>>36663469
You, uh, havin' some trouble with your OP there Sage?

>>36663488
Hush you.

>captcha: easaey lovfer

How dare you say that about Skt captcha! He's as pure as virgin snow!

>>36663469

"Breakfast, Hero Lightning Tiger?" the Yuan Clan servant says, walking into your room with a tray of food.

"Sure. And stop calling me that," you say off-handedly as you do one-handed push-ups upside down.

"Uh...I was told Hero Lightning Tiger was undergoing bed rest?" he says surprised as he lays out the food.

"Of course, what does it look like I'm doing?" you say, mentally counting past thirty, and then switch to chin-ups on the wooden beam ahead.

"Have my friends gotten back yet?"

"Lady Ao is in her room and Brother Genshu is not in the manor."

"No, my OTHER friends, Duan Lei and Zhu'er? One drinks like a fish and the other has green hair? Ya can't miss 'em."

"I have seen neither, Hero Lightnin-"

"Sky. It's JUST Sky."
I mean, you thought it was cool at first too but when EVERYONE calls you it you just feel weird.

>WDYS?

>"They left last night. Did you see them then?"

>"I'm going out to look for them."

>>36663681
>>"They left last night. Did you see them then?"
then
>"I'm going out to look for them."

>>36663681

>"They left last night. Did you see them then?"
then
>"I'm going out to look for them."

>>36663681
>I'm going out to look for them

As long as we don't use too much internal energy it shouldn't fuck up our recovery.

On a side-note, found a live torrent, so I'm watching the '08 adaptation of Legend of the Condor Heroes.

>>36663681
>"They left last night. Did you see them then?"

>>36663681

>"They left last night. Did you see them then?"

>"I'm going out to look for them."

>>36663681

"They went out to get food for me last night. How about then, did you see them then?" you ask impatiently.

"I did not, Hero Ligh-...Sky. I was in another part of the palace. The servants provided food for you, did we not?" he inquired politely.

"....okay, that's it, I'm going looking for them," you say, dropping from your chin-ups and putting up your free-flowing hair into it's customary braid and putting your shirt back on.

"B-but, Hero Lightning Tiger!" he says, forgetting your correction in his distress. "I was told you were supposed to be in strict bed rest!"

>WDYS?

>"So stop me." [Ignore Him]

>"Bed rest doesn't leave me inclined to stick around while my only friends in the world vanish." [Protest]

>>36663908
>"Bed rest doesn't leave me inclined to stick around while my only friends in the world vanish." [Protest]

>>36663908

>"Bed rest doesn't leave me inclined to stick around while my only friends in the world vanish." [Protest]

>>36663908
>>"So stop me." [Ignore Him]
because lets why not

>>36663908
>>"Bed rest doesn't leave me inclined to stick around while my only friends in the world vanish." [Protest]

>>36663908
>"So stop me." [Ignore Him]

>>36663908
>So stop me

>>36663908
>"Bed rest doesn't leave me inclined to stick around while my only friends in the world vanish." [Protest]

>>36663908
>"Bed rest doesn't leave me inclined to stick around while my only friends in the world vanish." [Protest]

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>>36663908
>"So stop me"
>tfw he stops you

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>>36663908

" 'Bed rest' does not mean 'abandon my friends'," you say firmly, picking up your yanmaodao saber and stapping it to your back.

"I have orders to keep you here though!" he says, alarmed now.

"Funny thing; as far as I know NONE of the people I call my friends have the authority to give you orders of ANY kind. Which means whoever gave them the orders can shove it."

"There...there are guards outside the door though!"

"I find it interesting that a sick patient needs guards," you say, finishing gearing up with a smirk.

You were right; they ARE trying to keep you here for some reason. You bet this poor jackass doesn't even realize it.

"They weren't for YOU, Hero Lightning Tiger," he says, rolling his eyes as if it were obvious. "They were to prevent the Iron Palm Sect's men from retaliating against you while you recovered."

"Yeah sure. And why don't you tell me about a shiny golden ring to put around my head you were given while you're at it?" you say with a laugh.

"But Hero Sky, you wouldn't attack the servants of a sect who hasn't wronged you, would you?" he says, cowering a little. He falls under that catagory as well.

"Who said anything about ATTACKING them?" you say with a laugh, walking up to the window. "Tell 'em hi for me!"

You kick off and go sailing across the garden, landing on the branch of a tree right-leg-first before kicking off again into the air, left-leg-first now landing on a large ornamental stone, before a final kick sends to to the top of the wall surrounding the compund.

"Can't catch THIS Monkey King!" you say with a laugh.

>WDYS?

>Go looking at the inn you were at first.

>Go to the Buddhist temple where Genshu is supposed to be staying at.

>>36664210
>tfw he's the strongest xia ever
>tfw he was dad in disguise all along

>>36664210
Badass concierges are my fetish.

>>36664271

>Go to the Buddhist temple where Genshu is supposed to be staying at.
Acquire Genshu, take him on our Journey to the Friends

>go to the buddhist temple

>>36664271
>Go looking at the inn you were at first.
2freinds > than 1 if if that one is Genshu

>>36664271
>>Go looking at the inn you were at first.

>>36664271
>>Go looking at the inn you were at first.

>>36664271
>Go looking at the inn you were at first.
And then
>Go to the Buddhist temple where Genshu is supposed to be staying at.

>>36664271
>Go looking at the inn you were at first.

With our track record we'll bump into batmonk whenever he finds it convieniant and not before.

>>36664271
>Go looking at the inn you were at first.
You don't find Brother Genshu, he just happens to be where you're going.

>>36664417
>You don't find Brother Genshu, he just happens to be where you're going

This guy gets the joke.

>>36664271

You make your way along the rooftops and walls, glad to stretch your legs after being stuck inside almost a whole day.
It feels GREAT to use your Lightfoot skill again, you HATE feeling trapped.

You move like a leaf on the wind, leaving the wealthy distract behind you and moving towards the travel district, landing above one of the buildings near the inn (says it's a doctor's hall), and keeping your eyes open for them.

You feel the hair rise in the back of your neck; you feel a hostile presence from somewhere....

>WDYD?

>Stay out here and look for it.

>Head inside the in.

>>36664532
>Stay out here and look for it.

>>36664532
>Stay out here and look for it.

>>36664532
>Stay out here and look for it.

>>36664532
>Head inside the inn

It's probably just Zhu'er waiting to find out why Ao Zhengzhu was seen skipping away from our room last night with a stupid grin on her face.

>>36664532
>Head inside the in.

>>36664532
Be sure to use our new concealment skill either way.

