Ninth In the World

The outer sect disciples of the First Evolution Dao Sect were the most invaluable. Di Jiu had no difficulty leaving the sect since he was a mere outer sect disciple. Without even asking why, the deacon of the Disciple Hall immediately allowed him to leave the sect.

Di Jiu was not surprised by that. When he had joined the First Evolution Dao Sect, nobody had even checked him or removed his disguise. It could be clearly seen that outer sect disciples were not very valued in the First Evolution Dao Sect.

In fact, if he had not had An Tuning’s token, he could only have walked around in the Outer Sect Disciple Hall and the Outer Sect Mountain, as outer sect disciples could not be connected with the more secretive areas of the sect.

When Di Jiu withdrew his outer sect disciple status and arrived outside the sect, Pang Ying and Shao Rongqin were nowhere to be seen.

Suppressing his temper, Di Jiu waited for two hours before Pang Ying and Shao Rongqin walked out. They were whispering sweet nothings to each other and laughing as they talked.

Upon seeing Di Jiu waiting outside, a hint of disgust flashed past Pang Ying’s eyes. She and Senior Brother Rongqin were supposed to be going to the Dao Ridge together, but Di Jiu had to follow them by ignoring any sense.

If Di Jiu had not obtained the Dao Ridge jade card, she certainly would have just told him to get lost.

Shao Rongqin smiled slightly instead and nodded his head at Di Jiu. He then took out a flying boat and said, “Let’s go together. It’s appropriate to go now.”

Di Jiu, who did not bother saying anything, directly boarded the flying boat. If he had not achieved a rich harvest in the Dao Evolution Mountain Range, he would have really regretted exchanging his Dao Ridge jade card with An Tuning. He could have given this Dao Ridge jade card to anyone, but not to a b*tch like Pang Ying.

“He has some guts.” When Pang Ying saw Di Jiu directly enter the flying boat’s cabin, she snorted in a low voice.

They would enter the Dao Ridge five days later. This made Di Jiu feel very unhappy with Pang Ying, because the jade card to enter the Dao Ridge was in her hands. This woman clearly knew that they could enter the Dao Ridge five days later but had not even told him. If he had not overheard this, Pang Ying might have abandoned him.

“Go find a place to stay on your own. We can enter the Dao Ridge in five days. Wait for us at the entrance when the time comes.” After Pang Ying told Di Jiu this, she pulled Shao Rongqin and swiftly squeezed into the bustling Dao Ridge City. She knew that she could no longer hide this from him, as everyone here was talking about entering the Dao Ridge five days later.

No matter how unhappy he was, Di Jiu could only bear this. He wanted to be enlightened about the Dao Birth at the Dao Ridge. Otherwise, he would not have cared about entering the Dao Ridge.

Just as Di Jiu was thinking about finding an inn to stay and continuing to practice his alchemy, a sudden voice stopped him. “Is that Senior Alchemy Deity Di?”

Di Jiu saw an unfamiliar pale, beardless male cultivator who was at the Dao Modeling. He had never seen this person before. However, he did not refute his words. Instead, he replied with a nod, “That’s right. It’s me.”

He reckoned that the man had seen him at the Great Age Elixir River Competition. Since he had ranked in the top 20, many cultivators had seen him.

When the beardless man heard Di Jiu’s acknowledgement, he hurriedly said, “That is great then. Alchemy Deity Di, my Family Head would like to see you.”

Di Jiu apologized softly. “I”m sorry, but I don’t know your Family Head.”

Then, Di Jiu ignored the man and stepped directly into an inn. An unfamiliar fellow had invited him somewhere, but he definitely would not go.

Although Di Jiu had booked a room at the inn, his Spiritual Force followed that pale, beardless man. He thought that this fellow would certainly invite him over again. He had not expected that after this fellow saw him enter the inn, he would actually not follow him anymore. Instead, he had turned and left.

Di Jiu felt somewhat nervous. The reason that he wanted to attain the Dao Birth at the Dao Ridge so anxiously was because he was worried that Xu Baishang would find him.

In the Dao World, only Xu Baishang had heard his name. From the looks of it, Xu Baishang would need at least hundreds of years to fully recuperate. At least within these 100 years, he would theoretically be safe. He might even break through to the second step hundreds of years later.

However, there was always an exception. What if Xu Baishang happened to have a top-notch healing treasure and could recuperate in just decades? This was not just possible, but highly likely.

After he booked his room, Di Jiu immediately set up a Defense Array and Confinement Killing Array in the room. He was sure that the pale, beardless fellow would not leave just like that. Since he had not gone to meet that fellow’s Family Head, his Family Head might take the initiative to find him.

This was his territory. Even if the other party was at the second step, he should not dare to attack him. In other words, if the other party attacked him, he could escape at any time since this was his territory.

Besides understanding the nomological escape technique, Di Jiu was not worried about being killed.

However, he had just set up the Defense Array when its restriction was activated. It was evident that someone had really come.