Morning came. Hui still sat in the corner, contemplating the petrified wood and the severed plant leg.
The door opened. “Xie Hao—”
Hui gestured, sending the petrified wood and leg back into his storage ring.
Gu Tian stared....
2022-04-16 03:51:22 +0000 UTC View PostBack at the palace, Hui released Gu Tian and slumped against the wall, panting. Scary, scary! He pushed his hair out of his face and glanced back up at the window. No one chased them yet. The night remained dark and quiet.
He breath...
2022-04-15 17:30:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe seed twitched. A sprout burst from the seed, rapidly growing into a lotus bud. Hui and the triplets jumped back, startled. After a second, Hui leaned in, curious. A rebirth ability? I could use something like that! If I can cultivate this ...
2022-04-14 03:17:24 +0000 UTC View PostGu Tian lifted his flute to his lips. Hui turned back around and pressed his hands against the lotus blossom again. This time, he quietly reached out to the qi inside the blossom, sensing its composition.
Mostly qi, laced with life qi. A...
2022-04-13 23:49:47 +0000 UTC View PostNight fell. Hui meditated, the picture of a studious cultivator. Gu Tian practiced sword forms in the open space of the room, full of energy. At last, a knock sounded from their window.
Hui’s eyes opened. With a gesture, he stored the piec...
2022-04-12 01:02:28 +0000 UTC View PostHui ran back to the palace. The triplets chased after him, close at his heels. Hui glanced back a few times, but never caught sight of Ding Lao. Did it really shake him that much to see his cousin trapped beneath the tablet?
If ...
2022-04-10 20:52:33 +0000 UTC View PostAs he drew harder at the life qi, more rushed to his hand. Now fully healed, his hand glowed with vitality. Life qi poured into his dantian, forming into songbird after songbird. They swirled in the void, fluttering around happily.
Immersed ...
2022-04-10 17:22:11 +0000 UTC View PostHopping back up into the trees, Hui surveyed the area. He tapped a finger on his chin, glancing around. Hmm… somewhere there aren’t many people…
Ding Lao isn’t still hanging around, is he? Closing his eyes, Hui circ...
2022-04-10 03:55:50 +0000 UTC View Post“Come out!” Erlan ordered.
Instantly, the disciples leaped out of the palace. Gu Tian stood by the window, then looked back at Hui.
Hui climbed out from under the bed and straightened his robes with a decisive snap. Tossing his hai...
2022-04-09 03:30:22 +0000 UTC View PostHui slashed the petrified wood. Rather than trying to gouge out a huge chunk or cut a piece out, he aimed at the edge, where little of the borderline immortal aura permeated. The death qi weakened the edge of the wood ahead of the blade. Even so, ...
2022-04-08 01:37:21 +0000 UTC View PostHui dug through the earth, burrowing deep into its depths. He glanced over his shoulder a few times. That Ding Lao, he isn’t following me, is he?
“Everyone, good work! I’m eagerly awaiting your boulders!” Ding Lao shouted. 2022-04-07 01:23:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Hui ran along. The instant he saw a boulder, he hurtled toward it and smashed it apart. All around him, cracks, snaps, and crumbling sounded as other cultivators did the same, all of them equally desperate to be free of the scourge of Ding Lao. 2022-04-05 00:51:33 +0000 UTC View Post
Hui raced on. His body moved automatically while inside, his mind churned. Body… transmute the body, gain incredible strength. Become something else. Something stronger. Something that won’t be obvious if I’m playing dead, even if my sna...
2022-04-04 00:29:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe other cultivators sighed, full of the same despair Hui felt. He glanced around at them and felt a sudden burst of camaraderie, something he hadn’t felt in any of his lives; not in his first life, not in Starbound Sect, not in Black Asp Sect....
2022-04-02 22:36:24 +0000 UTC View PostHui bounced from tree to tree. In the distance, a massive mountain rose, taller even than the tallest tree. Out of curiosity, he bounded toward it. Fewer cultivators appeared around him, until he once more ran alone.
Hui glanced around him. ...
