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“Thank you.” Cao Xi, who seemed to be addicted to listening to his stories, thanked him.

Previously, when Di Jiu had been talking about what Shi De had told Han Shan, it had made her feel touched. However, Di Jiu’s words later on made her feel somewhat uncomfortable. She couldn’t figure out why she was feeling uncomfortable.

“A boat had an accident at sea, and many people on the boat drowned. There was also a young couple with a child on board. The wife and her child fell into the sea but they fortunately managed to get a small boat. However, the boat was too small and could only hold one person at most. If two people were on it, the boat would capsize as long as the waves were bigger.

“Since they were in the sea, there were naturally waves. Upon seeing the waves getting bigger and bigger, the wife suddenly pushed her husband into the sea. When her husband was pushed down, a wave took him away. At the time, God happened to pass by. God wanted to save this family but thought that the wife was too vicious and thus turned around and left.”

The story told by Di Jiu was very dull. After he said this, he looked at Cao Xi calmly.

“That’s it?” asked Cao Xi, as she felt that this story had yet to end.

Upon seeing Di Jiu not utter a word, Cao Xi sighed. “That woman was indeed vicious, but the child was innocent.”

Di Jiu looked at her disdainfully and said, “Fortunately, a big boat happened to pass by and saved her and her child. After twenty years, the wife finally raised her child. When the child had his own family and she was left alone, she understood why her husband had wanted her to push him into the sea in the past.”

“He had wanted her to push him into the sea?” Cao Xi subconsciously asked with a frown.

Since the man had hoped for his wife and child to survive together, he had been obliged to jump into the sea first.

Di Jiu didn’t answer Cao Xi for a while before he said, “Later on, many people guessed that the guy had been terminally ill, which was actually not the case. The man had only told his wife that if he and his child survived, he would not be able to raise the child because he would get drunk due to missing his wife and indulge himself. Eventually, his child would be left to fend for himself with nobody to rely on. However, he didn’t have the courage to jump into the sea, so he’d hoped his wife would help him.

“His wife loved him very much but loved her child very much as well. With eyes brimming with tears, she had pushed him into the sea. Although she felt very guilty, she had to live on for the sake of her child.”

“Why did the wife show understanding?” Cao Xi asked.

Di Jiu seemed to be answering Cao Xi while also answering himself. “It was because of love. The man knew that his wife loved him very much but he was afraid that she would be unable to suffer the blow of his death and eventually wouldn’t be able to raise his child. He thus asked his wife to push him into the sea. At the same time, he said that he didn’t have the courage to jump into the sea so that his wife would love him less and that love would turn into guilt. When one feels guilt, they can still live as long as they have a child. However, if they know that they have lost a loved one, it is hard to live on.”

Cao Xi looked at Di Jiu in a daze and mumbled, “When one is guilty, they can live as long as they have a child. If they know that they have lost a loved one, it is hard to live on.”

After a long while, she bowed before Di Jiu. “Thank you. I think I have understood. I’m sure that you’re not Dao Lord Myriad Poison.”

In Di Jiu’s story, she was the God who was superior but drew conclusions without understanding the causes and consequences. At the same time, she was also the huge wave in the sea. Dao Lord Myriad Poison was the boat that passed by and saved the woman and her child. Di Jiu was that man. After saving his wife and child, he had been chased down by this God for more than 100 years.

“If you’ve understood, let things end here. Stop chasing after me.” After Di Jiu said that, he sped up and left.

Cao Xi sped up and followed him. Before Di Jiu could ask her why, she laughed self-derisively. “I’ve spent a very short time with you, but I’ve heard many truths that I had never heard before. Although this is simple, it’s given me food for thought.”

After pausing for a while, she added, “Do you want to know my story?”

Di Jiu really wanted to know her background. Cao Xi’s expression changed and she grabbed a sharp stone from the side of the road and made a few scratches on her face.

In the blink of an eye, her pretty face turned fierce.

Di Jiu then realized that a line of five people had walked over. Each of these five people was tall and robust.

Although Di Jiu wasn’t tall, he was 1.85 meters. However, the shortest person among them was over two meters tall.

A few of them stopped Di Jiu and Cao Xi. They made some noise, but Di Jiu and Cao Xi looked at each other, understanding nothing.

A tall man grabbed a rope and tried to bind Di Jiu and Cao Xi. What puzzled Cao Xi was that Di Jiu did not resist at all and allowed them to do what they wanted.

Perhaps, because Di Jiu and Cao Xi had a good attitude after this tall man bound them, he did not do anything to them. However, he performed some hand gestures, thus telling both of them to follow the group.

As Cao Xi and Di Jiu walked in the middle, she looked at Di Jiu in confusion. “Didn’t you say that you have to retaliate if someone fights with you or scolds you? Why aren’t you resisting at all and are letting them constrain you?”

Di Jiu faintly replied, “I can easily deal with these five people. Haven’t you discovered that there are hundreds of people further away? Once there is a situation here, those hundreds of people will definitely come forward. Besides, even if we deal with these hundreds of people, they could gather more people to surround us in the shortest time possible. We have to retaliate, but while we’re at a disadvantage, can’t I conserve my energy and retaliate later on?

“Plus, this is not the main reason we’re not retaliating. It’s because I can’t do it. Since I don’t know where we are now, once I make a move, I will be opposing the people here. I might not even have a place to stay. Now that we’re confined, it doesn’t matter. At least, they will take us to their residence and let us figure out where this place is.”

Even though Di Jiu couldn’t use his Dao technique at all, this rope couldn’t constrain him. He could escape at any time. What was important was that despite being constrained, he could continuously try to set up his own laws there and let his cultivation level get restored as quickly as possible.

Cao Xi said, “You’re different from everyone I’ve ever met.”

“I’ve told you my story, so tell me yours now.” Di Jiu could see that although the people there were tall, they didn’t have any divine power or Dao techniques. At most, they were just powerful people with strong bodies.

Given some time, he could restore his strength in this place.

Cao Xi smiled slightly. Even though she looked fierce and terrifying due to the scratches on her face, she still had a clean smile.

As if recalling the past, Cao Xi looked in the distance and said, “A very long time ago, the Five-Element Universe was filled with chaos. Later on, the universe was separated. The heaven-opening Dao runes had trained some experts, and the two strongest ones were given the best opportunities. The man obtained eight Primordial Dao Laws, but the woman obtained one Primordial Dao Law. Apart from that, the woman also obtained part of the essence and Dao runes of the heaven-opening universe. Thanks to those, she condensed her own Dao…”

Di Jiu looked at her in surprise. “Is the woman you mentioned you?”

Cao Xi sighed. “That man is called Du Bu, and that woman is called Cao Xi. Therefore, your guess was right. That woman is me.”

Di Jiu felt deep veneration for her. He had heard a lot about Du Bu, who simply had a well-known reputation. Even Du Bu’s disciple, Du Mo, was a formidable person, let alone Du Bu himself. Du Zihen, who had become friends with him, was also an expert that stood at the peak of the universe.

He hadn’t expected that Cao Xi would be famous or that she would be a member of the same generation as Du Bu.