Shaking his head, Hui focused on the array. He drew closer, reaching out his qi to connect to it. Unlike Fu Liyu’s array, the one in Bai Xue trembled, unstable. Holes opened in the array, only to close up the next moment, and bits of the spell collapsed into runes at the edges, bleeding out int...
2022-08-21 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostHui extended his mental energy into the room, searching for qi. Almost instantly, he found it. The room burned with qi, blindingly brilliant. Ah! So much qi!
He flinched back, retracting his mental energy into himself, then slowly pushed it out again. This time, he observed the roo...
2022-08-20 14:18:15 +0000 UTC View PostAmongst the motion of the room, the chattering cultivators and bustling servants, an aura caught Hui’s attention. He turned and subtly surveyed the room, searching for the aura’s source.
Han Qin, dressed as a servant, edged around the back of the banquet hall. He glanced left and right,...
2022-08-19 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostThe fake Bai Xue, Mo Gonglu, settled in beside Ying Min with a laugh. One of the other girls hurried over, snatching a wine jug from a passing servant, and offered to pour him some wine. He grabbed her waist and pulled her in on his other side.
Fu Liyu watched, her face pinched from envy. H...
2022-08-18 18:21:00 +0000 UTC View PostThree days ago, a banquet hall appeared.
No one in the village knew where it came from, or why it appeared, but it stood there atop the hill as though it had always been.
Young, brave Han Jing went to investigate it and vanished into its vaulted depths. After that, no one dared approa...
2022-08-17 15:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostYing Lin and Hui passed time within the glen, Hui playing Ying Lin’s dharma protector while she consolidated her foundation. At dawn on the third day, Hui stood at last, stretching. Zhubi came back to his side reluctantly, dripping spring water down his scales. He wriggled back up to Hui’s ne...
2022-08-16 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHui reached out with his mental energy as he ran through the forest. First clone!
There was a pause. After a moment, familiar mental energy met his, the first clone only giving him his attention, but no more.
Five other clones are awake, besides us. If you circulate Mount...
2022-08-15 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHui’s mind surged into the tree. Golden light swirled around him. For a moment, the impression of leaves and trees flew past, and then he hung above, high in the sky. He saw himself sitting under the tree, the other disciples arrayed around him, all struggling to gain enlightenment of his techn...
2022-08-14 16:31:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe inheritance roared through him. Golden light flared up all around his body. His hand gleamed golden, as if made of the metal. Trees flitted past his eyes. He saw the young Mount Mu grow majestic and old again, and a thousand other trees come to life and die in its shadow, worn away by the pas...
2022-08-13 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostBoth servants laid in the hut, sleeping talismans slowly burning to ash on their foreheads. Hui finished transferring the contents of Li Huang’s storage ring to Xiu Ya’s and stretched, satisfied. It’s been too long since I plundered something… er, rightfully liberated the possessions ...
2022-08-12 17:17:30 +0000 UTC View PostSlowly, Xiu Ya awoke. She lifted a hand to her face, clumsily wiping away the venom residue. Her eyes blurred, struggling against the too-bright sunlight. A silhouette crouched above her, a friendly smile on his face. As her eyes cleared, Li Huang, her fellow servant, slowly came into focus.
<... 2022-08-12 02:49:47 +0000 UTC View PostYing Lin delicately held the snake in both hands, propping it up in front of her. The snake regarded her quietly, tipping its head. It leaned toward her wrists and flicked its tongue toward her skin. She flinched. “Please don’t bite me.”
Zhubi gently touched his nose to her wrist, the...
2022-08-11 01:31:03 +0000 UTC View PostAs his vision faded, Hui burrowed into his seed-core, currently located into his head. From within its protective shell, he circulated just enough of his qi to be able to hear and see what happened to his body. Quietly, he regarded Han Qin. I didn’t see that attack coming, which means our s...
2022-08-09 16:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAt last, Han Qin stopped before a small hut at the back of the compound. He nodded at Hui and pushed the door open, gesturing for him to go first.
Hui bowed shortly to Han Qin and stepped inside, looking around the hut. Dirt floors, a simple cut, and not much else greeted him. He smiled.
“Oh? Do I recognize you?”
Hui smiled to himself. Speak of Cao Cao, and Cao Cao shall appear. He turned and bowed to Han Qin. “Benefactor! I didn’t get the chance to thank you properly yesterday for saving my life. My name is Xie Hao. Consider me your servant.”
“No...
