Hui crossed his arms, gazing ahead to the horizon, standing boldly atop Moonlight Cutter. His long ponytail streamed in the wind, matched only by the blue ribbon that floated alongside it. He flicked his hair and closed his eyes for just a moment, feeling the breeze on his face, then opened his eyes again. A profound expression passed over his f...
2022-11-24 18:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostWith a somewhat forlorn expression, Hui watched the final cultivator go. There was still more alcohol to flavor with Immortal qi… Ah, oh well. I gained a lot, both in terms of the content of the alcohol, and in terms of other treasures!
“Xie Hao, good afternoon,” Gui Yutong greeted him.
Hui turned with a smile. “Elde...
2022-11-23 18:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostA week passed. Ying Lin studied, and Hui desperately ran around his compound, as patient after patient came into his compound infected with Immortal energy, in greater or lesser states of deterioration.
For the fiftieth time, Gui Yutong charged in. “Healer Xie Hao! We found—”
“Another patient?” Hui asked, frazzled.
Wu...
2022-11-22 17:11:33 +0000 UTC View PostHealer strode the halls of his compound, unable to keep his foot from tapping. It’s only been half a day. Patience, patience. Gui Yutong likely has paperwork to fill out and bureaucracy to wade through before she can get me that pass. I shouldn’t be expecting it so urgently. Patience, Hui!
The doors to his compound burst open....
2022-11-21 18:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun beamed down on Unrivaled Under Heavens Peak, illuminating the slender tendrils of mist that clung to its upper reaches. Trees and greenery clung to its sides, lending it the appearance of an immortal paradise. A lone wolf wandered the peak, its hoary shoulders shifting powerfully under the noon light. It raised its head and howled, the s...
2022-11-20 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAt long last, Hui made it back to his room. Rather than meditate, he laid down on the bed and closed his eyes. I’m too tired. I think what I need tonight… is a full night’s rest!
It only took a few moments after his eyes shut for him to fall asleep. For the first time in a long time, Hui slept.
In his dream, he sat on ...
2022-11-19 14:46:27 +0000 UTC View PostHui backed away slowly. Lifting a hand to his shoulder, he set Chen Wuya down on the bench and pivoted away from it, afraid of involving the crow more than anything. Bai Jingwen is bad enough. The last thing I need is to aggravate Senior, as well!
He held Moonlight Cutter before him, his eyes locked on Bai Jingwen’s. “To what ...
2022-11-18 17:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostAbruptly, Wu Fanyun coughed up blood. He put a hand to his mouth to catch most of it, but some splattered over Gui Yutong’s robes. Eyes wide, he began to climb off the stone bed to clean her robes.
Hui grabbed him by the shoulders and forced him back down. “Who just coughed up blood due to aggravating their internal injuries? Good pati...
2022-11-17 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostGui Yutong put her hands up, shaking her head. “No, no! I’m grateful to Xie Hao for healing Wu Fanyun. Whatever Fellow Daoist had to do to accomplish that, naturally, I trust in your arts.”
Her eyes flickered to the crow on Hui’s shoulder. She opened her mouth, then shut it again. Her brows furrowed.
Hui tucked his hands behi...
2022-11-16 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“In any case,” Chen Wuya said, cleaning the blood off his claws, “I can teach you how to seal that immortal energy, if you have something for me in return.”
Hui pressed his head back together, circulating his life qi to heal it shut. “What would Senior like?”
“Ah, now you’re learning. I sensed you entering Xui Jiu’s...
2022-11-15 19:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHui led the way into the next chamber. A white stone bed awaited him. The lotus beast set Wu Fanyun down atop the bed, then stepped back, standing quietly in the corner. Black seed eyes stared into infinity.
“What manner of beast is this?” Gui Yitong asked, peering at the beast.
“It’s a lotus beast. Ah, pay it no mind. You ca...
2022-11-14 19:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostWith a crack, the jade bird at Healer’s hip shattered. He sat upright, sweat running down his back. Putting a hand to the pieces, he looked around. Who died?
Mortal lived up to his name, Rogue replied.
Healer rubbed the back of his neck, quietly reviewing the memories. He shook his head. Fuck.
I...
2022-11-11 15:59:59 +0000 UTC View PostIgnoring Hui as he bowed, Yunxu waved his hand. An enormous spell array appeared in the air above him, red threads twisting together into an ornate formula. The sky blackened, and a faint scent of blood swirled in the air. The red threads began to glow. As the darkness grew deeper, so too did the formula grow brighter. Powerful emanations beat a...
2022-11-07 17:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostFeeling their eyes on her, Xiao Dong turned away. Hui took a deep breath, then stepped forward. He walked over to her like a mortal, allowing his feet to sink into the mud of the earth. His chest tightened, and his palms began to sweat.
For the first time… for the first time ever, I’m going to repay a debt!
Even with...
2022-11-06 18:22:13 +0000 UTC View PostBack to my home. If he’s correct, and he should be, then he’s guiding me back to where I first crossed over into this world. If someone noticed me entering this world… that would have been where they lost track of me. Then, is this… some kind of trap? Hui cut his eyes at Yunxu, suspicious.
“Ah, did you realize already? Y...
