They headed for the market district.
Chen Daoqing was quite the conversationalist. He could talk about anything, and he was refreshingly straightforward. They had barely met before he was chatting with Wen Jiu about their childhoods, occasionally poking fun at himself as if he didn't care in the least that he was an Immortal Second Generation.
Chen Daoqing also learned who had organized this little gathering: the youngest disciple of Peak Master Ji.
His name was Du Feng.
Like Wen Jiu, he came from a mortal kingdom.
Though he was an orphan, his spiritual root was astonishingly good.
A High-grade Single-attribute Spiritual Root—and a Fire Element one at that. Among the various spiritual roots, it was one of the stronger types in combat. Thus, two years ago, upon joining Flying Immortal Peak, he had been secretly taken in as a Personal Disciple by its peak master, Ji Qiubai.
It was only after Ji Qiubai's death that Du Feng gradually appeared before everyone. That was when people learned of the peak master's genius disciple, who had reached Qi Refining Layer One in half a year, then Qi Refining Second Layer another year and a half later.
Though resources had certainly helped, his talent was undeniable. So even though Peak Master Ji had died, with his own strength and aptitude—and a Main Peak Elder as his grandmaster—it was only natural for him to organize this gathering.
Two years to reach Qi Refining Second Layer. Is this what a High-grade Single-attribute Spiritual Root can do? Wen Jiu couldn't help marveling to himself.
Compared with Inferior Spiritual Roots, which took three years to reach Qi Refining Layer One—and might even find that Qi Cultivation First or Second Layer was the limit of their lives—
A High-grade Spiritual Root was what you called a promising