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Lightning crackled and flashed and I felt my breath get stuck in my chest. I stared blankly as the electric current rushed towards the Elder… before it quickly vanished with a single Qi pulse.
"Unruly spirit. You should teach it some manners," the elder said, and I broke out of my trance, pulled Labby back as I bowed my head in apology.
"No, it is alright. Your spirit seems to be a bit special," the man spoke, and I heard a chime-like giggle sound once again.
I felt Qi pulsing through the air around me, but if the Elder was talking to his spirit, or just staring at me blankly, then I couldn't tell.
I raised my head, as I nervously clutched Labby, who continued to sparkle and crackle with lightning. I needed to revisit some more discipline, but talking to Labby was extremely difficult, and I could only vaguely understand what he usually wanted to say.
My eyes shifted to a book flying across the room as it flew to the Elder's hands, flipping itself open.
"A spirit rat. Common pest in the central plains, known to smell out and eat spirit herbs and is notoriously difficult to distinguish from regular rats due to its meagre Qi. Next to useless as a spirit and a major annoyance for spirit herb farmers," the Elder said, before shutting the book with a clapping sound.
"Why would you pick a spirit rat?" the Elder asked.
I rubbed Labby's head, preparing my excuse. "Labby is useful in finding spirit herbs, and can sneak around without being detected."
"Very well, it is not my position to pry. La Bi you say? The spirit will be registered with you," the Elder said, I was about to bow my head and run the fuck away from here when I heard another chime ring.
"Hold on," the Elder said, and I froze once more. My eyes shifted to behind the cultivator in front of me, as an ethereal woman appeared, floating with mist covering her features, her face a mask of pure white with a single red lotus at its centre.
A beautiful robe flew around her, moving to an unseen wind, and I felt my nervousness rising at the bullshit cultivator magic things happening all around me.
I inadvertently took a step back, when the spirit walked closer to Labby, a hand gently touching him on his head. I saw a single silver pill drop onto his tiny pink paws before the spirit laughed in its melodious voice once more and vanished.
"Strange to see Xin Yue take a liking to such a spirit," the elder said out loud, before a jade slip appeared in his hand. "The jade slip will have the sect's art for spirit binding. You can use it to bind your spirit and form a link."
I dipped my head once more, taking the jade slip. "Thank you for your generosity, Elder." I replied.
"Xin Yue would be the one you would want to thank, not me, disciple. You may leave now." I nodded, and walked out of the chamber. My heart beat faster, and I felt cold sweat on my back. Cultivators were ridiculous.
I turned to look at Labby, shaking my head. I'd need to be more stern with him from now on. Perhaps the sect art would help me with that. I tried to take a look at the pill the spirit had given to Labby, but he kept a firm grip on it, not letting go.
"Like it that much huh?," I muttered. I doubted that the spirit of an Elder would give something harmful to Labby but I still felt slightly concerned.
"Well, I guess it's fine. At least we're done. Let's go then Labby?" I said and smiled as I began to walk out of the sect. Silver Mist city awaited my arrival.
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Silver Qi thrummed in her hands, like a beacon of power, glowing with an inner light.
Labby could feel her master's displeasure with her, and she wished to tell him she hadn't been able to stop her Qi from flaring up. The other spirit had poked around her Dantian with its spirit limbs and Labby had lost control of her lightning Qi for a moment.
She felt frustrated at her inability to talk to her great Master, at her inability to make the great elixirs and pills he made, at her inability to learn the knowledge he wrote down in those books.
She wasn't good enough, she couldn't even learn from her Great Master, couldn't even make her thoughts known.
Labby felt the familiar sense of frustration fill her. She'd been trying to understand him better, to tell him of her desires, yet she'd had no luck so far. Her thoughts soon shifted back to the pill in her hand.
The spirit had gifted her this pill, in return for the prank it had pulled. And she'd asked for her choice.
Qi thrummed in her Dantian, waiting to be released. The pill had a strange draw to it, and she smelled the scent of the moon lingering on it.
Labby jumped back into her pouch, making herself comfortable. The pill shivered, and Labby circled her Qi, as sparks flared around her body. She remembered the spirit's words, that it had whispered to her as the gift had been given.
Humanity, for one such as you, comes at a cost. Would you abandon your form, to be as your great master is? Think carefully my young kin.
You do not have enough Qi right now, your nature does not allow you such. It would take effort to reach the realms required for the pill to work. My boon is not eternal either, only with tribulation could one achieve a form of their desire.
But for a while, you could be a human.
Labby felt her Qi thrumming. The words of the spirit had been like a sweet melodious whisper, drawing her in. The spirit had known of her wishes, what she desired even more than an abundance of spirit herbs to feast on, was to learn from her Great Master. To create what he did, and gain insights on the world around her.
And with this pill, she could be like her great master. She could take his form, and talk with him and follow in his footsteps. She could learn by his side.
Labby felt her Qi flare once more and she stared at the pill, before she swallowed it in one bite.
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I soaked in the Qi of the pleasant hills surrounding me, as I felt animals, both regular and spirits walk past. I'd come to learn from the Old Man that the sect had been formed near a particularly potent Qi vein. With the entirety of the Seven Celestial peaks being tied together in them, making them ideal for cultivation.
I'd one day like to try and see where and how exactly this Qi was generated, and was it like a natural gas rising from under the soil? Did spirit stones let out Qi and it was a finite resource that would eventually run out? Even crude oil had been thought to be infinite, or any other resource of nature back home, but the reality was anything but. With the analogies of Qi serving as a fuel in so many things, the idea of Qi being a finite resource to be consumed started to seem more and more probable.
I felt a crackle of lightning as Labby shifted in my pouch. I gently rubbed his head that poked through the top. The childish excitement I felt from him at being outside made me laugh out loud.
"Maybe I'll let you find some spirit herbs on the way back," I muttered to Labby, and was given a squeak of delight as a reply.
I continued to make my way down through the slight incline of the hill the sect was formed on. The forest path started to part soon as the dirt path began to widen, clearly seeing more use. I stopped when the slight haze in the distance began to thin.
Towering walls awaited me in the distance, rising far higher than I'd expected them to. An imposing marvel of a structure formed by super humans. I hadn't expected the city to be similar to what it'd be back home, but the structure I saw in front of me, still made me hold my breath just for a moment. I could sense the Qi rising from them, ready to take on hoards of spirits beasts and cultivators alike.
The desire to ask questions upon question on how such tall walls had been made, or whether Qi was used to reinforce them, or what threat they expected to take on with the walls, alongside many many others filled my heart.
Labby crackled with sparks, echoing my excitement and I let out a breath. A smile covered my face, as excitement filled me on being able to explore a city in a mythical fantasy world.
With renewed purpose, I continued on my way towards Seventh Peak City.
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Colors and scents flooded my senses, whispers of Qi drifting on the wind. People walked by in droves, of various statues wearing various different sorts of clothes. Most, with no shred of hint of Qi in them.
I stared in surprise, as I walked by, watching the odd pedestrian moving by. Their movements felt slow, and sluggish, weighed down by the world around them. Their presence was faint, fainter than even Labby's.
I walked forward, trying to not gawk like a country bumpkin, which is exactly what I was. Lu Jie had been to the city before. Twice. In all the years he'd stayed at the sect, the only time he'd gone to the city had been to run some errand, and once when he'd been taken by some sect brothers, promising to have some fun, who'd then proceeded to run away without paying, leaving Lu Jie behind.
The experience had been enough trouble to have Lu Jie remain in the sect for the entire time, and avoid visiting the city.
