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[personal profile] unanswering 2020-02-28 06:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah, well, not so much employs...? It's less a simple job than...

[it's hard to explain, and he fans himself as he thinks.]

Most of us are born into it-- our ancestors and families are all cultivators, and we follow our Sect's path. We also send junior cultivators to study in other sects... not that I learned much from that, honestly...
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[personal profile] unanswering 2020-02-28 10:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, it's much like that! Our ancestors established our Sects, and we use the same methods of cultivation as they did... mostly.

[when they don't suck at it. ]

I'm not much of one, I'm afraid, even if I'm a Sect Leader... my potential has never been high.
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[personal profile] unanswering 2020-02-28 10:39 pm (UTC)(link)
If one doesn't form a golden core by a certain point, their cultivation will be limited... I was, ah, eight or nine years behind-?

[the uselessness is not Entirely an act,]
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[personal profile] unanswering 2020-03-02 02:16 am (UTC)(link)
[plum is just getting lore bc she asks, tbh!!]

Oh- it enhances one's cultivation, but once one has been formed... if it's ever lost, then that person won't be able to cultivate again.
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[personal profile] unanswering 2020-03-02 02:22 am (UTC)(link)
[IT'S A MISTAKE FOR ME TOO I HAVE TO EXPLAIN ALL OF THIS ZIA.]

There... there are certain techniques that can destroy one, though fortunately I don't know of anyone alive who can do that now.
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[personal profile] unanswering 2020-03-02 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Neither young master Jin nor I seem to have the ability to cultivate here, either, so I don't suppose any of it matters...

[well, it wouldn't matter for him anyway because he sucks! but it matters more for jin ling.]