RIP Chu Song lol.
Maybe make Inner and Ling Qi might remember your name before she leaves and you become irrelevant again.
Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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Maybe make Inner and Ling Qi might remember your name before she leaves and you become irrelevant again.
He either learned how to deal with music or get teased by us about not knowing what to do about it, after all.
Ling Qi has never cared to remember most people or their names. It's come up before.
Were both Ma sisters in that round? I am unsure.
Also, the update was rough. LQ not knowing the competitors names really made it confusing and a lot of errors as well. The following bit was particulary confusing:
LMAO
Ling Qi the Human Air-conditioner: It's pretty chilly here isn't it!
Meizhen who knows exactly what's going on and is probably protected from the cold by her bond level anyway: I rather like it!
Xia Anxi the Snake used to very warm weather: *teeth chattering* I'm sure I'm gonna get used to it
So Petty I love it. What a power move.
LMAO Qi literally forgetting the person she beat to get into the inner sect. Chu Song would be frothing at the mouth.
Damn! He's such a good contrast to Qi even his eyes turned gold!
More funny Xianxia dispelled.
That's what this update has been all about! Flexing!
Honestly such a lovely chapter I'm so glad we picked Gan! He is also such a great contrast to Qi being the impossible to miss mountain of Sun to our cold mists of the moon. CRX can really have a good team between Qi and Gan!
- Location
- UK
I just really hope there's a scene where Chu Song is brought up with Ling Qi whilst Meizhen is there, and she proceeds to struggle to not break down in laughter as it becomes obvious to her Ling Qi legitimately has no idea who she is.
Followed by a private scene of actual breaking down in laughter, I think we've only ever seen Meizhen do that once so far.
Best part is anyone who doesn't know Ling Qi that well would just think it's some sort of mean girl pretending lmao.
Followed by a private scene of actual breaking down in laughter, I think we've only ever seen Meizhen do that once so far.
Best part is anyone who doesn't know Ling Qi that well would just think it's some sort of mean girl pretending lmao.
Gan Flexington casts Fist with his Guns
Better than fine even, Meizhen would get buffs from the cold.
- Location
- United States of America
That... was some serious power displayed by Gan Guangli. He is clearly going far in this tournament if this is any indication of his performance. I have to feel that he held some cards back for this fight, but binding with that Sun spirit and honing his own personal power clearly made a difference.
Like, just ripping that spirit beast (I assume it was a plant spirit beast) out of the ground. Shattering music by breaking its power in the Liminal realm. He's done a lot of work, and I am impressed.
Like, just ripping that spirit beast (I assume it was a plant spirit beast) out of the ground. Shattering music by breaking its power in the Liminal realm. He's done a lot of work, and I am impressed.
- Location
- The Space Between
Somebody took the Sun bursting through a mountain to ambush the Golden Commander Atop the Mountain PERSONALLY goddam.
How Dare They try and pull a Shishigui on our boy and expect he wouldn't tear them out root and stem. This was a classic course of blunt Power channeled through Imperial tactics. Tie up the enemy command, Boost allies so they may crush the rabble, then the Allies come back and tip the scale to breaking enemy command.
Ambush, Poison, Stealth and Illusion. BAH
"YOU WILL APPROACH THE MOUNTAIN AND LOSE IN THE SUN OR BE TORN FROM THE SHADOW AND PULPED IN THE SUN
THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE"
-Commander GG, the Perpetually Shouting
How Dare They try and pull a Shishigui on our boy and expect he wouldn't tear them out root and stem. This was a classic course of blunt Power channeled through Imperial tactics. Tie up the enemy command, Boost allies so they may crush the rabble, then the Allies come back and tip the scale to breaking enemy command.
Ambush, Poison, Stealth and Illusion. BAH
"YOU WILL APPROACH THE MOUNTAIN AND LOSE IN THE SUN OR BE TORN FROM THE SHADOW AND PULPED IN THE SUN
THERE IS NO ALTERNATIVE"
-Commander GG, the Perpetually Shouting
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It was a sunflower spirit a lesser cousin of the one that Sun Liling has. He was fighting two scions from the Western Territories. It was their bad luck they tried to pull a Shishigui so poorly. His tactics are pretty anathema to such attempts.
They where not. Only Ma Lei was in this round, Ma Jun is coming up in the next set of 4 matches.
If it hurts, it works.
..........Hm
Should I ship this now?
- Location
- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
No, it is GG and Su Ling. Nothing else.
Gan Guangli would be the kind of guy to say his wife is a Stone Cold fox, yeah.
- Location
- being near locations is my passion.
Sincerity, amirite?
- Location
- The Star Kingdom of Manticore
One thing I thought interesting in this update was the space GG put between him and his allies. He only engaged when the other high levels engaged, and minimized the time he was at personal risk. It certainly shows growth as a commander and calls back to Elder Zhou's comments about the head and body of an army.
