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v3c57.2: Friends of the Family part 2
🕑 Added 2023-01-12 07:13:20 +0000 UTCBiyu hummed to herself as the cart she was in ran smoothly down the road with not a single bump to jostle it. Today had been quite enjoyable so far. She got to give Mr. Chun Ke a nice looking neck-tie, folded into a triangle. It was honestly a bit hard to make it look good with how monstrously thick his neck was, but Biyu had managed it, the entire thing giving the cute piggy an adorably rakish air. He had liked it so much he had given her kisses—and then asked politely what she could recommend for his ‘pretty wife’ in that not-speech Spirit Beasts used.
Biyu had, of course, caved immediately at the thought of a matching set, and gotten a second one in a light purple. She remembered Pi Pa from Yun Ren’s recordings, and purple seemed like it would work well on her.
They had pretty good prices in town too—it was actually slightly less expensive for the quality of silk, and the colours were all local things. Whoever made the silk brocades had good taste!
After his meeting had finished, Jin had come to find her and ask her if she was ready to leave. She was, she just had to get the prototype packed onto a Jin’s cart. The man had insisted once again that she just call him Jin because Yun Ren was his good friend.
She was still getting used to being allowed to call such an honored Master their name..
“Hey, you seem a natural at this already.” Master Jin—er, just Jin, interrupted her thoughts with a smile as he ran alongside the cart. “Most people are a bit more intimidated going this fast.”
“Yun Ren carried me up to Cloudrest like this.” Biyu replied, and Jin’s smile got warmer and knowing. Biyu flushed.
That had been a fantastic trip. It had only been a day, but watching the countryside speed by and then climbing up the giant hill had been amazing. It had been a bit hard to breathe up there, but any discomfort had fallen away as she saw the curve of Pale Moon Lake and the entirety of her home city and the farmland stretching out before her.
It was then when she realised why Yun Ren loved recording things so much—but in the end, despite Yun teaching her how to use the light to take a truly spectacular recording of the landscape… she had ended up taking one of him.
His beautiful amber eyes open wide, rather than his perpetual squint. The look of wonder and exhilaration that took over his face.
It was her favourite image of him. Well, that one and the one when she had convinced him to wear a dress and she had put makeup on him. Yun made a very convincing and very pretty girl, if Biyu said so herself— and then he had slammed his hands on either side of her head and pinned her against the wall and—
Biyu shook her head vigorously and dispelled the image, her cheeks pink.
Jin laughed at her expression. “Well, it is good to see you again. Thanks for getting Chun Ke his new neckerchief. He looks good!” Biyu smiled at the complement. “Now, how have you been?”
“Busy, mostly. Master Jing pushed me on this trip because he said I needed a break! Said that eighteen hour days are too much!”
The man turned to her, his eyes suddenly devoid of any light.
“...You’ve been working eighteen hour days.”
“Yes! I wish I could work longer—this project is just so interesting!”
And so Biyu complained about her unreasonable Master forcing breaks upon her. Jin was very easy to talk to. Honestly, the big man felt just a bit like her own father, jovial and easy to make laugh. Like a big friendly dog.
Now that she really looked at him, past the giant muscles, he was kind of cute too. Those laugh lines, combined with his smile…
Well, a plan for later, anyway! She had to keep her hands busy and warmed up, lest her accuracy rust.
The cart rolled onwards, until they started slowing down as they approached a village.
“What place is this?” Biyu asked.
“Hong Yaowu.” Jin replied.
“Really? It looks so much different than the recordings.” Biyu mused. “That's Elder Hong’s house, though, that's similar…” Biyu said as she started to place the buildings. It looked a lot different. Like a completely different village, compared to the one Yun Ren had shown her. The place where he had grown up— “Wait. Yun Ren’s parents live here.”
“Yup.” Jin said cheerfully.
