Absolute Destiny Game
Chapter 317 - 109: The Last Qi Refiner

Chapter 317: Chapter 109: The Last Qi Refiner

Xiao Jie immediately replied with respect, "Elder, may I ask who you are?"

"Hmph, I am the master of this place, the world’s last Qi Refiner—Master Hongchen that is."

As he spoke, a line of text indeed appeared above the old man’s head.

Master Hongchen (Ancient Qi Refiner): Level 59 Worldly Expert. Life Value: 8752.

Such a high level!

However, after the precedent set by Shen Jizi, the shock wasn’t as great; after all, no matter how strong one is, compared to Immortals it’s nothing special.

Xiao Jie wasn’t too nervous, but he was still a bit surprised. An Ancient Qi Refiner actually exists in this world? Wasn’t it said that the heritage of the Ancient Qi Refiners had been lost?

This old man has reached Level 59, surpassing Master Qingfeng of the Xuanxu Palace by 4 levels—doesn’t that mean he is about to achieve Cheng Xian?

There’s something strange, definitely something strange.

"So it’s the senior Red Dust, with due respect." Saying this, he opened the action module and used the ’salute’ action.

But the old man was not at all appreciative, "Humph, what senior this and that! I’m just a savage from the mountains."

And indeed, with his ragged clothes and disheveled hair, the old man really did give off the vibe of a wild man.

Master Hongchen sat down in front of Xiao Jie with a flop, picking at his feet while asking sourly, "Spill it, which heartless scoundrel, those dog-like Immortals sent you here?"

"Uh, it was Kaiyang Star Lord and Tianxuan True Man."

"Hmph, those two bastards actually still remember this place? But I’d like to know how they tricked you into coming here. Tell me, what benefit did those scoundrels promise you?"

Xiao Jie thought to himself that the old man was really full of resentment, to be using words like bastards and scoundrels with every other breath.

Being cautious, Xiao Jie asked, "Elder, do you have some grudge against those two Immortals?"

"What two! It’s all the Immortals, they, motherfuckers, after ascending never returned, never once tried to pull me up! After spending thousands of years together, they saw I was left alone here but cared nothing for it, each one of them allowing their conscience to be eaten by a dog!"

Master Hongchen raged like a madman, his furious roar echoing in the valley, deafeningly loud, the sound causing the air to buzz.

Xiao Jie saw his health bar decreasing rapidly and hurriedly drank a potion to restore his health.

"Senior... senior, please stop shouting."

Thankfully, after the old man had shouted for a while, he finally stopped.

Looking at Xiao Jie, he asked, "Did those two bastards not mention me at all?"

"Indeed, they did not. The two Immortals said there was a Qi Refining Skill heritage here, that’s why I came. It’s just that just now you, senior, said ’all those are useless nonsense, no matter how much you read, it won’t help you to practice,’ what does that mean?"

But Master Hongchen didn’t pay any attention to Xiao Jie’s question, complaining to himself, "Hmph, they must have forgotten about me, but I still remember them. Once I ascend, I must settle things with them to quench the hatred in my heart."

By now, Xiao Jie had secretly guessed the identity of the old man.

He was likely an Immortal who had fallen behind in his cultivation; probably the worst cultivator, as everyone else had ascended, leaving only him.

But to have lived so long, he was also quite amazing.

"Senior, why haven’t you ascended after so many years?"

"Ascend, my ass! Those scoundrel Immortals sucked all the Spiritual Energy away, so by the time it was my turn, there was no Spiritual Energy left for me to ascend."

Master Hongchen seemed to have grown wild from being alone, no longer caring about his image at all.

Xiao Jie was a bit puzzled, "Ah? Spiritual Energy can be sucked away? But the Immortals all say it was the calamities that caused the dispersion of Spiritual Energy..."

"Hahahahaha, those scoundrels are real smooth talkers. They sucked away the Spiritual Energy themselves, after obtaining benefits and ruining the Immortal Path, of course, they had to clear their own names.

But how could I be fooled by them? For so many years in this valley, I have pondered over the past events, and I finally understood. Think about it, the world’s Spiritual Energy is finite, Qi Refiners need a vast amount of Spiritual Energy to cultivate immortality. Every bit of Spiritual Energy that enters the body of an Immortal, the world naturally has that much less.

Just on Konglao Mountain, there are dozens of Immortals, and there must be hundreds in the whole Jiuzhou World. Where would there be enough Spiritual Energy for their disasters?

One sucking session after another, and it just sucked away.

Back then I was blinded, believed their bullshit about how we all should cultivate immortally in leisure, not to be blinded by worldly desires, to practice moderation, to help each other, damn it, each of them secretly cultivating while I was the only one left in the dark.

When I was ready to pursue immortality after leisurely cultivating for a while, the Spiritual Energy had been sucked away by those dog Immortals, leaving me unable to ascend, ohhh, I’m so mad!"

After finishing his rant, he raised his hand and, with an unknown Spell or move, he blasted a huge hole in the rock wall with a loud bang.

Rocks flew chaos, and Xiao Jie gasped in shock, if that hit him, he would probably be killed instantly.

He became even more cautious, not wanting to make the other party angry.

"Ah, so those Immortals are indeed all scoundrels, alas, I was also foolish to have believed the lies of those two! So does this mean the path to immortality is already severed, and I came here for nothing?"

Hearing Xiao Jie curse, Master Hongchen seemed to cheer up.

"Heh, isn’t that so, it was a wasted trip, but it’s good that you met me. I’ve clarified it for you, otherwise, even if you cultivated diligently, it would only amount to nothing, a complete waste of time."

"I am forever grateful for the guidance senior has bestowed upon me." He used the action ’kowtow’ again.