Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 395 - 395 0288 No One Bothered To Do That _2

Chapter 395: Chapter 0288: No One Bothered To Do That _2 Chapter 395: Chapter 0288: No One Bothered To Do That _2 Qi Tian nodded frequently and said, “You make a good point, Sir. I’ll take my leave now.”

Watching Qi Tian leave, the short cultivator who hadn’t spoken a word said, “Brother, is it alright for us to deceive him like this? If we really let him in, and our brothers run into him, won’t they kill him?”

The tall cultivator, weighing the two low-grade spirit stones that Qi Tian had just given him, gave a cold laugh. “It’s not our fault. Who made the kid insist on going into the mountain? You think he’s really going there to dig up herbs? From what I’ve seen, it’s very likely that he’s chasing after the fragments of the meteorite from beyond. If he dares covet shards of the meteorite, he should be prepared to risk his life for it. You can’t blame others.”

Qi Tian didn’t have the patience to wait. He flew to a nearby town and inquired about the rumors. The rumors here confirmed what the tall cultivator had said. Someone had indeed found fragments of the meteorites from beyond in the Yi Lian mountains. When the news first came out, it caused quite a stir. Even the military factories of the government have been shut down, and the royal family has sent people to search. However, the search results could not be known by outsiders.

On hearing this, Qi Tian looked grim. His purpose here was to seek the military factories in the Yi Lian mountains of the Chi Di Kingdom. The Chi Di Kingdom had few mountains, and the only sizable mountain was Yi Lian Mountain. This was why the Chi Di people set their stone bullet factories in the Yi Lian mountains.

The Chi Di cultivators looking for the meteorites in the mountains overlapped significantly with his search target. He couldn’t even be certain that what he was looking for was not the meteorites. If so, he was sure to conflict with these cultivators who entered Yi Lian mountain.

Qi Tian frowned, wasn’t he just looking for a few stones? Why was it so difficult?

In the blink of an eye, it was the agreed-upon time in the evening. Actually, with the help of the Heavenly Dao Engine, Qi Tian could have entered Yi Lian Mountain without alerting anyone. Yi Lian Mountain was so vast, there was no way the Chi Di cultivators could cover every inch of it. There were bound to be some loopholes he could exploit. The reason Qi Tian didn’t do so was to gather more information from the tall cultivator.

When he met the tall cultivator, Qi Tian handed over another two low-grade spirit stones and said, “I’m sorry to bother you two to wait for me instead of resting at this late hour.”

The tall cultivator didn’t expect to receive another two spirit stones. He laughed and said, “Not a problem, not a problem. Sir, you should get in quickly, be swift and make the most of your time. Watch your trail after you get in. I don’t mind telling you, several powerful groups arrived here this afternoon. You know of Ape King Sun Xiaotian? His old man personally came. The royal family has also sent a couple of their best men, each one of them is a formidable opponent. With your small stature, you better be careful when you get in.”

Upon hearing the name Ape King Sun Xiaotian, Qi Tian couldn’t help but gasp. He had been closely associated with Ape King Sun Xiaotian for a while when his freedom was restricted. He had a certain understanding of Ape King Sun Xiaotian’s power. Despite being only at the Half-step Golden Core stage, Ape King Sun Xiaotian was an invincible presence. He had the power that nearly reached the Gold Core First Level.

Qi Tian could now confront any average Half-step Golden Core without any problem, but facing Half-step Golden Core like Ape King Sun Xiaotian, he might have to reconsider.

Ape King Sun Xiaotian’s power could be seen from one perspective. When the Six Demons of Soul-Stealing Sect sacrificed the Wanhun Condensed Pill Array, Ape King Sun Xiaotian was definitely the first to be targeted. After the Wanhun Condensed Pill Array was exposed, Ape King Sun Xiaotian was the main force besieging the Six Demons of the Soul Stealing Sect. Later on, when the underground caverns appeared, Ape King Sun Xiaotian entered the underground caverns to seek the so-called opportunity of formation of the pill. Considering Ape King Sun Xiaotian had managed to escape the formidable power of the barefoot male cultivator and his Zombie Demonic Beast, his power was evident.

As for the threat from the royal entourage, Qi Tian wasn’t particularly worried. However, they were sure to guard the military factory, and Qi Tian was to get into the heavily guarded factory, especially when there was a powerful figure like Ape King Sun Xiaotian outside. The difficulty could be well imagined.

However, considering how matters had unfolded, Qi Tian found it hard to back out now. Without much hesitation, he nodded to the tall cultivator and the others, flew past them, and continued towards Yi Lian Mountain.

Watching Qi Tian’s receding figure, a smirk of mockery surfaced on the tall cultivator’s face. He found Qi Tian resembling a fool going to his doom; this kid would certainly not meet a good end.

After flying past the tall cultivator and his group, Qi Tian started the Heavenly Dao Engine, detecting any potential presence of Spirit Qi in people or objects around him.

Qi Tian remembered well the excitement and impatience of the Heavenly Dao Engine when it first encountered the special stone bullet. Despite the distance from Yi Lian Mountain here, he reckoned that the Heavenly Dao Engine should be capable of detecting what he desired.

However, to Qi Tian’s surprise, the Heavenly Dao Engine displayed minimal response. Apart from detecting a few insignificant shrimps early on, Qi Tian encountered nothing.

Something is off.

Flying high makes one a conspicuous target, even at night. Considering the night wasn’t pitch dark as stars adorned the skies, people on the ground could easily detect his figure in the sky. Therefore, after not too long in flight, Qi Tian descended to the ground.

Given Qi Tian’s current speed, he could swiftly cover a lot of ground on foot. In less than an hour, he had traversed tens of miles and reached the Chi Di military factory constructed at the edge of Yi Lian Mountain.

This wasn’t a modern-day mechanized quarry from Qi Tian’s previous life, rather while there were cultivators here, they wouldn’t waste their precious cultivation resources on quarrying stone. Therefore, the original workers here were mostly ordinary people; numerous in number but lacking in efficiency.

Qi Tian found that the factory’s area was quite large, well exceeding a hundred acres. The conditions here were extremely crude with numerous uncompleted or semi-finished stone materials strewn across the floor haphazardly.

It was apparent that the stones were originally organized neatly, but now, all of them were toppled over, many even shattered. Considering what the tall cultivator had said, it could be concluded that these destroyed stones were the deeds of the cultivators.

This vegetable market-cum-military factory didn’t even have a decent fence, despite being abundant in stones. It wasn’t something anyone was willing to exert effort for. Qi Tian easily entered the military factory, intending to initiate a secret search. However, he noticed a series of buildings in one corner of the factory. The area which was originally dimly lit suddenly became brightly illuminated, and a pillar of light shot down from above, sweeping over the area where Qi Tian was hiding.

Qi Tian was startled and quickly dodged. The searchlight-like beam didn’t focus on Qi Tian, and after scanning past where he hid, it stopped scanning and fixed in one direction.

Immediately after, Qi Tian felt people running in from outside, followed by a large and towering silhouette. The man was about to run into the military factory when the silhouette inflated and, with a leap, charged towards the running man like a small mountain taking flight.