>>36664532
>>36664589
changing my vote to
>Head inside the in.
we should avoid fighting in our condition

>>36664532
>Head inside the in.

Is Yang Meilin's father Yang Wen-li, perchance?

>>36664532
>Head inside the Inn.

>>36664532
>I feel an imminent threat.
>I'm seriously wounded and I can't fight.
>I should sit here, motionless, and wait for whatever horrible thing I sense to attack.

bruh

>>36664532
>Head inside the inn

What good is a barfight without a bar.

>Head inside the Inn

>>36664749
Hang on a sec.

>>36664818
Okay, back, sorry.

>>36664899
What was the issue?

>>36664920
A kung fu duel, of course.

>>36664920
Assassins tried to kill him, he dueled their leader and beat the rest up for not surrender afterwards.

Source: all my bones hurt, we should have surrendered

>>36664920
An exceptionally cute ass.
>>36664980
>>36664996
This stuff too, but that happens so often I forgot it.
>>36664532

"Huh...," you say, uncertain, before hopping down and walking towards the inn.

If they wanna follow, that's up to them. You might learn something if they do.

"Hey guy," you say to the innkeeper, who looks up and you and smiles. "Evening Hero Lightning Tiger! Your match yesterday was spectacular! Have you come to stay at my inn again! The Heavens have blessed me!" he says in joy.

"Uh...thanks...no I'm here asking about my two friends, Duan Lei-" you begin and he interrupts.

"Ah, Hunan's Swiftest Saber and your wife?"

"Yeah, them. Wait, she's not my-"

"They were here last night purchasing food, which I assumed was for you and prepared my best dishes! Haven't seen them since then though," he admits.

"Damn. Hey thanks man," you say, and generously tip him half a string of cash.

You head outside and you feel that presence again. You turn slowly to the left.

On the rooftops, far distant from you is a figure in black. You can't make out anything else.

"NOT my imagination then..."

>WDYD?

>Time to meet somebody new.

>If he wants to watch, he can watch.

>Time to meet somebody new.

>>36665086
>>Time to meet somebody new.

>>36665086
>>Time to meet somebody new.
Let's say hello!

>>36665086
>Time to meet somebody new.

An exceptionally cute ass.?
Storytiem

>>36665086
>Time to meet somebody new.

>>36665086
Swiggity swooty

>If he wants to watch, he can watch.

We're in no condition to fight.

>>36665086
>Time to meet somebody new.

No fighting though, it would be rather unfortunate to have our meridians explode or something.

>>36665086
>>Time to meet somebody new.

>>36665161
Hey it's not a fight, just a casual chat.

>>36665167
We should keep our wits about us in case ANDAAAAAAAAA finds us again. That is a conversation that has the same drawbacks as a fight. Immense pain, confusion and a concussion.

>>36665086
>If he wants to watch, he can watch

We have people we like that we need to find. He wants to say hello, he can introduce himself like a normal person instead of stalking us like a creeper.

Also, more details on the Ass of Quest Delaying +1.

>>36665086
>Time to meet somebody new, but maybe not let it stop us from looking for our friends.

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>>36664632
Nope.
Her Sifu is, plus fourth years or so.
>>36665142
She needs directions and I had them.
>>36665161
I have literally no idea what that means.
>>36665086

You leap up to the rooftops again and make your way to the unmoving figure in black.

You land on a slightly lower level of elevation from him, staring back at him.

His dark brown hair is tied back like yours, though his seems shorter. At his side there's a liuyedao, a willow-leaf saber https://www.dynastyforge.com/images_products/5033d68c19622_product_large.jpg in case anyone wants to know what the weapon type looks like, which is common among military officers and guards. On his back there's a quiver of arrows with a bow inside of it.

"Something to say?" you ask boldly of the hard-eyed man in black.

"No. Something to test!" he says, then suddenly charges at you, drawing his saber!

>>36665254

>WDYD?

>Focus on defense!

>Keep up with his offense!

>Risk using Heaven's Blessings!

>>36665281
>>Focus on defense!

>>36665254
>Focus on defense!
Learn his style then exploit holes in it.

It's that Constable Guy, isn't it? Steeleyes, right?

>>36665281
>>Focus on defense!

>>36665254
>>Focus on defense!

>Keep up with his offense!

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>>36665254
Really? It's pretty common.

>>36665281
>Focus on Defense!

>>36665359
Just never seen it I guess.

>>36665254
>defense

>>36665254
>Focus on defense!

Something something home schooled something something don't have to take tests.

>>36665281
>>Focus on defense!

>>36665281
>Keep up with his offense!

>>36665254
>>36665281

>Focus on defense.

An active one, though. We want to disarm him if at all possible.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PLKw7g-3Hu3n_K5x52oTpyMpSUqPa8ISeF&v=lYzNg5kqrdg
If Sky has a fight theme, this is it.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=g4Q3d5MrBsE or maybe this for more dramatic moments, I dunno.

>>36665254

"Hey hey hey HEY!" you say, drawing your saber from your back at the last minute and feeling his blade party against yours!

He is FAST.

You parry aside his blows, moving your saber through sword parry routines while keeping just out of the way of his more powerful strikes!

The man in black is silent, his saber clashing against your defenses, his saber work incredibly precise and efficient, with no wasted movements and akways striking for gaps in your defense you can barely cover in time!

"Shouldn't we be-" you say, parrying a side-stroke before leaping over him just as he anticipates the move and tries to hit you where you land before you parry behind your back and spin away, forcing him to back off, "-introducing ourselves before the fighting?! That's how this usually works, right?"

"Words can lie," he says simply swooping in at your side like a hungry bird of pray and striking at yet another opening you're forced to dodge rather the block!

"So you're just gonna ASSUME I'm lying and attack me?!" you ask in disbelief.

"Pretty much," he admits, and you back off, switching to Carefree Saber!

You dart forwards with incredible speed, forcing him to block and dodge, as you use your Sworn Brother's saber style to force HIM on the defensive!

"Carefree Saber?" he says in surprise. "You are NOT Duan Lei."

"Never claimed I was!" you say as you suddenly switch styles back to Endless Sky Forms, catching him off-guard!

You manage to hold him off, but his defenses seem impregnable! No matter where you strike he always seems to have anticipated your offense and sets up and appropriate defense!

>>36665722
>"Words can lie," he says simply
>"Carefree Saber?" he says in surprise. "You are NOT Duan Lei."
>"Never claimed I was!" you say

Or AM I?

>>36665752
He's lying, it turns out we were Duan Lei all along.

>>36665752
>Words can lie.
>Sky proceeds to lie with his style just to fuck with the guy.

