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Huh i figured it didnt count for advanced skills as well. so thats a 52/50 completing alchemy ill edit the tally.
Ghosts of the Ancestors. (A Cultivation Riot Quest).
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Pog, just a few more skill levels until Alchemy Hall and freedom from the Young Master Tax
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Lets throw it at information for the caves.
Well get it closer to completion that way.
Also question, in this
How do we feed on yin qi and hp? , is it only certain actions, or is it just spending 50 of both on the various actions we have now.
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*wrestling announcer voice* Ooh, tough luck on that meridian blockage, it looks like the Lesser Obfuscation of Wood is going to be saved by the bell--
Wait, what's that? IT'S GRANDPA JI WITH THE STEEL CHAIR!
Dart, knew I forgot something. I meant to put an option to feed HP and Yin QI for this. I'll do so for the next turn.
Sometimes, hitting someone with a ghost chair is the correct move.
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Looks at post , and then back at muse.* sigh * Verywell
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Guang Li sat cross-legged on a rock, sweat dripping down his face. His gangly frame quivered like a sapling in a storm as he tried—once again—to purify his second meridian. The air around him was thick with the scent of burning incense and desperation. Lesser cultivators might have called it quits after the fourth backfire, but Guang was made of sterner—or perhaps denser—stuff.
"You've got this, Guang," he muttered to himself. "Focus. Channel your Qi like a flowing river…"
In truth, his Qi was less "flowing river" and more "leaking faucet." He could feel it spluttering through the tangled knot of his second meridian like an old man climbing stairs. And speaking of old men…
"FOCUS!" a voice boomed inside his skull, nearly knocking him off his perch. "You're worse than your father was at your age, and he was practically a Mortal with Qi. and a crippled one at that!"
Guang winced. "Grandpa Ji, I'm trying! Can you maybe not yell in my head?"
Grandpa Ji's spectral form materialized beside him, an irate, semi-transparent elder with a long beard that whipped about as if caught in a windstorm. His ethereal hands clutched a spectral folding chair. Where he'd gotten the folding chair, Guang had no idea.
"You've been 'trying' for three hours, and all you've accomplished is looking constipated. At this rate, you'll never get through your meridian, and I'll be stuck with a descendant who's more cabbage than cultivator!"
"Hey!" Guang protested. "I'm making progress! Slow and steady wins the—"
Before he could finish, a sharp jolt of Qi sputtered in his chest and ricocheted into his stomach. Guang's eyes bulged. "Oh no. Not again."
With a loud BZZT, his Qi backlash exploded, sending him flying off the rock. He landed with an undignified thud, flat on his back. The world spun. The incense sticks fell over, their smoke curling into ghostly shapes that cackled mockingly at him.
"That's it. I'm taking over," Grandpa Ji declared.
"No! I can do this!" Guang protested, flailing his arms as if to ward off the ghost. "I just need a little more time—"
"You're out of time, boy! This is an emergency!" Grandpa Ji raised his spectral chair high. His voice echoed like thunder: "WRATHFUL ANCESTOR INTERVENTION!"
"Wait, what are you—AAAAAH!"
With a battle cry that would've made a berserker proud, Grandpa Ji swung the spectral chair down, directly into Guang's chest. Instead of pain, Guang felt a strange warmth flood his meridian. His Qi, previously as uncooperative as a stray cat, suddenly snapped into place and flowed smoothly. The blockage melting away like butter in a hot pan.
Guang bolted upright, eyes wide. "What just happened?!"
Grandpa Ji spun the chair around and sat on it backward, looking immensely pleased with himself. "Sometimes, a little violence is the answer."
"That… That's not how Qi cultivation works!" Guang stammered. "You can't just fix a meridian blockage by hitting it with a ghost chair!"
"Well, it worked, didn't it?" Grandpa Ji smirked, stroking his beard. "Back in my day, we called it 'tough love.' You kids these days have no grit."
Before Guang could argue further, another ghostly ancestor floated into view. This one was a regal-looking woman with an air of calm authority.
"Ji, must you always be so dramatic?" she sighed. "The boy is making progress. Let him learn at his own pace."
"Progress?" Grandpa Ji scoffed. "If we leave him alone, he'll spend the next decade fumbling around like a blind duck. Someone has to light a fire under him!"
The regal ghost turned to Guang. "Don't listen to him, dear. Just keep practicing. Cultivation is a journey, not a race."
Grandpa Ji muttered something about "soft parenting" under his breath, but Guang barely heard him. He was too busy marveling at the newfound clarity in his meridian. For the first time in his life, his Qi felt…manageable.
"Hey, it actually worked!" Guang exclaimed, a grin spreading across his face.
