Chapter 289 - The Excellency Life-Exterminator’s Blood Drop Jade Card
Yan Xueyi and Shen Feng cupped their fists and expressed their gratitude towards Di Jiu before sitting down to recuperate.
Di Jiu walked to the shelves on the left, where six items were placed. Thanks to his level-eleven Spiritual Force, he broke open the restrictions on the first item in under half an hour. Within the restriction was a Dharma treasure that looked like a handkerchief. A brief scan of his Spiritual Force showed that this was an item that surpassed a supreme-grade Spirit Weapon and could possibly be an immortal weapon. He did not need this item, but he could give it to Di Di instead.
He spent another half hour breaking open the second restriction, which contained a scorching blue stone. The laws on this stone seemed to be higher than those of the Cultivation World. Di Jiu suspected that this was a material used in the Immortal World. He had yet to see anything from the Immortal World in the Book of the World. Hence, he placed this item inside a jade box and put it in the Quintessential World.
The third restriction was slightly more complicated, so Di Jiu spent an hour on it. When he broke open the restriction, he saw inside two talismans with Dao runes circulating on them.
Delighted, Di Jiu took out two jade boxes and put the two talismans inside. These two talismans were the Plane Split Talismans he desperately needed.
Plane Split Talismans were usually arranged in pairs, so it was normal to see two of them together.
“Young Master Red Embellishment, thank you for saving my life. I was at the True Form Realm back when you were still at the Essence Soul Realm. I believe that your current cultivation level is not any lower than mine. However, I’m currently still at the True Form Realm. I will never understand the realm of geniuses.” Yan Xueyi was the first to stand up. His injuries had yet to completely recover, yet he could still move about.
Actually, he was also a genius. However, there was some distance between geniuses. He might be a genius of the Cultivation World, but someone like Di Jiu would most likely be a genius of the whole universe.
“Sect Master Yan, I would like to ask you about something. As the Sect Master of one of the five large sects of the Small Central World, why would you use your Spiritual Force to search a lady in front of so many people? Would you do it for a Five Continent Dao Disc?” asked Di Jiu directly. He did not want to beat around the bush with Yan Xueyi.
It was only then that Di Jiu realized that there were some faint array engravings behind the yellow jade shelf on the right. He had failed to discover them when he had been anxiously searching for the Plane Split Talisman earlier.
Cheng Ji and company, who stood before the array engravings, activated the Blood Drop Jade Card they held in their hands.
As a level-nine Array King, Di Jiu was not seeing a level-ten Dharma Array for the first time. As he was standing where the array engraving was, he felt jumpy. Upon thinking of the way he had felt when he had been in the Life-Extermination Coffin previously, Di Jiu did not hesitate. He immediately stepped out of the array engraving and threw out the Floating Flame Flag.
There was something he simply could not comprehend. While he was bypassing the Life-Extermination Coffin, he ate some Rainbow Immortal Peach. His life-force was not being corroded. On the contrary, he felt even more vigorous. In the end, just as he rushed out of the coffin, he was nearly killed by the life-force corrosion within the coffin. This life-force corrosion was most likely related to the corpse lying within the Life-Extermination Coffin.
That body had to be the Excellency Life-Exterminator. Since the Excellency Life-Exterminator himself was inside the Life-Extermination Coffin, there was no way he would leave behind a Blood Drop Jade Card and let people take the items in his coffin chamber away. The fact that he had left behind a Teleportation Array to let people exit made even less sense. Was the Excellency Life-Exterminator a noble person who acted selflessly?
As expected, the instant the Blood Drop Jade Card activated the Teleportation Array, a deadly blood-red mist enveloped them and pulled them towards the Life-Extermination Coffin.
Meanwhile, a bloodcurdling sound traveled from within the Life-Extermination Coffin.
All three of their faces changed drastically. They were all Sect Masters and True Form Realm experts, so they realized immediately that the Blood Drop Jade Card had plotted against them.
However, they were all enveloped by the light coming from the Teleportation Array, so they could not escape.
Di Jiu threw out the Floating Flame Flag just in time, interrupting the teleportation Dao Laws the moment that the Teleportation Array was activated.
Di Jiu had already learned a little about the space law. Furthermore, this Teleportation Array was only able to teleport one across a short distance. Di Jiu had already stepped out of the Teleportation Array by the time the Teleportation Array was interrupted by the Floating Flame Flag.
The three of them fell from the air due to the interruption of the array. They all landed outside the entrance of the Life-Extermination Coffin. They were actually extremely close to entering it.
The three of them reacted swiftly, rushing away from the coffin immediately and landing beside Di Jiu.
Di Jiu, who had already put away the Floating Flame Flag, stared at the Life-Extermination Coffin with a frown.
“Young Master Red Embellishment, you saved our lives again.” Yan Xueyi was the first to thank Di Jiu.
Cheng Ji and Shen Feng came over to express their gratitude as well. They both looked pale.
“Sect Master Cheng, since you were the one who obtained the Blood Drop Jade Card, you must be aware of the rumors about the Excellency Life-Exterminator. Who exactly is the Excellency Life-Exterminator?” asked Di Jiu out of the blue.