Chapter 274 - How Many Big Sects Do You Have to Offend?
“You wish to take me away from the Small Central Planet’s square?” Di Jiu, who stood at the edge of the Small Central Planet’s square, stopped.
Cheng Ji stared at him and laughed ominously. “You have to go. You already lost control over your own life when you took the Small World from my son, Biqun, and killed my daughter, Bijun. Stop delaying this. Even if you drag this on for an entire day, Huan Mingzi will not show up.”
If Di Jiu dared refuse to go, he would strike immediately. Striking on the Small World Planet’s square would hurt his reputation and even affect the Enduring Immortal Sect. However, everything was secondary compared to the Small World of the Cheng Family. Moreover, he suspected that the ball of flame in the Sky Screen had probably been taken away by Di Jiu.
Di Jiu looked at Cheng Ji with a sigh and said, “You want to provoke me and yet not let people know that you are immoral? Why not just take me to your temporary encampment? Then you would be able to do all your immoral stuff while maintaining your good name.”
Cheng Ji was filled with killing intent. As long as Di Jiu didn’t try to escape, he would not strike. Di Jiu would be dead soon, so he didn’t bother to be calculative with him. “Very well. Then let’s go to my cave abode.”
The Enduring Immortal Sect had always had an encampment on the Small World Planet’s square. From Di Jiu’s point of view, he had been the one to suggest going to the Enduring Immortal Sect’s encampment with Cheng Ji. From Cheng Ji’s point of view, he forcibly escorted Di Jiu to the Enduring Immortal Sect’s encampment.
Even though the Enduring Immortal Sect was a nine-star sect, it wasn’t a nine-star sect from the Small Central World, so its encampment wasn’t big and there weren’t many disciples there.
When Cheng Ji brought Di Jiu to his cave abode in the Enduring Immortal Sect, he didn’t feel euphoric over the prospect of killing Di Jiu and taking him back to the Small World. Instead, he felt bewildered.
Why had Di Jiu dared come to his cave abode in the Enduring Immortal Sect?
Cheng Ji sensed that the saber intent blasted open by the snowflakes of his Snow Glaze Sword was still being transformed into flashes of micro saber flare. Every flash of saber flare had a frighteningly ripping aura.
Cheng Ji could only tell that his True Form Domain was like a torn rag. His domain couldn’t block off a single strike from the ripping saber intent coming from Di Jiu.
Cheng Ji frantically drew a circular shield. However, before he could fully open the shield, a fragment of saber flare tore up his defenses and blasted against his chest.
A bloody mist suddenly spurted from his chest. Cheng Ji felt like his internal organs were going to disintegrate into nothingness amid this bloody mist.
Fortunately, his circular shield finally blocked Di Jiu’s saber move. His whole body backed down to the smashed-up cave abode’s entrance.
Cheng Ji didn’t dare continue to fight back. Instead, he looked in shock at the composed Di Jiu, who was standing not far away. Di Jiu was actually more powerful than him, and not just by a small margin. He ranked 17th amongst the 36 True Form Kings and was actually a sixth-stage True Form cultivator.
“I haven’t even tried my best, yet you already can’t take this. Looks like your Enduring Immortal Sect will be destroyed today.” Di Jiu flicked the Heavenly Aqua Saber in his hands as he spoke in an unhurried manner.
The truth was that he didn’t plan on destroying the Enduring Immortal Sect or killing Cheng Ji. His main enemies were the sect masters of the five large sects. There were still four left after he had killed one. He didn’t harbor so much hatred for the Enduring Immortal Sect. If he killed the sect master of a nine-star sect from the Commonality Planet now, he would end up being surrounded by enemies. Hence, this wouldn’t be a wise thing to do.
Of course, if Cheng Ji dared team up with another elder to force him into a corner and kill him, no one would blame him for wiping them all out. His Spiritual Force had already picked up that there was another True Form expert around, most likely one from the Enduring Immortal Sect. At the moment, this True Form expert’s Spiritual Force, which was also locked on him, seemed just as stunned by his powerfulness.
