Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 467 - 467 0328 The General Standard is Quite High_2

Chapter 467: Chapter 0328: The General Standard is Quite High_2 Chapter 467: Chapter 0328: The General Standard is Quite High_2 Wan Xiaolan snorted, saying, “So what?”

Jiang Fan’s face was impassive, revealing no emotion. He said, “In that case, I can let you in on a little secret. One of our disciples was mortally harmed while on patrol outside. The place he was harmed is not too far from here, just a couple of hundred li. That’s why we asked you to come and see. We can’t let our disciples be killed casually, without making any protest.”

“Are you trying to fool us? The Ghost God Temple has sent so many disciples this time, do you really care about each one of them that much? Since when has the Ghost God Temple become so fraternal?” Lin Youbi ridiculed.

Lu Kui rolled his eyes, saying, “We care because we want to. What’s it to you?”

“We’d like to continue exploring that camp if you don’t mind,” Jiang Fan pointed to another camp and said to Wan Xiaolan.

Wan Xiaolan was unaware that the Ghost God Temple had colluded with the native cultivators to nearly stab Wanjie Commerce in the back. He also didn’t know that over a hundred Half-step Golden Core cultivators from the Ghost God Temple had died at the hands of Qi Tian. If he knew this, even if he didn’t fight Jiang Fan and Lu Kui to death, he wouldn’t allow them to continue exploring the camps.

He was less concerned about the other camp than his attention to the first one. He said to Jiang Fan and Lu Kui, “In that case, go on to the next camp. But let me warn you, the cultivators in the camp come from all over Wanjie City. If you cause trouble here, Ghost God Temple will be cast out of Wanjie City. I don’t need to explain the severity of this to you, do I?”

Jiang Fan said, “We’re just looking for the killer. If he is here, we won’t let him off. If he’s not here, we have no reason to disturb them.”

The four of them walked together towards the second camp. Qi Tian had just strolled to the entrance of the camp which lined with more stalls than before. Whether in terms of the number of stalls, or the quality of the products, they were incomparable to when it all began. He had just reached the first stall when the Heavenly Dao Engine gave him the latest image of Spirit Qi detection.

Two bright spots in the image were completely different from the surrounding cultivators, with a dark colour and an eerie style—traits unique to cultivators of the Ghost God Temple. The intensity of their brightness indicated the presence of Golden Core powerhouses.

Qi Tian’s heart leapt. The Golden Core powerhouses of Ghost God Temple were here. No doubt, they were here for him.

Just then, Wan Xiaolan, Lin Youbi, Jiang Fan, and Lu Kui stepped into the camp. None of them noticed Qi Tian. Wan Xiaolan and Lin Youbi didn’t deign to interact with the hired cultivators, and even if they knew that Qi Tian, the one who greatly benefitted Wanjie Commerce was among them, they wouldn’t bother searching for him. Jiang Fan and Lu Kui, however, had their attention on the compass. They didn’t even think that the culprit who caused them a loss of more than a hundred Half-step Golden Cores was less than ten meters away from them.

Soon, the four Golden Core powerhouses passed Qi Tian. He originally planned to search at the camp gate for restorative medicines or pills for nourishing soul and spirit. But now, he completely overruled the idea, afraid that Jiang Fan and Lu Kui might come over to inquire and he might be exposed by the stall owners.

However, Qi Tian didn’t leave immediately. To leave now would seem suspicious. He slowly sauntered past the stalls. Since he couldn’t purchase the nourishing soul and spirit natural treasures, he could look for something else he wanted.

Unfortunately, none of the items on more than a hundred stalls at the entrance of the camp caught his attention, or caused the Heavenly Dao Engine to react. It made sense upon thinking—these hired cultivators were all from the lower rungs of Wanjie City. How could they have good stuff? Even if they did, they would usually sell it in Wanjie City, where they could more easily exchange it for cultivation resources. Anything brought here was either not very good or rather something the stall owners thought was good enough to be sold at a higher price.

Initially, Qi Tian was quite interested, but gradually his interest waned. In the end, he randomly wandered around, and had it not been for him waiting for Jiang Fan and Lu Kui, the two Golden Core powerhouses of the Ghost God Temple to leave, he might have returned to his tent. His head was about to explode, and it was not easy for him to wander around in this state.

Just then, Qi Tian saw a stall displaying a lot of books, his interest immediately piqued.

The stall owner was quite enthusiastic. Seeing Qi Tian coming over, he proactively gave him a stool to sit and browse at his leisure. The books on the stall were numerous and disordered, appearing quite old, similar to the second-hand bookstalls Qi Tian used to see in his previous life, even messier and dirtier.

Based on experience, the chances of finding good things in this mess were slim. Otherwise, the stall owner wouldn’t be so generous to let people browse. Cultivators held great value in heritage. Even when selling cultivation methods, they would use various methods to protect the books containing the methods to prevent people from just looking and not buying. There were too many cultivators with photographic memories. If everything was placed out in the open, wouldn’t they suffer a loss?

Qi Tian took the stool and sat down. Killing time in one way or another is still killing time, and there’s no place better than here where you can sit and read.

After Qi Tian sat down, he subconsciously used the Heavenly Dao Engine to scan the Spirit Qi of all the items on the stall. Previous experiences had told him that the Heavenly Dao Engine was virtually uninterested in books containing cultivation methods, no matter how valuable they were. As long as they lacked Spirit Qi, there was no reaction.

Qi Tian assumed it would be the same this time, but surprisingly, the image feedback from Heavenly Dao Engine clearly showed a slight Spirit Qi fluctuation from a book.

Qi Tian’s spirit suddenly refreshed. He had encountered this situation before. Usually, when this happens, the books with recorded cultivation methods were made of special materials, not ordinary paper. Cultivation methods recorded with such special materials were generally not ordinary and had a higher grade.

Qi Tian was thrilled. He began to rummage through the messy books, occasionally picking up some books and placing them in front of him. No one paid special attention to his behaviour because many people were doing exactly like him.

Soon, Qi Tian found the book that had caught the Heavenly Dao Engine’s attention. He stopped rummaging, put this book with the other selected ones, sat back down on the stool and started a second round of selection.

Soon after, the second round of selection ended. Qi Tian picked ten books in total and casually asked the boss for the price.

The boss held up two fingers, asking Qi Tian for two low-grade spirit stones. Qi Tian readily handed over the spirit stones to the boss, and then put the ten books into his Storage Bag.