Ninth In the World

The Suo Fruit was the main spirit herb used in refining the Tribulation Convergence Elixir. Di Jiu had asked Han Qingyi because she was already at the ninth-stage Ekayāna Tripod Realm. Unless he was wrong, it was highly possible that Han Qingyi had either the Suo Fruit or the Tribulation Convergence Elixir on her.

“Correct,” Han Qingyi said coldly. “I have the Suo Fruit, but I’m not interested in your spirit meridian.”

Di Jiu was exhilarated. He immediately took out a Genesis Ekayāna Elixir for Han Qingyi and said, “Fairy Qingyi, I am a Grade-Nine Elixir King who can refine a top-notch Tribulation Convergence Elixir. If you give me the Suo Fruit, we will split the refined elixirs in half. This is the Genesis Ekayāna Elixir that I refined. You can take a look.”

Di Jiu was only a Grade-Seven Elixir King. However, if he wanted to work with Han Qingyi, he had to exaggerate a little.

Han Qingyi accepted the Genesis Ekayāna Elixir calmly. She didn’t take it to heart that Di Jiu was bragging about being a Grade-Nine Elixir King.

The Small Central World had not produced a Grade-Nine Elixir King in many years. Plus, how old was Di Jiu? In the Small Central World, and even in the True Province, a Grade-Nine Elixir King would be in a top position. Moreover, there was rumored to be only one Grade-Nine Elixir King in the True Province.

The nonchalant Han Qingyi held the Genesis Ekayāna Elixir in her hand as her heart thumped. Han Qingyi wasn’t an ignorant cultivator. She had seen many high-level elixirs before. She could vaguely sense that the Genesis Ekayāna Elixir that Di Jiu had was a notch better than the special-class grade-seven Spirit Elixir that she had seen before. Although she couldn’t tell how it was better exactly, she felt that this Genesis Ekayāna Elixir was like no other.

The engravings on the Genesis Ekayāna Elixir were distinct and contained wisps of aura of Dao runes. There was even a faint aura of wood element law. Among all the elixirs, wood element law elixirs had the best effect.

“This was really refined by you?” Han Qingyi asked in disbelief as she stared at Di Jiu with big eyes.

“If you don’t believe me, I can refine it on the spot for you to see,” Di Jiu replied coldly.

“Refine it then,” said Han Qingyi without hesitation.

Di Jiu was speechless. He had thought that if he said so, Han Qingyi would definitely believe him. He hadn’t expected that this woman would really want him to refine it on the spot.

“Okay, but nobody is allowed to look while I’m refining the elixir.” As he spoke, Di Jiu also began to execute various invisibility restrictions.

Actually, although he could forcibly refine a grade-seven Genesis Ekayāna Elixir now, he knew his own capabilities. He could refine a Genesis Ekayāna Elixir with such distinct engravings because, besides having the golden lightning law necessary for mastering alchemy, he mainly relied on the Creation Cauldron and the Dao fire. However, Di Jiu wouldn’t expose either one of them in front of Han Qingyi.

When she saw that Di Jiu was executing the restrictions in preparation for refining the elixirs, Han Qingyi didn’t stop him. She could sense whether the elixir had just been refined.

Upon entering his own restriction, Di Jiu took out the Creation Cauldron and the spirit herbs for the Genesis Ekayāna Elixir and began refining. A Genesis Ekayāna Elixir produced on the Small Central Planet had a much higher level than the cauldron of Genesis Ekayāna Elixirs he had refined previously.

In just an hour, Di Jiu had refined a cauldron of Genesis Ekayāna Elixirs. However, he didn’t stop. After he finished refining the rest of the cauldrons of Genesis Ekayāna Elixirs, he refined a few cauldrons of Natality Rain Elixir. The Natality Rain Elixir was a top-notch healing elixir that was very important to Di Jiu.

After spending a number of days doing this, Di Jiu finally opened the restriction.

Although he had spent quite a long time refining the Genesis Ekayāna Elixirs, Han Qingyi didn’t mind. She only stared at the jade bottle in Di Jiu’s hands.