"Of course it worked," Grandpa Ji said, puffing out his chest. "And remember, if you ever get stuck again, I'll be here with my trusty chair."
Guang blinked at him. "You're going to solve all my cultivation problems by hitting me with ghost furniture?"
"Exactly." Grandpa Ji grinned, lifting the chair triumphantly. "Sometimes, the best lessons are the ones that hurt a little."
As the other ancestors groaned and rolled their spectral eyes, Guang couldn't help but chuckle weakly. Sure cultivation was difficult but at least he wasnt alone here.
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Mine is actually a toddler since im a qi ghost , but we do have a bunch of grandpa ji's
Btw the clan name is Guang.
Pfff… that's hilarious!
Now, I'll need to think of something appropriate for the omake reward, see if I can find something that is more then just a reroll/dice bonus but I'll think about it over the weekend.
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Well, we have water yin and pure qi roots, so let's turn normal convention on its head and get some kind of water or ice technique and become the male icy beauty.
But seriously, some kind of ice technique to slow down enemies or some kind of water droplet cannon for ranged attacks
But seriously, some kind of ice technique to slow down enemies or some kind of water droplet cannon for ranged attacks
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We already found a ranged water attack, Its for 8cc.(12 rn due to the price increase.)
But yeah , a water/yin technique could be quite useful.
Maybe some kind of movement or healing techs?, increasing guang li survivability seems like a good idea.
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Forgot about that, in that case, how about some kind of water shield. I'm getting an avatar flashback, but what about that octopus technique, where you cover yourself in a globe of water and have 8 water tentacles flowing around you for defense or attack.
We're in a sect that mostly cultivates fire, so imagine if an enemy cultivator traps us in a water array and we're like 'yeah thanks'.
Honestly, I would want an escape technique, but I know that the setting puts a lot of importance on 'honor'. Maybe something like a water drill that propels us forward, and if we build up enough speed we can basically body-torpedo someone? On the other hand, shooting ice needles sounds slightly easier to make and aim.
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Also a tech that can convert water/pure qi to health.
We are going to need quite a bit of that for both upgrading our dice rolls, and the wrath ghosts options, and if we can recover hp in a way that is not dipping into our cc reserves we could use that to save for the more important things , such as pills / techs/ formations .
We are going to need quite a bit of that for both upgrading our dice rolls, and the wrath ghosts options, and if we can recover hp in a way that is not dipping into our cc reserves we could use that to save for the more important things , such as pills / techs/ formations .
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You know what, chat complained it was a lackluster technique, but we really should just buy it this turn; price hike be damned. We have to trust latter iterations, and Li needs to start somewhere in regards to water QI.
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we have a shield technique that can use any qi type in the shop too.
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Well that depends on the wrath ghosts right now.
They are our only source of cc, and unless they can generate enough of that we cant really afford it.
We got 19 atm.
We need 30 for the alchemy hall trials.
30 if we want to go to the secret realm to get ahead of the curve, 20 if we can get the alchemy before that.
12 if we want the tech.
And those are just the immediate purchases.
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Hmm... I know we can try to brew an item, but can we sell it for contribution points?
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Speaking of selling things, I notice that the fire Qi pills are cheaper than the water ones--is that an economy of scale thing or a "you need Qi of this type to make pills of this type" thing? If the latter, how profitable would selling water pills be, to take advantage of the scarcity pricing?
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I still say that trying to go into the secret realm is a lose plan.
like, sure, if we do really well, then it's great. If we do poorly, though, it's a significant loss *on top* of the price for getting in the door. Our single lifesaving effect will mean that it's not straight-up *death*, but we saw how it worked this last round. Paying a major fee up front in return for the privilege of getting our teeth kicked in while we burn our last lifesaving effect in order to not die is just not my idea of fun, you know?
One bit of perspective. This is *absolutely* the right path for the protagonist who has a cheat that makes them more of a badass. *That* guy neds to take his available degree of badass and work it as hard as he can for growth every step of the way. We're not that guy. Our power is a growth power. Just about everything we do cranks our little protagonist in some (often small) long-term way. The thing that we need to do is find engines for sustainable growth and avoid taking hits that we can't afford while we quietly grow stronger in the background.
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Its a risk , but its why i want to get the cave sinfo first.
If we know what numbers we need then we can go for it , and if not the combat/ fellowship /cc we grind in the meantime wont go to waste.
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the caves info is also not free... and I seriously doubt that we'll find out "what numbers we need". We're much more likely to find out what it tests, but not *know* if we have enough for a good shot at it.
The most winning move is to investigate, to buy a ticket, to beat whatever the challenge is, and to have it pay off in a big way. That's true. I also count it as very unlikely, especially given that we're still pretty severely weak in our peer group. The second most winning move is to ignore it entirely and not waste any resources on it.
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