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 - half a step above other genius of your age? Lucky encounters leveraged to the best and a knack for navigating social situations.You own a trove of technic for such a young cultivator - more than you can study efficiently, but your strength lies in the impressive amount of Bonded Spiritual Beasts - A Phoenix 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. Especially in such a ruthless and public environment than, say, a nationwide cultivator tournament.Previously mentionned 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 and your Stable Lotus Harbor friend partook in a capital city tournament organized by the Empress.This required ample amount of training : all of you broke through 2nd stage before 8, the mark of genius-talent. You had to took strategical decision, and are pretty confident you could hardly have done better. Your fights seems to entrance a bored-to-death audience, giving you the new moniker of "Heartpiercer" - and a theme song https://suno.com/song/18f62c64-7ac6-402f-b6f2-30158f9a51ddYou were even granted the privilege of bowing at the feets of the 15-year-old 4th-stage young Empress - which you gifted a mystical karmic thread.Now, you're checking on one frenemy and two of the foe that share a trait : all were deeply wounded and you bear some responsibility in the matter.
Archive : https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/qstarchive.html?searchall=Normal+Cultivator+QuestTamers of Hundred Beasts(You), Quiet Word, almost 8 year old. Second Stage, working on opening your Dragon Tail Dantian.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 "lesser genius but still genius" kids - Sin Din, skilled Horse cultivator. Man Din, bounded with a precious spirit. Yi Norm, Monkey Cultivator.Kyo Ko (nicknamed Kyo Kyo), 13 year old Second-Stage cultivator. Extremely secretive of her techniques.Gro Ta, 15 year old Second-Stage cultivator. Whale Cultivator.Bathias, 18 year old Third-Stage cultivator. Current Hawk MasterRyota. Boar cultivator, Branch Master.Maya Tao, that you know more as Snake MistressWang Zi, Nu Shou, Tau Ryel, Sheng Seng : High-potential new disciplesWatchful River, Wei Ball, Snowflake, Ji Lu, YiChen, Kui Ting, Feken Doshi, Nettle : average disciples dragged up by the previous one and your effortsOther 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 : ambitious cousin of YanEr - starting to respect you despite haughtyness.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.
"Last chance for a catch for you three, Wang Zi, Watchful River and Snowflake.Sin Din, take Wang Zi. Go find a senior, or cover some ground on first danger level... Watchful River, with me and Man Din - you have Dhundan's trust, meaning you're strong enough to come with me.- Wait, I'm not coming? But you take the Junior away?- You're the second branch of the pincer. We'll dive in deep, and pull the beasts to you, Ai, Yi Norm and Snowflake. Other first stages, you have my bead on lease. One catch, and it's yours. None, I'll take it back. Alright? Go."The small girl sitting in front of you on the Horse, you dive deep toward the heart of the maelstrom.Your Nose is almost saturated - beasts are still numerous... But at the same time the smell seems like a dotted line? Something's weird."Right here! ...To beat that snake, something small, fast and nimble - Marten Form!"Man Din prized spirit takes the form of a marten, with the sheen of the liquid metal inspired - stolen? - from Aris.There : A snake made of dream instead of flesh - with a fair whiff of pain. The nightmarish beast is quickly subdued by the fearless beast spirit, letting Man Din catch the high value target. You freeze on spot. There - another high-value catch... Deer spirit, with the unidentified smell of something strong - as strong as the Lotus, the Sun or your more-familiar Phoenix.There it is. A white stag spotted of light gray; crescent-shaped antlers poking behind a wooden mask - ornated with glowing circular-based shapes. You take half a step back, lock the beast in your gaze, a..."Jade-Cat Whip!" A snap tears the air; Watchful River's whip bite the flesh of the beast. Starttled, it jumps to rotate and face the new menace - and is met with a spiritual bead to te face. You're starting to see the potential in the young girl; potential already perceived by Dhundan.You pick one last smell. Really? Heavens smile on you today. "Man Din, protect the kid a couple minute, shall you?"She accepts without a question or a complaint - the perks of being seen as a genius among genius?You ride toward the wolf spirit - with an ace up your sleeve, so secret you're hiding it even to your sister-disciple.There it is : the Wolf spirit you got a whiff of. The beast seems carried by the blowing wind with its green and faintly translucent fur, marked by blood-red lotus symbols."Bow for the Scion of your Primordial Spirit."In front of your secret spirit, the Wolf lower its head in submission. To the bead it goes. Now, time to make ample noise to drive as much as possible back to the second team.First of course you pick up the two girls you let fend for themselves.
