A world where might makes right. A world of Jade and Gold, of Phoenix and Dragons, of Pills and Talismans, of Martial and Spiritual arts.A world where diligent training yield strength, meaning freedom. A world where loneliness means death, meaning social chains.A world still unfair, as the ones reaching the heavens are most likely born rich - be it political riches of the aristocrats, power of secret knowledges and hidden realms of clans, or lucky enough to be born one-in-a-thousand genius.This was not the case of Quiet Word - that is, (You).Your current skill level being on par with said genius of your age? Lucky encounters and a knack for navigating social situations.You know a fair amount of technic for such a young cultivator, but your strength lies in the impressive amount of Bonded Spiritual Beasts - A no-longer Hawk spirit, a Horse spirit, a Snake spirit and a Wolf spirit.Speaking of that last one, you didn't told a world about him to anybody. As a scion of the Primordial Wolf spirit, its father warned you of its worth and how people could want to rip it away from you.Said worth comes from its ability to Fuse without restriction - fusion being a secret of the higher ranking of your sect, secret you have almost completely rediscovered on your own. Alright, the Primordial Wolf might have helped you on that point.Recently, you discovered a dao more than well suited to you : the way of the Rising Phoenix. Your Hawk spirit evolved into titular Rising Phoenix, the Hawk's Wide Ballet turned into the Rising Phoenix's Wide ballet and you discovered a new mind tempering technique in the Poem of the Rising Phoenix. You are half a step away from opening the Mouth Aperture, the latest small realm before 2nd stage. This is mainly thanks to insane gain reached while you were in your first ever seclusion. Right now, you are getting ready for the Yearly Tournament.Said Yearly Tournament you fully expect to win brightly : one of your trump is strong enough to take down anyone barring Dhundan.
Tamers of Hundred Beasts(You), Quiet Word, almost 7 year old. First Stage, working on opening your Ear Aperture.Dhundan Kepa, peerless genius. You've witnessed him yell a tiger, a shot arrow, and even the sun to compliance. Although this Never worked on Ai.Ai, peerless genius. Can speak and calm all thing (except Dhundan)Three "gifted but not great" kids : Sin Din, skilled Horse cultivator. Man Din, bounded with a precious spirit but lagging a little bit behind. Yi Norm, Monkey Cultivator.Kyo Ko (nicknamed Kyo Kyo), 11 year old Second-Stage cultivator. Extremely secretive of her techniques.Gro Ta, 13 year old Second-Stage cultivator. Whale Cultivator.Bathias, 16 year old Third-Stage cultivator. Current Hawk MasterRyota. Boar cultivator, Branch Master.Maya Tao, that you know more as Snake Mistress, back from Golden Skystone VillageOther Stable Lotus cultivatorsVenerable Stable Lotus, local's bigwig.Young Mistress LienWen YanEr, his sole daughter, your age. And she is a good friend.Young Mistress LienWen JiaLin : unpleasantly ambitious cousin of YanEr.Medicine Master Soulgaze : Uncle of YanEr. Pill crafter expert.Sovereign All Learner's Teacher, Master of Versatile Harmony Quest.Ping Jun, student of Versatile Harmony Quest, bounded with Golden Talismanic Horse Spirit. And he's a good friend.Meiying Youling - Ant-burning mentally unstable young mistress of Death Harvester CultSter Ling, unsuferable Genius boy of the Stable Harbor Military YouthXiao Niar, Death-seeking unskilled boy of the Stable Harbor Military YouthInborn Tanuki's Lantern; Loose cultivator that saved Bathias life.Marketer Golden Eye, Silver Tongue - All-selling Merchant Alliance highest rank cultivator.Old Jiang - Owner of the town's spiritual technique bookstore.Golden Skystone VillageDaoist Golden Skystone Patriarch, Village leader. After plotting with Gilded Waters, seems loyal.Man Cong, eldest son, 18. Bounded with Golden-scale Stellar Snake. Second stage.Dan Rol, second son, 14. Bounded with Golden-scale Stellar Snake. Last step of First stage, studied in the main sect for a few months.Daughter (unnamed), 7. Bounded with Golden-scale Stellar Snake. A bit haughty. Working on opening her Heart Aperture.A harem of domestics, probably still jealous of Maya Tao and the Patriarch's... closeness.Luo Bin, the nicest highwayman you know of.
The new turnament is on the verge of starting. Instead of watching the youngsters (a waste of time, you sieved through them and are definitely not impressed), better go talk to your friends - and avoid the displeasant Military Youth cultivators.First is Ping Jun. "Hey dude. Your cultivation seems to be going great- Yeah. I really wanted to break to second stage before the tournament. Turns out wanting is not enough.- Don't be too hard on yourself. The Horse spirit you gifted me helped so, so much. I might break through second stage before the end of the year too."You can't believe your eyes : his cultivation is indeed the second or third more developped among you youngster; on par with the one of..."Hello Quiet Word. This time, I'll use my sheer progress to win you off legitimately."Win... you... off? You gulp. The damn prophecy is stretching the shadow of its clawed hands over your head."Is something wrong? You know you can tell me everything. You will always be able to."Did she winked at you? Alas, you can't tell her. That would be akin to revealing one of your trumpsSoon, the younger children finish while you're awkwardly shuffling around in place, finding deeper meaning in each of LienWen YanEr sentences.Your age group is coming next.Your first fight is among the end of the bracket. Your opponent is one of the Stable Lotus cultivator - more on the strong side than the weak one, with an almost-opened ear Aperture.Not your match. Your superior speed and strength let you rush him and take him down cleanly, progressing as well as every other Named Kids.The second round is similarly one-sided for all of the relevant ones. Barring you and your opponent Ster Ling. Though match. You're eager to let him eat dirt."Ready? Fight!">1 anon roll 1d100, DC 60Available trumps :- Spirits (Horse, Phoenix, Snake, Wolf)- Unlimited Rising Star Kick- 2 Blood Charges - Summon Blood Shadow Wolf - Blood Burst (can one shot without a roll anyone barring Dhundan)The kids should remember both the Summon Blood Shadow Wolf and Horse Spirit from last year. You don't benefit as much from the Mounted fighting style as you will use a spear.
Rolled 14 (1d100)>>6081109
As expected, you'll have to burn a trump.>Use your mighty autowin Blood Burst>Use something else (will prompt a roll)
>>6081115>Blood burstWe are at 3rd round out of 5?
>>60811182nd round out of 6th
>>6081118I support my argument with "knock Sterling out of the running immediately with minimising the resources and thus time spent to knock him out of it, causing him to lose face"Fuck ster ling.At least Qian Narr ain't shown up yet, stupid shrimp bitch
>>6081115Blood BurstGet Ster Ling outta here
>>6081109- Blood Burst
"Ready to bite the dust?- Really should have betted with you Ster Ling. Because this year, I'm winning the tournament.-Oh yeah? Dodge this."A volley of arrows. Sent by an opened-ear-aperture level cultivator. You duck, dash, jump, your hand over the bead, in a pocket you sew near your heart. You spin half the blood inside into spikes. Hurls it toward Ster Ling."Touch! Victory of Quiet Word of the Tamers of Hundred Beasts! "Hey, your empowered Ear Aperture picks up chatters of the representative of several sects, observing and discussing the fight.That can't be... a spiritual art master Ryota?- You're right, that isnt. The boy is still first stage. But he found by himself that Blood techniques are accessible to first stage if he let a Qi and Blood thread inside- You must be proud. Such a strong blood affinity at a young age! - The funniest thing is that kid sucks at blood, and he stumbled by luck on that technique yesterday!- I get it. You're bragging your student won by chance and not by hard work. - We get it. You're a sore loser commander."One last match of interest before the end of the second round : Ping Jun against Meying Youling."Kekekekekeke this Meying Youling will get her revengeance from last year!- I already know of your ghost trick, Meying"She strikes. Ping Jun steps back. It looks a lot like last year's fight."Taste that! Come Forth, Ghost Spirit!"A flickering form extand from the girl's shadow. The fight suddenly turned into a 2 versus 1."Mighty Mistress Meying Youling have won th....ACCCK"Ping Jun rushed, and shield-bashed the little miss, shrouded in a golden shine."Touch! Victory of Ping Jun of the Versatile Harmony Quest"
Third round start with Dhundan against Man Din.In your eyes, the fight looks really close. Dhundan makes the mistake to underestimate the girl, resulting in her Bear form overpowering him for a split second.However, Dhundan's raw cultivation is enough for him to avoid defeat, slowly regain his footing, and methodically overpowering the young girl."Touch! Victory of Dhundan of the Tamers of Hundred Beasts!"Then, Sin Din triumphs over a Stable lotus boy. Jia Lin dispatch as easily a Versatile Harmony Quest disciple.A close match let Xiao Niar and his long, two-handed sword take down a Hammer-wielding Military Youth brethren.Followed by one interesting fight : Yi Norm, facing Lienwen YanEr."I watched closely last year's fight against Quiet Word! I'll take you easily"You're not so sure. Plus, Yi Norm seems dead focused on keeping his trumps for later. That will cost him the match.His growth-realm staff bounded in cloth, his spirit kept in his soul, LienWen YanEr is Better. Faster. Stronger She finally clubs him in the jaw.Well, at least your maybe-wife is strong, move in an aesthetic way, and can hold her ground perfectly fine.Your turns come next. A plain girl wearing the white and blue robes of the Versatile Harmony Quest, holding a whip."Ready? Fight!... Touch! Victory of Quiet Word of the Tamers of Hundred Beasts! - Your disciple seems strolling on the competition. Three rounds without breaking a sweat!- I hope he won't surrender in the final"
Fourth round starts with Dhundan against Sin Din. She puts less of a fight than her twin, leading to a quick victory for the domineering boy.JiaLin moves on, after a fourth easy fight. So do her cousin YanEr - her own variation of the easy fight concluding with a kick in Xiao Niar's unnamables.It is now time for your own quarter-finals - facing Ping Jun "I still don't know how my lucky self reached so far in the competition. Like first year's turnament.- This time, I know for me. And I can extrapolate for you : work, work and work.- ... Dear friend, I think you might be right- Ready? FIGHT!1 anon roll 1d100, DC 40
Rolled 18 (1d100)>>6081379
Rolled 19 (1d100)>>6081379>>6081380I HATE BEST OF 1I HATE BEST OF 1
>>6081380>>6081383Good thing I haven't prompted a second roll yet.===================Available trumps :- Spirits (Horse, Phoenix, Snake, Wolf)- Unlimited Rising Star Kick- 1 Blood Charge- Summon Blood Shadow Wolf- Blood Burst (Now disclosed, will let you reroll and won't one-shot)
I let y'all agree on a trump before prompting the next test.
>>6081385Fuck the gamble in me is saying blood burst. I REALLY want to do blood burst, but this is so early into the tournament that I don't want to risk losing so early here.>Blood Charge
>>6081388The blood charge can either be used for summon blood shadow wolf or Blood burst. Formatiing messed up.
>>6081391>Summon Blood Shadow Wolf
>>6081385>Unlimited Rising Star Kick
>>6081391>Summon Blood Shadow WolfI want to pass and keep fighting, but not win and overpower just yet. This way I want to have Ping Jun get to show off too.
>>6081385>summon blood wolfIf it dies, we can just turn it into a blood blast.And if we win, it carries through to the next fight.Also reinforces that this is our blood spirit.
I think I'll lock the Blood WolfCome on. 1 more 1d100.
Rolled 89 (1d100)>>6081451I rolled that 19, so I'm scared to roll again... but it's just as likely some other anon can roll shit like I did. So fuck it. GO BLOOD SHADOW WOLF!
You both rush forward. Your spear meets his shield, you quickly meet his sword with your shaft. You kick, he leaps away"You have the upper hand. That mean I'll have to give my all. Come forth, Golden Talisman Horse!" The spirit you bounded to him. The one letting him step up. A part of your mind can't help and whisper to you that he would also greatly benefit from the Cosmic Golden Snake if you could catch more of them in the future.He is really a sight to behold, mounted with his sword and shield, shrouded in a faint golden light.Between the mount and the strange enchantment, you can't match him only with your raw talent."I need to send my treasured spirit... Come Forth, Blood Shadow Wolf!"Note to self : find a real Blood Shadow wolf to merge with your Scion of the Primordial Wolf spirit. You have 3 or 4 ideas of techniques this would enable.Second note to self : find out what the Monkey Army of Yi Norm exactly do - you have a hunched it would empower the Primordial spirit furtherYou and the summon circle Ping Jun. You order it to leap at your kindred spirit, sending a sweeping motion when he sidesteps his horse spirit.Said horse spirit vanishes. Ping Jun falls - he nails the landing, readying a strike..."Touch! Victory of Quiet Word of the Tamers of Hundred Beasts!"Your summon clawed at his back."I'll try harder in the future... Didn't had any illusion for this year. But please, don't surrender this year.- Dear Ping Jun, I'll swear I'll do my very best to win this edition."You step out of the Arena. First half-final is Dhundan against LienWen JiaLin - an interesting fight among a supple and vicious fighter, and an unstopably scary saber wielder.The results are not so surprising. You mentally thank Dhundan for his quick dispatch of his opponent - letting you easily keep your focus on your summon"Don't overestimate yourself... Next year... Next year, I'll... I'll be second stage! and you'll have to suffer a thousand cuts from the Stable Lotus Spiritual Arts.- Lots of words for a loser. Do like Quiet Word : when you lose, shut up and train for real."It's time for your half-final - against the other Stable Lotus Heir. Your match. Your... match?"You still seem weird. Are you alright?- ...I'm getting ready to win this tournament, that's all.- Ready? Fight!>1 anon roll 1d100+5 (from the lingering wolf) DC 40
Rolled 42 + 5 (1d100 + 5)>>6081477
Rolled 76 + 5 (1d100 + 5)>>6081477Don't drop your spaghetti
>>6081480CURSE YOU FAILING WIFI.
>>6081477Also. Heh.Dhundan is a real one.And given Ping's status and speed of cultivation, I think we could reasonably start thinking of a request from his sect and offer to soup him up again, in exchange.Might be useful having a reputation as a man who helps his friends out.
>>6081482Rejecting this good rollShame. It would had helped you tremendously against Dhundan.Joy. I hope it'll make the finals more epic;
>>6081486Don't rub it in, I'm already subjecting my phone to flagellation for the cockup.Anyway, Let's put everything we can against Dhundan.Everything except our wolf spirit.
>>6081479"Here's some pointer and guidance, Quiet Word! You'll need them to stop being weird!- What a coincidence! I have tremendously grown from last year's correction! Let me repay the favour!"She rushes you head-on. Her fighting style offers little room for subtelty - she uses her excellent foundation to overcome her foes.Smart move against everyone present - even Dhundan. Not so against you. Confident in your own progress, you kick onward. Roll under her nasty left hook. Stab her lower back from behind - a bit like how you defeated the Giant Goose Spirit. You hope very much you won't become known as the Rump Piercer or something."Touch! Victory of Quiet Word of the Tamers of Hundred Beasts!"A thunder of applause cover the stadium. A high risk, high stake, extremly short fight. You even have your Blood Shadow Wolf still summoned."... Was it even close?- I'm afraid not. I'll try to win this for your reputation sake - so you could rub in JiaLin's face she lost against the first loser.- Yes; let the whole Stable Lotus Harbor town know you're more than a fair match for this Young Mistress."That fluster you some more. "And nowwww... A match against the twice-champion, Dhundan Kepa! Against him, his friend, his brother who surrendered for Dhundan's sake two years ago.Who just overcame finalist that made him taste the bitter defeat last year... Quieeeeet Wooooorrrrd!Are you two ready? FIGHT!">1 anon roll 1d100+5 DC 70
Rolled 10 + 5 (1d100 + 5)>>6081494EPIC CLASH BETWEEN RIVALS!!
>>6081495pop goes the wolf spirit.You have 1 free roll of 1d100 for Blood Burst - DC 80 because of Dhundan's barrier technique
>>6081495Right so we are swapping out for our snake first, right?In order of trumps to burn.>Blood blast from defeated wolf.>Snake>Horse>Hawk>RISING kick.In that order. In my suggestion.
>>6081495No... the dice bring dishonor!>>6081498I refuse to roll again
Rolled 68 (1d100)>>6081498Sneaky blood burst.
Rolled 50 (1d100)>>6081498Check this nat 100
>>6081502Taking this>>6081503Discarding thatList of available trumps : Spirits Horse Phoenix Snake Wolf- Unlimited Rising Star Kick
>>6081505>SpearWe are going all put bar our wolf.
>>6081505>SnakeAfter the confusion of the burst, make a thrust on the other said that he was blocking the Blood Burst
>>6081519+1
>>6081519And if that fails, we can summon the horse to distract him, before collapsing space to put us on a third angle and hit em.
Burning Golden Cosmic Spear Snake>1 Anon roll 1d100; DC : 70
Rolled 69 (1d100)>>6081537Poggers roll incoming
>>6081540FUCK MEEEEEEEEEE.SERIOUSLY?!!?>HORSE. HORSE. BURN THE HORSE.This is really tense.
>>6081541Backing horse burnDamn, 1 off really
Brun horse.
>>6081537+1 to Horseif suggesting tactics helps with the DC, then I say after being blocked with our spear attack, we use the unexpected height advantage of the horse to give a love tap into Dundan's dome
Burning Shieldmaster Silver Horse>Revealed trump effect : +10 to fight rolls>1 anon roll 1d100 DC 60
Rolled 62 (1d100)>>6081550
Rolled 57 + 10 (1d100 + 10)>>6081550Big money
Rolled 30 (1d100)>>6081550CRITICAL SUCCESS, GO
>>6081551Thank god......
Locked.Too late to write; busy tomorrow.In the meantime, I'll let you guys discuss about the potential Tournament Reward that would interest you.
>>6081555Body strengthening or regeneration technique or growth realm visit v2 to find it.Basically something to top off this realm.Maybe an affinity increasing treasure.
>>6081550FINALLY!It took. . . Everything but our true secret trumps. But we GOTTEM!FUCK YEAH!>>6081555I dunno about you guys, but 2nd stage stealth technics.A polearm/halberd golden snake. [To turn our spear snake into a polearm snake, so it applies to more techniques]I'd like a quality of life treasure to improve our shit in the 2nd realm.Maybe. . . Yeah, 2nd realm regen/body toughening/sense improving.Phoenix related scriptures and treasures.A kiss from our beloved, perchance a hand in marriage?Kidding, kidding. Unless?
>>6081555Oh damn we won just like that? I figured Dhundan would have a trump or two of his own to burn.
>>6081555As much as I like shapeshifting, it works best as a secret trump. Therefore: >Something to increase our Potential stat. To bring us closer to natural genius.>Failing that, training from Versatile Harmony in how they keep their souls flexible to incorporate so many disparate techniques. >Failing that, first draft of the new talent for our Sect.
>>6081561Ennemy's trump are included in their DC. This is the Protagonist ultimate trump : unbalanced maths
>>6081555>Body strengthening or regeneration technique or growth realm visit v2 to find it.>Maybe an affinity increasing treasure.>A polearm/halberd golden snake. [To turn our spear snake into a polearm snake, so it applies to more techniques]>Phoenix related scriptures and treasures.>Something to increase our Potential stat. To bring us closer to natural genius.>Failing that, training from Versatile Harmony in how they keep their souls flexible to incorporate so many disparate techniques.
>>6081555>A mapOnce we pick a destination, gear nuances will become clearer.
QM, I need an update... I need to know the reactions of the people that we finally showed our true talent and see what we get... I'm not addicted, I can leave it whenever I want
>Her fighting style offers little room for subtelty - she uses her excellent foundation to overcome her foesThis got me thinking, QM, is little Yan'Er just being a gorilla while she can use her spiritual arts in the second realm or does her spiritual art/cultivation method enable her being a gorilla?>>6082239Yep anytime
>>6082239I agree with this guy. Reactions are important
>>6082239Sincere apologise. Didn't pulled of the update yesterday; will try this evening
You know I think we can take this chance to test how many aspects we need.Get a Polearm Gold Earth snake, key words the same? SNAKE and GOLD. 2 unfamiliar elements. If we cannot fuse it, then we can sell it for another beast.It's worth a test.
>>6082535Polarm not a bad idea it'll solve it but I had an idea that we at the keywords formless weapon since our guy is a genius at weapons. Or maybe transforming and switch spear with battle could ask an bro Ryota for thoughts.
>>6082424No worries.>>6082535Polearm/Spear Snake? Wow, that WOULD save all the work we put in on our polearm techniques plus throw people off more, huh?
I want a SENTIENT plant. I want a guy we can plant in our cave and he'll spread his roots around and grow strong. Then one day a young master COURTING DEATH will come in our cave and be eaten by it. Basically a sentient home security system.
>>6082625We have shieldmaster horse. That's a better bet for turning into "battle/formless weapon" horse.Our snake should be our melee weapon. We can try binding a bow to our phoenix if we like.
>>6082654You have a Warrior + Shield Horse - he's buffing all weapon in general, with an accrued effect on shield.
>>6082648Is there any wuxia madman that defied all the YOU ARE COURTING DEATH thrown everywhere and succeded in making Death itself his waifu?
>>6082659Yeah. See.Now we just need to up the "warrior" into something like "weapon specialist"
With all this discussion, I'll just say, THE BO/W IS RIGHT THERE, if we really want to get some weird shapeshifting weapon, we're already lacking with the one we have.Or hell, maybe find some Divine Weapon Sheath that let us pull out of it any of the weapon we seal to the object. Imagine fighting some weird kid that SOMEHOW has a Phoenix spirit, you have the perfect weapon to counter his spear, and out of nowhere POW he summoned some meteor hammer and he keeps switching again and again and again.I feel that maybe, just MAYBE we should either make a friend with someone of the warrior's sect or make the same offer we did with Ping, that is, offering to merge some spirit with one of their young talents in exchange for some shifting weapon they have, or something that would let us delve into it.
>>6082677Please stop ripping fo the power of Aris. I'll need it later.
>>6082677You misunderstand me.I want a bonded spirit. Which has several more advantages than a treasure.Like boosting our affinity. And improving our technical practice.
>>6082686>Like boosting our affinity. So do a treasure>And improving our technical practice.So do a treasureA spirit have other advantages - such as being able to grow among realm thanks to the secret of fusion. A spirit have a major drawback - being dispelled far more easily than a weapon can be broken;
>>6082685I don't understand what you said anon so I can't promise anything>>6082686I mean... I get it but I feel we're really leaning a lot in our spirits and neglecting other stuff, like the other treasures or techniques we already know but we haven't practiced at all.
>>6082690And carry weight.And ease of drawing.And concealme-A bag of holding.A bag of holding solves all these issues. Just get a bag of holding.>>6082699We have a lot of plates to juggle, some of them are bound to fall behind.But yeah, next up we can focus on getting bow technique up to par and meteor hammer.If but only we had more time! But ah. Such as it is.
>>6082699Aris is an already-planned character which thing is close to what you described. I'm teasing you
So just we can all get somewhat on the same page.Regardless of what we can ask for, for winning, I think our next actions should be>Ask Yi Nom for his monkey army move.>Train our Meteor hammer style.Since training our archer style has a risk of critting and we can't fully use that crit till 2nd realm.And getting started with it would do us some good.
>>6082727You forgot to add practicing our Strut Of The Peacock technique around Dhundan.
>>6082729You know, this kind of Kek makes it harder for me to focus on your due update.
