Chapter 40 I'm not the kind of person who favors relatives and friends.
The old ancestor was determined to die.
Duan Jiuyou felt a chill run down his spine at the sight of that laugh, and belatedly realized that Di Jiang was not joking!
The Earthly Palace and the Longsheng Hall can be reached with just one "speed trip". If he hadn't really been thinking about this, how could he have shown such murderous intent just now?
Duan Jiuyou's expression stiffened: "This... there's no need for such a big fuss."
Di Jiang's tone was half-smiling and half-annoying, as if he could see right into her heart: "If that's really the case, are you worried about him or me?"
"Of course it's you."
Even a fool knows to be careful when answering this question.
Duan Jiuyou didn't dare to hesitate at all. She said, "You are still recovering from serious injuries. If you rashly fight Bai Yan, you will definitely hurt yourself. Naturally, I am more worried about you."
The coldness in Di Jiang's eyes hadn't faded: "What if I recover to my former state one day?"
It's still you!
In fact, Duan Jiuyou was more worried about Bai Yanxing.
If Dijiang recovers, the entire Heavenly Realm will be transformed. Duan Jiuyou feels guilty towards Bai Yanxing and does not want him to die, but Dijiang is narrow-minded. If he tells the truth today, Bai Yanxing will not only lose his eyes and hands, but his life will also be in danger when the two races go to war in the future!
She spoke sincerely, but Di Jiang was not easily fooled: "Are you saying this to show your loyalty, or do you really think so?"
Duan Jiuyou really lacks common sense; he doesn't consider the big picture when dealing with things or people.
Logically speaking, she favored Bai Yanxing, since she was the one who put him on the throne. She protected him as emperor then, and she would protect his life in the future.
Emotionally speaking, she had a crush on Di Jiang. The reason was superficial: Di Jiang's cold and heartless demeanor suited her taste.
She doesn't play by the rules, and her interests are quite "unconventional".
Although she judged him unsuitable to be the ruler of the Three Realms because of the murderous aura in Di Jiang's eyes when she seized the heavens, she secretly loved this unique "little wolf cub" in her personal preferences.
However, Duan Jiuyou is unpredictable; even if he likes someone, it's hard to say he's truly sincere. Or rather, he hasn't yet realized the risks of genuinely falling in love.
She boldly stroked the wolf's head twice and said, "Of course it's true. Since I entered the Tenth Realm, I haven't left myself a way out. I can count the number of times I've met Bai Yanxing on one hand, but I've spent every day with you. We've been together for more than two months, right? Is that less than a stranger?"
Di Jiang thought to himself, "That old woman is more cunning than anyone else. She immediately made her stance clear to him after he had just said that she didn't distinguish between inside and outside."
"You're my best friend," she said firmly.
Di Jiang chuckled, but Duan Jiuyou wasn't sure how much he actually believed.
"You haven't told us what happened after Liu Tianshi and Xiao Siji entered the Tenth Realm yet," Duan Jiuyou continued to press for details.
Firstly, I was genuinely curious about what had happened in between; secondly, the more I said, the more mistakes I might make, and I didn't know which words might offend this unpredictable lord. Changing the subject was the best course of action.
"What else could they do after coming in?" Di Jiang said casually. "Your people lost their way, so they came to the abandoned house looking for me. A group of them wandered around the abandoned house like headless flies. Liu Tianshi was focused on finding Qi Xinghe to take revenge, so I brought them out."
"Since you were the one who brought her out, why did Xiao Siji end up going to Bai Yanxing's place?"
Duan Jiuyou remembered that Bai Yanxing had said that Xiao Siji had gone to Longsheng Hall to ask for punishment on her own.
“I delivered it there.” Di Jiang’s face was full of disgust when he mentioned this, as if he was recalling some unpleasant experience. “It was young and it was afraid of things. Qi Xinghe and Bai Yanxing’s men were looking for it. It was restless all day long. The clouds above our heads were either raining or snowing. I thought it was too cold and too cumbersome to carry around, so I gave it to Bai Yanxing.”
Duan Jiuyou followed the logic and said, "You were afraid that the child wouldn't be able to keep her mouth shut, so you used a sealing technique on her before sending her there. That way, no matter how Bai Yanxing questioned her, he wouldn't be able to get any clues out of Siji."
Di Jiang said, "Siji is simple-minded. If you treat her a little better, she will become a nepotist. Bai Yanxing is not good at anything else, but he is good at pretending to be a good person. If you throw her directly to him, she will probably betray you and me in the blink of an eye."
These words were clearly loaded with meaning; how could Duan Jiuyou not understand?
She buried her head and rubbed her hands together: "I'm not the kind of person who would just apply some medicine and then act like a nepotist."
She is now serving two regimes, and any slight bias will make the other uncomfortable. How to balance both sides is a great challenge.
"Who said that about you?" Di Jiang's half-smile made Duan Jiuyou feel guilty again.
