Chapter 251 - The Beasts
After he got the Spiritual Force Training Scroll, Huan Mingzi couldn’t wait to enter reclusive cultivation in a room. Although Di Jiu had entered seclusion too, he didn’t cultivate. Instead, he took out the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers that he had reclaimed from Liang Jueren of the Abstruse Fire Sect.
Di Jiu had a manual on the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers with him. After the death of all his elder brothers, Di Shan had given the original manual to his only surviving son, Di Jiu. Even though the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers looked very normal to Di Jiu, it had been useless to him ever since he had developed an insight into Saber Dao and condensed three of his own saber moves—the Wind-Rustling Saber Move, the Split-Wave Saber Move and the Boundless Saber Move.
Pearl City had been exterminated by the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers. When he had retrieved the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers manual, he hadn’t found anything strange about it. However, when he had subsequently taken out the manual on Earth, he had occasionally seen a streak of grayish light in it. This had made Di Jiu wonder whether there was anything special about it.
The manual he had reclaimed from Liang Jueren looked visibly newer than the one his dad Di Shan had given him. If only one of them was authentic, it had to be the one he had with him. However, he had studied his own manual countless times and, besides the fact that the seventh saber move was slightly harder to execute, it showed no trace of a true cultivation technique.
The manual he had reclaimed subsequently looked newer, so it didn’t look like it was authentic. When Di Jiu flipped open the manual, he saw that it only recorded the normal seven saber moves. The seventh saber move seemed kind of unsafe. As Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force fell on the manual repeatedly, the fact that he did not see the grayish streak of light made him feel somewhat worried.
About two to four hours passed, yet Di Jiu didn’t find anything problematic about this manual. He was disappointed. However, the restriction on the cave abode was suddenly activated.
This cave abode dharma treasure belonged to Huan Mingzi. Now that Huan Mingzi was studying the Spiritual Force training jade slip, Di Jiu could only put away the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers and open the cave abode restriction that had been activated.
Two people were standing at the door of the cave abode. One of them was an extremely handsome middle-aged man with a cultivation level around the third-stage Life Tribulation Realm. Behind him stood a beautiful young lady. Despite her beauty, there was an air of lifelessness in her eyes, as if resentment was buried deep within her. Her cultivation level was not low either. It was actually at the second-stage Ekayāna Tripod Realm.
What made Di Jiu feel strange was that both of them carried sabers on their backs. Based on their looks, they seemed like cultivators who regarded sabers as dharma treasures—just like he did.
By now, Di Jiu could already guess how this story ended.
Di Caishang kept speaking. “When the Di Family found out about Di Huangcheng’s feelings, they initiated a marriage alliance with the Mei Family. The Mei Family agreed instantly and Di Huangcheng and Mei Xiyin became a couple. However, right before they were supposed to get married, rumors that Mei Xiyin was pregnant started spreading. Di Huangcheng was enraged, and so was the Di Family. They all wanted to exterminate the Mei Family.”
“Panicked, the Mei Family sent Mei Xiyin over to the Di Family to accept her punishment. Unfortunately, Mei Xiyin alone couldn’t put out the rage of the Di Family. As the Di Family was about to completely destroy the Mei Family, Di Yichuan suddenly said that the child was his…”
Di Jiu sighed. This was indeed a soap opera that could leave one speechless.
“Di Huangcheng was so furious that he wanted to kill Di Yichuan. He said that Di Yichuan didn’t love Mei Xiyin, but had merely plotted against him because he wanted to be the family head. Di Huangcheng and Di Yichuan fought, starting a battle between two factions. This big war caused the Di Family to degrade itself and fall from grace. It went from being a top-notch clan to being a second-rate clan. Although many years passed, the Di Family was not able to regain even a small part of its previous vigor.”
Di Caishang took a breath and pointed at the bowl of One Origin Water. “The reason I wanted to see if we come from the same ancestors is because, after that war, Di Huangcheng went missing. Rumor has it that Di Yichuan inherited the position of the Di Family Head…”
“Are you Di Yichuan’s direct descendant?” asked Di Jiu suddenly.
Di Caishang shook his head and said, “No.”
“Good, let’s try this then.” Di Jiu stretched out his finger and let a drop of blood drip into the white jade bowl.
Di Caishang let a drop of his blood drip into the white jade bowl as well. After a long time, the two drops of blood didn’t form blood pearls. Instead, they slowly merged.
Di Jiu had already realized that he and Di Caishang shared the same ancestors. Judging from the speed at which their blood merged, their relationship was definitely very distant.
“Di Jiu, we really are both descendants of the Di Family!” Di Caishang shouted excitedly.
Di Jiu could tell that Di Caishang’s excitement was real. He was happy that Di Jiu was part of the Di Family. However, Di Jiu wasn’t as happy. Based on Di Caishang’s words, he could be Di Huangcheng’s descendant. Fortunately, Di Caishang wasn’t Di Yichuan’s descendant. Otherwise, he would have felt even more perturbed.
Di Yichuan had snatched Di Huangcheng’s fiancée. As Di Huangcheng’s descendant, Di Jiu naturally wouldn’t have any friendly feelings for Di Yichuan’s descendants.
When Di Caishang saw Di Jiu’s expression, he realized that he wasn’t enthusiastic about returning to the Di Family.
Before Di Caishang could speak, Di Jiu said coldly, “Daoist Di, if you are about to invite me back to the Di Family in the Small Central World, don’t say a word.”
“No, there are only some personal matters that I need your help with,” Di Caishang replied hurriedly.
“Go on…” said Di Jiu helplessly.
Although he could see that Di Jiu wasn’t enthusiastic, Di Caishang still said, “Young Master Red Embellishment, you certainly do not need to fear Ju Qi given your strength. Your lack of fear for Ju Qi places you among the strongest cultivators who can enter the Small Central World. I hope that you can take care of Feixue Yier after you enter.”
Di Feixue hadn’t spoken ever since they had arrived.
Di Jiu, who felt curious, asked, “Fairy Feixue ranks 23rd on the Sea Roll and is at the second-stage Ekayāna Tripod Realm. She is no weaker than me. Why would I have to take care of her? Is Fairy Feixue worried about anything? Why does she look so pale?”
Di Caishang gritted his teeth and said, “It’s all because of those five beasts—the sect masters of the five large sects. They initially suspected that Feixue had the Five Continent Dao Disc and took her ring. They even scanned her entire body with their Spiritual Force…”
There was no need for Di Caishang to continue. Di Jiu was already furious. He immediately stood up and slammed the table. “Those beasts!”