Ninth In the World

Di Jiu followed the address on the title deed and found Chi Yuanqing’s second store. Chi Yuanqing hadn’t lied. This store was at the intersection of two streets. It wasn’t far from the main road. It was indeed superb.

Either Chi Yuanqing had forgotten or he had intentionally not handed the Defense Array Token over to Di Jiu.

The store was defended by a level-six Immortal Array. This large array was impossible to open by anyone other than an Immortal Array Great-Master. One would be courting death if one forcibly attacked another person’s Defense Array in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City. Even if one had some level of back-end support, one would still be looking for trouble if one did such a thing.

However, regardless of whether Chi Yuanqing had forgotten to give Di Jiu the Array Token on purpose or not, Di Jiu didn’t take this to heart.

He was a level-seven Immortal Array King. It wouldn’t be too difficult for him to open the level-six Defense Immortal Array. He had only thrown over 10 array flags when a passageway opened up in the level-six Defense Immortal Array.

A store with a surface area of 200 to 300 square meters appeared before Di Jiu. Di Jiu felt elated. This store was indeed bigger than the other store that Chi Yuanqing owned.

This was also a two-story store. The first story was 200 to 300 square meters, and the second story was obviously of a similar size.

The store was empty. There was nothing inside.

The first thing that Di Jiu did after entering the store was remove all the Dharma Arrays inside. From now on, he would be the store owner. Therefore, he wouldn’t keep the original Defense Arrays.

After he removed the Defense Arrays, Di Jiu set up a level-five Defense Immortal Array, which encapsulated the entire store, as fast as he could. Then, he began to set up other Dharma Arrays inside the store.

The Spirit Gathering Array was a must. On top of that, he also needed the Defense Immortal Array, the Confinement Killing Immortal Array, and an Immortal Array to block off Spiritual Force.

All the Dharma Arrays were hidden by a Concealment Immortal Array. If anyone came, they would only be able to see the level-five Defense Immortal Array on the outside.

Chi Yuanqing didn’t come. It wasn’t clear whether it was because Huo Jianqian didn’t know that Di Jiu had gone to look for Chi Yuanqing, or that he didn’t want to disturb Di Jiu, so he hadn’t come either.

Di Jiu spent seven days before he finished setting up all the Dharma Arrays in the store. Only then did he ask Black Fire, Little Tree, and Mo Yuxuan to come out.

“Big Brother, I cannot stay in the Quintessential World to cultivate!” Black Fire expressed his complaint the moment he came out.

Di Jiu waved his hand as he said, “I know. I have bought this store. From now on, Black Fire can cultivate in the room on the second floor. Remember that, no matter what happens, Black Fire cannot appear within sight of other people. If you cannot comply, please return to the Quintessential World immediately.”

“I can do it, Big Brother,” said Black Fire hurriedly. Then, he added, “Big Brother, you put him in the Quintessential World because his strength is insufficient. Since you cannot help him with your existing cultivation speed, he must improve his cultivation level by himself. Once his cultivation level advances, he will swallow whoever dares covet him.”

“What about me, Big Brother?” Little Tree asked as he stared blankly at Di Jiu. Even the little black guy, who had joined Di Jiu later than him, had gotten himself a room. Plus, he didn’t have to go back to the Quintessential World in the future. Little Tree felt that he also deserved to have a room on the second floor since he had followed Big Brother for so many years.

Di Jiu nodded. “The first floor will be the shop in the future. You will stay and cultivate on the first floor. Plus, you will have to tend to the matters of the shop…”

The more Little Tree listened, the glummer his face became. He wouldn’t only have to stay on the first floor, but he would also have to tend to the shop. Big Brother was being a little too biased. He was only a wee bit slower at cultivating, that was all.

“You can, however, walk around the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City as you like. Remember not to get yourself into trouble.”

When Little Tree heard Di Jiu say that he could walk around the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City freely, he almost jumped up in excitement. He held a higher status in Di Jiu’s heart after all.

When Di Jiu had realized that Tiny Tree Root was being targeted by others because he had gotten stained with Black Fire’s void-ripping aura, he had combined powers with Black Fire to remove all the aura of the void from Little Tree.

Therefore, Little Tree would appear the same as any other ordinary Tree Spirit. Nobody would pay attention to an ordinary Tree Spirit walking around in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City.

“You will stay on the second floor as well, Junior Sister Mo,” said Di Jiu. “We will stay in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City for the time being. Although you are a Virtuous Nirvana Sect disciple, your cultivation level is not considered high. Thus, logically speaking, you will not attract attention from any experts. People with a low cultivation level will not dare have any ideas about you either. You will temporarily help out in the shop too while I will try to gather information about the Agama True Glazed Water as soon as I can.” Di Jiu sounded apologetic as he spoke.

Mo Yuxuan had reached this state because of him. However, he still didn’t have any news on the Agama True Glazed Water after taking Mo Yuxuan with him for so many years.

