Ninth In the World

Chapter 129: Truths And Lies

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The first thing that Di Jiu did after returning to his room was replace all the restrictions inside it. His original array formation restriction had been fourth-level, so he replaced it with a first-level Defense Array and even arranged a Spirit-Gathering Array that ranged from rough to exquisite. Then, he changed the storage bag restriction to a first-level rough restriction.

It didn’t take long for him to do this. Suddenly, Qi Qian yelled anxiously outside Di Jiu’s rough array formation restriction, “Brother Zimo!”

Di Jiu quickly opened the restriction and saw the fat manager and the ninth-level Foundation Establishment cultivator. In addition, there was also a sixth-level Golden Core cultivator.

“Captain Mou, this is the person who stole my Glass Nacre Herb and Pure Heaven Saber Gold.” The moment Di Jiu came out, the fat shopkeeper started shouting at him.

“Your Glass Nacre Herb and Pure Heaven Saber Gold?” The Golden Core Captain, who was not wearing a uniform, looked at the fat manager in surprise. Not even an Essence Soul Expert could have owned these things, so how could a Foundation Establishment cultivator own them? Or were they perhaps stolen?

“Yes, those two things.” The fat manager was helpless. He knew that he had to say this, or he would not be able to do anything to Di Jiu.

The Golden Core Captain’s heart was burning, as he wanted these two things just as much.

He had to confirm this no matter what, so he looked down coldly at Di Jiu and asked, “Why did you steal from the flying boat store?”

As soon as he said this, the Golden Core cultivator’s aura gathered around Di Jiu.

Suddenly, Zheng Feisheng, who was standing next to him, was crushed by this aura. Even breathing was now too difficult for him.

The Golden Core cultivator’s suppression made Di Jiu pale, while his legs suddenly started shaking. He unconsciously stepped back.

Di Jiu needed to make some effort to stabilize his body, so he told the Golden Core Captain while hugging his fist, “I am just a Foundation Establishment cultivator, Captain Mou. How could I steal from this man? If I could steal his things, couldn’t many other people also have stolen them? There are countless cultivators on this flying boat who are a lot stronger than me.”

In fact, Captain Mou also found this very strange. Di Jiu seemed to be at best a mid-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator. Even if he was at the late-stage Foundation Establishment Realm, he could not possibly have stolen anything from this man, could he?

The fat shopkeeper screamed, “Half an hour ago, you came to my shop and attacked me! When I fell down, you opened my storage bag, removed its restriction and stole my things.”

“I attacked you by surprising you and knocked you down to the ground, but your strong friend immediately started to attack me back, so I stepped back. This happened in less than 10 seconds. How could I have stolen your things? If I was so powerful, why would I even need to attack you sneakily?”

After Di Jiu spoke, he told Captain Mou helplessly, “I am speechless, Captain Mou. We are just guests on this flying boat. Earlier, this man said that my friend destroyed his Glass Nacre Herb and asked us to compensate him with 100,000 top-grade Spirit Stones. As a result, we had to give him a piece of a certain material before he let us go. Now he claims that I opened his storage bag in under 10 seconds and stole a Glass Nacre Herb. If I was so powerful, why would I still need to share a room with my friends? Ha ha...”

Di Jiu laughed before he turned and told the fat man, “Does your family specialize in planting Glass Nacre Herbs? Are you that powerful?”

Captain Mou realized that something was wrong. It was possible to have one Glass Nacre Herb, but if two Glass Nacre Herbs appeared one after another, then the Glass Nacre Herb would be worthless.

Although Captain Mou was biased towards the fat manager, he lied through his teeth as he stared at the fat man severely. “What do you think about this, Manager Feng?”

Even he couldn’t have taken anything from the fat manager’s storage bag in under 10 seconds, so how could anyone else on the flying boat do it? Plus, according to his investigation, Manager Feng claimed that two Glass Nacre Herbs had been broken and stolen by Di Jiu, which was obviously ridiculous.

“They compensated me with the Pure Heaven Saber Gold for breaking my Glass Nacre Herb, Captain Mou!” the fat shopkeeper yelled anxiously. “This man compensated me. If you do not believe me, you can ask him.”

Captain Mou’s eyes landed on Zheng Feisheng, as the fat manager was pointing at him. “Did you really ruin Manager Feng’s Glass Nacre Herb and use Pure Heaven Saber Gold as compensation?”