- Location
- The Space Between
I would like to highlight this line from Lao Keung:
"They do not resent him at all."
followed by Xia Anxi's response:
"He is their better," Xia Anxi shrugged.
Lao Keung is clearly aware that however things are "supposed" to be in terms of propriety and being proper, there is a reality on the ground that is different. Detecting Resentment is meaningless to a White Caste General who is their Better regardless and has their service regardless. If I had to guess though, it was likely a key weakness exploited by Sun Shao in his first campaign against the Bai. He mobilized the non-Bai through Resentment, and then exploited Red Python Resentment during the battles.
Now, like Xia Anxi, most upper caste simply would not care if there were Resentment or not. It's irrelevant to their obedience. Unless your foe is directly exploiting that minor fault to break cohesion and repeatedly isolate White Caste Elites.
This is where Bai Suzhen's clinical metal cuts and reforms come into play. Bai Suzhen is aware that it can be a weakness, and likely has assessed that logically it's something that needs to be addressed. Unlike her sister Meilen though, she cannot come to fully care and thus likely cannot fully articulate a response to the feeling of Resentment other than attempting to logic it away. Which would be explaining herself to those that are lesser than her. Which is likely seen as an incredibly shameful display of weakness.
Logically, this means that it's a task she will have to delegate. She was delegating it strongly to Meilen, but she was taken by the Throne/Peaks and executed. This opens a large gap in the smooth ascension of Bai Suzhen the Reformer who wields the word Prosperity, and gives ample opportunity for the Conservatives to win and thus allow the Bai to fall victim to proud isolationism and generalized stagnation which the Peaks/Throne of An would have loved to enable the Bai to inflict upon themselves.
Unfortunately for Sun/An/Jiao every piece on this Go board is a sentient actor (even the ones you cannot see or don't exist on the board yet) and the plans of An and Jiao were purged by the meteoric ascension of Cai Suzhen, the continued adaptability of Bai Suzhen, and the choices of the Empress.
"They do not resent him at all."
followed by Xia Anxi's response:
"He is their better," Xia Anxi shrugged.
Lao Keung is clearly aware that however things are "supposed" to be in terms of propriety and being proper, there is a reality on the ground that is different. Detecting Resentment is meaningless to a White Caste General who is their Better regardless and has their service regardless. If I had to guess though, it was likely a key weakness exploited by Sun Shao in his first campaign against the Bai. He mobilized the non-Bai through Resentment, and then exploited Red Python Resentment during the battles.
Now, like Xia Anxi, most upper caste simply would not care if there were Resentment or not. It's irrelevant to their obedience. Unless your foe is directly exploiting that minor fault to break cohesion and repeatedly isolate White Caste Elites.
This is where Bai Suzhen's clinical metal cuts and reforms come into play. Bai Suzhen is aware that it can be a weakness, and likely has assessed that logically it's something that needs to be addressed. Unlike her sister Meilen though, she cannot come to fully care and thus likely cannot fully articulate a response to the feeling of Resentment other than attempting to logic it away. Which would be explaining herself to those that are lesser than her. Which is likely seen as an incredibly shameful display of weakness.
Logically, this means that it's a task she will have to delegate. She was delegating it strongly to Meilen, but she was taken by the Throne/Peaks and executed. This opens a large gap in the smooth ascension of Bai Suzhen the Reformer who wields the word Prosperity, and gives ample opportunity for the Conservatives to win and thus allow the Bai to fall victim to proud isolationism and generalized stagnation which the Peaks/Throne of An would have loved to enable the Bai to inflict upon themselves.
Unfortunately for Sun/An/Jiao every piece on this Go board is a sentient actor (even the ones you cannot see or don't exist on the board yet) and the plans of An and Jiao were purged by the meteoric ascension of Cai Suzhen, the continued adaptability of Bai Suzhen, and the choices of the Empress.
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DeusExBritannia
Red-White-Black-White
- Location
- Texas
Virgin Whatsherface: "You took everything from me."
Chad Ling Qi: "I don't even know who you are."
Let's say, hypothetically, Gan Guangli grabs you at zero percent damage...
Wait, is GG doing a fucking Stand Rush!?
- Location
- somewhere over there.
- Pronouns
- They/It
I definitely am. Brash, earnest military man from a humble background and a sly, prideful noble? A classic dynamic.
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
- Location
- Somewhere
- Pronouns
- They/Them
Xia Anxi gets his beefcake and we get ours. Both of Renxiang's retainers get Bai baes. Everyone wins
which it's => with its
The Wraith of Tonghou
- Location
- Canada
yrsillar in discord said:
First off, this omake references a patron sidestory. Nothing major imo, but enough that if you want a completely spoiler free experience then feel free to ignore this post.
Just your friendly reminder that cultivation can be absolutely horrible in this setting, lol.
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The Wraith of Tonghou
The Wraith of Tonghou
They say a wraith haunts the alleys of Tonghou City.
Naturally the stories surrounding such a creature are as varied and abundant as the gemstones in a noble daughter's jewelry box.
