxicating pleasure that is Monu's true and earnest praise. And that worry is called Xuebai. Namely that while you noticed she wasn't hanging over your mother's back like an extension of her shadow, you had assumed that she had gotten bored and wandered off somewhere nearby or was hiding so as not to cause trouble with your hosts. However, she hasn't appeared to ruin your celebration with sisterly teasing and pestering. This is bad. Where is Xuebai?! What is she up to!? She has to be up to something, causing mischief or even mayhem without any regard for what will result from it.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 05 Mar 2024 17:49:49 No. 5943999 Report >>5943997 "Heh-Heh, have fun, its always nice to see sisters getting along" Monu snickers as you storm out of the hall, leaving her to deal with the elders while you track down your sister.
Finding her isn't difficult, she is still a ghost after all and you are deeply aligned and connected to the ghostly energy and essence that she is made out of. And her unique, ghostly presence is familiar enough that you can pinpoint her even with two other ghosts of fairly potent power wandering about, still reeling from their death and post mortem humiliation. She's in one of the upper parts of the tree, probably where the more favored and higher ranked disciples of the temple live and sleep. And since she is your mother's daughter, there is really only one thing she could be getting up to up there.
Which means you have to hurry. She's probably possessed someone, judging from the faintness and hazy feel of her ghostly aura and how wispy her cold breath is. And if she's doing what you think you're doing, you really need to pick up the pace and rush to her to put a stop to it quickly, before it can expand and explode into a scandal and a real pain in your side. Thankfully, you caught onto her before she could get to far, and find her just when she started flirting with the face of some unfortunate woman who caught her eye and her envy, who'd cornered a fat bellied man who has a face that makes you think he'd be very happy if he met Feiqing and saw his face.
Grinding and gnashing your teeth, you decide the best way to scold her is to exorcise her forcefully from her chosen vessel, tearing her from her flesh "robe" and slapping her the only way a ghost can be slapped. And while you haven't been trained or had any interest in learning how to be an exorcist, Ping is one and you poked and prodded that cursed arm of his enough and watched him battle with ghosts close enough to know enough to drag your sister out of her would be victim. So, since you have no ink and can't remember the mantra's ping chants, but can remember some spells that can draw a ghost from a vessel its trapped in that could be adjusted and have a few words and lines swapped out to make it work with possessions...
You stomp up behind her, pull your arm back, before remembering that she is in the body of a frail, delicate jade beauty, adjust your strength output, and pop a few veins to write the spell across your palms and fingers before, with much more restrain than you intended to use, slap her on her across her cheeks. And you still send the beauty she possessed rocketing across the hall and slamming shoulder first into a wall, hard enough to dent the living wood.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 05 Mar 2024 17:50:51 No. 5944000 Report >>5943999 The ugly fatty blinks, staring at you and wondering why a beauty of an even higher quality just interrupted his surprise admirer, but you put to rest any delusional fantasies he might have of why you just loosened a few of his oddly sweet senior's teeth with a ice cold glare that could send even the mad Xiongji running. Tubby quickly turns heel and runs while the unconscious jade beauty slumps to the ground with a hand print bruised into her otherwise flawless face and blood trickling out of her nose.
What he couldn't see, or notice since he couldn't tear his eyes away from her nearly completely exposed cleavage, was that she had a faint blue and white fox ears and a few tails sprouting out of her aura, hidden by her cultivation. Xuebai, who you are now holding onto by the scruff, is laughing loudly, not caring at all that you just struck her and ruined her fun.
"Oh that was hilarious! Did you see the look on his face when you glared at him! I don't think he's going to stop running until he's bean sprout thin! Ohoho, that was too rich, too funny!" She howls and yips excitedly, her ghostly form a reduced and cute version of her usual ethereal, and somewhat monstrous form, making her look like an ordinary if ghostly snow fox "What's with that harsh look, Huan~? You're never so stern, or so serious. Are you upset with me? I wasn't going to go too far, I promise, I was just going to drop this haughty bitch into an awkward situation, like a confession or a date with that ugly fatty. What scary eyes, Hoho, you really are frightening me, little sister. Don't be so stuffy, it'll crick your tail, you know"
"Xuebai" you snap sternly, holding her up as she continues to giggle "We want to be friends with these daoists, a positive relationship with this school will only bring benefits to our palace. Even if you weren't planning on making her go all the way with that pig, which, for one, would be disgusting and two, be truly fucked up, any troubles that could be traced back or blame that shifted to us, is something I'd like to avoid! I just got these idiots to accept that we aren't demon, could you please not immediately turn around and start acting devilishly and messing with them, in what, a fit of pique because she was pretty?"
Xuebai pouts, and puts on the exact expression your mother uses when she wants to make someone feel guilty for being angry with her for good reason, just on a fox's face
"No, she was swaggering around, her head held so high, bragging she was a greater beauty than our mom, or you. I couldn't stand by and listen to the bitch wag her tongue, especially when she telling such bold faced lies. It pissed me off! I was just gonna drag her reputation through the mud, nothing more" She says, mimicking the rarely heard scolding tone Monu might use if she was upset with you, which is an incident so unlikely that the five wise immortal sages would sooner admit the wrong doings before something so ridiculous could occur.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 05 Mar 2024 17:51:53 No. 5944001 Report >>5944000 And while her reasons for doing what she did make it harder for you to be upset with her, the fact remains she was still making trouble for you.
"See, you can't be mad with me, you're struggling to keep making that frightening expression! She was talking so much nonsense and insulting you, she deserved worse than giving a pig faced fatty a kiss on the lips, right?" Xuebai cackles as you try to prove her wrong by screwing your face, but quickly realize that you'll just prove her right if you put so much effort into looking mad at her, so you just scowl and hiss at her
"I'll figure out how to punish you for being a pain in my ass later, elder sister" You snarl, as you glance at the bitch who deserved being slapped a little harder than you did and sigh. The scarlet healing armor will fix that bruise and stop her nose bleed, and hopefully she'll remember Xuebai's intrusion as nothing more than a bad dream. Letting go of your annoying sister, you quickly cast the healing protection spell over her, just for a few seconds to fix up the damage you caused and keep her internal energy balanced after Xuebai jostled it around by shoving herself and her ghostly yin qi into her unprepared body.
"Guessing we're leaving soon, if you went out of the way to collect me?" She asks casually as she strides down the hall, her ethereal form growing into a shape that more closely resembles a Demonic Beast as you fold your arms and try not to pout while scowling at her
"Once they hand over the goods and I collect my new student, you really chose the worst time to be a nuisance, you know that, Xuebai" You answer angrily as she snickers
"Well lets make sure our dear mother isn't being a menace herself" She yips, bounding away and forcing you to lift up your legs and jog to keep from losing her, which you just know she'll use to cause more mischief just to trouble you to amuse herself. How annoying.
Fortunately, your mother behaved while you were gone, and while she's making the lovestruck elders blush and wave bashfully her way when they think you and their peers aren't looking, she hasn't made any problems or scandals in the few minutes you left her alone.
"We have determined" Fang Ru begins, wringing his hands before Lian Tianhua, whose early outburst seem to have embolden steps forward
"We have decided the fair market value of the unique resources you've come to trade us" She says, sounding as confident and in control as she was when you first met her, eyes sharp by not unkind "And how many of the spirit medicines you wish to exchange them for they are worth. And considering the aid you've lent our temple, and the generous offer to rear the heir of my family, that is a greater amount than others would've been given if they brought the same prizes to barter"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 05 Mar 2024 17:52:54 No. 5944003 Report >>5944001 "And that has nothing to do with them all drooling over our mother" Xuebai whispers into your ear while Monu smiles pleasantly and you try to keep the scowl reserved for your irritating older sister off of your face.
"On behalf of the head of the palace of natural laws, my daughter, I thank you for your generosity, elders of the esteemed thousand lotus hall" Monu coos, voice as sweet as a ripe peach and as soft and enticing as silk "Our time here, though it was short, has been most pleasant and I know I personally hope our relationship will only deepen further from this day"
<span class="mu-s"> You've acquired 12 bone mending Bamboo pellets, 3 doses of Strength of the mountain bending rose drug and 4+1 Steelbark hide drugs! </span>
The medicines are brought out in embrodied bags and offered to you by kneeling core disciples, a ceremony that is overseen by a scowling Yang Yingtai and beaming Lian Tianhua. And while Luli is the heir apparent and little sister of the current sect head, she is still a fresh disciple and new student of the sect, so despite what you and Tianhua think, her transfer to the palace of natural laws is done without pomp or ceremony. Which has to be a compromise the elders demanded to be made, so they wouldn't suffer the disgrace of giving up their treasured and expendable tool publicly.
She is told the good news by another disciple and told to gather her things and hand over the property of the sect she was given when she joined, her uniform, tokens of ownership and manuals she was studying, with one exception. A few of her former martial brothers and sisters notice when she walks out of the main hall, dressed in the clothes of a young noble girl rather than a daoist cultivator, but they don't approach her to ask her what has happened or interrupt their work to see why she's packed like she's going on a long journey.
Luli looks conflicted, as you watch her with Tianhua and Monu from a distance, since you were told you can't "collect" her in view of the sect grounds, another demand of the bitter elders. Couldn't Fang Ru tell them what he exchanged for Luli? That'd make them less annoying to deal with, at least for awhile.
Tianhua is frowning, looking like she's about to burst into tears, watching her sister drag her a chest of her things across their temple's ground, towards the sect gate. The younger Lian has a determined though teary look on her face as she struggles to pull her belongings out of the only home she's known.
A twist and wrench in your chest tells you what you need to do.
"Go talk to her" You say softly, smacking Tianhua on the back of her head, though not hard "You both need to say your goodbyes, and bonds between sisters are hard to mend once they break. And some regrets are worse than poison"
"She's right, she'll think you've abandoned her and tossed her aside if you don't say anything to her and just watch from the shadows" Monu adds with a delicate frown.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 05 Mar 2024 17:53:55 No. 5944004 Report >>5944003 Tianhua doesn't need any more encouragement and practically flies from the shadow aclove. And while you don't hear what is said between the sisters, you can see that Luli hits her a few times with her small fists and they embrace for a long while, tears glittering in the midday sun as they hug and hold each other, neither wanting to let go.
And when they part, Luli has much more cheer and vigor in her step.
"I told her everything" is all Tianhua will say when you pester her to explain "And, its not like she's gone for good, I can still drop by and visit whenever it is appropriate, but I...you were both right, she was a hair away from hating me with all her heart. Damn Jingyu, and damn myself for letting those scheming elders nearly get away with using her like they used my mother"
"Do you want me to kill them?" Monu asks and it takes Tianhua a few moments of laughter to realize she wasn't joking. And that makes things awkward, so you leave before it can get worse, with Tianhua promising to visit her sister soon and asking you to write and send her updates on her progress and day to day life.
"This is the grand elder of the palace of natural laws, and my adoptive mother" You explain, introducing a spent and exhausted Luli to Monu who greets her with a motherly smile and pinch to her cheeks "And though you can't see her, my elder sister is hanging around you"
"That is why you're shivering, even though you're dressed like you're to be presented the imperial court" Monu giggles, which makes Luli shiver more, wandering where the ghost she can't see is, which just encourages Xuebai to try messing with her. You stop her from bullying the girl with a sharp tug on one of her ear
"Greetings elder, I hope we'll get along, as well as a student and teacher can!" Luli stiltedly shouts, trying her best to act as she is expected to and with proper manners, even while afraid
"I'm certain we will, Huanliuxue has told me of your...creativity and inventiveness as a cultivator" Monu says sweetly "You'll meet your new martial family when we arrive at our underground retreat, some of its deeper, wetter tunnels should be perfect for growing mushrooms"
Luli smiles, blinking amazement out of her eyes of her straying from the "righteous" path to be met with approval.
"What...the thing I did was impressive enough that you told her about?" She asks you quietly as you lead her out of the territory of the thousand lotus hall.
"It was impressive enough to impress me" You answer kindly, bowing down to be at level with her as you walk along beside her, still in human form "And Monu is a witch through and through, so knowing you have an interest with mushrooms creates a bit of common ground between the two of you see? Now she's sure to become fond of you, as a disciple"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 05 Mar 2024 17:54:56 No. 5944005 Report >>5944004 That makes Luli very happy and proud, and the little girl remains in high spirits even when the four of you travel through dusk and well into the night. And she also adapts quickly to your natural form so she isn't frightened or afraid of you at all when you're in it
What do you do while you travel back to your temple with Luli, Huanliuxue?
>Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are >Talk up and praise your other disciples and tell her enough about them so she knows what to expect and how to make friends with some of them >Make her train hard until you reach your temple, to prepare her for what lies ahead >Just get her back quickly by having Monu carry her as you fly back home >Write in Anonymous
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>>5944005 >>Make her train hard until you reach your temple, to prepare her for what lies ahead accumulate teaching points for when we cultivate.
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>>5944005 >Talk up and praise your other disciples and tell her enough about them so she knows what to expect and how to make friends with some of them Our disciples deserve bragging about.
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>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are We must learn where she at to begin her training properly, bet she knows ery little cause the elders wanted her to transform into tree
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>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are It's not enough to work her hard-- we have to see where she's currently at, so we can tailor our lessons to her effectively. Once we brush up her foundations, *then* we can start training and teaching her properly.
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>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are Anonymous
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>>5944005 >Gauge >Train Foundational behaviors need to be assessed so we know how to proceed
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>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are. Gotta see what her base is and figure out the training program. We could use some five elemental water as a foundation for her cultivation chambers. As for nutrients that's a hard think honestly the most potent resource rich nutrients as everything will be purified probably best her qi alignment or what will empower it. Put in a good formation and it'll skyrocket her cultivation. I'd have a theory that we could turn the five elemental water into blood five elemental water and super charge it. That stuff would be crazy life energy.
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>>5944146 Thinking further ant sis ant daughters will be really good for her cultivation chambers able to change the moisture of the chamber on the fly giving constant ideal conditions to the chamber.
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>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are Cultivating this one is going to be different from the others. One because she doens't know how to fight and the other, we're on a time limit and need to do this efficiently. Meaning our usual ahnds off lackadaisical approach isn't going to pass muster.
>>5944154 I'd also suggest getting advice from JiongJiong, whatever Luli's current mojo is is based on plant life (and fungi) and who knows flowers and foliage better than a Bee?
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>>5944160 I was thinking that as well she's a bit removed from as bees don't deal with mushrooms but it'll be a helpful insight. I'll need to reread the cultivation technique to think of some tweaks to better tailor it to what we find out or her base.
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>>5944160 As far as I understood, Luli isn't actually on a time limit until she achieves Golden Core Formation. It's that stage she has to speedrun. I think preparing some cultivation aids beforehand would be prudent.
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>>5944234 Correct.
Once she ascends to GC, we need to be ON IT and fast. That means ascending ourselves prior.
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>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are Also on the topic of going beyond Golden Core, I'm curious how Grandfather is going to tackle Nascent Soul. From what I understand, that stage is when the soul is capable of separating from the body and surviving, a feat we've performed as early as Qi Condensation. Most likely there's a specific point I'm missing, but better to ask now.
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>>5944270 Well I think the key difference here is Huan becomes a ghost to survive, whereas nascent souls do not need a body to be alive. A bit of a key difference.
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>>5944005 >>Make her train hard until you reach your temple, to prepare her for what lies ahead Anonymous
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>>5944234 >>5944235 Okay reading back the ansestor said they used blood as nutrients. Since we can just create blood from water.
We basically create that unlimited in scale.
With that said, we COULD use a drop of gods blood filtered though mushrooms to pureify it's essence to push her past golden core.
Basically we should have the resources to easily make her golden core. And what we need to focus on are her insights into the dao to enable her to basically breakthrough all golden core levels as soon as she is about to hit it by repressing her cultivation base.
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>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are It's hard to teach someone seriously when we don't know *precisely* what they can do. Time to change that.
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>>5944005 >Make her train hard until you reach your temple, to prepare her for what lies ahead Anonymous
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>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are Anonymous
>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are I wonder if this ends with Luli becoming Monu's "granddaughter"
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>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are Anonymous
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>>5944005 >Gauge how far along her cultivation is and what foundational skills she has and what bad habits she's been taught, and what her natural talents are Anonymous
>>5944604 Short of having Xuebai marry a bush I don't see that happening.
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>>5945172 >marry a bush If Huan went full MURICA in space we probably could have introduced Xuebai to George.
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Ending and tallying the vote now.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 07 Mar 2024 23:40:07 No. 5945942 Report And while her young, tiny body and her low level of cultivation means you'll have to take the slow way of traveling back to your temple, which her numerous nap and rest breaks makes all the slower, the longer trip does give you time to properly get a measure of her abilities and gauge her cultivation, capabilities, skill levels and innate talents. All of which are things you need to know to properly start to train her and raise her into a proper daoist and cultivator rather than a willing sacrifice and another rung on the storied and tragic history of the Thousand Lotus Hall. Monu is of course happy to help in this effort of seeing where exactly Lian Luli stands and how much farther she needs to progress through the initial stages of her cultivation.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 07 Mar 2024 23:41:08 No. 5945944 Report >>5945942 And worse, she gets antsy and worried when you tell her to continue to cultivating. Much like Ping was terrified that he'd explode if he practiced cultivating without being taught how to. The weakness of her current method of cultivation is that it relies on outside forces to set the pace of her breathing and the flow of her meridians to to begin, something that stalls her quickly and makes her improvements barely abled to be measured. You hope this is because she's been taught the beginner form of this breathing, but with the elders she was raised under, you can't be certain. Actually wait. Didn't they send her with the manual for her inherited law? You'll have to read through it once you've gotten her breathing steadier and deeper. They probably thought it'd be useless to you since you do not possess the Tian bloodline, but you'll show them, Heh-heh.
"You won't die or cough up blood if you take in more Qi than your meridians can handle, it isn't like these trees have enough spiritual essence to overwhelm even your groggy meridians anyway" You explain with a somewhat amused smirk, as Luli blushes, no doubt feeling foolish for having ever been afraid of that "Try taking in deeper breaths, imagining yourself to be...hm, say a hole in the bottom of a well, drawing the water poured in or a stone through which the winds must pass before they rustle the leaves over your head. Be more dominant and stop being so unsure of yourself, breath in until your lungs feel like they're on fire, and then breath out slooooowly. Instead of lapping up dew drops, take a handful of rain water and GULP it down"
"I...I think I understand what you're trying to tell me, Master!" She shouts back, cheeks still rushed pink as her spring green hair lifts up as as lurches forward, bowing her head before readopting her meditative position, a variation of the common Lotus position. Which you adjust the faults of by grabbing and gently reorienting her arms and hands
"Focus three fingers below and two fingers behind your navel, on your lower Dantian" You explain "Or if that doesn't work, try your lungs as they expand or deflate"
She gasps and nearly breaks her concentration yelling "Master, I can feel!"
But she notices both your and Monu's stern glares and bows her head to focus on refining and mastering her control of her newly adjusted breathing exercise. And while you wait for her to lose her focus natural and get bored or overwhelmed by the rush of Qi into her meridians, you and Monu look over the cultivation manual her old sect sent with her. And besides learning that the breathing method is intended to be that meandering and winding, and that at higher levels the practitioner is meant to connect themselves with the "Heart of the forest" by spiritually rooting themselves into its "Paths of spiritual energy", which neither you, Monu or Xuebai knows what that is supposed to mean.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 07 Mar 2024 23:42:09 No. 5945945 Report >>5945944 Your guess, which considering your towering intellect is probably right, is that this means creating or drawing on the natural flow of Qi through a well established forest, expelling Qi to more easily draw in the Qi of the natural world and the "heart of the forest" is where the spiritual energy gathers to thickest in that flow.
But you also find out the name of Luli's inherited cultivation technique, The Verdant Spring Mysticism (Cuìlǜchūntiānshénmì zhǔyì, 翠绿春天神秘主义), and reading a bit further, recognize the similarities to the debased carmine mysticism and thus your own perfected form of it. Which makes sense, since the founder of her clan and prior sect was once a member of the Peerless Sanguine Jade Shrine Sect who refuse the fall and defile themselves to become the first Low Carmine Mystics to haunt the world and instead opposed the monstrous and demonic path his fellows all descended down. And this also shows you exactly how to make her cultivation go smoothly while being as quick as rushing rapids.
"Luli" You say, lifting a paw as Monu holds the Manual up for you to read "Cut a line in the bark of the tree and press your fingers against it, then resume your breathing"
Luli blinks, frowning as she is taken out of her meditation, but diligently obeys you odd command, and after a sad look and some hesitation, cuts a line into the green growth of the bark and presses her finger tips against it.
Her green hair actually sparks with spiritual energy the moment she restarts her meditation, connected to the "lifeblood" of the tree. Smirking, you lay your head back down on your paws while Monu ruffles you fur between your ears, amazed once again by your brilliance while Xuebai floats around and over Luli's head, monitoring her closely with orders to knock her out if anything goes wrong or an unforeseen disaster occurs between her bloodline and breathing exercises.
You don't need to spar with her or find her a partner to practice with to know Luli has absolutely no combat experience or even an idea of how to defend herself, with the few spells she's been taught being useless in a fight since all the magic and sorcery she knows is to cleanse wounds, purify mundane toxin and encourage or command the growth of plants. The last category being the spells she adjusted to create her little, kinda creepy kinda cute mushroom minions, who the latest generation of are dancing around her as she demonstrates the extent of her magic to you. Which include absolutely no offense spells and only a basic protection spell that she obviously hasn't strengthened through training. So you make a mental note to figure out what kind of style and martial arts would be best for her to practice and give her the work of figuring out how to defend herself over the next few days.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 07 Mar 2024 23:43:11 No. 5945946 Report >>5945945 Days that you spend weeding and pruning away the various bad habits she's been taught, starting with her habit of stopping cultivating the moment she feels "energized" and to continue past the hurdle of refilling her meridians with fresh, lively Qi. The second is her numerous bad habits she has as an alchemist, which you aren't certain she has because she's a little kid or because her old teachers misinformed her or didn't know their mouths from their assholes. She has a natural talent for alchemy, especially medicine, which could be easily turned a particular skill as a poisoner, but she treats it more like a hobby than anything else and can't immediately list of what herbs can be mixed, in what order, measures and extraction to cure any ailment, or cause them
So you do something a little mean, and apply a weaker form of the maddening salve you used often at the start of your own journey as a cultivator onto her arm, and tell her to cure it with her own medicine, while she scratches madly at her red flushed arm, eyes watering. She figures it out within two days, using her mushroom minions, which you've noticed "root" themselves to her while she is practicing her breathing, to gather to ingredients for the cure, which you also didn't tell her about and you're certain she didn't know of.
And besides being a genius alchemist and very adept at handling her mushrooms, you also learn she has a wonderful singing voice. She hasn't progressed far into her cultivation, and what skills she has been taught she has refined to a nearly acceptable level, but she is still clearly a novice. A novice with potential. A lot of potential if she's groomed and taught correctly. The only area she's lacking is self defense and martial, she has the basics of alchemy and healing mastered and the spells she does know, she can cast quickly and knows how to store them inside talismans and with your help, she's improved her Qi absorption and breathing to the point she's fully awakened her spiritual senses since you've taken her under her wing, and figured out all on her own how to use her mushroom pets as a sort of "Filter" for bad Qi, which lets her reuse a portion of Qi that she would otherwise have to expel from her meridians when she cultivates.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 07 Mar 2024 23:44:13 No. 5945948 Report >>5945946 <span class="mu-s"> Lian Luli's cultivation level, law and focuses have been revealed. She is presently at Qi Condensation stage rank 4 (after some tutoring from Huanliuxue), is practicing the Verdant Spring mysticism law (Wood aligned, Alchemy: Medicine, Spells: Healing and plant control, Spirit Herb Gardening/ Hybridization.), and (Focuses: Alchemy, Mushrooms?) She is currently incapable of fighting practicing no martial arts, and knows no offensive spells. She possess the Verdant Spring Mark Bloodline, granting her Pure Spring Spirit Roots (High tier wood aligned roots) and access to the ancestral techniques of Verdant spring mysticism and innate understanding/ comprehension of all plants (Mundane or Spiritual) + a Plantlike physique (Unawakened) </span>
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"Everything is so much clearer now! I can hear bird song over the mountains! I feel like I could walk for four days straight without taking a break for snacks!" Luli cheers happily, skipping along as you stride proudly through the sunlight and shadows drappling from the tree tops, Monu at your side and Xuebai plodding along, snapping at your tail just to annoy you
"You probably could, but you haven't worked your body at all, so if you did, you'd be laid out in bed feeling miserable for at least a week after" You chuckle, amused by your spirited new disciples antics as she skips ahead, as free as a bird released from its cage, followed by a small army of legged mushrooms that struggle to keep up with her as she burns off some of her youthful energy, truly carefree now that she's finished with her morning chores and exercises
"We have a stamina drug that could probably make her march for half a season, if we feed it to her when she in this high of spirits, Heh-Heh" Monu jokes, eyes squinted as she watches the little girl prance around the two of you "Though we should start her on her physical training, while they may be cute, I don't think her little underlings would be much help in a fight or even defending herself. If her sister is any indication, Little Luli will blossom into quite the beauty when she's older and"
"Do not talk about something so gloomy when I am in such a good mood, mother" You interrupt, knowing if she finishes her thought you'll be furious for the rest of the day just imagining Luli being approached by lechers or other sorts cruel hearted men "And I was already planning on teaching her how to hold her own in a fight"
"You'll teach me how to fight?!" Luli exclaims cheerfully, that being the only part of your more adult discussion with your mother that she heard or understood "I'm not certain if I have the heart for it, but I'll try my best to learn how to hold a sword, if that is what you'll teach, you are my master after all"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 07 Mar 2024 23:45:14 No. 5945950 Report >>5945948 "Still getting used to the change?" You ask, pausing in the middle of the road as the morning chill grows mysteriously colder and all grows still. The atmosphere gradually turning to the familiar sensation of standing in hell itself
"I never imagined any of this, that my elders were just using me and Tianhua, that they didn't care for me, that I'd be whisked away, that Tianhua could still cry like a baby" She says, nervously tugging on an emerald lock of hair as Monu picks up on the change in the air, that your whiskers and more ghostly senses alerted you to much quicker. Xuebai has also noticed the odd shift in temperature and weight, and flies into the scythe that had been forged from her beast core, while Luli unaware of the danger, continues to list off every recent surprise she is still coming to terms with.
"Monu" You say softly
"Protection spell, hold the brat back?" She questions as if that needs to be said. Luli blinks, glancing around dumbly, completely unable to feel the presence that has emerged from seemingly nowhere
"What's going on?" She squeaks, frightened more by the sudden shift in both you and your mother's demeanor than anything else
"You'll see, just get behind the grand elder and keep your head down" You coo sweetly as you step forward, as Monu grabs her by the collar of her robes and lifts her into the air with one hand, while the other, still holding her pipe, flashes through hand signs to create her form of the basic protection spell, erecting a barrier of ice that rises up like a wall and spans the entirety of the road. Mist rises from her barrier, Luli yells out in confusion and the hellish pressure increases ten fold the moment you take a single step forward.
"Wuyashashou! (Crow Killer, 乌鸦杀手), I have come to take your head!" Bellows out from the gloom as the shadows deepen and black smoke spills out from the undergrowth as a towering, musclebound figure steps forward, hefting a massive hammer hewn from stone and fused with horned skeletons. His head is that of a bull, with blazing red eyes and crimson horns, his fur pale white like sun bleached bones, though his skin is tanned and covered in scars. He stops, leaving the space of four steps between you and him, as he sets down his hammer and crosses his arms, drool and froth lining his mouth, spilling over his fangs as he glances down at you
"Guessing you're jealous of that title?" You sneer, idly licking the back of your paw "You have to be if you came all this way just to pick a fight you'll lose"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 07 Mar 2024 23:46:15 No. 5945952 Report >>5945950 "Baoli-Wuyawang (暴力-乌鸦王, Violent Crow King) was an upstart, but his name has become legend because of a weaker weakling besting him in combat, and a mortal at that! A little kitten whose proven herself to be of noble heart and righteous mind! It shames all us demons! And enrages me! I'd have been content devouring his reincarnation, but every street corner whispers about you!" The bull head snorts and bellows, shaking their head "You, who has done more good than bad, comes and goes as she pleases, you, who despite being unloved by the heaven reflects good upon the world, are popular amongst demons! Oh she follows her own laws, only obeys the rules of nature. Caused a fuss in the heavens! Bah! It makes me sick to my stomach!"
"That is a hilariously stupid reason to hold a grudge against someone, especially the adorable me" You laugh, shaking your head "That can't be the only reason you've come here to stand in my way and be a pest. Just because I happen to do more good than bad, isn't enough of a reason. And I know grudges, it is jealously that brough you here, like I guessed, isn't it"
"Killing you will bring me great fame" The idiot admits "And quiet the praises given to the undeserving stray, who spurns her proper path"
"I'm not a demon, dog fucker!" You snap angrily "I choose my own path, so what if its what others would call righteous, the only rules I follow are my own! I march to my own drumbeat, if you have a problem with that, then I guess today is the day I'll start being called Gongniushashou! (公牛杀手, Bull killer), since you're stupid enough to pick a fight with me when a kid is around! I'll tear you to shreds, Bull-head!"
"Call me Shítoudàchuí (Stone Maul, 石头大槌), and I'm not so much a brute I'd squash an infant like her" he snorts, hefting up his namesake hammer as you jaw drops as the stupidity of his name and how proudly he says it stuns you, about as much as being hit across the head by that big hammer of his would "Though, her descent would make her a valuable prize"
"Ah, so you do have a death wish, Shitty" You coldly spit his way, eyes aglow with malice "You aren't touching a hair on her head, insect, worm! I'll gut you and leave you to bleed out beneath the sun, like a slaughtered pig!"
"Now that's more like it!" He laughs, bowing his head, kicking up dirt as he starts to charge. You flick your tail dismissively and lift up your chin.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 07 Mar 2024 23:47:18 No. 5945953 Report >>5945952 How do you meet his charge, Huanliuxue?
>Dyeing your claws in astral Qi, and tearing the space between the two of you, and then using your feline martial arts to slam him head first into Monu's ice wall (Timing/ Martial Trial. DC 120) >Leap over it, and set up the Cat's court: Phantom Cat waltz around him to prepare for your counter attack (Agility trial. DC 80) >Breath out a cloud of grudges to weaken/ slow him and strengthen yourself, and counter his charge with cat catches star! (Martial Trial. DC 135) >Activate the "True" Specter lightness skill: Broken clock, turn human, stick out your leg, and trip him (Magic trial. DC 100/ 150 (First, for slowed time, Second, for stopped) >write in Anonymous
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>>5945953 >Breath out a cloud of grudges to weaken/ slow him and strengthen yourself, and counter his charge with cat catches star! (Martial Trial. DC 135) Always Be Buffing.
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>>5945953 >Breathe our grudges. Buff buff buff
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>>5945953 >Dyeing your claws in astral Qi, and tearing the space between the two of you, and then using your feline martial arts to slam him head first into Monu's ice wall (Timing/ Martial Trial. DC 120) >Gonna beat you until I fix your brain damage! Anonymous
>>5945953 >>Breath out a cloud of grudges to weaken/ slow him and strengthen yourself, and counter his charge with cat catches star! (Martial Trial. DC 135) Debuffs/buffs are a good start to any fight, and showing off our martial arts to Luli is a nice side bonus. She is gonna get a nice impromptu lesson in "why learning self defence is important", reason 1 being so you don't get killed by a random demon who wants your head in his living room.
I'm very curious about what is going on in hell, I'd like to go down there again at some point, catch up on the gossip. See if Yi Zhu managed to get himself killed yet. Going down there always results in some excellent hijinks.
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>>5946007 I'm actually a bit hesitant to delve too deep into hell, we've been skimming for the most part but there has to be some really big and scary fuckers down there who might take exception to our escapades (king Yama?).
>>5945953 >Breath out a cloud of grudges to weaken/ slow him and strengthen yourself, and counter his charge with cat catches star! (Martial Trial. DC 135) Not that bullman here has a very strong grudge against us but if we add how he threatened Luli then we've got a pretty good grudge of our own to settle.
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>>5945953 >Breath out a cloud of grudges to weaken/ slow him and strengthen yourself, and counter his charge with cat catches star! (Martial Trial. DC 135) >>5946061 I'm picturing King Yama asking Huan if she ever once considered the consequence of her actions in light of all the suffering that already exists in the world and I have to say I'd be nervous about the thread's response.
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>>5945953 >Breath out a cloud of grudges to weaken/ slow him and strengthen yourself, and counter his charge with cat catches star! (Martial Trial. DC 135) Anonymous
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>>5946272 >I'm picturing King Yama asking Huan if she ever once considered the consequence of her actions in light of all the suffering that already exists in the world >"Do you have any idea how much suffering you have caused in your hubris, young beast?" >"A whole hell of a lot less than I'm gonna. And even less still than the good that'll come of it." I can see it clearly.
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>>5946061 >I'm actually a bit hesitant to delve too deep into hell Going deep definitely seems like it could backfire, but going to hell has always gotten us some very nice loot so I imagine so long as we stick to the shallows and don't kick the hornet's nest we should be fine. Training first and getting some new golden core level techniques would be a good idea.
As far as scary fuckers are concerned I'm sure there are demons out there who loves to eat children who we will eventually piss off due to getting their favourite snacks off the shelves. That could be... interesting.
>>5946061 >>5946272 >King Yama My knowledge of Chinese mythology is lacking, is there any reason in particular King Yama would have to be angry with us at this junction? I don't feel like we have done all that much that would piss off someone that high in the food chain yet.
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>>5946386 >>5946272 From my limited understanding of the character he's the lawful side of hell and the nominal ruler so I imagine he may take exception to Huan border hopping so casually especially in her mortal body.
But I won't put him at odds with us yet even if he sends enforcers to catch us and bring before court I think he could be reasoned with if we plead our cause (unless we resist arrest or piss him off) and maybe we will get some side missions like slaying wayward escaped devils insread of a thousand years imprisonment.
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>>5945953 >Breathe out a cloud of grudges to weaken/ slow him and strengthen yourself, and counter his charge with cat catches star! (Martial Trial. DC 135) Should finding Baoli’s reincarnation be on our long list of things to do? I remember his mom and widow coming to the surface while we achieved human form so a rematch might be in the future. But now we gotta show off in from of our cute pupil.
>>5946272 Despite our crossing over the realms of the living and dead multiple times, the amount of good deeds we’ve performed should have him lenient of our more questionable acts.
Anonymous
>>5946412 I just figured he might on the Gods' side
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>>5945953 >Breath out a cloud of grudges to weaken/ slow him and strengthen yourself, and counter his charge with cat catches star! (Martial Trial. DC 135) >>5946007 >>5946061 We need to investigate hell regardless with their taking of corpses. Its on the agenda alongside dealing with the ghost king and fulfilling our promise with the ling subsect.
>>5946412 >>5946422 I don't see him being on the side of the gods (they are diametrically opposed, foes), but that doesn't mean he's on our side either. Its entirely possible he dislikes them and if he is lawful he can still be lawful evil which would have him at odds with us. Either way we should be careful entering hell, its aspects are not as straight forward and easy to understand as the mortal realm and can be as dangerous as the stars beyond the heavens if not more so.
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>>5945953 >Leap over it, and set up the Cat's court: Phantom Cat waltz around him to prepare for your counter attack (Agility trial. DC 80) Anonymous
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>>5946007 >Going to hell Alright by me, but we'll take the scenic route this time, though the secret library and the ghost King's court. Tear down everything and build a nice broad highway to hell, heh.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 08 Mar 2024 20:49:10 No. 5946651 Report Quoted By:
Ending the vote now, tallying its result.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 08 Mar 2024 21:11:50 No. 5946658 Report Sure stone maul is tall as far as demons of his breed grow, and bull headed devils do tend to be on the larger and beefier side of devilkind, but just because he is a towering wall of muscle and malice doesn't mean he is at all a threat to you. He has bowed his head and is charging recklessly ahead, hammer held like a bar in front of him, unable to see anything with his eyes turned towards the ground and the clouds of dust and dirt clouds his wild and most importantly blind sprint is kicking up all around him. Even your sharp eyes can barely see him through all the debris his charge is throwing into the air, and picking even his bulky and muscular frame from the dust of tossed soil and powdered stone strains them terribly. But you don't need to see him to beat his ass and teach him a lesson for daring to cross your path and threaten you AND a little girl who has nothing to do with the idiotic grudge he holds against you.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 08 Mar 2024 21:12:51 No. 5946659 Report >>5946658 <span class="mu-s"> Roll 2d100. best out of five. DC 135 </span>
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Rolled 10, 6 = 16 (2d100) >>5946659 Anonymous
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Rolled 28, 12 = 40 (2d100) >>5946659 Yah
>>5946660 Bad luck that.
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Rolled 83, 19 = 102 (2d100) >>5946659 These are some awful rolls... Im gonna roll terrible now too aren't I?
Anonymous
Rolled 64, 69 = 133 (2d100) >>5946659 Hope to hit
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Rolled 10, 97 = 107 (2d100) >>5946658 Come on Huan
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Least it's only a failure of 2
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>>5946673 >2 away from DC man... that's painful
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 08 Mar 2024 21:46:41 No. 5946681 Report >>5946673 Oof so close. Failure. Update will arrive shortly
Anonymous
>>5946681 Was a tough roll to hit but it shouldn't hurt too bad. Though next time let's not try to match a bull in a contest of strength. Would've been better to use the grudges as a smoke screen and press the bulls head into the ground.
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>>5946686 If anything, this will go to show Luli exactly how important knowing how to defend yourself is. You can be randomly jumped at any moment by someone, and even if you're strong they could still be a danger and hurt you. Learning from failure is the surest sign of an astute mind. Even if it isn't your own failure!
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 08 Mar 2024 22:13:32 No. 5946697 Report But the moment you shoot up from the ground you realize something is wrong, the air isn't moving right and your fighting instincts are screaming that something is wrong. You immediately redirect your Qi, drawing back energy that was about to be sent out and expended to perform one part or another of cat catches star to return it to the reserves of your cultivation base, a redirection and recycling of Qi that would be impossible for anyone who wasn't a natural born genius of Qi control and a prodigy cultivator to accomplish at all, let alone within the brief fraction of a second that is nestled between when your instincts send first send out an alarm from the ends of your whiskers to the tip of your tail to you being struck bodily by a mass of stone and demon bones. There was a single misstep in your plan, a single, easily avoidable mistake. You overestimated how stupid and careless your opponent was. He must've seen or heard about your fights in hell, to be able to recognize the illusion of slowed time and pick it out from the slowing and weakening effect of being doused in virulent grudge energy.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 08 Mar 2024 22:14:33 No. 5946698 Report >>5946697 Eyes shooting open, burning with rage, you right yourself in the air and snarl, kicking off the nearest branch as your opponent showboats and gloats, standing in the middle of swirling grudge vapor that had been fanned away from the sheer force of his strike with his hammer still held out in the place he slammed you with it. There are deep grooves in the ground from where he stopped his charge and spun around, and that cocky grin of his is way too annoying. His smug grin and arrogant attitude really pisses you off, and makes your head feel like it is filling with fire and sparks. Just looking at his pompous face enrages you, much more than being hit by a ton or so of stone and old bones!
How do you repay Shitoudachui for smacking your across the forest, Huanliuxue?
