Ying Lin stood on her tiptoes, curious. Li Xiang sliced the blood off her sword and dashed to Hui’s side.
Chen Xigui held Ya Ai by her throat. He grew rapidly, while Ya Ai shriveled further. At the sight of the interlopers, he laughed. “...
2022-10-20 19:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostA spark of white light appeared at the end of the long, dark tunnel. Hui charged for it, reaching out. Come on! Just a little further!
A last rune rose up, larger than all the runes before it. It stood in Hui’s way, solid as a bri...
2022-10-19 18:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostAcross the room, Lu Xubo startled. He looked up at Li Xiang and Wang Xiu clashing. “Li Xiang—!”
Ying Lin grabbed him by his collar and held him in place. She frowned at him. “Li Xiang can handle it. Our job is to be the smokescreen t...
2022-10-18 17:33:00 +0000 UTC View PostChen Xigui led Ya Ai along, the two exchanging polite conversation and occasionally giggling at whatever they talked about. The guards glared at Hui and the others, all but cracking their knuckles. For their part, Hui pretended not to notice, Li X...
2022-10-17 16:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Let’s begin.”
“Not here. In my manor. Somewhere that’s safer, for both of us,” Chen Xigui replied.
Ya Ai stiffened. “Could you not do anything to me within your manor? I prefer to stay here, for my own safety.”
...
2022-10-16 15:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostA strange sect elder sat in Ya Ai’s room beside Ya Ai, not Hong Haitao but someone new. The two sat close together, conversing quietly. Ya Ai nodded, covering her smile with a sleeve, while the elder drew something on the boards for her.
H...
2022-10-15 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe city loomed up before them. Hui swallowed, checking his stock of talismans again. He peeked at the city from the ship’s rail, then went through his talismans one more time. There, there, there, yes, yes, hmm, okay, yes… all settled! 2022-10-14 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Li Xiang nodded. She gestured as she explained. “I can’t afford to risk weakening myself with childbirth with the battle with All-Heavens on the horizon, but afterward, we can attempt reproduction.”
Hui blinked at her. “Eh… hold up...
2022-10-13 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHong Haitao and Ya Ai exchanged a look. Silent communication passed between them. Hong Haitao’s frown deepened, but Ya Ai shook her head. Hong Haitao lowered his eyes first.
Ya Ai straightened up. “We will believe you. In any case, I hav...
2022-10-12 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostYellow petals blanketed the boat’s deck and rained down from the sky. Cultivators ran around, kicking up petals left and right. Lu Xubo glared imposingly down from on high. Petals poured out of his blade like water. A thick floral scent choked t...
2022-10-11 15:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostYa Ai sighed. She shook her head. “It’s a stabilization technique. If I don’t do it every day, my condition deteriorates more rapidly. I know it looks… unconventional, but it’s entirely pure.”
Hui nodded. Qi sharing isn’t a...
2022-10-10 16:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostHui dusted off his robes and stepped out of the forge, his new bell tinkling at his hip. As he walked, he carefully wound his qi away from the bell, mindful not to accidentally feed the spell. Even my passive qi is enough to activate the spell...
2022-10-09 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui drew about half of the molten metal out of the small bucket all at once. His brows furrowed, and he focused. The metal swirled in midair, obeying his urges. He shaped the rough form of a bell all at once, shaping more a simple bowl than a true...
2022-10-08 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHui looked around the room, nodding to himself. Well, that’s an anvil… and that’s a forge, a furnace, right? That’s a bucket, and over there, uhm, a fan? Is that a rake? And a hammer! Hammers are important, yes! Haha, those are some bi...
2022-10-07 20:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post“We mean none of you any harm,” Hui pledged.
Li Xiang muttered something under her breath. Hui glanced at her. A little longer, just a little longer!
In any case, that shouldn’t have triggered her, right? I don’t m...
2022-10-06 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui fled at top speed, robes ragged and bloody. Li Xiang carried a pathetic Ying Lin behind him, all of them huddling together as they flew. Hui looked over his shoulder, then grit his teeth and jumped out in front of Li Xiang and Ying Lin. His sw...
2022-10-05 18:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Then, it’s decided,” Li Xiang said, standing.
What’s decided? When did we have a meeting? Wasn’t it just everyone somehow finding me intimidating for the first time in my life, and no one agreeing with anything?
Lu Xubo returned, but this time, five sword lights followed him in every color of the rainbow. He burst through her window in a flurry of flower petals. Five others materialized behind him, three women and two men. None of the rest of them created...
2022-10-03 16:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post“His beloved is arriving soon. We need to be prepared,” Li Xiang said. She led the way to a simple, clean house at the edge of town. Although nothing stood out about it except its cleanliness, it stood out anyways. As for why…
Hui swal...
2022-10-02 15:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostLi Xiang raised her hand and pointed.
Far in the distance stood another village, but so far that Hui couldn’t make out any of the details. He squinted, focusing on the village. Li Xiang, what do you mean by ‘here?’ It’s way over ...
2022-10-01 16:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostWang Xiu and Li Xiang battled back and forth. Both seemed familiar with the other, prepared for each other’s attacks and counterattacks. Although Wang Xiu had a stage on Li Xiang, Hui wouldn’t know it to watch the two battle. Li Xiang fought h...
2022-09-30 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe uninjured cultivator laughed. “What a fool. To think, he dared to rush into our battle without the skill or power to back it up! Only death could await him before my might!”
“That’s not true! Benefactor, I’ll make the most of t...
2022-09-29 18:59:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Now, there’s an easy way and a hard way to find her,” Wang Xiu announced as they flew.
“Enlighten us, Elder Sister,” Hui said, bowing.
She glanced at him from the corner of her eye. “Easy: We corner that disciple of yours ...
2022-09-28 16:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostNight fell. Wang Xiu chose a broad, flat plains and dropped out of the sky, gesturing as she fell to catch her blade in her hand. She looked back up at the sky and gestured for Hui to come at her.
“Ying Lin, stay on Gu Tian and watch the b...
2022-09-27 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui put a hand on his chin. Hmm… but if he isn’t really twelve and that dark hallway isn’t his porn stash, then…
Well, it’s probably the prison, isn’t it? Or the torture chamber, or whatever. It could be treasure sto...
2022-09-26 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostTaken off-guard, the City Lord blinked. “She’s Wang Xiu, the notorious outlaw. I need her exterminated before my beloved arrives next week.”
“There isn’t anyone else? Someone else you need killed?” Hui prompted, hopeful.
...
2022-09-25 16:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostHui walked along the road, thoughtful. Li Xiang is hiding… well, it makes sense. All Heavens Sect should be after her as much as it’s after me. In that case, how will I find her? I’m good at hiding, but it’s not like I’ve practiced f...
2022-09-24 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostA chill flew down Hui’s spine. Glancing over his shoulder, Hui rubbed his neck. He saw nothing but the street behind him, full of ordinary cultivators going about their business. I feel like someone was speaking evil about me just now. But w...
2022-09-23 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostUnable to focus enough to meditate or relax enough to sleep, Hui wandered around his house, pulling random things out of his node and stuffing them back. Spirit stones… gold… dried-up bits of herbs from back when he cooked Fatty… a random fl...
2022-09-22 17:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostYing Lin spun around happily as they left the clothing store, all her master’s teasing forgotten. She wore a fine green-and-pink robe, the top pink and the bottom green, the two fading to white in the middle like a flower. The hems were short an...
2022-09-21 19:15:06 +0000 UTC View Post