Ninth In the World

“An acquaintance of mine is here. I’ll go out and take a look.” Di Jiu stood up.

Shan Xiuqi hurriedly followed him. This was the first time she was so relaxed.

“It’s really you? How is this possible?” Shen Ziyu recognized Di Jiu at first sight.

Di Jiu laughed. “Long time no see.”

Regardless of whether he had loved Shen Ziyu in his previous life, he had no feelings for her at all now.

“It’s no wonder that you could kill that rouge tiger. You were already in the Semi-Core Realm back then…” Shen Ziyu looked somewhat bitter if one looked at the corners of her mouth. She had been unwilling to be with Di Jiu at the time because he had been much weaker than her, not because she had loved someone else.

Because of Di Jiu’s infatuation with her, he had even risked his life to search for life-saving medicinal herbs for her. She would perhaps have agreed to marry him otherwise.

“Daoist Shen, do you know him? Is he a junior of your friend?” Shan Muxin suddenly felt that something was wrong. Di Jiu looked very young, and Shen Ziyu was a Semi-Core expert. How could she know Di Jiu?

Shen Ziyu suddenly realized that Di Jiu was still the same. His appearance had not changed at all, but she had grown older.

This was not right. Even if Di Jiu was a Semi-Core expert, his appearance could not have stayed the same.

“You have been living here?” Shen Ziyu did not mind Shan Muxin’s words. She recalled how many times she had been here, perhaps to remember the times when there used to be a man who had thought of her as his life? She had never seen Di Jiu ever since they had separated.

Di Jiu shook his head. “I just came here not too long ago after we parted last time.”

“Zimo, I’m sorry. I did wrong back then.” Shen Ziyu sighed. Even though she was now standing at the highest peak on Earth, the person she often quietly thought of was Di Jiu, who was standing in front of her.

Di Jiu shook his head and remained silent. He had told her many times that his name was Di Jiu. Since she still did not remember his name, he did not bother repeating it. However, Di Jiu disapproved of her saying she had done wrong, as he did not believe that.

“Di Jiu, why did you kill dozens of people from the Shan Family?” Shan Muxin heard what Shen Ziyu said and saw her facial expression. How could she not know that the two of them had a very deep relationship?

Shan Muxin suddenly realized that he had made some mistakes this time. He should not have invited Shen Ziyu over. Even though he was not her match and did not have a high status like her, Di Jiu had killed many of his family members. He certainly could not let this matter go like this.

“Di Jiu?” Qi Siyue, who had been staring at Di Jiu, finally understood. The person in front of his eyes was a friend of the Qi Family ancestor.

Qi Siyue promptly took a step forward and immediately knelt on the ground. “Qi Siyue of the Qi Family pays his respects to Ancestral Master Di.”

Shen Ziyu, Shan Muxin, and the others, including Di Jiu, looked at Qi Siyue in confusion. “I’ve never met you.”

Qi Siyue hurriedly kowtowed three times respectfully once again. He then explained in excitement, “My ancestor Qi Xiang and my family’s cultivation techniques are all taught by the Ancestral Master.”

Di Jiu then understood and nodded. “So you’re Qi Xiang’s descendant. How is he?”

Qi Siyue hurriedly replied, “I will report this matter later…”

Qi Siyue suddenly turned to Shan Muxin. “The Shan Family is courting death by climbing over the head of the Qi family’s Ancestral Master.”

He immediately threw himself toward Shan Muxin without any hesitation.

Shan Muxin’s face sank as he lifted his hands to send a fist move out.

Bam! Qi Siyue, who was struck on his arm by Shan Muxin’s fist move, flew and landed on the ground.

Di Jiu did not make a move. He could see that Qi Siyue was only at the ninth-stage Qi Refinement Realm and had not succeeded in the Foundation Establishment yet. He was still far from being able to deal with Shan Muxin.

“Although the Qi Family is mysterious, I don’t think anything of your family.” Shan Muxin took a step forward and once again grabbed at Qi Siyue seriously.

Di Jiu sighed. Qi Xiang had not passed down much of what he had taught him back then. Even if Qi Siyue was at the ninth-stage Qi Refinement Realm now, Shan Muxin might not be his match if he could put to use some Dharma techniques.

As a True Cultivator, wasn’t he asking for trouble by having a fight with a warrior?

“Wait a minute…” Shen Ziyu hurriedly stepped forward and stopped Shan Muxin.

Shan Muxin’s face turned gloomy. He had just broken through to the Semi-Core Realm and invited two experts to help him. He had not expected that before he could make a move, the two of them would be moving head-on against him.

