Ninth In the World

“Junior Sister Man, is Senior Brother Zeng Li here?” asked the woman in red, who Di Jiu had not seen before. However, he could see through her cultivation level and tell that she was at the early-stage Primordial Dao.

The woman in red and the woman in the light cyan dress, who had saved him, were both at the Primordial Dao Realm. The woman in the light cyan dress was even at the half-step Primordial Chaos. In the Dao World, first-step and second-step cultivators were different. These two people still called Zhen Man, who was a Dao Modeling cultivator, Junior Sister. Thus, it was evident that these two women were not arrogant. Zhen Man was considered lucky to encounter Senior Sisters like them in the Dao World.

Zhen Man looked at Di Jiu with a complex look, shook her head, and replied, “Senior Sister Zi’er, he isn’t here.”

Upon hearing this, Di Jiu understood that Zhen Man was looking for someone. It should be Senior Brother Zeng Li, who she had met in the Immortal World. She had been worried that Zeng Li might be guarding the Wormhole, so she had come to look for him in advance. It seemed that Zeng Li had a place in Zhen Man’s heart, as she had brought two second-step experts to search for him.

Lan Ru responded with a smile, “Is your name Di Jiu? Yes, I did save you in the beginning. The Fairy Plane is a thing of mine. When I left, I also took you with me, wasting two of my top-notch talismans. I didn’t expect that in just thousands of years, you would rise to this level.”

Di Jiu smiled slightly and did not explain why he had been able to rise to this level. Even though this woman had saved him before, he could easily pinch her to death.

He had a good impression of the woman before him, mainly because he had been nothing to her at the time. An ordinary cultivator would have killed him long ago. However, not only had she not killed him, but she’d also sent all the people on the Fairy Planet to the Polar Night Continent.

“Since we met thanks to fate, I’ll save you once more. Bring your friend and leave with us. Oh, that’s right. I’m called Lan Ru.” Upon seeing that Di Jiu was neither overbearing nor humble, she admired him. Plus, she was sure that he had extraordinary luck. Otherwise, he could not have ascended to the Wormhole so quickly.

As for Di Jiu’s overall weariness, Lan Ru found it normal. Everyone sought survival every day by killing the worms in the Wormhole, so he had been lucky to survive. Why would he care about anything else?

Ni Xiren gave up all hope. He did not know how Di Jiu had appeared here. Why was he always so lucky? Even Princess Lan Ru from the Cloud Distant Palace knew him.

“Thank you, Senior Sister Lan.” Di Jiu thanked her with cupped fists.

He did not call her Senior Sister Lan Ru because his cultivation level was lower than hers, but because he was younger than her and grateful that she had saved his life.

Even Leaping Dao Door Divine City Lord Jiao Yueheng, who followed her along, did not say anything when Lan Ru decided to bring Di Jiu and the other people along, let alone Ni Xiren.

Accompanied by Jiao Yueheng and Ni Xiren, they left the Wormhole for the Leaping Dao Door Divine City.

However, Di Jiu did not want to teleport away with Lan Ru and Zhen Man. He felt that he should do something. There was hope in coming to the Leaping Dao Door Divine City from the Wormhole, but almost no hope in teleporting out of the Leaping Dao Door Divine City.

Di Jiu wanted to change this rule. Otherwise, the newly-ascended cultivators could only be trapped in the Leaping Dao Door Divine City. Although these cultivators had been guarding the Wormhole for many years and had finally appeared in the Leaping Dao Door Divine City, they still could not leave, which was too much.

Back then, he had obtained half of a divine spirit meridian. Otherwise, he would have been trapped to death in the Leaping Dao Door Divine City. Not every cultivator was as lucky as him. Besides, the people around him had basically ascended from the Immortal World.

“Di Jiu, you must be very lucky and almost comparable to Junior Sister Man. It is enough for her to join the Cloud Distant Palace, but why don’t you join too?” After entering the Leaping Dao Door Divine City, Lan Ru immediately invited Di Jiu to join the Cloud Distant Palace.

Zhen Man opened her mouth half-way. In the past, she had not known what kind of presence the Cloud Distant Palace had. After joining for so many years, she now knew how amazing the Cloud Distant Palace was.

Even the most top-notch sect of the Dao World that had a presence like the First Evolution Dao Sect did not have a heritage as good as the Cloud Distant Palace. The Cloud Distant Palace was considered a true hidden divine sect of the Dao World where many experts existed. While other sects were busy cultivating resources, the cultivators of the Cloud Distant Palace could seek top-notch cultivating resources in the mystic area of their place.