2022-11-05 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostHui continued to lay there. I’m dead, I’m dead…
“Hmm… if this really is a corpse, then I suppose I shouldn’t waste it. I’ll take it home and refine it into a ghoul,” Yunxu mused, reaching out to pick Hui up.
Hui jolted upright. He ran a hand over his hair, fixing it, and smiled, casually circulating life qi t...
2022-11-04 16:59:03 +0000 UTC View PostMortal’s eyes opened. He sat up in the spiderweb and threw his hands out. Now!
Across the web, the spider stiffened and jolted to a halt. It twitched, fighting Hui’s control. It pitched its mind against Hui’s mental energy. Hui narrowed his eyes and intensified his energy, using the extra mental energy they’d gathered from...
2022-11-03 15:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostIn Chen Xigui’s City
Healer strode down the streets, Ying Lin close at his heels. Occasionally, she bounded off to spar with some cultivator or another, only to bounce back to his side a moment later, slicking the blood off Gu Tian. She hummed under her breath, alive with the spirit of battle.
Gu Tian looked at Hui...
2022-11-02 16:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostDarkness. Hui reached out his hand, not sure whether to move or let the darkness carry him. “Zhubi! Zhubi, are you here?”
A little hiss answered him. Scales wound around his tiny body, keeping him safe. Hui grabbed onto one of Zhubi’s coils with both arms and clung for dear life.
The two of them blasted out of the darkness and ...
2022-11-01 17:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostFire burst from each of the talismans. In an instant, the room became a sea of flames. The seals on the bottles burned up, and the liquor within caught fire. Glass cracked and snapped. Flames licked at the wooden floor and walls.
“No!” Zui Jiu twisted free of Hui’s grasp and sprinted into the conflagration.
Hui raised a hand to...
2022-10-31 15:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostHui cleared his throat. He lifted the vial to his lips. “Mmm… delicious. It’s too bad you’ll never get to taste this wine.”
“You—!” the giant woman screamed.
Zhubi gave Hui a shocked look, glancing from his mouth to the vial.
Oh! Oh, right. Hui subtly shook his head. Leaning in, he whispered, “I’m n...
2022-10-30 15:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe giant woman growled. Gripping the bottle in both ends, she upended it and shook it upside down, trying to shake Hui out the neck of the bottle.
Hui flew up to the top of the bottle and pressed himself against the bottom, hugging it so he moved with the bottle rather than getting smacked repeatedly against the bottom and sides. “Are y...
2022-10-29 18:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHui laid there in the liquor, slowly leaking qi. He closed his eyes. Hey, Healer…
Hold on, Healer muttered, distracted.
Hey, what’s the rush? You getting drunk? Might as well, right? Hey, don’t die of alcohol poisoning, Rogue teased, laughing.
Awkward silence. All the Huis sat there silently, no...
2022-10-28 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh? Don’t you worry. You’ll distill into a fine wine, too.” A giant hand closed around Hui and lifted him into the air.
Hui struggled, desperately fighting against the hand, but it held him tight. His fists bounced off its flesh like stone. He dragged out a void talisman and pointed it directly at the hand, but the hand didn’t f...
2022-10-27 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHui waved his hand. “Putting aside the seniors I know…”
“Putting them aside,” Han Qin muttered under his breath.
“This space is relatively small, it’s just twisted. We can easily reach the ends of this current subrealm, but at that point, the space starts to loop in on itself and repeat itself. In which case, i...
2022-10-26 18:05:01 +0000 UTC View PostAfter all, I wasn’t lying when I said I escaped a place made by the same person who made this one. I’m pretty sure Fen Long was involved in the creation of this place somehow. However, when I broke the realm Chen Wuya was stuck in, I… well, it’s not like I had no role, but Chen Wuya did lay quite a bit of the groundwork.
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2022-10-25 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostHui slowed to a halt and watched Han Qin soar out into the infinite space. He smirked, lifting his hand to his chin and striking a bold pose as he allowed his tiny body to swell back up to its usual size. Excellent! I’ve accomplished it. Han Qin’s clone is sealed, and I can go about my day!
He gestured, summoning his items bac...
2022-10-24 18:08:51 +0000 UTC View PostHan Qin’s flames burned through the pitiable earthen wall Hui had put up behind him. A horrible scream rang out as his flames swept over the odd, plantlike body of his adversary. Han Qin sped to the scene, already expecting what he found: a corpse replete with death qi, frozen in the moment of a horrible death. A hole split the corpse’s ches...
2022-10-23 15:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHui peered ahead, searching. I’m almost there. Just a little further. A little further!
“Get back here!” Han Qin snarled. He thrust his hand out, blasting a ray of fire at Hui.
Hui dodged out of the way of the heat. The fiery ray turned around and looped him in, forming a U shape. Slashing with the beating stick, Hui b...
2022-10-22 20:00:00 +0000 UTC View PostHui flew at top speed into the wilderness. Away from the city. Away from Li Xiang. I want to be as far as possible, so he doesn’t even think to connect me to the city or anyone inside it!
And, if I can get far enough, maybe I can…
He gazed at the distant horizon and sped up, passing some of his qi to Gu Tian so ...
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