“Daoist Shen, I, Shan Muxin, respect you as a capable person with the same principles. However, our family is not afraid of you. Daoist Shen is not the only one who went to learn on the Fairy Planet back then. The Shan Family also went.” Shan Muxin grew angrier.

“Please step aside. It’s not Shan Muxin who wants to find me. I’m the one who wants to find him. Shan Muxin chased after my wife and captured my friend. I naturally cannot let this matter rest.” Di Jiu did not move. As he spoke, an Essence Energy handprint pinched at Shan Muxin’s neck and lifted him up.

Even Shen Ziyu was stunned this time. It was true that Shan Muxin’s strength was not on par with her, but he had broken through to the Semi-Core Realm. As a Semi-Core expert, he floated in the void as an Essence Energy handprint was pinching his neck. What kind of strength was that?

Di Jiu was definitely not at the Semi-Core Realm and had already not been back then. Shen Ziyu finally came to a realization.

Back then, she had thought that the two of them were too far from each other and had not misjudged. However, she was too far away from Di Jiu, not the other way around.

Shen Ziyu immediately thought of Di Jiu’s words. His wife?

Her gaze landed on Shan Xiuqi. What a beautiful lady… Even she herself in the past could not be compared.

At the thought of Shan Xiuqi being Di Jiu’s wife, Shen Ziyu suddenly lowered her head. Di Jiu used his Essence Energy handprint and held Shan Muxin up in the void. He did not seem to be as shocked as earlier.

“Senior…” Shan Muxin barely spit the words out. He was startled to the point that he pushed aside all the hatred.

With such techniques, Di Jiu had already surpassed the level of a warrior. He was certain that Di Jiu was the rumored true immortal cultivator.

He knew that there were immortal cultivators on Earth, but they were usually not on par with a warrior. That was only a joke, so he had always looked down on immortal cultivators.

Given his formidable strength that far surpassed a warrior’s, Di Jiu was certainly a true immortal cultivator.

He could exterminate the Shan Family easily with such strength.

If not for Fei Yuelan’s matter, Di Jiu might not bother killing Shan Muxin in front of him. Fei Yuelan had brought him into Honor Parade City but had been captured by the Shan Family and almost gotten killed. Also, although he’d had nothing to do with Xiu Qi previously, she had been implicated. Such a family was certainly used to doing this.

He was sure that if he let Shan Muxin go today, Fei Yuelan would still be killed by the Shan Family once he left Earth without a trace.

How many people had Di Jiu killed in the Immortal World and Cultivation World? How could he go soft because of Shan Muxin?

He used his Quintessential Essence hand seal without the slightest hesitation. Shan Muxin would instantly turn into a ball of bloody mist even though he was at the Semi-Core Realm.

Di Jiu managed to get hold of one drop of blood and place restrictions on it. Then, a deadly restriction landed on the drop of blood.

At the same time, the entire Shan Family bloodline was killed on Earth without any exception.

The roots of the problem had to be removed. Di Jiu did not need anyone to teach him this.

He turned his head to look at Nong Xiuqi, who was not affected at all. He then realized that Nong Xiuqi was indeed not from the Shan Family.

“Di Jiu…” Shen Ziyu watched as the direct descendants of the Shan Family died without a reason after Shan Muxin. She looked at Di Jiu in fear and finally recalled that he had changed his name.

This was definitely not a coincidence. It was horrifying that Di Jiu could kill the direct descendants of the Shan Family through Shan Muxin.

“Senior…” The voices of the few Heaven Tier warriors who had been invited to help by Shan Muxin started to tremble.

As long as Di Jiu was willing, they would inexplicably perish like them in a moment. This was the first time they had seen such strange things ever since they had started cultivating martial arts.

Di Jiu did not answer Shen Ziyu. He only silently watched the remaining people. She could feel that her throat was a bit dry as she glanced at him and Shan Xiuqi, who snuggled up to him. She then said with difficulty, “Did you enter reclusive cultivation somewhere all these years?”

Di Jiu shook his head. “No, I just returned.”

“Then, where did you go previously?” Shen Ziyu just blurted out. Back then, she had told Di Jiu that she wanted to have a child with him. She had not been talking nonsense.

She had come here many times to search for Di Jiu to deal with this matter. However, he had not appeared in Wang Chuan Temple ever since she had met him the previous time. This time, she had been invited to deal with him.

Di Jiu hesitated for a while but still told the truth. “I left Earth…”

“Ah…” Besides Qi Xiang, who somewhat knew about it, the remaining people were shocked.