Two days passed in the blink of an eye, almost the entire time spent running through the stances of the Ancestral Body Technique. In such a short amount of time, Nolan had managed to achieve a mino...
2022-06-11 04:39:39 +0000 UTC View Post“He said they’ll be here in two weeks?” said Nyla, who was pinching her chin in thought. “Just to be cautious, we should assume they’ll be here within one week at the latest. There’s a ...
2022-06-11 04:30:50 +0000 UTC View Post“You…who are you?” mumbled the man, who began to fall under the effects of the paralysis poison that Nolan had applied to the needle’s tip. “This poison, it’s from the auction…”
... 2022-06-03 23:26:04 +0000 UTC View PostNolan followed after the three elders with silent steps, his aura masked by the necklace that he had taken from Delia and his appearance hidden by an intermediate concealment arrayment that had all...
2022-05-27 23:35:29 +0000 UTC View Post“Friends, please quell your anger.”
Middle-aged, the man was dressed in a light pair of silken trousers along with a matching tunic of darker blue. The cloak that was draped over his shou...
2022-05-20 21:52:59 +0000 UTC View PostThe pellet sold for one and a half million spirit stones, a price that shook Esteban’s soul. He had never thought that medicinal pellets could sell for such monstrous prices, and felt that he fin...
2022-05-13 21:46:30 +0000 UTC View PostAine was at the ninth level of Integration, and at the very least could escape from the elders with her life by relying on the Swift Steps movement skill that Nyla had taught her. Even if those men...
2022-05-09 02:41:09 +0000 UTC View Post“Okay,” he sighed as he emerged from the changing room. “Let’s go look for the right building.”
“No need,” said Aine, who had been waiting for him by the doors. “I just asked ...
2022-05-06 23:24:53 +0000 UTC View Post“Just don’t walk so fast, okay?”
“I’m sorry, I was just eager to get out and see the city.”
They were only about a block from the inn where he and his friends were currently...
2022-04-30 01:01:46 +0000 UTC View PostNolan was taken aback. “Seriously? I didn’t think that was possible.”
“It is for me and people like me, though I doubt any others exist at the moment.” Glancing at her sandaled feet...
2022-04-30 00:50:18 +0000 UTC View PostShe hurried to her room and disappeared behind a harshly-closed door. As soon as she was gone, Nolan let out a pent-up breath. Man, is my heart racing, he sighed, doing his best to regain ...
2022-04-30 00:42:01 +0000 UTC View PostWe should take our time selling a bit of what we have and then keep the rest for once we get the sect up and running.
It would be a while before they returned to the Three-River Vall...
2022-04-29 04:51:11 +0000 UTC View PostNolan was caught off guard by her candidness. He had figured that someone like the White Rogue wouldn’t have had a desirable upbringing, as tended to be the case with renowned killers, though he ...
2022-04-29 01:50:55 +0000 UTC View PostNolan watched the pillars of smoke with a smile that bordered on sadistic. That makes, what, four buildings now?
Two weeks had passed since he and his friends had struck up an agreem...
2022-04-22 23:56:53 +0000 UTC View PostNeither seemed enthusiastic about the fact, both giving half-hearted affirmations.
“And you’ve agreed to help Tems with things while you’re here?”
“Normally, I wouldn’t invo...
2022-04-16 03:33:50 +0000 UTC View Post“That’s a broad range.”
While it wasn’t unheard of for Genesis-staged cultivators to be capable of going up against those with higher cultivation levels, it was much rarer than any of...
2022-04-08 23:44:53 +0000 UTC View PostMerchant Lord Kalvin sat patiently within the large antechamber that he had just been escorted to by a thin, wispy woman named Dracia, who was the newest great elder of the Falling Rain Sect. He wa...
2022-04-02 04:31:45 +0000 UTC View Post“Are you sure this is a good idea?”
Hearing Nyla’s uncertain voice in his mind, he returned her sound transmission with resolute words. “Even if it isn’t, it’s someth...
2022-03-26 04:25:07 +0000 UTC View Post“Are we going to…you know, that place?” asked Esteban, who glanced at Delia uncertainly
Nolan shook his head. “We can’t go back for another two or three weeks. But that’s okay, si...
2022-03-26 04:23:03 +0000 UTC View PostAine and Alicia weren’t keen on drinking, since they felt that the group indulged too often these days. Instead, they chatted quietly amongst themselves as they sampled all of the different and d...
2022-03-26 04:14:28 +0000 UTC View Post“Truly?” asked Welson, who seemed unconvinced.
“Allow me to reintroduce myself,” said Nolan, feeling a bit of pride as he straightened his back in a self-important manner. “My name...
2022-03-18 23:06:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe man hurried into the alleyway without waiting for a response, leaving Nolan and his friends looking at one another with wary eyes. Still, Nolan shrugged it off and followed after the man, leadi...
2022-03-18 23:04:15 +0000 UTC View PostNolan appreciated that she knew exactly what role to play despite the fact that he’d yet to tell her his intentions of having her come here. She had been observing the entire situation from afar,...
2022-03-12 03:50:54 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m sorry, but all I can say is that somebody else has paid an exorbitant amount of money to rent out this room.”
“Man, sucks that you guys already rented it out to us. Hopefully who...
2022-03-05 08:47:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe manager tried to get them to stay, but they promptly refused and then hurried out of the building, though not before Nolan became the object of a hushed wave of ridicule from many of the other ...
2022-03-05 08:45:33 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, she definitely will,” smiled Nolan, who emptied his cup and then refilled it to the brim. “Thanks, buddy. This was really nice of you.”
Nyla shot him a momentary look that cautio...
2022-02-26 04:08:20 +0000 UTC View Post“I tell you, I get no respect,” muttered Nolan, the cultural reference going unrecognized. “Would it have killed her to say hello?”
He was only at the third level of Integration, afte...
2022-02-19 01:36:50 +0000 UTC View Post“You look a bit bored,” said Nolan, who was busy ferrying a dozen even-sized mounds of gunpowder into the same amount of barrels. “You can go meet up with the others if you want. Now that my ...
2022-02-12 01:06:51 +0000 UTC View Post“Is the situation in the Easterly Kingdoms that bad?” asked Nyla, who wore a look of unpleasant recollection. “Have any kingdoms fallen yet?”
The man gave a solemn nod, his eyes doing...
2022-02-05 09:27:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Here, wear this and keep out of sight, but be sure to help us if something unexpected happens.”
She accepted it with a hesitant hand.
“May, I think you should change your appeara...
2022-01-29 04:24:59 +0000 UTC View Post