Sen took one brief moment to cycle water qi and drag enough moisture out of the air to douse the still-burning hair of the bisected ape. Then, he was running. He found Falling Leaf almost thirty fe...
2023-05-11 06:53:32 +0000 UTC View PostAs one day dragged into two, two into four, and four into eight, Sen found a kind of unpleasant routine. He’d sleep for a few hours at night while Falling Leaf guarded him. Then, he’d cultivate...
2023-05-10 10:46:41 +0000 UTC View PostSen stared up at the forest canopy and just ignored the smoldering corpse of the giant hawk next to him. He was tired. He was hurt. Plus, he’d have to keep traveling, despite the fact that night ...
2023-05-10 08:41:20 +0000 UTC View PostTo my immense relief, Annie decided to take on pass on those kinds of heavy conversational topics after that. I’m not opposed to discussing complicated issues, but it’s not the kind of thing yo...
2023-05-10 02:51:34 +0000 UTC View PostSen was still staring at the goat and trying to figure out what he should do next when Falling Leaf bounded into the clearing. She skidded to a stop when she saw him and then hurried over. She look...
2023-05-09 11:56:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe reality of what was in front of him didn’t really drive home for Sen until he walked out of the gate, considered his options, and started off in an eastern direction. Until then, there had be...
2023-05-09 09:21:48 +0000 UTC View PostSen was only allowed to nap for a couple of hours before Uncle Kho came to retrieve him. Sen was relieved to discover it was primarily to make sure he got something to eat. On the bright side, Sen ...
2023-05-08 16:49:00 +0000 UTC View PostSen gave her a nod and put some distance between them. He thought for a moment before he looked at her.
“When you’re ready.”
Ma Caihong gestured to him. Sen never would have consi...
2023-05-08 11:11:20 +0000 UTC View PostMa Caihong stared at Sen with a slightly stunned expression. It was like she either didn’t know what to say or couldn’t believe that he had spoken those words aloud. The stare persisted until S...
2023-05-08 08:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostSen froze in place. He had learned a lot about how to behave properly over the last few years. Yet, here he discovered a gaping hole in that education. He felt confident that there was a p...
2023-05-08 00:15:26 +0000 UTC View PostWatching Master Feng have the same argument with two different people felt a little bit like a strange dream to Sen. It was made even stranger because the two people had such different motives. Sen...
2023-05-08 00:14:09 +0000 UTC View PostSen was both fascinated and a little shocked by the display before him. Uncle Kho was shouting at Master Feng. He had never so much as heard Uncle Kho raise his voice, let alone descend into full-t...
2023-05-05 09:01:42 +0000 UTC View PostSen stared at Master Feng’s back as the old cultivator walked a short distance away. He had heard Master Feng and Uncle Kho mention killing intent in passing more than once, but never in a way th...
2023-05-04 13:05:55 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Okay, so looking at feedback the last six or seven chapters got elsewhere, I've got some structural problems there to work out. That's ultimately a problem ...
2023-05-03 12:25:42 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn’t take too long to load everyone and everything up. Bill and I always had go bags ready in our vehicles. Jessie didn’t have anything except what came with her from Denver. Plus, we were...
2023-05-03 06:49:54 +0000 UTC View PostWell, it's arriving a little late courtesy of a power outage earlier today, but you know what they say. It's Monday somewhere.
***
Sen watched a startling array of emotions cross ...
2023-05-02 08:08:48 +0000 UTC View Post
There should be new, patron-exclusive chapters up later today. I started going one way with the new material for Unintended Cultivator, then I rethought the direction it was headed. While that's no...
2023-05-01 17:11:28 +0000 UTC View PostOn the whole, Sen usually liked the spring season. When he’d spent most of his time scurrying from alley to alley, spring meant a release from the cold of winter. It meant months and months witho...
2023-05-01 02:19:13 +0000 UTC View Post“Uncle Kho, is there a reason you picked this scroll?”
Sen stared down at the partially unrolled scroll, not quite sure why it was in his hands. The scroll was covered with a combination ...
2023-04-30 08:11:25 +0000 UTC View PostWhile that question plagued Sen, his life took on a new routine. In the morning, he would get up, practice what he already knew, and go for a run. From time to time, he and Uncle Kho would discuss ...
2023-04-30 06:12:40 +0000 UTC View PostI've been thinking ahead about Unintended Cultivator. There is a LOT of room for this story to grow and expand over time. At present, I have ideas for at least three books worth of material. Maybe ...
2023-04-30 01:23:35 +0000 UTC View PostWhen Sen went inside to have a meal, he found both Master Feng and Uncle Kho inside. He narrowed his eyes at the two. There was something about the way the two men carried themselves that made Sen ...
2023-04-29 07:06:47 +0000 UTC View PostSen had the feeling that his days of general rest were just about over. He still grew tired more easily than he’d like, but it wasn’t as bad as it had been. For those first two days, everything...
2023-04-28 22:31:33 +0000 UTC View PostIt turned out that I was mostly superfluous for that phase of things. Bill and Jessie were still making phone calls. They’d apparently run into a lot of unanswered calls. I was a little skeptical...
2023-04-28 03:05:11 +0000 UTC View PostWhile the second pill the old men provided did a lot to restore him, Sen still felt fatigued for several days after what he thought of as the filth purge. While the effects hadn’t been nearly so ...
2023-04-27 21:18:56 +0000 UTC View PostWith that first cleansing pill, Sen hadn’t known what to expect from it. This time, he wouldn’t get caught unawares. He lay down on the floor. There was no blanket, but he realized he didn’t ...
2023-04-27 13:55:32 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a long moment of silence before Feng answered.
“Indeed. Well done, Sen.”
Sen let his arm drop. The weight of uncertainty lifted from his shoulders. Master Feng was sparing...
2023-04-27 13:39:35 +0000 UTC View PostSen made his way into the kitchen and was surprised to find it empty. Either Master Feng or Uncle Kho was usually up before him. Still, on those occasions when Sen found himself the first to rise, ...
2023-04-27 13:37:12 +0000 UTC View PostI did my best not to think too hard on the way back to Gran’s. It’s all too easy to find yourself in a doom spiral when you know something dangerous is ahead of you. You start second-guessing e...
2023-04-26 02:55:43 +0000 UTC View PostLunch was a quiet affair. Uncle Kho was busy studying a scroll that had captured his full attention. He’d only stop reading to idly put some food in his mouth every once in a while. Feng was utte...
2023-04-25 15:25:13 +0000 UTC View Post