12 Junjie the Coward

Xiao Cui was quite pretty, and she was the same age as Ding Hao. She had thought that she would leave Ding Hao speechless, but who would have expected the brat to be so calm.

Xiao Cui paused for a while and blurted out the speech she had prepared. She lamented, "Young master please help me! Mister Junjie did some inappropriate things to me just now… Young master, please save me!"

'Not even a tear was shed. What shabby acting. Did she think she was talking to an idiot?' Ding Hao coldly laughed, "Ding Junjie is a decent practitioner. He even works in the public sector. He is even seen as a person of incredible talent by the common folk. He is seen as a general amongst dwarves. You're both single and full of passion. Why don't you two rotten eggs just become one? Won't that be better?"

A person of incredible talent amongst the common folk. A general amongst dwarves. Rotten eggs. 

Xiao Cui almost spat out blood in disbelief at what Ding Hao had said. That piece of trash gave her such an outrageous answer that even the speech she had prepared was useless. She glanced around. She noticed that Ding Hao had grabbed his overcoat and deduced that the token of permission for Heaven's Will Array was located there.

Remembering what Ding Junjie asked of her, she went for broke. "Your humble servant is not a rotten egg. I like the young master!" She said that and jumped toward Ding Hao.

Ding Hao wanted to kick that woman away with his foot, but he heard two sets of footsteps coming from the outside which should belong to Ding Laosi and Ding Junjie. 

Ding Hao laughed coldly. He seemed to be in a bind. Xiao Cui grabbed onto his overcoat, clutching it when it slipped out of Ding Hao's grasp. Hurriedly, she said, "Young master, I'll go wash this for you!" She slipped out right after saying that.

After she left, Ding Hao locked the door and let out a smile. He took out the token of permission from inside the water bucket and proceeded to whistle while he bathed. 

Next to the rock garden in the backyard.

Xiao Cui and the father and son were busy checking the overcoat, but no matter how hard they looked, there was no token of permission inside. 

Ding Junjie was getting angrier by the minute. He threw the overcoat at Xiao Cui and asked accusingly, "Where's the token?"

Xiao Cui panicked. Hurriedly, she replied, "I swear I touched it just now! How could it have disappeared?"

An incredulous look appeared on Ding Junjie's pale face. He coldly laughed and said, "You touched it? What exactly did you touch? You were quite happy playing around with Ding Hao just now!"

Xiao Cui could not believe the one she loved was saying those things to her, and she replied, "I was not. Aren't I doing all this for you?"

"F*ck off!" Ding Junjie raised his hand and slapped her. He raged against her. "B*tch, do you think I'm some low tier piece of sh*t?"

Xiao Cui broke into tears. Ding Junjie shouted, "Leave!"

Watching Xiao Cui run, Ding Laosi's expression darkened. It was now clear that they had been played by Ding Hao.

"This piece of trash sure knows how to scheme. I did not think he was capable of it in the past!" Ding Laosi said, clenching his teeth.

"Since he dares toy with me, I'll make sure he dies for this!" Ding Junjie said as he unsheathed his Blade of Spring, before re-sheathing it in fury.

Ding Laosi's old eyes glinted, and he said, "The piece of trash is acting so arrogantly. He's probably started on the road of cultivation. He will probably awaken his spiritual roots someday."

"What do we do?" Ding Junjie said, worried. 

"I've been mulling over it for several days now. It seems like the only choice is to let your brother use the Green Concentration Pill."

Ding Junjie was shocked to hear that. The Green Concentration Pill was extremely expensive. It was forbidden. Even the heavens rejected it. However, it could greatly give a temporary boost to a person's meridians and mental prowess. Therefore, many people consume it before awakening their celestial roots. By consuming it they could gain a stronger celestial root. 

To use the Green Concentration Pill now, it seems like Ding Laosi wants the second child to awaken quickly.

Ding Laosi said, "Junjie, you'll have to suffer for a bit. Let Juncai take the spirit seed from that piece of trash!"

The spirit seed that was in his hands was going to be taken, but could only agree. "That sounds good. Brother has a strong constitution, so he should inherit the spiritual seed. Later on, once he departs to the celestial practice world, the spiritual seed will return to me, so I'm fine with it. However, I've heard that awakening too young isn't good. Juncai is the hope of our family. He's only ten now and should logically wait for at least two more years before he awakens. Wouldn't that be better for him?"

