Chapter 301 - A Sorrowful Person
Chapter 301: A Sorrowful Person
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Gou Shang sighed as he said, “Not only did Mei Bashan ignore the sensory input of the Mirror Moon Peach, but he also shut off his six senses. He only kept a wisp of Spiritual Force and relied on his memory for movement.”
Mei Bashan is really formidable. Di Jiu sighed silently. It should have been enough just to ignore the sensory input of the Mirror Moon Peach. However, in order to avoid any accidents, he had even shut off his senses. He must have plotted this all along. He had also been very cautious about it.
“As for me…” said Gou Shang as his eyes were filled with self-ridicule, “My name is Jue Zhan. My father is the Protectorate Lord of the First Kun Protectorate, Jue Yueshao.”
“You sure have your way if you have not been discovered by Mei Bashan,” said Di Jiu. He was beginning to feel sorry for Jue Zhan.
Jue Zhan laughed with even more self-ridicule. “Mei Bashan knew that I was Jue Yueshao’s son from the very moment that I became his lackey.”
Di Jiu looked at Jue Zhan in shock. Mei Bashan hadn’t killed him, even though he had known that he was Jue Yueshao’s son? This was unbelievable. Why would Mei Bashan pick Jue Yueshao’s son as a lackey over other people? Di Jiu didn’t believe that Mei Bashan had such vulgar taste.
Jue Zhan would be spineless if he had lived such a meager life until now. Why did he continue to lead such a meaningless life when he couldn’t avenge his father?
Jue Zhan, who seemed to sense what Di Jiu was thinking, asked, “You must be wondering why Mei Bashan didn’t kill me and why I had the courage to live on, right?”
“You are right. Since you couldn’t seek revenge, why do you still lead such a… such a difficult life?” said Di Jiu as he laughed.
Jue Zhan knew deep in his heart that he had thought of seeking revenge. However, Mei Bashan was too overpowering. He hadn’t even dared think of seeking revenge as he had watched Mei Bashan’s cultivation level increase over time. Every time he’d thought of seeking revenge, he had gotten so torn that he had felt like dying immediately. Plus, he really couldn’t bear to leave Wan-er, so he had thought less and less about seeking revenge over time.
Di Jiu nodded as he said, “You are finally displaying the aura that the son of a Protectorate Lord should have. Let me help you remove the trapping restrictions that have locked you down.”
“If I die, please help me ask Wan-er if she had really forgotten about me when you see her, Young Master Red Embellishment,” said Jue Zhan. Although he knew that Di Jiu had a powerful Spiritual Force, he still didn’t believe that Di Jiu could lift the restriction that Mei Bashan had put on him. If Di Jiu failed, he would be reduced to smoke and ashes.
Di Jiu didn’t speak. He could tell that Jue Zhan was really infatuated with Shui Tianwan. This made him want to see what she looked like and why she had made Jue Zhan forget such a deep grudge and still long for her.
Suddenly, Di Jiu slapped Jue Zhan on the head and shouted, “Open up your heart and relax your spirit! Do not resist!”
Jue Zhan had long faced death with indifference, so he immediately did as Di Jiu said.
Mei Bashan’s restriction was brilliant, but it was nothing unusual for Di Jiu. His Saber Array was much more complicated than this. Plus, he possessed a level-eleven Spiritual Force.
Di Jiu opened Jue Zhan’s restriction in under half an hour. “Done!” he said as he let go of his hand.
“You’ve opened it just like that?” asked Jue Zhan as his Quintessential Essence revolved for one cycle. “But the restriction is still here!” he added as he looked curiously at Di Jiu.
Suddenly, he discovered that his whole body felt relaxed. It seemed as if the restriction no longer affected his life.
Di Jiu snickered. “I have broken the trapping restriction in you. The restriction that you see is but an empty shell. It will disappear after your circulate your Quintessential Essence once. Don’t move now. Mei Bashan will find out if you do. Remove it only after I kill him.”
“It is really broken…” Jue Zhan felt a tumultuous emotion. A strong desire to seek revenge surfaced in him the moment he heard that the restriction had been broken. Yes! I must seek revenge!
Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force could sense the change in Jue Zhan’s psyche. Suddenly, he had a realization and said, “Looks like the restriction in your body had prevented you from thinking about revenge in the past.”
“No matter what instructions you have for me, Young Master Red Embellishment, I will follow them. I am willing to do this, even if you only want me to take a strike from Mei Bashan. I only care about killing him.” Jue Zhan’s fighting spirits were high now that the restriction had been lifted.
Di Jiu waved his hand and said, “You should remain the yes-man that you were. I only need you to help me do one thing.”
Di Jiu handed a dagger to Jue Zhan as he spoke. “You only need to stand behind Mei Bashan while I am fighting with him. When I kick Mei Bashan in your direction, you will stab this dagger into his back. Then, everything will be accomplished.”
Jue Zhan looked doubtful as he took the dagger. He only spoke after a long while. “It is not that I do not trust you, Young Master Red Embellishment. You have a much higher cultivation level than me. However, I fear that it is not quite possible to send Mei Bashan flying with just one kick. Besides, Mei Bashan wears a top-notch armor. I don’t think I will be able to stab this dagger through his armor given my current strength.”
Di Jiu laughed and said, “Don’t worry. Firstly, nobody has been able to block my kick before entering the Immortal World. I may not be able to kill Mei Bashan, but I can surely send him flying and injure him seriously with this kick. Secondly, nobody can block this dagger of mine, not even in the Immortal World. You don’t even need to refine it. You will just stab this dagger into the back of his heart. I will handle the rest.”
Di Jiu had transformed the Floating Flame Flag into this dagger. Thus, not even a real Immortal could block this dagger, let alone Mei Bashan.
Di Jiu had decided to hand the Floating Flame Flag to Jue Zhan because he knew that Mei Bashan was an extremely cautious man. This was evident from the fact that he had ignored all the sensory input of the Mirror Moon Peach and shut off his six senses. Such a cautious man would surely fear death. The Floating Flame Flag would be his killer move.