I could feel surprise budding up in my chest. Lu Jie's memories, and emotions splashing through me as I felt little beacons of Qi scattered around the city. The difference was stark from Lu Jie's memories. He'd grown, and this was perhaps the easiest visible proof to see.
He may have gotten stuck, but his efforts had not been in vain, and some part of him in my memories, sighed in relief. To have not been denied a reward for his struggles.
Being in the sect, all Lu Jie had even seen had been those that had surpassed him. Prodigies and blessed kids born to resourceful cultivators that left his efforts in the dust. It was a harsh environment, meant to forge out the strongest, and abandon all else. Perhaps it was all the more so true, for the other greater sects around here.
Seventh Peak city, was one of the Seven Celestial Peaks, being the lowest one in the peaks. The city itself was in a valley under the peaks on which the Cloudy Peaks sect was formed, being the smallest sect among the seven great sects.
And it was still far larger than most other sects out there. It was a tough world to survive in.
Yet, despite all of that, despite how unfair the world could be sometimes, if Lu Jie were here, I'd have shown him this. The difference, to when he'd first visited this place while still in the first realm and how he'd grown.
I let my senses expand. The merchant selling honey pots was right at the peak of finishing his Foundation, and entering the second Realm. Another outer sect disciple was standing in the distance, firmly in the second realm. None that I could sense in the Third realm nearby.
Labby wiggled in my pouch as I continued to walk alongside the waves of people walking around me. My eyes kept jumping from one thing to the next, each new attractive item catching my interest.
There were a surprising number of cultivators selling their wares as merchants. I say cultivator, but rarely did I see someone above the first realm. Yet even that was a major difference to the layman.
A particular merchant managed to catch my eye, as I leisurely walked through the city. There seemed to be some kind of demonstration going on, as people began to stop to watch for a moment.
"Crafted by the disciples of the great Zhao Sun, this formation amulet is capable of withholding the strike from a peak Fourth realm cultivator!" the merchant exclaimed, holding up the amulet. I heard a few people mutter and some kids laughed in delight as a blue flickering shield of some kind manifested for a moment, as Qi pulsed around the red amulet.
"Would anyone dare to test its might? If you can break through the ward, then I'll sell it to you for half the price!" the merchant exclaimed once more and this time, excited murmurs and whispers began to spread.
"You, right there, a disciple from the sect right? Would you like to test your might?" The man said, pointing at me. I looked around, trying to see, and hoped that he was talking about someone else, but fate was a cruel mistress.
I was about to shake my head, and nope the hell out of the show when I saw the kids looking at me with their eyes shining in anticipation. I sighed, a silent sigh of defeat in my mind, as I walked closer.
"Ohoho! Very well! If you manage to break this ward disciple- what's your name?" The man added in a quiet whisper, stopping.
"Lu Jie," I replied.
"If you break this ward disciple Lu Jie, then the amulet shall be yours for free!" the man exclaimed. I held back a sigh. There was most likely some trick to the amulet, or the merchant would not be so proudly exclaiming these bold claims. Either that or he really didn't think I could do it. Which, in all honesty, I didn't think I could either. I'd never tried to use any combat techniques that Lu Jie knew even once.
I closed my eyes, going through Lu Jie's memories. The core art that he had learned was the Serene Mists Art. A neutral Qi based combat and movement technique that included a specific method of channeling Qi, a more defensive sort of combat.
All of that meant very little to me. I didn't know how to fight, so I let my thoughts fade from my mind for a second, as I let Lu Jie's memories guide my body.
Qi flooded my pathways, circulating through my Dantian. I let my body move to vague impulses, as I shifted my weight on my back leg. I felt the arts brimming with strength, as I let the Qi gather in my hand. With a smooth motion my weight shifted onto my front leg as I struck out.
In an entirely unnecessary gesture, I let my Qi explode outwards, creating a shockwave that added to the flashiness as my fist landed on the ward. The blue shimmering ward flickered for a moment, as I heard gasps from the crowd, as they took a few steps back to not get injured by mistake from the impact.
My hand hurt.
I smiled through the pain, not letting it show on my face, as silence descended for a moment, before the merchant spoke out once more.
"Ah, good try, good try! But as you can see, even a devastating blow like that couldn't pierce through the ward," the man exclaimed and I saw a few people walk closer to buy one. I heard Labby squeak, as I gently pet his head, shaking my head.
A small smile covered my face, as I struggled to stop myself from snorting from how ridiculous I must have looked.
I'd also managed to discover the neat trick the merchant had used. I could vaguely sense the weak spirit stone linking this one amulet with three others. Not exactly a scam as the ward did actually hold up to my attack, but then, I had no idea how strong my blow was.
"I may try getting a straw dummy to test how much force I'm producing. It'd be interesting to study super human biology, and how the Arts played a role," I muttered to myself as the merchant continued to sell his goods, now getting more and more people interested in buying.
"Psst, hey, come here, a kid's voice whispered, and I turned my head to see a young boy of around twelve standing behind the merchant's stall.
Curious, I walked closer, making my way behind the Merchant's stall, where the kid handed me a single spirit stone.
"What's this for?" I asked, staring at the translucent stone in my hand.
"For playing along, and for not ruining the display," the kid said, shrugging, and I nodded in thanks. Perhaps I'd not been the only one with a keen eye.
"Well, you can have this back," I said, returning the spirit stone and I saw the kid's stance turn a bit wary for a moment. "In exchange, tell me of a cheap but good place that can sell me tools and instruments for Alchemy, and maybe some books as well."
The kid grabbed the spirit stone, nodding. "Well, you could go down the street, and then head left by the big store owned by Lord Zhao. Head on through the alley till you smell a load of herbs, you'll find an old lady there. She's a bit senile, but she sells the best pills and herbs around here. Also other things."
I nodded in thanks, as the kid went back to work. I saw the merchant leave a small nod in thanks as well, and I smiled and began to walk away.
Time to go find an old senile lady in some shady alley.
I began to make my way through the indicated path, taking a leisurely stroll through as I soaked in the colorful Qi everywhere, when a lanky figure caught my eye.
I stopped for a moment, trying to see the person walking through the crowd. I quickly realised from the slightly bent back and my pouch hanging from his waist, about who I'd just found.
Well, well, well, if it wasn't my partner in crime Su Lin.
I stood for a while, wondering if I should ignore him, or try and see what he was doing. Perhaps he was selling my pills to whoever it did, and getting involved would be a mistake. Yet Su Lin had managed to pique my interest over the past few weeks, the guy was much smarter than he let on, and I'd been thinking about trying to find out just what he was doing in the sect.
I hesitated for a moment. It'd be the smart thing to just go do my own thing.
And so, I suppressed my Qi, and began to follow behind at a safe distance. Time for some good old fashioned stalking.
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Stonelight· Dec 11, 2021
Thx for the chap.
And I was hoping than for once the MC would do the smart choice and not follow 
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Fuxy· Jan 18, 2022
Idiot... you don't want to be involved in sect bs so why are you sticking your nose into it voluntarily now?
Just go do your own thing damn it!
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MarkofWisdom· Dec 13, 2021
Baaaaah, dangit Lu Jie, I thought you were smarter than that. Following Su Lin is a dumb idea. Yan Yun's probably going to stumble onto them, isn't she?