Stay classy Tiankong.

>>36665722

"Hm. No forms...," he says, still testing you, and you match him blade-for-blade!

This is weird. You've been examining his style and you've found a counter-pattern that should allow you to exploit his defensive weaknesses, but it's not working; he sees any attack coming almost as soon as you do it, and finally you're forced break away, him leaping back at the same time you do!

"Enough," he says, stowing his saber in it's scabbard. "You're not one of men I'm looking for."

"I could've told you that!" you say, still holding onto your saber defensively.

"You could have lied too. I am Bai Tiexin," he says, giving you the Wulin Salute. "And you are Tiankong, called Lightning Tiger."

"How the hell do you know that? That nickname's just a day old and I sure as hell never fought you before!" you wonder.

"I heard the details of your fight, and you match the description given."

"If you knew who I WAS then why did you fight me?"

"Knowing who someone claims to be in public is not the same thing as knowing who they are in private," he says, his voice analytical and rational.

>WDYS?

>"Bai Tiexin? Steeleyes?"

>"The hell is THAT supposed to mean, 'who I am in private?"

>>36665920
Called it.

>"The hell is THAT supposed to mean, 'who I am in private?"

>>36665920

>"Bai Tiexin? Steeleyes?"
into
>"The hell is THAT supposed to mean, 'who I am in private?"

>>36665920
>"The hell is THAT supposed to mean, 'who I am in private?"

>>36665920
>"Bai Tiexin? Steeleyes?"

>>36665920

>"The hell is THAT supposed to mean, 'who I am in private?"

>>36665920
>"Bai Tiexin? Steeleyes?"

>>36665920
>Pull off our Tiankong mask to reveal we were Duan Lei all along.

>>36665920
>The hell is THAT supposed to mean, 'who I am in private?"

>>36665920
>"The hell is THAT supposed to mean, 'who I am in private?"
then
>"Bai Tiexin? Steeleyes?"

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>>36665920

"Who I am in...wait, are you some kinda..weird pervert who spies on people?" you say, suddenly wary for non-violent reasons for once.

"What? No!" he protests, annoyed at the suggestion.

"Uh-huh, I bet you say that to EVERYONE you spy, pervert!"

"I'm the Deputy Commader of the Brocade Guards you moron!" he says, tossing something small and heavy to you.

It's a golden seal denoting his authority as a member of the Jinyiwei.

"Wait, they give weird perverts Imperial authority now? Man, I used to LIKE the Ming!"

"They do NO-," he begins before pausing.

"Wait. You're doing that on purpose," he realizes narrowing his eyes.

"Heh," is your only response. You're surprised he figured it out so fast. This guy's as sharp as his saber is.

"Steeleyes, right? That's what they call you in the Jianghu."

"Yes," he admits with a nod of his head.

>>36666216
Oh, Sky. Never stop trolling.

>>36666216
>you're doing that on purpose

It took him this long in the conversation to pick up? Man, Genshu would eat this guy alive.

Could this mean that the Jinyiwei have an interest in our style (and potentially Ba, by extension?)

>>36666216
We have to keep this guy around. We can be his Genshu-lite.

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>>36666267
>Could this mean that the Jinyiwei have an interest in our style (and potentially Ba, by extension?)
We're a country bumpkin who somehow has this powerful style and shit, and also doesn't happen to have a long history of belonging to any particular faction.

Of course we'd aroud the interest of many people.

>>36666216
>Man, I used to LIKE the Ming

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>>36666328
*arouse
I swear Sage's sporadic misspellings are contagious.

>>36666216

"So you're one of the two Top Ten Young Hero hopefuls who didn't show. Why not?"

"I have an ACTUAL job to do," he says simply, leaping down from his higher perch and waking closer.

"And to answer your question; your name is Tiankong, newly dubbed Lightning Tiger. You have no known sect, clan, society, or faction. The day before yesterday you defeated twenty-five different xia in the open part of the contest for Top Ten Young Heroes. The next day you defeated Iron Palm Sect's Chief Qiu Qiang in a battle that left him unable to properly compete in today's battles," he says, reciting factual information only days old.

"Yeah, so?"

"Though your name is now well-known in Chengdu and almost certainly is going to he well-known throughout the Jianghu soon, you simply appear to have not existed up until two days ago. You have no birth records in the local archives. Your style is obviously unique, refined, and powerful, but there is no information on you in the Jianghu before two days ago. You appear to have shown up out of thin air. This means one of two things; you are lying about your identity, or you are a genuine anomoly that has yet to be accounted for. In either case it requires me to test your identity in the most honest form; combat."

>>36666487

"So you had to fight me to check if I was someone you are looking for? That doesn't make any damn sense! Couldn't you just look at me and figure it out?"

"No, because the man I fought with wore a mask. I know how he fights and that he's a man of approximently your height and your build. Everything else is a mystery to me. It was an off-chance that you were him but I was obligated to test it, especially given the suspicious circumstances of your sudden appearance," he explains in full.

You WANT to be mad at the guy, but actually you follow his train of thought pretty well.

>WDYS?

>"Who ARE you looking for then?"

>"At least you knew to back off before that fight got serious."

>>36666620
>"Who ARE you looking for then?"

>>36666620
>"Who ARE you looking for then?"

>>36666620
>"Who ARE you looking for then?"

>>36666620
>>"Who ARE you looking for then?"

>>36666620
>"Who ARE you looking for then?"

>>36666620
>>"Who ARE you looking for then?"

>>36666620

"So you were just, what checking my credentials with all that?" you say in an annoyed manner. "It felt like you were seriously trying to KILL me there."

"Because I was," he says calmly. "Your build and height are correct for the perpetrator. However your heart rate, breathing, footwork, and stance are wrong, and you emitted no reflexive hostile intent upon sighting me, which if we had fought before you would've."

"And you could tell ALL of that by looking at me?" you say in disbelief. You're a sharp guy, and you can tell a lot about people from how they act and talk but the rest of that stuff seems...hard to believe.

"My Ice Heart Knack gives me perfect awareness, and my Raptor Eyes give me perfect sight. However these symptoms can be mimicked by a skilled martial artist. Conversely, when attached suddenly even a skilled liar will reflexively revert to styles they are familiar with, betraying themselves. If I had been doing anything less then trying to kill you, your possible deception might have held up still."

"Okay, but what if I DIED?"

"Ideally I would've stopped before your life was ended. In the case that I couldn't because you were too weak, I'd have paid for your funeral."

"What?!"

"We have a budget for that sort of thing."

>>36666620
>Who ARE you looking for then?
I guess he only knows the man's fighting style.

