Tang Fei’er jabbed her finger at Li Xiang. “If I win, then that establishes that All-Heavens Sect is more powerful than your trifling Starbound Sect. You will go to All-Heavens Sect, so that your genius can be properly nourished!”
Hui jolted, shocked. Wait, what? Not Li Xiang! I w...
2022-05-15 18:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostBefore he left Cauldron Peak, Hui glanced left and right, checking to make sure no more rogues laid in wait, selling command medallions. He paused for a moment to open his third eye and peer around, but nothing stood out to him. Nodding to himself, he gently wafted himself with the fan and strode...
2022-05-14 13:53:48 +0000 UTC View PostAs he walked along, the road became busier, the way it had the first time he’d been to Cauldron Peak. It seemed as if the trio of thugs outside hadn’t been able to stop many disciples on their way up, as plenty of cultivators from other peaks mingled with the Cauldron Peak disciples. As e...
2022-05-13 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAs he stepped toward Cauldron Peak, a cold snort rang out. A wave of power emanated from that snort and washed over Hui. At his cultivation level, that wave washed over Hui harmlessly, unable to shift a hair on his head. He looked around, confused more than anything.
“Excuse me, Junior Br...
2022-05-12 22:51:01 +0000 UTC View PostTang Fei’er looked at Hui, then at her fist, then at Hui again. Suddenly, her eyes glittered. Nodding to herself, she backed away. “So I suppose that’s all there is to Starbound Sect! All-Heavens Sect is simply too powerful for anyone from Starbound Sect to stand up to them at all!”
Now that he was on the peak, under Mount Mu, Hui couldn’t help but look up. Mount Mu’s impressive understructure spread out above him, the roots twisting through the air in a mirror image of the branches above. The very tip of the taproot dangled slightly to the side of the old hut, barely an...
2022-05-11 18:39:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe Sect Master and Gui Delun retreated, leaving the others behind. Lan Taijian stepped forward and gestured, leading the guest cultivators toward Starbound Peak. Li Xiang followed at his side, acting as the deputy and mingling with the guest cultivators, a polite smile on her face.
Weiheng...
2022-05-11 14:54:54 +0000 UTC View PostSect Master Lan glowered at Hui. He gazed over the neat regiment of ducks and crossed his arms. “What have you done to my duck?”
Nothing! I’ve just helped Fatty grow! I’ve generated more Fatties! What’s wrong with that? Ah, if not for me, he’d just be dead, you know? Hu...
2022-05-10 00:51:12 +0000 UTC View PostSect Master Lan materialized out of the light. He stood atop his sword, hands clasped behind his back. He frowned at the four captured cultivators, Hui and Li Xiang, and Lan Taijian. “What happened here?”
“Sect Master Lan! Weiheng Hui was eating your ducks again! I caught him red-hand...
2022-05-08 20:20:50 +0000 UTC View PostThree of them backed away, sheepish, but the fourth laughed at him and took another bite. Juices ran down his chin as he chewed the duck and swallowed, joy evident on his face.
Hui licked his lips again and forced himself to look the disciple in the eye, not stare at his duck.
The fou...
2022-05-08 18:50:57 +0000 UTC View PostRunning through the forest, Hui quickly flipped through the ducks’ vision again. Still nothing?
A vague sense of discontentment, slowness, and the need to conceal themselves came back to him. Hui sighed, understanding. Right. They have to hide themselves in Starbound Sect, or...
2022-05-08 01:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post“…and that’s after he humiliated Peak Lord Lan Taijian by… oh! Here we are,” Li Qian said, looking around.
Hui drew a deep breath and rubbed at his cheeks. This fake smile is starting to ache. I had no idea there could be so many stories about such an unremarkable disciple as ...
2022-05-03 20:38:00 +0000 UTC View PostSis Mei’s portions were usually large, but today’s was larger than usual. At last, Hui finished it and set the bowl on the back step. He stood and stretched, letting out a yawn.
It feels good to be back, wearing my own skin and no one else’s. Maybe I’ll go for a walk. As long as...
2022-05-03 20:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostFive familiar mountains rose up before Hui. Towering to the heavens, they stood in a loose circle, Jade Garden Peak and Butterfly Pavilion Peak, Starbound Peak, Cauldron Peak, and his Master’s peak, Unrivaled Under Heavens Peak. A familiar aura exuded from the mountains, warm and familiar. Hui ...
2022-05-03 20:35:58 +0000 UTC View PostGui Delun turned toward him, and in that instant, pressure slammed into Hui’s shoulders. He fell to his knees, unable to stand upright. Deep in Gui Delun’s eyes, a golden spark flickered, igniting into a flame, a golden flame that burned with the power of life itself. Hui felt a golden flame ...
