Ninth In the World

Even a fugitive would not have used a method like Di Jiu’s.

“If you are unwilling to talk, then I’ll allow you to die peacefully along with the rest of your counterparts.” Di Jiu waved his dagger in a slashing movement again.

“I’ll talk… I’ll talk!” the sturdy man shouted quickly. “A surveillance camera captured your profile…”

Di Jiu heaved a sigh of relief before he tightened his grip and crushed the man’s throat, smashing the bones inside into pieces. It seemed like he had overestimated Bi Zhengsheng. He had just found that footage by accident.

Di Jiu was not worried about the murders of the four men being recorded. These people had pulled very old tricks out of their sleeves by choosing to attack him there, so they must not have installed any surveillance cameras beforehand.

Di Jiu had been too cautious in the past. This was not the Ji Nation, yet Fei Qi’s words had led him to believe that the men under Bi Zhengsheng’s control were as ruthless as those back in the Ji Nation.

Even though things such as the Major Conduit Internal Records, which included cultivation techniques, could be found on Earth, not everybody had the chance to read such books. Fei Qi had owned this book, yet he had not been able to practise it. It looked like Bi Zhengsheng did not have such a book, or perhaps he did, but he could not practise it either.

If the reason he could not was not that lightning, then it had to be the gray stone that could withstand the power of a lightning strike.

As Di Jiu unconsciously touched the stone that was hanging over his chest, its importance to him gradually increased.

A short knife shot out to stab him without a warning. Di Jiu flicked his wrist and caught the other person’s hand. The knife almost landed in Di Jiu’s hands. Di Jiu moved his hand and sent the knife flying past the seat, stabbing one of the women in the backseat right in the middle of the temple. The gun in the woman’s hand was dropped on the seat.

“Who are you?” the man in the driver’s seat, who had just gotten his knife snatched away, asked. Di Jiu squeezed his throat and silenced him.

Su You, who had a cloth stuffed into her mouth, was unconscious. Di Jiu did not try to wake her. He immediately drove the car to the side of the road and carried Su You out of it.

A few minutes later, he awakened her. The moment he saw Su You open her eyes, Di Jiu was shocked.

When he had last seen Su You a few hours ago, her eyes had been crystal clear. There had not even been a speck of dust in them. Now, there was a cavity in her eyes, filled with a grayish-white substance that he could not identify.

Di Jiu reached out with his hand and pressed on some of Su You’s acupuncture points to calm her down. “Su You, are you alright?” he asked.

“You are Di Jiu,” Su You replied as she finally calmed down.

Di Jiu nodded. “Yes, I am. You were kidnapped by Bi Zhengsheng’s men, but I rescued you. We cannot stay here any longer. Where is your house? I’ll take you back first.”

As soon as she heard Di Jiu’s words and recalled the scary events that had happened not too long ago, Su You started wailing at the top of her voice.

“Su You, Bi Zhengsheng is a horrendous man that hides in the shadows. We must leave this place right away. Don’t cry here!” Di Jiu told her in a rush.

“I have no parents anymore! They used Zhi Mei’s mobile and imitated her voice to trick me into going to her house. My dad realized that something was amiss and rushed back. They killed my parents… I want to call the police…” As she was speaking, Su You’s eyes had a hint of fear and apprehension.

It didn’t matter whether it had been an accident. Those ruthless people had not spared Su You’s parents. There must have been no one in Zhi Mei’s house, if they had been able to get a hold of the girl’s phone. These people had to be very capable, if they had been able to do so much in such a short period of time.

Di Jiu sighed. All he could say was, “Su You, I offended Bi Zhengsheng, so I can’t stay in Luo Jin anymore. Bi Zhengsheng has a hidden power. He has an underground ring at the Rising River Building. If you want revenge, I suggest that we don’t do anything right now. Even if he was caught, he has the money to hire a lawyer. He would only be incarcerated for a few years at the most before he was released. All this is irrelevant now. If you don’t bother Bi Zhengsheng now and you aren’t able to take revenge in the future, I will help you do so…”

Di Jiu did not continue. Bi Zhengsheng was someone who hid underground, so even if this issue was revealed to the public and the Rising River Building was closed down, Bi Zhengsheng would not go down with it. As long as they could not get rid of Bi Zhengsheng, it did not matter whether the Rising River Building was closed or not.

Di Jiu really wanted to get rid of Bi Zhengsheng and help Su You take revenge. This was not just child’s talk.

Su You did not seem to be listening to Di Jiu, though. She just kept weeping.

A few minutes later, Di Jiu was still not sure what to do, when Su You suddenly stopped crying. She raised her eyes, which had already lost their clarity, looked at Di Jiu and said, “Thank you for saving me, Big Brother Di Jiu. I understand what you mean. I would never do anything foolish, but I have a request I need your help with.”

“Go ahead. As long as I can do it and it does not go against my principles, I will help you,” Di Jiu said with a nod.

“I have an aunt in the Swallow Capital, so I was hoping that we could fly there. That way, we would reach the Swallow Capital faster.” Su You did not explain any further. She could rely on her aunt to get her into the Swallow Capital University’s Institute of Martial Arts, and she also needed her aunt to take care of her parents’ bodies.

Di Jiu’s words had hit home. Now that the Fairy Planet was open, she wanted to learn some skills there and come back to take revenge for her parents’ deaths.

“Alright,” Di Jiu agreed without hesitation. He did not mention anything about the staged accident. Su You was still young, so there were a lot of things that she could not handle yet.