Biyu stared at the man as a brief moment of panic welled up in her throat, before she forced it down. She had considered the possibility…
There was little time to truly get herself ready when Jin shouted out:
“Hey, everybody! I’ve got a visitor!”
Biyu took a deep breath and let it out.
“Hello!” she shouted, her voice cracking a little bit as she stood up and waved. The villagers paused in their work, and two in particular froze up completely.
“Hey-o, Miss Biyu!” Gou Ren called, smiling brightly at her.
Yun Ren did a double take, his eyes widening comically.
“Biyu!” he shouted as his face split into a smile.
“Yun!” Biyu shouted, waving at her man.
She jumped from the top of the carriage and he caught her, swinging her around in three loops as she giggled. His arms were strong and tight around her back.
For a brief moment, there was nothing but that, until Yun Ren pulled back to get a good look at her.
“I wasn’t expecting you here, love.” he whispered.
“Master Jing told me I had to come.” she admitted.
“We should try that. Prepare yourself, Gou Ren!” a woman’s voice, loud and strong, interrupted them before Yun could say anything else.
Biyu blinked as she looked at the tall woman who was standing beside Gou Ren. Biyu recognised her. She did, after all, have a Liu Xianghua doll. It was probably the best one Heavenly Delights had produced last year, coming with an accessory without an extra charge. It was a good move, in Biyu’s opinion, but as always the quality of Heavenly Delights left something to be desired. Biyu had, of course, carved a better furnace accessory herself after examining the images Yun had shown her.
Gou Ren started scratching his chin. “Okay, but how many spins?” he asked Xianghua, whose eyes widened. She too began thinking.
“Three seems an optimal number, but we shall test many variations.” the woman decided.
“Speed and angle as well?” Gou Ren asked.
“But of course!” the stately woman decreed, before her eyes turned to Biyu. “Greetings, Sister-in-Law!” She boomed.
And then the pretty cultivator marched up and gave Biyu a hug just shy of bone cracking.
“Uh… nice to meet you too?” Biyu wheezed out, absolutely confused.
“Indeed! It is an Honour to meet my Brother’s woman! But first, you have to meet Honoured Mother and Honoured Father, and receive their blessings!”
With that, Biyu was released and Xianghua marched right up to a middle-aged couple. Both of them opened their own arms to receive the same hug as the cultivator whispered in their ears.
Biyu tentatively trailed behind her, but paused when the woman who could only be Yun Ren’s mother looked at her… and sighed.
“How the Hells do our boys keep pullin’ girls so beyond them?” the woman asked her husband.
“Oh, I think it runs in the family.” The monkey-looking man replied with a grin.
The fox-faced woman flushed slightly. “Dumbass.” The words were without heat, and her squinted eyes opened fully.
They were the same beautiful amber that Yun Ren had.
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It was late in the afternoon when they finally got to Jin’s home, not that Biyu minded it. Hu Li and Ten Ren were both quite laid back and easy to get along with. Hells, even Xianghua, who insisted on calling Biyu Sister, was nice, if a bit strange.
She got the feeling that Xianghua was being completely serious in calling the two middle-aged mortals Honoured Mother and Honoured Father, and treating them like they were her own parents—and Hu Li and Ten Ren treated her like she was their daughter.
Jin had just looked on, finding the whole thing amusing.
Then, they had gone to Jin’s house—where she had met Meiling, who insisted on being called Meimei, and the rest of the cute creatures. She had gotten to hug Yin and Ri Zu again, and Mrs. Pi Pa had complimented her colour choice for the cloth tied around Mr. Chun Ke’s neck. Mr. Huo Ten was doing well for himself as well, and said that he had good news for her Master, as well as his, on the origins of their founders.
Honestly, it was easier to process everything since she had already seen most of it through Yun Ren’s recordings and stories.
All in all, aside from the talking animals, and the fact that the fish had popped and turned into a dragon, everything seemed… well, it seemed like it was going well.
