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

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So long as the motivation is about helping Mom be more of herself and not forcing mom to live longer for our own sake. She'll enjoy the extra energy and bonuses to physical exertion. After that we should work on cultivation art and music, but like. Most moms I know would have *loved* to be a red cultivator when their kid was little. So much energy, so much to do, even split with a nanny it's just so much.

[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.

because once she's Red she might devote more time to cultivation and we can still play music with her for cultivation stuffs. She's very new to this stuff and we have time haha <3
of course. If I knew for a fact that we wouldn't have another event like this to help mom's cultivation I'd vote for the cultivation music art stuff. I like this home-beat narratively though. It's a good point to center on before the next arc, and a good point to debrief afterwards. Qingge and Biyu are some of my favorite characters (even if Biyu is just kinda, a smol child rn) and it's a good setting to invite others to lowkey tea in too. I think it's almost like, our ideal Social Training Wheels. Sure sometimes we'll have a hunt sometimes with Luo, but maybe sometimes we invite people for tea that sounds nice <3
 
[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.

Healthy body healthy mind.

Very little is as psychologically beneficial as a healthy body.

Edit: Also, there's no reason we couldn't exercise to music.
Maybe start up a cheer team for Ling Qi? I'm sure Qingge and little Ling would have fun supporting Big Sister, oldest sister Hanyi and littlest brother Zhengui. :p
 
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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.

Let's help Mom not feel quite so many aches in the morn and give her a bit more energy to chase her rambunctious child.
 
yrsillar said:
Ling Qi hummed to herself as she stepped inside and the young woman closed the door behind them, allowing her to take the lead again. It wasn't necessary, but it was polite. She had spoken to Cai Renxiang on the subject, and she probably hadn't understood properly then. So much of society, it's traditions and etiquette and laws were built around keeping cultivators grounded and engaged. Elder Hua Su had poked fun at the idea of sitting in a cave for a hundred years so long ago, but the truth was that the scenario was a very easy one to drift into.

This time, she had disappeared for a day and a half, at other times she had vanished for longer. Those times would only grow in length, she understood. Ling Qi had meditated on loneliness in her efforts to better control her domain, and the thought of the future had frightened her a little. She wouldn't stop climbing, but she couldn't become unmoored either.

Ling Qi could not counteract the separation wrought by cultivation, and if she was honest with herself, she didn't want to. However, it was also true that her Mother was important to her, and so for her sake, she had to try at least a little with the people her Mother cared about.
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I like this a lot, adds a bit of flavor to the worldbuilding, that most of this society is designed around keeping cultivators tied down in the system and sane.

yrsillar said:
Ling Qi frowned in consternation, wondering what Sixiang was talking about. Then it struck her. The mortal woman's footsteps made faint sounds on the polished floor, and her gown rustled with her movements, her breath disturbed the air. Ling Qi was silent, utterly so. The only noise was a distant eerie piping. Ling Qi frowned and a twitch of her qi normalized things.
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Qi continues to be an accidental supervillain, quiet as a ghost but for the faint eerie music playing at the edge of your awareness.

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Ling Qi hummed thoughtfully. "And you? Are the others handling things well?" She had offered to let them leave, but no one had taken her up on it. She wondered if it was just because they were more afraid of her than the war.

"We are most thankful for your patronage," the woman replied carefully, keeping her head down.

"I didn't ask that," Ling Qi replied, letting her formality slip a little. She came to a halt. "I asked how you and the others are holding up. I was being genuine when I said that any of you could leave."

The young woman paused, looking a little alarmed at the questioning or more accurately, Ling Qi's attention. Was she really that bad? "It has been trying," the woman admitted. "But no one wants to go back."

Ling Qi regarded the young woman with a little surprise. She was being honest. "...You aren't afraid?"

The girl looked a little guilty. "I am, but it's still better isn't it? At least we are being protected. You and the other Immortals will not let the barbarians through, right?"

