Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 417 - 417 0299 Great Opportunity_2

Chapter 417: Chapter 0299: Great Opportunity_2 Chapter 417: Chapter 0299: Great Opportunity_2 “I bet a weakling like you doesn’t know the dangers of a secret realm,” the grovelling cultivator sneered. “If you dare to enter it alone, I guarantee you won’t survive three days.”

“Well, thank you for the concern but no thanks,” Qi Tian said, forcing his unwelcome guests to leave. “If you have nothing else to do, you can leave. I don’t need a bunch of flies buzzing around me. Enjoy your day!”

Liu Sichao’s expression darkened considerably, and he turned away with a huff.

The obsequious cultivator cast a glance around before announcing loudly, “Listen well everyone! This brat has offended our Mr. Liu. If any of you are thinking of recruiting him into your team, think twice.”

Liu and his group’s threat seemed to have an effect as those who were initially sitting around Qi Tian were now avoiding him like the plague. Within a moment, the three-meter radius around Qi Tian was completely deserted.

As to this change, Qi Tian simply smiled and didn’t mind. He wasn’t there to befriend anyone, after all. The supposed allies around him didn’t bother him in the least. Especially since none of them were accomplished cultivators. They were older than him yet their cultivation ranks were lower. To put it bluntly, befriending them would bring Qi Tian absolutely no benefits. On the contrary, traveling with them, especially in a secret realm would only bring him trouble and offer no advantages.

However, not all disregarded Qi Tian’s presence. Just as Liu Sichao had noticed him, so had other Half-step Golden Core cultivators. Soon after Liu had left, another cultivator made his way towards Qi Tian.

“Hey kid, our captain would like you to come over,” he commanded.

“If your captain wants to meet me, shouldn’t he come over himself instead of sending me a summons?” Without lifting his head, Qi Tian replied, “If he wants to see me, let him come here.”

“You cheeky brat, do you even know who you’re talking to? Have you forgotten the situation you’re in? You’ve offended Liu Sichao and there’s no one under the heavens who can save you from him, except our captain. If we didn’t carry a bone to pick with Liu, and if our captain didn’t see some potential in you, we wouldn’t have given you a second glance. I’ll ask you one last time, will you meet our captain or not?”

“No,” Qi Tian replied, not even batting an eyelid, his tone unwavering.

“Very well then, admire your spirit,” the cultivator said sarcastically before turning away.

After being repeatedly bothered, Qi Tian was growing notably impatient. He picked up a white cloth, wrote “In meditation, Do not disturb,” on it and spread it out before him, before going back to his meditation.

With the clear notice for everyone to see, indeed no one else came to disturb him afterward.

Although Wanjie City was enormous, it had its borders. The flying ship traveled for a while and eventually left the city’s airspace, venturing into the world outside the city. Qi Tian had been in and out of Wanjie City multiple times, had even explored the mountains of trash south of the city, but strictly speaking, this was the first time he had ventured outside of Wanjie City and into the world beyond.

Qi Tian found that the environment here was nothing like Earth from his previous life nor Great Zhao or Chi Di from his current life. The most distinctive feature was the dense Spirit Qi, much denser than any other place he had previously experienced, causing the vegetation here to be lush and towering. Various low-level demonic beasts could be seen everywhere in the sky and on the ground.

As the flying sailboat departed from the skies above Wanjie City, it activated a defensive shield that enveloped the entire ship. In this way, even if beasts wanted to attack the flying sailboat, they would be blocked by the defensive shield. For these low-level beasts, no one was interested in hunting them, their value was too low, especially given that they were about to go to a secret location to mine the spiritual stone veins; a casual excavation there would be far more worthwhile than spending half a day killing these beasts.

However, as the flying sailboat moved further and further away from Wanjie City, the power of the Demonic Birds blocking and attacking the flying sailboat in the air increased. Later on, even Foundation Establishment Stage beasts began to show up. However, their attacks, relative to the protective shield of the flying sailboat, were somewhat weak. The attacks they sent out landing on the protective shield, were like a drop of water falling into a pond, at most causing a ripple, aside from that, there was nothing more.

At this moment, there were several people standing in the cockpit of the flying sailboat, watching ominously as more and more beasts gathered outside the defense shield, in addition to the ship’s pilot.

“Did you figure it out? The last time we took this route, there weren’t so many Demonic Birds blocking the way. Why are there so many this time?”

“Captain, we have already contacted the other flying sailboats. Some of them are in a similar situation to ours, some are as before.”

“Which flying sailboats are in a similar situation to ours?”

“The flying sailboats of Captains Liang Genrong and Jiang Liying are the same as ours.”

Hearing the words, the captain’s face changed, saying: “Give my order, have the men be ready. Also, send a message to old Liang and Liying, asking them to be cautious. I suspect that our three flying sailboats being attacked by Demonic Birds is not a coincidence, but someone is playing tricks.”

Everyone was shocked at the sound of it, but they did not doubt the captain’s words. When flying in the wilderness, it is better to be cautious than to lose one’s life carelessly. Everyone immediately got busy. Someone asked, “Captain, should we ask for some help from the adventurers amongst us? There are quite a few Half-step Golden Cores among them. They are sailing with us. If there is an accident with our ship, they won’t have it any better.”

The captain nodded and said, “It’s always right to make some preparations in advance. But I’m worried that the beasts attacking us are not just these, if a few Golden Core Stage Demonic Birds come, we will be in big trouble.”

The man’s face changed greatly, “Captain, we won’t be so unlucky, will we?”

The captain shook his head, “Assume boldly, verify carefully. Go notify Steward Wang Lin of Wanjie Commerce, tell him my speculation, and ask him not to stand by when the time comes.”

The man nodded quickly and left the cabin.

At this time, on the deck of the flying sailboat and in each cabin, people began to come over. They specifically looked for those Half-step Golden Cores, informed them of the possible dangers the flying sailboat might encounter, and then urged them to help deal with the Demonic Birds outside along with the personnel of the flying sailboat.

For a while, there was a flurry of activity on the flying sailboat. Those Half-step Golden Cores or Foundation Establishment Peak cultivators were not in panic, and their team members were also quite calm. But other Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators were not the same, all of them showed panic. Choosing to sign up to go to the secret place to mine spirit stones, they had made sufficient mental preparation for danger, but they thought that even if there was danger, it would be after they got to the secret place, not like now, encountering it halfway through, and while in the sky.

As a renowned Half-step Golden Core in Wanjie City, Liu Sichao was naturally among those notified. Learning that the flying sailboat might encounter danger, he was not panicked, on the contrary, he was very excited. This was a perfect opportunity to prove his personal strength. Once he stood out, he would certainly rise to fame when they repelled the Demonic Birds. At that time, recruiting a few more subordinates would be a piece of cake. If he had more subordinates, the chance of survival in the secret place would greatly increase, and it would be a sure thing to mine more spirit stones. At that time, as the head of the team, he would certainly enjoy collecting spirit stones from his subordinates’ hands.

However, in the midst of his happiness, Liu Sichao caught sight of Qi Tian, who was as calm as if nothing had happened and was meditating. He felt an inexplicable irritation.