“You can take a look.” Di Jiu threw the jade bottle in his hands over to Han Qingyi.

Han Qingyi opened the jade bottle in under a second. There were a total of six elixirs in the jade bottle and they were exactly the same elixir as the Genesis Ekayāna Elixir she was holding.

“Excellent elixir!” Han Qingyi didn’t know that Di Jiu could refine 12 elixirs in a cauldron. An elixir king was only supposed to be able to refine a maximum of six doses of spirit elixirs at or above grade-seven in a cauldron.

All of the elixirs in Han Qingyi’s hands had distinct elixir engravings. She could tell with one look that these elixirs were freshly refined.

“You are indeed a Grade-Nine Elixir King.” Shocked, Han Qingyi returned the Genesis Ekayāna Elixir to Di Jiu.

Di Jiu put away the Genesis Ekayāna Elixir without saying a word. He knew that if Han Qingyi really had the Suo Fruit, she would definitely trade it with him. If Han Qingyi didn’t have the Suo Fruit, it would be useless for him to say anything.

Han Qingyi took out a jade box. “I indeed have a Suo Fruit. Spiritual fruit like the Suo Fruit are almost extinct. I need your assurance that if you fail, you will give me 30 supreme-grade spirit meridians.”

Di Jiu laughed coldly in his heart. 30 supreme-grade spirit meridians were way more valuable than the Suo Fruit. However, he believed that he would not fail.

“I agree. The elixir will be split equally,” said Di Jiu almost without a second thought.

“No, I need four. You can only get two. Besides, I provided all the secondary spirit herbs.”

The secondary spirit herbs might have been worth a little somewhere else. However, in the Small Central Planet, secondary spirit herbs were considered trash. The most valuable one was the Suo Fruit.

“Okay,” Di Jiu still replied decisively.

When he used the Creation Cauldron to refine elixirs, the maximum limit was 12 elixirs. However, Han Qingyi thought it was six. He would still have eight Tribulation Convergence Elixirs after giving Han Qingyi four.

“How long do you need?” Han Qingyi asked as she handed the jade box over to Di Jiu.

“Half a month.” Di Jiu grabbed the jade box and directly entered the restriction he had set up himself.

Although this Suo Fruit was important to Han Qingyi, it was even more important to Di Jiu. He might have needed only an hour to refine a cauldron of Tribulation Convergence Elixirs, but he had said that he would need half a month because he wanted to become a Grade-Eight Elixir King first.

As soon as he entered the restriction, Di Jiu opened the jade box. There was indeed a top-notch Suo Fruit in it. Di Jiu closed the jade box carefully and tidied up Lao Jia’s ring, which contained a pile of high-level spirit herbs.

Di Jiu already had many high-level spirit herbs with him. With the addition of another pile, he naturally began to refine all kinds of high-level Spirit Elixirs fearlessly. It didn’t matter if he failed. He would just need to try again.

As Di Jiu refined piles and piles of spirit herbs into dregs, the grade-eight Spirit Elixir slowly started to appear. It advanced from low-class to middle-class, from middle-class to high-class, and then to special-class… And so on and so forth…

This made Di Jiu experience the real advantage of the Small Central Planet. If he had not been on the Small Central Planet, how would he have qualified to practice alchemy so extravagantly?

Half a month passed in the blink of an eye. After he confirmed that there weren’t any problems with the grade-eight Spirit Elixir he had refined, Di Jiu took out the Suo Fruit and the spirit herbs for refining the Tribulation Convergence Elixir.

There was only one Suo Fruit, which meant that this cauldron of elixirs had to be successful.

After clearing the cauldron, the spirit herbs were thrown inside in sequence. In half a month, Di Jiu had become very skilled in extracting high-level spirit herbs. However, he was still meticulous in executing every step.

