Ninth In the World

Chapter 352: Lu Xikun’s Choice

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

Di Jiu looked at Lu Xikun calmly. He could tell that Lu Xikun and Yi Zhen belonged to two different gangs. Lu Xikun would not forcibly attack, unless he was an idiot, now that Yi Zhen had been killed.

Lu Xikun knew that he had to decide when he saw that Di Jiu, as well as all the sect masters, were looking at him.

If he stayed outside the Starry Sky Immortal City, he would lose the chance of acquainting himself with City Lord Di. Perhaps, he would never get a chance like this in the future.

However, if he went in, he might suffer the same fate as Yi Zhen.

What did he have to be afraid of? He was, after all, the sect master of the Limitless Sword Dao Sect. If City Lord Di wanted him dead, he would not be able to escape from his frightening Array Dao techniques, even if he stayed outside the Starry Sky Immortal City. If he chose to leave the place altogether, he would mark the end of the Limitless Sword Dao Sect and let his followers down.

After realizing what the consequences would be, Lu Xikun took big steps onto the passageway that was lined with dead bodies.

Di Jiu was surprised as he looked at Lu Xikun. He hadn’t expected him to be so bold. It was true that he wouldn’t kill Lu Xikun, as he hadn’t initiated an attack on the auxiliary city. However, other cultivators would definitely not let such a chance go.

Di Jiu suddenly understood what was going on when he saw that the sect masters behind Lu Xikun didn’t budge. Even if Lu Xikun came in and got killed, he would still have a bunch of experts with him. Di Jiu didn’t want this. This was his territory after all. He did not want others to play tricks on him here.

However, Di Jiu was shocked when, after Lu Xikun entered the passageway, nobody followed him in. Lu Xikun stopped, turned and told the people behind him, “Please follow me if you are willing to enter the city. If you have any concerns, then I advise you to go ahead and leave this place.”

All the immortal sect masters were clever people. They understood what was going on once they heard Lu Xikun.

This was all a show he was putting on for Di Jiu from the Starry Sky Immortal City. If they trusted City Lord Di, they would give no thought to life and death. If they didn’t follow Lu Xikun in, it would mean that they had doubts about Di Jiu.

If they entered the Confinement Killing Array set up by Di Jiu willingly, they would be handing their lives over to Di Jiu. In other words, they only wanted to find a place where they could reside. City Lord Di would remain the City Lord as long as they had a chance of survival. Moreover, they wouldn’t run into any trouble if they followed Di Jiu.

Tan Mo, the Manor Lord of the Ultimate Essence Immortal Manor, was the first to walk toward Lu Xikun. He didn’t know who Di Jiu was, neither did he know anything about his character. However, he trusted Jing Luowen. The fact that Jing Luowen was with Di Jiu meant that Di Jiu could be trusted. Otherwise, Jing Luowen would never have followed Di Jiu just to be able to live.

After Tan Mo went over, the rest of the sect masters followed suit.

They didn’t have a choice. Even though entering the auxiliary city of the Starry Sky Immortal City could result in their death, they would also have to die if they left. They could still take a gamble if they entered the place. However, they would lose this chance completely if they chose to leave.

The entire Immortal World, including the Newborn Immortal Protectorate, was going into sunset. The only exception was the Starry Sky Immortal City. Where else could they go if they left? Rather than saying that they could face death calmly because they trusted Di Jiu, it would be more accurate to say that they didn’t have any other choice.

Di Jiu nodded as he turned to tell Jing Luowen, “Sect Master Jing, I had expected that Lu Xikun would seek your advice before entering.”

Jing Luowen smiled as she said, “Lu Xikun is the present sect master of the Limitless Sword Dao Sect. He understands such things.”

If Lu Xikun had asked Jing Luowen questions first, it would have implied that he considered Di Jiu to be only second in rank. When he had first arrived, he hadn’t known how powerful Di Jiu was and had thought that Jing Luowen was the one who influenced the existence of the Starry Sky Immortal City. Thus, he had asked Jing Luowen for a place where he could reside.

If he still thought that Jing Luowen was the person-in-charge here after Di Jiu had killed Yi Zhen and thousands of others like him, having a sect master like him would be a disaster for the Limitless Sword Dao Sect. It was obvious that Jing Luowen listened to Di Jiu.

Although he had brought many people onto the passageway, Lu Xikun still felt anxious and worried. The blood stains and dead bodies all over the passageway were reminders that City Lord Di could kill him at any time. His life stopped belonging to him the moment he stepped onto the passageway.

He was stronger than Yi Zhen but far weaker in terms of Array Dao. Lu Xikun would, without a doubt, die once Di Jiu activated the Confinement Killing Immortal Array. It had, after all, already killed Yi Zhen.

Lu Xikun felt slightly relieved when he saw that the Confinement Killing Immortal Array hadn’t been activated yet, though he had almost reached Di Jiu. He stopped a few dozen feet from Di Jiu, cupped his fists and said, “I am Lu Xikun from the Limitless Sword Dao Sect. I hereby pay my respects to City Lord Di and Sect Master Jing.”

