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Di Jiu knew what Yu Qianxi was thinking. He supposed that it was because his cultivation level was not impressive. Even if he wanted to kill her, she did not think she could be killed. Thus, she thought she could walk away at any time.

However, Di Jiu knew very well that if he had really wanted to kill Yu Qianxi, she could only dream about leaving even though she was also at the Dao Birth, not to mention that she was now at the perfected Dao Modeling.

Di Jiu muttered to himself without saying a word. If Yu Qianxi was talking about the divine spirit herbs, he would have left long ago. It was the Dao fruits, though, which were too precious.

At least, he had not discovered any Dao fruits yet. In other words, the Nomological Eye Fruit that he had obtained was a Dao fruit. However, the Nomological Eye Fruit had surpassed the category of a Dao fruit. Therefore, it should be considered a Dao fruit without any level.

Di Jiu cultivated the Nomological Dao, so he knew very well that advancing his Alchemy Dao would not be a very hard thing to do. He was now a peak Dao Modeling Alchemy Deity. After he set his mind on analyzing this for some time, he was sure that he could be a Dao Birth Alchemy Deity.

However, a Dao Birth Alchemy Deity and a Dao Birth Alchemy Saint were two different things. If he wanted to become a Dao Birth Alchemy Saint, no matter how heaven-defying his Nomological Dao was, it would be pointless if he did not have the Dao fruit.

When she sensed Di Jiu’s hesitation, Yu Qianxi spoke again. “I didn’t deceive you. Every word I said is true. There is definitely a Dao fruit garden there. As for why I know this, I can’t tell you.”

After hesitating for a while, Di Jiu nodded. “Alright, I agree to enter the Vast Ruins with you. However, I have to enter seclusion for some time. If possible, in three years, we will…”

“We will meet in the Green Li Sacred Dao City. There is a Teleportation Array there that leads directly to the Vast Ruins.” Upon seeing Di Jiu agree, Yu Qianxi informed him about the venue as fast as possible. At the same time, she took out her communication pearl.

“Alright. We will meet in three years in the Green Li Sacred Dao City.” After Di Jiu responded, he exchanged communication pearls with Yu Qianxi quickly, extended his body, and left. Lightning was not much slower than Di Jiu. Thus, it followed him and turned into a shadow before vanishing.

“I really don’t understand. How come such a genius is only an outer sect disciple?” Yu Qianxi muttered to herself after seeing Di Jiu vanish. She then left quickly in another direction.

Di Jiu did not leave the Dao Ridge. He found an extremely remote place in the Dao Ridge and then set up a pile of Dharma Arrays before he entered it and went into seclusion.

As for Lightning, Di Jiu threw it into the Ninth World without the slightest hesitation. Lightning was too eye-catching. Apart from its slightly faster speed, it was still weak. If it continued roaming about outside, it might very likely get into trouble.

The first thing he did when he entered seclusion was implant the supreme-grade Dao meridian below the Creation Wood.

Then, he sensed a spirit wood rejoicing aura. Di Jiu heaved a sigh of relief. He had done what he had promised the Creation Wood. As for whether it could be reborn afterward, he had no ability to intervene.

Di Jiu did not continue staying in the Ninth World. Instead, he prepared to refine pills. The Ninth World’s Heaven Earth Law grew based on his cultivation level. Even though he was at the Dao Birth now, he did not only want to refine Dao Birth Divine Pills. If he wanted to refine a higher grade of elixir pills in the Ninth World, he would have to advance to a higher level of Alchemy Deity in a place where the Heaven Earth Law was more perfected first.

Di Jiu was a peak Dao Modeling Alchemy Deity, so he only spent half a month refining Dao Birth Divine Pills. Half a month later, not only did he refine the Dao Birth Divine Pills, but he also occasionally refined Dao Birth Divine Pills with indistinct pill inscriptions. No matter how hard Di Jiu tried, he could not refine Dao Birth divine pills with clear pill inscriptions. Without them, he was only a high-class Dao Birth Alchemy Deity regardless of how good he was.

A year later, Di Jiu had barely refined Dao Transformation Divine Pills and was considered a Dao Transformation Alchemy Deity. When he became a Dao Transformation Alchemy Deity, he could refine middle-class Dao Transformation Divine Pills. As Di Jiu refined the pills, he was enlightened. Another year had passed, yet he still could only refine middle-class Dao Transformation Divine Pills.

