Ninth In the World
Chapter 76: Refinement

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

The residence of the elite class was very nice. Although there was no yard due to the limited space available, everyone had their own spacious room.

Di Jiu’s room was next to Pang Fan’s, who must not have had anyone to talk to for some time, because ever since he had met Di Jiu, he had not stopped talking.

Thanks to him, Di Jiu learned that the elite class of the Institute of Martial Arts would not have to stay at the institute for a long time. As long as one’s strength reached a certain limit, they could enter the elite class and keep the treasures they found during the test trial on the Fairy Planet. If they handed the treasure over to the alliance, they would receive a corresponding reward.

When Pang Fan eventually went to drink some water, Di Jiu returned to his room and immediately set out to refine his kitchen knife. In order to prevent Pang Fan from disturbing him, he deliberately hung up the do-not-disturb sign outside the door.

When he began to refine the knife, Di Jiu discovered something. As soon as his mental strength touched the knife, it came into contact with the formation ban.

In order to refine the kitchen knife, it was necessary to refine the formation ban. Di Jiu had no experience refining a piece of Dharma treasure. He had only recently discovered this through the jade slips, which had briefly mentioned how to refine a Dharma treasure without giving a detailed description.

Di Jiu could only rely on his own methods and keep trying. After a long period of time, he finally managed to use his mental strength to abolish the ban technique and refine the first ban.

After refining it, Di Jiu accumulated sufficient experience for his refining speed to become faster.

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The students of the Fairy Planet’s Institute of Martial Arts Normal Class No.11 were sitting quietly in their seats, waiting for their tutor.

They had just arrived at the Fairy Planet, even though, according to the standards of the Fairy Planet’s Institute of Martial Arts, most of them did not qualify to be there. It was only because of the lowered standards of the special recruitment of the Fairy Planet’s Institute of Martial Arts that they had been eligible for the trial.

This opportunity was very rare for all the people involved.

This class included 100 students, unlike the elite class, which only included 30. Shen Ziyu was standing silently among the crowd. The first thing she had done at the Institute of Martial Arts was ask their tutor if she could proceed with the training if she had a heart problem.

The tutor had looked in her eyes speechlessly at the time and answered that any problems with one’s heart, or any other internal organs, would make it impossible to cultivate martial arts on the Fairy Planet. Martial art techniques on the Fairy Planet were different from common martial arts, as they flowed from inside out. To cultivate these martial arts, one had to be physically healthy. How could one train with a heart problem?

The mentor’s words had made Shen Ziyu suspect that she had fully recovered from her illness. However, she knew that this was impossible given her heart condition.

An old man with gray hair walked in with a large box in his hand. All the students stood up and greeted the tutor in unison.

According to their curriculum, this month would mainly include theoretical classes. They would only have practical lessons next month. The tutor of this class was Tao Xiufu, one of the most proficient medicinal herb scholars working at the Fairy Planet’s Institute of Martial Arts.

Tao Xiufu put down the box in his hand and told everyone to sit down. Then, he said, “You are the best students from various martial arts institutes around the world. Most people assume that you come to the Fairy Planet to learn new techniques. If that was the case, then we would spend time cultivating. Why would we spend a month studying minerals and medicinal herbs?”

After a pause, Tao Xiufu added, “This is what I want to talk to you about. The most precious thing on the Fairy Planet are not martial arts techniques, but mineral materials. If you are wondering what this means, then I will be telling you today.”

His simple introduction attracted all the students’ attention. Tao Xiufu, who noticed that everyone’s attention was concentrated on him, nodded and explained, “The Fairy Planet possesses both martial arts techniques and Immortal Dao techniques. Furthermore, there are all kinds of discarded medicinal herbs and remnants of Dharma treasures here. How do you think medicinal pills are made? They are refined out of medicinal herbs, of course. How do you think Dharma treasures are created? They are refined out of mineral materials.”

“In the future, you will all be pursuing a martial arts dao or Immortal Dao. If you want to improve further, relying solely on your own effort will not suffice. You will also need to use some foreign objects. These foreign objects are the medicinal herbs and minerals I just mentioned.”

As soon as he said that, Tao Xiufu walked to the edge of a huge blackboard and pressed one of the buttons. “The information about minerals and medicinal herbs that I will be teaching you is very limited in comparison to the entire universe. You must remember that knowledge is accumulated. Many people had to sacrifice their lives on the Fairy Planet to get this information. I hope that everyone will study it seriously. Today, I will be teaching you how to identify 60 kinds of medicinal herbs, each one with its own uses. Some of them we already know, while others are foreign to us.”