>If he knows the tricks you've used to win your battles down in hell, do something that he doesn't expect, and hit him with the weeping scar curse (Magic trial. DC 120) >Pounce on him and inject Sinner Bone Centipede Venom directly into him as you bite down as hard as you can (Martial/ Strength Trial. DC 150) >Hit him with star magic! Harass him with a storm of rainbow stars and cosmic beams! (Magic trial. DC 80) >Expelling the blood of your internal bleeding, create a doppelganger out of your own blood to charge him head long, while you slip back under the grudges, turn human and use the eye stealing grasp on him (Trickery/ Martial trial. DC 160) >Write in Anonymous
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>>5946698 >>Hit him with star magic! Harass him with a storm of rainbow stars and cosmic beams! (Magic trial. DC 80) Anonymous
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>>5946698 >If he knows the tricks you've used to win your battles down in hell, do something that he doesn't expect, and hit him with the weeping scar curse (Magic trial. DC 120) Anonymous
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>>5946698 >>If he knows the tricks you've used to win your battles down in hell, do something that he doesn't expect, and hit him with the weeping scar curse (Magic trial. DC 120) You fight a lot, right shithead? Hope you defended yourself properly.
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>>5946698 >If he knows the tricks you've used to win your battles down in hell, do something that he doesn't expect, and hit him with the weeping scar curse (Magic trial. DC 120) How many people have you tossed through multiple trees just like this? Let's find out.
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>>5946698 >If he knows the tricks you've used to win your battles down in hell, do something that he doesn't expect, and hit him with the weeping scar curse (Magic trial. DC 120) Anonymous
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>>5946698 >If he knows the tricks you've used to win your battles down in hell, do something that he doesn't expect, and hit him with the weeping scar curse (Magic trial. DC 120) Anonymous
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>>5946698 >Weeping scar curse Anonymous
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>>5946698 >Hit him with star magic! Harass him with a storm of rainbow stars and cosmic beams! (Magic trial. DC 80) Anonymous
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>>5946698 >If he knows the tricks you've used to win your battles down in hell, do something that he doesn't expect, and hit him with the weeping scar curse (Magic trial. DC 120) Anonymous
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>>5946698 >If he knows the tricks you've used to win your battles down in hell, do something that he doesn't expect, and hit him with the weeping scar curse (Magic trial. DC 120) Anonymous
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>>5946698 >If he knows the tricks you've used to win your battles down in hell, do something that he doesn't expect, and hit him with the weeping scar curse (Magic trial. DC 120) Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
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>>5946698 Don't we have a new superfast moving skill?
We could charge something up while he gloats to himself then teleport under him and unleash destruction from his blind side with something like the weeping scar curse, is it activated by touch? I don't remember...
>If he knows the tricks you've used to win your battles down in hell, do something that he doesn't expect, and hit him with the weeping scar curse (Magic trial. DC 120) Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 09 Mar 2024 16:48:17 No. 5947269 Report But through the pique and fury, you realize his grandstanding and gloating are purposeful. He isn't just doing them because he's gotten overly confident after landing one blow. He realizes that your pride can be a weakness, he's trying to stoke the rage by gouging his fingers into the wounds he's made in your pride, hoping that it will overwhelm and blind you with maddened fury and fight recklessly, without thinking or planning. But while a trick like that might've worked on the crow king, it won't work on the empress of beasts. You're far too clever to fall for such a vulgar trick, and all his showboating will amount to is making his eventual defeat and demise all the more painful once you've gotten your claws on his ragged hide. And that idle thought, reminds you, even as the world spins and you try to keep from wobbling through the air like a drunk, that Shitoudachui is covered is scars. His skin is like worn leather, he's obviously lead a warrior's life or at least never found armor that could keep up with his growth or cared to learn how to dodge. His hide is a pattern of old cuts and mementos from worthy opponents that he's crushed and grinded down into powder with that big stone maul of his. It is a map of every fight he's survived, and every dying curse spat his way as he hefted up his hammer and crushed every contender.
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Rolled 93, 96 = 189 (2d100) >>5947269 Ok let's try this again.
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Rolled 60, 84 = 144 (2d100) >>5947269 Back to hell with yo-
>>5947272 DAMN
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Rolled 15, 57 = 72 (2d100) >>5947269 >>5947272 Hahahahahahahaha
This guy is about to meet several deeply pissed off ghosts in a moment.
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Rolled 28, 58 = 86 (2d100) >>5947269 Anonymous
>>5947272 It looks like we'll snack on some choice cuts of meat!
How nice of this demon to come pre-filleted
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>>5947297 Roll anon, we still need one more.
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Rolled 74, 84 = 158 (2d100) >>5947269 Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 09 Mar 2024 17:50:05 No. 5947302 Report Quoted By:
>>5947272 Amazing success! 60 over DC and a hair's breadth away from being 70 over
Update will arrive shortly
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 09 Mar 2024 18:45:59 No. 5947346 Report And from the first chant to fly from your jaws, the words of the curses of the dead and broken fly and spill from your throat like a cloud of droning flies, speaking themselves as the grudge wraps itself around and takes hold of your vocal cords like the roots of a tree piercing through a grave to absorb the bones buried inside, possessing both your breath and your tongue. The world is drowned out, from Luli's frightened shrieks and shouted cheers to encourage her seemingly gravely wounded master, to Monu's confident cackles showing her conviction and certainty that this is a fight you will as easily as you turning over your paw, to whatever blustering and postering nonsense Shitoudachui yells your way as he faces down your false attack with a cold, murderous gleam in his eyes. Everything is silence by the hatred of scars long healed over. Your voice, low, guttural, growling like the snarling of a bone eating ghoul, mutters beneath the din of the drone of the hateful mantra and the distant noises of a living, colorful world.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 09 Mar 2024 18:47:00 No. 5947348 Report >>5947346 It takes him the span of a breath to recognize the profanity and maledictions you're uttering and spitting his way, venomous insults spoken by sore losers, pleas for mercy uttered by the merciless, curses and oaths of vengeance unfulfilled that he knows you couldn't possibly have heard or been told of. He stiffens, a shiver visible across his scarred skin as a bead of sweat pearls upon his bovine brow as his lips part and he stares, terrified as a dawning look of realization washes across his dim eyes replacing the overly self satisfied and haughty look he'd been wearing a second ago. He knows the curse you're unleashing, but is so shocked to hear it so bitterly spoken and potent, that he's frozen where he stands with mortal fear!
He realizes his mistake, picks up his jaw, and fights through his shock, lifting up his stone maul to hurl it at you and try to stop you from drawing on the most powerful grudge in the menagerie of resentment kept inside your belly, but it is far too late for him to stop you from speaking the one word of the Mantra that is truly yours and yours alone.
Focusing on your grudge against the heavens and all the ways they've wronged you and your people, of all the humiliation and hardship you've been forced to drudge and wade through because of their cruel mandates and self serving laws, you roar the word that you wish you can yell in the face of all of those vain and haughty gods, to show them what you think of their rule and ambitions!
<span class="mu-r"> "Die!" </span>
You wince as the words rip out of your throat, tasting blood as they reverberate through the air, spoiling it and turning it sour as it shoots towards the bull headed demon. Then vanishes as quickly as it came, like a distant star twinkling before it burns down to nothing.
Shitoudachui bellows, falling to one knee as his body is rent, ripped and torn by invisible claws and unseen blades, bursts and geysers of blood spilling out from deep cuts that expose bone and sever pieces of flesh and chunks of scar tissue as bite marks appear across his arms, shoulders and mid-section as if he is being devoured alive by an invisible pack of devils. Veins bulge and burst, hunks of muscle are pulled and torn as every wound he's taken in his long, demonic life is ripped open as fresh as the day it was made. Scars long faded appear, just to burst and ooze blood as he shrieks, in panic, fear, or pain, you aren't certain which.
His white fur is now as red as yours, and his tanned skin is hidden beneath a thick coating of bubbling, black tinted blood as he huffs and cries in agony, eyes watering as he kneels, hammer still clenched between his trembling hands.
"The...the weeping scar curse, but you are, how could you use such a vicious thing?" He bleats in confusion, as he struggles to stand on even one leg. You throw a disdainful, haughty glare down at him and smirk like a demon.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 09 Mar 2024 18:48:00 No. 5947349 Report >>5947348 "What, did you honestly believe I was so righteous and kind hearted that I'd hold back and only use "Good" and "Soft" spells? I might enjoy helping others when it suits me, but only an idiot would stay their paw and refuse to use a useful technique out of fear they'd sully it" You heckle and mock, leaping down to the ground, tail flicking in irritation "You really are an idiot, aren't you, shitty? You heard I do good and spread more kindness than I do misery in the world, and you just assumed I was the same breed of moron who refuses to use every tool available to them and restricts themselves to only the most guiltless and reputable techniques and weapons? What a dumbass you are! Heh-Heh!
He bows his head, snarling, but is unable to offer an argument against the fact he is as dull-witted as a winter catfish! Instead, he presses down on his hammer, and forces himself to stand, eyes aglow with renewed hatred for you after the verbal whipping you just gave him
"I'm a witch's daughter, you fool! Why wouldn't I keep a few nasty curses up my sleeve, Heh-Heh" You continue to pester and make fun of him as he sways and looks exhausted just standing with so many grievous and crippling wounds and slashes across his massive body. He makes Fu's patchwork of scars look like a handful of scrapes and paper cuts, heh-heh.
"Grand elder, what just happened! They were moving too fast for me to see. One moment Master yelped, and the next the demon looks like he's been torn to ribbons!" Luli shouts from behind the wall of ice while Monu howls with laughter, finding your mockery of Shitoudachui to be hilarious, and Xuebai joins in with yips and squeals of amusement herself.
"Huan just unleashed a particularly nasty curse after fooling that bull head with a series of false attacks, a curse that he was particularly vulnerable to. It is a vile hex that re-opens old scars, and as a demon warrior who spends every day fighting and killing other strong fighters, the curse had much more too work with than it would, say, if she spoke it against a common murderer or thug" Monu explains jubilantly, almost sounding intoxicated from just hearing the demon howl in pain "And as she contains countless fierce grudges inside of her own body, the curse had more than enough fuel to nearly tear that ornery old ox to shreds! It all happened in the span of a few moments, so don't look ashamed that you weren't able to make sense of it"
"Guess we're having beef hot pot for dinner, sis! Keep it up, keep ripping him apart, make him bleed, make him wail, make him cry!" Xuebai cheers you on, sitting on the block of ice in the form of a vaguely human silhouette, which must be what she imagines her human form would look like.
"I'll crush you until there isn't even dust left, mongrel!" Shitoudachui boastfully declares, even though he's struggling to keep from falling over or falling apart from all the deep cuts across his muscular body.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 09 Mar 2024 18:49:02 No. 5947351 Report >>5947349 What do you do, Huanliuxue?
>Hit him with a volley of vein draining fangs and destructive Yin spheres, as you run and bound around him (Magic trial. DC 90) >Activate the blood torrent rush, and use the blood red lighting cat step and your claws to cut a few more chunks of meat from him (Martial trial. DC 105) >Stand your ground, wait for him to attack and create an opening, using your feline style against his bullish fighting (Martial trial. DC 115) >Trick him, use the "true" specter lightness skill, since he'll think it is the original flavor and believe the slowed time is an illusion and be easily caught inside of it (Magic trial. DC 80) >offer him mercy if he bows down and pleads for his worthless life >Write in Anonymous
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>>5947351 >Trick him, use the "true" specter lightness skill, since he'll think it is the original flavor and believe the slowed time is an illusion and be easily caught inside of it (Magic trial. DC 80) Anonymous
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>>5947351 >Stand your ground, wait for him to attack and create an opening, using your feline style against his bullish fighting (Martial trial. DC 115) If he chooses to fight, he will die, if he chooses to relent, then he may yet live.
regardless we should let him set us up for a death blow.
Anonymous
>>5947351 >Stand your ground, wait for him to attack and create an opening, using your feline style against his bullish fighting (Martial trial. DC 115) As arrogant as it might be, I want to show off our martial arts to Luli. Would be a good way to emphasize it's importance to her.
I'm impressed by this guy's resilience, I must say.
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>>5947351 >>Stand your ground, wait for him to attack and create an opening, using your feline style against his bullish fighting (Martial trial. DC 115) As funny as this sounds, I want to make him smash his own knee or crush his own foot with his hammer.
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>>5947351 >Use his own blood as fuel to burn him alive by igniting the yang qi of his spilled blood. We have the choice cuts of beef, now we grill.
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>>5947351 >Stand your ground Anonymous
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>>5947351 >>offer him mercy if he bows down and pleads for his worthless life Anonymous
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>>5947351 >Stand your ground, wait for him to attack and create an opening, using your feline style against his bullish fighting (Martial trial. DC 115) Anonymous
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>>5947351 >Stand your ground, wait for him to attack and create an opening, using your feline style against his bullish fighting (Martial trial. DC 115) Anonymous
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>>5947351 >Trick him, use the "true" specter lightness skill, since he'll think it is the original flavor and believe the slowed time is an illusion and be easily caught inside of it (Magic trial. DC 80) Teach Lupin that fighting is also a mental game and not just a physical one.
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>>5947351 >Stand your ground, wait for him to attack and create an opening, using your feline style against his bullish fighting (Martial trial. DC 115) Anonymous
>>5947375 Think I've been spoiled by Laohue, Jingyu and especially Fu, but I've seen more resilient.
Anonymous
>>5948143 Well we never did try to kill Fu, Laohue specialized on hunting beasts and impenetrable defense.
This guy is clearly more melee dps than anything else so it's understandable that he's more fragile.
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>>5947351 >>Stand your ground, wait for him to attack and create an opening, using your feline style against his bullish fighting (Martial trial. DC 115) Anonymous
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>>5947351 >Stand your ground, wait for him to attack and create an opening, using your feline style against his bullish fighting (Martial trial. DC 115) Anonymous
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>>5948152 >Well we never did try to kill Fu We literally ripped his head off. Now, we were 99% sure it wouldn't kill him, but on just about anyone else it would have been very quickly if not immediately fatal.
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Ending the vote and tallying the result now.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sun 10 Mar 2024 23:28:47 No. 5948520 Report That kind of stubbornness is almost impressive, and you might actually respect it a little if he didn't display a quality that is far more admirable in the same moment. An absolute lack of fear for his own death, a complete disregard for his own life, a refusal to sell his pride to continue living. Sure, there's wisdom in knowing when to turn tail, admit defeat and live to fight and enjoy another day and many are too quick in demeaning a health sense of self preservation and survival instinct as cowardice, but facing death defiantely unafraid has a certain romantic charm about it. Though somehow you doubt the other denizens of hell are going to be telling stories and singing songs about Shitoudachui's dying unafraid in his last battle, because they, like you, will be laughing at the bull-headed stupidity that lead to said battle and that made him so proud to not realize when he's been beat. And you will be laughing in the end, since you aren't so arrogant to underestimate a foe whose already landed a blow on you, even when they are floating between life and death and would be better off surrendering and giving up.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sun 10 Mar 2024 23:29:49 No. 5948521 Report >>5948520 Senses heightened and nearly sick with anticipation, you bide your time until he creates and opening for you to rip him to shreds, without risking being smacked by that ugly hammer of his again.
<span class="mu-s"> Roll 2d100. Best out of five. DC 115 </span>
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Rolled 65, 75 = 140 (2d100) >>5948521 Anonymous
Rolled 11, 22 = 33 (2d100) >>5948521 Here we go again.
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>>5948525 >11,22,33 These numbers, this sequence... what could it mean?
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Rolled 33, 29 = 62 (2d100) >>5948521 Anonymous
Rolled 23, 23 = 46 (2d100) >>5948521 Slap
>>5948525 Them's some fucky numbers right there bud.
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Rolled 37, 50 = 87 (2d100) >>5948521 Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sun 10 Mar 2024 23:53:23 No. 5948548 Report >>5948523 Nice success, 20 over DC. Update will arrive shortly
>>5948525 Well that's odd, and even odder that the next roll in line started with a 33
>>5948538 And so is this
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>>5948548 The dice are telling us something. Whatever it's saying has been machine translated seventeen times but it's something.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 11 Mar 2024 00:23:54 No. 5948570 Report Dragging his stone maul through the ground, he throws up a clod of dirt your way. You weave to the side, ducking to avoid it as it crashes through the forest, creating a cloud of dust, wooden splinters and falling leaves. Then, using and allowing the heft of his just swung hammer to pull himself forward, he twists his blood covered shoulders and twists his whole body around, trying the same move he used to send you flying when you tried and failed to counter his charge, all because of a single misstep on your part. Barring your fangs in a silent snarl, you track his fall through the air and spot a gap between his hammer and his bulk that you can fit your head through. Moving quickly and taking a flying leap, you slip through that safe zone between his body and his hammer before both crash to the ground by using his thigh as a stepping stone to kick off and shoot away from him and behind his back, allowing yourself to float in the air as he strikes the earth and with his spin, drills through the ground. Luli shouts in surprise, but the wall Monu made between them and the battlefield stands firm and unbroken. Xuebai yips excitedly, losing enough composure to turn into a ghost light instead of a vaguely human shaped mist, but you can also hear her groan in disapointment when the dust clears and Shitoudachui is laying on his back, confused to where you have gone until he sees you smug smirk sparking through the clearing smoke and falling debris.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 11 Mar 2024 00:25:00 No. 5948573 Report >>5948570 At the last moment, he swings up, skeletal hands clawing and grabbing at your fur as a wave of the essence of death and the dying surges out over you, and feels like any other wave of Qi that might waft up from the deeper pits of the catacombs. Avoiding the hammer behind the wave, is just as easily done as enduring it. You simply roll backwards and reposition yourself behind his back. His open, completely undefended and unarmored back.
His tanned skin is tougher than some armor, but your claws, with a light coating of destructive yin, slice through it just as easily as cutting through air. He gasps, eyes bulging, as rivulets of blood flood out of his back as the tips of your claws rend through his back and spine. But that isn't enough to cripple him, enraged, senseless with agony, he swings wildly around to try and clip you with the head of his hammer and the skeletons trying to pull themselves free of it. Dipping down, you avoid the wild strike, and drag your claws through the tendons of his ankle, nearly severing his foot from his leg as you drift under him and float up to kick him in the stomach with your back legs. And as strong as you are, and unprepared as he is, that double kick is enough to send him crashing to the earth with enough force to crater the ground.
You don't allow him the dignity to stand back up, creating a Dying Grudge Shield behind yourself and kicking off of it and using its recoil to launch yourself like a comment directly onto his stomach. He spits up blood and black bile, nearly being blasted in half from just that. With glassy eyes, he looks up at you, seemingly realizing only now that you're far stronger than you were when you battled Baoli Wuyawang and Heizhizhu Bāmóushā.
But to his credit as a demon, even doesn't beg to be let go or plead for mercy. He just snarls, gurgling on his own blood and harshly barks "Do your worst, brat"
What do you do, Huanliuxue?
>Just cut his throat, and bitterly admit you shouldn't have been hit to Luli and tell her that overconfidence is an insidious killer. >Decide to be cruel and let him go, even healing him enough so he can limp back to hell, and face what awaits him there. >Turn human, heft up his hammer and smash his head to pieces with it, before explaining the difference between a soft and hard style of martial arts, and how this day, Soft won by a landslide! >Take him prisoner. Someone might have a use for his corpse, like Lei or Feiqing >Force him to tell Luli what mistakes he made in his fight while you sit on his chest and draw out his execution >Write in Anonymous
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>>5948573 >>Force him to tell Luli what mistakes he made in his fight while you sit on his chest and draw out his execution That's right luli, you must understand...
cultivators must be...STRONG!
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>>5948573 >Just cut his throat, and bitterly admit you shouldn't have been hit to Luli and tell her that overconfidence is an insidious killer. He played a stupid game, and won a stupid prize.
But he seems to be facing the consequences of his actions head on, so giving him a quick death feels like a good parting gesture of respect to give him.
If nothing else, because he helped us give Luli a nice live demonstration.
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>>5948573 >>Decide to be cruel and let him go, even healing him enough so he can limp back to hell, and face what awaits him there. Anonymous
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>>5948573 >Just cut his throat, and bitterly admit you shouldn't have been hit to Luli and tell her that overconfidence is an insidious killer. Take his body of course, waste not want not.
Anonymous
>>5948573 Write-in
>Before I kill you. I have to question. Someone had to have put it in your head to fight me no doubt gadge my power. And I feel you lack the means to travel by yourself from hell to here. Tell me, who was your co conspirers and I will give you a few options honorable death, you serve my good friend as a guard(spider friend) for 500 years Or your used as a training dummy for my disciples for 500 years.
I honestly wanna use him as a training dummy once our disciples are up to stuff.
> If answers allow options > If he doesn't don't slit neck and have hell laugh at him Anonymous
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>>5948573 >Turn human, heft up his hammer and smash his head to pieces with it, before explaining the difference between a soft and hard style of martial arts, and how this day, Soft won by a landslide! Anonymous
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>>5948573 >Cut his throat >Keep the corpse for usage later. Anonymous
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>>5948573 >Just cut his throat, and bitterly admit you shouldn't have been hit to Luli and tell her that overconfidence is an insidious killer. No matter how good you get, you can still make mistakes.
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>>5948573 >Just cut his throat, and bitterly admit you shouldn't have been hit to Luli and tell her that overconfidence is an insidious killer. >But take his corpse with us Anonymous
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>>5948573 >Decide to be cruel and let him go, even healing him enough so he can limp back to hell, and face what awaits him there. Anonymous
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>>5948573 >Force him to tell Luli what mistakes he made in his fight while you sit on his chest and draw out his execution Anonymous
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>>5948573 >Just cut his throat, and bitterly admit you shouldn't have been hit to Luli and tell her that overconfidence is an insidious killer. Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 12 Mar 2024 23:28:19 No. 5950194 Report Quoted By:
Ending the vote and tallying its result now.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 13 Mar 2024 01:05:30 No. 5950229 Report His last breath escapes from his sliced open through as a gurgling hiss, your unaltered claws alone being enough to part his skin and cut cleanly through his artery. It is an elegant cut, the blood that pours out of it coming in steady, burbling streams without spraying or splashing so violently as to be too gruesome for innocent eyes. You sit atop his chest for a few seconds more, observing as the what little life was left in his eyes drains out, leaving them as dull as clay chips as he maintains what dignity he has left and keeps his composure even as he rapidly bleeds out with his killer looking down on him with a look that might be similar to how a cat like you would watch a crippled mouse scrabble and squeal, struggling in its final moments to escape back to its hole.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 13 Mar 2024 01:06:30 No. 5950231 Report >>5950229 The whole fight did only last a couple of breathes, not even reaching a full minute, but it should've been over in the first clash, instead of lasting for three exchanges and a handful of well placed strikes. You were still swift, striking first to disable, then to kill, but that doesn't change the fact you were sloppy.
"I see you were raised without a sense of pride, child" Monu harshly answers, shaking her head "Cats like my daughter are born proud, and in a fight, that can be dangerous, and after it can be as debilitating as nerve attacking poison"
That poetic explanation just confuses poor Luli even more
"Over confidence is an insidious killer, the demon he mentioned, why he called me crow killer, lost his life to it. This devil shouldn't have landed a single blow upon me, but he did, because I was arrogant. A single wound can change the tides of battle, tch, even the course of history" You answer sharply, eyes dark as you glower at the corpse beneath you "It is a matter of pride, mostly, but even though it is my pride that was wounded the most, I only was hurt because I was certain I was fighting a brute I could end in one blow"
"You'll be amazed how easily wounded a warrior's pride can become, Your master is now swordsmen, but her direct disciple is one, she'll pout and sulk for days if she can't end a fight in a set number of paces and moves, a restriction she puts on herself due to how confident and proud she is of her sword skills" Monu answers much more kindly and gentle than she had before, eyes sweet and loving as she kneels down to Luli as you lap a bit of blood from your claw "And a warrior's pride is dwarfed by a cultivators, combine the two and you get a most crippling sickness of the mind"
"And while my life wasn't threatened, I still made a mistake due to being overconfident, and suffered for it. When you learn how to fight, burn this lesson and the memory of me" You say before stalling on the last bit as your pride as a teacher and proud and noble beast balk at what you're about to say, but you fight through, eyes almost watering as you force out the words "Flying through the forest with a yowl. Remember the fear you felt, and how silly I've must've looked"
"There's no need to force yourself to swallow your pride" Monu consoles sadly, patting you on the back as your face becomes stuck in a grimace
"Fight dirty if you must, use every advantage you have" You continue you through your teeth "And never forget, that what matters in the end is that you survive a fight, not if you won it gracefully or died honorably. Survival is of the fittest, the weak are prey to the strong however..."
You click your tongue and grin, overcoming the internal strife and struggle caused by using your own mistake as a lesson, wounding your pride a little more, with style and grace, and turn to Luli.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 13 Mar 2024 01:07:32 No. 5950233 Report >>5950231 "The strong must also lead, and must also rule. That is the purpose of strength" You impart with a sagely nod, dignified and solemn like a mountain hermit. Luli's innocent eyes sparkle in wonder, overjoyed to be granted such wisdom.
"Hoho, the most important of your natural laws, hm?" Monu cackles, rubbing her chin as Luli is frozen with awe as she absorbs all the wisdom you've spoken, overwhelmed by receiving all of it at once. Xuebai leans over her curiously while Monu helps alleviate the wounding of your pride by loving running her hand through your silken fur. Eventually, Luli is able to grasp what you've told her and comprehend it.
"I..I think this foolish girl understands, being overconfident is dangerous since it can lead you to underestimate an opponent you can otherwise beat handily, like you did with that monster in the cultivation chamber" She says warily, like she's worried she'll answer wrong and be shouted at, which makes her relief and glee at seeing your proud smile all the sweeter
"And that's just in a fight, thinking you're untouchable and lowering your guard when you have too many enemies to count, is also dangerous" You answer happily, with an approving nod, before Monu adds with one finger raised
"Its true. An haughty ruler won't check his drink for poison, but a cunning one will, even if he has nothing to fear" Monu continues as you cackle and sneer
"Know the difference between caution and cowardice" You proudly command, lifting your head up high "And know that those who can't tell them apart will die like this bull-head did. He was certain he was my better, confident that he was stronger, and was proud enough to not beg for his life. While I can respect him for facing the consequences of his action head on, one should always know when its best to lie low or run away!"
Luli has a self assured look as she balls up her fists, and with a fire in her eyes, nods, accepting the wisdom of your ideals and beliefs without hesitation or complaining they don't make sense. Good. You expected as much from how easily she cut ties with her old sect. What she lacks in filial piety, she makes up for it with ambition and drive. And being unusually astute and clever and audacious and brazen! Especially for her age. The girl has one hell of a sturdy backbone and a blazing fire in her belly!
"You're catching on quickly and adapting just as swiftly, I knew you had the right qualities to be my disciple" You praise, which makes her beam with pride, her chest lifting up as she swells with pride "But this lesson won't be worth much until I teach you how to fight"
"Can we start today?" She asks boldly and excitedly. All three members of your family present, yourself included, laugh at this.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 13 Mar 2024 01:08:33 No. 5950234 Report >>5950233 "When we arrive at our temple, for now, help Monu collect the demon's corpse and stuff it into my dimensional gourd" You laugh, flashing a gleaming grin of your own "You'll need to grow accustomed to sights like that fool's mangled remains if you're to be my student, Heh-Heh"
Luli winces, but diligently obeys your command
<span class="mu-s"> Corpse of a Bull headed demon aquired </span>
However, while the rest of your trip back to your turf goes smoothly without anymore dipshit demons leaping out from bushes to pick a fight with you, there is a snag in your plans when you arrive at Fu's village.
It seems word has spread of your supreme talent and quality as a teacher, and the wisdom you've shown at the conclave and throughout the rest of your esteemed existence, has lead to...well a large number of applicants of all colors and stripes traveling to Fu's village to seek admittance to the Palace of natural laws. And while not all of them are human, but a majority are. From mundane martial artists, to former members of the Winter Blossoming sect and other cultivation schools, to members of Chuan's "royal" army, since it seems Lord Chuan was so emboldened by meeting you he's declared himself King in the time from when you last saw him. That occultist moves fast! And there's even Buddhists in the crowds clogging up the streets and waterways! And they're debating with suspicious looking people who you think are cultists and apostates of some kind, just from how creepily they dress. And there are beasts and "half" beasts to, some you vaguely recognize from Suiqi and others who've been escorted to your well defined territory by other sects, whose members have stuck around to observe the goings on in the village.
The only reason there is any order is because of Fu and Tiexingege, though Ju is "helping" marching around with her gang of youths and shouting at the more rambunctious travelers when they start fights. Which works since the moment she tells them she is Fu's little daughter, there laughter dies in their throats and they make themselves scarce before he can appear to make them regret even thinking to threaten his little sister.
"Its like something out of myth" Luli breathlessly admires as she looks around at all the magical beasts and peculiar faces walking amongst mortals, she said similar when she saw the "Boundary" that Jionghuagege made and Tiexingege's kids guard made up of towering, ancient trees
"I'm just so amazing legends spring up where ever I step, and I like to walk the streets of this city!" You boast, dressed in the regalia of a wild princess as you flip your hair elegantly, the crowd parting before you even though the streets are packed as densely as a barrel of salted fish!
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 13 Mar 2024 01:09:34 No. 5950236 Report >>5950234 What do you do, Huanliuxue?
>Introduce Luli to the rest of your disciples and make sure she's comfortable in her new home, before doing anything else (Can be taken with other options) >Check to see how your students' "Anti ghost drills" are going, and declare who will join you in taking more of the catacombs as your kingdom. >Pick out a few of your sect members to send on missions to bolster your sects reputation and wealth, now that you've thought up a few for them to take (leads to another vote) >Introduce Luli to Ju and Yuyi and her kits, occupying her while you try to figure out what to do with this surge in hopefuls >Tell Monu to track down her friend the ogress, since not knowing what she is up to, while she is technically still an "Ally" to your sect, is a recipe for disaster >This is a perfect chance to teach Luli how to fight! Declare publicly that a tournament will be held to decide who is worthy to join the palace of natural laws in its first recruitment drive, and then personally train Luli to prepare her to trouce the competition! (Training Trial DC variable. Elite Teacher Bonus applies) >write in Anonymous
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>>5950236 >Make her comfy. >Train Luli to fight. >Give people finishing in the top 50% a basic exercise to test their aptitude for cultivation, Like Old crow cloak did with a qingong step. Anonymous
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>>5950236 >Introduce Luli to the rest of your disciples and make sure she's comfortable in her new home, before doing anything else (Can be taken with other options) >Introduce Luli to Ju and Yuyi and her kits, occupying her while you try to figure out what to do with this surge in hopefuls I want to tournament but we got a whole mess in the city rn we gotta sort (which we can sort with a tournament!) but we also wanna cover edge cases.
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>>5950236 >This is a perfect chance to teach Luli how to fight! Declare publicly that a tournament will be held to decide who is worthy to join the palace of natural laws in its first recruitment drive, and then personally train Luli to prepare her to trouce the competition! (Training Trial DC variable. Elite Teacher Bonus applies) What could happen?
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>>5950236 >Introduce Luli to the rest of your disciples and make sure she's comfortable in her new home, before doing anything else (Can be taken with other options) >This is a perfect chance to teach Luli how to fight! Declare publicly that a tournament will be held to decide who is worthy to join the palace of natural laws in its first recruitment drive, and then personally train Luli to prepare her to trouce the competition! (Training Trial DC variable. Elite Teacher Bonus applies) Anonymous
>>5950236 >Introduce Luli to the rest of your disciples and make sure she's comfortable in her new home, before doing anything else (Can be taken with other options) >This is a perfect chance to teach Luli how to fight! Declare publicly that a tournament will be held to decide who is worthy to join the palace of natural laws in its first recruitment drive, and then personally train Luli to prepare her to trouce the competition! (Training Trial DC variable. Elite Teacher Bonus applies) My only concern is turning down folks purely on the basis they can't fight well when there's plenty of work that doesn't involve much fighting that're also pretty important.
Anonymous
>>5950517 Like gardening. Or knitting perfect scarves. Or weaving starlight. So many things other than kickpunching.
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>>5950524 >>5950517 A heretic needs to be bold. If they don't dare even enter the tourny, then they dont deserve to enjoy a heretics life.
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>>5950236 >Introduce Luli to the rest of your disciples and make sure she's comfortable in her new home, before doing anything else (Can be taken with other options) >This is a perfect chance to teach Luli how to fight! Declare publicly that a tournament will be held to decide who is worthy to join the palace of natural laws in its first recruitment drive, and then personally train Luli to prepare her to trouce the competition Tournament arc!
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>>5950236 >Introduce Luli to the rest of your disciples and make sure she's comfortable in her new home, before doing anything else (Can be taken with other options) >Introduce Luli to Ju and Yuyi and her kits, occupying her while you try to figure out what to do with this surge in hopefuls Anonymous
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>>5950236 >>This is a perfect chance to teach Luli how to fight! Declare publicly that a tournament will be held to decide who is worthy to join the palace of natural laws in its first recruitment drive, and then personally train Luli to prepare her to trouce the competition! (Training Trial DC variable. Elite Teacher Bonus applies) Anonymous
>>5950236 >>Introduce Luli to the rest of your disciples and make sure she's comfortable in her new home, before doing anything else (Can be taken with other options) >This is a perfect chance to teach Luli how to fight! Declare publicly that a tournament will be held to decide who is worthy to join the palace of natural laws in its first recruitment drive, and then personally train Luli to prepare her to trounce the competition! (Training Trial DC variable. Elite Teacher Bonus applies) While a tournament probably isn't the best way to handle this crowd, it should be good enough. Gives Luli some much needed experience, and hopefully we can spot some people with actual talent to recruit too.
Also, you guys remember how the Crow King could steal memories by eating someone's eye? A technique that I assume we can learn by using his book? Well it occurred to me that we just so happen to have the eye of a certain dead sect head in our possession, who I am sure knew a bunch of dirt on other sects, including the Ling, but also likely had a lot of sect secrets. Maybe some hidden stashes of treasure too.
Not even necessarily saying we should use the eye for that, I'm sure we could use it for a bunch of other stuff, but I do want to spend some time learning Baoli-Wuyawang's techniques when we next get the opportunity.
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>>5950607 >Also, you guys remember how the Crow King could steal memories by eating someone's eye? A technique that I assume we can learn by using his book? Great find, anon! I think we should do that.
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>>5950675 I looked into this because I was curious and found this:
>"Simple, we crows listen to the dead. When we swallow their eyes, we see the last things they saw in life. So... forget what I said, it wouldn't work the way I though it would.
Still useful and we should learn it, but yeah Laohue's eye is not gonna tell us much.
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>>5950680 Aw damn
Let's give it to Qiang then
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>>5950236 >Introduce Luli to the rest of your disciples and make sure she's comfortable in her new home, before doing anything else (Can be taken with other options) >This is a perfect chance to teach Luli how to fight! Declare publicly that a tournament will be held to decide who is worthy to join the palace of natural laws in its first recruitment drive, and then personally train Luli to prepare her to trouce the competition! (Training Trial DC variable. Elite Teacher Bonus applies) I suggest tournament starts in a month for few months.
>One each for alchemy, martial arts, formations, scholarly, and luck. You might think that scholarly is odd but we can't have owl boy do all the admin. And luck is... Just as important as talent.
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>>5950680 > Eat eye > That is one fine empress of beasts Anonymous
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>>5950808 >Damn I wish she'd snap my neck. >Oh fuck she snapped my neck. Hot. Anonymous
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>>5950236 >Introduce Luli to the rest of your disciples and make sure she's comfortable in her new home, before doing anything else (Can be taken with other options) >Pick out a few of your sect members to send on missions to bolster your sects reputation and wealth, now that you've thought up a few for them to take (leads to another vote) Did we ever use that map of Chuan that we got ages ago? If not, it would be useful to divide up some of the interest points
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>>5950776 I fall in with this anon's suggestions, they're quite astute.
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>>5950776 I am also in support of this if the figure out the surge of hopefuls vote fails
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>>5950776 Supporting this as well. I also really like the idea of Huan turning into some flamboyantly crazy game master for the luck games. To separate the chaff from the wheat I suggest we do some Takeshi's castle style obstacle run first and start the proper games later.
Anonymous
Anons, did you think what to do with tbe beasts that fail the tournament? They have no other place to go.
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>>5951717 Well now that beasts aren't seen as demons outright they probably have some shot at getting into an orthodox sect, but you're right. I think they'll probably all get accepted as long as they're not outright personality disasters.
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>>5951717 All beasts are ours, there is no reason for them to be dismissed.
So take them directly so they dont knock out some of the none beast contestabts.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 02:51:52 No. 5951898 Report Quoted By:
Ending and tallying the vote now.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 05:13:11 No. 5951991 Report "Mother, go ahead and gather all of the members of the sect who are present at the temple grounds today, we'll drag Renshu and Ruolan from their workshops later, and introduce Luli to Yujijiao and anyone else away on training or business" You command with utmost dignity and refinement, brushing your hair away as you give your orders to Monu, who was busy enjoying and relishing in the attention the both of you were receiving "And don't make her welcome to opulent, just enough for our new disciple to meet seniors and peers, it has been a long journey for her, and she must be exhausted"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 05:14:13 No. 5951993 Report >>5951991 Luli grabs hold of your sleeve, her face paling as she spots the honestly rather striking and intimidating figure of Fu dressed in his full armor minus his skull shaped helmet with a cape made of crow feathers billowing behind him. That his bandages aren't drawn as tight over his mangled face, must only make him look all the more frightening to the little girl.
"Yo, Fu!" You call out, throwing a tangerine sized candy his way, his eyes widening as he drops one axe on reflex and catches it just before it hits his face "Come sit down by me and your newest Shimei, no reason for you to exhaust yourself patroling like a guard dog, no one in Chuan is stupid enough to cause trouble while I'm in town"
"Lady Huanliuxue" He says happily, expression soften as he cracks the hard candy in his fist and then licks the crystals from his fingers, while Tie-Tie glares at him jealously "I didn't know you'd returned from your trip, you took longer than was expected, I assume she is why"
"Two axe fu!" Luli gasps, color returning to her face as she recognizes who is standing before her in scary, black armor as Fu strides over and crouches down on the other side of the bench you've taken as your own
"That is what folks call me, yes" He chuckles, as he rest his axes on their sides, leaning them against his legs as Tiexingege stomps up, only a little taller than Luli herself.
"Green hair" She mutters, as if that is somehow offensive "How weird, who are you? Why'd you pick up this runt, Red Fur"
Your happy eyes narrow into icy slits as Tiexingege puffs out her chest, scowling as her partially metallic hair sparkles in the sun, tied into two neat ponytails, making her look nearly as childish as the two buns Luli's hair is tied into do for the other girl.
"Tie-Tie, don't be a bully" Jionghuagege scolds before you can put the smaller of the two Gege's in a headlock until she apologizes to Luli "Forgive her, she doesn't know any other way to meet people besides this, she's always sizing others up and picking fights"
"I do to!" Tie Tie shouts, stomping her foot as Jionghuagege titters and gracefully sashays to sit on the other side of Luli "Most people aren't worthy of my kindness, unlike you, Red Fur and Two Axes!"
"If you must know, its because little Luli here has great potential, a rare bloodline, and I'm personally fond of her" You snicker, as you pat the stunned girl on top of her head "Luli, these are the Geges, the short, loud one is Tiexingege"
"HEY!"
