Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1218 - 1218 0704 Grinding Wheel Cutting_2

Chapter 1218: Chapter 0704: Grinding Wheel Cutting_2 Chapter 1218: Chapter 0704: Grinding Wheel Cutting_2 Qi Tian chuckled heartily, feeling as though fortune itself was lending a hand; all his extreme efforts had not been in vain. After his laugh, Qi Tian prepared to use the sensory function of the Heavenly Dao Engine to detect Spirit Qi, intending to thoroughly investigate what lay beyond the wall. However, at that very moment, the protective guardian Glass Sand that always perched on his shoulder, providing him with the closest personal defense, suddenly stirred. It flew in front of Qi Tian, and the black fog that had shrouded his sight completely dissipated. Qi Tian could clearly see every move Glass Sand made.

Although Glass Sand could not speak, it had signed a Blood Pact with Qi Tian, allowing it to convey its intentions through the pact. While Qi Tian might not be able to understand its intentions fully, grasping seventy to eighty percent of them posed no problem at all.

Qi Tian looked at Glass Sand questioningly and then pointed at the small opening in the wall, asking, “Do you mean you want to go in?”

Glass Sand nodded frantically, its intention couldn’t be clearer.

After thinking for a while, Qi Tian waved his hand, signaling Glass Sand to act on its own accord.

Overjoyed, Glass Sand turned into a black streak and darted towards the newly formed hole in the wall. It wasn’t long before Glass Sand, along with hundreds of grains of yellow sand, burrowed behind the wall.

Behind Glass Sand, Qi Tian, controlling the Spirit Qi sensory function of the Heavenly Dao Engine, reached the space behind the wall and began an extensive search.

Qi Tian discovered that this place was actually a secret chamber, or rather, a treasure room meant for a burial site, roughly the size of two rooms.

The entire chamber contained not many treasures. There was a pool built within, and it was filled with a translucent liquid brimming with immense Spirit Qi. For a moment, Qi Tian couldn’t recall what natural treasures the pool of liquid might be. Nevertheless, it was undeniable that it had to be something valuable; otherwise, it would not have been found here.

Afterward, Qi Tian began looking for traces of Glass Sand. He searched everywhere but found nothing until he finally discovered Glass Sand within the pool of liquid. At that time, Glass Sand and the yellow sand particles it always carried were soaking in the liquid, greedily drawing the fluid into their bodies like a ravenous beast.

Qi Tian could acutely feel that the liquid was extremely beneficial to Glass Sand. With each passing second, the strength of Glass Sand and its yellow sand particles grew incrementally.

Qi Tian pondered; since obtaining Glass Sand, he had used it on multiple occasions. This led to the depletion of the energy within the yellow sand particles, which had never been replenished in his hands, resulting in a significant decline in their power. Qi Tian had never ceased searching for a way to replenish Glass Sand’s energy with natural treasures, but unfortunately, he had never succeeded.

Unexpectedly, without intentionally planting willows, Qi Tian found the willows growing into shades. He stumbled upon such a pool of liquid here. Although he was certain collecting this liquid would greatly aid his future cultivation, Qi Tian did not do so but instead allowed Glass Sand to greedily absorb the liquid.

Of course, Qi Tian did not completely let things take their own course; he had to take necessary measures to prevent outcomes he did not wish to see. If Glass Sand’s strength increased too rapidly, it might backlash against him, a result Qi Tian certainly did not want to witness.

In order to avoid such accidents, Qi Tian had prepared thoroughly, of which the most important was the Blood Pact between him and the Glaze Sand. If the Glaze Sand dared to harbor any thoughts of betrayal at this time, Qi Tian would not hesitate to use the Blood Pact to interfere with the Glaze Sand, even to the point of backfiring against it, ensuring that even if the Glaze Sand gained a considerable increase in strength, it would not pose a substantial threat to him.

Qi Tian was patiently waiting, waiting for the Glaze Sand to break free from its cocoon and for it to make a new choice.

This wait was not very long; it lasted for about an hour. Afterward, the Glaze Sand finished absorbing the unknown liquid, flew out of the pool filled with liquid, then squeezed through the hole in the wall from the secret chamber behind it and returned to Qi Tian’s shoulder, showing no signs that it might betray Qi Tian.

Qi Tian breathed a sigh of relief, and then he used the sensing function of the Heavenly Dao Engine to assess the Glaze Sand. The results astonished him; both overall and in every individual grain, the strength of the Glaze Sand had enhanced tremendously—far beyond a minor increase, the progress was significant. Most of the sand grains surrounding the Glaze Sand had consolidated to a strength not weaker than Half-step Nascent Soul level, and a few grains had even reached the early Nascent Soul Stage, qualifying as Nascent Soul level entities—an impressive outcome indeed.

Even for someone as experienced and knowledgeable as Qi Tian, such detection results were surprising.

However, Qi Tian accepted the results quite swiftly. What could he do if he didn’t want to accept them? Would the Glaze Sand’s strength stop increasing?

Qi Tian graciously gave the Glaze Sand a thumbs-up.

Thrilled by Qi Tian’s praise, the Glaze Sand was elated, cheerfully circling around him like a child who had just received a new toy, brimming with joy.

Allowing the Glaze Sand to celebrate for a while, Qi Tian then set about assigning it a new task. Relying solely on himself to break through the wall was extremely difficult; he could exhaust himself to death without being able to open this wall in front of him in a short time, let alone the at least ten other walls waiting for him.

Qi Tian asked the Glaze Sand to transform back into a sand wheel, using those few grains that had attained Nascent Soul level strength as the core, supplemented by the other Half-step Nascent Soul level grains, to form a sand wheel. Then, following the hole Qi Tian had made in the wall with his flying sword, he attempted to see if a hole could be carved out in the wall—a hole large enough for a cultivator to pass through.

Upon receiving Qi Tian’s command, the Glaze Sand did not hesitate and swiftly took action; this was not its first time forming a sand wheel at Qi Tian’s request, so it could be said to have gotten the hang of it. Soon, it turned into a sand wheel as per Qi Tian’s instructions and began cutting into the wall.

This method was highly effective. Shortly, the Glaze Sand had ground a deep circular groove into the wall. By piercing through this groove, a hole about two feet in diameter could be formed on the wall, which then might allow Qi Tian and others to enter the space behind the wall.

Although the Glaze Sand was able to achieve such merit, its own consumption was tremendous. The energy-rich sand grains rapidly depleted the vast energy contained within during this process, and one by one, they fell from the sand wheel, unable to inflict any new damage to the wall.

Whenever the sand wheel suffered significant losses, the Glaze Sand would follow Qi Tian’s instructions to stop and then collectively return behind the wall again, leaping into the pool filled with Spirit Liquid to begin a new soaking.