At least Lu Jie actually got the idea that he should actually do some tests and experiments with his physical strength and power since he has some cultivation base to work with
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destroyer_canon· May 29, 2022
Author i can understand what you are trying to do. Therefore do not make that shit. Erase that remnant spirit from his mind. Just memories are enough. We don't need some suckers' ideas about life. The same thing is also in the Beware of Chicken novel. One MC is enough. And if he just remembered his previous life then just write it so. Writing like this is just making novel a trash.
Also can you please decide the world building clearly? The same as Beware of Chicken, you are also using "the cruel and stupid cultivators". But except for a few abnormal one, everyone is normal. Make it consistent. I can understand that you don't want to work with arrogant young masters much. But you aren't making any effort in this. He should just pack up and f*ck off from there. Now he knows one of the genius beauty of sect. That is the worst f*cking coincidens. Just straight up disgusting. Although MC didn't cut the all ties with the cultivators in Beware of the Chicken willingly or not, he still escaped. But you are making more unnecessary connections in here and it is the borderline opposite of synopsis which is frustrating.
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BRUH123· Jul 11, 2022
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Rodvek97· Apr 17, 2022

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testtube10· Feb 19, 2022
Being a researcher, it is only natural to have curiosity. I can understand Lu Jie's thoughts and his desire to know what is happening, however, knowledge can also bring danger.
All in all I think I just fell in love with the MC.
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15 — Stalking Stalkers Stalk
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Yan Yun felt her Qi churn in her dantian, reflecting the conflicted state of her mind. For the first time in many years, Yan Yun had decided to run away from her sparring sessions and escape to her little hideout.
A part of her had been hoping, perhaps she'd find Lu Jie around, but much to her disappointment, the boy was nowhere to be seen and neither was his mysterious lover. Yan Yun wasn't surprised, the two had only really been meeting every seven days, not visiting her little grove otherwise.
She'd continued to stroll leisurely through the grove, feeling a defiant sense of pleasure at having skipped a lesson for the first time when her attention had been caught by a familiar Qi tinged with the smell of spirit herbs.
A few moments of conflict later, Yan Yun had decided to follow the Qi, to try and see what Lu Jie was up to. She'd already ran away from her lessons, so she may as well have some fun while at it.
And that was how Yan Yun had found herself smack in the middle of the city, as people walked by around her, their eyes trailing her steps. By the way even the women stared at her as she walked, she assumed it wasn't just because of her beauty.
Then the realisation hit her. She was wearing her spirit gown! Lightning crackled along her clothes, as Leiyu let out his Qi, shaking its head at her.
Yan Yun is too rebellious. Elder would be displeased. Yan Yun should read distinguished texts of the great Elders, and not those frivolous things she has picked up again. Leiyu is displeased.
Yan Yun held back a snort at her spirit's words. Leiyu was far too haughty and stuck up about growing in strength.
You enjoy this far more than I do, Leiyu. Grandfather can eat his anger for a day, he should be busy with the sect and his own disciples anyways.
Yan Yun felt Leiyu's dissatisfaction. Her thunder eagle spirit would prefer to fly freely across the plains and test its mettle against the wild spirits around these parts. Mostly it'd just be him traumatising the local spirits, and she wanted no part in that.
Yan Yun hurriedly suppressed her presence in the city. At her strength, even mundane people could sense the crackle of thunder permeating around her, causing little sparks to occur. She could do little about her clothes, but thankfully a single pulse of Qi had the extravagant design change to a much simpler outfit. Any cultivator would be able to sense the Qi present in it, but at least she wouldn't stand out any more than she already did.
All this effort for a worthless outer sect boy. Peh, Leiyu is going to sleep.
Yan Yun felt Leiyu cut off his senses, as the arrogant ball of zapping feathers went to sleep in her Dantian. Yan Yun continued on her path, walking through the streets undeterred as she continued to follow Lu Jie's Qi.
A short distance ahead, she noticed a gathering of people standing around a merchant who waved an amulet in his arm. His words made Yan Yun frown, the bold proclamations not standing up to the truth. The amulet could possibly hold a fourth realm cultivator, but it would also run out and break quickly if used too often.
Yan Yun paused when she saw Lu Jie walk up to the merchant before he took a stance. Qi pulsed around the boy, it's movements not matching at all with the gentle herb tinged Qi she'd come to associate with him, but a heavier, more brutish method.
She frowned when she noticed his blow lacked any meaningful impact, his Qi expelled outwards to create a shockwave instead. Intentional? Yan Yun didn't know, but it only made the boy more curious. Was he truly as terrible at the martial path as he let on?
Yan Yun continued to watch as Lu Jie walked behind the merchant stall. Perhaps he was working with the merchant to make the amulet seem better than it was by putting on a show? Yan Yun frowned as she continued to watch, she noticed a boy handing a single spirit stone to Lu Jie and she felt her suspicions confirming. She was about to walk up to him, when she paused as Lu Jie returned the spirit stone shaking his head. He stood there for a moment, saying something before he started to make his way further ahead.
Yan Yun felt confused, and decided to continue a bit further. A part of her told it was extremely beneath her, to be following a disciple from the sect through the city like this. Yet, Yan Yun had never cared about how people saw her much anyways. It was only her grandfather's expectations that had kept her maintaining the facade of a prodigious young lady.
She saw Lu Jie stop in his tracks, for a moment, and she wondered if her presence had slipped out somehow. Her eyes followed his gaze, and Yan Yun felt her heart start to beat in excitement as she felt a faintly familiar Qi presence in the distance.
She'd just found his lover.
Yan Yun felt her excitement rising, as she saw Lu Jie head on in the side alley where his lover had been. Pushing down on her flaring Qi, she made sure she was making no noise, as she began to follow.
***
I felt a bit silly as I continued to follow behind Su Lin through the narrowing streets. The bustling city was turning more quiet as we walked away from the merchants and the carts and carriages and transitioned into quiet neighborhoods of people going about their daily lives with smaller shops that sat around watching the day pass.
I maintained my distance from Su Lin, trying to stay outside his sight as he walked by, stopping occasionally here and there. A few minutes of stalking almost had me bored and about to turn around and go on my day when I felt a very faint pulse of Qi from up ahead.
Returning my attention, I turned from the little corner I had been standing in to find Su Lin gone from my sight. I tried to sense for any cultivator with Qi nearby, but my senses showed nothing.
"Well damn, wonder if he felt me walking behind him or something," I muttered to myself. It was a miracle that Labby hadn't busted me yet, and a small check at my pouch showed that Labby had somehow fallen asleep.
Somewhat like an excited kid, ready to go on a trip, but then falls asleep there. It was adorable.
I looked back at the path where I'd come from when a realisation just dawned on me. I had no idea where I was, and how I was supposed to go back.
"Well… damn it," I muttered, standing awkward as I glanced all around the place. I looked at a couple of people walking nearby, their eyes turning towards me. The moment I looked at any of them, they'd bow slightly before hurrying to be on their way.
Yeah, I wasn't getting anything out of these people.
I shrugged, and resigned myself to some blind exploration and whatever punishment I may get to be late to my sect duties.
I vaguely tried to map the way the kid had told me to go, and where I may be. It wasn't like I'd completely forgotten how I'd gotten here. I took a right turn, heading in what I hoped would be the alchemy shop I was told about.
Memories from Lu Jie's home started to come forward as I made my way through the narrow alleyways. His home had been much smaller than this city, and the houses much widely spaced considering how it was a village. Yet something about the simple clothing and the lack of cultivators made those memories start to come forth.
All the more so because of that, it was difficult to ignore just how different cultivators were from regular people. I hadn't realised it whatsoever, being among cultivators for all the while I'd been here, but my gait was far faster, my breath much steadier, and my presence much stronger than a regular person's.
