A deep breath in, a deep breath out. Lightning Qi crackled in her core, her Dantian brimming with power as she channelled her Qi through her meridians. Her art thrummed in her mind, ready to be used at any moment.Yan Yun let a calm breath out. Calm was needed to tame thunder, and prevent it from lashing out at random. It was something all lightning and fire cultivators struggled with, the nature of their Qi making them more prone to impulsive and strong behaviours.“Come in Zu Ri,” Yan Yun said, opening her eyes, as her Qi began to settle down.A shadow flickered in her vision, as Zu Ri let her arts fade, her form turning visible. “I didn’t wish to disturb you, young mistress,” her handmaiden said, and Yan Yun nodded.“Just a brief meditation Zu Ri, I wouldn’t be cultivating in my chambers if it was any sort of prolonged cultivation,” Yan Yun replied, eyeing Zu Ri once. “Did you find anything?”“I did, young mistress. Extremely easily so. The sect archives had most of the details, an

The scenery started to change, as taller buildings began to approach. There were extremely few regular people in the sect anyways, and around these areas, all I saw were other cultivators that walked by. Many seniors, juniors, and even some elders moved about the pathways. Mostly other outer sect disciples. A plethora of Qi and Arts assailed my senses, as the world itself seemed to turn more vibrant with the many kinds of Qi spreading around. I continued on my path, not extremely surprised by any of it. It wasn’t any surprise to me that cultivators would fill the main halls, but Yuan’s memories still left some sense of surprise and awe left in me from his childhood nonetheless. Cultivators were rare, and heralded all the more so outside the bigger cities, even just a first realm cultivator would be a boon to a village like his. So Yuan was by all means, a gift for the people of his village. Yuan had scoffed at that, upon his arrival in the sect. The reality of having Qi, and being

Silver Qi thrummed in her hands, like a beacon of power, glowing with an inner light.Flee could feel her master’s displeasure with her, and she wished to tell him she hadn’t been able to stop her Qi from flaring up. The other spirit had poked around her Dantian with its spirit limbs and Flee had lost control of her lightning Qi for a moment.She felt frustrated at her inability to talk to her great Master, at her inability to make the great elixirs and pills he made, at her inability to learn the knowledge he wrote down in those books.She wasn’t good enough, she couldn’t even learn from her Great Master, couldn’t even make her thoughts known.Flee felt the familiar sense of frustration fill her. She’d been trying to understand him better, to tell him of her desires, yet she’d had no luck so far. Her thoughts soon shifted back to the pill in her hand.The spirit had gifted her this pill, in return for the prank it had pulled. And she’d asked for her choice.Qi thrummed in her Dantian

I looked around, trying to see, and hoped that he was talking about someone else, but fate was a cruel mistress.I was about to shake my head, and nope the hell out of the show when I saw the kids looking at me with their eyes shining in anticipation. I sighed, a silent sigh of defeat in my mind, as I walked closer.“Ohoho! Very well! If you manage to break this ward disciple- what’s your name?” The man added in a quiet whisper, stopping.“Yuan,” I replied.“If you break this ward disciple Yuan, then the amulet shall be yours for free!” the man exclaimed. I held back a sigh. There was most likely some trick to the amulet, or the merchant would not be so proudly exclaiming these bold claims. Either that or he really didn’t think I could do it. Which, in all honesty, I didn’t think I could either. I’d never tried to use any combat techniques that Yuan knew even once.I closed my eyes, going through Yuan’s memories. The core art that he had learned was the Serene Mists Art. A neutral Qi

I felt a bit silly as I continued to follow behind Su Lin through the narrowing streets. The bustling city was turning more quiet as we walked away from the merchants and the carts and carriages and transitioned into quiet neighborhoods of people going about their daily lives with smaller shops that sat around watching the day pass.I maintained my distance from Su Lin, trying to stay outside his sight as he walked by, stopping occasionally here and there. A few minutes of stalking almost had me bored and about to turn around and go on my day when I felt a very faint pulse of Qi from up ahead.Returning my attention, I turned from the little corner I had been standing in to find Su Lin gone from my sight. I tried to sense for any cultivator with Qi nearby, but my senses showed nothing.“Well damn, wonder if he felt me walking behind him or something,” I muttered to myself. It was a miracle that Flee hadn’t busted me yet, and a small check at my pouch showed that Flee had somehow falle