The NPC in the Liyue event refers to himself as 老朽, and there’s someone in chapter 11 of 多情剑客无情剑 who does the same. It feels so great to find overlapping vocab across books and games!
| Word | Reading | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 老朽 | lǎo xiǔ | (humble) I; me (used by the elderly) |
I only did one stage of one mini game but already unlocked the weapon! It says it’s 万象风角灵官‘s sword and it once cleaved flowing sea water, which sounds really cool, so I levelled it up 
It’s on Keqing right now, I wish Lanyan could have it…
I finished chapter 1 and the side story!
I loved both, stories taking place in Liyue feel special 
and it was great to see some NPCs again!
I haven’t done Escoffier SQ which as a prerequisite but oh well.. I didn’t want to start it now, and I probably would not have time to finish it and do the event anyway.
Also, the title of the first chapter…
I know all the characters, but it’s not like I see this and immediately understand what it means. I get a general idea though, but won’t risk a translation… I guess all the chapters put together will form a poem.
I made some effort to match the seven members of the group according to rank in the brotherhood and their appearance or how they were first presented, and then they all make a proper self-introduction!
| Word | Reading | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 铁板快书 | tiě bǎn kuài shū | iron-clapper clatter ballad (a traditional Chinese storytelling art) |
I missed reading my daily chapter yesterday, but I had a ten-day buffer anyway, because there’s 100 days between the day I started and December 31st, and there’s only 90 chapters in the book, so it’s perfect because I will inevitably miss some days here and there.
Reading goal Finishing 多情剑客无情剑 by the end of 2026 · ahead · 13% · 88 days leftI found this film mostly boring, maybe that’s because I watch a lot of horror and have watched many exorcism films, but this one really didn’t bring anything new to the genre - which is okay if it’s well done and entertaining, but 사흘 was following very conventional scenes, there were nothing really unexpected, and the final exorcism scene was also kind of whatever.
I really like the funeral theme and Park Shin-yang’s performance was excellent. I really love the father’s attempts to save his daughter’s body, I find these parts to be the most interesting ones. Much more than the possession theme and the supernatural occurrences which became really messy towards the end, random things happening that didn’t really made sense.
I also really dislike the character of the priest, that was typically a k-drama character, young, good-looking, can fight, has the perfect hairstyle, mostly here to look good rather than create a realistic character.
Won’t have time for anything today, so I’m skipping my wuxia daily chapter. If I can just finish my flashcards I’ll be happy!
I had time to start the third story, it’s crazy how engrossing each story has been right from the beginning. Just a few pages in and I feel as involved in the story as if I were in the middle of a novel (well it is a novel, but each chapter is a different story/case).
I did chapter 2 of 巡猎者木屋, it was so short! I still don’t have access to the other blueprints, and I’m not sure how I’m supposed to upgrade my access pass.
| Word | Reading | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 权限 | quán xiàn | scope of authority; extent of power; (access etc) privileges |
I also started the new 绝境攻炼. I just did one round, died at some point and got the minimum set of points. It did give me a weapon part for a weapon which blueprint I don’t have… I should spend more time looking at this whole system because I’m completely lost!
What a chapter!
I was wondering if we would be strictly following Li Xunhuan during the whole book, but now I know it’s not the case. I liked the change of point of view. It now feels like starting a huge side quest. Can’t wait to read next chapter, this one was quite suspenseful!
My husband finished the AQ and the epilogue chapter and after hesitating for two days - because I said no spoilers - finally told me that Xiao will be in the world 
after finishing the epilogue!! He thought it’s something I would like to know in advance (which is absolutely right), and also not to wait until the end of the patch to do the AQ, because it’s probably something that will disappear with the new patch.
I’ll stay with my plan though, Start the Liyue event on Sunday and play through it next week, then start the AQ. I’ll have a lot of time next week, so I should be able to do at least act III if not doing both acts entirely.
Looking at this chart is really interesting and matches the feeling I have with each language.
The number of pages I read in one session is not as much a mirror of how good or engrossing a book is, but rather how tiring or easy it is for me to read in this language. As such Japanese comes first because it’s by far the language I read the fastest. Traditional Chinese comes last because I get tired easily when reading it (like I feel like I’ve read 20 pages, but I only read 5? that kind of feeling…). And so necessary, Korean is somewhere in between.
However, the ranking for the number of days I actually opened the book between started and finished date is completely different. I think this data shows more reliably whether I loved the books or not. I usually read books I love every day, whereas I can stay weeks without opening the ones I don’t like as much, dragging the numbers down. Short stories are also the type of books I can put aside for several days so the data is not completely accurate of course. But still, Traditional Chinese comes first this time, and given that I have loved almost all the Taiwanese and the few Hong Kong novels I’ve read this year, I’m not surprised. Korean comes last, which is also not a surprise. I already said that but Korean mystery fiction is often hit or miss, and I regularly find myself with novels I don’t enjoy reading. Korean is also the language I have the most DNF though they’re not counted here. Japanese is quite high too,
Simplified Chinese doesn’t count because there’s not enough source, and I’ll mostly be reading wuxia novels with a fixed pace of one chapter per day anyway.
Finished chapter 2! I really love stories were characters’ lives already feels like hell, even though the supernatural threat has not fully started yet. I really love the character of Yu-hwa, I feel that just the situation in which the family finds itself would make for a great plot, but of course, there’s more to the story and I’m also here for that!
This novel is really great in both establishing the characters’ positions and situation, their dynamics, conflicts and resentment and making us really care for them while giving a good foundation to the plot. As well as creating suspense with a mix of mystery and horror. So far it’s one of the best novels I’ve read this year.