It hammered in the reality of what cultivation truly held as a promise, the rewards so great and tantalising that I could somehow understand why people chased so madly after it. Yet, if it was such a boon to cultivate, then why limit it to such a small number of people who could do that?
The question bothered me, and I wondered if perhaps, all these limitations to sect and talent, were just to hoard Qi? The idea that Qi was a finite resource hadn't left my mind. Perhaps I was wrong, and Qi was only finite in the way the sun's energy was finite. But if not, then limiting cultivation techniques to only those with a higher potential than others would make sense.
I of course disagreed with that practice. Far more can be done if such a resource was shared equally. Things that could never be done back home could be made feasible here. Death and disease didn't necessarily have to be a concern, if everyone could simply cultivate and take alchemical pills.
The ideas began to jumble up. This wasn't anything new that I'd just thought of, but these thoughts only became stronger the longer I stayed, and the more I learned about this world. I continued to walk through the streets, lost in my own thoughts of how I could spread cultivation to a larger number of people without bringing the world on my head when a sharp cold blade pressed against my neck, Qi pulsing its edge.
I felt myself be pushed against the wall as I turned around to see the face of my assailant. A rat-like face, and two crooked teeth stared back at me, as I watched my partner in crime.
"Lu Jie?" Su Lin murmured with his eyes wide with surprise.
I gulped, before I returned a smile as charming as a smile I could with a blade pressed against my neck.
"What a coincidence to see you here Su Lin," I replied cheerfully, when something in the guy's gaze told me that wasn't going to work.
Well, shit.
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Fuxy· Jan 18, 2022
As I expected... he is not strong enough to keep himself alive if he gets into sh*t yet he still stuck his nose into shit...
Should have just minded his own business...
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arnaldim2002· Jan 22, 2022
I had the same thought.
He should review his priorities. He won't become an alchemist and figure out how the world works if he's killed by someone a realm below him.
Cultivators are short-tempered, if one of them wants to kill the MC, even if he begs and gives everything he has, he won't necessarily stay alive.
Even if the MC just wants a quiet life, it doesn't mean the other cultivators will let him.
He's being naive.
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Fuxy· · Jan 22, 2022
@arnaldim2002 a good way to not have trouble is to not stick your nose into other people's business.
I should know I perfected that skill for over 12 years of school... if you don't know about it it's not your problem and if accidentally found out and nobody knows you know pretend you don't.
Didn't go to the best school out there so cops or military having a 'chat' with someone in school or even class wasn't unusual.
I learned how to be a anonymous fly on the wall real quick and noped the f*ck out at the first sign of trouble.
By my last year I started being known as the guy that is always conveniently gone whe sh*t hits the fan. Didn't care not dealing with that drama...
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MarkofWisdom· Dec 13, 2021
Looks like I was right about Yan Yun following Lu Jie. I wonder how she'll react to seeing Labby is now a lightning rat. It'll be pretty fun once Lu Jie reaches the point where Yan Yun can be the tomboy she wants to be and be friends with him openly.
Lu Jie is going to end up starting a revolution in how cultivation is approached, isn't he? He'll be working to improve himself and the people around him, lifting them up and working peacefully rather than the law of the jungle type approach that's most common in cultivation novels
(Chapter end)
Oh my. Yan Yun's going to get the mistaken impression that Lu Jie likes it rough and they like to role play….or maybe she'll actually realize the two aren't lovers…. First one seems more likely
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Stonelight· Dec 12, 2021
Thx for the chap.
That was obvious that would end badly, that why you don't follow sneaky guy in dark alley.
PS: For me, Qi should not be finite, that should work like oxygene with tree. Spiritul herb around can up the Qi lvl in the world x)
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BRUH123· Jul 11, 2022
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Azel· Mar 3, 2022
Soo weak
A guy who is weaker then him able to do this?
A Weak Mc is fine but this is just too weak
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There was something about having a blade at your neck that made the difference in cultivation levels and relative strength meaningless. I hadn't realised why people seemed to freeze up and become unable to think when someone started to threaten them with a knife, but I was starting to realise why.
Having your life in someone else's hand, was scary as fuck.
"Why were ya following me?" Su Lin asked, keeping the knife to my neck.
I gulped, trying to think of a suitable reply. "Thought I'd see where you were going, and if it was you indeed. Guess I was right," I replied, my voice surprisingly not wavering in the slightest.
Su Lin stared at me for a while, a frown covering his eyebrows. "Well, whatever. I'd thought it were them Zou's lackeys following me."
I sighed internally as the knife was pulled away from my neck, trying not to show any distress in my expression.
"Has anyone told ya that you've changed Lu Jie? I'd thought ye were a timid one, sticking to yourself and not mingling with others much and the last defeat had been enough to get you desperate. I'd get that. I've been desperate too. But that's not it with ya is it? You're just… different now."
I stood frozen, staring silently at Su Lin. Lu Jie barely had anyone who he could call a friend, most of them had either given up on finding their talents lacking, or moved on leaving him far behind. And I'd felt relatively safe with whatever personality change may have been observed because of that, using Lu Jie's memories as a guide to help me out with his behaviour from time to time. Something I relied on frequently with the Old Man.
"Well, whatever. You do you. What'chu need from me?" Su Lin asked, hiding his little knife in the back of his waist cloth.
I paused, unsure of what to say. The goal had been to see what Su Lin was up to, not to end up with him holding a knife to my neck.
"I was told about an old lady who sells alchemy stuff somewhere near here, trying to find a way there," I said, deciding it'd be best to make use of this opportunity to get back on track.
Su Lin looked at me with an expression that I couldn't quite place. "Old lady that sells alchemical stuff. Has an annoying cat and loves to cackle madly to herself. Is that the one?" He asked, and I nodded my head.
"Well, perhaps it was the will of the heavens then. Follow me," Su Lin said, walking ahead. I stared at his back for a moment, unsure of what he meant before I began to follow after him.
The pathway turned narrower as Su Lin walked into a side path. The smell of herbs was the first thing to reach me, soon after which the familiar sensation of the Qi from spirit herbs came within my senses.
I saw a tiny little shop, with dried herbs hanging from its door frame. The sound of grunting and mumbling came, alongside the noise of metal clanging with metal. Qi pulsed all over, swirling and churning in a familiar motion, yet one, far more skilled than I'd seen before. Someone was doing some serious alchemy there.
"Hey old hag! The guy I've been getting pills from, Lu Jie is here," Su Lin shouted. I heard the clank of utensils come from inside as the Qi thrummed faster and faster inside.
"Well, she ain't gonna be listening while she works. Just head on in," Su Lin said, walking ahead into the shop.
I stood outside for a moment, taking in the rickety little shop. The place was made of wood and in an oddly inconvenient location inside an alley. I wondered how whoever worked here got any customers at all.
Deciding that waiting outside would not help, I shrugged and decided to head inside.
The inside of the shop was not much larger, and built more like a home than any kind of shop, with a large portion of the inside filled with herbs and bowls lying everywhere. Occasionally interspersed with parchments and wood slips with various characters written on them.
My gaze stopped on a black cat, its deep yellow eyes looking back at me. I felt a strange sensation that I couldn't place, as if the cat was seeing through me, and I covered the pouch Labby was sleeping in. It was probably a good thing that he was, I couldn't imagine this going well.
The cat eventually got bored, yawning as it stretched its feline limbs, before getting up and walking away with all the arrogance and pride of a cat strutting in its home.
