Ninth In the World

Although the residents of Taiyue Island were not high-ranking officers, they were all billionaires.

The Ji Family’s house was located at the southernmost part of Taiyue Island. It was situated near Taiyue Lake, so it enjoyed a beautiful scenery. The property covered 10 acres of land. One could only imagine the weath the Ji Family possessed to be able to afford such a big property in a location like Taiyue Island.

Even though the Ji Family was wealthy, there were things that could not be bought with money. When Ji Xiaoting, the grandson of the head of the Ji Family, had been poisoned, the Ji Family had not been able to do anything to cure him. Ever since Ji Xiaoting had been poisoned on the Fairy Planet, numerous medical specialists from all over the world had been invited to treat him. However, none of them had managed to cure Ji Xiaoting completely. The most those medical experts had been able to do was keep him alive.

Ji Baishan was in the middle of a conversation in the living room. He was talking to a middle-aged man and a teenage girl.

The middle-aged man was Yu Jianfu, who had moved to the Swallow Capital after being ostracized from Lin Chuan. Yu Jianfu was a skillful medical practitioner, so he had been hired as the director of Ji Family’s hospital. The teenage girl was Yu Mu, Yu Jianfu’s daughter.

Ji Baishan had invited Yu Jianfu and his daughter Yu Mu over to his house. The reason behind his invitation was not that Yu Jianfu was the director of Ji Family’s hospital. It was the fact that Yu Jianfu’s daughter, who had almost died from a venomous snake’s bite, had been miraculously healed by an expert doctor named Di Jiu.

“Are you certain that it was a Tuxing Snake that bit you, Xiao Mo?” Ji Baishan asked uncertainly after hearing Yu Mu’s recount of the incident on the Wang Chuan Mountain.

The Tuxing Snake was a recently discovered breed of venomous snake. Although its venom took more time to kill compared to the venom of a Silver Ring Snake, it could create a new form of toxin within the human body. There was no known antidote in the entire world that could neutralize this toxin completely.

If Yu Mu was telling the truth, then she would have died if she had not met Di Jiu and been taken to the hospital by her father.

Yu Mu nodded before she replied, “Yes, Grandpa Ji. I did not notice it at the time. It was not until later that I recalled coming across this type of snake in an article. The snake that bit me was indeed a Tuxing Snake.”

Yu Jianfu immediately added, “Yu Mu has been studying medicine with me for years. She would never get something like this wrong.”

“Do you have the doctor’s contact information?” Ji Baishan asked in anticipation.

Yu Mu shook her head as she said, “I only know that his name was Di Jiu and he was a medical practitioner. I do not know anything else about him.”

Yu Jianfu was upset with himself for not asking Di Jiu more questions at the time. He had overlooked the fact that Di Jiu might not have accepted his offer to work at the Ai Bo Hospital. In Yu Jianfu’s opinion, given his expertise, Di Jiu could not possibly have settled for a junior or assistant doctor position at the Ai Bo Hospital.

Di Jiu would only need to show his medical expertise for big hospitals to employ him and offer him an extravagant salary. His card seemed insignificant in comparison. Di Jiu had probably only accepted it as a sign of respect.

“I will send someone to look for this doctor on the Wang Chuan Mountain immediately. I hope that you would be willing to help me look for him, Jianfu. Please do inform me immediately if you happen to find him,” Ji Baishan said sincerely.

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Di Jiu knew that the security at an area like Taiyue Island would be extremely strict. The number of surveillance cameras there would be very big too.

In order to hide his identity from the surveillance cameras, Di Jiu had deliberately disguised like a middle-aged man.

Around two o’clock in the morning, Di Jiu approached secretly a discrete location near the borders of Taiyue Island. The entire Taiyue Island was surrounded by water, yet the water barrier around the island was not very wide. The only exception was the big lake. Di Jiu had chosen a location where the width of the water was no more than 10 meters.

