Ninth In the World

It was two a.m. in the morning when Di Jiu returned to the Apricot Lake Hall. He had planned on saying goodbye to Shi Jinshan and Fei Qi and warning them to leave the place as quickly as they could. Given Bi Zhengsheng’s abilities, he would find out sooner or later that they were staying at the Apricot Lake Hall. They might even be discovered before dawn.

The lights at the Apricot Lake Hall were still on, so when Di Jiu opened the door, he saw Shi Jinshan, Fei Qi and Tan Yueyue sitting in the living room with gloomy expressions.

When Di Jiu walked in, Tan Yueyue stood up right away. “Little Jiu, why don’t you own a cell phone?”

“My cell phone is broken. It’s really late. What are you doing here?” Di Jiu had no energy to joke around with Tan Yueyue.

“As soon as I finished my business, I went over to the Rising River Building. Who knew that I wouldn’t be allowed to go in? I called Su You, but I could not get through to her phone either. I came back to ask you what happened, but Big Sister Shi shared some horrifying news with me!” Tan Yueyue stared at Di Jiu as she spoke.

Di Jiu nodded. “Looks like you are aware of the existence of the underground ring in the Rising River Building. I might as well just tell you what happened tonight. Su You and I were almost killed by Bi Zhengsheng’s men.”

Di Jiu knew that they had only been saved because he had mastered the first saber move. If he had been the Di Jiu who had first gotten there, he would have been killed without a doubt.

“Bi Zhengsheng has already discovered that you were the one who saved Brother Qi?” Shi Jinshan stood up in a panic. She was obviously feeling guilty. If Bi Zhengsheng knew that, then Di Jiu would become a fugitive like them. He would have to live in hiding all the time.

Bi Zhengsheng was ruthless. She knew this better than anyone else.

Tan Yueyue also got up frantically. To be honest, when Shi Jinshan had first told her about the underground ring, she had not believed it. She had lived in Luo Jin for so long, yet she had never heard of the Morgue Ring. The whole story sounded too far-fetched to her.

“That’s right. The information must have leaked out, but they have not found us yet,” Di Jiu said. “Su You seems so nice… I wonder how Bi Zhengsheng noticed her…”

Di Jiu paused. He had suddenly thought of something. Perhaps he was the reason Bi Zhengsheng had noticed Su You.

Given Bi Zhengsheng’s status, he would never have wasted his time on a birthday party. It was only because Bi Zhengsheng had been trying to find him that he had seen Su You on the surveillance camera and she had found herself tangled in this disaster.

As soon as he realized this, Di Jiu felt even guiltier. He had wanted to leave Luo Jin secretly in order to avoid Bi Zhengsheng, but now his plans had changed. Su You’s parents had died because of him, so he had to help the Su Family take revenge.

“What’s wrong?” Tan Yueyue had been gripping him so hard that her fingers had turned white.

After listening to what Shi Jinshan had said about Bi Zhengsheng, she now realized how naive she had been.

“Bi Zhengsheng wanted to kidnap Su You, but her father intervened and got killed by accident. Bi Zhengsheng’s men then killed Su You’s mother as well and forcefully took Su You away,” Di Jiu said in a low voice.

“Those beasts…” Tan Yueyue said as she turned to leave.

Shi Jinshan grabbed hold of Tan Yueyue. “Don’t report this to the police. You won’t be able to catch him, and even if you do, his lawyer will still be able to bail him out. He is not Chinese. He is from the Yi Nation.”

Di Jiu sighed. “Big Sister Shi is right. Given your current status, you would not be able to do anything to him. Even Su You understood this. Why can’t you?”

“Where is Su You?” Tan Yueyue asked worriedly as she thought about her.

“I managed to shake off the men who had been sent to catch me and find her based on information they revealed through a phone conversation. Su You is already on the way to the Swallow Capital. She said that she was going to find her aunt,” Di Jiu said.

No matter how many holes there were in his story, he would never reveal that he was the one who had killed all those people. If Fei Qi, Shi Jinshan and Tan Yueyue found out, then it would be difficult to ensure that nothing would be revealed if there was an investigation.