You find a Dhundan fighting some Wind-Marten while Ai and Snowflake wave at you, catch in hand."Perfect! Give me a bead.- Why don't you ask Yi Norm?- I don't want to owe him shit. You're fair game.- I have a better idea... Can you keep it occupied without killing it?- Can Man Din outpiss all of us?"You spin your Qi and focus on weaving the Beasttamer Restraining Formation - and that's a beadless catch for you.>Transplanhumance recap : >Sheng Seng : Silken-string Crossbowr (Boar Silk Bow)Elephant, Faith, Light [perfect for herself]>Tau Ryel : Cristal Hammer Mouse (Cristal Hammer Mouse)Ape, Shrewd, Jade (can be fused to Yi Norm)>Nettle : Tiger Void Needle>Watchful River : Lion Pearl PoisonDeer, Moon, Wood, Mask [Perfect for Tau Ryel]>Nu Shou : Ox, Void, Puppet [Perfect for Snowflake]>Wei Ball : Cat, Shadow, Mist [Can be fused to Kyo Ko]>Feken Doshi : Fire Steel Horse [Perfect for Nu Shou]>YiChen : Dolphin, Saphire, Fighter's Eye [Perfect for Wang Zi]>Ji Lu : Wind, Fox, Growth, Spiritual Energy [Perfect for her]>Kui Ting : Wolf, Smoke, Whip>Wang Zi :Snake, Death, Wood>Snowflake : Goose, Earth, Shadow>Yi Norm :2 Beads [sucks to suck]>Sin Din : Rooster Jade SpearPangolin Water Ghost>Man Din : Hare Dark BlossomSnake, Pain, Elemental, Dream>Ai : Tiger, Blood, Life [Perfect for Feken Doshi]Bear, Thunder, Gem>Dhundan : Goose Silver FireMighty black Lion-maned Snake (Will not agree to give it away)>Quiet Word : Wolf, Lotus, Wind, BloodMarten, Blossom, Wind [Subdued but not bead'd]1 Bead
You can definitely rub your hands together and call it a day - but Ryota didn't raised no slacker.>Make the kids trade against each other [give the final repartition]As a favored disciple you can definitely make promises on the sect behalf - be careful of what can or cannot be doneTry to put aside 3 beasts with weapon keywords for the Military Youth.
>>6159170>"Perfect! Give me a bead.>- Why don't you ask Yi Norm?>- I don't want to owe him shit. You're fair game.>- I have a better idea... Can you keep it occupied without killing it?>- Can Man Din outpiss all of us?"I fucking love Dhundan, this edgy 8 year old chink is such a rival without being a douche
>>6159170Set aside for millitary kid;Boar bow. Spear rooster. Wolf Whip. Owes shit to Sheng, sin din and kui ting.A mouth apature item for Sheng? Same for Kui, since this is for sect buissness. Sin din.Sin din, We can offer to teach her our horse martial art? Maybe?Perfect couplings.River has something for TauNu has something for Snowflake.Yi has something for WangFeken has something for NuAi has something for Feken.So I say that we have Nu give Snowflake the beast, so she in turn gets her beast from Feken, who has something on promise from Ai, who we can repay with? The beast that Snowflake caught? Which she can sell as she pleases?Leaves Yichen and River, with shit for Tau and Wang.Encourage them to trade their beads? These kids don't really have a concept of value for them.We will throw in an extra mouth item for. . RIVER, because they are tossing a stage 3 beast for a stage 2 one.Is it a good idea to give the more benefits for half effort items out rather than the pills? Its how we learned.This is just sorting out our lower years
>>6159170>>6159199Have Yi norm.hand over a bead and promise some pills for the spirit suitable to him, and for Kyo kyo's beast. . Offer the power level reader art and some pills.She will appreciate it.
>>6159199On second thought, the talented ones don't need the mouth items. They just need pills to put them on par.
Question to my fellow daoists, do we want to absorb the fox ourselves or sell it to Stable Lotus.It would be really good for our friends if we could find a good price.But on the same score, we could really use it.My current plan is organise a tit for tat.Get them to purchase a shadow blood wolf of third stage, and we will bind it to his heir.But selling it wholesale, we could probably organise a steady supply of blood or for aid with our sects fiscal issues.
>>6159170>Sheng Seng have her keep Elephant, Faith, Light [perfect for herself]Take Silken-string Crossbow (Boar Silk Bow) from her if they want payment consider you gave them protection usually stage 1 cultivators fend for themselves. And they got a perfect spirit. Give them a month under the banner or Acquire a batch of blood and Qi pills. >Tau Ryel and Watchful River:Take Cristal Hammer Mouse (Cristal Hammer Mouse) for the military tradeWork something out with Yi Norm, Ryota and Watchful River to get Yi Norm spirit fusion and for Watchful River for such fine catch. >Wei Ball :Cat, Shadow, Mist [Can be fused to Kyo Ko]Introduce with Kyo Ko and hook him up.>Nu Shou, Feken Doshi, Ai and Snowflake:Ox, Void, Puppet [Perfect for Snowflake]Fire Steel Horse [Perfect for Nu Shou]Tiger, Blood, Life [Perfect for Feken Doshi]Trade trade, Trade with Snowflake selling her spirit to pay Ai.>YiChen and Wang Zi:Dolphin, Saphire, Fighter's Eye [Perfect for Wang Zi]Trade so Yi chen can pick out a good spirit. >Ji Lu : Keep>Kui Ting :Wolf, Smoke, WhipHave Ryota save this for military and hook him up with a good spirit. Talk with Dhundan and Ryota debate about making the alchemist uncle spirit stronger for gains. weigh pros and cons
>>6159207I'd Like Blood from the Wolf however you make a point if we could get a sable blood supply be nice. It's a high value trade object I forget what spirit YanEr uses if she could bind a second spirit that would be great. I'd ask if they know of any spiritual body cultivation arts or astral self. Or if she wins the tournament we travel together to the astral plane as payment. Sell off the Marten, Blossom, Wind in the formation to the sect to acquire blood and Qi pills for the disciples that we're taking spirits from.
