Ninth In the World

“How was it, Brother Lu?”

“Can he really refine elixir pills?”

Lu Zhifan was immediately surrounded by people the moment he exited the building. He had no choice but to answer their questions, even though he was in a hurry to find a place to enter seclusion. Besides, he was truly grateful for Di Jiu, so he stopped in his tracks and announced, “Everyone, Senior Di is definitely a top-notch Alchemy Saint. He is also very generous and fair. I truly respect him from the bottom of my heart.”

Then, Lu Zhifan bowed respectfully in front of Di Jiu’s Alchemy and Weapon Pavilion before swiftly leaving.

The respect oozing from Lu Zhifan’s tone and actions was not faked or forced. This excited all the cultivators, for each of them had acquired some top-notch quality items over the years they’d spent in the Void Ocean.

Such quality items could only be left unused, as these cultivators had not encountered any top-notch alchemists or blacksmiths. They had hesitated previously because they’d thought that Di Jiu was a fraud. Now that they had gotten confirmation that this was not the case, they could not wait a second longer.

The mass of cultivators swarmed toward Di Jiu’s Alchemy and Weapon Pavilion like bees.

However, they once again stopped in their tracks because of the Defense Array. Di Jiu appeared within the Defense Array and declared, “Fellow Daoists, I have recently obtained some new insight and will need to enter reclusive cultivation for some time. During this period, please do not disturb me. Any requests for alchemy or blacksmithing will have to wait until I end my seclusion.”

Then, Di Jiu took out several array flags and concealed the space the pavilion was in.

Grunts and moans of regret and frustration could be heard. They would not have had to wait for Di Jiu to end his seclusion if they had been the first to enter the Alchemy and Weapon Pavilion.

Unfortunately, Di Jiu had entered seclusion. No one dared to cause any trouble, however.

Some cultivators who were anxious to convert the Dao fruits they owned into Dao pills decided to secretly wait outside the building. This way, they would be the first to seek Di Jiu out once he was out.

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Meanwhile, Di Jiu had already finished setting up a Divine Defense Array and five Confinement Killing Divine Arrays. Should anyone attack, he could use the Five-Element Array Flags to upgrade Divine Arrays to level-seven temporary arrays. Such a major array could stop even a group of Primordial Chaos Sacred Emperors.

As Di Jiu was creating the Dharma Arrays, Ding Chi was in complete shock. He had sensed the extremely dense and pure Divine Spirit Qi around. He believed that the Divine Spirit Qi, which was the densest in the Great Buddha Mountain, was incomparable to this place.

This Divine Spirit Qi was formed from Dao meridians that had surpassed a high grade.

Lightning shrilled and found a spot to start absorbing the Divine Spirit Qi. Di Jiu also entered the main cultivation room and took out a pile of Divine Essence Pills.

He desperately wanted to head over to the Void City, so it was of utmost importance that he increased his cultivation. He might have chosen to wait for a while if he had not obtained the two Absolute Jade Tincture Dao Fruits. Now that he had obtained them, there was no more time to waste.

Di Jiu did not intend to use the Divine Spirit Qi in the Dark Red Sacred Dao City. Instead, he set up a Spirit-Binding Array so that the Divine Spirit Qi where he was would not leak. After all, there was no reason to use the Divine Spirit Qi in someone else’s territory when he owned a supreme-grade Dao meridian.

Various Divine Spirit Qi whirlpools soon formed around Di Jiu before they merged into one. Clouds of mists slowly formed outside Di Jiu’s Alchemy and Weapon Pavilion.

Any Spiritual Force that extended into the area the pavilion was in would be blocked by this mist. Any cultivator could sense the extremely dense Divine Spirit Qi current coming from the place where Di Jiu was in seclusion.

Ding Chi, who was frantically absorbing the Divine Spirit Qi, suddenly sensed that the surrounding Heaven Earth Laws had become clear. Some Dao insight, which he would usually spend large amounts of time trying to comprehend, came to him easily when his cultivation reached a certain level.

This…

He was stunned. If he had been cultivating in this environment, he would have broken through from the Dao Birth Realm long ago. Perhaps, he might have even attained Dao Integration.

However, Ding Chi quickly came to the realization that this environment had formed most likely because of Di Jiu. There was no time to waste, for his head continued to be in the clouds. The most important thing to do now was hurriedly cultivate and increase his cultivation level.

Ding Chi started to absorb the dense Divine Spirit Qi madly, continuously breaking through each cultivation barrier and gaining comprehension of the Dao insight that had stumped him previously.

Meanwhile, Di Jiu had already consumed an Absolute Jade Tincture Dao Fruit.

