Entering Wu Lu City and not seeing Han Qing Yi chasing after him, Di Jiu was finally relieved. This woman should still suspect him, but she was probably not that sure anymore, and she knew there was nothing she could do about it.
Luckily, he had raised his cultivation level to the third level of the Sea Pioneer Realm, if he was still at the Void God Realm, then this woman would really have the guts to finish him off.
At the edge of the Five Continents Square stood the Sea Ranking. Di Jiu stood on the Sea Ranking and looked at it for half a day before finally deciding to look for Ren Hai.
Ren Hai’s current ranking was ninety-seventh, and Di Jiu didn’t see any of the names of the five gongs on the Sea Ranking, it looked like those five guys had all crossed over to the Cultivated Tripod Realm.
“Are you the Red Ta*sel Young Master?” A grey-clothed youth looked at the Tian Sha Blade on Di Jiu’s back and suddenly asked.
Di Jiu’s gaze moved away from the Sea Ranking and landed on this grey-clothed youth, with a cultivation level of the ninth level of the Sea Pioneering Realm and condensed true essence, a strong person.
“That’s right, this young man is the Red Ta*sel Young Master who likes to do good deeds and doesn’t like to keep his name.” Di Jiu sensed a sneer and disdain from this grey-clothed youth, and naturally, his words were not as polite.
“Hahahaha!” The grey-clothed youth laughed, “I also heard that you challenged Ren Hai and ended up being seriously injured after not even sustaining a single move on the dueling stage.”
“That’s very true, this young man also lost the ring. By the way, this young master still doesn’t know what your name is?” Di Jiu could feel that this grey-clothed youth’s surrounding aura was no weaker than the original Ren Hai, and even a bit stronger, this guy was most likely on the Sea Ranking as well.
If this guy was on the Sea Ranking, then he was really lucky, so he wouldn’t have to continue searching for that Ren Hai.
The young man in grey shook his head speechlessly, he suddenly understood why this young master in red ta*sels dared to fight with Ren Hai on the dueling platform, he felt that he was a jerk.
He had a good relationship with Ren Hai, and when he first heard that a Yuan-Soul cultivator was uncomfortably challenging Ren Hai to a move, he even suspected that he had heard wrong. Only when he met Ren Hai later did he realise that there was indeed such a thing. It was only when he bumped into Di Jiu this time that he took the initiative to ask about it. It was strange that he could look up to a Yuan Soul realm cultivator who dared to challenge a Sea Ranking powerhouse; this was clearly a typical example of ignorance and fearlessness, and such cultivators generally did not grow up in the cultivation world.
“I, Jin Xun of the Heavenly Sea Pavilion ……”
“Eighty-ninth in the Sea Ranking?” Di Jiu asked in surprise without waiting for Jin Xun to finish his sentence.
Jin Xun stared coldly at Di Jiu, “Put your little calculations away, Young Master Red Ta*sel, huh what a great reputation. In the beginning, you could even give up your own ring to Ren Hai in order to become famous. But you don’t have that qualification yet if you want to challenge me. You should be glad that if I had agreed to your challenge, there would no longer be a Red Ta*sel Young Master in this world after one move.”
Jin Xun turned around and left after he finished speaking, he had completely seen through Di Jiu, this was a guy who would do anything to become famous. He would not even take his own life for the sake of fame.
Di Jiu knew that he was on the Potential Ranking and was qualified to challenge the Sea Ranking cultivators according to reason, but he just didn’t know what steps were needed to challenge the Sea Ranking cultivators. Now that he had met Jin Xun, how would he let him get away? Getting on the list early was the key for him.
“Haha, that’s right, I did lose the ring to Ren Hai back then. Luckily, I was lucky enough to pick up a large piece of earth core grain gold and bought another ring and more.” Di Jiu opened his hand and grabbed out a piece of Earthheart Ripple Gold that was a little bigger than a millstone.
“Earth-core grain gold?” Jin Xun stared at the Earth Heart Pattern Gold in Di Jiu’s hand and a hot light shot out of his eyes, this was exactly what he needed.
In fact, it wasn’t just Jin Xun who needed Earth Heart Pattern Gold, a different cultivator wouldn’t not need Earth Heart Pattern Gold, it was one of the top materials for refining spirit weapons and magic treasures. Jin Xun was using a stick, and if this piece of Earth Heart Pattern Gold was given to him, then his strength would rise by more than a few notches.
“I’ll compete with you, as much as you are allowed one move, I won’t kill you and I don’t want your ring, I just want your Earth Heart Pattern Gold. You want to be famous, I will give you fame.” Seeing Di Jiu put away the Earth Heart Tattoo Gold, Jin Xun couldn’t walk away completely.
Di Jiu said indifferently, “Who said that this young master wants to let you allow one move? This young man only wants to fight you on the dueling stage, that’s all.”
“Good, I can let you have a few more moves, and I promise to make you famous.” Jin Xun tried his best to soften his tone.
Di Jiu laughed, “This young man doesn’t want to be famous, I just want your position in the sea ranking.”
Jin Xun’s face turned cold, “I’m afraid you don’t have that ability.”
There was no way to fake the sea ranking challenge competition. Besides, even if it could be faked, Jin Xun wouldn’t go and deliberately lose to Di Jiu for a piece of material.
Why were the cultivators on the Dao List better off than others? Why are they all a little faster in their cultivation than others? That was because the Dao Ranking was closely related to the Little Central World.
The Dao Ranking of the Little Central World represented a cultivator’s qi, and if Di Jiu wanted his position on the Sea Ranking, then he would definitely have to challenge him at the Dao Ranking Challenge Stage. Once he lost, it would be tantamount to transporting his Qi away and bringing down his own Qi luck.
