Ninth In the World
chapter-92

Chapter 92: The Big Dipper Palace

Di Jiu wanted to use his Spiritual Force to permeate the jade coffin and check if this beautiful woman was still alive. However, Di Jue sensed Di Jiu’s presence and suddenly lifted his head, his Spiritual Force abruptly sweeping the entrance of the hall.

As soon as he found out that Di Jue discovered him, Di Jiu did not bother hiding anymore.

“Who are you?” Di Jue demanded in a stern voice. He was surprised that the young man had been able to get there.

Even though the demon beasts guarding this place had been lured away, no ordinary person would have been able to walk to the entrance of the cave abode.

Di Jiu, who ignored Di Jue, stepped into the hall and walked up to the jade coffin located in the center of the hall.

When he saw Di Jiu walk towards the coffin, Di Jue opened his hand. His flying sword suddenly transformed into a sword flare that shot towards Di Jiu. Meanwhile, he lifted him and reached for the jade coffin. Based on his movements, Di Jiu could tell that Di Jue was afraid he was powerful, so his priority was to get to the jade coffin.

Di Jue knew that the only thing in the hall was this jade coffin, so he would get it, regardless of who the woman inside it was.

The kitchen knife in Di Jiu’s hand swung casually in the air, repelling Di Jue’s flying sword. Instead of returning to Di Jue’s hand, the sword landed on the floor.

Thanks to this exchange, Di Jiu discovered that Di Jue was much weaker than him. Di Jue knew how to activate and control the flying sword, but he did not know any magic techniques or sword techniques. Simply relying on this amount of ability made it practically impossible for Di Jue to kill Di Jiu by using the flying sword.

When he saw his flying sword get repelled by Di Jiu effortlessly, Di Jue was stunned. Before he could react, the entire hall started to shake.

Boom! Di Jiu and Di Jue stared in shock at the entrance of the hall, which had disappeared.

Then, Di Jue screamed and flew backwards, slamming into a stone pillar inside the hall.

Di Jiu noticed that one of Di Jue’s hands had also disappeared. It was the hand Di Jue had used to touch the jade coffin.

Di Jue stared at his hand in fear. He had originally planned on using it to put the jade coffin into his storage bag. However, when his hand had touched the coffin, the hall entrance had suddenly been sealed up. Then, he’d felt pain in his hand and a huge force had rushed towards him, causing him to fly away. By the time he recovered, his entire palm and waist had disappeared.

Di Jiu did not care about Di Jue. Di Jue, who was much weaker than him, lifted his head and looked at the humongous luminous pearl at the top of the hall. Ever since the hall had been sealed, the luminous pearl had started to emit light.

“Who are you?” Di Jue, who could tell that Di Jiu was way more powerful than him, asked. The second time he asked this question, his tone betrayed his fear.

Di Jiu walked up to Di Jue and said coolly, “You are really malicious, Di Jue. You actually lured all those demon beasts to the Fairy Square? Do you know how many innocent people will die because of you?”

Di Jue’s other hand sneaked towards his storage bag. Di Jiu suddenly lifted his leg and kicked Di Jue like a punching bag. When he was kicked, Di Jue slammed into the recently-sealed entrance of the hall.

Boom! The moment Di Jue collided with the hall entrance, the entrance shot out rays of killing flare. Di Jue was immediately torn into fragments, as if he was a piece of cloth.

Di Jiu drew in a cold breath. This was a killing array with a rank he could not even recognize. The moment he attacked it, a ferocious killing intent would turn against him. Di Jiu was certain that, given his current cultivation level, he would only die if he faced this flare attack.

When the hall had been sealed earlier, he had not been concerned, for he’d thought that he could deal with it by using a few saber moves. Now, he knew that he had been too naive.

Di Jiu’s eyes landed on the jade coffin once again. He did not have a good feeling about this. Perhaps he would get trapped there.

He had recently extricated himself from a cave inside a tree, yet in the blink of an eye, he had been trapped inside a strange hall.

…

The wall of the Fairy Square was more than 20 meters wide, yet after being attacked by the demon beasts, it was now filled with holes. The deepest hole was about one meter deep. If it had not been made of supreme-grade concrete iron, the wall would have already been blown open.

Demon beasts were being killed at the top of the wall, while people from the Fairy Square were either eaten by the beasts or pushed down to their death.

The entire stretch of the wall was filled with bloodstains and ruins.

Ceng Donglu was covered in blood as he shouted, “Did you find the thing Di Jue threw in? What was it?”

A disorderly-looking teacher who worked at the Institute of Martial Arts ran over, squeezing something in his hand. “It was the corpse of a small monkey, sir.”

In the teacher’s hand was indeed the carcass of a small monkey. However, the monkey was too small, and the color of its fur was pale yellow.

