Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 235 - 235 0208 Small Success in Strider Cricket

Chapter 235: Chapter 0208 Small Success in Strider Cricket Skills_2 Chapter 235: Chapter 0208 Small Success in Strider Cricket Skills_2 Qi Tian swung his hand, releasing Hu Niu from the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

The moment Wang Yongfu saw Hu Niu, his eyes lit up. “Indeed, this is a Golden Flur Tiger with a bloodline. Qi Tian, did you catch this beast in the Lianying Realm? I have a request.”

“Please go on.”

“I can heal your Golden Flur Tiger for free and restore it to its original state. In return, I’m not asking for your gold or spirit stones, but for a piece of information. Just tell me where you caught the Golden Flur Tiger and we’ll call it a deal. How about it?” Wang Yongfu laid out his conditions.

Qi Tian considered briefly, then said: “Alright, deal.”

Things went smoothly from there. Wang Yongfu might have been a little greedy, but he had real skill. Not only did he realign the Golden Flur Tiger’s broken bones, but he also applied a special healing ointment to it, fed it some healing elixir. After he finished all these tasks, Hu Niu looked noticeably better.

Wang Yongfu handed over some elixirs and ointments to Qi Tian, instructing him to apply them to Hu Niu at set times. According to his estimation, Hu Niu would fully recover within ten days.

Qi Tian took out some paper and a pen, and drew a map for Wang Yongfu, guiding him to where he had found the Golden Flur Tiger. How Wang Yongfu would travel to the Lianying Realm and who he would dispatch to catch Golden Flur Tigers there was none of Qi Tian’s concern.

After Qi Tian put Hu Niu back into the Spirit Beast bracelet, Wang Yongfu voluntarily brought up the topic of bloodline with him. The cultivators in the Hundred Birds Palace had a special ability to determine whether a beast or bird possessed an ancient spirit beast bloodline. Of course, such bloodlines were typically extremely diluted. For instance, Wang Yongfu could sense that Hu Niu held the bloodline of the ancient divine beast, the White Tiger. If they tried to extract it, it would likely make up less than 1% of a single hair strand.

However insignificant in quantity, this bloodline was an extremely valuable treasure. If one met a knowledgeable buyer, it could easily sell for hundreds to thousands of spirit stones.

Thing was, Wang Yongfu couldn’t be certain whether Hu Niu definitely possessed the White Tiger’s bloodline, and even if it did, whether it could be successfully extracted was another question. The process was quite challenging, with a high failure rate, which was why the bloodline was so valuable.

“Since bloodlines are so expensive, they must serve a great purpose. Could brother enlighten me a bit?” Qi Tian took on an eager-to-learn attitude.

Wang Yongfu smiled, “Actually, many people already know this. It’s not a secret. Let’s use the White Tiger bloodline as an example. The greater the concentration of the bloodline, the more of the White Tiger’s heritage can be activated. It could possibly even awaken the White Tiger’s soul beast one day and cultivate into a divine White Tiger. Moreover, the bloodline can also be used by certain humans with special physical constitutions. I heard that some people with rare bloodlines can break through several meridians with ease, and the effect of unblocking the meridians is especially good. So, you can imagine just how valuable the bloodline is.”

“If the bloodline is so great, why don’t you use it yourself?” Qi Tian asked.

Wang Yongfu spread his hands, “You think I don’t want to? The problem is the technique to utilize the bloodline is controlled by a minority. To my knowledge, no one in our Imperial Master Mansion possesses this method.”

“How can that be?” Qi Tian exclaimed.

“I wish it weren’t so, but that’s the reality. In fact, I predict that no one in the entire cultivation world of Great Zhao has this secret technique. Once we extract different kinds of bloodlines, we usually preserve them first, then wait for someone to come and buy them all.” Wang Yongfu was open about the truth without hiding anything.

Qi Tian had not anticipated things to turn out this way. He thought back to the time at Wanjie City when Zhu Ziyan was auctioning off invitations pertaining to bloodlines, wondering if the bloodlines mentioned by Zhu Ziyan and Wang Yongfu were one and the same.

