Ninth In the World
Ninth In the World - Chapter 553: Di Jiu’s Technique

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Mu Jie looked at Di Jiu in despair and said grimly, “Daoist Zimo, I’ve let you down.”

She had always thought that Di Jiu had entered the Wormhole to help her out and save Ni Luan. However, she had not expected that Ni Luan would be killed by Di Jiu.

Mu Jie felt guilty, but Di Jiu was even guiltier. After all, he had harmed Mu Jie. If Mu Jie was like Wang Xie, what had been done had already been done. However, he felt that he had let her down.

Di Jiu knew that it was impossible to save Mu Jie under Ni Xiren’s nose. An expert like Ni Xiren only said empty words besides relying on his strength to prevail over him.

After realizing that he could not save Mu Jie, Di Jiu set up several nomological array flags without hesitation. Even though Ni Xiren was way stronger than him, without needing to use his Spiritual Force to check in detail, he definitely would not have expected Di Jiu to casually rely on his intent to set up nomological array flags in this space.

The instant that Di Jiu finished setting up the nomological array flags, a white flare void landed and directly cleaved at the place between Mu Jie’s eyebrows.

A bloody mist soared. Mu Jie’s Principal Spirit overflowed and started disintegrating. It was evident that this white flare was beyond terrifying. Di Jiu then threw a fireball over. “Union Lord Mu, I’m sorry. You should have protected Young Master well…”

Bam! Mu Jie’s physical body was instantly enveloped by a flame. At the same time, her Principal Spirit dissipated.

Ni Xiren, who had not expected Di Jiu to make a move on his behalf, immediately understood that Di Jiu wanted to win his favor. It was normal, so he did not mind it. He had wanted to cast a fireball out himself, but Di Jiu had done so on his behalf. Therefore, he was disinclined to throw another one out.

Mu Jie was just a nobody among nobodies to him. Of course, this was also because she had not harmed Ni Luan right from the start. If Ni Luan’s death was really related to Mu Jie in any way, then she would not just be killed. Her soul would also go through endless torture.

Di Jiu saw Ni Xiren looking at him and said in terror, “My cultivation level is too low, so my fireball can’t disintegrate her within a short time, Senior…”

Even though Mu Jie’s body had not been completely burned to ashes by the fireball, she was nearly half-burned. The surrounding people could see that Di Jiu’s cultivation level was not low, but Mu Jie was a Tempered Body cultivator. If Di Jiu had relied on a mere fireball to instantly disintegrate her, he could simply dream on.

Ni Xiren faintly scanned Di Jiu and then told Shen Changshui, “Lead the way immediately. I want to go to the Wormhole.”

Mu Jie’s Principal Spirit had been torn into scraps by his blade flares, so he did not feel like staying here any longer.

“Yes…” Shen Changshui did not dare hesitate at all right now. As for whether the Wormhole would suppress Ni Xiren’s cultivation level and not allow him to survive, this was not something he should be taking into consideration.

Chang Xin shot a cold look at Di Jiu, his eyes filled with sarcasm and disdain. He then turned to leave with Ni Xiren.

Di Jiu did not use his Spiritual Force to scan Ni Xiren. After all, he was sure that if his Spiritual Force followed Ni Xiren, he would be discovered. However, he knew very well that Ni Xiren and the others were indeed going to the Wormhole because he had set up nomological array flags along the way. No matter how high Ni Xiren’s cultivation level was, he had to be unaware that the law could turn into array flags and only mix into the surrounding Heaven Earth Law.

When he was sure that Ni Xiren had left, Di Jiu lifted his hand and the fireball was immediately extinguished. Mu Jie’s body had been burnt beyond recognition.

Di Jiu cared about the Principal Spirit that he had preserved, not about her body.

When he took away the nomological array flags. Mu Jie’s uneasy Principal Spirit appeared in the void. Although she had the protection of the laws, Mu Jie’s Principal Spirit was still disintegrating. Di Jiu heaved a sigh of relief. If his earlier actions had been discovered by Ni Xiren in the least, he would also have had to face death.

Fortunately, Ni Xiren had not paid attention to him or examined the situation inside the fireball. He had not expected that Di Jiu, who was just a mere Immortal Emperor, could set up spatial nomological array flags without any foundation. He had simply underestimated his understanding of the spatial law.

