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Please add Jefepato, a male student, to the waiting list. I feel like I've been seeing these stories based around "qi cultivation" a lot lately. Was there a novel or something that made it popular?
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Top Hats Monthly posted:I did what  Jefepato posted:I feel like I've been seeing these stories based around "qi cultivation" a lot lately. Was there a novel or something that made it popular?
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Feb 23, 2020 04:27
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A hapless mortal Kaja who is just trying to get by in her life as a charlatan and con artist.
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Feb 23, 2020 04:46
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I also saw that some series that have cultivation are also Isekai, which does add to the power fantasy.
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Feb 23, 2020 05:21
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My name is do NOT jack off, and I am an anime sidekick male
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Feb 23, 2020 05:53
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Nyaa posted:I don't think so. The genre is call 'Xianxia', which is a mythic high fantasy version of Martial Artist 'Wuxia' genre. Think of it like Harry Potter, except with Chinese magic system, Taoism, Buddhism, Chinese martial arts, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and other traditional Chinese elements. Interesting. I remember seeing "Wuxia with Taoist magic and Chinese medicine etc." stuff a while back (the Weapons of the Gods RPG is the biggest example I can think of, that was from 2005), but "cultivation" is a term I've only heard much more recently. But judging by this Wikipedia page, the actual concept of qi cultivation is much older. Mraagvpeine posted:I also saw that some series that have cultivation are also Isekai, which does add to the power fantasy. Yeah, it does seem like exactly the kind of concept that an Isekai character would find a way to min/max. It's easy to write "the hero uses his modern knowledge to somehow cultivate faster than any of the local scrubs, becoming all-powerful" or whatever.
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Feb 23, 2020 07:08
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Sign me up as Damanation, a male student. I’d like to do some sword fighting or smithing if that’s a thing, not that there’s any control over what I start out good as.
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Feb 23, 2020 07:45
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I'd like to join as Lynneth, a female student, who is a janitor.
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Feb 23, 2020 12:32
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Radio Free Kobold and Hats please make your decision by monday night. Otherwise, Hats will be default to become the most beautiful cultivator rivaling the celestial maiden of heaven. I will throw in a fan art for your Ascension. Nyaa fucked around with this message at 14:38 on Feb 23, 2020 |
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Feb 23, 2020 14:18
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Sorry I missed the ground floor for this. I'll go ahead and throw myself in as a guy named Nick Buntline. Might take a look at the mod as well, have to see if I have the time. P.S. since there seems to be some people newly finding the genre, I'm gonna go ahead and recommend Forge of Destiny as an extremely good English webserial in this vein.
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Feb 23, 2020 21:02
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Hmm...I must be the most beautiful cultivator rivaling the celestial maiden of heaven. It only makes sense.
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Feb 23, 2020 21:17
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Girl character Bliss signing up as a member of the Wu-Tang Clan because I think I'm funny. If possible I would like to sing people to death.
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Feb 23, 2020 21:54
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Please add Jvie as a male student. This looks like a wild ride.
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Feb 23, 2020 23:09
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After reading Forge of Destiny and its sequel on SV I've been jonesing for some more Xianxia stuff. Put me in as Mcclay the female student and also give me some good Xianxia reccs
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Feb 23, 2020 23:28
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mcclay posted:After reading Forge of Destiny and its sequel on SV I've been jonesing for some more Xianxia stuff. Put me in as Mcclay the female student and also give me some good Xianxia reccs When I got into the genre I was told to start with Coiling Dragon by I Eat Tomatoes, since his works tend to be a fairly standard representation of the genre without too many frills. I also liked Stellar Transformation and Desolate Era. Er Gen's works are also generally well regarded (I Shall Seal the Heavens and A Will Eternal are the ones i've read so far and would recommend), but they're also a little more trickstery (and to some extent - crass) and might not be for everyone. Mao Ni wrote Ze Tian Ji/Way of Choices and The Path Towards Heaven. His stories are a bit more complex politically than some of the others, especially ZTJ, so that's really fun if that's your sort of thing. I didn't like My Disciple Died Yet Again and Cultivation Chat Group, but a lot of people do so might as well throw them out here. Doulou Dalu was tolerable for me but a lot of people didn't like it and I can certainly see why. Wouldn't recommend going on to the sequel series even if you do like it. There is another English one that people recommend - the Cradle series by Will Wight, though this one you'll almost certainly have to pay for unless Will does another "free for July 4th" promo again this year. And this is of course, not counting the Xianxia CYOA run by LLSix in Traditional Games, All Ways Be Cultivating. That's all I can think off the top of my head. But getting through even one of the complete ones will take a while as these things tend to go on for hundreds and hundreds of chapters, with some of the bigger ones reaching over 1000. Ending fatigue tends to be a thing in general - both in terms of you just wanting to get to the end already and the author losing the plot a bit or ending on short notice, but the overall experience is still worth it. Feel free to add others/critique my awful taste/etc. Jossar fucked around with this message at 02:06 on Feb 24, 2020 |
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Feb 23, 2020 23:49
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Hi I’m the idiot who only knows Xianxia from a... certain subgenre. Still, put me down on the list as hope the female disciple and watch me fail at cultivating.