“By the way, elder brother. I want Hu Niu to continue advancing her strength, hopefully reaching the Foundation Establishment Stage in the future. Do you know what I should do?” Qi Tian asked.

Wang Yongfu replied, “Simple, just throw money at it. In other words, it’s just like us, the more resources we put into cultivation, the quicker we can advance. As long as her innate talent isn’t too poor, there’s bound to be a day when she can reach the Foundation Establishment Stage. However, Qi Tian, your Golden Flur Tiger is at the Eighth Level of Qi Cultivation, and it won’t be possible to reach the Foundation Establishment Stage in just a year or two. I suggest you either catch one or buy a demonic beast already at the Foundation Establishment Stage. This could perhaps be easier and conserve more cultivation resources than having your Golden Flur Tiger advance to the Foundation Establishment Stage.”

Qi Tian nodded, begrudgingly admitting that Wang Yongfu had a point, but he still asked, “Does elder brother have the corresponding resources here? I’m interested in buying some.”

Seeing Qi Tian’s persistence, Wang Yongfu could only go and fetch some of the cultivation resources that the Golden Flur Tiger would need, and exchanged them with Qi Tian.

Afterwards, Qi Tian bid farewell to Wang Yongfu and headed towards the Sky Eagle Hall. He intended to cultivate in a standard single Cultivation Room first, and would switch over to a high-level one once it became available.

However, by the time Qi Tian arrived at the management office of the Martial Arts Arena in Sky Eagle Hall, he realized he no longer had to wait. The news of his advancement to the Foundation Establishment Stage had already reached the Sky Eagle Hall. The disciple responsible for managing the Cultivation Rooms dared not show the slightest negligence towards Qi Tian again. They immediately bumped him up in the queue, giving Qi Tian priority to use the advanced Cultivation Room.

Qi Tian wasn’t so rigid as to refuse such a preferential arrangement. After nodding in gratitude to the other party, he entered the advanced Cultivation Room and began another bout of closed-door cultivation.

Qi Tian didn’t know when Mansion Master Xiao Xiaowu would come out from his closed-door cultivation, so he chose to cultivate his movement skills instead of his cultivation methods. While he was in Wanjie City, he had gotten a top-grade earth-class Strider Cricket Skills from some murderer-looters. Once he had mastered it, his speed could reach up to fifty meters per second. It could already rival the Galloping Skill of the Wuhang Ring, however, it had an advantage the Galloping Skill lacked – its speed was adjustable. Once the Galloping Skill was activated, the speed was fixed at fifty meters per second. But the Strider Cricket Skills could be adjusted, with the maximum not exceeding fifty meters per second and no lower limit.

This movement technique was hugely important for Qi Tian.

Meanwhile, Qi Tian was diligently cultivating in the advanced Cultivation Room, making use of every minute and second he had.

In the blink of an eye, a few days had passed. Qi Tian had already achieved minor success in cultivating the Strider Cricket Skills. He began to practice inside the advanced Cultivation Room, running quickly around like a gust of wind. If there had been a speedometer present, it would have shown that Qi Tian had maintained a speed of thirty meters per second for quite a while now.

This speed was twice as fast as his previous Chasing Wind Step, giving Qi Tian an advantage in many battles. However, Qi Tian was not satisfied. He immediately activated the Heavenly Dao Engine and switched it to speed mode. Suddenly, his feet seemed to grow wings, his speed increased drastically. If one could previously still trace Qi Tian’s trajectory, now all they could see was him turning into a mere shadow, his exact location becoming very hard to pinpoint.

After running a few laps, Qi Tian stopped. He bent over, propping his body up with his hands on his knees, and began to dry heave. Running at nearly a hundred meters per second in the confined space of the advanced Cultivation Room had left him dizzy. It was only due to his solid foundation as a body cultivator that he hadn’t thrown up.

Qi Tian knew he couldn’t continue cultivating under these conditions and decided to take a break. He left the advanced Cultivation Room intending to return the control jade symbol, but when he saw more than a dozen cultivators at the Foundation Establishment Stage waiting outside, they all clapped their hands in appreciation as he emerged.

“Qi Tian, I knew you wouldn’t disappoint us,” one of them said.