Absolute Destiny Game.

Chapter 505 Risking one's life, a sage points the way

Xiao Jie's heart skipped a beat. Players who weren't Qi Refiners could actually enter. It seemed that with the death of the last Qi Refiner of Konglao Mountain, the restrictions left by the immortals had disappeared.

"Ah, Brother Feng." The man spotted Xiao Jie at a glance and immediately became nervous.

Xiao Jie recognized the other person; he was a guy who had come with Dongfang Sheng. He was a level 34 thief, considered a top expert in the cannon fodder group.

Where is Dongfang Sheng?

“Brother Sheng is outside. He’s not good at light-footed skills and can’t get up here. He asked me to come in and check on the situation. Um—please accept my condolences.”

Xiao Jie did not respond and walked straight out. He jumped from the cave entrance halfway up the mountain to the ground and saw Dongfang Sheng and several members of the cannon fodder group who had run away hiding in the woods, secretly looking in this direction.

Seeing Xiao Jie made her feel a little awkward.

"Brother Feng, about that just now I—"

"No need to say anything more. This is my personal matter. I said before we set off that you were mainly playing support roles, not the main force. You have no obligation to fight for me. It's understandable that you would run away if you couldn't win."

Dongfang Sheng breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank you for understanding, Brother Feng. The main thing is that I have a family and I don't dare to risk my life easily. That cave..."

"The mortal world is dead, and this cave is now ownerless. You can occupy this place and collect resources. When you go back, tell the guild leader that I have repaid his favor, and we will be even from now on."

I have my own tasks to complete, so I won't be participating in the national war between Longxiang and Ritian. I hope he can understand.

As for the fallen members, please give me a list of their names... Could you please pass this message on?

"Definitely, definitely," Dongfang Sheng readily agreed.

"Okay, that's all for now. Goodbye." After saying that, Xiao Jie didn't waste any more words and transformed into a Storm Thunder Eagle, flying away.

As Dongfang Sheng watched Xiao Jie's figure disappear into the horizon, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

He was genuinely afraid that the enemy might suddenly go berserk because of the team's annihilation, and take their anger out on him, killing all of them who had deserted in the face of battle.

Although it was agreed beforehand that they, as a second-tier team, would not be used as the main force, in the death game, strength is the only truth. If the other side really wanted to kill him for desertion, even the guild leader wouldn't dare to turn against Brother Feng.

Now is the critical period of the war between the Dragon Soaring Kingdom and the Sun Heaven Kingdom, and it is absolutely impossible for Dragon Traveling the World to force Hidden Moon to rebel at this time.

Fortunately, Brother Feng is still reasonable.

Not only did they not kill anyone to establish their authority, they actually gave them benefits, so they can be considered to have successfully completed their mission.

As for the members who died, they were all casual players, so their deaths were no big deal.

Dongfang Sheng glanced at the cave entrance and instructed the people beside him, "Hurry up, you two with good lightness skills go in first to explore. Remember to record it. Don't you dare embezzle it. I'll report to the logistics team later and send someone over to take it."

Just as he was giving instructions, someone patted him on the shoulder. "Commander Dongfang, the president is calling for you."

Since joining Longxiang, Dongfang Sheng has been trying to climb the ranks. Later, he discovered that even among the official members of Longxiang, there is a distinction between core and peripheral members, as well as a headquarters. The real core members all work at the headquarters.

Those of them who don't work at headquarters, no matter how well they do, are just peripheral members.

Therefore, he gritted his teeth and went to Beidu, officially joining Longxiang and finally becoming a core member of Longxiang.

He was well aware that only by following a powerful figure could he have a chance to get real benefits.

However, if you take someone's bowl, you have to listen to their rules. This time, he brought a group of casual players to be cannon fodder, so he was just following orders. When he heard the guild leader's summons, he immediately found a safe place to log out of the game and came to the game lobby.

At this moment, Hall One was already full of people. With the constant friction between Tianlongxiang and Ritian Kingdom, almost all core members were online.

The huge hall was like a giant internet cafe, filled with guild players playing games.

Long Xing Tianxia was studying his next strategy in front of a large game map when he saw Dongfang Sheng coming over and hurriedly waved.

"How's it going? Is everything alright?"

"Something happened, guild leader. A lot of people died. Feng and his team were almost wiped out..." Dongfang Sheng gave a brief account of what happened. He could only describe many things that he hadn't witnessed firsthand, through conversations on YY and by asking the deceased team members.

Long Xing Tianxia's expression also turned serious after hearing this.

"An immortal? Is that really true...?"

Long Xing Tianxia was speechless for a moment. He had originally been thinking about how to win over Xiao Jie and get his powerful team to join the national war.

After all, the strength of ten top experts is absolutely crucial on the battlefield, and may even determine the outcome of the battle.

Unexpectedly, our entire party was wiped out by a single quest monster.

They've even defeated world bosses!

Where the hell can this be explained?

And the quest boss is actually an immortal! What level of quest is this...?

You said that immortal is dead?

