Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 296 - 296 0239 Im Afraid Its Even More Different

Chapter 296: Chapter 0239: I’m Afraid It’s Even More Different. Chapter 296: Chapter 0239: I’m Afraid It’s Even More Different. Chapter 0239: Afraid It Will Be Even More Different.

Just now, Qi Tian took the risk of being hit by a boulder to collect the fragments. Huang Zhiwei saw everything. He didn’t know what Qi Tian’s purpose was, but objectively, what Qi Tian did benefited them. At least after Qi Tian took away the fragments, the guards moved with fewer obstacles.

Huang Zhiwei quickly came to Qi Tian’s side and said, “Immortal Master, are you alright? You must take care of yourself. Whether I can hold the Tongmen West Pass directly depends on your safety.”

Qi Tian laughed, “Don’t worry about me. As the commander of Tongmen West Pass, it is unwise of you to put yourself in the front line. What if you had just been hit by the Chi Di’s catapulted rocks? Wouldn’t Tongmen West Pass have collapsed without a fight?”

Huang Zhiwei forced a smile and said, “I have been appointed as commander of the Tongguan Left Guard Station for over ten years. This is the first time the Chi Di have been so ruthless. They have used catapults before, but those were small, the rocks they threw were only a few dozen pounds, at most just over a hundred. Who knew they would come up with stones weighing thousands of pounds.”

Qi Tian was alarmed and said, “Commander, don’t you find the Chi Di unusual this year? Stones weighing thousands of pounds, instigating dissent within the city, bribing traitors in our army… Such various tactics, I have a feeling that things will not be easy for Tongmen West Pass this year.”

Huang Zhiwei continued to smile bitterly, “So what if it’s hard? I am a soldier, destined to die on the battlefield, I am prepared.”

Qi Tian had a good impression of Huang Zhiwei’s sheer soldierly demeanor. He thought a moment, took out a jade pendant and handed it to Huang Zhiwei, “This is a protective jade pendant I personally made. It has many runes engraved into it by me. It provides fire resistance, water resistance, physical damage resistance and lightning resistance. Keep it with you at all times, it can at least save your life three times.”

Huang Zhiwei was overjoyed. He knew that such a protective jade pendant is a priceless treasure. Even if it could only save his life once, it would still be a sacred relic sought after by officials and nobles. Let alone Qi Tian’s pendant that could save his life three times. With this, as long as he did not deliberately seek death on the battlefield, he could retire safely from military service. He was very moved by Qi Tian’s gift.

Huang Zhiwei took the pendant with both hands, bowed deeply to Qi Tian and said, “I am very grateful for the Immortal Master’s gift. I won’t say too much, but I do swear to serve you in this lifetime and never betray you.”

Hearing this, Qi Tian laughed heartily. This was the first time he heard such words. Others usually say something like “at your disposal,” but Huang Zhiwei spoke differently. However, this also revealed that Huang Zhiwei is genuine, a man of his words, despite being a worldly man, he can be trusted.

“Alright, go do your things. I have to go now.” Qi Tian waved his hand, said goodbye to Huang Zhiwei, and hurriedly left the parapet.

This time, the Chi Di lobbed almost 300 rocks at the Tongmen West Pass. Aside from those that fell outside the wall, more than 220 landed on the battlements and within the city. They have all now been collected into Qi Tian’s Storage Bag.

After Qi Tian came down from the wall, he found Zhang Lei and other cultivators were about a hundred meters away from the wall. They had even used spells to make a platform slightly taller than the wall to observe what was happening on the other side. Their primary goal was to see if any Chi Di cultivators intervened, so they could react quickly.

Qi Tian shook his head. It wasn’t easy for these people to get involved in the wars of ordinary people. They could not attack ordinary people and had to find valuable targets among thousands of ordinary people, which was not something anyone could do.

Qi Tian greeted Zhang Lei, then let Hu Niu out. He swiftly rode on Hu Niu’s back and ran towards the small city. Hu Niu was fast, and it only took a few minutes for Qi Tian to return to the courtyard he had rented in the small city, which was five miles away from the Tongmen West Pass.

Back in his room, Qi Tian locked the door, blocked the windows, and finally took out the Storage Bag containing the rock fragments. He dumped them out and used the Transporting Whirlwind to send them to the Heavenly Dao Engine.

After the Heavenly Dao Engine swallowed over two hundred rock fragments, Qi Tian silently observed the changes in the Heavenly Dao Engine. He quickly noticed two changes: one was that the fourth blade of the turbine was slightly larger, not much, but it did grow to one-fifth the size of a complete blade. This meant that the Heavenly Dao Engine could provide Qi Tian with 3.2 times more power. The second change was that the Heavenly Dao Engine seemed to have a better quality, giving the impression of a solid, high-quality product rather than the previous impression of being crudely made.