>>6159214The banner is better option than the mouth items. Cheaper too.I don't think protection is a fair thing to charge them for. But giving them a speech about the value of sect loyalty and the bonds between, maybe get the lesson in young?The most important thing should be getting everyone a suitable, if not amazing, beast.I don't think Yaner has a spirit, her cousin has an Eagle though.So having any bound spirit would do her good.
>>6159239I can get that. I'd just ask Ryota to exchange Blood and Qi pills for the spirits since the banner was made free to sect members by Ryota's decree. OR we could offer them a boost with a magic elixir(Tea) to boost their cultivation. Which should be ready by next month if all goes well.
>>6159256Tea is worthless to them, since it gives them true Qi, which they already have by virtue of their age.I don't want to shortchange the little shits, but I think the hard and important objective is:Get 3 or so spirits for the millitary.Lock down the perfect spirits to satisfaction.Get the other kids beasts.Everything else is gravy. We already have a functional plan to deal with most of em through interior trading.Only River really throws a wrench into the works by catching a stage 3 beast.I've made my opinion on giving the genius potential enhancing items known. They don't need tailored meds yet.Hmm. Yeah, Just pills I guess serves them best.. . . We could probably take a few with us to visit places. But do we want to out thst much pressure/stock in them this early?
>>6159269Could sell tea to snake master or Ryota level 109 friends for goods to get to them.Should tell Ryota to his friend if we break though teacould be ready for pick up and a few cups to sell for anyone in exchange for pills. I'm also interested in if pill uncle could make pills out of the liquid.
What did the other sect members catch that they are willing to trade. We might be able to trade some of our spirits out for better options from others. The Lion/Pearl/Poison for example, sho doesn't properly fit any of our sect.
>>6159289Aren't we in tea debt to a certain godzilla puncher?
Good: Sheng Sen Keeps ElephantTau Ryel gives Ape to Yi Norm, who owes us both. Watchful River gives Deer to Tau Ryel and gives up Lion in exchange for promise of compatible beast. Look for one among the other captures of the sect. Nu Shou gives ox to Snowflake. Feken Doshi gives Horse to Nu Shou. Ai gives Tiger to Feken Doshi. Ai is a sweetheart who's willing to help her juniors. But does she need a Dark Blossom Hare? If it can bind to her Cristil Hare then it would align her soul closer to Dhundan's. Yi Chen gives Dolphin to Wang Zi. There is only one Pangolin and no Crab to give to Yi Chen from our catch, and the Pangolin isn't compatible. 1 debt to Yi Chen.Snowflake gives Goose to Ji Lu (she gets two while giving none, which is unfair, but whatever). Snowflake owes a debt because recieved a good beast. Wei Ball gives cat to Kyo-Kyo. Is owed a beast debt. Debts:Yi Chen - 1 (from Wang Zi)Ai - 1 (from Feken Doshi)Screwed: Kui Ting (no crayfish or whale)Wei Ball (unless he wants a silk bow boar)Watchful River (no compatible cats or snakes. Man Din's snake is a T3, but River would need to grow into it if Man Din was willing to give it up)Sin Din (no horse)Man Din? She's got a shapeshifer. Can she eat her snake? Ai? Unless she can use the Hare or the Mouse. Leftover Spirits: Boar (Sheng Seng) -> good send to martial school. Offer Sheng pills since we don't know an elephant or good light technique. Mouse (Tau Ryel) -> good send to martial school. Take as a commission because we're trading her two imperfect beasts for a compatible one?Tiger (Nettle) -> Could sell to the Martials because Needle is a weapon, but void is rare. Try to trade internally first. Tell Nettle that we'll try to find him a good deer or wolf that matches or maybe Kui Ting's wolf if Nettle is in a hurry.Snake, Death, Wood: Wang Zi's. Wang is getting a better beast, so should owe the sect this snake plus a favor.Wolf, Smoke Whip (Kui Ting) - Martial. Kui Ting was cursed by the heavens not to get a beast out of this lot. Offer pills. We'll also keep an eye out for a beast for him, but don't promise one. Rooster (Sin Din) - Martial. Sin Din isn't getting anything here and isn't a child. She can do what she wants with her rooster. Pangolin (Sin Din) - internal trade. If we can get her an appropriate horse, be a horse trader and offer it to her for both of her non-compatible beasts. She's also going to owe us since Horse is likely to be a higher tier. Hare (Man Din) - maybe to Ai? Ai is loveable. Snake, Pain, Element, Dream - Can Man Din use this? High value trade Snake. Can try to 1:1 trade for something useful to him. Bear (Ai) - Trade. If we get something good for Ai, trade it for both her beasts.Goose, Silver, Fier (Dhundan) - trade fodder. Marten, Blossom, Wind - Could give to Tau, but better as trade.Kept:Elephant (Sheng Seng)Fox (Ji Lu)Lion-Maned Skane (Dhundan)Wolf, Blood, Lotus, Wind (Quiet Word)
>>6159306Two cups however we get like. I forgot the number 6?
