Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 481 - 481 0335 Watching Her Too Closely_2

Chapter 481: Chapter 0335: Watching Her Too Closely_2 Chapter 481: Chapter 0335: Watching Her Too Closely_2 Huang Liuyan was strong-minded, and she immediately controlled the impulse in her heart, looking quietly at Qi Tian, with a cough to clear her throat, and then asked casually: “Are you the one selling the special bloodline?”

Qi Tian was also watching Huang Liuyan, noting the bandages on her. It was clear that even after several days, her injuries had not fully healed, Huang Liuyan was a powerful Gold Core cultivator and was backed by the powerful National Master Manor. With that support, her current state indicated how much she had endured in the Secret Realm and it could be confirmed that she had refused Cheng Daoran’s help. If Cheng Daoran had agreed to help, Huang Liuyan’s injuries wouldn’t have lingered as such.

“Yes, Miss…”

“Impudence.” The female cultivator following Huang Liuyan forward, reprimanding Qi Tian: “If you don’t know how to address Master Huang, I’ll teach you.”

A slight smile appeared at the corner of Huang Liuyan’s mouth. If she had any doubt about the man in front of her eyes who looked in his thirties being Qi Tian, that doubt had now evaporated. She recalled a time when her, Qi Tian and Zhao Qian were practising in another secret realm, and Zhao Qian had “bullied by force”, forcing Qi Tian to address her as “Miss” and Zhao Qian as the “Second Miss”. That was the only time in her life that she had been addressed as a “Miss”.

“Let’s stick with ‘Senior’. Are you the one who wants to sell the special bloodline?” Huang Liuyan spoke as calmly as she possibly could.

“Yes, senior. This Bloodline Bead was found by me during my travels. Please take a look.” Qi Tian took out the crystal vial containing the Bloodline Bead and handed it to Huang Liuyan.

Yu Anqi curled his lips. He wanted to see it just now, but Qi Tian refused to let him touch it. When it came to Huang Liuyan, even before she opened her mouth, Qi Tian eagerly handed it over. He was speechless about this era that judged people on their appearances.

At this moment, neither Qi Tian nor Huang Liuyan dared to make any small moves. Huang Liuyan took the crystal vial from Qi Tian, looked at it and asked: “This is the special bloodline that I need, how much do you plan on selling it for?”

Qi Tian said: “One thousand five hundred middle-grade spirit stones, or the equivalent in cultivation resources. Pills or weapons, armour, and the like, can all be considered.”

During this expedition to the secret realm, Huang Liuyan had not mined many spirit stones. The National Master Manor was in a difficult situation in the secret realm. Most of Huang Liuyan’s time was spent fighting or guarding against the native cultivators’ sneak attacks; she didn’t have time for mining spirit stones. Of course, even though she didn’t mine many spirit stones throughout this mission, she achieved a lot and had made a significant contribution in the merit book of the National Master Manor. They weren’t few when converted into spirit stones, so it can’t be said that she had done it all in vain.

However, she would not tell Qi Tian about this. She addressed the person in charge: “Could you arrange a secret room for me? I would like to discuss with this gentleman what cultivation resources can compensate for the one thousand and five hundred middle-grade spirit stones.”

“Miss, there’s no need for such trouble. If you’re short of spirit stones, I have them here.” The female cultivator accompanying Huang Liuyan promptly took out a spirit stone bag. This was given to her by Cheng Daoran and was to be

used when Huang Liuyan was short on money. Unfortunately, she had been with Huang Liuyan for such a long time and not even a single middle-grade spirit stone from the ten thousand in the bag had been spent.

Huang Liuyan glanced coldly at the female cultivator and said: “Are you treating me like a beggar?”

The female cultivator quickly lowered her head and replied, “Dare not.”

“If you ‘dare not’ then why won’t you step back? Do you think I’m in need of one thousand and five hundred middle-grade spirit stones? Sir, are you not preparing a secret room for me?” Huang Liuyan glanced at the man in charge.