>>36666620
>>"Who ARE you looking for then?"

>>36666980
BRB, haircut.

>>36666980
>We have a budget for that sort of thing.

I find it worrying that you jokers have enough collateral damage to necessitate a budget.

>>36666980
You are infuriatingly reasonable. I like you. And I also want to punch you.

>>36667004
If it's not 100% shaved, or appropriate Xia flowing locks, I will be highly disappointed, Wulin Sage!

Also: Woo! Made it back in time for the thread!

>>36667080
Well, Sky is not exactly one for zero mortality rates. If we commit to a fight we've been raised all our life to see it through to victory, even if winning means they die.

Back again.

>>36667207
So it was literally just one hair being cut, then?

>>36667136
Oh, its not that they kill a lot of people. It's that they kill a lot of people that aren't criminals so they have a fund to cover funerals for the shlubs that get caught in the middle, or have a terminal case of mistaken identity.

>>36667128
>If it's not 100% shaved, or appropriate Xia flowing locks, I will be highly disappointed, Wulin Sage!

Not Asian or Native American enough.

>>36667227
>So it was literally just one hair being cut, then?

I have a very good barber.

>>36667231
I am fairly sure that as a xia we will have incidental body count somewhere along the way. It will be regrettable, but not something to cry over.

Still, I agree that having a fund to deal with that kind of thing is a bit over the line and well into "encouraging it".

>>36665086
>"Damn. Hey thanks man," you say, and generously tip him half a string of cash.
that IS a generous tip

>>36667309
I don't think Sky ever learned to appreciate the value of money.

>>36665722
>"Carefree Saber?" he says in surprise. "You are NOT Duan Lei."
apparently actions can lie too

>>36666980

"A budget," you say in flat disbelief. "So who are you chasing then, if not me?"

You were worried this had to do with your father for a bit there.

"A pair of hired killers, both masked. One uses Flying Spirit Arrows and the other uses Three-Yard Finger Strike their styles," he explains. "They also specialize in kidnapping."

"Kidnapping...," you say, suddenly pondering the possibilities. "Have you checked with the Tang Clan? They're assassins, right?"

"Flying Spirit Arrows and Three-Yard Finger Strike are not among the known skills of the Tang Clan, and kidnapping is not their MO. It's possible that they could be ex-Tang Clan members who learned those styles or even that the Tang secretly use them, but in absence of evidence it would be irresponsible to assume relation between the two. It is more likely the killers are unrelated; the Tang does not have a monopoly on assassins."

"How did you know I wasn't Duan Lei?"

"As I said before; my Ice Heart Knack makes me aware of everything, and my Raptor Eyes let's me see everything. Specifically, your hair was wrong, your clothes are finer then Duan Lei is known to wear as not his customary red coloring, and most importantly you smell wrong."

"What was that about my SMELL?" you say, perhaps a little bit creeped out.

"Duan Lei is a heavy drinker. He smells almost constantly like wine. You smell fresh as if you've recently bathed, partially of sweat as of you've been exercising, and also of some faint perfume that is mostly made on the coast of the Guangdong Province. The last I can't account for easily, but I assume you were in close proximity with a woman sometime within the last two hours."

You just stare, jaw agape.
He's right. So Zhengzhu came to visit you when you were exercising and got kinda...close.

>WDYS?

>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."

>"Need help with your case?"

>>36667737
>>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."

>>36667737
>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."

>>36667737
>>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."

>>36667737
>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."

>>36667737
>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."
So, you know, if there's nothing further I really should get back to looking for them.

>>36667737
>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."

>>36667737
>>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."
so were basically dealing with kung fu sherlock

>>36667737
>>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."
We're a good guy and all that, but we're not THAT good a guy. If our friends are missing (not just, like out shopping or something) and he wants to work together to find them then we help him with it, but it's not really our concern otherwise.

>>36667737
>"I have two fists that are missing right now, actually. I was wondering if you could help me find them oh wait they're in your face."

>>36667737
>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."
>"Need help with your case?"
I would like both if possible

>>36667737
>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."

>>36667737
>"I have two friends that are missing right now, actually."
We are so this guy´s Watson.

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>>36667737

"Huh...," you say, rubbing your chin in thought.

"What?" he says, detecting the tone in your voice instantly.

"I have two friends who have been missing since last night actually, it's why I'm out here," you explain.

"Interesting. Can you describe them?"

"One of them is Duan Lei. He's my Sworn Brother, and the other is my good friend Zhu'er. She has green hair, can't miss her."

"Duan Lei is a skilled martial artist. Is this other girl one as well?"

"Yeah. I don't know HOW skilled, but she sure can take care of herself in a fight, so she wouldn't go easy."

"Hm. Any idea why they'd be captured.

"Not really," you say, and it's true.
Lei might have enemies, but you don't know them, and it doesn't make sense for anyone who's hunting Zhu'er to take Duan Lei too.

"It seems we're both missing pieces of this puzzle then. Are you willing to have my aid while looking? I suspect my case and your missing friends are linked occurrences."

>Agree

>Decline

>>36668252
>Agree

>>36668252
>>Agree
trust the insticts of the xia detective

>>36668252
>Agree

>>36668252
>Agree
Make it clear that we're only here for our friends, though. We're not servants of the secular state, and honestly it's not our problem other than saving our peeps.

>>36668252
>>Agree
Mister Holmes joins the party!

>>36668252
>Agree

>>36668252
>Agree
Lead on, Judge Bie. Yeah, I know the pronunciation isn't quite right for them to rhyme, but I couldn't resist.

>>36668252
>Agree
I'm searching for a reference to Detective Dee here... no luck yet. Maybe when we find this guy's boss.

>>36668252
>Agree

>>36668252
He may be odd, but he's honest. I think he can be trusted in this much, at least.

>Agree

>>36668319
I agree with this though. The rivers must not pollute the well.

>>36668252
>Agree

>>36668252
>Agree

>>36668252
>Agree

>>36668252
>>Agree

>>36663827
And your not sharing? For shame brother. For shame!

>>36668252
>Agree

>>36668497
It's on Kickass. Hit up kickass torrents and search [Jiang Hu]. They've also got Sword Stained with Royal Blood and a few others.

>>36668339
It's cool, Steeleyes is pretty obviously inspired by Di Renjie.
>>36668252

"Sure. I'm not in this to catch your assassins though; I'll stop them if they show because they're bad guys, but I try to stay out of secular matters, and this is on the edge of the shore if you take my meaning."

He nods. "Understandable. In any case, I've searched most of the probable locations except for one; Blue Heron House."

"What's that?"

