Ninth In the World

“Stop, you will kill him if you continue.” Di Jiu came in time to stop Jie Huang from thrashing manager Hui.

Jie Huang listened to Di Jiu and kicked manager Hui aside. “Count yourself lucky this time. Otherwise, I would have killed you.”

Di Jiu walked towards manager Hui, who had lost his legs. and asked with concern, “You are not dead, right?”

“I am Deputy City Lord Jie’s man. Save me quickly…” Manager Hui coughed out a lot of blood before he could even finish what he was about to say.

“Are you really Deputy City Lord Jie’s man?” Di Jiu asked in shock.

“Yes, don’t hurt me anymore if you want to save yourself.” Manager Hui finally finished coughing blood. It was a lie that Di Jiu could save himself. Manager Hui gave Di Jiu false hope merely because he did not want to agitate Di Jiu.

The onlookers sighed silently. They knew that it was useless for Di Jiu to apologize now. Everyone wanted to see what would happen to this aggressive store owner when Deputy City Lord Jie arrived later.

More people shook their heads speechlessly. It was too late to ask manager Hui if he was fine. Anyone in their right mind would find out who the newcomer was before they bashed that person.

Who would be so stupid as to come and ask for the Starry Sky Tea if they did not have any background?

Di Jiu sighed in relief. “I can rest assured.”

After saying that, Di Jiu raised his leg and kicked manager Hui. Manager Hui flew up into the air. Just as he was about to knock into the stone pillar next to the store, Di Jiu opened his palm and a long saber flew out of his hand and nailed manager Hui onto the stone pillar.

Di Jiu went up to Fu Yi, who had been controlled, and kicked him. Then, he used another long saber to pierce Fu Yi and nail him onto a separate stone pillar.

The onlookers were stunned. What was he trying to do? Who apologized like that? Did he want manager Hui to die faster? No, he wanted to die faster.

“He’s so audacious…” After an angry growl, a deacon in grey clothes rushed down and appeared in front of Di Jiu.

The crowd went silent. Most of them recognized the newcomer— it was the deacon of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City Law Enforcement Hall, Gong Yichi.

Gong Yichi was a Law Enforcement Hall deacon at the Immortal King Realm. He was a cruel man who worked for powers with strong backgrounds. As long as he was involved, all the cultivators who were taken away would never be seen again. Therefore, all the cultivators in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City called him “Gong Yici”. [1.”Yici” sounds similar to “one time”]

As he looked up at manager Hui, who had been nailed up to the stone pillar by Di Jiu, he was shaking with fury. His face was ghastly.

That was the manager of the Great Fortune Inn. Whose property was it? It belonged to the Deputy City Lord of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City, Jie Guangmao. The manager under Jie Guangmao had actually been nailed in front of the store by a foreign weakling by now.

Even the deacon would suffer if Deputy City Lord Jie Guangmao found out about this.

“You have guts…” Gong Yichi realized that this matter was out of his control.

He raised his hand and send a message. The deputy city lord should come and settle the matter personally. Maybe that would pacify the deputy city lord’s anger.

“Kneel down.” Gong Yichi calmed down. After all, he did not dare to cut Di Jiu’s limbs and nail them onto the stone pillar, no matter how much he wanted to. This was not because he was afraid of the laws in the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City, but because he was worried that Deputy City Lord Jie would not be satisfied with his actions. He could not decide what the deputy city lord wanted to do.

Jie Huang chuckled. “You piece of trash, is this how you enforce the laws? You did not ask what happened before asking me to kneel down. Are you here to smear the reputation of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City? Do you know what else I want to say? You sure have some guts if you asked your big boss to kneel down.”

Gong Yichi was stunned by the aggressive shop assistant. Di Jiu had been on the blacklist of the Law Enforcement Hall for a long time. However, they had been too busy to deal with him. How could there be such an aggressive shop assistant?

Was he trying to commit suicide?

Gong Yichi frowned and realized that the matter was not so simple. The pale youth before him did not seem like a moron, so why was he trying to die?

Actually, that pale face seemed a little familiar…

“He he… When did the manager of the Great Fortune Inn offend someone and get nailed onto the stone pillar outside the store?” someone said unhurriedly before a man wearing golden clothes approached with a virtual step.

The man in the golden clothes had not come alone. There was a man wearing brown clothes behind him. The man behind stared at Di Jiu as soon as he landed on the floor and said, “It’s you again?”

“Oh, it’s Hall Master Dui. Greetings, Hall Master Dui.” Di Jiu cupped his fists to greet the man in the brown clothes.

Hall Master Dui gave Di Jiu a cold look but did not say anything. To be honest, as the Hall Master of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City, he would get exhausted if he had to resolve issues so frequently.

