Vera was startled by the name blurted out by Charlie.
Charlie was the one who had been constantly surprised tonight, while she remained calm from the beginning to the end even though she was a little sad when she spoke of her late father. However, when Charlie mentioned the three words ‘Marcius Stark’, Vera was suddenly extremely shocked!
She instinctively exclaimed, “How did you know of the master’s real name?! It has been more than three hundred years since he passed away, and he had been cultivating in seclusion on Mount Tason during the thousand years when he was alive. Very few people knew about him even when he was alive…”
Charlie couldn't help but sigh and say, “Marcius Stark, whose name was originally Martin, was born in Coleham. After cultivating, he was called the Longevity Master and renamed himself Marcius Stark.”
Vera was even more shocked, “Young Master, how did you know so much about my father’s master? My father once said that his master focused almost entirely on cultivating throughout his life, and people knew very little about him. Moreover, he had been gone for nearly four hundred years. Where did you hear all this?”
Charlie lamented, “This senior named Master Marcius Stark cultivated in seclusion in Skywinger before reaching the age of five hundred. By a twist of fate, he saved the ancestor of the Jensons in Skywinger. The ancestor of the Jensons had a pair of Phoenixica bracelets, so he used one bracelet as a condition to keep the ancestor of the Jensons by his side.”
“Later, when he was nearly a hundred and sixty years old, he bid farewell to the ancestor of the Jensons and went out in search of opportunities. I think it was presumable because he was approaching the limit of his natural lifespan and needed to find a way to extend it.”
“Decades later, he did find a method to prolong his life. Now, based on the information Miss Lavor knows, Master Marcius Stark should have refined the Eternal Pill during that time. He refined the Eternal Pill, extending his lifespan to five hundred years. So, he returned to Skywinger, wanting to fulfill the promise made to the ancestor of the Jensons. However, when he returned to Skywinger, the ancestor of the Jensons had just passed away three days ago…”
As he spoke of this, Charlie murmured again, “If the ancestor of the Jensons had lived three more days, perhaps he would have been the one to receive the Eternal Pill instead…”
After a while, she muttered, “There are such coincidences in the world. Your life experiences are truly extraordinary…”
Charlie continued, “Now it seems beyond doubt that Master Marcius Stark refined the Eternal Pill, but with just the Eternal Pill, he could only live for five hundred years. However, you said he lived until 1663. This proves that he later refined the Infinite Pill.”
At this point, Charlie couldn't help but sigh, “Unfortunately, such a formidable senior’s life still ended after a thousand-year lifespan. It seems that defying fate and changing destiny is not that easy.”
Vera nodded and said, “The Mother of Pu’er Tea also existed in the world for more than ten thousand years before it couldn’t overcome calamity. According to my father, although Master Marcius Stark lived for a thousand years, in the end, he reached his limit and passed away peacefully. It seems that according to God, even if he lived a thousand years, he was still far from the height where he could overcome calamity.”

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