Every gift that heaven gives is taken back in equal measure.
I’m more aware of this now than I ever have been.
In my first life, after years of pain, I finally came to understand who I should have been! It was an amazing milestone, but... my chance to be that person? That slipped straight between my fingers...
In my youth, in this second life of mine, I was cared for... Heck, I was given so much! Granted, I didn’t want most of it, but... all of that disappeared the moment I failed for the first time.
But then, even with what I’d been given torn away, I was able to grow at an exponential rate; I was a vi master they called a star! But... Now, everything has stalled... I have no further chance to progress.
Or at least, that would have been the case, but luckily, I do have my master, at least — if anyone can fix my problems, she can! But... maybe that doesn’t matter, either; she’s gone now, and, well... there are no guarantees that I’ll survive what’s in store. Because...
Every gift that heaven gives is taken back in equal measure.
Back then, a year ago or so, I only set up the little vi array as a fun test...
I didn’t ever expect it to be triggered!
I didn’t expect someone to invade my room and remain there... I didn’t expect someone to lie in wait for me to return! But I suppose...
Every gift that heaven gives is taken back in equal measure.
I’m leaving this inheritance in case that, after everything, I don’t survive. It’s not a very valuable inheritance — where another might have a book of cultivation tips or insights, or even vi formulas, techniques, and trump cards — all this inheritance contains is my memoir.
Maybe it will be of use to you anyway? Maybe not. But I refuse to allow everything I’ve done to be useless... At the very least, I’ll leave this little mark here for someone to find!
I expect I’ve gained many enemies since becoming my master’s disciple... If this is my end, I... I get it.
Every gift that heaven gives is taken back in equal measure... but even still, I won’t go down with a fight!
Until then, here’s my story, starting at the most important part of my life — the moment I became a vi master.
Mrow!
Oh, huh. This changed.
... it seems better, now. I don't remember much from the old one, but I remember it seeming grandiose and not actually saying much. And maybe also being confusing.
This is the old one, it was only like this for like a week though afaik https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Zv3AUqsM8ki7nQi-UONo0k-4vzJYGjajsow4Wme156c/edit
@ChiriVulpes Ah... maybe I was actually thinking of the blurb, with its implication that we'll be following the character who's receiving the inheritance. I'm not sure I ever saw the previous foreword.
Aaaagggh now the changed intro is going to make me twitchy, I read it before and now its different
Oh wow, I replaced it at like chapter 7 nearly a year ago, I'm surprised you even remember the original one
@Chirichirichiri i don't entirely remember it, but it was definitely different, so my brain is being all ditzy about it
I feel bad for bugging you but is Snowbound coming back? I know you said there was another chapter you hadn't released here yet.
I'm sure I'll enjoy this new story too but I really liked that one.
Yes, it is. There's an author's note on Chapter 3 of this story that talks about its current state
@Chirichirichiri Ah! Glad to hear it. :D Incidentally I read this story too and it's good!
@Fishguy123 Thank youuuuu
Vi is not a misspelling?
it's not, it's consistently called that in this setting
I'm just confused about the setting.
Like why is it named Vi instead of just Qi? Vi plants and almost nothing about this Vi cultivation being explained yet. Changing gender supposedly considered taboo, but that wasn't even mentioned when mc was setting goals, instead it was told to us when mc was choosing a cultivation method???
@6x The protagonist is a bit of a worrywart, she wasn’t sure whether changing her body would be considered taboo. Nowhere has it been explicitly stated that it is, though.
Vi is not Qi. It’ll be explained more later. =)