Forge of Destiny(Xianxia Quest)

As any cultivator knows, foundation is the most important key to success in one's way. A weak foundation will crumble under pressure, while a powerful one will endure all but the greatest of shocks. As in many things, this is not true solely of cultivation.
Oh look, an other tongue in cheek tip on how breakthrough bonuses are important XD
The second are the many great spirits ascended from our ranks over the years, who watch over us even to this day.
I wonder if this is just propaganda or if there's a bit of truth in it...
 
I wonder if this is just propaganda or if there's a bit of truth in it...
Last emperor ascended 50 years ago, and basically everyone expected Cai Shenhua to ascend when she got to white, and not build a clan. So white ascending is probably something that happens every 500 years or so.
 
I was refering to the "watch over us" bit.
As i see it, once ascended they don't have any ways to come back down, they are essentially dead , at least to this world.
 
I was refering to the "watch over us" bit.
As i see it, once ascended they don't have any ways to come back down, they are essentially dead , at least to this world.
It's been a fantheory for a long time that the reason the Ministry of Integrity demands every agents to get a Death Spirit is that the ascended Emperor, who is a Death Great Spirit, can thus watch over them that way.

I do not know how much they can actually do things, but we know at least the moon spirits can have some degree of influence over the splinters, given Xin was possessed by her greater self before.
 
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And we have a upset ! Gan is now losing out compared to the Ma sisters. What is this, is beef not good enough now ??
Adhoc vote count started by Arkeus on Dec 11, 2017 at 5:42 PM, finished with 421 posts and 91 votes.

