Ninth In the World

Panda Novel

Shao Bingshan had originally had a good impression of Di Jiu. When she heard Di Ji’s words, her gaze on him immediately turned cold. “Although you can attract everyone’s attention through sensationalism, cultivators must establish a solid foundation. If you spout nonsense, why should the Dao exist?”

Di Jiu did not intend to take a stand on this issue, but Xi Xili had asked everyone to do so. Yin Yueshu had stared at him and asked, so he had just told the truth. Now that Shao Bingshan had drunk his Starry Sky Tea and had such a facial expression, Di Jiu was very unhappy. “Shao Bingshan, you have your point of view and I have mine. I’m not forcing you to believe me.”

After he said that, Di Jiu snorted coldly. “You are a woman who drinks tea from other people as soon as she comes. The entire world seems to be underneath your feet, which is what I hate the most. I’m downgrading myself by discussing the Alchemy Dao with you because you don’t know alchemy at all.”

“You…” Shao Bingshan suddenly stood up and her face turned green.

Her nature was such that one could beat her and scold her, but one could not degrade her Alchemy Dao or blame her mistake on Alchemy Dao unless one could show her this.

She had drunk Di Jiu’s tea for no reason just now, which made her feel angry and ashamed. For a moment, she was speechless.

Yin Yueshu’s face also turned green. She treated Di Jiu with respect to show him that she valued him and let him slowly change her impression of him. However, Di Jiu had dared rely on her as his support, not even treating Shao Bingshan respectfully.

Shao Bingshan was a Dao Transformation Alchemy Deity who came from the Heavenly Elixir Sect. How could he offend her casually? Immediately, Yin Yueshu thought of Di Jiu’s bad temper. If Di Jiu had been easy to talk to, maybe she would not have fancied him like that. When she thought of this, her anger dissipated again.

Even though Yin Yueshu could endure this, Xi Xili was unhappy. Fairy Yueshu had raised a follower who dared to be really arrogant. He no longer sounded kind to Di Jiu. Instead, he said coldly, “So, Brother Di Jiu can easily use the elixir residue to condense better-quality Dao Transformation Divine Pills?”

Di Jiu held up the teacup in front of him and drained the Starry Sky Tea in one gulp. Then, he said calmly, “That’s right.”

“Alright. Alchemy Master Di, please refine a cauldron for us then. Don’t say that there aren’t any cauldrons or divine spirit herbs. We have plenty here.” Xi Xili, who had wanted Di Jiu to say this, spoke right after him.

Di Jiu looked at Xi Xili and grinned. “Who are you? How are you related to me? Why should I show you my alchemy?”

“If you can, as you said, use the elixir residue to condense better-quality Dao Transformation Divine Pills, I, Shao Bingshan, am willing to treat you as a Master,” Shao Bingshan said immediately.

Her anger dissipated a lot because Di Jiu’s answer was slightly different from Dan Yan’s answer. Even though Di Jiu had said that he could refine this kind of Dao Transformation Divine Pills, Dan Yan had denied that.

Di Jiu laughed. “Do you think I care? I wouldn’t want it even if many people treated me as their Master. Why should I accept you as a disciple? Is it because you look more beautiful or have a better personality than the others?”

Shao Bingshan, who was not eloquent, was completely taken aback by Di Jiu’s words and could not say a word.

Killing intent emerged in Xi Xili’s eyes. If Di Jiu hadn’t come along with Yin Yueshu, he would have taught him a lesson.

Even though Yin Yueshu’s expression turned ugly, she still did not say anything. Thus, he could only suppress his anger. “Di Jiu, in that case, tell us what you need or how you can refine a cauldron of elixir pills. Why don’t I take out a middle-grade flying boat? As long as you can refine a cauldron of Dao Transformation Divine Pills as you debated before, this flying boat will be yours.”

