Ninth In the World

The reason the Abstruse Fire Sect was famous was because the highest class of Earth Fire Vein in the whole Yalun Continent was under them. The Earth Fire Vein of the Abstruse Fire Sect was not only high-class, but also extremely pure.

Therefore, many blacksmithing masters came from the Abstruse Fire Sect. The Dharma treasure of the Abstruse Fire Sect was quite well-known in the Yalun Continent.

Of course, as a six-star sect, the Abstruse Fire Sect was extremely well-positioned.

Di Jiu possessed the Spiritual Force escape technique and a map of the Yalun Continent. Thus, his flight was rapid. In just two hours, he had appeared outside the Abstruse Fire Sect’s large array.

The sect door exuded magnificent grandeur as the three words ‘Abstruse Fire Sect’ floated outside it, giving off waves of heat. There were so many restrictions in the door that a normal cultivator’s Spiritual Force could not extend inside it at all.

However, the Spiritual Force screens formed by the restrictions were like tattered spider webs before Di Jiu’s mental strength. His Spiritual Force easily passed through all the restrictions and landed within a grand room.

Di Di had an empty look in her eyes as she sat sorrowfully in the room like a puppet. Next to her was a bowl with what seemed like bloody water inside. When Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force landed in the bowl, he realized that this was a spirit herb used for blood enrichment. It was obvious that Di Di frequently drank spirit herbs like this. However, her face was still very pale, which was an obvious symptom of ischemia.

Di Jiu knew without asking that Di Di’s blood must have been taken by the young sect master called Liang Lu.

The more furious he was, the calmer he became.

Given this sect’s master, Di Jiu didn’t know what else could be desirable about this sect. He did not look for Di Di immediately. Instead, he took out a bunch of array flags and started to set up confinement killing arrays and strangulation arrays.

He had decided to annihilate this sect completely. The Di Family had been killed by Sang Li, who came from the Abstruse Fire Sect as well. However, what Di Jiu wanted was not Sang Li’s or Liang Lu’s life. He wanted to make the Abstruse Fire Sect disappear from the world.

The confinement killing arrays and strangulation arrays that Di Jiu had set up were all level-eight arrays. Half a tattered supreme-grade spirit meridian was left out to provide the arrays with Spirit Qi. Several level-eight Confinement Killing Arrays would be enough to deal with a level-six sect.

When he was done, Di Jiu entered the Abstruse Fire Sect and walked until he reached the door of the room Di Di was in.

“Why haven’t you finished the medicine yet, you little slut? Do you know how much effort the young sect master makes to keep you alive?” A furious voice boomed out. Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force sensed that a young woman had raised her hand towards Di Di with the intent to slap her. He guessed that she must have entered while he had been busy setting up the arrays.

There was a jade bowl next to this young woman, which obviously held Di Di’s blood.

The slap did not land on Di Di’s face, but on the floor.

After a few breaths of air, blood spurted out of the woman’s wrist before she screamed, “Ah!”

Then, she saw Di Jiu standing in front of her. Even though her fear was evident on her face, she still had the energy to ask, “Who are you?”

Di Jiu raised his hand and threw a flaming bolt that wrapped itself around the woman, who immediately screamed like crazy amid the fire. Unfortunately, her voice did not manage to get out. As the terrifying flame quickly wrapped itself around the woman, she could only struggle within it. She could clearly see her body getting burned slowly by the flame, as she was still completely conscious.

“Di Di…” Di Jiu walked over to Di Di. As he looked at her appearance, he felt his heart pounding.

Di Jiu and Di Di were twins. Ever since they had been young, they had called each other by their names, unwilling to be the number nine in their family. In the end, Di Jiu had lost, as Di Di had had the support of their elder sisters. The name Di Shan had given him had a nine in it, so Di Jiu had no choice but to take the ninth position.

Di Di did not react. As Di Jiu held on to her wrist, her breathing was dispirited and her senses were unfocused. If he hadn’t come, she would probably not have lived for much longer.

When Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force swept around Di Di, Di Di’s chaotic breathing calmed down quickly. Di Jiu then placed two elixirs inside her mouth. Although these elixirs were level-two elixirs refined by him, Di Di was just a mortal with no cultivation. Hence, the effect of the elixirs was very quick.

When Di Di’s face showed a trace of color, she immediately raised her head to look at Di Jiu with blank eyes. “Who are you?”

“I’m Di Jiu, Sister…” Di Jiu’s eyes turned red. He was unable to bear the sadness in his heart anymore.

“Jiu! What are you doing here? How did that animal capture you? Go quickly! That person will be here soon to get my blood…” Di Di suddenly stood up. She believed that if Di Jiu ran out of the door and escaped, everything would be fine.

“We’ll go together after I avenge our family.” Di Jiu carried Di Di. She was like a piece of dry wood, light as a feather, her bones protruding out of her legs and back.

“Go! Go quickly, Jiu!” Di Di shouted nervously. “Those people are demons, demons…”

While she was talking, Di Di extended her hand in an attempt to touch Di Jiu’s face. Although she waved her hand for quite a while, she was unable to touch him.

