The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
@Kolarthecool, are spirit blessings significantly rarer than the other options?
In a Cultivation World with a Cheat System (Xianxia inspired quest).
- Thread starter Kolarthecool
- Start date
- Original Fantasy
- Location
- Canada
[X][Explanation] Ate something weird.
Kolarthecool
Hiding from the light of day.
- Location
- Calgary, Canada.
Probably yeah. I don't intend to focus on spirits and souls in the early game. That sort of stuff is Inmortal realm shenanigans so it's beyond the current setting. Malicious spirits and specters would be more commom then benevolent spirits.
Tbh, this vote isn't super important in the long run. Whatever wins, I can have the MC spin it in a positive. You're the second clan heir, you don't need to exert any effort to get future help from your clan. The story you go with is just to cover your bases and decide what sort of news gets spread to the rest of the region.
- Location
- US
[X][Explanation] A grandpa did it!
- Location
- On a Journey Through The Decade
[X][Explanation] A grandpa did it!
If this vote doesn't matter too much, then let's go with the one that people will just accept and not think too much about.
If this vote doesn't matter too much, then let's go with the one that people will just accept and not think too much about.
[X][Explanation] A grandpa did it!
No particular preference, but it will be easier to excuse a lot of bullshit later with a recurring character like the grandpa.
No particular preference, but it will be easier to excuse a lot of bullshit later with a recurring character like the grandpa.
[X][Explanation] A grandpa did it!
We can pretend that our old grandpa is still around protecting us and giving us cultivation advice. This not only allows us to have a backing to deter any potential enemies, when we get stronger we can totally pull a Library of Heaven's Path and pretend to be our own grandpa!
The ate something where and found something strange all have potential negative consequences when it draws the attention of greedy people.
We can pretend that our old grandpa is still around protecting us and giving us cultivation advice. This not only allows us to have a backing to deter any potential enemies, when we get stronger we can totally pull a Library of Heaven's Path and pretend to be our own grandpa!
The ate something where and found something strange all have potential negative consequences when it draws the attention of greedy people.
meganeshounen
*tips glasses*
- Location
- Far East Asia
[X][Explanation] A grandpa did it!
Yep, good enough reasoning for me.
Yep, good enough reasoning for me.
-[x] Then he took me to see gold fish. It was very big and majestic, I gained much in the understanding of the dao.
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[X][Explanation] A grandpa did it!
The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
Looking ahead, I really really want my own Sun Wukong so I want to save up for that.
Kolarthecool
Hiding from the light of day.
- Location
- Calgary, Canada.
Closing the vote.
Winner is basically: a grandpa gave me something weird to eat.
Winner is basically: a grandpa gave me something weird to eat.
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No Gold Fish?
- Location
- New Mexico
Maybe the "weird thing to eat" was a gold fish.
Leingod
Immaculate Blooming Lotus
Just remember: even the Buddha was able to find Sun Wukong a little trying to deal with at times.
As he explains in the novel when he reveals the Six-Eared Macaque's true nature (it was impersonating Wukong), the Four Spiritual Monkeys exist outside of the "ten categories of beings." They are, by their very nature, creatures that don't play well with the normal order of the world around them, fitting with how Chinese philosophers (particularly Daoists) often used monkeys to make metaphors about human nature and how one could be at once wise and foolish, instinctively aware of the truths of the cosmos but too held down by instinct and material desires to act on them properly, making it a sort of transitory being.
Incidentally, according to Buddha the Four Spiritual Monkeys are also all roughly equal in strength.
Was it one of these goldfish, perhaps?
If you aren't aware, this is Tui and La ("Push and Pull"), the Spirits of the Ocean and Moon, from Avatar: The Last Airbender.
... *Pulls up Taoist Costco Order Form*
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The Froggy Ninja
The Blade Will Never Die
Well yeah but if you'll also remember, Sun Wukong is pretty easy to deal with as long as you aren't a pacifist and don't look down on him. Other than that it's mostly just eating things he shouldn't be eating and making himself even more immortal than he already was which is mostly good if he's on our side.Just remember: even the Buddha was able to find Sun Wukong a little trying to deal with at times.
As he explains in the novel when he reveals the Six-Eared Macaque's true nature (it was impersonating Wukong), the Four Spiritual Monkeys exist outside of the "ten categories of beings." They are, by their very nature, creatures that don't play well with the normal order of the world around them, fitting with how Chinese philosophers (particularly Daoists) often used monkeys to make metaphors about human nature and how one could be at once wise and foolish, instinctively aware of the truths of the cosmos but too held down by instinct and material desires to act on them properly, making it a sort of transitory being.
Incidentally, according to Buddha the Four Spiritual Monkeys are also all roughly equal in strength.