The only thing she could say was odd was the nice guards who all looked incredibly pale, and seemed to be trying to keep themselves on the other side of Jin from Meimei.
But now… now she was ready for the real reason why she was here! Yun Ren helped her set up. He had looked a bit confused on why she needed a box full of rocks, be he had helped her out anyway.
Biyu took a deep breath and let it out, then turned to her audience. She recognised everybody except for the old man lounging on the couch and using Mr. Chun Ke as a foot rest.
…Probably Jin’s grdanfather. The presentation was originally supposed to be for Yun Ren and Jin only, but, well, there was surely no harm in the expanded audience, especially family.
Two hands on the box, Biyu kept her eyes closed and focused. Then, snapping open the box and retrieving the recording crystal, Biyu launched into her presentation.
“Honoured Customers and friends of Menge’s Crystal Emporium, this representative of the Master Carvers thanks you for your time today! This Biyu shall be giving Honoured Customer Yun Ren and Honoured Customer Jin an update upon the storage crystals that Honoured Customer Yun Ren saw fit to entrust to us as recognition for both of your special relationship with Mengde’s Crystal Emporium.”
Jin, on account that he was apparently trusted by the suppliers of most of their crystals, and Yun Ren because he had been the one to bring them the crystal.
“As you can see from these images, we have completed our preliminary assessment and moved on to the cutting process…”
She flipped through the images as she spoke, the light projected onto the wall showing the armatures and chisels they were using, as well as the first cuts they had accomplished. The old man had actually sat up slightly at that, going from looking bored to at least paying attention, while most of the others, Tigu especially, seemed interested in exactly how one went about carving such a rare and valuable crystal.
The short answer was very careful observation… and then sometimes things happened very very fast.
Master Jin had always said there was no luck to their craft, as she switched to the recording of three Crystal Masters and Biyu carefully adjusting the angle on several chisels. There was a light tap and then the crystal cracked completely in half, exactly as they had predicted.
The crystal would actually be three rings, such was the amount of material Biyu had been gifted with. It was still strange knowing Yun Ren and Nezan had thought that was an appropriate gift—and to her of all people. Storage Crystals were near non-existent in the Azure Hills!
But there was no point in hand-wringing or what ifs. They had decided that she was worthy of such things—and she would prove their trust right. She would give it her all—for her craft and for Yun Ren as well. The Storage Crystals would surpass the quality of those created a thousand years ago!
“And this concludes the presentation on the Storage Ring. The Master Carvers invite Xong Yun Ren to take his pick from the three rings. They anticipate the first to be done in five years time, barring any unforeseen circumstances.”
There was a murmur of interest from the watchers.
“We also have one more thing.” Biyu continued as she reached into the crate and pulled out the prototype. It was a relatively unassuming wooden frame that could be adjusted in size, with shards of crustal just visible in the corners of the frame.
Of course, during their work, small bits of crystal were inevitably sacrificed. They tried to remove as little as possible, but there was always some spot that needed to be shaved down.
And so while Biyu did get to sit in on the Masters as they carved the main crystal, and got to help… her true mission was to find a use for the little chunks that otherwise would likely be useless.
Perhaps a powerful cultivator could repurpose them and meld them back into a smaller mass, or perhaps just wave his hand and transmute the crystal into a ring wholesale.
But that was just rumour and what ifs. They needed a more practical solution.
And indeed, Biyu had found something, in the tiny, chiseled off pieces of crystal as they refined the shape of the rings. Eight months of experimentation and research. Sixteen hour days. Little shards of crystal, with a formula so small it was invisible to the unaided eye.
Biyu set up the wooden frame with crystals embedded in it around a box filled with stones.
The effects of this would be subtle, but… well, hopefully useful!
Biyu touched her fingers to the edge of the frame.
Like frost crawling over a window, a thin, shimmering film of blue light began to crawl across the box.
The Partial Storage Array… or at least thats what Biyu was calling it!