"A local den of ne'er do wells and criminals who run a small-time racket out of a brothel. Suspected ties to the Black Lotus Society, but that's just speculation at this point, especially since Chengdu is remarkably free of corruption overall. They often house criminals on the run from the law for a fee."

"Seems like a pretty solid place to START looking," you note. "So why'd you leave it for last?"

"Because aside from regular street thugs, close to every person being sheltered from the law at Blue Heron House is a xia. I'd be considerably outnumbered."

"Great. And adding me evens the odds?"

"Oh no, you'll be going in alone."

"What?!"

"I'm well-known in the Jianghu; they'll recognize me immediately. You on the other hand are an unknown element. You can claim you committed a crime and request shelter."

Somehow you think this alliance worked out a little bit TOO conveniently for him to just be coincidental....

WS, I have a question.

We've seen Ba demonstrate the Third Form before, as per the flashback. Did he need a recovery period too? If so, how long was it?

Also, how recovered are we feeling? We mentioned that in theory we would be fine again in a day or so, are we feeling all bettah now? I mean, this is information we need to know and that Sky would most assuredly know -- it's his body and memories!

>>36668787
He needed a shorter recovery period, but he didn't use it long either, and since he used nearly none of his full-strength on Sky, you're not sure how long he was actually RECOVERING.

What Sky was told not to do us overexert his internal energy until he was sure he was better, and currently he's used only Lightfoot skills and his External Arts.

Sky is most likely okay, but he still probably shouldn't pop off three Form Ones in a row right now like before, and most definitely shouldn't use Form Three again so soon.

>>36668857
How many forms does Heaven's Blessing have, just for reference?

>>36668857
Was he down for the count or just drained after?

IE. Was our severe state of PAIN a result of already being drained (and perhaps using it five years too early) or a normal result? If we were at full power and well rested when we used it would we still cough blood and pass out afterward? Just Sky's best estimation, obviously. We don't know the theory behind it, supposedly he does.

>>36668906
That is a seeeecret.
But most internal martial arts forms have anywhere from 5 to 8 forms.

>>36668984
Understandable from a storytelling standpoint, but from a player informational standpoint that's kinda shitty. It's hard to make informed decisions without information.

>>36668983
You couldn't tell, but the high cost of Dragon Qi Enlightenment is inherent to the form; it's incredible taxing to ride hard on power like that without discharging it, and using it to push your body past it's natural limitations is significantly more dangerous then even that.

It's like doing what was done do Zhu'er's body to make it more suitable for using her martial arts, only a hundred times more potent and all at once instead of over a period of years.

It's like injecting a huge vial of pure epinephrine into your bloodstream; the adrenaline surge will make you CRAZY strong and you won't be getting tired any time soon, but holy balls is that shit hard on your cardiovascular system, and too much of it can very easily kill you.
>>36669014
More precisely, Sky doesn't know; he knows many of the basic theories behind the style, but that might not mean anything.
Example; the first theory, separating Yin and Yang and discharging it for a quick burst accounts for TWO Forms rather then one. Kungfu study doesn't ever follow anything like conventional logic, and often has "secret" forms you discover on accident and shit like that.

Wondering if this detective guy was one of the other possible protagonists.

>>36668676
We could technically also pretend to be a brothel customer... but the girls would kill us (plus I don't want to)

or we could pretend to be looking for a job...

>>36669014
what informed decisions? the future forms are power ups we will unlock in the far future.

>>36669146
>More precisely, Sky doesn't know
he saw dad perform the third form, yes? did he never see him perform higher forms than that?

didn't we see him call down lightening on the mountain.

>>36669146
I see. So these techniques we have are not per-se going to be the same as the ones Ba has?

>>36669181
>We could technically also pretend to be a brothel customer...
Seems like it would involve a lot of lying at some point or another, which is both something we are bad at and goes against character.

>>36669168
No; and actually you've met all five.
>>36669206
Yes, briefly, just to show how it's done.
But no, the theories were taught, not the forms; showing him how to do it without full comprehension of the theories is less like giving a kid a loaded gun and more like arming and priming an artillery piece and handing the kid the trigger button.
>>36669210
Possible, or you might even make up new ones.

Now hold on, typing next entry.

>>36668984
How many forms does MC know to exist?

>>36669281
It only goes against charater because we're bad at it lol.

>>36669294
Wait, there were other choices for protag? Huh? The archived thread doesn't seem imply that at all.

>>36669294
>and actually you've met all five.
Can you list them please?
Sky, Genshu, and?

>>36669346
Qiu Quang is one I bet

>>36669294
>Yes, briefly, just to show how it's done.
>But no, the theories were taught, not the forms; showing him how to do it without full comprehension of the theories is less like giving a kid a loaded gun and more like arming and priming an artillery piece and handing the kid the trigger button.
Right, but if he SAW them then he should at least know to describe what they look like and what they are called. Even if he doesn't know how to perform them.
unless merely seeing them is enough to figure out how to do them (but not how to do it safely?)

>>36669346
nice sword guy is probably one

>>36669377
When you're taught the theories, it's not a visual thing at all; it's literally a piece of philosophical babble that when somehow applied to a piece of kungfu movement unlocks power.
I WILL be explained all the theories he knows eventually, but not a this moment.

And since internal arts is mostly breathing correctly and mental stuff, watching a guy do it wouldn't help anyway.
>>36669345
When this was a novel concept, yes. As a quest, not so much.
>>36669346
Spoilers, because this kinda blows lit on story importance depending on if you care how crucial certain characters will be.
Sky, Genshu, Xiao Jian, Ao Zhengzhu, Hong Lan.
>>36668676

"Okay, so that's it?" you ask sometime later, overlooking the brothel in the red lamp district.

"Yes. Doesn't look like much does it?"

"No, it looks pretty much like how you described it; a dirty whorehouse filled with criminals," you say honestly.

It does tooa; it's not super filthy, but the building is kinda run down, and the willow ladies outside are not as expensively done up as others, and the guards look like straight-up murderers.

"Okay, so what's my entry plan?"

"Improvise. And I cover you from here."

"Wow. And I thought MY spur of the moment plans sucked."

>WDYD?

>The Direct Approach

>Sneak In

>Bluff Your Way In

>>36669468
>You can already see it starting with all the arguments over drawing out battles to learn from them.
that is standard xia bahavior done in character.
Also, there is a huge difference between learning forms and power spiral

>>36669530
>Ao was a potential main character
WE COULD HAVE BEEN A GIRL?!!?!?

>>36669559
No, because this was when it was a novel concept.
It doesn't work as well as a Quest. Or at all, really.

