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#TGCFReadalong chapter 16! I haven't been posting because I was behind on my reread but now I'm caught up (actually ahead, which is how I like it).

Just a few things I haven't seen anyone post before.

First, two things about the Shi Qingxuan action sequence.

It's both funny and sneaky-sad (like so much of this book!) that "Xie Lian was practiced in the art of escape, so his demeanor and manner were far more relaxed than Shi Qingxuan’s."

And I sense A Theme:

"Thinking back on when they first met at Banyue Pass, the Lord Wind Master had seemed like such a bright and scintillating figure, and Xie Lian had thought him a powerful being with immeasurable depth—if not a peerless demonic cultivator, then a supreme master. Now that they were better acquainted, he realized all of that was but an illusion…"