>>6082739Damnit, that was supposed to get other players only
At the call of the announcer, Dhundan's pressure rise, rise again, rise some more."I bet you'd wish having trained for that, Quiet Word!- Oh, but so did I, Dhundan."In turn, you focus your Fighting Intent, shaping it as a spearhead, piercing through the wave of oppression.Giving your all, you push further, letting the Intent reach your rival. It doesn't last long. You're not sure spectators have seen it.But you felt it : Dhundan flinched." So did you indeed... I can't afford to underestimate you! "In one smooth motion, he unbound the fabric layered around his treasured Saber, reward of winning the first Stable Lotus Harbour tournament. Sleek, obsidian-black blade that seems to absorb all surrounding light. Some twirling spirals are sculpted in the blade.Your accrued perception gives you more information than last time : three energies mingle together. Two of them unfamiliar, one extremely so : this is a Growth-aligned weapon.One that can pull spirit beast toward itself, as Dhundan did to that poor Southern branch kid during Stable Lotus gathering.That mean the time of your summoned Blood Shadow Wolf is ticking of. Both of you rush Dhundan.He retaliates with a wide cleaving motion, diverting your spear and deviating the summoned spirit in the same breath."Are you even trying?"You don't answer, spinning the dispelled summon into your second and last Blood Burst.Dhundan have a perfect half turn, sending a slash to your throat while summoning his Pangolin Scale Shield to block your attack."Materializing energy? I thought it was impossible before second stage! Unfair!- It's the pot calling the kettle black with your Cheater's Shield!"The trade starts again. A trade in your favor : you have more technique, more raw power. You send a bunch of fast thrust, block a vertical slash, strike at his leg with the staff end, avoided by a small jump backward from Dhundan. He immediately leaps back at you like a spring coiled then release, you block his thrust with your staff's shaft and push him on your left. Using the push, he turns into a spinning cleave, that you block by holding your spear vertically on your rightCrack
"You fought well, Quiet Word. The most interresting fight since the main sect's event. However, now you're disarmed... Victory is mine!- You're forgetting a little point of detail."His dash on is opened wide. You extand your hand - letting the Golden Cosmic Spear Snake expand from your palm toward his throat.Dhundan's charge turns into a sharp slide aiming your ankles. A few steps get you out of the assault."Doesn't change anything. One good hit you have to block instead of dodge, and you'll be helpless again"You don't deign to give him any answer. One one hand, he's right. On the other, he won't have it so easy. You take an hesitant step back. A second. He fell for the bait, and rush onward."Come Forth, Supreme Shieldmaster Silver Horse!"You feel your meridians expanding with and in the Spirit, sharpening your fighting spirit; synergizing with your intent.You were close to get him at least twice. This bolstered state of yours is the edge you needed to overcome this fight.You lay the Snake Spirit at an impossible angle : dangling low, with the head oriented toward Dhundan's heart. Something stupidly hard to train against thanks to the weapon's autonomy.Your Horse Leap; your aim was a bait. You pull the snake up, then slam him down while Dhundan is mowing down your Horse Spirit.The snake struggles against Dhundan's saber attraction. But you two are strong enough to overtake it. Let the sharp edges of the snake's cobra-like hood acting as the weapon's tip slash through the protective enchantment. You stumble down, rolling. "Touch! Victory of Quiet Word of the Tamers of Hundred Beasts!"The arena erupts into thunderous applause."I... did it! I DID IT!"
>Your sect's mates reaction : "Sister, we can't cope anymore by saying we were defeated by the champion.-I thought I had a shot for the finale... I have to train harder.- My cute junior brother is growing all nice and handsome...- ... The kid is getting damn impressive. I'm glad I came back and witnessed that.">Live Military Youth Reaction :"Guys... We let Smelly Shrimp wins. None of us in finale. None of us in half-finale. None of you barring me in quarter-finale.Thus I conclude you all suck harder than Ster Ling's sister and all of you shall call me Genius Brother Xiao Niar starting now.- Eat shit. You had an easy ladder- So did Quiet Word, facing you so early!- Said the ugly wench who lost to someone who lost to someone who lost.">Live Stable Lotus Reaction :"Grmmbl.-What is it, cousin? you realize the world among us? You were shred by the second while I had one of the closest match of the tournament against the winner?Said winner which I epically won against last year? Ah, the subtile taste of victory is definitely enhanced by the salt of your tears.">Live Ping Jun Reaction :"So you upholded this promise too... You're really reliable.">Live Sun Adorator, Temple of Abyssal Waters, Death Harvester reaction :"Once I reach second stage...I'll definitely be the one...Standing at his place...">Live Prolific Valley Reaction :"Welp. As expected. Anyway, I hope the BlackQiBerries I've been growing will be tasty.">Live Expert Reaction"This batch of disciple is overall very good. Congratulation to you all. Ryota, I counted at least 3 of your disciples worthy of a normal batch's champion title. Coupled with Sovereign Versatile Harmony golden boy, the commander's archer, my daughter and my niece... - Count five for the beast tamers. In addition to our two finalist and Man Din, her twin Sin Din and the Yi Norm boy. With my recent windfall... Well, let's say I'm pushing them toward second stage before the end of the year.- [bi]We can add in the balance Meying Youling. Rounding them up to a nice ten.[/bi]Good. Now, regarding the fitting reward. Ryota?- He'll ask for something unexpected which will be as good as an idea as it is expansive, but reasonable enough to be at the uppermost limit of the allocated budget.I swear this is a part of his dao. So I'll do as much and send the town's concil the bill?>free-form vote : You will spend the rest of the day at the stadium, not watching the other fights (except maybe the ones of Gro Ta) but instead discussing with the other childs.>What will you ask to who?
>>6082777>Talk with Inborn Tanuki's Lantern, if he is there and ask for advice on being a free cultivator and catch up with what he's been up to.
>>6082782+1Also ask him why he decided to help Ryota assault Frost Copper Turtle sect. He could have bowed out after saving and escorting Bathias back
>>6082777Ha, the Live Military Youth may not have done well in the tournament but they win the comedy cup.>What to askBathias about talking spiritual beasts and how they're different from silent ones
>>6082782>>6082777SupportAlso how much did our mental health increase?
>>6082795You're on the top of the world.
>>6082782Also, this is a freeform vote - most of your writes-in will be included.There is an important choice I thought you would be discussing.>What about LienWen YanEr (and maybe JiaLin) ? Do you tell about the prophecy?Please tell what you plan to say.
WAIT HOLD ON PEOPLEListen, the Scion Wolf already told us in our second visit that the spirit he gave us was lacking. What if we ask for some powerful body tempering technique for Wolf? Or something we can use that would help growing our wolf spirit in power.
>>6082812We can just say nothing I mean...We haven't seen the other wife choices.Can't have first girl syndrome
>>6082777>Talk to Ping, Maybe recommend he ask his master to talk to ours about a gold space animal.>Talk to yan er, make a congratulatory statement and just. . Well vibe.>True inborn guy. Bout stuff.>Dhun and our friends. We won! And the sweet taste of victory. And console Dhun that he's the only guy we had to make serious prep for.
>>6082825Talking to Dhundan alone outside the afterparty would be cool. He never predicted Quiet Word developing Mental Pressure. I wonder if this will give Dhundan the idea to copy something from Quiet Word in turn?
>>6082812I am. . . Gonna say we tell her. But the framing has to be right.Ask her how much she believes in prophecy. Then just lay out the poem, which we can consider a solidification of ties.Then. . Ya know. If she still doesn't get it, just drop the bomb and ask thst she doesn't think us weird when we say so.
>>6082817Of course.And what you'll say won't be binding or something. But it's been bothering Quiet Word
>>6082812I'd like to chat with them but not about the prophecy, that would be cringe.
>>6082854She did say we could tell her anything.And it's really bothering us. Though by saying it, we could make it real.
>>6082777>Playfully do a peacock trot and gloat a little over Dhudan and make him call us "Senior Brother"
>>6082710You're giving us a cuhrayzee style switcher?Anways, was the reward vote locked in yet? If not I suggest a chance to get into the growth realm again or any treasured material that can help Quiet Word prepare for the breakthrough to second stage.>What will you ask to who?Backing the Ping idea from >>6082825, we might be able to reap in even more rewards that way.>What about LienWen YanEr (and maybe JiaLin) ? Do you tell about the prophecy?It would be better to first consult this in a sensible way with a grown up like the snake or marten mistresses (and get teased for it)Quiet Word might be a cultivator but he's still a kid, let's avoid directly messing with a girl's feelings for now.Maybe ask a bit about her fighting style, most of the other kids we know use weapons so how come she doesn't?
>>6083043Yeah +1 this guy tooNo going to YanEr with this stuff, go to adults instead. And the thing to talk to YanEr about is the fighting style, not the poem match stuff
>>6083043We know why.Stable lotus arts use true Qi and spell slinging as their main gimmick.
>>6083043Snake mistress will probably help.Avoid asking creepy sexy blood mistress
>>6082782>>6082825these r good
The rest of the day is spent in a chilling calm.First, you spend a bit of quality time with Ping Jun"So... What was that golden shine of yours?- It's still quite weak, but it's the technique I'm good at. That, and now Talismans...It basically makes me a bit better at everything that matter for me and my style. Empowers my sword strikes, reinforced my shield.I feel it makes me faster but I was not able to measure how much with how little this is.- Don't you feel you're giving away your trumps- What kind of relationship do you think we have? You gave me the tool I needed to turn into a Genius which reaches second stage before 8. I think you're my best friend, despite how sparsely we see each other.I don't have any secret for you." Your heart swells, then ache. You wish you could tell him so much.But your Unlimited Rising Star Kick is a precious Growth technique. Your Rising Phoenix spirit might draw as much covetousness as your Wolf Spirit."I'm lucky to have such a great friend. Oh, and maybe... Say to your Master to ask my Master for a Gold and Space animal on your behalf; something nimble.- You are lining up a second opportunity for me? Thanks! What is it?- Can't tell.- Come on! Don't act like it's a secret!- I'm a man with many secrets. - Oh yeah? How much are you holding from me?- Let's see" - you count mentally : the Rising Phoenix Spirit, the Rising Phoenix Poem and your marital destiny, the Scion of the Primordial Wolf Spirit, the Unlimited Rising Star Kick, the Snake spirit you're currently pulling strings for him to get - "... At least 5" - you missed the Teapot at your belt and the Hemomancer's Pearl in your inner Pocket - "forgot two. Make it 7"- Wait, you're serious? What could have went so different in our lives for you to become a man shrouded in so many mysteries?- I'm not called "Quiet Word" for nothing".- What are you two talking about?- Hey, YanEr. Quiet word's secrets- For you it's Young mistress LienWen YanEr. Seven secrets? I think I know one of them."Your gut clutches. Shit, she knows for the poem! Wait... could it be last year's throw? Oh, not at all : she's eyeballing the teapot."Oxshit.- Nah. YanEr really have one you don't. Maybe even two. But that would bring the count to 8. Be assured, she doesn't know what I've done for you, so not counting this one.- Stop grinning stupidly. And you let him call you so casually?- Well, winner's privilege.- Nice to hear that, cute little YanEr.- Don't push it. The bitter tea of defeat will be served to you again next year.- Oh yeah, when you'll finally be able to do more than gorilla-punch weaker cultivators into submission?- The Stable Lotus school of martial art is of the utmost efficiency! And it lays a perfect foundation for building our Spiritual Arts upon it!"
"I'm still sore... With an easier matchup, I could have gone further while keeping my trumps!- The only easy matchup at the round after the one you lost was Xiao Niar. I have a simple answer for you : get better, Yi.- You're harsh.- Yeah. You were already not the funniest guy to have around, so please don't let your victory go to your head- Stop brooding Man Din. You were unlucky to face Dhundan. Against any other than him and maybe me I think you were on the track for Finale.Speaking of, Dhundan you're aware I went all the way to modify my Meditation style to include Mental Training for facing you?Maybe you can spin the lose into something productive like that. Ah, and don't forget to call me Senior Brother for now on.- Maybe I can take something regarding work ethics... And go shovel dung.- Not interresting without you, Junior Brother. And you're training as much as me!- I will cut on my hour-long walk to go train secretly. 55... No, 50 minutes will do for now on.""Hey Bathias, there is something I want to ask... Do you know about talking spiritual beasts and how they're different from silent ones?- Where did you heard of such a thing?- Storybook.- Well, they exist. Take care if you stumble upon one - it means they're working on their Monster Core, so at least 4th stage.The Monster Core then turn into a Golden Core - 5th stage Spiritual Beast can take an humanoid form if they wish so."Lone in the stands, you see a familiar figure."Hello, Inborn Tanuki's Lantern.- Do I happen to know you? If so, I fail to recall. You won your age's bout, right?- Quiet Word. Beast Tamer. You saved my Big Brother Bathias, so thanks for that.- It was good Karma - really profitable in the end.- I wanted to ask... How's the Loose Cultivator life?- A lot of freedom. Including the one of starving and lacking pills or medecine.- So you don't advise it?- Depends of your situation. Being part of a sect is making a deal. You'll get smaller rewards than alone. But you'll get more opportunities for said rewards.In the end, it is more ressource-efficient for a vast majority of people. My circumstance are so that no one barring myself can give me the things I need for my cultivation. Thus my choice of loneliness and autonomy. I'm starting to be known as strong and reliable enough for mercernary work type contracts. So I complain a bit about money, but things are way better than, say, two or three years ago. But not enough for me to support an apprentice if I met a promising young boy with affinity suited to my unique style..."This put things in perspective. Maybe the Loose cultivator road is not the best one for you to tread on? Or, probably, he's demoralizing a would-be competitor. You can't say, with how long-lived cultivators are.
The day conclude, and you are surprized you're not pulled apart for the reward.Maybe there isn't this year?You walk pensively back to the sect."So, what do you want for your win?- Unconditionnal, free reign? Well, I'm on the verge of opening my Mouth Aperture. I know it's a good opportunity to attempt another go for Growth realm.Can you set up formations or something to help me like you did last time? - ... something unexpected which will be as good as an idea as it is expansive, but reasonable enough to be at the uppermost limit of the allocated budget. - What?- Nothing, nothing; It will be done. You're prohibited to cultivate until then though.- WHAT? Wait, that make sense, but still... I guess I'll spend time with the other and...- Nope. They're all going into seclusion. With special attention for the three lagging behind.- What do you mean, you plan for 6 of us to break through second stage before the end of the year?- Not quite. I plan for 6 of you to break through second stage at the same day before the end of the year.Maybe more - we might invite Ping Jun, the LienWen cousins, Ster Ling and Meying YoulingThe incoming week is hell. You're alone in the dormitory you usually share with the other disciples - after 2 and a half year, and no memories of a time before, they are siblings to your heart. You are banned from cultivating. The only thing you can do is work hard on the mundane beasts - with some kids that are scared of you after failing to beat you up, and other that are at best mediocre, at worst severely lacking. A constant flow of high-grade expert come and go, inclduding the Marketer Golden Eye, Silver Tongue, as well as the Sovereing Versatile Harmony (twice) and Young Uncle Until Ryota gives you the go to a seclusion room. Multiple encense burn, a high wave of spiritual energy vibrates due to several formations on the floor, a skewer of fruits and tea leaves somehow vibing with Growth energy, and a couple pills. They really stacked the deck in your favor.You bring out your Phoenix spirit, brew a cup of tea. Dance the Rising Phoenix's wide ballet, practice a couple time your Rising Kick. Circulate your Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter WandererThe odds bend the luck. Soon, you feel your Mouth Aperture filling up and time slowing to a crawl while the Doors of Growth realm appear one last time in front of you.You feel they're smaller than before and you're almost too big to squeeze through. >Bonus stage : Everybody can roll 1d100 for loot!You can write what you want, I don't promise I will follow the writes-in for loot distribution.There might be a few votes. A/N : is the Yearly Tournament event thing not too boring? I always enjoy writing it, but
Rolled 100 (1d100)>>6083559>Stealth technique for 2nd realmI love this competition! It's a safe place where we can show off.
>>6083586OH. OH BABY.SENIORS. JUNIORS. MY GREATEST CONTRIBUTION EVER!
Rolled 90 (1d100)>>6083559SENTIENT ALARM PLANT FOR OUR CAVE
Rolled 15 (1d100)>>6083559I quite enjoy it it shows off the relationships and each time there was a lot of thought to be had on giving up the win for greater rewards. Using those opportunities to grow building the MC's mental state and growth as a child.Also since I got a free day from studying I'm going to go through all the threads and put together a paste bin of all the useful information/ abilites/ training methods.As for growth realm item?I want to find a body-building cultivation technique that could increase strength, speed, toughness, and regeneration. (QM Choice)It could be expensive pills or a training art. Something to give the edge to Quite Word.
>>6083586Pog
Rolled 5 (1d100)>>6083559> A compatible Wolf spirit to feed to our Primordial Scion
Rolled 38 (1d100)>>6083559A map leading somewhere mysterious...
>>6083594Oh and yes I like the ancient chinese tournament arcs with all the collective fight autism and factions and reactions to fight outcomes happening
Rolled 41 (1d100)>>6083559Goblin
>>6083559Some interesting manual for either a hand to hand fighting style or for a weapon, something that would be kinda hard for us to find in our world
>>6083586>Be me>The thing I didn't wanted to give was a stealth technique>Looks who rolled a nat 100Dice giveth, dice taketh. But I'd appreciate if you want something else>>6083589Granted>>6083590>>6083592>>6083594>>6083596Git gud at rolling.
Rolled 97 (1d100)>>6083602Lmao, my goofy ass forgot rolling. Whatever, WATCH THIS SUCCESS CRIT
>>6083604Granted for Growth Fighting Style
>>60836042 90's wew and a nat 100 this growth realm is going well.Shame on my roll tho oh well :/
>>6083603Anything, ANYTHING?!Fine, To grant this senior face, I will turn my desire from a stealth technic to. . . Bag of holding or evolve our snake to 5 words [as far as we can withn100 anyway]Dealers choice.
>>6083615I feel like we can snag a bag of holding eventually. Snake I think we can do it on our effort but is reasonable. *whisper*Body cultivation~ Mental cultivation ~A ring which holds a small realm to farm alch ingredients that grows.But it's just a suggestion.
>>6083620Hmm. You raise valid point.>LAST CALL. NO CHANGES AFTERSpend the Nat 100 on a sensory/anti-illusionary body art.I want us to have the keenest fuckin' senses that anybody could claim. Nobody sneaking up on us.Even if we are cripplingly weak to illusions, this should help mitigate some.
Rolled 44 (1d100)>>6083559Damn, I got beaten to a fighting style and other interesting things.I'm fishing for a flight technique or something that'll be really useful later then, just to force QM to keep track of it (I love you QM).
>>6083615Bag of holding is a waste of growth keyword because of what I plan for >>6083589Same goes for giving Growth to a spirit IMO. Waste of a 100But you do you
>>6083632Good thing I got beaten, this daoist kneels...
>>6083624Great idea.Not really of Growth purview. I swear we'll make something work.
>>6083636Prob a mental training art? Growth of Spiritual energy that can be used to sense things / create mental pressure eventually and sharpen the will. Also Breaking through illusions is my take on it. On it being a growth-aligned method while also meeting his ask.
>>6083636Hmm.I'll thunk on it.So far we have Growth fighting style, Growth bird, Growth movement, Growth mind tempering, Growth body tempering in the poisoner's self trial.. . Guys are we just a Growth aspected cultivator?But that aside.Hmmm. Could it uhhhhhhhh.Hmm. So. What if it was just a trick to let our spiritual energy go really really far?Something to turn our spear thrusts from 3 feet into 12, or our spirit infused arrow shots from 500 feet to 2000.Generally do for our attacks and qi manifestations in the real world what happens naturally in the real world.If this idea is still none viable, I found the perfect idea instead.>Reveal apex technique of rising pheonix waltz
>>6083643Just know, i considered asking for another pendant on our soul. But decided not too.
Rolled 4 (1d100)>>6083559A map to a remnant of some kind. It's high time we mount an expedition with all our friends!
Rolled 52 (1d100)>>6083559Something to grow friendships like berween Ai and Dhundan
>>6083654Granted.
Alright. On second third or fourth, shaddup thought... I'LL COLLECTIVIZE THE 100Here below are some things worthy of a 100 roll in Growth realm.>Spiritual Art : Crimson tides of life Ichor (Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength)Why it's good : Will let you rise your Blood potential more easily. Insanely strong Healing art>Evolution of your Feather Twirling Bo(w) : Rising Phoenix's Twirling Bo(w)Why it's good : Insanely strong versatile bow/staff weapon. Rising + Phoenix Keywords.>Unbreakable Chuan Fu of the Complete Fighter (Growth, Robe, Shield, Spiritual Resistance, Mental Resistance, Physical Resistance)A set of martial art clothes finely embroidened with motives including Phoenix, Wolf, a red Bead and a Teapot Why it's good : stupidly versatile cloth armor that will scale up with you. Comes with an auto-repair feature.
>>6083669We can get another healing art.>Chuan fu of the complete fighter.This is priceless.
>>6083669>Spiritual Art : Crimson tides of life Ichor (Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength)Why it's good : Will let you rise your Blood potential more easily. Insanely strong Healing artWill round us out nicely.
>>6083669Damn this a tough one.On one hand never have to worry about armor ever again.On the other hand insane healing art that'll scale the shit out of our abilities.How I wish for both now if can consider equipment doesn't usually scale and you need new ones for each realm. That'll save on costs and we look fly as fuck. The Drip acquired.Yet the art will help us out for (prob will) for any injuries we get when we go solo. Yah my vote has to be for.>Spiritual Art : Crimson tides of life Ichor (Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength) As we can key in another 2 keywords eventually, Such as Mental strength and Physical Strength.
>>6083679Thinking about it we could get one next tournament/ sect meet. It won't be as good as what's offered here (I forget when that's happening) Or when Transplan happens and we try getting lucking capturing some beasts for the trade.
We are never beating the allegations that we are Spiritual Growth Human
>>6083669>As I was compiling the thread into a pastebin I came across something interesting in thread one.- Treasures. In addition to material, treasure-weapons, insignia, clothes can be found. You can also find secret techniques, as well as spiritual beasts. The luckier cultivator can also find hidden legacies and inheritances."An interesting thing someone could roll to find an inheritance / legacie I kinda wanna go treasure hunting.
Rolled 43 (1d100)>>6083669>Unbreakable Chuan Fu of the Complete Fighter (Growth, Robe, Shield, Spiritual Resistance, Mental Resistance, Physical Resistance)Also including my original treasure roll for >>6083559Something snake relatedYearly tournament was great btw, very gripping read
>>6083669>Unbreakable Chuan Fu of the Complete Fighter (Growth, Robe, Shield, Spiritual Resistance, Mental Resistance, Physical Resistance)I really love the idea of thisIf we really want to go for our Blood affinity, I'm sure we could find out way into the Blood realm. It would be a highly dangerous but really enlightening experience, and would lead to discover the horrors that hide in the more sinister types of following the Dao... Can't wait!
Rolled 40 (1d100)>>6083559>Body Size Shapeshifting>>6083669>Spiritual Art: Crimson tides of life Ichor
>>6083669>Unbreakable Chuan Fu of the Complete Fighter (Growth, Robe, Shield, Spiritual Resistance, Mental Resistance, Physical Resistance)
>>6083669>Unbreakable Chuan Fu of the Complete Fighter (Growth, Robe, Shield, Spiritual Resistance, Mental Resistance, Physical Resistance)Technically we don't need healing if we never get hurt in the first place.
Rolled 74 (1d100)Also I'm the anon who rolled for the bow from last thread btw, gonna go ahead and try to roll for a >growth related hidden legacy mostly cause I don't know what a legacy is within this quest and I'm curious.
Alright I've compiled Threads 1-3 information we know. The Arcs are summaries below that are questions that were asked and answers given then sect info then known cultivation levels then known affinities(QM can check that overs Think I got most forgot where to put light think it Bad level)then a paste bin link to beasts and learned techniques with interesting tidbits to remembernow going to pass out. Might do Thread Arc 4 tomorrow or the day after depends on life things. See yall later.https://pastebin.com/kJnBV30m
>>6083796Sadly, no legacy in the Growth realm.So this is a GETS-worthy roll. but for something else.
Rolled 16 (1d100)>>6083559A growth aligned spear or halberdI enjoy the tournament
>>6083669>Spiritual Art : Crimson tides of life Ichor (Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength)>>6083899The pastebin is set to private
>>6083796We could use a healing art, since we seem to be going for the Chuan Fu
>>6083669>Unbreakable Chuan Fu of the Complete Fighter
>>6083669>>Spiritual Art : Crimson tides of life Ichor (Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength)I just think it's neat
>Tally statusReally close. Still letting everyone a chance to chime in before locking.Also with no answer yet from >>6083796...I'll putting a second GETS to vote! This time, let's build our Growth Weapon instead of me dully rolling for it.Pick a weapon :>Bow, Spear, Halberd or Meteor-Hammer?Pick a Material :>Smoke, Rock, Obsidian, Wood, Leaf, Blossom, Shadow, Ghost, Silk, Blood, Crystal, Gem, Pearl, Steel, Copper, Silver, Gold, JadePick an element :Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, Thundern Darkness, Light, Life, Death, Space, Sound, Soul, Void, Ice, Poison, Time, Dream, Mist, GravityI'll roll for additional stuff and mesh the whole thing in a relevant item.