  • [X] Plan Emerald Sea
    - [X] Use From Inventory: 3RSS, 1YSS, Highsun Pill, Skyblood Pill
    - [X] Buy and Use: Channel Cleansing Pill (2), Heavy Rains Pill (10), Clear Wind Pill (2), White Hart Elixir (6), Bright Sky Pill (2), Soaring Spirits Pill (6), Vigorous Sapling Pill (2), second wood pill (6), Bear Marrow Elixir (4), Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10), Steady Growth Pill (8), Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    - [X] Restock Restoratives: 1 Wellspring Pill (3)
    - [X] Total Spending: 13 (stones) + 76 (medicines) + 3 (restorative) = 92 RSS
    - [X] Overflow : Physical
    - [X] Grinning Moon Blessing : AE
    - [X] Hire a tutor
    -- [X] Stamina / TRF
    -- [X] Archery / FSA
    --[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    ---[X] Heart Meridian
    ---[X] Work on formations with Li Suyin, working on a project with your friend will be fun
    --- [X] Give the pen (from Renshu's base) to Suyin if we haven't already
    --[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    ---[X] FZ
    --[X] Train with Meizhen
    ---[X] Spine Meridian
    - [X] Take a job
    -- [X] Appease the Forest
    --[X] Cai Renxiang is going to help you get your mothers legal troubles worked out, and give you a crash course on basic law to boot.
    - [X] The Ma sisters are pleasant enough to be around. Why don't you invite Su Ling to join you in sparring with them, she needs to get out more.
    -- [X] Assuming Meizhen agrees, share Growing Cavern with the Ma sisters
    - [X] You need escape contingencies. Start working on that.
    [X] Plan Emerald Sea with Gan
    - [X] Use From Inventory: 3RSS, 1YSS, Highsun Pill, Skyblood Pill
    - [X] Buy and Use: Channel Cleansing Pill (2), Heavy Rains Pill (10), Clear Wind Pill (2), White Hart Elixir (6), Bright Sky Pill (2), Soaring Spirits Pill (6), Vigorous Sapling Pill (2), second wood pill (6), Bear Marrow Elixir (4), Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10), Steady Growth Pill (8), Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    - [X] Restock Restoratives: 1 Wellspring Pill (3)
    - [X] Total Spending: 13 (stones) + 76 (medicines) + 3 (restorative) = 92 RSS
    - [X] Overflow : Physical
    - [X] Grinning Moon Blessing : AE
    - [X] Hire a tutor
    -- [X] Stamina / TRF
    -- [X] Archery / FSA
    --[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    ---[X] Heart Meridian
    ---[X] Work on formations with Li Suyin, working on a project with your friend will be fun
    --- [X] Give the pen (from Renshu's base) to Suyin if we haven't already
    --[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    ---[X] FZ
    --[X] Train with Meizhen
    ---[X] Spine Meridian
    - [X] Take a job
    -- [X] Appease the Forest
    --[X] Cai Renxiang is going to help you get your mothers legal troubles worked out, and give you a crash course on basic law to boot.
    ---[X] During the breaks in tutoring, mention to Cai you've been looking for "the fourth" Argent Art, which you suspect is Heavens/Earth.
    - [X] Gan Guangli is planning retaliation against Liling's raiders, you've been invited to participate.
    - [X] You need escape contingencies. Start working on that.
    [X] Plan Dragons, not Wolves
    -[X] Use From Inventory: 3RSS, 1YSS, Highsun Pill
    -[X] Buy and Use: Channel Cleansing Pill (2), Heavy Rains Pill (10), Clear Wind Pill (2), White Hart Elixir (6), Bright Sky Pill (2), Soaring Spirits Pill (6), Vigorous Sapling Pill (2), second wood pill (6), Bear Marrow Elixir (4), Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10), Steady Growth Pill (8), Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    -[X] Total Spending: 13 (stones) + 76 (medicines) = 89 RSS
    -[X] Grinning Moon bonus -> FZ
    -[X]Overflow : Physical
    -[X] Research Dragons, and how one might be appeased
    -[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    --[X]Heart Meridian
    --[X] (Minor) Work on formations with Li Suyin, working on a project with your friend will be fun
    --[X] (Minor) The Ma sisters are pleasant enough to be around. Why don't you invite Su Ling to join you in sparring with them, she needs to get out more.
    -[X] Train with Meizhen
    --[X] Spine Meridian
    -[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    --[X] Arm Meridian
    ---[X] Note: open this Meridian after the other two
    -[X] Hire a tutor (gives -1 minor, +1 major)
    --[X] Archery / Falling Star Art
    --[X] Stamina / Thousand Ring Fortress
    -[X] (Minor) You need escape contingencies. Start working on that.
    -[X] (Minor) Cai Renxiang is going to help you get your mothers legal troubles worked out, and give you a crash course on basic law to boot.
    ---[X] During the breaks in tutoring, mention to Cai you've been looking for "the fourth" Argent Art, which you suspect is Heavens/Earth.
    [X] Girl's night out with Lan Lan
    [X] Plan Emerald Sea with Lan Lan
    - [X] Use From Inventory: 3RSS, 1YSS, Highsun Pill, Skyblood Pill
    - [X] Buy and Use: Channel Cleansing Pill (2), Heavy Rains Pill (10), Clear Wind Pill (2), White Hart Elixir (6), Bright Sky Pill (2), Soaring Spirits Pill (6), Vigorous Sapling Pill (2), second wood pill (6), Bear Marrow Elixir (4), Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10), Steady Growth Pill (8), Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    - [X] Restock Restoratives: 1 Wellspring Pill (3)
    - [X] Total Spending: 13 (stones) + 76 (medicines) + 3 (restorative) = 92 RSS
    - [X] Overflow : Physical
    - [X] Grinning Moon Blessing : AE
    - [X] Hire a tutor
    -- [X] Stamina / TRF
    -- [X] Archery / FSA
    --[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    ---[X] Heart Meridian
    ---[X] Work on formations with Li Suyin, working on a project with your friend will be fun
    --- [X] Give the pen (from Renshu's base) to Suyin if we haven't already
    --[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    ---[X] FZ
    --[X] Train with Meizhen
    ---[X] Spine Meridian
    - [X] Take a job
    -- [X] Appease the Forest
    --[X] Cai Renxiang is going to help you get your mothers legal troubles worked out, and give you a crash course on basic law to boot.
    --[X] You never did get to go out have a night on the proverbial town with Xiulan, see if she's still up for that
    - [X] You need escape contingencies. Start working on that.
 
