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I, unfortunately, don’t have thousand autumn volumes at hand to cross-check, but I’m trying to connect whether Cui Buqu and Shen Qiao know each other, since both series are set in the same world, one right after the other.

In Peerless vol.3 it gets revealed that Cui Buqu has helped Jang Jian (back then Duke of Sui) to plan how to usurp the throne. The plan has worked and that’s how Cui Buqu has gained new emperors trust.

However what I was thinking about that bit in TA (qq? how do we shorten it?) where Shen Qiao was saving the youngest daughter of the previous emperor (who I think became duchess Yuwen in peerless, since I remember the girl being related to Duke of Sui) and some other official’s son (or that was also Jang Jian’s son? not sure). I think that happened around vol.4, but the problem of me being unable to check it without books at hand still stands.

He brings the children to hideout where their “trusted relatives” and other officials/nobles are planning to take the throne. So I wonder whether Cui Buqu could have been there. As far as I remember, Shen Qiao almost immediately left, so even if Cui Buqu really was there, they most likely have not interacted. But it still possibly the first time their paths have crossed.

Wushang (Peerless) / 無雙 (BL) By 夢溪石

I finished this novel quite some time ago but was extremely lazy about writing a review for it. The initial plan was to do a full review but having left it for so long, I no longer recall any of the main events so I’m afraid this will have to be based on my hazy and unreliable memory.

You may recall how much praise I sang for the author’s other popular work  Thousand Autumns (if you haven’t read it yet, make sure you do!). Needless to say, I had very high hopes for this novel.

And it is with regret when I say that my expectations were not met.

The MC is a quiet, sickly man who looks like any day could be his last, ordinary in appearance but extremely intelligent and calculative. The beautiful and talkative ML is coveted by all, and is smart and scheming. Both the MC and ML officially work for the crown and country, but underneath their departments are on opposite sides. They met due to investigating a case and from then on, they collaborated together (aka used each other) for respective gains and despite their outwardly friendly facade, they were constantly scheming against each other and that was fun to read.

The world building was superb, the plot was executed quite well, and the characters were also fleshed out and to some extent, even more so than Thousand Autumns. Sadly, the novel just wasn’t that memorable. Relationship wise, I did not, at any point in the story, find myself rooting for them. While the MC and ML were fine as individuals, I really wasn’t bothered about whether they got together or not.

If I had to rate this using stars then it would be higher than a 3 but lower than 4. While it wasn’t for me, I reckon this is definitely worth the read if you like this genre or the author’s style. And if the reviews on NU are anything to go by, this one comes highly recommended!

Rating: read if idle | ★★★+

The Earth is Online / 地球上線 (BL) By 莫晨歡

Wu Shang is actually broken. At least, his gauntlets are. His side sig is naturally a 2 parter, and if it lands, it becomes a 3 PART SIG. It’s not like he takes much skill, but here, take some combos anyway.

Spear: Spear, like bow, has one basic combo that can only be improved upon. It consists of slight, dlight, a jump to reposition yourself, and a sair. Add a nlight at the beginning to deal some extra damage, and instead of instantly jumping, use a GC dlight. However, if you use the second dlight, your jump will no longer properly reposition you to use a sair. Instead, try using a nair. The nair will either place your enemy above or to the side of you. If it places them above, use a recovery. If they go to the side, now you can use your sair to potentially knock them out. The total written version of this would look like this: nlight, CD (chase dodge. More on that in a bit.), slight, dlight, GC, dlight, nair, recovery/sair.

Gauntlets: Gauntlets have essentially one useful combo without GC’s. It goes slight, nair, sair, nlight, repeat. If an enemy is launched off the platform at any point in time, chase after them and hit them with a dair. After the dair, keep them from coming back by using a ground pound. You can hit them with multiple ground pounds, however make sure you leave a jump or a dodge to get back to the platform. If you use a recovery to get back to the platform, be careful not to catch them in the recovery, lest you accidentally save your enemy from death. A short combo that could be added to other things is dlight, slight, GC, dlight, sair. If you mess up the timing on the GC, not to worry! Keep attacking as you were, and your dair will most likely hit the enemy. 

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