As the elixir was continuously extracted, condensed, broken down and combined, a fragrance of elixir was emitted from the cauldron. Thanks to Di Jiu’s level-ten Spiritual Force, the elixirs formed clearly at every stage. This made Di Jiu realize that, ever since he had come down from the Planted Cultivators’ Mountain, his Spiritual Force had improved.

Two hours later, by using the Elixir Formation Art, Di Jiu extracted 12 Tribulation Convergence Elixirs the size of a dragon’s eye. These 12 elixirs looked about the same size, and every one of them had distinct elixir engravings of the Dao Law.

Di Jiu put four Tribulation Convergence Elixirs into a jade bottle and opened the restriction. Han Qingyi was staring at his restriction with red eyes.

“Did it succeed, or did it fail?” she asked the moment Di Jiu came out.

“Where is Moshuang?” When Di Jiu didn’t see Jing Moshuang, his face sunk and he didn’t answer Han Qingyi’s question.

Han Qingyi, who couldn’t care less about Di Jiu’s attitude, pointed to the ring in her hand and said, “This ring of mine is a Small World. There is a life-force marrow of the wood element in the Small World. Moshuang is in the Small World. The life-force marrow is also beside her.”

Di Jiu had seen the wood element life-force marrow before. Little Tree had given him a heap of it in the past. This life-force marrow was classified into different classes. The one Little Tree had given him had been lower-class. After all, Little Tree hadn’t grown from spirit trees. It had been merely transformed from an ordinary ancient tree into a spirit tree.

When Di Jiu still didn’t speak, Han Qingyi immediately pulled Jing Moshuang out. Di Jiu noticed that Jing Moshuang’s face looked more flushed, and her life ripples were also a little stronger. Only then did he reply with cupped fists, “Thanks a lot, Fairy Qingyi.”

Han Qingyi pushed Jing Moshuang into the Small World again and stared at Di Jiu.

Di Jiu handed the jade bottle in his hands over to Han Qingyi, who opened the jade bottle in an instant. When she saw the four Tribulation Convergence Elixirs with the distinct elixir engravings, she became so agitated that her hands started trembling slightly. This was definitely special-class Tribulation Convergence Elixir. It was hard to get even one dose of it, yet she had gotten four in one go.

“Thanks…” Han Qingyi put away the Tribulation Convergence Elixir carefully and thanked Di Jiu sincerely. Without the Tribulation Convergence Elixir, she would have needed more time to become a Life Tribulation Realm cultivator. The earlier she became a Life Tribulation Realm expert before the True Province Tournament arrived, the more confidence she would have.

Di Jiu waved his hand. “You don’t have to thank me. We made a deal. When you leave the Small World in the future, I plead you to make Moshuang your top priority, Fairy Qingyi.”

“I know. Farewell.” Han Qingyi finished speaking and disappeared straightaway with a stretch of her body.

She was exhilarated, but also increasingly shocked. She had some suspicions about Di Jiu’s experiences. One did not become a Grade-Nine Elixir King overnight. The fact that Di Jiu had been able to become a Grade-Nine Elixir King at such a young age, although he was a little slow at practicing alchemy, meant that he’d definitely had some rare encounters before.

He had most likely met some kind of Law that influenced alchemy practice. If Di Jiu could master a Law that influenced alchemy practice, his standard of alchemy practice would increase fast and reach a pace no one else could match.

Di Jiu’s array formation skills did not seem bad either. He had set up a level-six concealment restriction successfully before without spending much time. Could Di Jiu be a Grade-Seven Array King on top of being a Grade-Nine Elixir King?

Han Qingyi suddenly stopped. Becoming both an Array King and an Elixir King could take one a lifetime. The fact that Di Jiu had said that he wanted to take part in the True Province Genius Tournament meant that he was no more than 200 years old. He was a cultivator younger than 200 years old who was both an Elixir King and an Array King. This was…

Suddenly, Han Qingyi recalled an incident. The Book of the World had been stolen in the Sky Screen. Could Di Jiu have gone to the Sky Screen too? Could the disappearance of the Book of the World have had something to do with him? If Di Jiu was the one who had taken the Book of the World, then everything would make sense.