>>6159148Don't forget to link to the google docs>>6159175>Silken-string Crossbowr (Boar Silk Bow), Tiger Void Needle, Cristal Hammer Mouse (Cristal Hammer Mouse) to military youth>Elephant, Faith, Light to ShengSheng>Ape, Shrewd, Jade To Yi Norm trade for Deer, Moon, Wood, Mask>Lion Pearl Poison to Watchful river>Deer, Moon, Wood, Mask to Tau Ryell trade for Snake, Death, Wood>Ox, Void, Puppet to Snowflake trade for Fire Steel Horse>Cat, Shadow, Mist to Kyo Kyo trade for Windy Cavalier's Halberd>Fire Steel Horse to Nu shou trade for Tiger, Blood, Life [Perfect for Feken Doshi]>Dolphin, Saphire, Fighter's Eye to Wang Zi trade for Pangolin Water Ghost>Wind, Fox, Growth, Spiritual Energy to Ji Lu>Wolf, Smoke, Whip to Quiet Word trade for more appropriate spirit, pills or 3 weeks training under banner>Snake, Death, Wood to Quiet Word trade for more appropriate spirit, pills, or 3 weeks training under banner>Goose, Earth, Shadow to sect more appropriate spirit, pills or 3 weeks training under banner>Rooster Jade Spear to sect trade for Windy Cavalier's Halberd (Wind + Horse + Halberd), treasure or 6 weeks training under banner>Pangolin Water Ghost to Yichen trade for Windy Cavalier's Halberd (Wind + Horse + Halberd) pills or 3 weeks training under banner>Hare Dark Blossom to sect trade for more appropriate spirit, pills or 3 weeks training under banner>Snake, Pain, Elemental, Dream to Man Din >Tiger, Blood, Life to Feken Dosh trade for more appropriate spirit, pills or 3 weeks training under banner>Goose Silver Fire to sect trade for more appropriate spirit, pills or 3 weeks training under banner>Mighty black Lion-maned Snake to Dhundan>Wolf, Lotus, Wind, Blood to Quiet WordMarten, Blossom, Wind to sect trade for pills
>>6159427Yeah I messed up twice : forgot to update the recap + knew I was forgetting something.Life is still crazy but I wouldn't let the thread drop.>>6159306You indeed owe 2 cups to Aris>>6159340You indeed get 6 servingsI was afraid of big flop with that spirit management minigame, but you guys looks like you're enjoying it. FYI : there are no "heart aperture items" beside pills; there are some for Eye aperture.
>>6159454Figure we trade them pills it's what they need to advance rn. The only remaining order to fill is a horse spirit for our good friend. The minigame was fun to play, and we won big on this, with the newbies having a great shot at winning in the first-stage competition.Tell the winner to ask them to pay to send them to the growth realm. Haha. Hahaha
>>6159454I was recommending eye apature growth things.Something useless now but still very useful for later.
Amazing depiction of Feken DoshiAnyway I'm fine with everything that other anons laid out so far not gonna try to schitzo a strat for the minigame since its giving me PTSD flashbacks to this chowder episode.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uBTh3IrPuc8
>>6159655I mean, Unless we want the spirits, there is no point commenting on them.The individuals at question can trade them for what they want, and. . Oh, ai guess I should say.>ADVISE THE LITTLE KIDS THAT THEY REALLY WANT PILLS FOR CULTIVATION AND COMBAT ARTS FOR THE TOURNIMENT.We will give our little guys a little heads up.Anyway, We can trade the Martin ourselves for a golden horse/snake for Ping Jun.Remember we have to fuse his spirit as part of repayment.We shouldn't need too much to cost it out. The other big question is the lotus wolf.
>>6159768Sure I'm down to trade martin for Ping Jun's Horse upgrade.
Alright I'm trying to figure out the crunch of this trade sequence. Just to be clear : >If no merge option, I'll try to trade spirits with "compatible spirits" from sect coffers if available. This will cost unlucky kids 1 favor.>Three first stage got a spare spirit to tradeYou'll advise them to either get pills or combat art to prepare for the tournament.>>6159655She was drawn before I ran out of time and the thread dropped.There's one thing missing : what are you getting out of Yi Norm for him to get a favorable spirit?
