Ninth In the World

That day, while Shang Huijue was thinking about how he would snatch away the Reincarnation Bridge and the Yin-Yang Taijitu from Di Jiu after leaving the Lost Dao World, Huang Peng hurriedly knocked on the restriction of the Defense Array.

Without hesitation, Shang Huijue opened the restriction. As soon as Huang Peng came in, he said excitedly, “City Lord, Di Jiu is here. He has entered the city.”

Then, Di Jiu’s voice could be heard from outside the restriction. “City Lord Shang, Di Jiu has come to visit you. I want to ask you about some matters.”

Shang Huijue nodded at Huang Peng and took the initiative to open the cave abode’s restriction. He then answered passionately, “Daoist Di, please come in. I also have some things to talk over with you.”

“Great.” After he said that, Di Jiu walked into Shang Huijue’s cave abode without apprehension.

If Shang Huijue hadn’t known that his cave abode couldn’t confine Di Jiu, he would have activated the Confinement Array.

Huang Peng quickly said, “In that case, I’ll pay a visit another day. I’ll take my leave, Brother Di.”

Upon saying that, Huang Peng hurriedly left Shang Huijue’s cave abode. He could not afford to provoke either of them. If Di Jiu and Shang Huijue started fighting, he would not be able to help at all.

After Huang Peng left, Shang Huijue imposed a restriction. He took the initiative to invite Di Jiu to the guest hall and poured him a cup full of divine spirit tea before he said, “May I know if Daoist Di came here to think of a way to leave the Lost Dao World with us?”

Di Jiu smiled and replied, “My friend, who is still in seclusion, is going to reach the late-stage Dao Integration Realm. I suppose she could come out of seclusion in a year at most. Thus, I’ll leave the Lost Dao World afterward. I came here today to ask the City Lord about something else.”

Shang Huijue said very straightforwardly with a laugh, “Please speak your mind. There is no discord between us. As long as I can help, I’ll definitely do it.”

“Alright. I won’t be polite then.” Di Jiu took out a few pieces of materials found in the Lost Dao World and said, “The Lost Dao World used to be a Chaotic World, and I’m sure there are many blacksmithing materials inside. Unfortunately, many places I have visited have not met my expectations. City Lord Shang has been in the Lost Dao World for many years and will definitely be more familiar with it than me. I came to ask you to give me directions to some places.”

Di Jiu had originally wanted to directly say that he wanted to purchase Shang Huijue’s Heaven-Opening Writing Brush. He wanted the Yin-Yang Taijitu and a drop of Quintessential Essence of the Universe. If Shang Huijue wanted to trade, Di Jiu would even exchange the Void Mountain or the Yin-Yang Taijitu.

Both the Void Mountain and the Yin-Yang Taijitu were treasures no weaker than the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush. However, the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush was the most useful to him.

Whatever could be used was good stuff. Otherwise, it could only be left aside, no matter how good it was. After all, it wouldn’t be as valuable as money. What one uses is called money, and what one puts in the bank is not. That’s called savings. Even though this sounded like nonsense, in fact, the market had its own set of self-explanatory theories. One couldn’t say that they were wrong.

Di Jiu vaguely felt that he should not have brought that up first. He would probably fail now.

Shang Huijue looked at Di Jiu in confusion. He had always believed that Di Jiu had not come for the blacksmithing materials. However, he could only say, “Daoist Di, are you a Blacksmith Grandmaster?”

Di Jiu chuckled. “Yes, I have a set of saber arrays that contain saber weapons mostly refined by others. Unfortunately, this cost is really high. I hope that when I upgrade the saber arrays, I will be able to refine saber weapons. Once we join forces in the future and really leave the Lost Dao World, I will get no chance to return.”

Shang Huijue was aware that Di Jiu had a set of saber arrays. However, Shang Huijue had never seen Di Jiu use them. Otherwise, he would have been sure that Di Jiu had lied. The saber in Di Jiu’s saber array fit his Dao runes well and was clearly not something that had been done by asking other people to refine it.

Regardless of whether Di Jiu had said the truth or not, Shang Huijue took out a jade talisman and engraved some things inside before handing it to Di Jiu. “Daoist Di, there are a few places in here. Although it’s somewhat dangerous, I believe that you should have no problem given your physical body.”