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Why o why has no one noticed the most elusive and judgemental of the horned creatures of the world.

The Jackalope.

It even has the bonus of being a magical beast, modern cryptid etc.

I'll bet Granny Snek is a Tsuchinoko or something similar.

[X] Plan Emerald Sea with Gan
 
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Yall are still debating on what the horned guy might be and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact there's a city atop a fucking huge giant scorpion who most likely has children. So imagine cultivators riding giant scorpions throughout the Sands instead of horses or something.

Scorpion. ..cavalry. ..

 
Qi moms background seems to get more mysterious for every letter we get.


Meant to reply to this earlier. Hoping this doesn't violate forum etiquette.


Anyway, I don't think Qi mom's background has gotten more mysterious. if anything, I think I have a rough outline of what happened.

She's mortal. Was probably either a servant or entertainer contracted with nobility.

She pissed her boss off, who black balled her.


Even the lowliest cultivator wouldn't have to stoop to prostitution, and as she's repeatedly said, she doesn't really know a lot about the ways of immortals. (Her confusion about Zhengui comes to mind.). I think it's pretty safe to say she isnt, or perhaps wasn't, nobility.

Fairly confident in saying she was never a cultivator either.
 
[X] Plan Emerald Sea with Gan

Because Dragons won't win I'm gonna reluctantly switch.
Adhoc vote count started by Delcer on Dec 23, 2017 at 10:54 PM, finished with 43892 posts and 79 votes.