Alright. Two points I'd love some input.>1 - Despite him being your friend, you won't give Yi Norm shit for free. What do you require against the mergeable spirit? >2 - To get aforementionned Yi Norm and Kyo Ko to trade things, you'll have to divulgate that you can Fuse spirits. Are you really willing to reveal that?
A third point : you might owe shit to a second stage for Yi Norm's trade if you chose so. Who do you want to owe a favor? [Without input, it'll be Dhundan]
>>6160223I want Yi Norms clone army skill. It was noted earlier to combo well with our wolf, possibly allowing us to summon our wolf scion without arousing suspicion by only summoning 2 or 3 clones with a singular aspect type.Or failing that, it's just a mega trump card.Can also charge him for his bead. Unlucky sod.>Reveal the fusion?Hmm. I assume they aren't going to trust our word when we tell them "do it, It is an opportunity you don't want to miss. Trust us."If not. . . Fuck it, collectivist mindset, Reveal the fusion info.I'm fine with kids owing favours. It encourages them to work harder.
>>6160229Eh? Why would we owe a second stage when it's the first stage who has the item in question?But of all second stages, I am most comfortable owing Dhundan. Dude only uses it on good shit, and despite being a warmonger and battle junkie, he is a loyal friend and brother.
>>6160291Also, I really don't want to hear jack and shit from our sibling disciples on if there is a good opportunity or not.In our whole existence, we fucked up the lotus realm.The story of the realm wanderer didn't get perceived.These are the only two opportunities that we ever fucked up to their knowledge. And the second one was due to their own lacking comprehension.If we say there is a good opportunity here, we have the standing and track record to be believed goddammit!
>>6160293The best for first stage without a good match would be trading their spirit for the sect's coffer against a favorable spirit. However, arranging trades without going through the sect's coffer is a tad less expensive. Thus using a second stage as a buffer to get Watchful River a spirit to trade while getting enough on your side to settle your debt with the military + Versatile Harmony
>>6160311I think i get what you mean.We caught nothing good for river, so using dhun to talk to other second stages can find one to facilitate the trade.Either way, I remain supportive of our rival. It's nice to have a constructive rivalry.
>>6160311I don't mind revealing to Kyo lol in the view of she already knows about the tea. Is generally a good Friend and soon to be a stage 3 cultivator. Another powerful friend to have.
>>6160340Ya know thinkin about this story I think we should get one social action a turn. Just to touch base with everyone. Mainly as it stands to bring some diversity to updates.
>>6160351You know what?I'll allow a fourth Social action - at a cost. Being less focus would grant you a small debuff on cultivation practice (no impact on breakthrough probability, would only impact the threshold of success/failure)
I'm hoping for an update tomorrow.In the meantime, time for Q/A I didn't had time for in last thread.>I'm trying to lace-in minigames to break the monotony. Do you like it or prefer the normal gameplay loop?>Does second stage feels different than first?>Do you enjoy the accrued responsibilities Quiet Word have to manage?
>>6160568I do quite like figuring out management mini games.And seeing someone else get incredibly invested, too invested one may say, in making a banner was entertaining.Still, it was a functional and greatly repayable puzzle, as evidenced by someone coming up with a better answer even after we finalised the vote.It does give a sense of being an entirely unrelated skill set [managing our juniors or bargaining has a set of information and nothing else beyond our memory and wits, while artifact crafting is a find the most optimal combo and combat/hunting is "hope luck favours you"]Second stage certainly has less overwhelming sensations of "what the fuck is all this shit" as we enter the level of Town elite guards/minor politicians.We also, as stated, suck donkey dick with rolls. But thus far we haven't made any career defining acts but we are also. . Ya know, 3 months in or so.I do think Quiet Word is taking some shit a little too seriously than he ought to, Like again, those monks swapping his places around rather than giving 2 disciples a set benefit of months.I honestly expected that's how they would use the stuff when we said "two places" rather than disciples. Like. . Come on. Wouldn't you?But I get he is only 8, and he is a wheeler dealer who doesn't like getting anything less than the most out of a deal, and him taking shit too seriously is a character trait rather than a character inconsistency. But jeeze man, you got 4 good juniors out of the deal, the pills were the bonus not the main prize. It's nice when the MC has defined traits that the players don't have to vote to perpetuate/have their thoughts written into the tale.Responsibilities? Hawk spirits are little shits.These juniors are fun little shits.Making leadership decisions is grand. I look forward to making more, I just have a slight concern that our advancement will stall
>>6160625Did someone come up with a better answer after the vote was finalized? If you're talking about the icebird/wizard bird path, that was proposed early on. I liked the banner mini-game. I believe that it happened over a weekend because I don't think that I would have had time for it on a weekday. These highly open-ended votes have the downside of a lack of concensus. 2nd stage has felt different mostly due to the minigames, at least from my point of view. Responsibilities are good. If QW's going to be a manager though, he needs to learn how to delegate responsibilities. Share his vision with his subordinates and use some of their combined actions to achieve great things.
