Ling Qi grinned as talons of black diamond ruffled her hair with the wind of their passing, and she faded back into the mist, eyes locked on her opponent.
Shen Hu doggedly followed her trail, eyes aglow with the colors of sunset, but he soon found himself lost in the mist again. Ling Qi was...
2020-10-17 23:17:02 +0000 UTC View PostLing Qi played, and Ling Qi listened.
The song was, to her, nothing spectacular. It was one of the many pieces she had composed with Sixiang’s advice over the past month during the idle hours in the early morning when the stellar and moon qi had grown thin but the day’s lessons had not ...
2020-10-15 19:26:32 +0000 UTC View PostType Worldbuilding, RR Friendly
Found on Discord in Interlude Spoilers
2020-10-14 23:31:50 +0000 UTC View Post“It would be foolish to insult the devotion of the Black Viper with less,” Bai Meizhen said. “Regardless, allow me to make the full introduction. Bai Xiao Fen, this is Ling Qi. She is my best friend. I would like you to treat her with utmost respect.”
Ling Qi froze at that blunt dec...
2020-10-12 21:13:43 +0000 UTC View Post“Breathe in. Breathe out. Feel the flow of the qi pulsing in time with your heartbeat,” Ling Qi repeated soothingly. She sat with her mother on the veranda overlooking the garden behind the home the Sect had provided. The early light of a new day shone over them.
Her mother sat across f...
2020-10-10 18:32:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt was about a half hour later that she found herself seated across from Cai Renxiang at the little table in her home’s kitchen with a steaming cup of dark brown tea being placed in front of her. It had an invigorating, earthy scent with a hint of sweetness.
“You added honey?” Ling Qi...
2020-10-08 20:25:28 +0000 UTC View PostType: Worldbuilding
RR Friendly, found on Discord in Interlude Spoilers
2020-10-07 19:13:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi carefully blotted the ink on the last string of characters describing the qi circulation exercises they were to practice before the next lecture. Elder Hua’s form was already dissipating into mist, and the low buzz of conversation among the disciples was resuming, even amon...
2020-10-05 19:56:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi stood at the edge of the grassy cliff and looked over her new home. Mountains and hills, filled with the mists of an early fall morning, stretched in every direction, and in the distance, she could see the mighty slopes of the Outer Sect’s White Cloud Mountain, as she now k...
2020-10-03 18:19:02 +0000 UTC View PostCharacter Interlude
Characters: Xiao fen, Liu XIn
Not RR Friendly, found on Discord
The ache in his bones and soul was growing worse, Khashin thought.
His armor and harness hung heavy on his shoulders as torrential rain pounded down from the clouds overhead. Not a single droplet touched him or his Soul-Brother.
<We are not so feeble as that,> the d...
2020-10-01 20:58:37 +0000 UTC View Post
It was over at last.
Bao Qingling allowed herself a sigh of relief as the entrance to her workshop closed overhead, shutting out the light and noise of the outside world. Thick gloves and heavy boots dissolved into wisps of qi, allowing her to feel the welcoming thrum of the th...
2020-09-28 18:11:39 +0000 UTC View Post
The ceremony in which they had received their rankings had been overly long and grandiose in Ling Qi’s humble opinion. She was perhaps biased, burned out from so much time making nice to an ever growing number of people, repeating the same polite gestures and words over and over ag...
2020-09-26 18:35:22 +0000 UTC View Post
“I am sorry for sullying the clan's victory with vulgarity and brawling,” Bai Meizhen apologized. Her voice sounded small in her own ears. She lay beneath a thin sheet in a private recovery room for tournament participants. Her skin prickled with the numerous salves under her ban...
2020-09-24 19:36:41 +0000 UTC View PostCharacters: Bai Meizhen, Bai Suzhen
Not RR friendly. Found on discord.
2020-09-23 18:48:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi grimaced as she settled onto the padded seat beside Cai Renxiang. Her abdomen still throbbed, but the medical disciples had assured her that she was recovering well. She needed to refrain from any strenuous activities for a time while the foreign qi and blood was purged from ...
2020-09-21 18:04:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Morning came before she knew it, and once again, Ling Qi found herself standing before a great crowd of the Empire’s nobility, the weight of their combined spiritual power leaving the air heavy, even without the pitiless light of the Duchess Cai shining down from the very highest b...
2020-09-19 19:19:57 +0000 UTC View PostType Worldbuilding
Not RR Friendly. Found on Discord
2020-09-17 21:37:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Slowly, Ling Qi found consciousness returning to her, the foggy logic of dreams segueing into the solidity of waking. She didn’t have long to contemplate her dreams.
<Big Sister is awake!> Zhengui’s excited thoughts blasted away the remnants of sleep. <Did you see ...
2020-09-17 18:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostType Worldbuilding
RR Friendly, found on discord.
2020-09-16 23:40:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Failure tasted like the mud of the village gutters, Gan Guangli thought, looking down upon the arena.
He had known this since he was but a youth, only as high as his weary mother’s knee. It was a taste he had grown used to in those days. In this world, those who stood for jus...
2020-09-14 19:59:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Her flute formed in her right hand, and Zhengui began to take shape in front of her, a dark shadow in the grass. Even as she raised her hand to bring her flute to her lips though, she found herself staring point blank at the knuckles of Ji Rong’s right hand, thick rings of bronze w...
2020-09-12 20:19:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi wasn’t certain what to think of the girl standing next to her. There was something different about Cai Renxiang this morning, and she was not sure that she liked it. She wasn’t referring to the change in look, although it was unsettling after how unchanging the other girl...
2020-09-10 18:44:44 +0000 UTC View PostCharacters: Heizui, Qingshe
Not RR deiendly. Found on Discord.
2020-09-09 22:12:23 +0000 UTC View Post
As they left Cai Shenhua and the highest ranking guests behind, Ling Qi allowed herself a tiny sigh of relief as the weight on her shoulders lessened. Just standing there in their presence had been stressful. Being ignored completely by her best friend hadn’t felt good either.
<... 2020-09-07 19:47:59 +0000 UTC View Post
By the time Ling Qi made it back to the tournament stadium, the sun was on its way toward the horizon’s edge, painting the sky the colors of sunset. Being cleared by the Inner Sect medics staffing the underground hospice took some time.
As one of the winners and continu...
2020-09-05 18:05:10 +0000 UTC View Post
Ling Qi felt an odd ripple in the air surrounding the pit where the competitors were setting up. Her view changed enhanced as if she were sitting in the frontmost rows rather than the very back. Elder Su stood before the competing disciples, facing the audience. The Elder looked much...
2020-09-03 17:20:25 +0000 UTC View PostType: Worldbuilding
RR Friendly. Found on Discord.
2020-09-02 22:53:33 +0000 UTC View Post