[Qian had no desire to speak frankly, and you had no intention of pressing further. The two of you had merely joined forces temporarily; there was no need for you to dig to the roots and pry into every detail. Just as you had told him, not every unnecessary matter needed to be explained one by one...
Still, Qian's example of his elder brother was enough to serve as a reference. At the very least, it showed that his brother had truly consumed more than ten portions without feeling even the slightest restriction.]
[With your curiosity toward Red Qi growing ever stronger, you finally began refining it. However, refining Red Qi took far longer than Orange Qi. On average, it took you more than three years to refine a single strand. Even now, you had only finished refining one strand.
That single strand alone made the value of Red Qi clear to you. This thing fully deserved the praise of nearly everyone who refined it. Compared with the Orange Qi you had refined, the difference was indeed obvious.]
[Your foundation had long since become incomparably solid, and after consuming ten portions of Orange Qi, it had become even more so. At first, you had still been somewhat worried—worried that the quality of your Origin and Immortal Essence had an upper limit, leaving you unable to gain much from Red Qi. But after refining one strand, you understood that your worries had been completely unnecessary.]
[You had certainly forged your foundation to an exceptional degree, yet it still possessed limitless room for improvement. Red Qi was one of the treasures capable of continuing to strengthen you, not inferior in the slightest to those Eight-Ring Creation Dao Grade treasures...]
[And with your insight, you could also see that. Never mind what gains