She noticed that Di Jiang's jealousy was particularly strong whenever the topic turned to Bai Yanxing. However, this was understandable, as the two clans had been at odds for many years, and there was a great deal of resentment between both the lords and the clansmen.
"Why not use the Forgetfulness Curse on Xiao Siji?" Duan Jiuyou said. "The same technique, the sealing technique consumes more spiritual power than the Forgetfulness Curse. Your primordial spirit is so badly damaged, using the sealing technique will be extremely harmful to yourself."
Di Jiang said, "The Forgetfulness Spell should not be used frequently. If it is used twice in a short period of time, it will turn the four seasons into fools."
Duan Jiuyou never expected that Di Jiang would be so selfless. He had always valued spiritual power highly, and the two of them had even argued about it. Now, he was willing to sacrifice himself to protect Xiao Siji.
She was delighted and exclaimed, "You've finally seen the light! Little Four Seasons is neither related to you nor a member of your Wilderness Clan, yet you're willing to sacrifice your spiritual power to protect her. This shows you have a kind heart, and all my painstaking guidance has not been in vain."
—What good roots?
—What did you guide?
Di Jiang looked completely bewildered: "The Four Seasons Demon has done a lot of good deeds. I saved her once, and she promised to give me three thousand merits. It's a sure-fire deal, so what's a little spiritual energy?"
Duan Jiuyou's smile froze on his face, a bad premonition creeping over him.
"What about Liu Tianshi?"
“She earned even more.” Di Jiang listed them one by one. “When she was by Zhao Fengli’s side, she had crafted many powerful weapons for the Immortal Clan soldiers. The soldiers used these weapons to protect their homes and country and drive out evil demons. She had accumulated tens of thousands of merits.”
—What a great act of merit!
Duan Jiuyou was furious. The merit and spiritual power were meant to guide the imperial realm to do good deeds, but he casually "picked up a bargain" and treated it as a "business transaction," without any intention of taking the "right path."
If things continue this way, this person will be cured before he even has a chance to "learn properly"!
"So, Lord Wilderness Lord will be able to replenish his spiritual power soon?"
“Not really.” Di Jiang said with displeasure, “When the thirty-six continents were vying for the position of lord, some people also asked Zhao Fengli to sharpen their weapons. These weapons were used to fight for territory, and the bloodshed caused them to lose a lot of their previous merits. If you calculate it all off, it’s still three thousand.”
"Three thousand and three thousand more, that's six thousand. Six thousand merits is a full twenty percent of spiritual power. Lord Desolate Lord can just go out and restore half of his primordial spirit. It's a sure win!"
Ignoring Duan Jiuyou's sarcastic tone, Di Jiang said, "More than that. If you include your share, it's twenty-four percent. You asked Yan Kuo for the Fuling Pill, wasn't it just to give me forty percent of the virtue spiritual power in your body?"
Duan Jiuyou said resentfully, "You've really got a clever plan, but Yan Kuo hates me so much he might not be willing to give me the Fuling Pill."
"Aren't we still going to Flame Mountain?" Di Jiang said casually. "Trading two green bamboo vines for one Poria cocos pill isn't unreasonable."
Duan Jiuyou's expression hardened.
Bai Yanxing promised that only she knew about the matter of exchanging the Green Bamboo Vine for the Poria Cocos Pill. How did Di Jiang find out?
There's a question Duan Jiuyou has wanted to ask for a long time.
She asked Di Jiang, "Do you also have people in the Longsheng Palace?"
Di Jiang didn't answer the question, but only said, "This matter isn't hard to figure out. You came back covered in injuries, so you obviously didn't fight Yan Kuo. You suffered a loss on your own, and given Bai Yanxing's personality, he will definitely ask why. And given your personality, you will definitely make up a reason, half-truths, and take the opportunity to ask him for a favor. He just happens to need you to go to Yanshan to pick vines, so he can use this as an excuse to do you a favor and give you the Fuling Pill as a reward."
Duan Jiuyou looked at Di Jiang, who seemed to have witnessed her conversation with Bai Yanxing, and suddenly remembered a sentence her uncle had said when he passed away: "People who sit in such positions are not only skilled in strategizing and deploying troops, but also in understanding people's hearts."
Emperor Jiang may not have "deployed troops" around Bai Yanxing yet, but he must have people inside and outside the court. Even when he said he wanted to cripple Bai Yanxing's eyes and hands, it was not an impulsive act.
Duan Jiuyou became increasingly alarmed as he thought about it.
Therefore, the Emperor's Frontier had always had its own plans, and even without knowing that it would be resurrected, it had left a backup plan within the Heavenly Dragon Clan.
"So when do you plan to place someone by his side?"
Di Jiang slowly raised his eyes, seemingly amused, yet also warning.
"Jiuyou, you should be hoping for my great recovery so that I can reclaim my throne as emperor as soon as possible."
She didn't need to worry about anything else; he just wanted her to watch silently as his Great Wilderness Clan reclaimed their kingdom from the Dragon Clan.
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