This place was seeming more and more like a witch's hut. Just a cultivation version of a witch.
"You're Lu Jie?" a boy asked, walking in from the inside of the shop. He had broad shoulders, and roughly the same height as me, with a tight bun of hair tied behind his head.
"Uhh, yes. I'm Lu Jie," I said, wondering what this might be about when, with a sudden motion, he bowed to me.
"May the Heavens grace you. The pills and money are really appreciated," the boy said, raising his head.
I stared at him, still unsure of things. I could tell that Su Lin was selling the pills to this shop, maybe even keeping a few pills for himself. I hadn't found any errors with the amount of money he gave me every week, so I didn't particularly care what exactly he was doing with the money. It wasn't like those pills could harm anyone. Even non cultivators would just feel slightly more refreshed when eating them.
"I ain't told him Yun. 'Was supposed to be a quiet thing before this guy followed me down here," Su Lin said, walking out from the inside.
"Gratitude is gratitude brother, every little bit helps," the boy said, and I heard a rumbling sound come from the other side of the room.
I turned to look at Su Lin, as I stood awkward in the middle. I felt like I'd just walked in on some kind of thing, and I was starting to feel a bit guilty about the whole stalking thing as well.
"Well, the old hag's taking her time today huh?" Su Lin muttered, his eyes shifting to the other boy. There seemed to be some kind of quiet communication going on as the boy turned around and walked in once more.
"I, well, didn't mean to butt in like this," I said, awkwardly shuffling my hands, unsure of where to keep them.
"It's alright, this ain't a secret. Well, outside of the whole spirit herb thing, that would land us in trouble," Su Lin said, snickering.
I stood around staring as his expression shifted a few times, his eyes darting around and looking at me, before they kept turning back towards the room behind him ever so slightly. I shifted my gaze to the room, its entrance covered by a cloth that prevented me from looking inside. I could feel two more people in there.
I heard a sigh come from Su Lin and I turned to see a strange expression on the guy's face. The ever smirking and sleazy look was nowhere to be seen on him.
"I s'pose, I owe you a bit for your things and since you're already here. Well. Come on in here," Su Lin said walking inside the chamber.
I looked around the little home, taking in the smell of spirit herbs and feeling the dense Qi coming from them as I walked ahead.
My eyes shifted to a guy, lying on a bed, his skin red in spots and wrinkled in places as he slept. The guy I'd met just now stood inside as well, alongside one other guy sitting nearby.
"That guy's Huo Yun," Su Lin said, pointing to the guy with the hair bun. "That's Cao Chen," Su Lin said, to the other guy sitting on the floor.
"And that… that's brother Zhan. They're all my brothers," Su Lin said, pointing to the guy sleeping. I could tell that they weren't related by blood, their features were far too different from each other. I frowned as something felt off about him, outside of his wrinkled and clearly sickly look. I focused my attention on the guy, trying to find what felt wrong when I realised something.
This man had no Qi.
"How is he- why is he like that?" I asked, staring at the guy. Even those who couldn't cultivate had a small amount of Qi present in their bodies. They were just incapable of harnessing it. Yet the guy I looked at, had none Qi whatsoever, it was like a dark void to my senses, a strange absence in the ever present Qi all around me.
"He was crippled, that's why," a voice spoke and I turned around to see an old woman walking in. Her face was set with wrinkles upon wrinkles, so much so that she could give the Old Man a run for his money.
The woman coughed and I smelled the Qi from spirit herbs oozing from her.
"The sect crippled him, as punishment for choosing the lives of his companions over that of the son of some cultivator," the woman said, her cane striking against the floor in a steady rhythm. I could sense the Qi within her, and wondered how someone with a cultivation like that could age like this.
I heard the cat meow loudly, as it walked through the room at a leisurely place before comfortably sitting next to the guy sleeping on the floor.
I felt my heart pause, as I wondered if that would've been my fate too, had it not been for Old Man.
"Is this what you need the spirit herbs and pills for?" I asked Su Lin.
"The old ha- Granny Lang takes care of brother Zhan. The money's for getting him treated one day, and the herbs help with the pain," Su Lin said, in a quiet voice.
I stared silently, unsure of what to say. Did learning that Su Lin was not a greedy rat in this for his own benefit change anything? I didn't know. I already knew that this world was a harsh place, but seeing it for myself felt more real. And the realisation of how things worked here, all the more horrifying.
I walked closer to the guy, crouching. His limbs looked atrophied, as if he hadn't been eating anything and was suffering from malnutrition. I could vaguely sense the shattered core near his dantian, two circles of Qi laying fractured in there, unable to hold a single hint of Qi in them.
"First time seeing a cripple boy?" The old woman asked, and I nodded.
"Well, then have a close look at what fate awaits any who try to rise against those in power," the old woman said and I stared at the boy with a grim look.
"Enough dilly dallying. Let us move out, I doubt you came in here to talk about all this," the woman said and I got up.
Taking one last look at the boy, I turned as many many thoughts churned in my mind.
I wanted to examine him closely, to see what crippling his cultivation had done. Learn what had caused his state to be like that after being crippled, and whether it was caused by the lack of Qi in his body. And lastly, to see if I could fix it somehow.
With heavy steps, I walked out of the room.
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MarkofWisdom· Dec 13, 2021
Su Lin just straight up yelled who his source for pills was in public? Wow that seems really dumb of him
So Su Lin is doing the stuff to help his sworn brother out? Does change things some, especially because of how kind Li Jie is and he'll want to actually try and help resolve the problem instead of just staving it off.
This could be a route for Lu Jie to get his own little gang/foster family going, especially if he successfully pulls off managing to heal the guy. Also even more reason for Lu Jie to ditch the sect after seeing this. And Lu Jie's very different approach to cultivating and wanting to help bring people up with him will help them all power up as he succeeds.
Yan Yun could come with them and be the group mom who helps watch over all of Lu Jie's wayward and wild children (spirit animals). She'll also be the group heavy hitter and enforcer since she'll probably always be the strongest one out of the lot of them
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Stonelight· Dec 13, 2021
I like the idea, and haveing Yan Yun will help with Labby power up too, the 2 of them use lightning after all; Maybe even help her to power up too.
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MarkofWisdom· · Dec 13, 2021
@Stonelight It'll be funny to see Labby and Leiyu (Yan Yun's lightning eagle spirit animal) squabble and bicker with one another
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Fuxy· Jan 18, 2022
I don't aggree with most of it but it is a great opportunity for research and I can't deny that. Helping is just a side effect.
He's too weak to be enabling people to fight back, creating organisations or leading rebellions... he needs to keep his head down and studying whatever he can get his hands on.
These people are not skilled enough to stay out of trouble and once sh*t hits the fan it will find its way to him if he doesn't cover his ass...
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Stonelight· Dec 13, 2021
Thx for the chap.
Can't wait to have the POV of the fujishi girl when she see that guy and hear what was said there.
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MarkofWisdom· Dec 13, 2021
She's going to be so bummed when she finds out that the two aren't lovers. I wonder if she'll end up finding one of Su Lin's other brothers *does* have a hidden lover like that
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BRUH123· Jul 11, 2022
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Azel· Mar 3, 2022
Abandon the taught of you trying to fix him for later
First, get stronger, you are too weak. Like Very weak
Then you can start helping people
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Hanu.IN· Dec 14, 2021
Is there a D!sc0rd srver for your readers?
