Ninth In the World

Di Jiu looked at Ni Luan calmly and said, “I only have one question to ask you. If you answer even a tad too slow or answer wrong, I will be angry. The consequences of my anger will be very serious.”

“Ask away.” Ni Luan knew that, right now, he was but a slab of meat at the butcher’s.

Di Jiu stared at Ni Luan and questioned him calmly but with a strong killing intent. “I heard that last time you came here, you kicked a lady into the Wormhole because you wanted to seize her Double-Horned Dragon Beast Worm. Is that right?”

Ni Luan finally understood that Di Jiu was doing this to seek revenge for that weak woman. He was about to reply when he suddenly realized something. Looking at Di Jiu in shock, he asked, “It was you… It was you who kicked me in here, right?”

It was definitely Di Jiu who had kicked him. However, although this man had not been standing behind him, he had been able to kick him. Di Jiu undoubtedly touched spatial laws.

If he was such a powerful Immortal Emperor, Di Jiu had to possess some great secrets. It was not unusual for an Immortal Emperor to touch spatial laws. What was unusual was that Di Jiu had been able to execute them so silently without a trace. This feat required a certain level of understanding of spatial laws as well.

No one could rely on knowledge imparted by their Masters to be able to reach that level of understanding of either spatial law or time law. To accomplish this, one had to gain some form of opportunity, such as obtaining a time law treasure…

Ni Luan was immediately reminded of his predicament so he tampered down on his excitement. No matter what, his priority was to first stay alive before doing anything else. It would suffice if Di Jiu allowed him to be reincarnated.

Pew! Ni Luan was about to speak when one of his limbs was chopped off. A ball of flame landed on that broken limb before it disappeared.

“You’re too slow at answering. Hesitate further and your other leg will be gone too,” commented Di Jiu in a calm, casual tone.

Ni Luan did not hesitate any further. He replied immediately, “That’s right. I did kick a woman in here.”

“Draw me a portrait of her…” commanded Di Jiu coldly.

“Promise not to kill me and I will draw it instantly.” Ni Luan was certain that Di Jiu would not let him off alive. Therefore, he made this bargain to ensure that he would have the chance to be reincarnated.

He possessed a treasure that could contain a soul shard, a precautionary measure in case Di Jiu killed him. It would ensure that he would be reincarnated at the very least.

His father would be able to save him so long as a shard of his soul was preserved or he was reincarnated. The Moving Essence Chamber of Commerce was a Chamber of Commerce with a long history after all. It surely owned a number of life-saving treasures.

Pew! Di Jiu executed a wind blade once again. When a ball of flame landed, Ni Luan’s chopped leg disappeared.

“I’ll draw her…” Ni Luan dared not delay any longer. He immediately drew the portrait of a lady in the air.

He silently swore to send Di Jiu to the 18th floor of hell once he was revived.

Di Jiu stared dumbly at the portrait, suddenly feeling lucky that the lady was not Xiuqi.

“You’re worthless now.” With that, Di Jiu lifted his hand and threw a fireball at Ni Luan.

Ni Luan glared coldly at Di Jiu. He did not beg, as a fireball could not eliminate his soul even if it killed him. He would come back again in the shortest time possible.

Bam! The fireball exploded. Ni Luan looked terrified upon realizing that this was no ordinary fireball. This was Dao fire…

The Dao fire quickly burned Ni Luan and a fragment undetectable by Spiritual Force landed on the ground. Even the Dao fire was unable to destroy this fragment.

No other cultivator would believe that a shard of Ni Luan’s soul was still alive at this moment.

Unfortunately, Ni Luan had picked the wrong target. This entire area had become Di Jiu’s territory the instant he had taken action. Others would not be able to sense the invisible fragment, but he bent down and picked it up.

Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force forcefully permeated it and he immediately sensed the shard of soul residing within.

Ni Luan had just escaped into the fragment when he sensed the presence of Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force. With a shout, he exclaimed, “My father is Ni Xiren, the Guild Master of the Moving Essence Chamber of Commerce. You can’t do anything to me…”

Bullsh*t, thought Di Jiu. He wanted to eliminate Ni Luan once again when he suddenly thought of something and stopped. Instead, he used several restrictions to wrap the fragment up before throwing it into his Ninth World.

Considering that Ni Luan possessed such a treasure, he would create issues if he killed Ni Luan. After all, Ni Luan had been killed after being dragged by the worms into the Wormhole. With such a treasure, Ni Luan’s soul would not disintegrate.

At least, he could not kill Ni Luan now. Even if he intended to, he had to leave the Wormhole District first.

As for the Ninth World, Di Jiu was certain that no one would be capable of sensing it and the aura of the things inside would definitely not be able to get out.

This was a world constructed by the combination of the Ninth World, the Sacred Yin Pearl, and his Nomological Dao after all. There was no one formidable enough to be capable of permeating his Ninth World with their Spiritual Force.

After putting Ni Luan away, Di Jiu observed the invisible Defense Array before him. This Defense Array was very impressive. Both the cultivators inside the array and the worms outside were unable to use their Spiritual Force to bypass the Defense Array.

Di Jiu lifted his hand and ripped open a crevice on the Defense Array.

To his surprise, there were at least 50 to 60 cultivators within the Defense Array who were staring wide-eyed at Di Jiu.

“Are you a newcomer? Since you found this place, hide quickly and seal the Defense Array. The next wave of worms will be coming soon.” The speaker was a bald old man who, by the looks of it, had been trapped here for quite some time.

A casual sweep of the area with his gaze revealed that the lady who had been kicked into the Wormhole by Ni Luan was here as well. She was occupying a spot at the corner with a few other ladies.

Di Jiu did not step into the array. Instead, he said, “I was sucked into this place because I wanted to save someone. However, I intend to head out now. The wave of worms has already passed, so this is an ideal time to be heading out. Does anyone want to join me?”

In truth, Di Jiu could not understand why these people would rather hide in this place and not escape. After all, escaping would not take much time to accomplish.

What baffled Di Jiu even more was that silence prevailed after he spoke. No one stood up to join him.

Then, a middle-aged man sighed and explained, “It will take at least four hours for us to rush out of the Wormhole from this place. This is because the space here is chaotic, which can result in a further delay of our progress. The gap between the appearance of two Worm Tides is usually less than four hours. If we head out now, it would be akin to committing suicide. The truth is that many people who wanted to leave have already died. Since you are new here, come in and have a seat. Perhaps we will be able to get out when our numbers are sufficient.”

Di Jiu immediately understood what he was implying: While leaving, they would definitely encounter a new wave of the Worm Tide coming from behind and they would meet their doom.

Di Jiu cupped his fists. “Thank you, but I’m leaving. Leave with me now if you wish to. Otherwise, stay here.”

After he said that, Di Jiu took a few steps back.

The cultivators staying there were astonished. Why did he insist on leaving when he knew that he would die?

“Friend, I will go with you. Staying in this place and waiting for death to come is simply torture.” A long-haired young man stood up.

What surprised Di Jiu was that the lady with the ‘Qi’ in her name stood up as well. “I will go with you too. Count me in.”

When two people took the initiative, it prompted the rest of them to want to leave. They could not cultivate while staying there, and every day was torture. Many of them would rather send themselves to reincarnation earlier.

In a short time, a dozen people had gathered by Di Jiu’s side.

Seeing that no one else would come out, Di Jiu said, “Let’s go. I will take the lead. Everyone simply has to follow me.”