"No," Ling Qi replied. She honestly felt a little uncomfortable with the expectation she saw there. It was one thing to be told you were responsible for people, it was another to feel it. In her mind's eye, she saw burning fields and a mountain reduced to powder. Could she really make a guarantee like that…

"We won't lose, you'll be safe," it wasn't a lie. She was sure that no one would let this place, the gateway to the Sect fall.
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No one is interested in going back to the bottom rung of Tonghou. Even with the attacks, they are being very well-protected, Qi just splurged on extra security.

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"Then there is no reason to talk about going back. The others feel the same. That is, if our service has been satisfactory? Madam Ling has said we have been doing well," the young woman grew more anxious as she spoke, clutching at her gown.

"I have no complaints," Ling Qi was quick to reply.
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These people will eventually acclimate to Qi, so she doesn't provoke such fearful deference. I have high hopes for that.

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"That hardly sets me at ease," her Mother replied quietly. "I still do not understand why you would do such a thing."

Ling Qi remained silent for a moment considering her words. The lessons of the Playful Muse art flitted through her head as she turned to meet her Mother's pleading gaze. "Because I am strong, and greedy," Ling Qi said wryly. "Because I don't want to lose anything. Because I won't let fear guide my hands or my feet. I hope you can understand Mother. I don't intend to die."
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Loved this, I like when we delve into Qi's selfish selflessness.

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"I was always pretty bad at being a girl. Sorry Mom," Ling Qi said with a chuckle.

"You weren't," Ling Qingge said quietly, looking down at her lap. "You were no more rambunctious and restless than any other child."

"No need to spare my feelings," Ling Qi sighed. "I understand…"

"Ling Qi, I was never prepared to be a mother, at an age barely older than you are now. My conditions may have left me in a poor state, but that only explains my mistakes. It does not excuse them," Ling Qingge retorted sharply. "So do not spare my feelings."

Ling Qi was silent, and so was her Mother. Finally, Ling Qi blew out a breath sending eddies through the mist. "I guess neither of us know much about what we're doing, huh?"
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Huh. Qi wasn't particularly unruly, Qingge just really didn't know what to do with her. She was a very young mother who was forced to raise a daughter alone while working as a prostitute, and she wasn't prepared for it. This feels like a significant moment for them, they are getting better at being honest with each other.

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"It seems so," Mother replied. "Ling Qi, I cannot pretend to understand matters of cultivation beyond the most basic. Answer me this. Were you certain that you would survive that knife?"

She had not expected the potency of the poison, but looking back at the moment of decision…

"Yes," Ling Qi said with conviction.

"Then I must trust your judgement," her Mother replied wearily. She was not happy, but she had accepted it. There was nothing else to say. She did not want to worry her family, but she would not stop.
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Good.

yrsillar said:
[] Help Mother with her cultivation art. Perhaps a little music to help her visualize her qi flows better?
[] 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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While I would normally insist on going Full Cultivation Art in order to maximize future development speed, in this case we should probably get Gold Physique going. It'll give her more energy to do everything else. Afterwards, the priority should be that cultivation art. She doesn't have the short-term demands of Sect Life like we did back then, she doesn't need to scramble for a combat art, so she can put everything towards increasing her base speed. Her rate of growth is agonizingly slow enough that it'll make a serious difference.
 
[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.

Also a side benefit, maybe Qingye will teach a lesser version of this to the workers. It would certainly be easier to impart compared to if it requored Ling Qi's music to visualize qi.

And lastly, this us the least we could do with what Mucle Bro left us before he went to the Mucle Building Gym in the Sky.
 
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[X] Help Mother with her cultivation art. Perhaps a little music to help her visualize her qi flows better?

This is the overall better long term choice, her physical cultivation will come eventually but improving her cultivation as a whole will work better with a teacher.
 
[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.

Arguments have allready been said. No need for me to add anything.
 
[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.
 
[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.
 
[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.

I would like to introduce our mom to foundations- I think she may be able to leverage a spiritual-cultivation heavy path best with that, especially as mistress of a household. But feeling better and moving better first.
 
[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.

I don't think going with the music option just for better bonding time is a good idea. This option seems to be better for actually benefitting Qingge.
 
[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.

I'd love a duet, but mom will do better with this.
 
[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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