“...what does it do?” Jin asked, staring intrigued at the box that didn’t actually look any different.
“While a Storage Ring pulls whatever object the user desires inside of it, the Partial Storage Array, as we’re calling it, tries to do the same. But it can't. So instead, whatever is inside when it activates is… partly here and partly there. Just slightly out of phase. They’re still solid, and you can touch them, but as to the practical effect? While they're within the field they weigh a quarter of the amount, relative to whatever is outside the array.”
Biyu then took a step forwards, pressing herself into the thin, shimmery film, which allowed her access. It didn’t feel bad, and out of all the rats they had tested it on none of them had suffered any adverse effects. Neither had any of the volunteers.
“While you’re inside it, though, it will weigh the same to you as if the field wasn’t active.” She knew from experience her voice would sound stretched and high pitched to the people outside.
She reached into the box and pulled out one of the rocks. “But while its heavy to me…” She dropped the rock. It looked like it fell as fast as it should but instead of slamming into the ground, it settled with a dull thud.
Her demonstration complete, Biyu pushed her way out of the field and back into Jin’s house.
There was silence as they all stared at the slightly glowing frame.
“And… um… that's the prototype!” Biyu chirped nervously. “It still needs a lot of refinement, but the Masters said I should show you both.”
Biyu scratched at her cheek.
In the end, what those little dregs of crystal could do would probably be useless for a cultivator’s purposes. But that was just it. Worthless for a cultivator… and not their mortal servants.
Like the Still-Image Recording Crystal was a worse version of a Recording Crystal… so too was the Partial Storage Array a worse version of a Storage Ring. After all, the Crystal Emporium also brought information about their valued customers—and it had been pretty obvious the whole expedition Miss Guan was heading was for Jin.
After a moment, everybody was on their feet, looking at the space that was just slightly out of sync with itself.
“I know several techniques that would produce the same effect.” the old man mused, and Biyu felt her heart fall slightly. Well, it was probably inevitable… “But as far as novel uses for such small pieces of crystal go, it's quite interesting. You truly use every scrap you can find in this province. It's certainly more useful than just throwing it out, or feeding it to some experiment.”
“How many of these can you make?” Jin asked as he turned to her.
“Out of the crystal we received? If our calculations are correct… about sixty more. If something goes catastrophically wrong and we break one of the rings… well, several hundred, probably.” Biyu replied.
“And what happens if this field fails?”
“It just reverts to its normal weight.”
“How big can this field get?”
“About half the size of this room, but the bigger you make it, the less effective it is at reducing weight.”
Jin stared at it for a couple more moments.
“So… you guys take orders for these?” He asked.
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So! it came to my attention that Jin already had corn, back in c 15! I completley and utterly forgot that somehow. I'm going to be retconning the previous timing where he gets corn, because Jin never does anything past mentioning liking popcorn in the previous instance. My apologies for that inconsistency, and thank you for pointing it out!
Onto this chapter: Biyu invents the .1 G zone. Well, not really invents it, because cultivators can do it too, and theres a chance that its been independently developed elsewhere and either kept secret or discarded. But since the Azure Empire did have anti-gravity artifacts, its conceivable that some fragments of this are where Biyu got the idea from—they just didn't have anything with enough quality/power to make it happen.
Secondly, Gou Ren thinks hes going to be spinning Xianghua around when they go for the tackle hug.
He is mistaken in his assumption.
Edited by: Brandon “Philosophysics” Zhang-Leong, Massgamer, Oshi
Comments
WyrdWizard
She had gotten to hug Yin and Ri Zu again,-> has she actually met Ri zu before this? Bi De, Yin, and Minaito were there for the crystal, bur I don't remember her meeting Ri zu before.
Jostikas
I read the current version which clearly said it fell at the same speed but made a muted thud when landing, instead of what you'd expect from a rock.