If Ni Luan had been here, he would not have been as careless as Ni Xiren, who knew very well that Di Jiu had stepped into the door of the spatial law with a profound understanding of it.

“Daoist Zimo, you’re still alive? How could Guild Master Ni…” Mu Jie’s Principal Spirit trembled with every word she said.

Before she could finish, Di Jiu interrupted her. “Daoist Mu, open up your heart and I will take you away from this place…”

“Alright.” Mu Jie did not hesitate at all. She immediately opened up her heart and Di Jiu sent her into the Quintessential World.

As fast as he could, Di Jiu left Shen Changshui’s residence and returned to the Murderous Dao Lake. When he had just returned, Zhuo Wujia welcomed him and hurriedly asked, “Brother Zimo, are you alright?”

Di Jiu gestured with his hands. “I’m alright but I need to enter seclusion for some time.”

Zhuo Wujia heaved a sigh of relief. “It’s good to hear that you’re fine. I heard that Ni Xiren went to the place where we guard the Wormhole. Also, both of us have been too much in the limelight ever since we entered the top 1,000 of the contribution point roll. You’re even around the 500th place.”

“This is not called being in the limelight. Our goal is the top 10.” Di Jiu then hurriedly entered his cave abode and lifted his hand to once again set up a few nomological Defense Arrays outside.

In the Murderous Dao Lake, he could sense immediately if Ni Xiren was approaching.

Once he entered his cave abode, Di Jiu called out Mu Jie’s Principal Spirit. At the same time, he took out her half-burned physical body.

“Daoist Zimo, you saved me? But…” While she was in Di Jiu’s Quintessential World, Mu Jie had figured out that there was no other explanation besides the possibility that Di Jiu had saved her.

However, she did not understand. How could he have saved her?

Di Jiu cupped his fists and said shamefully, “I’m sorry, Daoist Mu. I caused harm to you this time.”

“Ah…” Mu Jie did not understand what Di Jiu meant at all. She was the one who had harmed Di Jiu. How come it was the other way around?

Di Jiu said sternly, “My real name is Di Jiu. Zimo is my alias. I suspect that Ni Luan killed one of my friends, so I secretly got Ni Luan into the Wormhole.”

Mu Jie stared blankly at Di Jiu as she finally understood why Di Jiu had immediately followed Ni Luan into the Wormhole. It turned out that Di Jiu had wanted to kill Ni Luan.

After some time, Mu Jie sighed. “Forget it. You’re much more straightforward and upright than the cultivators I have met. Although I don’t know how you saved my Principal Spirit in front of Ni Xiren, I’m sure that you risked your life so I do not mind anymore.”

There was nothing to do even if she did. She was now left with only a Principal Spirit that Di Jiu had saved by bringing it to this place. This was actually the same as not saving her.

In such a place, her Principal Spirit would still perish sooner or later. Moreover, her Principal Spirit was already disintegrating rapidly and would vanish without a trace very soon.

Di Jiu was relieved when she said that. He lifted his hand to take out a jade box and put it beside Mu Jie’s burned physical body before he said, “I happened to obtain this Two-Realm Flower by chance. It should be enough to restore you. As for going to the Dao World, you don’t have to worry. I will definitely take you over there.”

Mu Jie’s Principal Spirit was stunned into silence. After dozens of breaths, she came back to her senses and shouted excitedly, “Daoist Zi… Di, you’re talking about the Two-Realm Flower?”

She naturally had not known about the Two-Realm Flower before she had ascended. However, after staying here for so many years, she was not completely unaware of it. If anyone knew that there was a pair of Two-Realm Flowers here, even the strongest person in the Dao World would fight over it. This was a priceless treasure after all.

The Two-Realm Flower was not a Dao fruit but it was more precious than most of them. It not only could validate the Dao, but it was also an antidote for a great number of poisons. It could also model the physical body and merge the Principal Spirit. These were the most basic uses of the Two-Realm Flower.

“That’s right, these are Two-Realm Flowers indeed.” Di Jiu also knew how precious they were. If Zhuo Wujia had not ascended and shattered the void back then, he definitely would have picked the third pair of Two-Realm Flowers. However, if he had hesitated even for a breath’s time, he would not have had the chance to leave the space between the two realms.