Zhengui had grown, and not just physically.
When she had lain down for her weekly sleep, he had still been big enough to fit in her hands. When she awoke and went to fetch him from his kiln, she had found the entrance cracked open and two, much larger sets of eyes staring...
2019-11-07 17:06:52 +0000 UTC View PostFirst part of the preview is now up on Discord.
2019-11-06 21:22:31 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi sat atop the roof of her home. Her eyes were closed, but her awareness spread far from her body. She felt the trickling streamers of starlight, dyed silver by the power of the moon, streaming down from the vault of the sky, and as she breathed, she drew them in and wove them ...
2019-11-04 18:14:59 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again and I think I am settling on a schedule here. Thank you for your patience everyone.
Let me also give an update on the sidestory project. I know folks have been waiting a long time but I am still working on it. I've written and rewritten but so far haven't got...
2019-11-01 17:49:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi cast a glance up at Cai Renxiang, who despite her minor injuries showed not the slightest hint of lacking confidence. No, in this case, the heiress had indicated that she should continue retreating, and that meant Cai Renxiang had something in mind. She did not want to interf...
2019-10-31 18:37:16 +0000 UTC View Post
“Very well. I hope you know what you are doing, Ling Qi.” Gu Xiulan turned on her heel, heading back into the crevice. Ling Qi, for her part, turned to keep an eye on her surroundings, even as she pulled her new talisman from her ring into her hand, rolling up her sleeve to put t...
2019-10-28 17:17:24 +0000 UTC View Post
The trail of destruction was thankfully easy enough to follow; Xiulan was hardly subtle. The still smoldering trees and torn up turf told the tale of a running battle, but she didn’t have the time to decipher the details.
Ling Qi quickly became aware that danger still r...
2019-10-24 17:42:57 +0000 UTC View Post
“We each get something for our victory,” Ling Qi decided, casting a glance at Meizhen and Chu Song as she and Su Ling helped Li Suyin stand. Her friend’s arm was still twisted badly, and Ling Qi could see a massive bruise forming across her side through the rips in her gown...
2019-10-21 17:03:54 +0000 UTC View Post
“I don’t get it,” Ling Qi said bluntly, relaxing her stance fractionally. She wouldn’t bolt immediately because something was off here. She wanted to check up on her friends, particularly Meizhen and Xiulan, but she wouldn’t help anyone by being reckless. “This whole scen...
2019-10-17 18:48:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Given the early hour, Ling Qi decided to simply head to the vent and cultivate until the sun rose. She had a heart and spine meridians to clear if she wanted to make full use of her new Thousand Ring Fortress art, and even if the site didn’t exactly help her to do so, soaking...
2019-10-14 17:20:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Studying through all of the security formations laid upon Wen Ai’s home was incredibly tedious, but if she was going to bypass them without breaking or defacing the schemes, it was an unfortunate necessity. She still wasn’t a fan of spending an hour in a cramped booth with a guy ...
2019-10-10 18:40:41 +0000 UTC View Post
If she could talk to Xiulan, then surely she could manage to talk with Meizhen, and restore… something of what they had.
In the end, she had to sit up in the front room of the house for most of the evening, doing her best to calmly meditate as she waited for Meizhen to come h...
2019-10-07 17:10:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi lifted her hand from Zhengui’s shell and wiped away the sweat that had beaded on her forehead while she concentrated. Her spirit lay on the ground before her, his serpentine tail curled around his shell as he slept. Scattered fragments of beast cores lay all around him, the...
2019-10-03 20:24:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi had fun shopping about with Xiulan, and by the time they arrived at the meeting point, she was actually considering wearing her hair loose for awhile, perhaps just gathered in a tail with braids on either side of her face. She had seen a few ornaments she liked, and there wer...
2019-09-30 17:48:21 +0000 UTC View Post
The focus of the lessons remained on her connection with Zhengui, the way her own qi affected him and vice versa. While Zhengui was too young to benefit from any such lessons, he did get to enjoy the fruits of the Elder’s garden. The little xuanwu was kept occupied during the long ...
2019-09-26 17:51:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt is that time of the month again. My apologies for the delays on the second tier exclusive interludes everyone. Will be getting the first part out within a week or two.
2019-09-26 17:44:12 +0000 UTC View Post
The lessons with Elder Ying proved a stark contrast to the rest of her day. She was not sure when she had become acclimated to having friends and acquaintances around or perhaps it was the echo of Elder Ying’s story, but she did not like being alone again. Meizhen was nowhere to be...
2019-09-23 17:03:48 +0000 UTC View Post
The unopened letter resting on the desk in her room stirred several conflicting emotions in Ling Qi as she stared down at it. Guilt because she had completely forgotten about the burgeoning correspondence with her mother in the rush of events, faint hopefulness that she would be able...
2019-09-19 20:45:42 +0000 UTC View Post
The end of the week and the day of the council meeting both came quickly after that. Unfortunately, things with Meizhen didn’t improve. The girl showed up for their training sessions but vanished just as quickly thereafter, brushing off all attempts to draw her into conversation. 2019-09-16 17:08:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Much of her time and attention still went to Zhengui, keeping him from wandering off, eating strange things, or any number of other troubles he tried to get himself into. She was glad she had gotten more patient since she began cultivating or Zhengui probably would have driven her to...
2019-09-12 18:45:49 +0000 UTC View Post
It had only been a single day since the egg had hatched, and Ling Qi was already feeling harried. Her spirit’s constant hunger and desire for her attention consumed hours of her time. She had run out of grade one cores in short order and had been forced to put off research into his...
2019-09-09 17:23:30 +0000 UTC View Post
The musical experimentation helped quite a bit, she thought, in letting her reflect on the difficult situation she was in with Meizhen. She was still angry at the breach of her personal space, but more than that, she was worried about her friend. Although Meizhen remained as harsh an...
2019-09-09 17:22:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Her efforts to help Su Ling took place at night. She met the fox-eared girl at the vent, and they went from there, taking the narrow natural paths that lead higher on the mountain.
“Tell me I’m not the only one who thinks there’s something weird with that girl Li Suyin is...
2019-09-09 17:21:07 +0000 UTC View Post
The following days, Ling Qi threw herself into training and meditation to distract herself from the confusion and uncomfortable feelings that filled her thoughts. With such frantic focus, the second level of the Argent Mirror Art came to her swiftly. It was not a comfortable experien...
2019-09-09 17:20:07 +0000 UTC View PostIts that time again, here are your options for this months bonus.
2019-08-26 18:30:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe August Interludes preview is up in Discord
2019-08-15 17:07:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe second Side story is now posted on the anthology published in Royal Road, if you haven't yet had a chance to read it, check it out!
2019-08-14 18:32:08 +0000 UTC View PostSorry this took awhile, Time to select the new story prompt though!
2019-08-12 15:08:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe second siestory, 'Exorcist of Tonghou' has its first draft complete. You can find it on the Discord in the 'Exclusive Interludes' Channel. Links are Pinned
2019-08-02 20:08:29 +0000 UTC View PostIt's that time again. Here are your options for the next month. Voting will end on the 1st of August.
2019-07-25 14:54:39 +0000 UTC View Post