  • [X] Plan: Flaming Fire + Woodworking
    -[X] Use: Highsun Pill; 3 RSS; 1 Yellow stone
    -[X] Purchase: Channel Cleansing Pill (2) + Heavy Rains Pill (10) + Gushing Spring Pill (2) + Flowing Rivers Pill (6) + Both Fire Pills (2+6) + Vigorous Sapling Pill (2) + Second Wood Pill (6) + Bear Marrow Elixir (4) + Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10) + White Hart Elixir (6) + Steady Growth Pill (8) + Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    -[X] Total resources consumed: 2 + 10 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 6 + 2 + 6+ 4 + 10 + 6 + 8 + 18 + 3= 85RSS, 1 YSS, 1 Highsun Pill
    -[X] EPC Bonus: Abyssal Exhalation
    -[X] Overflow -> Physical
    -[X] Major: Train at the Vent with Su Ling
    --[X] Arm Meridian
    --[X] Attached Minor: Invite Su Ling to join in and spar with the Ma Sisters. She could use some partners closer to her level, and more friends besides
    -[X] Major: Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    --[X] Thousand Ring Fortress
    --[X] Attached Minor: You never did get to go out have a night on the proverbial town with Xiulan, see if she's still up for that
    -[X] Major: Cultivate on your Own
    --[X] Argent Current
    -[X] Major: Research Dragons, and how they might be appeased
    -[X] Major: Do a Job
    --[X] Wolfpack Hunt: A group of rinefur wolves have moved into the wilderness at the base of the mountains. Numbering nearly a score, with an alpha at the first stages of grade three, they cannot be allowed to remain. Eliminate the pack. 3 points for each slain wolf. 15 for the alpha.
    --[X] Invite Gu Xiulan
    -[X] Minor: Work to Unlock the Puzzle Box
    -[X] Minor: Zhengui's pyre had begun to dim, shrinking no matter how much fuel you add. You should be there when he emerges
    -[X] Minor: Meizhen has been disappearing more often, she's even too busy to train this week. What is she up too?
    [X] Plan: The Final Countdown
    -[X] Purchase: Channel Cleansing Pill (2) + Heavy Rains Pill (10) + Gushing Spring Pill (2) + Flowing Rivers Pill (6) + Both Fire Pills (2+6) + Vigorous Sapling Pill (2) + Second Wood Pill (6) + Bear Marrow Elixir (4) + Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10) + White Hart Elixir (6) + Steady Growth Pill (8) + Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    -[X] Total resources consumed: 3+10+2+10+2+6+2+6+2+6+4+10+6+8+18=95RSS, 1 Highsun Pill
    -[X] EPC Bonus: Physical Cultivation
    -[X] Overflow -> Physical
    -[X] Major: Train at the Vent with Su Ling (Arm Meridian)
    --[X] Attached Minor: Invite Su Ling to join in and spar with the Ma Sisters. She could use some partners closer to her level, and more friends besides
    -[X] Major: Explore and Train with Golden Fields (Thousand Ring Fortress)
    --[X] Attached Minor: You never did get to go out have a night on the proverbial town with Xiulan, see if she's still up for that
    -[X] Major: Cultivate on your Own (Argent Current)
    -[X] Major: Research Dragons, and how they might be appeased
    -[X] Major: Do a Favor for Fu Xiang (2)
    -[X] Minor: Work to Unlock the Puzzle Box
    -[X] Minor: Zhengui's pyre had begun to dim, shrinking no matter how much fuel you add. You should be there when he emerges
    -[X] Minor: You've learned what you can from simply observing Cai Renxiang. Ask her about the capital and about herself
    [X] Plan Steady as a Turtle
    -[X] Argent Vent Bonus -> Argent Current
    -[X] Grinning Moon Bonus -> Physical
    -[X] Overflow -> Physical
    -[X] Use from inventory: 3 RSS (3), 1 YSS (10), Highsun Pill
    -[X] Purchase: Channel Cleansing Pill (2) + Heavy Rains Pill (10) + Gushing Spring Pill (2) + Flowing Rivers Pill (6) + Both Fire Pills (2+6) + Vigorous Sapling Pill (2) + Second Wood Pill (6) + Bear Marrow Elixir (4) + Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10) + White Hart Elixir (6) + Steady Growth Pill (8) + Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    -[X] Total resources consumed: 3+10+2+10+2+6+2+6+2+6+4+10+6+8+18=95RSS, 1 Highsun Pill
    -[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    --[X] Cultivate Thousand Ring Fortress
    --[X] (minor) You never did get to go out have a night on the proverbial town with Xiulan, see if she's still up for that
    -[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    --[X] Open Arm Meridian
    --[X] (minor) Invite Su Ling to join in and spar with the Ma Sisters. She could use some partners closer to her level, and more friends besides
    -[X] Cultivate on your own
    --[X] Cultivate Argent Current
    -[X] Research Dragons, and how one might be appeased
    -[X] Do a favor for Fu Xiang
    --[X] Try for x2 Favors, but stop at 1 if the first heist doesn't go too well (i.e. we have used up our reroll)
    -[X] Meizhen has been disappearing more often, she's even too busy to train this week. What is she up too?
    -[X] Zhengui's pyre had begun to dim, shrinking no matter how much fuel you add. You should be there when he emerges
    -[X] Work to unlock the Puzzle Box
    [x] Plan Let's Try This Out
    -[X] Use: Highsun Pill
    -[X] Purchase: Channel Cleansing Pill (2) + Heavy Rains Pill (10) + Gushing Spring Pill (2) + Flowing Rivers Pill (6) + Both Fire Pills (2+6) + Vigorous Sapling Pill (2) + Second Wood Pill (6) + Bear Marrow Elixir (4) + Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10) + White Hart Elixir (6) + Steady Growth Pill (8) + Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    -[X] Total resources consumed: 3+10+2+10+2+6+2+6+2+6+4+10+6+8+18= 85RSS, 1 YSS, 1 Highsun Pill
    -[X] EPC Bonus: Abyssal Exhalation
    -[X] Overflow -> Physical
    -[X] Argent Vent Bonus -> Argent Current
    -[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    --[X] Open Arm Meridian
    -[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    --[X] Cultivate Thousand Ring Fortress
    ---[X] (minor) Invite Su Ling to join in and spar with the Ma Sisters. She could use some partners closer to her level, and more friends besides