The rest of the immortal sect masters who followed Lu Xikun also cupped their fists and paid their respects to City Lord Di Jiu and Sect Master Jing.

Di Jiu then said calmly, “All of you here are sect masters from the Immortal World. It is the Starry Sky Immortal City’s honor to have you here. You will increase the vital energy and strengthen the life-force of this place. As the City Lord of the Starry Sky Immortal City, I warmly welcome all of you…”

Lu Xikun and everyone else were elated when they heard Di Jiu. What he had said meant that he hadn’t thought of killing them, at least not yet.

“Thanks, City Lord Di.” Lu Xikun was the first to express his gratitude.

However, Di Jiu waved his hand as he said again, “I am not finished.”

After everybody had quietened down, he added, “The reason the sun set in the Immortal World is that the treasure that ensures the light from providence was stolen. Those selfish pieces of trash caused the Immortal World to enter sunset. All of you have been left with no place to reside, even though you are immortals. It is ironic that you have to depend on me, someone who just came from the Cultivation World, to rebuild the Immortal City and reside here. It is ironic because those selfish bastards were also from the Immortal World.”

What Di Jiu said left many people embarrassed. All of them were sect masters. However, when sunset had befallen the Immortal World, they had only thought of leaving the Sunset Immortal World to find a place to reside.

They were lucky that they had found the Newborn Immortal Protectorate. However, they were scurrying again to find a place of residence now that the Newborn Immortal Protectorate was about to enter sunset too, just like they had done before.

Di Jiu didn’t care about their guilt as he maintained the same tone. “They wanted to kill all of us here and take over the Starry Sky Immortal City, just like the trash from the Radiant Fortune Immortal Sect wanted to do. Thus, I had to kill them. I can’t guarantee that no one amongst you is like the bastards I killed before. However, I am not like Yi Zhen. I will only kill people who definitely deserve to be killed. I will not kill anybody if I have any doubts about killing them.”

The entire auxiliary city went silent. They fully understood Di Jiu, so they knew that he would not kill anyone before they committed any acts that deserved the death penalty. On the other hand, Yi Zhen had come to wipe out the entire Starry Sky Immortal City.

“The Starry Sky Immortal City is where the light from providence is being generated again. Therefore, the Immortal World will have its glory restored sooner or later.”

Di Jiu’s words made everybody feel excited. They had already been guessing that this was where the light from providence was being generated for the second time. However, nothing could beat Di Jiu actually verbalizing it.

After Lu Xikun and the others had quietened down, Di Jiu added, “In order to prevent the Immortal World from falling to the brink of collapse again, I will kill whoever messed with the place where the light from providence was being generated.”

Lu Xikun then took the initiative to say, “The City Lord is right. I will be the first to kill whoever dared to mess with the place where the light from providence was being generated.”

Everyone else made their stand too.

Di Jiu didn’t doubt their words. As long as there were no top-notch treasures to be taken, no cultivators in their right mind would provoke the source of the light from providence in the Immortal World.

“All the sect masters present, please note that if you wish to permanently reside in the Starry Sky Immortal City or build your sect encampment here, you have to abide by the following rules…”

“Please speak your mind, City Lord Di, ” said Lu Xikun without hesitation. “We will leave this place if we think that we can’t abide by your rules.”

Lu Xikun was indeed a worthy man. Di Jiu softened his tone as he said, “Firstly, the Starry Sky Immortal City will not tolerate any murder or tyrannical acts. Every cultivator living here must abide by the laws. Nobody will be exempted, not even me.”

“Secondly, the Starry Sky Immortal City is not for any Tom, Dick or Harry. One can only enter and reside here permanently if one has sufficient contribution points.”

“Thirdly, you can set up Defense Arrays for your sects around the Starry Sky Immortal City. However, any cultivators that set up Defense Arrays must abide by our laws here too.”

“Fourthly…”

Di Jiu continued to list more than 10 rules. However, nobody had a different opinion.

Some of the sect masters were unhappy that Di Jiu, who was just a nobody from the Cultivation World, was giving them instructions. However, they couldn’t do anything about it. Di Jiu was the master here. Moreover, who else besides Di Jiu could break the various arrays in the area? Whoever had the skills spoke the loudest. This was true in both the Cultivation World and the Immortal World.

Then, Lu Xikun said again, “Sect Master Di’s requests are reasonable. They are not directed at any particular person. I believe that, since you have experienced the sunset in the Immortal World, all of you will treasure this rare second occurrence of the origin of the light from providence. We, the Limitless Sword Dao Sect, promise to abide by all the laws and rules of the Starry Sky Immortal City.”

“We, the Ultimate Essence Immortal Manor…”

“We, the Vast Array Immortal Sect, will abide…”

Nobody had any differing opinions. Di Jiu, who was very satisfied, said, “All of you here today are basically the sect masters of various immortal sects. Since everybody has agreed to abide by the rules, I, in the capacity of the City Lord of the Starry Sky Immortal City, shall allow all of you to settle down in the auxiliary city first. I will have to look at your contribution points before I decide whether or not you can settle down in the Starry Sky Immortal City. Now, let us all go to the Starry Sky Immortal City’s Lord Manor to discuss the big plan.”