"and the tall, elegant one is Jionghuagege, I think the two of you will get along, and stop gnashing your teeth, or I won't share any of my candy with you, Tietie" You explain with a spritely smirk, shaking the bag of treats in front of the ant princess teasingly as Fu chuckles at the frustration and conflict in her expression.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 05:15:14 No. 5951995 Report >>5951993 "You smell like spring flowers" Jiong-Jiong cheerfully exclaims, clapping her hands together as she looks down at the dumbstruck Luli, who can't decide if she should keep an eye on Tiexingege or talk with the silver haired old sister who just sat behind her "You must have an affinity with them, like I do, am I right?"
"Y...you are" She says meekly, blushing at being praised as she sucks on the candy in cheek "You also smell very lovely as well, Senior sister"
"She does spend most of her time inside of flowers, which might be more effective than dousing yourself in expensive perfume" Fu says, breaking into the conversation with a loud crunch as he bites down on the largest piece of the candy left after he reduced most of it to a fine, sugary powder "She and The midget are both Magical beasts. She just prefers to spend her time with two legs, is all. She likes people"
"Thank you, Sir Fu" Jiong-Jiong happily replies, giving a delicate, ladylike bow of her head as Tie-Tie seethes "For saving me from having to explain something so difficult on my own"
"Midget? I'll gnaw your legs off scar face!" Tie-Tie shouts, Fu moves like a flash for his axes
"Not. Around. The. Kid!" You shout, barking each word as you catch Tie-Tie with your leg and push Fu's head to the ground "If you have to fight, save it for our temple. It's unbecoming to start brawls in the middle of the street"
"Yesh, Red Fur" Tie-Tie groans, clutching her stomach and looking green around her cheeks, while Fu just grunts and lifts himself off the ground, brushing pieces of stone and dust off his face. After meting out some discipline, no one else causes any trouble, and just like you expected, Jionghuagege quickly becomes fond of Luli, which makes Tiexingege jealous, which isn't helped by Fu's big brother side coming out as he pampers the green haired girl, since Fu just existing has the unfortunate side effect of pissing off Tie-Tie more often than not. Though once she hears that Luli doesn't know how to fight or defend herself, she stops being so prickly and even apologizes for calling her a runt earlier.
Luli has an easy time hiking to the temple, since Tie-Tie called her daughter Three from her guard duty to carry her most of the way there, since she is too proud to be ridden herself. She marches up ahead with Fu, with the excuse they're scouting ahead but its obvious the two of them just want to spar and pick up where they left off before you slammed them both to the ground. Leaving you, Luli and Jionghuagege, who is listening very intently to Luli's story of how she met you, only interrupting when its polite to or when the little girl expects a reaction to something.
Half way to the mountain, you run into a few more of your disciples.
Namely Qiang, Feiqing, Ping, Lei, Huili, Chuandapo and a few nobody outer disciples.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 05:16:15 No. 5951996 Report >>5951995 "Not her daughter" is how Qiang introduces herself, waving her hands as Luli opens her mouth to greet her seniors, still atop the back of giant black iron army ant. Feiqing is wearing one of Lei's masks and a heavy robe, clearly not wanting to spook the newest addition to the palace's membership with his very unfortunate looks.
"Feiqing, primary craftsman and blacksmith of the palace of natural laws" He introduces himself with cupped fist and a bow "Sworn brother to Cursed arm Ping and Silent Lei"
"Ping, exorcist and the one who keeps the ghosts in check when Lady Huanliuxue is not present" Ping introduces himself in much of the same way "Sworn brother to Steel fist Feiqing, Demon Eater Lei, and Qinxin, who is not present"
Lei lifts up his mask and waves, Luli screws her face and looks to you for answers
"His tongue was plucked out, he's a weirdo and a true demonic cultivator" You explain blithely and add "But he's harmless" when Lulil shivers at the last part of his introduction "And Qiang, please, introduce yourself better"
"Quick draw Qiang" She mumbles lazily, head hanging in embarrassment as Siwang struts forward, in his human form and swings up his arm dramatically
"Wusheng Siwang! Fourth Ascended Beast to achieve human form!" He shouts proudly, eyes closed as he presents himself, making Luli giggle as Huili rolls his eyes and Chuandapo yawn "I am most humbled to meet your acquaintance, heiress of the Lian clan! I met your sister, the noble head of your family. Geniality must run in your blood, but I am certain you will flourish and thrive here more than you would have in your previous accommodations, Junior sister"
"And I" one of the disciples you didn't recognize steps forward in an all too familiar swagger, and your eyes open a little more with interest "Am the fifth beast to take on a human form, Yinying, first and most honorable guard of our princess' person"
"Oh~" You purr, eyes gleaming as he throws back his hood and reveals a dusky, youthful and regally long face with sharp yet sad eyes, refined thin cheeks, pointed ears just like you, the geges and Siwang, whom he is taller than, though he is shorter than you and Jionghuagege in human form. His hair is oiled like his coat, and retains its marsh green color molted with lighter creamier green like the spots of a cheetah
"Oh I'm so happy for you, Sir Yinying!" Jionghuagege cheers happily as Luli breathlessly stares at the increasingly flustered Qiang, who like Fu, she must be a fan of her like she was with Fu. You smile smugly Yinying's way. It must've been jealousy that sparked his second awaking, but you won't shame so loyal a servant openly so you don't say anything as you look his way with a smug expression. He turns away, cheeks darkening as you stare amusedly at him.
"Master only raises lion students, I knew I made the right choice in teachers!" Luli exclaims, praising all who are present before Huili decides to introduce himself
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 05:17:17 No. 5951997 Report >>5951996 "Ashen Gale, Huili. You must be worthy of wearing our colors if Huan picked you personally, she doesn't take in any stray she comes across" He declares vainly, circling around Huili and Three, who stands her ground defiantly "And what's with the hair? Is that in fashion for humans? Or is that a prerequisite for joining the unofficial fan club for our proud grandmaster?"
He snickers, and Yinying shoots him a smoldering glare but says nothing as Siwang waves a fan and clears the path ahead of fallen branches and leaves.
"I don't know what you're talking about, Senior" Luli huffs, pulling on a strand of her grassy hair as the wolf sneers at Yinying, and Luli herself looks pointedly at Chuandapo, urging her silently that its her turn to introduce herself. And Chuandapo might be sleeping with her eyes open.
"Oh, sorry, I was waiting to see if a fight was going to start" She says lazily "Him and eye will be sixth and seventh, make no mistake. I am Chuandapo, you seem like a good kid, don't burn yourself out taking life too seriously, okaaay?"
"Do not spread your character flaws and awful habits to the youth, Junior Sister Chuandapo!" Siwang shouts, adjusting the glasses you gifted him as a fashion statement "You might have improved as a student, but you are still indolent in your day to day life and free time"
"What's it matter to you?" Chuandapo drawls , lifting up her head "Stress is as bad as poison, you should try to be less uptight sometime, that face of yours is going to get all wrinkly if you only use it to grimace and scowl like that"
"Hah" Siwang huffs, dismissively waiving his fan while Lei mimes a snicker, and Ping pinches the bridge of his nose.
"Lian Luli, we were sent to escort you and the sect head directly to the temple" Feiqing speaks up, glancing to Siwang and Chuandapo, and Huili and Yinying disarmingly "And I for one, am very much happy to meet your acquaintance"
Luli bites her lip, cringing as she resist the urge to ask why he and Lei are wearing masks, looking worriedly at the four of your students who seem ready to start fighting, but you can tell they aren't, they're just getting on each others' nerves. Or you hope that's what they're doing, as you really don't want to give the impression to Luli you make a hobby out of beating your students.
Three leaves on the last leg of the journey, since Tiexingege and Fu need carrying, after their fight ended in a draw. You keep her at your side, while Yinying, who isn't used to wearing armor or walking as men do, insists on taking the front, which means Siwang and Huili also do and they form the wholely unnecessary vanguard on the later half of the trek to your once pristine mountain.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 05:18:18 No. 5951998 Report >>5951997 Luli isn't as affected as her sister was by the ghostly energy radiating from your home, but she does start dragging her feet and looking around fretfully and jumping at every shadow as it comes into view. You realize she's just nervous and scared like kids get when they're brought to a new place and surrounded by unfamiliar faces, even if most of them are kindly and smiling and telling her stories about how they came to join the sect she is now a part of.
But you know how to fix that, while she's scrapping the ground with her heels and trying to look small, nervously glancing around expecting to see a ghost or wild spirit, you hold you hand out to her and smile warmly at her. She grabs onto it tightly, and doesn't let go as you lead her through the hidden entrance and cliffside path to the gate of your temple.
The entrance in the cliffside, with the hallway leading to the spiraling staircase lit by false ghost lights and a few real ones, makes her hold your hand even tighter and press herself as close as she dares to yourside, nearly hiding under your dress, much to the amusement of Huili. Qiang, at that point, grabs her other hand and practically wilts when she is called big sister by the trembling little girl.
But, when she is greeted by bright, warm lantern light and lively music instead of a dour graveyard scene, since Monu decided to throw a party despite you ordering the exact opposite, her demeanor turns around and she relaxes as you introduce her to the sect members who were drafted to help Monu set up the festivities.
The one horned Meiwei Zhurou, whose name makes Luli giggle though you stop her before she can explain why since that truth would crush the proud pig, looks her up and down and all around and declares "She is off fine breeding and proper rearing, as is expected of a scion of the renowned Lian family, a welcome addition to our most elegant of temples, mhh yes"
"There's something wrong in her blood, are you sick, Luli? Ribbit, ribbit" Canlan Yuanquan questions, as Luli scratches her arms along the fading bruises her experiments with growing mushrooms using her own flesh as a seed bed seem to recolor and darken just from being near the tender heart frog. You realize immediately it is the remnants of the spores she used to grow them in her veins reacting to the purifying aura Yuanquan's body emits, which is causing irritation. You have to wonder what having your blood itch feels like, can't be a nice feeling at all.
"No, just tired" Luli says quickly, closing her eyes and focusing to try and resist the purifying aura, and seemingly succeeds since she stops clawing at her arm
"Oh she is just adorable! Like a little spring fairy!" Lanfen exclaims, ruffling Luli's hair and tugging on her ear, turning the little girl bashful as she is dotted on by another of her heros
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 05:19:19 No. 5951999 Report >>5951998 "I wish I could see her, all I'm picturing is Fu's little sister but cuter" Hong laughs, and receives a glower from Fu for his off hand remark. Luli looks like she wants to say something to Hong, but holds her tongue and stops herself. She was probably going to ask if she could try to heal his eyes, then became too shy to ask, since she just met him
"We seniors will be happy to help you with any issues you have" Liu says kindly, as he kneels by Luli on the other side than Lanfen
"This junior greatly appreciates the offer for assistance" She says, in a very practiced manner, cupping her hand and bowing deeply
"Just stick with me kid, and no one will dare to mess with ya! You can call me big Sis Houmogui!" Houmogui declares brashly as she hangs from the ceiling while Jiangliehuo sniffs around her and scratches the floor
"Seems weak, seems weak, need to toughen her up!" The river bastard barks, nodding almost sagely as he storms off "Hou, Hou! Come fight me! Want ta fight!"
"No ya idiot! you'll frighten Luli!" Houmougui shouts, making an excuse to not fight with the rowdy otter
"There are delinquents in this school" Luli mutters as she rests against the side of the serenely natured Senlin Zheren
"Houmogui is a good girl, she just likes to act more thuggish. Jiangliehuo is as brutish as you've seen" he says plainly "But you have nothing to fear from the vampire bat or river otter, neither of them would bully the weak...probably"
"Houmougui is mostly hot air" Qinxin states, swirling a cup of wine "And Shimei, this senior also fled his previous sect for failing him. I've...heard the grand elder speak loudly of what abuses you faced. This senior is most apologetic for the hardships you faced"
"Senior is most kind" Luli says, mostly because she's been taught to respond like that, though she has a dark and bitter look on her face as she says it, just from being made to remember what her elders had planned for her future.
"You seem sickly" Baifenchi whispers , fluttering her wings, which Jionghuagege responds to by flapping her own, communicating in someway only insects can understand, and the death obsessed mouth "pouts" "I'm sure it will pass, adversity breeds strength"
You have a good guess what the moth was going to say to Luli
"Oh its like having a little sister!" Mao Yue shouts as she nearly smothers the poor girl in a hug "Hey, Hey, Niu, we should take her down to play with Yuyi's kids! Think she'll sprout cute ears to one day"
"Yue, do not bother the girl with pointless things, she'll be busy training, too busy to play with younger children" Niu says tiredly, already ruddy cheek from drinking wine while Bo laughs and slaps her back, nearly sending her sprawling to the ground from the unexpected contact
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 05:20:21 No. 5952000 Report >>5951999 "Oh, its fine! Kids are supposed to be care free, even if most of the one's here are real serious like" He bellows, laughing as Siwang and Yinying argue over something on the other side of the courtyard, near the band of ghosts someone convinced to possess the instruments to provide music to accompany the meal
"I don't know, bright heart and the grand elder were talking about her needing to work hard, something her old sect did to her" Wang Wengcheng mutters "And look at how intelligent her eyes are, she might have a dark history, as her role models, we'll need to help guide her and make sure she isn't overwhelmed by the precedent set by the stars of the sect"
"I think those two are drinking too much, do you have hangover medicine in stock, master?" Luli asks as you look around the festivities and notice one of the students is missing. The proudest of them, Youzaiwang.
"I'll go check" You say, mirthlessly as you rise and sneak out of the party, casting off your finery to turn into your feline form as you seek out the tiger, and find him sulking in one of the gardens atop the mountain, beneath the moonlight.
"Let me guess, you're sulking because Yinying attained his human form before you did?" You ask, as you swagger up to the silver furred tiger, who doesn't lift his head from the ground, just shifts his eyes
"Is it so obvious?" He pouts, rumbling in his chest as you plod up to him and look down at him "I do not like being upstaged, but he is the second housecat to surpass me, even if only momentarily, it has wounded my pride"
"Your pride is no excuse to miss meeting your newest martial sibling with the rest of the sect" You scold as he huffs haughtily and rises
"I would not present myself in such a state" He argues "But I have conquered myself, and have a plan to become the sixth of us beasts to walk as men do, tell me of this new member, while we walk...master"
"Tch, you have some tough competition in Huili and Chuandapo" You chuckle as you walk with the tiger back down into the courtyard of your underground retreat "And she's a human girl, blessed and cursed with a bloodline, she has a timer on her life unless she abandons her cultivation or is unable to reach nascent soul"
"That sounds like she'll have more reason to excel than most" He remarks "Perhaps she will impress me when she grows older, I have little patience for little kids, especially ones born without claws. Human cubs are soft and doughy"
"She'll surprise you, and might even make you more humble than Yinying did" You snicker at the tiger who lifts up his head proudly "She is a bold child, and ambitious"
"Hmm, maybe I'll be more fond of her than I imagined, if you speak so highly of her" He answers, allowing himself to laugh with you, awkwardly, as he is unused to laughing at all "Such high acclaim coming from you master, is as valuable as jade"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 05:21:22 No. 5952002 Report >>5952000 And once Youzaiwang had a chance to talk with Luli, it turns out her is fonder of her than most humans, being most impressed by how easily she changed masters and abandoned her old sect for the better choice of teacher and environment. In fact, Luli might be the disciple that Youzaiwang likes the most, once he sees just how determined and audacious she can be. Or maybe because she is just as ambitious as he is.
In fact the two of them talk well into the night, and Youzaiwang even offers to help her to her quarters when her eyes start to flutter and get heavy. You've never seen the Proud "King" act so nicely, its a little unsettling. Though as the welcome party starts to quiet and end, you have an idea as you look out from the top of your mountain, with Yinying and Siwang acting as your "guards" as the two of them debate and a familiar weasel's voice cries out in pain from deep, deep below your temple, bringing a cruel smile to your lips
You can just make out the lights of Fu's village, which is shining much more brightly this night, due to all those who traveled their in the hope to catch your attention.
Throwing one knee over the other, leaning against the jug of miraculous spring water you brought here to clear the wine fumes from your head, you throw out your arms, dressed in one of your underworld dresses and declare
"Lets throw a tournament!"
Siwang and Yinying both stop their arguing and stare at you
"Eh?" they both gasp as you hop to your feet, cross your arms and stride towards the lights, grinning manically
"lets throw a tournament" You repeat with a nod as both of them exchange glances, mouths agape with shock "and have a recruitment drive with the victors, that's a good trial by fire to teach Luli how to fight"
"There is a lot of planning for even a small tournament" Siwang begins before Yinying snorts
"Are your questioning our lady?" He darkly questions before Siwang claps his hands loudly, since he can't snap his beak like he usually does
"I am not, master is wise, master is of sagely mind and towering intellect. but for a proper tournament, preparations are required" Siwang explains rapidly as if you will change your wind "Brackets must be established, conditions set, the contests must be decided as are the requisites for application. There are rogue cultivators, common martial artists, and normal people wishing to enter our immortal abode, you cannot simply have them all compete in one section, they need to be separated out, there must different sets for fairness. Separate ladders for them all to climb, without the weak being stomped down by those who are already strong"
"Do you think her so ignorant. Huanliuxue must have all this planned out already. Of course it wouldn't be a free for all brawl" Yinying shouts, offended on your behalf, though that does sound amusing
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 05:22:23 No. 5952004 Report >>5952002 "I'll make the declaration tomorrow. Those who will put their names in the ring and register, will take time to train and prepare themselves for the tournament" You declare, shouting your will as you lift up your chin imperiously "I wasn't going to start it tomorrow, the moment the sun rises. Besides, I need to time to train Luli, so she can crush the competition, Heh-Heh. We'll work out the finer details after I started her training and got all the other challengers excited and pumped up, Heh-Heh"
"as you wish" Yinying states, pounding his fist into his open palm
"Why do I feel like this poor owl will be the one to whom all of the boring, tiresome paper work is hoisted upon" Siwang wails mournfully, while you work out a training plan for Luli to start the moment she rises from her bed in the morning.
<span class="mu-s"> Roll 2d100. Best out of Five </span>
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Rolled 75, 52 = 127 (2d100) >>5952004 This will be our finest training, BEHOLD the mighty DOUBLE HUNDO
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Rolled 7, 12 = 19 (2d100) >>5952004 Anonymous
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Rolled 83, 5 = 88 (2d100) >>5952004 The BEST training we can give!
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>>5952058 Well, at least that roll won't affect our training
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Rolled 18, 26 = 44 (2d100) >>5952088 Anonymous
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A double hundo it may not have been, but I am starting to feel very thankful for it nonetheless kek
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Rolled 25, 5 = 30 (2d100) >>5952004 If she loses, we can use this being her first time fighting I guess
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>>5952039 Amazing success. Update will arrive shortly
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 12:25:32 No. 5952161 Report You sit atop the tallest of the split peaks of your mountain, meditating and waiting for the sun to rise and Luli to wake up, enjoying the cool morning air and the quiet and the dark. All of which gradually gives way to its opposite, the coolness slowly being replaced with resplendent warmth, the quiet with birdsong and chirping insects and the dark with sunlight. Far below you can see the workers of your sect heading to the fields, their songs carrying up into the skies and to your ears as you rise up and stretch out. Deciding it'd be best to train Luli to fight like a human, since she can't just pop claws out of her hands or grow fangs, you change your form, take a quick dip in a nearby pond that's almost as cold as the air within the catacombs and dress in one of the spare robes you keep in your dimensional gourd. And wait. and wait, but it still takes some time for Luli to wake up and be brought to you, so you fit in some Guqin practice and play ghost empress melody, training with the magical tool and seeing what happens when you use Moon Collapse as a pick to strum it or strike cords on it. The results are exciting as they are devastating on your surroundings, but with a few experimental songs, the explosions of sound clear a flat ground that'll be perfect for training Luli in.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 12:26:33 No. 5952162 Report >>5952161 "You should count yourself lucky, the first time I trained with her, she used me as a training dummy to practice her spells on" He says amused, keeping a close eye on Luli as she staggers and wobbles, either from tiredness or the altitude "Your body will adjust in time, but the strain is part of the process, is that right, Lady Huanliuxue"
You snap your fingers and gesture towards your first disciple "Precisely! You speak what I think, Fu!" You declare proudly as you toss Ghost Empress Melody into the air and leaving it levitating above the clearing you made with it as you stride up to Luli, who looks amazed at how easily you and Fu are moving around in air so thin.
"If its too much, we can start you off with basic strength training and stamina building exercises" You say as a look of dread flashes across Luli's face "Separate the physical refinement part of your training from the martial arts lessons"
"No, No I can...I can find a way to endure!" Luli shouts, voice shrill and defiant as she pats her sides searching for a medicine pouch or something, and grimaces when she can't find whatever she's looking for "To, to over come this"
"Your breathing to fast, you're going to faint if you don't calm down" You gently tease, stepping around behind her to catch her if she does. She closes her eyes and practices her breathing exercises while standing, remembering her lessons and the way you taught her to change her way of breathing, pacing it and slowing it down, drawing in more oxygen with each breath instead of sucking in nearly worthless air in big gulps like a fish tossed onto the shore. She blinks and looks amazed as she stares down at her hands and gradually stops wobbling around like a reed in the wind.
"Impressive" Fu praises with a subtle nod "You learned how to tolerate thin air, breathing exercises are useful for things besides gathering and absorbing Qi"
"That feels so much better" She sighs, slouching forward as you smile and give her a reward in the form of a soft pat on her head, which she doesn't even try to bat away, her hair and eyes looking a more vibrant and healthy shade of green as you step around her again and plop down in front of her, holding yourself up on the palms of your hands as you lean back and playfully kick your legs
"Master, what are you doing?" She questions while Fu, who has long since grown accustomed to your whimsical nature, stands stoic and grim
"Take a fighting stance" You state, flipping around and laying on your belly, holding your head in your hands as you rock it back and forth. Luli frowns and looks to Fu beseechingly. Fu just turns away. Slowly, nervously, Luli spreads her legs apart and lifts up her hands in trembling fists.
"Awful" You cackle as you flip back onto your feet, and flick her head just enough to bother her "But that's to be expected, and the stance you took reveals a lot about your instincts, see"
You grab her arms, which she kept close to her chest
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 12:27:35 No. 5952163 Report >>5952162 "You held your arms nearly flat against your torso, expecting to be hit you raised your guard. The position of your legs isn't stable, and your center of mass is high" You explain as you grab her arms, push one of her legs with a foot, and press her back and nearly topple her over with just a brush of your hand, demonstrating all three in one smooth sequence of motions "This is the stance of someone who doesn't want to, or is afraid to fight, who'd rather run away. Someone who has no experience blooding their knuckles and has no idea what to do with themselves in a fight"
Luli pouts, brow furrowed, cheeks flushing red, eyes focused on the ground
"Try throwing a punch" You order, tapping a finger on the tip of your nose "At me, aim right here"
She clenches a fist, steps forward, putting all her weight and might behind the punch. You just lean and allow her soft hand to brush against your cheek harmlessly and catch her as she leans to far and falls.
"To slow, you hesitated, you didn't want to hit me and thought to much about it" You explain bluntly "Try again, harder, faster"
She clenches her teeth and swings her arm around, using it to strike instead of her fist.
You grab her by the wrist and spin her around you, leaving her dazed, blinking in confusion as to what happened
"Good, you realized your first approach wasn't working, tried something new, used a stronger bone" You snicker, ruffling her hair as she frowns, brow creasing in frustration
"What is this supposed to teach me master? I already know I can't...don't know how to fight, yet" She says angrily, more at herself than you treating her like a plaything "What purpose does is there is showing me that I know nothing"
"Exactly that. That you know nothing, that you're a clean slate as far as technique and style goes, absolutely no martial ability. Just instinct, reflex and gut feeling, nothing else. And that is perfect! No bad habits! No worthless teachings to unlearn!" You shout excitedly, grinning ear to ear "The best case scenario! Like a blank scroll with nothing written on it, waiting to be dabbed and dotted with Ink"
She bows
"Forgive this ignorant girl for not having eyes to see your wisdom, Master" She says weakly, clearly expecting to be reprimanded, but you just keep smiling
"Don't put yourself down, even orthodox masters struggle to grasp my methodology" You boast, ruffling her hair some more, since it has a really nice texture and is really fun "Though, if you felt ashamed for not understanding it, unfortunately you're going to suffer much more embarrassment. Since the initial stage of your martial path and training up your body, is figuring out exactly what sort of fighting style fits you instinctively. Your body will adapt to your exercises, so unlike an older pupil, you can grow into pretty much any martial art without issue but, well, for best results, the one you pick you have to stick with as a foundation"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 12:28:36 No. 5952164 Report >>5952163 "Like growing a fruit to fit a container, directing the growth of branches by nipping buds, and shaping a tree over the years" She says, understanding immediately what you're trying to explain to her. What a fantastic student she is!
"Exactly. So for the first week or so of your training, we'll test your body's physical limits, destroy your mental limits and see where your instincts will lead you" You explain, nodding as you hop back from her and throw out your arms "So give everything you have and throw it at me"
It doesn't take long for her to completely exhaust and tire herself out from throwing punches, haymakers and swinging her arms up and down in a vain attempt to hit you as you hold her at bay with a hand atop her scalp. But it does give you a good idea of what sort of instincts she was born with and just how limited her physical capabilities are, and what bad behaviors will need to be immediately pruned before they become habit and stunt her martial prowess. But before you can do that, she needs to refine and strengthen her body.
So, even though it'll cause you emotional turmoil and pain, you'll give her more chores than she'd be given and hard labor at least for a little girl just to make her gain strength and stamina quickly, since currently her pools of both are nonexistent and she has as many muscles as a pampered princess. So she'll exercise during the day and train with you in the afternoon, allowing her muscles time to recover and grow and her body to rest, while still having time for her to improve her other vital skills. Smiling, you nod to Fu. He picks Luli up as she weakly tries to squirm away
"Are we finished already, we barely did anything?" She complains as you stand, hands behind your back, smiling "I can still train! I'm not so weak! Please, give me a chance! I'll train from sunrise to sunset"
While that is a romantic ideal, her body is still mostly mortal and she'll do more damage working herself to the bone than not.
Luli improves slightly each day of training, but due to her diligence and drive, she progress much quicker than any other girl her age would, pushing her body to its limits and not complaining about any of the work or training you give her. And quickly it becomes apparent just how malleable she is, at this stage of her life, and how quickly she can learn when she's pressed. Sure, having an incredible and elite teacher like yourself is one reason, but she is devoting herself to her training to a degree that puts to shame some of her seniors! Who are your own students. And that is because of what you saw in her when she declared she'd be your student. Determination. Which in a listless world, is a treasure more valuable than any other.
And like her trick with turning mushrooms into living puppets by feeding them her life energy and Qi showed, she is also creative and shockingly inventive when it comes to problem solving and dealing with obstacles in her way.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 12:29:37 No. 5952165 Report >>5952164 When she's too weak to lift a sword, she redirects the internal energy in harms to give her muscles a temporary boost. When she's out of energy, she uses the trick you taught her to improve her Qi absorption rate and replaces it by drawing on the life of the plants she touches. You still stop her from overdoing it and over exerting herself, and begin making her walk as far as she can up the mountains to train as far as she can climb, but every day she learns and improves at a rapid pace, both because you're the one teaching her and she has an insane amount of resolve to learn and better herself. She really is an amazing kid!
She even extends the training sessions by healing herself with the few spells she knows and pills she's made in her free time, though you don't allow her to practice with you as long as she'd like, since doing that will eventually put more strain on her body than she can bear safely or recover from.
But now she's strong enough to beat up boys a few years her elder, and when you sneak Ju out of the city to be her sparring partner, they fight almost on equal ground despite Luli being younger and shorter than Fu's little sister. And her delicate, doll like limbs are quickly growing taught and sturdy with new muscle, as her cotton soft hands toughen up and gain more than a few bruises since she puts herself through a rigorous hand strengthening exercise and since she knows how to heal and mend wounds, she doesn't stop if she breaks a finger or two and instead only pauses long enough to set the bone and start it healing.
Luli might be a bit crazy, but genius and madness are hard to distinguish at times. And it takes no time at all for you to feel safe letting Luli walk around Fu's city by herself. You even test this by having Renshu pretend to kidnap her, which is also how you introduce her to him and Ruolan, since they've arrived to officially become cultivators not long after you started putting up posters and signs advertising the tournament and its rewards.
And that is when you learn, Luli has a stronger kick than her punch, despite most of her training thus far being centered around getting better at throwing punches. And you learn that Carmine mystics are still weak to getting a little girl's foot slammed directly between their testicle with enough force to break a wooden board. Ruolan thinks its funny, you think its funny, Renshu certainly does not find it so amusing.
Though once he's stopped squirming on the ground, both of your carmine descendants grow attached to Luli, since all three of them share a strong and common interest in alchemy. Though as you look at them chatter, you can't help but wonder if Tianhua will recognize her little sister with how much she's changed, appearance wise, in so short a time. All the time spent training and working beneath the sun has given her a bit of a tan and a few freckles, though she is still an adorable little fairy, just one who looks a little sunbaked now
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 15 Mar 2024 12:31:27 No. 5952167 Report >>5952165 <span class="mu-s"> Lian Luli excels and quickly adapts to the training regimen and can be taught to fight in any style you know, or be trained to fight in one created specially for her! +20 to your next training/ cultivation roll. Total bonus +551 </span>
<span class="mu-s"> triple vote! </span>
Now that Luli is stronger and knows the basics of how to fight, what do you focus her training on
>Ferocity >Speed >Stealth >Endurance >Grace >A different core focus (Write in) And what style do you teach her
>Teaching her your ghostly feline martial arts. She is your student, so its only fitting >Teaching her a mundane martial art, to serve as a foundation she can adapt and personalize >Use her talent with alchemy, raising and using mushrooms and Monu and your own knowledge of poisons to turn her into a poisoner! >She is naturally attuned to nature and trees, so create a martial arts styled after the movement of trees in the wind >She can fight, and she's strong for her age and build now. But her instinct is still to keep danger at an arm's length, so get her a spear and whip to train with >Something else to serve as the foundation of her fighting style (Write in! Creativity encourage ) And before you start preparing for the tournament, what will it be like, Huanliuxue?
>Just a martial arts tournament, separated into brackets by age, skill and cultivation level. >A multi layered tournament with different trials and spheres, one for martial arts, one for magic, one for alchemy, one for formations, one for scholars, one for luck, and one free for all battle royal! >A tournament where the goal is to impress you by any means necessary, Heh-heh. >Call in Master Su, Master Xia to help you and Monu plan it, and also to make it a tournament funded by the whole alliance, giving up some control and personal oversight to make it less expensive and more...traditional, bleh >Write in Like a clay ox entering the sea, I shall now collapse into my bed and pass out
Also to be transparent, the roll you got was enough to get Luli a budding martial talent, and give you a chance to decide exactly what shape that takes
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>>5952167 >Stealth She wants to avoid danger, and its gonna fit in with my next suggestion.
>A leg based evasion art, modeled after Jiong Jiong's bees, buzzing and moving around quickly and evasively. The "stinger" of this style is poison focus, spreading "pollen" spores from her sweeping movements and dodging acts so that the field she moves in becomes inherently hostile to the foe. Powerful kicks also apply. >Multi layered torney Anonymous
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>>5952167 Aww yiss, a physical cultivator disciple
>Grace >She is naturally attuned to nature and trees, so create a martial arts styled after the movement of trees in the wind >A multi layered tournament with different trials and spheres, one for martial arts, one for magic, one for alchemy, one for formations, one for scholars, one for luck, and one free for all battle royal! Anonymous
>>5952167 >Grace >She is naturally attuned to nature and trees, so create a martial arts styled after the movement of trees in the wind >A multi layered tournament with different trials and spheres, one for martial arts, one for magic, one for alchemy, one for formations, one for scholars, one for luck, and one free for all battle royal! We are growing a tree girl so she doesn't die in bark and break the bloodline flaw
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>>5952167 >Endurance her healing and manpulation of energy means she is excellent at outlasting her opponenets. She is tough on herself as well as her enemies with undoubtable resolve.
Obviously she has grace, but it is without doubt that she is able to grow so rapidly due to her ability to endure.
>She is naturally attuned to nature and trees, so create a martial arts styled after the movement of trees in the wind >A multi layered tournament with different trials and spheres, one for martial arts, one for magic, one for alchemy, one for formations, one for scholars, one for luck, and one free for all battle royal! >>5952200 I agree, which is why like a tree, she must endure the path her predecessors could not.
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>>5952226 Yes but I counter with "Tree Ninja"
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>>5952167 >Speed Since her focus in combat later on will likely be spells and/or alchemy, speed will serve her better than anything else, as it allows her to create room for herself and run away if things turn bad. Besides, a speed focus is a genuine tactic when fighting, so it's not like she will be unable to hold her own.
Though I will say I'm not sure what grace is supposed to be exactly. Dodging?
>Use her talent with alchemy, raising and using mushrooms and Monu and your own knowledge of poisons to turn her into a poisoner! Combos well with speed, and is just an all around good idea for someone less inclined to focus on melee, which she likely will not.
>A multi layered tournament with different trials and spheres, one for martial arts, one for magic, one for alchemy, one for formations, one for scholars, one for luck, and one free for all battle royal! Not focus on *just* fighting is a good idea. We've shown that we can shore up our disciples weaknesses if we need to anyway. And a luck bracket sounds very funny.
The idea of some random nobody getting into our sect by pure luck, then fight tooth and nail to stay in and somehow miraculously managing to despite having no talent sounds like peak comic relief material.
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>>5952172 +1 for both. A fighting style that has her mimicking trees just feels like it's sending her down the path those Orthodox fools were guidng her.
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>>5952167 Write-in
>Flow Was doing a write-in and I thought this fit.
Style
>Write-in >There are various trees in the world some produce poison to kill a man, some shoot seeds at explosive force, whip that break the sound barrier, and endure the strongest of nature's blows. A single tree can even be an entire forest and the various branches act as shields. >Be malleable learn to deflect attacks, be swift to land explosive attacks and counter-attacks with your legs, sense the world around you, poison those that dare cross you. >I call this art Ten Poisons Explosive Ward Art.(Or name pending)(Could upgrade I think to hundred poisons or thousand poisons) >A multi layered tournament with different trials and spheres, one for martial arts, one for magic, one for alchemy, one for formations, one for scholars, one for luck, and one free for all battle royal! >Forging as well (Forgot) Anonymous
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>>5952167 >Grace >She is naturally attuned to nature and trees, so create a martial arts styled after the movement of trees in the wind >A tournament where the goal is to impress you by any means necessary, Heh-heh. Anonymous
>>5952353 Supporting. Also for the tournament please start it off with a Takeshi's castle style wipeout.
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>>5952167 >Speed >A leg based evasion art, modeled after Jiong Jiong's bees, buzzing and moving around quickly and evasively. The "stinger" of this style is poison focus, spreading "pollen" spores from her sweeping movements and dodging acts so that the field she moves in becomes inherently hostile to the foe. Powerful kicks also apply. >Multi layered tournament (plus forging because Feiqing could use some buds) Rapid fire poisoning, maybe have TieTie teach her about being a commander so she can better lead her shrooms
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>>5952167 >A leg based evasion art, modeled after Jiong Jiong's bees, buzzing and moving around quickly and evasively. The "stinger" of this style is poison focus, spreading "pollen" spores from her sweeping movements and dodging acts so that the field she moves in becomes inherently hostile to the foe. Powerful kicks also apply. I like this write in
>Endurance But I'd prefer a focus on Endurance. She's a healer, an alchemist, and a minionmancer, let her outlast opponents as she steadily stacks the battlefield in her favor
>A multi layered tournament with different trials and spheres, one for martial arts, one for magic, one for alchemy, one for formations, one for scholars, one for luck, and one free for all battle royal! Anonymous
>>5952167 >Grace >She is naturally attuned to nature and trees, so create a martial arts styled after the movement of trees in the wind using whips as branches. A rooted but soft style using whips with poisoned tips (whomping willow?)
>A multi layered tournament with different trials and spheres, one for martial arts, one for magic, one for alchemy, one for formations, one for scholars, one for luck, and one free for all battle royal! The multilayered tournament is ok
>>5952410 Fuck Yeah!
>>5952439 Dunno about the pollen, we just had a big fight with a physical demon and he dispersed the cloud of grudges (which is half ethereal mist?) with a swing of his hammer, I feel that things like that are more a collateral damage hazard when a high level cultivator can just wave their hands to create a gale powerful enough to clear out the air around them, to say nothing of others like Siwang with a wind focused dao.
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Messier vote than usual, so I'll go for the counting to take the load off Grandfather.>Votes:14 >Speed:2 >Stealth:3 >Grace:4 >Endurance:2 >Flow:3 >She is naturally attuned to nature and trees, so create a martial arts styled after the movement of trees in the wind:5 >Use her talent with alchemy, raising and using mushrooms and Monu and your own knowledge of poisons to turn her into a poisoner!:1 >Jiong-Jiong inspired kicks style:5 >Ten Poisons Explosive Ward Art (BTW very Wuxia-core name):3 >A tournament where the goal is to impress you by any means necessary, Heh-heh.:1 >A multi layered tournament with different trials and spheres:13 >>Add forging to the tourney:4
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>>5952812 There is no issue with creating a wide AOE that is wind effected. sure it's a type issue but it also is intended to make the surrounding area hostile if The point is AOE denial then moving that AOE around is an annoyance more than anything, and still gonna work fine against those who are on the same level, and mega effective vs the inferior level
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>>5952167 I suppose I will change part of my vote, for the sake of tiebreaking.
>>5952237 >Grace >She is naturally attuned to nature and trees, so create a martial arts styled after the movement of trees in the wind Anonymous
>>5953753 Gah, why the trees martial art?
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>>5953891 Most of all, I want to foster Luli's creativity and thus, get her to develop her own style. Ideally I would have like to vote for mundane martial arts but I correctly assumed that this would get no votes, so I with that and my own second option out the window, "tree based martial art" is vague enough that she could expand on it and alter it at will, so it will do the trick.
The write in is too specific for my tastes, not to mention that Luli already has a tree/plant theme going on and personally feel that it is too early to add on even more. Again, I want to let her figure it out on her own.
Most importantly though, I just think it sounds cooler.
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>>5953920 Counterpoint, I have won every single fight with a tree I have ever fought. 7 and 0 baby.
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>>5953926 I don't know man, the last tree I punched broke my hand, I never fucker with one again.
Maybe your tree was just a bitch?
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>>5953926 >>5953927 Trees are pussy shit, except for bamboo and willows, they hit back.
Following this logic, we should in fact bade our style on nettles and poison ivy, those fuckers never get defeated against my punches.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 18 Mar 2024 05:47:04 No. 5954346 Report Ending the vote now
>>5953750 Junior is one of the treasures of the sect, tallying in this old man's stead while he performs closed door meditations!
Very close vote, very grateful you took on the austere duty of gathering them all. There were a lot of clever write ins, might use them for something in the future, especially that ten poisons explosive ward art, cause the name is cool
And with this switch.
>>5953753 You'll focus Luli's martial training on graceful and refined movements, and create a martial art styled after the movements of trees in the wind
And will start preparing for a multi layered tournament.
Update will arrive shortly
>>5953937 Star thistles are my botanical nemesis, but I know their weakness
Its goats
A herd of a goats.
