Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 414 - 414 0298 The Power of Appeal is Still

Chapter 414: Chapter 0298: The Power of Appeal is Still Extremely Strong Chapter 414: Chapter 0298: The Power of Appeal is Still Extremely Strong Chapter 0298 His Call to Arms is Still Very Strong

Qi Tian had dug out all the stones that had responded to the Heavenly Dao Engine, allowing it to absorb everything. He then used another Heavenly Dao Engine to sense the surroundings of this underground palace, but he found nothing else. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a thunderous noise coming from outside the underground palace. At the same time, the images fed back to Qi Tian by the Heavenly Dao Engine indicated that a being with an extraordinarily strong Spirit Qi was rapidly approaching the underground palace.

Qi Tian was startled. This being with strong Spirit Qi gave him a familiar feeling. He almost certain the other party was the Barefoot Man cultivator. Only then did he realize that he had wasted too much time in the underground palace for the skeleton. It had been over two hours since he killed the Zombie Demonic Beast and when Barefoot Man cultivator received the signal. Given the Barefoot Man cultivator’s speed, it was entirely possible for him to get here in that time.

At this point, it was unrealistic to retreat the way he came, even if he were to utilize an Innate Spirit Treasure Level pickaxe to dig a new path – Qi Tian didn’t believe he could escape unscathed. After all, they were in the belly of the mountain, thousands of meters away from the ground, he didn’t have much of an advantage.

Remaining idle and waiting for death was definitely not an option, so Qi Tian gritted his teeth and took out the Teleportation Array Disk. He placed it on the ground, without wasting any time, he embedded the middle-grade spirit stones required to activate the Teleportation Array Disk onto it, next he activated the Teleportation Array Disk with a spirit rune.

Just at that moment, with a resounding boom, the roof of the underground palace collapsed and the Barefoot Man cultivator descended amidst a pile of falling rocks. He immediately spotted Qi Tian, who was activating the Teleportation Array Disk, and his face changed. “Scoundrel, stay!”

Qi Tian waved at the Barefoot Man cultivator and said, “Goodbye to you.”

A beam of light soared to the sky, and in the blink of an eye, Qi Tian disappeared. The Barefoot Man cultivator rushed over and held the Teleportation Array Disk in his hand. Looking at the complex patterns on it, the Barefoot Man cultivator was exceptionally excited. “Finally, I see you again.”

The Teleportation Array Disk led directly to Wanjie City. Shortly after, Qi Tian appeared in Wanjie City, emerging from the teleportation array with a gloomy face. He was a bit overjoyed this time, finally encountering the situation he least wanted to see – he couldn’t find the way back to Great Zhao.

The Teleportation Array Disk he purchased was two-way, meaning that a counterpart had to be set up in Great Zhao to ensure that he could return to where he started safely and accurately in the shortest time. Now, he was hundred percent sure that the Barefoot Man cultivator will take away his Teleportation Array Disk, which means even if he knows the teleportation coordinates of Great Zhao, he will be unable to return.

The only consolation was that his Teleportation Array Disk had a limit on the number of uses. It should have only one use left. Irrespective of whether the Barefoot Man cultivator knew how to use it or not, the Barefoot Man cultivator would only have one teleportation chance. There wasn’t much to worry about the Barefoot Man cultivator acquiring a lot of cultivation resources using Qi Tian’s Teleportation Array Disk.

Qi Tian collected his thoughts. He decided to establish a foothold in Wanjie City first, and then consider whether to find a way back to Great Zhao or just cultivate in Wanjie City.

Qi Tian has been to Wanjie City before and was familiar with the ways. He stopped a carriage and headed towards the district where all the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators lived. On the way, he chatted up the loquacious driver to inquire about the recent happenings in Wanjie City, specifically about the search for an Innate Spiritual Treasure level pickaxe by various forces. From the driver, he learnt that the major powers were still organizing searches for the pickaxe, although the enthusiasm had decreased. Many powers had begun to withdraw their forces, seemingly ready to give up.

During their casual conversation, Qi Tian arrived at his destination and settled down at a hotel. This hotel provided cultivation caves to its guests, charging as high as 50 low-grade spirit stones per day. Qi Tian bemusedly realized he was broke. In recent times, he executed many Half-step Golden Core-level cultivators and Zombie Demonic Beasts, nevertheless he hadn’t gathered many spirit stones. After all, whether it’s the cultivation world of Great Zhao or the Chi Di, both places were scarce in ores. Even those who had reached the Half-step Golden Core stage didn’t carry many spirit stones.

Qi Tian did have quite a lot of low-grade spirit stones initially, but he had spent most of it during his last visit to Wanjie City. Now, only a few middle-grade spirit stones, top-grade spirit stones, and the extremely rare spirit stones were left, and none in large quantities. He couldn’t simply use the top-grade and the extremely rare spirit stones, so with his current savings of low-grade and middle-grade spirit stones, if he decided to stay long term at this hotel, he would run out in less than six months.

Qi Tian was forced to face a very practical issue, which was earning money.

Actually, as long as Qi Tian was willing, he could easily acquire spirit stones. He could sell the Gold Cores he had, which would result in a substantial fortune. Also, the bodies of Half-Step Golden Core Zombie Demonic Beasts could probably be exchanged for money. Moreover, the beast skeleton he recently acquired, which… even the Heavenly Dao Engine was interested in, should be worth quite a bit.

However, Qi Tian didn’t plan to sell these items so readily because they were too conspicuous. There were far too many powerful entities in Wanjie City. Being a bit careless might result in his being targeted. Until he was strong enough to defend himself, he needed to keep a low profile, especially if he planned to stay in Wanjie City for the long term.