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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 295: Defending Wave After Wave

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With eight wooden puppets that all had overwhelming speed, all Li Lang could do was run. Just because their numbers were doubled didn’t mean they had twice the combat potential. Melee combat didn’t work like that, especially when against a lone target. There was limited real estate around Li Lang that the puppets all had to share. ...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 294: Retreat or Press Forth

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Li Lang took several deep breaths before he recovered from the surprise. When he did, he immediately withdrew his spear from his space ring and was on high alert.

Stay focused. Don’t let the sight of a few brutally mauled bodies unnerve you.

As cutthroat as the cultivation world was, he thankfully hadn’t been e...

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Construction Mage - Chapter 14: One versus Five

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“The more we study the dungeon, the more we are fascinated by it. Each layer is unique in its own way, housing a plethora of monsters of a similar type that are inexhaustible in number. No matter how many we kill, they always replenish in numbers given a few hours. This also means they’re endless resources waiting to be collect...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 293: Subterranean Crypt

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In the end, Li Lang selected fourteen of the nineteen individuals to join Star Gem Academy. Half a dozen of them had ten or fewer spiritual roots. He had already notified both Wei Ping and Long Yi about what to look out for during their respective recruitment, so the number of individuals with extremely low spiritual roots would only i...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 292: Criterion

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“Li Lang, you’re finally awake!” Jun Ziyan urgently called out as soon as she saw her charge come out of his room. “You should hurry up. Everyone is likely waiting for you by now.”

“Relax,” the young leader of the Star Gem Academy replied as he tried to contain a yawn. “If they can’t even be bothered to wait a l...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 291: Radiant Sanctum

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The group descended to the nearest cliff near the hanging city, where one of the thick metal chains was tethered. Once they were on ground level, the scale of things became a lot clearer. The metal chains that were able to support an entire land mass where thousands lived were so thick that it could practically fit houses on them.

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Construction Mage - Chapter 13: Unforgivable False Hope

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Clay didn’t realize what happened as he was suddenly engulfed in darkness. One moment he was opening and chest and the next, he felt himself free-falling in the darkness. Thankfully, it only lasted a second, but a sharp pain coursed through his right wrist when he abruptly made contact with the ground.

He knew from experience t...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 290: Guests from Afar

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Li Lang nibbled on some biscuits as he listened to the young lady of the Yan family regale tales of recent events within the province of Vermillion Dragon. His attention was divided between the new information and the fine assortment of snacks that were made from Earth-grade ingredients. It was an extravagant meal for him the last time...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 289: Ring

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Li Lang briskly walked through the morning crowd of Changjiao City, merrily going about their day. As the largest city within Vermillion Dragon, the hundreds of streets and alleyways made it easy for foreigners to lose their way. It made it difficult for people to reach their destination, even if they had a specific address.

“W...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 288: Getting Certified

Apologies for the slight delay, cheers!

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“Here we are, the library,” Ci En said as she opened the door.

“Thank you, Elder,” Li Lang replied, though his attention had already moved to the various bookshelves.

It was obvious to the elder that he was excited to explore new woodsmithing techniques,...

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Construction Mage - Chapter 12: Hopes and Dreams

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“What kind of place is the dungeon, you ask? Why, exciting, of course! The thrill of an adventure with friends, overcoming monsters, and then getting rewarded for it is exactly what I wanted ever since I was your age!”

-Delver Darian, answering questions fielded by curious children

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 287: Return to Changjiao City

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It only took Li Lang and Jun Ziyan four days to reach Changjiao City, the largest city in the province of Vermillion Dragon. During Li Lang’s previous visit, he delivered a certain letter to the Yan Clan that resided here.

“We’ve finally arrived. I can’t wait to sleep in an actual bed tonight,” Jun Ziyan muttered.

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 286: A Month of Experience

AN: First 10 chapters of Construction Mage are now available! I would appreciate it if you could check it out and leave feedback, so I can improve upon it! You can find Chapter 1 here.

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Construction Mage - Chapter 11: Kobold Hunting

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A week quickly passed after Clay had selected his two life professions and created a makeshift toilet seat. He had quickly set the latter aside after learning he had no recipes for them, but the former had turned out surprisingly well. 

The reason he gave up on finding recipes so easily was because of his determination to on...

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Construction Mage - Chapter 10: Professions

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“The Descent not only screwed up our lives, but our livelihood as well! All these glorious new materials that can only be worked on if you take a so-called class. How dare those once-proud artisans throw away the techniques their ancestors had carefully honed throughout their lives!”

“Shh, lower your voice, fat...

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Construction Mage - Chapter 9: Windfall

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After giving Clay a moment to settle down, the talks about reparations continued.

