In those years, the fact that he could become the Refining Star Mountain Saint was actually the result Cui Baohe wanted.

In terms of Refining, Cui Baohe was undeniably the Master of Refining Star Mountain, far stronger than Zou Butong.

Very few outsiders knew this, after all, the tradition of Refining Star Mountain was that the one with the strongest Refining ability would serve as Saint Lord, but Cui Baohe was born lazy by nature, unwilling to shoulder so many responsibilities, and only wanted to focus wholeheartedly on Refining.

Back then, just to avoid being this so‑called Saint Lord, Cui Baohe nearly said he would withdraw from the Holy Land.

In the end they had no choice, so the various Supreme Elders of Refining Star Mountain gave the Saint Lord’s position to Zou Butong, whose ability was only an infinitesimal bit worse than Cui Baohe’s.

"Hmph."

Cui Baohe had gone into seclusion, and Zou Butong knew this old man was someone who did what he said; though he was furious inside, he could only force himself to endure it.

It was quite a while before he calmed down, then he sent a voice transmission to Lu Lin at the foot of the mountain, "Little Friend Lu Lin, sorry to have made you come here for nothing. Now please come to me, and I’ll tell you about this matter concerning your Master."

"Alright, thank you, Senior."

Lu Lin agreed.

He flew in the direction Zou Butong had guided.

Although this Zou Butong was also an old fellow who didn’t respect his years, under normal circumstances he still had to keep up a bit of a shelf.

He definitely wouldn’t do things like Cui Baohe, hiding his name and identity, calling a deer a horse, and going into seclusion for 50,000 years at the slightest disagreement.

Compared to Cui Baohe’s garden‑style Pavilion, Terrace, Tower construction, the place Zou Butong chose to meet Lu Lin was a garden. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

In the pavilion, Zou Butong had already ordered people to prepare some fruits and tea, waiting for Lu Lin’s arrival.

"I have met Senior Zou."

Lu Lin bowed respectfully; he still didn’t know that Zou Butong was the Saint Lord of Refining Star Mountain.

"It’s fine, little friend, you’re too polite."

"Please sit."

"Have some tea."

"Try these fruits, quite a few of them are specially cultivated and bred by my Refining Star Mountain."

When Lu Lin arrived at the pavilion, Zou Butong kept arranging for him to eat and drink.

Lu Lin couldn’t very well refuse, so he could only drink a few sips of tea and eat a grape.

"Um, Senior Zou, that person I saw just now, that’s our Refining Star Mountain’s Cui Baohe, Master Cui?"

"I’d only heard about some of Master Cui’s experiences in his youth before, I didn’t expect Master Cui to actually be so... so... childlike."

Lu Lin mulled it over for a long time and still didn’t know how to judge Cui Baohe as a person.

"Oh? So you actually know of Cui Baohe’s experiences in the first half of his life. But it seems you don’t know the whole story."

"This guy’s early life could be called legendary, but after he joined Refining Star Mountain, his experiences became even more... beyond all reason."

Beyond all reason?

Hearing Zou Butong use these four words to describe Cui Baohe, Lu Lin’s curiosity was piqued as well.

"Um, Senior Zou, how exactly is it beyond all reason?"

"I came out from a small world, my knowledge is shallow, I hope Senior Zou won’t mind."

"Oh, you came from a small world?"

"Don’t worry, there are quite a few people on my Refining Star Mountain who also walked out from a small world; we don’t look down on geniuses from a small world."

"Since you want to hear about this fellow Cui Baohe’s later experiences, this old man will give you a brief telling."

Zou Butong was eager to drag out some time, and seeing that Lu Lin was actually interested in Cui Baohe’s experiences, wasn’t this just a perfect way to stall?

"You must have heard that Cui Baohe had his fortune turn, changing from the legendary Heaven’s Resentment Body into the Heaven’s Resentment Body, and then joined Refining Star Mountain, right?"

Lu Lin nodded.

"Haha, then what happened next is guaranteed to be beyond all reason, surpassing the limits of your imagination."