I hate to do this, but Tales of the Riverfolk will once again be on hiatus probably until the end of write-a-thon. In the meantime, check out Sect Leader and Resting Lich face.

Here's an excerpt in advance from Sect Leader chapter 35:

> Jessica came out of her cultivation refreshed.

> Today, she wanted to have an off day. At any other point in her life, she probably would have called her friends and had a girls night or a gaming night.

> But today she had some inspiration.

> She wanted to… well, she didn’t quite know?

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> This tale has been pilfered from Royal Road. If found on Amazon, kindly file a report.

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> She felt the urge to go out and mingle but she didn’t want to look like she was… how did her friend call it that one time? They were out at the bar and an asian woman in her mid thirties walked in that neither of them knew.

> She was gorgeous, and Jessica told her friend Karl and while she was mid sip, he whispered into her ear.

> “I got the inspiration, I gotta ride this tiger mom like I'm an SAT tutor,” Karl had said.

> Jessica snorted. A steady diet of korean drama told her that the woman was probably used to people coming up to her, so she took Karls advances in stride.

> Jessica had considered briefly making an advance on the woman something that she’d never tried before or after.

> Karl struck out big though and she didn’t blame him for walking back with his tail between his legs. He was on leave from the Navy at the time and she was meeting a tinder date, and it was definitely not him.