When Di Jiu sighed and scanned the area with his Spiritual Force again, he quickly spotted Liang Lu. The man was sitting within a Spirit-Gathering Array, surrounded by top-notch medicinal herbs. There was another Dharma Array outside the Spirit-Gathering Array. This Dharma Array’s function was to suck the Spirit Qi and medicinal properties out of the medicinal herbs and let it permeate Liang Lu’s eyes.

Di Jiu took one look at Liang Lu’s eyes and realized they were Di Di’s eyes. There was still a faint trace of despair and sadness within them. This bastard had not fully integrated Di Di’s Sacred Spirit Eyes.

The Sacred Spirit Eyes were not only related to a specific bloodline, but also to a person’s personal potential.

Di Jiu tore through Liang Lu’s Spirit-Gathering Array directly. Meanwhile, Liang Lu raised his head and saw Di Jiu, who was carrying Di Di.

As Liang Lu stood up suddenly without waiting for him to speak, Di Jiu had already extended two fingers and dug out his eyes. He followed that action up with a kick that sent Liang Lu flying. When Liang Lu hit the wall, Di Jiu raised his hand and threw a few array flags that pinned Liang Lu against the wall. A few streams of blood flowed out of Liang Lu’s body, quickly dying the floor beneath him red.

If Liang Lu liked letting blood out, then his blood would flow out slowly.

“Jiu! I think I feel my eyes…” Di Di’s voice was trembling a little. Without her eyes, she had spent the past few years in darkness.

Di Jiu grabbed a chair and helped Di Di sit on it. Then, he said slowly, “Don’t worry, Sister. I’ll help you treat your eyes in a bit.”

As soon as he said that, Di Jiu’s Spiritual Force landed directly on the eyes in his hand. Two traces of faint purple blood were forced out by his Spiritual Force directly, becoming one with the void.

After forcing out the two streams of junk that did not belong to Di Di’s eyes, they became clean and clear. When Di Jiu gently placed the eyes into Di Di’s empty eye sockets, his Spiritual Force immediately surrounded Di Di’s eyes.

Thanks to Di Jiu’s strong spiritual life-force, the veins of Di Di’s eyes rapidly merged with her body. In less than half an hour, there were signs of blood flow within the veins surrounding her eyes. The minute meridians and flesh merged together, just like they had been before.

When Di Di blinked, her eyes felt normal. She looked at Di Jiu in disbelief. “Jiu, I can see again! My eyes are healed!”

Di Jiu removed a healing elixir and gave it to her while saying, “Take this elixir first. When you are feeling better, we’ll go avenge the Di Family.”

Di Di, who sensed that Jiu was different than he used to be, nodded and swallowed the elixir. This time, she did not mention anything about an escape.

…

In the Abstruse Fire Sect Discussion Hall, it was time for the Sect Meeting. The elders and sect masters were all already seated. This meeting’s topic was naturally the quotas for the trip to the Small Central World.

Among the five continents, apart from the shattered Polar Night Continent, the Yalun Continent was the one with the lowest cultivation level.

Even though the Yalun Continent possessed a teleportation array to the Small Central World, not everyone could use it. The teleportation array to the Small Central World was only activated once every 30 years, and only five people could be sent over each time.

Only cultivators younger than 100 years old, with a cultivation level above the level-seven Golden Core and a singular pure spirit root, qualified to enter the Small Central World. Even if these conditions were not met, if one had a pure unusual spirit root, one would still qualify.

The reason the Small Central World had set this rule was not because they were considerate, but rather because they were afraid of losing the talented individuals of the Yalun Continent.

“There’s only a few more months to go before we set off for the Small Central World. Although Young Master Lu’s cultivation level hasn’t reached the late-stage Golden Core yet, he possesses the Sacred Spirit Eyes, which are even rarer than pure unusual spirit roots,” said an elder with a booming voice as he stood up.

The red-haired man seated at the head of the table was the Sect Master of the Abstruse Fire Sect, Liang Jueren, who was also the only Pioneer Sea Realm Expert in the Abstruse Fire Sect.

After hearing what this elder said, Liang Jueren sighed and said, “Lu Er has the Sacred Spirit Eyes. However, the teleportation rules do not allow us to teleport the Sacred Spirit Eyes. I’m worried that Star Everlasting Guild Master Hai Hong will cause trouble. He wants to go to the Small Central World more than anybody else…”

“Sect Master, something serious has happened…” A panicked voice interrupted Liang Jueren’s speech as a deacon in gray clothes rushed in.

Liang Jueren had a sullen look on his face. How dare that man rush in and create a ruckus during the sect meeting? Did he think that he would not kill him?

“A strangulation array suddenly appeared outside the Abstruse Fire Sect. Anyone who leaves will be strangled to death. Deacon Jin Dan and Qi Xuewei from our sect just left and got strangled to death. 11 foundation disciples who were preparing to leave for the sect mission were also strangled…”

“What?” Before the deacon in gray could finish his sentence, Liang Jueren broke the small table into little pieces with a slap of his palm and stood up.