>>6083983I think we had a decent affinity for jade.>Meteor hammer>Jade>SpaceSpace jade meteor hammer.Fuck yeah.I keep wanting to change my vote, but every time I imagine the drip, I stay my hand.
>>6083983> Meteor-Hammer> Gold> Time
>>6083997
>>6083983After checking, jade is our highest affinity, known, followed by wood.>Gamm8What's this captcha?
>>6083983>Blood>Dream >Meteor HammerDesigned to lean into divination, for finding people. That way if someone we care for goes missing, we,lll always find them. If someone messes with us? We always find them. We'll become the implacable man.
>>6083899>>6083931https://pastecode.io/s/17n32ub6Yeah I got some filter words whatever that means found an alt that can post on if they're not gonna give me a list of words I'm not gonna care.
>>6083983>https://pastecode.io/s/17n32ub6>>6084059I have listed known affinities in the paste bin but I'll post here. (I believe) up to the end of thread 3 I got the correct placement of known affinities.Known Affinites -Genius Tier: Wolf, Horse, Meteor-HammerGreater skills and affinities: Hawk, Snake, Spiritual Strength, Astral Self, Social, Strategy, Unarmed fighting, Spear, Halberd, Shadow, Gold, Beasts, Poison, Earth Good - Fire, Bow, Saber, Jade, Wood, MistBad - Blood material affinity and Pain mental energy, Water, Darkness, Sun, Swimming, Illusion, Plant, LiquidChoice>Meteror Hammer>Jade>Space
>>6084061Why not Jade Illusion for strong + weak together?
>>6084059Impressive work.I might add the pastebin in the next thread's header
>>6084070It's a treasure, not a technique.It will reinforce the associated keywords.So I'd advise to only pick "strong" keywords.
>>6084070I mean are we gonna tip our toes into illusions? I figure for this we just go with our best affinities however if a weapon can raise a person's affinity then sure I can switch my vote over. I believe QM said something along those lines.
>>6084077Thank you for the clarification>>6084079I was wrong
>>6084086Also, with our teapot and mass amounts of growth aspected techniques. . . We should be able to just slam on the training like mad men.Poisoner's self trial + Pheonix poem of asendency + Space collapsing knee + our new unarmed fighting style.Supported by teapot and pills. We should EXPLODE IN PROFICIENCY over the next few months.
>>6084075>>6084061Neat haven't gotten to space affinity when was mentioned but I believe we got some affinity idk if it's greater. No idea how much if not I'll switch my vote to gold or earth.Also thanks took we like 6+ hours to hash that all out.
>>6084099Switched ID on phone out and about whenever I get home I'll get thread 4 done.
>>6083983Sorry I feel asleep shortly after posting >Meteor-Hammer, Jade, SpaceSounds fine to me.
Shameless post to let readers that simply scroll through now were we are
>>6083669>Spiritual Art : Crimson tides of life Ichor (Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength)>>6083983>Bow>Jade>Space
>>6083983>Ghost Soul Spear
Ya know thinking about it. Should we tell our friends about spirit fusion? We got a few months before they breakthrough 2nd stage.
>>6084260Eh probably for the best to keep it a secret for now its still one of the few leg ups we have on everyone else knowledge wise and I'm afraid telling them could backfire in some way. If we do tell them we should do it for either a huge favor/exchange of knowledge or in a way it cant be linked directly to us like through a vague poem appearing in the dorms or something.
>>6084260>>6084267You fused Yi Norm's Monkey Spirit.Man Din spirit is too strange to be fusedYou're not too worried about Dhundan and Ai.Remains the case of Sin Din.
>>6084316Hmm.Qm, exactly how good is insanely good healing art.Like repair limbs good?
>>6083983>Meteor Hammer>Ghost>Space
>>6084367Yes. Not immediately though. At high level, it's "patching up a dying ally on spot well enough they can charge back into the fray" good
>>6084375Oh shit it works on others? That's so damn good
>>6084375Fuck it, you sold it to me.STRATEGIST MUST MAKE SACRIFICES.>>6083673>Replace Chuan fu with the Spiritual art
Come on guys the clothing has almost every resistance possible and will literally scale with us for the rest of the game there will be another chance for a healing art but I really do not think there's going to be another chance for something like this anytime soon.
Also I will note being able to heal decently matters jack diddly if someone mindfeks us or we get shredded instantly by the 3rd Realm Prince we slighted by glancing in his direction for 0.001 seconds. Being the healer without any defensise to back us up also makes us target numbo uno for anyone that wants to kick our ass and or the ass of people we care about. I genuinely think the healing art isn't as good as it first appears.
I would have picked the chuan fu if it didn't have the sources of our power emblazoned on the front- especially the wolf.
>>6084472Valid point both have pros and cons however we can profit off the art greatly in our travels which I figured out a middle ground we could achieve. Making a pilgrimage throughout the lands learning many things and making a name for the sect while being independent. In those travels being a healer will earn us coin and friendships that we can call in at a later time in life.ACTUALLY IF THE EMPEROR IS STILL ALIVE WE COULD HEAL HIM AND GET FUCKING PAID HOLY SHIT ON A STICK. 200 IQ.
Healing is a pretty noble career.
>>6084480Wouldn't the emperor have his own healers? Like, I know it worked for the heretic in the heretic cultivator quest but the MC in that one is on a wayyy higher power level then us and the emperor had some high level curse thing that normal healing arts couldn't fix.Regardless the traveling healer idea is pretty nice.>>6084477I mean, we could just wear a chest piece over it considering its practically normal clothing, I mean think of the armor stacking potential!
Meteor HammerGold materialSpace aspect
>>6084466I don't think we're going to get to go to the growth realm again.I might be wrong, but it feels like a "seedling sprout" type journey.And while I know that we'll probably never get a treasure this good ever again. Ever.My mind is haunted by those months we spent injured, and unable to cultivate.
>>6084466>There will be other chances for a healing art, although "as good" won't have the scale-for-free propriety and would require something like a legacy>There will be other chances for Daoist clothes, although "as good" won't have the scale-for-free propriety and would require something like an inheritance
So here's the tally status.Not 100% locked but I will write sooner or later.
You got a 99-roll on the additional keyword of that weapon of yours.I think you know what it means.
>>6084653It amuses me that we have effectively arranged for a set of techniques to cultivate for our entire life.
>>6084695Also, that's like. . . the 4th 90+ on this trip?PROFITS FOR DAYS
>>6084695What transformation? Fusion? Bro the Weapon fusing would be straight up fire.
>>6084695Ohhh, Pheonix!>Nawr4. . . okay captcha. . meany
>>6084695I swear our protags luck has been absurd by /qst/ standards even by normal standards its quite insane... not that I'm complaining.
>>6085027Well, most of that is due to your actions :On your first visit of Growth Realm, you stockpiled the "Mystery Box/Growth Insight" choice, leading me to allow you coming back into Growth realm.Second trip was good for improving your 3 friends and your Phoenix aspect.This one... will lead to interresting things for Quiet Word.
You open your eyes with great difficulty. How long have you been away from the room?The reward you reaped this time is stupidly large. But you can't seem to recall any part of the journey.A sad half-smile on your face, you came to a realization : while you were in the middle of your breakthrough, you were without a doubt the cultivator with the most understanding of "Growth" that have walked under the Heavens. Alas, this was merely a fleeting moment : the elusive Growth realm only manifest itself to a handful lucky first stage cultivators. Your first trip there main profit was, in fact, insight on Growth itself which let you reach the moving kingdom two more times.Something's on your thigh : a long chain made of polished green jade linking two decorated and exquisitly carved Jadestones.The first is scuplted in the likeness of your bounded Phoenix spirit. The second like a shooting star.Both weights feel denser than one would expect. And something seems off with the chain itself : it flows and flows through your hand, longer than it reasonably should be. You pick both the weights, and it reduces to just a couple feet long. Perfect : it could pass as a rich and ornated bracelet. You tie it on your right forearm.A fragment of fleeting memory came back : you find this thing back into the place you created by using your insight of growth realm and the hidden map of the poem to attune energies to the Phoenix in Growth realm - collapsing the delicate balance of the place but pulling of another Rising Phoenix related boon.The Jade Rising Star-PhoenixAnd it might not be the most impressive boon you clutched.Both your hands opens, revealing treasures. First your right hand holds, a seed, brimming with Growth energy.You resolve to plant it near your Immortal Cave.Second, your left hand holds a thread. You instinctively know it can tie two persons into an unbreakable, growing bond. You think of Ai and Dhundan. But you also think of yourself and LienWen YanEr. Yourself and Ping Jun. Yourself and any of your friends.However, you don't feel the oppressive continuous whispering of time inevitably passing in relation to that thread. Maybe holding on it for now would be best.>Write-in : what do of Thread?On the intangible side, you are richer of two new techniques.First is a Martial art. A style of unarmed fighting - a bit similar to the one letting LienWen YanEr fight weaponless.Its name is straightforward : the Metal-melting TruefireSecond is yet another unusable technique until you can work with True Qi.A Spiritual Art named "Crimson Tides of Life Ichor", a healing art revolving on blood - Meaning the healing is conditionned on supplying blood.This will synergize greatly with your Hemomancer's profound Bloodstore treasure as well as your Summon Blood Shadow Wolf spiritual arts : A blood-shadow wolf is a walking store of blood, as proved by your Blood Burst attack.
Still a bit dizzy, you take some time to realize what pulled the Growth Realm visit trigger - bolstered with consumed ressources and burnt formations.Your Mouth Aperture broke open. The last minor realm of First stage.Disappointment slightly rend your heart : you were, once again, unlucky and didn't obtained Innate Skill.Well, not like you can complain much about bad luck.Strangely, your Teapot isn't brimming with its eldritch energy - is it scamming you? Time for an Astral Self Appraisal.You feel your Qi and Blood threads can now circulate among your opened apertures : from your Heart to your Eye to your Nose to your Ear to your Mouth.There, it feels like a ridge is blocking your energy stream. Maybe with a push, it will bulge and continue its natural path? You focus..."Don't.- Ryota? Haven't seen you...- Right now, you have one last trial before second stage. Fish Leaping Through the Dragon Gate. It can be trivial. But if failed, you will lose your carefully stockpiled cultivation.But fear not, I arranged something for you. A tribulation letting you guys break to second stage for sure. You'd be well advised to work on your group fighting tactics.- What? It means I'll be delayed and will never break through before I'm 8, and...- Nonsense. The Frost Copper Turtle... I mean Frost Beasts Town victory gave me enough funds to nurture them and force their rise to genius.That, and your Growth Gambit paid nicely. Man Din, Sin Din and Yi have broken through Ear Aperture a few days ago. And I'm pumping into each of them five relevant consumable treasure once they finish stabilizing, bringing them to half-full Mouth aperture. The sect experts - including myself - are supervising them a few hours every day. They still think YOU pushed them harder than what we're doing though. The rest of the week will be spent by yourself near your Immortal Cave, where you planted and cared for the seed.You won't try breaking through yourself, trusting your master.
Chose 2Potential>Maybe one specific technique of yours should be improved? [Choose in addition to said technique. More chances of breakthrough]>Investigate Phoenix Dao using legends.Friendship [All Locked]>Keep improving things between Ai and Dhundan [require write-in on how]>Help the trio of gifted Cultivator with their cultivation!>Help Yi Norm developping his Fighter archetype [Locked until tournament ends]>Train Squad Tactics [Locked until tournament ends]Other>Reflect on your archetype [Write-in]>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Work on your Mental Energy with Dhundan [Locked]Weapon skills>Work on your Unarmed Style : Metal-melting Truefire [Locked, require True Qi]>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Work on your Spear style : Blood-Shadow Wolf Painful Assault [Apex reached]>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]Spiritual Arts Technique [Locked, require True Qi] >Crimson tides of life Ichor (Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength)Spiritual Beasts>Investigate on the talking Spiritual Beasts[Locked until you have acces to the sect's Spirit Beast Pens]>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual AnimalsThe sect>Take care of the new kids [Locked]Strengthening the Jar>Slack off>Ask Snake Mistress about what is love [Locked] Road of independence>Think of what you might need in the Loose Cultivator eventuallity.And, as always...>Write-in allowed!
>>6085053>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Slack offFigure we can slack off a bit since we're chilling until the breakthrough. It'll help our breakthrough to the next realm I assume.I do have a question since we can't focus on our foundation don't we choose 3? Or is it too late in the month? If not then also >Investigate Phoenix Dao using legends.>Write-in: what do of Thread?Hmmm well, do we want to connect Ai and Dhundan? They are polar opposites on the spectrum. To be honest, we should keep and use together with whoever Word ends up with as a dao companion.
>>6085053Shouldn't it be 3 things, since we can't practice our foundation stuff without breaking through?>Meteor hammer style>Body shifting with our animals.And if we have an extra action.>Unlimited rising kick.We're gonna pop off. Hell yeah.
>>6085053>Slack off>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals>>6085065>Hmmm well, do we want to connect Ai and Dhundan? They are polar opposites on the spectrum. To be honest, we should keep and use together with whoever Word ends up with as a dao companion.Thread on ourselves and Marten Mistress
>>6085065>>6085066The unit of time is 2 weeks.You already "picked" foundation on this unit (with the breakthrough) thus why chose 2 without Foundation.
>>6085069I really didn't expected that thread use as a proposition. Macron road for Quiet Word love life?
>>6085070gotcha, thanks.>>6085069. . . Uh. No.>>6085066forgot.>Keep the thread for our own use.This kind of thing is. . mmm.
>>6085072Wait. Group fighting?That means we should practice our bow to become medium cavalry >>6085066>Change body shifting to Bow style
>>6085078>That means we should practice our bow to become medium cavalryIn that case, I think you want to take this choice>Reflect on your archetype [Write-in]
>>6085087I think you are right.>REFLECT ON ARCHETYPE: BECOME HEAVY CALVERY.Now hear me out. We are a weapon specialist and becoming a strategist.But in a team where everyone is expected to work together and know everyone else's accomplishments/abilities as far as they pertain to combat, we should be a mounted archer.Quick to reposition, attack from far away so we have the time/focus to both contribute and to stratergise
>>6085089>>6085065Switch overBut we should slack off eventually to strengthen the jar
Before I dump my ideas, what are we referencing for archetypes, QM?
>>6085050>Write-in : what do of Thread?What are the exact implications of the unbreakable, growing bond, QM? Also is the close combat style also a growing one?>>6085053>Loose cultivator "eventuality" and archetype as separate activities.I'll go with eventuality then.How long are we going to stay in a sect? Are we leaving alone or with someone else? Do we really have to leave or are we expecting the sect to be BY THEIR ROOTS'd soon?>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star KickThe better our movement techniques are, the easier it will be to abuse our long mid and close range options.This is going to turn QW into a pain in the ass for anything that doesn't flat out outspeed/maneuver, overpower/outlast or outluck him, not even accounting for the spirit beasts or the blood technique we got.I feel like regardless of being a leader or fucking off, we'll benefit greatly from getting really good at swtiching "stances" on the fly so let's try practicing it with this objective in mind.
>>6085053>Help the trio of gifted Cultivator with their cultivation!>Reflect on >Thread? Hold onto it. Bonds can be interpreted many ways, this could easily become a curse. Perhaps get it appraised?
>>6085053>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals.>Write-In: Reflect on Archetype: Become Jump Jet Striker - Rise high, strike fast, and blend with our double-attacks. Best target is the squishier enemy backline.
>>6085178Lemme try reflecting again. Ah-hem.>Reflect on becoming a Warband Master focusing on squad tactics and supporting your small warband with leadership, training, and healing.(Did I do it right)
>>6085050>Hold on to the thread>>6085053>Slack off>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]
>>6085053>Slack off>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]Use thread on Ai and Dhundan, they are the least connected, and if we tie them together, all 3 of us will stay friends.
>>6085245Not quite. Still a passing grade
>>6085133>What are the exact implications of the unbreakable, growing bond, QM? You only know it's positive.>Also is the close combat style also a growing one?YesAlso,>Tally statusNot locked.
>>6085394I am perturbed by the slackers, we are already on top of the world.But at least both of my other options is in the lead.If a slacker shifted one vote to hammer or reflection, it would be set.Slightly funny if that the only time we slack off is when our siblings/friends aren't around.Also, we should point man din towards the blessed 33 shape beast. She might find use studying that story. Since. Ya know.
>>6085053KEEP THREADARCHETYPE REFLECTSLACK OFFThey said hold off so I say hold off. In the meantime we can attend to other matters that don't involve cultivation. Working around the sect compound, relax outside of that. Chill with the spirit beasts and the other animals. We are on the cusp of second stage, so all we can do is be patient
>>6085418+1 to telling Man Din about 33 shape beast too
>>6085418>I am perturbed by the slackers, we are already on top of the world.We've never slacked and this is the perfect time to do so. I want to see what effects it has. Maybe it gives a bonus to all actions selected next round.
>>6085050>Keep thread for now>Slack off>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]I gotta say something like the thread even existing has some mildly disturbing implications.
>Still tied
>>6085832Fuck it.>>6085066>Change meteor hammer to slack off.There, tie broken.
For the first time, you try to releasing the pressure by taking things slow.>Consequence of 5 threads where you pushed as strong and hard as possible at the modicum cost of your sanity in case of failureThis was a tremendously bad decision. Not only you're bored, but you can't fight the creeping feeling of falling behind.It's irrational as you are ahead of the other childs, still stuck in seclusion. At one point, you wonder if you could not simply go and "help" them.However, when you suggest this to Ryota, he begs you to have mercy on them and not barge in their seclusion to make them cultivate thrice at hard.Apparently, the intensive program of the sect including monitoring of the teachers is less harsh than what you pulled them through recently.Slackers. THe whole lot of them. And you too. Why are people slacking to begin with? A point can be made when hurt - in addition to avoid worsening a wound, it might accelerate recovery. However, it's ill suited for you and your mental wellbeing. At the very least, it gave you ample time to tend and watch for the seed, which sprouted in one mere week. It's brimming with several energies, still too tangled for you to correctly identify.You spend a fair bit of your free time reflecting upon your Archetype - and Squad strategy at large.You mentally chart and categorize your understanding, based on your thought and experience.Of course, Roles are not set in stone. A cultivator can fit several one. But at a squad level, to rely effectively on other members, a strategy must be decided - and sticked to.In the end, several roles are closely accessible to you - granted you train them to the Apex of your current cultivation.To stave off the boredom of past week, you think it would be great to open yourself to as many options as possible in the following weeks.First, what's available to you as is.Of course, you can be a Fighter. But so can Xiao Niar.Your Apex spear-style coupled with your numerous spirit opens to you the role of SUMMONER.Still, you feel you can push your reflection further - your fighting style is both Martial and Spiritual...Closely available to you are : * The role of Heavy Cavalry - needing your Halberd Style to reach the Apex.* The role of Mounted Marksman - needing your Bow Style to reach the Apex.* The role of JUMP JET STRIKER - needing your Unlimited Rising Star Kick to reach the Apex, as well as either your Bow style or your Meteor Hammer Style.
Squad tactics notes :=================================================================ROLES=================================================================Basic role : Fighter - dull and simple. Available to allMartial roles : Really primarilly on Martial Styles Frontliner - A sturdy and menacing melee fighter. Point toward ennemy and let him carve his path toward the high-value targets. Protector - an heavily armored Shieldbearer able Marksman - A skilled, ranged fighter Mounted Marksman - a more mobile Marksman with a vantage point. Heavy Cavalry : Human Wrecking ball with charges as devastating as predictible.Spiritual roles : Spellslinger - An offensive spiritual art expert Arcane Guardian - A defensive spiritual art expert Healer - A recovery spiritual art expert Summoner - A spiritual art expert able to bring more forces on the battlefield Specialist : Scout - a highly mobile unit harassing and capitalizing positionning errors of foes to pick up valuable targets, or harass from dead angles colossal opponent Assassin - a discrete unit able to launch devastating strikes on unaware units JUMP JET STRIKER - Who care for discretion when you can jump hard, and hit even harder? Wildcard - A versatile unit able to fill multiple roles on the spot. Won't perform as well as a dedicated unit in each role.=================================================================TRAITS================================================================= Menacing - User of Pain/Intimidation mental energy Duelist - specialized in 1v1 GiantSlayer - specialized in dealing ample amount of damages to a single target Battledancer - specialized in 1vsMany in melee
Either Combine a Foundation and chose 2, or chose 3You can pick a foundation without risking breaking through.Combine your Foundation work (pick 1 body and 1 meditation):>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet] [Apex reached]>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix]>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial] [Locked, requires true Qi]Potential>Maybe one specific technique of yours should be improved? [Choose in addition to said technique. More chances of breakthrough]>Investigate Phoenix Dao using legends.Friendship [All Locked]>Keep improving things between Ai and Dhundan [require write-in on how]>Help the trio of gifted Cultivator with their cultivation!>Help Yi Norm developping his Fighter archetype [Locked until tournament ends]>Train Squad Tactics [Locked until tournament ends]Other>Reflect on your archetype [Write-in]>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Work on your Mental Energy with Dhundan [Locked]Weapon skills>Work on your Unarmed Style : Metal-melting Truefire [Locked, require True Qi]>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Work on your Spear style : Blood-Shadow Wolf Painful Assault [Apex reached]>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]Spiritual Arts Technique [Locked, require True Qi] >Crimson tides of life Ichor (Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength)Spiritual Beasts>Investigate on the talking Spiritual Beasts[Locked until you have acces to the sect's Spirit Beast Pens]>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual AnimalsThe sect>Take care of the new kids [Locked]Strengthening the Jar>Slack off [It will be bad for your mental health]>Ask Snake Mistress about what is loveRoad of independence>Think of what you might need in the Loose Cultivator eventuallity.>Don't wait the other kids, attempt to break through on your ownAnd, as always...>Write-in allowed!
>>6086127I fucking knew it. Slacking never helps. NEVER>>6086129>Train Silk tiger sun seer>Train Unlimited rising kick>Ask snake mistress about love.When the Others break through we will be ready. For now lets round out our skills.Jump jet striker can also serve as a mounted marksman, both of which are greatly useful. So lets focus down on that one.
>>6086129>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix]>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Investigate Phoenix Dao using legends.>Think of what you might need in the Loose Cultivator eventuallity.
>>6086129>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]
>>6086191That's unvalid.Either you pick you Meditation + a body-tempering and 2 skills or you pick 3
>>6086127>when the head of the entire sect tells his 8 year old protege to go easy on the other kids>two of said kids being natural-born genius cultivators>gets told the most intense training and monitoring of the sect is nowhere as harsh as said 8 year old'sI don't wanna turn Quiet Word into Ender Wiggin, but he might get that way eventually. At least the slacking put his efforts towards the seed and thinking on strategy, right? That's still non-cultivation progress, isn't it? I didn't think it'd negatively impact his mental like this>>6086129>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]
>>6086227No, it isn't.It is not progress. It is slacking off. Like the option said.Taking it easy. Benefitting nothing. Resting. MAKING US WORTHLESS AS WE WASTE OUR TIME! QE COULD VE TRAINING INSTEAD!in earlier threads there was the warning that slacking off was bad for our mental health. Because we made him a stupidly dedicated, failure fearing workaholic.And the kids we did make train were training at our pace, while the have worse talent than us. The geniuses didn't go to the growth realm.The thinking on strategy was our other choice, if you want better mentality have us help out the snake pits or hawk room, where we can play with the animals and earn some merit for our efforts.
>>6086129>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer
>>6086129>Write-in allowed!How about we take a mission? I mean we got like 5-6 months till breakthrough so why not make some money?>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]
>>6086237>If you want better mental healthI stated here >>6082795 >>6082807 that was not currently an issue.You guys are adamant on "Strengthening the Jar" but tried "Slack off" which you should know by now is not a good thing - mainly because you spent 2 and a half years pushing the boy (and all his friends) as hard as possible.I'm sure If I gave you the option to pick cultivate Moar at the cost of not eating OR not sleeping OR not washing all players would have spammed "Write-in : All of the above"I'm not salty or anything. Merely entertained.>>6086248Good write-in. Will add in the choice list.However, be aware this will prevent you from practice as much.
