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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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[] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.

Even ignoring the fact that her physical cultivation is falling behind, the main reason is that, for Gingge, physical cultivation is more important. She has little to no need of massive Qi reserves, or flashy arts, or murderous gear, or even spiritual/conceptual cultivation knowledge to guide her second daughter can easily wait a few years.
What we want her to have is better health, so she remains with us longer (and eventually little sis), so she lives longer and in better than the average medieval prostitute.


dycouza said:
Since this entire thread has been about Ling Qi becoming more social with her fellow nobles it's kind of good that integrating Loneliness into her domain has helped her clarify what it is she wants out of company and what she doesn't. Ling Qi is a solitary girl, for all that friendship is important to her. She wants connection and the strength it gives her, but at the same time her introversion still means being sociable isn't something Ling Qi of all people should pursue like she does Cultivation. It's fine to be lonely as long as you have as many friends and allies as you need to.
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i think that ultimately Ling Qi want to be social on an individual basis rather than a general/crowd basis. She wants fewer deeper friendships rather than many superfluous politically induced or interested "friendships". Sadly, her job towards CRX, and just her raising cultivation in general, is always going to push her towards the latter one.
Even though it was the former that made her valuable to CRX in the first place...
 
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[X] Help Mother with her cultivation art. Perhaps a little music to help her visualize her qi flows better?

I changed my mind. Mom's cultivation art getting better will help her eventually reach Gold Physique, and music is a Thing we can bond over. There's no rush.
 
[X] Help Mother with her cultivation art. Perhaps a little music to help her visualize her qi flows better?
 
The text always goes on about how Qingge looks "tired" and "aches" and I always have to remind myself she's probably 30 to 31 years old... 32 at the upper range.

Let's get this woman some physical cultivation so she can feel feel young and strong again, because damn it, she's still in the prime of her life.

[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.

EDIT: The Cultivation Art is the long term investment, sure, but better physical cultivation will make Qingge feel better, strong, and more vital. That positive reinforcement will flow back into everything else.
 
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[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
Yeah, awakening to gold as fast as possible is something that will really help her day to day life. Cultivation art is really important, but thats more about long term progress. Physical cultivation will help her be less tired and just feel better about herself.

[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.

Just the rush of health and good feelings from hitting gold would do wonders for her
 
[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.

Get swole, Mom. Only nerds don't hit the weight room.

Plus having a gold body to contain the red spiritual levels is kinda nesessary.
 
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[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
picklepikkl said:
[X] Help Mother with her cultivation art. Perhaps a little music to help her visualize her qi flows better?

I changed my mind. Mom's cultivation art getting better will help her eventually reach Gold Physique, and music is a Thing we can bond over. There's no rush.
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I don't understand how you reach that conclusion. physical cultivation, remember?


[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.

From Zhou's instruction physical cultivation is something that you actually need to do right or risk injury. So I think it's worth helping her get the basic technique right.
 
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The text always goes on about how Qingge looks "tired" and "aches" and I always have to remind myself she's probably 30 to 31 years old... 32 at the upper range.
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Hundred percent honest here, I'm thirty and I am tired and ache a lot of the time.
Ayashi said:
I don't understand how you reach that conclusion. physical cultivation, remember?
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Cultivation arts make you better at cultivation in general. Our beginner art gave us an extra die to all forms of cultivation.
yrsillar said:
Effect: Users gain one bonus dice to all cultivation attempts up until Late Red Soul Stage. User's gain a bonus success on all attempts to expand their Qi pool up to a maximum of ten. Users gain two additional Qi. Users may reroll a failed physical attribute check once per turn.
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Like, I assume that the art we found for Mom isn't quite as good as the Argent Soul art, but "a bonus die to all cultivation attempts" seems like the raison d'etre of any cultivation art; its whole point is to be a force multiplier.
 
I'd generally prefer to help her with her physical over her Art but teaching her music is tempting. It's the one thing the Lings bonded over that remained with Qi and to her Music means connecting and communicating. It's something I'd like to see Qingge pass down to Biyu as well, even though Ling Qi is most likely better for the cultivation side of Music. I think physical is more likely to help Qingge understand cultivation since she seems have inherited Ling Qi's lax interest in understanding what she's doing. Which means physical right now since basic, practical understanding of Cultivation is more pressing but letting the Lings, all three of them, connect with Music is pretty much how the cultivation side of the family should be long term.

[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.

The only way I see this backfiring is with intense excersise being too much for poor mom. She doesn't seem the athlethic type ,and would surely find it more enjoyable through music than through physical extertion. But a bit of effort here will pay off later on, if she doesn't get burnt out after Ling Qi goes too far in her "Come on, mom, it's only another 500 miles sprint, it shouldn't be too hard for you!"
 
[X] Help Mother with her cultivation art. Perhaps a little music to help her visualize her qi flows better?

I am mostly voting based on music being something we can try to bond over.
 
[X] Help Mother with her cultivation art. Perhaps a little music to help her visualize her qi flows better?
 
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[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
[X] Help Mother with her physical cultivation. Although most of the exercises Elder Zhou had used were too extreme, she could pass on a few secrets of physical conditioning.
 
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