Thebigpieman
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I hear having eyes increases the likelihood of insanity.
Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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This is a feature, not a bug.
The Sect is designed for nobility, to whom those injuries are an inconvenience.
If you don't have the resources to heal the same way, you better know your place or learn to back it up.
It teaches conformity and promotes excellence, as intended.
To be abused by those with greater power?
Doesn't Imperial society try to stress the opposite of that? With rich merchants having an easier time getting off charges then cultivators.
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Reminder that the rules of the Sect are usually stricter than what we've seen, Shenhua leaned on them to relax the rules in recent years to deliberately create a more chaotic environment to test her daughter
She's able to do that because she's their primary benefactor
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Oh. By that I meant Heir of Suzhen once Suzhen presumably continues her ascension to the seat
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Considering the lengths of time for normal cultivation and the fact that Diao Linqin was formerly a Sect Elder, it amuses me more than a little to think that maybe she taught Cai Shenhua when she was there. You know, just to make that whole thing even more scandalous.
(Though I'm sure it was less "hot for teacher" and more "oh, hey, wasn't she an elder all those years ago? it'd be funny to seduce her" and then she did.)
(Though I'm sure it was less "hot for teacher" and more "oh, hey, wasn't she an elder all those years ago? it'd be funny to seduce her" and then she did.)
TimEd
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this seems to be an amazing fit to Ling Qi. I can imagine what kind of shenanigans we could have been up to if we became an Elder in the sect.
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Wow, I have zero recollection of the update you quoted. And it's super elucidating.
Is this from FoD or a a ToD post?
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It's a RR interlude from last month. Bonus Chapter-Mid Year Conference - Forge of Destiny
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Thanks.
Huh, so Ogodei wasn't the barbarian equivalent of White, if the Sect Head stopped him while being Prism. Curious how he stomped the province, from the sounds of it he was very clever, besides being strong.
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If memory serves, Ogodei was the first and only southern barbarian to ever reach Prism (that anyone knows of at least).
That strength plus most of the leading clans at the time (the ruling Hui and the still powerful Chu as a couple of examples) being unprepared and unable to get their acts together let him pretty much stomp the southern half of the province until Yuan He and his friends teamed up to take him down (and Ogodei still managed to take most of them down with him before dying).
Course, I'm probably missing or misremembering some details there, so take this with a grain of salt.
Meizhen's father is the spymaster and he's totally turning the organization over to Meizhen once she's ready. Not really irrelevant.
Arkeus
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Sect head was violet when he killed Ogodei, though it was a team effort that left most of the team dead.
Ogodei was exceptional, but there is no implication he was the first prism ever at all. It's just quest readers trying to make the whole thing 'special' by hyping up aspects about him that don't need to be hyped.
Meizhen's father is Suzhen's spymaster. There are plenty of other spymasters in other frontrunners of the clan.
It's worth noting that Meizhen's mother was the frontrunner before her death. So Meizhen is set to inherit the spy network of the Bai's previous foremost hope of reaching White, something they wouldn't waste if they didn't think she could take her mothers place. She hasn't distinguished herself enough to be "frontrunner" yet but her chances of becoming one are comparable to those of Cai Renxiang and baby Cai Tienli's.
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Wait, wouldn't that make him well over a thousand years old?
I wonder if this bit:
means that Jiao invested part of his Way into personal loyalty to Emperor An and a different part into loyalty to the throne, thus creating a Heart Demon when An ascended and the two were no longer the same thing. And that led to his retirement as staying near the Empress was literally injuring him.
It even makes sense that you'd want that kind of soul-deep loyalty for the Ministry of Integrity
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Meilin was never the front runner. She wasn't bad, but she was a significantly weaker than Suzhen and helping her.
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To clear up confusion:
Suzhen is set to become White, but will need a strong "Heir" or interim leader that she can trust to protect her and the White Bai holdings while she personally ascends to White. This must be, for Bai pride purposes, a White Bai clan member. Someone with sympathy towards reforms as well as truly believing in the spirit of the reforms (care and respect for the members of the other castes and the commons). Probably someone with the typical White Bai hardpoint defense as well as the social spymastering required to keep things smooth and un-rotted during the absence.
Meizhen has repeatedly been pointed out as one of the kindest Bai that exist. Her father is keeping the White Bai Spyring maintained and ready for Meizhen when she comes of age for it. Suzhen is giving personal attention to her. I think she's in a good spot
Suzhen is set to become White, but will need a strong "Heir" or interim leader that she can trust to protect her and the White Bai holdings while she personally ascends to White. This must be, for Bai pride purposes, a White Bai clan member. Someone with sympathy towards reforms as well as truly believing in the spirit of the reforms (care and respect for the members of the other castes and the commons). Probably someone with the typical White Bai hardpoint defense as well as the social spymastering required to keep things smooth and un-rotted during the absence.
Meizhen has repeatedly been pointed out as one of the kindest Bai that exist. Her father is keeping the White Bai Spyring maintained and ready for Meizhen when she comes of age for it. Suzhen is giving personal attention to her. I think she's in a good spot
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Was two paragraphs into some overly verbose commentary on this, the. realized I already did that a thousand pages ago, lol.
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Meizhen is only half Bai though. There is no way the other members of the clan would accept someone only half Bai being an heir.
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Welp Haaa thinks Suzhen time for another purge
Going by the timings...the relationship would seem a little questionable to anyone who knows of the two wouldn't it?
No, it stresses that:
-Cultivators protect mortals.
-Cultivators live and die based on their strength.
A cultivator punching down and maiming lesser cultivators is considered crass and wasteful, but one of the most important lessons to teach lesser cultivators is that while they're hot shit compared to their origins, they can and will be smacked down if they cross their greaters.
None of the crippling injuries were incurable for cultivators, Suyin's eye could have been healed except her pride insisted that she do it herself, Renshu was disfigured but again, its nothing that would impair his function.
Its the very same lesson that had Chu Song made an abject lesson of, while Shen Hu was granted indirect Sect assistance after he was sabotaged. the lesson is that if you won't kneel you need to learn to get out of the way or be knelt.
Meizhen is literally a hundred years too early to be Suzhen's heir.
She's currently literally just Suzhen's favorite kid. Once she hits Cyan being groomed for more might be a thing, but Meizhen was going to use her boon for the tournament to be placed in Cai's Court, which is contraindicated for aspirations of status within the Bai. She's tempermentally ill suited to the Bai courtly intrigue, she's great at playing it relative to everyone else out of self defense, but back home she's the Shut In Cultivating Cousin.
Not known to be relevant then
Sect Head was violet and Ogodei was Prism at the time. He and his comrades tricked and trapped Ogodei. Only Sect Head survived. From WOG
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Well, not just him, there were a few others who did i.e. Elder Heng (the old guy who was in charge of our lectures at the beginning of this quest till he started dying of old age, Elder Jiao had to replace him)
TimEd
Meteor maker
And really, I've assumed Ogodei only managed to rampage as much as he did partly due to to the timing of his invasion, but probably mainpy due to the weirdly dismissive nature barbarians seem to be treated with.
Under estimated response (political intent or ortherwise) and probable disbelief of the actual strength of Ogodei most likely contributed to the damage he was able to inflict.
Under estimated response (political intent or ortherwise) and probable disbelief of the actual strength of Ogodei most likely contributed to the damage he was able to inflict.
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