2022-04-02 15:15:22 +0000 UTC View PostHui looked down at his hands and at the black robes he wore. He hesitated, then stripped off the ghoul skin. If the triplets and Huang Yan think I’m dead… I should act dead. At least for now. I don’t want anyone to get suspicious of this...
2022-04-02 02:23:56 +0000 UTC View PostHis fingertips brushed the cool, smooth roots. The second they made contact, a strange energy surged through the roots, rushing toward him. Hui yanked his hand back, but found it stuck to the lotus root, unable to let go. Life and death qi surged ...
2022-04-01 02:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostThey bounded from tree to tree. A few times, green-robed cultivators called out to the triplets, who answered back in sync, though they rarely agreed on what to say. Hui followed after them. As much as he could, he repressed the aura of his death ...
2022-03-31 02:18:10 +0000 UTC View PostHui stepped out onto the branch and looked around. He heaved in a deep breath. Qi flowed into him. Unlike Starbound Sect, where the qi smelled pure and clean, or Black Asp Sect, where it smelled of blood, here the qi carried a scent of pine and le...
2022-03-29 00:46:29 +0000 UTC View PostSumptuous furniture filled the room, all of it carved from wood. Hui nudged one of the chairs and took a seat, then stood, nodding vaguely. It’s… good furniture, I guess.
Gu Tian hesitated. He glanced out of the corner of his ey...
2022-03-27 23:43:55 +0000 UTC View PostA huge forest rose up before them. Over a hundred trees stood close together, all clustered in close together. The smallest of the trees stretched easily a hundred meters around, while the largest reached over a thousand meters around. They soared...
2022-03-27 20:39:45 +0000 UTC View PostAt the bottom of the vertebra, a small group of cultivators stood around. Among them, Hui recognized the girl with the stiff face from the inheritance zone, Liu Baozhai. Most of the others were seniors he didn’t recognize, in black robes with da...
2022-03-26 23:38:46 +0000 UTC View PostBack in his vertebra, Hui paused. In the distance, a few disciples flew off on their swords, racing away at top speed. He closed his eyes and focused his qi, listening in.
“…broke the barrier! He’s getting away!”
“Who is it i...
2022-03-26 16:24:39 +0000 UTC View PostAs he rode, Gale tipped back another potion. A refreshing feeling surged through him, and he let out a sigh.
HP: 139/175
Mana: 139/175
Damn, Blood Mage really takes its toll on HP. Gale ...
2022-03-26 00:57:06 +0000 UTC View PostA liquid sloshed as Jin Xian climbed out of the coffin behind him. She walked over and stood quietly at Hui’s shoulder. Hui glanced at her, then nodded, welcoming her back.
Fa Chuyou put a hand to her chest. Her eyes burned with an honest,...
2022-03-25 01:11:14 +0000 UTC View PostHui stared down at the two interlopers, neither of whom showed any self-awareness, but who instead shamelessly stared back, openly stealing his qi. He sighed out and shook his head, giving up. It’s fine. Jin Xian isn’t absorbing much, nor ...
2022-03-23 20:22:36 +0000 UTC View PostA blast of power rushed through Jin Xian. Hui was forcibly expelled, and his vision blackened. Hui jolted out of his meditation and almost simultaneously spat a mouthful of blood. He jumped up and ran for the entrance to his vertebra, then hesitat...
2022-03-23 03:22:41 +0000 UTC View PostNodding, Bai Xue took off. As the other disciples left, Hui stood on his tiptoes, craning his neck. He caught sight of Fa Chuyou and rushed to her side, grabbing her sleeve seconds before she mounted her sword to fly off. “Elder Sister!”
Exhausted, Gale thumped down on the porch. The jacket he’d taken from the slavers drifted on the wind beside him, quilted cotton flying like a flag. He fell backward, splaying himself over the wood. “I’m… dead…”
Kino dropped down...
2022-03-22 00:37:20 +0000 UTC View PostHui’s vision faded as he flew up. The last thing he saw was the snake ancestor, settling back down in her throne. His vision went black.
White. Blinding white.
Hui threw his hands out and barely saved his face before he slammed into ...
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