Even if they snatched the cultivating resources outside, nobody would dare fight over them once they mentioned the Cloud Distant Palace’s name.

She had not expected Senior Sister Lan Ru to fancy Di Jiu just like her.

Ni Xiren and Jiao Yueheng could only sigh. Lady Luck was on Di Jiu’s side. Once Di Jiu joined the Cloud Distant Palace, they would not be able to do anything even if he wanted to take revenge on him.

Di Jiu cupped his fists gratefully before Lan Ru. “Senior Sister Lan, thank you for your recognition. I have a lazy personality and I’m not used to joining sects.”

He had refused?

Both Liu Zi’er, who was dressed in red, and Zhen Man looked at Di Jiu in disbelief. Even Liu Zi’er looked at him in confusion. It was important to join a sect after arriving in the Dao World. It was a good thing to have the chance to join a small sect, let alone a large sect like the Cloud Distant Palace.

However, Di Jiu had unexpectedly declined such a good thing.

Even Ni Xiren and the others could not understand Di Jiu. Was he an idiot? Ni Xiren knew very well that Di Jiu was not an idiot. Otherwise, after he had killed his son and offended Sha Wushang, he could not have left the Wormhole unscathed.

Since Di Jiu was not an idiot, why had he refused to join the Cloud Distant Palace? He simply did not understand.

Shen Changshui and Heng Shuangqi had never been to the Dao World and were not particularly sensitive to the Cloud Distant Palace. Therefore, they were indifferent.

“You’re not willing to join the Cloud Distant Palace?” Lan Ru looked at Di Jiu, repeating her words in disbelief.

Di Jiu could only reply, “Senior Sister Lan, if the Cloud Distant Palace is still accepting disciples, two of my friends can join the sect.”

Speechless, Lan Ru looked at Di Jiu. What kind of place did he think the Cloud Distant Palace was?

Liu Zi’er snorted. “What kind of place do you think the Cloud Distant Palace is? You think anybody can just join at will?”

Lan Ru hurriedly responded, “Zi’er, Di Jiu should not be aware of the Cloud Distant Palace’s situation.”

Then, Lan Ru told Di Jiu with a faint smile, “Di Jiu, because of your aptitude, I can recommend you to the Cloud Distant Palace, but I’m powerless to help your friends. Why don’t you leave the Leaping Dao Door Divine City with us now?”

Di Jiu, who had a better impression of Lan Ru, hurriedly replied, “Senior Sister Lan, you should leave first. I still have some things to take care of.”

Lan Ru was somewhat speechless. Was it so easy to leave the Leaping Dao Door Divine City? She could only tell him, “Di Jiu, you might not understand the Leaping Dao Door Divine City…”

“Sister Ru, don’t say anything else. Let’s go.” Liu Zi’er snorted. She had not expected Lan Ru to explain to Di Jiu about the Leaping Dao Door Divine City.

However, she knew Lan Ru’s character. After she finished saying that, she took the initiative to send a voice transmission to Lan Ru. “Sister Ru, leave this kid here. We’ll come again after some time. I assure you that this kid will be honest.”

A million years was only a short time for Liu Zi’er.

Lan Ru, who had originally wanted to speak, was moved. She felt that Di Jiu was probably not aware of the situation in the Dao World. It would be good to let him have a setback in the Leaping Dao Door Divine City for a while. After some time, she would take away Di Jiu.

With this thought in mind, Lan Ru said with a smile, “In that case, I’ll leave first. We’ll meet again.”

Di Jiu thought that Zhen Man would come to say goodbye alone. However, he had not expected her to lower her head and leave with Lan Ru and Liu Zi’er without taking a look at him or even bidding him farewell.

Di Jiu sighed. In any case, Zhen Man should be grateful. Without him, she would still have been struggling on the Everlasting Domain Planet. Their previous friendship aside, Zhen Man should at least have thanked him. This woman was simply too snobbish.

He could not behave like Zhen Man. Otherwise, Zhen Man would not have gone into the Small Central World with him.

Shen Changshui and Heng Shuangqi looked anxiously aside, but they could not tell Di Jiu that they could not stay there because they would surely be killed by Ni Xiren. They also saw that Di Jiu and Lan Ru had met by chance and were not on very close terms.

Feeling naturally more ecstatic, Ni Xiren finally understood that Di Jiu and Lan Ru were not very close and seemed to have only met once. In that case, he didn’t need to be polite anymore.

He just had to wait for Lan Ru to leave.