Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 438 - 438 0310 The First Person to Make a Fortune

Chapter 438: Chapter 0310: The First Person to Make a Fortune Chapter 438: Chapter 0310: The First Person to Make a Fortune Chapter 0310: King of Gold Dredging

After the indigenous cultivators staged a failed assault, they quickly realized the flaw in their tactics. They immediately stopped organizing their forces to attack the Bear Paw Group again. The sound of a horn echoed through the valley, and the indigenous cultivators in the valley quickly retreated, taking shelter in various caves.

The Bear Paw Group began to advance. They made a grand display out of their arrival, the objective of which was clear: they were not here to annihilate the indigenous cultivators, but for the mineral resources underneath this valley. This imposed significant restrictions on their actions. The indigenous cultivators could be killed, but the caves in the valley and the mining tunnels connecting them could not be destroyed. If these areas were destroyed, the Bear Paw Group would have to expend enormous energy to dig them out again.

In such a case, a massive force of indigenous cultivators might come to provide reinforcements. By that time, the Bear Paw group might have to face a hard battle before they even finished digging the tunnel.

The ideal situation would be to massively kill the indigenous cultivators in the valley and seize control of the caves and tunnels in the shortest time possible. However, indigenous cultivators were not fools. Judging by their strategy of fortifying and waiting for reinforcements, it was evident that they had chosen a tactic that the Bear Paw Group dreaded the most.

Nevertheless, the Bear Paw Group was not unprepared. As their banner waved, another large group with more soldiers slowly approached from the distance. They were not uniform in dress or equipment, and their cultivation levels varied greatly. It was obvious from their appearance that they were cultivators from Wanjie City, hired by the Bear Paw Group, similar to Qi Tian’s situation, all coming for wealth.

When this group of cultivators arrived, the Bear Paw Group immediately began to act. They paired one or two people from their group with eight or nine hired cultivators, forming a ten-person team. They then formed a larger team with three small teams, each choosing a cave to enter.

The Bear Paw Group was well prepared this time. Their own group consisted of nearly a thousand cultivators, and they had hired over six thousand more. This arrangement ensured that every cave had one to three larger teams entering.

After making all arrangements, each larger team went to their assigned cave entrance. They waited in silence, preparing for multiple scenarios. Once they received the order, all teams immediately launched their attacks directed at the caves.

Meanwhile, the main force of the Bear Paw Group still maintained a significant number of people patrolling inside and outside the valley, serving as both a backup force and a surveillance mechanism to prevent any outsiders from approaching.

Qi Tian, who was hiding on a nearby hill, watched the whole scene in the valley. His eyes flickered with an indescribable light. When he entered the secret realm, he had learned about Wanjie Commerce’s power distribution from Che Long’an. He knew the Bear Paw Group was not an ordinary power, but a top-tier force known on par with Wanjie City. He could already imagine how terrifying the Bear Paw Group must be.

Today, such a horrifying force had gathered six to seven thousand people to attack a valley. Without even guessing, one could tell that there must be something incredibly valuable here.

Qi Tian was highly curious about what it was. He couldn’t discover it using the Heavenly Dao Engine, not knowing whether it was beyond the engine’s detection range or lacked any spirit qi. Regardless, that thing must be of enormous value.

However, the power of the Bear Paw Group was too strong. Thousands of cultivators gathering here alone exceeded fifty in number at Half-step Golden Core level. Trying to snatch something under their surveillance was terrifying to even think about, let alone attempting. Knowing they could even severely wound Golden Core cultivators, Qi Tian, at the seventh level of Foundation Establishment, going there would be no different from suicide.

Qi Tian could only swallow his regret. He decided to wait a bit longer until the Bear Paw Group completely seized control of the valley. Then, the cultivators responsible for patrolling would surely retreat, reducing their coverage. At that point, someone like Qi Tian observing from a distance could significantly reduce the risk of being discovered.

Qi Tian did his best to conceal all his aura, silently observing the situation in the valley while also careful not to be detected by the Bear Paw Group’s patrols. He noticed that although the fights in the valley were all happening inside the caves, sounds of battle occasionally echoed out. Clearly, the fighting in the valley was intense, and he wondered how much time the Bear Paw Group would need to completely seize control of the valley.

Just then, Qi Tian suddenly sensed something unusual. He instantly used the Heavenly Dao Engine to scan the spirit qi around him. Quickly, he discovered the anomaly. His gaze followed the source of the anomaly, and he saw a stone not far from him moving. Someone was pushing it, and soon a hole appeared where the stone had been.