This was the first time he faced a problem that he needed to settle personally. Thus, he had no choice but to take Deacon Lu, who was at the Zenith Heaven Immortal Realm, away. Deacon Lu did not have the right to summon him when the matter at hand involved only a little store owner at the Immortal Lord Realm. He still had no idea who had summoned him.

This matter concerned Deputy City Lord Jie, so he’d had no choice but to come. Although his position was comparable to Deputy City Lord Jie’s, he was still a little weaker than Deputy City Lord Jie.

Di Jiu cupped his fists because he thought that the hall master had come because of him the first time. He would definitely not have cupped his fists to greet the hall master if he had known that the hall master had come because of someone else.

“Ha ha! All of you look so aggressive. Even though I hit him, he came here to snatch my Big Brother’s Starry Sky Tea. Don’t tell me that you, Jie Guangmao, are not convinced. Come at me if you have the guts. Although I do not dare to be as aggressive as you, I would admit defeat if you made me frown.” Jie Huang laughed and almost pointed his finger in Jie Guangmao and Hall Master Dui’s faces.

Gong Yichi recalled who Jie Huang was instantly and cold sweat trickled down his forehead.

Jie Guangmao’s anger disappeared immediately. He had obviously recognized who Jie Huang was and his heart had become cold and frightened.

Although he was the deputy city lord of the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City, it would be extremely easy for Palatial Lord Jie Wanling from the Starry Demon Palace to kill him.

Hall Master Dui also realized that this was Jie Wanling’s only son. Jie Guangmao could not compare to Jie Wanling, no matter how powerful he was. He also understood who had summoned him when Di Jiu had first created a scene.

“Oh, the young palatial lord is here. Please pardon me for my inadequate care. I deserve to die.” Jie Guangmao cupped his fists immediately and greeted Jie Huang, not bothering to acknowledge his sidekick.

Jie Huang chuckled. “The Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City does not belong to you. Both of us are working here, but you made it sound as though you are the master of this place and I am a foreigner. How shameless of you!”

Jie Guangmao was fuming with anger silently. However, he did not dare do anything to Jie Huang. It would be easy to kill Jie Huang, but ridiculously difficult to escape Jie Wanling’s pursuit.

Hall Master Dui interrupted him immediately and said, “Young palatial lord, you haven’t been to the Gigantic Tripod Liberal Immortal City in a long time. I didn’t know that you’ve got such a big business here. Congratulations!”

Jie Huang nodded. “Unfortunately, some people are trying to snatch my money because they have some kind of background. It has only been a few days since I started my business. I’m not very competent, so I can only ask my father to come when I am bullied… He he he he he…”

Jie Huang’s laughter made Jie Guangmao feel frightened. When he took out a jade card with countless strong Dao runes, he sent chills down Jie Guangmao’s spine.

Jie Guangmao was not a moron. He knew that the jade card was a lucky charm Palatial Lord Jie Wanling had given to his son. If Jie Huang activated the card and summoned the shadow of the Star Demon Immortal Emperor, then Jie Guangmao would be doomed.

“Young palatial master, the manager of the Great Fortune Inn is at fault. I bear the biggest responsibility since the Great Fortune Inn is my property. I, Jie Guangmao, will cooperate, no matter what you want to do to me.” Jie Guangmao wanted to smoke his way through and take Hui away first.

However, he could not avoid the question now that Jie Huang intended to call his father.

Hall Master Dui did not say anything. The best thing he could do was remain silent.

“Big Brother, these people are here to snatch our store and business. What do you think we should do?” Jie Huang asked as he looked at Di Jiu.

Big Brother? Both Jie Guangmao and Hall Master Dui looked at Di Jiu in awe. They had not known that Di Jiu was the big brother of the young palatial lord of the Starry Demon Palace.

The cultivators understood what was happening and realized why the store owners did not fear Deputy City Lord Jie. That was the young palatial lord of the Starry Demon Palace. Manager Hui from the Great Fortune Inn must have lost his mind if he had tried to snatch the young palatial lord’s business.

“Since he’s the deputy city lord’s dog, you need to compensate him with some freedom points. There are two people here. Each of them can give one million freedom points and get lost,” Di Jiu said without any mercy.

He did not show any mercy because he knew very well that the feud between Jie Guangmao and him had already been formed. It was useless for him to show mercy now.

Someone finally understood what Di Jiu meant after he heard about manager Hui’s background. After all, he wanted freedom points.

Huo Qianqian, who stood rooted to the ground amid the crowd, sighed in relief. She knew that Di Jiu was not stupid. It was no wonder that he had the guts to open the Starry Sky Tea House. With the young palatial lord’s support, he could even open an elixir dispensary.