Di Jiu had also consumed almost all the divine spirit herbs that he had obtained in the First Evolution Dao Sect. He stopped practicing alchemy and left some divine spirit herbs for backup. He could also sense that his Alchemy Dao had reached a bottleneck. Otherwise, his Alchemy Dao level would not have improved at all and he would not have refined a special-class divine pill in two years.

He left some divine spirit herbs because he was afraid that if he really obtained the Dao fruit, he would become an Alchemy Saint. Apart from the Dao fruit, he still needed the divine spirit herbs. He would not have another chance to enter the First Evolution Dao Sect’s Dao Evolution Mountain Range to pick divine spirit herbs.

Di Jiu calculated the time and realized that only around a year was left before the time he had arranged to meet Yu Qianxi. He decided that after his Heavenly Aqua Saber advanced, he would first go to the Green Li Sacred Dao City to wait for her.

If he managed to advance to a Dao Transformation Alchemy Saint one day, why would he still need to worry about cultivating resources? He also reckoned that Yu Qianxi had not deceived him and the Dao fruit garden in the Dao Ridge should exist.

Di Jiu had obtained many Nirvana Black Metal Stones that were two large doors. For the sake of advancing his Heavenly Aqua Saber, he could stand to use them. He threw all the Nirvana Black Metal Stones into the Dao fire that he had brandished.

A jeering sound could be heard while Di Jiu was dumbfounded. His Dao fire was a top-notch immortal flame. It was very hard to burn away the surface layer of the two stone doors, let alone melt the Nirvana Black Metal Stones.

Di Jiu still wondered whether after his Heavenly Aqua Saber had been integrated into the Nirvana Black Metal Stone, it would advance to a middle-grade divine weapon. He now knew that he had thought too much.

He had to first find the materials to advance his Dao fire before upgrading his Heavenly Aqua Saber.

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Maybe there were even better things in the Dao Ridge. However, Di Jiu was not in the mood to continue staying in the Dao Ridge. No matter how many treasures there were, nothing was more important than advancing his flame.

He also understood that his Alchemy Dao had definitely been blocked because his flame was too weak. If his flame had advanced to a divine flame, he could have refined Dao Transformation Divine Pills long ago, even if it was a low-grade divine flame.

After leaving the Dao Ridge, Di Jiu decided to search for the materials to advance his Dao fire immediately. If he did not advance his Dao flame, it would affect his cultivation.

Several days later, he walked out of the Dao Ridge.

“Hold on…” When Di Jiu walked out of the array door, a Dao Transformation cultivator stopped him.

Di Jiu’s heart stopped. Didn’t he know that he needed to be inspected to enter and exit the Dao Ridge?

“What’s the matter?” Di Jiu’s expression turned somewhat ugly.

This Dao Transformation cultivator roughly knew that those who could enter the Dao Ridge basically had a certain background. He cupped his fists and said respectfully, “Hall Master Jiang has instructed all the cultivators who come out of the Dao Ridge to enter the array door at the side once.”

Di Jiu frowned. Wasn’t this guy too overbearing? Those who entered the Dao Ridge were genius cultivators. Who would be willing to enter another array? He scanned that array door with his Spiritual Force and realized that it should be an Inspection Dharma Array.

“Hall Master Jiang? How dare he check on the cultivators entering the Dao Ridge! Doesn’t he have anything reasonable to say? What if I don’t do as he says?” Di Jiu’s tone grew cold.

He believed that this Inspection Array could see through any cultivators with an Array Dao level.

The Dao Transformation cultivator was not angry as he replied, “He is naturally Dai He Hall Master Jiang. I’m only a disciple who follows his orders. If you are unwilling to go, Daoist, I naturally won’t dare force you. The only thing I can do is tell Hall Master Jiang about the cultivators who did not enter the array door.”

Di Jiu was shocked. Dai He Hall’s Jiang Dai? This fellow had actually found this place? What was going on? This did not make sense. He had been in the Dao World for over a year. How had Jiang Dai found him when he had entered the Dao Ridge this time?

Once he thought of Jiang Dai, Di Jiu immediately grew vigilant. If he did not enter the array door, it was evident that he would have a guilty conscience. In other words, regardless of whether he had a guilty conscience or not, Jiang Dai definitely wanted to check on his background.

It looked like he had to enter the array door. When Di Jiu thought of lifting his legs to step into the array door, his heart turned cold. It was a close call. He had almost been tricked by that bastard Jiang Dai.