Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 427 - 427 0304 Rather Let Hu Niu Become a Feast_2

Chapter 427: Chapter 0304: Rather Let Hu Niu Become a Feast_2 Chapter 427: Chapter 0304: Rather Let Hu Niu Become a Feast_2 “Mr. Ye, I also want to establish a good relationship with you, but as you can see, I only have one Bloodline Bead. However, there are so many others who desire it. How about we auction it on-site? The starting price would be equivalent to an offensive talisman or Spirit Treasure worth fifty middle-grade spirit stones. Defensive items can also be acceptable. You may now start bidding.” Qi Tian stated calmly.

At Qi Tian’s words, the scene went silent. Most of them were poor, fifty middle-grade spirit stones were not a small sum for them. If this was after mining, they might have been eager to bid for Qi Tian’s Bloodline Bead, but now, many were cash-strapped. Even if they were not short of money, Qi Tian specifically asked for a talisman or Spirit Treasure. These items were their last line of defence in the secret realm, how could they easily give it to Qi Tian?

Qi Tian shook his head with a smile. Although this Bloodline Bead of his was of low purity, it was still a unique bloodline, like gold sand. No matter how many impurities it had, it was still gold. He wouldn’t sell this gold at the price of a cabbage. He pulled out a ceramic bottle to store the Bloodline Bead. If he didn’t sell it now, it didn’t matter, he could sell it when he got back to Wanjie Commerce.

Just then, an authoritative voice called out, “Hold on, may this old man have a look at your Bloodline Bead?”

Qi Tian turned in the direction of the voice and was taken aback. The Gold Core cultivator who had hurried over from Wanjie Commerce was somehow standing at the back of the crowd. He quickly raised his hand in a fist salute, “Senior.”

“Senior.” Not only was Qi Tian startled, the other cultivators also paid their respects to the Gold Core cultivator. Some of the less courageous ones or those who wanted to curry favour directly knelt down and kowtowed to the Gold Core cultivator.

The Gold Core cultivator ignored everyone’s salutes and fixed his piercing gaze on Qi Tian, “Young man, you still haven’t answered my question.”

Upon hearing this, Qi Tian quickly handed over the Bloodline Bead.

The Gold Core cultivator held the Bloodline Bead up for a closer examination. He sighed regretfully, “What a pity, the quality of the special bloodline within this bead isn’t high, it’s almost useless to me. But I’m still willing to buy it, you name your price.”

“If the senior wants it, feel free to take it.” Qi Tian hurriedly replied.

The Gold Core cultivator said, “I, Lin Youbi, as a formidable Gold Core cultivator, how could I take a Bloodline Bead from a Foundation Establishment cultivator like you for free? Are you trying to make me owe you a favor?”

Qi Tian quickly refuted, “Senior, you misunderstood, I had no such intention. Well, if senior doesn’t want to accept my regard, then just give me ten middle-grade spirit stones.”

Upon hearing this, Lin Youbi laughed heartily. He stated, “I attended the auction held by Wanjie Commerce. I know the price of a unique bloodline. Although yours is low-quality, ten middle-grade spirit stones are too cheap. I can’t take advantage of you. Here, these are thirty middle-grade spirit stones, and I’ll give you ten additional Thunder Talismans. This way, you won’t be at a loss, and I won’t take advantage of you. We’re square.”

“Since senior insists, I feel obliged to accept.” Qi Tian received the spirit stones and Thunder Talismans from Lin Youbi. After thanking him profusely, he pocketed them.

Lin Youbi stated: “If you can refine more unique bloodlines in the future, feel free to come to me. I will definitely buy them at a fair price without making you suffer any loss. The same goes for all of you.”

The cultivators around them praised Lin Youbi for his fairness and his manner as a senior. Only Qi Tian shook his head secretly. Lin Youbi appeared fair, not taking any advantage. But only he knew that both the Thunder Talismans and the middle-grade spirit stones given by Lin Youbi were problematic.

