[X] When he Awoke.
Not too happy with this, but I prefer it over the wine story. We were politely scolding this guy for poaching berries. Even if we don't mention the mushrooms to avoid hypocrisy, I'm not comfortable about telling him a story about us beating thieves.
Hua Yin has reached Edged Weapons +2.
Don't you all love to see those sweet numbers going up?
For whatever reason, Hua Yin began to feel warm. Blood rushed to his face. His heart seemed to beat the tiniest bit more quickly.
Hua Yin did not have time for this. "Uncle, I am in a little bit of a rush-" Hua Yin paused. The world spun for a moment. Hua Yin shook his head again, this time a little more forcefully
Hua Yin nodded once. He would have nodded again except the world was spinning. Hua Yin closed his eyes. It didn't help. Hua Yin's face scrunched up. Hua Yin thought that he could try to force normalcy but that didn't work either.
See? See? What did I tell you? Totally a xianxia MC. Hua Yin has been cursed to 'live interesting times'.
Sooo... do I facepalm o burst out laughing? facepalm o burst out laughing?
Whatever. I'll just do both.
Lucky us that we didn't pull a Mo Xiang and went in all arrogant in our authority. I suspect Bu Mi would have been much less helpful if we did.
But seriously, what his deal?
Also next turn if we double dipped cultivation we should be able to reach spirit realm unless our rolls suck massively.
Only 12 more successes and Hua Yin can feel special again. Doable in 2 actions? A double cultivation week would be nice, maybe we'll make it in time for the duel.
I don't like double down in actions because of the diminishing malus, but being this close and using both fonts... it's feasible. And I can't deny it'd be a huge impact if we appeared at the duel newly ascended just after Yang Genji.
If we do, we should include Jianshu in the cultivation. Something like this:
-[] Cultivate at the Kiss of Tribulation. He might see his friends there, and maybe even get a chance to speak to Tianlang. Unless there's a write-in otherwise, he will use the strongest cultivation aide he has available.
--[] Circulate your qi through Jianshu while cultivating. Hopefully this will make it grow stronger and reinforce your bond.
Remember how much Jianshu liked it last time we did.
Also, in case we double down in cultivation on week 18 and reach Spirit Realm, we should please take a break on week 19 after the duel and finally get on with social, after this reminder that factions are gaining strength. The action with Ming Xue has been waiting too long, and we have just been given an excuse to reconnect with Fong Zhou.
We should also definitely go back to Archives in week 19, we're already losing rep. And there is that strange qi there that has been mentioned a couple times to investigate.
Also I've been thinking, would it be possible for us to use the Physical Training class for something specific? Maybe things like these:
-[] Attend Core Disciple Chu Quiang's martial arts class.
--[] Ask Chu Quiang about advice and tactics when fighting opponents as durable as Bao Lam when he's using his armor technique.
--[] Ask Chu Quiang about martial techniques that gave our strikes some power to mix with the shallow strikes of Numberless Stars.