Ninth In the World

Did he just agree to it? The Immortal Lord was shocked. He had wanted to bring Di Jiu out of the Outer Tripod Void City because he had seen him enter.

Most cultivators would feel the pain of having to pay a few thousand immortal crystals for the entrance fee. However, he didn’t sense Di Jiu’s heartache. Thus, he guessed that Di Jiu had to be rich.

He had wanted to earn the one-million-immortal-crystal consultation fee from Di Jiu when he had approached him in the name of purchasing Little Tree. This was Di Jiu’s first trip to the Outer Tripod Void City. Therefore, it would be easy to trick him since he didn’t know the rules there. He wouldn’t be the first person, or the last, to resort to such tricks. However, he wanted even more things from Di Jiu after he asked about the Gigantic Tripod Immortal City.

He knew that he would only be able to earn a million immortal crystals when Di Jiu said that he needed time to consider the deal. Thus, he had tried to take them by force. He hadn’t expected that the tide would turn and Di Jiu would agree to go on the immortal ship with him just when he had been about to give up on the idea.

“You are indeed a smart person, Daoist. My name is Rong Hui. How may I address you?” said Rong Hui immediately as he gave Di Jiu a thumbs-up.

“Please lead the way. I am eager to go,” said Di Jiu impatiently as he waved his hand.

“Okay.” Rong Hui walked off immediately. Di Jiu followed him without hesitation.

Many people in the hall shook their heads as they watched Di Jiu leave with Rong Hui, a female cultivator who was not yet a Perfected Immortal, and a mere level-nine demon beast. They thought that Di Jiu was an ignorant brat who had come to the Outer Tripod Void City without knowing anything.

“Wait…” said a fair-skinned, clean-shaven cultivator who blocked Di Jiu’s way just when he reached the door. He shoved a ring towards Di Jiu as he asked, “I’d like to buy this demon tree from you, Daoist. What do you think of this price?”

He began to worry. If Di Jiu hadn’t known anything, he wouldn’t have been able to make it to the Outer Tripod Void City unscathed.

However, if Di Jiu was in the know, why would he get onto his flying boat? It didn’t take him long to realize the answer. The female cultivator with Di Jiu was not a Perfected Immortal yet. His beast companion was also only a level-nine demon beast which had not become an immortal demon yet. It would be strange if Di Jiu himself was any stronger.

Di Jiu, on the other hand, didn’t give Rong Hui any time to think this through. He flashed his Heavenly Aqua Saber as it whirled up a saber flare and slashed toward Rong Hui.

“How dare you…” Rong Hui flew into a rage when he saw that Di Jiu had initiated an attack before he made a move. He had indeed been pondering why Di Jiu had dared to come onto his flying boat. However, he had been thinking more about whether he should kill Di Jiu by himself or gather his partners so they could do it together.

According to his theory, Di Jiu was at most a Golden Immortal. Thus, he should be able to kill Di Jiu easily.

He hadn’t been wrong about Di Jiu’s cultivation. However, Di Jiu was not an ordinary Golden Immortal. Di Jiu was no ordinary Golden Immortal because he had killed an Immortal King before.

Rong Hui felt that something was amiss as the Heavenly Aqua Saber slashed down. The space he was in was locked up by the Heavenly Aqua Saber. The confinement array on his flying boat couldn’t be activated either.

Rong Hui twisted and turned his body like crazy in a bid to escape from Di Jiu’s saber strike.

He was a second-stage Immortal Lord. However, it felt as if he had gotten trapped in a huge mud pit while he was being subjected to Di Jiu’s saber strike domain.

Even so, he still managed to escape the fate of having his skull split open by Di Jiu’s saber.

A bloody trail exploded as an arm and a large piece of armpit skin were ripped off from Rong Hui by Di Jiu’s saber swing.

“Stop!” Rong Hui was terribly frightened. He knew that he had met a vicious man. “You will definitely die when you enter the Outer Tripod Void City if you kill me now…” he added.

Di Jiu believed that what Rong Hui had said was true. Although he wasn’t afraid of Rong Hui, he was afraid of the Immortal King. The Immortal King must have guessed that he wanted to kill Rong Hui. He was only waiting for Di Jiu to return to bargain with him over Little Tree.

Therefore, he definitely wouldn’t return to the Outer Tripod Void City. Thanks to the raging saber intent killing aura, the Heavenly Aqua Saber summoned a circular saber screen which swept outward and cut Rong Hui into two. Rong Hui’s Principal Spirit hadn’t even leaked out before it got strangled by Di Jiu’s saber intent.

Di Jiu picked up Rong Hui’s ring. Then, he quickly pulled out a ray of dull shadow from his body as he flung out over 10 array flags. These array flags then nailed the shadow onto the flying boat. “Junior Sister Mo, please go into the Quintessential World with Little Tree quickly. I have to flee,” said Di Jiu in a low voice.

Although the opponent was an Immortal King, he had overestimated himself if he thought he could leave a Spiritual Force imprint on Di Jiu.

“Big Brother, I thought you wanted to forsake me,” said Little Tree timidly. He had been nervous all this while. He actually regretted going to the Outer Tripod Void City with Di Jiu, as he had nearly gotten sold off after merely taking a casual trip.

Mo Yuxuan merely agreed. She didn’t ask for an explanation.

With a twist of his hand, Di Jiu sent Mo Yuxuan and Little Tree into the Quintessential World before he disappeared into the void himself by using the Spiritual Force escape technique. The flying boat he was on continued to fly in its original direction.

…

Pang Qian, who was in the Mirage Immortal Building, wasn’t worried that Di Jiu would not return. Di Jiu was merely a Great Unity Immortal. Pang Qian could track his own Spiritual Force imprint very clearly. Thus, if Di Jiu didn’t return after a long time, he would surely chase and kill Di Jiu without hesitation.

He was only thinking about the demon tree who was with Di Jiu. Although it was obviously very ordinary, it had a strange feel to it. It felt like it had a fake aura about it that could tear the Void Plane apart.

Pang Qian knew that this was impossible. Even a perfected Immortal Emperor wouldn’t be able to tear the Void Plane apart. Therefore, it had to be a fake aura.

Pang Qian couldn’t figure out why a low-level demon tree would possess such an aura. He could only take Di Jiu and Little Tree somewhere where there was nobody else and ask them in detail.

“Eh… Something is not right.” Pang Qian hadn’t figured anything out after pondering for half a day. However, he sensed that the direction in which his Spiritual Force imprint was moving was not quite right.

In his opinion, Di Jiu wasn’t a tolerant person. He would definitely return once he killed the puny Immortal Lord upon leaving the Outer Tripod Void City.

However, his Spiritual Force was going further and further away now. It showed no signs of returning.

Pang Qian was too lazy to think any further. With a stretch of his body, he immediately disappeared from the room as he dashed out of the Outer Tripod Void City.