Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 387 - 387 0284 Major City Search_2

Chapter 387: Chapter 0284 Major City Search_2 Chapter 387: Chapter 0284 Major City Search_2 Qi Tian pulled open the door to the private room and left in a stride.

Zhao Qian felt a sense of desolation. She had a feeling. The last time Qi Tian left King Zhangbei Manor, something unpleasant happened. This time, she refused the assistance of a well-meaning Qi Tian. As a result, the relationship between the two would never return to what it used to be.

After leaving the restaurant, Qi Tian planned to leave the capital of the Chi Di Kingdom. Originally, he wanted to help Zhao Qian and contribute to the negotiations. But Zhao Qian’s attitude made Qi Tian give up that idea. Moreover, after this incident, Zhao Qian’s position in his heart would inevitably slide down at least one level. There was no going back to the way things were.

Qi Tian headed straight for the city gate of Chi Di’s capital. This time, he chose to walk instead of riding Hu Niu. Before he even reached the gate, he saw a man dressed in the attire of a Chi Di eunuch flying hastily above his head.

Qi Tian quickened his pace. Although he was already fast, by the time he arrived at the city gate, he saw it slowly closing. The eunuch who had just flown over his head was now holding a royal decree and stood to the side, supervising the gatekeeper soldiers as they closed the gate.

Qi Tian hurried over and said: “Don’t close the gate. I need to leave.”

The eunuch said: “Lad, I have just received the Emperor’s order to convey his decree. Starting from now, the gate of the capital will be sealed, and nobody, be it officials, nobles, or even immortals who are cultivators, are allowed to set foot outside the gate. If you insist on going beyond the gate, I have a good reason to suspect that you are the cause of this lockdown.”

Qi Tian was surprised at why the gate was closing. He didn’t want to attract attention, so he said: “In that case, I won’t leave. I will continue to stay here in the capital.”

The eunuch nodded in approval and said: “This is the right choice. In general, as long as you do not commit crimes in our Chi Di capital, you will be fine.”

Qi Tian looked at the city walls, considering if he should steal past the city walls at night.

Qi Tian found an inn near the city gate, rented a room, and then peacefully waited there.

Soon, the news spread that this lockdown was designed to carry out a thorough search because the Chi Di’s second largest ranch had been looted, resulting in the loss of countless livestock including horses and cattle. Several Prince Mansions in the capital were also burgled. The Emperor, enraged, sealed off the capital’s contact with the outside world and conducted a classification of all the current inhabitants and outsiders in an attempt to find the real culprit.

Upon hearing these news, Qi Tian shook his head. He was sure that these rumors were smoke screens put out by the Chi Di royal family or their underlings. His raid on several nobles in the capital didn’t just happen, it took place the night before the last. Even if their reactions were slow, wouldn’t they have taken action much sooner? As for the closure of the capital due to the ranch incident, that was even more absurd. The ranch was five hundred miles away. Why would the Chi Di royal family so firmly believe that he, the culprit, was hiding in the capital? It just wasn’t plausible.

There must be a reason behind this, and it could be a significant one.

Qi Tian’s first instinct was to find a way to leave the Chi Di capital at night. Remaining here could only spell trouble.

Qi Tian’s plan was well-thought-out, but before it was night, the inn room he was renting was already surrounded.

Qi Tian opened the door to see dozens of cultivators standing in the corridor, and asked, “What is the meaning of this?”

The only cultivator of the Foundation Establishment Stage amidst those surrounding him began to speak: “Sir, our apologies, we mean no offense, but the Emperor himself has issued this order. There are certain things that even if they cause offence, I am duty-bound to do.”

“What matter?” Qi Tian was on his guard.

The Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator answered, “Please allow us to enter your room for a necessary search. Additionally, we will assign two individuals to inspect your personal belongings. We ask for your cooperation in this matter.”

“How do I cooperate? Give you my Storage Bag?” Qi Tian asked.

The Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator nodded and said, “It is just a routine check, nothing else. We hope for your cooperation, sir.”

Qi Tian had already packed away all suspicious items. Only one Storage Bag was left outside, even the Wuhang Ring he wore on his finger had been thrown into the energy chamber of the Heavenly Dao Engine. Therefore, he took off his storage bag and handed it to the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator saying, “Search if you must, but if you don’t find anything, I expect an apology.”

The Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator personally checked Qi Tian’s Storage Bag. Naturally, he didn’t find anything suspicious. They could only apologize to Qi Tian and then orderly left the inn.

“Assign someone to keep an eye on this place. I have a feeling Qi Tian is not commonplace. We brothers don’t have anything to do right now, so why don’t we secretly keep a check on this Qi Tian? Who knows, there might be considerable gains,” the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivator ordered.

Qi Tian noticed the fellow hiding in the shadows, assigned to supervise him. With the Heavenly Dao Engine with him, no matter how the other party disguised himself, he couldn’t escape the Engine’s sharp Spirit Qi perception.

Qi Tian didn’t care about the person spying on him. His attention was on the cultivators who had just searched him. The Heavenly Dao Engine had sensed those people, and it had issued a strong warning about one of them to Qi Tian. This person’s Spirit Qi fluctuation was somewhat similar to the White Zombie Tiger.

Qi Tian had enough reason to suspect that today’s event was related to the comrades of the White Zombie Tiger. Damn it, he had hidden in the depths of the mountains for such a long time and had rested in the Chi Di Capital for half a month. He thought he had shaken off those capable of emitting the Soul Splitting Sound. But he ran into them again at the Chi Di Capital. Such luck was really too bad.

At this point, Qi Tian was helpless. He hadn’t expected to encounter the worst possible person here. Had he known, he would have bypassed the Chi Di Capital, even if it meant a detour. But it was now too late for regrets, and he could only take things as they come.

What Qi Tian didn’t know was that the group’s ability to make the Chi Di Emperor close the city gates was not related to him in the slightest. Just as Qi Tian suspected, the reasons stated by the royal family were meant to fool the masses. The real reason was due to other people and events. Qi Tian just happened to be unlucky enough to be caught up in it.

Qi Tian stayed at the inn until the afternoon. He was leaning against the window, watching the Chi Di soldiers patrolling the streets and the officers raiding the houses. The rigor of these searches was much stricter than when they had searched Qi Tian’s room.

Qi Tian shook his head. He didn’t know how many civilians would be unlucky this time because of the Chi Di’s major search. But this could be a good thing. When the civilians suffer, they are bound to harbor resentment against the Chi Di royal family. When the royal family’s prestige declines, it would certainly benefit the Great Zhao.

He just didn’t know when this major search would end. Qi Tian was eager to leave as soon as possible.

As Qi Tian was contemplating and calculating whether to leave the city at night, he suddenly saw a cultivator flying out of a house, stepping on a flying sword, and with great speed, charging towards the city wall closest to him…