>>6086252I know it's not an issue. However, consider previous justification for trying slacking off>>6085628>I wanna see what it does. Maybe it will give us bonuses to next turnThough, if you did offer "don't shower, it's more time to cultivate" you are GOD DAMNED RIGHT I WOULD!Still needs to eat and sleep though. Maybe once in a 2 hour period every 2 days!Though as a request, so this stupid, foolish, moronic decision is never repeated, I do request it be removed from the listed options.If some idiot wants it again, they can use the write in function.We have six months or so to train our skills to prepare for a tribulation!We shouldn't be wasting that! Fuck!
>>6086277>We have six months or so to train our skills to prepare for a tribulation!Two. And Less than that, and less than that.
>>6086283>Two.YOU KIDS BETTER REACH OPEN MOUTH LIKE YESTERDAY OR I SWEAR TO THE DAO RYOTA WILL NEED TO WRESTLE ME OUT OF THE ROOM TO WHIP YOU INTO SHAPE!
Hmm.So firstly.>>6086149>Change snake mistress to Body shifting.Body shifting might help in the trial.A specific thing to test is does a Body part have to properly come out of the counterpart? Can we have a snake head only or can we turn our hands into snake bites? Full or partial transformation. Just ideas really.Second, Once we break through it might be an idea to go and train our body over in the Golden stone village.Solidify the ties there, make an active attempt to socialise and work with the kids. Maybe bring a few resources with us to help em out.Just a thought for our more politically minded routes forwards.Strengthening the jar is making us more confident and have a higher tolerance for failure. Things that make us feel comfortable. A practical trade maybe?Maybe writing letters to people? It should be something with a tangible benefit to sate our autism.
>>6086128>>6086248If we only have two months switch mission to >Investigate body shifting with your spiritual animals.
>>6086129Quiet Word is a Normal cultivator (allegedly), early stages will always be easy so even as a normie you can see the progress, but we're setting him up for despair once he's able to grasp the difference between heaven and earth, assuming he still is a normie, that is.If we don't find ways to strengthen the Jar he'll just be a GAINSMAXXING freak and a stick in the mud for anything not cultivation related, which would be irrelevant for a Loose cultivator but we seemed to be raising him for leadership?Potential>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual AnimalsStrengthening the Jar>Write-in: Look into a hobby or something to do during this kind of downtime in the future. Start with gardening, and maybe lotuses in specific>Ask Snake Mistress about what is love, maybe her experience over the years as a cultivator too and if she has had any hardships
>>6086127>The role of JUMP JET STRIKER - needing your Unlimited Rising Star Kick to reach the Apex, as well as either your Bow style or your Meteor Hammer Style.Sounds badass!>>6086129>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix]Poemmaxxing>Ask Snake Mistress about what is loveLmao>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals
>>6086301A hobby is not a bad idea to take care of his plant it shouldn't lower his mental health. Hmm however QM can we go the pilgrimage route? The problem I'd see is we wouldn't be able to garden on the move unless we had an artifact to hold all our plants.
>>6086129>Investigate Phoenix Dao using legends.>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals
>>6086301I think having a lotus garden would be adorable, since one can spin it Ad preparing for his true love.May also raise stress.
>>6086333I'm just giving QM more material to write with
>>6086317>Not ready for what's incoming
>>6086463Ya know guys it occurs to meHow big did that tree get in our first meeting?>Nervous giggles.More seriously he already said that a bag of holding was redundant to ask for on account of the plant.Anyway, To follow my earlier thought of comforts.Maybe send a message to our future fiance and ask her what aspects a bounded spirit would most helpful for her. Like Ping Jun.And maybe we can get Quiet word to spend some time shopping for a fashionable coat? Ya know, get him out of the sect and enjoy the day with his friends, while still getting sturdy, many hidden pocketed and fashionable duds? That should form memories he can call back on in the future.Also, the others deserve a reward after breakthrough. And us doing the leading in rewarding should surprise then enough.
>>6086463I mean he's reached alot of of stuff at apex. I mean we pick out striker or wild as roll and study some martial arts for these two months.
>>6086503I've already come up with a decent combo that we might not be able to use.Summon blood wolf to fight. It gets popped, we blast it at an injured ally, use our tides of ichor art to turnnit into a blasting heal on hit or just don't do that if an enemy tries to Body block.
Locked.Rolling, writing
A bit too late.Will finish writing tomorrow.
You resume your training. It feels right. It feels great.First, some time is devoted to the practice of the Unlimited Rising Star Kick.You're a bit surprising by feeling that in addition to drinking tea and your Rising Phoenix spirit, your Hemomancer Profound Bloodstore bolster your understanding of that unique skill of yours. This skill in particular is exhilarating to use and train - propelling you in a diagonal motion. It's not much - two and a half meters up and forward - but enough for an extremly quick repositioning. You're barely a step away from reaching the apex of this specific technique.Keeping training said technique at its Apex while Looking for a Breakthrough or Investigating Body Shifting (or even both) could be a nice idea : you feel the Potential awaiting for you. Sadly, it was not enough to break through here and now. A part of you is concerned about progressing more with that skill.In the mid-term future, won't you risk self-harm by rising up too much and then crashing down?Speaking of Investigating Body Shifting, you know fully understand this kind of reflexion, coupled with suitable techniques, might grant you the same kind of Insight letting Dhundan display his Scale-Shield.In gameplay term : this will grant you unique skill choices on Breakthrough.You also develop your Meteor Hammer practice.On one hand, it's a success. On the other, you feel that your progress is slow - your mastery of the skill is behind the heart-aperture opening for now.It's quite simple why : all mystic channels of this style - Meteor Hammer, Silk, Tigger, Divination, and Sun - have never been expanded.And there's only so much your body can grow on a practice session.On two unrelated notes : the Growth seed is growing nicely, already reaching to your thighs.Dhundan and Ai are out of Seclusion. They both broke their Mouth Aperture open.It's been 2 years and 7 months since you joined the Eastern Province branch of Tamers of Hundred Beasts.
Either Combine a Foundation and chose 2, or chose 3You can pick a foundation without risking breaking through.Combine your Foundation work (pick 1 body and 1 meditation):>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet] [Apex reached]>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix]>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial] [Locked, requires true Qi]Potential>Maybe one specific technique of yours should be improved? [Choose in addition to said technique. More chances of breakthrough]>Investigate Phoenix Dao using legends.Friendship >Keep improving things between Ai and Dhundan [require write-in on how]>Help the trio of gifted Cultivator with their cultivation! [Locked]>Help Yi Norm developping his Fighter archetype [Locked]>Train Squad Tactics [Locked]Other>Reflect on your archetype [Write-in]>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Work on your Mental Energy with Dhundan [Locked]Weapon skills>Work on your Unarmed Style : Metal-melting Truefire [Locked, require True Qi]>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Work on your Spear style : Blood-Shadow Wolf Painful Assault [Apex reached]>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]Spiritual Arts Technique [Locked, require True Qi] >Crimson tides of life Ichor (Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength)Spiritual Beasts>Investigate on the talking Spiritual Beasts[Locked until you have acces to the sect's Spirit Beast Pens]>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual AnimalsThe sect>Take care of the new kids [Locked]>Ask Ryota for a Mission! [Unadvised]Strengthening the Jar>Slack off [It will be bad for your mental health]>Ask Snake Mistress about what is love>Pick up Gardening as an hobbyRoad of independence>Think of what you might need in the Loose Cultivator eventuallity.>Don't wait the other kids, attempt to break through on your ownAnd, as always...>Write-in allowed!
>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]pills for both>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals
>>6086909>SupportThough I suggest we train body shifting with Dhun, the secretive weirdo, see if we can't both benefit from it.Disregard me if What I am suggesting involves revealing our movement technique
>>6086899>Maybe one specific technique of yours should be improved? Unlimited Rising Star kick>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals
>>6086252In my defense I kinda got it into my head somehow that Ryota wanted us to take a break so I figured slacking would be fine cause why would they give us bad advice? Now granted rereading it I realize now I completely misinterpreted what he said but still!>>6086909+1 sounds fine to me.
>>6086899>Maybe one specific technique of yours should be improved? [Choose in addition to said technique. More chances of breakthrough](work on meteor to change it adding jade or a key word to better fit with it)>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]I figure working on cav since once we break through we can work with bow with our other Phoenix skills.If we're getting thrown in next month right away then change this to.>Reflect on your archetype [Write-in]JUMP JET STRIKER
>>6086940While I recognise that this is likely to give us the best results for body shifting, I think that the Bow skill is more important to bring up.And to confess to you guys, I'm kinda in two minds about the windy cavalier style.On one hand, I think it served it's purpose when we got our spear style instead, as it's much more useful to us.On the other, due to training our channels for horse/mounted and the extent we will be trainng our bow, maybe it's a worthwhile and very quick return to raise it to the same level as our spear and bow styles.Whatcha think?Though in the future, I heavily suggest any additions we make to the techniques homogonise them around our strong affinities. I can't think of many lower affinities we would want to raise beyond Blood.Space, time of course but what others?
>>6087115that's 4 votes.And I don't really see the value of reflecting on the archetype when we seem to be naturally gravitating towards the striker/mounted archery.Also, for other peoples note, Sin din is heavy calvery, Dhundan is frontliner. Yi Nom is a fighter but I think he's being developed towards a summoner or protector thing with his Wukong summoning abilities.Can't remember what Man din was, I think they were a wildcard.Our traits make us. . . a pretty terrifying melee combatant, but we are pretty focused on nova damage against a single foe I guess.Future engagements should have us launch Dhundan against ranged HVT and have the rest of us cover for him
>>6087116I believe Windy Cavalier still has a spot in incase someone wants to get up close while we're on a horse. It's only got three keywords so it can level up nicely still to a five keyword. Windy Cavalier's Halberd to something like Blood Wind Cavalier's Halberd Fiery (something)We have to find a new or modify the Meteor Hammer Style we have to fit word better. Exchanging at least sun with something else. We're decent in fire, earth or poison. Have to check the other channels like silk, trigger, and divination to see if they are good enough.
>>6086899>>6087115+1
>>6087115If we're getting thrown in next month right away then change this to.>Reflect on your archetype [Write-in]JUMP JET STRIKERThis is wasteful. JUMP JET STRIKER requires Apex Unlimited Rising Star Kick + Apex of one weapon I consider as "Ranged", meaning either Bow or your cheat-growth meteor hammer.
>>6087138Don't toss out sun. Sun is a MYTHICAL word, it's good to keep that around. Just in case.Silk and tiger though? They can probably get swapped for wood or Wolf. . or Pheonix, actually. Nah, two MYTHICAL words probably can't coexist.
>>6086899>Combine your Foundation work [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet] + [Poem of the Rising Phoenix]>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]Dao compression and let's get that striker role ready, we have too many tools to simply sit in the back.
>>6087122>And I don't really see the value of reflecting on the archetype when we seem to be naturally gravitating towards the striker/mounted archery.For now, you have only one available archetype out of Fighter you can make work with a squad, which is "SUMMONER" and it might require working around. Having several archetypes available would be a net Good Thing™ but I won't elaborate further.>Also, for other peoples note, Sin din is heavy calvery,No. She's light cavalry>Yi Nom is a fighter but I think he's being developed towards a summoner or protector thing with his Wukong summoning abilities.You'll need to take some time to help him figuring it out.>Can't remember what Man din was, I think they were a wildcard.On spot.>Our traits make us. . . a pretty terrifying melee combatant, but we are pretty focused on nova damage against a single foe I guess.You have no "traits" selected with your current build though.
>>6087155We're not there yet but :Sun is a Mythical keyword indeed. But one you have an horribly low affinity for. It might be more a deadweight than anything else for you.>Nah, two MYTHICAL words probably can't coexist.Keyword being probably.
>>6087155>>6087160That's what I figured we'll have to change the sun out for something.
>>6087159thought those were just traits we had.>>6087160>Horribly low affinityLet's toss it then. Do we have to do the whole rigermarole of recreating Pheonix or can we just slap that in a viable technique now that we know it.
>>6087221>Do we have to do the whole rigermarole of recreating Pheonix or can we just slap that in a viable technique now that we know it."Mythical" keywords are easier to discard than to include.
>Tally StatusOn one hand, the leading options are not leading by much On the other, might be hard to write this weekend...So lurkers, feel free to rise from shadows.An emerging option in the next hour means I'll brew you one more update.
>>6087237I don't think anyone would feel short changed with the leading votes.But God damnit lurkers.>>6087157>>6087115>>6086940If one of you shifts from another option to Bow training we will have another update.
>>6087115>>6086899>>6087248I'll switch my vote to >>6086909 to push update.
>>6087284All that I needed.Locked, writing
This couple of week are completely dedicated to training alone, once your sect duties are completed.Back to your Immortal Cave, you oversee the growth of your seed, while working on your weapon skills.Part of your training is succesful, and not as much as you wish it to be.Working on your bow style paradoxically developped your Poison affinity channels, never worked on before.And that's it. No progress in your Bow, Wind and Horse affinity. Silver lining : said poison affinity reached apex of opened Nose Aperture, the same level of those other skills.You pushed your reflection regarding Body-shifting with Spiritual Beast. And doesn't make further progress.Once again, this is half your own shortcoming (there's definitely some way to use your bounded spirit with the bow style) and half a bad pick on your side (the Meteor-Hammer skill can't be improved like that.)Speaking of the Meteor-Hammer skill, your efforts to improve this style went in vain.Despite the crutch of the pill usage and your wondrous Growth Weapon, the aspects of the technique doesn't beneficiate from as much Spirits or Treasures synergies, turning the practice into an harder struggle than you're used to.You can't help but feel the tang of worry coming back to bite you : with Yi Norm and the Din sisters still in seclusion, you should still have a bit of time before Ryota's promised tribulation, right? The dorm is a tad more lively with Dhundan and Ai back. Still, Dhundan trains as much as you do and Ai is more often than note in her own headspace.At the very least, the sprout is nicely turning in a small tree.
A/N : you're purging your karmic debt with purely piss-poor, barely-succeeding-thanks-to-the-treasure-stockpile rolls since the Growth RealmI hope you find this reassuring.
>>6087344>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix]>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]No body since both are apex. But the meditation should increase archery skill and training both mounted skills should well together.Any tips on changing out sun for meteor hammer skill?
>>6087357It's 100% a waste not to pick a body in the odd chance you luck into a breakthrough.
>>6087357>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet] [Apex reached]Add then
>>6087344What the dice give, the dice take away.>>6087357>Meditation Poem/Pheonix body>Bow style>Unlimited rising star kickPush our star kick to apex this turn, so we can put body shifting on next turn.All these channels should fit together very well and compound. I'm chooseing the Pheonix body because that will help us with training the bow style up faster.
What if we shifted focus away from mounted combat to optimizing horse for travel and focused on dismounted jump jet combat? I'm starting to... feel it. Anyone else feelin it?
>>6087344>>6087378+1 but snake body instead
>>6087382No.Because Jump jet combat relies on our ability to use a ranged weapon, and the Meteor hammer is giving us issues.Plus we can still use a bow dismounted.
>Meditation Poem/Pheonix body>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Pick up Gardening as an hobbyI want to start garden maxing, also it may help us cultivate the plant better.>>6087348The divine seek to punish us for having the gall to stop grindmaxing for even a second, it's over we have lost the mandate of the heavens.
>>6087344>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix]>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available] [Apex reached]>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Pick up Gardening as an hobby
>>6087344>Meditation Poem/Pheonix body>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]with pills>Pick up Gardening as an hobbyCaptcha:8AJAX
Something else to do at second stage is take a look at our friends and see if they have skills we want.Trade Yi nom power level eyeskill for his Wukong army.Sin darling could make good use of that horse martial arts. Though might be best to wait till she hits a bottleneck.And as an aside, I think it would be fairly easy to tie Blood into Phoenix dao. On account of how blood is so heavily life oriented, Yang is to be found in it, and if we can connect the Pheonix turning its blood into flames then flames back to blood as it revives, it should be a done deal.I think I see the value of Mythic words, if a technique can only hold 6 words, but a mythic can hold 3 or 4 by itself, it is a way of artificially lengthening the combo.
>>6087785>I think I see the value of Mythic words, if a technique can only hold 6 words, but a mythic can hold 3 or 4 by itself, it is a way of artificially lengthening the combo.It is indeed. Plus its own worth of being a magnitude superior in raw power.>Blood into PhoenixWe'll see about that :>)
>Be me>Reply tally status>Forgot tally statusMFW >:(Anyway. Locking. Writing
>>6087952It does imply two things.One is that after a certain point a technique must begin with the key word. Which follows with the claim that the sun is a "big word" other things must fall around.The second implies that a mythic can only hold 6 concepts, as you cannot fit 6 words consecutively into a technique without going overlong. Though this is weaker.
>>6088004>One is that after a certain point a technique must begin with the key word. Which follows with the claim that the sun is a "big word" other things must fall around.I don't understand that sentence>he second implies that a mythic can only hold 6 concepts, as you cannot fit 6 words consecutively into a technique without going overlong. Though this is weaker.False.
>>6088010Rephrased.To our present knowledge, technics go up to 6 words. Not 7.To our present knowledge, putting in a pheonix/mythic word requires placing in all the elements that make up that word.Thus If a word holds 6 concepts, or more, then a technic cannot be made to hold a mythic word unless you start from scratch to build around.This is collaborated by our observation when we first got meteor hammer skill. That said that the sun and our hammer were both difficult words to work with, and couldn't just be applied willy nilly to any technic we wished.
>>6088057>To our present knowledge, putting in a pheonix/mythic word requires placing in all the elements that make up that word.This one is a bold stretch. With your current understanding, you know you can turn "Gold, Hawk, Fire" into Phoenix indeed. More than that, especially expanding words in a Mythical concept and its implication is out of your grasp for now.Your Sun affinity is very low. You dont' have words included in said Sun.
The month ends in a flash.First, you're worried about losing too much time. Letting too much oportunities flowing away.Not working and lying idle in the grass while watching the blue sky was really a dire mistake.What if it is what costs you the rank of Genius? The small mistake, enough to make you fall behind the natural genius Dhundan and Ai?You decide to pull away weeds nearby the Growth Seed Tree. This somewhat calms you.Like if your thoughts were a cluttered sky dispelled by a ray of sun, you get back to your cultivation. Starting on your Foundation. Maybe working on your Phoenix Skills can grant you insights and faster progress with the Bow skill practice?Focusing on your channels, turns out the answer is at the same time Yes and No.The channels are path specific energies take in your body from your Heart Aperture to the tip of your finger.Those path are of course thinner and smaller than hairs, coexist, merge and form a mesh in a cultivator's body. With your proficiency in smelling and looking at energies coupled to your Astral Self practice, you've self-taught to monitor your own channels quite recently. On one hand, this skill share the "Phoenix" channel - a deep channel. You feel like it's mirroring the Gold, Fire and Hawk channels of yours and braided them in an agglomerated whole.On the other hand, having such a mighty channel doesn't mean it pulls more energies from cultivating - merely that it's able to dispatch it wider.You're quite glad your "Sun" channel is so stunted it doesn't actually do the same with your painfully cultivated Meteor Hammer Skill.You're not quite sure where does "Growth" fits in all that - for however hard you tried, you haven't found Growth related channels in your body.That's quite a definitive proof such channels does not exist. But you just feel your growth-techniques are somewhat different, including the Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet.The good thing is that you reached Apex in your Poem of the Rising Phoenix Meditation. The channel that was still stunted mainly circles around your heart, your skull, your mouth and your writing hand. It also feels closer to your Fighting Intent channel than any other channel. But no hidden skill or breakthrough for now. Your Bow practice granted its own share of real, tangible reward. With a Bow mastery now at the Opened-Nose Aperture level, midway through the power allowed by your opened-Ear aperture, you feel you might get it to the Apex in less than a month.Especially if you also work your Wind Cavalier's Halberd in the same time.
Or so you are thinking with your knees in the mud.A nagging voice in your head tells you that this time spent on meditating on partial materialization of bounded beast would had been a better use.You nip said voice, and keep digging the future pond for lotus. It will be bordered by a bamboo grove, of course, with a labyrinthic path within protecting your precious Immortal Cave, and the Growth Seed tree (keeping getting bigger, brimming with Latent Potential) as a final layer of defense.There's the detail on how to get water there, on the top of the hill. You're pretty sure there must be some kind of rock, plant, insect, or treasure that can trickle down an endless stream of water for your amenagement purposes.Finally. Something outside of cultivation you enjoy doing for the sheer sake of doing.You ride your Hawk Alacrity-fastened Horse Spirit back to the sect, and have the pleasure to see that Yi Norm, Man Din and Sin Din have broke through."Alright childs. I have great news : I arranged for my good friend Aris, of the Fist of the Green Dragon, to personnally oversee your Second-stage tribulation.Moreover, a few other Stable Lotus Kids will partake in that event. Prepare to it as a team fight.- A handful kids against a guy of the sect that punch giant crocosaurus monsters in the mouth? Thank you, but I prefer living a life of mediocrity.- I don't recall asking for your opinion, Yi Norm. Plus, it will be a good training - there's an incoming Town Tournament organized for the Empress' coronation. The idea is simple : you take the tribulation together, you stabilize, we move to capital city with 10 second-stage, less than 8, cultivators. And then you win.We don't stand much chances in other categories to be honest. Anyway, Quiet Word, you're in charge of the group training.- Oh no.- Oh no.- Oh no.- Who's in the squad?- For now, focus on the sixth of you. Of course, you're all relieved of Sect duties."Sweet, delicious, cultivation time.It's been 2 years and 8 months since you've joined the Eastern Province branch of Tamers of Hundred Beasts.This turn will be splitted in two. First will be "normal", with your private practice.Second will be Squad-related.
Either Combine a Foundation and chose 2, or chose 3You can pick a foundation without risking breaking through.Combine your Foundation work (pick 1 body and 1 meditation):>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet] [Apex reached]>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial] [Locked, requires true Qi]Potential>Maybe one specific technique of yours should be improved? [Choose in addition to said technique. More chances of breakthrough]>Investigate Phoenix Dao using legends.Friendship >Keep improving things between Ai and Dhundan [require write-in on how]>Help the trio of gifted Cultivator with their cultivation!>Train Squad Tactics [Locked]Other>Reflect on your archetype [Write-in]>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Work on your Mental Energy with DhundanWeapon skills>Work on your Unarmed Style : Metal-melting Truefire [Locked, require True Qi]>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Work on your Spear style : Blood-Shadow Wolf Painful Assault [Apex reached]>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]Spiritual Arts Technique [Locked, require True Qi] >Crimson tides of life Ichor (Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength)Spiritual Beasts>Investigate on the talking Spiritual Beasts[Locked until you have acces to the sect's Spirit Beast Pens]>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual AnimalsThe sect>Ask Ryota for a Mission! [Locked]Strengthening the Jar>Gardening time! [Unecessary, Mental Health at its brim]>Slack off [It will be bad for your mental health]>Ask Snake Mistress about what is loveRoad of independence>Think of what you might need in the Loose Cultivator eventuallity.And, as always...>Write-in allowed!
>>6088106>Bow skull>Halberd skill>Unlimited rising kickGet these to apex so our archetype can manifest.If we break through with cavalier, it might be an idea to add words like jade and wood.But some of the techniques about moving would be nice.
Support with archery reaching apex it'll be great. If we win the tournament then we can request growth armor or a better meteor skill.Word is gonna be the carry for this match no doubt.
>>6088134>>6088143I meant this one my bad on phone.
>>6088134Supporting.
>>6088106>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals
>>6088134Before I forget!We need to pry Yi Noms vanguard talent from him for our Primordial wolf.
>>6088134+1
>>6088104>your Poem of the Rising Phoenix Meditation. The channel that was still stunted mainly circles around your heart, your skull, your mouth and your writing hand. It also feels closer to your Fighting Intent channel than any other channelArtistry?>>6088105>Something outside of cultivation you enjoy doing for the sheer sake of doing.Gardening is just good, pure and simple>Empress' coronationOh shit, politics and world state shifting>Quiet Word, you're in chargeAnd his first line is asking who else is in. Classic
>>6088106>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual AnimalsAlso I'm glad garden maxing payed off, now worst case if everything falls apart or we are put in a position where we literally cant train atleast Quiet Word will have a hobby to fall back on instead of going batshite insane.
>>6088106Seconding >>6088134.
>>6088106>Investigate Body Shifting>Train Unlimited Rising Start Kick>Experiment with the styles available to you. The renowned kick of the horse. The leap of the wolf. The strike of the snake. And once up, the Raptor divebomb of the Hawk. >If the above is a method rather than a separate act, train with the bow as well, since Quiet Word already feels it tugging at his shifting forms.