Aune
according to the membership tiers, it says "two advanced chapters"
AG
So does anyone know the reason why Casual didn’t upload anything last Friday?
Imspinnennetz
Tomorrow
paul Emmer
So does anyone know when Friday's chapter will be posted
Z H
While I certainly agree that this chapter felt like it was lacking something or maybe just shorter than a lot of previous ones, could you at least try to get you complaints/criticisms in an ordered less contradictory mess? I mean you're literally complaining about the chapter being too short by comparing it to a section of the story know for trying to shove too much into each chapter. That doesn't even makes sense! Also proofread for the love of God. That post read like an addled stream of consciousness rant from someone half asleep.
Z H
That may be "more interesting" but it also is nowhere in the text. It's something you just made up whole cloth. Perhaps it will be extrapolated later in the story that they can adjust the carvings to get different effects, but there is nothing in the current chapter that hints at such a specific effect even being possible.
Z H
Did you read an earlier version? It clearly says that the rock falls slower relative to the outside world.
paul Emmer
The fox comment on her skill not being a cultivater perhaps if she stays a while that might change
BlueMage_VT
Imagine if he pulls out another raw storage crystal to watch her work lol
HawkwardEgal
Did I just read the beginnings of container shipping in xianxia land? I wonder if the stuff inside ends hp getting jostled around or if there’d be no need for packaging.
Rakkis157
It's Xianghua. She would totally say honor in such a way that it is clearly capitalized.
Dbcooper3k
I'm curious to see how much gramps engages with biyu. He's wearing a storage ring as she's giving her xianxia PowerPoint on creating them. He obviously has some knowledge regarding her current project and I really wouldn't be surprised if he made the ring he's wearing and had some insight into making that 5 year process shorter. You know she brought tools with her lol
John Pratt
I'd guess that they're still using wooden ships, and weight is a much more limiting factor to shiping with those kind of boats then space is.
Aune
Would be great for a (tidbits/ future mini chapters -) chapters about the conversations the folks at the village behind closed doors. their weal & woes for the changes Jin brought about their everyday life's. like maybe a flashback at the end how how they all made the decision letting' Jin, the stranger into their lives, for good or worse. (thr0win' arund ideas )
Christopher Overbeck
I'm expecting the guys at the farm to maybe become the C plot. With most chapters going to washi's expedition or protag chicken's journey.
Carl Mason
Their presence wasn't what was weird, it was their behavior. She knew them as guards from the expedition, but they are behaving very oddly now, compared to how she knew them while traveling.
BargleNawdleZouss
The Deathworlders has entered the chat.
mag28
Okay I guess maybe its just me but I feel like this was missing substance. Don't get me wrong gon and xianghua(xianghua being xianghua) and 0.1g tech are great, just not enough for a whole chapter. Like would have loved to pick up with meimeis interrogation that added this chapter content to round out a chapter, but this just felt lacking. And I'm not just saying that to complaining this is meant as constructive criticism, chapters like this fun and fine but it leads to "problems" like book two. Where there's just too much to fit in one book so you split into two part. Also love the second mention jin being like a big loving/caring dog idk if it means anything but I love it. Don't misundersand here either I don't dislike idea of two part book or am shitting on farmer here. And to that this is meant be constructive criticism ill just how I would changed it(and yes I know I'm not an author but this is meant as me just offering my honest opinion trying to help) First option would have been to continue meimeis interrogation to just fill out the chapter more. Second if wanted to get 0.1g into story but not explain it more right know throw into last chapter/future chapter(idk if it needs its own chapter) Third just add more to this chapter idk maybe experimenting with it. Also for the record I'm calling now volume three is gonna have to split into two parts like volume two did and I'm calling to right now the splits gonna be where christmas/holiday was. Now here is were I'm gonna complain a little, above was meant to help. Biyu is a perfectly fine chapter and seeing