Chapter 4

The short and stout Qu Xiaoshu had already rushed up close. He panted a few times and said anxiously, "King Wu wants to kill your entire clan, and gouge out your sister Di Di’s eyes..."

"What?" Di Jiu was stunned for a moment, then he grabbed Qu Xiaoshu’s collar, his hands trembling, unable to even form a complete sentence. Only three words circled in his mind: Why?

Qu Xiaoshu had calmed down. He stared at Di Jiu and said, "Don’t ask me how I got this news. You must escape immediately. I’m sure that in at most the time it takes to burn an incense stick, someone will come to arrest you."

"What’s going on?" Di Jiu finally managed to speak, but he couldn’t keep his voice steady.

"King Wu invited the imperial medical master Guyi to diagnose Princess Mingzhu. Only Sister Xiao Di’s eyes match Princess Mingzhu and can be transplanted to her. King Wu loves Mingzhu too much and wants Xiao Di..." Qu Xiaoshu had always admired Di Di, and by this point, he was in tears, unable to continue.

"Wu Bahu!" Di Jiu’s eyes turned bloodshot, the veins on his forehead bulged, and he trembled with rage.

At this moment, he only wanted to tear King Wu of Ji country into pieces.

"Your uncle disagreed and rushed to the palace, cursing the king. The king was furious and wanted to execute your father... In the end, no one pleaded for mercy. After the king killed your father, he immediately ordered the extermination of the Di clan. At this time, the entire Mingzhu city is capturing your family. If you hadn’t left Mingzhu city to dig for herbs in the Jibei Mountains, you would have already..."

Qu Xiaoshu didn’t continue, but Di Jiu understood completely. If he hadn’t left Mingzhu city, he would likely be dead by now. His trip to the Jibei Mountains was known only to Qu Xiaoshu. If Qu Xiaoshu hadn’t been completely uninterested in medicine, he would have been digging for herbs with him.

Di Jiu tried to force himself to calm down, but he couldn’t. He couldn’t even speak. He had never encountered such a sudden change in his life. If he had to mention any setbacks, the biggest one was undoubtedly Zhen Man’s departure.

"Jiu, you must leave quickly, they will find you soon." Qu Xiaoshu shook Di Jiu.

"Leave, where can I go?" Di Jiu muttered, the extreme anger fading, he realized he had nowhere to go without his father’s protection.

Wu Bahu wanted to kill him, and he had nowhere to run.

"Use your flying vehicle, there’s still a glimmer of hope. If you don’t, you have no chance at all." Qu Xiaoshu pointed to the silver flying vehicle not far away.

Di Jiu’s hands still trembled, his whole body shaking. He didn’t immediately start the flying vehicle as Qu Xiaoshu suggested.

"Jiu, didn’t you say you didn’t want to live under your father’s protection anymore? That’s why you came to study medicine. Now that your entire clan is being exterminated, and you might be the only one left, don’t you want to take revenge? Even Zhen Man wouldn’t like a coward." Qu Xiaoshu grabbed Di Jiu’s arm and shouted.

"Revenge, revenge..." Di Jiu muttered the word several times, his eyes becoming wild.

There was a slight tremor on the ground, and Qu Xiaoshu said urgently, "They’re here, Jiu, you must leave now."

"Xiaoshu, I’m leaving." Di Jiu finally calmed down, hiding the stone he held close to his body, and turned to run to his flying vehicle.

He didn’t thank Qu Xiaoshu. He knew thanks were unnecessary. This matter could implicate Qu Xiaoshu, even the Qu family. He would remember Qu Xiaoshu’s kindness.

He only hoped no one would know it was Qu Xiaoshu who warned him.

Seeing Di Jiu start the flying vehicle, Qu Xiaoshu breathed a slight sigh of relief. Then he was shocked to see Di Jiu’s flying vehicle not heading away but instead rushing towards a black crack in the sky.

Only then did he notice the strange crack.

As Di Jiu’s flying vehicle entered the crack, the black crack slowly disappeared.

...

Di Jiu opened his eyes, feeling a cool sensation on his head. He instinctively reached up and touched his head, finding his palm sticky. In the dim light, he saw it was covered in blood.

Di Jiu quickly remembered what had happened. After learning that the Di clan had been exterminated by King Wu of Ji, he had controlled his flying vehicle to rush into the sudden spatial crack.

Di Jiu’s gaze fell on the monitor screen of the flying vehicle, which showed only darkness and no information. He struggled to stand up and fumbled to open the door of the flying vehicle.

In the distance, he heard the sounds of birds. Di Jiu stepped out of the flying vehicle, finding himself in a quiet canyon. The canyon was overgrown with thorns, and occasionally, unknown animals would dart past him. Di Jiu knew this was a place rarely visited by humans.

Di Jiu didn’t immediately look for a way out. He looked up at the hazy sky, clenching his fists tightly. His nails had cut into his palms from the tight grip.

No matter where he was now, if he could return in the future, he would definitely exterminate the Wu family of Ji country. Even if he couldn’t cultivate, he would find another way to destroy the Wu family.

Regardless, he had escaped. No matter where he was now, his decision to enter the sudden spatial crack was correct. If he hadn’t entered the crack, he might have already been beheaded by Wu Bahu.

After a long while, Di Jiu slowly turned around, wanting to find some cloth to treat the wound on his forehead. The wound was likely caused by the violent shaking when the flying vehicle entered the crack.

When he took out a mirror and wiped the blood from his forehead, he was shocked to find a wound, but it didn’t seem to be bleeding.

If it wasn’t his blood, where did it come from? Di Jiu opened his hand and saw that the cuts from his nails had stopped bleeding. The wounds were still there, but they were healing quickly.

What’s going on? Di Jiu felt a chill run through his scalp. This was too strange. He suddenly remembered a wound on his calf from a few days ago and pulled up his pants to check. The wound was clearly much smaller.

Could the gray stone have changed his body, giving him the ability to heal quickly?

Thinking of this, Di Jiu took out the gray stone he had hidden close to his body. The stone seemed much smaller than when he first got it.

He carefully examined the gray stone with a golden pattern. Could the healing ability be because his body was changed by the stone?

Maybe it had nothing to do with his body and was purely the stone’s function. Di Jiu took out a short dagger from the flying vehicle, placed the stone on the ground, and cut his arm with the dagger. Blood flowed, but after several breaths, Di Jiu saw no sign of the wound healing on its own.

Di Jiu picked up the gray stone again and held it in his hand. This time, he clearly felt a faint, cool stream pass over the wound on his arm.

Wiping away the blood, Di Jiu saw the wound on his arm was still there, but the bleeding had stopped.

It was indeed this stone. Di Jiu clutched the stone tightly, feeling that heaven had not completely abandoned him.

(From now on, updates will be at 12 PM and 7 PM. If there are additional updates, the time will be不定.)

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