>>36669530
>>Bluff Your Way In

>>36669530
>>Bluff Your Way In

>>36669530
what is the difference between bluff and direct approach?
also, worth remembering, zhu'er taught us her stealth

>>36669530
>Bluff Your Way In
We totally got this. We'll just tell him we're here for the thing. The thing that we heard about from that guy. Yeah. That always works.

>>36669530
>The Direct Approach
Sky no good at lying

>>36669601
Ninja vs Bullshitting

>>36669530
Time for The Direct Approach!

>>36669601
Who needs stealth when you're an expert bluff! Like us! Because we are!
>>36669614
Y-yes we are.

>>36669624
If the direct approach is ninja, than what is sneak?

>>36669624
Wouldn't sneaking in be ninja though?

>>36669654
Sorry, Direct is Aggressive Negotiations.
Sneak is Ninja.
Bluff is Bullshit.

Stupid phone....

>>36669685
>Sorry, Direct is Aggressive Negotiations
is that a euphemism for fighting your way in?

>>36669530
>Sneak In
Nin nin! We're not fully recovered yet, so let's avoid direct conflict with so many Xia

And we suck at lying, so it's time to try Spider In Web Presence!

Has anyone else noticed how much Wuxia styles sound like Exalted charms?

>>36669530
I still want to waifu Hong Lan. To melt the ice queen is every man's objective!

Also, she is doubleplus hot.

>>36669710
Yes.

Star Wars reference.

>>36669530
>Sneak In

>>36669530
sneak
we suck at lying and i'd rather avoid a fight

>>36669530
Alright I'll change >>36669614
to Ninja

>>36669736
all in due time

>>36669736
>Also, she is doubleplus hot.
they are all doubleplus hot
xia bitches are hotter than then sun

>>36669530
Let's bullshit our way in

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>>36669779
My sworn brother!

>>36669530
Yeah, lets go with
>Sneak In

Stealth Xia time, yo

>>36669803
Well, yes, but she is objectively the hottest. Therefore she is an objective. First wife is the executive, second wife is the cloak-and-dagger, third wife is the concubine. We can have all three covered with Zhengzhu, Zhu'er, and Hong Lan!

>>36669530
go in looking for whores!

>>36669559
>WE COULD HAVE BEEN A GIRL?!!?!?
Why must you gay fucktards desire to be girls every time.
Why.

Go transition elsewhere.

>>36669559
Yeah. Chill, homie, I don't see why you're so worked up over this.

>>36669933
Yeah, at first I didn't really mind it but seriously it's every goddamn quest. It's just so fucking annoying

>>36669530

You look for an easy access, and decide to try roof first, and make a simple leap across the street, crouching low and hiding your presence, if not your body.

You hug the rooftop, trying to remain unnoticed, not wanting to be seen by people on the street or heard by others inside.

"Place is awfully big for being so run-down...," you mutter as you stalk across the rooftop like a cat.

You carefully poke around, looking for any kind of entrance you can find, and see a window which is in bad repair.

You swing down, as agile as a monkey and land...right in the middle of a girl changing her clothes.

There's a brief pause.

>WDYD?

>Knock her out before she screams!

>Grab her and cover her mouth!

>Bluff Your Way out!

>>36669907
>Well, yes, but she is objectively the hottest.
says who?

>>36670175
>Grab her and cover her mouth!
Activate swag on accident.

>>36670175
>>Grab her and cover her mouth!

>>36670175
>Bluff Your Way out!

>>36670175
>Grab her and cover her mouth!
"A silver tael if you forget you saw me. Nod if you agree."

>>36670175
>Bluff Your Way out!
Remember, Sky doesn't know how retardedly strong he is. If he tried to knock her out, he'd probably snap her neck in half.

>>36670244
This.

>>36670210
Uh. Sage does.

>>36670175
>Bluff Your Way out!
"Careful, there's a bunch of assassins trying to kill you! You need to run"


>>36670123
I feel you, mate.

>>36670291
where did he say that?

>>36670306
that is an awful bluff

>>36670175
what this guy said >>36670244

>>36670175
>Bluff Your Way out!
"Pardon me, miss, didn't realize you were here. Thought I would try to be discreet in entering, you know how it is with this place."

>>36670244
Guys, she's probably a whore. And that's a whole silver tael.

She'll probably forget she saw us before she actually stops looking at us.

>>36669559
>WE COULD HAVE BEEN A GIRL?!!?!?
bullet fucking dodged! this quest is awesome and would have sucked if we were a girl

>>36669933
exactly

>>36670248
Oh come on, we're not that incompetent and she's clearly not Xia, so Sky won't go all-out, like he did against those chumps in the qualifiers.

>>36670210
Wulin Sage did. That said, while she has all the right ingredients, that's not to say she's objectively the BEST. I can appreciate a gourmet meal, but still prefer my grandma's cooking.

>>36670175
>Grab her and cover her mouth!
Oh god, classic harem protagonist moment go. We need to defuse this before it gets out of hand. Calm, soothing words, okay, Sky?

Seriously guys all these bluffs? Are you forgetting Sky is pretty shitty when it comes to lying? it's why we didn't go with bluff our way in.

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>>36670326
I'm aware, heheh

>>36670326
When we met her at the party. He even said OOC that she was the hottest physically, but personality was in the eye of the beholder.

If we knock her out: She's just a whore.

If we don't: She's one of the assassins. Or at the very least someone important.

Calling it.

>>36670175
>Bluff Your Way out!

>>36670123
>>36669933
I thought it was just me. a lot of first day quests turn me off due to people screaming to be a girl.
There was actually one about a futa main character. Don't know if it's going on still, but its just damn weird. How a lot of /tg/ wants to role play a girl and get their lez on.

>>36670175
>>Bluff Your Way out!

>>36670552
Mercenary recruit is still going and decent ish Op steers hard from letting it be all smut all the time which costs him most of his playerbase.

>>36670244
Sounds like a good plan.

>>36670175
KISS HER
then run!

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>>36670571
And meanwhile we have Wulin Quest, where OP is absolutely stellar and while we're a little bit waifu-happy, that is the worst of the sins of the player base.

Please oh please don't let everything go wrong...

>>36670617
it's not even really a sin in terms of the genre, large numbers of romances are staples of wuxia.

>>36670617
I really like this quest so I hope to avoid shenanigans. Op seems to have a handle on this anyways.

>>36670653
Hilariously, that's true. Plus the whole ancient china polygamy thing actually being a fact.

>>36670175

You rush up and cover her mouth, pinning her against the wall as she looks wide-eyed and terrified of you!

"Shhh! I'm not here to hurt you okay?" you say, putting your free hand up to your mouth.

