Spiritual sense was a curious thing.
For some cultivators, it was a tool of exacting details. As comprehensible as mundane vision and twice as discerning. Daoist Scouring Medicine could walk ...
2025-02-24 23:19:06 +0000 UTC View PostUgh. My computer crashed and somehow the most recent Obsidian backup got corrupted into a wall of []s. Was able to recover the one before that, but now I'm sitting here at 9 trying and failing to r...
2025-02-24 03:18:51 +0000 UTC View PostDisciple Wang Tao hadn't been sure what he expected a daoist to be like. As a mortal, they'd been figures out of stories. Noble heroes and blood-soaked villains. Joining a sect had hardly changed t...
2025-02-17 00:46:30 +0000 UTC View PostOn Mount Yuelu, winter was a time for testing. Were your skills sharp enough to find fish or catch rodents? Did you know the best rocks, where worms still squirmed even in the frozen earth? Were yo...
2025-02-09 22:19:10 +0000 UTC View PostOrange-crest stared up at the ceiling. That was... new. His brother was a man of many secrets. But this time? He was pretty sure the human was yanking his tail.
"You wrote all over the ceilin...
2025-02-03 01:11:29 +0000 UTC View PostDaoist Scouring Medicine looked at the monkey sitting cross legged before his chair. A little hairy, certainly. The nudity would be problematic to many teachers. But otherwise the very model of a d...
2025-01-27 00:30:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe fox-fire made it harder to see. Orange-crest thought the light would help. It did, while it burned. But the moment the orbs slammed home, they would fade. Fail to catch the centipede's thick sk...
2025-01-19 22:40:10 +0000 UTC View PostDaoist Scouring Medicine awoke to the sound of his monkey rummaging through his chest. Bleary eyes cracked open, sending little pebbles of rheum cascading down his cheeks.
Disgusting.
H...
2025-01-13 00:20:24 +0000 UTC View PostThe Meeting Hall felt cavernous, far more so than it normally did. The sect master had not deigned to command a light be set, leaving the two men he had summoned to wait in darkness.
For a mo...
2025-01-06 02:27:29 +0000 UTC View PostCaught what was probably the flu on the flight back from Christmas. Negative covid test at least, so probably not that. Still kinda going through it, so no chapter this week. Was planning on gettin...
2024-12-29 16:55:24 +0000 UTC View Post"Li Hou, that is a great deal of ginger."
Daoist Enduring Oath watched as the monkey hesitated, before digging the scoop back into the drawer once more.
"Little ginger good. Big ginger ...
2024-12-23 01:50:04 +0000 UTC View Post"Daoist Scouring Medicine."
The smile on Snowclad Heart's face was insufferable. Daoist Scouring Medicine's fingers itched to wipe it away. It was mere minutes away now. All the man had to d...
2024-12-15 20:38:17 +0000 UTC View PostA month had passed quickly. The monkey was as ready as it would be.
Daoist Scouring Medicine stared down at the small fellow by his side as they ambled down the path to the training grounds. ...
2024-12-08 23:20:32 +0000 UTC View Post"Are you not tired of this, Daoist Guarding Thunder?" Daoist Scouring Medicine asked. "Taking time away from your cultivation to bother me about the outer sect's squabbles?"
Orange-crest was ...
2024-12-01 23:58:47 +0000 UTC View PostOrange-crest burst out from the underbrush, only to see a massive form bearing down again.
"Got you, you damn pest!" Wu Yingjie shouted, arms coming together.
He did not get orange-cres...
2024-11-24 18:25:15 +0000 UTC View PostOrange-crest was having a free day. It was an odd concept, one that had taken Brother Scouring Medicine several tries to explain to the monkey. It'd been a struggle for him to imagine having a day ...
2024-11-18 00:05:43 +0000 UTC View PostThey gathered in the shadow of the Punishment Hall. One initiate, and three disciples. It seemed appropriate, given what they were discussing. The three-story complex had a long row of eaves along ...
2024-11-10 23:06:31 +0000 UTC View Post"Euug." Orange-crest burp-groaned pitifully, too tired to even finish the noise.
"Rise and shine Li Hou!" Brother Scouring Medicine said with hateful chipperness.
"No."
"Yes."
... 2024-11-03 18:25:46 +0000 UTC View PostDaoist Scouring Medicine allowed Li Hou the honor of knocking at Daoist Enduring Oath's door. The monkey rather enjoyed being allowed to bang pieces of metal against each other. Not that such a thi...
2024-10-27 20:19:35 +0000 UTC View PostOrange-crest awoke to light and warmth. A nest had been made for him. His body was nestled into a robe the color of driven snow. His brother's. Small motes of dust danced through a sunbeam, rising ...
2024-10-23 17:17:21 +0000 UTC View PostOrange-crest wasn't sure he liked cultivation.
It was so dark, this deep beneath the earth. He felt like he was floating in a sea of night, his brother's voice and the cold stone beneath his ...
2024-10-20 23:27:11 +0000 UTC View PostDaoist Scouring Medicine smiled at the fool blocking his path. It probably was not good for his spiritual development to be acting like this. The immortals of legend did not indulge petty grudges, ...
2024-10-13 21:45:27 +0000 UTC View Post"It is a pleasure to host you and your monkey again so soon, Daoist Scouring Medicine. I have taken the liberty of locking my workshop door this time."
"That is understandable. I appreciate y...
2024-10-13 21:44:59 +0000 UTC View PostDaoist Scouring Medicine stared down at the squirming monkey lying on the table in front of him.
"Here still! Sausage after!" He barked first. "I need accurate measurements if I'm to develop ...
2024-10-13 21:44:35 +0000 UTC View PostOrange-crest was chewing on the past, but he struggled to swallow it. Every time he tried, it stuck in his throat, strangely tough and resilient, unwilling to pass onwards. He knew not how else to ...
2024-10-06 21:32:09 +0000 UTC View PostOrange-crest found he did not mind being injured when there was lots of fruit to be had. Pain was bad, but pain and hunger united were worse by far. His brother had fussed over him like a mother wo...
2024-10-06 21:30:43 +0000 UTC View PostNote: See comment, chapter 49 saw some changes since posting.
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I had lied. A f...
If you haven't read the first three chapters of Orange Myth yet, you can find them here: 2024-09-29 16:59:34 +0000 UTC View Post
"No, I refuse to believe it."
"It's true." I said smugly.
It was an odd little jig we danced with each other. Despite our caution and all our reservations about each other, it became im...
2024-09-29 16:58:16 +0000 UTC View PostIt's mostly done, just not quite finished cooking. Gonna take a bit more time to noodle on it. I have a flight tomorrow, hoping to get it finished then. Cheers and apologies.
Edit: so,...
2024-09-22 22:10:46 +0000 UTC View Post