Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1575 - 1575 0923 Its Really No Different from Being

Chapter 1575: Chapter 0923: It’s Really No Different from Being Blind_2 Chapter 1575: Chapter 0923: It’s Really No Different from Being Blind_2 Qi Tian glanced at the Chen family members and noticed that the Nascent Soul Masters of the Chen family had also flown into the air and confronted the Nascent Soul Masters of the Chen family. Their expressions were relatively calm, without any sign of intense confrontation.

Qi Tian then observed the other members of the Chen family, especially Mr. Jianqiang, who held a folding fan in his hand, pretending to be elegant as he fanned himself gently, his face expressionless. From him, Qi Tian couldn’t sense any killing intent. The rest of the Chen family was the same; although they all looked aggressive, none of them emitted a killing aura.

Since the people of the Chen family had no killing intent or desire to kill, but still surrounded Li Rusen and Huang Liuyan, it was certainly worth studying.

If the Chen family was merely trying to compete with the Li family in terms of aura, trying to crush the Li family’s spirit, there was no need to create such a big scene right now, which was illogical.

At that moment, Mr. Jianqiang, who was shaking his folding fan, spoke up, “Li Rusen, haven’t you always boasted about your unshakeable status in the Li family? How come I feel you’re just bragging to me? Look at your entourage; you are followed by at most one Nascent Soul Master. You still boast that this is your family ancestor’s regard for you, yet now look at this young master, as I travel, I’m followed by five Nascent Soul Masters, far more imposing than you. You simply can’t compare. If I were you, I would have already gone back to consult the ancestor, asking who truly is his most cherished descendant?”

Li Rusen, in fact, felt a surge of anger when he saw so many Nascent Soul Masters following Qi Tian; he indeed contemplated, as Mr. Jianqiang suggested, confronting the ancestor. However, this thought flashed briefly in his mind before he hastily snuffed it out, not daring to question Li Qingping’s decisions.

Seeing that Li Rusen’s face briefly showed anger, but his feet seemed rooted to the spot, unwilling to move, Mr. Jianqiang disdainfully curled his mouth and mumbled, “Coward.”

Li Rusen’s anger became even more apparent on his face, but he still dared not move.

Mr. Jianqiang didn’t continue to provoke Li Rusen. Instead, he turned his attention to Huang Liuyan and said, “Sir, the person standing next to you must be your fellow sect brother, right? Let me reiterate in front of you all, I truly have no ill intentions, I just want to buy that Multi-leaf Chrysanthemum from you. Maybe I did not make myself clear earlier, or perhaps my previous offer didn’t meet your expectations, but that doesn’t matter, we can discuss it. Sir, just name your price, as long as it is within a reasonable range, I am willing to buy it.”

Huang Liuyan was very straightforward; she directly handed the Multi-leaf Chrysanthemum to Qi Tian, letting him make the decision.

Qi Tian, smiling, asked, “Sister, how much did you pay for this?”

Huang Liuyan replied, “Five middle-grade spirit stones. Li Rusen paid for it.”

Qi Tian nodded, then passed the Multi-leaf Chrysanthemum to Mr. Jianqiang and said, “If you really want it, we can sell it to you. A favor, fifty top-grade spirit stones.”

“What?” Mr. Jianqiang’s face changed, Qi Tian’s asking price was clearly extortionate. It wasn’t just about a Multi-leaf Chrysanthemum; even a pound of them wouldn’t be worth that much money.

“Take it or leave it. If you want it, pay up; if not, take your people and leave quickly, don’t delay our brother and sister from continuing to browse the market.” Qi Tian did not budge an inch.

Mr. Jianqiang’s eyes flickered, and he suppressed the anger in his heart. Clenching his teeth, he flipped his wrist and indeed took out fifty top-grade spirit stones from the Storage Bag, handing them over to Qi Tian with a pained expression, “Take it.”

Qi Tian had truly not expected Mr. Jianqiang to be willing to pay such a high price for a Multi-leaf Chrysanthemum. For a scion so highly valued within his family to go to such lengths, there must be something of even greater worth waiting for Mr. Jianqiang to discover.

Qi Tian had suspected this earlier, but he had not dared to be certain; now, he was fairly sure that was indeed the case.

Moving his mind, he once again activated the Heavenly Dao Engine’s sensing function for Spirit Qi, beginning to scan and probe everything in the vicinity.

Instantly, within dozens of miles inside and outside the entire market, all objects and individuals with spirit force fluctuations were displayed in his mind as three-dimensional images.

Qi Tian focused on the surrounding area first, and he immediately identified the issue.

The root of the problem was still at the stall where Huang Liuyan had just purchased the Multi-leaf Chrysanthemum. This stall sold various types of spirit medicine, most of which were neatly organized by category, looking very orderly. However, some herbs, perhaps because they were too small and difficult to tidy, were all piled together in a mess.

Most of these herbs shared similar characteristics and belonged to the same category, commonly seen in the Cultivation World. There were also a few other types of herbs mixed in, but they were exceedingly rare and required patience to sift through and pick out from the messy pile.

Most people, including the stall owner, did not pay much attention to this pile of herbs, as such herbs were very common in the market, and were often given as a free addition to cultivators buying truly precious medicines.

However, the problem this time lay exactly there: among that pile of what seemed to be common weeds, there was a plant with only two or three leaves, slim in diameter, with each leaf as thin as a needle, very inconspicuous. It looked much like many other weeds, but it was not a common weed. It was a type of spirit medicine extremely valuable in the Cultivation World, known as Three Needle Grass.

Cultivators frequently face various challenges during their cultivation, one of the most crucial being the transition from the Gold Core Realm to the Nascent Soul Stage—a bottleneck that has thwarted the progress of thousands of cultivators. To overcome this hurdle, previous generations tried various methods, one of the most famous being the consumption of pills.

Three Needle Grass is not an ingredient for pill concoction, rather, it acts as a medicine primer. Based on the experiences summarized by predecessors, if the pills that can increase the success rate of advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage are taken together with water that has been soaked with Three Needle Grass, they can enhance the effectiveness of the pills, increasing the success rate by about fifty percent.

Fifty percent might seem small, but it is already quite significant; Gold Core cultivators aiming for the Nascent Soul Stage seldom succeed, and with the water steeped in Three Needle Grass as a primer, the success rate can increase considerably, possibly overcoming the one-percent barrier.

Three Needle Grass is extremely rare in the Cultivation World, seldom seen by many. It’s no wonder the stall owner mistook it for an ordinary weed. However, Mr. Jianqiang, an outstanding descendant from the Chen family, being vigorously cultivated by his family, was able to recognize the Three Needle Grass right away, which is hardly a surprise at all.

Given Mr. Jianqiang’s eagerness to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage, any measures he might take could be possible. Like now, merely using some tactics to quickly send Li Rusen and Huang Liuyan away, actually appears relatively mild. He probably did this not wanting to cause unnecessary complications and aimed to secure the Three Needle Grass before anyone else noticed.

It has to be said, in comparison, Mr. Jianqiang’s insight is much stronger than that of Li Rusen, a good-for-nothing. There the Three Needle Grass sat prominently on the stall, and Mr. Jianqiang recognized it immediately, while Li Rusen, who had been with Liu Yan at the stall for such a long time, had not noticed it at all; he might as well have been blind.