Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)

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[] Join Bai Meizhen and Cai Renxiang for a private gathering, she had been invited, so she wouldn't be intruding.
How could we pick anything but the best snek?
 
It helped that Liao Zhu praised her efforts in that direction and freely gave pointers while they were together. He had apparently cultivated the art himself when he was her age, though he had long since developed his own personal variant.

See that? That's what a Husbando looks like.

Really interested in what our Domain Name Quest and first unique personal Art will look like. It'll be a while yet but what are we looking for in an Art that's something Ling Qi already has in her domain but doesn't have a Art for yet? It won't be a great Art like the refined ones we've used so far unless Arts are more potent for their creators, so it'll probably be something we want to excel in but is to specialized to find laying about, preferably with the potential to grow into something that defines Ling Qi.

[] Join Best Snek and Da Boss for a tea party.
 
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[X] Join Bai Meizhen and Cai Renxiang for a private gathering, she had been invited, so she wouldn't be intruding.
 
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Ling Qi hurriedly bowed to the old man, even as she restrained the urge to glance around furitively. Her senses had grown greatly since she had seen Elder Jiao last, and now she felt her hair prickling on the back of her neck as she felt and half saw the eyes lurking in every shadow and patch of darkness in the chamber, watching and judging. He was still doing it on purpose, of course, there was no way a cultivator of his skill couldn't hide his presence better.
I bet Jiao tries to have the eyes right at the edge of Qi's perception just to annoy her more.
 
Whoever made Jiao step in for lessons about cultivators breaking their Way and crippling their cultivation was a cruel one.
When did we learn this about Jiao?

Hooray for lore/mechanics drop, and wowee Argent Genesis is pretty nice.

[X] Join Bai Meizhen and Cai Renxiang for a private gathering, she had been invited, so she wouldn't be intruding.
 
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Is this right, that you need to be Green 5 to get Domain C?
-Threshold(4) 6000
--Domain Rank C, 6 Insights
It'd be pretty tough, since apparently getting Green 5 requires Domain C. Maybe it's supposed to be that Domain C requires Green 4, and that you can't move past Green 4 until you get Domain C?

Apparently contradictory requirements aside, it also looks like you may have forgotten to roll the improvement dice for Qi. (unless that's supposed to be in a separate post)
 
Well, this was a good update. Nothing really happened storywise, and that's ok, because we got info dumped! An Elder is dying, Elder Jiao is taking over his lessons, and we now know that there is even a different type of qi than qi. Who wants to guess that our absurd qi levels will be somewhat translated into Shen levels?

Argent Genesis impresses with its permanent features and the potential permanent features, and the dice it gives could indicate what Songseeker's Ceremony will bring to the table.

ENM is... fun. In a weird little way. With us having a grindy long lasting AOE thing going on, making an opponent forget about their counters or defensive features will really help us kick them in the teeth. Even a second use of HC will allow us to deal good damage by making them forget what defensive tool they used to protect themselves the first time we used HC.

The future is looking interesting.
 
[] Join Bai Meizhen and Cai Renxiang for a private gathering, she had been invited, so she wouldn't be intruding.
[] Join Li Suyin and Gu Xiulan for a whirlwind round at market. Gu Xiulan seemed oddly determined to do for Li Suyin as she had once done for Ling Qi.

I think we need to be realistic here. Hanging with the ducals is more beneficial to us than with mid-noble and no name friends.


Requirements listed are for progressing to the next stage I.e Requirements listed under apparaisal are the requirements for rising to foundation.
Green
-Early(1) 1200 XP
-Appraisal(2) 2400 XP
--4 domain Insights
-Foundation(3) 4800
--5 Domain Insights, at least one advanced
-Threshold(4) 6000
--Domain Rank C, 6 Insights
-Framing(5) 7200
--7 Insights, at least two of which must be advanced. Successfully created and mastered a Successor art of at least Green 3 potency and a Max level of 5, Domain B
-Formation(6) 8400
--Complete Domain Name Quest
-Fortification(7) 9600
--Domain A, Successfully create unique personal Art
-Completion(8) 10000
--Domain S

Domain Rank Requirements

F-900 XP
E-600 XP, Integrate an art with Domain Weapon
D-600 XP 1 Advanced Insight
C-900 XP, Green 5
B-1200 XP, Green 6, Master and Integrate Domain Weapon
A- 1200 XP, Green 7
S- 1200 XP, Green 8

i think there's a slight error here. C rank domain can't require Green 5 and be the requirement of Green 5 at the same time. Same with the follow up domain ranks.

Wavering Mind Strike: C
Duration: Immediate
May be activated in tandem with another offensive art against an Enemy within Close range. The user briefly touches on the enemies spirit, plucking the memory of one of their techniques from the enemies thoughts. If successful, the enemy is unable to activate the targeted technique for a Short time. The user must have witnessed the technique in order to steal it, and stolen techniques cannot be of a higher rank than Lost Moment as modified for potency. If the user steals a second technique from the same enemy, the first is returned.
what is this lost moment that caps the affected tech rank ?
 
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Which kinda, sorta, needs to be addressed. She's the boss, ya know?
Heh. How many people actually like their boss(es) ?

Well, this was a good update. Nothing really happened storywise, and that's ok, because we got info dumped!
I disagree. i really liked the little slice of life at the start. It makes Ling Qi's character come alive and be a lot more believable. To me it makes her feel less as a proxy for the forum players and more as her own character.
 
[X] Join Bai Meizhen and Cai Renxiang for a private gathering, she had been invited, so she wouldn't be intruding.

Let the plotting regarding the intersect competition commence!
 
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I think we need to be realistic here. Hanging with the ducals is more beneficial to us than with mid-noble and no name friends.
Harsh. Where's the loyalty that drew CRX to LQ in the first place or the disregard for rank and reputation that won Meizhen as a friend? It's a sad point in time when LQ's friends are seen as nothing but their family names and the benefits they bring.
 
I kind of want the Suyin And Xiulan interlude to happen without us there? Like, a lot of the qualities that Suyin has that would actually make Xiulan interested in her are buried beneath her hero worship whenever we show up.
 
Look Xiulan I love you and it's great to see that you and Suyin are getting on better now, but I can't help but feel that that option is basically filler.

When it's revealed that Xiulan was really Shenhua But In Disguise all along and she was taking this opportunity to replace another innocent child with clothing you're gonna look pretty dumb you know.

Especially when we could have gotten headpats for a job well done luring the victim if we were there.
 
Harsh. Where's the loyalty that drew CRX to LQ in the first place or the disregard for rank and reputation that won Meizhen as a friend? It's a sad point in time when LQ's friends are seen as nothing but their family names and the benefits they bring.
Yeah, just for that I'm voting for Suyin and Xiulan.
 
I'm kinda confused about what the benefits of this are. Is it just a new art? Ain't it possible to find one that's of similar rank?
Ahh, but if you have crunched the meridians on an art, you can make a successor art that will allow you to use the crunched meridians. And sometimes, it's hard to find a successor art (coughFVMcough) and so making one will be more beneficial for you.
 
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