Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 330 - 330 0256 No Room for Compromise for You

Chapter 330: Chapter 0256: No Room for Compromise for You Chapter 330: Chapter 0256: No Room for Compromise for You Chapter 0256: No Room for Leniency

When Qi Tian arrived at the market street earlier, there weren’t many people. But now, the number of stalls has surged over tenfold to more than a hundred, with more than twenty of them selling talismans. What surprised Qi Tian more was that a local council has been set up which manages the marketplace. Anyone who wishes to set up a stall here has to obtain permission from the council, verify their qualifications, and pay a hefty fee.

Although Qi Tian does not mind paying, his identity would not hold up under scrutiny. Holding his jade identity tag, he claimed to be called “Zhang Liming”, which no one probed further. However, if he set up a stall here and people started asking about Zhang Liming, he wouldn’t be able to answer. A deceptive answer could potentially lead to being exposed by people who knew Zhang Liming, and that situation was likely. Once Qi Tian’s identity was exposed, he would face much more than just the lack of a foothold here. It would likely ignite collective persecution from hundreds of Chi Di Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators and Half-step Golden Core cultivators present, leaving him undoubtedly dead.

As Qi Tian shared his anguish, he decided to cancel his plan to set up a shop at the market street and find an alternative. At that point, some words caught his attention, “Dear sirs, come and check out our fighting pit, a place for some fun!”

Curious, Qi Tian followed the voice and spotted a fenced-in area next to the market street. Within this fenced area, about one acre in size, a deep pit has been dug. The pit was about three or four meters deep and almost two hundred square meters in size, laden with rune inscriptions on its floor and walls.

Now, the door in the fence was open, and someone was outside, calling to the passing-by cultivators.

Qi Tian went over and asked about the operations. As he suspected, it was a place for fights, where humans could fight against humans or beasts. If necessary, they could also provide a venue for individuals to duel.To watch the fights, half a spirit stone was required as the admission fee. Furthermore, bets could be placed on the competitors with a prize for the winning bet.

This fighting pit was having its grand opening that day, with free admission for viewing fights and no commission on betting.

Seeing the opportunity, Qi Tian quickly went inside the fighting pit. He arrived early, so there weren’t many spectators around the pit. He opted for a good spot and began watching the pit.

Before long, a man and a beast emerged in the pit, both at the Foundation Establishment Stage. The man seemed gaunt while the beast appeared vicious.

Amid the spectators’ excited chatter, the man and the beast tussled, each taking turns to attack – the fight was intense.

Gathered together were several thousand cultivators, some with hidden hostility. The fact that there were no large-scale conflicts showcased their self-discipline. But the negative emotions suppressed within each one of them were inevitable. The appearance of this pit was timely, providing a vent for the negative emotions of the thousands of cultivators in the basin.

For a while, uproarious cheers filled the pit, each person seemingly wound up tight and tireless.

Over six hundred square meters of courtyard, minus the space occupied by the pit, left more than three hundred square meters. Qi Tian covertly observed that within a short while the courtyard was nearly packed, with barely any visible empty spaces.

Among hundreds of attending cultivators, many came just for the spectacle, but others were driven by strong utilitarian motives. They crowded around the pit’s entrance, placing their bets on who might win or lose the duel in the fighting pit.

Qi Tian went straight up and put two spirit stones on the man as his bet. He had sensed earlier with the Heavenly Dao Engine. The man was brimming with energy; unless he threw the fight intentionally, he would not lose to the beast.

After placing his bet, Qi Tian returned to the edge of the pit to continue observing the fight.

The result was as expected – the Heavenly Dao Engine’s sensing was accurate. After a vigorous twenty-minute fight, the man threw a punch, defeating the physically exhausted beast.

Qi Tian came back to collect his earnings, three spirit stones – two were his original bet, and the remaining one was his win.

Despite the low return, Qi Tian was not upset; on the contrary, he was very excited. He lacked a lawful excuse to bring out the spirit stones, not particularly for the profit. Although he could only win one spirit stone at a time, there lacked restrictions on the number of bets he could place. If he won each time, it would provide a valid explanation for the source of his spirit stones. This would make him worry less about potential threats coveting his Storage Bag full of spirit stones.

However, Qitian was also aware that such actions would likely provoke a strong response from the pit. Couple with his desires to make it an ATM, he may be at odds with the interests of the pit.