Ninth In the World

Di Jiu quickly opened the fourth box, which only contained a quaint map. The patterns on the map were clear, but Di Jiu did not understand any of the words. He was a knowledgeable person who had been often exposed to various antiques back in the Ji Nation, so when he looked at the map, he immediately knew that it had a very long history.

The text on it had not been written on Earth. Jia Qian had been to the Fairy Planet, so Di Jiu inferred that this picture had likely come from the Fairy Planet. However, even if his conclusion was correct, this picture would be of no use to him for the time being.

After tidying up everything, Di Jiu took out a Spirit Stone. According to his estimation, there had to be more than 10 days to go before the auction. Now that he had something like the Spirit Stone, he naturally wanted to make use of it.

After cultivating, he immediately understood that he had underestimated the use of the Spirit Stone, which allowed the Spirit Qi to be more abundant, improved his cultivation speed, and made the degree of conciseness of the Quintessential Essence incomparable to his previous cultivation.

When he had consumed a piece of Spirit Stone completely, Di Jiu opened his eyes. Just one piece of Spirit Stone had made his strength improve a lot and helped him get closer to reaching the middle stages of the second-stage Qi Refinement realm. Even though he had previously mentioned cultivating to the second-stage Qi Refinement realm, it had only been at the early stages back then.

Di Jiu did not know how long he had cultivated, but he did feel a little hungry.

When he opened the curtains and faced the sea, he realized that the boat had not started moving yet. He walked to the table and pressed the meal button. Barely two minutes later, a porter walked to his door and rang the doorbell.

Di Jiu opened the door. The porter bowed and said, “Order your lunch, please…”

Then, the waiter handed the lunch menu over to Di Jiu.

Several martial arts teachers had praised her talent. She only had to listen once to the Institute of Martial Arts cultivation lessons before she could immediately cultivate those techniques.

Within a few months, she had learned a technique called Shadow Legs, which allowed her to create a series of leg shadows with one kick. Even some senior martialists with martial arts roots could not escape her attack.

The Wooden Martial Arts Hall of North Luo University had been built by the powerful warriors of the Fairy Planet. It had just been completed a few days earlier, so no students had entered it yet.

There were obviously a lot of students who were about to enter the hall along with Shen Ziyu. Even though it was not time yet, there were already dozens of people outside.

“Ziyu…” Rong Tao walked over to her. He possessed martial arts roots, so the strength of his punch exceeded 500 kilos. Even if there had not been a special recruitment, he would still have qualified to enter the Fairy Planet.

“What is it?” Shen Ziyu repressed the agitation in her heart. She would never take anything that Rong Tao said to heart. The reason she answered this way was because she was about to enter the Wooden Martial Arts Hall, so she wanted Rong Tao to go away.

“This is a medicinal pill that my family bought at an underground auction. It is very rare. According to the auction, it was refined using a precious herb on the Fairy Planet. I heard that it can treat various heart diseases. I would like to give it to you.” Rong Tao took out a jade bottle and handed it over to Shen Ziyu.

Even the bottle that contained the pill looked expensive.

Shen Ziyu did not take the jade bottle. Instead, she looked at Rong Tao and said sincerely, “I know what you mean, Big Brother. However, I have already been married. I only have one goal in my life now, and that is to spend the rest of it exploring the Fairy Planet. Anything else is a vanity that I have no desire for. I’m sorry.”

She had only called him a big brother because she knew that it had not been easy for Rong Tao to follow her all the way to Luo Bei from the Swallow Capital. Ever since he had found out that she suffered from a heart disease, he had been searching everywhere for medicine. No matter if she entered the Fairy Planet or not, there would be no more interactions between them in the future.

Rong Tao did not take back the bottle. He just looked Shen Ziyu in the eye and said softly, “I know what you are thinking, Ziyu. I’m having exactly the same thoughts. I am also going to the Fairy Planet. Did you know that the Swallow Capital University has an immortal practitioner called Luo, who chose a disciple at the entrance of the university? This shows that there is not just one martial art on the Fairy Planet besides the Immortal Dao, which is much more interesting than martial arts. One day, we may get a chance to find our destiny there, but until that day arrives, we have to leave everything to fate.”

“You know that the average human only lives for a few decades. Only the Immortal Dao can lengthen one’s life to countless decades. By the time that happens, everyone around you will probably be gone and the two of us will be really familiar with each other.”

Rong Tao’s thoughts went far into the future. He also assumed that both of them would get an immortal inheritance on the Fairy Planet.

Shen Ziyu shook her head. This time, she did not explain. Everything had already been said, so any further explanation would be useless.

Rong Tao did not give up. Instead, he said, “I know that you want to go to the Fairy Planet, Ziyu, but even if you did, you would still have to go through a health check. If the physical examination detected your body’s ailments, all your previous efforts would be in vain.”

When Shen Ziyu heard this, her heart tightened. If that was the case, then what was the use of entering the Wooden Martial Arts Hall?

What was the point of training hard during the past few months and putting everything on the line for martial arts?

Shen Ziyu took a deep breath before she said, “I know that what you said is true, Big Brother, but you do not know what my illness is. Even if I used your pill, nothing would change.”

When he heard her tone, Rong Tao said eagerly, “How do you know whether it would be useful or not, if you don’t try it? It is something that came from the Fairy Planet after all. What if it works?”

He had chosen to give her the medicinal herbs in public to prevent Shen Ziyu from questioning him.