Absolute Destiny Game-Chapter 447 - 53 Ancient Spirit

Xiao Jie thought to himself that this assessment wasn’t very flattering, but upon reflection, it wasn’t entirely without reason. From his experience, immortals did seem to regard humans with a certain disdain.

Be it Kaiyang Star Lord and Tianxuan True Man, or Shen Jizi, from their perspective, immortals and mortals existed on completely different planes. Thus, to immortals, once one achieved immortality, mortals became like ants, their life and death no longer significant.

Yet, he didn’t find anything strange about this. Immortals are still human in essence, only endowed with extraordinary strength; naturally, they couldn’t escape the traits of humanity.

In reality, not to mention achieving immorality, even winning a lottery by chance can result in a couple turning against each other.

The playmates from childhood, once adults with differing social standings, would become strangers to each other. It was all too common.

Kaiyang Star Lord and Master Xiao Yue seemed to be good friends, but once they became immortals, they never met with their old friends again. Frankly, they were no longer people of the same world.

Would he become such a person if he achieved immortality?

Xiao Jie felt that he probably wouldn’t in the short term, but it was hard to say what might happen over time.

Moreover, in Xiao Jie’s experience, there were still some immortals who took action, like Dangmo Real Man Lin Xuance, for instance.

Suddenly remembering something, he couldn’t help but smile and say, "You can’t say that, can you? Those three volumes of the Heavenly Book were passed down by immortals, weren’t they? It shows that whether humans or immortals, their natures and personalities are varied. They can’t all be judged the same.

When an immortal does good, the changes brought about can be earth-shattering. How can it be said that it’s of no benefit to the great Dao?"

Ying Baiyu was taken aback by his words, having never considered this question before. For a moment, he was at a loss for words.

Xiao Jie continued, "Your understanding of Qi Refiners is from books, but how did those books come about? Naturally, they were written by people, and as long as there are people, there will be bias. Perhaps Master Xiao Yue was behind the content in those books?"

Master Xiao Yue, having been abandoned by Kaiyang Star Lord, would naturally harbor resentment. It wasn’t unusual for him to arrange content slandering Qi Refiners in elementary textbooks.

Ying Baiyu looked bewildered, his worldview greatly shaken.

Xiao Jie chuckled and fell silent, focusing on searching for the item he needed.

The task required exploration of ruins, with a reward of three Qi Refining secret techniques, suggesting that these secret techniques were likely hidden somewhere in the valley, most probably at a secret spot.

After wandering around the valley for a while, a huge cave finally came into view.

Indeed, Qi Refiners seeking places for cultivation always had caves.

Xiao Jie walked towards the cave, and to his surprise, there were no barriers or tests at the entrance; this was much easier than his initial venture into the Konglaoshan Skyfall Cave.

Perhaps finding the ruins itself was the test? It was very possible; if one didn’t cheat and have a boss fly over, exploring on foot would likely involve many dangers.

Yet he remained cautious, wary of a presence like Master Hongchen.

He followed the winding cave for a short distance before entering a large, spacious cavern.

It was a vast cave with many stalactites hanging from the ceiling.

A skeleton suddenly appeared before him.

The burlap robe on the corpse was rotten beyond recognition, yet it still retained the posture of meditation.

Looking around, there were more than a dozen bodies, either seated or lying down, all draped in burlap robes, with scattered, decaying skeletons.

They seemed to be the corpses of Qi Refiners.

Amidst the circle of corpses stood a stone tablet, about two meters tall, square and smooth, black, with no inscriptions or paintings. Surrounded by these skeletons, it looked like an unmarked grave.

These corpses surrounded the stone tablet, all faces turned towards it, as if they were contemplating something inscribed on it.

Just why they all died remained a mystery.

Xiao Jie felt a strong sense of vigilance. If handled improperly, he could inadvertently trigger a battle.

He summoned Big Orange, who had gained experience and reached level 17. Though merely a demon beast, it could provide some combat ability in case a fight did break out, as every bit of strength was precious.

With Ying Baiyu and Big Orange on guard, Xiao Jie cautiously approached and right-clicked on the stone tablet.

[System prompt: An ordinary black stone tablet, seemingly nothing special.]

Xiao Jie thought this prompt was peculiar in itself. If it truly had nothing special to it, clicking on it with the mouse would elicit no response at all.

It appeared there must be some significance to this object, perhaps requiring a particular condition to unearth the answer.

He didn’t dare to try anything hastily. Considering the corpses of the Qi Refiners that surrounded him, any misunderstanding could be fateful. Who knew if their deaths were connected to this stone tablet?

He took another walk around the cave, but no other paths revealed themselves, and no inscriptions on the walls either.

This was odd. How was he to learn the three Qi Refining secret techniques?

Xiao Jie opened his Skill Bar and glanced at the Corpse Language Skill.