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Werds_Are_Tough· Author · Dec 14, 2021
Yes. https://discord.com/invite/MxfTmJTeRW
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Many thoughts played in Yan Yun's mind as she masked her Qi, stepping through the shadows. Should she really be doing this? To follow these disciples like this through side paths while she neglected her cultivation and went against her grandfather's wishes?
A part of her desired it, the taste of freedom having enchanted her, and she was loathed to let it go. For so long she'd been trapped. For so long she'd been playing the act of a talented young lady. She'd yearned to be free, yearned to go out with her friends and have fun, but her grandfather had restricted her, allowing her to only mingle with those of high standing.
Yan Yun didn't like the other female cultivators of her age. Not all of them were as burdened with the expectations of their families, their fathers usually content to let their sons bear the responsibilities of their sects and clans.
It'd only made Yan Yun envious of their lives, and be in contempt of their disregard for their own fate of being married off at the pleasure of their fathers and brothers. Yan Yun hated their acceptance, hated how she felt guilty for trying to grasp of her own fate and rise above her grandfather one day when she was around them.
Yan Yun is too disturbed today. Your Qi is in turmoil. Leiyu said quietly, rousing from his short lived slumber.
Yan Yun sent an apologetic thought to Leiyu, as she shoved her thoughts to the back of her mind. She put her attention back on Lu Jie, following him quietly.
Qi pulsed ahead, and Yan Yun sensed Lu Jie's lover hurriedly move away. She spread out her senses, watching Lu Jie stop in his tracks. She wondered if they'd had some sort of fight. Perhaps Lu Jie was trying to reconcile? What if the quarrel had been because of her? Had she just become a thorn in their paths?
Yan Yun felt a strange sense of worry at the thought. She'd hate to get between any of this, as she'd prefer to silently watch on from a distance.
Like a deviant. Leiyu scoffed.
Yan Yun felt a flush rise to her cheeks. She couldn't deny that it was very shameful of her to be following Lu Jie around like this, especially if she was to be putting herself in the midst of a lover's quarrel.
Perhaps she should return?
Yan Yun stood conflicted, for a moment, unable to decide. She'd already come so far, would it really not be worth the stay to see who Lu Jie's lover was?
She sensed some movement ahead and hurriedly turned back. Lu Jie had begun walking on his own, in the direction his lover had gone in. Her Qi thrummed with excitement once more as she continued to follow him.
She'd stop just as she saw his lover. Yes.
Shadows assimilated with Yan Yun's being, as she pulled all her presence in completely. It was uncomfortable for any cultivator in the Fourth realm or above to retract their presence. The first circle within their dantian held much more Qi than a Third realm Qi shaping disciple's dantian would contain, and forcing the Qi inwards was unpleasant.
It was also a skill she was sorely lacking in, having never needed to sneak around. She'd let Zu Ri handle any task that needed such and her lightning arts didn't lend themselves to stealth either.
Yan Yun felt a presence move behind Lu Jie, she focused on the presence and felt surprise rising as she saw Lu Jie's lover move behind him. She stared at the boy, taller than Lu Jie, and moved towards him silently.
Her heart started to beat nervously as she stared at the boy and moved in closer, before Qi flared and he grabbed Lu Jie pushing him against the wall. Yan Yun gasped as the older boy moved extremely close to Lu Jie, the other boy's hand at Lu Jie's neck as this face moved in towards Lu Jie's face.
Yan Yun froze for a moment, as blood rushed to her cheeks. Her heart thundered and she rushed away from the sight, burning to have caught such a scene. Her heart burned with embarrassment as her suppressed Qi erupted in a sparkle of lightning she struggled to hold back and she could sense Luyei's disappointment through their link. She didn't care.
A silent giggle poured out along as her cheeks burnt red like flames.
She'd just caught them together.
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I took a deep breath, refreshing my mind as I walked out. The other two guys had walked off somewhere, as Su Ling stood nearby handing the old woman a pill. One of the pills that I'd given to Su Lin.
The old granny took the pill in her hand, inspecting it a few times. I could sense the Qi coming from the Qi moving around the granny's hands. "This isn't the standard recipe they have for the pills is it?" she said, turning to look at me.
I didn't reply in any way, but I didn't deny it either. I doubted she was going to have an issue with that, seeing how she was running an Alchemy shop in this corner. Not exactly the kind of person to have the halls in their good books.
"Changed the composition I see. Added a bit of unnecessary stuff in there as well. Bah. Sloppy work, the impurities haven't all been refined. That old fool has gotten sloppy in his teachings," the woman muttered and I paused.
"You know the Old man?" I asked her, and the woman snorted, as she swallowed the pill. "Yes, I know your master. Isn't hard to guess, the herbs have hints of his Qi, and no one else would be foolish enough to take you in as a disciple in the sect. Those that would've been are dead." she said, and I paused once more. She really didn't like the sect did she?
My eyes drifted to Su Lin, who was doing some odd chores around the home, but I could see that his attention was still towards our conversation here.
"Why haven't you joined one of the halls? I heard they didn't like free alchemists roaming around and doing their own thing," I asked the woman.
"Well, why haven't you boy?" she asked and I stood around for a moment, nodding. Prying questions were a no go then.
"Alright. A different question. What happened to that guy, and are all people with crippled cultivation like this?" I asked, I saw Su Lin freeze for a moment, before he resumed arranging the little jars of items on a shelf nearby. This really did feel like a witch's home.
"No, not always. Not to this extent. If done correctly, the cultivator can live as a normal person, simply incapable of cultivating again. Some have issues and feel weak for their lives forever from that point, and have other difficulties, but rarely are they bed ridden like this," the woman said, smacking her cane into the ground.
"Then why?" I asked, and I heard a sigh.
"His cultivation was ripped out forcefully. Shattered and destroyed over and over, before what remained was sealed within him. It is a miracle that he survived. And a sign of his talent, perhaps."
"What good did that talent ever do to him?" I heard Su Lin interject and I saw his grip tighten. I frowned. There was far too much to unravel here, and I wasn't sure I wanted to invade in Su Lin's life so much.
I felt a strange conflict brew in my chest. Wasn't my path all about bringing cultivation to all who I could? To demystify the mystical magic? This could be a way for me to try and study a crippled cultivation, and understand how Qi interacted with our bodies better. If I could find any clue of restoring a crippled cultivation, then perhaps I could also find a way of letting even commoners cultivate and use Qi.
"Is there no way to heal him?" I asked, turning towards the old woman.
"There are a few herbs and elixirs that might. I doubt his cultivation will ever heal, but he could be allowed to live a normal life," the woman spoke and I nodded.
"I would like to come here, if I can, to check on your brother Zhan," I replied, and I felt a pause before the old woman huffed quietly to herself.
"Think yourself some kind of medical saint? Well, I doubt there'd be any harm if you try, as long as you don't create a ruckus in my shop," the old woman said, before continuing. "Now go and have a look, and pick what you want from here."
I watched her make her way towards her cauldron once again, the contents swirling with Qi. I scratched my chin awkwards, turning around to walk towards the numerous herbs and other tools sitting in shelves.
"Whatchu' need? I doubt you can find it in all the mess the old hag makes," Su Lin said, and I gave him a thankful sigh as I dug in my pocket.
I felt a silent mirth rise in me as I saw Su Lin grimace at the long list I held in my hand. Time to get shopping, my partner in crime.
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I sighed, sitting on the floor as I inspected the small cauldron I'd picked up.
"By the soaring heavens, ya made me open up shelves I think the old hag hasn't opened in decades. The stench alone must've taken a decade off my life," Su Lin groaned, and I smiled apologetically.