Speechless, Di Jiu looked at Xi Xili and said calmly, “Do you think that if I can refine a cauldron of Dao Transformation Divine Pills by using my method, I would care about a middle-grade flying divine weapon? To put it crudely, even if you throw your flying Dharma treasure to the ground, I won’t bother picking it up. Only a person like you, who has not seen the world, would consider a middle-grade flying Dharma treasure so important. Am I right?”

“I’ll take out a high-grade cauldron.” While saying that, Shao Bingshan raised her hand and dropped a simple cauldron in front of Di Jiu.

Everyone watched this cauldron, secretly admiring Shao Bingshan’s courage. Even though she knew that Di Jiu could not refine such a cauldron of elixir pills, she still took out this cauldron to place a bet, which required courage.

Shao Bingshan’s cauldron was one of the three major cauldrons in the Heavenly Elixir Sect and it ranked third. It was the Xun-Legged¹ Cauldron. In terms of value, even some supreme-grade cauldrons were not necessarily comparable to it.

Di Jiu, however, glanced at the cauldron before him and replied indifferently, “Not interested.”

“Ha ha…” Xi Xili laughed and then said, “Seems so.”

Even without Xi Xili speaking, everyone understood what Di Jiu meant. Di Jiu could not refine them, so he had said he was not interested. Even the cultivators who did not practice alchemy could not help but feel jealous when they saw the Xun-Legged Cauldron before them.

When Dan Yan, whose Alchemy Dao Di Jiu had supported, heard what Di Jiu had said, his eyes darkened. He also believed that Di Jiu was spouting nonsense.

Su Nuo said lightly, “Then what are you interested in? If you can’t tell us, don’t blame the Winter Valley for not treating its guests well.”

Di Jiu grinned. “Back when the Moon Traverse Divine Hall’s Hall Master came to the Sunken Fish Palace to propose marriage, he also knew that he should take out the Moon Core and Sun Core and use them as betrothal gifts. Since I’m going to perform the most top-notch alchemy technique in this universe, how could anything less valuable than the Moon Core and the Sun Core be taken out? Anything lower than that will lead to a low performance fee.”

Yin Yueshu, who had been a bit angry, smiled sweetly, took out a jade box, and put it on the table while saying, “Ah Jiu, in that case, I’ll use this Moon Core as a bargaining chip. Unfortunately, the Sun Core is not in my possession. Otherwise, I would have taken both of them out.”

Di Jiu had not expected that Yin Yueshu would really take out the Moon Core. It was a pity that she did not have the Sun Core, or he would have taken out the cauldron to start practising alchemy.

However, the value of the Moon Core and the Sun Core was the same. He did not care because he had one. Upon recalling that the Dao fire was not the only flame on him and there were other flames, he realized the Sun Core could also be used for them.

“Senior Brother Ah Jiu, Sister Yueshu even took out the Moon Core. You won’t need the Sun Core, right?” Su Nuo’s tone was sarcastic. She was apparently watching to see how Di Jiu was going to conclude this.

Di Jiu sighed. “In that case, I will tackle it and refine a cauldron of Dao Transformation Divine Pills to show everyone what true alchemy is.”

While saying that, Di Jiu had put away the jade box with the Moon Core.

Xi Xili frowned and said in a cold tone, “Di Jiu, you haven’t started using alchemy yet. Why did you put that away?”

Di Jiu smiled, “Because I know I can definitely refine it and no one will deny it.”

Upon seeing that Xi Xili still had something to say, Yin Yueshu gestured with her hand. “Let him refine it.”

She was not afraid of Di Jiu forcibly taking away her Moon Core. If her Moon Core could be so easily taken away, she would not have lived to this day. She had taken that out because she was hoping to show Di Jiu that sometimes, one shouldn’t go overboard while doing certain things or talking. Then, she would personally help him again to show Di Jiu that he was only following her and not leading her.

Upon seeing that Di Jiu was really ready to start practicing alchemy, everyone went quiet. Shao Bingshan even widened her eyes, and her Spiritual Force focused on Di Jiu’s every action without hesitation.

She would not miss Di Jiu’s subtle performance.