Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1588 - 1588 0931 Theres No Reason Not to Fight Back

Chapter 1588: Chapter 0931: There’s No Reason Not to Fight Back Chapter 1588: Chapter 0931: There’s No Reason Not to Fight Back Chapter 0931: There’s No Reason Not to Fight Back

Master Guanghao said, “Chairman Lu, your idea is good, but it’s very difficult to implement in practice. Our airship flies very fast, creating fierce winds. If someone were standing on the deck at this time, they would be severely injured. The safest approach at this moment is to stay inside the rooms of the airship. I wouldn’t want to see an old friend like you get hurt, so please take your fellow cultivators to the rooms I’ve arranged for you to rest.”

Lu Songsheng knew that Master Guanghao had ulterior motives. He had originally planned to keep everyone on the deck to minimize the potential harm Master Guanghao’s sinister intentions could cause, but he hadn’t realized there was such a flaw in Master Guanghao’s airship. He reconsidered and thought about suggesting that the people of Wanjie City leave the airship and continue their journey using flying swords. However, at that moment, Zhang Chenghua spoke up, beating him to it, “Chairman Lu, after all, it’s out of their goodwill. Let’s all go rest in the rooms.”

Lu Songsheng inwardly grimaced with a bitter smile. Zhang Chenghua clearly saw that Master Guanghao was sowing discord, creating trouble within their group. Knowing this all too well, he still eagerly edged closer to Master Guanghao. This behavior of Zhang Chenghua was indeed unparalleled. Unable to discredit Zhang Chenghua publicly, Lu Songsheng could only sigh and say, “Alright, we will follow your decision. In that case, Vice President Zhang, you can stay in that top room. Just arrange any medium room for me.”

This time, Zhang Chenghua did not refuse and accepted Lu Songsheng’s arrangement with a clear conscience.

Master Guanghao coldly smiled but did not stop Lu Songsheng from giving the top room to Zhang Chenghua. He called someone to escort Zhang Chenghua into the only remaining top room, while he personally accompanied Lu Songsheng to a medium room. As for Qi Tian and the others, he did not pay them any mind, merely sending a few followers to arrange their accommodations haphazardly.

Qi Tian had been silently observing all this. With Zhang Chenghua acting as the team leader, stubborn and refusing to listen to others, the people of Wanjie City continuing to stay on this airship meant that Master Guanghao would undoubtedly continue his manipulations, and the rifts within their group would only grow. What could happen in the future was anyone’s guess. He had to prevent trouble before it arose, eliminate the troublesome Master Guanghao, and not allow him to continue fanning the flames from the sidelines.

Qi Tian’s gaze fell on Master Guanghao’s waist where his recently returned identity token hung. His right hand hung down, the palm opening up a black hole, and a silent Transporting Whirlwind flew out. It didn’t take long before it caught up to Master Guanghao and, following Qi Tian’s command, entwined around Master Guanghao’s identity token. With just a command from Qi Tian, the Transporting Whirlwind could swipe the identity token without Master Guanghao noticing.

After making these arrangements, Qi Tian and the others from his team entered various rooms on the airship. Master Guanghao hadn’t assigned any importance to the few young talents of Wanjie City. The rooms they were given were among the worst in the lower rooms, not only cramped but also dirty and messy, far worse than a woodshed. If Qi Tian had any residual guilt before, it completely evaporated upon entering these rooms.

Master Guanghao had not been boasting; their airship indeed was exceptionally fast. Even if Qi Tian used his best flying sword along with the acceleration function of the Heavenly Dao Engine, he would still hardly compare to the speed of the airship. During the flight, by enabling the Heavenly Dao Engine’s Spirit Qi sensing feature, Qi Tian checked the entire airship. Unsurprisingly, he found that Master Guanghao had lied.

This airship was not without protection; once the airship reached a certain speed, a protective shield lit up around it, including the deck area. In other words, even if Qi Tian and his team had stayed on the deck, they would hardly have been harmed by the fierce winds. Master Guanghao demanding that they enter the rooms of the airship was not out of concern for their safety from the fierce winds but rather aimed to create larger rifts between Lu Songsheng and Zhang Chenghua.

Facing such findings, Qi Tian was not angry. In his past life, Qi Tian understood that being behind meant getting hit. The fact that Master Guanghao’s team could use such a huge and advanced airship as a mode of transport sufficed to show the strength of Master Guanghao’s region. Competing against such a powerful team, it was only natural for them to face such manipulations. If it were anyone else, even in this situation, they would just have to grit their teeth and endure, not daring to turn against the other party.

