Ninth In the World

Chapter 74: A Long Kitchen Knife

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“Of course I don’t want your things, Mr. Di.” When he felt Di Jiu’s powerful killing aura, Ai Di was shocked. He was sure that his killing aura was not as strong as Di Jiu’s.

“Oh, so you are going to give me money?” Di Jiu restrained his killing aura as his tone eased up. He had not intended to start a fight in the first place. He had only gathered his killing aura to give himself a little more leverage for negotiation.

Ai Di smiled in embarrassment and said, “I can’t get 10 billion alliance dollars at such short notice...”

Although he was really talented at cultivating, that was not an amount of money he could easily afford.

Di Jiu raised his hand and interrupted Ai Di. “You are wrong. I bought these jade slips for that price at the auction, but their value has now risen to hundreds of billions. Even if you could get 10 billion alliance dollars, that would not be enough to match the value of these jade slips.”

Ai Di took a breath. He secretly thought that Di Jiu was shameless to even think that the value of something he had bought for 10 billion had reached hundreds of billions in just a few days.

“I really don’t know what the value of the jade slips is, but these jade slips were put up for auction by the Earth Union by accident, so I was hoping that you would exchange them for some other items.” Ai Di was worried that Di Jiu would not agree, so he added, “All the items here are from the Fairy Planet. You should know that the items sold at auctions are remnants from what I have chosen, so there is no need to worry about their value.”

Di Jiu did not intend to ask for money. Money was useless to him. In an effort to increase his bargaining power, he contemplated this with a frown, as if he would be suffering a big loss if he exchanged the jade slips for different items.

“I can let you pick anything you want from the treasure house, Mr. Di...” Although Ai Di was a genius when it came to cultivating, he was awful at managing his emotions during negotiations.

In fact, he had not intended to negotiate with Di Jiu. He had just wanted to rob him, yet he had not expected that Di Jiu’s strength would exceed his estimation. Di Jiu was a connate peak expert, which was the very type of person the Earth Union wanted to draw to the Fairy Planet.

Di Jiu’s expression turned solemn as he asked, “Do you just want one jade slip, Mr. Ai Di?”

“Of course not...”

“Then each jade slip will be exchanged for one item. To be honest, I had no intention of exchanging the three jade slips, but I want to make a contribution to the Earth Union. If these three jade slips are so useful to the Earth Union, then I will do my part,” Di Jiu said as he watched Ai Di calmly.

Ai Di, who suddenly thought of something, hesitated. “Alright, then three items it shall be. You must select those items in under 10 minutes,” he said.

“Alright, it’s a deal. I have a small additional request for you.” Di Jiu’s tone became extraordinarily sincere as he put on a smile.

“What kind of request is that?” Ai Di could tell that Di Jiu was not easy to deal with, so he responded with a hint of vigilance.

Di Jiu smiled. “Here’s the thing. You know that I am stuck at the connate peak, so I actually want to go to the Fairy Planet to get a breakthrough opportunity...”

Ai Di was not an idiot. Before Di Jiu could finish his speech, he had already understood what he wanted. He quickly waved his hand and said, “No, no. Even if I wanted to go to the Fairy Planet, I would have to get the consent of the Earth Union. You would never be allowed to enter the Fairy Planet alone.”

When he realized that Di Jiu was slightly unhappy, Ai Di added, “The Fairy Planet’s Institute of Martial Arts has been sending students to the Fairy Planet for training very often lately. If you don’t mind, you could enter the institute and go to the Fairy Planet along with the student trainees.”

“Okay, let’s just do it.” Di Jiu agreed without hesitation.

Ai Di was shocked. When had Di Jiu become so easy-going? The trainees that went to the Fairy Planet also had their boundaries, so they were not allowed to venture too far. However, this was something he would not tell Di Jiu.

Di Jiu was actually completely helpless. He knew very well that if he barged in, he would not be able to leave the Fairy Square and enter the Fairy Planet. Even if he was able to enter it, he would have to fight against the Earth Union and other major forces.

There were a lot of dangers on the Fairy Planet. Who knew if he would ever return to the Fairy Square in the future? Thus, it was in his best interest to have a good relationship with the Earth Union.

“Shall we go to the warehouse now, Mr. Di Jiu?” Ai Di asked in an inquiring tone. He was certain that if he did not take Di Jiu to the warehouse, Di Jiu would not take out the jade slips.

“Of course. Let’s go, Ai Di.” Di Jiu patted Ai Di’s shoulder as if they knew each other very well.

Ai Di almost attacked him instinctively. He had not expected that Di Jiu would approach him and pat his shoulder. If this had been a sneaky attack, he would have been doomed. Therefore, he decided to be even more vigilant around Di Jiu from now on.

Di Jiu knew more about killing auras and killing intent than Ai Di, so he knew that he could pat Ai Di because he did not have any killing intent. Ai Di was an expert, so if he had shown even a hint of killing intent, he would have detected it in advance.

...

As he followed Ai Di into the warehouse, Di Jiu saw all kinds of weapons. All weapons on the Fairy Planet were probably Dharma treasures. Unfortunately, he did not see the long saber or the flying sword.

After sweeping the place with his eyes, Di Jiu approached a weapon that looked like a kitchen knife. However, this particular knife was twice as long as a common kitchen knife. It was at least 70 centimeters long, its handle was black, and Di Jiu had no idea what kind of wood it was made of.

