Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 440 - 440 0311 Not Such an Easy Thing

Chapter 440: Chapter 0311: Not Such an Easy Thing Chapter 440: Chapter 0311: Not Such an Easy Thing Chapter 0311: Not That Simple

Having gained so much, Qi Tian contemplated if he should leave the Secret Realm immediately. However, after some thought, he dismissed the idea. He had entered the Secret Realm too recently. He was admitted to the Secret Realm by an enlistment call from Wanjie Commerce. Most cultivators who enter the Secret Realm through this method are the types short on spirit stones. Hence, unless extremely unusual circumstances occur, they would not easily leave the Secret Realm.

If Qi Tian were to leave the Secret Realm at this juncture, it would be hard to go unnoticed. Submitting too few spirit stones would be illogical, while too many would attract suspicion. Only by leaving at the right time and submitting a suitable quantity of spirit stones can he ensure his safety to the greatest extent.

Upon careful consideration, Qi Tian decided to stay in the Secret Realm a little longer. After all, since entering the Secret Realm, he had managed to gain so much in such a short period. If he stayed longer, he might receive even greater rewards. As he lacked significant support from any influential forces, he often needed to find cultivation resources on his own. This Secret Realm is an ideal place to address this issue. So, he decided to stay for a while longer after running into it.

Qi Tian glanced back towards the direction of the valley. At this point, he could almost certainly confirm that beneath this valley, there might be an extremely rich vein of spirit stones . His Heavenly Dao Engine only needed to detect it. It should be because the vein of spirit stones was located deep beneath the surface. If he could delve into it, he might discover more rewards. However, after some thought, Qi Tian decided against diving into the underground vein of spirit stones, as it should have been seized by the Bear Paw Group. They absolutely would not tolerate other cultivators intruding. Although Qi Tian had more than 70% confidence that he wouldn’t get caught, even if he infiltrated it, there was always the small chance that he could be discovered by the Bear Paw Group. This would likely jeopardise his footing in Wanjie City in the future, a consequence he could not afford. Thus, even if this risk could result in significant gains upon success, he could not take it.

It seemed like there were quite a few spirit stone veins in this Secret Realm. There was no need to snatch food from the mouth of a tiger at the Bear Paw Group’s place. The losses would outweigh the gains.

Instead of thinking about how to compete with the Bear Paw Group for resources, it would be better to think about how to increase the exploration range of the Heavenly Dao Engine. Even if it were by just one meter, it would still be quite good.

Qi Tian flew further away from the valley, found a hidden spot, and set up a concealed array around it. Then, he hid behind the array and took out all the ores he had collected, ready to check if there were any ores that could help upgrade the Heavenly Dao Engine.

Last time at Yi Lian Mountain, the Heavenly Dao Engine had swallowed the skeleton of an unidentified snake demon. Afterwards, the coverage range had hugely increased with the maximum detection distance rising to one thousand meters. With that precedent, Qi Tian held great expectations for whether this could promote an upgrade to the Heavenly Dao Engine again.

Qi Tian first cleaned all the ores. Regardless of whether he might need them in the future or if they were particularly rare, he kept them for the time being. The rest, about several thousand pieces, were all given to the Heavenly Dao Engine.

These ores all contained energy. Although it wasn’t manifested in the form of Spirit Qi, they were certainly useful for the Heavenly Dao Engine. The Heavenly Dao Engine indiscriminately swallowed everything, digesting the useful substances and spitting out the waste.

With great joy, Qi Tian activated the Heavenly Dao Engine to sense the surroundings. He found, indeed, the detection range of the Heavenly Dao Engine had increased somewhat. However, the growth was so modest it just made Qi Tian cover his face in disappointment.

One centimeter! A pitiful one centimeter. This insubstantial increase came after feeding so many ores to the Heavenly Dao Engine. Compared to the original one thousand meters, this increase could barely be counted.

Qi Tian didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. This one centimeter increase couldn’t be said as negligible, but to say that it was significantly beneficial was just a joke. It was better than nothing, at best.

Qi Tian could not help but consider whether to feed the Heavenly Dao Engine another skeleton of a Tiger Demon. The Tiger Demon skeleton came along with the snake demon skeleton. Similar to the snake demon skeleton, the Heavenly Dao Engine had shown an extremely strong desire to devour the tiger demon skeleton. However, for Qi Tian’s cultivation of the Tiger Golden Body Skills, he needed the Tiger Roar Pill, which in turn required the Tiger Demon skeleton. So, he kept the Tiger Demon skeleton for refining the Tiger Roar Pill in the future.

Now he faced two different choices. One was to let the Heavenly Dao Engine devour the Tiger Demon skeleton to expand its range of detection. In doing so, there was a possibility of discovering deeper spirit stone veins and detecting enemies earlier. The other option was to continue keeping it for future use in refining the Tiger Roar Pill, because without the Tiger Roar Pill, Qi Tian’s body refinement speed was unbearably slow.

After weighing the options for quite a while, Qi Tian finally made a decision. He fed the entire Tiger Demon skeleton to the Heavenly Dao Engine. Tiger Demon skeleton was indeed precious, and he might not be able to find such a skeleton in the future. However, Qi Tian knew this clearly: his fundamental key was the Heavenly Dao Engine. Only by enabling the Heavenly Dao Engine to possess more substantial abilities could he increase his chances of survival in the peril-paved Cultivation World.