    -[X] Cultivate on your own
    --[X] Cultivate Argent Current
    ---[x] (minor) Work to unlock the Puzzle Box
    -[X] Research Dragons, and how one might be appeased
    -[x] Take a job
    -[x] Wolfpack Hunt
    --[x] Invite Xiulan
    -[X] Meizhen has been disappearing more often, she's even too busy to train this week. What is she up too?
    -[X] Zhengui's pyre had begun to dim, shrinking no matter how much fuel you add. You should be there when he emerges
    -[x] You've learned what you can from simply observing Cai Renxiang. Ask her about the capital and about herself
    [X] Plan Favorless
    -[X] Argent Vent Bonus -> Argent Current
    -[X] Grinning Moon Bonus -> Abyssal Exhalation
    -[X] Overflow -> Physical
    -[X] Use from inventory: 3 RSS (3), 1 YSS (10), Highsun Pill
    -[X] Purchase: Channel Cleansing Pill (2) + Heavy Rains Pill (10) + Gushing Spring Pill (2) + Flowing Rivers Pill (6) + Both Fire Pills (2+6) + Vigorous Sapling Pill (2) + Second Wood Pill (6) + Bear Marrow Elixir (4) + Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10) + White Hart Elixir (6) + Steady Growth Pill (8) + Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    -[X] Total resources consumed: 3+10+2+10+2+6+2+6+2+6+4+10+6+8+18=95RSS, 1 Highsun Pill
    -[X] Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    --[X] Cultivate Argent Current
    -[X] Train at the vent with Su Ling
    --[X] Open Arm Meridian
    --[X] (minor) Invite Su Ling to join in and spar with the Ma Sisters. She could use some partners closer to her level, and more friends besides
    -[X] Cultivate on your own
    --[X] Cultivate Thousand Ring Fortress
    --[X] (minor) Zhengui's pyre had begun to dim, shrinking no matter how much fuel you add. You should be there when he emerges
    -[X] Research Dragons, and how one might be appeased
    -[x] Take a job
    --[X] Passion Fruit Collection
    -[X] Meizhen has been disappearing more often, she's even too busy to train this week. What is she up too?
    -[X] You never did get to go out have a night on the proverbial town with Xiulan, see if she's still up for that
    -[x] You've learned what you can from simply observing Cai Renxiang. Ask her about the capital and about herself
    [X] Plan TOKEN DOOMED RESISTANCE
    -[X] Use: Highsun Pill
    -[X] Purchase: Channel Cleansing Pill (2) + Heavy Rains Pill (10) + Gushing Spring Pill (2) + Flowing Rivers Pill (6) + Both Fire Pills (2+6) + Vigorous Sapling Pill (2) + Second Wood Pill (6) + Bear Marrow Elixir (4) + Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10) + White Hart Elixir (6) + Steady Growth Pill (8) + Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    -[X] Total resources consumed: 3+10+2+10+2+6+2+6+2+6+4+10+6+8+18= 85RSS, 1 YSS, 1 Highsun Pill
    -[X] EPC Bonus: Abyssal Exhalation
    -[X] Overflow -> Physical
    -[X] Major: Train at the Vent with Su Ling
    --[X] Arm Meridian
    --[X] Attached Minor: Invite Su Ling to join in and spar with the Ma Sisters. She could use some partners closer to her level, and more friends besides
    -[X] Major: Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    --[X] Thousand Ring Fortress
    --[X] Attached Minor: You never did get to go out have a night on the proverbial town with Xiulan, see if she's still up for that
    -[X] Major: Cultivate on your Own
    --[X] Argent Current
    -[X] Major: Research Dragons, and how they might be appeased
    -[X] Major: Do a Job
    --[X] Wolfpack Hunt: A group of rinefur wolves have moved into the wilderness at the base of the mountains. Numbering nearly a score, with an alpha at the first stages of grade three, they cannot be allowed to remain. Eliminate the pack. 3 points for each slain wolf. 15 for the alpha.
    --[X] Invite Gu Xiulan
    -[X] Minor: Zhengui's pyre had begun to dim, shrinking no matter how much fuel you add. You should be there when he emerges
    -[X] Minor: Speak with Han Jian, about Argent Storm and the Golden Fields. What is his home like?
    -[X] Minor: Your feelings regarding Gu Tai are... conflicted, maybe you should speak with him a bit. You know where he is staying.
    [X] Plan TOKEN DOOMED RESISTANCE
    -[X] Use: Highsun Pill
    -[X] Purchase: Channel Cleansing Pill (2) + Heavy Rains Pill (10) + Gushing Spring Pill (2) + Flowing Rivers Pill (6) + Both Fire Pills (2+6) + Vigorous Sapling Pill (2) + Second Wood Pill (6) + Bear Marrow Elixir (4) + Bear's Heartsblood Elixir (10) + White Hart Elixir (6) + Steady Growth Pill (8) + Sturdy Oak Pill (18)
    -[X] Total resources consumed: 3+10+2+10+2+6+2+6+2+6+4+10+6+8+18= 85RSS, 1 YSS, 1 Highsun Pill
    -[X] EPC Bonus: Abyssal Exhalation
    -[X] Overflow -> Physical
    -[X] Major: Train at the Vent with Su Ling
    --[X] Arm Meridian
    --[X] Attached Minor: Invite Su Ling to join in and spar with the Ma Sisters. She could use some partners closer to her level, and more friends besides
    -[X] Major: Explore and Train with Golden Fields
    --[X] Thousand Ring Fortress
    --[X] Attached Minor: You never did get to go out have a night on the proverbial town with Xiulan, see if she's still up for that
    -[X] Major: Cultivate on your Own
    --[X] Argent Current
    --[X] Abyssal Exhalation
    -[X] Major: Do a Job
    --[X] Wolfpack Hunt: A group of rinefur wolves have moved into the wilderness at the base of the mountains. Numbering nearly a score, with an alpha at the first stages of grade three, they cannot be allowed to remain. Eliminate the pack. 3 points for each slain wolf. 15 for the alpha.
    --[X] Invite Gu Xiulan
    -[X] Minor: Zhengui's pyre had begun to dim, shrinking no matter how much fuel you add. You should be there when he emerges
    -[X] Minor: Meizhen has been disappearing more often, she's even too busy to train this week. What is she up too?
    -[X] Minor: Your feelings regarding Gu Tai are... conflicted, maybe you should speak with him a bit. You know where he is staying.
 
