Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1252 - 1252 0721 Unexpected_2

Chapter 1252: Chapter 0721: Unexpected_2 Chapter 1252: Chapter 0721: Unexpected_2 Qi Tian’s excavation speed was still very fast. After about half a day, he had completely dug out the area behind the pool, cleared the space, and the efficiency of the ghost faces was not low either. Almost simultaneously with Qi Tian, they emptied the entire place, except for a small section still connected to the Saint’s Tomb. The other areas were all cleared, just waiting for Qi Tian’s command to sever the last connecting part. Then they could transport the whole place in one piece.

After cleaning up, what remained was essentially a large-sized pool, with its six sides—top, bottom, left, right, front, back—enclosed, containing Millennium Corpse Water. The volume of the entire pool was quite large; Qi Tian made a rough estimate and realized that the problem was somewhat tricky to handle. The main issue was that the pool was too large. Even if he deployed all of his Transporting Whirlwinds, he still might not be able to drag the entire pool into the storage chamber of the Heavenly Dao Engine.

However, Qi Tian still decided to give it a try. He had already prepared for so long, and it was impossible to stop now when he was about to complete the last step. Besides, he couldn’t be one hundred percent sure that the Transporting Whirlwinds wouldn’t have the capability. If by chance they could, he could save himself a lot of trouble.

Qi Tian asked the ghost faces to join him in severing the pool’s connection to the Saint’s Tomb completely, clearing the last hurdle for the subsequent dragging work. While the ghost faces were at it, Qi Tian, having nothing better to do, tried once more to establish a connection with the glazed sand, attempting to sense its exact location. This was the first time he had done so since clearing out the pool. He was simply bored.

Yet, it was this boring action that soon gave Qi Tian quite a shock. He had used the Blood Covenant Hundred Forging Skills three times consecutively, strengthening the connection between him and the glazed sand, but still hadn’t been able to obtain the most accurate result. Reluctantly, he started to excavate the entire pool, never imagining that after expending so much effort, he would get a result that left him not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Qi Tian actually sensed the exact position of glazed sand. At that very moment, the glazed sand was directly behind the entire pool, tightly clinging to the wall at the back of the pool.

In other words, Qi Tian’s original sense that the glazed sand was mixed with the Millennium Corpse Water was incorrect. The glazed sand had not been with the Millennium Corpse Water at all, but was hidden behind the pool that contained it. Considering how close they were, it was no wonder that Qi Tian’s senses had been slightly off.

Qi Tian didn’t have time to lament over what kind of mess this was; he hurriedly rushed to the back of the pool to see exactly where the glazed sand was. However, to his surprise, there was no trace of the glazed sand behind the pool wall. This was to be expected, after all, as Qi Tian had just finished excavating the area behind the pool not long ago. If the glazed sand had been transported there, there was no reason Qi Tian wouldn’t have discovered it.

Yet, this was precisely what happened. Even though he could sense that the glazed sand was right there, he couldn’t see it with the naked eye, nor could he find it with Divine Sense. It was as if the glazed sand was playing a game of hide-and-seek with him.

In someone else’s shoes, faced with such a situation, they might be at a complete loss, but Qi Tian was no ordinary person. In his mind, he immediately considered a possibility. Could there be an undetectable small space here, right where he sensed the glazed sand, invisible to both the naked eye and Divine Sense?

Qi Tian was no stranger to small spaces. Emperor Jianwu’s small space had been his first encounter with such a marvel bestowed by Heaven and Earth. Later, while pursuing the glazed sand, he came across a small space for the second time and captured it, planning to eventually reward it to one of those within Emperor Jianwu’s ranks.

Qi Tian had become quite familiar with small spaces, and he immediately started to use the sensing ability of the Heavenly Dao Engine to repeatedly inspect and scan the surrounding area. With his method, he quickly locked onto a location where a small space indeed existed, and where he sensed the position of Liuli Sand also resided—it didn’t take much to deduce that Liuli Sand should be inside the small space. This also solved Qi Tian’s puzzlement as to why, despite being so close, he hadn’t sensed Liuli Sand right from the start. The reason lay here.

After confirming the location of the Liuli Sand, Qi Tian did not waste any more time. He forcibly tore a rift into the small space, and immediately, a tremendously vast and pure stream of Spirit Qi diffused from within, swiftly drifting in all directions.

From this Spirit Qi, Qi Tian not only felt its purity and richness, but also sensed some special laws it seemed to carry. If he could digest and absorb it, the benefits he could gain were simply indescribable.

This time, Qi Tian did not use the Transporting Whirlwind to intercept all the Spirit Qi and funnel it into the Heavenly Dao Engine as fuel. Instead, he took a deep breath and, using his cultivation technique, began to capture the Spirit Qi diffusing from the small space. Although his power was formidable, he could not absorb all the Spirit Qi; he roughly captured only one-tenth of the total. However, that one-tenth was the best portion of all the Spirit Qi—he stood right at the opening of the small space, so he was the first to encounter the diffusing Spirit Qi. For him to obtain the essence of it was no difficult task at all.

The remaining ninety percent of the Spirit Qi that floated past him was not wasted; about half of it was intercepted by the nine ghostly faces and became their spoils of war, while the rest drifted towards Emperor Jianwu and his group.

At that moment, Emperor Jianwu and his group were still in cultivation, and the arrival of this pure Spirit Qi was like timely rain. They greedily absorbed it, vying with each other like a school of fish scrambling for food. Since entering the Saint’s Tomb with Qi Tian, they had done much and paid a considerable price, reaping many benefits. But those gains paled in comparison to the Spirit Qi they were now absorbing.

The specific laws within this Spirit Qi rapidly transformed their physiques upon absorption, fundamentally driving their development for the better. Such a transformation represented the breakthrough opportunity often spoken of by Emperor Jianwu and his group; if they could properly digest and absorb this chance, it would be greatly beneficial to each of their future cultivation journeys, surpassing the benefits of consuming ten or even eight of the best Spiritual Elixirs by several times.

The total amount of this Spirit Qi was not vast, lasting only about fifteen seconds before it completely dispersed, leaving nothing behind.

Qi Tian felt a bit unsatisfied, but he wasn’t overly regretful. Encountering such Spirit Qi was definitely a matter of fate, and there was no need to be overly demanding. He had already sensed the location of Liuli Sand—it was indeed within the small space.

Qi Tian immediately entered the small space through the rift he had created and saw the Liuli Sand.

Liuli Sand had maintained a defensive posture until it saw Qi Tian, then it relaxed its guard. Like a gust of wind, it ran over to Qi Tian and settled on his shoulder, recounting how it had missed its master ever since they had parted.