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You know I can't wait till Jing asks himself why a girl was taken in the by the ghost that took Young MEN.

Washboards fooling ghosts since Ancient Chinese times.
 

ScubaV

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For scholarbro:

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Baltika9

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Seems AA is taking it, then. I doubt anyone here would be against an early update. *cough*
 

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What are the odds she really means what she said and blames us for the attack on her people that occurred in spite of our best efforts...?
 

treave

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Nevill - AB
Jester - AA
asxetos - AA
Rex Feral - AA
Ganymede - AB
Anabanana - BA
ERYFKRAD - AA
Ifeex - AA
Stygian Lurker - AA
TOME - CA
Zero Credibility - AB
Azira - AA
XenomorphII - AA
Tigranes - AB
Absinthe - AA
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Kipeci - BA
Baltika9 - BA
Esquilax - BA
Grimgravy - AA
Lambchop19 - AA
ScubaV - AA
The Brazilian Slaughter - BB
Bloodshifter - BB
Smashing Axe - AA

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Next destination:
A - 17
B - 7
C - 1

Name:
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B - 6

Seems AA is taking it, then. I doubt anyone here would be against an early update. *cough*

I might be able to do that.
 
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Baltika9

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What are the odds she really means what she said and blames us for the attack on her people that occurred in spite of our best efforts...?
About the same as her being secretly in love with us. What those odds are, I dunno.
 

treave

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I'm still surprised no one has figured out just why the female ghosts are taking young men. It's a genre cliche. Oh well. It'll be revealed in the next update.
 

Anabanana

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They want to have sex with them so they can absorb their essence to become stronger?
 

Nevill

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Basically, yes. They maintain their immortality by stealing human life force through sex.

It is interesting to note that they often aren't inherently evil, and mostly treat you in accordance with how you treat them, responding in kind. There is a good chance that everyone kidnapped is still alive. The elder said they were kept in the mansion.

Some foxes are said to be able to possess women, so we'd better watch out if Yunzi starts to behave strangely.

I wonder if it it makes difference to them what kind of qi they absorb. What would happen if one of them mates with us?
 
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Smashing Axe

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In before this is playing into the ghost's hands and giving our true name gives it ultimate power over us.
 

treave

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Basically, yes. They maintain their immortality by stealing human life force through sex.

It is interesting to note that they often aren't inherently evil, and mostly treat you in accordance with how you treat them, responding in kind. There is a good chance that everyone kidnapped is still alive. The elder said they were kept in the mansion.

Some foxes are said to be able to possess women, so we'd better watch out if Yunzi starts to behave strangely.

I wonder if it it makes difference to them what kind of qi they absorb. What would happen if one of them mates with us?

Fox spirits... not really a necessity to steal life force. What they need is just essence and the means to cultivate it, with the end goal usually being immortality. The form of energy doesn't matter, it can be from people (via sex or other means) or self-cultivation or just basking in the light of the sun and the moon (a lot slower, of course). This applies to spirits of all sorts, like pigs and snakes and trees. After enough cultivation they become able to take on human form, but this does not mean they are immortal yet - just technically very long-lived. At this point they can mate with humans, creating half-spirit babies.

This is different from ghosts, which are the souls of the dead in particular, who have the ability and desire to specifically take in yang energy, being yin entities.

Generally, I'd opine that the hierarchy in power on the supernatural side would go from ghosts > spirits > immortals > deities. It is possible to advance from stage to stage, generally through gathering lots of essence over a very long time (read hundreds to thousands of years).

Now, with that said, I guess I'll begin prepping the update with an AA victory.
 

Baltika9

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Hmm, so if there is a demon spirit/ghost around here, we could strike a deal for her to follow us around and we'll provide her with plenty of yang energy? Jing is pretty much made out of it.
 

Baltika9

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Correct me if I'm wrong, but Yang energy represents the physical aspect rather than spiritual, which is Yin. And if this demon gets her Yang from sex, well, I'd say we put our tsundere charms to good use and get ourselves a demon follower, I'm sure she doesn't want her battery broken. Who better to teach us about our esoteric qi, them being creatures of the spirit world.

We'll see though, for all we know this is the real Yunzi.
 

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"Xu Jing, you must have sex with me more often! At this rate, I shall never become immortal!"

We're being tricked into writing a hentai by committee, aren't we.
 

Baltika9

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"Tricked" is not quite what I'm thinking here. So long as she, ahem, reciprocates the favors we should be good.
 

treave

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Hmm, so if there is a demon spirit/ghost around here, we could strike a deal for her to follow us around and we'll provide her with plenty of yang energy? Jing is pretty much made out of it.

Master Yao said:
“Your qi is a great big mess! I’ve never seen internal energy so chaotic. Yes, all people have both yin and yang within them, but yours are not only equal, they are in constant opposition with each other! It’s a freak of nature, that’s what it is. Let your qi rage uncontrolled and your meridians would blow up and kill you. No wonder they were congested, you would be long dead if they weren’t!”
 

Baltika9

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I meant more in the sense how Yang is more "raging, impulsive, energetic, outgoing and male" etc... Jing, by definition, is pretty much the avatar of Yang and his actions through the LP confirm this. At least, that's what I'm theorizing.
 

treave

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I meant more in the sense how Yang is more "raging, impulsive, energetic, outgoing and male" etc... Jing, by definition, is pretty much the avatar of Yang and his actions through the LP confirm this. At least, that's what I'm theorizing.

Master Yao said:
“Your qi is a great big mess! I’ve never seen internal energy so chaotic. Yes, all people have both yin and yang within them, but yours are not only equal, they are in constant opposition with each other! It’s a freak of nature, that’s what it is. Let your qi rage uncontrolled and your meridians would blow up and kill you. No wonder they were congested, you would be long dead if they weren’t!”
 

Baltika9

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I see, and I won't argue with Yao's expertise. Wonder what will happen if a demon or a spirit gets a taste of our chaos.
 

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As if it wasn't apparent enough.

treave said:
“It was just coincidence, that’s all,” you reply. “I had no idea you were here. I would have steered far away from this place if I knew. Your company is entirely unpleasant to me."
 

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