License to Cultivate Bk 3 Ch 37
Chang-li raced upward against the fleeing crowd, most of whom seemed to be seeking the lower petals of Vardin City. The tower shuddered and shook as he went. His heart pou...
2025-02-03 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Chang-li raced upward against the fleeing crowd, most of whom seemed to be seeking the lower petals of Vardin City. The tower shuddered and shook as he went. His heart pou...
2025-02-03 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostJoshi felt the tower rock as a surge of lux exploded outward. A pulse of immense will, dropped down on him like a blanket. Joshi fell to his knees. All around him, people collapsed. He cycled Way o...
2025-02-01 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostRick leaned closer to the mission running board and studied it. Each mission was written on a card in neat letters. There was a title, a category, a summary, and a completion time, as well as space...
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The world exploded around Min. There was a flash of light of every hue, so bright it dazzled her eyes, accompanied by a loud screeching sound that went on and on, driving into her eard...
2025-01-30 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSam looked at the upgrade token curiously. Tobias Schneider appeared at Rick’s elbow as if out of thin air. The other Mars Expedition NCPs started drifting over, and soon the whole crowd had gath...
2025-01-29 14:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostChang-li sat in an opulent marbled hall on a tall-backed chair and cycled. He kept his hands clasped together in front of him, his feet firm on the floor as he concentrated on his cycling technique...
2025-01-28 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostRick got a text from Sam just before they got back to Angels Landing. We need to talk.
He stared at it for a long moment before replying, Fire away.
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"How far is he?" Min demanded as she followed Brother Stone what felt like halfway around the Crown Ring. They passed groups drinking, dancing, socializing, feasting, and hosting vario...
2025-01-27 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe festivities bloomed around Joshi, ostentatious displays of wealth that would have made his brothers lapse into a rant about the decadent ways of civilization while casting envious glances all a...
2025-01-25 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostAs the echos of Pratt's voice died away Rick had a brief urge to run but then turned back. This showdown had been a long time coming. He was only two steps from the doorway, so the risk wasn't grea...
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Chang-li and Min wound their way through the festivities. Min seemed quiet and withdrawn. As they passed people she knew, she gave slight head nods and bare acknowledgments. Her brothe...
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The fireball grew large, headed straight for his face, filling his vision and scorching his skin. He threw Protection just in time as the burning flames reached him. The bubble popped ...
2025-01-22 14:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostA waxing half-moon hung in the evening sky as the Sect of Morning Mist arrived at the Crown ring for the ceremony to mark the beginning of the final phase. The whole sect had turned out in their fi...
2025-01-21 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post"Are we ready to go?" Daniel asked.
Rick shook his head. "Hang on." He studied the area for a couple of minutes before addressing the team. The boss was on a raised platform with the large an...
2025-01-20 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostNote: one of the global changes I'm adding to previous chapters is that when the next phase starts, the three remaining bridal candidates and their top supporters get personal tutoring from...
2025-01-20 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChang-li waited with Li Jiya, Joshi, and the disciples they had selected to enter the sixth floor with them one last time. They stood in a mass of other cultivators all waiting to be allowed...
2025-01-18 13:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThe Centi-wing boss’s sinuous body was twice as long as Rick’s own, and its wings were several feet across. The buzz of its wings sounded like a hundred angry mopeds. A swarm of blue sparks fle...
2025-01-17 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostJoshi discarded his robe and pulled off his tunic before stepping into the ring as the crowd applauded. His opponent, a Young Master from the Crimson Orchid sect, slipped inside the rope barrier an...
2025-01-16 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostTwo enormous, winged insects, both level five, lifted into the air with an angry whine of flapping wings. Smaller bugs, like sparks of light, swirled around them in blue orbits.
The bug...
2025-01-15 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe man who called himself Noren left his junior acolytes training in the upper room. This was a good opportunity for him to satisfy a curiosity that had been building in him for some time. The sen...
2025-01-14 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post"Oh no!" the Rork exclaimed, though her tone didn’t match her words. She sounded flat, like someone reciting a lesson learned by heart. "This is terrible! Smith Ajaz has returned! He will unleash...
2025-01-13 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostQuick summary of the changes I've made to previous chapters:
Slight modifications to hopefully make Joshi less of a jerk. Tournament rules are clarified and the "poin...
2025-01-13 13:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChang-li was in the courtyard sparring with a set of training dummies, practicing a routine of punches and kicks Joshi had taught him. He had no intention of switching from his sword and ele...
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Rick stood, brushing a smoldering piece of tar from the exploded trap off his arm. He cast Soothing Mist on himself, then the rest of the team one by one. "Holy crap, man, how many mor...
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“Noren's reputation is solid. The Oaken Band Brotherhood had greased a few palms to help his paperwork look even better.” Min’s grandfather sat behind his desk, drinking tea, loo...
2025-01-09 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post"So you could add Theo to your retinue and we could both get out of here?” Nia sounded gleeful. “Heck yeah, sign us up.”
“I don’t know…” Theo said, frowning. "Will I still be ab...
2025-01-08 14:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHiroko bowed in the doorway as the Dowager Pearl looked up from her work. "Ah, yes, my dear. How are you?"
"I'm fine," Hiroko said as she entered. “How may I serve your eminence?”<...
2025-01-07 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Rick emerged the next morning, Slate and Gambit were seated by the fire discussing questing. There was a pot of something hot brewing, but when Rick tried it, it tasted nothing like coffee. He...
2025-01-06 14:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe entire sect assembled in the garden where the newly proclaimed Grandmaster stood waiting. The junior disciples seated themselves cross-legged in three rows of four, with Brother, ...
2025-01-06 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post"It was not your place to make that decision,” Li Jiya fumed. She and Joshi had spent several more hours inside the tower until the competition was over, but had not recovered any more puz...
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