Ninth In the World
chapter-57

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Di Jiu quickly opened the fourth box, which only contained a quaint map. The patterns on the map were clear, but Di Jiu did not understand any of the words. He was a knowledgeable person who had been often exposed to various antiques back in the Ji Nation, so when he looked at the map, he immediately knew that it had a very long history.

The text on it had not been written on Earth. Jia Qian had been to the Fairy Planet, so Di Jiu inferred that this picture had likely come from the Fairy Planet. However, even if his conclusion was correct, this picture would be of no use to him for the time being.

After tidying up everything, Di Jiu took out a Spirit Stone. According to his estimation, there had to be more than 10 days to go before the auction. Now that he had something like the Spirit Stone, he naturally wanted to make use of it.

After cultivating, he immediately understood that he had underestimated the use of the Spirit Stone, which allowed the Spirit Qi to be more abundant, improved his cultivation speed, and made the degree of conciseness of the Quintessential Essence incomparable to his previous cultivation.

When he had consumed a piece of Spirit Stone completely, Di Jiu opened his eyes. Just one piece of Spirit Stone had made his strength improve a lot and helped him get closer to reaching the middle stages of the second-stage Qi Refinement realm. Even though he had previously mentioned cultivating to the second-stage Qi Refinement realm, it had only been at the early stages back then.

Di Jiu did not know how long he had cultivated, but he did feel a little hungry.

When he opened the curtains and faced the sea, he realized that the boat had not started moving yet. He walked to the table and pressed the meal button. Barely two minutes later, a porter walked to his door and rang the doorbell.

Di Jiu opened the door. The porter bowed and said, “Order your lunch, please…”

Then, the waiter handed the lunch menu over to Di Jiu.

“The service here is good. No one disturbed me after I went to sleep. How long have I been sleeping for?” Di Jiu asked after a few random questions.

“If a guest on this ship does not ask for service for up to a week, we are not allowed to disturb them. However, if we do not receive any requests for more than one week, or there are some other special circumstances, we will come knocking on their door. You checked in two days ago, so you’ve been sleeping for exactly two days,” the porter answered quickly.

Di Jiu had not expected that he would cultivate with the Spirit Stone for two days. “When will this ship get moving?” he asked.

“There is still an hour to go before the ship departs,” the porter answered quickly.

“Well, you can go prepare my lunch now. Unless I call you myself, I do not wish to be disturbed while I sleep or cultivate.” If there was such a regulation, then many people aboard the ship had to cultivate. In that case, Di Jiu could simply say that he was cultivating.

“Yes, sir. You can rest assured,” the porter said as he retreated. He certainly did not seem to find it strange that Di Jiu had mentioned cultivating.

Di Jiu’s food was delivered quickly. After he had dinner, the ship started shaking slightly. Di Jiu immediately knew that the ship had set off.

After leaving the food tray by the door, he went to wash up. Then, he took out the second Spirit Stone and went back to practising.

…

Back at Di Jiu’s residence at the Swallow Capital University’s Institute of Martial Arts, Ji Xiaorong was as anxious as an army of ants in a hot pot. According to the agreement between Di Jiu and Ceng Beizi, Di Jiu should have been back by now.

However, there had been no news of Di Jiu yet. Even the airports of the major stations had heard no news of him.

This made Ji Xiaorong anxious. If Di Jiu did not come, her brother would not be saved.

Ji Xiaorong, who was currently regretting her actions, wanted to pinch herself. Her grandfather had taught her from a young age not to underestimate anyone. Why had she looked down on Miracle Doctor Di?

Ji Xiaorong grabbed her hair and sat down on a nearby stone. Even though everyone knew that this was not her fault, she still could not forgive herself.

Ceng Beizi was as anxious as Ji Xiaorong. The auction was only three days away, yet Di Jiu had not returned yet. If he didn’t come back that night, she would go back on her word and walk away with her master.

…

Meanwhile, at the North Luo University’s Institute of Martial Arts, Shen Ziyu and the other martial arts students were looking nervously at the door of the Wooden Martial Arts Hall.

The Earth Union would choose a group of special students to go to the maiden court of the Fairy Planet. The recruited students would only be allowed to enter the Fairy Planet if their strength reached 300 kilos and they were able to enter the Wooden Martial Arts Hall.

