Ninth In the World

Upon hearing the words of the woman in black, Di Jiu felt his heart leap. Although he had never thought that the Heaven Earth Law would affect alchemy, he immediately realized it as soon as the other party mentioned it, as if a layer of paper had been pierced by the other party, leaving nothing to see.

“Friend, you’re a Primordial Dao Alchemy Saint?” Di Jiu asked immediately, guessing that her Alchemy Dao level should be very high. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for her to discover this problem. Thanks to this problem, Di Jiu felt some respect for the woman before him.

Reaching the Primordial Dao was akin to reaching the second step. A few Primordial Chaos Sacred Emperors existed in this world, but there were very few Dao Integration Sacred Emperors. Based on this, the Heaven Earth Law in this world was indeed at the second step and had yet to become perfect.

Di Jiu could understand the reasoning behind her words because he was a Primordial Dao Alchemy Saint himself. Apart from that, he also cultivated the Dao of the Heaven Earth Law.

Given his Dao, as long as he reached the Primordial Dao Realm, he would be able to refine Primordial Dao Pills. However, due to the incomplete Heaven Earth Law, he was sure that he could not refine Primordial Chaos Dao Pills unless he reached the Primordial Chaos Realm and condensed his own Heaven Earth Law.

The woman in black sighed and shook her head before replying, “I’m not an Alchemy Master. The reason I know this is that I met a friend many years ago. Although he was a Primordial Dao Alchemy Saint, he couldn’t refine Heaven Essence Dao Pills. Thus, he went to a realm with a more complete Heaven Earth Law that allowed him to refine Heaven Essence Dao Pills easily.”

“When your friend was a Primordial Dao Alchemy Saint, what kind of cultivation did he have?” Di Jiu asked quickly.

The woman in black replied, “At the time, he was only a Dao Modeling cultivator…”

Di Jiu took a cold breath of air. If he had been a Primordial Dao Alchemy Saint at the Dao Modeling Realm, how heaven-defying was he? He had always been proud of his own Nomological Dao. Not only did his cultivation improve rapidly, but his Alchemy Dao and Blacksmith Dao also developed rapidly. Perhaps, other people needed tens of thousands of years to improve a little, but he could accomplish that after just a few years in seclusion.

Regardless of how conceited he was, he was still worlds apart from being a Primordial Dao Alchemy Saint at the Dao Modeling Realm.

“So powerful…” Di Jiu muttered to himself. The bit of pride in him had faded away long ago, increasingly intensifying his inadequacy.

“You don’t have to feel inferior. I’ve only met two geniuses like him,” added the woman in black with a chuckle when she saw Di Jiu’s expression turn somewhat ugly.

Di Jiu came back to his senses and smiled slightly. “Feel inferior? That would never cross my mind.”

There was something Di Jiu did not mention. He believed that one day, he would not be inferior to anyone. Even if that Dao Modeling cultivator was a Primordial Dao Alchemy Saint, he could not refine a Heaven Essence Dao Pill in a place with an incomplete law. However, Di Jiu could do that now without needing a world with a complete Heaven Earth Law. No one was perfect, but no one was worthless either. Everyone had a domain that only belonged to them.

When the woman in black saw that there was no hesitation in his eyes, her heart jumped. This was the third time she had seen such a confident look…

Soon, she shook her head. She was thinking too much. Who could be more powerful than those two in the entire vast universe? If someone she met casually could compare to those two people, this world would be really crazy.

“I have to remind you that if you can’t refine Heaven Essence Dao Pills with your strength, I’m afraid that you will lose your life here by forcefully hanging up a sign that states that you can do so. I’ve been to the Void City many times. There are too many experts here,” the woman in black told Di Jiu calmly as she looked at him.

Puzzled, Di Jiu asked, “Why are you telling me so much? We met by chance and we don’t know each other.”