>>6088106>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]
>>6088106>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills availableuse pills for all
>>6088436The above would be more "Trying to create a new technique" than anything else.
>>6088226>And his first line is asking who else is in. ClassicNo one commenting on the "normal trio pulled up by the group" sheer horror of undergoing Quiet Word's training
Unanimous voting is unanimous;
>>6088567It sent me giggling.Once we have finished though, we can demand RnR for the group. Maybe even in the capital. Being a harsh task master but give good rewards will serve us better than just being a harsh task master.
>>6088576RnR? I'm afraid I'm too ESL to understand that one.
>>6088588rest and relaxation
>>6088588Ŕest and relaxation.Go out and socialise, as we have on the orders of snake mistress. Eat fruits, wander markets.Just be kids.I also feel the need to apologise. Most of my posts seem to be incomprehensible with my usual disregard for English.I shall work a bit harder on my King's to he more clearly understood
This week was rich in teachings. On the personnal side, you feel you made great progress.Indeed, your guess was right and your insight regarding the mounted wind fighting style applied as well for the bow as the halberd.Thus, you easily pulled your bow style up to mid-mouth aperture opening level and your halberd style to recently opened ear aperture level.This means you're a step away from reaching the Apex of your Bow Style, and two from reaching the Apex of Halberd Style.With the amount of progress you pulled this week, this means both might be achievable - at the potential cost of less time to focus on a single skill for greater Breakthrough chance? Speaking of, your Movement style finally reached the Apex of your current realm.>1/2 conditions for the JUMP JET STRIKER - Vantage Archer reachedOn the daytime, you work hard with your fellow beast-tamers on the Squad Tactics. "Alright everyone. We'll need to work together on this. So...- I won't reveal my trumps to you.- I know you're bluffing. You would have used them during the tournament.- I might have discovered new ones.- Keyword is "might". But you don't know how to lie, and you have a permanent frown on your face.- I won't show mine if you don't show yours"You have the feeling Kyo Kyo would have laughed hard at Yi Norm. Ai is raising her hand."Yes Ai?- I don't want to fight.- Ryota told me you won't take part in the tournament, but you have to be one of us for the tribulation.- Ok. But I slacked off in weapon training. Mainly cause I don't want to fight and I'm bad at it.- Don't jump on the distraction, Quiet Word. Yi is right : it's unfair to expect us to tell you everything while keeping cards in your hand.After all you shouldn't have much more than the ones we already knows, right?"Part of you smiles at how wrong she is.The point, however, is fair. And strategical.You can keep things away from them, but how betrayed will they feel if you reveal a new technique in the heart of the tournament?>Even if they're your close friends, you can't bear yourself to disclose your trumps. You'll keep your secrets, at the cost of efficiency>You can trust them. Enough to reveal part of your hand. [Choose what reveal/Hide among Phoenix, Primordial wolf, Fusion, Unlimited Rising Star Kick]>You can, open-heartly and fully trust them. Sing like a Thousand-steps Songs Canary.This won't be auto-revealed to the other Stable Lotus city kids.On the matter of Ai...>Write-in what you will make of a pacifist amidst the battlefield
>Reveal Unlimited Rising Star Kick. I don't think that we have a battlefield application of Phoenix yet, and Primordial Wolf is a deep secret that we don't want to reveal to anyone. It will be easier to believe that we developed Phoenix when we broke through as well. >Have AI take on a support role. Either use her songs to pacify the enemy, or heal us if she is able, or attune to us all before the tribulation and play us a song of unity or strengthening. If she can't do any of those, then tell us what she has been training and we'll find a way to use her skills. Quiet Word is in Management after all. Probably should form a plan for coordinating the others as well. Dhundan as the warrior taking on the most dangerous enemy. etc. etc.
>>6088690>6088683It's the first time i'm seeing the replied post number used as the name.
>>6088690>Probably should form a plan for coordinating the others as well. Dhundan as the warrior taking on the most dangerous enemy. etc. etc.It's coming with the rest of the update.
>>6088683>Reveal Unlimited rising star kick, Phoenix, the wolf spirit you've seen thus far isn't a real wolf spirit. It's just animated blood.>"Now you know all my combat related trumps. I'll now put my life in your hands, I also know how to fuse spirit beasts together to improve their attributes and thus strength and I think it's the key to moving past stage 3 of cultivation. You understand the danger that presents, I hope."We'll show them everything that isn't ultimate "Gonna get us jumped". I'm not even concerned about them telling people, not really, I'm concerned about them making an offhand comment or using the information in a way someone else can deduce. No, the best way to keep a secret is to keep it to yourself. The double revelation of Mythic word and Fusion realisation [which we can helpfully point out to Yi Norm has already experienced], Should keep them from asking about the wolf spirit.I'm alright to tell them we have one, aspected to Pain and Steel, but we won't take it out, no matter what for reasons we won't go into.For AI >>6088690Yeah, just tell us what you DID learn, then we'll figure out a way to use it.And we do have a battlefield application of Phoenix. It can come out and poke people. And amidst the experts of the empire, I imagine they will have spectators who can recognise it.
>>6088683Seconding >>6088690. Ai is a genius, but we can't really develop a role for her until we know where her specialties lie. Is she proficient in illusions, maybe? Could she be a buff/debuff/support?Maybe we could press her a little bit, while we're at it-- it's one thing to avoid conflict, or to have no interest in fighting, but I'm sure that fighting is inevitable (especially in wuxia). Does she have anything she wants to protect? Anything that drives her? I don't know if Quiet Word would understand this concept yet, but... I'm essentially asking about her Three Views and her Dao Heart.
>>6088683Keep the fact that the wolf spirit is the primordial scion a secret, everything else we can say, it's just up to them to believe our word for it.We need to know what AI and her beasts can do before doing anything with her, backing >>6088708
>>6088690>>6088708You two seriously don't want to cover our bases and reveal the Pheonex, something we're alright to use and have no reason to not use, with the clear and explicit warning that not informing the others would result in a souring of their relationships with us if we use it after.
>>6088715As an aside, while simply telling the others about the tricks is fine. I really really hope our first revelation about our movement technique is us vanishing behind them.Just be a bit silly with our movement technique reveal. We are still kids, technically.
>>6088683>Reveal everything but the Wolf. So reveal Pheonix, Fusion, and Jump. If this doesn't surprise and impress them, nothing will.
>>6088722You want to reveal your Summon Blood Shadow Wolf is not a spirit?
>>6088737Yeah.In the "spirit" of almost full disclosure.
>>6088742Oops. You weren't talking to me
>>6088742I can "improve" the full disclosure thing with that option.
As a side note and unrelated to present truthfulness.Dhundan expressed affinity for tigers and dogs when we first met him.I'm surprised he hasn't got a beast for either or techniques for it.A tiger is like. . Prime place for intimidation power. So maybe we can suggest he ask Ryota for one or a technique based on directing that intent he naturally cultivates.
>>6088737No. That will remain a secret as well.We must do our best to conceal the wolf.
>>6088683>>6088690Support but also Phoenix
>>6088683Also train Ai in defensive arts like it's a dance and illusions is my bet.
>>6088690+1 but also reveal Phoenix 100% don't reveal anything that even hints at the Primordial Wolf secret.
>>6088769Also to note i'm just +1ing the reveal thing we should probably figure out more about what Al is good at before we force them on a support role.
If we have a visible application of Phoenix then I'm fine with revealing that too. I was more trying to protect their egos than hide Phoenix, since we're going to reveal it eventually.We are probably also going to reveal spirit fusion as well at some point. It might be better to let Ryoga handle that reveal though, and do it in a way that won't allow other sects to easily steal the info. ie. adding a second spirit will make your existing spirit stronger, but don't tell them how to make the formations and such. Ryoga can help them fuse the spirits from the beads into their soul animals. Honestly, if we have spirits available Ryoga should infuse all the other children in our group before the breakthrough if possible.
>>6088798>but don't tell them how to make the formations and suchYou haven't told Ryota this. So this wasn't on the table outside of "I know of a way to reinforce your spirit. It needs this and that. I actually was the one reinforcing your Monkey Yi"
>>6088683>You can trust them. Enough to reveal part of your hand. [Choose what reveal/Hide among Phoenix, Primordial wolf, Fusion, Unlimited Rising Star Kick]Kick, PhoenixEnough for up to 2 trumps from everyone else, should cover everything>>6088690Is good for Ai
>>6088683>You can trust them. Enough to reveal part of your hand. Reveal among Phoenix, Fusion, and Unlimited Rising Star Kick>Have AI take on a support role. Either use her songs to pacify the enemy, or heal us if she is able, or attune to us all before the tribulation and play us a song of unity or strengthening. If she can't do any of those, then tell us what she has been training and we'll find a way to use her skills. Quiet Word is in Management after all.
>>6088683I have a feeling Ai is going to kill it at second level. Illusions, song buffsn song suppressing, cursebreaking, healing, protective fields. We just need to invest a little into techniques for her to exploit.
>>6088690+1NO REVEALING WOLF SPIRIT, NO REVEALING FUSION
>>6088683>You can trust them. Enough to reveal part of your hand.Kick, Phoenix, and the Blood wolf being a technique and not a bonded spirit are ours. We can share those.I would also tell them>”I do have more secrets, but those aren’t only mine to reveal.”to take the sting out of whenever we do reveal them. The Wolf was entrusted to us, and Fusion is something I’d defer to Ryota on when to reveal. They’re also both hella dangerous to have leaked, but we can leave that part unstated.>AiBuffs, debuffs, protection, and being too aggravating/difficult to take on directly are the main avenues she could focus on. We’ll need to know what she DOES think she’s good at like others have said as well.If we want to get Ai and Dhundan to cooperate further there’s even a training opportunity for her. Dhundan has his terrifying presence that can buckle and disrupt foes. She could learn how to project a similar one for when she speaks. Something that. an command an enemy to stop fighting because she’s a friend, and they’re wrong to hurt a friend.Seesawing between their effects should even wear down people with good mental defenses.
>>6088965If we want to get Ai and Dhundan to cooperate further there’s even a training opportunity for her. Dhundan has his terrifying presence that can buckle and disrupt foes. She could learn how to project a similar one for when she speaks. Something that. an command an enemy to stop fighting because she’s a friend, and they’re wrong to hurt a friend.Seesawing between their effects should even wear down people with good mental defenses.That's a great write-in.
>>6088965>Support the write in then>>6088700
>>6088965>>6088986Yeah that is great, I'll backIt should even motivate her too, with her dislike of fighting of course she'll want a technique that causes an aggressive opponent to just not fight.
>>6088965>>6088765>>6088762Switch to support
>>6088990And hey, if she does it well enough she can get Dhundan to back down from a fight with her. SHE can make him see HER way for once!Not that it’ll be that easy, but she’s still a kid. If it’s enough to light a fire under her (and then him when she succeeds for the first time) then so be it.
>>6088965Sure i'll +1 this plan for Ai
Tally statusI'll go with the "Open the gate a little"
"Allright. You're right Yi. You're wrong, Man Din.I have a trove of techniques. Some of which I will of course show you. Some I won't.Mainly because I stumbled in a couple of secrets that aren't mine to reveal.First... Well, it's better if I show you."You leaped on. This startled each and every of them while you ascend in the diagonal motion of the Unlimited Rising Star Kick.You lend a good meter behind the group."This is the Unlimited Rising Star Kick. A movement technique I got from Growth realm in a simpler form, then refined.However, I'll soon have trouble with that. It lets met rise diagonally and really fast, but the fall is dangerously nearing my limit before becoming an hazard.- So fast... Let me try... That damn skill is worth nothing!- What's the matter, Dhundan?- Opening eye Aperture, I stumbled in a strong skill. The Mirror Pupil, supposedly letting me replicate techniques I'm seeing.And I don't quite manage to make it work. It's frustrating me a lot.- I guess I can show you this and that..."Yi Norm unfurls the layers of fabric hiding the Treasured Staff he got from Growth realm."This beauty can do that : "He takes five steps away from the group, spins and launch a hit at Dhundan's head. The staff grow, leaping through the distance. Dhundan, drawing is Treasure Saber, reward from the First Tournament where you stepped back, manage to block the attack aimed at him."Try that again, and I'll retaliate hard!- Wanted to see if I had a modicum of a chance at the tournament if I managed to face you...Anyway Dhundan, care to tell us about that Saber of yours?"The sleek obsidian blade is seemingly suckling light toward it."Black Hole Saber. I created a skill with it by the way... Get your spirit out Yi."Yi smiles, and sidestep, leaving a Wise Jade Monkey at his first position. Said Monkey seems suckled by Dhundan's blade"I call it the spirit magnet, and... What's that!"Yi kept walking and soon his Monkey spirit is joined by a second, a third... In the end, Yi brought out 5 identical monkeys spirit, all holding the same Red Jade Staff.The sixth-ape gang immediately thrust as one Monkey toward Dhundan.The offensive is thwarted by a summoning of the Black Scale shield coupled to a bo-deviating spin, followed by a spirit-blending manoeuver cutting down every Monkey one after the other. Dhundan sheathe his saber and jumps on Yi Norm"This time you're getting beat up!- Arrgl I'm getting harrassed! Help me Quiet Word! Ouch! You're my only hope!- When ones court death, you have to attend the wedding. Anyway... Are you done Dhundan? Not quite? Speed up, we haven't all day."
"So here's a second secret of mine. Remember my Hawk Spirit? This is him now."You reveal the Shrewd Rising Phoenix. "He seems brighter- I can't believe my eyes... a Phoenix?- So... Pretty...- Just... How?- Growth realm. When I brought you along. I had a lucky guess from something I read in a Phoenix poem which turned true.- Alright. My turn. Ryota gifted me the sect's greatest treasure, the 33-beast Shapeshifter Spirit.I can flicker among various Beast stances, giving me the nimbless of the snake, the bulk of the elephant, the smell of the dog... Whatever I need at a given point.It's expensive in energy though. After our visit in Growth realm, it underwhent some kind of change like that hawk of yours.It's not a visual change, but I feel it's brimming with more potential than before. And it was already the strongest thing I've ever felt - stronger than even Ryota.Deer sister, your turn.- So I have a strong movement technique I learned at the Beast Tamers gathering. Ride like Blown Fleeting MistIt makes me faster and harder to hit, and synergize well with the Windy Cavalier's halberd.Like you guys, I had a nice boon from Growth realm. A Fighting Style. Thousand Slashes Beheading the Mountain.Assuming I'm free to hit the same adversary again, again and again, the damages increases slightly with each strike.- Alright. Almost there. Ai, what are your other skills useful for fighting?- ... None?- Nonsense. What are you good at?- So there's my Bunny Hops movement technique. My Resilient Intent Cristal Hare and my Nimble Mantis Shrimp bounded spirit.I also have the True Sight thing.- You're forgetting your soothing singing.- It's not something I have, merely something I do.- It's similar to Dhundan and his Mental Pressure. We'll try something... Dhundan, Ai, let's spar. Ai, you don't have to fight. Merely hops closer by singing and wanting us to stop fight; Dhundan you release pressure at this point. Then you go away while you Dhundan flare your Intent up..."This turns out extremely grating. Dhundan's fear factor, you can contain with your Fighting Spirit. Then, the pressure subsides, replaced by something pulling your Intent away instead of pushing at it. You have to focus bringing it closer to keep the will to fight, which in turn let Dhundan's menace pierce through your intent.
This is quite hard to pull off correctly though - Ai sometime soothe Dhundan too much, Dhundan scares Ai to come closer.You will make them work exclusively together on the upcoming week. You requisition some poor-talented second stage teens to serve as their training dummies. Said teens are delighted with an opportunity to spend their sect duties time on cultivation, even if it's for sparring gifted kids.This union led you to better understand tactics. Ai fits perfectly as a Pacifist Poet, a Mental-energy tide of calm in the middle of the battlefield. The amount of Monkey summoned by Yi also turns him into some kind of Melee summonner. The One Man Army trait, coupled with either Frontliner if you want him to focus on pushing on, or Protector, if you want him to focus on protecting your backlines. This trait might also apply to you if you pick a frontline role.Sin Din is cemented in her role of Scout - with the addition of the GiantSlayer trait, she can turn into the perfect harasser.Good thing you shared with her because if she held back that Unique fighting skill of her, you might had cast her as Heavy Cavalry to capitalize on her Charging Cleave skill - that she used against Yi Norm in last year's turnament.The question of your own role remains open. You don't want to lock possibilites just now.You have one last turn before the tribulation is coming up.You have one last turn before the tribulation is coming up.First Half will be devoted to your training. Second half will involve incorporating other kids, and fine-tuning composition of the Squad. Either Combine a Foundation and chose 2, or chose 3Combine your Foundation work (pick 1 body and 1 meditation):>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet] [Apex reached]>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial] [Locked, requires true Qi]Potential>Maybe one specific technique of yours should be improved? [Choose in addition to said technique. More chances of breakthrough]Other>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available] [Apex reached]Weapon skills>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Work on your Spear style : Blood-Shadow Wolf Painful Assault [Apex reached]>Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]Spiritual Beasts>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual AnimalsThe sectStrengthening the Jar>Gardening time! [Unecessary, Mental Health at its brim]>Slack off [It will be bad for your mental health]>Ask Snake Mistress about what is loveRoad of independence>Think of what you might need in the Loose Cultivator eventuallity.And, as always...>Write-in allowed!
>>6089384>Beast shifting>Bow skill>Unlimited rising kickBoth skills can be improved via an animal.Phoenix eyesight or perhaps just manifesting wings for a rising shot.But more over I want the bow skill to reach the Apex so we can finally have an archetype.We also seem to be forming an assassination squad. Frontliner possibly another with Yi norm, a scout with giant killer spec, our intent to be a rapidly redeploying HVT killer.Defence seems to be packing, but the best defence is ensuring everyone else is dead.
>>6089384>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals>Bow skill>Unlimited rising kick
>>6089384BEAST SHIFTBOW SKILLUNLIMITED KICK
>>6089384>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet] [Apex reached]>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix] [Apex reached]>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals>Bow skill>Unlimited rising kick
>>6089409Support we should reach apex in bow. Let's gamble a bit on beast shifting with unlimited rising kick.
>>6089409Supoprting
>>6089384>>6089409Supporting. Anything other than maximum grind would be bad for our boy right now.I’m thinking general tactics would go>Ai to her preferred distance to weaken the enemy front>Dhundan and Yi to smash the frontline hard after that. Yi will focus on stalling them with his number of summons, Dhundan will focus on destroying someone.>Since Ai hasn’t trained as a strategist, we’ll retain that role for the frontline and direct them unless we’re out. It’ll fall to Ai followed by Sin then.In the future, Ai should learn to control the frontline. She’ll be less entangled compared to the other two to see the situation, and the pressure trick will work best if either Ai or Dhundan has control so one can always focus first if the targets switch.If she needs help mentally for it, she can think of it as finding ways to minimize time spent in combat for the whole and not just herself. She’ll likely need coaching from Yi and Dhundan (and eventually Sin) on what they look for when attacking and defending to better understand the flow of the battles she’ll be directing, but once she has that it’s just a puzzle on the quickest path to get her way of “stop fighting”.Sin is the third commander since she has more mobility. Dhundan and Yi will probably figure out the front themselves though.>If we have Striker, Sin will follow behind the front until she identifies slow, defensive, or isolated targets. This’ll most likely come up once the front lines impact.>If she doesn’t, she’ll pair with us to harass the backline or flank the front if there is none.If the frontline has a tough defensive opponent, she can mix it up with Yi and her target so Dhundan can crush someone else. If they’re all about equal it might be better to circle around and find a backline target.>If we have Striker, we’ll remain backline to survey and snipe.>If we don’t, we’ll pair up with Sin as a Summoner to attack and delay any reinforcement coming to support the backline.We do have some flexibility since we can already fill a summoner role to some extent. We have more summons than most even if we only use 3 and Yi has us beat thanks to an ability.If we’re a striker, we’re a glass cannon to harass the backline as a distraction at worst, an assassin at best. It’s possible we’ll be counter-sniped, but with 4 people up front it WILL fall and let everyone else pile on. If Sin is harassing someone then we’d likely pair with her to score a quicker kill.If we’re a summoner, our summons should be good for holding up a couple people who fall back to tank so Sin can finish ganking. If no one does then hey, we’re fast too. We can join the fun.>>6089468Only 3 actions or 2 with foundation. You’d need to drop either the foundation work or one of the actions to make it work.
>>6089468I will revise to:.>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual Animals>Bow skill>Unlimited rising kick
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>>6089384>>6089409+1
For tactics, it might be worthwhile to teach man din the mirror pupil skill. Get dhundan to teach that one.Yi norm needs a sturdier heart for danger.Anyone else see obvious clues?
>>6089665Oh yeah, as well, we need to get a technique breakthrough on unlimited rising to get distance collapsing fall.That mitigates our issue of falling damage.
>>6089665>teach man din the mirror pupil skillSame as her true sight, those are almost impossible to teach - almost because we are in a cultivation world after all.
>>6089671Huh. So the skills too high tier. Got it.Another thing to note. We did add light to our movement technique. And we have a really low affinity for it.Might want to fix that if we don't want to raise it.
Unanimous voters are unanimous.
Lucky roll for your last turn. With 10 turns of nothing much, next "routine" update will be nicer.
>>6089696Nice place your bets on what broke through.
You have two weeks before the tribulations. Two weeks spent training the day with Stable Lotus finest (below 8), training the night by yourself near your still-growing Growth realm tree. This is a welcome respite after dealing with so many ... interesting... people all day.You adamantly decided to work on your Bow style, as well as the Unlimited Rising Star Kick, while focusing on your Spiritual animals, in the hope to materialize them as Dhundan does with his scale-shield.You hope to bridge what miss to complete your understanding of the bow style.Which, at the low cost of your two last Wind and Horse aligned pills, is a success.Well, almost. Your Poison channel is since lagging behind a step under the opened mouth aperture level, but for all intents and purpose that won't matter.The bow style revolves on using the Horse's motion to fasten your arrow and let them glide at an insanely long distance, increasing the range of the highest ranged weapon of them all.>Apex (almost) reached! The only thing in the world better than Good - Good enough. Furthermore, you are in the perfect mental space for a...>Breakthrough! Chose one among :>Burst of Feather-Arrow - A multi-hit attack materializing 10 of your phoenix's feather, and project them like they were some arrows.The Phoenix Feather lose their potency after 7 meters. They dispel in a few seconds, thus can't be used as materials yet >Bounded Phoenix, Living Arrow - Shoot directly the Bounded Phoenix as a projectileBasically a really strong arrow attack that also let you to relocate your Bounded Phoenix spirit somewhere on the battlefield (requires it to be available)>Technique Advancement : create a new technique based on this one. You can remove or replace one keyword in the technique name.Technique's keywords : Bow, Horse, Phoenix, Poison Space, WindThat's not your only breakthrough this week.At the bare limit of your grasp and understanding, you clutched another understanding.Because of how things work under the hood, you don't get to chose that one with how "low" your crit was>Breakthrough - Improvement : Rising Star Kick, Ascended PhoenixYou found out a way to materialize your Phoenix Spirit's wings on your back for 5 to 10 seconds, after your movement technique.This let you slowly come back after your Unlimited Rising Star Kick, alleviating your concern for a slow fall technique (assuming your Phoenix Spirit is available)You also feel you look extremely impressive in the process.
>>6089735>Burst of feathers I feel like we are already pretty good at nova damage. A shotgun blast should suffice
>>6089735>Burst of Feather-Arrow - A multi-hit attack materializing 10 of your phoenix's feather, and project them like they were some arrows.The merest hint that we'll be able to use Phoenix feathers as materials (eventually) makes me want this over the other options.
>>6089745It'd also 10 normal hits, rather than one decent hit and a teleport.