Just the previous day, Shen Ziyu had tested her strength and discovered that it had reached 300 kilos, which was enough for her to qualify to enter the Wooden Martial Arts Hall. She would only need to enter the hall to qualify to go to the Fairy Planet.

Although she had only been studying at the martial arts school for a few months, Shen Ziyu was very clear about her martial arts talent. Even though her family had provided sufficient medical support, her ability to strike a punch of 300 kilos within a few months had been enough to show how talented she was at martial arts.

Several martial arts teachers had praised her talent. She only had to listen once to the Institute of Martial Arts cultivation lessons before she could immediately cultivate those techniques.

Within a few months, she had learned a technique called Shadow Legs, which allowed her to create a series of leg shadows with one kick. Even some senior martialists with martial arts roots could not escape her attack.

The Wooden Martial Arts Hall of North Luo University had been built by the powerful warriors of the Fairy Planet. It had just been completed a few days earlier, so no students had entered it yet.

There were obviously a lot of students who were about to enter the hall along with Shen Ziyu. Even though it was not time yet, there were already dozens of people outside.

“Ziyu…” Rong Tao walked over to her. He possessed martial arts roots, so the strength of his punch exceeded 500 kilos. Even if there had not been a special recruitment, he would still have qualified to enter the Fairy Planet.

“What is it?” Shen Ziyu repressed the agitation in her heart. She would never take anything that Rong Tao said to heart. The reason she answered this way was because she was about to enter the Wooden Martial Arts Hall, so she wanted Rong Tao to go away.

“This is a medicinal pill that my family bought at an underground auction. It is very rare. According to the auction, it was refined using a precious herb on the Fairy Planet. I heard that it can treat various heart diseases. I would like to give it to you.” Rong Tao took out a jade bottle and handed it over to Shen Ziyu.

Even the bottle that contained the pill looked expensive.

Shen Ziyu did not take the jade bottle. Instead, she looked at Rong Tao and said sincerely, “I know what you mean, Big Brother. However, I have already been married. I only have one goal in my life now, and that is to spend the rest of it exploring the Fairy Planet. Anything else is a vanity that I have no desire for. I’m sorry.”

She had only called him a big brother because she knew that it had not been easy for Rong Tao to follow her all the way to Luo Bei from the Swallow Capital. Ever since he had found out that she suffered from a heart disease, he had been searching everywhere for medicine. No matter if she entered the Fairy Planet or not, there would be no more interactions between them in the future.

Rong Tao did not take back the bottle. He just looked Shen Ziyu in the eye and said softly, “I know what you are thinking, Ziyu. I’m having exactly the same thoughts. I am also going to the Fairy Planet. Did you know that the Swallow Capital University has an immortal practitioner called Luo, who chose a disciple at the entrance of the university? This shows that there is not just one martial art on the Fairy Planet besides the Immortal Dao, which is much more interesting than martial arts. One day, we may get a chance to find our destiny there, but until that day arrives, we have to leave everything to fate.”

“You know that the average human only lives for a few decades. Only the Immortal Dao can lengthen one’s life to countless decades. By the time that happens, everyone around you will probably be gone and the two of us will be really familiar with each other.”

Rong Tao’s thoughts went far into the future. He also assumed that both of them would get an immortal inheritance on the Fairy Planet.

Shen Ziyu shook her head. This time, she did not explain. Everything had already been said, so any further explanation would be useless.

Rong Tao did not give up. Instead, he said, “I know that you want to go to the Fairy Planet, Ziyu, but even if you did, you would still have to go through a health check. If the physical examination detected your body’s ailments, all your previous efforts would be in vain.”

When Shen Ziyu heard this, her heart tightened. If that was the case, then what was the use of entering the Wooden Martial Arts Hall?

What was the point of training hard during the past few months and putting everything on the line for martial arts?

Shen Ziyu took a deep breath before she said, “I know that what you said is true, Big Brother, but you do not know what my illness is. Even if I used your pill, nothing would change.”

When he heard her tone, Rong Tao said eagerly, “How do you know whether it would be useful or not, if you don’t try it? It is something that came from the Fairy Planet after all. What if it works?”

He had chosen to give her the medicinal herbs in public to prevent Shen Ziyu from questioning him.