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>>5954346 >A herd of a goats. >"Ultimate Technique: BA-A-A'D BILLY!" Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 18 Mar 2024 07:15:02 No. 5954374 Report The air begins to warm and rains recede as spring gives way to summer, an unusually hot summer as if the season itself was making up for the bitter cold and endless nights ushered in by the Winter Blossoming Sects enchanted blizzard. And as spring fades away and heat begins its oppressive reign, you pay close attention to Luli's progress as a cultivator and fighter. She's still young, only just a child, but every training session and practice spar you have her perform, she shows signs of having an actual aptitude for martial arts. One that was hidden and unnoticed due to how she'd been raised, like a delicate foreign flower that would wilt if it was ever placed beneath the sun or watered too lightly. Of course, even if her old teachers had noticed she was hardier than they imagined her to be, being taught how to be a healer and medicine maker won't even give a chance for fighting skills to bud let alone blossom and flourish to be admired by all. And if there was a dissenting elder in the thousand lotus hall, who traded his pill furnace for a sword and spear, they'd have had to convince the over protective Tianhua to allow Luli into the practice yard to begin with to have even a chance to stumble upon this hidden talent of hers.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 18 Mar 2024 07:16:10 No. 5954375 Report >>5954374 And also why you've tasked Zhurou with teaching her further courtesy and more archaic kinds of etiquette. And to provide insight on how he uses his prancing, pompous stride in battle as a way to dodge attacks he knows he can't take head on.
All of it is to make her naturally move with the upmost grace, whether she's walking down the street or in the middle of a fight. Nothing is more impressive to a crowd and more crushing to an opponent than seeing someone glide past their attacks like they were avoiding garbage on the road. But you do not try and make her match your ethereal, feline movements, even though you are the very image of grace yourself. Yes, she is being taught how to be unearthly graceful and to use that same simple elegance in fights to avoid and redirect attacks, but you are not teaching her the grace of the death, but instead the grace of dancing trees.
She moves at once like the wind through their branches and their branches in the wind, almost dancing as you drill her again and again, barking at her to start her sequence of practiced movements over from the beginning over the slightest misstep or flaw in her flow. Something which you know greatly annoys the little girl, but she doesn't balk or complain, at least not to your face. She simply obeys and begins again
as she is doing now, as she managed to get nearly halfway across the pool the waterfall pours into without getting sprayed by it. And when she fails, she drops into the water, her lightness skill breaking as you lurch up and snap your fingers
"Again!" You shout, as her head lifts up from the water, her green hair hanging like water weeds around her ears as she pouts, face red from being beneath the blazing sun all day. And to think she didn't know how to swim before you began this training! Now she's taken to it like...well a fish to water, Heh-Heh. Maybe Chuandapo or Huili have been giving her lessons?
She sits down on a smaller rock by the shore, legs crossed and hands on her knees as she waits for the sun to dry while she meditates on the subtle, mostly unseen movements of trees in the wind, as she has been doing since you told her she must learn to adopt those same fine movements into the fighting style you're developing for and with her. Smiling, your roll onto your stomach, the rock beneath sizzling as sweat drips down onto it as you watch her. She doesn't sit still, she moves as the breeze brushes against her, in sync with the forest around her. And so do her mushroom servants, who form a circle around her, extending mycelium that digs into her skin and the forest floor, improving the flow of spiritual energy and extracting minerals and vitamins to help her recover from all the time she's spent broiling in the hot summer air.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 18 Mar 2024 07:17:12 No. 5954376 Report >>5954375 An issue you yourself don't have to worry about because you just expel a little deathly yin qi and enjoy the chill of the grave wash over you, or else cast a temperature lowering spell on yourself or create a block of ice to lay against.
"When I pass the waterfall, Master, what kind of training will you have me do next?" Luli suddenly speaks up, pulling your forcibly out of your daydream of relaxing beneath an ice statue carved in your own glorious image
"Move through a bamboo grove without disturbing their leaves" You yawn as the sunbeating down on your back makes you start to feel a little sleepy "Then, I'll need you to see if any of the techniques we've come up with staring at trees all day can cut down a bamboo stalk"
"Without disturbing the leaves?" She asks seriously, and sounding determined to actually accomplish the feat of knocking down a stalk of bamboo without rustling its leaves.
Your eyes twinkle with delight. Luli really is a fun student to have. Teaching and rearing her have been entertaining, and she hasn't let you down once since you've began her training.
"If you think you can do it, try to" You declare glibly "Either you succeed or you don't. All you have to lose is your pride"
"I won't let you down master!" She declares loudly, grinning boldly ear to ear
"Ara ara~ is that so?" You titter, eyes closed "Well then, train hard, you wouldn't want to look foolish boasting about something that you can't do, hm?"
You leave Zhurou on babysitting duty once Luli passes through the water fall as dried as a pile of old bones, to watch her as she weaves through the bamboo stalks like a leaf in the wind, before using them in place of wooden boards to improve her strikes and blows. This part of her martial training, you don't need to be present for or directly supervise. There aren't any predators on your mountain that haven't been scared away or made tame by the presence of so many ascended beasts, and certainly there isn't a beast within miles of your home that would dare to offend their queen by preying on a little girl. Zhurou is there just to keep Luli from pushing herself too hard and hurting herself trying to impress you further or attempting to progress faster than her body can keep up.
You expect she'll have managed to at least knock down a stalk of bamboo by time you've finished setting up the tournament that she will take part in. As you walk down the mountain, you think about what kind of weapon would be most fitting and suitable for Luli's budding martial art. Maybe a whip or a ribbon. Or maybe something that no one would expect an elegant young lady to wield, like a brutish saber or a wolf tooth club.
<span class="mu-s">Luli has gained the Focus: Grace and has established the beginnings of her self taught fighting style </span>
Well, you can see what she's comfortable with after you've had notices and announcements put up explaining that the tournament to earn the right to join the palace of natural laws will be multilayered
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 18 Mar 2024 07:18:12 No. 5954377 Report >>5954376 And more complex and refined than a brutish martial arts tourney alone. A fighting tournament will be part of it of course, cultivators need to know how to protect themselves and others and how to kill, but spellcasters, alchemists, crafters, tacticians, intellectuals, and those with unusual talents or raw dumb luck can also become marvelous cultivators. Especially if they are fortunate or skilled enough to become your student, Heh-Heh.
And of course, there will be one bracket of the tournament that will be a free for all brawl, mostly for entertainment and your own amusement.
However, even though you and your senior and inner disciples have figured out the basic design and organization of the tournament, there are a few decisions you need to make before you can announce its opening. Like, say, where exactly it will be held, what safety and security if any will be in place, and other boring details like that that need to be worked out before it can start.
Where will the tournament be held, Huanliuxue?
>In the arena you fought Xue Laohue in, near Suiqi, it has a suitably beastly and wild look and is already set up, and will only need a little adjustment to serve its new purpose(No cost Medium, reduced cost for defenses and weaponry) >Ask The Summer Sea Dawn Sect to provide the location (No cost. Medium due the summer sea dawn being subordinate to the palace of natural laws. Comes with a few facilities/ amenities pre-prepared) >Use the fact Lord Chuan worships you to have him provide the grounds of the tournament, and to show off how highly esteemed you are by the mortals (No cost. Small. Increases reputation gain) >Construct a retreat just for this purpose (Cost dependent on size. Small: 350 spirit stones. Medium: 700 spirit stones. Large:1050 spirits. Grand: 2100. Can be used to claim territory) >Your golden core is peerless, you can just alter the landscape with your cultivation and your Qi mastery to make the arena in a day(No cost . Unlocked by golden core tier 3 or greater. Allows special features to be added to the tournament grounds based off Huan's cultivation and techniques. Can be used to claim territory) >Somewhere else. (Write in) Anonymous
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>>5954377 >Your golden core is peerless, you can just alter the landscape with your cultivation and your Qi mastery to make the arena in a day(No cost . Unlocked by golden core tier 3 or greater. Allows special features to be added to the tournament grounds based off Huan's cultivation and techniques. Can be used to claim territory) Anonymous
>>5954376 As for Luli's weapon how about a bladed chain whip AKA a sword whip?
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>>5954377 >Your golden core is peerless, you can just alter the landscape with your cultivation and your Qi mastery to make the arena in a day(No cost . Unlocked by golden core tier 3 or greater. Allows special features to be added to the tournament grounds based off Huan's cultivation and techniques. Can be used to claim territory) >Flatten land, grow buildings, and alchemist patches using primal qi for the tests. For finer details, have mortal craftsman have a hand in the stage seating and food booths. Hire healers to lessen chances of crippling injuries, or a talisman expert to teleport losers out of the arena. >Allow allies to pitch in some ideas / help out(including the monks). They could take some as I suggest to strengthen ties, however, we get first speaking rights to... Top 2% which I consider fair as the strongest in a alliance. If they wish to join us or the other alliance member sect. Anonymous
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>>5954377 >Golden core to Qi the landscape. >Claim territory in the direct middle of the triangle between suqui, the mortal capital of Chuan and our moujtain Anonymous
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>>5954377 Let's give Luli a flexible sword that can be hidden in a belt
>Your golden core is peerless, you can just alter the landscape with your cultivation and your Qi mastery to make the arena in a day(No cost . Unlocked by golden core tier 3 or greater. Allows special features to be added to the tournament grounds based off Huan's cultivation and techniques. Can be used to claim territory) Anonymous
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>>5954377 >Your golden core is peerless, you can just alter the landscape with your cultivation and your Qi mastery to make the arena in a day(No cost . Unlocked by golden core tier 3 or greater. Allows special features to be added to the tournament grounds based off Huan's cultivation and techniques. Can be used to claim territory) >>5954415 We do still have that Qilin Fly Whisk. That can work as a “branch” as well
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>>5954377 >Your golden core is peerless, you can just alter the landscape with your cultivation and your Qi mastery to make the arena in a day(No cost . Unlocked by golden core tier 3 or greater. Allows special features to be added to the tournament grounds based off Huan's cultivation and techniques. Can be used to claim territory) Should do the trick. Also allows us to show off, which is always a plus.
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>>5954377 >Your golden core is peerless, you can just alter the landscape with your cultivation and your Qi mastery to make the arena in a day(No cost . Unlocked by golden core tier 3 or greater. Allows special features to be added to the tournament grounds based off Huan's cultivation and techniques. Can be used to claim territory) An Octagon shape (similar to a Bagua), one section for each given type of event/specilization, with the middle being the oversight and management of the tournament location as a whole.
(Martial Tournament 1, Spell Arts 2, Alchemy 3, Crafters 4, Tacticans 5, Intellectuals 6, Luck 7, Battle Royale 8.
Each of the eight have their own miniture enviroment uniquely suited to what those specializing in their respective regions may want/use/look for, with the proper setup and formation along with it.
The Blood-Soaked Proving Grounds Pavilon
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>>5954377 >>Ask The Summer Sea Dawn Sect to provide the location (No cost. Medium due the summer sea dawn being subordinate to the palace of natural laws. Comes with a few facilities/ amenities pre-prepared) Let them get some prestige. Also why flaunt our power so often? So gauche.
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>>5954346 >Star thistles are my botanical nemesis Could be worse. Could be
Kudzu. Anonymous
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>>5954377 >In the arena you fought Xue Laohue in, near Suiqi, it has a suitably beastly and wild look and is already set up, and will only need a little adjustment to serve its new purpose(No cost Medium, reduced cost for defenses and weaponry) Anonymous
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>>5954377 >Your golden core is peerless, you can just alter the landscape with your cultivation and your Qi mastery to make the arena in a day(No cost . Unlocked by golden core tier 3 or greater. Allows special features to be added to the tournament grounds based off Huan's cultivation and techniques. Can be used to claim territory) Anonymous
>>5954628 To claim territory and remind people not to fuck with us.
Because cultivation famously breeds stubborn heads and wills.
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>>5954720 If you make people fear your power you just encourage them to act against you with subterfuge instead of might. I dunno man. Maybe you just need more paranoia.
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>>5954377 >Ask The Summer Sea Dawn Sect to provide the location (No cost. Medium due the summer sea dawn being subordinate to the palace of natural laws. Comes with a few facilities/ amenities pre-prepared) This way we start making our alliance look like it's more than just military might.
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>>5954729 We also want to claim the territory, since we didnt at the meeting.
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>>5954771 Man we can just go under the ground. Not like any of them are interested in the underearth. Cept maybe a couple earth aligned ones.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 19 Mar 2024 06:38:41 No. 5955022 Report Quoted By:
Ending the vote and tallying the result now
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 19 Mar 2024 07:54:03 No. 5955056 Report You ponder the most important choice to make while you patrol your kingdom in the long forgotten catacombs, checking on its citizens and making sure every guard and soldier in your court, monstrous or mad, is performing the duties you've asked them rather than indulging in their particular eccentricities, while also taking the time to hold court and hear their petty squabbles and complaints while calming their lunacy and soothing their torment by breathing in their ghostly breath and siphoning off their deathly yin Qi. Xiongji stands at your side as the ghost you've trapped in jars and boxes wail a chorus of sorrow and regret, a chorus that had a few more voices join it since there have been scuffles on the "Border" between the levels you hold and the ones who still pay tithe and taxes to the forgotten king that got them all trapped down here to begin with.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 19 Mar 2024 07:55:04 No. 5955057 Report >>5955056 But you quickly toss that idea out, only chewing on it a little longer than the thought of using the grave of Laohue, since while it would be a nice thing to do, be quicker and cost you nothing, it would be their tournament grounds and it'd have been customized to their comfort and taste, and while asking them to provide the location might bring some respect and renown their way, it also might make you seem like a bully bossing your underlings around and forcing them to foot the bill.
Sighing, you lounge upon your throne carved from old grave stones, as one of the hungry ghosts you've tamed here rambles about taming the feral spirits to unleash them against the workers of their old king, but your thoughts are so jumbled and tangled up you can barely keep up with what he's saying.
Until, like a blade cutting through cobwebs, your mind is cleared and an almost enlightening realization strikes you as your second of two cores, the golden one you formed in this very court, resonates with the ghostly qi surrounding you.
"Of course" You say, touching just under your navel "I possess a golden core of unparalleled majesty, stand atop a peak so distant others didn't even know it existed, I sit above the clouds the others look up to with envy! I don't need to worry about where to hold my tournament, when I can just build the location wherever I choose! Of course, how foolish of me!"
The hungry ghost pauses, waiting to see if you'll speak your thoughts outload to no one in particular, before starting to describe how he intends to domesticate the feral spirits by using the best bones left in the parts of the catacombs you control to feed and tame them. And while you're able to actually listen to him now that the immediate issue of location has been solved, another one rises up from its corpse like a cloud of fat flies. And then another emerges, like crawling maggots, to bother you as you realize using your peerless cultivation and profound mastery over Qi to wholesale create your tournament grounds by altering the land itself forces too more questions into your mind that you need to answer before you can proceed with flattening the land and reshaping it to fit your purposes.
Since now the exact location matters a lot more than it did before, since reshaping the land this way will be seen as you laying claim to the site and its surroundings as part of your domain, and while you do intend to do that anyways since the Winter Blossoming Sect being humbled left a lot of land open to any sect or temple to claim and expand their borders, what you take is a very, very important choice to make. And while you've been eyeing up some prime territory and making plans to mark it as your own, you know others have been as well and have been for far longer than you've even been alive. The Xue Clan held a lot of good land, cultivation sites and resources that are now ownerless.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 19 Mar 2024 07:56:13 No. 5955059 Report >>5955057 And they also impede the growth of their nearest neighboring sects by expanding wildly when they were young.
There will be rivals who want to rich and plentiful lands up for grabs, and there will be those who just want any territory they can take and hold. Acting decisively and quickly might be the best course of actions to take, but grabbing up lands eyed by your fellow daoist could cause problems.
"Hmm" You sigh, breathing in deep and snacking on the grudges clouding your throne room as you think deeply on what to do and what to take.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 19 Mar 2024 07:57:17 No. 5955060 Report >>5955059 <span class="mu-s"> Triple vote </span>
Where will you place the tournament grounds, and expand your sect's borders to
>The Primordial forest of tragic lovers. The Eight Heavenly Gates sect might complain, but you'd be a fool not to snap up the prize before they can take it! It is filled with rare spiritual herbs and ancient spiritwood trees, and most importantly magical beasts like yourself! >The Ice Dragon's Spine. The mountain range where the Winter Blossoming Sect sent its best and brightest to cultivate and who knows what they've hidden up there! >The Forge Devil's Furnace. A wasteland no one wants, that is probably cursed considering all the demonic Qi roiling in there. Feiqing trained there, and the White Jade Devil army will probably appreciate having another sect acting as warden to those lands. >Up the river from your temple and Suiqi, and extending your shadow over one of the two "Siblings" of Suiqi and adding either the Chuan dynasty's capital in the east or the main temple of your worshippers to your domain in the west (The former will put your borders against the Storm Shrine mountains claims westward , the latter against the Innocent Witch courts initial claims southward) >Move south and grab the fertile farmlands north of the Dusk Marsh, their borders are well defined and unchanging, and those farmlands will make feeding your soon to be expanded sect a non issue. >Risk pissing of the Sages of the shifting sands b staking a claim on the Viper pass canyon or cliffs of despair. There are mines there still plentiful with spirit stones! Easy wealth! >In the Primordial Basin where the Gege's used to live. No one else knows it exists besides you and the winter blossoming sect, so your claim won't be challenged...probably >Study your map of Chuan, which has some mysterious locations marked on it that no other map has... (Intellect trial. DC 95) >Search for a location that better suits your whims. What size do you make the tournament grounds/ new retreat (Your main temple would be considered a Medium retreat. Small would be around the size of the 5c5p's temple)
>Small (tier 3 GC or higher rec. Magic/ Qi shaping trial DC 100 ) >Medium (Tier 2 GC or Higher rec Magic/ Qi shaping trial. DC 120 ) >Large (Tier 1 GC or Higher rec. Magic/ qi shaping trial. DC 160 ) >Grand (Tier 0 GC or higher rec Magic/ Qi shaping trial. DC 180 ) And which Qi/ combination do you use for the land shaping, Huanliuxue?
>Deathly/ Ghostly Yin Qi (Reduces DC by 40 due to following Dao of ghosts, Supreme Yin Physique, and Cosmic Beast Line) >Pure Blood Qi (Reduces DC by 25 due to living source and carmine mysticism) >Cosmic Qi (Reduces DC by 10 due Cosmic Nature) >Primordial Beast essence (reduces DC by 25 due to living source and wild princess) >A different Qi/ A combination of Spiritual energy (Write in!) Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 19 Mar 2024 08:02:04 No. 5955061 Report >>5955060 Oh , didn't mean to put "Or Higher" on the requirements for Grand. Meant for it to read (Tier 0 GC rec).
Also a better explanation for the sizes
Small would be the size of an ordinary, mundane temple
Medium is the standard temple/ retreat size, and suitable for holding a tournament
Large would be the sort of temples/ schools established, powerful or wealthy sects tend to have
And Grand would be something that rivals the immortal estates of the mightiest sects
And each one has more room than the last to build additional facilities
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 19 Mar 2024 08:13:12 No. 5955062 Report Quoted By:
>>5955060 Oh and Pure Blood Qi should be at -35 to the DC due to the Eclipsed Yang physique. Don't know how I missed that one
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>>5955060 >Study your map of Chuan, which has some mysterious locations marked on it that no other map has... (Intellect trial. DC 95) >Large (Tier 1 GC or Higher rec. Magic/ qi shaping trial. DC 160 ) >Primordial Beast essence (reduces DC by 25 due to living source and wild princess) Anonymous
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>>5955060 >Study your map of Chuan, which has some mysterious locations marked on it that no other map has... (Intellect trial. DC 95) >Grand (Tier 0 GC or higher rec Magic/ Qi shaping trial. DC 180 ) >Primordial Beast essence (reduces DC by 25 due to living source and wild princess) Go big or go bust!
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>>5955060 >The Primordial forest of tragic lovers. The Eight Heavenly Gates sect might complain, but you'd be a fool not to snap up the prize before they can take it! It is filled with rare spiritual herbs and ancient spiritwood trees, and most importantly magical beasts like yourself! >Large (Tier 1 GC or Higher rec. Magic/ qi shaping trial. DC 160 ) >Primordial Beast essence (reduces DC by 25 due to living source and wild princess) Anonymous
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>>5955060 >In the Primordial Basin where the Gege's used to live. No one else knows it exists besides you and the winter blossoming sect, so your claim won't be challenged...probably >Grand (Tier 0 GC or higher rec Magic/ Qi shaping trial. DC 180 ) >Primordial Beast essence (reduces DC by 25 due to living source and wild princess) >Pure Blood Qi (Reduces DC by 25 due to living source and carmine mysticism) Do we get a further reduced DC if combining Basin with Primordial Beast essence?
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>>5955060 >In the Primordial Basin where the Gege's used to live. No one else knows it exists besides you and the winter blossoming sect, so your claim won't be challenged...probably >Grand (Tier 0 GC or higher rec Magic/ Qi shaping trial. DC 180 ) >Primordial Beast essence (reduces DC by 25 due to living source and wild princess) Anonymous
>>5955060 >Primordial forest >Grand >Blood Qi Id also slap primordial Qi on there if it would help, but meh. 145 is a dc thats hard but we can do. And the Blood Qi is much better for our mortal followers and students than Yin qi.
That besides, taking the forest also protects the basin's entrance. Which we should fortify and disguise.
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>>5955160 By the way, My intent with this Retreat is to form a "main" fortress for our recruitment and students, with our main temple being the place for our elites.
And those here can train their battle shit by guarding the path to the basin.
Anonymous
>>5955060 >Study your map of Chuan, which has some mysterious locations marked on it that no other map has... (Intellect trial. DC 95) >Large (Tier 1 GC or Higher rec. Magic/ qi shaping trial. DC 160 ) >Pure Blood Qi Feels odd to have a sub base larger than the main one, but medium isn’t going to win.
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>>5955173 Its fairly common in practice.
Smaller bases mwan less people. Less people means less bodies absorbing the ambient Qi, meaning better atmo and cultivation speed
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>>5955060 >The Primordial forest of tragic lovers. The Eight Heavenly Gates sect might complain, but you'd be a fool not to snap up the prize before they can take it! It is filled with rare spiritual herbs and ancient spiritwood trees, and most importantly magical beasts like yourself! Primordial forest is what our homeground untouched by cultivators would be, we should stake its claim.
>Grand (Tier 0 GC or higher rec Magic/ Qi shaping trial. DC 180 ) >Cosmic Qi (Reduces DC by 10 due Cosmic Nature) >Pure Blood Qi (Reduces DC by 25 due to living source and carmine mysticism) >Primordial Beast essence (reduces DC by 25 due to living source and wild princess) We are beasts above the heavens, and our specialty is painting them with blood.
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>>5955060 >>In the Primordial Basin where the Gege's used to live. No one else knows it exists besides you and the winter blossoming sect, so your claim won't be challenged...probably >Grand (Tier 0 GC or higher rec Magic/ Qi shaping trial. DC 180 ) >Deathly/ Ghostly Yin Qi (Reduces DC by 40 due to following Dao of ghosts, Supreme Yin Physique, and Cosmic Beast Line) >Pure Blood Qi (Reduces DC by 25 due to living source and carmine mysticism) >Cosmic Qi (Reduces DC by 10 due Cosmic Nature) >Primordial Beast essence (reduces DC by 25 due to living source and wild princess) Huan prefers subtlety XD
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>>5955060 >The Primordial forest of tragic lovers. The Eight Heavenly Gates sect might complain, but you'd be a fool not to snap up the prize before they can take it! It is filled with rare spiritual herbs and ancient spiritwood trees, and most importantly magical beasts like yourself! Part of me really wants to study our map, because in my mind DC = good shit, but the Primordial forest is such an obvious choice that letting another sect get their hands on it first is something I would like to avoid, and there seems to be competition for it.
>Grand (Tier 0 GC or higher rec Magic/ Qi shaping trial. DC 180 ) Am I correct in assuming that the DC reductions stack? Because if yes, then
>Deathly/ Ghostly Yin Qi (Reduces DC by 40 due to following Dao of ghosts, Supreme Yin Physique, and Cosmic Beast Line) >Pure Blood Qi (Reduces DC by 25 due to living source and carmine mysticism) >Primordial Beast essence (reduces DC by 25 due to living source and wild princess) For maximum sp00ky.
I figured we can be a bit more subtle with cosmic, stash it up our sleeve for now instead of building a massive monument confirming that we have it. Pretty sure we let that particular cat is out of the bag already (heh) but still, no reason to make news travel even faster.
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>>5955060 >The Primordial forest of tragic lovers. The Eight Heavenly Gates sect might complain, but you'd be a fool not to snap up the prize before they can take it! It is filled with rare spiritual herbs and ancient spiritwood trees, and most importantly magical beasts like yourself! >Large (Tier 1 GC or Higher rec. Magic/ qi shaping trial. DC 160 ) >Pure Blood Qi (Reduces DC by 25 due to living source and carmine mysticism) Anonymous
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>>5955060 >Study your map of Chuan, which has some mysterious locations marked on it that no other map has... (Intellect trial. DC 95) >Large (Tier 1 GC or Higher rec. Magic/ qi shaping trial. DC 160 ) Deathly/ Ghostly Yin Qi (Reduces DC by 40 due to following Dao of ghosts, Supreme Yin Physique, and Cosmic Beast Line)
Anonymous
>Votes: 12 >The Primordial forest of tragic lovers.: 5 >In the Primordial Basin where the Gege's used to live. : 3 >Study your map of Chuan:4 >Large (DC 160):5 >Grand (DC 180):7 >Deathly/ Ghostly Yin Qi (-40 DC):3 (1 standalone) >Pure Blood Qi(-35 DC):7 (3 Standalone) >Primordial Beast essence (-25 DC):8 (4 Standalone) >Cosmic Qi (-10 DC):2
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>>5955060 >The Primordial forest of tragic lovers. The Eight Heavenly Gates sect might complain, but you'd be a fool not to snap up the prize before they can take it! It is filled with rare spiritual herbs and ancient spiritwood trees, and most importantly magical beasts like yourself! The map is verrry tempting, but the Primordial Forest is so very us.
>Grand (Tier 0 GC or higher rec Magic/ Qi shaping trial. DC 180 >Pure Blood Qi (Reduces DC by 25 due to living source and carmine mysticism) >Cosmic Qi (Reduces DC by 10 due Cosmic Nature) >Primordial Beast essence (reduces DC by 25 due to living source and wild princess) My primary desire is for Blood and Beast, but if we can toss more in there to get the DC down I'm for it as long as we avoid Death Qi, since we'll probably have a lot of mortals in and around the area.
Anonymous
>>5955060 >>5955280 +1
Since it does appear that the reduction stacks, I think this is probably one of the most majestic options we can have.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 22 Mar 2024 10:57:14 No. 5957846 Report Quoted By:
Ending the vote now.
>>5957268 A thousand gratitudes and accolades to this most pious junior tallying in my stead.
and with these two votes after the tally
>>5957530 >>5957708 You'll attempt to create a GRAND tournament ground/ retreat in the primordial forest of tragic lovers, with a combination of Primordial Beast essence and Pure Blood Qi (Since the majority of votes including them have both of them)
Update will arrive shortly
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 22 Mar 2024 11:57:07 No. 5957865 Report Your meditations lead you swiftly to visions of towering ancient trees and the shadows beneath them, cold air and howling winds, air as pure and unpolluted as it was in the primordial prehistory when there was nothing but wild nature and wild things. The Primordial forest of the tragic lovers, before your arrival onto the scene and soared like a rocket to reach pinnacles undreamed of by even those who share a shadow of your ambitions and supreme confidence, it was the home of Ascended and Magical beasts, where most of them gathered in the world as far as you know outside of the basin hidden deep within it is vast expanse, all but impenetrable at the heart of a forest older than most gods. Is it not the rightful domain of the heiress of that same primordial era that saw its first sapling take root and sprout across thousands of leagues? Sure that measurement may be an exaggeration, but an untamed, undomesticated forest should be ruled by a similarly wild queen, no? That the forest is home to countless varities of rare spirit herbs and grasses that you've only seen cultivated in the Thousand Lotus Hall's secret gardens, and that the oldest and most venerable of its trees are so infused with Qi they've all become high quality spiritwoods, just makes claiming the majority or at least as much of the woodland as you're capable of taking in one go, before the neighboring sects start raising complaints and become a thorn in your side.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 22 Mar 2024 11:58:08 No. 5957866 Report >>5957865 You ARE still a housecat the size of an Ox, and in all your brilliance, had the foresight to learn and train techniques that don't require spiritual energy to activate. Still, you'll need to carefully plan the flattening and construction, rely heavily on arrays...no, formations of arrays dotted across the landscape and trust your peerless golden core to do most of the heavy lifting. You deepen your meditation, your head filling with alchemical formula and spells and how they can be pushed together and combined to create the palace of your wildest dreams.
Of course, you can make the whole process of reshaping the land a lot easier and less costly in terms of Qi spent in the, admittedly, audacious by even your standards, effort by relying mostly on the Qi that you're a living source of. Primordial Beast Essence and Pure Blood Qi. Which will come in handy since you have a bad feeling those meddling gods in the nine heavens will stick their noses where they aren't wanted by trying once again to murder you in cold blood. And, those two combined will make one hell of a statement about the naturalness of magical beasts and the misunderstanding most have about "Demonic" Qis like Blood Qi. And you cannot wait to see what sort of style they'll create together when they form the tournament grounds out from the forest floor!
Oh you can't wait any longer
Practically flying from the catacombs, you take flight and vanish in the night sky without telling anyone what you're planning to do or where you're going as you make haste to the Primordial forest of the tragic lovers, to claim the choicest plots of it for yourself and the glory of the palace of natural laws!
<span class="mu-s"> roll 2d100. DC 120 (DC reduced further by location and the combination of Qi used *Namely that you used two living sources, which eliminates most of the effort required to muster enough Qi to accomplish the feat). Best out of five </span>
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Rolled 63, 23 = 86 (2d100) >>5957866 We are very scary. A -60 buff?
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Rolled 16, 5 = 21 (2d100) >>5957866 Still a bit of a gamble statistically, but no choice but to ball.
Anonymous
Rolled 69, 50 = 119 (2d100) >>5957866 Anonymous
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>>5957873 ...I'm going to fucking kill myself
Anonymous
Rolled 93, 1 = 94 (2d100) >>5957866 MY WILL BE DONE!
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>>5957877 Ugh, ok guys lets hope for the last roll somebody can clutch.
Anonymous
Rolled 31, 52 = 83 (2d100) >>5957866 Anonymous
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>>5957887 It’s so fucking over
Anonymous
Well lets hope 1 off the DC is just the outlined "You are utterly drained of Qi for a good while" rather than our project failing completely.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 22 Mar 2024 13:02:47 No. 5957907 Report >>5957873 Ouch. Failure by a hair's breadth. Update will arrive shortly
>>5957892 Oh I'm cooking something special, just you wait, junior
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>>5957907 >Oh I'm cooking something special, just you wait, junior Please have mercy, honourable Grandfather
Anonymous
The chance to lose this check was 13%
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 22 Mar 2024 13:39:39 No. 5957928 Report The stars are bright tonight, though the moon has hidden its face from you, perhaps in shame? That wind whirls and whistles beneath your paws as you hang in the air, the crips night air brushing against your cheeks and the whiskers sprouting from them as you overlook the sea of trees, some still awash with fresh spring growth as others darken in the warmth summer brings. All is silent, no night birds sing their songs, no grass hoppers chirp or play their melodies. Besides the murmuring of the wind through branches and across the sky, all is still and silent. A sense of isolation settles in, almost making you feel forlorn so high above the trees below, with no one to witness your mastery of the Qi of heaven and earth and what you will create with it and bring into being through force of will and personal power alone. Sensing your beast core and golden core hidden away inside your body, you reach deep inside of yourself to open up the damns of the Qi of Life and the Essence of Magical Beasts and the natural world to breath out and flow freely from you. Like striking open a spring, the dual spiritual energies begin to bleed and spill out of you in great quantities, bubbling at first before ushering out like a roaring river.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 22 Mar 2024 13:40:54 No. 5957929 Report >>5957928 Expelling such a massive supply of spiritual energy into the world all at once makes it....rowdy, that's the best way to explain it, it buckles against your will and command and your control of it begins to loosen. Not gradually, but all at once, like a tamed, broken horse suddenly remembered its wild roots and became a snapping, bucking stallion.
"Mroaw?"
Is all your able to vocalize as your pleasant drift through rivers of Qi suddenly becomes much more rapid and wild. The Qi you've channeled into the natural world is out of control! Blood is raining from the sky and strange lights flicker and fade in the forest below. This is a disaster and worse of all, being bucked and thrown around by the flow of it all is making it hard to think straight and making you nauseous and hurt from all of the whiplash and sudden sharp turns. You try to squirm and force your way out of the current of your array, but your brilliance has worked against you, the arrays work to well and efficiently and they cycle the Qi storm you've created in your hubris too perfectly for you to find a flaw to exploit to escape and settle your stomach and stop your brain from rattling around in your skull before the wild flowing energies wreck havoc and devastation not just within the forest but far beyond it.
You don't have time to think or plan, you need to act decisively before this situation falls completely out of your control and who knows what happens with the over abundance of Blood Qi and Primordial Beast Essence!
What do you do to prevent disaster, Huanliuxue?
>Use the same principles of your Ghostly Feline Martial arts to redirect the flow skyward, dissipating as much Qi as necessary to calm the storm before it can break out of your paws *Reduces Size from Grand to Large* >Use yourself as a conduit and your meridians to adjust the flow of Qi, risking your body to return the spell back under your full control *Suffer an internal imbalance/ Injury* >Acting on instinct, hurl raging spirit energy into the netherworld and hope it doesn't crash into anyone too important down there *fall victim to a devilish curse* >Go with the flow, this is uh...uh, exactly what you planned to do! *Extreme bad karma* *the Qi saturates the landscape in a large explosion* >Tear open a rift to and through space *Qi Chosen shifts completely to Cosmic, Location becomes randomized* >Write in Anonymous
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>>5957929 >Use the same principles of your Ghostly Feline Martial arts to redirect the flow skyward, dissipating as much Qi as necessary to calm the storm before it can break out of your paws *Reduces Size from Grand to Large* Anonymous
>>5957929 >Same principle our martial arts. of grand to large Well that Sucks. Could have been worse.
Hey grandfather, what sort of stuff does an internal injury look like? Difficulty cultivating or pain in the ass wpund or is it actually crippling?
I dont WANT to reduce the size and scale, but the only option that looks halfway okay is internal injuries and I want to get a grip on the cost/benefit analysis
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>>5957929 >>Use the same principles of your Ghostly Feline Martial arts to redirect the flow skyward, dissipating as much Qi as necessary to calm the storm before it can break out of your paws *Reduces Size from Grand to Large* the imbalance one is the worst one, mainly cause the cat is build on balance and it makes us weaker overall
Anonymous
>>5957929 >Tear open a rift to and through space *Qi Chosen shifts completely to Cosmic, Location becomes randomized* All just part of our clever misdirection! Honestly! We'll make up the reason why later. And a cosmic qi grand temple will be super cool. That it could land directly next to the shifting sands sect and starts a war is just a bonus!
Anonymous
>>5957929 >Tear open a rift to and through space *Qi Chosen shifts completely to Cosmic, Location becomes randomized* Anonymous
>>5957929 >Tear open a rift to and through space *Qi Chosen shifts completely to Cosmic, Location becomes randomized* I TOLD YOU ALL TO INCLUDE COSMIC QI,
WE COULD HAVE HAVE PASSED THE CHECK AND EVERYTHING WOULD'VE BEEN OKAY
I TOLD YOU!
here is hoping we don't teleport into somewhere like, horrendus, but if it ends up on teh moon I am still so fucking down, we can have a whole space base.
Anonymous
>>5957952 >>5957956 >>5957963 Why the Hell are you abandoning the Primordial forest? There is NOWHERE better to take.
We have 8 options, 7 IF there is no chance of just teleporting to another place in the forest, and of those, 1 is worthless (devil forge), another is a mystery box, a third is redundant (the basin), and a 4th is either minor benefits or worthless again (the ice dragon mountains).
We chose the forest and the only cost is noe instead of a super mega base we just have a mega base.
As for the man on the moon, we are using this to train neophytes, the fuck use would we have for a moon base of all thing? A big empty house that only we can enter?
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>>5957984 Mystery box is more interesting to me
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 22 Mar 2024 16:03:47 No. 5957999 Report >>5957945 Crippling? not in this instance, no. They can be pretty nasty, Laohue's ice transmutation was a extreme internal injury caused via Qi deviation. It would take a bit of effort to fix/ recover from, same with the curse, but nothing too difficult. As for what the imbalance/ injury would be, I'll leave it to your imagination, the exact nature would be determined by one or the other of PBE or PBQ. The curse will remain shrouded in mystery. I will say its something I think would be funny rather than mean
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>>5957999 Then I am inclined to support that course of action.
Now it is simply a matter of getting a majority to agree to said course of action before changing votes. Because that "throw the temple somewhere random" defeats the entire point of putting the Temple here, to secure Territory and protect the Primordial Basin from.orthadox encroachment.
And if enough people agreed, then we could STILL get our massive forwards base and all our gains at the cost of an irritating but fixable in the short term problem.
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>>5957929 >Use the same principles of your Ghostly Feline Martial arts to redirect the flow skyward, dissipating as much Qi as necessary to calm the storm before it can break out of your paws *Reduces Size from Grand to Large* I think it's best if we take the L
large for this one. I don't want to mess with injuries or curses and if I was ok with a random location I would have voted as such last vote. I want the damn forest.
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>>5957984 I'M ESCAPAING TO THE ONE PLACE THAT HASN'T BEEN CORRUPTED BY ORTHODOXY
SPACE!
I am fine with another location, we can still grab the primordial forest another time.
Besides, with the power of cosmic QI, we can use our power to open up a portal to our moon base!
There is a portal to the Dao Of Oil and Freedom over there anyway, we can just copy paste that!
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>>5957929 >Go with the flow, this is uh...uh, exactly what you planned to do! *Extreme bad karma* *the Qi saturates the landscape in a large explosion* Anonymous
>>5957929 >Acting on instinct, hurl raging spirit energy into the netherworld and hope it doesn't crash into anyone too important down there *fall victim to a devilish curse* Cmon guys, lets throw the energy down at yama and start a feud.
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Rolled 26, 17 = 43 (2d100) >>5957866 Glad I made it in time.
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>>5957963 We also could have avoided this by keeping our ego in check for once. DC for a large would have been 100.
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>>5957929 >Acting on instinct, hurl raging spirit energy into the netherworld and hope it doesn't crash into anyone too important down there *fall victim to a devilish curse* Anonymous
>>5957929 >>Use the same principles of your Ghostly Feline Martial arts to redirect the flow skyward, dissipating as much Qi as necessary to calm the storm before it can break out of your paws *Reduces Size from Grand to Large* >100% planned to beacon to welcome the tournament and create massive fireworks for all to see. Anonymous
>>5958148 Honestly, a great idea. Toss it up.
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>>5957929 >Tear open a rift to and through space *Qi Chosen shifts completely to Cosmic, Location becomes randomized* I don't particularly care for the PFoTL and, if I had properly read the prompt, would have voted to add Cosmic Qi to the mix.
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>>5957929 >Use the same principles of your Ghostly Feline Martial arts to redirect the flow skyward, dissipating as much Qi as necessary to calm the storm before it can break out of your paws *Reduces Size from Grand to Large* Anonymous
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>>5958070 nah, we simply didn't go far enough by not also including cosmic qi, why settle for less when its always been our way to attain more?
The only divine beasts that kept themselves in check were those that were slaughtered. We will check everyone else instead. Preferably with a moon base no sect could ever compare to. A place to nurture our disciples that cannot be assaulted.