yuns girl and there relationship is sweet, this story has a lot of characters I much rather learn about/see the pov of. I am not saying this is gonna be bad but I am slightly worried with how this story is play out with the story is possible heading in 3 different directions(jin co at farm, bi de and gramps wondering, and wa shi and maybe more on expedition) but I will hope for the best. Thirdly I want jin to get temple dog, yes I know this is random and is stupid on my part but since the crystal vision and that memory of that poor sick temple dog guards its masters last memory its been on my mind and god damn it would be cute having a powerful majestic animal as cute pup. Lastly give us some kinda closure on the damn fire root and give to bi de so can become the great fire moon Phoenix he is meant to be(don't know/doubt that's were that's heading but in my head canon I want it to got/pay off)
Robert Adams
Mortals: invent nukes Gramps: Pfft! Big deal! *Punches soon to be nonexistent mountain*
mag28
Got be honest here idk about I didn't get think too far into biyu think because of that, but did think she was freaky/horny than I remember. But what I took that line more to mean was push the idea yun's more fox/trickerster nature. Like he could trick/blend in if needed to and it just kinda comes naturally
Thomas Verjans
Biyu says in this chapter that she was working sixteen hour days, but she mentioned eighteen hours in her conversation with Jin. Is that intentional?
Teatime42
Mortals: Invent method of traveling to the moon Gramps: Ah yes, I know of 4 techniques to do this, and can use 5 more to accomplish it through different means, fascinating what these mortals can accomplish!
Erik Ray
Don't know if someone mentioned earlier but there was a case of Biyu mentioning Master Jin instead of Master Jing when talking about the crystal.
FreakShow
That makes sense but since Biyu was part of the expedition wouldn’t she know of them if not also their names?
Andrew Denton
I'm hoping for further explanation too.
Andrew Denton
Given the skill likely required to etch formations smaller than sight into the scraps, they won't likely be CHEAP.
NeWorlDark
In fairness to Biyu the old man probably has techniques to recreate the rising of the sun
taukid
Rags, Loud Boy and Handsome Man
just_a_potato
It would be Rags, Loud Boy and Tie Dulan who all just got grilled about their intentions with Tigu by Meiling
taukid
Who's up for a game of Gravball?
Cynsye
Creating a field that lowers mass is interesting if external forces can have an affect on the things inside it. Reduce the mass of say... A railgun slug to let it be accellerated with far less power? Slap some cultivator crap on the slug to help reduce wind resistance and let it penetrate defences? Quite the weapon for hitting above your weight class.
FreakShow
What are the pale guards Biyu mentioned? Did I forget something from a previous chapter??
Christopher Overbeck
Mayhaps Jin could mention the idea of containerized shipping.
Pierre laplant
Woo
Logrus
So... the shipping container is one of the MOST important inventions in the modern history of man. Magical .1G shipping containers? Absolutely GAME CHANGING for humanity <_< If Jin hooks the Trading Company up they're gonna make so much money...
William Johnson
What I adored about that segment was Gun Ren's reaction to Xianghua. He's gotten to know her well enough that he just went with her weirdness rather than being confused by it. It's great to see that relationship developing.
William Johnson
Piggybacking off of what Nicholas said above, this seems like more of a fujoshi thing than a queer thing. If there's manga in this world her collection is probably steamy.
KnightRider007
I’d say transport and shipping would be the field that benefits the *most*! Save wear and tear on your wagons, save on animal feed and upkeep (you can bring half as many oxen, and still have them pulling less than they would have otherwise had to), increase transport speed and efficiency… If you can place the field around your whole loading bay, and have cranes that are outside the field, it will also expedite loading and unloading. Loads of benefits.
KnightRider007
She specifically says(to herself) that this is mainly for the benefit of his “mortal associates”. This thing would be a godsend for a company that transports stuff, like, say, the Azure Jade Trading Company. That said, I don’t think this can be inverted. She’s not changing gravity, she’s displacing mass into an alternate dimension - you probably can’t invert that effect without having a source of mass to “transfer in”.
