“Fifty thousand gold,” I call out, raising the current bid of forty thousand by double the minimum increment.
“Fifty thousand gold,” the auctioneer notes. “Do I have fifty-five thou...
2024-11-30 09:32:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe huge pavilion rises at least two stories up at its highest point, its thick, purple cloth billowing gently in the morning breeze.
It’s been erected out on an open field a bit of a walk ...
2024-11-28 13:18:04 +0000 UTC View PostA/N:: this chapter was supposed to be the auction, but then I remembered that I promised one of you that I would write out a scene with Qigang drinking the noble rank tea.
Finished the chapter sooner than I thought so here you go.
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There’s something about being out in town at ...
2024-11-16 17:36:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This is Tao Jin, the guy we met in Xiuying's recent interlude.
He is a doting husband and father, and, most of you might not remember, but we've actually met him once before, right after Qiga...
2024-11-15 21:22:22 +0000 UTC View PostShe took his hand.
Qigang’s eyes were dry, but he squeezed her hand gently, and for some time, they stood on the silent hilltop and watched the cherry blossoms fall.
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2024-11-13 18:49:08 +0000 UTC View PostXiuying
No one chased, but Xiuying ran, box of rich, sturdy iron-oak clasped tightly under an arm.
She did not know why she ran, but she d...
2024-11-08 22:21:52 +0000 UTC View PostMeng Yi
It takes her a minute, but finally, Xiuying carefully puts the book inside the box and seals it with her qi, marking her as its new owner.
Meng Yi ...
2024-11-05 14:25:15 +0000 UTC View PostA/N:: slight retcon. So, I don't know how many of you remember, but the tiger cultivation manual is not part of the auction anymore, I changed it. I feel like it means more this way. 2024-10-28 13:10:57 +0000 UTC View Post
A/N:: the problem isn't gone, but my head is in a better place now.
Thank you all for being patient with me.
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2024-10-22 20:20:00 +0000 UTC View PostA/N:: so I recently discovered that my father has been cheating on my Mom for about seventeen years.
And apparently, he has three children with this other woman, the ...
2024-10-09 17:41:46 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: so, after some thought, I've decided to post this as the completion of chapter 22, hence the 22.5 in its title.
Chapter 23 should be out by Sunday. I don't want ...
2024-09-18 12:50:22 +0000 UTC View PostA/N:: so, uh, after a few rereads, quite a few edits were made to the previous chapter, i.e. chapter 21.
Now, you don't have to go back and reread it. But, it might n...
2024-09-15 16:03:20 +0000 UTC View Post“Young Master, are you okay?” Meng Yi asks, staring at me oddly.
I sigh, an excuse ready at the tip of my tongue.
But then, right before I say it, I just don’t.
If I really ...
2024-09-07 20:01:32 +0000 UTC View PostFor all of Meng Yi’s teasing and ribbing, Xiuying is actually a pretty good teacher.
She does the anime beat-me-black-and-blue-in-the-name-of-learning-martial-arts thing of course, but it...
2024-08-31 18:57:59 +0000 UTC View PostTomorrow, I will freak out over what having the power to force my will onto others, limited as it is, means, but for tonight… my sinfully soft bed is calling my name.
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2024-08-23 08:35:54 +0000 UTC View PostFan Hai
Fan Hai was many things, but a spy was not one of them, and in a perfect world, or maybe even just a better one, the job of spy would never have been one s...
2024-08-19 15:10:03 +0000 UTC View Post“Come,” Xiuying says after a moment, we’ve done enough talking. And with that she leads the way out onto the training ground.
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“Faster!” Xiuying commands, swinging he...
2024-08-13 18:08:36 +0000 UTC View PostGod, the last week has been ridiculous.
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The training ground is a wide patch of cobblestoned dirt behind th...
2024-08-08 19:47:10 +0000 UTC View PostThis week has not been productive writing-wise. And I'm traveling tomorrow, so the next chapter will likely be on Tuesday.
I apologize for all this.
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2024-08-02 10:07:51 +0000 UTC View PostA/N:: this chapter was three bitches and a half to write.
There were numerous stretches of several hours where I just stared at my screen trying to figure out how mak...
2024-07-30 16:13:25 +0000 UTC View Post…because I have no idea what else to do, I sing the song, not even needing to read the lyrics on the paper in my hand.
~Fly me to the moon~
~Let me play among the stars~<...
2024-07-26 10:35:26 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't know why the art generator decided to put him in a forest, but there you go.
This ...
2024-07-23 11:13:44 +0000 UTC View Post
God, my fingers hurt.
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We walk out of the restaurant, eyes on our backs the whole way out.
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2024-07-23 11:11:09 +0000 UTC View PostSorry for the short chapter. It's actually just the first thousand words of what was chapter twelve.
But it was taking too much time due to the length and I need to p...
2024-07-21 14:00:40 +0000 UTC View PostMuch like it was when I came in, the room goes silent, and all heads turn to observe the newcomer.
The person standing at the door is either a very pretty man, or a boyish looking woman.
<... 2024-07-18 13:14:48 +0000 UTC View PostIt takes a while for Meng Yi to pick a restaurant for us to eat, and I don’t know if it’s because she likes this place, thinks I’ll like this place, knows he liked this place, or, an...
2024-07-18 13:10:27 +0000 UTC View PostI stare at myself in the gold-framed full-length mirror of my bedroom, as Meng Yi finishes dressing me in fine, blue (no doubt, stupidly expensive) silky robes.
You know, an asshole he may be...
2024-07-16 14:49:02 +0000 UTC View PostMeng Yi smiles. “As is your privilege…” a deliberate pause. “…Young Master Xian Qigang.”
I sigh once more. “Heaven give me strength,” I mutter dramatically.
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2024-07-14 15:07:43 +0000 UTC View Post… then, with the ease of practice, I open the cultivation manual, focus on the words, and, after what is either a minute or a century, I become the sun.
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I open my eyes to a ...
2024-07-13 10:32:59 +0000 UTC View Post