Ding Laosi shook his head. "This piece of trash is acting up. We must secure the spirit seed for ourselves! Getting money and pills from the government every month is the insignificant benefit of receiving the seed. The key is the wooden statue!"

"Wooden statue?"

"Correct, the wooden statue! We're all Ding Yibai's descendants which is going to be a great boon to Juncai when he goes into the celestial practice world! A reliable backer is more valuable than all the gold in the world. The benefits are enormous!"

"So that's the case. Father, you are very wise." Ding Junjie nodded his head.

If their branch could become the head of the Ding Family, then when Ding Juncai goes to the celestial practice world our ancestor, Ding Yibai, would count him as family! When the time comes and he is received as a disciple, he'll get all sorts of resources and benefits that normal people will never be able to obtain. His future would be extremely bright. 

Entering the celestial practice world without relationships or family there to assist them was an arduous and dangerous path. Sometimes practitioners even died. 

That was why it was very important that they stole Ding Hao's celestial identity!

Ding Laosi said, "We'll wait for Juncai to awaken with a genius spiritual gene. At that time, we can head to the government office to apply for first rights and take away Ding Hao's celestial birth identity!"

When a spiritual gene awakens, all first, second, and third-class genes are called geniuses.

Geniuses were important in every world. It was truer in the world of Jiu Zhou. 

Geniuses had special rights!

As long as Ding Juncai had a spiritual gene that was third class and above, he could usurp Ding Hao! Even if Ding Hao awakened his spiritual gene, if it were not at the same level, he would be usurped. 

That was one of the special rights of a genius—the right of priority!

Ding Junjie only had a sixth-ranked spiritual gene, but he was very confident in his brother. He nodded. "Then let Juncai steal that piece of trash's rights!" However, after saying that, he hesitated and said, "But is it actually worth it for us to do that? The Ding Family's ancestor hasn't appeared. What if he had died in the celestial practice world? Then would we not have done a whole lot for no gain?"

"Relax, that won't happen!" Ding Laosi laughed and said, "I've already sent someone to investigate. The Ding Family's ancestor isn't dead. He's just in seclusion. I believe that he will come out of seclusion, eventually. If he comes out with a real Jindan Cultivation level, then we'll be even richer. Juncai will also have an even stronger backer when he heads into the celestial practice world!"

"This is great. We must snatch away the status as the Ding Family's descendants!" Ding Junjie had a greedy and sinister gaze. 

There were no blizzards or storms in the world of Jiu Zhou, but the four seasons still existed: wind, mist, cold, and rain.

This was all due to the strong will of the heavens which prevented all harmful natural disasters from happening. The only thing left was very gentle changes in the weather. Even the changing of seasons in this world was not very noticeable. 

Summer was not very hot. Winter was not very cold. The entire system felt like a huge self-regulating atmosphere. 

Ding Hao had been in Jiu Zhou for a whole two months, and it was already summertime. 

During the summer night, the summer insects were joyously crying out in the grass.

"I've finally succeeded!"

Within Heaven's Will Array, Ding Hao's triumphant cry could be heard.

At that moment, he was shamelessly naked. He did not have a shred of clothing on him. In his hand was a jade talisman, measuring his whole body. The jade talisman glowed a happy green irregardless of its position on his body. 

"I've spent over a hundred thousand silvers to purchase many pills and elixirs. I've finally raised all my meridians and my whole body to the pinnacle of Houtian!"

Despite the jade talisman only glowing red, pink, yellow, and green, Ding Hao could sense the increasing difficulty in his training the higher he went. That was why he had purchased thirty batches of pills, spending over five hundred thousand silvers before he could cleanse his body into the most perfect state. 

"Now, my mental strength, meridians, and constitution are all at the Houtian summit!"

"Which is to say, I can prepare to break through the Ren and Du meridians, creating my celestial opening to communicate with the heavens and awaken my spiritual gene!"

He could not help but laugh at the thought.

A month ago, he was just a piece of trash with all three aspects at the red level. Today, he had finally obtained results which made him very happy.

"It seems like I should find a suitable time to awaken! I wonder what sort of spiritual gene I will get?" Ding Hao could not help but think to himself.