2022-08-07 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe servant led them into the complex. Hui wandered along behind him, looking around more closely this time. The grand manor’s roof was missing a tile or two, though it had been well hidden, and some of the paint chipped off the walls and pillars. The floor, though clean, showed signs of disrep...
2022-08-06 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostNight passed quickly. It seemed as if no time passed before Ying Lin came knocking at Hui’s door. “Benefactor, are you ready? Let’s go!”
Hui broke out of the lotus pose and stood. He stretched and smiled at Ying Lin. “Let’s go.”
Together, the two of them set off. Ying Li...
2022-08-05 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post“Where is he? Where’s the doctor?” a familiar high-pitched voice demanded.
Hui’s brows twitched. He sat up, slowly opening his eyes and ending his meditation. Ying Lin? What’s she doing now? Hurt her wrist again?
“He’s sleeping. He was injured! Be quiet, Ying Li...
2022-08-04 23:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostYing Lin wandered through the forest, humming to herself. Swordlights zoomed by overhead, followed by the sound of combat. She watched for a moment, then turned back to the forest and continued on, still humming. Wild herbs, wild herbs. If I find the shiny ones, the Young Miss Fu Liyu will be...
2022-08-03 21:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostFu Haitao and Han Qin circled down to Hui’s side. When the shuttle was about five meters above the ground, Han Qin hopped off and ran to Hui’s side, concern flashing in his eyes. Frowning slightly, he knelt beside Hui and glanced over him, quickly assessing his injuries, then reached out and ...
2022-08-02 06:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe young lady identified as Ying Min threw back her head and laughed. Unlike Fu Liyu, who had an elegant, if somewhat small, figure, her short spring green robes revealed long legs and an hourglass body with a round, pinchable rear end. Behind her, a man wearing a green crown and matching robes ...
2022-08-01 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHui took a step back. “I’ve done all I can for now. My apologies for failing.”
“You did better than the rest,” Fu Liyu replied haughtily. She fluffed her hair and drew her robes back on, casting a quick dust-repelling spell as she did so to clean the blood off her inner robes.
... 2022-07-31 16:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui examined the array closely, floating near, then far, circling around it to get a full view of the intricacies of the spell. Although at a passing glance, it looks similar to Senior Chen Wuya’s, on closer inspection… well, let’s just say that Senior would probably peck me to death if...
2022-07-30 15:55:53 +0000 UTC View PostHui stumbled back, throwing his hands up. “Eh? You—eh?”
She frowned. “You’re here to cleanse my qi, yes? Won’t you need contact with bare skin?”
Hui blinked. Do… most people need skin-on-skin contact to manipulate qi? Wait—is that why dual cultivation, or even si...
2022-07-30 15:48:53 +0000 UTC View PostFu Liyu led the way through the manor’s compound. They strolled past ponds full of lily pads and broad courtyards where servants scurried about. A young boy in nice clothes giggled and charged past, chased by a pretty handmaid.
Hui turned his head to watch the boy. Qi Gathering. He mu...
2022-07-29 06:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui managed to escape to his feet and yanked free of Aunty Wen. Adjusting the hems of his robes, he walked on his own. “So, Madam… I understand the Young Miss needs some help?”
“Oh, just call me Aunty Wen like everyone else,” she said, slapping him hard on the shoulder. She drew b...
2022-07-28 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHui jostled around in the bag for a while, quietly cultivating. Abruptly, the bag tipped, and Hui and the rest of the lotus seeds tumbled out. Hui executed a neat roll and came to his feet, then remembered he’d been kidnapped and toppled over, playing dead.
“Lotus fairy? Lotus fairy!”...
2022-07-27 20:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHui flew through the air. A tree loomed wide in his vision. He ducked back into the lotus seed and closed the lid over himself. The seed hit the tree with a distinctive thunk, and a white figure went tumbling out.
Hui righted himself in midair and looked back at the girl indignantl...
2022-07-26 19:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun shone overhead. Clear skies stretched in all directions. Heat wavered off the stony path and shimmered on the surface of the pond. A single lotus bloomed among the reeds and pondgrass, delicate white petals spreading wide.
A few moments later, the lotus dropped its petals. A fat see...
2022-07-23 02:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHui glanced back as he flew off, somewhat surprised to find no one following him. I guess… that Zhi Ahn guy really did cover for me. Huh. I didn’t expect it.
I guess even amongst All Heavens Sect, there’s still those who I can trust in. Or… at least rely on not to make ...
2022-07-18 15:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post