Ninth In the World

“Can you tell me about the situation back then?” Di Jiu felt uneasy inside.

Ning Xiangnu choked with emotion for a while before she said, “Back then, my grandmother was very furious, but a few of my paternal uncles saw my grandmother and maternal uncle come over and were very happy…”

“They were very happy?” Di Jiu did not understand. Was there a misunderstanding?

Ning Xiangnu understood what Di Jiu meant and shook her head. “Not that kind of happy. It was because they felt the cultivation techniques my mother had written out were incomplete, so they wanted to interrogate my grandmother and uncle…”

Di Jiu’s face grew increasingly gloomy.

Ning Xiangnu then carried on. “I didn’t expect grandmother and uncle to also both be True Form perfected experts, but their combat power was very strong. In the end, the few Grand Elders of the Ning Family who were in seclusion started having a fierce battle. Many members of the Ning Family died and immediately activated the family’s major array, which resulted in grandmother and uncle being seriously injured…”

Di Jiu clenched his fists tightly and asked in a gloomy tone, “Your grandmother was injured? How was she?”

Ning Xiangnu shook her head. “I don’t know. Back then, one of my grandmother’s friends came and broke the Confinement Killing Array. She then saved my grandmother, uncle, and mother and never came back after they left.”

“If your grandmother doesn’t like you, why didn’t your mother take you away?” Di Jiu looked at Ning Xiangnu, feeling her hesitation.

Ning Xiangnu said with red eyes, “After my father died, my mother was very devastated. She, she…”

Di Jiu’s intent was completely immersed into his broken Spiritual Sea, where there was a longan-sized gray pearl.

Di Jiu, who had often been seriously injured and unconscious before, did not even know when this pearl had formed. At the moment, his intent was immersed in this pearl and he could immediately sense the difference.

He had complete control over this pearl, which did not stagnate due to his intent. The pearl also seemed to be a spatial world.

This was…

Di Jiu grew excited all of a sudden. When his intent moved, he had already appeared in the space of this pearl.

The space of the pearl was a sheet of blurry gray, and Heaven and Earth were not very clear. However, Di Jiu could capture every single movement in this pearl and was clearly aware of all the life-force and formation in it.

Before he could get excited, he sensed the vast and borderless Dao Law Aura of the Universe.

There were broken nomological fragments left behind by the Ninth Dao Law and all the fragments left behind by the Sacred Yin Pearl. There were also broken Dao law fragments that had been created after his Spiritual Sea had disintegrated.

A brand new Dao path had been born by his intent, making Di Jiu feel excited. This was exactly what he’d wanted.

The Nomological Qi Circulation continued and fused with the Dao law aura accumulated in the pearl within Di Jiu’s broken Spiritual Sea. His body gradually formed a defense space that a Spiritual Force could not sweep into.

Di Jiu once again was immersed in this kind of Nomological Qi Circulation. His Spiritual Sea slowly formed and then evolved into a galaxy.

It was like when he had used the Starry Sky Art to turn his main meridians into the Starry Sky meridian in the past. Di Jiu was completely unaware, as he was totally immersed at the moment.

…

“Xiangnu, are you alright?” The sky was not dark yet when Ah Xi and Yan Yumo hurriedly went to Di Xiangnu’s residence. They were relieved to see her come out.

“I’m alright. Thank you both.” Di Xiangnu had red eyes but was still in good spirits.

“Where is the person you saved?” Yan Yumo asked.

Di Xiangnu said in a low voice, “He is seriously injured and recuperating in the room.”

“Be careful. We’ll leave first. We had a normal harvest today. Are you going with us tomorrow?” Yan Yumo nodded.

Di Xiangnu shook her head. “I’m not. I want to take care of him here. If I leave, there might be nobody to look after the senior.”

Di Xiangnu trusted Ah Xi and Yumo a lot, but Di Jiu’s identity was too sensitive. The Ning Family still wanted to find her grandmother and mother. If by any chance the Ning Family discovered that a member of the Di Family was here, it would be a disaster. Not only would she be harming her grandfather, but she would also be harming her saviors, Elder Brother Ah Xi and Elder Sister Yumo.

“Alright, then be careful. If anything happens, let us know immediately.” Ah Xi knew Xiangnu was kind-hearted and did not try to persuade her.

The three of them lived close to each other in the outer surroundings of Harsh Spring City, where many people like them lived. They would not have any safety problems as long as they paid a little attention.

…

Time was like a shuttle, as six months passed in the blink of an eye.

That morning, Yan Yumo approached the front of Di Xiangnu’s house.

“Elder Sister Yumo, how come you didn’t go out today?” Xiangnu looked in confusion at Yan Yumo, who was standing at the entrance.

Yan Yumo was somewhat worried as she took a glance at Di Xiangnu. “Xiangnu, Ah Xi and I might go to a place deep in the Harsh Spring Mountain Range today. We might only be back a few days later…”

Yan Yumo handed something over to Di Xiangnu. “There is some money inside. You can use it.”

“I can’t have it.” Xiangnu hurriedly declined and said worriedly, “But it’s very dangerous to spend the night inside Harsh Spring Mountain Range.”

Yan Yumo nodded. “I know, but more and more people are coming to the Harsh Spring Mountain Range now. There is nothing good to be found in the surroundings. Besides, it would not be just the two of us spending the night in Harsh Spring Mountain Range. Take this money. You haven’t been out for a few months. If this goes on, you will face a problem.”

“Thank you. Be careful.” Xiangnu knew she could not decline. Plus, she was indeed facing some difficulties now.

Di Xiangnu took the money pouch and felt ashamed. In these six months, she had already received too much help from Ah Xi and Elder Sister Yumo.