The Huashan Summit was at the three-year mark. Would Zhang Jue have sat it out if Jing had gone for the full five, or would they have taken a short vacation from training to go crash the Summit?Though, rather than a test, it felt more like an assignment. Master Zhang had tasked you with creating your own training regimen: it would take as long as you liked. If you wished, he had said, you could stay here for five years until you felt ready to leave the island. However, the both of you knew that the world would move on without you, and that you had other commitments you had to keep.
In that way, it is a test: a test of how much time you are willing to give up to devote to training. For Master Zhang the answer would be simple – he would devote as much time as was necessary, regardless of how the world turned… but he is asking for your answer, not his.
“I would have expected you to demand that I reach the same answer as you, Master,” you said.
“You are not me,” he replied. “Your adventures out in the world have showed me that much.” He paused, before continuing. “I encountered Wang Zhengchong shortly before he fought the Fire Temple’s master.”
You grinned. “So that is why you are using this approach?”
Zhang only smiled sinisterly, looking down at you. “Come to your own conclusions about the path you must take.”
*sigh* I'm sure Yunzi will LOVE being left behind again. Honestly, how many times can you shoot yourself in the foot in one LP?
Well, the husband and wife with the Butterfly technique of Love are still out there. Just a reminder.
I don't know how well we would face them with Qilin.
Cao'er
(Stalker Physician)
- Primary Skills -
Unarmed - 5
Thrown Weapons - 10
Herbalism - 10
Pressure Points - 10
Neigong - 4
Qinggong - 5
- Learnt Techniques -
Reikan
Shouwang Claws Style One
Shouwang Claws Style Three
Liedu Zhanhua Skill
Ruanhong Zhusuo
Xiannu Bingtong Needle Art
You wouldn't guess it from how he treats her.Jing loves Cao'er and Cao'er loves Jing.
One is our Wudu silk technique. She no longer needs Qilin to tie us down when she goes for our ass.Getting near her is not exactly a nice idea, she got poison qi, Shouwang Claws and some stuff I don't know what is (what are the last three skills, again? I think one is wudu poison qi, what about the others?).
You wouldn't guess it from how he treats her.
Damn, if that's what being Numbet Two is like, I understand why Qilin fights tooth and nail for her position.
One is our Wudu silk technique. She no longer needs Qilin to tie us down when she goes for our ass.
The other lets her conjure needles out of thin air, Xueguizi-style.
But... uh... how do you fight with needles in close combat? Aren't they thrown weapons?No, the last one's actually a Xueguizi close combat style that scales up to about two dozen needles.
Stabbing people. A needle's hard to follow with your eyes and there's a lot of confusing feints in this technique. Usually the target ends up looking like a pincushion.
This is exactly the type of service that can earn the Cult amnesty from the Empire.Zhang wouldn't be all that interested, and more liable to fight everyone in the room, but if Shun felt like throwing his weight around openly, he could just ask for Jing's sword (for courtesy's sake), walk in, introduce himself as the Emperor of All China and politely order their allegiance. They'd have no way to refuse a direct request like that from the Emperor, unless any of them are interested in declaring open rebellion against the throne.