Absolute Destiny Game
Chapter 409 - 34 Three Letters

Chapter 409: Chapter 34 Three Letters

Seeing Xiao Jie deep in thought, Chen Tianwen curiously asked, "Speaking of which, why are you so eager for money? Are you buying a house?"

"I need to buy some items from the gold team." Xiao Jie helplessly explained his difficulties, then suddenly smiled, "How about you lend me some?"

"I can, but not too much, since I left the Pantheon, I haven’t had much source of income in the game."

"Aren’t you an alchemy profession? That is supposed to be a major revenue earner."

Xiao Jie had seen the elixirs in the auction house. A high-level elixir could easily sell for a few taels of silver, and top-level elixirs could even fetch tens of taels.

Chen Tianwen, however, shook his head, "It’s not as simple as you think. Making elixirs indeed earns money, but the competition is fierce. All the major guilds have their alchemists, and the materials for alchemy are also expensive. Common elixir recipes basically just earn a processing fee. Only exclusive secret recipes can really make money, so I can only make a little profit."

"Then lend me as much as you can."

"Alright, I’ll lend you 300 taels. Is that enough?"

Xiao Jie thought to himself that he indeed was generous, and he claimed he didn’t have much? 300 taels! He had been selling Monkey Wine for so long and hadn’t even reached 300 taels in total.

"That should be about right!" said Xiao Jie.

Chen Tianwen casually removed the array, "Let’s be clear, you have to repay this money."

"Take it easy, I wouldn’t shortchange you."

Xiao Jie promised readily, "When will you give me the money? I need it by tomorrow."

"I’ll send it to you through the post station later, and you can pick it up there."

On the way home, Xiao Jie was still pondering what Chen Tianwen had said, feeling quite emotional. He hadn’t realized so much had happened in the past; no wonder he always felt that the government’s attitude towards the game was so strange.

Talking about the administration but not really taking it seriously.

However, obviously, the government hadn’t completely let things run their course. The Game Administration Bureau’s "Old Earth players management regulations" goes without saying, could control players to a certain extent in some sense.

As for the second point, nine out of ten times, the Dragon Soaring Knights were probably organized at the government’s behest, though not directly affiliated, which could be inferred from their personnel structure - most were external members recruited within the game.

It was evident that the government also didn’t dare to get too deeply involved, but Long Xingtianxia had definitely had government backing in the past and might even have been military personnel.

This was probably a fallback measure by the government. Judging by the development of the Dragon Soaring Knights, the entity that created the game didn’t seem to mind.

Lost in thought, he eventually came back to himself—thinking too much was useless. Becoming stronger was the real solution.

If he could become immortal, what would the government matter then?

Guns could kill Martial Arts Masters, but he didn’t believe they could eradicate an immortal. By then, he could take revenge or save people as he wished. That would truly be a fulfilling life.

Now that he knew the reason behind the government’s involvement, he had even fewer worries.

He even faintly guessed that the entity that created the game might be something like the Main God from "Infinite Horror," wanting to watch the game players evolve.

Xiao Jie soon returned home.

Eager, he logged into the game. It was only three o’clock in the afternoon, and there were no delivery timings at the game post station; Chen Tianwen’s remittance should have already arrived.

Arriving at the post station, the post station of Canglin State had its own charm, situated on a branch of a giant tree as an independent wooden building. The branches around the roof were full of birds, each wearing a row of mailbags, labeled with the word ’mail’. It seemed like the Canglin State post station used birds to deliver messages and items.

Of course, this was just a background setting; in the game, mails were delivered instantaneously.

Xiao Jie reported his identity to the posthouse soldier, requesting to pick up his mail.

The posthouse soldier, however, was a horse-headed man who nodded after hearing Xiao Jie’s name, "Ah, you’re Hidden Moon Following Wind, right? Indeed, there are three pieces of mail for you here, please sign for them."

Huh? Three pieces of mail?

Xiao Jie took the mail and opened them one after another from behind.

The first piece of mail was a letter, and to his delight, it was the long-awaited profession mission.

[Hidden Moon Following Wind:

Good day, sir. We’ve heard that you are an Ancient Qi Refiner, inheriting the Ancient Qi Refining Skill. Our association has been researching this technology and holds great interest in it.

We wish to collaborate with you to further study the Ancient Qi Refining Skill.

Our association has already acquired quite a bit of information on the Ancient Qi Refining Skill and urgently needs qualified practitioners.

Please choose one of the following three tasks to complete.

We look forward to your insights on the practice of the Ancient Qi Refining Skill.

Signed: Qi Refining Skill Research Association]

Xiao Jie was speechless; did this game have such an organization? It felt like it was randomly generated by the system; he had never heard of this association before.

And the association and this ancient Eastern background didn’t quite match.

But at least there was a profession mission to do.

[System Notification: Triggered profession mission, please choose one of the following three profession missions. Note: Players can only choose one profession mission, abandoned missions cannot be reselected, please choose carefully.]

Mission 1: Explore relics.

Mission details: In the depths of the ancient mountains of Canglin State, there is a mysterious valley said to be one of the cultivation grounds of the Ancient Qi Refiners. Although the refineries there achieved nothing and eventually disappeared in the river of history, according to our association’s verification, the relic still holds tremendous scholarly research value and would likely uncover secrets about the application of spiritual energy in Ancient Qi Refining Skill.