The rush of the wind passing by filled my ears as the world passed by in a blur of colors. Even as I ran as fast as I could, my mind struggled to keep up with the fact that a human could go at such speed. It was one thing to sit inside a car and watch the world zip by, and another to feel the rush of the wind in rhythm with the movement of your body as you flew across vast grasslands.I had picked up a movement technique from the Library after consulting Liuxiang over the last week that we’d spent working on the drugnade’s outer frame and formations. The Movement art was called Wind step, and was quite literally exactly as it sounded. I would gather my Qi near my feet all the way to my abdomen, and then kick out with a burst of wind behind me.I was on my way to Taizhou, having almost finished my work on the frame for the drugnade. The visit here had both been prompted to check in on Su Lin and the rest, alongside my own purposes within the Qi vein, where I suspected I could find some

Right at the outskirts of the town was what looked to be a newly formed home, with parts still being in the works. I extended my senses, quickly finding Granny working within, and Su Lin and the rest near by, working on the house and other things. “It'll be an incredible boon to have an Alchemist in the village. My mother used to know a few things about healing and herbs, but any serious injuries or illness had to be rushed to the city for treatment. With cultivators in the village perhaps we’d even be able to obtain some resources from the Qi vein!” Yin said, her voice rising in excitement. She caught herself a moment later, turning away. “Apologies, I forgot myself.” I waved her apology away, not paying much mind. The people here weren’t used to a cultivator being so casual, then they should, because I had many plans in mind for this place. “Ah boy, you’ve arrived too?” Granny spoke from within her shop, and I stared at her in surprise. She never talked to anyone when making her

I walked out of the chamber, to the front area and saw Su Lin and Zhang working nearby. I walked over, alongside granny and coughed to catch their attention. With a smile I looked around at the people present here.“Not to disturb all of you as you guys set up your new home, but I had a few things I wanted to talk about. Especially for my plans regarding all of you, this village, and my own future,” I said, and dug into my sleeve to take out a notebook.“I plan to move to have my lab in Taizhou, possibly the perfect place for me with its proximity to the Qi vein, the city, and abundance of spirit herbs. And alongside moving here, I also plan to open a lab and something like a school. This is what I’ll be using to do that,” I said, extending out the little notebook.Su Lin took the offered notes, opening them as he glanced through the pages. “Aren’t these what’cha were talking about that day?”I nodded. “Yes, it is indeed, what I had talked about that day. Science. Or the very basics o

I opened my eyes to a white expanse stretching onwards until a blur of fog and mist covered it from all directions. Thick gargantuan roots spread through the ground beneath my feet, originating from what I could only describe as a lotus tree, that bloomed brightly at the very center of this world.A thick trunk had twisting and curving branches extending upwards and to the sky, as tiny white lotus blossoms covered it like leaves. At the base of the tree, grew a singular massive lotus flower, large enough for me to sit in and I stared at the strange and wonderful plant.I sensed a familiar presence from behind me and turned to see Zhang standing with his eyes wide and confusion evident in them.“What did you do?” he asked, looking around in surprise and I smiled.“You can’t tell?” I asked curiously and Zhang looked down at his limbs once more, as if to check they were real, before looking up at me once more. “This is… my core?”I nodded at his words as Zhang looked around in wonder at

Flee felt a faint presence in the far distance from her bond to her Great Master. A strange melancholic emotion filled her chest to be so far away from him.It had been almost a week since Flee had started visiting the Inner Sect, and today, she had declined the chance to go with her Master once more as he traveled by himself.Lightning shot towards Flee as she leapt, her own purple lightning crackling around her in response.“Leiyu sees the little rat's distraction. At this rate, she will never achieve her dreams,” the bird taunted her, standing in front of her wearing a human form with light brown hair and golden eyes, he that crackled with lightning, there was no mistaking him for a human.Flee jumped around striking back with her purple lightning that the bird swatted away with his palm, a crackle of thunder sounding out from around him.“What has Leiyu taught you?”“Never take your sight off the enemy,” Flee replied, the words rote to her with how often the thunder bird loved to r