Anonymous
>>5957952 I am willing to switch from randomizing the location to taking the injury, but I demand the GRAND TEMPLE. Backing down is unacceptable.
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>>5958249 I also demand GRAND TEMPLE, but I also want it in space, so I will only do randomized.
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>>5958249 We must have GRAND, but I'm ok with getting a funny curse.
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Pride is not hubris. But anons must feed them both. Such is the way of a cat is fine too's dao.
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>>5957929 >Use the same principles of your Ghostly Feline Martial arts to redirect the flow skyward, dissipating as much Qi as necessary to calm the storm before it can break out of your paws *Reduces Size from Grand to Large* Maybe we hit something in the sky lol
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>>5957929 >>Acting on instinct, hurl raging spirit energy into the netherworld and hope it doesn't crash into anyone too important down there *fall victim to a devilish curse* Anonymous
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>>5957929 >Use the same principles of your Ghostly Feline Martial arts to redirect the flow skyward, dissipating as much Qi as necessary to calm the storm before it can break out of your paws *Reduces Size from Grand to Large* Anonymous
4 to 6 atm between Random location vs downgrading size.
Anonymous
>>5959272 This junior will make 3 arguments in its favor as to why its our best measure.
1. We are able to learn more by utilizing cosmic qi. As it stands its our newest and least understood qi, while this anomly is unplanned its occurance will also allows to better understand and use cosmic qi in future situations, perhaps even teaching us a new skill or giving is the abillity to open up rifts in the future.
2. We maintain size, while this may not seem that major, there is a massive difference between each grade in golden core which becomes greater as the number decreases, the difference between grade 0 and grade 1 is vast, and a structure of such a level will be an undoubtedly powerful boon regardless of where it will be.
3. Location Preference. While we did vote on Primodial forest due to its significance to us, its not as though we will lose it by not placing our grounds here. For one its close to much of the wild beasts in this world and we'd be at a natural advantage against any opposition that would attempt to stop us from staking our claim. For another, none have attempted to get in our way thus far, and we are still able to claim it afterwards as well. We can have our cake and eat it too.
Our situation is unfortunate, this is true. However, in terms of turning misfortune into fortune and deficits into gains, this junior advocates for the radnomization of the given location of our glorious grounds rather then reducing its rightfully deserved glory.
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>>5957929 >>5958039 I'll go ahead and change.
>Tear open a rift to and through space *Qi Chosen shifts completely to Cosmic, Location becomes randomized* >>5959295 We must have a GRAND TEMPLE. Unfortunate that it must be randomly located however.
Anonymous
>>5959272 For me and my vote
>>5958249 >>5957952 I'm good with anything that gets us GRAND as long as it doesn't involve harming innocents. My preference is probably injury at this point, but my main focus is BEEG.
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>>5959362 Yeah I'll just say that I'm ok with anything that keeps the temple GRAND.
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>>5959295 The core dictates size, not quality.
>>5955061 a large outpost is STILL the mark of a wealthy and powerful sect, and more than suits our needs.
However there is a very very good chance that we will, in fact, lose our claim here once everyone else sees us starting the land grab. If we turn up somewhere else and snatch one place, they will hurry up and start putting their own claims down.
If we snatch two, the rest will cry fubar and slam their claims of territory down with immense speed and power because cultivators are greedy. To say nothing of political pressures.
We can make another grand temple later, maybe somewhere like the wastes or in the capital region of the Chuan kingdom
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>Use the same principles of your Ghostly Feline Martial arts to redirect the flow skyward:8 bPvtnmHI
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>Use yourself as a conduit and your meridians to adjust the flow of Qi:2(1?) DPvGWkdY(?)
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>Acting on instinct, hurl raging spirit energy into the netherworld:2 zWsVin8l
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>Go with the flow:1 Sf44WPnp (kinda based for being the only person willing to nuke the area)
>Tear open a rift to and through space5(4?) zxsqyjkF(?)
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>>5958005 only said they're inclined to support taking the injury, while >>5959363 says they'd probably prefer the injury but didn't make a formal decision.I was going to make an offer to swap to downsizing in exchange for support in the future for sending disciples out, but upon counting the numbers are little too uneven for a barter to work Anonymous
>>5959874 its 6 to 8 not 5 to 8, his other vote still counts as he said anything that gets grand over not, thats a formal decision.
Granted we are still off by two but perhaps the other votes will rather vote random instead of devilish curse peeps we got (or suffering wound)
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>>5959895 A formal decision is greentext or "I am swapping" or "I choose".
Unambiguous
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>>5959574 >>5958180 >>5957945 Are all me btw. Just in case you cannot read my voice in the posts.
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>>5957929 >>Tear open a rift to and through space *Qi Chosen shifts completely to Cosmic, Location becomes randomized* We should have used Cosmis Qi to begin with. Even the demonic wasteland would be funny.
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>>5959874 >>5959363 My apologies for my lack of formality.
> I formally support any option that gives us GRAND temple. Anonymous
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>>5957929 >Use the same principles of your Ghostly Feline Martial arts to redirect the flow skyward, dissipating as much Qi as necessary to calm the storm before it can break out of your paws *Reduces Size from Grand to Large* Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 25 Mar 2024 16:25:47 No. 5960470 Report Ending the vote now.
>>5959874 Junior has my eternal gratitude for the assistance lent in tallying up this vote, which was really close
which I believe stands 9 for reducing the size, 6 for fleeing to space, 2 for acting on instinct, and 2 for taking an injury, and 1 for unleashing the Tsar catta
Though I might be off by one, for the redirect making it 8 and the SPACE option, making it 7, which would just make the result a lot closer than it already is
So you will use the same principle of you martial arts to redirect the flow of Qi skyward, dissipating the excess to prevent it from raging out of control
Update will arrive shortly
Anonymous
>>5960470 Space chads, we WILL make our grand space temple. The Dao of Freedom is Eternal.
Anonymous
>>5960489 We can make a grand space temple.
Later.
In the devil wastelands, where it doesn't matter if we send it anywhere else.
And honestly. . . if we can do that on demand, make a temple and then force it through a portal at the last second. . . That could be a valid strat of dumping a forward base anywhere.
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>>5960505 something we could've learned via randomization
truly in another era, we will be so back after its so over.
Anonymous
>>5960505 Well it would've been great if we'd gotten some experience doing that here then.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 25 Mar 2024 17:56:35 No. 5960534 Report Acting decisively and moving swiftly, you put into motion the first plan that pops into your head. There's too much Qi too be safely handled, let alone controlled. It is on the verge of going completely wild and turning into a storm of uncontrolled spiritual energy. If it was just primordial beast essence alone, this wouldn't be too much of a concern, but you mixed it with Pure Blood Qi. You know what to expect from a sudden explosion or wave of Primordial Beast Essence, but what happens when it is admixed and mingled with Blood Qi? The possibilities that rush to fill the emptiness between addled thoughts swimming in your shaken skull are not at all pleasant, you've seen what misused Blood Qi can do to a person first hand and you've forced that sorry fate upon others before. No, that can't be allowed to happen.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 25 Mar 2024 17:57:36 No. 5960535 Report >>5960534 And you laugh, wounded pride and panic forgotten for a moment in the face of the overwhelming power you possess. Seeing it unleashed from an outsider's perspective just allows you to witness your majesty in its true and complete form, it is like standing in front of a natural disaster. No. An unnatural disaster! Like a stampede of ghosts or an army of ascended beasts or a raging sea of boiling blood or a star crashing down from the heavens and falling from the skies to crack the earth. Your eyes open wide to admire the unrestrained and fully savage form of your own power, as it bashes and batters against you like roaring rapids or an avalanche.
Torn from your self reverential reverie as you loose your footing and are sent tumbling back at least half a league by a sudden swell of spiritual essence that tasted like spoiled blood when it smacked you in the face. Yowling in rage, you "stand" back up, and force yourself against the stream, sheathing yourself in Deathly Yin Qi, the opposite of the lively and Yang energies you put into the creation of this spell and form a bulwark atop your temple and along your front paws. You can't handle the Qi with your paws or Qi control, but you can control it through the principle of redirection via turning its own power against it. Bowing forward, you rest your chin atop your paws and turn the bulwark of Qi, a partial protection spell in essence, into a ramp. And the turbulent flow of Qi rushes over your back and lifts upwards, curling in on itself. And in the space opened beneath it you crawl, lifting up your head and balls as you stand, half immersing yourself in it again and using the weakening of its current from its cresting to gather the focal point of its flow between you hands and with it, you drag the rest of the stream to into the spiral. You can only hold onto the core of its momentum for a momentum, as it is already beginning to spill out and explode in every direction. Bracing yourself, you stretch yourself up and using everything from the tip of your ears to the tip of your tail, you curl with it and for lack of a better term, TOSS the Qi skywards and towards the heavens.
If you had hands, you'd make a rude gesture their way, even if they had no part to play in the disaster you narrowly averted with quick thinking, natural intuition and deep understanding of the principles you built yourself taught style upon. Sighing in relief, the breath comes out as a wheeze as you hang limply in the air, watching sheepishly and sad as you watch the mass of your brilliant, perfect spell dissipate and be reduced to a lesser though still impressive sorcery. It stings and nothing you can tell yourself can make the taste of shame and defeat less bitter. Shedding tears for the magnificent retreat that was ripped from your hands so cruelly, you bite your lip and swallow your squalling pride to get to work.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 25 Mar 2024 17:58:37 No. 5960536 Report >>5960535 Without direction, the spell won't do anything besides transform the land beneath it, it needs direction and vision for anything worthwhile to come from it.
So with drooped shoulders and a pitiful expression and proud tears blurring the vision that you won't be able to fully bring into reality, you get back to work controlling the land reshapping spell
"'It will still be impressive, better than any other temple built in ten generations, everyone will still be amazed with my prowess and brilliance' Some part of you weakly tries to raise your spirits with a pep talk that even you at the height of your arrogance wouldn't believe as the breaths of beasts and life itself flow together and hide the forest below in their incandescence, willing the soil and stone to rise up and the trees to bend and twist themselves to form the foundations and rough outline of your less magnificent tournament grounds. It is a good thing that no one else was here to see this, or else there'd be a corpse buried beneath the temple rising out of the ground.
Already from the faint shapes and shadows you can see beneath the blinding light of the spell working its magic, you can tell that this temple will look like no other building in any of the three realms. Designed to exist in harmony with the wilderness around it, be comfortable for all sorts of beasts and made out of living, bleeding material. Partly inspired by your memories of the Peerless Sanguine Jade Shrine and your own vision for a palace or shrine suitable for beasts first and foremost, it will certainly look unique even if it isn't as magnificent and imperious as it should've been and will be smaller than you'd wanted it to be.
'Maybe it will kick start a new craze in the world of architecture?' You chipperly wonder as you watch its highest tower slowly build itself up and up from the mud and muck below, like a lotus flower in full bloom, as you begin the mind-numbing toil of mapping out and constructing its facilities, having a much easier time controlling the Qi since the amount of it has been lessened after you threw some of it into the sky to fade away into the night air. It'll have everything it'll need to serve as a school and to host any kind of tournament. And it won't cost you anything besides your spiritual energy to build it all, though stocking and preparing them for use will still require a bit of shopping, but creating the rooms and buildings out of the land itself even if they're empty will make this a much less costly endeavor than it otherwise would be. But things like alchemy furnaces and cookware need to be made out of finer materials than what can be found beneath the ground, and the same is true for creature comforts and other amenities.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 25 Mar 2024 17:59:37 No. 5960538 Report >>5960536 What special features do you include in the temple's creation, Huanliuxue (Pick 3)
>Blood Empress' Spring. By spilling your own blood and infusing it with Blood Qi, you can create wellsprings of Blood Qi that will serve to Inundate the surroundings with the sanguineous energies [Creates a presence of Blood/ Life Qi, that will eventually cause the Vampiric Vines to sprout and eventually bear their Carmine fruit] >Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >Life Infused Mists. With your insights into the true nature of Blood Qi, you can create a mist infused with life energy to shroud the whole of the temple's grounds [Create a mist that energizes and fills all within it with extra life force, improving and quickening their healing/growth] >Blood Puppet Servants. By spilling your own blood, you can create permanent puppets made out of blood that see to the day to day chores and toil of the temple [Add a work force of mindless servants, kind of like the ones who guarded the scroll repository in the catacombs] >Primordial Blood Stone Stele. A mingling of dense Primordial Beast essence and Pure Blood Qi, condensed and solidified into a towering stele, radiating with the energy of both [Creates a presence of both Primordial Beast essence and Blood Qi, that will over time impart bestial traits or pure carmine mysticism on those who meditate beneath it, and acts as a miniature blood moon] >Pool of Primordial origins. By breathing out and saturating the air with the essence of your beast core, you can create a spring that is saturated with primordial beast essence [Creates a presence of primordial beast essence, that will make the creation of new ascended beasts and the growth of current ones easier, and attract "Wild" ones] >Cat Empress Idol. A stunning statue of the peerless ethereal beauty Huanliuxue in both of her handsome forms that serves as a conduit for the faith of her mortal worshipers and a beacon for them and her feline subjects [A source of Primordial beast essence, faith, that attracts all house cats, awakened or not] >Monstrous and Terrible beasts. Transform some of the mindless beasts in the forest into monsters under your command, but only those without the potential to become magical beasts themselves one day (Act as security, training and a source of materials harvested from beasts) >Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] >Write in Some options will have additional benefits when combined with others
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>>5960538 >Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >Monstrous and Terrible beasts. Transform some of the mindless beasts in the forest into monsters under your command, but only those without the potential to become magical beasts themselves one day (Act as security, training and a source of materials harvested from beasts) >Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] This place is meant for the training/recruitment for those wishing to enter our sect, as well as representing our hold over the primordial forest.
The first two abilities serve as our strengthening of its defense, and the boons of the forest, with the last being beyond even it.
Anonymous
>>5960538 >Pool of Primordial origins. By breathing out and saturating the air with the essence of your beast core, you can create a spring that is saturated with primordial beast essence [Creates a presence of primordial beast essence, that will make the creation of new ascended beasts and the growth of current ones easier, and attract "Wild" ones]\ >Monstrous and Terrible beasts. Transform some of the mindless beasts in the forest into monsters under your command, but only those without the potential to become magical beasts themselves one day (Act as security, training and a source of materials harvested from beasts) >Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] This place is meant for the training/recruitment for those wishing to enter our sect, as well as representing our hold over the primordial forest.
The first two abilities serve as our strengthening of its defense, and the boons of the forest, with the last being something especial to mark its location.
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>>5960538 >Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >Life Infused Mists. With your insights into the true nature of Blood Qi, you can create a mist infused with life energy to shroud the whole of the temple's grounds [Create a mist that energizes and fills all within it with extra life force, improving and quickening their healing/growth] >Pool of Primordial origins. By breathing out and saturating the air with the essence of your beast core, you can create a spring that is saturated with primordial beast essence [Creates a presence of primordial beast essence, that will make the creation of new ascended beasts and the growth of current ones easier, and attract "Wild" ones] I'd love the spiritwood grove, but increased healing is pretty important for heavy training, having a well-rounded security system/training devices in the form of plants, and having an attractor for ascended beasts are marginally more important for this place to perform its duty well.
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>>5960538 >Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >Monstrous and Terrible beasts. Transform some of the mindless beasts in the forest into monsters under your command, but only those without the potential to become magical beasts themselves one day (Act as security, training and a source of materials harvested from beasts) >Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] Two sources of security and three sources of materials. Blood and beast springs with a blood stone stele does tempt though. And servants, a healing mist, and a big statue of ourselves wouldn't hurt either.
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Look at it this way, y'all wanted to show off, and making a giant signal flare of qi is one hell of a lightshow for the entire world to see. Even if'n it did done and gone made Huan the sad.
>>5960538 >Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >Life Infused Mists. With your insights into the true nature of Blood Qi, you can create a mist infused with life energy to shroud the whole of the temple's grounds [Create a mist that energizes and fills all within it with extra life force, improving and quickening their healing/growth] >Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] I wonder what will grow in an already unusual forest if you add in an unusual patch of trees, and an uncommon form of qi, as well as a magical mist which helps things grow and live? This is maximum PLANT. Without the weird choking vines of blood qi that'll inevitably kill all the other flora, of course.
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>>5960538 >Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >Pool of Primordial origins. By breathing out and saturating the air with the essence of your beast core, you can create a spring that is saturated with primordial beast essence [Creates a presence of primordial beast essence, that will make the creation of new ascended beasts and the growth of current ones easier, and attract "Wild" ones] >Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] A lot of these are good, I'm not too sure If I selected the best ones but the Orchard ticks a bunch of boxes between helping train new recruits, providing security and providing materials, meanwhile the Pool is far too convenient to ignore next to the forest that will surely birth a great many new awakened beasts, and as usual I cannot resist the mystery box.
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>>5960538 >Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >Pool of Primordial origins. By breathing out and saturating the air with the essence of your beast core, you can create a spring that is saturated with primordial beast essence [Creates a presence of primordial beast essence, that will make the creation of new ascended beasts and the growth of current ones easier, and attract "Wild" ones] >Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] Anonymous
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>>5960538 >Blood Puppet Servants. By spilling your own blood, you can create permanent puppets made out of blood that see to the day to day chores and toil of the temple [Add a work force of mindless servants, kind of like the ones who guarded the scroll repository in the catacombs] >Cat Empress Idol. A stunning statue of the peerless ethereal beauty Huanliuxue in both of her handsome forms that serves as a conduit for the faith of her mortal worshipers and a beacon for them and her feline subjects [A source of Primordial beast essence, faith, that attracts all house cats, awakened or not] >Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] Mechanically the stele is stronger than the idol but I cant resist putting up a giant statue of our peerless self just like I cant resist picking the mystery box.
Anonymous
>>5960538 Losing out on a fourth option was very sad. But the forest was worth the cost.
I support
>>5960623 on the basis that the plants will intermingle and grow stronger for the Blood trees and the Pool of origins is pulling double duty to enhance both other items while also pulling in and nurturing more of our people.
I mean come on, LITERALLY putting a lure for new beasts to our training centre? Its an idea worthy of Huans genius.
>>5960526 Would have been nice, but it would cost us the forest claim.
However we DID learn something useful here. We have to use EVERY SINGLE TYPE of Qi we have at our disposal to drop the dc super low, and it wont matter, since by going through the portal, it will all become pure Cosmic qi aspected.
Thats a worthwhile tidbit to know.
I assume grandfather will bump up the dc rather than allow us to replicate our accident easier, but still its. . Like a 100 dc reductionw ith previous options
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>>5960538 >Life Infused Mists. With your insights into the true nature of Blood Qi, you can create a mist infused with life energy to shroud the whole of the temple's grounds [Create a mist that energizes and fills all within it with extra life force, improving and quickening their healing/growth] We don't want the participants to take a week to recover between each contest
>Cat Empress Idol. A stunning statue of the peerless ethereal beauty Huanliuxue in both of her handsome forms that serves as a conduit for the faith of her mortal worshipers and a beacon for them and her feline subjects [A source of Primordial beast essence, faith, that attracts all house cats, awakened or not] We deserve it
>Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] Surprise box!
Anonymous
>>5960646 I feel like getting beasts with primordial origins pool has better syngergy then getting plants and pool.
that's why I voted for it here
>>5960555 Anonymous
>>5960720 It does. But remember that these are blood aligned plants.
The animals however will never awken, and instead be hunted for their parts. They might have peculiar evolutions but I'm more interested in equally as valuable plant monsters like the ones our disciple fought ajd how that interacts with Primordial Qi. And not to mention, How does it relate to the connection with plants and Jiangashi? This should help.
Anonymous
Further more, I've an interesting thought on this paticular matter to share for discussion.
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>>5960801 The Old Dao and the New Dao. The meeting of Tigers and Dragons.
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>>5960538 >>Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >>Life Infused Mists. With your insights into the true nature of Blood Qi, you can create a mist infused with life energy to shroud the whole of the temple's grounds [Create a mist that energizes and fills all within it with extra life force, improving and quickening their healing/growth] >Primordial Blood Stone Stele. A mingling of dense Primordial Beast essence and Pure Blood Qi, condensed and solidified into a towering stele, radiating with the energy of both [Creates a presence of both Primordial Beast essence and Blood Qi, that will over time impart bestial traits or pure carmine mysticism on those who meditate beneath it, and acts as a miniature blood moon] Anything that boosts our Carmine Mysticism (the healing also helps there when we finally decide to refine it with divine blood).
On a side note: is the tunnel between this tunnel and our sect's home still there? Is the forest in a basin? Can we use ithe tunnel to create an aqueduct for the Harmonious Five Element water?
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>>5960538 >Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >Pool of Primordial origins. By breathing out and saturating the air with the essence of your beast core, you can create a spring that is saturated with primordial beast essence [Creates a presence of primordial beast essence, that will make the creation of new ascended beasts and the growth of current ones easier, and attract "Wild" ones] >Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] Anonymous
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>>5960538 >Cat Empress Idol. A stunning statue of the peerless ethereal beauty Huanliuxue in both of her handsome forms that serves as a conduit for the faith of her mortal worshipers and a beacon for them and her feline subjects [A source of Primordial beast essence, faith, that attracts all house cats, awakened or not] >Life Infused Mists. With your insights into the true nature of Blood Qi, you can create a mist infused with life energy to shroud the whole of the temple's grounds [Create a mist that energizes and fills all within it with extra life force, improving and quickening their healing/growth] >Pool of Primordial origins. By breathing out and saturating the air with the essence of your beast core, you can create a spring that is saturated with primordial beast essence [Creates a presence of primordial beast essence, that will make the creation of new ascended beasts and the growth of current ones easier, and attract "Wild" ones] Anonymous
>>5960795 Why would the animals never awaken? we are by the primordial forest, where we got the gege's and found other awakened beasts already inside. Its one of the few places we are most likely to find awakened beasts.
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>>5961234 Because friend, thats the option.
Transform some of the mindless beasts in the forest into monsters under your command, but only those without the potential to become magical beasts themselves one day
Read "but only those without the potential to become magical beasts themselves one day" the mindless beasts will never become magical beasts. They might have a few interesting adaptations, but ultimately I prefer to focus on the creation of a new species to rule over. Awakened plants!
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>>5961234 >but only those without the potential to become magical beasts themselves one day Is the caveat in the description. So basically a bunch of Huli’s pack or the bugs’ lesser children.
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>>5960538 >Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >Life Infused Mists. With your insights into the true nature of Blood Qi, you can create a mist infused with life energy to shroud the whole of the temple's grounds [Create a mist that energizes and fills all within it with extra life force, improving and quickening their healing/growth] >Cat Empress Idol. A stunning statue of the peerless ethereal beauty Huanliuxue in both of her handsome forms that serves as a conduit for the faith of her mortal worshipers and a beacon for them and her feline subjects [A source of Primordial beast essence, faith, that attracts all house cats, awakened or not] Anonymous
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>>5960538 >Life Infused Mists. With your insights into the true nature of Blood Qi, you can create a mist infused with life energy to shroud the whole of the temple's grounds [Create a mist that energizes and fills all within it with extra life force, improving and quickening their healing/growth] >Cat Empress Idol. A stunning statue of the peerless ethereal beauty Huanliuxue in both of her handsome forms that serves as a conduit for the faith of her mortal worshipers and a beacon for them and her feline subjects [A source of Primordial beast essence, faith, that attracts all house cats, awakened or not] >Monstrous and Terrible beasts. Transform some of the mindless beasts in the forest into monsters under your command, but only those without the potential to become magical beasts themselves one day (Act as security, training and a source of materials harvested from beasts) Anonymous
Hey guys can someone with time on their hands quickly nominate Huanliuxue for queen of /qst/ here
>>5961634 ? It's her rightful station!
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>>5961822 Isn't this Grandpa's prerogative?
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>>5961886 Not quite? It's just people saying "I really like this character and I want them to get imaginary internet points." really. Obviously it'd be better if he went and did it just because he's a better writer than any of us but still kek. Support your local Empress today!
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>>5961912 Then it is done.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 27 Mar 2024 17:37:24 No. 5962101 Report Going to wait a bit longer to end the vote, since there is currently a tie for the 3rd option, since both the Pool of Primordial origins and Life infused mists are at 7, while the Orchard of Verdant Predators and Unusual spiritwood grove sit at 9, and will probably get in unless there is a great reversal of fortune.
Though there might be an upset, since current 4th place, Cat Empress Idol, sits at 5.
Anyways, just emerging from my groto to inform you juniors of this
Oh and
>>5961822 >>5961886 >>5961912 >>5961965 To applaud these juniors for their mastery of the Dao of Based. You've done Huan proud.
And with that said, I, your grandfather, shall return to seclusion for the time being. Though I will leave a song behind, for no real reason besides its been awhile since I posted this one again in a thread.
https://youtu.be/yvFgNP9iqd4 Anonymous
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>>5962101 I'll be the tiebreaker.
>Orchard of Verdant Predators. Inspired by your blood moon transformation and your knowledge of the connection between the Carmine Mystics of old and the Thousand Lotus Hall, you can create a forest filled with blood sucking and man eating plants [Acts as both security, training, and a source of unusual spirit herbs. And also the creation of this will count as training for Huan's Carmine mystic abilities] >Unusual Spiritwood Grove. A grove of spirit wood and spirit fruits the like of which you've never seen before anywhere in the world, even in the primordial basin [???] >Pool of Primordial origins. By breathing out and saturating the air with the essence of your beast core, you can create a spring that is saturated with primordial beast essence [Creates a presence of primordial beast essence, that will make the creation of new ascended beasts and the growth of current ones easier, and attract "Wild" ones] Huan is, first and foremost, a princess of awakened beasts. The Life-mists might be more generally useful, but a little favoritism to our own kind means that other daoists will be less inclined to try to sneak in and reap the benefits.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 28 Mar 2024 16:33:32 No. 5962855 Report Actually ending the vote and tallying its results now. Didn't mean to take another day to do so, but I was assaulted by heart demons.
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>>5962855 Fellow daoists, we might wamt to consider the recreation of such an Idol in our own primary temple.
Or Feiquing doing it. Ascending past Nascent soul seems like faith and divinity couls be useful. I will never advocate adding it to our cùltivation base, due to the obvious weakness it opens up, but we can probably use it in peculiar ways.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 28 Mar 2024 18:45:54 No. 5963008 Report More spires follow the first and tallest tower, rising up as if grasping for the heavens from the dirt and mud the gods above scorn, formed from the red dust of your existence and the heartbeat of nature. Pulses of Blood Qi and Primordial Beast Essence ripple from the center of the self constructing temple, further transforming the land within its currently knee high walls and beyond them, pushing into the forest behind the temple proper. With a flick of your paw and a stretch of your claw, you cordon off a few select stretches of the altering woodlands to reshape them directly and personally.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 28 Mar 2024 18:46:54 No. 5963009 Report >>5963008 Something inside of your blood is resonating with the trees below and as they drink deeply of it, it saps...something from them and sends it back up into your veins. The thrumming sensation continues and begins to feel almost pleasant as it reaches your heart and adjusts its tempo to match the heartbeat of the now bloodstained forest. Your powerful veins stiffen, a few bursting inside as they're unable to adapt to new thickness and increased potency of the blood flowing through them. Enough that you cough up a mouthful of blood before the rest of your circulatory system and organs adapt and strength to contain the newly refined and changed blood surging through your body.
And it gets a little dangerous, the sensation is so intoxicating that you almost go overboard again and can barely contain a truly crazed laugh that wants to claw its way out of your throat, and so have to snicker and titter as you revel in the strange new energy and sense of vitality and overflowing life pulsing and rippling from the tip of your unnotched ear down to the end of your tail. Its almost too much for you to handle! Not just the physical sensation, but the satisfaction of reaching a deeper understanding of your form of carmine mysticism, just from showering some leaves and worms with your blood. Like blood life is ever flowing ever circulating and though it isn't the same color, even trees have "Blood" and some even have feelings.
Cackling, you recline, savoring the blood drenched insight as the life force of the forest is tithed to your superior self, the plants living within it accepting their place as your underlings and lessers, giving up their essence to receive a cup's worth of your own. Something you didn't have your two disciples in the carmine mysticism do. This must've been how the practitionersof the degenerate original form gathered so much power so quickly. But, no one will complain about you sucking sap and dew like this, surely.
Blinking, remembering that the neither the spell or the other, more boring work are done, you force your eyes open and drag yourself out of the comforting embrace of verdant lifeblood and get back to enforcing your will upon the landscape.
And to your delight, discovers that your blissful trembles and pleasured twitches at receiving such a bounty of fresh energy and lifeforce, have done something you haven't expected. Some of the trees within the expansive orchard and outside of it have turned into Spiritwoods! A process that usually takes centuries of absorbing the spiritual essence of the soil, rain, sun and moonlight, has occurred right before your eyes. Er. Well not right before them, you missed the first "Wave" of their appearance because you had closed your eyes to relish in the sensation of connecting with the heart beat of the forest...Wait, isn't that similar to the method of Qi absorption Luli was taught?
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 28 Mar 2024 18:47:56 No. 5963011 Report >>5963009 Shaking your head to focus, you blink and watch as "veins" and "cracks" of raw spiritual energy surge up through the bark and wood of the old growth trees, but they don't look like any spiritually rich or Qi infused wood you've ever seen or heard about. Not even in Five Color's garden have you seen Spiritwood trees quite like these ones. Some seem to have stars caught in the shadows of their leaves and the surface of their glass like bark and remain still as the wind flows but move with some will of their own, some droop and hang like their now spiderlike limbs were weighed down with the corpses hanging by rope and creak as the grass at their bases wither and die.
And the ones that grow at the boundaries of and within the orchard of Verdant predators are stranger yet, with their green leaves turning blood red as the bark bleaches to look like its patched together out of cracked open bones and the veins of Qi running through the wood turning the same Carmine Hue as Blood Qi itself, their branches spreading outwards like clawed fingers, while others split open down the middle and ooze sweet smelling blood, and a few grow so quickly they put bamboo stalks to shame, and you're pretty sure that both in the grove and the places where it meets and intersects with the orchard where spiritwoods have appeared, there are a few Qi infused trees bearing spirit fruits.
Swallowing hard, mouth suddenly dried as the implication settle, you turn away and twitch, groaning as another wave of life force ripples up your blood and crawls into your veins, nearly blanking out your thoughts as Qi and lifeforce spark between your veins and nerves. Shaking your head, you push back against the intoxication, lulling sensation of draining and drawing on the life force of so ancient and magnificent a forest, but it doesn't relent. Deciding that a grove of spirit woods and orchards of transformed plants that are both large enough to get lost in is more than enough for you to be content with, you seal up your veins with a thought and turn your attention else where as the spell begins to near its end.
Using your spiritual sense, you sense that there is a deep pool of water, an untapped spring somewhere beneath the forest and it is close enough for you to include it into your temple as well. Blinking, you extend the walls to wrap it inside of the growing building as it spread out to absorb the grove and orchard into its boundaries and then taking a deep breath while infusing the air in your lungs with Primordial beast essence, you turn to the hidden spring. And take a long, ponderous breath out, saturating its waters with the primordial energy in your exhale, bidding...no, commanding! the spring to burst out of the ground and spill everywhere.
Green hued waters soon erupt from the ground and spread out, sparkling beneath the moonlight as you force the ground to collapse to form a proper pool above the spring.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 28 Mar 2024 18:48:57 No. 5963013 Report >>5963011 Which is larger than either of the two harmonious five elements springs
And with its creation, even with the revitalizing boost the forest has been giving you sense you first started bleeding all of it, you're exhausted, completely out of breath and feeling faint. Though that last one might be because of how much blood you gave up to work your magic and mutate a good chunk of the forest into man eating and blood sucking plants. But it could also very well be that you've utterly exhausted your cultivation base's reserve and for the first time since you met your mother, are experiencing and suffering from being drained of refined spiritual energy. Your Beast and Golden Core should replenish it quickly, even if you don't make an effort to recharge, but you feel terrible and ill and if it wasn't for your lightness skill's peculiar property of making you weigh less by turning you somewhat ethereal, you'd be plummeting to the ground.
Instead you're just slowly falling, hunched over and panting with your tongue out, dazed and utterly past the limit of your tolerance for physical AND spiritual exertion.
But even though you're utterly spent and probably couldn't cast the spell to create false ghost lights at the moment, your spiritual senses remain sharp as ever. Enough for you to feel the change wrought by your deeper understanding of your improved carmine mysticism and to sense that there are two other cultivators nearby.
One of them is unknown to you, but is probably a member of the Eight Heavenly Gates sect, considering you just slammed down a temple in the territory they've been eyeing up ever since the Winter Blossoming Sect was humbled and punished. And the other is your "brother" Xue Long. You're too tired to worry about why he's here, but neither of them are moving to attack you or the other, so its probably fine.
Probably.
Yawning, you finally reach the ground, landing just in front of the gate of your new temple, which amusingly is shaped like a cat's head with its mouth opened wide. Kind of eccentric but certainly novel and it brings a smile to your face, so you won't change it. Though the walls are weird looking. Well the whole temple is, since it isn't built in the usual daoist style, Buddhist style or imperial. There are iron stakes along their tops, probably forged out of your own blood with what look like heart shaped spear heads stuck on top of them to form a kind of fence atop the wall, leaving space open for birds to rest atop them that are large enough for ordinary cats to leap through. It certainly looks foreboding, though that feeling is reduced a little by how many flowering vines are crawling up the side of the walls and the large, defiantly towering trees that have absorbed portions of the red stoned wall, that eerily seems to be "breathing" and have mortar the hue and texture of ground up bonemeal. And just from a glance you can tell that there is blood circulating through the oddly styled walls
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 28 Mar 2024 18:50:36 No. 5963014 Report >>5963013 Huffing, you lay back down, deciding its too much work right not to examine your new temple and tournaments grounds thoroughly, from its foundation to its tallest tower.
<span class="mu-s"> double vote </span>
What form does your initial evolution as a carmine mystic take
>Open up the verdant path/ school of Carmine mysticism, Unlocking the first stage of Carmine Mysticism: Verdant spells and abilities >Attain the basic Transformation arts of baseline carmine mysticism (Wings, rending claws, lashing tongue, monstrous fangs) >Physical improvement, strengthening your body and increasing your natural agility and speed. >Acquire the basic mystical abilities of baseline carmine mysticism (Hypnotic eyes, paralyzing bite, Healing Blood, Consumed knowledge) >Attain the Blood Mist Form transformation art (Which can be used as a movement/ avoidance technique) >Even Further refined blood control (No longer requiring the blood to be infused with your blood Qi, and increases the intricacy of what you're able to shape out of blood, as well as expanding your blood alchemy tricks) >Something unexpected (write in) And what do you, besides feel tired, Huanliuxue?
>Take a nap, everything else can wait >See what those two idiots are doing and if they mean trouble. You might not have the energy, spiritual or other wise to fly, but there are towers high enough for you to climb to hold a conversation >Explore the Grove and Orchard, and see exactly what is different with the spiritwoods and what kind of predatory plants you've created >Muster the strength to walk around the temple, inspecting and admiring it, to make sure everything it needs is there and that you like how it looks, before taking a dip in the spring you made to recover quicker >Write in Anonymous
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>>5963014 >spells and abilities our ghost dao is more in relation to this
>Wings, rending claws, lashing tongue, monstrous fangs We are cats, our primordial arts are in relation to this already.
>physical improvement. can go either way
>movement arts we have these with the other skills we accumulated, I won't say no to more but still.
I am leaning either hypnotic eyes/consuming knowledge or blood control.
For now tho
>Acquire the basic mystical abilities of baseline carmine mysticism (Hypnotic eyes, paralyzing bite, Healing Blood, Consumed knowledge) >Muster the strength to walk around the temple, inspecting and admiring it, to make sure everything it needs is there and that you like how it looks, before taking a dip in the spring you made to recover quicker Haun needs a bath.
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>>5963014 >Even further refined Blood control. Bodily improvement tempts me. But later.
>Inspect the temple then recover. I want to challenge Xue on why he is here but I already suapect it is to do with the basin. Watch them head in its direction.
But if we were to confront them, they would have 2 options. Steal our shit while we are exaughsted or kill us while we have no spirit energy left.
The pig should not jump into a tigers mouth
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>>5963014 I'd love to get the bloody plant thing going but we still have the cosmic whatsit stuff to figure out already. So I can't in good faith opt to add more onto Huan's plate that way.
Blood mist is super fucking cool, because muh vampire roleplay. Same thing for the mystical carmine stuff.
I'm really keen on the whole just getting stronger stuff. It's always nice to just increase raw stats. On the other hand, the blood control becoming even more inherent and easy is huge too.
>Physical improvement, strengthening your body and increasing your natural agility and speed. I'm torn between blood control and physical improvement, but I gotta stick with just being MORE Huan. These are all pretty cool though.
>Muster the strength to walk around the temple, inspecting and admiring it, to make sure everything it needs is there and that you like how it looks, before taking a dip in the spring you made to recover quicker Yo is that a limited edition "Upside-down Double-door Spa Shack"?!
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>>5963014 >Physical improvement, strengthening your body and increasing your natural agility and speed. GAINS
>Take a nap, everything else can wait CAT
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>>5963014 >>Even Further refined blood control (No longer requiring the blood to be infused with your blood Qi, and increases the intricacy of what you're able to shape out of blood, as well as expanding your blood alchemy tricks) >See what those two idiots are doing and if they mean trouble. You might not have the energy, spiritual or other wise to fly, but there are towers high enough for you to climb to hold a conversation Write-in
>Use spirit stones to recover Qi reserves. Pretty sure we can do this right?
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>>5963014 >Open up the verdant path/ school of Carmine mysticism, Unlocking the first stage of Carmine Mysticism: Verdant spells and abilities >Muster the strength to walk around the temple, inspecting and admiring it, to make sure everything it needs is there and that you like how it looks, before taking a dip in the spring you made to recover quicker Anonymous
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>>5963014 >Acquire the basic mystical abilities of baseline carmine mysticism (Hypnotic eyes, paralyzing bite, Healing Blood, Consumed knowledge) Anything that increases our sweet exp gain should be taken immediately. Consuming the knowledge of those we drink gives us additive, if not multiplicative benefits.
>Muster the strength to walk around the temple, inspecting and admiring it, to make sure everything it needs is there and that you like how it looks, before taking a dip in the spring you made to recover quicker. Anonymous
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>>5963014 >Acquire the basic mystical abilities of baseline carmine mysticism (Hypnotic eyes, paralyzing bite, Healing Blood, Consumed knowledge) Consumed knowledge seems busted in a setting where everybody keeps secret techniques.
>Take a nap, everything else can wait We should rest, unless we can replenish faster by eating some spirit fruits, but I would rather not confront the two guests before having at least the strenght to escape them.
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>>5963014 >Acquire the basic mystical abilities of baseline carmine mysticism (Hypnotic eyes, paralyzing bite, Healing Blood, Consumed knowledge) Man, this is terrible. I want ALL of these. Hopefully we will, eventually, get them all. For now I will just go the above because "consumed knowledge" sounds very useful.
>Muster the strength to walk around the temple, inspecting and admiring it, to make sure everything it needs is there and that you like how it looks, before taking a dip in the spring you made to recover quicker Giving our new springs a test run sounds like a good idea.
