Ninth in The World - Chapter 36

Chapter 36

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 .