Ninth In the World

Hu Qianli stared at his wife. “Doctor Di, this is my son, Hu Fei. His situation seems to have gotten worse ever since he was discharged from the hospital,” he told Di Jiu respectfully.

“The two of you can wait for me outside. No one is to come in and disturb me,” Di Jiu told Hu Qianli and his wife. “Lin Bo, you can be my assistant.”

Di Jiu didn’t need an assistant. The only reason he asked Lin Bo to stay and watch was because he wanted to impart some medical techniques to him. Plus, Lin Bo had witnessed his Five-Yin Six-Yang Hand move before.

No words could describe Lin Bo’s excitement when Di Jiu allowed him to stay in the room and observe. Liu Qiyan was still hesitant, but Hu Qianli immediately agreed and dragged her out of the room with him.

Hu Qianli knew very well that Di Jiu could leave without a warning if they offended him. He was a very gifted doctor after all.

Once Hu Qianli and his wife left the room, Di Jiu walked over to Hu Fei and grabbed him with one hand. Lin Bo had witnessed Di Jiu’s technique before, so he was not surprised. As he watched Di Jiu pull out Hu Fei’s oxygen supply, he was secretly glad that Hu Qianli and his wife were not in the room, as he was quite sure that they would have gone crazy if they had witnessed this.

“Since you have yet to master my medical techniques, I could teach you some rudimentary techniques first…” Di Jiu started explaining some medical concepts to Lin Bo as he slapped Hu Fei’s chest.

“Every disease has an origin that may or may not be a virus. We must cure the disease from its roots, not just treat the symptoms of the disease. Thus, we must find the origin of the disease first.”

Strictly speaking, Hu Fei’s condition wasn’t a heart disease, and his constant breathlessness was not caused by problems in his respiratory system. Hu Fei had a rare constitution, which had led to problems in his blood circulation.

“Qianli, is it true that the Earth Union is going to open the Fairy Planet to everyone? Does this mean that everyone on Earth is going to migrate there? What has been discovered on the Fairy Planet?” Di Jiu had been making plans to go to the Fairy Planet ever since he had realized that he might not have cultivated his Spirit Qi enough.

Di Jiu naturally wanted to learn more about the Fairy Planet now that he had decided to go there. As he was speaking, he passed a pill to Hu Qianli and motioned for him to swallow it.

Hu Qianli, who trusted Di Jiu’s medical expertise completely, swallowed the pill without hesitation. After thanking Di Jiu, he replied, “People would never be able to go to the Fairy Planet in large numbers within such a short period of time. Besides, I don’t think that the appearance of the Fairy Planet in the Solar System is good news.”

“Why do you say that?”

Hu Qianli took a deep breath before he replied solemnly, “There are frightening beasts everywhere on the Fairy Planet. No, ‘beasts’ isn’t the right word. They are more like demons or monsters. Even machine guns cannot kill some of these monsters. The only reason the Earth Union is allowing so many people to enter the Fairy Planet is so that they can start their developments there.”

“Their developments? Wasn’t the Earth Union jointly established by all the countries in the world?” Di Jiu asked in confusion.

Hu Qianli sneered. “Jointly established? Well, the Earth Union was indeed jointly established by all the countries in the world in theory. However, some greedy people went crazy when they found out about the existence of immortal cultivation techniques on the Fairy Planet. The Fairy Planet is no longer as united as it was. The most powerful nations have marked their respective territories. Each of them is now in a hurry to expand its territory as quickly as possible in the hopes of making more profit.”

“Is there no order on the Fairy Planet?” Di Jiu asked with a frown.

“There is. The situation isn’t that bad. The largest town square on the Fairy Planet has been built right at its entrance. As we speak, the Earth Union is still controlling all developments on the Fairy Planet. I personally think that the Earth Union’s power on the Fairy Planet will not last long, though. Those powerful nations will break off from the Earth Union as soon as they become stronger, which could happen at any time,” said Hu Qianli worriedly as he shook his head.

“In that case, those powerful nations would at best gain independence, so Earth would probably not be threatened, right?”

Hu Qianli sighed as he replied, “I have been to the Fairy Planet, so I know how frightening these monsters can be. I have even seen a monster as intelligent as a human being. If humans were to enter the Fairy Planet and provoke those monsters, don’t you think the monsters would kill all the humans on the Fairy Planet and invade the Earth with the use of high-tech weapons?”

Hu Qianli shook his empty shirt sleeve. “My arm was shredded by a blade spewed out by a monster as I was hiding in a corner. Yes, you heard right. That monster could actually spew blades…”

Despite the fact that this incident had happened a long time ago, Hu Qianli still recounted the event with fear in his eyes. He would not have survived the attack if it had not been for his quick reflexes and a stroke of luck.

Di Jiu took a deep breath. Was it really possible for monsters as intelligent as humans to exist?

“There’s no need to worry right now. The Earth has some skilled people who have mastered the best cultivation techniques. Their skills are so remarkable that they are almost scary. I saw a man jump more than 100 feet in the air with my own eyes! He was like a huge bird soaring across the sky…” Hu Qianli told Di Jiu. Although he was telling Di Jiu all this in hopes of comforting him, he was in fact deeply unsettled and unsure of what the future would hold for mankind.