Xue Long is gonna come in to snoop and stumble into us, calling it now. Anonymous
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>>5963014 The grove should be a perfect spot fot for Luli to cultivate
>Acquire the basic mystical abilities of baseline carmine mysticism (Hypnotic eyes, paralyzing bite, Healing Blood, Consumed knowledge) >See what those two idiots are doing and if they mean trouble. You might not have the energy, spiritual or other wise to fly, but there are towers high enough for you to climb to hold a conversation Anonymous
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>>5963014 >>Acquire the basic mystical abilities of baseline carmine mysticism (Hypnotic eyes, paralyzing bite, Healing Blood, Consumed knowledge) Even though Physical improvement, Verdant path, and refined blood control also sound very tempting. We should continue doing Carmine Mysticism, especially by using the divine blood.
Another interesting type of blood we might want to consider is that from Jingyu's flesh soul. Hear me out on this one: as I understood it, he took any defensive mutation/bloodline he "found" and put it into this very small body. Arguably it also has regenerative abilities and should easily be able to restore a drop of blood every other week. Hence, it would not imply destroying a soul, even if you don't consider his soul as already destroyed because of what he did to it himself. We chose to not consume souls as we considered it a disturbance of the natural order. However, the action proposed here wouldn't contribute against (or for) a natural order, which was already disturbed by Jingyu's own actions. Due to the many defensive abilities stacked in this small body, the blood should be relatively strong.
>Muster the strength to walk around the temple, inspecting and admiring it, to make sure everything it needs is there and that you like how it looks, before taking a dip in the spring you made to recover quicker The lurkers in the sky are probably something we cant really solve while being depleted of Qi anyways
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>>5963014 >Acquire the basic mystical abilities of baseline carmine mysticism (Hypnotic eyes, paralyzing bite, Healing Blood, Consumed knowledge) Consumed knowledge sounds really interesting
>Muster the strength to walk around the temple, inspecting and admiring it, to make sure everything it needs is there and that you like how it looks, before taking a dip in the spring you made to recover quicker Anonymous
Wait a minute guys... I'm guessing "consumed knowledge" means that we can gather knowledge from drinking blood. We still have the god blood. Divine knowledge!
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>>5963760 >tfw all we learn is that he hates cats specifically and always has for no reason Anonymous
>>5963760 If there needs to be a decision between gaining divine knowledge and refining the Carmine Mysticism, I would prefer a direct power boost instead (thats something where healing blood would help). We already have access to many stashes of knowledge that are not yet fully integrated into our cultivation.
If it's an expansion of Carmine Mysticism that happens in addition on the other hand, it would of course be great!
I would like to consume knowledge of: a certain ghost lord, a long-dead crow king, a certain stone statue (unless Anons decide that it only reached sentience a very short time ago and should be considered a child), a certain child-killing Ogress, and five certain deities.
Maybe we could even consume some other grudge-granting memories to boost our Yin cultivation. In the case of traumatising memories, this might help those afflicted to get rid of these "bad" aspects from their lives/unlives. Imagine a Rooster general, but all he remembers are the short, positive aspects of his existence.
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>>5963840 We cant drink the bloos of ghosts. They have none.
We should also increase our cultivation level something severe, we are presently on par with most of the old monsters of the same stage, but funnt as it is to ONLY trancend major stages, the blood takes a dc 180 to consume. Lets get anothwr level up before we start lusting after the divine blood
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>>5963014 >Physical improvement, strengthening your body and increasing your natural agility and speed. >Take a nap, everything else can wait Anonymous
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>>5963014 >Open up the verdant path/ school of Carmine mysticism, Unlocking the first stage of Carmine Mysticism: Verdant spells and abilities >Muster the strength to walk around the temple, inspecting and admiring it, to make sure everything it needs is there and that you like how it looks, before taking a dip in the spring you made to recover quicker Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 29 Mar 2024 23:06:38 No. 5964261 Report Quoted By:
Ending the vote and tallying its result now.
Acquire the basic mystical abilities of baseline carmine mysticism:7
Even Further refined blood control:2
Physical improvement, strengthening your body and increasing your natural agility and speed.:3
Open up the verdant path/ school of Carmine mysticism, Unlocking the first stage of Carmine Mysticism: Verdant spells and abilities:2
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Muster the strength to walk around the temple, inspecting and admiring it, to make sure everything it needs is there and that you like how it looks, before taking a dip in the spring you made to recover quicker:8
Take a nap, everything else can wait:3
Use spirit stones to recover Qi reserves.:1
See what those two idiots are doing and if they mean trouble. You might not have the energy, spiritual or other wise to fly, but there are towers high enough for you to climb to hold a conversation:2
So you've gained the first stage beyond the innate mystical abilities of carmine mystics (With healing blood replacing one of the OG powers, due to Huan's pure/ perfected form of CM)
And will ignore the two idiots to inspect the newly raised temple, make sure every building is where it should be, before taking a dip in the Primordial beast essence pool to recover a little quicker from the exertion of, you know, willing a huge ass temple into being.
Update will arrive shortly
>>5963065 Yes, but with how big Huan's Mana bar is, it'd take a lot of stones to fill it completely
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 30 Mar 2024 00:42:30 No. 5964358 Report Or it would be, if the curiosity and rising excitement to see exactly what you built, fanned further by flickering flames of doubt and worry that something went wrong with the spell or that the materials reacted poorly to the Qi used to shape them begin to haunt your mind and urge you to rise from the particularly soft patch of grass you'd chosen to pass out atop. With a rumbling, unenthused groan, you force yourself to your feet and drag your chin off the ground, majestic tail hanging limply as your whiskers droop while you pull your paws up and forward and plod towards the sect gate of the newly risen temple. It opens up differently than most doors, with the upper "Jaw" of the gate being pulled upwards by some mechanism or spell hidden with the walls surrounding it. And the eyes on the cat face making up the gate open as well when the entrance is unsealed. A rush of warm air, like breath but with the sweetness of crisp mountain air and the enticing aroma of warm blood, washes over you. Grumbling, you press further and enter the temple proper.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 30 Mar 2024 00:43:31 No. 5964360 Report >>5964358 Partially because around half of them are roofed by trees sprouting from the middle and the others have shingles that look like red rubies and onyx on top of them and these two differing roof styles are also mixed together on the large buildings, with arched and crooked trees serving as "Spines" for the walls, their branches hanging beneath open, square shaped windows. And as you inspect each of these lower buildings, you notice something that someone born human would probably miss. Hideaways, burrows and nesting nooks, built and incorporated into every path and the buildings upon them. You'd noticed there were deeper and wider streams and parts of the farms that had been set aside for lesser beasts to make their home, and in the ditches there were pre dug homes for the mindless creatures of the world, but these additions, that'd be overlooked by many, are clearly for the comfort and leisure of your people and are fittingly sized to fit the larger frames and bodies of Ascended beasts.
And the doors and windows are designed in such a way that one doesn't need hands to open them or to secure them from inside.
Smiling proudly, you leave the outer disciple's quarters in high spirits. And find that the actual grounds of the temple are more finely and ornately decorated and built, with tear drop red jades, agates and rubies set into the stone and more venerable and exotic looking trees growing along the sides and through the centers of the buildings here that center around wild growth gardens. You'd sectioned out every building into rings, with facilities and workshops that needed materials or products from another grouped together, with game like trails running from the main, cobbled streets down through alleyways pressed between the buildings and trees that retained the feel of the natural pathways through the forest you'd sprouted this temple from.
Going through the rings and checking each building, you were pleased again to find that everything you'd built was where it should be, even the lumber workshops by the groves of odd spiritwoods and the additional storage rooms nestled along the outer edges of the orchards of hungering plants.
You do not investigate either the grove or the orchards, beyond peeking over the walls penning them in, though the Blood and flesh eating plants seem to think you're their mother from how they chirp and coo and gather beneath the wall. That, or they're hungering for their first meal. Though you do sense...something in the depths of the orchard that is oddly familiar. But you're too exhausted to be bothered to see what it is or ponder where you've felt a presence like that before.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 30 Mar 2024 00:44:31 No. 5964362 Report >>5964360 So with a scoff, you leave behind the spiritwood groves and orchard of man eating plants to give one last check of the workshops and training facilities, making sure they're all up to your standard before you check the housing intended for most guests and inner disciples, which like everything else, is barren and without any decoration except for the flowering vines and gemstones set into the breathing stone walls.
Though you do find that there are paintings of cats chasing bats along the communal dining area and a beautiful piece of cats lounging at all times of the day spread across the ceiling there. And also holes that run through the walls to hidden cubbies and hideaways that'll make all manner of beasts feel at home, from mice, to sparrows, to your fellow house cats. Scratching a few marks on the ground and walls where you intend to put carpets and paintings or other kinds of wall hangings, you leave to check the parts of the temple you made to host the tournament.
Some, like the alchemical trials, scholarly tests, and crafting exhibitions are within the rings of buildings and alleyways between them that spread out like the growth rings of a tree in the middle of the temple, that on a second pass through you realize reminds you not only of a forest intertwined trails and paths, but those of a city. And besides being empty and lacking all the necessary tools, equipment and texts to take the tests, they're ready for their challengers to take their places and "battle" against one another for the privilege to become your student or servant.
The sorcerous and martial trials, are to take place in the tournament grounds proper, where an arena of pre blood soaked sand has been laid, though unlike the standard and expected shape with nine sides to honor the heavens, this battleground to be is a square sitting in the center of a four layered and four ringed theater with enough seats to comfortably sit a few thousand people, if they don't squish and pack themselves tightly together. If they do, the number of audience members that can be seated to watch the more exciting contents at least quadruples. But of course there are terraces and boxes higher up intended for more respected and wealthy visitors. With the grandest being left for your personal use and for whoever you decide to honor by allowing them to sit at your side
And as you pace through the stands, measure the arena and check to see the almost hive like network of cells and chambers to hold the applicants, their weapons and a prison you hid beneath the arena are all well constructed and in place, you realize how much like a ruin the tournament grounds look like, like an old fortress being reclaimed by the forest.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 30 Mar 2024 00:45:32 No. 5964363 Report >>5964362 And as from the highest part of it, you get a good, aerial view of the sect grounds and fields, noting how the triangular and slanted rooftops are cut through with pathways and terraces that allows easy travel overtop them, as a number of tunnels and lower streets allow for easy travel beneath them. You do not feel like you're in Chuan or any of its neighbors staring down at the lower halves of the temple you willed into being and shaped with the overflowing sea of Qi within your golden core. Its like you've wandered into a strange, foreign kingdom, or a piece of one had been dropped into the middle of the forest and had been partially subsumed by it, after it had been dyed by your spiritual energy, of course.
Structured like forest paths and the growth of tree wings, with parts of it rising and falling like hills and mountains, it feels as natural as it does unnatural and foreign. And you can swear you can feel a soft heart beat thrum from somewhere beneath your feet as a breeze is pulled in like the temple itself is drawing in breath. Glancing back, at the one part of the temple that overshadows the arena for the tournament, the feeling of being somewhere...other, increases as you behold the palace and inner fortress which even though you made it, feels oddly constructed.
Certainly not in any imperial or historical style, but its many inter connected towers, woven together like veins in a body or branches of ancient trees who've grown together over the century, you can't help but feel it is almost acceptable as the seat of your rightful kingdom. Almost, but almost might as well be as far from suitable as the heavens are from the earth! But as you bitterly mourn the temple that could've been had you not made that misstep at the start of casting the spell you realize that it almost looks like the palace from your daydreams, beneath the light of a bleeding moon. A fortress and castle suitable for the founder of proper Carmine Mysticism, with cone toped towers and walkways lined with spears and crawling thorns, with a great, red leafed tree leaning against its central tower, swaying gentle in the wind.
You watch it for awhile, and nearly pass out, before drawing yourself from whatever enchantment the view had woven over you. Shaking your head, you make up your mind to check out the Springs of Primordial Beast essence then and there to rest and replenish yourself in their jade waters.
And, you also shift into your human form then and there, finding yourself covered in sweat and pale from weakness. Shamelessly, you move naked through the empty passage ways and streets of the temple, deciding you'll explore the core of it and your palace when it comes time to stock and decorate the whole temple, and without urgency or haste, make your way to the spring.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 30 Mar 2024 00:46:33 No. 5964366 Report >>5964363 Which you purposefully made to look natural, with a single small island with a will tree growing from and large flat stones here and there perfect for sunbathing.
Pulling your arms behind your head, yawning deeply as you take a big stretch, you work out the stiffness and soreness that all the work and walking had hammered into your muscles. Then, half crouching, you tighten like a coiled spring before giving a joyous yell and leaping into the deepest part of the pleasantly warm waters.
Sighing in pure relief, you float back up from their depths and just lay on the surface, drifting as the essence of nature and the freedom enjoyed by wild beasts soaks into your clammy skin and you immediately feel at least a hundred times better than you did a second ago, already revitalizing from just this short dip. You watch the steam curl and spiral in front of your eyes like tongues of funerary pyre smoke as you gently kick your legs to push yourself nearer the closest rock so you can lay against it and take a cat nap before having to do anymore busy work.
Pulling yourself up against it, you sigh again and rest your head on its enticingly warm surface.
Before being rudely interrupted by plodding feet splashing in the waters and a fan bringing cold air to the spring as some one swings around a fan to clear the steam and mist.
Growling, you lift yourself up, resting your head in one of your hands as the blundering fool gets close enough to realize they arne't alone in the hotspring, and for them to shriek in surprise and embarrassment as they get a full, view of your "twin peaks" and shapely legs.,
"A thousand pardons!" They cry out shrilly, retreating and managing to get you to lower the hand you had just charged a vein draining fang on, thankful you can reabsorb the Qi and don't have to waste it chasing off a lecher "I..I was told to investigate this retreat by my elders, Along with a disciple of the winter blossoming sect. Lord Long and the...triumphant elders of the Eight Heavenly gates, who ousted those who refused to see the truth of our forgotten history, were..."
"Hoping I'd killed myself making this paradise?" You snap, having no patience for this idiot who interrupted your relaxation and had the good fortune to get an eyeful of your full and naked beauty
"Wondering why you hadn't flown up to boast" He admits after a moment "Or explain what it was you were doing, releasing so much Primordial beast essence in the world, while most of the...former kingdom is assailed by a beast stampede, and Chuan's sects are still...adjusting to the reality of ascended beasts. Though it so became obvious to even a dithering fool like myself, what you were doing, when that...strange castle rose up and a temple was formed before our eyes on the horizon"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 30 Mar 2024 00:47:34 No. 5964368 Report >>5964366 "So why are they still up their talking, and have sent a peeping pervert or too in their stead? Surely they're both men, even my brother" You angrily ask, rising up and on a whim, deciding to mess with the snooping spy by striding towards them. They cry out like they were the one's found bathing and leap back, covering their eyes with their sleeves as you waltz closer to them, arms wrapped tightly beneath your bosom, with only your dripping wet hair to hide...well anything.
"I do not know. They started arguing soon after they gave the order for myself and the other to descend and seek you out" He quails, with flustered red cheeks and crossed legs "Though Xue Long seemed more furious than my senior, who...despite this temple being placed in the rich, southern stretch of the primordial forest of tragic lovers was...remarkably calm"
"Oh, he must have enough brains to realize they can't contest so clear a claim without looking like a squalling brat crying for someone else's toy" You snicker, covering your mouth with the back of your hand as you playfully bounce on your heels, making something else bounce as the messenger's look of embarrassment becomes a scowl of pure effort as he struggles against his own desire to open his eyes and stare directly at you. You might've forced him to shave a year or so off his life from the strain of resisting that impulse.
"...He is wise, yes" He groans through tightly clenched teeth "I..I assume this has to do with the tournament you are rumored to be arranging"
"Rumored? I declared I'd hold one publicly, didn't I?" You chuckle, wading closer and stepping to the side as the man shakes like he's about to explode or shoot off towards the sky like a rocket
"This junior is lacks wit and intelligence" He whines as you circle around him, hands clasped behind your back as you test the limits of his self control, before he spoils the fun by shouting loudly "This fool shall take his leave, so as not to cause further offense!"
And with that, he's gone. Off to tell the other sacrificial explorer that you didn't just make a temple out of nothing to amuse yourself and idle away a few hours, and to break the bad news that the strain of doing so didn't make you drop dead. Hopefully he's the last one to barge in on you bathing and Xue Long and the Eight gate's elder get the hint and fly back to their own temples and leave you be.
Sighing, you flop backwards and drifting aimlessly on the water and beneath the steam. Thankfully, it seems like your fellow daoists got the hint and left soon after the lucky boy who found your spring fled back to the skies before his reason lost out to his desire. But now that you're alone, and with the warm waters and fun of messing with someone waking you up more than the Qi replenishing your meridians, your calm mind becomes crowded with ideas and plans and thoughts of what to do now that your new temple is built.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 30 Mar 2024 00:48:58 No. 5964369 Report >>5964368 And which of these plans do you focus on and carry out, Huanliuxue?
>Summoning Feiqing here to begin forging weapons, armor and the alchemical tools, furnaces, and other things necessary for the tournament, as well as the mundane things necessary to make this temple livable. Might as well get as much of what you need for free as you can >Purchasing what you need to fill the temple and make it functional for ever day use and the tournament from other sects, starting with your allies >Exploring the orchards and groves and cataloguing all the mysterious, ambulatory and probably predatory plants exist within >Have some of your outer disciples sent from the original temple, and get some Buddhist monks and your worshippers in Chuan to start planting and tending to the "Normal" fields of the temple. And have Ruolan and Renshu come over to show of your new Carmine mystic powers and check to see how they've progressed >Invite the head of the eight heavenly gates sect to tour the temple grounds, leaving Monu and Siwang to deal with the boring details of stocking it and preparing it for the tournament >Write in And feel free to put forward any names for the temple in the primordial forest that you can think up
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>>5964369 >Exploring the orchards and groves and cataloguing all the mysterious, ambulatory and probably predatory plants exist within Responsibility be damned, we've got people for that.
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>>5964369 >Summoning Feiqing here to begin forging weapons, armor and the alchemical tools, furnaces, and other things necessary for the tournament, as well as the mundane things necessary to make this temple livable. Might as well get as much of what you need for free as you can Anonymous
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>>5964369 >Summoning Feiqing here to begin forging weapons, armor and the alchemical tools, furnaces, and other things necessary for the tournament, as well as the mundane things necessary to make this temple livable. Might as well get as much of what you need for free as you can Anonymous
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>>5964369 >Exploring the orchards and groves and cataloguing all the mysterious, ambulatory and probably predatory plants exist within Anonymous
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>>5964369 >Summon feiqing to outfit. >Invite the head of eight heavenly gates. I want him here to witness our slightly smaller temple, But also to discuss why Long was here.
I want to call the temple "Rising Blood soaked Star nest"
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>>5964369 >Summoning Feiqing here to begin forging weapons, armor and the alchemical tools, furnaces, and other things necessary for the tournament, as well as the mundane things necessary to make this temple livable. Might as well get as much of what you need for free as you can Anonymous
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>>5964369 >Invite the head of the eight heavenly gates sect to tour the temple grounds, leaving Monu and Siwang to deal with the boring details of stocking it and preparing it for the tournament Man, details are boring. Let others deal with it!
Though forging connections is a legitimate pastime for a sect head to engage in, so it's not like we are slacking off. It might serve us well to placate the eight heavenly gates sect with a nice gesture just to make sure they take no offense.
And judging by how they "ousted those who refused to see the truth of our forgotten history", they are probably going through some shit at the moment, so I suspect they will be inclined to play nice in an effort to establish connections and cement their own legitimacy.
Better strike while the iron is hot, as they say.
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>>5964369 >>Invite the head of the eight heavenly gates sect to tour the temple grounds, leaving Monu and Siwang to deal with the boring details of stocking it and preparing it for the tournament Anonymous
>>5964369 we need to start delegating on a serious scale!
> Delegate whatever is possible but spread the workload so as not to overwhelm anyone. Especially Feiqing and Monu perform so many forging/alchemy support deeds, that it might otherwise hamper their cultivation progress. >>Summoning Feiqing here to begin forging weapons, armor and the alchemical tools, furnaces, and other things necessary for the tournament, as well as the mundane things necessary to make this temple livable. But only have him do some central objects for the more important matches to leave him some spare time for his own projects. >> have Fu purchase what you need to fill the temple and make it functional for every day use and the tournament starting with your allies (He's popular and we should let him get some more social interactions also to broaden his scope a bit. This might give him some insights that weren't available to him yet.) >>leave cataloguing all the mysterious, ambulatory and probably predatory plants to our two nature-aligned disciples >>Have some of your outer disciples sent from the original temple, and get some Buddhist monks and your worshippers in Chuan to start planting and tending to the "Normal" fields of the temple. >>Have Ruolan and Renshu come over to show of your new Carmine mystic powers and check to see how they've progressed >> leave Monu and Siwang to deal with the boring details of stocking the temple grounds and preparing it for the tournament Anonymous
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>>5964753 Seconding
>>5964753 .
>Delegate as much as possible, making sure that no one is overwhelmed while we consolidate our expanded territory. >Invite the head of the Eight Heavenly Gates sect once we're done. Anonymous
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>>5964369 >>Invite the head of the eight heavenly gates sect to tour the temple grounds, leaving Monu and Siwang to deal with the boring details of stocking it and preparing it for the tournament Anonymous
>>5964369 >Invite the head of the eight heavenly gates sect to tour the temple grounds, leaving Monu and Siwang to deal with the boring details of stocking it and preparing it for the tournament Anonymous
>>5965019 Usual handwringing asshole routine now, but we need to set some time aside and train our skills properly.
Current projected outline is
Tournament is put underway
We take some exorcist disciples and train them as we fight through the kingdom of the dead.
We go shopping in the underworld and find out who the fuck has been messing with us, sent an assassina after us and helping Jingyu with OUR DISCIPLES SOULS.
I think we can slot some training in the ghost fighting and devil fighting, but if not then maybe set aside 6 months to go through and experiment with cosmic Qi and Carmine mysticism.
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>>5964369 >Summoning Feiqing here to begin forging weapons, armor and the alchemical tools, furnaces, and other things necessary for the tournament, as well as the mundane things necessary to make this temple livable. Might as well get as much of what you need for free as you can >Invite the head of the eight heavenly gates sect to tour the temple grounds, leaving Monu and Siwang to deal with the boring details of stocking it and preparing it for the tournament As for names, maybe Garden of the Wild Empress? cool names aren't my forte.
>>5965443 I'd like to throw in assigning some of our non-ghost busting disciples to take the map and scout out the land while we're busy kicking the Ghost King's ass to the docket. As mentioned above, us placing down this temple will probably kick off a scramble for territory, so the map's value can only go down from this point forwards (unless we want to deal with fantasy China gerrymandering). Last thing we want is someone accidentally stumbling into something valuable that could threaten us and our sect.
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>>5965811 Certainly better that my first idea of Cat Fang Temple.
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>>5964369 >Have some of your outer disciples sent from the original temple, and get some Buddhist monks and your worshippers in Chuan to start planting and tending to the "Normal" fields of the temple. And have Ruolan and Renshu come over to show of your new Carmine mystic powers and check to see how they've progressed Anonymous
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Ending the vote and tallying its results now.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 01 Apr 2024 00:58:12 No. 5966377 Report And the one thought that lingers longer, hanging in between your ears like the steam floating above you, is just how much cash it is going to take to fully stock and outfit the temple, just for ordinary use. You've never needed to put much thought into finances before, beyond if you could afford what you wanted while shopping, and usually that was in souls, not actual physical cash or spirit stones. Even in hell, you tend to be given or can take what you need or want without having to pay even a single copper cash or flawed spirit stone or the dim soul of a lifelong criminal. But the reality is settling in that supplying a temple up to the high standards you expect, is going to be harder this time around than it was when you built your first one, if only because you can't fill its larder and storerooms over time. When the tournament is done, anyone living inside it won't worry about survival since game and edible plants are plentiful here even before you gave the forest a kick in the rear with all the life force and Primordial essences you drenched it in.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 01 Apr 2024 00:59:13 No. 5966381 Report >>5966377 But as you vent your frustrations, a revelation flashes through your mind
'Why not just get Feiqing to do it?'
Rising back up from the water, wreathed in steam, you realize just how easy it will all be if you just pass the boring work to others. And besides, Feiqing is happiest when he is by the forge, working with his hands and working to the marrow of his bones. He is nothing if not diligent, perhaps the hardest worker of your sect. And you know he can make most of what you need, if he has the materials and as a master smith he won't make faulty furnaces or low quality steel. Sure he won't be able to just smack his hammer or iron tough fist into the ground and summon food, but you can just get someone else to deal with the tedious details of how to get everything Feiqing can't make supplied and stocked in the temple. Why not get Monu and Siwang to do it? Siwang has diligence to match Feiqing's, and Monu adores you and knows how to haggle. A skill she learned in her time as a withered old hag. And besides she is the Grand Elder and pretty much second in command in the palace of natural laws, she is the first whom responsibility should be handed down to, so she can't complain since it is her station and job to do the work the Sect head, the magnanimous you, doesn't want to bother with!
And just having Feiqing make what he can will cut down costs drastically and make Siwang and Monu have an easier time purchasing what he's unable to provide.
'I'll call them all here' You make up your mind, kicking your feet happily as you relax back into the waters 'Once I'm done with my bath'
"What a magnificent temple" Monu praises as she stands atop the wall, though you're still bitter that it isn't more magnificent, dressed like a dancer from the northern desert of Chuan, looking almost as colorful as all of the flowers in full bloom around her feet "No wonder you vanished without a trace for a few days, mustering the Qi to build such a wonder must've spent everything you had! You should've told your mother what you were doing, just the thought of you being helpless in the wild makes my hands tremble with fear, Huaaaan"
And now she's wrapped her arms around your neck and is holding as tightly as she can to her. Yet its oddly comfortable and soothing in her embrace.
"A quiet show of force" Siwang coos, lifting up one of his wings "But one that cannot be overlooked. And by all the laws followed by the sect of Chuan, a large portion of this vast woodland are now the lawful property of our most illustrious palace of natural laws, if I have studied the correct mandates and records, at least"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 01 Apr 2024 01:00:14 No. 5966383 Report >>5966381 "You have, little brother, you have" Feiqing says tiredly, as he had to walk all the way here rather than fly as your mother and Siwang did "I've done a little research on that subject as well, as I've noticed the...bareness of our supply of ores and reusable metal. Its hard to salvage old blades when they're likely to be cursed or at least host to an unpleasant grudge by a cantankerous ghost..."
"Didn't I tell you to just pick that battlefield clean while the two dabblers collected all the spilt blood?" Monu asks curiously, tapping a finger on her chin as she hangs on your back like your roles as mother and daughter were reversed
"I never heard anything about that" You mutter as Feiqing frowns, rubbing his soot greyed hands across his chin.
"The demonic cultivators that have been trying to court Lady Huanliuxue took all the good blades and armor before you told me to, and it was...awkward to comb through the remains when we were also searching for and treating the survivors of that massacre" Feiqing meekly replies as your mother pouts and rests more of her weight against her "And there'd still be trouble with curses and grudges. Though, there may be ore that was brought closer to the surface, if I understand your explanation of how exactly you built this temple, Master"
"Robbing the dead is also unlawful" Siwang mutters angrily, though Monu just snorts as if he told a joke
"So is using the juices of their decayed corpses to make medicine" She sneers as you roll your eyes and try to wiggle out of her arms, while Siwang snaps his beak in impotent anger at her blatant disregard for law and order.
"Anyways, I didn't summon you hear to be smothered and showered with praises, nor to have you two provide colorful commentary" You exclaim as you manage to slip from her grasp and free yourself from her arms, using a technique passed down by generations of house cats and strays "The temple is impressive to look at from the outside but"
"It is empty" Feiqing, uncharacteristically, speaks out of turn, snapping his fingers "You created the frame but haven't been able to fill it"
"Land Shaping Magic usually doesn't work down to the finer details" Monu explains with a nod, crossing her arms "Though just creating a temple is impressive. Most cultivators who are strong enough to reshape the land use it aggressively or defensively, not creatively. Oh it must've been exhausting making all of this from scratch, poor child"
"Which means that were were summoned here for our particular skills and talents" Siwang loudly exclaims what the other two have figured out, as your mother's cheerful expression turns dour and pained as she realizes exactly why she was called from her training. Which mostly consisted of re-training her tolerance for poisons that could kill dragons
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 01 Apr 2024 01:01:15 No. 5966388 Report >>5966383 "That means, little owl, that she means for you and I to do the hard labor of establishing a supply chain out here and readying this forest retreat to host half of Chuan" Monu whines, closing her eyes as Feiqing frowns, and has returned to rubbing his jaw, his astral jade eyes shimmering with thought as he tilts his head, the nubs of horns shining as his iron and copper infused hide takes on a dull shine in the sunlight while his black nails scratch his face uneasily.
"And I'm to, if I am correctly guessing my master's intent, be put to work crafting to reduce the size of our bill" Feiqing says warily, glancing your way and grinning as you tilt your head in half a nod, clenching his free hand into a fist and shaking it gleefully
"What a pain~" Your mother wails, balling her hands into fists and stomping her fist "How can you be so cruel to me, your own mother"
"It is a privilege to be entrusted with so vital a task as this, and the reputation of the palace of natural laws" Siwang shouts over her, showing his pride with outstretched wings "I shall make certain the Grand Elder doesn't dally or make use of underhanded tricks to perform her share of the work! We will not fail you or your expectations, this temple shall be supplied in time for the tourney or else I shall break my own wing"
"Dammit, dammit, dammit, I hate this boring stuff the most" Your mother continues to whine, tears in her eyes as she bites the back of her thumb "But I can't refuse, even as much as I want to. How mean, how mean!"
"Better you do it than me, Mother, sorry" You cackle as she narrows her eyes
"Ah, I've taught my student too well" She cackles back as Feiqing's expression slackens and makes him look even more ugly as it emphasizes his demonic features, while he grinds his teeth
"Master, not to be presumptuous, but how...where am I to find the materials to build everything?" He asks slowly, wincing as you and Monu both look his way with wide eyes and you bite your tongue to stop from cursing. You'd already moved onto to figuring out if the Eight Heavenly Gates sect were outraged that you claimed the prize they'd been eyeing up and deciding if you should invite their Head to this temple to test the waters there, that you'd may have forgotten to confront the issue of how Feiqing was going to make everything. At all.
You'd hoped he'd have been his usual humble and kind of meek self and just not raised the issue and figure out a solution himself.
Is this karma for passing off responsibility to others?
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 01 Apr 2024 01:02:15 No. 5966390 Report >>5966388 <span class="mu-s"> Double vote </span>
What do you tell Feiqing to do about materials
>To figure it out himself, presenting it as a test and chance to improve his comprehension of the Dao. >Give him permission to "Borrow" a few of Tiexingege's kids and get digging, he raised a good point, your terraforming may have lifted up veins of metal here. >Send him to the Forge Devil's furnace. He had no problem training there before he awoke his demonic blood, so he should have no problem sniffing out ore if there's any to be found there. >That you'll trade for the necessary materials, as it'll be cheaper than just buying the finished product and he'll make finer wares than any of the other sects can make. >"You have demonic blood. I'll take you to hell and introduce you to your distant family. I'm sure we can work out a deal with the forge devils" >Write in And what do you do after He, Monu and Siwang get busy doing all the dullest work, Huanliuxue?
>Go through with inviting the head of the Eight Heavenly gates sect, just to make certain they aren't planning anything behind your back >Give jobs to a few of your other disciples, so Monu doesn't complain so much and to get things done faster >Figure out which of your disciples, besides Luli, will be partaking in the tournament, and give them a few personal lessons >March up to the Winter Blossoming Sect and demand Xue Long tell you why he was lurking about your property >Find something or someone to test your new Carmine Mystic powers/ Blood-Moon+ Cosmic Qi on >Write in Anonymous
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>>5966390 >Send him to the Forge Devil's furnace. He had no problem training there before he awoke his demonic blood, so he should have no problem sniffing out ore if there's any to be found there. >Give jobs to a few of your other disciples, so Monu doesn't complain so much and to get things done faster Anonymous
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>>5966390 >Give him permission to "Borrow" a few of Tiexingege's kids and get digging, he raised a good point, your terraforming may have lifted up veins of metal here. >Give jobs to a few of your other disciples, so Monu doesn't complain so much and to get things done faster Anonymous
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>>5966390 >Give him permission to "Borrow" a few of Tiexingege's kids and get digging, he raised a good point, your terraforming may have lifted up veins of metal here. Sexy unmined rare ores in our area?
>Go through with inviting the head of the Eight Heavenly gates sect, just to make certain they aren't planning anything behind your back Damn Xue Long, were you trying to makehim your friend? would be a shame if we NTR'ed your alliances.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 01 Apr 2024 03:11:37 No. 5966599 Report Just realized today is easter while reading through another Quest. So, if you celebrate it, I, your grandfather, wish you a happy easter
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>>5966599 Happy Easter Grandpa. May the Celestial Rabbits bless us all with eggs of cosmic color.
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>>5966390 >"You have demonic blood. I'll take you to hell and introduce you to your distant family. I'm sure we can work out a deal with the forge devils" Hell field trip!
>Figure out which of your disciples, besides Luli, will be partaking in the tournament, and give them a few personal lessons Anonymous
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>>5966390 >You have demonic blood. I'll take you to hell and introduce you to your distant family. I'm sure we can work out a deal with the forge devils" >Give jobs to a few of your other disciples, so Monu doesn't complain so much and to get things done faster Anonymous
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>>5966390 >Borrow some ants. >Invite the 8 gates sect head Anonymous
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>>5966390 >Give him permission to "Borrow" a few of Tiexingege's kids and get digging, he raised a good point, your terraforming may have lifted up veins of metal here. >Go through with inviting the head of the Eight Heavenly gates sect, just to make certain they aren't planning anything behind your back Anonymous
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>>5966390 >>Give him permission to "Borrow" a few of Tiexingege's kids and get digging, he raised a good point, your terraforming may have lifted up veins of metal here. >>Give jobs to a few of your other disciples, so Monu doesn't complain so much and to get things done faster Rich Investor
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>>5966390 >Give him permission to "Borrow" a few of Tiexingege's kids and get digging, he raised a good point, your terraforming may have lifted up veins of metal here. Dumping work on someone is nice and all, but they do deserve at least some assistance.
>Go through with inviting the head of the Eight Heavenly gates sect, just to make certain they aren't planning anything behind your back Still strikes me as a good idea.
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>>5966390 >>Give him permission to "Borrow" a few of Tiexingege's kids and get digging, he raised a good point, your terraforming may have lifted up veins of metal here. >Go through with inviting the head of the Eight Heavenly gates sect, just to make certain they aren't planning anything behind your back Anonymous
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>>5966390 >Give him permission to "Borrow" a few of Tiexingege's kids and get digging, he raised a good point, your terraforming may have lifted up veins of metal here. >Give jobs to a few of your other disciples, so Monu doesn't complain so much and to get things done faster Anonymous
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>>5966390 >Give him permission to "Borrow" a few of Tiexingege's kids and get digging, he raised a good point, your terraforming may have lifted up veins of metal here. >Go through with inviting the head of the Eight Heavenly gates sect, just to make certain they aren't planning anything behind your back Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 02 Apr 2024 21:29:51 No. 5968222 Report Quoted By:
Ending the vote and tallying the result now.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 02 Apr 2024 23:08:42 No. 5968282 Report However, Feiqing had raised a good point when he astutely pointed out that veins of ore could've been brought closer to the surface as a byproduct of your land shaping spell and as annoying as it is to have to make a decision when you're confident he could've found the solution himself without you taking him by the hand and leading him to it, he is right to ask you for instruction in how exactly to go about gathering the ore to smelt. Since he's too scared to just take swords from graves and risk getting cursed. They'd be minor and petty curses anyway. Of course you've already figured out the answer to the problem of having little metal to use in forging, in your unparalleled genius, you'd realized it the moment Feiqing opened his mouth and mentioned how the soil had been churned up by your spell.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 02 Apr 2024 23:09:43 No. 5968283 Report >>5968282 "Of course I do, and don't be so loud, you aren't a screech owl" You scoff with a dismissive wave of your hand "Do not worry, Siwang, these aren't any wild weeds I've grown, I've purposefully cultivated them and before you lose your temper, they're a source security and training while also serving as a rare herb garden, it'd be pointless to recreate that gluttonous little flower here if I intend to pluck it again"
"And even if one of those herbs grows too boldly and hungrily, your master will be able to easily cut it down, or stomp it flat like any other wild flower" Monu scoffs much more haughtily, lifting up her head and chest as Siwang stamps his talons on the ground fretfully "And if she isn't around, this fairy can just rot their roots or freeze them in the ground. It really isn't anything to worry about"
"Ah!" Siwang exclaims after looking uncertain for a few seconds, staring off at the orchard in the distance "I see, they're a safe guard against burglars, kidnappers and murders, as well as serving as one of the trials for the tournament. Forgive this disciple, he spoke without thinking, Master's mind is as deep and mysterious as the ocean and I hope to one day rival her razor wit"
"That's better" Monu coos, patting Siwang on the head, much to his annoyance as you smile smugly and lift up your head as Feiqing gets close to both the spiritwoods and their more bloodthirsty cousin and...
A yell quickly tells you which of them he went to investigate first, followed by a boom of crashing thunder as he retaliates against the plant that must've bitten down on his hand. Siwang moves to take flight, but you put a hand on his back
"Feiqing can handle himself, and this will teach not to stick his hand places without thinking first" You stop him casually as you lift up another hand in the direction of the retreat of the Eight Heavenly Gates sect "And while I won't stop you from flying, I need you to fly in that direction, to deliver a message to our neighbors in the eight heavenly gates, to hand over an invitation for their sect head to come over and look around"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE THESE THINGS!?"
Siwang frowns as he hears Feiqing shrill cries in the distance, and you're surprised by how much he sounds like a woman when he's frightened.
"He'll be fine" You reassure, as, if he's trying to make your words sound like lies, four more booms of thunder echo through the forest "Master is wise, master knows what she is talking about"
"As you command, I carry out these orders with great pride and exuberance!" Siwang shouts, flicking up his wing, before Monu mimes putting on a robe, reminding him to check that he's kept a spare set of clothes in the satchel around his neck. And once he's made sure that he has, he's off.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 02 Apr 2024 23:10:43 No. 5968285 Report >>5968283 "If it comes down to it, I'll go and save Feiqing so you don't have to dirty your hands. It is wise to invite another patriarch here, if only to prevent some witless fool from trying to claim this temple as abandoned or spreading unpleasant rumors" She sighs as she leans against a taller portion of the wall.
You stare off at the orchard and start counting down with your fingers and the moment you curled the last one, a bolt of lightning shoots across the outer most edge, as more earth bound thunder booms through the air. Giving a triumphant huff, you turn to your mother and jab a thumb in the direction of the springs
"While we wait for Siwang to come back and Feiqing to stop fighting weeds, I'd offer you the privilege of being the second person to swim in this temple's miraculous spring" You offer sweetly, eyes sparkling as your mother doesn't even hesitate and claps her hands around yours
"I'd be honored" She giggles, and so you take her by the hand and lead her there.
"I'll need to bring Fu and his axes here" Feiqing mutters darkly as you come across him as you meander through the courtyard of your temple, with a large, fly catcher looking plant stuck to his arm, gnawing on it with broken thorns "When I gather wood. I would've appreciated a warning, Lady Huanliuxue"
"The trees are harmless, probably, you just had the bad luck of checking the orchard first and sticking your hand in an open mouth" You dully point out, defending your innocence as Feiqing looks gloomy and pitiful as he tears a vine from his arm, which barely seems scratched despite the tattered state of his robes "And you could've asked me what exactly I had grown before running off to start chopping and gathering wood"
"That" he begins before his expression brightens and softens, and he rubs his bleeding palm thoughtfully "That is a good point. I should've known not to be so reckless, considering the time I spent living above a cursed tomb. And if they're only probably not dangerous, I'll need to put on armor before I'm confident in my safety collecting lumber"
You titter, and heal his wounds with the Scarlet Healing Armor (鲜红瘉铠, Xiānhóngyùkǎi) while he pouts and bellyaches about the "terror" he encountered in your lovely new orchard.
