Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 462 - 462 0326 Not Slapping Them a Few Times

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Qi Tian returned to the mine tunnel, quickly delving deep into its depths. Once alone, he fetched the schematic from the storage room of the Heavenly Dao Engine.

This schematic was complicated, likely hard to decipher for average people. But who was Qi Tian? In his previous life, he had even drawn the intricate drafts of aircraft engines countless times. Thus, blueprints drawn by cultivators were child’s play for him.

Originally, Qi Tian was clueless. But now, he had found a breakthrough. Looking at the schematic again, he had a moment of sudden realization.

Upon entering the spiritual stone veins, the Protective Great Array set up by the indigenous cultivators had left a profound impression on Qi Tian. For the cultivators of Wanjie Commerce to penetrate this array, they paid a tremendous cost. Apart from the casualties, their time was significantly delayed. Please note, Wanjie City’s collective action towards the mystical territories did not intend to permanently occupy them after conquering.

The indigenous cultivators in the mystical territories were still considerably formidable. They had a massive number of towns, a population of hundreds of millions, and countless cultivators. When various forces of Wanjie Commerce seized the mining veins, they might gain a temporary advantage. But once the indigenous cultivators mobilized and integrated their forces, forming an allied army, they could potentially inflict severe damage on the various forces of Wanjie City, even possibly annihilating them entirely.

Although Wanjie City had Nascent Soul Masters and Gold Core powerhouses, these top forces could not enter. They could only rely on Half-step Golden Core and Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators. These were the mid-generation forces of the various factions in Wanjie City, and heavy losses would be detrimental to their future development. Therefore, before entering the mystical territories, the different forces of Wanjie City must have jointly decided on a one-month time limit, from entrance to exit.

The Protective Great Array built by the indigenous cultivators blocked the tens of thousands of cultivators summoned by Wanjie Commerce for almost half a month. It was evident how formidable this array was.

What Qi Tian obtained was none other than the blueprint of this Protective Great Array, and not just any blueprint. It was the construction draft of the array.

What did that imply? It detailed how to set up the Protective Great Array within the spiritual stone veins. The blueprint was incredibly meticulous, detailing every aspect intricately. It was fair to say that given the right conditions, this schematic could fully reproduce the Protective Great Array elsewhere.

This was just one value of this blueprint. Since it was for construction, the conditions of the construction site were naturally marked on it. This included the specifics of the entire spiritual stone vein, where the vein was located? Where were the spirit stones more abundant? Better quality? Etc. with every detail marked correctly.

Even though these markings were all in the indigenous cultivator’s script, remember that in addition to the text, there were also numerous images. With these images, along with the actual situation encountered, it would be easy to infer a lot.

Qi Tian studied for a short while and found his target. This area was heavily annotated by the indigenous cultivators, and in that area, lay the deposit with the richest and highest-quality spiritual stones. It was also where the central control of the entire Protective Great Array was located.

Qi Tian decided to give up going to that best site. That must be the tunnel that Wanjie Commerce focused on, and the one they were protecting zealously. Qi Tian had adequate reason to believe that since the spiritual stone vein was captured, it was utterly impossible for Wanjie Commerce not to have found this tunnel with their thousands of cultivators, hundreds of them being Half-step Golden Core. They could’ve searched every tunnel multiple times. Not to mention, they could capture the indigenous cultivators for interrogation or directly seize their souls, shortening their search time.

In such circumstances, Qi Tian going to that tunnel would just be asking for trouble, even with his significant contribution to Wanjie Commerce. He wouldn’t be allowed entry. The reward promised by Wanjie Commerce didn’t include this, he might not even gain access even if he tried.

Qi Tian set his target on the sub-prime veins, the tunnels heavily annotated by the indigenous cultivators. He returned to the mine and flew towards one of the tunnels. However, he didn’t expect that the entrance was guarded by cultivators from Wanjie Commerce. As he approached, they immediately expelled him, instructing him to mine in other tunnels as this one was off-limits.

Qi Tian suddenly had a bad premonition. Could it be that those few annotated tunnels had all been seized by Wanjie Commerce? It was entirely possible. If Wanjie Commerce ran into weak indigenous cultivators or soul-searched them, they could know about these tunnels. Then, leveraging their advantage, the natural course would be to monopolize these tunnels.