Ying Lin dropped down into a busy street. Elegantly, she extended her small feet and landed with barely a sound, her robes fluttering around her. Zhubi tumbled clumsily after her, flailing his newfound limbs wildly, his face still stiff but his eyes wide in panic.
All around them, cultivato...
2022-09-20 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostHaving had his fill of attacking Hui, Chen Wuya settled down on the spiderweb beside him. The taut webbing thrummed with his weight, and he bounced a few times, black wings fluttering as he adjusted his grip.
“Senior… that’s attached to my core. It actually hurts quite a bit,” Hui p...
2022-09-19 15:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui flew along. He suppressed his qi as he flew, keeping it to the minimum as usual. The forest gave way to plains, which slowly grew scrubbier and scrubbier until the plains gave way to a desert. Bored, Ying Lin flicked through some of Hui’s spare spell manuals, the ones he’d stolen from the...
2022-09-18 16:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostA day and a night passed, and Hui at last forced himself to his feet. His body remained in disarray, but compared to how it had been, it was a massive improvement. I can’t sit around here for too long. Han Qin might lock on to me, or All Heavens Sect might come investigate. The risk isn’t...
2022-09-17 16:00:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Hisss….”
Hui looked up. Zhubi loomed over him, a concerned expression on his face. Hui lit up. “Zhubi, the thorns, pull them out!”
Zhubi tilted his head. He dipped his head and tapped his upturned nose against Hui’s skin, but without his fangs, he couldn’t break through...
2022-09-16 18:31:00 +0000 UTC View PostHui tapped the barrier with his death qi. A black hole instantly opened up in the shimmering barrier, growing rapidly as the death qi infected it. In the space of a breath, the barrier vanished, its qi all eaten away. The death qi kept going, devouring every bit of qi in the spell, and a moment l...
2022-09-15 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostUp ahead, Jin Xian battled against two of the rough men. Their baskets were nowhere in sight, and instead they brandished swords against Jin Xian’s claws. She bared her teeth and lunged, fast as lightning. One of the men clasped his throat, while Jin Xian chewed with pleasure, blood streaming d...
2022-09-14 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHui sat under the spring, busily cultivating. Fresh, pure qi poured into him, while old, stagnant qi poured out. He breathed slowly and evenly. An intoxicating, exuberant emotion rose inside him, something he’d never felt before. Is this like a runner’s high, but for cultivation? It feels...
2022-09-13 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs they flew through the forest, Hui gradually began to notice a pure, cold qi seeping through the air. The further they flew, the stronger it became, until thick tendrils of mist began to snake through the forest below, and the air grew clean and damp.
Ahead, scenery like an immortal parad...
2022-09-12 19:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe night passed peacefully. A large hog snuffled through the temple’s dilapidated gardens in the early morning hours, but Hui released a bit of his pressure, and it rushed off in fear. Aside from that, he encountered no monsters or dangerous animals, let alone any true spirit beasts or demonic...
2022-09-11 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostYing Lin finished her talisman and activated it, lifting a block of earth out of the ground. Hui glanced at his hut, finished in a single talisman, and stepped forward. “Ying Lin, don’t be disheartened. This is already a good start! For a second-tier cultivator—”
“Why would I be d...
2022-09-10 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThey arrived at the abandoned temple before dark, with Ying Lin quickly gaining comprehension in the movement technique as they continued onward. Even Hui began using the technique toward the end, figuring practice couldn’t hurt. Bao Huli clung to Ji Taiyu the whole time, barely leaving his sid...
2022-09-09 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHui rushed forward, interrupting Bao Huli’s line of sight. “Ying Lin, why don’t we disciples get in some practical practice?”
“I still haven’t finished lecturing,” Ji Taiyu said.
Bao Huli threw herself in front of Ji Taiyu, batting her long eyelashes. “This disciple do...
2022-09-08 19:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostYing Lin appeared in the sky. Leaves rushed by as she fell, toppling into a forest. She shrieked and curled up, protecting herself as best she could.
On the forest floor far below, Hui looked up. Why’d she end up way up there? Shit! He leaped into the air.
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2022-09-07 17:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui flipped his hand over. With his entire arm rotted, barely hanging onto his body, the motion required every ounce of his strength. Still, he gathered the qi into his palm, then wrapped his qi around it, creating a parcel. A flick of his fingers sent the parcel into his body. A duck leaped out,...