The man in charge didn’t dare to delay and quickly said to Huang Liuyan and Qi Tian, “Both of you, please follow me.” The merchants requesting a secret room for trade was not the first time he encountered such a situation, nor would it be the last. He had long been accustomed to it. Cultivators had too many secrets. Many times, both parties wouldn’t trust each other without a secret room.

The female cultivator followed Huang Liuyan directly towards the secret room. In no time, they arrived at the door of the secret room. The man in charge pushed the door open and said: “Both of you, please come in. Rest assured, I guarantee with the reputation of the National Master Manor that the secret room is safe. It is fully sealed with no arrays, nor spying devices such as peepholes. You can use it with confidence.”

Qi Tian took the first step into the secret chamber while Huang Liuyan followed closely behind. The female cultivator who was reservedly following them caused Huang Liuyan to cast her a chilly glance. “Are you so interested in my collection? Would you like to take my Storage Bag and handle some trading for me?” she asked.

The female cultivator immediately bowed her head in response, “I dare not.”

“If you dare not, wait for me outside,” scolded Huang Liuyan as she entered the secret room.

The person in charge shut the door. Although the female cultivator was reluctant, she was powerless against Huang Liuyan’s dictation. However, she decided to give Huang Liuyan only three minutes. If she would not emerge from the secret room after three minutes, she would notify Cheng Daoran.

Before stepping inside the secret room, Qi Tian employed the Heavenly Dao Engine to scan the entire room. As reported by the proprietor, the secret room was fully sealed without any array of sorts for external spying.

He turned around, waited for Huang Liuyan with a smile, and as soon as the door shut behind her, he cheerfully greeted, “Sister, it’s been a while.”

Huang Liuyan suppressed the urge to throw herself into his arms, fearing she would lose control and let her tears fall, accidentally leaving traces and alerting the female cultivator tracking her. Who knows what kind of trouble that would invite for Qi Tian. “Do you realize how dangerous this is?” she questioned.

“I know, sister, rest assured. You only need to hang on a little longer. I promise, I’ll devise a plan to rescue you from Cheng Daoran’s clutches,” Qi Tian vowed to Huang Liuyan.

“Fine, I’ll wait. You shouldn’t rush it either. I’m safe at the moment,” Huang Liuyan said.

Qi Tian nodded. He retrieved a Storage Bag along with a crystal bottle and handed it to Huang Liuyan, “Sis, there’s a total of five million low-grade spirit stones, three hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones, and one hundred top-grade spirit stones in this bag. You can use it.”

Huang Liuyan was taken aback before asking, “Where did you get so many spirit stones?”

“I’ve been lucky enough to dig them from a rich vein in a secret realm. Don’t worry, I’ve got plenty more to use even after giving these to you,” Qi Tian reassured with a smile.

“Alright, since you offered me these as a gesture of respect, I’ll accept them.” In front of Qi Tian, Huang Liuyan stored the Storage Bag and the crystal bottle right away. In return, she gave Qi Tian some cultivating resources with most of them being Tiger Roar Pills that she refined for him after leaving his side. Aside from that, she also gave him an entire set of alchemy skills along with alchemy tools.

“Sis, could you give me the coordinates of the Cultivation World of Great Zhao? I’ve run into a formidable enemy there who’s after me, and if nothing unexpected happened, he should have my Teleportation Array Disk now,” Qi Tian explained.

“Are you okay?” Huang Liuyan asked anxiously.

“Don’t worry, I can handle it,” Qi Tian assured.

Huang Liuyan nodded as she felt helpless after realizing how tightly Cheng Daoran kept his eyes on her making it impossible for her to provide any aid to Qi Tian. She reached for a spare Teleportation Array Disk and handed it to Qi Tian, meanwhile informing him of the coordinate.

Qi Tian quickly secured all of the items and said, “We really should leave now. If we linger too long, we may alert Cheng Daoran.”