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Street Cultivation Kindle Edition

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In the modern world, qi is money.

The days of traveling martial artists and mountaintop masters are over. Power is controlled by corporations, modernized martial arts sects, and governments. Those at the bottom of society struggle as second class citizens in a world in which power is a commodity.

Rick is a young fighter in this world. He doesn't dream of immortality or becoming the strongest, just of building a better life for himself and his sister, who suffers from a spiritual illness. Unfortunately, life isn't that easy...

Length: 610 pages	Word Wise: Enabled	Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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File Size: 754 KB
Print Length: 610 pages
Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited
Publication Date: August 17, 2019
Sold by: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B07W9J75R3
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James Auwaerter

Cultivation in the modern world

August 17, 2019

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One challenge with most cultivation stories is that the timescales break credulity. While the main character sits in a cave for hundreds or thousands of years, nothing happens in the world around him, leaving the same pseudo-medieval cultures in place.

Street Cultivation blends the cultivation action in the modern world in a way that is wholly satisfying. There's still a divide between the haves and the have-nots, but the haves are more likely to take advantage of their cultivation to gain wealth and temporal power than to go out and slaughter thousands. Our protagonist is definitely a have-not, and his struggles to make something more of himself rely upon hard work and perseverance more than "cheats" and heaven-defying luck. Buy this book and read it; you won't regret it.

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Evan Carden

Excellent twist on the LITRPG/Wuxia genres

August 18, 2019

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This was originally available over at Royal Road, where the chapter release was often the highlight of my week. It's an excellent story, a twist on genres grown a little too familiar of late. The one complaint people had over there was how long the rather bleak beginning/middle dragged on. When you can read the chapters at your own pace, not dragged out over weeks, that feels much less problematic and for those who fear the author is simply torturing our poor main character MINOR SPOILER
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She's not, there is a relatively happy ending, which for once feels actually earned rather than merely given by authorial fiat.

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Aaron

Suprisingly Good

August 27, 2019

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I have read several books with the cultivation theme/system. Unfortunately, even the ones I've liked never held my interest enough for me to want to read the rest of the series. Street Cultivation was the exception. It had a solid plot and the MC (Richard) had a reason to want to better his life. One problem after another fell into his lap and he had only one solution, work hard. He was not an OP character. His family debts and his sisters medical condition was a constant strain on his finance's, growth or health and it didn't help that he kept getting mixed up with powerful people. His situation was not ideal but he came out better for it and his selfless approach to helping his sister was very heartwarming.

I don't know if this was a stand alone novel but its my sincerest wish that it has a sequel. This is one cultivation novel that I would actually like to continue and see what life has in store for Richard and Melissa and if he ever develops a deeper relationship with a certain character. If you read this review I hope that you purchase this book and give it a good read.

To Sarah Lin,
I must admit I haven't read any of your previous work though after this story I am going to and keep an eye on anything you release. This was an excellent story and I think you should be proud of it. Thank you for transporting us to a world though fantastical has real situations that happen all the time. I've met people like Richard so I might be a bit biased to this particular kind of story. Still, keep up the good work.

Also the cultivation system you used while not traditional or very common was well formulated and I actually prefer it over most others. It was to me a mix between standard litrpg leveling and cultivation just without the level ups and automated skills to choose from. He actually had to find techniques to learn in order to develop.

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EdLincoln

Martial Arts Magic as Allegory for SubPrime Crisis

September 3, 2019

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This book takes the Cultivation/Xianxia genre (Martial Arts Magic for those not familiar with it) and adds several twists. The most obvious is that it set in a modern world built around this magi system. This is much more interesting to me then grafting a magic system onto a Medieval setting and assuming the magic changes nothing. In this world, Anime style suerpowers are commonplace among the rich. The other way this books differs from most in the genre is the hero has common sense. Most books in this genre feature video-gamey heroes who take stupid risks and somehow survive a million life-or death fights without a scratch. In this book the violence is more limited, but has more weight. The hero takes it seriously, tries to avoid it, and in this setting a major injury could have life destroying consequences.
At times the book had scenes that read like they would have made more sense in Anime then a written medium. On the whole unique and pretty good. Also, it was clear the book was an allegory for the subprime crisis. In a couple places the analogy was a bit heavy handed.

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Hampus Eckerman

A modern version of cultivation

August 30, 2019

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This was a fun book and well-written. I give it five stars with the cavetas that this is for people that enjoy litrpg/cultivation stories as it stands out against most other books in the genre. If it had been written in another genre, I would have removed one star for using well-known tropes.

The author does a good work with establishing sympathy for the main character, has excellent world building, has an interesting class perspective. The main character is a bit bland and seem to be kind of disconnected in his interacting with others. Not having anything but surface level connections to others than his sister and even that is mostly light banter, even when their lives have been threatened.

That is what would have removed a star in other genres. But compared to other books, this one stands out for the interesting world building.

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blackprince30075

Fantastic Take on the Cultivation Genre!

August 21, 2019

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I'm a fan of both cultivation and LITRPG stories, but many of them are repetitive and/or derivative. Street Cultivation is neither of those; it takes a wonderful approach to cultivation in a world with a somewhat cyberpunk, near-future styling. The characters are well-realized and the chi/magic system for cultivation is well-conceived and original. The author even provided a forward in which she explains that the reader can learn about the magic system as the story unfolds or can get a primer by jumping to the appendix for a more consolidated and concise explanation. Highly recommended!

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