2022-09-06 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe sounds of battle faded behind him, until he walked in the silent dark, neither sound nor sight to break the monotony. Once, he lifted his hand and pressed it against a handful of worms, and at a point, he broke through into another tunnel and sent its furry resident scurrying in fear, but for...
2022-09-05 19:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHui darted backward, blocking the flail and sword strikes with Moonlight Cutter. Han Qin shot a fireball from above. Hui slashed upward, meaning to deflect it, but Moonlight Cutter parted the fireball instead. The two halves of the fireball whooshed past him to impact in the dried leaves on eithe...
2022-09-04 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostA shadow passed over the moon, and Hui flinched. Overhead, the spider and Han Qin fought back and forth. Red and acidic green blood dripped from the heavens. Argh! On one hand, Master’s teachings! I can't let an opportunity to gather new resources pass me by! On the other hand, I don't want...
2022-09-03 20:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostFire raged through the forest. Hui raced ahead of it, zig-zagging through the forest. The flames burned up the rot energy, clearing the air, but also scorched the trees. With the remnant inheritance inside him, Hui felt their pain, their wordless cries, their—smug satisfaction? He paus...
2022-09-02 18:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostHui swept his awareness through the inn below. Aside from Ying Lin, who meditated studiously, and a maid and a laborer, who busily ‘dual cultivated’ in the inn’s basement, everyone slept quietly. He sent the ducks out to sweep around the inn and gobble up the bits of rot that spread from th...
2022-09-01 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui cleared his throat pointedly. “Putting that aside…”
“It’s a lot to put aside,” Bai Xue protested.
“…I reached out to you to ask about the forest, and the talisman is burning down. There isn’t much time left, is there? If you can’t remember anything, best to sav...
2022-08-31 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe sea of bamboo fell away, and they emerged into a field of wild grass. An inn stood beside a three-way intersection, alongside a small farm and the beginnings of a broad pasture. Chickens pecked at the earth, and a farm dog roamed in the distance, watching the herd. The little outpost settleme...
2022-08-30 19:43:59 +0000 UTC View PostEven if I did create a Lightning Palm talisman, what would I have then? A talisman of one of the lowest level techniques I have? Hui mocked himself. He closed his hand around the lightning, shaking his head.
But… it was Master’s ultimate move. Fair, he never learned any oth...
2022-08-29 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostYing Lin hovered at Hui’s side, scanning him anxiously. “You aren’t hurt?”
“No, no. Elder Sister, please. This small mortal will be fine,” Hui insisted. He circulated his breath and settled his qi, slowly pushing the pain down. Once his qi no longer rioted inside him, only the l...
2022-08-28 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostWalking down a dusty path, Hui whistled a little tune to himself. He followed a caravan full of the local barley harvest at a short distance, a sword visible at his hip. A few other caravan guards stood in the near distance, dressed similarly in ragged civilian wear, not a scrap of cultivation ge...
2022-08-27 20:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe elder two Fu Clan siblings raced toward the banquet hall, streaking toward it atop a beam of sword light. Hui ran a hand over his face and activated the snakeskin technique, taking on Han Qin’s face. He glanced at Ying Lin. “Let me do the talking.”
“Understood. I’ll act injure...
2022-08-26 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHui leaped back, instantly flying to her side. He slammed his hand on her chest and called out the array. The second it appeared, he applied death qi to its runes. The energized runes blackened, and the array began to tremble and break apart.
“NO!” Han Qin’s eyes widened. He charged f...
2022-08-25 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Does knowing that put you at peace to face your death?” Fu Renyi asked.
Hui shook his head. “This small cultivator will never face his death in peace.” I don’t want to die at all! Can’t you understand that? I don’t think it’s a strange thing to say, either! Naturally, n...
2022-08-24 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the clones chattered in the back of Hui’s head, Gu Tian’s sword clashed with Fu Renyi’s blue energy sword. Hui tensed, half-expecting the blue energy to slice through his steel sword like a laser sword might, but instead, his qi blocked the blue energy the same as it blocked anything ...
2022-08-23 18:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post“She grabbed my veil. Was I supposed to stand here and not retaliate?” Bai Xue asked, tutting. She lifted her hand and examined her nails, drawing attention to her delicate and shapely hands that perfectly matched the palm-print on Ying Min’s face.
Did only a few seconds pass? It ...
2022-08-22 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post