Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 380 - 380 0281 Do You Want it

Chapter 380: Chapter 0281: Do You Want it? Chapter 380: Chapter 0281: Do You Want it? Chapter 0281: Do You Want It?

Qi Tian took out a pickaxe and began digging deep into the beast’s lair. The stones there were very ordinary, and the pickaxe Qi Tian used was an Innate Spiritual Treasure. It cut through the rock like a knife through tofu. After a short amount of time, he excavated a tunnel several hundred meters deep.

Qi Tian dug another cave at the deepest part of the tunnel, then, he used the excavated stones to block the entrance. Qi Tian then breathed a sigh of relief, pulled out a bed from his Storage Bag, casually tossed it onto the ground and rolled onto it, quickly falling asleep.

When he woke up, Qi Tian felt extremely refreshed. He took out a few Night Pearls and hung them on the cave walls, providing light to the cave. Qi Tian didn’t know if the terrifying person would pursue him here. He planned on staying for some time in this cave. Although he needed to rest sometimes, he wouldn’t accept spending too much time being complacent.

The first thing Qi Tian thought of was improving his own strength. He had experienced a lot and accumulated a great deal during this time, which might possibly promote his spiritual state.

Acting on the thought, Qi Tian took out all his middle-grade spirit stones. After leaving a few in reserve, he put the rest beside him, intending to use them to make a breakthrough to a higher realm.

The Spirit Qi contained in middle-grade spirit stones is much more potent than that of the lower-grade spirit stones. Qi Tian sensed his meridians being flooded with the surging Spirit Qi just by clutching a middle-grade spirit stone. If he hadn’t already refined his meridians to perfection during the Qi Cultivation Period, he wouldn’t have been able to withstand the rush of such intense Spirit Qi.

The cultivation result of middle-grade spirit stones was excellent. As middle-grade spirit stones depleted one by one, Qi Tian’s realm steadily rose until he consumed all the middle-grade spirit stones except for his reserve, at which point he’d advanced to the peak of the fifth layer of Foundation Establishment Stage. Then, he used a top-grade spirit stone, advancing to the sixth layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage. When this top-grade spirit stone was consumed, he had broken through to the seventh Layer, entering the late phase of the Foundation Establishment Stage.

The cultivation period wasn’t long, only around a month, and although the result was impressive, the consumption was vast. Judging solely from the resources Qi Tian had used for cultivation, it was equivalent to the resources needed for several Half-step Golden Cores to advance to the Gold Core Stage at Imperial Master Mansion. It should be mentioned that Qi Tian’s solid foundation during Qi Cultification Phase caused the resources required during the Foundation Establishment Stage to harbour staggering consumption, beyond what most people could handle. However, Qi Tian, having gone through many difficulties with considerable gains each time, could manage it.

Having cultivated to this level, Qi Tian felt he had reached another bottleneck. If he continued to consume resources at this rate, making further breakthroughs would be challenging. More importantly, Qi Tian was facing a similar problem to before; his cultivation resources were almost depleted. Although he had some lower-grade spirit stones left, only tens of thousands remained. Only a dozen or so middle-grade spirit stones remained, and the number of top-grade spirit stones was also in the low tens.

If Qi Tian insisted on cultivating, he could still use top-grade and top-tier spirit stones for a while. Additionally, he had some elixirs that could improve cultivation. However, at this time, it was not the right choice to consume top-grade and top-tier spirit stones. His escape from the extremely powerful individual had been entirely due to using top-tier spirit stones as a power source for the crane statue. What if there’s a next time and he’d consumed the top-tier spirit stones? Furthermore, top-tier spirit stones were extremely rare. It was uncertain when he would find more, so it was better to keep the few he had as a contingency.

It was a similar situation with the top-grade spirit stones. On the one hand, they could provide excellent power for the crane statue and serve as a substitute for top-tier spirit stones. On the other hand, Qi Tian was heavily reliant on the Heavenly Dao Engine for many things. The engine required regular refuelling. While the Heavenly Dao Engine was not picky and could convert anything containing Spirit Qi into fuel, there was a significant difference in the quality of the fuel produced from different sources. Qi Tian needed to consider a situation where he was stuck in continuous battles with no time to refuel from outside sources. In such scenarios, he needed resources to replenish the Heavenly Dao Engine with high-quality fuel quickly, and top-grade spirit stones were the best possible strategic reserves for this purpose.

Unless he could increase the number of top-grade spirit stones or find a better substitute, the existing dozen or so top-grade spirit stones should not be used for now.

Since he couldn’t enhance his strength by improving his cultivation stage, Qi Tian turned his attention elsewhere. The first thing he thought of was Hu Niu.