The woman in black looked up once again at the indistinct Dao Fruit Pagoda before explaining faintly, “Maybe it’s because we’re from the Human Clan and we come from the same place. Perhaps, we could say that we come from the same hometown…”

After she uttered her final words, the figure of the woman in black reached the edge of the Dao Fruit Pagoda Square.

Di Jiu hurriedly condensed his Spiritual Force while saying, “Thank you, friend. May I know how to address you?”

“My surname is Nie…” Upon saying that, the woman in black vanished without a trace.

Di Jiu had initially wanted to ask who the Dao Modeling Realm cultivator who had been a Primordial Dao Alchemy Saint was, but he had not expected this woman whose surname was Nie to leave so quickly.

Boom! While Di Jiu was still deep in thought, his shop erupted with an explosion and shook violently.

How dare someone attack his shop? Di Jiu frowned and immediately stepped out of the shop.

He was left speechless. The culprit had not targeted his shop, but the Void Booth Elixir Dispensary beside it, and had turned it into ruins. Since his shop was protected by the Defense Array, it had not been blasted into pieces. Otherwise, it would have been turned into scraps as well.

“Huh? This dilapidated shop is fine? I’ll do it again,” said a tall, bald monk who was glowing with health. This monk exuded a golden light all over, looked very Buddha-like, and was wearing eighteen beads around his neck.

Di Jiu faintly exclaimed, “I didn’t offend you. Why did you attack my shop?”

The monk rubbed his head while replying, “You’re right. No, that’s not right. Why are you so close to the Void Booth Elixir Dispensary?”

Di Jiu was angry. “Based on what you said, the shops in the entire Dao Fruit Pagoda Square are very close to the Void Booth Elixir Dispensary. Mine is just even nearer.”

“Well, that makes sense.” The bald monk nodded solemnly and did not touch Di Jiu’s shop again. Instead, he turned around, caught a Primordial Dao cultivator by the neck, and lifted him. “Punk, how dare you cheat my friend out of his Dao fruit? You must have a death wish!”

“Senior Di, please help me. You said you would take care of it…” When Kuang He, who was a Dao Transformation cultivator, saw the monk with the golden light pinch and lift a Primordial Dao cultivator from the Demon Clan Elixir Dispensary by the neck, he got frightened and immediately went to call for help.

Di Jiu wished he could hit him. Why did he create more trouble for himself? He had not expected someone to actually deal with the Demon Clan’s Void Booth Elixir Dispensary for the sake of doing someone a favor.

However, he had promised Fan Yuan. If he did not help, it would be simply inexcusable.

Helpless, Di Jiu could only say with cupped fists, “Fellow Daoist, you didn’t make clear why you came here and just started tearing down other people’s shops. This seems unreasonable. There is a reason behind everything, but where is yours?”

“Ha ha… How dare a mere Primordial Dao weakling talk about reasoning with me?” The monk laughed while his domain frantically swept toward Di Jiu.

A terrifying spatial aura crushed over, shocking Di Jiu. He silently found this fellow really powerful. This was definitely a perfected Primordial Chaos expert. An extremely formidable perfected Primordial Chaos expert.

Di Jiu did not dare ignore him, so he frantically extended his domain as well. Their spatial domains exploded, making the void tremble.

This guy was truly powerful…

Di Jiu could even sense his domain relax somewhat as this bald monk took the initiative to dwindle his domain aura.

“You’re very powerful. This reminds me of an old friend. I’ll give you face. I, Jiao Da, will make things clear today.” The bald monk nodded at Di Jiu in admiration.

“Jiao Dan[1]?” Di Jiu repeated in shock. There was really such a name? This guy was outrageous.

Displeased, the monk retorted, “My name is Jiao Da, not Jiao Dan. That friend called me Jiao Dan back then, but he dared not call me that again after I taught him a lesson. Unless you want me to teach you a lesson as well?”

After finishing his words, Jiao Da thought of something and his face looked somewhat awkward.

[1] Jiao Da means burnt bamboo mat while Jiao Dan means burnt egg