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A long, winding passage deep beneath the earth connects the Punishment House to the Apothecary. There is no light down there, and the oxygen is so thin it might as well not exist. It is a relic of a different time and a scandalous affair. By the time he became an Elder, it had long since stopped seeing use.
He...
2021-10-04 11:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostThis is something I have been meaning to do for a while. Occasionally, I’ll answer questions here, on Royal Road, and Spacebattles.
I thought it’d be nice to compile some of those in one post. Feel free to drop questions in the comments.
Q1: How does one determine the method for creation of a pil...
2021-09-29 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the week's chapters:
Chapter 142: Among Prodigies is now out for Core Disciples.
Chapter 137: Obstacle is now avai...
2021-09-27 11:02:00 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
He is Feng Hao. A prodigy among prodigies.
Naturally, someone like him could not have been born from ordinary parents. His father’s strength is unquestionable, and his mother is at the peak of the Heaven Realm. That has never been kept secret from him. Indeed, his father once told him that it hadn’t just b...
2021-09-27 11:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostCareer Opportunities II
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“That was actually pretty easy.”
“I know, right?” Tim said, nodding as he took a bite out of his donut. The two had already finished the assignment Gerald had given them and had ended up hanging out in the food court. Tim had bought a dozen donuts which they were quickly f...
2021-09-25 23:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostAs much as it pains me to say this, the Nine-to-Five update this week will be delayed until Sunday. The cause being that I've caught a pretty nasty flu I'm just now starting to recover from. Thankfully, it wasn't anything worse.
2021-09-22 12:01:34 +0000 UTC View PostIn case you missed it last week, we have a wiki now. And also a TvTropes page. They're both ...
2021-09-21 00:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
The nature of a day can only be ascertained at the very end. No one knows that better than Liu Jin.
Until the very end, the day Eastern Port City fell was just like any other.
“Precision, Young Master. Precision,” Liu Jin says as he weaves in between Feng Hao’s attacks. A piece of blue cloth is aff...
2021-09-20 11:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostIn a stunning display of coolness, Nuit over at Spacebattles has started a Wiki for the story:
https://ave-xia-rem-y.fandom.com/wiki/Ave_Xia_Rem_Y_Wiki
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 140: Odious Crown Imperials is now out for Core Disciples.
2021-09-13 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
The depths of the Apothecary contain all sorts of treasures. Some, like the Reverse Tree, are marvels that exemplify the might of the Eternal Flame Clan. Many powerful and influential people will go their entire lives without laying eyes on one, yet in the Apothecary, it is simply another plant to be grown. The qual...
2021-09-13 11:55:59 +0000 UTC View PostCareer Opportunities I
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“I thought about this the first time we came here, but this place is pretty damn cool, you know? Like, when you get down to it, it’s really just a big room full of exercise equipment, but it’s a fancy big room full of exercise equipment. Like, Mr. Espinoza once went and bo...
2021-09-10 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostA new month is here. To all new patreons, welcome. To everyone else, thanks for sticking with me this far. I hope you all enjoy yourselves this month.
Here are the week's chapters:
Chapter 139: Incompatible Visions 2021-09-06 12:01:02 +0000 UTC View Post
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The Technique Hall is full of rows upon rows of shelves. Some are so tall they reach the ceiling. Others do not even get to Lu Mei’s waist. They are all full of books, pamphlets, and scrolls, all piled on top of each other and covered in dust. There is not even the slightest semblance of order in this place.
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Elder Xue told him to lay low and wait for introductions. That order was most assuredly given for Liu Jin’s benefit. He had distinguished himself far too quickly, and the Eternal Flame Clan is no longer the same place it was even a few weeks ago. Bu Jing’s actions showed how far some people were willing to go to...
2021-09-05 02:10:59 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude: The Busy Slate
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There were over a hundred million pets in the United States. The exact number varied depending on the methodology used to determine it. Regardless, even if you narrow the scope to a large metropolitan area like Port Stanley, the number of pets would still be above a million.