KnightRider007
Not really a strong indicator. Plenty of straight girls like BL, or bishie boys, or ikemen, or have a thing for *making* boys dress up in girls’ clothes. Sometimes the latter is a dominance thing, though that doesn’t seem to be the case here (as she heartily approves of Yun acting dominant towards her). That’s not to say that she *isn’t* bi or alternate, I just don’t think that this is a strong indicator. She could just be kinky.
Drake Lundstrom
Saw a typo: “Probably Jin’s grdanfather.”
Daniel Gesualdi
Super closets sound super useful
D J Meigs
🤣 so Xianghua will be spinning Gu Ren round and round whenever they meet up. That image is going to make me laugh all week
V01D
Biyu: “It’s not work if you enjoy it!”
BlueMage_VT
Bicycle powered airplanes for cultivators lol
reji
So you can make super-freezer or super-heater or super-forge, for example. It's much interesting than "it's easier to carry stuff around" or even airships (which Jin can make even now without spirit mumbo-jumbo) and pretty cheap at that
yannick schwende
That would depend on how thermodynamics affect the displaced part of the mass. I'd imagine there will be energy bleed-through resulting in both warming and cooling being slowed down by the factor of mass that is displaced in relationship of that which isn't.
James C
Crates for the Azure Jade Trading company. Very useful for keeping weight down on caravans or ships. (Also, inverted? Gravity Training Room, a la DBZ…)
reji
What about melting and freezing stuff? Does it cost reduced amount of energy or the same to increase 1kg (pre-reduced) bullion's temperature or the same? What happens if you freeze, put in field, warm and pick it back from field?
SilasDrekken
I’m not sure this is useful for a farm full of cultivators that can lift boulders. The only useful application I can think of is if you inverted it you could crank the power of the drop hammer. For mortals there’s plenty of applications: one in the loading zone of a winch with the rope coming up out of the zone so the load is super light, and carts and boats with the formations imbedded could either carry much more or travel much faster. I’d suggest trying to make an aircraft but fuck flying in Xianxia land where there are probably house size pterodactyls waiting to eat your plane. From a mortal perspective anyway, cultivators would probably welcome that.
kalem
yeah, his primary want was Cocoa / coffe beans
Umut Numanoglu
It would also be very interesting for mailman. I think we all know someone who would be interested in the technology especially if it is cheap to produce.
RJKY
Or, she just likes "moe".
RJKY
Now for the Shounen Gravity Chamber.
Nick
Tftc
Pyro Hawk
>It was her favourite image of him. Well, that one and the one when she had convinced him to wear a dress and she had put makeup on him. Yun made a very convincing and very pretty girl, if Biyu said so herself— and then he had slammed his hands on either side of her head and pinned her against the wall and— So... Biyu appears to very much be bisexual here, or is one of the other sexual identities where it's focused less on gender-conforming physical characteristics and more focused on specific physical, emotional, personality or other characteristics that are species wide. She also got kabedon'd by a crossdressed Yun Ren and definitely liked it. Man, their married life is going to be very strange. Especially when you remember that Yun Ren is very strongly in touch with their Kitsune ancestry, who are extremely proficient shapeshifters...
KnightRider007
Good catch! I missed that one.
KnightRider007
She’s not, though. Changing the gravitational constant would change the rate at which objects accelerate when falling within the field. Whereas changing their mass would not.
Ichypa
“ Master Jin had always said there was no luck to their craft” -> given the context, I’m pretty sure this is supposed to be “Master Jing,” not Jin
Simon Andriessen
Well, changing the gravitational constant (locally) is even more impressive, but I assume you mean enachting a local forcefield?
Valadius
What this does do is loading carts for mortals easier. You could also install a water tub on a second floor without fearing that the wooden floor breaks.
KnightRider007
I think the implication is that he thinks he’s going to be the one spinning Xianghua, but she has other ideas, and is stronger than he is.