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Feb 24, 2020 00:16
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pinchofginger, a male (until the sunflowers get their hands on him) reporting in.
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Feb 24, 2020 00:37
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 Since we lack unanimity on the sect's name, everyone shall vote on the founder's suggestion:A) One Blue Moon B) Blue Crab Green Toad C) Cult of Bčn D) The Fighter Mafia
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Feb 24, 2020 00:40
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Cult of Bčn, if solely for the very apt description. (translate 笨 )
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Feb 24, 2020 00:42
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Yeah, unless the others are actually clever references that i'm not getting, gonna go with the Cult of Bčn.
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Feb 24, 2020 00:47
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Feb 24, 2020 00:48
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Top Hats Monthly posted:Cult of Bčn, if solely for the very apt description. Thank you for the tip there, I thought the name was weird but now it makes perfect sense and I must vote for it.
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Feb 24, 2020 00:51
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C) Cult of Bčn
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Feb 24, 2020 00:54
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Oh my god this LP is everything I ever dreamed of. A cultivation novel simulator you can play!  Put me on the waiting list as Evil Kit the male body cultivator, if that's even an option in this game. If not, throw me at Pill cultivation or arrays/formations, whatever works. I'm gonna follow the heck outta this thread. Also C) Cult of Bčnmcclay posted:After reading Forge of Destiny and its sequel on SV I've been jonesing for some more Xianxia stuff. Put me in as Mcclay the female student and also give me some good Xianxia reccs Book talk: I absolutely adore xianxia and have been reading entirely too much of it the past 2-3 years. For you and anyone looking for others suggestions aside from the ones already mentioned (A Will Eternal is the xianxia novel I would most recommend to first time xian xia readers), I personally highly recommend Heaven's Devourer and Nine Star Hedgemon Body Art! Both of which have ongoing professional translations at wuxiaworld! Wuxiaworld also has a super awesome phone app for on the go reading, and more books than you can shake a divine tree at. It's great and amazing and I have sank waaaay too much of my time into reading xian xia on wuxiaworld. Seriously, go check it out. Evil Kit fucked around with this message at 01:45 on Feb 24, 2020 |
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Feb 24, 2020 01:40
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Top Hats Monthly posted:Cult of Bčn, if solely for the very apt description. This is good.
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Feb 24, 2020 02:00
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Although I suspect we will live up to the Cult of Bčn in our actions, I must vote One Blue Moon out of principle.
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Feb 24, 2020 02:27
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I'd prefer D) The Fighter Mafia. One Blue Moon wouldn't be bad either.
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Feb 24, 2020 04:08
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I vote for Red Eye Gold Ring. I hope someone gets it.
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Feb 24, 2020 05:55
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I am Shei-kun, who shall for some reason be female for lack of better options, and will likely be tricked into joining the Cult of Ben.
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Feb 24, 2020 06:29
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Feb 24, 2020 08:35
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VolticSurge here, a male who is seeking self-improvement and lacks the better judgement to refuse the Cult of Bčn's offer.
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Feb 24, 2020 10:48
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I A Crab wish to enlist as a Crustacean. Clearly every school of weird martial arts needs an animal mascot! I could be it... or boiled with melted butter, one of the two. Either way put me on the list!
