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Oh, no I'm not sure about that.
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Threads Of Destiny(Eastern Fantasy, Sequel to Forge of Destiny)
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Oh, no I'm not sure about that.
Cai Renxiang doesn't need a specific job filled. She's looking for three things:
1) Loyalty. She explicitly chose Ling Qi to make the offer to first, because she saw that Ling Qi's loyalty, once given, is something she goes All In on. This is extremely important because most of Renxiang's assets are actually exclusively loyal to Shenhua personally, not her clan.
2) Drive. Ling Qi is a known workaholic and sets her cultivation standards by Meizhen, who's herself a workaholic. She can handle the kind of pressure that's on Renxiang.
3) Talent. This is actually one of the least of her motivation, but it gatekeeps the above two. Without Talent, both would come to nought.
He actually elaborates on it. He was literally forbidden from recruiting from the Outer Sect first years.
Part of the buy in for the nobles is the ability to recruit promising young commoners as retainers and vassals, so they get first pick of whoever's willing.
Also noting that Talent is a mechanical abstraction.
In setting, people more often have narrow Talent which applies to particular types of cultivation.
Its a common misunderstanding.
As a Sect member she has the freedom of an academic, and a soldier. She's free to do things...within the Sect, and she'd be expected to fulfill jobs for the Sect, jobs which also become harder to just ditch on someone else, because the Sect isn't that large(observe Jiao's grumbling because he's basically the only Formation master they have capable of containing a restrained spar between a Prism and a White). He'd much rather be working on his dream chariot.
As a Cai vassal, she has more freedom in personal matters, a Feudal lord cannot directly interfere in the affairs of their vassal's land, personal retainer or not, while others cannot interfere in her business without considering her direct superior(i.e. as a direct vassal of a Duke, a Baron has protection against interference from Counts and the like, though if they abuse this the offended party can direct the Duke to discipline their vassal). We'd be expected to spend most of our time after the Sect and army working on our fief, save for the times of year where Renxiang goes to court and requires out attendance.
The main split is between Duties and Orders. Constant duties or infrequent orders.
Gan Guangli is not a good example, he behaves like a soldier/bodyguard, not a vassal
Actually, everyone in setting assumed we knew he framed us. It was open knowledge to the ducals by the time he came out with the Renshubots.
They actually assumed Ling Qi attacked his base in retaliation for framing her lol
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The new RR chapter appears to be a completely new interlude:
Bonus 8: Observation - Forge of Destiny
Bonus 8: Observation - Forge of Destiny
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Why shore weaknesses instead of developing strengths more if you intend to punch up? Plus, SCS is kinda getting to its limit at Green 3, I think, and moving is much more important than tanking imo. After all, I think that group shield arts are more common than group movement arts and so our allies are more likely to help Ling Qi with those.
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Hah! I love our airheadedness
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Well, yes I do, because in the feudal system of our setting, the relationships between individuals are explicitly political. Marriages are used to secure political alliances, personal friendships between people are a direct expression of political power. Just look at Bai Meizhen's friendship with Cai Renxiang resulting in a burgeoning wider alliance between the Bai and Cai. Gu Xiulan's abortive relationship with Han Jian due to political concerns.
For this setting, there is little difference between the relationship of Cai Shenhua to some other noble, and the relationship of Clan Cai to that other noble's clan. Politics pervade into personal relationships far more than we are used to it, in modern times.
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I'm curious about this line.
Ling Qi's cultivation at this point requires an immense amount of resources in comparison to a standard living wage and she's just a green.
How do other potentials left to there own devices manage to obtain the resources needed to actually become a threat?
Like I can't imagine anyone on the streets managing to pull that off without some form of benefactor feeding their souls growth.
Ooof. Pretty good odds that we reinforced that last bit there by choosing to leave the Sect.RR_Bonus8_Post said:
Disappointing our mentors was always the thing that made me saddest about not staying in the Sect.
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The Imperial Cultivation style runs on spirit stones, but it's not the only way to cultivate.
Last update mentioned people testing themselves in blizzards and self mutilation in order to cultivate, to use a recent example.
[X] The ethereal green lights of the Grinning Moon.
{Laughing Flight of the Wind Thief; Mobility and Stealth Art}
Have to say I really enjoyed this update. I really like seeing Hanyi get ideas from old stories, though having Ling Qi be her model for empathy is a bit concerning.
{Laughing Flight of the Wind Thief; Mobility and Stealth Art}
Have to say I really enjoyed this update. I really like seeing Hanyi get ideas from old stories, though having Ling Qi be her model for empathy is a bit concerning.
There is always the standard method - kill people who disagree with you and take their stuff.
Not really - 'politics' basically covers all interpersonal relationships, in all situations. School, work, sports teams, business... it's all 'politics'. Who you're friends with, who likes you or doesn't, reputation, etc, all comes into play.
You're associating 'politics' explicitly with the 'national' and 'international' variety, which is far more limiting than it actually is.
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Wait what? I was under the impression that Gu Xiulan abortive relationship with Han Jian was due to him finally being direct with her, that he didn't have feelings for her?
[X] The pale grey lights of the Hidden Moon
[X] The sparkling many colored lights of the Dreaming Moon
[X] The sparkling many colored lights of the Dreaming Moon
It is unknown how Han Jian felt romantically about Xiulan. The reason he gave us wasn't based on personal feelings; it was based on the match being unfeasible politically.
[X] The ethereal green lights of the Grinning Moon.
Gan Guangli, as CRX's only other retainer, is literally the best example available.
I would like to note that we aren't just CRX's vassal; we are also her retainer. We are, and will remain for the foreseeable future, directly employed by her.
Gan Guangli, as CRX's only other retainer, is literally the best example available.
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Ah well. Either way, it seems you're going to get what you want bc the Grinning Moon option is pretty far ahead. I won't mind that outcome too much, it does fit with her background well. I just think a lot of us don't value defense enough, it shouldn't be constantly neglected in favor of stealth.
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[X] The ethereal green lights of the Grinning Moon.
{Laughing Flight of the Wind Thief; Mobility and Stealth Art}
A whimsically evasive Ling Qi, fluttering here and there like a wisp of moonlight is all I ever wanted.
It would buy the time necessary for our music to unfold... and why tank hits when you can just avoid them all together? It's like the difference between being the moon, sturdy and unwavering in it's presence, versus a reflection of the moon on the water, a fleeting dream always just out of reach.
The trickster King's Devious Oratory is intriguing simply in it's otherness, compared to what we've seen so far, but it just feels more Ling Qi to confuse and confound with her stealth rather than her words. Why talk them out of something when you can just swipe it with a smile and a laugh.
[X] The ethereal green lights of the Grinning Moon.
{Laughing Flight of the Wind Thief; Mobility and Stealth Art}
A whimsically evasive Ling Qi, fluttering here and there like a wisp of moonlight is all I ever wanted.
It would buy the time necessary for our music to unfold... and why tank hits when you can just avoid them all together? It's like the difference between being the moon, sturdy and unwavering in it's presence, versus a reflection of the moon on the water, a fleeting dream always just out of reach.
The trickster King's Devious Oratory is intriguing simply in it's otherness, compared to what we've seen so far, but it just feels more Ling Qi to confuse and confound with her stealth rather than her words. Why talk them out of something when you can just swipe it with a smile and a laugh.
I dont know what you're talking about.
If anything its literally the opposite, given all the dispel resist stacking we keep trying to invest in. We havent actively trained a pure stealth art since the quest itself started.