"It seems he's dead."

After pondering for a long time, Long Xingtianxia finally made a decision: "From now on, do not provoke Yin Yue Sui Feng, especially do not offend him, understand? Also, do not mention this mission again. Give all the surviving members a sum of hush money and prohibit them from discussing this operation."

I will arrange for compensation for the fallen members.

"Understood, Chairman."

"You may leave now. You handled this matter very well. I'll send you to a front-line regiment as deputy commander. It seems the 13th Regiment is short of a deputy commander."

Dongfang Sheng was immediately delighted. The second-tier regiments were made up of cannon fodder and random players with very few resources. Even if one became the regimental commander, he would only be a cannon fodder leader. The first-tier regiments were different. They had abundant resources, all kinds of top-quality equipment and skill books. Even being the deputy regimental commander would bring a lot of benefits.

Now we can finally make progress.

"Thank you, Chairman! I will certainly live up to the trust the organization has placed in me."

After he finished speaking, he turned around and took a few steps, but then stopped.

"President, there's something I really can't understand. Aren't Feng's teammates too stupid? They risked their lives to help Feng. What did they gain from that?"

Dongfang Sheng considered himself to have a good relationship with Yin Yue Sui Feng, as they were from the same village, but he would never risk his life for such a friend.

This time, he was able to escape ahead of time and finally get away with it, which even made him feel a little smug.

(Those guys are really stupid, especially Bai Ze and Deidara. Two mages shouldn't be enjoying themselves in the guild to hang out with a solo player. Now they're in trouble.)
Long Xingtianxia glanced at Dongfang Sheng and suddenly laughed, "Hehe, they're not stupid, they're placing a bet."

Place a bet? Dongfang Sheng was momentarily confused.

Long Xing Tianxia seemed somewhat emotional, and patiently explained: "The greatest benefit of this game lies in the various extraordinary powers it contains. Over the past three years, how many people have died in the game? What was it all for? It was to obtain powerful strength."

The most powerful force known in this game so far is becoming an immortal.

However, becoming an immortal is incredibly difficult. In the past three years, only about one person is known to have achieved immortality, and even this person who has achieved immortality has not left behind any method for attaining it. Do you know why?

"Because he doesn't want others to become immortals too?" Dongfang Sheng answered subconsciously.

If he were to become an immortal, he would definitely not want more people to possess such power.

It's so great to be the only one in power, but the more people who become immortals, the more checks and balances there are, and the less enjoyable it is.

Long Xing Tianxia nodded. "That's right. How can one share such a great opportunity as becoming an immortal? If you don't have a life-or-death friendship, don't even think about it. If you're ruthless and shameless, even a life-or-death friendship won't help you."

The paths of immortals and mortals are said to be different; once one reaches the shore, who will care about those in the sea?

However, Yin Yue Sui Feng is different. He is proud and would never accept owing someone a favor. Although I gave him a demon core and resources, he also reciprocated in some way. If I were thick-skinned and ruthless, I could have easily brushed this matter off with a laugh.

Now he's willing to use the resources of a blessed land to repay a favor, which shows his character—he absolutely doesn't want to owe anyone anything. If he's so willing to repay a favor by lending him some inner core resources, then what if he were to lend him a life? How would he ever repay it? Perhaps only by helping him become an immortal can the debt be settled.

Although that kid didn't say it, based on my observation, he must have a path to immortality.

Since the quest monster this time is an immortal, the fact that such a difficult quest can be triggered is most likely related to becoming an immortal.

He might already be on the verge of becoming an immortal.

The clever thing about Yin Yue Sui Feng's teammates is that they understood Yin Yue Sui Feng as a person. If Yin Yue Sui Feng cannot become an immortal, that's fine. But if he can become an immortal, then when he achieves enlightenment, his entire family will ascend to heaven. His friends will probably all have the opportunity to ascend with him.

Conversely, if these people didn't have such a life-or-death bond, why would Yin Yue try to pull them along after becoming an immortal? Even if she did, she would most likely only help one or two of her closest friends. Her ordinary teammates with whom she had only a casual relationship would definitely not get a chance; at most, she would only give them some equipment or treasures.

To be honest, I admire Hidden Moon's teammates a bit. They know when to place bets, and what's even more admirable is that they have the courage to do so.

After all, not everyone dares to gamble with their life.

As he spoke, he glanced at Dongfang Sheng—at least you wouldn't dare.

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Sheng was shocked. "Holy crap, is there such a saying?"
It seems that this is really the case!
But gambling with his life is too dangerous. What if he fails to become an immortal? Wouldn't that mean he died for nothing?

As if he could see through Dongfang Sheng’s thoughts, Long Xing Tianxia continued, “This game has been running for more than three years, and the number of deaths has exceeded 100,000, but only one person has become an immortal. The probability of this is extremely slim, but everyone still flocks to the game. What is it for?”
Things are valued for their rarity. Most of the time, human life is worthless. Often, people risk their lives for nothing more than a martial arts manual or an ordinary technique.

