Ninth In the World

“Lackluster Ocean Divine City?” Zhuo Wujia stopped walking and lifted his head as he looked at the few words floating above the divine city.

 Mu Jie said in wonder, “There is really a lack of light here. The sunlight shining seems to stop three feet before the Lackluster Ocean Divine City.”

 Di Jiu was similarly amazed. The universe was indeed mysterious; even the sunlight here completely disregarded common sense.

 Just a few steps before the Lackluster Ocean Divine City, the sunlight was bright and hot. However, there was not even a gleam of sunlight where the Lackluster Ocean Divine City was. The light they saw came from the divine city’s Illumination Array.

 “Let’s go enter the city to have a look.” Di Jiu took the lead and crossed the dividing line created by the sunlight, entering the region of the Lackluster Ocean Divine City, which was illuminated by only the Illumination Array.

 The flow of people to and from the Lackluster Ocean Divine City was huge. Di Jiu and company blended well into the crowd.

 “The Heaven Earth Essence Energy here is so dense that it seems to be carrying a type of…” proclaimed Mu Jie the moment they entered the city. However, she could not put her finger on what this aura was exactly.

 There were no guards stationed outside the city gates, nor was there any entrance fee. This made the three of them feel relieved. They did not own a single divine crystal fragment, so there was no way they would be able to procure any divine crystals to pay the entrance fees.

 The air inside the divine city was a little frigid, as if it was carrying an even denser fishy, ocean-like smell. Evidently, this place was very close to the ocean.

Long periods of contact with the Stacked Partition Herb would cause the cultivator’s spirituality to become dull and even get blocked. Once that happened, the cultivator would no longer be able to improve their cultivation and would have to live by accomplishing nothing for the rest of their life. It would not be wrong to say that their life would be completely destroyed.

The Book of the World stated this very clearly. According to the Book of the World, the Stacked Partition Herb had to be stacked and stored, or it would wither and its effects would be lost.

Di Jiu was about to suggest changing to a new mission when the Stacked Partition Herb mission suddenly jumped up to number one. This huge jump showed that the mission’s importance had increased tremendously.

 At the same time, the rewards for obtaining a Stacked Partition Herb changed as well. One Stacked Partition Herb could be exchanged for 10 contribution points and one high-grade divine crystal. If the number of Stacked Partition Herbs obtained exceeded 100, the cultivator would have the chance to enter the First Evolution Dao Sect, one of the apex sects in the entire Dao World, in the future. They would qualify to head to the First Evolution Dao Sect and listen to the Dao discussion of the sect’s Primordial Chaos Patriarch, Yan Yun.

“Yan Yun has the deepest understanding of the Five-Element Law. If we could listen to him discuss the Dao, it would certainly benefit our Dao progress greatly. I have decided to accept this mission.”

 “Me too. What if we could join the First Evolution Dao Sect…”

 “Count me in! The Stacked Partition Herb is indeed poisonous, but we should not be too affected by it if we prepare well.”

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 After the changes to the rewards of the mission, the number of cultivators accepting this mission increased greatly.

 Mu Jie inquired lowly, “Brother Di, is the Stacked Partition Herb poisonous?”

 Di Jiu knew that when these cultivators were saying that the Stacked Partition Herb was poisonous, they did not know the true characteristic of the herb. It was not poisonous, but it possessed a nomological corrosion effect. The reason these people thought that it was poisonous was due to their past experiences and knowledge.

 Cultivators who plucked the Stacked Partition Herb for an extended duration would suffer from a weakened spirituality and their cultivation would no longer advance. In their opinion, these were the symptoms of poisoning.

 “Should be, and the poison seems to be quite potent as well,” replied Di Jiu quietly.

 “Will we still accept this mission then?” Zhuo Wujia immediately inquired. He had decided to listen to Di Jiu and Mu Jie’s decision.

 Di Jiu chuckled. “Why not? We will think of a way to remove this poison.”

 Di Jiu had indeed decided to accept this mission. Other than the fact that the rewards had multiplied by 10, he wanted to listen to Yan Yun discuss the Dao as well.

 According to what the surrounding cultivators were saying, Yan Yun was well-learned in the Five-Element Law. In truth, Di Jiu understood the Five-Element Law well but he had sensed that he was still severely lacking in that aspect. This was mainly because of the Five-Element escape technique Jiang Dai had left behind. Di Jiu had yet to discover its problem.

 He did not believe that Jiang Dai would be so kind as to leave behind a major supernormal ability like the Five-Element escape technique to someone he had been making use of. Perhaps, after listening to Yan Yun’s Dao talk about the Five-Element Law, his understanding of the Five-Element Law could achieve a breakthrough.

 While the rewards of the Stacked Partition Herb multiplied and the number of cultivators accepting this mission increased correspondingly, this number was still relative to the previous situation. Most cultivators would rather give up on listening to Yan Yun’s Dao discussion than accept this mission.

 Di Jiu and company accepted the Stacked Partition Herb mission without any issues. Each of them received a free Lackluster Ocean mission jade card, a ring, and a simple divine spirit herb jade slip.

 The jade slip showed the location of the Stacked Partition Herb and where some common low-level divine spirit herbs could be found.