It had to be a saber.

Di Jiu placed his hand on the kitchen knife and tried to communicate slowly with his mental strength. His mental strength immediately sensed that the knife was volatile, and therefore could be refined. As soon as Di Jiu discovered this, he pushed the thought aside.

This meant that the kitchen knife was a Dharma artifact, so he could fly with it instead of with the flying sword. Ai Di did not know this, but Di Jiu knew all about it now.

Ai Di despised the look of glee in Di Jiu’s eyes. This was a sub-warehouse. The real good items of the Earth Union were kept in the main warehouse, but some of the less valuable items would be placed in the sub-warehouse. Items of even lower quality would be transported to Earth and put up for auction. In his opinion, Di Jiu would not be able to recognize a good item. If he had taken him to the main warehouse, he would have been overwhelmed by the items there. Plus, it would not have been so easy for him to enter the main warehouse. Whenever Ai Di wanted to enter it, he had to pass various security checks and be accompanied by an authorized person.

“Congratulations, Mr. Di. You have chosen a precious knife,” Ai Di complimented Di Jiu sincerely. “It must be extraordinary if it was found on the Fairy Planet.”

Di Jiu looked at Ai Di with contempt. How could he not know that this was a Dharma artifact? Even if he knew, he would definitely not know how to refine it. Fortunately, before he got there, Di Jiu had erased the important manuscript on the jade slip.

After observing this kitchen knife, Di Jiu searched the room in a circle, only to find that even though there were many items inside it, only a few of them were actually useful. Di Jiu started to doubt whether this warehouse housed the best items of the Earth Union.

“You need to hurry up, Mr. Di. The first five minutes have already passed,” Ai Di, who followed Di Jiu around, warned him.

Di Jiu acted like he had not heard him and took his sweet time choosing. He had already thought about it. If he only found one saber, then he would only exchange one of the jade slips. He would not settle for any items that he did not want.

Di Jiu browsed through each shelf by touching the items on it. Whenever he touched a piece of Dharma treasure, he would feel a slight fluctuation.

Would the debris of a Dharma treasure give off such a fluctuation? Di Jiu picked up a Dharma treasure debris the size of his palm. Although it was rusty, he felt no fluctuation.

Just as Di Jiu started to wonder what was going on, he felt another wave of fluctuations. He was a medical master, so ever since he had practised the Five-Yin Six-Yang Hand, he had become more sensitive to vitality. Although he was sure that this was a vitality fluctuation, the fact that this Dharma treasure had vitality fluctuations shocked him beyond belief.

He would definitely choose it so he could study it later.

When he realized that Di Jiu had chosen a second Dharma treasure, Ai Di no longer despised him. This warehouse consisted of defective products, so since there was no treasure to choose from, it would be best to choose a Dharma treasure that one could study.

“Brother Ai Di, I have chosen this kitchen knife to cook with and a piece of iron that I can use to stabilize my desk while I read books. I have no interest in any of the other items here,” Di Jiu said in disappointment after looking through the entire warehouse.

“I can’t help you with that, Mr. Di. Everything is in here...”

Ai Di was about to say something, when Di Jiu raised his hand and interrupted him. “I will give all the jade slips to you as long as you write a letter stating that you owe me one item. I will look for that last item in the future. How is that?”

At first, Di Jiu had planned on only exchanging two jade slips, yet he soon realized that he would need Ai Di’s help in order to enter the Institute of Martial Arts. In that case, there was no need to offend Ai Di over a useless jade slip.

“Alright, as you wish.” Ai Di did not care that Di Jiu had talked to him like an older brother, even though he was a lot younger than him. What mattered was that the jade slips were now his.

...

When the transaction with Ai Di was over, Di Jiu could finally step on the Fairy Square. As soon as he walked out, Di Jiu felt a strong Spirit Qi that satisfied him. Even if the Spirit Qi had not been there though, his cultivation would still have been very fast.

The Fairy Square was not so much a square, but rather a huge area.

On the most conspicuous spot of the square, an area had been cordoned off. In the middle of that area was the broken statue of a fairy that appeared to be missing an arm. One only had to look at the statue to know that the Earth Union had not touched it.

On the periphery of the square were lined-up houses and various shops. Most of the shops were still under construction.

It seemed like it was not merely a rumor that the Fairy Planet would soon be open to people from Earth.

Di Jiu did not have the time to find out where his shop was, as Ai Di’s subordinate found him and told him that he had already arranged for him to enter the Institute of Martial Arts. He was ready to enter the elite class of the Fairy Planet’s Institute of Martial Arts without any necessary formalities.

Ai Di had to have some influence on the Fairy Planet if he had been able to arrange this so fast.

Now that the matter had been settled, Di Jiu would first head to the Fairy Planet’s Institute of Martial Arts. His shop had not opened yet anyway.

The subordinate Ai Di had sent was also Chinese. Although he was not aware of Di Jiu’s identity, if Ai Di had personally arranged this for him, then Di Jiu and Ai Di had to be very close. Therefore, as he led the way, he carefully warned Di Jiu, “Every student of the elite class of the Fairy Planet’s Institute of Martial Arts is an expert, so they are all very arrogant. Still, as long as you do not provoke them, they will not stir up any trouble for you.”

He was trying to warn Di Jiu to try to keep a low profile and not provoke those elite students into anger.