Ninth In the World

As Di Jiu realized that he couldn’t control this kind of power, the Quintessential Essence spread all around him, his Spiritual Force guarding his Spiritual Sea.

Bam! Di Jiu fell onto the floor.

Was he okay? Di Jiu looked up and checked his surroundings. This was a sealed house made out of the same material as the main door. Spiritual force could not travel out of the house from the inside.

There was a pool in the middle of the house. There was actually water in the pool…

Wait! This did not seem to be water. Di Jiu felt a cooling sensation just by dropping his Spiritual Force on it. The name of a spiritual object suddenly appeared in his mind.

Spirit Baptism Pith…

Could this be the Spirit Baptism Pith? When Di Jiu dubiously allowed his Spiritual Force to permeate it again, another cooling sensation entered his Spiritual Sea.

Di Jiu drew a breath. He was certain that this was the Spirit Baptism Pith.

Just a drop of the Spirit Baptism Pith was already extremely valuable. However, there was a whole pool filled with it here. The Spirit Baptism Pith was the only spiritual object in the Cultivation World that could wash the Spiritual Sea. It was able to remove all impurities in the Spiritual Sea, thus purifying it.

“It’s me. You actually conjured Dao fire? How did you do it?” A rather husky voice rang out from behind Di Jiu.

Di Jiu turned around immediately. A shocking figure in white was standing in front of him. He had not sensed it earlier, when he had been combing the room with his Spiritual Force. Where had this person been hiding?

“You brought me here to possess me?” Di Jiu stared at the white figure vigilantly. Judging by the shape of the figure, it had to be a woman.

“Do you think that you are fit to be possessed by me, given your rubbish potential and messy spirit root?” the figure answered disdainfully. “The fact that you can conjure Dao fire with your rubbish spirit root did shock me, though.”

Di Jiu breathed a sigh of relief, cupped his fists and said, “I didn’t know that this place belonged to you. Please open the door. I’ll leave immediately.”

The figure’s powers were unfathomable. Even if it was just a Principal Spirit, Di Jiu did not dare stay long. The mental strength and array formation of this figure were way higher than his. Otherwise, he would have sensed this person by using his Spiritual Force long ago.

“Sure, you may leave. However, since you are here, you have to lend me something,” the white figure said matter-of-factly.

Di Jiu calmed down. This place was sealed completely by the Geocentric Pattern Gold, which blocked both Spiritual Force and Spirit Qi. There was no way he could leave, not unless he used the Plane Split Talisman. However, he had only two of them left and each one had its own use. Besides, would the figure give him enough time to use it?

“This is a Spirit Baptism Pith pool. Go wash your Spiritual Sea and Spiritual Force. Otherwise, I’ll find them disgusting.” The figure spoke lightly.

Even though washing his Spiritual Sea was beneficial, Di Jiu had no intention of going into the Spirit Baptism Pith pool. Firstly, his Spiritual Sea was clean. The stroke of lightning from the Small Gray Stone was very powerful. Just that aura alone would ensure that there were no impurities in his Spiritual Sea.

Secondly, he could not see the dangers within the Spirit Baptism Pith pool. The figure was very formidable. Both the teleportation array that had teleported him there and the invisibility technique used were way above his level. Thus, Di Jiu would never enter the Spirit Baptism Pith pool, no matter how brave he was.

“In that case, please let me leave. You just have to act like I was never here,” Di Jiu said, neither humbling himself nor showing disrespect.

“Unfortunately, the thing I want to borrow is your Spiritual Sea. Mine was shattered. No matter how many spirit objects I’ve used over the years, I haven’t been able to repair it. That’s why I have to borrow yours. Even though your Spiritual Sea is disgusting, I have no choice,” the figure said matter-of-factly again.

Di Jiu was so furious that his Heavenly Aqua Saber emitted waves of saber intent. This old geezer actually wanted his Spiritual Sea! Wasn’t that akin to killing him?

“You want to fight me?” the Principal Spirit asked calmly without even a hint of tension in his voice.

“Let me leave, old turtle. Otherwise, I’ll make sure you won’t get my Spiritual Sea, even if I have to die.” Di Jiu, who estimated that he was no match for this old geezer, had already decided to destroy his Spiritual Sea before his death.

The Principal Spirit sighed and said, “Since you do not agree, I have to bear with this disgusting feeling and do it myself…”

After his final word, a terrifying Sword Qi went straight into Di Jiu’s forehead between the eyebrows.

Di Jiu, who knew that he would not be able to block this Sword Qi, was dejected. This woman’s mental strength was too strong. It was definitely above level 10. Plus, she could also use mental strength to attack others.

The pattern circles of Di Jiu’s sea of knowledge were broken one by one. Eighth-stage, seventh-stage, sixth-stage…

Di Jiu wanted to stop it, but he was powerless.

A force of energy entered his body and threw him into the Spirit Baptism Pith pool. “Go in and wash your Spiritual Sea. Just the thought of using a dirty man’s Spiritual Sea makes me feel disgusted.”

As Di Jiu fell into the Spirit Baptism Pith pool, the sword flare that entered his Spiritual Sea broke through seven of his pattern circles. Just as the sword flare was about to break the last circle of Di Jiu’s Spiritual Sea, the Small Gray Stone hidden within the eighth pattern circle suddenly shot out waves of golden ripples. The sword flare slowly dissipated after coming into contact with the golden ripples.

These ripples kept moving out as the circles that were destroyed by the Principal Spirit recovered. In the blink of an eye, all the broken circles in Di Jiu’s Spiritual Sea had recovered.

Di Jiu breathed a silent sigh of relief and stayed perfectly still in the Spirit Baptism Pith pool.

The Spirit Baptism Pith within the pool kept brushing against his Spiritual Sea. Even though Di Jiu’s Spiritual Sea had no impurities, as the Spirit Baptism Pith pool cleansed it, his Spiritual Sea became clearer and clearer.

Di Jiu knew very well that the woman would drag him out of the Spirit Baptism Pith pool once she determined that his Spiritual Sea was thoroughly cleansed.

Di Jiu did not know how that woman was going to take his Spiritual Sea, but he dared not find out. Instead, he was thinking about ways to ambush her.

The best time to do so would be when she thought that his Spiritual Sea was cleansed and dragged him up. After some thought, Di Jiu decided to use the Split-Wave Saber Move to ambush her. No matter how formidable her Principal Spirit was, she would not be able to survive if she was split into two by his Split-Wave Saber Move.