cloude237

found this interesting story by @LadyInLostYearn. if you are into mystery, folklores and myths please do check it out.
          	
          	https://www.wattpad.com/story/308813489

kennedyjames66

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kennedyjames66

Yeah i do understand !!
            well can we discuss further over a discord/instagram ?
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cloude237

@kennedyjames66 thankyou so much for reading my work! I am glad you liked it enough to offer your help, but I am still revising most of my plot and working through it. I will reach out once I am sure about my ideas. Thanks for the offer.
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cloude237

Hi, everyone whoever has collected this story, or is interested in knowing Wei Zhiruo better. Thankyou for being here. Though I think I could have done better if I tried more, but this being my first story, i want to let myself go as much as possible.
          So, this message is kind of a notice of what to expect next, since we are already a great deal inside the main plot line. I will break down some main events, and this is mainly so that if you do happen to lose your interest in it, you can give it another try later on. 
          ∆ this is going to be a long story, like most of the qidian stories from where I have gotten the inspiration for this
          ∆hopefully, if you guys know about Xianxia genre then, there will be a immortal arc as well as an arc after ascension as well
          ∆i am publishing this story on WN as well as RR. If you are on any of these two you can check it out there too. But I don't think that's necessary.
          ∆Wei Zhiruo will grow up slowly, learning new cultures and customs of this land.
          
          So, yes, it is going to be a very long story. Hopefully, some of you will continue to look after this story. 
          Happy reading

cloude237

More explanations:
            Runes : there are several levels and types of Rune's. This will come in next few chapters but here it is in advance. Easy, intermediate, high, and Origin Runes are four tiers of Rune's. Easy Rune's can be used with non magical mediums like blood — they can be just used using a chant/ release word (which is like a signal for the word to start taking action). In parallel just imagine very low level talisman which are written with normal paper and cinnabar. Here you go. 
            
            Then next is Intermediate ones. These are more complex as they need the soul power/spiritual senses to be written, released. But still on technique level they are not hard to achieve or copy. Types include those words which have a few lines or traces of 'God-words' and their derivatives. 
            
            Next Expert level/ these are most complex in orthodox Rune forging system. As majority can never actually know what 'Gods speech's or Origin Runes sounded like, they can only achieve this highest level of perfection. Expert level includes keen appreciation for comprehending the Rules/Dao of the realms, mysteries and using these realization to write down Rune's. Medium can be anything. They are not restricted by physical thing as they are more reliant on conception.
            Finally Origin Runes: they were actually the manifestation of God-speech that carry meaning and essence of all things. They are true 'reflections' of actual 'words'( again, true words can never be realised into truth because of technicalities by even Gods and immortals —they can do it, but refrain due to universal principles and laws of which they too are a part of.)
            As highest level Rune's they are not easily obtainable. There traces were only conveyed to God's and goddesses and creatures who were born from the primordial chaos and was kept as secret for long, before a God decides to share it with other creatures. So these don't need medium, at all. But it's easier to write down with mediums.
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cloude237

Another note.
            Explanation for Bloodclan (new version)
            The idea of lore is still there but now we have Blood-seed in the story. Blood seed are born with a blood-clansmen. It carries the inheritance and power of the bloodline. So the Awakening process is just a seeding of this seed into the soul and sprouting of a tree. Bloodclan, still worships their blood and heritage and very, very proud of it. But to pass down a proper lineage is equally very difficult. An actual bloodkin just wanders in the void. They don't have any attachments, or homes and things to look forward to. Very immortal being like. Their main interest, if there is anything, it must be to catch up with the ever growing knowledge and insight of the world's creature —hence the conception of "Common Land" where every, little detail of worlds mysteries get stored up. I think this is the actual golden finger that Wei Zhiruo has. It's the endless potential of knowlege and a chance to know things. In future chapters she will gain the recognition to enter this, sort of holy land of eternal knowledge —the seal of recognition was actually a major step forward towards this.
            Another nature that Bloodkin can never get rid of is their indifference. Wei Zhiruo though was never an orthodox bloodkin, never an orthodox human, never an orthodox rune-maker. She is a jumbled sort of manifestation of everything together. 
            Further explanations/
            Rune-maker/forget: imagine Rune's as just chinese characters. Words have meaning, and power. So Rune's channel manifest what is being written. It needs medium till one becomes powerful enough to not need it. Anyone who can channel the understanding behind words and convey that in writing, he is a forger (because 'real words' can never be brought into real world).
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cloude237

A while ago, I did a major, major re-editing of my work. I will start posting those changes after I have counted up to fifteen chapters. There was so much editing, plot hole fixing that I couldn’t go through it without tweaking it again and again. I have tried to not overdo it, but it is really hard to be satisfied with what you have written and what was in your imagination, and when they are totally different, don’t match or make sense. I am just putting here for those who find all the plots becoming whacky all of a sudden. I haven’t completely changed the story lines – but I have fleshed out many more scenes, and many things have more clear explanation (as clear as I could give though), more characters, more branch plots. I apologize to those who were invested in the story and may find new additions a little out of place. But I think I will go this way, updating changes in the middle of the story rather than deleting all the chapters and reuploading. And again, for those who did end up liking my story, although I have stopped updating altogether, but this story has been living in my head for a long, long time and I have been editing and editing to make it more plausible. But as my writing style changes, all my previous efforts look so bad to me that I have to redo it all-over again. Bear with me, I will finish this story however long it turns out to be.
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