Di Jiu had originally said that he would be leaving, but now that he knew that he had dragged Su You’s parents down with him, he decided to take revenge before he left. If his plan became more meticulous, he might even be able to kill Bi Zhengsheng.

Tan Yueyue’s eyes reddened as she listened to Di Jiu’s story, yet she was too weak to sit down. She knew very well that Di Jiu was right. Now that the Fairy Planet was open to the public, there were a lot of things that were about to change unbeknownst to them.

“Are you planning on leaving?” Tan Yueyue asked as she looked at Di Jiu.

“That’s right, I was planning to. I was hoping that you guys would leave with me, as Bi Zhengsheng would discover this place sooner or later.” Di Jiu returned the Major Conduit Internal Records to Fei Qi. “You can have this back, Brother Fei.”

He had not finished reading the book, but since everybody was about to part ways, he thought that he might as well return it to Fei Qi. He would have to go to the Fairy Planet sooner or later, so when he was done mastering the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers, he might be able to find a similar book on the Fairy Planet.

Fei Qi stretched out his hand to stop Di Jiu. “You know that this book is useless to me, Brother Di. You can keep it and finish reading it. If a descendant of mine asks for it, then you shall pass it on to them. I’ll leave with Jinshan now. We will meet again if fate wants us to.”

As soon as he was done speaking, Fei Qi turned to leave. Shi Jinshan bade Di Jiu goodbye and left with Fei Qi without looking back. They were both experienced, so they knew that it was not good to drag things out for too long.

“Wait up!” Di Jiu hurriedly called Fei Qi back. He understood what Fei Qi meant, so he did not try to return the book. Even though Fei Qi had said that he was lending Di Jiu the book, Di Jiu knew that he was actually giving him the book to repay the favor.

“Give me your cell phone,” Di Jiu said as he took out the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers.

Puzzled, Shi Jinshan took out her phone and passed it to Di Jiu. Di Jiu used Shi Jinshan’s cell phone to take pictures of the pages in the book that depicted the steps for the first six saber moves. Then, he took out a piece of paper and wrote down the Di Clan’s Seven Sabers’ complementary Qi Channeling method and every important detail before returning the phone to her. “These cultivation techniques have been passed down my family for many generations. You guys can try them in the future. Remember that you must combine the practise with the required herbs. Otherwise, your body will suffer greatly.”

The reason he had not taken a photo of the seventh saber move was that one needed to master the sixth saber move before they were able to activate that one. Up until now, other than Di Yue, who was the author of the book, no one had been able to train all the way to the seventh saber move.

Fei Qi waited for Shi Jinshan to take back her phone before he told Di Jiu, “You are definitely an honest man, Brother Di. I was not wrong about you. We shall see each other again.”

Tan Yueyue was standing aside as she watched Di Jiu wave goodbye at Fei Qi and Shi Jinshan. When they left, she told Di Jiu, “Even though I don’t know why you are working at my house as a servant, I am sure that you are meant to achieve great things in the future. Luo Jin is not a place where you can stay long. I’m about to leave as well, but when I return to the Swallow Capital, I will definitely tell my grandfather what happened.”

After seeing off the three of them, Di Jiu was left alone to pack his things. When he was done, he put on his backpack, locked the gates of the Apricot Lake Hall and left the place quickly.

His original plan had been to leave Luo Jin as soon as possible. The next best place to visit was Lin Chuan. However, he had changed his mind. If he were to leave, he had to settle the score with the Morgue Ring and Bi Zhengsheng first.

Even though Di Jiu had killed six of Bi Zhengsheng’s men, he actually knew that, except for the fact that Bi Zhengsheng wanted to kill him, he had no other issues to take care of. Bi Zhengsheng would surely keep this incident under wraps.

The fact that Bi Zhengsheng had killed Su You’s parents was a way bigger issue. Di Jiu did not care how Bi Zhengsheng was going to cover up his crime. He only cared about how he was going to get rid of the man.