>>6160625Hey now I had a lot of time on my hands.Don't bully me on the mini game I've read through my library and this updates at a decent pace >>6160568I like the mini games been fun to think about and plan. Now that we have an optional social slot we can explore the world a bit more. Getting some good scenes with the other characters.
>>6160823I would never bully my daoist brothers, fellow disciples simply was overflowing with a passion that yeilded us great dividends.
>>6160823You almost deserve an "Accountant Chessmaster" flair or something if we weren't on an anonymous board
It's time to wrap up and calling it a day. After an incredibly mind-crushing trade sequence, only a few kids don't have a mergeable spirit : Wei Ball, Watchful River, Nettle, YiChen, Kui Ting.You expropriated Dhundan of his Goose Spirit, which he gave up way too willingly : "Good things for you to owe me a favor. Don't worry, I'll cash it in soon.- That was a bit too easy... Hey Yi Norm! Come here! You need to give me something for that Monkey Spirit.- What for? It's useless for me.- I really don't want to hear jack and shit from you about what is or isn't a good opportunity after I drag you through Growth realm, among Giant beasts and improved your monkey spirit into monkey army.- Wait, it wasn't a breakthrough of my own merit?- Now, what could you give me for this... I'd love your monkey army skills, but they are useless to me until I got my own armies - which is not the case. I'll have to settle on your two beads.- No way! I spent the day following your orders and protecting youngsters instead of getting my own gains, and now you want to get my beads with just a 'trust me bro'?- You thickhead fool! Just... Listen to me! This favorable have been caught using bead and opportunity, I can't just give it to you for free!- Okay. But for one bead only.- Just... Fine..."
Oh, here's Kyo Ko and the few kids she's dealing with - less than your own band but all second stage. You even recognize a couple of the advanced first stage now second that you beat up in snake pits, a few of them having suffered nasty hits. You bow respectfully and drag her appart in the biggest, shaddiest show of secrecy you can pull in front of so many people."Esteemed sister, this junior have an opportunity for you.- A cat, shadow and mist spirit? What good would it do to me? I like you but I won't do charity-trade; you'll have to see with the sect.- I never clearly saw your cat spirit, but I can smell this little one being compatible to the sniff of yours.- A piece of advice : never tell again to a girl you're sniffing her. Better yet : stop sniffing up girls.- What I mean : have you heard of spirit fusion?- The main sect's secret skill allowing to go further than third stage with our training method? Sure. But having "compatible spirit" doesn't mean much when...- Your junior figured out the secret."Kyo Ko mouth open wide, and she stutter a bit without making a sound."B... b... Alright. What do you want?- It's simple, really. Do you have anything compatible with the young Wei Ball? He's aligned with Horse and Boar. I've seen him train with Axe and Shield; and I scouted him attuned to Steel and Thunder.- Your boy is lucky... Give me a couple seconds... CHANGE OF PLANS! TAKING BACK THIS ONE.- It's unjust! It's unfair!- And what are you going to do? Fight both of us? You were dead weight all along, and slithered your way to trade for that gem."That shut up the asshole that punched you in the mouth a while back - already rewarded for that by a roundhouse kick to the face."Anyway, here's for your junior."You gaze in the bead. A boar which face stuck up from a shield, akin from stuffed trophy head hunt. Lightning bolt of a pastel yellow mark the brown fur. That already makes it a perfect match for the boy. However, an unmistakeable fourth element is laced : the subtle, enticing smell of Growth. This will tremendously help your disciple.
And here are the other sect members. A good few of the Gro Ta group, composed of an army of low-skill disciple lead by a handful advanced second stage, are wounded. You strategically go talk to Ryota last, dragging your reticently bounded Marten around."... So I've secured those three for our military deal. It will only cost three bottle of first stage generic Qi and Blood pills.I caught myself this incredible Wolf Spirit.- You want to keep it? Else, it would be an incredible present for your LienWen YanEr girlfriend- Wait, she's not my girlfriend!- Well, she's a girl and she's your friend, right? Unless you prefer her JiaLin cousin?- Anyway. Got something for the Marten? I'm looking for a golden horse for Ping Jun.- Sure. Got a Golden Lotus Horse or a Golden Steed of the Swordsman. First is a good bargaining ship with Stable Lotus. Second is amazing for Military.What do you plan to do with the Wolf Spirit?>Keep it for yourself>Trade it for another spirit [can pick Wolf + any "simple" keyword and I'll roll for choices]>Sell it to Stable Lotus [mystery box]Which Golden Horse do you want to get for Ping Jun's sake?>Golden Lotus Horse>Golden Steed of the SwordsmanThere are a few wounded and your Hemomancer Bloodstore is full. You still have a couple of calm days. Do you...>Attempt breakthrough!>Delay breakthrough to help heal the wounded
>>6160982I swear Yi lusts for death. He must do with how often he tries my patience!>Sell to stable LotusIt is a great gift to the Heir. Who is not our girlfriend! SHE ISNT!>Golden Steed of the swordsmanLotus is a mythic word but what are the odds that he can learn any?Swordsman fits him best, and of course, fuck the millitary.>Delay a breakthrough to Heal the wounded.Easy earning of favour.
