Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1412 - 1412 0800 Patrol Team_2

Chapter 1412: Chapter 0800: Patrol Team_2 Chapter 1412: Chapter 0800: Patrol Team_2 If this had happened before, Gao Jinmei would have been furious if someone leaked her appearance, and she might have killed everyone who knew about how she looked. But now, Gao Jinmei no longer had an interest in continuing down the path of an assassin; whether her appearance was revealed was no longer too important to her. Moreover, her tasks as an assassin were always carried out discreetly—nobody knew who she killed in any given assignment, and thus there was no need to worry about revenge seekers knowing her face and coming after her.

After hearing Gao Jinmei’s explanation, Qi Tian was similarly unconcerned. He had not felt any malice or killing intent from the cultivator who had hired them, and if Qi Tian had sensed any of these through the Heavenly Dao Engine’s detection of Spirit Qi, he wouldn’t be so calm now.

The group continued on their way, and Qi Tian had thought they would keep flying towards Wanjie City. Unexpectedly, when they were about a thousand li away from Wanjie City, they changed direction and started flying toward another direction that would definitely not intersect with Wanjie City.

Gao Jinmei was worried and asked Qi Tian if they should leave the group. Qi Tian’s original plan was to head to Wanjie City, but now that the direction had clearly changed, continuing would only lead them farther from Wanjie City, and she didn’t know whether this deviation would upset Qi Tian.

However, Qi Tian told Gao Jinmei not to worry. He considered this to be a free trip, and it didn’t matter to him where they ended up. Of course, the key factor that led Qi Tian to this decision was the cultivator who had hired them; Qi Tian had felt a familiar aura on him, not much, but enough to pique his keen interest.

A day later, Gao Jinmei’s concerns came true; the team had left Wanjie City far behind without any sign of stopping. It looked like they might be flying for several more days.

After a few more days of continuous travel, with Wanjie City far behind them, Gao Jinmei asked the cultivator who had hired them where exactly they were headed, after consulting with Qi Tian.

The man didn’t directly answer Gao Jinmei’s question. Instead, he told her to be patient for a few more days, and it wouldn’t be long before they reached their destination. Then, Gao Jinmei would know where they were going.

Time flew by for several more days, and by their estimates, they must have been over ten thousand li away from Wanjie City. Still, the team showed no signs of stopping. Initially, the cultivator had claimed that hiring Gao Jinmei and Qi Tian was to ensure his safety, but having flown for so many days without encountering a single thief and feeling no trace of tension among the group, something seemed off.

It was quite abnormal, but neither Qi Tian nor Gao Jinmei could quite put their finger on what exactly was wrong.

Qi Tian was ready to join in the excitement at first, but after traveling for such a long time, he grew impatient. In this group, his opinions didn’t matter; every action had to follow the commands of the cultivator who hired them. Whether to stop or to move on was not for Qi Tian to decide. This was not the way Qi Tian wanted to operate. He was already considering whether it might be time to resign.

At that moment, the cultivator who had hired Qi Tian and Gao Jinmei called them over. He directly pulled out a Storage Bag and handed it to Gao Jinmei before saying, “Thank you, Sirs, for your services. Bringing me here is already enough. Here is the compensation I promised you both, you can take it and leave now; there’s no need to follow me on the rest of this tedious journey.”

After leaving the Storage Bag behind, the man said nothing more and flew off with the others, effectively kicking Qi Tian and Gao Jinmei out of the group. Watching them fly away, Qi Tian and Gao Jinmei were both puzzled, unable to pinpoint exactly what was off.

Gao Jinmei handed the Storage Bag to Qi Tian, but he waved his hand and refused to take it, asking Gao Jinmei to put away the Storage Bag. He stared thoughtfully at those who had already flown away.

Gao Jinmei said, “Master, do we need me to secretly follow them? I can’t believe they simply fooled us, making us accompany him for such a long distance without encountering any danger or asking us to do anything. They neatly gave us the full payment they promised, which is too abnormal and doesn’t seem like a normal employment behavior. There must be something going on.”

Qi Tian nodded and said, “You guessed right, there is definitely something going on. However, it’s not practical for you to track them. Let’s send Ghost Face instead.”

Qi Tian released Ghost Face No.1 and then instructed it to silently follow the cultivators who had already left, secretly monitoring everything they did.

The surveillance by Ghost Face No.1 was very successful, and it soon returned back, conveying a piece of information to Qi Tian.

The person who employed Qi Tian and Gao Jinmei, just as Qi Tian had suspected, was hiding a secret with his hiring actions; they were actually using this employment as a way to lead Qi Tian and Gao Jinmei away.

Their family had a member who, during an external training, had discovered a secret place, said to contain great secrets and fortunes. To take control of this secret location, the family not only sent people to excavate the site but also set up multiple patrolling squads around the perimeter of the site. The guy who hired Qi Tian was the leader of one of those patrols. They saw Qi Tian and Gao Jinmei by the lake and feared the two would cause trouble to their family. If it weren’t for Qi Tian and Gao Jinmei both being at the Gold Core Stage, and Gao Jinmei being a former assassin who might be difficult to defeat, they might have already attacked and killed them.

Instead of resorting to murder, these people thought of employing Gao Jinmei and Qi Tian to draw them far away, allowing Qi Tian and Gao Jinmei to be kept away from the secret place, thus preserving the secrets of the site while avoiding bloodshed—a solution that killed two birds with one stone.

Gao Jinmei knew there was something fishy. After hearing the report from Ghost Face, she became anxious and urgently requested Qi Tian to let her attack and kill that deceiving patrol squad and capture the person who hired them. She planned to force that guy to disclose the location of his family’s secret place.

Qi Tian waved his hand, advising Gao Jinmei not to be so impetuous. It wasn’t that Qi Tian wasn’t interested in the secret place; he just wasn’t interested in ordinary secret territories anymore. The guy who employed him was only in the early stages of the Gold Core Stage, and the patrolling team members he led also did not possess high cultivation levels, which suggested that his family’s strength was just moderate. The purpose they cherished, and the scale of the secret place would be limited. For such a place, creating a bunch of troubles wasn’t worth Qi Tian’s time. He currently had many books from the Imperial Family Secret Territory yet to be absorbed, and he would rather spend that time reading.

Seeing Qi Tian uninterested, Gao Jinmei had no choice but to give up. She knew the family that had once employed her had some background, and if she went alone, she would definitely not be a match for them. Since Qi Tian was unwilling, she had to endure.

Gao Jinmei asked Qi Tian what they should do next—should they turn back and return to Wanjie City or go somewhere else?

When this question was raised, not only was Qi Tian at a loss, but Gao Jinmei was also somewhat perplexed.