Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 1595 - 1595 0936 Triple is Triple_2

Chapter 1595: Chapter 0936: Triple is Triple_2 Chapter 1595: Chapter 0936: Triple is Triple_2 The female cultivator knew Qi Tian wasn’t bluffing; the inn really had no rooms left, and there were still many cultivators waiting to check in, some of whom would definitely be willing to pay a higher price than normal to secure a place. She knew this, yet she was unhappy with Qi Tian’s opportunistic extortion. Nonetheless, she patiently said, “I’ll double my previous offer, and that’s my final bottom line. Don’t be too greedy.”

Seeing an opportunity for profit, Qi Tian said, “I’m quite reasonable. Triple it is, then. I’ll keep the keys to four middle-grade rooms and give you the rest. That makes one top-grade room and two middle-grade rooms in total.”

Qi Tian’s proactive gesture of handing over the keys somewhat lessened the female cultivator’s dislike of him.

After receiving the keys, the female cultivator tossed a bag of spirit stones to Qi Tian, which contained exactly three hundred and sixty top-grade spirit stones.

Qi Tian accepted the spirit stones with a chuckle, then took the keys and left the inn’s lobby.

Lu Songsheng quickly caught up to Qi Tian, patting his wing with a sense of admiration, “Qi Tian, I realize I’ve underestimated you. In just a short while, you flipped those rooms for a profit. You really should consider a career in business. How about joining us at Wanjie Commerce? I can assure you that an Elder with real power would be waiting for you. Given time, you might even become the President of Wanjie Commerce.”

Upon hearing this, Yi Xuwen immediately protested, “Vice President Lu, isn’t it a bit much for you to be poaching our Great Elder right in front of me?”

Lu Songsheng replied with a smile, “Someone as capable as Qi Tian is sought after everywhere. Since I’ve stumbled upon him, I simply can’t miss out. Qi Tian, seriously consider my offer; I genuinely hope you’ll join Wanjie Commerce.”

Yi Xuwen wanted to persuade Qi Tian not to be swayed by Lu Songsheng’s tempting offer, but found himself unable to voice the objection.

He was well aware of Qi Tian’s capabilities, but he had never considered passing the seat of the Mansion Master of National Master Manor to Qi Tian; therefore, he couldn’t make promises like Lu Songsheng did.

He dared not recklessly set conditions in front of Lu Songsheng, as failing to fulfill them in the future would not only disappoint Qi Tian but also put him at odds with Lu Songsheng.

Qi Tian, still smiling, replied, “Vice President Lu, I’m quite content at National Master Manor and have no intention of switching allegiances. Let’s not bring this up again in the future. No matter what conditions you offer, I won’t accept them.”

Qi Tian’s firm rejection stemmed from his lack of interest in Wanjie Commerce. Although they were a dominant force within Wanjie City, the stage and resources they could offer Qi Tian were very limited. Joining Wanjie Commerce would only serve to tie him down instead of granting him wings to soar.

In short, joining Wanjie Commerce had little to no benefit for Qi Tian, so he might as well not join at all.

Lu Songsheng, unaware of Qi Tian’s thoughts, sighed upon hearing his decisive refusal and did not persist on the matter.

Together, they reached the floor of the middle-grade rooms. Qi Tian held keys to four such rooms, all on the same floor but not adjacent to each other.

Qi Tian handed two keys to Lu Songsheng, then extended another key to Huang Liuyan.

Before Huang Liuyan could take the key, Yi Xuwen snatched it instead, saying, “At least give me, the Mansion Master, some face, and let me have a room to myself. Liu Yan, you can stay with the Great Elder. As Mansion Master, I command you to represent our Master Mansion and take good care of the Great Elder during these days.”

As he spoke, Yi Xuwen winked at Huang Liuyan.

Huang Liuyan’s face immediately flushed with embarrassment.

With key in hand, Yi Xuwen walked off, grinning from ear to ear, while Huang Liuyan lingered beside Qi Tian, her demeanor coy. If Yi Xuwen hadn’t explicitly instructed her, she might not have thought much of it, but now her heart harbored a faint hope, as if she was anticipating something to happen.

Qi Tian didn’t say anything. He just used his key to open the door, then let Huang Liuyan follow him inside.

“Sister, you can choose any of these two rooms. Once you’ve made your choice, make the most of the time to rest. Tomorrow is uncertain; anything might happen.”

Huang Liuyan’s beautiful face showed a trace of disappointment, but she quickly collected herself, picked a room at random, and went in to rest.

Qi Tian entered the other guest room and began to meditate and rest.

When exchanging identity cards, he had received a packet of materials distributed by the Holy Land, which every young talent coming to participate in the Holy Land competition had been given. It included the event schedule for the competition and a simple map of the Holy Land.

According to the arrangement made by the Holy Land, the competition would take place the day after tomorrow. Before the event, all outsiders could move freely in designated areas.

Qi Tian planned to rest well today and take a quick tour of the Holy Land tomorrow to get a preliminary understanding before deciding on anything else.

However, just as Qi Tian was beginning to meditate, he hadn’t even settled his mind when he heard someone knocking on his guest room door, followed by Huang Liuyan’s voice.

“Junior brother, you continue to rest. I’ll go open the door.”

Moments later, there were sounds of arguing coming from the door of the guest room.

“Qi Tian, come out here.”

Huang Liuyan tried to stop them but couldn’t calm the person knocking at all.

Qi Tian frowned. As soon as he heard the voice, he knew who was calling from the door and knew that Huang Liuyan couldn’t stop them. He had no choice but to cease meditating and come out of his room.

“Vice President Zhang, what do you want with me? Since when do we have such close ties?”

The one knocking was none other than the Ink Flood Dragon Association’s Vice President Zhang Chenghua, and behind him stood a large group of people who had been duped into taking the Ink Flood Dragon’s Wanjie Commerce transport, several other cultivators.

Including Zhang Chenghua, the gazes of the Ink Flood Dragon Association members upon seeing Qi Tian were somewhat hostile, and the rest of the cultivators, although their looks weren’t as sharp, were not friendly either.

“Qi Tian, what are you playing at? Knowing that the inn’s rooms are so scarce, you didn’t keep any for us but instead gave them away to others. Are you trying to make us sleep on the streets? Don’t forget, we come from the same team. You rushed to the inn ahead of us; you should have secured rooms for us first. Why, when you specifically reserved extra rooms, would you transfer them to someone else instead of keeping them for us? Are you still one of Wanjie City’s own? Do you still consider yourself part of Wanjie City? Where are you trying to leave us stranded?”

Zhang Chenghua threw a series of angry accusations, seemingly believing this would force Qi Tian to bow his head and admit his mistake.

Huang Liuyan, unable to contain her anger, said, “Vice President Zhang, don’t you feel ashamed saying these things? Why didn’t you let us ride when there was still space on the back of the Ink Flood Dragon during our journey? Didn’t you consider us part of the same team then?”

Zhang Chenghua snorted coldly, “Don’t link these two issues together. They are not of the same nature at all. And you shut up, you have no right to speak here.”

Zhang Chenghua didn’t just warn her verbally, he directly released his Nascent Soul Master’s awe-inspiring presence, rolling it towards Huang Liuyan and Qi Tian. He did not disguise his intention at all; he aimed to use an aggressive approach to harshly discipline Huang Liuyan, especially Qi Tian.