>>6089745+1
>>6089745+1We'll get our single attack from the meteor hammer
>>6089735>Burst of Feather-Arrow
>>6089765>>6089755>>6089754>>6089745>>6089741>Dao of Homogenous confluence >Manifest swift updates
>>6089735>Burst of Feather-Arrow - A multi-hit attack materializing 10 of your phoenix's feather, and project them like they were some arrows.I would love to shoot our phoenix so we could eventually learn how to swap places with it and really open up our gank capability, but it wouldn’t gel well with the movement technique. If we used the bound phoenix, we’d have to take the hard landing.>>6089665I mean, I can come up with more focused ideas for training.>Yi Norm should focus on coordinating with his Monkey summon against multiple attackers.>Ai should try to either focus her voice for a stronger effect in a smaller area to avoid tagging Dhundan, or have her summons join in “singing” to harmonize with herself.Summons are expressions of our own souls so I suspect she can project the effect through them for strength or further spread.>Sin Din should learn how to “charge” with her Thousand Slashes while using her movement skill to “swipe” at opponents while not stopping near them. A glancing blow will still come to hurt with her technique.>Dhundan should partner with Ai and see if he can manifest his aura through his summons as well. Having his aura surge when his summon shield is struck could knock attackers off-balance.>Man Din should try experimenting with bound spirits like our Phoenix or Dhundan’s Pangolin to see if she can more closely mirror their special traits using her shapeshifting spirit. Perhaps it has more power to take on traits from higher-realm beasts equivalents?
>>6089735>Burst of Feather-Arrow - A multi-hit attack materializing 10 of your phoenix's feather, and project them like they were some arrows.Click-clack "Shame."
>>6089735>Burst of Feather-Arrow - A multi-hit attack materializing 10 of your phoenix's feather, and project them like they were some arrows.
>>6089774I'll have to sadly veto that one;There's a point where I enjoy sleeping and having a life out of the world of Quiet Word
>>6089735>If we used the bound phoenix, we’d have to take the hard landing.Complete disclosure of potential synergies (or lack of) : If you used the Rising Star Kick, Ascended Phoenix, a next-turn Burst of Feather Arrow will make you crash down.>>6089750>10 Normal hits rather than one decent hit and a teleportIt's more 10 slingshots vs 1 ballista bolt in terms of damage scale. The feathers are numerous, but weaker than your average arrow (granted, you lucked out and maxed the 1d10 number of hits)
>>6089735>Bounded Phoenix, Living Arrow - Shoot directly the Bounded Phoenix as a projectile"I found a lanky and rather weathered peregrine knight who was a master of this style and followed him for several days on his journey. We soon reached a kingdom in terrible repair, passing many burned out houses and hovels. My companion informed me it was ruled by a tyrant, who would levy impossible taxes and often ride out to ravage his own land, preventing the people from leaving by force, and indulging his basest vices upon them. The land was very battered and thick, leather-necked soldiers were everywhere. We could not find lodging and had to camp under some ragged trees. There, the knight informed me he had made many preparations, had spent some time meditating, and decided it was right and proper to slay this man....
>>6090233I asked the knight how he planned to accomplish his quest, seeing that the warlord kept mostly to his very imposing stone keep and was guarded by fifty men, day and night. The knight cautioned me against hasty conclusions and bade me wait. I thought the fool would walk us right up the fortress gates and have us slaughtered, but to my surprise, we instead turned towards a distant mountain path. Three days of mostly silent climbing and very difficult trails, we found ourselves on a high mountain ledge, with a clear view of the poor, destitute kingdom below us, and the keep squatting like a black ogre overlooking mouth of the valley.At this point I was still quite befuddled, but waited while the knight seemed to pace about and test the weather with his fingers and tongue. Seemingly satisfied, he boiled water, mixed some herbs, and began to pray. He had an enormous silverwood greatbow slung across his back, and only one arrow, almost the size and length of a javelin. Drinking the mixture, which smelled quite dreadful, he strung the bow, which took some effort. When the sun was almost at his zenith, he rose to his feet and bade me stand back, drawing the bow and the single, wicked looking arrow back with all his strength. I should mention here I have never seen a man look so anguished with concentration. He seemed to peer at some distant spot in the valley below, waiting for some ideal moment. I had absolutely no idea what the fool man’s goal was at the time. He stood like that for some four or five minutes, muscles straining, and it was only then that I realized he might be aiming at the keep.When he loosed, the rush of wind that followed blew my whiskers nearly clean off my face and sent half my pack tumbling down the mountainside. I didn’t see where the shaft disappeared to. The man seemed mightily relieved and seemed to deflate somewhat. He told me the deed was done and that he would be leaving the kingdom soon. Thinking him mad, I was glad to be rid of his company.When I returned to the valley below a few days later, I was almost immediately set upon by a peasantry almost crazy with mirth. The land was in disarray. The warlord had been slain in his keep, while he ate his luncheon. An enormous arrow had torn his head clear off his shoulders, and carried it out the window. It had traveled through three feet of stone to reach its target, as though a ballista had launched it.It had been shot about fifteen miles.”
It's funny because your original Hawk spirit was a Peregrine Falcon.Also, this can be totally pulled of with the following skill combination :>Some kind of strong hit (like your vote)+>Riding Archer's wind-riding bullseye (Need True Qi) : A wind-element ridiculously precise arrow attack+>Wind-Gliding Arrow (Need true Qi) : A wind-element ridiculously long-ranged attack+Some kind of Eye Skill or Divination Skill to know where to locate target
>>6090239Divination skill.Like. . Our silk tiger seer skill?
>>6090246That's a technique. You'll need a breakthrough for getting a skill, but yes.
>>6090247Feel like having a shotgun blast at this level is pretty nice. And meteor hammer to strike like a thunderbolt. Should ask master if you should learn a new technique or refit the meteor hammer skill we have. I think it would be worth to ask after the tournament or when we head there.
>>6090274I think techniques should be classed by what elements in them should we keep.Sunseer hammer for example, we don't give a fuck about sun. Or tiger. Or silk. But divination? That's vital to work around. Same with meteor hammer, since it is a pain to put in [needing 2 breakthroughs or so].Honestly a good prize is getting a comprehensive list of our affintiies and their relative strengths. It would make future planning much easier.
>>6090199Interesting, so we’ll take a hard landing if we go up regardless. On the other hand, a strong jump coupled with a mid-air Burst isn’t as useful due to the more limited range. It’d make more sense for us to jump towards and up just enough to target the frontline (and possibly backline) effectively and fire, limiting fall damage.With Bound Phoenix, it’d make more sense to jump high and gank someone in the back, putting us out of reach for most retaliation due to distance. Then the fall would hurt since we jumped higher to get the angle and give the Phoenix time to distract any enemies in the back that could counter-snipe.Still, good to know. At least it sounds like firing a Burst and THEN jumping around using regular shots is still on the table.
>>6090309>It’d make more sense for us to jump towards and up just enough to target the frontline (and possibly backline) effectively I tried to convey it, but the Unlimited Rising Star Kick is a hard jump in a straight, 45° diagonal from the ground. The strength of the technique lies in the speed and virtually no delay before the jump, not its mobility or flexibility. Plus, it's quite rare (that you know of) for movement techniques to give height. Last, coupling this with your Phoenix Wings lets you glide and control a bit the descent instead of the straight pummeling down without inertia at the end of the technique.
>>6090309Also, you don't HAVE to burst when you jump.The JUMP JET STRIKER archetype of yours can work with unimproved Unlimited Rising Star Kick (which doesn't put you at risk for now, and won't for quite some time granted your Phoenix spirit is available; thus why the Technique can grant fall-breaking skills) The idea is Jumping hard to get a line of sight and lay a long-range shot on your target from an advantageous vantage position . If you use the wings, you can lay two such shots.
>>6090312Ah, the 45 degree is good to know. I’d thought we could angle it lower than that if we wanted to reduce the fall height in exchange for a lesser vantage. As you said, the fall height doesn’t really matter unless we want to use Burst or Bound Phoenix and deplete our wings, but I could see situations where we’d want to do that.>>6090316Right. Jumping would give us more visibility to line up the shotgun blast, but we could still do it on the ground. We could move with Ai, who’d weaken the enemy before we unload into the front and let Dhundan and Yi smash completely through before falling back and continuing to fight by jumping and hitting with normal attacks. Alternately, we could simply use our horse to ride around the front and target the back as a mounted archer.I guess being a mounted archer would give us the height needed to target the frontline/backline over our allies anyway. I should have thought of that earlier…
>>6090373>As you said, the fall height doesn’t really matter unless we want to use Burst or Bound Phoenix and deplete our wings, but I could see situations where we’d want to do that.Even like that, you're not going high enough for it to be dangerous so far. I'll sadly be unable to update tonight
>>6090410A horse kick can't harm us and our legs got that double reenforcement from both techniques.Surely a 2 meter drop isn't a burden.the technqiue being as good as it is, it'll probably continue in that vein multiplicatively.
You start having a rough idea of your ideal lineup.Some things are clear. Some, less so.Dhundan as a Menacing FrontlinerAi as a Pacifist Poet|This two have a Synergy, the Intent SawMan Din as a WildcardYourself? Well, you humbly label yourself as a JUMP JET STRIKER.This mean you'll fight as a bowman. Jumping, striking from above toward high-value target, rinse and repeat.However, this is merely a possibility. Maybe the Mounted Archer, Summoner or Fighter archetype would be somehow better?Two of your friends have several archetypes available.Sin Din can either fill the role of Wandering Heavy Cavalry and Giant-slaying ScoutYi Norm, you basically create the One Man Army trait for. But do you want to field him as a Frontliner (offensive), a Protector (defensive), or even a Fighter (Neutral)?This week, you have guests everyday : five of Stable Lotus Harbor finest.Two you're really glad to see. One you don't know that much. Two you're not so happy to work with.First is Ping Jun. Your Versatile harmony friend is a board-and-sword mounted fighter.You already knows of his golden glow aura, a versatile tool although a bit weak.He can easily fit 3 martial roles : Frontliner, Protector and Heavy CavalrySecond and third are LienWen YanEr and Meiying Youling. You're a bit conflicted for the two of them.Your heart screams to already field them on Spiritual Artist position, to prepare from trials to come later on - at the cost of their immediate efficiency.Your mind retort that those trials would only come if you overcome the tribulation, and you'll need them to act as Fighter for that intent and purpose.Then, there's the unpleasant LienWen JiaLin. A proficient swordfighter, still very pissed of being suclassed by you, Dhundan, her cousin.You suspect her case to be slightly different from the two formers - that is, her best archetype does not fit any of the box you've thought out so far.>[This is a mystery box with one "true" good solution.]Last, there's the unsufferable Ster Ling. Always challenging your authority (and helped in that endeavor by JiaLin attempts to undermine you), broadly uncooperative.He's basically a walking superiority complex soured by his lack of title in the Stable Lotus Harbor yearly tournament.At the very least, he's the textbook Marksman, so he won't create headache over his role.>[This is a mystery box with open solutions.]
Regarding the Chain of command, you ponders making Ai second-in-command and Sin-Din third-in-command.However, you know for sure that Ai won't partake in the upcoming tournament. Thus, you make Sin Din your Lieutenant.You have an hidden strength as a strategist : your Bounded-Phoenix skill Eyes From Above - requiring, once again, the Bounded Spirit but that could let you see some hidden shenanigans.You have a glaring weakness : Communication. The lack of Innate Mouth Skill might hurt a bit. It's too late for that one though. You are aware few battle plans resist engagement. At any point, you might Break Formation, getting out of your designated roles. However, you're not sure yet how it will play out for your cohesion. You devote this week at working on your squad coordination. Your first step is assert dominance, that you do by...>Write-in how to assert your authority as the Squad Leader!All that said and done, you have a bit of free time. That you will use :>In a who-piss-farthest contest of marksmanship with Ster Ling>In a lot of 2v2 spars : You and Ping Jun against Dhundan and Ai!>Binding two present people with the Growth-Realm thread! [Write-in person1 and person2, will consume the single-use mystery item]>Write-in any idea you have involving you and another kid in a relevant battle-training thing!Also,>Create the team Comp! I'm expecting a wall of text looking like Yourself as a ...Dhundan as a ...Ai as a ...Man Din as a ...Sin Din as a ...Yi Norm as a ...Ping Jun as a ...LienWen YanEr as a ...LienWen JiaLin as a [Mystery-box write-in advised]Meiying Youling as a ...Ster Ling as a ...
>>6091123>Establish dominance through simple argumentative fashion."I am the captain, and there is no question. I have dedicated my time, efforts and focus towards this end, and with my seniority I command 6 of our 11 numbers. Factor my friendships and I can sway 8 of them.So most qualified, Most sway over the group, and inarguably the most driven.Ster Ling. You might have some qualifications, but you are Like Dhundan, you wish to Win not to let others take the shot. I will give you your shots, and you will take them, and in this way prove yourself the genius lf archery you must be to get here. And if you won't, I'll do it myself.LienWan JiaLin, you don't like me. That's fine, I don't need you to. What I need you to understand is that the next two engagements we are undergoing is of vital importance to our personal development and the towns standing. Failure to break through will set our hard work to nothing and rob us of genius stature, I will climb back up, but I don't know if you will. Success in the empire capital will skyrocket our township in importance and support, and our own status respectively. Perhaps enough to put you back on equal footing with your cousin.But both of you, understand me clearly. I don't hate either of you, nor are you my enemies. Fellow members of Stable Lotus harbour and tentative allies of the future. Helping you here helps me, and to help me here helps you. But.">Flare our battle intent like knives"If it is either of your faults that we are impeded or, heavens help you, fail then we shall be enemies. And I will have no interest in anything but your ruination. Am I clear?"Repay kindness two fold, Repay emnity 10 fold.>Spend free time seeing who can piss farthest with Ster Ling.It's good to get an idea of ranges.Now my present plan is that we know we are facing a single devastating foe this time.So stick two groups there, ranged dps and some supports [the spiritual art guys who will be fighters pre-breakthrough] and the offensive team, Namely Dhun and the others to Harry and harass them straightway.
>>6091162For my line upYourself as a ... JumpJetDhundan as a ... Menacing frontlinerAi as a ... Pacifist PoetMan Din as a ... Wildcard.Sin Din as a ... Giant slaying scout.Yi Norm as a ... Protector [For Dhundan and Ai, if that means he needs to be a frontliner, so be it]Ping Jun as a ... Heavy CavalryLienWen YanEr as a ... Spiritual art positionLienWen JiaLin as a [UNSURE]Meiying Youling as a ...Spiritual art positionSter Ling as a ... Machine gun emplacement. Put out a lot of attacks as best he can, clear our the chaff and pelt the bigger guys.JiaLin has a Jade Lotus Hawk, is a pretty damn good swordswoman, and her stable lotus arts are big on spiritual arts things.hmmm. I'm not sure what to do with her.
>>6091162Anon do remember everyone is literally a child.
>>6091162Suppoty the write-in to establish dominanceFor Ster LingPull him aside and tell him we're giving him an important place in the battle formation. And that you are counting on him to shine. Be the star he wants to be he only needs to take it. (Basically, make it hard for him to refuse and stroke his ego that's been damaged so hard)We'll try to keep the formation simpleFountlineDhundan as a Menacing Frontliner draws main aggro and wears down the opponent's mental strength.LienWen YanEr frontliner simply since they can't use arts yet.Meiying Youling frontliner simply since they can't use arts yet.LienWen JiaLin Sword Dancer - Was tough but it seems she isn't tanky but from the faint info got supple she's very bendy.It's that or a Sword Acrobat. I assume her roll would be to slide into battle with the distractions happen and move into weakpoints almost like an assassin, however, doing it from the front.She can disrupt the frontline of the enemeies ahead well.BacklineYi Norm One Man Army Protector (Defensive) allowing him to fill in gaps of the frontline.Word - Jump Jet striker to fill in the gaps to attack weakened areas to dash in finish do damage. Then retreat. We can also use Eyes From Above to scout dangers and negate shenanigansSter Ling - Marksman opening volley of arrows, watches flank and deals good damage.Man Din as a Wildcard - Have him act as he sees fit. A true wildcard SupportAi as a Pacifist Poet wears down mental strength.Ster Ling - Marksman opening volley of arrows, watches flank and deals good damage.FlankingSin Din Wandering Heavy Cavalry and Giant-slaying Scout both of these rolls go great for a flanker.Ping Jun Heavy Cavalry to Join Sin Din on attacking the Flank.Lastly for the free time ask -Those in the same position mingle together and get a fell for one another. (Except Word he helps Dhundan not be a retard)
>>6091239When they become spirit slingers i'd move them to backline and switch them out for Yi Norm and Man Din as Frontline people
>>6091123>Write-in how to assert your authority as the Squad Leader!The only two giving us problems are Ster Ling and JiaLin, right? Just call them out. Ask what right they think they have to play leader over us, given the results of the most recent tournament.Maybe even spar with JiaLin to get a better idea of her capabilities>In a lot of 2v2 spars : You and Ping Jun against Dhundan and Ai!Intent Saw practice.Yourself as a ... Leap Rocket HitterDhundan as a ... Menacing frontlinerAi as a ... Pacifist PoetMan Din as a ... Wildcard.Sin Din as a ... Giant slaying scout.Yi Norm as a ... FighterPing Jun as a ... Heavy CavalryLienWen JiaLin as a Sword DancerMeiying Youling as a ...Spiritual art positionSter Ling as a ... Marksman
>>6091238We have killed people, I'll fucking ruin this little shitfuckcunt if they fuck us over on these very important events.>>6091239To clarify things, my idea is to offer the carrot that Sterling will shine and Jia will get back in her families graces, that this harbour prospering is her family prospering.And the stick is that we'll ruin them if they mess up because they thought to cause issues out of petty dislike.We saw what appealing to people got us with the snake pit. Now we threaten AND appeal
>>6091123>Write-in how to assert your authority as the Squad Leader!A quiet word, of course. How else could we? Make sure to keep our voice level through this.>”I am considered the captain of our group until the end of this tribulation. I know some of you would prefer otherwise.”>”I will skip the part where our sect outnumbers at this moment. It is not the real reason I am in charge. I can also say it is not because I am the greatest talent in this group. Dhundan and Ai are certainly greater in that regard, and it is arguable that I am one of the least among us in that regard.”>”The real reason is that our sect and my friends here know that I will only hold to all to the same standards I have set for myself. While that may mean nothing to you, I ask that you speak with my sectmates. When you do, ask them what training under is like her. Under our masters first, but eventually under me. Dhundan and Ai haven’t needed it, but the others did recently.”>”Their words are unimportant. What is meaningful is the fear you will see in their eyes and which question you saw it from.”>”Hold on to that memory as we train. You will understand, and I hope you will also understand why they still listen to me. I accept that making people as good as me is insufficient when most of you already have more talent. That means making you better than yourselves. A responsibility few at our age will accept, let alone train for. I have, for all that implies.”Let our results (and the PTSD of several child in our sect) speak for themselves in the coming days.>Free timeLies and slander. The concept is free time is an affront to our dao. There is only the grind, and they will accept this world view!>In a lot of 2v2 spars : You and Ping Jun against Dhundan and Ai!>>6091169Supporting this as our formation for now. I would peg Meiying as Spellslinger giver her ghostly attacks and ask YanEr for more details on her current skills to know whether she’d be healer/guardian/spellslinger long-term. She’ll give us the deets.For NiaLin, she has a bounded spirit and wanted to make good use of it in battle. With her martial skill and reflexes I’d peg her roughly as “Spiritual Dancer”, using her summon as the dance partner. An eventual focus on spiritual arts to buff herself and her summon to be nigh-untouchable and beat down single targets by ensuring no opponent can block both strikes at the same time. Her spiritual focus will make her appear a tempting target to attack by martial cultivators, but that can be her trap.This will mean more focused instruction from our sect since we’re the summoning experts, but that’s fine.Alternately, if she’s willing to show other techniques we could refine further. I doubt she will though.>Battle training ideasOh boy! I’ll think on this while working.
>>6091310Your humility is commendable but these idiots will take it as weakness.
>>6091310Isn't Spirit dancer just front liner with extra steps?But we should consider her sect yeah, so I don't recommend going with Spirit dancer.I don't think her speciality is assassin either. Her bladework is meant to be flawless, and a perfect jumping off point for Spirit arts.Hmm, she called her sword strikes blossoms. Maybe her spiritual arts involve summoning lotus plants, making her an AOE denial type/summoner
>>6091343We’ve never had a positive interaction with Ster Ling and JiaLin so I don’t know if humility or hubris is a greater danger. I’m wrote that with my own personal interpretation on why we’re leading the training in mind. Best I can do until we’ve had some successes with them.I can back humblebrags like>”I will skip the part where our sect outnumbers at this moment or that I won the last tournament. It is not the real reason I am in charge.”to remind that while we downplay things, we did prove we were better than them when it mattered. I’m even indirectly admitting we’ll show them the real secret we have over everyone else (our training regimen) because I laugh at the idea they’ll stick with it after they leave. I’ll applaud them if they do though.>>6091364Thing is, we know her sect does spiritual arts. It’s like saying that someone knows martial arts though. Does that make them a tank? A warrior? An archer? A rogue? I don’t have a good idea on where to slot her. Maybe YanEr can tell us more generally what she or her cousin would be pushed towards if we word it right.Still, we’ve been told we don’t have her role figured out among our options. A frontliner is a martial class, but there is no equivalent for a spiritual role. They have offensive and defensive options, but not one expected to do both. The last spellslingers we fought were ranged fighters as well, so I think close combat-focused spirit art fighter role is the “gap” she’d fill that isn’t covered anywhere.Now, she could still do area denial if you’re right. Something to zone other combatants so she can fight who she wants herself or with a small group. She’d still learn how to hold her own then since area denial can’t win her fights directly.Alternate matchups>Meiying and Dhundan vs [close-ranged fighters] See if Meiying can time her strikes to go through Dhundan’s shield. If the backline gets pushed back we can have him defend for both of them while striking freely. Someone extended in an attack can’t easily defend after all, and a few blows from her may be enough for him to finish ripping and tearing.>Sin and Ping vs Yi NormPing will focus on charging Yi to separate him from his summons so Sin can dive in and attack the most important target. This principle should hold in larger combats as well, where Ping should pick targets based on who he can isolate for our giant-slaying scout and our backline.>Man Din and us - can she take attributes from our beasts in particular?I’m interested in seeing what that “potential” boost is for the 33-beast shapeshifter spirit does. We have a variety of high-level summons, and maybe she can mirror attributes from them if she can see them in action more. It should be better than mirroring the attributes of “normal” beasts that she and her spirit are more familiar with. A Martial horse should have a stronger kick than a normal one for example. Is that something
>>6091364I think that just means she is extremely precise and accurate with her sword swings like she could cut cherry blossoms out of thin air perfectly in half levels of precise.
>>6091504Aka you know those samara clips where the guy cuts through the air and suddenly after they sheathe the sword a bajillion things just fall apart or they just cut some guy in half? I think she is like that.
>>6091507>samaraMeant to say samurai not samara that city fuckin sucks
>>6091239But yeah i'll +1 this since it's closest to what i'm thinking maybe Mystic or Spiritual Sword Dancer instead of just Sword Dancer if this is something we gotta be specific on but this probably matches up the closest from my POV.
>>6091274>>6091442Ran out of space, had to cut some thoughts. Came up with with a couple better ones.>Ai with [everyone] - Bodyguard testingAi has no real combat skills so anything that can cut through her aura is a threat to her. We should run everyone through her aura to see who resists it the best. Anyone that does it particularly well can have an unofficial role as her defender if something is persistently attacking her. We can have that role if needed since we can strike from just about anywhere, but I’d prefer someone to block for her.>Formation break defenseWe won’t have the time to train everyone on all the possible alternate roles when our formation breaks, so I’ll ascribe to a partner principle. If things fall apart, everyone knows one person they can work with. They stick to and support them.It’d be something like>Yi supports Dhundan - The frontline is where Yi demands it, and Dhundan should always be on the frontline.>JiaLin/YanEr supports Yi - If Yi is taken out, the frontline goes with it. Engage anyone that tries to get to him.>Dhundan defends JiaLin/YanEr - He’s got an excellent shield so he can defend one other person at least.and so on.It circles around so the last person in a chain supports the first person in a chain and some cohesion is kept. Dhundan, Yi, and probably a Lienwen as one group with the possible addition of Meiying if she partners well with Dhundan. Ai and hopefully the other Lienwen (maybe Meiying if she isn’t frontline with Dhundan) as another. Ping, Sin Din, Ster Ling, and us as the last. Man Din is a wildcard, so they can float to cover anyone they wish, but I’d suggest focusing on plugging gaps with Ai or Yi. They’re the core of their respective groups as far as I’m concerned because of their unique utilities (Army of One and Pacifist Poet), but I think ours can survive fine without the extra help.We’ll see who holds up best around Ai and make our final decisions for her group then.If a “chain” is broken, the person missing their preferred partner sticks with the person defending them instead. If we have multiple people down it’ll at least give a chance for everyone to keep fighting with one other person at their back.No one faces a trial alone. We should be clear on that in our training.