Di Jiu quickly took it and thanked him with a laugh. “Thank you, City Lord. I’ll go try my luck now.”

After saying that, Di Jiu stood up to take his leave. He had always thought that Shang Huijue would stop him. If he didn’t, when he walked to the entrance, he would suddenly think of the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush and discuss that with Shang Huijue.

When Di Jiu reached the door, Shang Huijue still did not ask him anything and Di Jiu couldn’t hold back. As he was about to stop and bring up the subject of the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush and the Heaven-Opening Mantra, Shang Huijue said casually, “Daoist Di, my cultivation technique is the Ultimate Yin-Yang Dao…”

Di Jiu naturally stopped and sneered at Shang Huijue’s words. Wasn’t this nonsensical? He had always worn black and white clothes, and even his cave abode was the same. The Dao runes when he attacked were the ultimate Yin and ultimate Yang. Even the Heaven-Opening Mantra was both Yin and Yang. If he didn’t cultivate the Ultimate Yin-Yang Dao, that would be weird.

Upon seeing Di Jiu stop, Shang Huijue said with cupped fists, “I know that my request is a bit difficult to satisfy, but I hope I can study your Yin-Yang Taijitu. Daoist Di, don’t worry. When you return, I’ll definitely give it back to you.”

The Yin-Yang Taijitu was so important to Shang Huijue that it was even more important than the Reincarnation Bridge. Di Jiu had been thinking whether he needed it, as Shang Huijue needed the Yin-Yang Taijitu.

Shang Huijue had originally wanted to find Di Jiu because of the Yin-Yang Taijitu. However, there had been too many people last time, so he simply hadn’t gotten a chance. Shang Huijue thought that when Di Jiu came to find him again, he could make this request.

He could only dream about making Di Jiu hand over the Yin-Yang Taijitu directly. He had planned to exchange it with the Book of Life and Death. As long as he studied the Yin-Yang Taijitu for some time, his understanding of the Heaven-Opening Mantra would definitely reach a new level.

As for handing the Book of Life and Death to Di Jiu… Heh heh… It was just a Connate Dharma treasure. He was also fully confident that the Book of Life and Death would fall into his hands in the future.

Di Jiu smiled and looked at Shang Huijue. “City Lord Shang, I’m afraid this is not very appropriate.”

Shang Huijue said immediately, “Daoist Di, I naturally will not take your Yin-Yang Taijitu and leave you with empty hands. I plan to exchange the Book of Life and Death for it. You know that I don’t want your Yin-Yang Taijitu. I only want to study it for a while before returning it to you.”

Shang Huijue knew very well that he could not fool Di Jiu into thinking that he wanted his Yin-Yang Taijitu for cultivating. Since he couldn’t fool him, he would rather tell the truth.

If Di Jiu still didn’t agree, he was ready to take out a Heaven-Opening Iron for Di Jiu. He was sure that a person like Di Jiu definitely couldn’t reject that.

If Di Jiu had known that Shang Huijue had also prepared the Heaven-Opening Iron, he would surely have been restrained. Unfortunately, he was unaware of that. It seemed as if Shang Huijue didn’t know that Di Jiu had also planned to exchange either the Void Mountain or the Yin-Yang Taijitu for the Heaven-Opening Writing Brush.

Di Jiu hesitated for a long time before he said, “City Lord Shang, you can cultivate and get enlightened using my Yin-Yang Taijitu. How much use do I have for your Book of Life and Death?”

Shang Huijue was immediately put in a difficult position. If Di Jiu wouldn’t trade with him, he couldn’t force him. Only if Di Jiu traded with him could he be fully confident about having Di Jiu’s Yin-Yang Taijitu and getting back his Book of Life and Death in the end.

While Shang Huijue was in a dilemma, Di Jiu suddenly said, “City Lord Shang, I am really interested in your Heaven-Opening Mantra. Why don’t we trade for that instead? Of course, you have to lend me your Heaven-Opening Writing Brush for a few days. Otherwise, your Heaven-Opening Mantra would be useless to me.”