Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 303 - 303 0242 No Patience At All_2

Chapter 303: Chapter 0242: No Patience At All_2 Chapter 303: Chapter 0242: No Patience At All_2 Zhang Yang took out a second item and the auction began again.

Headed by Zhang Yang, this group was very cunning. Under their manipulation, through performances and instigations by a variety of accomplices, all the final ten items were sold at no less than a few hundred spirit stones and as much as several thousand spirit stones.

Qi Tian always joined in on the fun, but he usually only bid once or twice before stopping, never going crazy with the others. He was convinced this was a scam, not only because of his past life experiences, but also because of the ten items Zhang Yang presented, each proclaimed as remarkably precious. However, the Heavenly Dao Engine’s reaction was extremely bland each time, even when Zhang Yang presented an allegedly Heavenly Grade Spirit Treasure. Despite the beautiful appearance of the Spirit Treasure and its overwhelming presence of Spirit Qi, exciting everyone present, the Heavenly Dao Engine remained unexcited and indifferent.

Qi Tian had been using the Heavenly Dao Engine for quite some time and had never encountered a truly Qi-filled item that could escape the engine’s detection. This time the Heavenly Dao Engine had no reaction, which could only mean that this alleged Heavenly Grade Spirit Treasure was fake, made to fool those whose sensitivity to Spirit Qi was not so keen.

Not wanting to cause unnecessary trouble, Qi Tian didn’t expose Zhang Yang and his group. He was not cooperationg actively, but allowed them to cheat people of their money. Qi Tian had already decided that as long as they didn’t mess with him, he would just regard this as watching a play and definitely wouldn’t jump in to meddle.

With all ten items sold, Qi Tian thought Zhang Yang and his men would release the cultivators, but he soon realized he was being overly optimistic. Zhang Yang said, “The premium items are sold, but there are some non-premium ones. Among them, there are pearls hidden in dust, waiting for discerning eyes to identify. Please, follow me.”

Zhang Yang led everyone into a room next door, where tables were neatly arranged. They were placed against the walls, leaving space only for the entrance but otherwise filling the room with long tables half a person high.

The tables were filled with thousands of objects with various shapes and styles, encompassing all kinds of categories.

“Feel free to look around, everyone. It was not easy to invite you all here. If you don’t choose a few satisfactory treasures, we would feel guilty and reluctant to let you leave.” Zhang Yang seemed to be showing concern on the surface, but it was clearly a threat, and all the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators present could hear it.

Logically, Qi Tian and the others were all lured here by Zhang Yang and his men. If they could unite, suppressing Zhang Yang and the others would be a breeze. But the problem is, they could never unite. All of them were strangers with deep competition among themselves. How could they put aside their prejudices and band together?

Moreover, the techniques used by Zhang Yang and his men were quite skillful. They spoke sweet words and subtly suggested that they didn’t intend to bleed the cultivators dry, which incidentally increased the cultivators’ tolerance for Zhang Yang and his men.

“Feel free to wander around. Maybe you can find some good stuff.” Zhang Yang continued.

The Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator who had played the role of the accomplice was the first to rush in. Soon after, his shouts could be heard, “I go first! Being first means a greater chance of finding truly valuable treasures.”

“Wow, what’s this? Isn’t this a broken sword? Why is it so sharp? Why are there so many runes on its blade? Oh, I see. It’s a magical instrument, a priceless magical instrument. Haha, I’ve made a fortune.”

Soon, this Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator came out of the room and approached Zhang Yang, asking, “How much does this cost in spirit stones?”

“Not much, just five hundred.” Zhang Yang replied loudly.

“A piece of a priceless magical instrument, and it only costs five hundred spirit stones? Haha, I’ve made a fortune.” The Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator shouted excitedly.

“We can’t let him take all the good stuff! Everyone, hurry up and rush in, or the good stuff will be gone.” Someone urged.

With the encouragement, the other Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators couldn’t hold back and charged into the room. Qi Tian went along with the flow and went into the room as well.

Zhang Yang and his men also entered the room, watching everyone’s movements to prevent anyone from pocketing items secretly.

Qi Tian always remained passive, which attracted Zhang Yang and his team’s attention. In their eyes, although Qi Tian couldn’t afford the flying swords and magical instruments outside, he must at least have a few hundred or thousand spirit stones on him. If they couldn’t make Qi Tian leave behind all these spirit stones before he departs, they would have failed.

Zhang Yang seemed to be observing everyone, but actually most of his attention was on Qi Tian. He had already planned that if Qi Tian stubbornly refused to buy anything, they wouldn’t mind making an example of him. If necessary, Qi Tian would be the scapegoat, dragged out and beaten half to death on some trumped-up charge, then robbed of all his possessions.

However, at this moment, Qi Tian finally made a move.

The treasures in this room were indeed plentiful, amounting to several thousand items. Much effort must have been put in by Zhang Yang and his men to gather all these fake and inferior items.

Qi Tian was not naive, and he could tell that many items in the room were fake without the help of the Heavenly Dao Engine. These kinds of items accounted for roughly a third of the items in the room. The remaining two-thirds, however, were not so obviously fake, but like the previously mentioned magical instrument fragment and the half-piece sword, they gave off an impressive and Qi-overbearing appearance.

For these items, Qi Tian was able to identify some, but helpless against others. At that point, it was time for the Heavenly Dao Engine to step in. With the engine’s aid, Qi Tian could quickly and accurately determine an item’s value.

As Qi Tian was using the Heavenly Dao Engine to help him identify treasures, a unique bronze statue caught his eye. It was the form of a crane — one foot was curled up, and the other was standing upright.

In his previous life, Qi Tian was familiar with this bird that people considered a symbol of good luck. But since he crossed into Great Zhao, this was the first time he saw such a lifelike immortal crane bronze statue, and it almost made him believe he had returned to his hometown from his previous life.

Qi Tian shook his head and walked over to the bronze statue, whose height was half of a person. He reached out to touch the statue’s head, but just then, he felt the Heavenly Dao Engine started to operate. The Transporting Whirlwind almost flew out from his palm towards the crane statue at close range.

Qi Tian was startled and quickly withdrew his hand. He didn’t know what was special about this statue, but since the Heavenly Dao Engine wanted to devour it, the statue must be valuable.

Qi Tian immediately called out to a Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator who was veiled, “Come here, I want this bronze statue. How much is it?”

The cultivator Qi Tian had called out hurried over, took a glance at the statue and said, “I’ll give you a deal and charge you the cost price, just give eight hundred spirit stones.”

Qi Tian raised an eyebrow and said, “This bronze statue, you guys are actually selling it so expensive?”

“Too expensive? Then don’t buy it.” The veiled cultivator had a bad attitude, and was not patient at all.