>Around 4 people expressed themselfI know it's a complex vote and way harder than just prompting a 1d100 roll for gets, but will still let it open a bit more.Mainly because I love the discussion and will steal some ideas to implement in your future strategies options.
>>6091522Partner principle is a great idea.I maintain the groups ought be spirit casters and archers together, and the rest formed into a moving wrecking ball.Should ask for a mouth skill to learn while we travel.
>>6091239+1
>>6091522The partner idea sounds good
>>6091522>>6091748>>6091824>>6091989Haven't started working on the update.The partner chain can't realistically be done so fast. So I'm proposing an intermediate step : Pairings!Feel free to assign people a buddy while I keep procrastinating on that quest
>>6091996Us and WanSterling and jiaAi and dhun and Yi norm. Ai will depart.Ping and sinMan and ghost girl.
>>6092122Idea is that we should fit people together by position first then alliance second.Cavalry together, archer with a spiritual arts user [who will be fighters for the tribulation] sp they can cover one another, front liners together and so on.But I want Jia and Ling together to foster an alliance of convenience between them that might develop into a connection of friendship.Tying lotus harbour and The millitary group geniuses together creates a solid connection that's good for the town.And for YanEr if she becomes the leader of the town.
>>6092122Support +1
>>6091748I’m in broad agreement. I gave Ai some groupies since she’s going to be a notably weaker fighter than the rest, but the other groups boil down to “frontline” and “backline”. Anything more complex would have been impossible to train for now.>>6091996Not that even this simplified version was simple enough for them. Oh well. We have to accept not everyone can train at our level for a whole week without some consequences.>>6092122>>6092144I’m in agreement with the general philosophy and pairings here. First one is us and YanEr, right?If the Lienwen sisters had their spiritual arts we could probably finagle this better, but we don’t know the exact roles they’ll grow into so their positions may change in the future. It is what it is.If Meiying can hit through a defender like Dhundan, Man Din can drag her up closer to the frontline for a partial synergy boost.Partner training ideas… well, I already had the one for Sin Din and Ping Jun. Dhundan and Ai already have the intent saw. For the others:>Ling and Jia can fight a mix of opponents without additional support. Both should focus on staying mobile. Jia will need to draw enough aggro to give Ling time to line up strong kill shots before falling back to him to move, Ling will need to keep ranged attackers off Jia’s back. Their focus is survivability though.>Same for us and YanEr. We have our horse though, and we may be able to carry her while jumping in a pinch. She can practice a quick mount/dismount so we can move and deploy her faster.>It seems unlikely that Meiying would have the range of a bow, so Man Din and Meiying would need to get comfortable fighting in situations they can’t escape. Have Man Din act as either Guardian or Frontliner while Meiying attacks from behind. She should move as needed to keep the Man Din between her and the greatest threats.>Dhundan should focus on being a secondary protector to Yi himself. The number of summons he puts out will tie up far more of the enemy than anyone else can, and we have a lot of glass cannons. We need that front to hold as long as possible.Much of this is meant for a situation where coordination is lost, but it should provide some synergies even in normal play.
>>6092220Meiying seems to summon spiritual imitations like our blood wolf to kill.And has some pseudo true qi bullshit for mid ranged slashes.So close range for our first fight is probably a go, then have em fall back to turn man din into protector when we get spiritual arts up and running
Alright I'm working on the update.I'll require a roll for the work on pairings.Meaning...>5 anons roll 1d100!DC : 20/70/60/40/80
Rolled 17 (1d100)>>6092690
Rolled 17 (1d100)>>6092690That's one fail for us I think
>>6092737Fail for our antagonists too.
Rolled 35 (1d100)>>6092737Given delay of an hour, I will take a second roll and no more.Others, Appear.
Rolled 20 (1d100)>>6092690
Rolled 8 (1d100)>>6092690We are not very coordinated.
>>6092735>>6092737>>6092766>>6092786>>6092813A resounding failure on every single count.
Good. Let the failure out of the system before the really important rolls.
>>6092829Damn that's bad like holy fuck they are all autistic.
>>6092858Almost a dozen 8 year old chink prodigies put into the same room for days
Ya know all the rolls being terrible may actually be better then some of the rolls being terrible in this situation.
So on one hand the multiple failure makes the incoming turn shorter.On the other, I'm also writing up the Tribulation bit. I'm far from done, and this weekend is on the busier sideSo no idea when the update is coming.
>>6092953Could do a multi parter release.
>>6092957Might do.
First thing first, you have to nip in the bud the mutinous behavior of the problematic elements."JiaLin. SterLing. Let's have a quick talk.- What, you require marksmanship pointers, Junior?"- If I were you, I wouldn't try it arrow-boy- Yeah. Piece of advice : shut down the banter, put your serious face on, and nod along.- Looks like you're scared of the plainest dude ever?"- Be as foolish as you want. I'll watch.- Wait, what's happening?"- Oh, you're just in for what we call a "Quiet Word". Never wondered why we call him like that?"Great prep talk from the trio. Not even prompted. You reassert how hard you've been to them in the past... Yeah, they're definitely overreacting, you've been nothing than exceedingly nice to them and indulge in their "15-minutes-break-amidst-halfday-training" fantasy!(You gave them a 10-minute break).You walk a few step, and grab both of them over their shoulder, lowering your voice, forcing their full attention."I find you two are not as involved as I would like in the preparations. So I'll skip the part about how this is for your own good, and...- Say as you want, you're not my senior Brother.- No, I'm something not as nice : I'm your captain. And your better. Also, I don't remind granting you speaking rights.- Careful, you might fall from that ego of..."You flash-flare your intent to shut him up, while your fingers digs in his shoulder as claws."Don't make me raise my voice. Granted, I might not be as talented. You know how I climbed all the way to the top of our agespan pecking order?Discipline. You two had it so easy for so long, you'll need to learn what hard work is. And, Oh boy, I'll make sure you will.If you two stop being complete retards for just five minute, think hard about what is coming next.Ster Ling, you want to be the best. Under my lead, I'll give you your shots. Take them, and prove you're not all bark. Don't, and I'll do it myself.JiaLin, I think you might not like me. - a sassy retort die on the way to her lips as she recall her lack of speaking rightsI don't need you to. I just need you two to cooperate. First we break through. Second we show the Empire our town is not a backwater hillbilly place.I'm sure you are smart enough to catch why this might be good for you for us to overcome this two trials. You slowly release your anger, progressively letting your Fighting Intent cover the three of you."If it is either of your faults that we are impeded or, heavens help you, fail then we shall be enemies. And I will have no interest in anything but your ruination. Am I clear? Good."You drop both of them as well as your intent. JiaLin, less trained in the Mental fortitude than Dhundan, falls down while you simply walk away.
"You seriously mess up. He doesn't talk that long usually.- Maybe cause he likes us to begin with?- LESS SLACKING MORE TRAINING!- Y... Yes, boss!"With that sorted out, you resume your training. The first few days are devoted on training and shifting the lineup around, until you're happy with what you've got.You elected to make Jia Lin an Acrobat. This role opens up a brand new category in your mental space, the Hybrids.The Acrobat is an hybrid between a Frontliner and an Assassin. This archetype needs to be good with a Weapon, Nimble, and able to Dance around the battlefield to navigate the lines to their more favorable targets.The two formers are a given. The later, not so much. You feel like you could have made a better choice, but it eluded you and, frankly, this might not be so far behind.In other words, you feel the role is suitable for her, although not the one that will let her shine the brightest. You don't feel too bad about it - but you will certainly blame yourself if you lose one of the incoming fight by a ropetight margin.She would benefit from a Beast Tamer helping her develop her use of the bounded Jade Lotus Hawk spirit. She didn't acted like she deserved it though.Yi Norm will be fielded as a One-Man-Army Protector. A step behind Dhundan, he'll take care, alongside his ost of summons, no one slip through.Because of the obvious antagonistic role, you make him (and Dhundan) spar a lot against JiaLin supported by Ster Ling, Meying Youling and Man Din.On your side, you team up with YanEr against Ping Jun and Sin Din.Overall, it is a mess. You all fail to make things click together. Your time devoted to "monitor" the other pairs makes your own attempt to find out how to best fight alongside the Young Mistress futile.Your group is still good enough to put the second-stage untalented dummy acting as your full-group sparring on their toes - admittedly, because they hold back due to the level difference. You're not quite sure what to think of the efficiency of your squad.Current Squad Lineup :Leader : Quiet WordLieutenant : Sin DinYourself as a JUMP JET STRIKERDhundan as a Menacing FrontlinerAi as a Pacifist PoetMan Din as a WildcardSin Din as a GiantSlayer ScoutYi Norm as a One-man-army protectorPing Jun as an Heavy CavalryLienWen YanEr as a FrontlinerLienWen JiaLin as an AcrobatMeiying Youling as a FrontlinerSter Ling as a Marksman Meying Dhundan YanEr JiaLin Yi Norm AiPing Jun Man Din Sin Din Quiet Word Ster Ling
Always forgetting tab and space are too much for the chan.>To be continued
>>6092982Jia Kin is hard to pin down with the lack of information maybe trickster or controller.The trickster is using her spirit and throws flints to get under people's skin. Or Tempo Controller to set the pace in her area of fighting using her spirit as a second pair of eyes. Also thanks for update.
>>6092982Thanks for the update Hoss.Also, useful information to use against Jialin.>AND SOMETHING FOR THE TRIO TO TRAIN!
Today, like all days, you wake up in the dormitory shared with the other young Beast Tamer prodigies.After a breakfast made of gruel, the gears of your mind shift.How to work better with LienWen YanEr? Could you say anything to Sin Din and Ping Jun? You have absolutely no clue (nor will) for helping JiaLin and SterLingNot that you have much more insight to help the other kids. But at least you feel more inclinated to.You head toward the training grounds, where you meet eye-rubbing YanEr and JiaLin trying her hardest not to immitate her cousin, and the other kids coming from the city."It's too early in the morning to start training...- What kind of nonsense is that? We are all woke up and clothed!"Something is wrong. Two things, actually. First, a lack of the walking second-stage human dummies generously provided from the sect.Second, what is waiting in their place.The man looks strong. Taller than Ryota, a head covered in a wild, voluminous hazelnut mane of curly hair, holding on without any concern to gravity.Muscles evident beneath is black gi tied with a grass green sash. A quick look with your mystical sight - Apertures, dimmer than Dantians, dimmer than Meridians, dimmer than Bones, which in turn are pale in comparison to a golden sphere. A Spirit Sovereign, as known as fifth-stage or Golden Core cultivator it is."Hello fishes. I'm the dragon."So the way Ryota arranged for your Fish Leaping Through the Dragon Gate was for you to fight with his Fist of the Green Dragon friend? You thought he was supervising a trial, not you had to face him directly!Your group tenses up as the man's energy visually flares up - but the Golden Core, the Bones and the Meridians actually disappear from your vision, while the Dantians flare up, an energy reaching the Apex of Second Stage."In formation!"Immediately, Ping Jun and Sin Din deploy their spiritual beasts, taking upon the wings. Dhundan, Meying and YanEr stepped forward, followed by JiaLin, Yi Norm and Ai.You step back while Man Din take your place, and hear Ster Ling notching an arrow and drawing his bow behind you. You elect to observe before letting destruction rain from above.A roundhouse kick sent both YanEr and Meying flying a few meters around - dispelling a couple of Yi's Monkey attempting to catch them back, which are immediately remplaced by JiaLin and Ai, starting up the Intent Saw with Dhundan.The impressive man you're facing just caught JiaLin's sword strike between two fingers. Ai's soothing aura seems effective enough to prevent the young Lotus girl to take a bad pounding.JiaLin uses the respite to disengage, letting room for Ping Jun and Sin Din to attempt a charge from opposite angle. That's when Ster Ling unleash his Volley skills of him. The timing is perfect. You JUMP and join the attack, unleashing a shot.You think your attack is slightly mightier than Ster Ling, but he clearly makes up with his rate of fire.
Your opponent grasps Sin Din halberd, use the polearm to divert Ping Jun's strike - letting the two horse-rider strike divert each other and cross him, while he launches on the ground, in a spinning kick-dancing motion that divert Dhundan's saber with a heel, followed by a powerful kick delivered from the side of the feet in the boy's stomach, then a third hit at a close-by monkey.All that while dodging by an hair's width Ster Ling Arrows. That's when your shot fall, in the perfect angle to pin him down.You feel his gaze locking down on you as you launch your perfectly-lined hit, while using your Rising Kick, Ascended Phoenix, holding up in the sky with your materialized bounded beast wings.Did the man just... Somersaulted away from your attack? This will be a hard fight - you're giving all of what your group can, and never touched him once!Wait. Man Din had circled around the guy, and his dodge sent him right down to her and her long, needle-like beack Crane Spirit found her way to the martial artist's back, tearing a hole through his black gi."Oh? So soon? Well, it means I'll have to go seriously."One smooth motion, and the man sent away his shirt, revealing a smooth and muscular skin. More concernly are the energy-dense armbraces of metal bubbling like boiling water."Let me introduce myself. QuickSteel Aris. The Metallic Dragon. Weapon-master of the Fist of the Green Dragon sect.- Wait, something's strange!"Man Din's energy seems to be surging too, after that succesful hit. Her Qi and Blood in her Mouth Aperture connect back to the heart aperture, refined after their full cycle from thread-like to a blue-white glowing liquid. Her power surges, and you can witness her Spirit growing alongside her - shifting and taking the same liquid-metal hue than your adversary's armbrace.The fight resume. Of course, Man Din breaking through does not make her a match to the man toying with you. But it requires a greater deal of attention - especially since her Bounded Spirit seems immune to his strikes, strike you perceive poorly because of the angle. Said angle exploited by YanEr. She avoid an elbow by dropping on her left knee, right leg extanded, and uppercuts up the man in a blinding flurry of teal lotus petals. The Green Dragon fighter turns his head to assert the new threat - before getting hit upon the head by a Yi, instantly able to pull a few Monkeys out of his sleeve - said monkey with a power level relevantly second stage now."Alright, I can stomach Quiet Word overtaking me. Lotus Princess, I don't like it... but it makes sense. But Man Din? YI NORM?!?The scream of Dhundan barely distract Aris, which glance over his shoulder, punch strongly at Man Din - sending her less far than you would have expected - and prepare to face Dhundan.This is the perfect opportunity for you to take your Second shot, at the same split-second Dhundan sent a vicious slash.
Something strange happen, as you feel your own Qi completing the cycle as your arrow depart, in perfect synchronization with the dark tide emanating from Dhundan.You can distinctively hear a Phoenix shriek, and swear you can see a teapot, a small phoenix and a blood-shadow wolf dancing around your arrow piercing through Dhundan's darkness.A dull twin thud, both of your move hit the target. Back on the ground, you JUMP again and notch a new arrow, drawing your bow... Which cracks. The mundane training weapon seemingly can't withstand your newfound might."I almost felt those one. Nice."Your fighting resume, less one-sided right now. The man's armbrace are starting to shift forms : a Saber to meet Dhundan's attack before extending in a Monkey-dispelling pike, turning into a glaive for a mighty cleave, sending everyone around him ducking - but Man Din spirit, shifted as a mouse, slide behind the attack before morphing into an elephant, dragging enough attention to open up an oppotunity for Meying Youling, clawing at your adversary with her ghostly energies. Empowered, the Death Harvester girl leaps back, and starts hurling pellets of eldritch energy from further away, requiring a greater deal of attention from the man's shifting sphere of liquid metal than Ster Ling's arrow, still raining on your target.A golden sword slams behind the mighty cultivator's head. Ping Jun had time to stop, turn back, and charge again. His golden Aura turns brighter with his breakthrough, letting him disengage twice as fast as previously. Aris, quite busy with the onslaught of attacks of Dhundan, Meying and the nimble YanEr, gets ready to avoid Sin Din's attack.That was the opening Ster Ling was needing. One of his arrow, flying at an angle, just bends mid-flight turning into a pure-white and bright line. In turn, the hit distract Aris enough to let Sin Din cleave connect, in a cloud of mist with wind rising around the girl. Last, Jia Lin sword finds a way in with the man busy enough with the 9 other second-level cultivator. Akin to her cousin, her strikes seems to generate some lotus petals, although her own are seemingly sculpted in Jade."And that concludes it.- No it doesn't! We still have some fight left in us!- No you don't. But if that's help you sleep at night, know that if my body resistance was truly at the second stage, I might had a couple cuts and bruises from this little spar."
Indeed, you're all falling to your knees. The power surge was as exhilarating as exhausting.You're counting up in your head, and something doesn't add up."Wait! Ai haven't broke through!- Ten out of eleven ain't so bad a success rate. Despite, I doubt this method could work on her - she haven't even attempted to punch me.- Does that mean the fighting is over? I hated every second of it, so cool beans. - But you're getting set back a lot! You have to reaccumulate energy, and you might not cross the second stage before eight, and...- All those matter for you but I personnally don't care. See ya."It's been 2 years and 9 months since you've joined the Eastern Province branch of Tamers of Hundred Beasts, and today Stable Lotus Harbor counts 10 genius-potential kids.Everybody's getting back to their own sect for stabilizing your new realm - which goes surprisingly fast in your case. It means it's time for resuming your training.Either Combine a Foundation and chose 2, or chose 3Combine your Foundation work (pick 1 body and 1 meditation):>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet]>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available]>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix]>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial]Potential>Maybe one specific technique of yours should be improved? [Choose in addition to said technique. More chances of breakthrough]>Investigate Phoenix Dao using legends.Friendship [Locked]>Keep improving things between Ai and Dhundan [require write-in on how]>Help the trio of gifted Cultivator with their cultivation!>Train Squad TacticsOther>Reflect on your archetype [Write-in] [Locked]>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Work on your Mental Energy with DhundanWeapon skills>Work on your Unarmed Style : Metal-melting Truefire>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Work on your Spear style : Blood-Shadow Wolf Painful Assault >Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]Spiritual Arts Technique >Work on your Crimson tides of life IchorSpiritual Beasts>Investigate on the talking Spiritual Beasts>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual AnimalsThe sect>Go discuss with your guest Aris - he stared at you hard during the fight!>Ask Ryota for a Mission! [Locked]Strengthening the Jar>Gardening time! [Unecessary, Mental Health at its brim]>Slack off [It will be bad for your mental health]>Ask Snake Mistress about what is loveRoad of independence>Think of what you might need in the Loose Cultivator eventuallity.And, as always...>Write-in allowed!
>>6094353>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial]Foundation Gang, always be foundation-ing.>Train Squad tacticsRyota wanted to prep us for another tournament, so we need to keep up.>Go discuss with your guest Aris - he stared at you hard during the fight!This seems the most time-sensitive of all the options, so... color me intrigued.
>>6094360+1Funny moment where edgy rival shocked at 4 other people in a row upstaging him. Man Din getting Liquid Metal or something for her spirit is also extremely powerful with it already being a Ditto. Seems Ster Ling has more dps compared to Quiet Word with how much he spams shots as his style
>>6094360>Train Squad tacticsLocked. You and the other kids needs to get a better grasp at True Qi.
>>6094372Glad you liked it. This update took me quite a while to write-up
>>6094353>Snake body>Poisoner's ultimate self trial>Mounted archers style>Go discuss with our guest.FUCK YEAH!I don't know why it worked. BUT IT WORKED!
>>6094379It was awesome.Otherwise, Everyone else, if we go to see the Martin master she is going to give us a body tempering technique for blood aspect.We don't need it with our spiritual art healing method but it's nice to know.
>>6094353>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial]I respect the grind.>Go discuss with your guest Aris - he stared at you hard during the fight!Since he could leave at any moment.> Work on your Mental Energy with AiI’ll avoid training a weapon skill while we’re still stabilizing, and this has two purposes. We normally do this with Dhundan, but we can train with Ai for the same general benefit. I’d also like to ask her>What does she want out of cultivating, and how will she get it?since she’s not motivated to fight. I can’t imagine she’ll be able to get what she wants without people standing in her way. If I’m right about that, then I want to push her skills to eventually bring even the most hostile people to peace with her. That’ll take persistence to bring her around, and we can show the truth of her current weakness by cutting through her aura until she can MAKE us stop.Our sect-mates deserve better than to have their goals trampled on by others more ruthless and uncaring about the ways of others. It requires strength to defend that though, if not in direct combat then in other ways.Does Quiet Word have a goal in all this cultivation himself? Something besides getting strong for the sake of being strong? Might not be bad for Ai to coax it out of him when she gives her own reasons.
>>6094456>Does Quiet Word have a goal in all this cultivation himself? Something besides getting strong for the sake of being strong? Might not be bad for Ai to coax it out of him when she gives her own reasons.This question is interesting.As the players, you are entitled your own answer. Why is Quiet Word grinding for? Relevance in the world as a whole? A feel of Control? Just because it feels right ?
>>6094481I figured we’d have to answer that. Hopefully he doesn’t have a huge panic attack like when he realized he had no name since knowing what he wants is a pretty big thing to overlook for so long. Hell, he’s considered some benefits and drawbacks to being a loose cultivator before he settled on what he’s seeking with cultivation in the first place!I’ll suggest>To be relevantas my reason. Ai and Dhundan are the true talents. There’s certainly more out there we haven’t met yet, not to mention powerful figures who may be more or less talented but have had far more time to be better cultivators. I want our advice and decisions to still matter to people like them, even when hard work alone will no longer be enough to close the gap in skill and power. Especially then, because when we no longer grow meaningfully is when we’ll struggle the most. We’ll need the help of others to get through those times.
>>6094353>>6094360>Since we can't train squad tactics, ask Ryoga for a bow that we can use. Our last one broke.
>>6094507This was asked once before. My answer is Immortality. Basic.
>>6094378Alright, changing my vote from >Train Squad Tacticsto>Work on your Mental Energy with Dhundan
>>6094353Ya know if quicksteel is a bro if he is in a minor realm we could trade his a cup of tea in exchange for points to change/ exchange for a meteor hammer skills. Ryota could oversee the tradeAlso update was amazing >Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial]>Work on your Unarmed Style : Metal-melting Truefire>Go discuss with your guest Aris - he stared at you hard during the fight!
>>6094481We felt like shit when we fell behind.So that's the impetus to run through the stages.>My answer is to be relevant and ImmortalityWe hate falling behind the others, becoming irrelevant.
>>6094579>Ya know if quicksteel is a bro if he is in a minor realm we could trade his a cup of tea in exchange for points to change/ exchange for a meteor hammer skills.It's been the second time in this thread someone partially exposed an Aris incoming plot point. I don't know if I foreshadow too much, if it's the luck of the greater number, if yall are too trop savvy or anything else.
>>6094629I did wonder how he brought a spirit sovereign to us.
>>6094481He has no real big ideas or morals mainly he wants to shine. Straight from the beginning he was told he'd never be a genius that he was just talented. And to shine he had to give up repeatedly until it all paid off last tournament. All his effort to shine showed that his effort mattered. The risks he took paid off. He walks a tight rope of failure is not an option. Like in the branch sect fight where he didn't get first. His biggest weakness right now is mental. Which will be constant challenges he overcomes to sharpen his resolve.For his goal? Burn brightly.
>>6094629Oh fuck he has a daughter.
>>6094640>>6094629Wait, what was the first?!
>>6094629Well, Ryota did mention that our tea could serve as Breakthrough material. It IS something that would be of great interest to others, most notably people much older than us.
>>6094640Does he? A dragon-aligned young girl your age? Perhaps matching the prophecy?Quiet Word doesn't know.
>>6094645this post >>6082677 basically IS the liquid metal sphere Aris got his Quicksteel namesake from;You briefly faced it in the fight, it was his armbrace able to no-action shift in the most suitable weapon for every situation.>>6094635A good friend of his. Basically invited his bro, didn't even had to bribe him. Plus, it's adequate with Aris personnality + his own goals + Ryota's goals.
>>6094653He has a changing weapon? Oh snap if we could add that to our growth weapon. Quick jade would solve all our weapon problems.
>>6094661You had your shifting weapon chance already with the Bo(w) and its Growth version.
>>6094663We can find another later. They exist, obviously.>>6094653Pretty cool.>Dragon.Wait. . Oh.