The answer to your offer of invitation and a tour through your new temple comes via not Siwang or a messenger from the sect of the eight heavenly gates, but instead from the ringing of a large monastery bell that resounds through the forest and is answered in the distance by the lonely temples dotting the vast expanse of the Primordial Forest of Tragic lovers. As the sunsets and the sky is painted in hues of red, gold and pink, Siwang flies down looking proud of himself and tells you that the other sect had accepted your invitation and their patriarch and his aids would arrive shortly to be welcomed.
As if that wasn't obvious, since they hadn't stopped striking the bell since before the sun started to set.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 02 Apr 2024 23:11:45 No. 5968286 Report >>5968285 Sitting atop the cat head gate with crossed legs, you tap your fingers impatiently on the side of your own head as you wait for them to appear from the treeline and undergrowth. The light of burning torches and lit lanterns are the first sign of them, besides the now near deafening bell ringing.
To your surprise, they haven't carted out their Monastery's own bell, but instead that earth shaking and ear splitting sound is coming from a hand held chime that could be hidden in a clenched fist, held by a woman dressed in humble, patched and well used robes the color of corroded copper and green jade, symbolic of the gates of the nine heavens. She looks young, but her face is hidden by a black veil that jingles lightly with tarnished coins hanging along its edges.
The daoists she leads, are all wearing straw hats and have their hands pressed together in prayer, except for one, who is showing off by floating a few inches off the ground while in Lotus position, slowly shifting his hands from prayer to flash hand signs as he bobs through the air and he.
Is an absolute fossil. You thought the elder of his sect that you met at your sham trial was old, but he looks like a shriveled corpse. And you know your corpses. His wrinkled skin looks like lacquered wood and his few strands of hair are ethereally white, as is his beard which is wrapped around his waist like a belt.
He lifts up his head, and you imagine you hear his bones creaking as he turns up to look at you, and his aids do the same, and you see they are all wearing masks meant to disguise themselves to the eyes of ghost which...might've been somewhat intimidating if they didn't choose to design them after comedic theater masks, which just makes them look like they've come all this way to put on a performance for you and see if any of their jokes could make you laugh.
The ancient piece of dried meat stares...and stares. The tense atmosphere quickly turns awkward as you stare and stare back until the chime ringer takes in a deep breath and with a voice meant for chanting mantras and repeating prayers says.
"I am the voice of master, Mì Shèngdào (宓 圣衜, Holy Path (art name), Surname means silent/ still), who has taken a vow of silence and cannot speak" She says softly with a voice that can be heard over the ringing of the chime in her hand, which is an impressive feat of volume control and tone "Master Mi, has asked what is the name of this temple, that has appeared in the rich southern stretch of this most venerable of wildernesses, amongst many older and more storied holy retreats"
'She got all of that with a stare? is this just a power natural born humans have? The ability to translate silence into words? Ping and Feiqing can understand Lei, and she can understand her glassy eyed grandfather' You marvel silently as you frown and adjust your posture, glaring down into the Shriveled old man's eyes
He blinks
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 02 Apr 2024 23:12:45 No. 5968287 Report >>5968286 "He...He also says that were he a younger man and not bound to a vow of chastity" She begins awkwardly, cheeks flushing red
"Shut up" You bark, as the old man grins, amused and clearly having "told" his aid to tell you that to get a rise out of you and see if he could make you blush, rather than actually feeling any lust towards you.
Not like he could, consider he looks like most of his blood has turned to dust with how unbelievably ancient he is. Though you suppose, in the face of a fairy such as yourself it is possible.
"Cheeky old fart" You snicker, and he keeps smiling as his mouth piece looks like she's glaring up at you but its impossible to tell with that veil she is wearing, though the way she's standing like she wants to slap you, makes you certain she is "So that is what you say first, asking me the name of this temple? Not accusing me of stealing what is rightfully yours or lecturing me on the dangers of living greedily"
He stares
"Master Mi says you have a spritely temperament, and that of course he'd ask the name of the temple he was invited to visit. And that, presently, his worldly and personal feelings do not matter and all he desires in this moment is the name of this temple" His voice says back, angrily, clearly still sore that you called her beloved old fart what he is. Or that you told her to shut up before she could finish delivering one of his messengers, even if it was just a dirty joke.
He turns his head and strokes his beard with a shaking hand.
"And he'd also like to know, how the tour would begin, and the purpose for him being so generously invited to do so, and what he has done to earn such a privilege" She continues, grinding her teeth as she tries to lock eyes with you, seemingly more upset that you're ignoring her outrage now than she is with what caused it to begin with.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Tue 02 Apr 2024 23:13:46 No. 5968288 Report >>5968287 <span class="mu-s"> triple vote! </span>
What do you name your new temple
>Rising Blood Soaked Star Nest >Garden of the Wild Empress >Cat Fang Temple >Primordial Lineage Shrine >Write in And what do you tell Master Li about the tour
>That it will begin with and focus on the tournament grounds and facilities, so they can get an early leg up on the competition and use that as a lure to improve intersect relations >That you will start by showing him your delightful new garden and spiritwood groves, just because you'd think it'd be kind of funny to see their reaction to the orchard >You will tell him it'll begin with a walk around the courtyard and grounds of the temple, where you'll point out how it was built to accommodate both beasts and men >Try and wow him with the hot springs and the main temple, even though the latter isn't decorated yet, seeking to impress them >Write in And
Why do you tell Master Li you invited him to begin with, Huanliuxue?
>Because you had heard they'd experienced some infighting recently, and felt sorry for them >That they had already shown an interest in the temple, and you decided to be nice and invite them in >Bluntly tell them you saw one of their elders talking with Xue Long, and want to make certain they aren't conspiring against you. >Admit that it is a blatant show of force, to keep them from even thinking about moving against you or your sect >Because despite your many differences the two of you are both benevolent (Unlocked via good karma ) >Write in Anonymous
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>>5968288 >Garden of the Wild Empress >You will tell him it'll begin with a walk around the courtyard and grounds of the temple, where you'll point out how it was built to accommodate both beasts and men >That they had already shown an interest in the temple, and you decided to be nice and invite them in Anonymous
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>>5968288 >Garden of the Wild Empress >You will tell him it'll begin with a walk around the courtyard and grounds of the temple, where you'll point out how it was built to accommodate both beasts and men >Because despite your many differences the two of you are both benevolent (Unlocked via good karma ) Anonymous
>>5968288 >name write-in >Primordial Life Temple >Explain the meaning if you must about the name, primordial and blood with an example of water to blood showing we acquire all blood ethically. >Try and wow him with the hot springs and the main temple, even though the latter isn't decorated yet, seeking to impress them >Because despite your many differences the two of you are both benevolent (Unlocked via good karma ) Anonymous
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>>5968288 >Garden of the Wild Empress >That you will start by showing him your delightful new garden and spiritwood groves, just because you'd think it'd be kind of funny to see their reaction to the orchard >Because despite your many differences the two of you are both benevolent (Unlocked via good karma ) we KARMA up in this place.
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>>5968288 >Garden of the Wild Empress >You will tell him it'll begin with a walk around the courtyard and grounds of the temple, where you'll point out how it was built to accommodate both beasts and men >That they had already shown an interest in the temple, and you decided to be nice and invite them in Anonymous
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>>5968288 >>5968350 Temple of primordial life sounds good.
>You will tell him it'll begin with a walk around the courtyard and grounds of the temple, where you'll point out how it was built to accommodate both beasts and men >That they had already shown an interest in the temple, and you decided to be nice and invite them in >Because despite your many differences the two of you are both benevolent (Unlocked via good karma ) We are about to unveil a new era and will start by mending relations between men and beasts, with good relations to our good neighbours.
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>>5968288 >Primordial Lineage Shrine >That you will start by showing him your delightful new garden and spiritwood groves, just because you'd think it'd be kind of funny to see their reaction to the orchard >Bluntly tell them you saw one of their elders talking with Xue Long, and want to make certain they aren't conspiring against you. Anonymous
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>>5968288 >Garden of the Wild Empress You will tell him it'll begin with a walk around the courtyard and grounds of the temple, where you'll point out how it was built to accommodate both beasts and men
>Because despite your many differences the two of you are both benevolent (Unlocked via good karma ) Anonymous
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>>5968288 >Garden of the Wild Empress >You will tell him it'll begin with a walk around the courtyard and grounds of the temple, where you'll point out how it was built to accommodate both beasts and men >Because despite your many differences the two of you are both benevolent (Unlocked via good karma ) Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
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Ending the vote and tallying its result now. Had a dream I was running a Touhou quest. MC choices were an abandoned child, a suicidal salaryman, an old rifle, and something else I couldn't recall when I woke up. Anyways, Also realized in the vote I called Mi Li. How embarrassing.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 04 Apr 2024 10:21:30 No. 5969442 Report "To start, let me introduce you to the newest temple belonging to my most austere and radiant Palace of Natural Laws!" You declare, leaping onto the balls of your feet only to then tilt forward, arms thrown out to the side grandiosely as you motion to all of the temple behind your heels "Welcome, privileged guests, to the Garden of The Wild Empress! (花园的野生女皇, Huāyuándeyěshēngnǚhuáng). Be amazed, be awed!"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 04 Apr 2024 10:22:31 No. 5969443 Report >>5969442 "But the world is made up of contradictions, opposite and contradictory forces and ideas that cannot exist without the other, separated only by preconceived notions of what is positive and what is not" You prattle on, uncaring of the heated glares focused on you "Sure, what is negative and what is not can be proven through Qi and study, but, to us nocturnal beasts, is the night truly Yin? Blood Qi has a bad reputation, but is blood not proof of life? These are two of the innumerable differences between our worlds, Master Mi. I've eaten human flesh, seen the son of the heavens and looked down at him as a dog, and I dance quiet happily with ghosts and relish in enmity. However"
You step closer and float into the air, kicking off it without even making a cloud of dust as you tilt your head in the opposite direction Mi's is hanging and widen your grin until its stretching to the limit your face will allow it to grow and cackle
"You can see clearly that I am, generally, benevolent. Not because I strove to be, but because it is my nature, more or less. I find it satisfies me more doing good and helping others, and while the weak are prey to the strong, I've long ago realized what the responsibility the strong hold to the weak is" You say as sweetly as the smell of lingering decay as Mi nods along "My ideals and concept of morality might be blurred between the common sense of beasts and the wisdom of men, but it isn't as fickle, nor does it change as often as the moon. Others might not get why I do the things I do or act the way I choose to, but who amongst men can claim to know the mind of a cat, Heh-Heh, or that of a woman"
"I see" Master Mi says. Wait what? You blink. And realize he didn't say that. But you felt the words, rippling out from him, resonating through the spiritual energy within the air between the two of you. He spoke to your spiritual senses "That is reason enough, I suppose. We are both righteously minded, despite our different upbringings, thou the paths we've walked in life are not the same, they are comparable. You who have walked in shadow and savored the night, and I, who've faced the sun and flourished in the day. The dao is all encompassing. It is not so strange a virtuous mind can be found amongst the graves and lingering grudges. I accept this reason"
"Master Mi" His now unneeded voice chimes in
"You're not needed anymore, I can hear him just fine" You say with a cheeky smirk as the girl chokes like a fish out of the water, gaping and sputtering as she mentions something about hearts that you can't hear as her choking turns to jealous blubbering, while the other aids look at you with suspicion, disbelief and envy.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 04 Apr 2024 10:23:31 No. 5969445 Report >>5969443 "Forgive this child, for she was the only one who saw reason whose dao heart resonated with my own" Mi explains sadly "I had at first disbelieved the history presented by my own pupil, until I recognized the false records must've been forged by demonic cultivators, to weaken us righteous daoists and cripple our cultivation. Just as the long era of peace has weakened mankind, so to has our complacency made us soft. The heavens cannot be reached by the languid and content. Though it goes against their will, to be a cultivator is to hold ambitions to one day join the gods, and in doing so, honor them. That is the insight I gleamed when I heard the truth, child"
You frown, and bite down hard on your tongue as it, as you nearly say something thoughtlessly. You know it wasn't the work of demonic cultivators, but the heavens themselves who caused the stagnation of the world and of cultivation, who branded your kind as demons and cattle for slaughter. But, Mi Shendao doesn't know that and telling him might just cause him to die from shock. You force a smile back onto your lips and nod, though without any real agreement behind it.
"I shall speak no further, the wound is still fresh and I weep for my disciples who had eyes but could not see Mount Tai, and now have left to find their own way in the world" He sorrowfully recounts, head bowed as he floats along and lifts his chin "Please, guide me and my aids, so we may see the Garden"
"I would be happy to, Mi" You say, feeling oddly guilty for a reason you can't place, but you bury the feeling and swagger forward, opening the gates with a snap of your fingers "In fact it'd be my pleasure, to personally grant you this honor to one as wise and worldly as yourself"
"In that, we are peers" He compliments as he levitates forward, stroking his beard "I am honored to be guided by one of such sagacious mind and deep comprehension, and so young"
"Master Miiiii" The now useless voice wails, rubbing tears from her eyes, lifting her veil to show her pretty face beneath it as she trots after the two of you pathetically, only catching up as you point out the depth of the canals used to irrigate the whole temple and how they were perfect to house aquatic or amphibious beasts
"I see, I see" Mi himself remarks, inspecting the water channels closely "Like that purple shelled turtle, the breaker of ships, Chuandapo. Who I know because she bullied one of my wandering disciples with the Ashen Gale, Huili, that dreadful beast you tamed"
If it were anyone besides Huili, you'd take offense, but considering he made a habit of eating people before you took him in, that is an apt description of the wolf and he is probably the biggest delinquent of your sect if one ignores river bastard or mistakes Houmogui for the thug she pretends to be.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 04 Apr 2024 10:24:32 No. 5969446 Report >>5969445 "She and Huili are an odd couple, you'd never think they'd be friends but they're as thick as thieves" You laugh, like it was a joke, throwing back your head "I'm guessing Huili did most of the pushing around and bullying, since Chuandapo would just find it tiring"
"I presume, if her character is true to your account, she simply bumped into their boat blithely and her friend made a scene about it" Mi probably correctly guesses "And this is a very luxurious and well appointed field, what do you intend to grow here? I can sense more suitable sites for cultivating and domesticating the wild herbs of the forest deeper within"
"Those are gardens you can't see, for your own safety, Patriarch Mi" You cheerfully answer "And I haven't decided yet, maybe rice, cotton or more common herbs, who knows, I might sprout some underworld weeds, so my friends at the Thousand Lotus Hall don't have a monopoly on the trade, Heh-Heh"
"Hmm, so is that how you stole away their greatly prized daughter? I knew her mother, and if her sister inherited her heart, I cannot imagine her giving away her sibling so easily. The elders of that sect have always been greedy minded, but for them to give away so talented a youth, which speaks magnitudes of your skill of a negotiator"
You bite your tongue again, oddly unwilling to bury those pieces of shit for planning to use pure and innocent Luli as fodder to line their own pockets
"Tianhua is one of the friends I speak off, I did her and her hall a service, and Luli caught my eye" is all you admit, wondering enough to furrow your brow as to why you didn't just tell Mi the truth, unlike his mistaken belief about the truth of the buried past, this would do him no harm, but.
Ah that's it. Because it'd do Tianhua harm, damage her reputation, make her look weak. And Luli might one day go back to reclaim her rightful seat and remodel the sect in her image, once she's flourished within your ghostly radiance for awhile at least.
"I see, I see" He muses, rubbing his beard as his "Voice" wails his name, looking much less beautiful than she is with how ugly she is crying, with tears and snot streaming and dribbling off her chin as her fellow aids follow a bit further behind, keeping their distance from both her and their master "Ah, that must be the communal housing for outer disciples, how cozy, the overgrown look has a soothing quality, though the flowers are unknown to me. Is that a roost I spy"
"As you overlook a burrow beneath your feet" You tease playfully, making the old patriarch "Laugh" as the Qi radiating from him warms and grows more lively
"Ah my eyes are indeed growing dull with my old age" He jokes jovially back "If my legs would allow me to, I'd happily crawl in and look around myself. It is to be expected, of the self appointed monarch of magical beasts to have her people's well be first in her thoughts, but this much consideration shows you know the duty of the strong and magnanimous well"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Thu 04 Apr 2024 10:25:33 No. 5969447 Report >>5969446 "I am the foremost amongst beasts and the first of them to stand up against our generations of oppression and merciless slaughter" You state profoundly, pride swelling in your chest as Mi gives you a mysterious look
"Which is why I must ask this youngster for advice concerning the care of ascended beasts" He suddenly requests as if he were gossiping or exchanging gardening tips "As your unprecedented rise has allowed the meeker beasts of the world, the naturally docile and timid, the prey as it were, to achieve the same level of intellect as those more wily and ferocious of creatures, such as the ever proud housecat"
You blink.
This is totally unexpected. The most fervent and loyal to the heavens amongst the orthodox sects taking on Ascended beasts so quickly, the sect that long coveted the natural wealth of the primordial forest seeming to not care at all a heretical upstart took a big chunk of its richest and most fertile woodlands for herself before they could act, this old man treating you as an equal so readily. It's all so strange isn't it? And a little suspicious
"What kind of animal are they" The ruler in you asks, curious and out of concern for her rightful subjects
"Rabbit. Red Panda. Giant Panda. Ice tailed Macaque" He answered without delay "The sort of beasts that were the easiest to hunt for demon slayers, before the recent outlawing of the practice in Chuan"
You squint and can't help but scowl as you try and spot any sign of deceit or scheming in the glassy, half blind eyes of this seemingly kindly old master.
"The kind that made me doubt that Malevolence was inherent to the nature of speaking animals" He continues, staring blankly towards the sky "For how could a rabbit terrorize? Why would a Panda hunger for meat? Oddities that only became apparent when I questioned the long held status quo. This old man thanks you, for lifting the fog from his weary eyes. We may proceed once you tell me how to best care for them and raise them to be proper daoists. I am curious about those spiritwoods I can sense deeper within, in that walled of section of forest, after all. Quiet curious indeed, yes, yes"
What do you tell Mi Shendao, Huanliuxue
>Exactly how to care for ascended beasts, and tell him your own trials with cultivating as a beast and how you had to adapt techniques, spells and even meditation positions to work with your body, so he'll have a foundation to work off of >By selfishly demanding he turn them over to your custody, as it is your right to do so! >Explain that part of the tournament is intended for ascended beasts to stand out and display their abilities, and offer his newest disciples an official invitation to join in on those trials and contests >The Tragically short life of Yujijiao >The truth of the heavens >Write in Anonymous
>>5969447 >Exactly how to care for ascended beasts, and tell him your own trials with cultivating as a beast and how you had to adapt techniques, spells and even meditation positions to work with your body, so he'll have a foundation to work off of >Explain that part of the tournament is intended for ascended beasts to stand out and display their abilities, and offer his newest disciples an official invitation to join in on those trials and contests >The Tragically short life of Yujijiao Anonymous
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>>5969450 >I support all these options However, I must add this in.
>I am the Empress of ascended beasts and Friend to all children, Patriarch Mi. All of them are unser my protection, even if they do not recognise it as my influence which shields them. In exhange for knowing uow to care for them, I wish you to make it clear to them that I and the Palace of Natural Laws is always a haven for them. They should know their ruler, though she has never met them, Still holds their interest in her mind. Anonymous
>>5969447 >Exactly how to care for ascended beasts, and tell him your own trials with cultivating as a beast and how you had to adapt techniques, spells and even meditation positions to work with your body, so he'll have a foundation to work off of An Orthodox cult with ascended beast disciples? I wonder how common that is going to become. Either way personally I think it's great for the it to become more widespread, so giving Mi our assistance is for the best. I don't feel the need to monopolize ascended beast disciples, we are going to have a lot more then the average sect anyway, especially now with this temple and the pool having been setup.
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>>5969447 >Exactly how to care for ascended beasts, and tell him your own trials with cultivating as a beast and how you had to adapt techniques, spells and even meditation positions to work with your body, so he'll have a foundation to work off of >Explain that part of the tournament is intended for ascended beasts to stand out and display their abilities, and offer his newest disciples an official invitation to join in on those trials and contests >The Tragically short life of Yujijiao Anonymous
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>>5969465 Yeah, a monopoly is simply unviable but I do want to make sure our sovereignty is unchallenged
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>>5969447 >Exactly how to care for ascended beasts, and tell him your own trials with cultivating as a beast and how you had to adapt techniques, spells and even meditation positions to work with your body, so he'll have a foundation to work off of Anonymous
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>>5969450 Support
+Write-in
>"If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, however Master Mi I have kept one secret from the conference. For no one would believe me. Well, dare not believe me." Gaze at the sky, "I don't know when I will tell the world. but if you are ever about to ascend to heaven. I implore you to drink wine with me under the moonlight. And I shall tell that tale."
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>>5969447 >Explain that part of the tournament is intended for ascended beasts to stand out and display their abilities, and offer his newest disciples an official invitation to join in on those trials and contests Anonymous
>>5969447 >Explain that part of the tournament is intended for ascended beasts to stand out and display their abilities, and offer his newest disciples an official invitation to join in on those trials and contests Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
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Ending the vote, tallying the result now.
Exactly how to care for ascended beasts, and tell him your own trials with cultivating as a beast and how you had to adapt techniques, spells and even meditation positions to work with your body, so he'll have a foundation to work off of:7
Explain that part of the tournament is intended for ascended beasts to stand out and display their abilities, and offer his newest disciples an official invitation to join in on those trials and contests:7
The Tragically short life of Yujijiao:5
I am the Empress of ascended beasts and Friend to all children, Patriarch Mi. All of them are under my protection, even if they do not recognize it as my influence which shields them. In exchange for knowing how to care for them, I wish you to make it clear to them that I and the Palace of Natural Laws is always a haven for them. They should know their ruler, though she has never met them, Still holds their interest in her mind.:1
"If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask, however Master Mi I have kept one secret from the conference. For no one would believe me. Well, dare not believe me."...etc:1
So the tri combo is the winner, since Yujijiao's story meets both the prerequisites for being added as well (Half or more of the total + included with most of the winning option(s))
So you'll do just that, telling Mi how to care for ascended beasts and giving examples of your own training to give him a foundation, explaining the tournament and offering his students an official invitation
Before sharing with him the tale of the tragically life of Yujijiao.
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>>5969784 This is clearly a trick of the heavens!
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 05 Apr 2024 11:35:50 No. 5970233 Report "Well, to start, you need to realize and remember that they aren't human, and if they're recently awakened or have only lived as base beasts do, the greater the difference between how they think, feel and see the world and how you do as a human sheltered by walls and lantern light all your life is" You explain cautiously, treating every word like it could be a pitfall as you narrow your eyes and watch Patriarch Mi for any obvious signs of trickery or ill intent, but if he's plotting anything wicked, you can't detect a hint of it in his half blind eyes "That is the first and most important part of caring for ascended beasts, realizing their consciousness and values are different from your own, at least when they're young and still see humans as separate from the rest of nature"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 05 Apr 2024 11:36:51 No. 5970234 Report >>5970233 "How so?" Is the short reply you're given "You must know from experience how their training and cultivation must be changed from what is considered standard"
"My ears and tail. That is how I learned how to cast spells as quickly or even faster than cultivators of my level, even without hands to form signs and difficulty drawing talismans without inking my own tail" You immediately answer "Consider the basic protection spell, the barrier magic every sect teachers. I used my ears to shape it and measure its dimensions. And my tail, which I used with my ears to form signs to cast spells, or even create my own even as a novice. The monkey will have the easiest time learning spells, the others need to devise their own method, the rabbit could probably copy the ear part of my method, so can the red panda"
"I see. I see" He answers, mostly to show he is listening to everything you say and considering it all as important as what you said before
"And foundational techniques, these two need to be adapted to fit their bodies and thinking. Qinggong was a breeze for me to grasp, since cats are always light on their feet, but I admit I had difficulty learning other foundational skills when I was starting out" You proceed without waiting for him to say anything further "Like martial arts, it took rigorous training to form a style that fit my feline sensibilities and graces, especially as I was born with such lethal weapons as my sharp claws and fangs. Encourage them to be inventive, to stray from the path of their predecessors and improvise"
Mi grimaced but nodded even though he found the thought of abandoning the tried and true methods to be so distasteful he made that face like he just smelled a fresh pile of shit.
"Breathing exercises, how they sit while meditating, all of these need to be changed. Not for their comfort, but just so they can actually perform it! My little sisters, the Geges, they breathe through their skin, this means, while they can absorb Qi quicker than they should at their level, means no breathing technique thought up by men works for them, at least while they're in their natural forms" You say, speaking ever faster now as you start to realize that Mi can understand you even if you're talking as quickly as you possibly can "You don't have to worry about such an extreme case, unless you find an intelligent insect to teach, but keep in mind that your students will have strengths and weakness unique to them from birth, just because of what they were born as"
"So they shall each present different and unique challenges for both student and teacher to confront together" he surmises "And must be given special accommodations and treatment, perhaps we should establish a correspondence, so you may offer pertinent advise when necessary, such as when they are incapable of grasping certain concepts initially or otherwise have difficulty learning"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 05 Apr 2024 11:37:52 No. 5970235 Report >>5970234 "If you're not confident you can figure it out on your own, I'd be happy to continue to assist you in raising these children" You answer more than a little mockingly, though Mi takes the teasing and lets it flow off of him like water off of a duck's back "Just remain aware that they see the world through different eyes and don't have hands, and it should be fine"
"One never knows what obstacles they may find in their journey" The older daoist remarks and you have to admit, that he's right
"That's true, which is why I'm more than happy to continue lending a helping hand with their development, which is also why, I have an offer of my own to make" You say with a snort, as you lead Mi deeper into the temple, so he may admire and praise the facilities intended for the use of the inner disciples that will one day reside there "Surely you've heard I intend to host an intersect tournament here, well, as there has been a population boom of magical beasts, some contests will be set aside solely for them to compete and display their prowess, to stand out from the rest of the pack"
"I presume, then, this offer is an invitation for my newly taken on disciples to compete, without going through the trials of qualifying?" Mi guesses correctly as you grin cheekily and nod excitedly
"Of course, of course, It is a princess' right to play favorites, no?" You cackle as he frowns
"Though I feel guilt for accepting such a bribe, on their behalf, as it is always better to earn privileges through one's own abilities, I am aware these first beasts are to stand as an example of what they can accomplish if given the opportunity" He answers after several tense moments of silence. And you don't get what he's feeling ashamed off
"Patriarch Mi, just make them train harder. They might be given a free spot in the tournament, but they won't accomplish anything if they aren't prepared for it" You tell him bluntly as he inspects the stonework of one of the buildings intended to be a medicinal storehouse "Now, once you're no longer fascinated by bricks"
"That contain blood" he interrupts
"That contain blood, would you like to see the spiritwoods you were so interested in earlier?" You ask as he smiles and nods.
Walking him and his forgotten "voice" he shambles like a poorly made Jiangshi behind the two of you, Mi names every variety of Qi rich tree he passes by, until he isn't. Which happens quickly, which means that his tour slows to a crawl as he and his assistances inspect every peculiar spirit wood in the grove and remark about its potential uses and properties. Which while useful, is more than a little boring, since you already knew they weren't like other spiritwoods when they were first transformed, though the variety that heals and regrows extraordinarily quickly is of interest, you don't learn much more about the unusual trees beyond that the ones with oozing red sap grow back quickly.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 05 Apr 2024 11:38:53 No. 5970236 Report >>5970235 Since the second times Mi bids one of his servants to cut the bark of a tree that caught his eye, reacts violent and slaps the poor bastard so hard he's knocked unconscious, and the Eight Heavenly Gates Sect disciples stop testing the spiritwoods for an unusual properties, but still remark on how odd the spiritual energy contained within them feels as they walk pass them warily.
And as the wind whistles through the branches, making the odd fruit and strange leaves they bare dance in the air, the urge to speak out builds up in you, as the breeze begins to sound like Yujijiao's whimpers when you first found her ghost, half mad and deranged from her brutal murder. While Mi Shendao seems to have the best interests of his newest students in mind, trust isn't something you give easily outside of your own sect. And it'd be best if he's reminded about what used to happen to beasts whose only crime was being born special.
"You may recall, Old man, a few years ago, when I was just an unpleasant rumor, of a demonic beast that rose up in the sands and took dominion of one of the precious oasis up there. A horned serpent with jade horns, that the people called Yujijiao" You begin, and all the chattering aids immediately fall deathly silence, as the low, threatening tone of your voice rumbles through the air like half a growl "A naive girl who, by accident, cowed and terrified the people into her service, who thought her guarding of the life giving water was a good, even heroic deed, who didn't realized she was feared and abhorred, just because she was born in a snake skin. A child who didn't hurt anyone unless they sought her out to challenge her, who received gifts for reasons she didn't understand"
"I..I do not" He admits weakly, seeing the rage of the unquiet dead darkening your eyes
"An innocent, pure soul, whose only flaw was being a little proud. And she was killed. For no reason besides the fact the high and mighty beloved by the heavens had their pride wounded because another beast was offending them by thriving after wronging them" You explain with venom dripping from your words, and actual venom dripping from your tongue as you speak "She died afraid and alone, young. Never seeing the world beyond her oasis, and the people celebrated it, when all she wanted to do was protect and share the waters she guarded with them. I keep her lost soul close, to remind me of the many, many wrongs committed against my people, and the fate that awaits them if I do not provide them with a sanctuary"
Mi Shendao gulps, and rubs his hands nervously as a few of the weaker aids drop down like flies, fainting just from the pressure you're exuding and the glimpse of your aura. You of course, left out, that Yujijiao is doing well as a disembodied spirit, and is currently off training her ghostly cultivation method...somewhere. But they don't need to know that.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 05 Apr 2024 11:39:54 No. 5970238 Report >>5970236 "A responsibility, you now share. While your duty may be lesser than mine, and taken on as more of a hobby or passing interest, I shall make it clear now. That if the tragedy of the short lived Yujijiao is repeated in your halls" You somberly continue, voice quiet yet more threatening than any roar or hiss "You will earn the enmity of the eater of grudges, Mi Shendao"
"I understood this when I welcomed them into my monastery" He quickly explains, mouth opening before he forces it shut with a firm hand, nearly breaking his vow of silence in the heat of the moment "Have I not made clear that I intend to give them refuge and succor, to make up for the wrongs and mistakes of the past, even to the extent of exiling my dearest pupil because...I cannot say more, I cannot"
"It is in my nature to be slow to trust, and it isn't just because I'm a cat, you try growing up and living under constant threat of painful death because you were born with fur instead of skin" You start shouting before calming and composing yourself, the outrage you still feel at not just your treatment but that of all your people sparking misplaced anger, which is only further fueled by the fact that you still aren't praised as you would've been as the genius you are, even after attaining human form and making the sects of Chuan realize you weren't a monster, if you had been born human.
"I promise these children will not know that hardship" He comforts softly, which just pisses you off more. You don't need his pity, but you hold back from snapping at him and snarl
"They had better" You reply, with anger still raising your voice as you stifle and stomp back down the grudges awakened in your belly "Forgive my outbursts, but you should understand why I'm...testy about this. I'm entrusting you with their lives, when you've only just stopped hunting them for sport"
Mi bows his head
"And for that, I am grateful for your trust, and realize how austere of a responsibility I've taken on. I shall treat them well, Lady Huanliuxue. Your anger needs not be forgiven, however, I implore you to not blame the heavens for the folly of man. For they are the cause of your tragic past, and the unfortunate fate of Yujijiao. Not the gods." He says and your eye twitches as you clench the blood in your heart to cool your blood and stop the strongest grudge smoldering in your gut from taking hold of your tongue and shouting something that'd ruin the newly built, positive relationship between the Palace of Natural laws and Eight Heavenly Gates sects.
'It is not his fault he is blind' You remind yourself, nodding to show your approval
"Master Mi, what was that all about" His "voice" weakly asks, looking confused as the pressure relents and you seal your aura to keep it from overwhelming the weaklings
He simply smiles.
"May I see the source of the primordial beast essence roiling through the air, Huanliuxue?" He asked instead, ignoring his worried disciple's question
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Fri 05 Apr 2024 11:40:55 No. 5970239 Report >>5970238 "You may, you may" You cheerfully reply, lingering resentment still roiling around your head and making you feel gloomy even if you're putting on a smiling face
What do you do once Mi Shendao's tour of the Garden of the Wild Empress is finished, Huanliuxue?
>Offer to escort him and his students back to his own territory, as an apology since you still feel kind of bad about snapping about him, and because you want to see his beast students >Send your idle disciples off on jobs, to help Monu and Siwang prepare for the tournament or to gather funds to do so. >Select a few of your disciples to train, and bring your two carmine mystic "Descendants" to the garden to help you investigate the bloodsucking orchard and to see how they've expanded their mysticism. >Take a break from tournament prep to go kick in the ghost king's teeth. >With Yujijiao's death fresh in your mind, realize that the tournament will probably attract the Ling Ogress from whatever battlefield she's found for herself since Monu befriended her. And track down Yujijiao so you can see if she's strong enough to kick her ass yet >Write in Anonymous
>>5970239 >Take a break from tournament prep to go kick in the ghost king's teeth. Anonymous
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>>5970239 >Kick in the ghost kings teeth. >Have our mystics investigate the garden. >Ask him what the fuck he was talking about with dao hearts and shit. It's weird. Anonymous
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>>5970239 >Kick in the ghost kings teeth. >Send your idle disciples off on jobs, to help Monu and Siwang prepare for the tournament or to gather funds to do so. >Have our mystics investigate the garden. We go deal with ghost king,
our disciples help with tournament.
And our mystics investigate the garden as a learning expereince.
Anonymous
>>5970239 >Take a break from tournament prep to go kick in the ghost king's teeth. >bring Yujijiao We can test her cultivation as we kick around the head of that bastard, but I don't feel she's going to be up to fight the Ling Ogress yet.
Which is why she needs some one on one training.
As for the orchard we can do a botany lesson with our two carmine mystics and most recent human pupil together after the tournament concludes.
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>>5970239 >Take a break from tournament prep to go kick in the ghost king's teeth and bring Yujijiao >Send your idle disciples off on jobs, to help Monu and Siwang prepare for the tournament or to gather funds to do so. Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Sat 06 Apr 2024 10:59:37 No. 5970923 Report Familial duty calls, so I won't be able to end the vote/ write an update today and maybe the day after, since I need to house sit and take care of a few needy kittens. Which isn't too bad, since votes are coming in slowly and I was given enough forewarning to, well, warn you juniors about it.
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>>5970923 The dao of nieces and nephews is an unbearably strong one.
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>>5970239 >Take a break from tournament prep to go kick in the ghost king's teeth. Anonymous
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>>5970421 >bring Yujijiao Sounds good. We also need Ping and Qiang for this.
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>>5970239 >Take a break from tournament prep to go kick in the ghost king's teeth. Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q
Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 08 Apr 2024 07:54:29 No. 5972716 Report Quoted By:
Ending the vote and tallying the result now. Had to spend the whole two days catsitting since my clan forsook me, and left me to contend with the demonic beasts on my lonesome. Not that I'm complaining, love cats. Also, Huan has qualified in the King/ Queen of /QST/ Contest thing by a whisker's width, and a lot of lovely fan art of her has been made their. So that's made me happy. Anyways, anyways, getting to the tallying.
Take a break from tournament prep to go kick in the ghost king's teeth.:8
-Bring Yujijiao:2
-+Ping and Qiang:1
Have your mystics investigate the garden.:2
Question Master Mi about Dao Hearts:1
Send your idle disciples off on jobs, to help Monu and Siwang prepare for the tournament or to gather funds to do so.:2
Landslide victory for destressing by going to kick some Ethereal Ass. As one does.
Update will arrive shortly
>>5971143 Especially when they're adorable kittens who can't be left alone for a day.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 08 Apr 2024 08:35:05 No. 5972731 Report Mi Shendao, is polite and respectful enough to not so much as request to dip his toes in the Pool of Primordial Origins, contenting himself with floating along its boundary and edge, not even daring to touch his toes to the shore as his juniors and assistants contend with the overwhelming bestial essence roiling up from its surface along with the pleasant steam. Some of them are more affected by it than others, though none of them are so fortunate to sprout a new pair of handsomer feline ears or have the colors of their eyes shift or incisors jut out and grow into fangs.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 08 Apr 2024 08:36:06 No. 5972732 Report >>5972731 "Over a few flowers. I believe, your mother was present to see my humiliation" Mi continues with a sagely nod "You have her laugh, you know"
"One of my many charm points" You answer with a flippant stretch and yawn "And if you want to know what Feiqing is doing, he's fighting weeds at the moment"
"Gardening?" Mi's voice questions, though the old man himself seems to catch on
"I shall not pry, you and I have just found common ground, I would not spoil the friendship that may blossom between our two sects by rotting the roots" He decides with an invigorating rush of Qi radiating from him, his way of "laughing" "Unless fate arranges for us to cross paths again, I shall await meeting you at the tournament, with at least one of my students worthy of partaking it and being introduced to their self proclaimed queen, Hm?"
And with that he turns away, and after escorting him to the gates of the temple, the both of you give the other polite goodbyes as he leads his disciples back out into the forest. And his "Voice" begins ringing that chime that sounds like a gigantic bell.
Sighing, you rub your temple. Even those Mi was a pleasant enough guest and you enjoyed having your work praised and complimented, giving that tour was stressful and tiring. Mostly because it took a lot of effort not to mouth off about the heavens in the presence of their loyal follower and because of the itching feeling in the back of your head that one wrong move would've had a bolt of heavenly retribution singeing your buttocks. You need a break~ and badly~. And with Siwang and Monu and Feiqing picking up the slack and helping to prepare the temple for the tournament, you can take one. And no one could complain that you did, considering you built an entire temple from scratch and filled it with such wonderous things, even though it is smaller than you'd imagined and wanted it to be, but no one but you knows of that secret failure and the shame of it.
But still, while stretching out under the sun and dozing off sounds nice, the anticipation has gotten you all excited and fired up. You can't relax by taking it easy, you need to destress by expending this energy.
And what better way than paying a visit to the forgotten king, who had the audacity to try and attack you during your meditation and who has been a thorn in your paw since the beginning! There is a reason you had all of your students train to subjugate and exorcise ghosts, and it was to get revenge on that smug bastard who thinks he can freely command YOUR kingdom of the dead and damned!
But, even though just the thought of it is exciting, it doesn't blind you to the dangers of entering the kingdom of hungry ghosts and picking a fight. Sure you could do that, but being cautious is always wise when approaching a rival or some other threat. And while you'd gotten lucky with Laohue, you know most of your students aren't ready to fight spirits that fierce or even stand in their presence.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Mon 08 Apr 2024 08:38:10 No. 5972734 Report >>5972732 Ping, Qiang, Fu, they're the best choices, Yujijiao could also prove useful depending on how strong she's become as a ghost. Baifenchi's necromancy could also prove useful. Monu, you aren't certain she has poisons that can affect the dead, even if she wasn't busy. Qinxin came from a sect with secret soul killing techniques...
You sigh and pout, rapping your knuckles against your cheek in thought as you go through every member of your sect and measure their ghost fighting ability and natural talent to decide if they can partake in kicking ghostly ass.