“I don’t know if it was a Glass Nacre Herb, but the manager broke my leg and locked me up,” Zheng Feisheng said quickly. “I only gave him a piece of Flame Amplification Crystal. Although it was not Pure Heaven Saber Gold, it was almost as good as.”

“You...” The fat manager pointed at Zheng Feisheng. “You gave me Pure Heaven Saber Gold!”

“Is there a Flame Amplification Crystal in your storage bag?” Captain Mou looked at the fat manager calmly.

“I...” The fat manager suddenly stopped. He naturally knew that there was a piece of Flame Amplification Crystal in his storage bag.

When Captain Mou saw his expression, he realized that there was indeed a Flame Amplification Crystal in his bag. His face was a bit difficult to read. “So you lied about having two Glass Nacre Herbs? Did you summon me here for fun?”

When he saw Captain Mou’s angry face, the fat manager started sweating anxiously. Fortunately, his brain was quick, so he pointed at Di Jiu and said, “My storage bag has a second-level restriction. If he was an array grandmaster above the fifth-level, he could open my bag in under 10 seconds and restore its restriction. If he could open my storage bag’s restriction, he would naturally know what is inside it.”

Captain Mou was so angry that he laughed at the fat manager. Even in an array formation sect, a fifth-level array grandmaster was not an ordinary person. Fifth-level array grandmasters were elders in array formation sects. This fat man really needed to think before speaking.

“Some people are geniuses, Captain Mou. This young man is at the late-stage Foundation Establishment, so he might be just as formidable at array formation.” The fat manager pointed to Di Jiu. He knew that if he did not find some evidence right now, he would lose this battle.

Captain Mou was frowning. Although what the fat manager was saying was not impossible, the probability of such a person existing was extremely small.

“If he is an array great-master, then his room restriction will definitely be higher than a fourth-level restriction. Let’s just go to his room and check it out.” The fat man thought that he finally had something on Di Jiu. Di Jiu would certainly not have thought of this.

Before the fat man could finish, Captain Mou had stepped into Di Jiu’s room.

Captain Mou was an array master himself, so he could arrange a third-level array formation. When he looked at the traces of the array formation in the room, he realized that there was a rough first-level Defense Array and an even rougher Spirit-Gathering Array.

Captain Mou snorted and said coldly, “It seems that you did use a fake Glass Nacre Herb to fool someone, Manager Feng.”

The fat manager, who had also checked the Defense Array in Di Jiu’s room, realized that it was a first-level Defense Array. He immediately wiped the sweat off his forehead and said, “You can look at his storage bag.”

Captain Mou did not speak. He just stared coldly at the fat manager.

The fat man was completely out of ideas. This time, he had met a deceitful opponent. If he wanted to get his things back, he would have to strike hard. When he got off the flying boat, he would have to find a Golden Core expert and get rid of Di Jiu.

“I did not consider this issue thoughtfully, Captain Mou...” The fat shopkeeper no longer dared say any nonsense.

“Let me check your storage bag.” The fat manager found it strange that Captain Mou wanted to check Di Jiu’s storage bag now that he had given up.

Di Jiu handed Captain Mou his storage bag without hesitation.

When Captain Mou’s mental strength swept through it quickly, he handed the storage bag back to Di Jiu and told the fat shopkeeper, “This matter is settled.”

“Yes, yes...” the fat manager said repeatedly.

Di Jiu had initially wanted to ask the fat manager to leave the Flame Amplification Crystal behind, but he stopped himself. Asking for it would not match his current image.

“Since this is your fault, you have to give these people their things back.” Captain Mou said what Di Jiu had not managed to say.

The fat manager could only hand the Flame Amplification Crystal over to Zheng Feisheng helplessly.

“You are so powerful, Senior Brother Zimo! I thought we were all finished when the fat man actually called the Golden Core Captain.” Jing Mobing looked at Di Jiu admirably, her eyes wide with an expression of ultimate admiration.

Di Jiu sighed. He had always thought that Jing Mobing was just a high-profile individual who looked down on him. However, it seemed that he had overestimated her. This woman was actually a nobody.

“Only I would have been finished, I’m just a stray cultivator,” Di Jiu said softly, “You’re all from major sects, so they wouldn’t have dared lay a finger on you.”

Zheng Feisheng sighed. “That’s not true. This flying boat is not from the northern province. There are many shops on the flying boat that are not from the northern province either. Plus, we are only inner sect disciples.They would only respect us if we were Golden Core Elders.”