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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 59m

Once he came of age, and especially since he had become the family head, Nie Huaisang was often seen running around in a terrible tizzy over the various matters he had no idea how to handle, begging others for help wherever he could find anyone willing.

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 4h

"Burying those corpses about to change alongside the coffins housing the blades—it was to make burial offerings to the saber spirits. The saber spirits would suppress the transformation of those corpses, and at the same time, those corpses could mollify the saber spirits’ yearning and madness."

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 5h

Nie Huaisang looked aghast and immediately opened his folding fan, blocking his own face.

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 7h

Nie Huaisang was unenthusiastic about his practice, especially given the scorching sun, so his efforts were half-hearted at best. He only took a couple more swings before claiming he was tired and joyfully trotting over to see what gifts Jin Guangyao had come bearing this time.

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 8h

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 9h

Once he came of age, and especially since he had become the family head, Nie Huaisang was often seen running around in a terrible tizzy over the various matters he had no idea how to handle, begging others for help wherever he could find anyone willing.

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 10h

“I-I-I…I saw san-ge—no, I saw Sect Leader Jin reach behind his back, and I didn’t know if he was going to…”

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 11h

Nie Huaisang, however, had his interest piqued. “San-ge, what song is that? Can I listen? Let me tell you, that out-of-print book you found for me last time…”

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 12h

"What Wei-xiong said is actually very interesting. Obtaining spiritual qi requires cultivating and laboriously forming a golden core. Who knows how long that'll take for someone like me?"

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 13h

"Wei-xiong, why do you keep asking me?"

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 14h

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 15h

Nie Huaisang’s eyes rolled back, and he fell forward in a heap with a thud.

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 16h

"They spend their entire lives exterminating those creatures, so if there’s nothing for them to eradicate, they will stir up trouble themselves and cause unrest in the family."

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 17h

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 18h

So, when little Jin-gongzi blew open a hole, he didn’t notice he’d actually blown up a skeleton buried inside the walls. Soon after he entered, he was sucked into the walls of the stone bunker to replace the body he had blown up…"

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 19h

hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 20h

Now that his older brother was no longer around to shield him from storms and provide guidance, the Nie Clan of Qinghe was declining under Nie Huaisang’s leadership—and rapidly.

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 21h

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 22h

“Th-th-that’s…much too vicious…”

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 23h

He began to rummage through his robes, trying to find the bottle for Lan Xichen. All of a sudden, his pupils contracted and he cried out, voice aghast.

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 1d

“No! There definitely aren’t any! The corpses used in my clan’s Saber Offerings Hall are all complete, there’s definitely no male corpse missing an arm."

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hourly nie huaisang(*´∀`)♪ @huaisanghourly.bsky.social · 1d

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