The ability to advance to a magic-based class is something countless people would risk their lives for; many skilled players have died silently just to become a mage.

This is a golden opportunity to become an immortal. What's the point of gambling with your life? Ordinary people don't even have this chance to gamble.

Their odds of winning by gambling like this are far greater than the chance of becoming an immortal through normal gaming. After all, it's an opportunity to become an immortal; even sacrificing their lives is worthwhile.

Upon hearing this, Dongfang Sheng suddenly felt a pang of regret. "Damn it, if I had known, I would have stayed and fought to the death too."

Maybe when Brother Feng becomes an immortal, he can lend his brother a hand.

Oh no, it's all over now.

Forget about becoming an immortal; I'd be lucky if I didn't get angry at myself for deserting at the last minute and just crushed myself with a single finger.

Then, somewhat unwillingly, he said, "I don't think he can become an immortal either."

"Whether it succeeds or not, that has nothing to do with us anymore. After all, I've already settled my debt with him..."

Long Xingtianxia sighed inwardly. With those words, the other party clearly did not intend to have any further substantial dealings with Long Xiang.

"We should still focus our attention on the war at hand. It's better to rely on ourselves than on others. If we win, we will naturally have the opportunity to become gods and immortals."

Dongfang Sheng nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, you're right, Chairman. I'm going to work now."

As I turned to leave, I couldn't help but feel a little regretful. Damn it, if I had known this would happen, I would have stayed.

But even if I had known about this opportunity beforehand, could I really have made such a decision?

As Dongfang Sheng walked, he pondered this question, but for a moment he felt somewhat lost.

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Xiao Jie was unaware of Long Xing Tianxia's opinion of him and his teammates. If he had known, he would probably have dismissed it with disdain.

My brothers aren't as calculating as you say. We call this the passion and bond between comrades. You bunch of freeloaders don't know anything about this.

His teammates sacrificed their lives for this bond, and now he will do everything in his power to become an immortal and save people for the same reason.

"Brother Feng, where are you going?"

Looking at Xiao Jie soaring in the sky, Gu Feiyu asked curiously from behind.

"I need to consult a celestial being about how to become an immortal."

The divination text left by Feng Buqi explains it clearly.

A divine intervention may be reliable, but life hangs by a thread; death is a matter of life and death.

Now that the 90% chance of survival has come true, and since the divination says that an immortal will point the way, then naturally we should ask the immortal for directions.

The secrets to becoming an immortal are surely best understood by immortals themselves.

I'm not asking them for any special opportunities; I'm just helping them resolve some issues in my cultivation. It shouldn't be a big problem.

He had one last stick of ebony incense in his bag, which meant he had one more chance to communicate with the immortal. He was determined to get to the bottom of this.

Half an hour later, Xiao Jie landed in front of the Sanxian Temple.

After transforming back into human form, Xiao Jie entered the Three Immortals Temple and looked at the three immortal statues in front of him, but he did not act immediately.

He only has one stick of incense and one chance. He must come up with a way to persuade the other party that they cannot refuse, so as to move them and give him guidance.

Based on past experiences with immortals, they have little compassion; they are all carefree detached individuals. The only thing that can move them is the concept of "cause and effect," as well as their own interests.

No matter how big the trouble I am, it is meaningless to them unless I can attract the attention of the immortals.

Therefore, Xiao Jie was not in a hurry to light incense, but instead took the notebook.

They started to come up with their explanations.

First, I wrote out the opening remarks. Then, based on the possible reactions of the other party, I designed more than a dozen different follow-up remarks. While trying to figure out the other party's psychological reaction, I continued to predict their reaction and then came up with different remarks.

I worked on this for over an hour, deleting and revising repeatedly.

After writing more than ten pages, I finally completed a complete dialogue draft.

Xiao Jie looked at the copy and simulated it several times before finally letting out a sigh of relief.

No problem.

I don't believe you won't take the bait.

Xiao Jie finally lit the ebony incense in the incense burner in front of the statue.

The incense smoke curled and danced, and as the power of the incense took effect, dialogue options appeared before them.

System notification: Your prayer has triggered a response from the idol. Please select the object you wish to pray to.

Option 1: This disciple respectfully invites the Demon-Slaying Immortal Lin Xuance.

Option 2: This disciple respectfully invites the sage-telling immortal, the divine strategist.

Option 3: This disciple respectfully invites the carefree immortal Li Qianbei.

Xiao Jie decisively chose the second option.

It's better to deal with strangers than acquaintances, since we've had two exchanges and can be considered acquaintances to some extent.

As soon as the choice was made, the smoke swirling above the incense burner immediately entered the body of the statue in the middle, and the statue suddenly opened its eyes and came to life.

But it wasn't actually alive; rather, it was a phantom image of an immortal that appeared on the statue.

It was Shenjizi.

Shenjizi glanced at Xiao Jie and exclaimed in surprise, "Eh, it's you again?"

Xiao Jie said solemnly, "It is indeed I, Immortal Master. I have something very important to tell you."

(End of this chapter)