If Di Jiu wanted his position on the sea ranking, it would be tantamount to killing his future, so how could Jin Xun still hold back.
Di Jiu said calmly, “This young man is at least on the Potential Ranking, so a match with you, who is at the back of the Sea Ranking, would qualify him for that, right?”
Only then did Jin Xun remember that Di Jiu was a cultivator on the Potential List, he stared at Di Jiu for a while before saying, “Fine, I agree to your challenge, but I need some winnings.”
Di Jiu smiled heatedly, “That’s natural, as long as you can win against me, this piece of Earth Heart Stripe Gold of mine will be yours.”
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Wu Lu City was bustling again, this time the place that was bustling was the Dao Ranking Challenge Stage.
Young Master Red Ta*sel, who had disappeared for more than two years, was going to challenge Jin Xun, who was ranked eighty-ninth on the Dao Ranking, as soon as he returned to Five Continents City.
I am afraid that there are not many people in Five Continents City who do not know the name Young Master Red Ta*sel. He helped many cultivators at the Bay Night Lake, drove away the Divine Mane Squad and the Sunset Squad, and did not take any benefits without leaving his name.
After that, he was an astonishing success, crossing the ninetieth floor of the Five Continents Dao Tower and becoming one of the top ten existences of the Five Continents Dao Tablet. Had Young Master Red Ta*sel not later done something foolish and challenged Ren Hai, Young Master Red Ta*sel would have been a role model for many cultivators up to now.
Challenging Ren Hai, one of the strongest fighters on the Sea Ranking, was the only black mark on Young Master Red Ta*sel, as he failed to sustain a single move in Ren Hai’s hands.
Young Master Red Ta*sel disappeared for a few years after losing, but he never expected to challenge the Sea Ranking powerhouse again as soon as he returned, this time going to the Dao Ranking Challenge Stage. The Dao Ranking Challenge Stage was not an ordinary dueling stage, there would be no mercy. In the eyes of many cultivators, the reason why Di Jiu was still alive was because Ren Hai had shown mercy.
Even the cultivators who had a good feeling about Di Jiu felt that he was committing suicide.
In just one incense stick’s time, the news that Di Jiu was going to challenge the Sea Ranking powerhouse Jin Xun at the Dao Ranking Challenge Stage spread throughout the entire Wu Lu City.
By the time Di Jiu and Jin Xun stood on the Dao Ranking Challenge Platform, the Dao Ranking Challenge Square had already been crowded with cultivators.
“Di Jiu, are you sure you want to challenge Jin Xun, the eighty-ninth on the Sea Ranking?” After Di Jiu and Jin Xun stood on the challenge platform, a middle-aged man also landed on the challenge platform.
This middle-aged man was called Li Zhai, the judge of the Dao Ranking Challenge Platform. At this moment, he was very upset in his heart, this was obviously a waste of his time, but it was Di Jiu who was still qualified to challenge Jin Xun, so he still had to come.
“Let’s begin.” After the middle-aged man said a few words, he landed directly on the judging seat by the challenge stage. If both sides were equally strong and could not tell the winner for twelve consecutive hours, then the judge would be needed to compare who was stronger. In fact, in this judge’s eyes, it was remarkable if Di Jiu could support one move.
Jin Xun grunted, opened his hand and dropped a two-foot long stick into his hand, and simply slashed down.
Di Jiu felt the change in space, Jin Xun didn’t take him seriously at all, this stick directly enveloped the space he was in, obviously wanting to suppress him with one stick. Only when there was a huge difference in strength would he use such a tactic.
However, Di Jiu could also see that Jin Xun indeed had no intention of killing him.
The Tian Sha Blade was sacrificed and the green mane exploded!
“Boom!” The violent true essence swept over Jin Xun’s long stick, the stick momentum that Jin Xun controlled collapsed and disintegrated in an instant, and Jin Xun himself retreated a dozen steps backwards before he barely came to a stop.
Di Jiu did not pursue the attack, in fact he had not even used 30% of his strength in that slash.
Jin Xun looked at Di Jiu in a dumbfounded manner, he had experienced many battles, and after one glance with Di Jiu, he knew that Di Jiu was not inferior to him at all.
“I have underestimated you.” Jin Xun took a breath and spoke in a gruff tone.
Di Jiu smiled faintly, “Now you can go all out.”
Di Jiu had wanted to try to see where the difference between himself and the top Sea Pioneer Realm cultivators was, so he was waiting for Jin Xun to make a full strike.
“Good!” After Jin Xun said one word, the long stick trembled, and the killing intent spread out with this trembling ripple.
Kill! Jin Xun shouted sternly, his whole body and this trembling ripple of killing intent fused together and rolled towards Di Jiu, this time he was really serious.
Di Jiu still stood still as Tian Sha slashed out again, the green mane and the trembling stick shadow ripples clashed together, turning into shocking waves of shattering blade ripples, these shattering blade ripples blasted Jin Xun’s killing power to pieces.
Seeing that the endless fragments of blade intent were about to completely disappear into Jin Xun’s body, Di Jiu let out a sigh and the blade intent stopped.
The aura of death came from Jin Xun’s heart and a shield was reluctantly offered up.
“The fragments of sword intent all blasted against the shield and dissipated into thin air.
Jin Xun panted, he put away the long stick with an open hand and said to Di Jiu with a fist, “Thanks for being merciful.”
It was obvious that Di Jiu had shown mercy just now, if Di Jiu had not shown mercy, he would have become a corpse by this time. It was hard for him to understand why Di Jiu, who was so powerful, could not block a single move from Ren Hai back then.
He knew Ren Hai’s strength very well, he was no match for him at all.
It took Li Zhai a while to react and hurriedly landed on the ring and said, “Di Jiu wins and automatically occupies the eighty-ninth place on the Sea Ranking, Jin Xun is one place back.”