Jail?? Well, just a reminder that despite his himbo nature, this guy really is someone you don't want to fuck with.
"Damn, dude, that sucks," Shang Qinghua says sympathetically. Because it does! He has some dim memories of playing one of the older Dragon Quest titles before the video game ban in China right around the same time, and he never could afford the expensive bootleg imports. It was all knockoffs and clones after that. Plus the decades he'd spent in Proud Immortal Demon Way... Anyway.
"Cultivator," he says, unsuccessfully trying to suppress a grin. He...wasn't going to go into the whole genre thing, but he's kind of already outed himself as a gamer and a second-time transmigrator, so it's a lost cause, right? "It's a xianxia thing, you know, ancient Chinese fantasy? Meditating in seclusion, forming your golden core, becoming an immortal master, flying around on swords, fighting monsters and demons, all that stuff. Check it out."
He holds out one hand and focuses his spiritual energy, forming a little ball of glowing light in his hand. Perfect, a chance to show off in front of Ichiban and show that he was cool and could be useful! "Pretty neat, huh? Spiritual cultivation. I'm kind of like a high-level mage, basically."
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"Damn, dude, that sucks," Shang Qinghua says sympathetically. Because it does! He has some dim memories of playing one of the older Dragon Quest titles before the video game ban in China right around the same time, and he never could afford the expensive bootleg imports. It was all knockoffs and clones after that. Plus the decades he'd spent in Proud Immortal Demon Way... Anyway.
"Cultivator," he says, unsuccessfully trying to suppress a grin. He...wasn't going to go into the whole genre thing, but he's kind of already outed himself as a gamer and a second-time transmigrator, so it's a lost cause, right? "It's a xianxia thing, you know, ancient Chinese fantasy? Meditating in seclusion, forming your golden core, becoming an immortal master, flying around on swords, fighting monsters and demons, all that stuff. Check it out."
He holds out one hand and focuses his spiritual energy, forming a little ball of glowing light in his hand. Perfect, a chance to show off in front of Ichiban and show that he was cool and could be useful! "Pretty neat, huh? Spiritual cultivation. I'm kind of like a high-level mage, basically."