"—child of a noble and a commoner, cast out onto the streets she starved to death and has returned to—"
"—goes after the greedy and corrupt, she's a protector for those who have—"
"—monster, I saw what it did to Cheung. H-he—It was like he was left to bake in the sun, shrivelled like a grape-and his eyes, oh his eyes—"
"—for the night. You can head home tomorrow, early, when the sun is out."
"Come now my sweet, you don't really believe that garbage about 'The Wraith of Tonghou' do you? Nonsense! As if the City Lord would—"
For many the wraith was an exciting tale to gossip about around the drinking table or sewing circle. It was a tale used by mothers to scare their children into being good boys and girls. "Be good or the vengeful spirit of Tonghou will come to gobble you up!"
But The Wraith of Tonghou was very, very real.
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The being had a name once, but it had been freed of such a shackle.
It was free of all shackles now. Free from the numbing cold, from the gnawing guilt, from the disgusted, hate filled eyes, and from the desperate, grasping, ever ravenous need of the streets.
It was free, free to do as it pleased. And do as it pleased it did.
Its moods were mercurial. Benevolent one moment, cruel the next. A freezing child alone and forgotten in an alley may awaken to find themselves wrapped in a warm quilt. Or a hungry beggar's meager belongings may be stolen for no more reason than it felt the urge to.
Yet, it cherished nothing more than freedom. Freedom for itself was paramount of course, but it wished for all beings to be as free as it was. And as such, it did its best to provide freedom wherever it could.
If it could satisfy its hunger while doing so, well, it was free to take advantage.
Tonight, it stalked such a man, one who took freedom from others.
It remembered enough of its mortal life to understand what the man it followed was. He was a moneylender. A man who creates artificial chains to bind those without. He wraps them in those chains until they can't move, until they are like the puppets the children of the city enjoy, until they are no longer free.
No more. Tonight she would shatter those chains.
It advances from shadow to shadow, avoiding the dim lamp light with the ease of an experienced predator.
And from those shadows, it observes. Dark, pitiless eyes watching, waiting, patient.
The moneylender turns down an alley, an oft taken shortcut—a mistake.
Dark pitiless eyes crinkle in a humorless smile.
The moneylender shivers as an unseasonal chill crawls along his spine. He turns quickly, instinctively expecting someone's gaze to be on his back. He sees nothing.
Dark pitiless eyes focus, calling on the shadows to blink forward. Cold and cruel, those eyes have more in common with a cat playing with its prey than any human.
The moneylender turns back around, ready to chide himself for his weak nerve, but he freezes, the instinctual primordial terror of prey overtaking him.
His eyes widen for the last time as they meet dark, pitiless eyes.
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"My Lady," started the mountain of a man, his golden hair shining as if the midday sun was reflecting off of it, "does this task not seem below your station?"
Across from the man sat a diminutive woman with sharp, severe features. She sat straight backed and proud, dressed in a gorgeous gown cut to allow her a full range of movement. She clutched a teacup in her hand as her eyes remained closed, ensuring she properly savored the flavor of the tea. After a moment, once the tea's flavor had fled her senses, she responded, eyes remaining shut. "My revered mother has assigned this task to me, and for all that my sister's star has been rising, my honored mother is not one to show her displeasure with this sort of task."
"My Lady! I—"
"I know it was not your intention to imply such, but I trust that if my mother is sending me to handle this matter it is because she has knowledge that my talents will be uniquely needed to handle the situation."
The large man dipped his head in acknowledgement at his Lady's words.
Thinking that was the end of it, the man sat back in his seat, preparing himself for the rest of the journey.
"Though…"
"My Lady?"
"…I assume your memories of my mother's apprentice Yue Shu remain vivid?"
"Begging your pardon, but I do not think I could forget such a meeting if I lived a thousand more years."
"Yes. Quite apt." The man waited patiently for his liege to continue her thought, watching as her eyes remained shut in contemplation. "I believe this assignment could be an opportunity. I believe mother sees shades of similarities in such a creature however distant the likeness."
"You believe your mother wishes you to recruit this... creature?" The hesitance at such an idea showed in the big man's tone.
"I think there is a place in this world for all things, although not all things wish to go into their place."
"And if this so-called Wraith of Tonghou does not fit into its place?"
At his question the stiff posture of the woman became somehow even straighter, and for the first time during the conversation, her eyes opened. They were portals to the stars, filled with a harsh, burning light. And as if her eyes had been a gate locking the light inside of her, it burst forth, a corona of light framing the women, allowing no shadow to exist in her presence.
"Then for the safety and prosperity of the Emerald Seas, this spirit will face the swift justice of the Cai."
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So, this was inspired by a WoG over on the discord, quoted above, but it's essentially a darker path Ling Qi could have walked. And part of that for me was showing how other characters could have been affected by her absence. I might have made Ling Qi too dark, but I felt the point would have been lost if I tried to keep her as, well, Ling Qi.
Anyway, what happens from here on out can be left to your imagination.
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