2022-04-30 03:34:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe bright light passed. Weiheng Wu stood above, still expressionless, palm outstretched. Sect Master Mu’s sword stabbed through his chest and out the other side. Brilliant prismatic light wavered all around the two of them.
“Master!” Hui screamed, afraid. I can play dead, I can f...
2022-04-29 18:02:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe sword swooped toward Hui’s stomach. Scintillating light spread ahead of it, slashing through Hui’s robes and scoring a line in his flesh.
Burning the first talisman mark, Hui suddenly sped up and fled out of the path of Sect Master Mu’s attack. His body went cold as a hundred year...
2022-04-28 03:35:20 +0000 UTC View PostHui froze, staring up at the mass of approaching cultivators. Subconsciously, he touched his robes, the place where he’d kept the jade bird his master had given him before sending him off to Twin Elemental City. Nothing remained. In all his changes and outfit swaps, the jade had vanished along ...
2022-04-27 03:33:03 +0000 UTC View PostSect Master Mu harrumphed. “One-sidedly attacking my sect… what nerve!”
Hui stared slack-jawed at Sect Master Mu. Such shamelessness… how could anyone have such a thick face? Attacking us, then blaming us for causing trouble in his sect? How ludicrous.
But then, i...
2022-04-26 01:53:32 +0000 UTC View PostA burst of green qi swept through the cultivators outside the barrier. It smashed into the barrier and shattered the first layer. Hui jumped and summoned another handful of barrier talismans to his hand, ready to throw them at the slightest provocation.
Huang Yan stepped out of the crowd of...
2022-04-25 01:47:31 +0000 UTC View PostThe flute trilled. All around Hui, the righteous cultivators looked around, startled.
“What’s that?”
“Music? Is Mysterious Heavenly Forest… serenading us?”
“Who’s playing the flute? Pipe down!”
The lotus began to open. One petal after another peeled down....
2022-04-24 20:42:13 +0000 UTC View PostLi Xiang frowned. She stood on her tiptoes and shaded her eyes with one hand, frowning. “It’s… all dead?”
Cracked earth spread before them, completely desolate of any life. Brown leaves drooped sadly. Limp stalks sagged. A few roots laid dead along the surface, straggling between th...
2022-04-24 00:24:55 +0000 UTC View PostThey descended to the forest floor. The other Starbound Sect cultivators stared around in slack-jawed amazement. Hui took it in quietly, used to the trees, until he abruptly realized he shouldn’t know about the trees. He stared around in amazement as well. “Wow, what big trees! I’ve never s...
2022-04-22 02:13:53 +0000 UTC View PostHui blinked. He rubbed his eyes, but the image didn’t change. Within Li Xiang shimmered a sword. Where she went, the sword went. Rather than a human soul, it was as if she had a sword spirit for a soul. In fact, based on the sensations Li Xiang gave off to Hui’s third eye, to call her a sword...
2022-04-21 23:16:12 +0000 UTC View PostHui dropped toward the Starbound Sect cultivators. The white-robed cultivators stared at him, confused more than anything. One or two blinked in recognition, but no one stepped forward.
Hey! Aren’t we fellow disciples? What happened to trust amongst brothers, huh? Are you just going t...
2022-04-21 21:47:21 +0000 UTC View Post“When you arrived?” the guard repeated, slack-jawed.
“What’s going on?” The second guard stepped out of the forest. He, too, stared at the sight of the ruined garden.
Hui gave them a bashful smile. “I don’t know what happened. I was just as startled as the two of you. Th...
2022-04-21 02:09:13 +0000 UTC View PostHui’s foot sank deep into the loam, heavier than before. He stepped forward, reaching out for the sprout. In his other hand, he drew a fire talisman and held it at the ready, just in case. Carefully, he reached out into the sprout.
The plant shivered. Its roots shot up and wrapped around ...
2022-04-18 23:55:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe two guardian cultivators once more appeared. Hui stopped, looking up at the two of them. He smiled cheekily and nodded at the two of them.
“Ugh. It’s them again.”
“What, finally decided to stop by and do your duties?”
“I came back the other day, Elder Brothers,...
2022-04-17 21:58:08 +0000 UTC View PostHui put a hand to his chin, thoughtful. He crouched quietly on a branch, looking back toward the garden patch. Unless someone saw him with their own eyes, or a higher level cultivator passed by, no one would be able to sense him. He’d suppressed his cultivation to the limit, becoming nothing bu...
2022-04-17 18:01:44 +0000 UTC View PostHui’s face fell, but only for an instant. He pasted a smile on and beamed at Ding Lao. “Brother! How fortuitous. I was just on my way there.”
Ding Lao smiled back at him. “I always like to see such enthusiasm so early in the morning. Shall we take a little jog together? I was about ...
2022-04-17 04:10:53 +0000 UTC View Post