Ninth In the World

“The Immortal Dao is dependent on immortal fate. I will not insist if you are not willing, though. It’s just a pity that you will not cultivate my techniques, when you possess the talent for immortal cultivation…” The white-haired man shook his head sadly.

Lu Xiaowan’s glance fell on Di Jiu, who was not far away. To be honest, the main reason she had gone there was to capture Di Jiu. If this place were not the Swallow Capital University’s Institute of Martial Arts, she would not have had to resort to using her registration token as bait. She would have just broken Di Jiu’s limbs and abducted him by force.

However, even her master, Trustworthy, would not dare resort to violence outside the entrance of the Institute of Martial Arts.

Before she was able to capture Di Jiu though, she had been presented with an opportunity.

Lu Xiaowan was no fool. She knew very well that such an opportunity was extremely rare. If she turned down this chance, she would probably never come across a similar one again. Even though she was talented, the opportunity to study the Immortal Dao would not present itself to her a second time.

Although her current master had not taught her much, she had still become a supreme-grade rank warrior within a short period of time. She was fully aware that her talent was remarkable.

When Di Jiu felt Lu Xiaowan’s eyes on him, his heart skipped a beat. Di Jiu’s first impression of her had been that she was an extremely shy teenage girl who blushed whenever she spoke to him.

However, her expression had now changed to reflect her inner ambition, so her shyness had disappeared completely. Di Jiu could even detect some loathing in her eyes.

He suddenly thought how lucky he had been to have met someone like Lu Xiaowan, who could help him enter the Institute of Martial Arts, even though it had turned out that she had not brought her ID…

Di Jiu took a deep breath. What could be the odds of such a coincidence happening? If Lu Xiaowan changed her name slightly, it would become Lui Wan. He had heard from Yuan Shou that Trustworthy had sent Lui Wan to capture him. It seemed that Lu Xiaowan was actually Lui Wan.

Di Jiu regretted letting his guard down after experiencing the death of his entire family. Lu Xiaowan did not have any intention of killing him. She just detested him. It was highly likely that she would take him back to Trustworthy alive.

“I am willing to follow you and cultivate with you, master. However, I have some unfinished business to take care of. Maybe you could help me…” Lui Wan suddenly changed her mind. She could not return. She had to leave with the white-haired man and cultivate with him.

Jia Qian had treated her well, though. Before her departure, she would ask her master to help her kill Di Jiu. Given her master’s almost immortal-like existence, it would be extremely easy for them to kill him.

The white-haired man smiled and nodded his head in satisfaction. “Share your request with me and I will definitely see to it,” he said.

Di Jiu sensed some danger. He immediately stepped forward abruptly and said, “Are you a Connate Master, sir? Your moves exceeded even my wildest dreams.”

The white-haired man looked at Di Jiu. He had sensed a supernatural force on him the moment he had met him. However, the feeling had vanished completely now. His judgement must have been wrong the first time.

Di Jiu was standing next to Lui Wan, so he naturally was not regarded as an outsider. When the man heard Di Jiu’s question, he suddenly seemed to recall something. He paused for a long while before eventually speaking. “I used to believe that a Connate Master was a supreme master, but now I know that real supreme masters can fly across the skies and summon the rain and the wind with ease. This is the dao that our generation must pursue.”

“Master…”

Before Lui Wan could speak, Di Jiu interrupted her. “Are you really leaving, Xiao Wan? I…”

Di Jiu looked at Lui Wan’s beautiful face with tears in his eyes, as if he was about to ask her to stay.

No one would suspect that Di Jiu’s emotions were fake. He and Lui Wan seemed very close as they stood by the door. They actually looked like a couple, so it seemed normal for Di Jiu to be upset over Lui Wan’s departure.

Lui Wan wanted her master to kill Di Jiu, yet she could not utter the words. She knew in her heart that her master would not do it. She noticed a hint of sympathy in the man’s eyes as Di Jiu spoke tearfully.

It seemed that her new master was nothing like Jia Qian. That man valued personal relationships, so if she asked him to kill Di Jiu, her plan could backfire.

Lui Wan opened her mouth as she looked at Di Jiu with distrust. “But… But we just met… How…”

Di Jiu was confused. Had he guessed wrong? Was this person not the Lui Wan that Jia Qian had sent to kill him?

The thought only lingered briefly in his mind before he snapped out of it. He was certain that he had not been wrong. Lui Wan must just have changed her mind about killing him. She was probably worried that the white-haired man would not kill him and his opinion about her would change. No matter what the reason was, this was good news for him.

Di Jiu wiped away his tears and shook his head. “You might feel as if we just met, but I feel as if we have known each other for a really long time. You have captured my heart. I never imagined that you would be leaving before we could do more things together… I know that I cannot stop you, though. You should just focus on your cultivation. If you become successful one day, you might still remember me and come back to find me…”

Di Jiu paused for a while before he looked at the registration token in Lui Wan’s hand. Then, he added, “You have always wanted to give me that registration token, but I always declined because I was hoping that you would enter the Institute of Martial Arts yourself. Now, it’s my turn to ask you for it. I am afraid that I will not be able to catch up with you in the future. Don’t worry, though. I will work hard to try to keep up with you…”

Di Jiu stepped forward and reached for the registration token in Lui Wan’s hand.

Lui Wan was infuriated. Her anger was only appeased when she saw that her master was smiling at her. The man wanted to see how she would deal with such a situation. If she did not handle the situation kindly, she would make a bad impression on him.

Lui Wan took a deep breath and handed the registration token over to Di Jiu voluntarily. “This is for you. My father sold most of our assets for this opportunity. I do not understand why you are so obsessed with me considering that we just met, but I am leaving with my master to pursue the dao, so I will forget about all worldly matters, such as this registration token. Take care of yourself. None of this will have anything to do with me from now on.”

When Lui Wan finished speaking, her master nodded and said, “Good. The dao that I received was about forgetting the past, not brooding over it. If there are any longings or preoccupations of the heart, one has to lay them to rest. It does not matter if you are in love with each other. You can cut off all ties with this registration token. That in itself is a form of dao. Starting today, you and I will head to the Fairy Planet, where you will learn from me.”

“Yes, master,” Lui Wan said as she kneeled on the ground obediently. The anger she had felt when she had been forced to hand over the registration token to Di Jiu had disappeared completely.

“Congratulations for acquiring such a good disciple, sir!” Everyone bowed down to congratulate the white-haired man.

“Good… Today’s trip was worthwhile.” When the white-haired man waved his hand, Lui Wan rose from her kneeling position. Di Jiu saw the man make a few moves with his feet before he dashed past the lake beside the entrance and vanished into the woods.

“This man is really powerful…” Di Jiu felt deeply amazed.