Sixty medicinal herbs appeared on the huge blackboard, each one with an illustration and text description next to it.

Shen Ziyu suddenly stood up and stared closely at herb No. 28, the Red Xue Flower.

She knew all about the Red Xue Flower. When she had been at the Wang Chuan Temple, Monk Red Dust had told her that her disease could only be treated with the Red Xue Flower, which did not exist on Earth.

Thus, although she had heard of it, she had never seen it before.

When she finally saw the Red Xue Flower that day, she thought that it looked very familiar, even though she was certain that she had never seen it. When she had learned that there were no Red Xue Flowers on Earth, she had given up looking for that non-existent medicinal herb.

Shen Ziyu recalled seeing this medicinal herb at the Luo Kang Hospital. At the time, a dried Red Xue Flower had been lying on the floor. Aunt Fang had asked the nurse why there was litter in the VIP room. The litter Aunt Fang had been referring to was the very Red Xue Flower on this picture. The only difference was that the one at the hospital had been dried-up and dead.

Had she already been treated with a Red Xue Flower?

“Please sit down,” Tao Xiufu told Shen Ziyu with a frown.

Shen Ziyu was still in a daze, so the girl next to her had to pull her down quickly.

Shen Ziyu’s mind had returned to the hospital ward again. Who would save her by using a Red Xue Flower? Who even knew the use of the Red Xue Flower?

It was Di Zimo. Only Di Zimo had been to her ward to visit her that day. She had also given him a bank card.

How could Di Zimo possibly have a Red Xue Flower?

Shen Ziyu finally understood that it had been him. Not many people had known that she could be cured by the Red Xue Flower. Actually, only Di Zimo had known.

Hadn’t Monk Red Dust said that there were no Red Xue Flowers on Earth? How had Di Zimo found one? Had he gotten it from the Fairy Planet?

“I am really sorry, Mr. Tao, but I have a very important question to ask you. Does herb No. 28 exist on the Fairy Planet?” Shen Ziyu asked as she stood up again.

Tao Xiufu, who did not want his lessons to be interrupted by questions from his students, moved the teaching stick in his hand to the Red Xue Flower. “I learned about this medicinal herb from Monk Red Dust from the Wang Chuan Temple, who was hoping to find it on the Fairy Planet. However, I don’t know if there really is a Red Xue Flower here. If you keep attending the elite class, you will get the opportunity to go to the Fairy Planet for the test trial and look for it yourself.”

By the time Shen Ziyu sat down, she still did not understand where Di Zimo’s Red Xue Flower had come from. She also felt even more guilty for not seeking Di Zimo out after he had cured her and left.

Now she understood why Di Zimo had initially proposed that they get a divorce. When he had found out that the Red Xue Flower could save her, Di Zimo had suggested getting a divorce so that he could go and find it. He must have definitely visited Monk Red Dust.

She was such a heartless person! Shen Ziyu lowered her head. She had known that Di Zimo liked her very much, but she had never liked him back.

Even though they had gotten married, they had never even held hands.

If she had not seen the Red Xue Flower that day and realized that Di Zimo had saved her, she might not even have remembered him.

He had already been disowned by the Di Family, so she couldn’t help but wonder where he was now.

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A crisp sound of trepidation was heard as Di Jiu let go of his grip and the refined kitchen knife floated into the air and spun around his head.

This Dharma artifact was really amazing. Di Jiu was very excited. This was not a mere Dharma artifact, but a top-grade Dharma artifact. Thanks to his willpower capacity, the spinning kitchen knife had expanded several times.

Di Jiu could no longer withstand this. He immediately moved his mental strength, causing the kitchen knife to land under his feet. Suddenly, the knife lifted him off the floor and moved him in slow circles around the room.

Di Jiu jumped down and reached out so that the kitchen knife landed on his palm.

He was extremely satisfied with the knife.

As he held the refined kitchen knife in his hand, he could see clearly the small words ‘Star Cluster Celestial Kitchen Peak’ on it.

It seemed like this was indeed a kitchen knife, but it also had been a Dharma artifact of the Star Cluster Celestial Kitchen Peak. The Celestial Kitchen Peak had to be a place that handled meal preparations.