Cheng Ji, who was staring blindly at Di Jiu, gasped.
He no longer doubted what Di Jiu had said earlier. He must have killed Shu Haolan. If what Di Jiu had just said was really true, and his previous saber move had not used his full-blown strength, then Di Jiu could really kill him that day. Of course, this was provided that he didn’t escape or ask Elder Ma for help.
He was a sect master of a nine-star sect after all. How would he face the world in the future if he ran away from Di Jiu’s saber moves? The Enduring Immortal Sect would not be able to remain a nine-star sect on the Commonality Planet either. It would fall from grace and hit rock bottom.
As a sect master of a nine-star sect, Cheng Ji was naturally no idiot. Di Jiu didn’t ride on his winning edge to continue his pursuit of killing him. He knew that this was most likely because Di Jiu was going to fight with the Genesis Sect and didn’t plan on becoming enemies with the Enduring Immortal Sect as well. However, if he dared make a move again, then he would not hold back.
“Young Master Red Embellishment, I was in the wrong about this matter. The Small World was indeed left behind on the Big Dipper Planet by my son, Cheng Biqun. You were right, Brother Di. This Small World was originally picked up by us. However, when we lost it, it should have stopped being considered the Cheng Family’s property. I was too rash and greedy. I apologize to you. If you’d be willing to bury the hatchet, the Enduring Immortal Sect would definitely make this up to you.” Cheng Ji immediately humbled himself.
How young was Di Jiu? If he could beat him, Cheng Ji was sure that Di Jiu would be able to advance to the Domain Realm in the future. If he chose to besiege Di Jiu now and failed to kill him, it would mean the end of the Enduring Immortal Sect. As a sect master of a nine-star sect, he still had some level of tolerance and ability to weigh the pros and cons.
When he saw that Cheng Ji had accepted his place and stopped striking, Di Jiu nodded. “In that case, I shall forgive you this once. As far as compensation is concerned, I only need one thing. If you can bring this thing to me, I will forget that you went to the Polar Night Continent and provoked Senior Xi.”
Cheng Ji felt his heart tremble. He suddenly recalled that Di Jiu had legitimate reasons to continue this fight. If Di Jiu had dared kill Shu Haolan, he definitely wouldn’t be afraid to kill him. Upon thinking of this, Cheng Ji cupped his fists and said, “Please speak your mind, Brother Di. As long as I can do this, it will not be a problem.”
“Good,” said Di Jiu, “I need a Plane Split Talisman. If you can get me one, I will let bygones be bygones. I will forget that you attacked me and attempted to kill Senior Xian Ze. However, if you can’t find one, don’t blame me if I show no mercy in the future. Remember—you have to give me the Plane Split Talisman within three years.”
If Cheng Ji could get a Plane Split Talisman, would he still need to spend a few years hurrying on his journey? He really didn’t want to become enemies with a psychopath like Di Jiu. Thus, he could only grit his teeth and say, “I will definitely think of a way to obtain a Plane Split Talisman within three years.”
“Very good. Send the Plane Split Talisman to the Galaxy Sect when you get it.” Upon finishing his sentence, Di Jiu turned around and walked away.
Did a Galaxy Sect exist on the Small Central Planet? Cheng Ji was still trying to think where the Galaxy Sect was, when Cheng Bijun rushed in and asked, “Father, what is this?”
She suddenly noticed that her father’s cave abode had been turned to pulp.
“We will talk about this later. What is the matter with you?” Cheng Ji wanted to set off as soon as possible to look for the Plane Split Talisman.
Cheng Bijun said hurriedly, “The Young Master Red Embellishment is no simple man. I heard that he killed Yue Henghe, the second person on the Genesis Sect Tripod Roll, with a single punch. He also inflicted serious injuries on Ran Bushang, who ranked 37th on the Mirage Sword Sect Life Roll.”
Upon hearing his daughter’s words, Cheng Ji confirmed his theory. The Young Master Red Embellishment was moving against the big sects. It was no wonder that he hadn’t continued to attack him.