The Explosive Thunder Talisman isn’t the highest-quality one. At most, it can threaten an ordinary Half-step Gold Core. If it encounters a super Half-step Gold Core like Ape King, Sun Xiaotian, its power would be somewhat inadequate. The value of this Explosive Thunder Talisman is limited – a few can be purchased with a single middle-grade spirit stone, and ten Explosive Thunder Talismans would only be worth about two middle-grade spirit stones, or two hundred low-grade spirit stones.

As for those middle-grade spirit stones, it goes without saying that they are not the best. If not a portion of the Spirit Qi within the spirit stones has been used, then their size is indeed a bit smaller than the normal middle-grade spirit stones. Compared to a normal middle-grade spirit stone, these middle-grade spirit stones are only worth sixty to seventy percent of the former.

After calculating, the value of the items Lin Youbi gave to Qi Tian only amounts to about twenty middle-grade spirit stones. On the other hand, Qi Tian planned to sell the Bloodline Bead for no less than fifty middle-grade spirit stones. Comparing the two, a gap of thirty middle-grade spirit stones is evident. Can this be termed fair trade? Lin Youbi may seem fair on the surface, but the means he uses are somewhat underhanded to Qi Tian.

What Qi Tian finds even more unacceptable is that Lin Youbi is well aware that after Qi Tian emerges from the secret realm, he will have to surrender half of his spirit stones to Wanjie Commerce. Despite knowing this, Lin Youbi chose to pay with spirit stones for most of the goods at this time, not for a moment considering converting these middle-grade spirit stones entirely into cultivation resources for Qi Tian, but instead intending to exploit Qi Tian further.

As Lin Youbi turned and left, the cultivators surrounding Qi Tian also dispersed. Some of them looked at Qi Tian with eyes filled with envy and jealousy. Even before entering the secret realm, Qi Tian had already earned thirty middle-grade spirit stones. How could that not make them envious?

Qi Tian pulled out another corpse of a demonic bird from his storage bag. Just as people thought he was going to extract another special bloodline, they saw Qi Tian throw it to Hu Niu. Then, Qi Tian took out a Grain Avoidance Pill, swallowed it, and then started to meditate with his eyes closed. When Qi Tian witnessed Gold Core expert Lin Youbi taking an interest in the special bloodline earlier, he certainly hadn’t anticipated it. But now that he knew, and knew that Lin Youbi was bullying him to buy his special bloodlines at a low price, how could he continue to extract special bloodlines? Was he supposed to prepare a wedding dress for Lin Youbi?

He simply wouldn’t cultivate any more. As for those demonic birds, he would rather feed them all to Hu Niu and let her feast on them. He wouldn’t use them for practice anymore.

Seeing Qi Tian no longer extracting special bloodlines, the cultivators who had been gathering around him began to disperse. Once again, an empty space appeared around Qi Tian. Without the special bloodlines, who would be willing to offend Liu Sichao for him?

Qi Tian didn’t care about this. None of these cultivators were worth his deep friendship. He didn’t want to force himself to build relations with these capricious people.

Due to having Gold Core expert Lin Youbi present, and with Wanjie Commerce having elevated their assessment of the risk of their flying ships being intercepted, there were no more incidents on the flying sailboat Qi Tian was on. After two days of airborne travel, they arrived amongst a range of mountains. These mountains rose and fell dramatically, lining up one after the other, making for a treacherous terrain.

The flying sailboat finally came to a stop in the sky above a mountain peak. The peak had been leveled by someone using a great power, creating a huge platform atop it. Easily, thirty to fifty thousand people could gather there.

At this moment, more than twenty other flying sailboats were already docked around the platform. When each ship anchored, hundreds or thousands of cultivators mounted on flying swords or other flying implements, or riding demonic birds, took off from the sailboats, landing on the platform.

Qi Tian and the others were no exception. Once their flying sailboat came to a stop, they flew towards the platform under the guidance of Lin Youbi.

The platform had been divided into many areas, with Wanjie Commerce occupying one. A flag with the Wanjie Commerce emblem on it fluttered high in the sky. Even under the bright sun, nothing could diminish the brilliance of the flag.

Similar flags fluttered elsewhere in the sky, but in terms of lavishness and exquisiteness, Wanjie Commerce’s definitely stood out as the very best.