KnightRider007
Not as much as you might think. The person moving the stuff would have to be outside the field to gain an advantage. Though… if it woks on cranes (which *would* be outside the field), then yes, absolutely!
KnightRider007
Oh, that’s interesting. She hasn’t created a low-G field, otherwise the rock would have fallen slower. She’s literally found a way to displace part of an object’s *mass*, which is *way* more impressive!
KnightRider007
get the prototype packed onto a Jin’s cart -> onto Jin’s cart to call such an honored Master their name.. -> either one or three dots, not two It is an Honour to meet my Brother’s woman! -> honour …Probably Jin’s grdanfather. -> grandfather at least thats what Biyu was calling it! -> that’s But while its heavy to me… -> it’s Worthless for a cultivator… and not their mortal servants. -> “*but* not their mortal servants” would be more appropriate here Like the Still-Image Recording Crystal was a worse version of a Recording Crystal… so too was the Partial Storage Array a worse version of a Storage Ring -> this needs to be reworked to properly convey what I think you’re trying to say. Something along the lines of: “Just as the Still-Image Recording Crystal was a worse version of a Recording Crystal, but had found a practical application through Yun Ren… so too was the hope that the Partial Storage Array, which was a worse version of a Storage Ring, might be of use”
Joel Bullock
Brilliant chapter! There's a slight spelling error with Jin Grandfather when Biyu first sees him
StarBat
This would make sorting/loading rooms 5x more efficient
KnightRider007
Ooh, the boys’ dad still has that smoooooth game 😁
StickyP
I think for mortal transport it would be invaluable. Shipping hundreds of tons of gold grade rice out of the province while it wehighs only a quarter... I bet the ATC would be veeeeery interested
Bable Zmith
Freight shipment. Bulk cargo. The only limit Jin encountered was how much mass his wagon could tolerate before collapsing. This will revolutionize wagons and especially carriages. No matter the size, one horse instead of a team of 8 to move a lavishly decorated carriage. The nobles will go nuts for them. Let alone the Heavy freight industry, ore wagons (not carts) can be pushed by miners no matter the size... DAMN! This is better than the wheelbarrow for productions sake.
Wyatt
Oh man that G field. Way to revolutionize mortal transport. The cart carries a ton of rice but only weighs a 10th? Animals don't get tired, carts don't get stuck in rough terrain, more product moved. Any merchant company that had this would destroy ones who don't. Lookin at you here Azure Jade....
Dwayne Parker
Poor Handsome Man. MeiMei got them terrified.
Featherweight
Jin in his magical mystic hot air ship???
Alice Healer
Only typo I see is grdanfather. Tftc!
Nemo
Nezan gave it to Yun because they were impressed that a mortal could make the recording crystal he uses.
Demian Buckle
Thank you for the Chapter.
neco
I honestly forgot about the storage crystal. Was it found together with the recording crystal?
neco
100G probably not as that's not how the 0.1G fiel works at all. You can't really push more of a thing into our plane if there isn't more to get it from. Especially since that's completely adversary to a storage cristals effect and intended use
Thunderhoof
They should spar against the old man.
Justin
Thanks for the chapter
Justin
That was my thoughts. Dbz!
Shimelton
Weight reduction wouldn’t matter too much for shipping, but maybe build a glider speckled with crystal shards? …Could the boxes be nested? Reduced mailbox within reduced glider fuselage? Also, if you can make 0.1G room then you can make a 100G room! Training arc!
BargleNawdleZouss
I am curious about the reaction of The Three Amigos to the other spirit animals whom they hadn't previously met at the Dueling Peaks.
Sean Ulrich
Anyone else imagine this being used to transport mail? Lighten loads massively
Sean Ulrich
Gou Ren is gonna get thrown into the river on the second spin isn’t he
neco
I mean that answers the question of when BoC updates