>>6094353Thinking about it we could run a trick on Ai. Depending on her strength of illusions to see all her friends hurt begging her to help them. For her to understand sometimes you must fight to protect what you want. Cause at this point the sect will no doubt cast her aside eventually because she's well. Going to become a leech who can't win any glory for the sect.
>>6094791Our own illusion ability is laughable, but we could be meaner with the same general trick. I’d want to speak with Ryota on it first though since it would involve him.Tell her we’ve asked Ryota to kick her out of the sect. She may be a talent, but she’s using resources that could go to others like Dhundan, Man Din, or even lesser cultivators. Power and prestige come as part of a struggle with other clans. Even for a clan with as many good relations as ours, there are others that care nothing for us and would take what we have so they would have it instead.Someone who can’t even defend herself properly has no right to take away from those who will. It’s a well-reasoned argument.We can even tell her Ryota may not follow through with it. But we are nothing if not persistent. A quiet word can wear down any resolve when spoken enough times.The only way to dissuade us of this would be to convince us she should stay. We can give her an hour each day, or something similar, to do what she needs to convince us. Longer is she argues for it. If she can’t beat our resolve, we go to Ryota and let him know Ai failed that day. We outclass her by far in combat, and our mental resistance should be enough to bear what she can throw at us. Not that it would matter if we lost a single exchange anyway! A battle is but a single thrust in the context of a war, and that’s how we can view this. A war between dedication and laziness. She’ll need to grind out her breakthrough before we submit, to show she can push through something that she doesn’t like to seize something she wants.We’ll be a far more terrifying Gate to Ai than Ryota’s friend was to us. All he’d do is hurt her physically. We can do so, so much worse to her.That said, I propose we wait before we set ourselves up as her final boss for this stage. I’d like to hear her reason for cultivating first to see if there’s a better tack for us to take. We can cause a little girl to cry as a last resort.
>>6094353>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial]>Work on your Crimson tides of life Ichor>Go discuss with your guest Aris - he stared at you hard during the fight!Why is Quiet Word grinding for? Relevance in the world as a whole? A feel of Control? Just because it feels right?>He began grinding to justify he ego through substance. He now grinding because it what is satisfying to him and would feel foolish living any other way.
>>6094353Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Meditation [Poisoner's Ultimate Selftrial]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]>Go discuss with your guest Aris - he stared at you hard during the fight!
>>6094791>>6094833She doesn't care about potential, she said so.So if she isn't of any use whatsoever to battles, encourage her to take up other useful tasks.Healers or beast carer/catcher/trainer is an acceptable path
Funniest Tally Status. If I can advise :What are you going to need the most in the upcoming fight?
>>6095074Simply a single trained power as we don't have alot of time for the fight. So training Mounted archery is the best aling with movement tech.Second would be a weapon for the comp which would be a bow. I'll switch my vote >>6094579For Unarmed to mounted archer's tech. that also means that using the poem and rising phoenix wide ballet would've been the best choice.
>>6095093I think the Golden scales is a perfectly good method. But it is most optimal combined with movement technic.
>>6095074I'll also switch vote from >>6094563 to>Work on Mounted Archer's Wind-gliding Phoenix Venom arrow
>>6095067Well yeah, it’s part of why I wanted to ask her what her plans really are. I’m struggling to think of something she’d enjoy/be better suited for than stopping conflicts before they start though. In a might-makes-right world, it seems reckless to not learn how to defend yourself, but it’s fine if those defenses are a pacifist aura, forging friendships, and serving as a mediator when trouble bubbles up.Maybe it’ll be enough to put this idea in her head if she doesn’t have a set plan. I can’t see Quiet Word accepting a talent greater than him settling for less than he could achieve though. At least not this early, while he’s still a kid. It feels like an insult to his own dedication to have the people he should be looking up to stay behind him instead.But this is why the “Oh no.” triplicate response earlier is both funny and not funny. Quiet Word seems like he’s at his scariest when he’s a friend who wants you to do better. Even being his enemy doesn’t seem THAT bad in comparison.>>6095074I’ll switch to the bow technique as well. Can we still find time to ask Ai what her plan’s are and put the idea in her head of being a mediator? She can’t get involved in a fight if she stops it from happening in the first place.
>>6094353>>6094549>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet]>Meditation [Poison]>Discuss with Aris>Mounted Archer's Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow (poison works with it directly.)This is the bow-aligned jump-jet Foundation+Weapon training regimen.
>>6095107>>6095351Can we flip enough before the vote locks? Let’s find out. I’ll switch to support this. I assume the meditation aspect will help our stabilization since it requires True Qi as well?
Oh rereading lack of mouth skill for communication.
>>6095398Probably not but i'll>>6095351Give this a +1, mostly stayed out this one cause I didn't think Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet had a shot.
>>6095074>>6095093>>6095351Since this has a shot last change I'll do no more. After this.
>>6095409That is a thing to ask for. But we can ask for it next turn.>>6094398Put snake body to Pheonix waltz.
Our resident critic Archivebro made a review of the Normal Cultivator Quest recently.He might even be hiding around that thread! so shout out to him, and if you are not following /qtg/, here's the reviewhttps://pastebin.com/Es9KmW3C
Also,>You did it, reddit!Alright I'm taking it back, don't want any of you to feel offended by that one.Locking, writing;
>>6095905>Neat am worried about Word however eventually our strength will grow by relying on others and building them up for Word to grow.After tomorrow gonna try to finish up that paste bin link and switch up he order where more important information is at the top and the summaries will be moved to the bottom.
True Qi changes everything. Over the course of the next weeks, you stabilize your new realm. And feel extremely well.Your channels, painfully developped during the first realm, are now able to channel your refined True Qi.It's strange : the threads are less and less blood-string like and more and more pure energy as they cycle through your aperture before pooling in your lower Dantian.That mythical "Dantian" is a mystical energy receptacle, akin to Aperture - not present in the physical world, but shining brightly for your Astral Self.You are currently working on filling the energy of the First Dantian, known as the Origin Dantian. In this realm, Ryota told you you have to accumulate energy and use your raw true Qi to shatter the bareers among the dantian along a cycle. Once the cycle completed, your energy will qualitatively improve once more. Said Dantian is localized in the lower section of your midriff, connected to most channels - not like the aperture.True Qi is liquid, shapeless. Your developped Elemental channels, by an alchemical process you don't understand, change it while still in your body and let you materialize it under the new elemental form.You're especially impressed by the result of your Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet practice.The body-tempering dance covers you in golden flames, shaped like burning feathers. No doubt your Phoenix Fire is purer and mighter than the mundane version.However, without a profound comprehension and a few breakthrough, you won't capitalize easily on those changes.That, and your meditation turns out more than you can stomach.Maybe it was plain bad luck - but you despise shifting the blame away from yourself : this is an unbearable mark of weakness and avoiding the consequences of your action.No, the truth is simpler : bad control of your Qi. You should had taken into account your Poison channels are already well developped. That your channel able to reduce Qi potency were narrower. Whatever it is, you pushed yourself half a step too far and get too poisonned for comfort. Granted, it was not so bad - but enough to make you puke and shiver for three days and three night, taking away precious practice time. You think you'll really need to work on that Selftrial of yours for the technique to include more favorable aspect - Growth has no dedicated channels in one's body, after all. It doesn't prevent you to practice your bow style, though. Merely delay the speed which you create the precious True Qi for your first dantian.
Your bow style practice however went more than well. True Qi, as stated previously, changes everything.Your arrows are shrouded by a small whirlwind which improves their penetration on target. They glide as the namesake technique indicates on an insane distance, doubling their reach.And a drop of Poison made from your Qi awaits a poor target with each shot - terrific combination with the greater penetration granted by the wind aspect of the technique.Granted, you still lack insight regarding the Phoenix part of the technique. That doesn't really matter.Clarity stroke, and you're pretty sure the most beneficial thing for you in your current state is cycling through your techniques to improve your True Qi use.What you trained to the Apex previously should only require less than one month of focus to reap the True Qi empowerement benefits.But this is far from the most important thing to tell about the week."Hello Rising Phoenix.- My name is Quiet Word.And nobody that will know you from your martial prowess will know that. So get ready to recognize this as one of your name.Having several name is really a boon : keep one for your loved ones, an other for those you don't trust. That will let you enter the right mindspace for your confrontations.Anyway, did the scroll helped you.- Wait, what scroll?-Nice try. I think I drank from what you're hiding at your belt. I paid Ryota a useless rag with Phoenix nonsense itched to it lying in our sect's coffers only because the word "Dragon" was inscribed among the firebird rant. So... Did it help you in the end?- Actually? You wouldn't believe how much.- Good, good. One man's trash truly is another's treasure. Anyway. Are you able to redo what you did? I notice a strong weapon around your arm.- The ornament?- Second time you're taking me for a foul. Won't accept a third. You didn't used the Meteor-Hammer during our fight. This is a complex weapon with too few masters.I happen to master a couple of its style. One of which I created on my own- Not saying that I have what you seek. But I'm interested in what reward this could possibly entail?"You indeed have the empowered Teapot. Would you sell a cup to Aris?>Yes, for the Scheming Silver Mouse Chainstrikes>Yes, for the Quicksteel's Indomitable Thunder>Yes, but you want him to help you tailor-make a Meteor Hammer Style [Write-in what it will entail. Might not work, might put you into tea debt]>No
Either Combine a Foundation and chose 2, or chose 3Picking the tailor-making of Meteor Hammer Style cost one action.Combine your Foundation work (pick 1 body and 1 meditation):>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet]>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available]>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix]>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial]Potential>Maybe one specific technique of yours should be improved? [Choose in addition to said technique. More chances of breakthrough]>Investigate Phoenix Dao using legends.Friendship [Locked]>Keep improving things between Ai and Dhundan [require write-in on how]>Help the trio of gifted Cultivator with their cultivation!>Train Squad TacticsOther>Reflect on your archetype [Write-in] [Locked]>Work on your Unlimited Rising Star Kick [Pills available]>Work on your Mental Energy with DhundanWeapon skills>Work on your Unarmed Style : Metal-melting Truefire>Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd [Pills available]>Work on your Spear style : Blood-Shadow Wolf Painful Assault >Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]Spiritual Arts Technique >Work on your Crimson tides of life IchorSpiritual Beasts>Investigate on the talking Spiritual Beasts>Investigate Body Shifting with your Spiritual AnimalsThe sect>Go discuss with your guest Aris - he stared at you hard during the fight!>Ask Ryota for a Mission! [Locked]Strengthening the Jar>Gardening time! [Unecessary, Mental Health at its brim]>Slack off [It will be bad for your mental health]>Ask Snake Mistress about what is loveRoad of independence>Think of what you might need in the Loose Cultivator eventuallity.And, as always...>Write-in allowed!
>>6096437>Yes, But require him to make a custom meteor hammer style. [MUst include flames and Gold]I don't think that's too hard an ask. Fire has to be one of the most common elements in the world and this guys name is literally quick steel.If this puts us into debt, then I don't really want it. The reason I want it is so we can turn it into a Pheonix really quickly with 2 breakthroughs.>Oh, and Absolutely must keep your mouth shut about my 'merchandise'.>>6096438>Goldem snake body>Spirit bound fighter>Rising star kick>Archer style.
>>6096447Wait no.>Swap Archer style for "Get a mouth skill for communicating to our team from Ryota"
>>6096438Foundation work>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available]>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style: Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]But with write-in>Yes, but you want him to help you tailor-make a Meteor Hammer Style [Write-in what it will entail. Might not work, might put you into tea debt]Say you wanna drop Tiger for Wolf and Sun for one of your current known affinities. Thinking Jade to go with the weapon or something else (Tell about affinities currently known) >Write-inTalk with the Blood master (I forgot her name) and enhance your blood affinity, then work on your Crimson Tides of Life ichor.Is this alright QM also how much time till we're shipped out if we only got a month or so then Mouth Skill swap from Blood master Visit
>>6096468That's actually a great idea.Asking quickstep to help change our Sun seer over two key words. . If he can do that? That'd be pretty great.I can support that.
>>6096469Other then that ask Snake Master for pointers for meditation and how to handle poison. whenever we get around to it.
>>6096438>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available]>Yes, but you want him to help you tailor-make a Meteor Hammer Style [Write-in what it will entail. Might not work, might put you into tea debt]I’ll support >>6096468 followed by >>6096447 for this.>Ask Ryota about mouth skills, and see who you can train with on it.Like >>6096455 said. We didn’t succeed at building cooperation amongst our team so staying in contact with them is pretty important.
>>6096437>Yes, for the Scheming Silver Mouse Chainstrikes>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial]>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Ask Snake Mistress about what is love>Work on your Crimson tides of life Ichor
>>6096468That's a nice idea, but Aris will tell you it will take him less work to start from scratch than changing so much an existing technique.The idea with that vote is to "pick" key words like >>6096447 said. Aris is really good at what it does, so Phoenix can be a valid word - although harder work for him. Regarding "Tea Debt", that mean he will ask for one more cup on a set amount of condition, linked to the technique's difficulty But it will be fair and, honestly, worth it
>>6096437>Yes, but you want him to help you tailor-make a Meteor Hammer Style. Something that combines our Wolf spirit with a Jade affinity>>6096438>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available]>Work on your Crimson tides of life Ichor>Investigate on the talking Spiritual Beasts
>>6096742Alright then kinda tough.>>6096468Meteor-Hammer Style (Shadow, Phoenix, Jade, (something) maybe chainstrikes or schemingI'd call it Meteor-hammer Style Jade Shadow Phoenix (something) or Meteor-Hammer Style Jade-chain Shadow Phoenix How I envision it is that our real meteor hammer and arms are covered in shadows, and we can control a number of fake shadow meteor hammers to hide the real one. Eventually, with enough progress, the real shadows can strike in various directions or combine with the weapon and increase its attack power.
>>6096771so Meteor-Hammer, Shadow, Phoenix, Jade...Axing the techniques of the skill with your write in...I'll pitch it as "Jade Phoenix's Concealed Meteor Swarm"
>>6096781I like it.
>>6096742With this knowledge. Let's go full on.>Meteorhammer skill, Pheonix Space, Jade.That should be 4 words.Maybe. . Jade Pheonix expanding HammersI am >>6096447
Tally statusI know this one is a complex vote, with the "create your desired technique" thing included, but it looks like it's going this way.So all feel free to write the keywords and what you envision the sytle to do like >>6096771 >>6096858I'll average the number of keywords + said keywords among voters.
>>6096438>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available]I'm for meteor-hammer, phoenix, jade, space>Ask Ryota about mouth skills, and see who you can train with on it.
>>6096871You are missing an option for training.>>6096867So long as the key words for our hammer are involved, it's A okay for me.As for possible techniques.Toss a hammer at a bitch, Make it explode with Qi as we teleport from one end to the other as a set up for our next blow. Space word dependent.Create afterimage of the Pheonix by swirling the end of the hammer, so one hit is followed by 2 or 4 smaller hitts on the same point.Meteor hammer growing wings and curving at strange angles to get around a guard.Smash the ground to create an expanding wave of Jade spikes, Possibly deceptively fast moving while they seem slow due to perspective.Tell me if I'm just being greedy.
>>6096873No he's not.The custom technique takes 1 of your action.>TeleportOut of the grasp of true Qi. this kind of technique is, barring amazing innate spatial skills, of the 9th realm level.
>>6096885Hmm.Transfiguration into a flare of flame, leaning on our pheonix word. Something to speed us to the other end, rather than just ignoring the distance.Also. . Huh, that makes the space collapsing kick an amazing technicality.
>>6096895>Also. . Huh, that makes the space collapsing kick an amazing technicalityI'm not flying I just jump good moment.
>>6097028This isn't teleporting, I am just compressing space to move across it faster. Near instantaneously infact.
>>6097031A worm beast with Earth and Space affinities that creates literal wormholes must exist out there in an obscure corner of the ancient chinese spirit realms, and just like regular earthworms it does it to improve energy flow throughout locations
>>6097028>>6097031unironically, yes.One of the big difference is taking damage along the way or not if there's a sharp rope extended
>>6096771>>6096858>>6096871So I have only 3 input for the custom technique.Other, please take a bit of time to voice it.
>>6097700Looks like it's Pheonix, space and Jade. 4 key words, nice.Though I'm fine to add Shadow 2. Debt is fine.
>>6096437>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available]>Work on your Crimson tides of life Ichor>Investigate on the talking Spiritual Beasts>Yes, for the Quicksteel's Indomitable ThunderThunder attunement could help us through future realm trials and our current attunement is low. This shores up a critical weakness.
>>6097815It doesn't tho.We would need to constantly raise our affinity with treasures and new techniques and crap which we are already doing for Blood.If you don't commit to raising it, it's a waste.But get a custom technique suited for us and we can master the meteor hammer, which opens up further technique uses later.
>>6097700>I'm fine with meteor-hammer, phoenix, jade, space, and shadow if possible.
Locking >Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake][Pills Available]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available]>Asking Ryota for a Mouth Skill>Custom meteor-hammer skill including phoenix, jade, space, and shadowStarting working on the update.
Is it just me or am I greedy in filling out the machine with loadstones? Figure whenever we get a hit of funds to fully upgrade it. Then we could loan it out whenever new batches of kids come in. I know we sold the idea to the sect but the other schools could benefit and we'd get a nice kickback.
Sorry; didnt' finished writing yesterday.And i'll have a busy weekend
"Alrigth. You're a weaponmaster, so let's make the best Weapon skill I could ever get...- State what you want, then we'll settle on a price."In the end, you ask to create a Meteor Hammer technique including Phoenix, Shadow, Jade and Space. The Jade Phoenix's Concealed Meteor Swarm.It will cost you a bit more than you initially wanted - you settled on 3 cups - meaning 2 other time.As soon as the agreement is reached, you both go to Ryota to arrange the payment.All of three sit in Ryota's office, where he supervise and manage the branch's business, you unfurl the cloth binding your wondrous teapot.It does not display the characters of aperture - which have shrinked as a single line down - but now the following words are etched :Origin, Tail, Claw, Foot, Palm, Neck, Head, Horn. The first glow of a golden hue with blue highlight, the other are dull.Ryota prepare two cups - one for your guest and one for you : despite its uselesness for you, the Teapot's power won't work else - as you brew the tea.While the leaves infuse, you ponder - you feel a bit unsafe showing it to Aris, but after all he already knows about the teapot as well as the tea's power.Maybe it's the last time the teapot will be ineffective for you - your inborn mouthful of True Qi is dwindling away and will soon be completely gone.The tea is ready; you start pooring it in the cups. One serving. Two servings - and the teapot is still two-third full."Ryota! More cups! Else we'll waste!- We didn't arranged anything for someone else! Who will they be for?">Write-in : Quiet Word, being a dutiful disciple, will gift one serving to Ryota. Who will you gift the 3 other? [They must be present sect members] You beneficiate from Aris'mentoring from the first days after your breakthrough to the end of the month.This meant not only did you two created the technique, but you even got pointers while training. You brought your non-developped Jade channel halfway to second realm - as well as your Meteor Hammer mastery.You lack a bit of practice to effectively use the style in upcoming fights, but the skill tailor-made to suit your unique bounded weapon makes the training laughably easy.You haven't felt that gifted since practicing the Hawk Wide Ballet once you bounded the Hawk and Snake spirits. Of course, you also trained your Foundation.Your body and mind are now truly worthy of the second realm - depite nothing flashy or new happening to you or your techniques with True Qi.Last, there is the matter of the Mouth SkillRyota is afraid no one in the branch knows a teachable Mouth skill.You ponder a bit, and have a shrewd insight - your "Eyes from Above" skill might be applicable to your bounded spirits - but with other senses.You start thinking and tinkering at the mystic formations you've learned for your teached Eye skill - to no result for now.
And this is it. You will depart tomorrow for the Capital for the tournament...>Any last thing to do before going?
A/N : short update tonight. 'tis the best I could do.
>>6099476Ask snake master for pointers to stop poisoning yourself.Man Din and Sin Din and Yi NormFigure duan will try harder not to be passed. With this it'll bring up our group power by a level.
>>6099499+1Gotta help the ones behind to get stringer to strengthen the binding ties
>>6099475>Man din, sin din, and Yi normFuck yeah.>>6099476>Ask the snake mistress for some pointers about using poison with our arrows [like good parts of the body to hit] and the self poisoners trialHmm about eyes from above. . . what of our animals has a good communication method? Wolves can howl for miles, it is said.
>>6099475>Yi Norm>Dhundan>Snake Master>Ask Snake Master for tips to not poison ourselves.
>>6099475>Man din, sin din, and Yi norm>>6099522Wolf howling could also be used for intimidation, even though communication is probably more useful
Going over the threads to paste bin I forgot the Snake Master Maya Tao. She is also the healer of the sect and we should learn the healing arts and poison from her.
>Reminder that it won't do anything to help the other kids
>>6099788Alright then I guessSnake Master, Deer master, and what about AI? If not, have Ryota recommend someone to help her break through the second stage.
>>6099790Misspoke I mean have Ryota choose someone drink maybe bro Bathias.
>>6099788Gotcha.>>6099747Fix this to>Bathias, Snake mistress and Kyoko
>>6099799Correct myself.The linked post is not me, I am >>6099522
>>6099798I don't wish to spam however I think we should actually give a cup to the Wolf Mistress instead of Bathias this time. Frankly we owe her karma still for hooking us up with Body tempering liquid. And we should reply the kindness. I am switching over and this my final vote.
>>6099807So you are saying wolf mistress, Snake mistress and deer master?I cannot say why deer master deserves a cup over Bathias.And I don't really trust wolf mistress with our secret. But I agree it is good karma, even though we did have to beg ourselves and pull on Dhundans friendship.On the flip side.Kyo ko and Bathiad are young and also in really good standing. Going forwards, it would do us really well to have good relationships with the future Snake mistress [and sect healer] and current Hawk master when we intend to succeed Ryota.
>>6099836>My bad looking over the threads I mixed Dear Mistress with Marten Mistress(the blood user) Marten Mistress instead of deer(Sorry for mix up)ALSO FINALLY I HAVE FINISHED THE PASTE-BIN TO THREAD FIVE. I've moved the thread breakdown below and all useful information above it going over all questions, affinities, and tidbits on training(Which I'm too lazy to order someone else can)Been working to finish this for 5 hours or so.https://pastecode.io/s/cx0nzywv No sleep yet I've finished what I've started long ago. gah.
>>6099842Marten mistress isn't someone I trust, and she has done us barely any favours. Maybe when we spend more time with her, if we spend more time with her, she might qualify.As of now she has helped us with some blood techniques, assisted us with a temporary treasure for the tourniment, and offered us a blood based body cultivation technique.Two of these things are compelled by ryota. The technique is the only bit worth rewarding.I dunno man, I still side with boosting the rising stars rather than the other masters who qe barely know.
>>6099788Changing my vote from >>6099513 to>deer master, snake mistress, wolf mistressFuture cups should be shared with Bathias and Kyo Ko
>>6099475>>6099799Since the tea won't do anything for the kids I will take you advice and change >>6099747 to>Bathias, Snake mistress and Kyoko
>>6099475I’ll support>Bathias, Snake mistress and Kyokoas well.Shame about the mouth skill. Wolf is probably the best bet for communication among our familiars since they’re pack fighters. If Man Din can take the attributes of any animal then perhaps they can figure take the coordination/communication abilities of a wolf to help us figure it out with our own? We’d have to ask them to keep any insights about our wolf secret if the 33-shapeshifter beast resonates weird with it.For other senses (not that they matter now) I’d bet wolf and snake would give scent tracking, snake give thermal vision and likely enhanced “taste” (their tongue is used to boost their sense of smell, and taste/smell are often used together anyway), and horse… I got nothing. I associate horses with endurance more than sensory organs.
>>6099842Great job.
>>6099475>Who will you gift the 3 other?Bathias, Snake Mistress, Wolf Mistress
>>6099475>Bathias, Snake mistress and Kyoko
I'll try to update in a couple hours.No promise.
So I won't make it tonight.Sorry. And the week will be... tensed.
>>6100888All good, life happens as a fellow writer I get that you have to be in a mental state and have free time to write good stuff. Take care and we'll wait patiently don't feel rushed that just leads to burn out.
>>6101275>Mental state and free timeMental state is willing. Free time is lacking.
Still cursed with home renovations 12 hour days and 2 hours commuteTrying to find the time and energy to update; sadly I think it will have to wait Saturday/Sunday
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