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>>6160982>>6160990+1 except instead of sell>Keep it for yourselfCause wolves before pulls.
>>6161045Thinkin about it we didn't really self profit off this. However our power block increased massively. And our stage one underlings one of them should snatch the tournament. Which we send them all to the growth realm making the bigwigs pay for it. Should tell our Juniors to do so since the profit will be amazing. If any find an astral self body cultivation in that realm. We reward them handsomely. Or any good body cultivation for that matter for realm hopping.
>>6161252>Threadly reminder you cannot bind to growth beast/learn growth technique/get growth shit in general anymore
>>6161265A shame about growth techniques. Oh well still send them in to get them more powerful.
>>6160982>Keep wolf, have our wolf absorb it.>Golden Steed of the Swordsman>Heal the wounded
>>6160990>+1 Very good choices.I am kind of curious what we missed out on in the Lotus Plane.
>>6160982>Sell it to Stable Lotus [mystery box]>Golden Steed of the Swordsman>Delay breakthrough to help heal the wounded
>>6161252If they do good in the tourniment, We can read them our storybook.Make it contingent on winning at least one fight.
Your minor realm breakthrough a bit more. After all, you're just losing precious time letting your sect-sibling not only catching up but overtaking you. Nothing that matters too much, right?>Your mental state worsen a bitBut you HAVE to delay it. After all, if one of your mate or disciple was wounded, you'd be worried sick. The infirmary is filled with forgettable face, no-name you don't care for. As if it matters anyhow.So much pain. So much suffering. Granted, wounds you treat seems minor - burns, slashes, frostbites, perforations. You let your preciously stockpiled blood flow freely from your Hemomancer's Profound Bloodstore, merging with the life-fluid seeping out of the numerous wounds, expanding the sheer minimum to hasten the recovery of the greater amount of disciples.As expected, this art is best suited to treat external ailments - saving precious time and ressource for Snake-Mistress Maya Tao and Hawk-Master Bathias.On a deeply personal account, though, you find some new understanding of your Spiritual healing technique. Breakthrough! Chose among :>Creation of the Ichor Keyword (Life, blood)>Bloody Cycle : A healing spiritual Art. Sacrifice a Blood-Shadow Wolf on the battlefield to fuel the Crimson Tide of life Ichor>Add or Replace a keyword of the technique (Current : Blood, Life, Growth, Spiritual Strength)But was this deeper understanding worth delaying breaking through? Worse, according to the deal with the monks, you can't seclude immediately, losing one more turn of Foundation accumulation while being contractually obligated to provide your service to the Monks.At the very least, you feel a bit different since the Transplanhumance. Your reliable Innate Nose Skill improved subtly. Certainly modestly, but still a real progress.One month and half remains before the yearly tournament.
Combine a Foundation, chose 2, pick (or don't) a social actionFoundation>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet]>Body [Golden Scales of the Skystone Snake]>Meditation [Way of the Spiritual Beast Boundfighter Wanderer] [Pills available]>Meditation [Poem of the Rising Phoenix]>Meditation [Poisonner's Ultimate Selftrial]>Meditation [Phoenix Amethyst Cry]Social>Bind the Military Kids>Bind Ping Jun>Go offer the Blood-Lotus-Wind wolf to LienWen YanEr>Hang out with [Write-in]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]>Work again on the Horse Realm martial scroll>Reflect on dueling strategy [Write-in]Weapon skills>Work on your Unarmed Style : Metal-melting Truefire >Work on your Windy Cavalier's Halberd>Work on your Spear style : Blood-Shadow Wolf Painful Assault >Work on your Mounted Archer’s Wind-Gliding Phoenix's Venom Arrow>Work on your Meteor Hammer Style : Silk Tiger Sun-Seer [Pills available]>Work on your Jade Phoenix's Concealed Meteor SwarmSpiritual Beasts>Investigate on the talking Spiritual Beasts>Focus on Body Shifting with your Spiritual AnimalsThe sect>Ask the masters for skills allowing survival in extreme environments! [Incure Favor Debt]>Bind the spirits caught by the young generationsStrengthening the Jar>Take care of the spiritual Hawks>Maybe you can Improve your Immortal Cave [write-in how]>Gardening time : you might search for Spiritual Plants in the wilderness?>Ask Snake Mistress about what is love>Slack off [It will be bad for your mental health]
>>6161656>Ichor key word inventionYes, it was worth it.>>6161658>Meditation: Phoenix Amethyst.>Rising Phoeix ballet.Nothing worth arguing over. Might crit, but I think the amethyst cry needs bringing to max.>Bind Ping>Offer wolfSince we aren't really going to get much out of rolls this turn, I say we may as well be sociable.>Ask snake mistress what Love is.I didn't decide to do this while we are talking to Yan er specifically.