I sat on an assortment of items I'd decided I needed for the lab. The first and foremost had been a smaller cauldron for more controlled tests of a smaller amount of materials. The cauldron I had was meant to produce large batches of simple pills, not really suited when I wanted to test fine details and sensitivities.
I'd still prefer a test tube though.
The next item was a thermometer. Or a heat-sensing spirit stone that served as one. I held the crystal out in my hand. The crystal would change colors, turning a bright red when it reached the boiling point of water. It wouldn't let me measure temperature extremely precisely like a thermometer would, but it was still much better than having nothing and just going by vague estimations.
I set aside the many porcelain replacements of petri dishes I got, alongside a dozen spirit stones, and the bag of spirit herbs. I was surprised Labby hadn't leapt at them yet, seeing how he was pretty much addicted to them at this point.
I dug in my pouch, taking out a dozen or so silver coins before I handed the pouch to Su Lin. It stung slightly to part with more than half of what I'd earned, but with the new equipment, and better techniques, it would be a worthwhile investment.
Running a pseudo cultivation lab was quite expensive.
I got up from my place, picking up the tied up items, before realising that it'd be quite difficult to carry all of this by myself.
I saw Su Lin roll his eyes, muttering something under his breath, before he picked up some of the herb pouches.
"I need ta go back anyways," the boy said and I paused.
"You're a surprisingly nice guy," I told Su Lin, surprised by his actions.
"And you're a surprisingly clumsy guy. Now move, I don't wanna be shouted at for being late. Wasn't supposed to take this long today."
I shrugged, shaking my head, as I followed him out of the shop. We walked in silence through the alleys for a while as I quietly followed Su Lin behind, when suddenly, I frowned, sensing a few presence nearby.
"Oh, look who we've found. Isn't it Su Lin there?" a voice came from ahead, as a burly man walked in, his Qi flaring. I frowned, sensing his cultivation and found him at the start of the Third Realm.
A few other men walked by, near the peak of the first and lower second realm, wielding short daggers and disheveled robes.
"Zou," Su Lin muttered and I cursed to myself realising what was happening.
I'd just walked into the surrounded by bandits in a side alley event. Goddamn it.
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Fuxy· Jan 18, 2022
Why are you surprised? You've been sticking your nose where it doesn't belong all day it's only natural you would get your ass shanked for it...
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MarkofWisdom· Dec 15, 2021
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Looks like Yan Yun will want to work on her staking, hiding, and stealth skills if she wants to keep playing the Peeping Tina on what she assumes is an illicit tryst. She's also going to be so confused and disappointed when she finds out that encounter she was spying on was Su Lin holding a knife to Lu Jie's neck
"His cultivation was ripped out forcefully. Shattered and destroyed over and over, before what remained was sealed within him."
Jesus Christ that is insane. That sounds like the kind of thing a sadistic psychopath would do to someone they wanted to watch suffer in pain for years on end
"I'd just walked into the surrounded by bandits in a side alley event. Goddamn it."
Time for Yan Yun to play the gallant heroine and sweep in to save the day? Or for Lu Jie to start practicing fighting in self defense? I kinda hope for both-Lu Jie to fight in his own defense and realize that even if he wants to be peaceful and pursue alchemy he'll still need to have the strength to defend himself and his friends from people that have ill intentions towards them, and for Yan Yun to sweep in and be a gallant heroine like she wants to be and no longer be so isolated, starting with her being able to have an actual friendship with Lu Jie and Su Lin
If Yan Yun does show up I wonder if her misunderstanding of Lu Jie and Su Lin's relationship with be resolved, though she may not actually believe it for a while. And she'll be *really* excited if/when she finds another pair that really are lovers. It'll be pretty amusing to see Yan Yun all flustered when Lu Jie figures out the misunderstanding she has about him…and how Lu Jie probably will just correct the misunderstanding but won't actually hate her or feel humiliated by her, maybe even later trying to help her source some "new materials" for her reading
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Stonelight· Dec 14, 2021
Thx for the chap.
Really ? You made the girl flee just to not have her know for the 2 true relation ?
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Werds_Are_Tough· Author · Dec 15, 2021
She's still around
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I stared at the group of thugs surrounding us and gulped nervously. I found a couple of them eyeing me, wary expressions on their faces when I suddenly realised.
I was slightly higher in cultivation than them, wasn't I? Not that, that'd change anything. I couldn't fight to save my life.
"Got a friend to come around eh Su Lin? Never took you for the type to mingle with the sect disciples," the group leader, Zou, spoke, taking out his dagger and spinning it around in his hands. His lackeys followed behind him as they drew out their own.
What was up with this whole group and their hidden daggers? First Su Lin, now those guys, should I be carrying one too?
"This ain't got nothing to do with ya Zou. Piss off," Su Lin barked, but I could feel the tension in his shoulders. There were two of us. Or one and a tagalong, and five of them, an unfair fight if it came down to it.
"Should've thought that before ya stole those spirit stones, and cut off the supply of pills," Zou growled back as his Qi flared.
I eyed Su Lin. From what I could tell from this conversation, and what I'd gathered on Su Lin, these were his former spirit herb smuggling companions, that or some other kind of shady stuff. Finding a new source of earning money must've had Su Lin jump trains. This was all speculation though, so I could be way off.
"Should've thought about being stabbed in the back when you threw me to the side Zou," Su Lin retorted and I saw the frown on Zou's face deepen.
I really didn't feel like going deeper into this event. I could practically see how it'd play out. Zou shouts you dare? And charges us, and then we fight, and somehow beat him, and he runs away, then the big evil guy behind him sends some cultivators after us, and that's it for two random nobody's whose death would go unnoticed by most.
I grit my teeth and decided to try to bluff my way through this.
"I don't know what your trouble is with one another. Neither will I participate in it, or interfere. I'm an unconcerned party," I said out loud, infusing as much courage and calmness as I could into my voice, pausing for effect.
"But. Su Lin has some things I need. And I'd prefer, if this conflict could be sorted at a later date," I breathed out, staring at the tense lackeys. Zou's eyes swivelled to me, and I noticed the deep yellow pupils in his eyes. I felt his Qi flare, a slimy feel to it.
I didn't like this guy.
"A righteous fella are we? Ya want me to let this thieving rat run away? Again? Hah!" the man laughed, as his lackeys followed in quieter chuckles.
"Think again, big fella. Ya may be stronger, but there's a fair few more of us here. Let's see who's fists talk more eh?" Zou aside and I let out a muffled sigh.
Time for trick number two.
I flooded my pathways with Qi, using Lu Jie's memories to guide my path. One of the benefits of being stuck at the peak of the Third realm for so long had been that Lu Jie had gained good control of his Qi.
Cultivators would often have to deal with a growing amount of Qi, leading to an imbalance in Qi usage. But Lu Jie's Qi had been static for months, allowing him to know just how much each of his techniques needed. It did not make up for his lacking Qi, or strength, but it did help him last longer.
I sensed a slight Mist rising around me, as I spoke once again, infusing my voice with Qi. A slight pulse to my pack had the Qi from my spirit herbs merging with my own, and pouring out in a torrential storm.
"You really don't want to do this. Let us both walk away." I said, and I could see Zou's lackeys taking a step back. A Third realm's Qi had to be difficult to bear for those below me. And I was cheating with my pills.
I could see the hesitation on his face, as he reconsidered his actions. I tensed, keeping my Qi up, but I began to struggle. I was essentially draining my Qi away, to create an illusion of strength that I didn't possess. I wouldn't last too long.
