Forge of Destiny(Xianxia Quest)

Ok, anyone who can take Bai would thrash us and we don't have the buffs to tip the scales in her favor.

Rapey Douchebag is after us now and I'd rather have Gu Xiulan and possibly her friends for backup against him than Li Suyin and Su Ling.
 
Yeah Ji Rong, that is probably the prisoner background, has probably been doing nothing but cultivation from the start and Huang Da... well he is a bit weird.

If Ji Rong is the prisoner background that explains his lack of a social life since he probably is the least liked person in our year due to the soical stigma he would have.
 
But, damn, Ji Rong finished 3 different Arts and got to peak red. That's another 80+ successes on Art than we did, and art successes are hard. I suspect he probably only did arts he is talented in, so instead it's 'just' another 60 success. Still impressive as fuck even if he did nothing but cultivate.

We have to find a way to keep up/get to talent 7 soon.
 
And if Argent Genesis is only made available at the end of year one than HOLY SHIT we lucked with getting our hand on Eight Phase Ceremony. A lot of people are going to be stuck with inferior Yellow cultivation arts.

If Rapey McDouchebag doesn't have something comparable from his family then between him running out of resources and us having a better Yellow cultivation art we may be able to just run by him and settle the issue by beating the shit out of him repeatedly.
 
If Ji Rong is the prisoner background that explains his lack of a social life since he probably is the least liked person in our year due to the soical stigma he would have.
Oh, I dont know Ling Qi seems to be giving him a run for his money.:p He did pity Ling Qi that one time...

But yeah high talent, few if any allies and a social stigma he will have a hard time going forward in this. But we have more pressing concerns from now on...
 
[X] At home with Bai Meizhen, resting from her training.

I would like to be able to get our spirt stone in relative safety, Meizhen's presence should prevent a group attack.
 
And if Argent Genesis is only made available at the end of year one than HOLY SHIT we lucked with getting our hand on Eight Phase Ceremony. A lot of people are going to be stuck with inferior Yellow cultivation arts.

If Rapey McDouchebag doesn't have something comparable from his family then between him running out of resources and us having a better Yellow cultivation art we may be able to just run by him and settle the issue by beating the shit out of him repeatedly.
He probably has a powerful familial cultivation art. Maybe a bit less good than EPC, but his probably also worked in Red Soul, meaning he would get those levels out of it too. It would even out, I think.
 
He probably has a powerful familial cultivation art. Maybe a bit less good than EPC, but his probably also worked in Red Soul, meaning he would get those levels out of it too. It would even out, I think.
Not sure if multi-tier cultivation arts are things.

Also Argent Soul is pretty damn high-tier in its own right. Perma 1-again is one hell of a thing.
 
[X] With Gu Xiulan, the other girl had wanted to celebrate her breakthrough
What kind of arts do we want to achieve next?
 
Oh, I dont know Ling Qi seems to be giving him a run for his money.:p He did pity Ling Qi that one time...

Ling Qi is most likely the second most disliked person.

But yeah high talent, few if any allies and a social stigma he will have a hard time going forward in this. But we have more pressing concerns from now on...

Yeah Huang Da is probably going to attack us soon and may try to take our spirit stones to get us into debt with him.
 
Ok, we got exact the needed successes to finish Zephyr.
Yoo-hoo!
We got the next step f movement technique, got all the meridians we wanted, and hit peak gold.

We also got the pass, yay!
And sadly Li Suyin did not, Huang Da did.

This... is not good.

And we are officially in the thunderdome.

Well, let's see how we will manage.
 
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[X] With Gu Xiulan, the other girl had wanted to celebrate her breakthrough

Probably should let the others forget about Su Yin because now would be a really bad time for her to be attacked as collateral damage on us.

Well...Ling is a possible word for Zero....
Huh, it occurs to me that we're the only one of Su's winners who didn't have an admonishment at the end.

I guess in this case that it was because she genuinely couldn't find fault with what we were doing. I suspect Ji Rong basically has done nothing but Cultivate since he got here, and Huang Da isn't as good as he thinks he is (Though he's still good, his arrogance is a genuine problem that'll slow him down once he stops being carried by his resources, he's likely to bite off more than he can chew.) Meanwhile, our bit was all basically pointing out how we've managed to maintain a solid balance and foundation throughout the whole thing--especially taking best advantage of the resources we did acquire to maximize our gains during a period where we have relatively cheap access to Qi expansion (Red/Gold being the most 'Malleable' level of a Cultivator's growth makes sense now, it's cheap and easy to raise Qi in this state), and we did it while making valuable connections and learning many skills too, even at a modest cost in vertical growth.
Pretty much. The only thing we traded off was immediate combat ability...which is exactly the point of the Truce to begin with.
 