He placed the two wooden planks he had prepared in the water, mustered his Real Qi and landed on the first plank. Di Jiu then quickly moved onto the second wooden plank before the first plank could start sinking. He took a leap from the second plank and landed on the edge of the protective wall of Taiyue Island.

Di Jiu let out a faint sigh of relief before he lifted his head to look at the protective wall. The wall did not seem very high from where he was. It was barely three meters tall. However, there was a high-voltage wire fence placed at the top, that served as a second deterrent.

Given the height of the wall and his current strength, Di Jiu reckoned that he could jump over it easily.

He took cover for a brief moment and checked that there were no dangers lurking and no surveillance cameras in sight. Then, still full of Real Qi, he exerted strength with his two feet and leaped three meters into the air. He used his left toe to balance on the edge of the wall before he calmly flipped over the high-voltage fence and landed on the ground.

The moment he landed, Di Jiu froze. A pair of eyes were staring at him. The man staring at him was merely three meters away. He was thin and dressed in a black night suit. The man had a slightly angular face that did not fit his slim figure.

Di Jiu suddenly understood. This man had snuck into the villa at night, just like he had. The reason Di Jiu had snuck into the property was to conduct business with the Ji Family. In his opinion, what he was about to do for the Ji Family could be considered business. On the other hand, the thin man in black seemed to have a vastly different motive.

“Which dao are you from, Brother?” the man in black asked.

Di Jiu waved his hand dismissively as he said, “Just walk on your wooden bridge, and I will walk on the path of light. Let’s each mind our own business. Farewell.”

“Wait!” the man in black called out as Di Jiu was about to leave. “Let me correct you. I am the one walking on a path of light, and you are the one walking on a wooden bridge. You were only able to enter unnoticed because of my help.”

Before Di Jiu could utter a word, the man added, “There are surveillance cameras all over the streets. I have changed the images captured by the cameras so that one can enter this place unnoticed. If I hadn’t… Ha ha…”

Di Jiu did not plan on staying there long. However, as soon as he heard the man’s words, he felt reluctant to leave. He could tell that the man in black was telling the truth.

“Nice to meet you! I am Di Jiu. I have come here to meet with a client.” Di Jiu walked over to the man in black and patted his shoulder.

The man in black looked nervous as Di Jiu’s hand slipped off his shoulder. Despite the chilly night weather, the man was sweating profusely.

Di Jiu was not as stealthy as the man in black. The sound of his pat on the man’s shoulder had echoed through multiple streets.

“Good job, Brother Jiu. I am Qi Xiang. I’ve come here to beg for charity.” The moment he realized that he was no match for Di Jiu, the man decided to try to bond with him instead. When he took off his mask, his angular jawline faded to reveal a young face with a small nose, huge eyes and large ears.

The man did not believe that Di Jiu had gone there to see a client. It was hard to believe that Di Jiu would have to sneak in secretly at night under a disguise to meet a client.

As Di Jiu looked at the slim teenager, he finally understood why he had used a disguise. The teenager had a striking appearance.

“Do you come here often to beg for charity?”

Qi Xiang felt slightly embarrassed. He stroked his hair as he said, “I do not come here frequently, but I have visited Taiyue Island several times. The residents here are very generous.”

“Good, good… Before you go on and ask for charity, I was hoping that you would help me with something. I need to meet Ji Baishan, but I was turned away by the guards. That’s why I had to sneak in here at night. Do you know the exact location of Ji Baishan’s house? Could you help me change the images captured on the surveillance cameras?” Di Jiu stopped himself before he could laugh. Qi Xiang was indeed an interesting person.

The information system on Earth was different than the one in the Ji Nation. Given his abilities, Di Jiu could have become an information technology expert in a few days. However, he was unwilling to waste any time on that subject.

“Did you really come here to see a client, Brother Jiu?” Qi Xiang was shocked. He would never have expected that someone would have to sneak into Taiyue Island in the middle of the night just to see a client.