Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 404 - 404 0293 The Fight Against Him is Very

Chapter 404: Chapter 0293: The Fight Against Him is Very Disadvantageous Chapter 404: Chapter 0293: The Fight Against Him is Very Disadvantageous Chapter 0293: A battle against him would be highly disadvantageous

Without a doubt, it would be unwise to leave Yi Lian Mountain at this time. Qi Tian decided to stay temporarily and continue looking for opportunities. After all, he had the Heavenly Dao Engine, allowing him to sense the positions of other cultivators timely and avoid them in advance, without any encounters. Moreover, there were still pieces of meteorites falling from the sky within Yi Lian Mountain. Instead of having a keen interest in them through the Heavenly Dao Engine, Qi Tian decided to gather more. He would later exchange those for cultivation resources.

So, Qi Tian started moving around in Yi Lian Mountain again. The mountain range stretched almost a thousand miles, and the cultivators entering were from various large forces of the Chi Di tribe, seemingly many but totaling only around a hundred and eighty. Even though they all possessed flying swords or other swift moving means, happening upon each other was rather difficult given the large area.

However, to avoid encounters with others, Qi Tian chose to set his activity area deep inside Yi Lian Mountain. In this way, he could further increase the chance of avoiding encountering others. As long as he could avoid trouble, Qi Tian was willing to do so. He was not afraid of measuring his strength with others, but unnecessary killings should be avoided whenever possible. He was not a mad killer, after all.

However, Qi Tian was not the only one with such intentions. Following Qi Tian’s entry into the deep parts of Yi Lian Mountain, he encountered several groups of cultivators one after the other. Perhaps, given that these deep deserted areas were less likely to have the meteorite fragments picked, they avoided areas with larger human presence and came to the depths of Yi Lian Mountain.

Utilizing the Heavenly Dao Engine, Qi Tian detected their presence from afar and generally avoided these people by either taking a detour or hiding until they passed by.

That way, nothing major took place, as half a month passed by quickly. However, Qi Tian found it frustrating that the frequency of encountering people in the depths of Yi Lian Mountain was getting higher, as if the cultivators searching the outer areas were gradually moving further in.

Qi Tian could only move deeper into Yi Lian Mountain. He could also move towards the outskirts of Yi Lian Mountain, but in doing so the likelihood of being discovered was somewhat significant. The time since his major killing spree in the quarry was a bit short and all forces were still on guard. His chances of finding a loophole were relatively slim and he needed to wait further.

One day, Qi Tian went deeper into Yi Lian Mountain by another ten miles. For a cultivator at the Foundation Establishment Stage, this was insignificant. The cultivators from large forces were mainly focused on finding meteorite fragments and this dense forested mountain area over a ten-mile range was enough to keep them searching for quite some time.

Qi Tian had searched the area he crossed in advance, gathering hundreds of pounds of meteorite fragments. If he could bring these out, he should be able to exchange them for a considerable amount of cultivation resources. His focus was no longer on this, most of the time, he was researching some classics. These classics came from the half-step Golden Core individuals he had killed, containing many secrets about forming the Gold Core. Now, Qi Tian was already at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment Stage. As he was not far from the Gold Core Stage, it was necessary to start preparations.

However, the people killed by Qi Tian were all at the half-step Golden Core. All of them were stuck before the Gold Core Stage, which meant none of them had succeeded in forming the Gold Core. Although they had left references and experiences in their classics, how useful these were really, was hard to ascertain.

That day, Qi Tian found a secluded place and after setting up a protective array around, prepared to study the classics. But before he could get far into his studies, the Heavenly Dao Engine alerted him of several cultivators approaching him at a relatively fast pace. Qi Tian was taken aback, could it be that someone had discovered him?

Qi Tian quickly packed his things and carefully inspected the real-time Spirit Qi image sent by the Heavenly Dao Engine. On this image, he identified a familiar bright spot. He wouldn’t be mistaken, this bright spot was the unique signature of Sun Xiaotian, the Ape King. With Sun Xiaotian’s strength far surpassing other half-step Golden Cores, his signature was larger than the others, but somewhat smaller than that of a full Golden Core.

Why would the Ape King, Sun Xiaotian, appear here?

Qi Tian thought of the terrifying power Sun Xiaotian had and the incident that occurred in the vegetable market over a half month ago. At that time, including the Zombie Demonic Beast, two half-step Golden Cores had chased him out. The Ape King, Sun Xiaotian, got badly injured when the Zombie Demonic Beast bit off a piece of his flesh. Qi Tian initially thought the Ape King would not escape fate during that confrontation but it seemed he underestimated the Ape King’s ability.

Qi Tian held his breath and minimized his presence, not wanting to have a conflict with the Ape King, Sun Xiaotian. This was not out of fear, but rather due to the fact that if he clashed with the Ape King, the fight would likely last a long time and be so earth-shattering that it would easily attract other cultivators. If that happened, it would be Qi Tian’s turn to worry.