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Feb 24, 2020 19:15
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I, Moleboy, a wandering Female Student would like to sign up for maximum confusion
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Feb 25, 2020 18:57
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Day 1, 10:59 am No one care about how their home should look like, and there’s not much time left to build for five inhabitants. A big house is out of the question.  The most space efficient design would be a barrack for everyone to sleep in one place. However, Arcanuse and Slaan are married couple! Won’t it be awkward to share the same room with three other men? This isn’t a chicken coop! Everyone should get their own room!  Reducing a house by one category, and we got a shack. It has enough space for one or two bed and a few furniture. However, we wouldn’t be able to finish all four shack in one day!  Shrinking it down by another category, and we get a hut. A mere shelter with a bed. Slightly more comfortable than a coffin. This will do until someone bother to come up with some designs.  BUT! It would look like a big house if we stick five huts together, right? The mysterious elder has no comment.  The daunting task of building this mega-hut will be left to the capable big sister of the group.  As for the jobless Radio Free Kobold? Everyone told him to rest his poor body. What he did for the group is enough.  He drops the axe from his bruised arm in silent. His cunning heart realized: He is a deadweight.  He knows what he can do after considering tasks that doesn't end up with bone fractures. He understood what he can do.  Since he led the group safely into this land, this legs and luck of his can at least help him scout the surround land! Thus, he departed without telling anyone to not worries them.  Day 1, 12:41 pm Thinking their sickly brother is resting somewhere, the rest of the group works toward building the mega-hut. Hats is in charge of chopping trees, Arcanuse and Happerry makes the planks, while Slaan build the house.   Day 1, 4:42 pm The mega-hut is only half done. Productivity slowed down as Happerry become bored enough to take interest in a random grass.  Arcanuse also hated this.  Radio Free Kobold have been hobbling with heavy breath to continues his duty of exploration. He found a large pond on the north with some lotus plants and frogs. A good water source.  Day 1, 10:43 pm Slaan selflessly finished building her room without any light source while the other gets a sky view. Everyone collapses from exhaustion without a thought about Radio Free Kobold.  He is currently lost in a mountainous area filled with rare mineral vein at northwest.  Day 2, 1:43 am Slaan jolts awakes from a nightmare of the sect’s destruction and fleeing for her life with her husband.  To shakes off the terrible memories, she decides to finish up building Radio Free Kobold’s hut. How could she let the sickest person to sleep on the ground? But to her surprise, she can’t find him there!  Where could he be?  Slaan tries to find Radio Free Kobold, but she found an old box crate instead.  Inside, she found multiple stack of Rabbit Pelt in good condition! What cruel people would hurt so many rabbits!  Day 2, 5:08 am Everyone awaken at 5am to begin their day with foundation training. For now, they can only swing these wooden axe as practice weapon.  Day 2, 7:25 am After breakfast, Slaan finally finished the mega-hut. Hats and Happerry gets a shared-lantern for ‘their’ room.  The mysterious elder threateningly suggested to takeover Radio Free Kobold’s room while the sick man in question remain missing in his ongoing exploration.  Now that the mega-hut is officially ‘completed’. It’s time for Slaan to construct all sort of workstations for more dedicated products and refinement. Kitchen needs stone for oven, so that will have to wait.  Speaking of food, Happerry decided to work on collecting wild herbs and fruit from ginkgo and pear trees. Anything would taste better than rice cake.  Things are looking up with the mega-hut and workstation.  As Slaan build more workstation, she recalls other similar workstation she had seen in the sect. Most of them need stone material to build like the kitchen. If only someone could explore to find a place with lots of mineral…  Speaking of the explorer. Radio Free Kobold can sense great danger southeast from our new home. It is an instinctive feeling of flight or be killed. Still, how can he not inspect the danger that could harm his brother and sister? He was the one who brought everyone here! The safety of the land is his responsibility that he owns to all!  Following his sense of danger haphazardly discovered a demon beast in hibernation. It’s a powerful being that only an inner student of at least Refinement Realm can contend against. It will certainly wake up at some point in the near future.  Bearing the grave news, Radio Free Kobold rush back to inform every one of the danger. Someone need to takes care of it!  The mysterious elder refused to pick a fight with a demon. Instead, he threatening suggested Radio Free Kobold to live in a hut further away from the demon. He will not move unless one of us get assaulted.  “This is another trial that must be overcome by yourself.” The mysterious elder said wisely. He is right, this is our home and It is time to decides who will cultivate to become an Inner Student.  Compatibility speaking, sister Slaan is certainly better than the rest and… have nothing to lose. However, she refused.  Slaan have always been the big sister who takes care of everyone since childhood in the thieve hive. Even in Taiyi Sect, she is the reliable big sister who is good at practically everything including building houses. Everyone would falls apart if she were to give up everything in order to fully dedicate himself into cultivation.  “Nope.” Arcanuse prefers to stay being the king of games with his lovely wife.  Although Hats wanted to refuse it, but thinking about his past as the princess’ gigolo who have to fled for his life and joined Taiyi sect for protection, he ponders if he can go back to the gigolo business after he become a gorgeous woman? This beautiful face would certainly benefit with an extra feminine feature. More importantly, as an Inner, he only needs to sit in a nicely decorated room to cultivate all day, and someone would bring good food to please him. Isn’t this a good deal?  “I will do it.” Hats chucks down the expensive elixir with glee. Just like that, he don’t need to don’t work hard like everyone anymore. Waking up 5 to 7 every morning to build foundation is awful.  Even if it’s not the best cultivation law for him, he can now learn it without effort. Such a deal doesn’t often drop from heaven.  Skimming through the manual, it seems to be a great law that enable superb control of ones’ treasure weapon. Good, letting the weapon fight for himself is perfect for the lazy him. The problem is facing the heavenly tribulation earlier than other laws. Well, he will deal with it when the bridge is crossed.  Before a student can cultivate on any law, their body must be strengthening and hardened. This ‘foundation’ is necessary for the body to be able to endure the absorption and sustaining Qi energy without exploding like a thin balloon.  In a brief moment of breaking through into the new realm of cultivation, Hats have a vision of the future as an immortal. The handsome and ever youthful divine being who stood atop the peak of life, and the immortal maiden of heaven whom is the embodiment of beauty. His preference is leaning toward the left side.  Thankfully, Hats don’t need to go through these muscle building training that could ruins his beautifully perky chin.  A whole new world has opened to Hats.  From todays on, he will be responsible for the safety of everyone in the Cult of Bčn Sect…  Or maybe the Cult of Bčn Garden? Cult of Bčn Group? We can change the suffix later.  But what does Bčn mean? There’s a lot of words that sounds like Ben, but Hats only gives a mysterious smile for other to contemplate the meaning behind the most important name in their existence.  Perhaps Hats wants us to remember our roots or declaring this is beginning, our origin?  To remind us the time we fled from the enemy? To remember to seek our revenge?  And a great message of us being together, from dust to dust.  Everyone is so touched by the other meanings and failed to see what Hats have actually written down.  The pigeons have been sent all over the world to all sects and cultivators. Proudly declaring our great name and existence to all. There is no turning back.  A sect needs a master, and Hats would naturally have to take on the position.  He is the face who represents all of us.  History is written. Hats - the very first sect master of Cult of Bčn.  Now that Hats is out of the workforce, Radio Free Kobold will take over the logging and hunting/exploring task. He found quite a lot of boxes all over the place. Maybe a bunch of merchant cart have crashed all over the place in the past.  While the rest will work on building more cultivation buildings, gatherings, and… considers starting a farm?  As for Hats, he can choose to work on cultivating to the next level, or visit nearby area: Mountains – Collect resources (Infinite loop) such as meat or ores. Other Sects – Pay a visit to other sects with a greeting gift and trade random things with them. Village – Random encounter and events in the mortal world. Can visit market to purchase local specialty or invite/kidnap new student. The sect could use more manpower. The time it takes to visit each place is determinate by the distant and flying speed of the cultivator. All of them should take Hats slightly more than one day for a full round trip.
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Feb 26, 2020 00:47
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I, Foul ole Ron wish to join as a janitor/sweeper. Male please. Even the sacred documents needed dusting......
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Feb 26, 2020 01:05
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Gilgamesh255, a man seeking power, shall bide his time as an Outer Student...for now. At least until he gets the chance to learn how to rend the skies or his enemies with his bare hands, in which he shall glady snap up the opportunity.
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Feb 26, 2020 04:42
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Do not worry my fellow sect members. Big sister will keep you warm and fed in these troubled times. We can look to Big Brother Hat for protection and you can trust me to provide the rest. Cultivate, my brothers, and grow!
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Feb 26, 2020 05:07
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Even though I am ascending I will still ask the group. I believe that I should head to the village, and try to meet new members.
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Feb 27, 2020 01:43
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That was my first impulse too, I'll admit, so I'll support doing some recruiting.
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More people would be good. So much work to do, so few hands to do it. Ah, but we need places to house them, yes? From observation, Lighting seems important for mood; higher mood will be... Helpful, probably? Good for mood is good for home.
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