>>6161656>Creation of the Ichor Keyword (Life, blood)What does this mean? Like ichor becomes a keyword or what.Also if I remember right it wasn't the whole month only 14 days so the last two weeks should be free game to breakthrough.Ping Jun>Go offer the Blood-Lotus-Wind wolf to LienWen YanEr>Bind the spirits caught by the young generations>Tell them if one of them wins ask to go to the growth realm to make the elders sweat also it's a great opportunity.
>>6161696Ah, that is a better use of our time.Change offering wolf to >>6161686 Binding the young generation.Are we contractually obligated to give the millitary kids a beast spirit before the tourniment?I think it best we delay as much as we can.
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>>6161703Yes :- Remain on 6, give us 3 quality beast well tuned to our pupil need at least one month before next tournament, and I drop our claims.
>>6161798We will do it next turn then when we have a single turn left.Still in bounds of our agreement
>>6161803You HAVE to do it this turn or next
>>6161812As I said, next turn.It was only half a month extra, but half a month for ours and not theirs.
>>6161812Can't we just pay someone a bead to do bind them for us?
>>6161656>Creation of the Ichor Keyword (Life, blood)>>6161658>Meditation [Phoenix Amethyst Cry]>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet]>Gardening time : you might search for Spiritual Plants in the wilderness?>Take care of the spiritual Hawks>Go offer the Blood-Lotus-Wind wolf to LienWen YanEr
Alright, let's evaluate your "Ichor" affinity.>Bo3 1d100 roll
Rolled 97 (1d100)>>6162087Big numbers lets go.
>>6162087>>6162094Finally a good fucking roll on this quest.
Rolled 62 (1d100)Unneccessary die roll here.
>>6162103>>6162094I'm still needing an unnecessary die roll.Who knows, 3% chances to get a better result than the already broken on.What you're already getting : >Keyword encompassing Blood and LifeWith an affinity so high, this mean you can soft-bypass your Blood and Life channel bottlenecks using the Ichor keyword - which is more than good; fitting the broken status of "Growth" skills.>Phoenix-adjacentWith a crit-worthy roll, Ichor and Phoenix synergize, meaning spoily things
>>6162119The bypass on Blood is great since it's pretty bad. I believe Life is average or good. So the healing skill has become excellent. It should improve Words mood. I wonder what the last keyword should be.All I know is we will never be bedridden again as this progresses hazzah!
>>6162127>I wonder what the last keyword should be.Did I ever mentionned a limit of the number of Keyword encompassed by a mythical keyword?
>>6162128I thought the limit to techniques/ spirits were 6.
>>6162131techniques, yes.Spirits it's more complicatedRight now, you have :>Phoenixencompassing Hawk Fire and Gold>Ichor encompassing Blood and LifeThose two keywords synergize (undisclosed effect)
>>6162135I get what you mean Ichor is a mythical word that combines blood and life. So the technique becomes.Ichor, Growth, Spiritual StrengthSo we could add Mental Strength, Physical Strength, and something else. For an all around-cure ability. Making the Nat 100 ability even more busted as it will combo with Phoenix.
Rolled 6 (1d100)>>6162087I love waking upt o this.
I'm trying to tally. I count this >>6161696 as 2 actionsMissing one foundation, allowing this one for free>Tell them if one of them wins ask to go to the growth realm to make the elders sweat also it's a great opportunity.is the random Ping Jun a pick of the action to go bind him?
>>6162202It looks like it is.
>>6162202The>Body [Rising Phoenix Wide Ballet]>Rising Phoenix ballet.Combination is fine with me.>>6162096Our rolls were pretty god tier on average up till around Normal Cultivator Quest 4-5 where our karmic debt caught up to us and we started rolling dogshite if I remember correctly.
We don't need to be foundationing right now. While it gives them a time block to train, I'd like to level up next month instead of running errands:>1. Bind the spirits to the young (even though really any of us could do that)>2. Deliver the weapon spirits to the Martial house>3. Bind the Wolf to LanEr, since that's what people want to do.These options synergize binding rituals and going into town, so if we get bonus time for that then help our older sectmates with spirit fusion (especially that Yi Norm's ape & KyoKyo's kitty). >Talk/Diplomacy Bonus Action: Convince the martials and Kyo-Kyo to come over to our compound for the beast binding so we can do all of our beast bindings efficiently and secretly. Offer them non-magic tea while we're there, to work on our courtesy and diplomacy. Let Bathias & Ryota know what we're up to, as is polite and proper.
>>6162325you HAVE to be foundationing according to the deal;
>>6162202>>6162345The Ping Jun was a copy paste mistake so yah foundationing.
I'm afraid I won't be in capacity to update before the 24th - and it won't be guaranteed due to obvious reasons.
>>6162489Alright see ya on the 26th take care QM
Just dropping by for an intermediate Tally status.As stated here >>6161686"Since we aren't really going to get much out of rolls this turn, I say we may as well be sociable."so I'd appreciate a tiebreak in the next day or two.Or don't, if you don't want to pick a "social action for a malus"
