givethemhell: (dead by now)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-07-22 10:19 am (UTC)(link)
[He holds his hands up, and waves them... vaguely...]

Cultivators - ah, I don't know if I've mentioned before? We handle matters involving spirits, demons, monsters, the undead - things like that! Typically a cultivator uses líng qì to do their work, which is an internal form of energy. I developed a method using yuàn qì, a type of external energy.

[He does not mention that this is resentful energy and that he invented demonic cultivation it's fine.]
Edited 2020-07-22 10:20 (UTC)
givethemhell: (peons)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-07-22 10:33 am (UTC)(link)
[YEAH HE DOESN'T WANT TO UNVEIL THIS TO SOMEONE AT RISK OF BECOMING AN STDEMON!!!]

In some ways! Not everyone is able to use líng qì since you need a golden core to hold it, and it's unusual for anyone outside of a cultivation family to be able to form one of those. Anyone can use yuàn qì, though. It just needs to be done safely.
givethemhell: (uplift)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-07-22 10:50 am (UTC)(link)
[He loves Escha for trying and that's all that matters.]

Mm, I suppose! It's a basic part of our world's structure, but most of you haven't even heard of flying on swords before...
givethemhell: (that's what he said)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-07-22 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Nope! ...Well, a bit, when you're first learning - but in the same way anything is dangerous when you first learn. A cultivator's sword is attuned to their qi, so it's not like they could accidentally cut themselves, at least!
givethemhell: (don't you ignore me)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-07-22 11:14 pm (UTC)(link)
Right? Being able to control your sword with your qi helps a lot with that, too.

[You don't even have to hold your sword half the time!]

Think something like that could be replicated with alchemy?
givethemhell: (that's what he said)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-07-23 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, I'd love to talk to him about that, too! Haven't handled spiritual weapons in a while, but it's an interesting topic, you know?

[The marriage of alchemy and cultivation...]
givethemhell: (A PUNK)

[personal profile] givethemhell 2020-07-23 10:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Mm, it'll be good to see him again! Didn't get much of a chance to talk with him the first time around, hah.

[He's feeling OPTIMISTIC. Like, cautiously, anyway.]