jackpot_kun

Potential Cover Art for Book One

So I commissioned an artist to make a poster, and after almost completely ignoring everything I said and failing to send me sketches before committing to the finished work, she sent me this.

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We Return On the 20th of February

I'm sorry for ghosting, but my brain refuses to write book two until I'm done with one, ergo, I'll be working on preparing that for publication, after which book two will begin.

I unders...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—45:: Climax [FIN]

Pan Cai

There was an old saying; ‘Send a bird to pluck a mango, send a frog to catch a fish, and send a man to do both.’

The saying supposedly alluded to human inge...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—44:: Climax [VI]

The sun in my soul burns with a heat so intense it damn near steals my breath away.

I’ve never felt it like this before, so hot it borders on uncomfortable.

This is, without doubt, th...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—43:: Climax [V]

My eyes open to a bright, blue sky.

For the first time since my first tango with one of Xian Qigang’s corrupted creatures a few minutes ago, my body is entirely free of pain, and it is that...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—42:: Climax [IV]

Xiuying

Xiuying booked it back to Qigang’s place, the doctor, Gu Chi, slung over her shoulder like a sack of potatoes.

She knew her shoulder wasn’t the most comfort...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—41:: Climax [III]

Qigang, this is worse than we thought. I’m coming back to your house.

Deng Mu’s dead.

—❈—

I should have waited.

In hindsight, it’s so obvious.<...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—40:: Climax [II]

Since we want to be part of the search and the last known people to go missing were headed towards the manor, Captain Quan Qiu suggests, to our agreement, that it would be best to meet up here.

[Young Master Xian]—❈—39:: Climax [I]

“—so I kicked her in the pussy,” Xiuying finishes her story with a casual shrug, drawing an expression of slack-jawed horror from me.

“By the way, tell your manager she’s not foolin...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—38:: "You Have My Life"

Silence reigns in the room for several minutes after Meng Yi returns to sleep, and I don’t know if it’s because Xiuying actually respects Meng Yi’s obvious need to sleep, or if it’s because...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—37:: Drunk On You

Meng Yi

Awareness began within. Her self. Her qi. Fuller, richer, greater, by factors so large that what she was now and what she’d been were so far apart as to no...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—36:: Threads of Crystal and Gold

One of the many things about life on modern day Earth that too many people take for granted is just how many entertainment options there are readily available, even if you don’t have much money.<...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—35:: Qigang The Sage

“Sleep tight,” I say. “And seriously, sleep. I’ll be fine on my own for a few hours. I think I’ll do some reading.”

…with a breath that sound an awful lot like a sigh, I turn an...

[Artwork] The Pot of Preservation and The Storage Ring

[Young Master Xian]—❈—34:: Tea and Rolls

I’m starting to feel bad for the rickshaw driver.

With the manor located as it is at the top of a cliff, the path up to it is, naturally, steep and winding. Walking it unencumbered would be...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—33:: The Perfect Plan

Hong Li rushes to me again as the auction ends.

“Honoured Customer,” he says, bowing, and my eyebrows climb at the new term of address. “Please, if you would follow me, so we can finali...

[Young Master Xian]—❈—32:: The Auction [III]

There are ten items on the list for today. The Ginde Pepper was number five.

“I’m guessing you want the manual for Meng Yi?” Xiuying asks, as item number six is brought up for sale.