Amid the Nomological Dao, Di Jiu first formed a Divine Spirit Qi whirlpool inside his Starry Sky meridian. Then, he merged it with the Divine Spirit Qi whirlpool outside his body. His cultivation, which had been stabilized at the early-stage Dao Transformation Realm and was extremely slow to advance, started increasing. He absorbed the Divine Spirit Qi around him uncontrollably.

Di Jiu’s cultivation level increased exponentially as he started to follow the method stated in the Book of the World to refine the Absolute Jade Tincture Dao Fruit.

Sufficient Divine Spirit Qi was needed for an increase in cultivation level.

Fortunately, Di Jiu had already placed a supreme-grade Dao underground. The Divine Spirit Qi from the Divine Essence Pills placed around Di Jiu had solidified into a Divine Spirit Mist. The Divine Spirit Qi from the supreme-grade Dao meridian and the Divine Essence Pills enveloped Di Jiu.

After disappearing for a long time, the Dao cocoon slowly formed around Di Jiu.

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As Di Jiu was completely submerged in his cultivation, Ji Lu looked towards where Di Jiu was in astonishment. He could sense just how terrifying Di Jiu’s cultivating state was. The Spirit-Binding Arrays and various concealment major arrays set up by Di Jiu could not contain the Divine Spirit Qi fluctuations and distinct changes of the Heaven Earth Laws around the area Di Jiu was in.

“So powerful…” murmured Ji Lu.

He had witnessed cultivating scenes of the Primordial Chaos Sacred Emperors of the Dark Red Sacred Dao City. The City Lord of the Dark Red Sacred Dao City himself was a Primordial Chaos expert. Nonetheless, Ji Lu had never seen a Primordial Chaos expert reach the level Di Jiu was at. He had gained a very clear comprehension of the Heaven Earth Dao. Moreover, Di Jiu was still not at the Primordial Chaos Realm. Once he reached it…

He he… Jiang Dai…

Ji Lu sneered. Jiang Dai was not qualified to be compared to or mentioned in the same breath as Di Jiu.

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The Surplus Ocean Elixir Dispensary was incomparable to the top three major powers in the Dark Red Sacred Dao City. However, the oppressive behavior in the Dark Red Sacred Dao City seemed to have decreased significantly following Di Jiu’s occupancy of the Surplus Ocean Elixir Dispensary. This had happened after Di Jiu had thrown Young Lord Ang Yuan of the Surplus Ocean Elixir Dispensary into the Void Ocean.

In fact, Di Jiu had not made any declarations after that series of events. However, many people subconsciously viewed Di Jiu as a taboo subject. Many strangers had been entering the Dark Red Sacred Dao City recently, but no one knew who might be Senior Di Jiu’s friend.

That day, a gray-robed young man came to the Dark Red Sacred Dao City. He looked very skinny, but his eyes seemed to shine like gems polished for hundreds of years. His gaze was as sharp as diamonds. As he stood outside the Dao City, he carefully scrutinized the Dao City for a long time before shouting, “Fellow Daoists, I wish to obtain information on two people! I have 1,000 Divine Essence Pills here. They will be given to anyone who offers up information on these two people.”

Then, he lifted his hand and threw out a handful of Divine Essence Pills. These pills floated over the entrance of the Dark Red Sacred Dao City. The dense Heaven Earth Elixir Qi merged with the Divine Spirit Qi, causing an effect that could allow one to feel the weakening shackles of their cultivation with one simple scan of their Spiritual Force. These Divine Essence Pills were definitely top-notch and supreme-grade ones.

Numerous cultivators immediately crowded around, but no one dared to snatch these Divine Essence Pills. After all, they all knew that this gray-robed, skinny young man was not a simple man.

The gray-robed young cultivator repeated, “I want some information on two people: Di Jiu and Jiang Dai. Does anyone know them?”

“I know them!” shouted a Dao Modeling cultivator before anyone else could say anything.

He was preparing to leave the Void Ocean. Di Jiu was still in seclusion, so he was not afraid that he would provoke Di Jiu’s wrath. As for Jiang Dai, there was even less to be afraid of about him.

The gray-robed young cultivator was pleasantly surprised. He had not expected to hear about Di Jiu’s and Jiang Dai’s whereabouts when he had just arrived at the Void Ocean and was only trying his luck. This was unbelievable.

He knew that Di Jiu had escaped into the Search Lake and that Jiang Dai had followed him. He had entered the Search Lake himself before leaving immediately.

He had left through the exit of the Dao World’s Defense Array and arrived at the Void Ocean. He was confident that Jiang Dai could not catch up to Di Jiu, as he, Xu Baishang, had experienced just how cunning Di Jiu was. If Jiang Dai could kill Di Jiu so easily, then he would not have been so wary of Di Jiu.

The Search Lake would definitely not pose a problem for Di Jiu since he had been able to escape from the void between the two worlds.

“Speak,” commanded Xu Baishang as he pointed at this Dao Modeling cultivator.