She nods her head, her eyes slightly less alarmed.

"Look," you say, taking out a silver tael, "take this. Keep quiet. I'm here to rescue a few friends, then we'll go and nobody gets hurt, alright?"

She nods again.

You slowly pull away, and she's quiet as you gently put the tael in her hand.

"Also...sorry about busting in on you while changing," you say, edging for the door.

"Please!" she says quietly.

You stop. She's covering herself but she's crying.

"Please! They keep us imprisoned here! They feed us this...drug! They make us smoke it, and then it hurts so bad when you don't have it anymore! I didn't mean to come here, I just didn't want to get married and-"

You close your eyes, gritting your teeth.

>WDYD?

>Agree to help

>Disagree

>>36670752

>Agree to help
Such is the way of JUSTICE

>>36670752
>>Agree to help
Sure, it's not like we don't have enough complications already.

>>36670752
>>Agree to help

>>36670752
...Oh for fuck's sake, we're still recovering!

Well, no-one said the way of JUSTICE was easy. Time to be a Wuxia hero. Such are the conventions of the genre, that I really shouldn't have expected everything to go smooth anyway.

>Agree to help

>>36670752
>Agree to help
Twitch eye angrily

>>36670752
>Agree to help
Hero Lightning Tiger Away!

>>36670752
I dunno. This seems an awful lot like not our problem... we can't save everyone. With that tael she can buy her way anywhere in the province, though. Remind her of that.

>>36670752
>Agree to help

It's chivalry, damn it. What kind of xia doesn't help those in need?

>>36670752
>>Agree to help

>>36670752
>Agree to help

>>36670752
>Agree to help
there is no other option.

>>36670752
>Agree to help
Well, we can get you out of here, but I'm not sure how we'll deal with the drug addiction. Maybe Zhu'er knows something from her medical training that would help her ease them through withdrawal?

>>36670813
>not our problem

Nigga we a hobo paladin, lrn2wanderinghero

>>36670752
>Agree to help
can't say no to that.

>>36670752
>Agree
Fine. But give me the tael back.

We do need to be clever about this though. We can't just beat up everyone and tell the girls, "Welp, you're free. See ya!"

Or can we? I mean, this IS Wuxia. I'm pretty sure gratuitous kung-fu solves all problems.

>>36670904
there are some pretty heroic girls among the xia in the competition, we might be able to get some of them to help us (and we might need it with all the evil xia in this place)

>>36670752
>>Agree to help

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>>36670813
>We can't save everyone
Not with that attitude, motherfucker.

If it turns out that Zhu'er and Lei are just off buying us a get-well card or something and this guy knew that but still conned us into taking down a drug den, I am going to be pist.

>>36670904
well i'm sure we can get the female xia from the tournament to help after all we're on good terms with almost all of them

>>36670967
True, I'm sure the Phoenix Society would be glad to help out and probably the Shaolin.

>>36670934
Even better, we can go find Hong Lan and let her know about this. Her faction is all about women's rights or whatever.

And we were the one that saved them. Instant waifu cred.

>>36670941
>uses the picture of a route where he abandons saber to the darkness
The irony.

>>36670967
The only one we're not is Hong Lan. But she'll likely do it anyway as a Resplendent Phoenix.

>>36670991
>wanting waifu cred with the manipulative bitch
/tg/ never ceases to amaze me with its bad taste.

>>36670991
this is basically what i said.

>>36670752

You sigh, cutting her off with a quiet "Stop."

She silence herself, but still sobs.

"Okay. I'll help. But I need help to help. I'm not sure I can fight everyone in here, and my two friends are xia like me; together we can bust these guys up-" you explain, then a heavy-set by muscular man with a saber in his sash walks in.

"I hope you're ready, because I'm....hey?" he says confused.

You roll your eyes and punch him square in the nose with your left fist without looking, and he's out light a torch in a windstorm.

"Anyway, what I was SAYING is, have they taken anyone recently? A guy in red who," you remember what Tiexin said, "smells like alcohol, and a girl with green hair?"

She nods. "I saw them take them downstairs. We're not allowed to go there, it's like a fortress...oh, they also captured this woman who looked like a...a princess or something! I think they were going to ransom her, or even addict her too! She looked...lost, like she didn't know where she was going! She's still upstairs right now!"

>WDYD?

>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.

>Basement first; get Zhu'er and Lei before anything else.

>>36671021
just because she started as a bitch doesnt mean she cant grow as a character and possibly soften up a bit

>>36671041
>>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.

>>36671041
>You roll your eyes and punch him square in the nose with your left fist without looking, and he's out light a torch in a windstorm
TOP KEK
>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.
Get the princess because of distance, then we can go DEEPER

>>36671041
>>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.

>>36671041
>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.

>>36671021
Easy there, tiger. I am sure there is more to her than meets the eye in a two minute conversation.

At the very least, I'd like to find out more about her before waifuing her. If she turns out to truly be a terrible person, well, looks can take a hike. But if she's actually just putting up a strong front with a squishy lovable center, I'm all about that.

>>36671041
>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.

>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.

Don't really care about waifuing, she's just closer.

>>36671041
>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are

>>36671099
I'm kind of hoping she'll have connections that will help us find our father as well.

>>36671041
>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.

>>36671083
>>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.
If downstairs is like a fortress, we need to have everything we want to do upstairs already accomplished before charging into it.

>>36671041
>>Basement first; get Zhu'er and Lei before anything else.
Let's get actual combat power first.

How the hell were they all captured? Aren't they supposed to be competent xia?

>>36671041
>>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.
The easy on first.

>>36671021
Look, waifu or not, the fact remains that the Resplendent Phoenix Society is the group most able and equipped to assist these women.

Now let's go punch-fight us some bad Xia. Princess first. Knowing our luck, that's Zhengzhu and given she's one of the Top Ten, she'll be more help than Zhu'er and Lei

>>36671147
Even the bravest of Xia can be tricked.

Or maybe they heard about this and are doing what we are, only by being captured first?

>>36671147
You can surprise and overwhelm even powerful xia, as well as disable them in indirect ways.

>>36671202
IE get Duan lei drunk off his ass and then Surprise Zhu'er and overpower her?

>>36671202
Poison, calling it now.

What we really need to be asking is who is behind all this? Whoever can co-ordinate and execute the kidnap of, at the bare minimum, two skilled Xia and a 'princess', is not someone we want to take lightly.

...Even within the conventions of the genre, this seems convenient... I smell an ambush.

>>36671147
If I were to do something like that, not that I would...