Qi Tian wasn’t merely confirming whether Master Guanghao had lied to them but was setting up a larger scheme. His nature was never to take hits or abuse lying down. Since Master Guanghao made the first move, there was no reason for him not to retaliate.

In just about half a day, the airship came to a stop. A triumphant Master Guanghao walked out from Lu Songsheng’s room, where he had been ever since inviting Lu Songsheng aboard.

This was a room he had deliberately arranged, directly diagonal to the upper room where Zhang Chenghua stayed. From start to finish, he never even glanced at Zhang Chenghua’s room. Moreover, during his stay in this room, a continuous stream of cultivators entered and exited. Some were young talents from his own team, whom he introduced to Lu Songsheng, others came to deliver tea and snacks, piling them in front of Lu Songsheng while not a single piece was taken to Zhang Chenghua’s room. He expressed his appreciation for Lu Songsheng so overtly while displaying sheer indifference towards Zhang Chenghua.

What was on Zhang Chenghua’s mind as he stayed in his upper room, watching all this unfold, only he himself knew.

When the spaceship halted, Master Guanghao, with a genuinely sincere smile, accompanied Lu Songsheng as they walked out of the room, just in time to see Zhang Chenghua exiting the upper room. His gaze swept past Zhang Chenghua without even a greeting, his disdain for Zhang evident and unmasked.

“Chairman Lu, we are about to reach the Teleport Point, and we can no longer continue by spaceship. We must disembark first. After I stow away the spaceship, we can hurry over. Once we leave the Teleportation Array, we’ll be able to release the spaceship, and then we can continue together to the next Teleport Point.”

Lu Songsheng quickly responded, “Sir, we are already extremely gratified to have been permitted to ride on your spaceship for half a day. We dare not trouble you further for the next leg of the journey.”

Master Guanghao laughed heartily and said, “Who would I do this for if not for an old friend like you? It’s no trouble at all. Listen to me, for the next leg, you’re still going to be on my ship.”

During the conversation, Master Guanghao, Lu Songsheng, Zhang Chenghua, and others had already left the room and moved onto the deck.

The cultivators who had been hiding in their rooms were now continuously emerging and gathering towards the deck. At this moment, the order on the spaceship was undoubtedly at its most chaotic.

A cold smirk appeared on Qi Tian’s lips. This moment was also the most opportune for him to make his move. He spared no courtesy; the black hole in his palm opened again, and a series of Transporting Whirlwinds burst forth, targeting the figures Qi Tian had chosen. Except for Master Guanghao, his primary targets within this group were the young talents, followed by other Nascent Soul Masters. As for the rest, they were merely shrimps, unworthy of his effort.

The spaceship had come to a complete stop, and from the deck, one could clearly see a vast plain about five li ahead with a huge Teleportation Array, beside which people were guarding it.

Qi Tian and others flew down from the spaceship, and in a show of respect for the Holy Land and as per tradition, they gathered together. Instead of using flying swords, each used their bodily techniques and walked towards the Teleportation Array.

When they were about two li away from the Teleportation Array, a defense line appeared, manned entirely by cultivators from the Holy Land, numbering around a hundred. Presiding over them was a Nascent Soul Stage Four Level Master. He appeared to be in his fifties with greyish hair and beard, languidly sitting in a chair with his eyes closed, as if everything around him was of no concern to him.

A cultivator at the early stage of Gold Core loudly called out as Qi Tian and his companions approached, “All external participants here to attend the grand competition, come to me. I will inspect you, and only those who pass the inspection may use our Teleportation Array.”

In the Holy Land, one must abide by its rules—a fact well understood by everyone in the group, with no one daring to contravene them. Not to mention the elderly man meditating there was not someone they could afford to provoke unless they combined the power of both teams to perhaps elicit a slight wariness in the elder. However, that was merely a possibility; if a conflict truly broke out, they were not enough to warrant being killed by the old man.

Master Guanghao smiled and said, “Chairman Lu, your people can go first.”

Lu Songsheng replied, “Your people should go first.”

Master Guanghao did not decline, partly because the order of inspection was not worth contesting, and partly because he wanted to take this chance of his team being inspected to showcase their prowess to the people of Wanjie City. He wished to make it clear that among all competitors in the Holy Land’s grand contest, only his team was capable of truly shining, surpassing any contenders from a lesser place like Wanjie City.