“Alright.” Ceng Donglu swung his saber, grabbed the carcass and said loudly, “I will lure the demon beasts away. Do not let any beast enter the Fairy Square anymore.”

As soon as he said this, Ceng Donglu struck a few more saber moves and jumped off the wall.

The wall was nearly 100 meters tall, so the average person would have fallen to their death. However, Ceng Donglu used his toes to repeatedly tap against the edge of the wall and land on the ground.

Almost as soon as he landed on the ground, numerous demon beasts rushed towards him in a frenzy.

Ceng Donglu did not stop for even a moment. He immediately picked a direction and sprinted off.

Among the demon beasts was a golden demon monkey with a massive body. When the monkey saw Ceng Donglu escape, it used its hand to thump against its chest several times. Then, it roared and started chasing after him.

The moment the golden demon monkey started the chase, almost all the demon beasts followed it.

The Fairy Planet wall, which had been in danger of falling down, suddenly went quiet. Only the scent of blood in the air and the presence of numerous corpses reminded people that a dreadful battle between humans and demons had just taken place there.

“I understand now. Di Jue must have killed a descendant of that golden demon monkey and used it to lure the demon beasts into attacking the Fairy Square. If it hadn’t been for Director Donglu, our defense would definitely have been breached and we all would have died…” said Fan Wenxing, who had lost a limb, apprehensively.

“But why would Di Jue want to do this?” someone asked.

No one was able to answer this question, even though they all wanted to know the answer.

Yu Jie looked in the direction Ceng Donglu had disappeared to. She no longer felt happy about attaining the connate realm. She now understood that Heaven Tier Warriors were nothing compared to these crazy demon beasts.

Although Ceng Donglu was a good director, he could only save the Fairy Square once. These demon beasts would soon come for a second time, or even a third time…

A reason would be needed for a first time, but none would be required for a second and third time.

Fan Wenxing stared at the silent masses, his eyes sweeping across the numerous corpses before he said, “As the Earth Union’s head secretary, I hereby announce that from now on, any student studying at an Institute of Martial Arts on Earth may enter the Fairy Planet. If one is not such a student, yet their strength has reached a certain level, they can still enter the Fairy Planet.”

“The Fairy Planet test trial will now be open to everyone. All restrictions will be removed. The Director of the Fairy Planet’s Institute of Martial Arts has lured away the demon beasts from the Fairy Square. However, the institute cannot function without a director, so until Director Donglu returns, Wu Cheng will take over.”

Fan Wenxing knew that this would not be the only time the demon beasts went into a frenzy. A second and third time would come very soon. Wu Cheng’s concerns had become reality. The demon beasts were currently attacking the Fairy Square. Perhaps after some time, they would even attack the Earth…

As the Earth Union’s head secretary, Fan Wenxing would have the authority to make a new law each year. However, if more than 70 percent of the members of the Elder Association opposed it, the law would be invalid.

The Fairy Square had originally been filled with people plotting against one another. However, not a single member of the Elder Association stepped forward to oppose Fan Wenxing’s decision now.

…

Di Jiu had already circled the entire hall more than 20 times and looked at its every corner. The only conclusion he had reached was that there was no way out.

There were only 36 towering stone pillars and a jade coffin inside. Although the Spirit Qi there was still alright, there was no food to eat. If he was trapped there, sooner or later he would starve to death.

Di Jiu regretted not taking Di Jue’s storage bag before kicking him. Who knew that the hall’s killing array would be so terrifying? It had actually pulverized Di Jue’s bones and caused the storage bag by his waist to disappear along with him. The bag had probably been destroyed.

“Tiny Tree Root, I’m trapped over here! Do you have any good ideas?” Di Jiu called out at Little Tree. He believed that even the Tiny Treant would not have any idea what to do.

“Is this the Big Dipper Palace?” Before Little Tree could complain that Di Jiu had not used its new name, it said the words ‘Big Dipper Palace’ almost unconsciously.

“What is the Big Dipper Palace?” asked Di Jiu.

“I attained a portion of the memory of the cultivator who met his doom in seclusion,” Little Tree said hurriedly. “The Big Dipper Palace seemed like an amazing place. A lot of people have been searching for it. I do not know its exact location. I only know that it contains 36 gigantic Big Dipper pillars…”

Although Di Jiu believed that he probably would not be able to learn anything else, the fact that the Tiny Treant had called out the name of the palace had been impressive enough. “Your memory is correct. There are indeed 38 Big Dipper pillars here. There are also two pillars outside. We have been trapped here with no way out, so we will eventually starve to death.”

“I won’t starve to death, Big Brother,” Little Tree said weakly. “I only need to absorb Spirit Qi in order to survive.”

“Are you saying that I will starve to death?” Di Jiu said in a frosty tone.