Debilitating poison in a jar of alcohol. Lei drinks it. Make Zhu'er fold by using her knowledge of medicine and letting her know that it's a poison with a very rare antidote that only we would be able to provide in the short timeframe he has left to live.

Voila!

>>36671041
>princess first
She's still in the "not a fortress" parts, so that makes her extraction easier.

>>36671041
>Go for the Princess first, she's closer. She also might have info on who these guys who took Duan Lei and Zhu'er are.
wow, they got Ao AND zhu'er AND lei?
these guys are not to be underestimated. seriously.

>>36671358
Inb4 it's just some ordinary princess with no kung fu whatsoever and she falls head-over-heels for her gallant rescuer.

>>36671358
I don't think it's actually Zhengzhu....

>>36670752
>They feed us this...drug! They make us smoke it

>>36671041
>She looked...lost, like she didn't know where she was going!

Ao has been drugged, that is bad because she won't be helpful. its good because it means they aren't that ridiculously overpowered if they have to drug their victims to kidnap them

>>36671394
Yeah, there's about a one in four chance that's going to happen.

>>36671041
>Basement first; get Zhu'er and Lei before anything else.
We can help princess with others help and it looks to me like they are in more of a trouble

>>36671402
Why do you assume that "because she looked like a princess" ie. beautiful, it means that it's Zhengzhu... who we just saw free and clear LESS THAN TWO HOURS AGO ingame, while working out?

This quest made me buy Jade Empire from GoG. Any good tips this game?

>>36671458
Iron Palm style is ridiculous. That is all.

>>36671457
>who we just saw free and clear LESS THAN TWO HOURS AGO
there was weird shit going on at her place. We were being held captive by supposedly her people while she was oddly absent

>>36671458
Lower difficulty to minimum and just play for the story.

>>36671458
staff is awesome.

>>36671457
Law of Conservation of Detail

>>36671480
......

You don't even read, do you? Those weren't her...

Forget it. No, it's not Ao Zhengzhu up there, it's another woman who is very pretty.

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>>36671041
"Thanks," you say, dragging the fat guy inside.

"Will...he be okay?"

"Him? Oh yeah. I just manipulated his pressure points. He'll be out for awhile and then he'll have a nasty headache when he wakes up," you reassure.

"It....looked like you just hit him in the face to me."

"The face is LIKE a pressure point," you say with a smile as you tie him up and gag him.

"Okay, stay here and stay quiet."

"Oh, Hero, your tael-!"

"Keep it," you say quietly, creeping out.

You stalk the hallways, avoiding the girls and guards (and ignoring the sounds you hear from behind the door), and at one point when one guy and two girls walk down the hallway you even jump up and brace yourself between two beams on the ceiling until they pass!

You come to the door, and hear the accent of someone refined inside.

"My...father will reward you handsomely for rescuing me!" the voice says. It's high-pitched and girlish, lots of innocence.

"Don't worry Madam! Just take this pill, it will-"

And you grit your teeth and bust in through the door.

Lying in the bed, dressed finely in crimson but also for subtly made for mobility is none other then Hong Lan, who is lying there somehow simultaneously innocently and seductively, with another thug on the bed holding some kind of lit pipe, while Hong Lan appears to be in the middle of playfully fighting him off.

Both have paused to look at you in confusion.

You: "...Hong Lan?"
Thug: "Lightning Tiger?"
Hong Lan: "Hero Sky?"
You: "How-"
Hong Lan: "Why are you-
Thug: "Hey, I thought you said you didn't know anyone in Chend-"

And the conversation ends when she strikes him in the throat and causes him to choke, at which point knocks him out with a flash of leg to his temple.

"What are you DOING here?" she asks, clearly annoyed.

"I'm being a hero. I won't well anyone you're here. I mean, I get it's part of the whole act you have and outfit you wear but WOW, talk about taking it to another level. I would've picked something classier."

>Basement first; get Zhu'er and Lei before anything else.

Changing vote, since I don't think it's Ao.

>>36671519
So much better than anything else it could be.

>>36671519
WINNING

>>36671519
>"I'm being a hero. I won't well anyone you're here. I mean, I get it's part of the whole act you have and outfit you wear but WOW, talk about taking it to another level. I would've picked something classier."

Oh Sky, never change.

>>36671519
...Well... I was not expecting that.

We are now back with our regularly-scheduled Wuxia, ladies and gentlemen. Sky is an ass who attracts powerful and beautiful women and everything is right with the world.

So this is what side-quests feel like to my players...

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>>36671519
I admit, I guessed this but it's even better than I expected.

Also, for shame people. Our dragon princess waifu would have torn this place apart with her bare hands for daring to lay their hands on her.

>>36671653
/tg/ is dumb. news at 11

>>36671519

"Oh, get over yourself!" she says, irritably as she stands up and begins tying her hair back.

"Just as soon as you do Lady," you say, closing the door behind you to ensure nobody walks in.

"You made it VERY clear you didn't want to have anything to do with me or the Resplendent Phoenix Society, so why are you following me?!" she asks, putting her fists on her (you gotta admit) shapely hips

"Wow. Hold on a second," you say, dramatically pausing and holding your hands out.

"What?"

"I'm just trying to imagine a universe where everything in it revolves around you. It's hard. And a little boring actually, when I get there," you say with absolute seriousness in your voice.

"Okay SMARTASS, then why ARE you here?" she asks, clearly irritated with you now.

"My friends got taken by some thugs who are holed up in here, so I'm here to rescue them. Also free these girls, this place is balls," you say with a shrug. "Why are YOU here?"

"If you MUST know I was-" she begins, but is interrupted by a knock at the door.

You both look over at it, freezing up

"Hey, Wan? Boss wants to talk about the guests be brought in. The rich bitch hooked yet?"

You both look at the unconscious guy on the ground.

"I got this," you say, taking off your shirt and tossing it at her. She catches it in surprise obviously shocked at your actions.

You go open the door, shirtless, looking as fierce and as angry as you can imagine.

"The FUCK do yo want?!" you growl.

"Oh! I uh...is Wan here? I thought-" he looks in trying to see past you, and sees Hong Lan, in a suggestive position behind you saying;

"Oh MY Tiger, you're SO manly!"

"No, Wan LEFT!"

"Lightning Tiger? I didn't know you came in-"

"Who the FUCK cares was you know asshole, I'm FUCKIN' BUSY IN HERE!" you growl, channeling as much of your father as possible. "No FUCK OFF or I'll LIGHTNING YOUR DICK OFF! Because I'm...LIGHTNING TIGER, and I DO shit like that! For FUN!"

Lan: "Take me now, Tiger! I'm waiting!"

>>36671880
haha