“Ahem,” Commander Kayston cleared his throat. “It seems the victim’s side would like one of your skill books as reparation. What do you say to that?” He turned his gaze to the red-haired woman.

Alara quickly leaned in toward his comp...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 285: Recruitment Preparation

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Star Gem Academy. It was built within weeks, where changes happened rapidly day after day. It was an organization that Ouyang Jie was proud to be part of.

He knew it was something that had changed the course of his life forever, and the past week had only affirmed that. Few could deny that when they witnessed was their new home. ...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 284: Name

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Another week passed by as Li Lang busied himself with various matters. He was currently working on the formations around the island during the day and synthesizing Neuraflux, the drug that would hopefully restore the cognitive functions of deviators, during the night.

Formations were suddenly brought to the forefront of the prior...

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Construction Mage - Chapter 8: Mentor & Reparations

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“The formation of Delver Guard Regiments was thought to be a clever notion during its inception. However, we failed to account for the variables at play during implementation. With travel between cities proving to be more challenging every day, it was up to each lord to interpret how these new regiments ran. What was once planned...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 283: Building Up the Island

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If there was one thing Li Lang knew cultivators excelled at, it was building stuff. Throughout his journey in the cultivation world, he had seen countless times where experts would simply wave their hands to erect an entirely new structure in the blink of an eye. Structures that would otherwise take mortals months to years to build. Wh...

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Construction Mage - Chapter 7: Dungeon Introspection

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Clay sighed as he gazed out the lone window above him and to the right. There may be metal bars reinforcing it, but it was the only source of light within his cell. The sunlight made the damp, mushy straw underneath him more bearable.

How did I even end up here? All I did was go shopping.

He glanced around and foun...

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Construction Mage - Chapter 6: Psychopathic Bandit

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“We can’t keep letting these foolish commoners gain power without restraint! It’s getting to their heads! Just this month alone, there have been over a dozen reports about robberies within the dungeon, and likely dozens more unreported. We need to put restrictions on who can become Delvers, while encouraging more nobles throu...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 282: Artificial Island

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Artificial island construction was a skill most colonists mastered prior to settling on a planet. They could haul appropriate-sized asteroids and send them crashing onto the planet to form an island. That was the most efficient way, but there were numerous other methods to go about it. 

Even before mankind made it off their ...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 281: Baiting & Luring

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“I’ll have to rely on you, friends from Sword Saint Isle,” Li Lang said as he gestured for his minders to make their move.

Jun Ziyan was just about to leap off the roof of the Skyrunner when her companion, Da Xing, pulled her back. “Leave it to me.”

The bald man with a robust build nodded to his brother, wordlessl...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 280: Klüver-Bucy Syndrome

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While cultivation deviation didn’t exist back in Li Lang’s old world, it wasn’t the first time he had seen damage to the brain like the deviator had. 

Mother Nature was both beautiful and dangerous. Numerous things could kill you in countless ways. While Li Lang didn’t know the cause for now, he still had a few ideas...

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Construction Mage - Chapter 5: The Joy of Shelter

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“If it isn’t milord,” Garrick said as he took a seat next to Clay and nodded toward the food stall vendor. “Boss, can you get me a meat skewer along with a slice of bread and cheese?”

“Coming right up!” the vendor replied with a grin.

“You sure left quite early this morning.” Garrick shifted in hi...

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Construction Mage - Chapter 4: [Mage] Stats

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“Food is the basis of civilization. It’s a shame I had to learn it the hard way.

The first few months after the Descent were catastrophic. The chaos of everyone running for their lives, unsure of where safety lay, was still manageable. However, the massive shortages of supplies were not. People fought over every ...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 279: Feral Causation

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“If only Senior Zhu Yi and Ma Kong were here,” Long Yi said, accompanied by a weary sigh.

“We don’t have to find the same group of feral,” Li Lang replied. “In fact, I prefer not to. While those guys who had captured Wei Ping are deviators, they seem to retain a good portion of their cognitive functions. I’d rather ...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 278: The Wilderness Plan

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A few weeks passed where Li Lang had been in closed-door cultivation. He only came out once a week to check in with his companions, but otherwise remained within Ruby’s artifact space. 

This was all made possible thanks to all the Nourishment Pills he had refined in the past. Though he hadn’t been refining as many of the...

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The Science of Cultivation - Chapter 277: Lunchtime

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Four hours flew by before Li Lang realized it, causing him to reluctantly pause his cultivation session. 

Has it really been four hours already? Time’s been feeling shorter and shorter recently.

Shaking his head, Li Lang exited Ruby’s artifact space and ventured out of his room to find his friends and stud...

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