Another point to doing the Gan option is that it may get us bonus cultivation from sneaking after all Gan probably wants us to track down the raiders.
 
Yall are still debating on what the horned guy might be and I'm still trying to wrap my head around the fact there's a city atop a fucking huge giant scorpion who most likely has children. So imagine cultivators riding giant scorpions throughout the Sands instead of horses or something.
Oh yeah. This isn't directly related to your comment but you reminded me of it; the Han are likely to be a challenge to the Guo within the scope of the quest. Their Granny Tiger is going to reach White soon enough (a century or two?) and has much more prestige than scorpions, so even if the Han have no intention of overtaking their overlords, others might view them as a way to stick it to the Guo at the very least. The Guo will need to deal with that decisively pretty quick and the groundwork for that conflict is likely to be laid in the near future.

In the new context of the case where Ling Qi marries into a Han vassal, as a stealth-focused cultivator she'll probably have plenty of spy work (or counterspy work).

Whether or not that's a positive, it's another angle to consider. I mention it because @Arkeus, and maybe other people, were considering Cai as a 'best chance' to get Ling Qi spy work'.
 
[X] Plan Emerald Sea with Gan

CRX is recruiting us to be her ninja and Gan to be her Shield. If we're gonna be vassal bros like I'm am a proponent of, might as well start working together more. Also we haven't gotten a loot drop from a foe in like a week. Qi is going to go through withdrawals soon
 
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Another point to doing the Gan option is that it may get us bonus cultivation from sneaking after all Gan probably wants us to track down the raiders.

I think just doing the Appease the Forest job provides those successes. Personally I want Ling Qi to get involved in more fights, especially against other cultivators and not just spirit beasts. There was no violence last update, just sneaking around the dragon. If she's not doing the Gan raid next week, there'd be no action other than sneaking through the forest either. Let's get some mastery dots through combat experience already.
 
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