<span class="mu-s"> Double vote </span>
Who do you decide to bring to subjugate the forgotten king
>Just bring those who excel at fighting the dead/ who practice ghostly laws or exorcist techniques (Fu, Ping, Qiang, Yujijiao, Huili, Baifenchi) >Bring along a few of your weaker students, to deal with the fodder and give them a chance to grow (Which ones?) >Reach out to your allies, and request their assistance in the subjugation. >Hire some help (From nearby sects/ Hell itself) >Write in And what do you do to prepare, Huanliuxue?
> By watching the results of your students training, to see if they're ready to hunt ghosts >By handing out pills, drugs and medicines to help them endure the strong ghostly energy of the lower catacombs (Alchemy trial DC 80, to create new drugs. You can also hand out the ones you've traded/ bought/ have on hand already) >Get in some practice yourself and experiment with your new assortment of abilities and powers (Combined training. DC 160. Remember you do have a substantial bonus to this roll, if you wish to apply it) >Use Xiongji to send a very insulting letter and declaration of war to the forgotten king on your behalf and then attack days earlier than you say you will in the letter (Trickery trial. DC ???) >Write in I've been waiting for you to challenge the forgotten king since you first chose the catacombs, so I am very, very excited about this
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>>5972734 >Bring along a few of your weaker students, to deal with the fodder and give them a chance to grow (Which ones?) I don't even remember all of our students
> By watching the results of your students training, to see if they're ready to hunt ghosts >By handing out pills, drugs and medicines to help them endure the strong ghostly energy of the lower catacombs (Alchemy trial DC 80, to create new drugs. You can also hand out the ones you've traded/ bought/ have on hand >Use Xiongji to send a very insulting letter and declaration of war to the forgotten king on your behalf and then attack days earlier than you say you will in the letter (Trickery trial. DC ???) Anonymous
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>>5972768 That's why we have the document full of our students.
>>5972734 >Just our excelling students [Plus Huoli the ashgale] >Inspect our disciples training. >Hand out drugs [make new drugs] >Practice ourselves, dc 160. We should train ourselves to get more comfortable in mixing and utalising our skills to lower the combat DC's.
I like sending a formal letter of war anyway, but I don't wish to go before it.
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>>5972734 >Bring a mix of ghost specialists and students in need of growth >Fu, Qiang, Yujijiao, Baifenchi, Mao Yue, Wang Wencheng, Senlin Zhenren, Youzaiwang Mao still doesn’t have a focus, Wang is cowardly which needs to be ironed out, Youzaiwang was in a bit of a funk after Yinying became human so throw him a bone to regain some pride, Senlin’s Dao could also take advantage of whatever old bodies are left here.
> By watching the results of your students training, to see if they're ready to hunt ghosts >Get in some practice yourself and experiment with your new assortment of abilities and powers (Combined training. DC 160. Remember you do have a substantial bonus to this roll, if you wish to apply it) Anonymous
>>5972804 I do just want you to remind you, that the very area they are walking through will be hostile. Without a specific and tempered body or specific law to survive without bindings or pills.
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>>5972734 >>Just bring those who excel at fighting the dead/ who practice ghostly laws or exorcist techniques (Fu, Ping, Qiang, Yujijiao, Huili, Baifenchi) > By watching the results of your students training, to see if they're ready to hunt ghosts Anonymous
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>>5972734 >Just bring those who excel at fighting the dead/ who practice ghostly laws or exorcist techniques (Fu, Ping, Qiang, Yujijiao, Huili, Baifenchi) >By handing out pills, drugs and medicines to help them endure the strong ghostly energy of the lower catacombs (Alchemy trial DC 80, to create new drugs. You can also hand out the ones you've traded/ bought/ have on hand already) I would rather do this one as a sort of spec ops/ infiltration mission, rather than fighting our way through the army of the damned we sneak into the throne room and cut off the head of the snake. All other ghosts should quickly submit after that.
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>>5972734 >Just bring those who excel at fighting the dead/ who practice ghostly laws or exorcist techniques (Fu, Ping, Qiang, Yujijiao, Huili, Baifenchi) >Get in some practice yourself and experiment with your new assortment of abilities and powers (Combined training. DC 160. Remember you do have a substantial bonus to this roll, if you wish to apply it) We've needed a chance to train and study our powers for some time anyway.
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>>5972734 >Just bring those who excel at fighting the dead/ who practice ghostly laws or exorcist techniques (Fu, Ping, Qiang, Yujijiao, Huili, Baifenchi) >By handing out pills, drugs and medicines to help them endure the strong ghostly energy of the lower catacombs (Alchemy trial DC 80, to create new drugs. You can also hand out the ones you've traded/ bought/ have on hand already) Anonymous
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>>5972734 >Just bring those who excel at fighting the dead/ who practice ghostly laws or exorcist techniques (Fu, Ping, Qiang, Yujijiao, Huili, Baifenchi) >By handing out pills, drugs and medicines to help them endure the strong ghostly energy of the lower catacombs (Alchemy trial DC 80, to create new drugs. You can also hand out the ones you've traded/ bought/ have on hand already) Anonymous
by the way grandfather, Why don't you go to the kings and queens of /QST/ thread and collect your fan art.
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>>5972812 eh, fair point, plus I don't have a strong enough argument to try and convince people.
>>5972804 Switching to
>Just bring those who excel at fighting the dead/ who practice ghostly laws or exorcist techniques Though I'll throw in formally inviting Quixin (because I have a gut feeling he'll follow Ping in anyways)
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>>5973927 A couple of them are good. The others are fantastic.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 10 Apr 2024 08:44:32 No. 5974306 Report Quoted By:
Ending the vote, tallying the result now.
Bring along a few of your weaker students, to deal with the fodder and give them a chance to grow:1
Just bring those who excel at fighting the dead/ who practice ghostly laws or exorcist techniques :7
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By watching the results of your students training, to see if they're ready to hunt ghosts: 4
By handing out pills, drugs and medicines to help them endure the strong ghostly energy of the lower catacombs:5
Use Xiongji to send a very insulting letter and declaration of war to the forgotten king on your behalf and then attack days earlier than you say you will in the letter:1
Get in some practice yourself and experiment with your new assortment of abilities and powers:3
So you will just bring your students who excell at fighting ghosts or practice ghost aligned techniques/ are exorcists, and will see the results of their training yourself to see if they're ready to fight hungry ghost, fierce spirits, mad phantoms and calamities the level of Xiongj as well as handing out pills, drugs and medicines to help those who can't endure the dense deathly Yin Qi in the catacombs (Such as the hell's mantle medicine)
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>>5973927 >>5973930 Hah! Junior thinks me to be an old ghost! I've already collected the offerings, all six of them.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 10 Apr 2024 09:47:52 No. 5974326 Report Your students are gathered in the underground courtyard, in front of the golden lotus altar where you now lounge, dressed in your spider silk armor to impress upon all present exactly why you had gathered them all together. The Palace of Natural laws was going to march to war against the dead that had dared to launch a cowardly attack while you were in deep, graveside meditation. The atmosphere becomes tense, as the air becomes electrified like the moments before a storm arrives as one by one, your disciples, from the lowliest of the outer disciples to the fine specimens that make up the core of your sect, present themselves to you before the lotus with cupped fist and a respectful bow or the closest equivalent they can manage with the bodies they were born with, before displaying the results of their anti ghost combat training.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 10 Apr 2024 09:48:53 No. 5974327 Report >>5974326 <span class="mu-s"> Yujijiao has achieved Qi Condensation Rank 9 and has reached a bottleneck, but has gained the focus (Curses). She has also undergone ghostly evolution, twice. Hunger Incarnate ( 饥饿化身, Jī'èhuàshēn), giving power over famine and starvation, able to turn ghosts into hungry ghosts and curse others with unusual hungers, as well as allowing her to "Devour" Qi, Breath and Life Force (Among other things). and Curse Princess (魔咒格格, Mózhòugége), Increasing her ghostly presence/ deathly yin Qi, empowering her supernatural/ ghostly powers, and making weaker/ lesser ghosts and spirits naturally subservient to her </span>
And you have to admit, her new, ghastly look is too your liking, even if her severed head and loose stiches were already delightfully grisly, she's gotten even more macabre and "Frightening", looking as ghostly royalty should, embracing her nature as a fierce spirit and vengeful soul, with her "Ordinary" Ghostly appearance now appearing partially skeletal and where she isn't just ethereal bones and sun dried skin, she looks starved and rail thin. Ghostly green fires burn in her eyes, and the horns that gave her half of her name have branched and multiplied, looking more like deer antlers now or the sort of tree people imagine when they hear the word "gallows". They are also wreathed in sickly green flames, in fact most of her is, especially the parts of her that have turned to ethereal bone, where they are also joined by clouds of grudges that rises from her "Flesh" like miasma from a decaying corpse.
Her oily, gem like green jade scales have only grown more stunning and elegant seeming, contrasted by her more monstrous traits, still shining like stars in a night sky, and when her coils shift, a faint image of pale white scales appear over her skeletal half, which concludes in a sharp, scythe like blade on the end of her tail which has grown longer and fatter, even if she looks like she's a ghost born from a famine now, with her ribs visible through her snake skin or literally visible and stripped clean of flesh, sinew and fat.
But perhaps what enthralls you and catches your eye the most, demanding attention, is how her mouth has been rent open and torn to widen it and spread it apart, allowing her to open her mouth wider than any living snake her size could, her jaws only still connected by the same red thread and iron nails and bands the crow king used to reattach her head to her neck.
"Marvelous, such ghastly beauty, I might have a rival in you some day, Yujijiao" You titter as you shuffle around her, lovingly running your hand over her scales as you praise her "I have not seen a ghost as lovely and frightening as you are"
Your compliments soothes her and her more, gruesome, aspects lessen as she flickers from her massive, ghostly snake image to that of a faint shadow of a woman attached to the neck of a snake by her hips, grinning luridly and creepily which is also a nice look for her.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 10 Apr 2024 09:49:54 No. 5974329 Report >>5974327 "Mistress Xuebai saw the magnificent new me and grew so jealous her ghostly aura grew deathly cold even for the dead. I hope I haven't overstepped, but I allowed her to borrow the manual you entrusted with me. But that should be alright, right? She is also royalty, and dead just like me" She says, preening herself as her default state reasserts itself suddenly as you were admiring the stitching on her "Human" half's neck, much to your disappointment
"I don't think Xuebai needs help, she's already pretty strong as far as ghosts go, when she's more serious than mischievous, which I'm not certain she ever is" You say with a pout as you slink through her ethereal body, making her yelp like you'd just pinned her against a wall as you relish in her stronger ghostly aura and essence "But that's alright, Xuebai might be an idiot, but she isn't an idiot, if that makes sense. I trust she won't lose the manual, even if she only ends up using it's techniques to play around"
"Stop drawing on my ghostly breath master" Yujijiao complains as you step through the other side of her, lapping up a streak of her enmity against the ogress, savoring its almost rotten tastes as it oozes down your throat like oil "I worked hard to gather this much deathly yin qi!"
"Sorry, sorry, your resentment looked too delicious to resist having a bit of it for a snack" You giggle teasingly, patting her on the head "Well, feel free to frighten your juniors by suddenly appearing out of the shadows at them, I've got a few last minute preparations to make before we can get to work, and show the dead the terror of two deathly princesses working in tandem, alright, alright?"
And with that, you skip away to pilfer your supplies of medicines, drugs and pills and to gather together ingridients to make new ones, and newly run into Luli while you're thinking about which of your disciples will need assistance surviving the depths of the catacombs.
"That...I can see her" She whispers, voice wispy with fright as she looks past you to see Yujijiao's coils slip down the hallway with a rattling laugh, as she takes your offer to scare others with gusto and a liveliness the dead rarely have "She isn't... dangerous is she?"
"Not to you" You vaguely answer, ruffling her green hued hair as she stares wide eyed with fright at the flicking tail of your ghostly student "She is your elder martial sister, and a good girl when she isn't being gloomy about her death. Try talking to her, if you run into her again, she's probably safer to be around than Lei"
"The mute one. Who is a real demonic cultivator" She says quietly, clinging to your leg for protection as she looks around, expecting more scary ghosts to suddenly appear "I've been avoiding him , even though he seems oddly kind, he can't be a...good person, can he?"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 10 Apr 2024 09:50:54 No. 5974331 Report >>5974329 "He's mostly just weird, Even I have no idea what goes on in his head" You say with a roll of your eyes "But I did have to rip a demon out of him, that he sealed inside of himself to take its power. Just don't get caught up in his madness, Luli, or his foolishness"
She nods, lips pursed as she takes your advice to heart, even if you think Lei isn't that bad, she does have a point. He probably would be considered a villain outside of your sect, if he didn't spend most of his time messing around or doing odd things. But as you think about your mute student and if he'd be safe to let wander around without Ping or Feiqing's supervision, a though passed your mind, and you scooped Luli up and hoisted her onto your shoulders.
She gave an adorable squeak as you more or less kidnapped her so she could help you make medicine, since learning a touch of underworld alchemy would be good for her training.
"Master?!" She cried as you laughed and carried her away "What are you doing?"
"We're going to make ghostly medicine, dear disciple of mine, it'll be fun" You snicker as you carry her off deeper into the temple as she wraps her arms around your neck tightly, holding on for dear life.
<span class="mu-s"> Roll 2d100. DC 80. Best out of five </span>
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Rolled 61, 63 = 124 (2d100) >>5974331 I will now roll 160!
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Rolled 17, 48 = 65 (2d100) >>5974331 Anonymous
Rolled 52, 85 = 137 (2d100) >>5974331 ALCHEMY!
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Rolled 33, 57 = 90 (2d100) >>5974331 Anonymous
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Rolled 7, 78 = 85 (2d100) >>5974331 Just woke up AND ROLLIN BABY
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>>5974338 50 above DC is great, we're sitting pretty
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 10 Apr 2024 12:34:28 No. 5974379 Report Quoted By:
>>5974338 Fantastic success. 50 over DC. Sorry for taking awhile, I was watching the daily life of the immortal king.
Update will arrive shortly
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 10 Apr 2024 14:09:53 No. 5974414 Report Of course, creating the medicinal pills and spirit drugs that will help your disciples weaker and less ghostly energy infused bodies endure the deathly cold and vitality sapping air of the lower catacombs is easier than turning over your hand. It might be less difficult than extending a claw or yawning. You've kept a large supply of the herbs and grasses necessary to create the body stabilizers that'll prevent them from suffering an overabundance of Yin and Deathly yin energies, since there was always the danger of the ghostly qi within the catacombs spilling out and turning into sickening and deadly miasma in the inhabited parts of your temple. And alongside the ingredients to make the handful of pills it'll take to strengthen and bolster their life force and reinforce their meridians, organs and living blood against the life sapping aura of strong ghosts, you also have more than enough Divine Blood Honey medicines and already made Hell's Mantle Medicines (地狱的斗篷 药, Dìyùdedǒupeng Yào) to spare a few to each of your students coming on this trip down into the depths. The latter you'd made too many of, since it turns out besides Baifenchi, you're pretty much the only member of your sect with any interest to take day trips down to the Yellow Springs, but they'll come in handy now protecting even your halest and more sturdy bodied disciples, like Fu, from succumbing to shock if there is a sudden increase in deathly yin qi or ghostly essence. The ever useful tireless stamina drug and some special herbal tea made from the stock of your personal garden, will also benefit them all, even if their bodies natural toughness and acclimation to Deathly Yin will be enough for them to tough out most of the eerie spiritual energy present in the catacombs of the forgotten king. Energies that'd weaken, sicken or just straight up kill cultivators who don't periodically and habitually immerse themselves in Qi that by the common sense of orthodox teachings, is best to be avoided if one cares about living a healthy life.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 10 Apr 2024 14:10:54 No. 5974416 Report >>5974414 It isn't hard enough that you need to watch your hands careful as you measure, weigh and grind, but you never thought it would be. And you didn't drag Luli into the workshop to have her do the busy work or make the process of grinding up spiritual herbs quicker or to act as an assistant to help you keep the furnace at temperature or to make certain you boil extracts for the exact right amount of time. You brought her here to help, so she could learn the properties of plants that only grow by graves or that can only germinate in the cold bleakness of the yellow springs, to teach her the basics of underworld alchemy and see if it would help her achieve greater comprehension and insight of the dao. And so far, she isn't letting you down, as she carefully slices the arrowroot open, and extracts its blood red sap, eyes intense with focus.
Smiling, you look away from her, and cheerfully return to work, veins bursting out of your finger tips, writhing in the air as you wring drops of blood from them, and add it to the yellow white salve you've made out of a base of corpse fat, bone ash and a few weaker healing pills and flesh mending drugs, watching as it begins to glint and sparkle with moondust as its hue first pinks and then reddens. Sure, you have enough Bone Mending Bamboo pellets that you could, if you wanted to be wasteful, have your disciples chew on like candy, but creating your own brand of wound healing elixirs is a shrewd move to make. It isn't an endless supply, and one day you'll run out of those miraculous pellets, and when that day comes, you don't want to rely on another sect to provide more. The quality could dip or they could ask for an outrageous price to resupply your store. Though you might need to test out the nameless red salve on someone, to make sure it doesn't have any unforeseen side effects. It probably won't, since you made it, but one can never be too careful about the well being of their students, especially when they're preparing them for a deadly fight.
And fighting ghosts, is very different from training to do the same, sure you could cow most specters just from absorbing their over abundance of deathly Yin energy, giving them some relief from the agony of undeath while weakening them at the same time. It was how you became a wild princess [野生 格格, Yěshēng Gége], back before you had any students or anyone besides Monu or Fu at your side. Qiang, Ping, Fu and probably Baifenchi could do it, and Yujijiao certainly could considering she's been doing it enough to raise her status as a ghost twice before she broke through the Qi Condensation Stage. But that isn't a sound strategy in a fight, they can resist or keep fighting out of loyalty. And you don't want to make soul eaters out of any of your lovely and ever so loyal disciples.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:yhW/lI4S Wed 10 Apr 2024 14:12:46 No. 5974418 Report >>5974416 Luckily, all of them have actual experience battling against the restless dead, Qiang lost her eye to one of their curses, Fu wears them on his back, Ping has a bit of a reputation as a mysterious wondering exorcist, Huili has been on ghost repression duty for awhile, Yujijiao has had to fight some of your more rowdy subjects, and Baifenchi. Well Baifenchi knows necromancy, so even if she hasn't fought against phantoms before, she should be as much of a natural enemy to them as the rest of the specialists you're bringing along on this ever so fun outing.
<span class="mu-s"> With the medicines you've created, the danger level of this mission has been signifigantly reduced for your Underlings, and the chance of them receiving mortal or crippling wounds has also been greatly lessened. They will also be able to fight for longer and more effectively, due both to their recent training and the drugs you've made for them to take. Luli has also grasped the basics of underworld alchemy, and working with so many strange and potent spiritual herbs, has brought her to the cusp of Qi Condensation Rank 5 (She is still however, at rank 4) </span>
<span class="mu-s"> Triple vote!!! </span>
Do you also give any of your students Strength of the Mountain Bending Rose Drug *Current supply, 3 doses*
>Give 1 to Fu >Give 1 to Qiang >Give 1 to Ping >Take 1 yourself >No >Give a different amount or to a different disciple (Write in) Do you allow Ping's dog (Qinxin) to tag along
>Yes >NO! And what is your initial plan of attack, Huanliuxue?
>Try to sneak into to portion of the tomb held by the forgotten king, unnoticed (Stealth + Underling Stealth trial! 2nd DC dependent on which underling is chosen to lead the others. DC for Huan is 65) >Send a formal declaration of war to the forgotten king, since it wouldn't be sporting otherwise >Let Xiongji and the other violent ghosts you employ run wild and go on a rampage, so you and your underlings can use the chaos to slip inside enemy territory. >Break open the seal and charge in, committing to a frontal assault! >Test out the potential of cosmic Qi to slice through space itself, and attempt to teleport your forces past the defenses the forgotten king has already established (Magic accuracy trial. DC 125) >Write in Apologies again for taking a little longer than usual with this update
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>>5974418 >Take one ourselves. Give 1 to Fu. Fu is the guy who does Body tempering. Kinda wasted on the others.
>Yes. If he really wants to. He is an exorcist or at least ghost killer oriented.
>Send a formal declaration of war. We want a direct fight, honestly.
It gives our students a chance to cut their teeth on the lesser ranks, and our soldiers cannot be killed.
Once our students are tuckered out and withdraw. . . Then we can just teleport down.
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>>5974418 >Give 1 to Qiang >>5974423 I'd say Qiang as well desu
they are both martial focused.
>Yes >Test out the potential of cosmic Qi to slice through space itself, and attempt to teleport your forces past the defenses the forgotten king has already established (Magic accuracy trial. DC 125) COSMIC
TRAINING
We have cosmic Qi, we should use it more, the more we use it the easier it will be to use it later.
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>>5974418 >Give 1 to Fu >Yes >Test out the potential of cosmic Qi to slice through space itself, and attempt to teleport your forces past the defenses the forgotten king has already established (Magic accuracy trial. DC 125) Anonymous
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>>5974418 >Give 1 to Fu >Give 1 to Qiang Since they fight more physical then spell and the last to study and create our own.
Do you allow Ping's dog (Qinxin) to tag along
>Depends can he actually fight ghosts effectively otherwise he'd have to set out. >Send a formal declaration of war to the forgotten king, since it wouldn't be sporting otherwise >Write-in also rally your ghost troops under your banner to bully the kings men Figure this shows how the ghosts we are honorable and there king is cowardly which will cause them to turncoat on there lord.
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>>5974418 >Give 1 to Fu and Qiang they're the two that are mostly likely to go in melee (besides maybe Huli)
>Invite Qinxin The Guardians of the Celestial Sunlight do practice exorcist arts, so he likely has some training from his time with them. Plus he can use this as a chance to prove himself to us since we normally pretend he doesn't exist.
>Send a formal declaration of war to the forgotten king, since it wouldn't be sporting otherwise I want to train Cosmic Qi, but these conditions aren't my cup of tea.
Also had a thought, could Xiongji latch onto Fu and give him a larger than normal boost? I'd imagine he wouldn't go berserk like he did against the corpse eater back in thread 13 since he's grown a good bit since then.
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>>5974418 >Give 1 to Fu >Yes >Test out the potential of cosmic Qi to slice through space itself, and attempt to teleport your forces past the defenses the forgotten king has already established (Magic accuracy trial. DC 125) I wonder if was use our two abnormally large snake fangs and Flood Dragon scale to make something to help Yujijiao with her bottleneck
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>>5974418 >Give 1 to Fu >Yes >Test out the potential of cosmic Qi to slice through space itself, and attempt to teleport your forces past the defenses the forgotten king has already established (Magic accuracy trial. DC 125) I wonder if we can use our two abnormally large snake fangs and Flood Dragon scale to make something to help Yujijiao with her bottleneck
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>>5974418 >No >Yes >Test out the potential of cosmic Qi to slice through space itself, and attempt to teleport your forces past the defenses the forgotten king has already established (Magic accuracy trial. DC 125) Anonymous
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>>5974418 >Give 1 to Fu >Give 1 to Qiang >Take 1 yourself I'm pretty torn on this, but Fu and Qiang both have a pretty strong martial focus so it will serve them well. And I can't resist eating one ourselves.
>Yes If he wants to come, I guess. But I do want to tell him not to use soul destroying techniques. (if he knows any) No reason to harm our future subjects more than necessary.
>Send a formal declaration of war to the forgotten king, since it wouldn't be sporting otherwise I personally don't just want to eliminate the threat the king poses, but also get his god-hating army under our banner. It will come in handy later.
To do that, playing the political game is just as important as the tactical one. He will not have room to refuse an official declaration of war, and defeating him head-on means his subjects will have little choice but to bend the knee.
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>>5974418 >Give 1 to Fu >Give 1 to Qiang >Give 1 to Ping >Yes >Send a formal declaration of war to the forgotten king, since it wouldn't be sporting otherwise Anonymous
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>>5974418 >No >Yes >Try to sneak into to portion of the tomb held by the forgotten king, unnoticed (Stealth + Underling Stealth trial! 2nd DC dependent on which underling is chosen to lead the others. DC for Huan is 65) I really wanna do this classic infiltration style. Qiang for second in command obviously.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:finYahsw Fri 12 Apr 2024 10:41:41 No. 5975947 Report Ending and tallying the vote now.
Take 1 yourself:3
Give 1 to Fu:8
Give 1 to Qiang:5
Give 1 to ping:1
No:2
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Yes:10
NO:0
Depends:1
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Send a formal declaration of war, since it wouldn't be sporting otherwise:6
Test out the potential of cosmic Qi to slice through space itself, and attempt to teleport your forces past the defenses the forgotten king has already established:4
rally your ghost troops under your banner to bully the kings men:1
Try to sneak into to portion of the tomb held by the forgotten king, unnoticed:1
So you'll send a formal declaration of war, permit Qinxin to partake in the ghost hunt, and give Fu 1 of the Strength of the mountain bending rose drug (leaving you with 2 doses)
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>>5974696 He could, but Xiongji is a very powerful and very crazed ghost, so keep that in mind
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:finYahsw Fri 12 Apr 2024 10:43:23 No. 5975948 Report Quoted By:
>>5975947 Oh hey my IP changed, neato.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:finYahsw Fri 12 Apr 2024 12:23:54 No. 5975972 Report "I don't believe any of you are dull enough that I need to say why I've called you to my quarters" You relish, tittering with glee as you tune Ghost Empress Melody, while Fu, Qiang, Ping, Huili, Yujijiao, and Baifenchi crowd in just beyond the doorway, the ghostly snake coiled up to the ceiling, as Baifenchi gazes up at her in wonder. Fu taps his foot on the ground, Qiang stands as still and unmoving as an embalmed corpse, Ping counts his prayer beads while Huili cackles, smoke escaping from his lips as the uninvited Qinxin lurks behind his sworn brother, looking nervous and furtive like you will pick him up by his collar like a wandering kit and toss him at of the room if he draws to much attention to himself
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:finYahsw Fri 12 Apr 2024 12:24:56 No. 5975973 Report >>5975972 "But before you ask, yes, Qinxin can join the subjugation mission, he might not have been taught by the best, but he still learned exorcist arts and having some variety in technique will only work in our favor" You say as Ping lifts up his head to speak and then bows it, smiling contentedly as Qinxin nearly deflates in relief and steps forward, cupping his fist and bowing deeply
"I am honored to be given the privilege of fighting alongside the grandmaster, I will not disappoint you and will fight with all my might to prove myself to the palace of natural laws!" He declares, clearly having practiced to say this in the chance you actually start paying attention to his existence
"Yeah yeah, get back in line" You cackle, waving your hand dismissively "I'm just curious to see what kind of tricks the Ling clan taught you, Heh-Heh"
Ping chuckles with an odd glint in his eyes as Qinxin, looks oddly proud of being sneered at. You frown, and decide it isn't worth your time to wonder why, and while you continue tightening ghost empress melody's strings with one hand, you reach into your robes and retrieve a small, red silk pouch and with a flick, send it hurtling at Fu
"Here, a gift to my first disciple" You snicker, squinting in amusement as Fu catches it, his arm a blur and eyes focused and determined, while Ping and Qiang lean away from him, reflexively dodging what could've been an attack. Their instincts are well honed!
"What is this, Lady Huanliuxue?" He asks as he pulls it open by the strings and plunges two searching fingers inside of it, and tenses as they find exactly what they were looking for
"An expensive steroid that I picked up when I rescued Little Luli" You sneer, eyes now gleaming with inner amber light as Fu lifts up the tangerine sized, dark pink pill and turns it around curiously between his fingers "the strength of the mountain bending rose drug"
"the strength of the mountain bending rose drug!?" Qinxin shouts, jaw dropping and eyes popping in shock as Ping runs a hand through his snow white hair and throws an envious glance Fu's way
"That is a treasure you're holding, Brother Fu" He says, breathless and reverent "My congratulations, that is quite the prize and show of favor"
"What's it do?" Fu himself asks blankly, blinking dumbly as Qiang tilts her head to one side, gazing intently at the pill
"Do you not know what a steroid is?" She asks bluntly, losing her usual cool faced composure as Huili snickers and Fu's scarred cheeks flush pink
"I grew up in a mountain" He says, as the pink turns into a red blush "I wasn't educated, Lanfen taught me how to read, remember?"
"I do, I do" Qiang says, almost sounding like she'd do the unthinkable and giggle "She certainly hasn't forgotten"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:finYahsw Fri 12 Apr 2024 12:25:57 No. 5975974 Report >>5975973 "It is a shortcut, that will permanently increase your strength and improve your muscles, it is the equivalent of ten years of rigorous training and physical cultivation. Or at least that's what the Thousand Lotus hall told me" You say blithely, tapping a finger on the side of your enchanted Guqin "I only have three of those, and they cost an arm and a leg to buy. But how much I value you, Fu, I consider handing over one to refine your body and make you stronger is a shrewd Investment...Heh-Heh"
"You've already given me so much, revenge, a better life, friends, family, ambitions, purpose. I am content as your servant, Lady Huanliuxue. I owe you a debt one life time can't repay, you introduced me to a vast and colorful world, But I know I can't refuse this gift. I am honored and deeply humbled by this award. I will work even harder, I promise, even when my bones are ground to dust I will still lift up my axes to fight your battles, most generous and kind master of mine. I cannot...I don't know the words to properly convey how deeply grateful I am for this, and for everything else you've done for me"
"Congratulations" Qiang says simply, patting Fu on the back as he begins to cry, openly and unashamed in front of his martial brothers and sisters. Huili scowls, and turns away with a scoff. Baifenchi marvels at his promise to fight even as ground up dust, Ping claps his hands, and so does Qinxin, you just recline and smirk.
"But, this humble blade must ask, what is our plan to infiltrate the domain of the lord of the malevolent dead?" She says as Fu wipes tears from his eyes, as Ping and Qinxin put their hands on his shoulders and give him their congratulations and praise as kneels, making a real show of getting ready to swallow down the pill
"Infiltrate?" You ask, yawning and smiling widely as Qiang's lips tug into a barely perspetive frown
"Yes, we're sure to be outnumbered and facing more deadly foes than we did in our last skirmish with the forgotten king's forces" She says dutifully, eyes narrowing slightly "It'd be best to catch them unaware, and by-pass most of the sentries and patrols. That'd give us the best chance of success"
"Yeah, it would. Though the seals and gates would make it difficult, since you need a certain amount of Yin Qi to move down the levels and less to move back up" You say, sitting back up straight and stretching your arms behind your back "However, that isn't a challenge, not at all sporting. I could probably walk right into his throne room if I wanted to, and despite his behavior, he is royalty just like myself"
Qiang's face turns scary, her plain, gloomy expression turning into an enraged scowl as she pieces together what you've done from what you've said and narrows her eyes.
"You've...You've warned them" She says tensely, lips pressed thin and tightly together "Alerted our target we're coming for him"
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:finYahsw Fri 12 Apr 2024 12:26:58 No. 5975976 Report >>5975974 "of course!" You laugh as Huili nods in approval and Ping forces a smile "Wouldn't be fun otherwise, I want a bit of excitement, and as I said, it'd have been rather unbecoming of me to sucker punch him while his guard was down. So I sent a formal declaration of war, which he should be receiving right about now
Qiang grinds her teeth, scowl deepening as her face starts to turn almost as red as her hair
"You...You" She hisses through her teeth as she struggles to remain calm and well composed. You know what she wants to say and call you, but she has too much respect and admiration of you to do either. That and she has a strong survival instinct, not that you'd do much worse than smack her on the head if she actually called you an idiot and you're certain she knows it, but Qiang is a good and polite girl, so she would never dare to something so rude anyways
"Haaaah" She groans, clouds resentment billowing from her mouth and blotting out her face as she gives a long, drawn out sigh and hangs her head like it'd been broken "Well that complicates things. This is going to be a real pain"
"Only a coward would need to stoop to such measures, the strong face their enemies head on and YAH!" Huili snickers before yowling in pain as Qiang gives his tail a hard stomp, and when he turns to snap at her, she grabs his mouth and holds it shut, eyes hard and unforgiving
"We should expect nothing less of our princess, a trial by fire? That's just a work out" Fu boasts as Ping nods
"The declaration also gives this invasion legitimacy and shows our master is a just and principled ruler, not sure how much that matters to the lunatic dead, but it will surely improve her standing in the eyes of those who aren't so insane as to have forgotten their pride and honor" Ping agrees, wrapping his prayer beads around his cursed arm
"Marching into the den of hungry ghosts is dangerous, trying to sneak in is more so" Qinxin says
"Hmm" Baifenchi coos wistfully but says nothing
"Not like it matters, we'll show our superiority in battle or guile" Yujijiao says boredly, blinking once as she slithers down from the ceiling
"I'll trust your instincts, Master" Qiang mutters, as she lets go of Huili's snout and crosses her arms sullenly, as Fu finally puts the steroid between his teeth and bites down on it.
And immediately doubles over as a bright pink light travels down his throat and spreads across his limbs in thin, root like lines. He winces, as his arms bulge and his muscles grow. He was already well built, broad shouldered, muscular and strong looking, but now he looks almost like a god of war, with arms and legs that look like they'd been carved out of stone or iron beaten into their shape, their muscles dense and thick. And his chest and stomach have had their muscles defined, shaped and refined into a stunning display of physical prowess and power, and if Lanfen was here, she might've fainted in pure delight.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:finYahsw Fri 12 Apr 2024 12:27:59 No. 5975979 Report >>5975976 His chest and abs would make other strong men weep and feel inadequate, yet he doesn't look brutish or ox like. He isn't overly bulky, and his muscles haven't grown large enough to restrict his movement or make him ungraceful or plodding. His muscles are compressed and condensed, denser than they should be, like a layer of internal armor. He's become the athletic ideal and envy of men everywhere, the very embodiment of the masculine model of might.
Though you aren't certain if he or Feiqing would win in a contest of raw strength, you can tell from a glance he's grown more powerful.
"Your clothes blew off" Qiang says dully as tatters of Fu's robes fall to the floor and Ping and Qinxin stare at him in awe, as inner energy surges and pulses down his arms and legs as he clenches his fists and unclenches his jaw
"Incredible!" He says, eyes popping open and a cocky grin spreading across his face "I feel so much stronger than before! That drug is incredible!"
"That isn't the only thing" Ping says, looking down wistfully at his own, much more willowy arms as Qinxin chuckles
"The ogress still has you beat" He remarks and immediately kills Fu's good mood and the pleasant atmosphere
"That may be true, but that is still rude, Qinxin" You snap, scolding him and smacking him over the head with a chop of your hand "Fu, get dressed and then meet the rest of us outside of the Demon's Head Gate"
"If we gave him two more..." Qiang says quietly, pondering something as she taps her fingers along the hilt of her sword, eyes turned upwards in idle contemplation.
"The ogress is a natural born monster" Qinxin says ruefully "She was cutting buildings in half before she was properly cultivating, I shudder to imagine what she's like now that she's been allowed to run wild"
"Blame the old witch for that" Qiang spits, a curl of grudge smoke rising from her lips as her eyes turn cold "No offense meant to the grand elder, of course"
She, Fu and the rest of that gang haven't shown your mother any respect since she chose to meet with Yaonan and ally with her. You can't blame them for their indignation, considering what that bitch did to them, but it is still troubling. But that is an issue you can grapple with later. You haven't touched on it yet, cause you know when something is dangerous to approach or toxic and is best left be. And their grievances towards Monu is clearly that.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:finYahsw Fri 12 Apr 2024 12:30:01 No. 5975981 Report >>5975979 How do you go about launching the invasion into the lower catacombs, Huanliuxue?
>Rally your ghostly army and lead the charge with your disciples at your side, breaking through the seals into their turf and attacking them head on [Command trial. DC 70] >Send scouts, lead by Qiang, into the layer directly beneath yours, having her pick out targets to weaken the defenses in preparation for your own attack [Underling Stealth Trial. DC 65] >Offer the spirits you've trapped a deal, you'll release them, if they turn coat and open the gates for your army. If they do this, you'll give them good positions in your court when its done [Persuasion trial. DC variable (Higher result, more people convinced). -20 due to loyalty to their old liege) >have Ping, Yujijiao, and Baifenchi help you create an emptiness of Ghostly Yin Qi by gathering it and condensing it all in one place, [Assisted Magic Trial. DC 160. +15 due to student support] >Send in Xiongji [Underling Martial trial. Auto success] >write in Anonymous
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>>5975981 The ghosts had their chance to change their coats.
They refused. So fuck em.
>Qiang targets and weakens the defences >Send Xiongji Open with the old reliable. Send in our trainee, then send in our declaration of intent. Mindless violence in human form.
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>>5975981 >Send scouts, lead by Qiang, into the layer directly beneath yours, having her pick out targets to weaken the defenses in preparation for your own attack [Underling Stealth Trial. DC 65] >Send in Xiongji as a distraction while Qiang works her magic Anonymous
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>>5975981 >Send scouts, lead by Qiang, into the layer directly beneath yours, having her pick out targets to weaken the defenses in preparation for your own attack [Underling Stealth Trial. DC 65] >have Ping, Yujijiao, and Baifenchi help you create an emptiness of Ghostly Yin Qi by gathering it and condensing it all in one place, [Assisted Magic Trial. DC 160. +15 due to student support] I would not send in Xiongji yet, this is an auto sucess, and neither of our DC's are over 100.
We should save him as a trump card for when we need him.
Patience fellow juniors.
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>>5975981 >Send scouts, lead by Qiang, into the layer directly beneath yours, having her pick out targets to weaken the defenses in preparation for your own attack [Underling Stealth Trial. DC 65] Now that we have declared war, stealth is fair game.
Xiongji will be an important asset, but it should be considered that the king is likely very familiar with Xiongji, and will have planned for dealing with him. (unless he is a total moron, of course) With that in mind, I say we throw him at the enemy, bait the king to spring his trap on the rooster general, then swoop in to ruin their day when they are vulnerable. We can probably take the first few layers ourselves first, but when the time comes Xiongji will make for an excellent lure.
We might want to reward Qiang with something when we are done here. She was shocked to hear we deliberately gave up our initiative, which is understandable, since we are looking down on the enemy who took her eye, which could easily be seen as dismissive. I doubt she actually took offense, but still, we should consider some gesture of appreciation once the opportunity arises.
Maybe extract some extra reward/apology from the king towards her? Or give her Laohue's eye.
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>>5975981 >Send scouts, lead by Qiang, into the layer directly beneath yours, having her pick out targets to weaken the defenses in preparation for your own attack [Underling Stealth Trial. DC 65] First we feel the place out. The ultraviolence comes in a mo.
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>>5975999 > Support Something loud, and something very quiet and sharp.
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Send scouts, lead by Qiang, into the layer directly beneath yours, having her pick out targets to weaken the defenses in preparation for your own attack [Underling Stealth Trial. DC 65]
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>>5975999 Supporting, from what I recall from prior underling trials, they don’t use our dice and are vulnerable to a 1 screwing things up. So I’m in favor of tipping things in our favor.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:finYahsw Sat 13 Apr 2024 13:20:27 No. 5976662 Report Ending the vote, tallying the result now, making a new thread. I've already archived this one.
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Our-Grandfather !!x2Y5mWD7k6q ID:finYahsw Sat 13 Apr 2024 14:38:23 No. 5976702 Report Quoted By:
>>5976662 >>5976698 New thread. I've missed Xiongji