"Grab Su Lin," Zou muttered and I cut off my Qi, digging through my pocket as I hurriedly put a Qi Gathering pill in my mouth. A grimace covered my face, as I prepared myself for a nasty fight. Here's hoping Lu Jie memories were enough for me to get out of here.
I let Qi flood my pathways, it was strange, but also familiar. Lu Jie's memories played in my mind, hours upon hours of work that he'd poured into achieving advancing his cultivation. All those hours, now flashed through my mind as mist began to billow from my sleeves.
My god, I was turning into a Cultivation protagonist.
I felt a stir of Qi near my pouch as Labby woke up. I could sense his confusion as his head poked out of the pouch. Anger rose in his mind as he spotted the thugs as Labby jumped out, his fur crackling with lightning, shooting it towards the thugs.
It… wasn't very effective. I was about to rush ahead, to grab Labby from killing himself, when Qi exploded in front of me. Thunder, unlike anything I'd sensed erupted from where Labby had stood, forming a storm as it mixed with my mist. A powerful force descended all around me, and I heard groans of pain come from up ahead.
Pretend this is you, Junior Brother. Raise your voice and infuse it with Qi.
I heard a familiar girl's voice speak in my head, but I had no time to give that any thought. I took the opportunity, as I channelled the best impression of an arrogant young master that I could.
"You dare Zou?! You should've heard my warnings before taking such a foolish step. If your life is not precious to you, then I will gladly take it from you," I shouted out loud, dying a little bit inside.
Thankfully, another burst of lightning spread all around Me, extending to Labby as I heard him squeaking angrily. I wondered if he thought this was coming from him.
"But I am merciful even now. Walk away, and I will pretend this slight never happened Zou. But think twice before you try to approach Su Lin or me again. Because I will be remembering this. Now scram!" I shouted, as Qi bellowed from my voice. I was afraid my voice would crack but a powerful thunder strike crackled as stone erupted and even I recoiled in fear of being hit by the demonstration.
I could hear screams and curses being shouted as Zou and his lackeys began to run away. I felt my heart thundering in my chest, from the encounter, as relief flooded me. That had been close.
Squeak!
I heard Labby, as I felt immense satisfaction and pride come from him, and chuckled at his antics.
I shook my head, as I cut off the Qi filling my pathways, the mist receding slowly but surely. Another thing I'd overlooked, this mist and its formation would be interesting to look into later. I shook my head, bringing it back to the voice of the girl I'd heard.
I recognised the voice, from an encounter a few weeks ago. The question was, what such a person was doing in this alleyway in the middle of nowhere, and possibly alone.
My gaze caught Su Lin staring my way in surprise, his eyes wide, and I just realised how the display from earlier had looked like. I stared back at Su Lin, thinking of how to explain when a large bird flew over my head, its feather cracking with thunder and my eyes caught the girl standing a bit further away.
Damn it, the crazy girl from my first meet up with Su Lin had found us. Though… Why was her face so red?
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Yan Yun wished she had a hole she could bury herself in. Her face refused to lose its flush as she stared at Lu Jie and his lover, who both stared dumbfoundedly at her. Her mind played the image of their lips meeting each other as her cheeks turned scarlet with renewed vigour.
She wasn't a deviant! She was just… passionate about her hobby.
Yan Yun should pretend this is a gathering for the young noble lords. Treat them as Yan Yun treats her potential suitors.
Leiyu spoke in her mind, as her spirit companion flew overhead, sending little sparks towards the rat that kept squeaking in protest. Yan Yun was momentarily surprised to find lightning Qi within the rat, but she put that off her mind, coughing once as she began to speak.
"I'd ask what you two are doing outside the sect, getting involved with thugs, but it's shameful to do so in my position, so I'll be pretending I never saw… anything," Yan Yun said, breaking at the last word for a moment before she refocused. These were young lords of unknown origins eyeing her for her beauty as their minds thought of all depraved thoughts. Not starstruck lovers kept apart by the world, for their love was forbidden and untenable so they hid in alleys and outside the sight of the word, longing for each other-
Yan Yun needs to stop her delusions!
Leiyu shouted in her mind, and she paused, nodding. Thankfully, the two didn't seem to have noticed, too busy gawking at her with a blank expression.
"So… you were the one who was behind all the lightning, and all the Qi?" the other boy spoke up, his eyes drifting towards Lu Jie.
"Yes. I'd seen two sect disciples in trouble and couldn't stay my hand. It would've been troublesome to be found out here though, so forgive your senior sister for the act," Yan Yun said. She was doing this! She was talking to them! She pushed the quiet giggle that began to worm its way out.
"How did you do that… the speaking in my mind thing?" Lu Jie asked, staring at her, and Yan Yun looked at the boy in surprise.
Like this. It's called sending. A simple technique, I'm surprised you haven't used it to talk to your spirit yet. It even broke through to the first realm after all.
She spoke in his mind, sending with her Qi, and she saw increasing surprise reflected on the boy's face.
The little one asks the Young Mistress to allow her to talk to her great master. Leiyu spoke to her, and she saw the Rat squeaking in excitement.
Yan Yun felt slightly conflicted. She still didn't like rats, but she could sense the little spirit's burning desire.
"Your spirit wishes to talk to you, Lu Jie. She has a lot to say," Yan Yun said as she felt Lu Jie's Qi flaring.
"She?"
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MarkofWisdom· Dec 20, 2021
"You dare Zou?! You should've heard my warnings before taking such a foolish step. If your life is not precious to you, then I will gladly take it from you," I shouted out loud, dying a little bit inside."
Lu Jie's inner actor and drama student helped pull him through here
And yay, Yan Yun did get to play the hidden rescuer coming in to save the fair damsels in distress! She also is getting to actually talk with the two as potential friends instead of rivals or people trying to use her
"She?"
Lu Jie finds out Labby is a girl! And now his adoptive daughter too
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dahoosa· Dec 16, 2021
I shouted out loud, dying a little bit inside.
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Relatable.. when I make a joke that no one but me understands, that is.
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vallar· Dec 15, 2021
My god, I was turning into a Cultivation protagonist.
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You might be on to something there XD
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BRUH123· Jul 11, 2022
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Azel· Mar 3, 2022
You know, this is my opinion of This Mc compared to other Transmigrated Mc
The Good:
Not arrogant
No delusion
No flowery stupid language like 'as if heaven itself will shatter' for describing an elementary technique
Using Science to explain phenomenon of cultivators which is fresh outlook
The Bad:
He is weak minded
He is weak himself
Lack of future planning
Stupidly Naive
Think deeply before putting your nose where it doesnt belong. Its only thanks to Authour BS plot armour that he is still not discovered and killed on the spot. Please fix his weak mentality
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Stonelight· Dec 11, 2021
Thx for the chap. Can't wait for more chap
Hope Labby will not transform while he walking around lol. If she is not, I can see him waking up the morning with her on him
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MarkofWisdom· Dec 10, 2021
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I wonder how long it will take the pill to take effect, and how long it will last for. Will Li Jie wake up the following morning with human girl form Labby bouncing on his bed and going "Look Papa, I'm a human now too! I can help you with alchemy and learn stuff!" ?
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Werds_Are_Tough· Author · Dec 11, 2021
it'll be a long while before she's ready to take on a human form. The pill is just there to help her with it, because rats usually never make it far enough for that.
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MarkofWisdom· · Dec 11, 2021
@Werds_Are_Tough Darn, so the "Hello papa!" gag will have to wait a while? Should be pretty funny if/when it does happen though
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BRUH123· Jul 11, 2022
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