Not sure if multi-tier cultivation arts are things.

Also Argent Soul is pretty damn high-tier in its own right. Perma 1-again is one hell of a thing.
Argent Soul is multi-tier, it's just that they cut the previous tier away from the others.

We are sitting at 31 Qi.

Man, we are in the vicinity of Meizhen and Liling.

We might not be the best fighters, but damn can Ling Qi tank with her MP.
Yup, there is a reason why @TheLastOne and myself really, really wanted those Qi rolls. We have great Qi, and that's really fucking good.

Also, confirmation that Sable Light Pills are really fucking good.

[] At home with Bai Meizhen, resting from her training.
This option should be the "no one attacks us" option. Safe, but no loot and no free EXP either. Also doesn't let us establish a reputation.

[] With Gu Xiulan, the other girl had wanted to celebrate her breakthrough
This option should be one of the "we fight" option. It should please Gu Xiulan a lot and she'll instantly feel much better and will greatly help into talking to her about Li Suyin and stuff soon.

[] At Li Suyin and Su Ling's house, she had gone to comfort her friend
This one... maybe if we are attacked again and Li Suyin does well she could feel better? Maybe she could feel way worse? I don't know. Not only that, but Li Suyin "not needing our help" might be what she needs to grow a bit, so if she gets attacked (she has a Qi Foundation Pill, remember) and manage to deal with her attacks it will help her a lot.

OTOH, if she gets punched black and blue it might make her quit the sect.

Anyone is willing to role the 3 sets of 6 dice?
 
[X] With Gu Xiulan, the other girl had wanted to celebrate her breakthrough
Meizhen is still my fave but I feel like there's more to progress with Xiulan right now. We need to get back to her about SCS eventually but right now Xiulan is the one yearing for girl time. Siyun is a possibility but we're already really close and she's already angsting over how much she depends on us so I figure she needs space or to feel useful and a fight won't give her that. Maybe we can go to her if we get beat up, show her why healers are so important?
 
I somehow doubt there's a rule against sharing techniques or buying gifts for friends. Li Suyin has been very good to us thus far, we ought to repay that.
 
Three sets of six, huh?

I will volunteer my body for this tribulation

+12 successes
Alectai threw 6 10-faced dice. Reason: Set One Total: 32
2 2 7 7 10 10 8 8 2 2 3 3
Alectai threw 7 10-faced dice. Reason: Set Two Total: 30
3 3 10 10 1 1 4 4 6 6 3 3 3 3
Alectai threw 7 10-faced dice. Reason: Set Three Total: 38
10 10 4 4 7 7 9 9 1 1 2 2 5 5
 
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Huh. Ya know, where did Ji Rong get his Arts? Ling Qi only got one from the Archive, and has been learning some others from somewhere else, so did Ji Rong get more than her from the Archive because he mastered them quicker, or did he have his own good fortune, or what?
 
Huh. Ya know, where did Ji Rong get his Arts? Ling Qi only got one from the Archive, and has been learning some others from somewhere else, so did Ji Rong get more than her from the Archive because he mastered them quicker, or did he have his own good fortune, or what?

Didn't the Prisoner origin come with a combat art or two?

EDIT: Nevermind, that's a good question then.
 
Argent Soul is multi-tier, it's just that they cut the previous tier away from the others.
WOW was I unclear.

I was trying to say that I'm not sure if cultivation arts that are good at multiple stages (Red/Yellow) are a thing.

And that Argent Soul is quite powerful as a starting cultivation art and that it's questionable if his family one would be better for growth purposes (as opposed to slotless passive direct boosts).

Remember this description:
This technique for the cultivation of qi is among the easiest to understand. Rather than sheer power, versatility, or any other more practical use it is primarily focused on fortifying one's Qi and building a strong foundation for later cultivation.
I strongly suspect that really powerful persistent growth boosts like permanent 1-again are rare as hell.
 
[X] At Li Suyin and Su Ling's house, she had gone to comfort her friend
That way she can defend them from others.
 
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