Stygian Lurker
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Note the use of "likely" and "instead", as wel as that Cao'er's rescue must be kept secret. The initial plan was not for the nuns to rescue Yao. What, then, did they intend to do? Did he plan for them to get Cao'er out, and now that we are here, he changed his plans?treave said:"If you get Cao’er out of here and keep it a secret from the nuns, they will likely rescue me instead."
“We were summoned back urgently by the Abbess. I am not privy to the knowledge; only Sister Miaozhu knows, but apparently it has something to do with Qingcheng. We got separated somewhere back when the bandits attacked. I don’t think they would look for me because we were needed to hurry back to Emei. In such a situation, they would have had to obey the orders and move on without me.”
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“They cut my tendons to stop me from using my inner strength to escape. It will take at least two more days for me to heal them. By then the Emei nuns will come for me. I will leave with them.”
You blink, surprised at his words. “Are you saying that Emei will come to rescue you?”
“If you get Cao’er out of here and keep it a secret from the nuns, they will likely rescue me instead.” Seeing that you are about to open your mouth and ask for more information on this strange turn of events, Yao grumbles. “I have no time to explain all of my dealings, boy! Now, will you do it, or will you not? If you are not going to rescue your senior, I will shout for help immediately.”
You take a step backwards. Has the old man gone insane? “Look, perhaps you are not thinking clearly, master. If I kill Song Lingshu and rescue Cao’er, it is going to create a big uproar when they discover the deed tomorrow. You’ll be lucky if they don’t kill you outright, master. They might even increase the patrols. How would the nuns help you then?”
“I have a plan, but that is something for the elderly to pull off. Any reckless meddling on your part would only make things worse. It is none of your concern. Your main concern lies with Cao’er. That is what I am tasking you with. I had hoped that you take care of her for life, but if you cannot do that, at least take her away from this place. Now, go. If you do not, I will call for help.”
He is not one to back out from requesting his price. He fully believes Lingshu has to die.Esquilax said:Nevill, I think Yao's plan was this before we happened to show up: he was expecting to die, but because he's had a long relationship with the Emei nuns in the past, I am speculating that they might have had an agreement to take Cao'er in should he die during her apprenticeship. Even though we don't know the details, Yao is a brilliant man, and should we complete his tasks, I think it'll all work out in the end.
Pretty much, and I hate the idea of being anyone's pet Lithuania Hitman, so I am against assassinating her for Yao. Also, it's not Zhang's methods and techniques I think will make us a bloodthirsty douche, it's our Inner Khorne that will. In other words, it's up to us to use his teachings for good or ill. The girl is innocent, this is Yao's crazy talking here. If he wants to exact his price, let him. He has a plan with the Emei, they will probably come for him once they find out Cao'er is absent. As to why:B3
We are not our master. The only reason we took the price at the Songfeng school was because the guy was a dick. Rescuing Cao'er is paramount.
Simple,Cao'er has some connection to the Emei, that much is certain. As if she is an estranged Emei neophyte, or for some other reason, the Emei value Cao'er - and not Yao. As if they learnt we had rescued Cao'er, they wouldn't bother with Yao...?
He wanted to make us her caretaker. When we went with Zhang, he had to change his arrangments and pull favors with the Emei: if he dies, they take her into the convent. Now, I'm sure the nuns would love to have such a promising medic on their side, especially one that can use pressure points.“I have a plan, but that is something for the elderly to pull off. Any reckless meddling on your part would only make things worse. It is none of your concern. Your main concern lies with Cao’er. That is what I am tasking you with. I had hoped that you take care of her for life, but if you cannot do that, at least take her away from this place. Now, go. If you do not, I will call for help.”
What does it entail? Murdering young girls all over the country because of uncollected debts?Kipeci said:We swore a debt to Yao, we should fulfill it in its entirety if possible.
Why would you let Yao exact his price on an innocent girl? Why are you willing to let both of them die?Baltika9i said:The girl is innocent, this is Yao's crazy talking here. If he wants to exact his price, let him.
We never agreed to this.
I don't understand. Why is it in our interest to kill her?Kipeci said:This is a one time thing that lines up with our interests, anyway. Just kill her now so that we won't have to later, or else so that they have to replace her with whoever else is supposed to head up the place after she goes.
Then do not propose this if you don't intend to kill her.We don't actually have to kill her, but it would satisfy Zhang's criteria. [...] We could simply humiliate her though.
treave said:You just need to paint the words "Xu Jing, Apprentice of the Southern Maniac was here" in her blood all over her room's walls. That would satisfy Zhang's requirement and amuse him tremendously.
This might be possible with A3. Not by murdering her in her sleep.TOME said:They made a deal with Yao and they should honor it. The girl has to die. I'm not willini to risk Cao'er for it but we should come back and challenge her for a duel to death.
theory: Cao'er was originally Emei. While healing the Emei abbes of terminal illness, Yao discovered Cao'ers immortal eyes and wanted her as an apprentice instead of the usual price. The Emei could not accept this without imposing one rule for Yao; Cao'er must not kill. And now the emei are coming to rescue her. Not Yao.
“Sister Miaoli is not well enough to make the trip this time. Her health has been poorly recently, and the Abbess deemed it time that she retired from active duty on the team,”
We are not our master. The only reason we took the price at the Songfeng school was because the guy was a dick. Rescuing Cao'er is paramount.
I don't understand. Why is it in our interest to kill her?
Why do we care that she has to be replaced? Why would it be beneficial to us?
I don't understand. Why is it in our interest to kill her?
Why do we care that she has to be replaced? Why would it be beneficial to us?
Again, how is it in our interest to be known as another maniac, not to mention actually become one?Esquilax said:It fulfills Zhang's challenge. We must challenge and defeat the finest young prospect from each major orthodox sect; I'd say that greasing the new sect head, who is around our age, would fulfill that criteria, and then some. Furthermore, we'd be doing so in private, without giving away our fighting style or tricks at all. We'd be having our cake and eating it too, in a sense: we'd get a kill in without giving anything regarding our style away.
Esquilax said:That being said, no matter who's in charge, we would become a Sworn Enemy of the Qingcheng. No way out of that.
Again, how is it in our interest to be known as another maniac
Last time I checked the plan, we intended for the challenges to be non-lethal. What happened to that?
>Oh god, Zhang will make us a murderer!We swore a debt to Yao, we should fulfill it in its entirety if possible.
For that, we need to complete the challenge. Cutting throats while people are asleep is one way to do that, but not the only way.Kipeci said:Well, there's the not being hunted down and killed by our current master part.
We also learned about other facts. That Yao has gone crazy with thoughts of revenge is one of them. In fact, he himself admits to his shortcomings, but does nothing to help it.Kipeci said:We voted A to figure out more information, and now we know that Yao is specifically wanting her dead.
We can push him in the direction we think is right. Either we let him kill the heir and die in the process, true to his ideals, or we save them both and Yao continues to watch over Cao'er. He does think that her life should have come before his pride.Yao sighs wearily. “I know that you are concerned over Cao’er’s safety, and mine. I have made mistakes and erred in my judgment over the many years I have lived. At my age I am well aware of my faults and my sins. I will admit as much; I killed Song Jiangke over my pride, and nothing else. I should not have done so – I should have thought of Cao’er’s wellbeing.”