Man...
2021-09-04 19:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostDue to a set of circumstances involving the internet in my area suddenly being a jerk and my favorite chair being in dire need of replacing, all Friday updates will be moved to Saturday. Maybe even Saturday night.
Ave Xia Rem Y's regular Monday update will not be affected by this.
Probably not the best note to sta...
2021-09-02 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostSo I sold my house this month. Well, not my house. The house grandpa left me and my cousins, and I didn't sell it, the nice lady we hired to do that did. Still, it was a pretty big moment. Lots of arguing.
Well, my cousins argued because cousins. I made friends with a house lawyer. Dude had some really nice work s...
2021-08-30 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Loathsome though it is to admit, violence has undeniably become a commonality in his life.
Perhaps, Khong Hu should not judge himself harshly for it. After all, violence is a commonality in every cultivator’s life. People wiser than he have said so, so it must be true. Nonetheless, Khong Hu must question why...
2021-08-30 11:55:01 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
His and Her Circumstances XV
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As Regum escalated its operations, brushes against the many powers of the world would become an inevitability. Arthur Cadogan had always been aware of that. He knew there would come a time when it wouldn’t just be greedy businessmen hiring professional assassins from an...
2021-08-27 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the week's chapters:
Chapter 137: Obstacle is now out for Core Disciples.
Chapter 132: Light Sparring...
2021-08-23 12:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
Durable as the robes worn by the disciples of the Eternal Flame Clan are, Lu Mei’s fire has left hers in tatters. Her wild hair now falls freely past her shoulders, liberated from the ponytail it was kept in. Wordlessly, Liu Jin removes his upper garment and places it over Lu Mei’s shoulders, making sure to aver...
2021-08-23 11:56:59 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the week's chapters:
Chapter 136: Dangerous Nature is now out for Core Disciples.
Chapter 131: Strength and Weakness 2021-08-16 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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When Elder Chang told Liu Jin he was to deliver a message, Liu Jin had not expected the Elder to shove a clump of Qi into his Aura for Elder Xue to remove. Considering Nine-Headed Snake God and Old Jiang saw no issue with leaving things inside his soul, Liu Jin supposes this shouldn’t be surprising. Maybe it is co...
2021-08-16 11:55:01 +0000 UTC View PostHis and Her Circumstances XIV
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Amanda didn't like herself sometimes.
Not always. Not even usually. Just sometimes.
Rarely.
Seldomly.
Sophie had once told her poor self-esteem was for the ugly and the dumb. By that admittedly flawed metric, Amanda should have no issues with herself. Her g...
2021-08-13 12:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostHere are the week's chapters:
Chapter 135: Isolated Musings is now out for Core Disciples.
Chapter 130: There Is No Such Thing<...
2021-08-09 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post~~~
The line between violence and bureaucracy is paper-thin.
After Elder Bi had quelled the fighting with his mere presence, it had been off to the Punishment House for everyone. The same disciples who had been at each other’s throats mere moments ago were made to stand in line, fill out forms, and submit to int...
2021-08-09 11:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostI have wanted to talk about this for a while because I always see one word appear every now and then in comments, reviews, etc.
Deconstruction.
Full disclosure, I’m not a fan of it. Not the genre. I’m okay with that. I have enjoyed several works which are considered deconstructions. This is the part wher...
2021-08-06 12:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThere will be a delay in the next chapter of Nine-to-Five Villainy. As much as I want to post it on time, I will most likely push it to next week. I have finished with my seasonal round of medical tests, and that's eaten more of my time than I thought it would. While the chapter is already written, it's still in its draft sta...
2021-08-05 12:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostA new month is upon us. As always, I remain repeatedly surprised by how quickly time passes by. You wouldn't think so because passing by is the only thing time does. You'd figure surprise would be reserved only for if time decides to stop or something, but nope. Time has one trick, and I keep falling for it.
Oh, well. 2021-08-02 12:02:01 +0000 UTC View Post