Mo Yuxuan smiled. “I will be lucky if I get it. It will be my fate if I can’t. Look at this from an ordinary point of view, Senior Brother. You don’t have to look for it on purpose. In fact, some things will slip by us if we look for them too intentionally. I am already satisfied about meeting you, Black Fire and Little Tree and being able to complete my life’s journey peacefully in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City before I die.”

Di Jiu knew that Mo Yuxuan was comforting him. She didn’t want him to risk his life. Therefore, he didn’t bother explaining.

It would be strange if one could obtain the Agama True Glazed Water with an ordinary mind. He handed an array flag to the trio, gave them some instructions, and then left the store.

He hadn’t been to see Huo Jianqian in nearly a month. Thus, he felt that he was unfit to be the Honorary Alchemy Master.

…

The Starry Demon Palace was one of the best major immortal sects in the Demonic Clothing Immortal Continent.

The Palatial Lord of the Starry Demon Palace, Xie Wanling, was a true Great Immortal Emperor who had the strength of a seventh-stage Immortal Emperor. It could be said that he was second to none in the entire Demonic Clothing Immortal Continent.

Although the Starry Demon Palace was prosperous and Xie Wanling also had an exceptionally high cultivation level, he didn’t have many offspring. He had only one son and one daughter.

Xie Wanling’s only son was called Xie Huang. Probably thanks to his name, Xie Huang had been a wild, uncontrollable kid since a young age. When he had been eight years old, he had started to fool around with the maids around him. When he had been ten years old, he had raped the daughter of an Immortal Emperor and almost killed her.

Although he got better as he grew older, he was still addicted to beautiful women. As a result, he was still an early-stage Grand Zenith Immortal while his sister, Xie Cai, had already become a mid-stage Zenith Heaven Immortal.

Although Xie Wanling dominated the region, he had no way of dealing with his son and could only let him continue to have his way.

Presently, in the Young Palatial Lord’s abode in the Starry Demon Palace, a pale, languid young man was lying on a white-jade bed. “Shen An, you have returned in such a short time! Have you completed your mission?” said the young man nonchalantly.

As he was speaking, he was pinching a beautiful lady beside him. The pale-faced young man was the Young Palatial Lord of the Starry Demon Palace, Xie Huang.

A medium-sized man stood before the pale-faced young man as he replied hurriedly, “I have not accomplished my mission. However, I discovered something far more important.”

Xie Huang, who was about to fly into a rage, stretched his head forward as he asked, “What kind of important matter did you discover? Is it more important than what I instructed you to do?”

Shen An replied respectfully, “I met with an Alchemy Master in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City. He managed to solve the question that Excellency Luan posed…”

“Which of Uncle Luan’s questions are you referring to? Would it kill you to elaborate?” asked Xie Huang nonchalantly.

Shen An didn’t mind the tone of Xie Huang’s words as he said, “It is that medicinal herb theory question that you instructed the Excellency to set for the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City Elixir Association’s examination.”

“So what?” said Xie Huang, who was still preoccupied with his own thoughts. Suddenly, he jumped up, dashed down from the white-jade bed, grabbed hold of Shen An and said agitatedly, “Are you saying that someone derived the elixir formula for the Array-Breaking Elixir without using the Abalone Shell?”

Shen An didn’t dare move. His tone was still respectful as he replied, “Yes, that Alchemy Master obtained 99 points. 11 points were deducted because he didn’t use the Determination Stone to derive the elixir formula for the last question.”

“Okay, okay…” Xie Huang paced up and down in his room barefoot. There was excitement in his eyes.

The full score for the medicinal herb theory examination of the Elixir Association of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City had always been 100. However, Xie Huang had wanted to add a 10-point question that the Elixir Association hadn’t agreed to. Even though he had asked Uncle Luan, an Alchemy Supremacy, to handle the matter personally and his father was the Immortal Emperor Starry Demon, the Elixir Association had still limited them to adding only one question. One question was only worth one point.

Then, Xie Huang had come up with a clever idea. He had suggested that this one point might as well be turned into 11 points. Maybe it was because the Immortal Emperor Starry Demon was too powerful, but the Elixir Association had finally agreed to this rather odd suggestion. This had resulted in the Elixir Association’s medicinal herb theory examination having a total score of 110 points while the number of questions had remained 100.

“I planned to invite this Alchemy Master to the Starry Demon Palace. However, he said that he was too busy to come…” explained Shen An cautiously.

Xie Huang waved his hand and said, “Only a capable man can say such a thing. This Alchemy Master is indeed capable. In that case, I shall go look for him in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City.”

“But the Palatial Lord is not back yet…” Shen An reminded him.

Xie Huang’s burning enthusiasm was toned down a few notches instantly. His father had yet to return. He couldn’t leave the Starry Demon Palace without his father’s permission.

“Then I will just have to wait for my father to return.” Xie Huang sat down and sulked with a sigh.