Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 489 - 489 0339 No Interest in Eating_2

Chapter 489: Chapter 0339: No Interest in Eating_2 Chapter 489: Chapter 0339: No Interest in Eating_2 In the Spirit Stone Secret Realm, Qi Tian’s harvest was rather substantial. During his exploration of the Secret Realm, his takings were mainly divided into several phases. The first was when he rode the flying sailboat to the Realm, killing many Demonic Birds and two masked cultivators. What was most valuable from this staging was the special bloodline of the Demonic Birds.

The second phase was when he entered the Spirit Stone Secret Realm and acted alone. He killed numerous cultivators from Wanjie City and native cultivators. He also excavated several spiritual stone veins and even found an old nest of the Locust Thief Bees.

The third phase took place when he entered the spirit stone mine of Wanjie Commerce. In this phase, he killed many native cultivators, executed more than a hundred Half-step Golden Core cultivators from Ghost God Temple, dug up a medicinal garden owned by native cultivators, and mined a spiritual stone vein supplying Spirit Qi to the garden. He also entered the main vein of the spiritual stone mine and tirelessly mined for three days and three nights using a mining shovel that was of the Innate Spirit Treasure Level.

After an incomplete count and inventory, Qi Tian finally sorted out thirty-six complete top-grade spirit stones, some fragmented pieces, more than half a million top-grade spirit stones, over six million middle-grade spirit stones, and the quantity of low-grade spirit stones exceeded three hundred million. This was after he had given Huang Liuyan a considerable number of spirit stones; otherwise, the number would have been even greater.

Of course, in addition to spirit stones, Qi Tian also harvested a trove of weapons, armor, elixirs, talismans, all kinds of natural treasures, classics, and cultivation methods, many of which were of decent quality. However, nothing reached the Innate Spiritual Treasure Level, most of them were at the Spirit Treasure Level, and some were at the Spirit Military Level, but the worst were earth-grade Spirit Military. Back then, Qi Tian had to expend so much for an earth-grade Spirit Military, but now, he wouldn’t even bat an eye at them.

However, what surprised Qi Tian was that he found some goodies in the storage bags of the Half-step Golden Core cultivators he slew. He found as many as eight Pseudo-True Pills, nine including the one he gave to Wang Na. Moreover, he found a Three-Turns Heaven Earth Pill. Despite its unremarkable name, it was a pill that every cultivator desired. Its sole function was to boost the success rate of breaking through to the Gold Core Stage.

Undoubtedly, this Three-Turns Heaven Earth Pill was worth a fortune. If it was auctioned in Wanjie City, it could fetch hundreds of thousands of middle-grade spirit stones as easy as pie. However, even with money, it’s not easy to buy. The process of refining the pill was complicated, and the medicinal ingredients were hard to find. Thus, there was barely an opportunity to purchase it in public. Qi Tian had no idea how the poor soul he killed managed to obtain this Three-Turns Heaven Earth Pill, and in the end, it fell into his hands.

After sorting out his loot, Qi Tian stored everything meticulously. His trip to the Spirit Stone Secret Realm was worth it. Despite the hardships encountered, the results were very satisfying. For a long period, he wouldn’t have to worry about lacking cultivation resources. Even the Heavenly Dao Engine that consumed a lot of fuel had harvested a large number of cultivator corpses, which could support Qi Tian’s battles and cultivation for a long time.

Just as Qi Tian finished his inventory, he received a reply from the Imperial Master Mansion. The Imperial Master Mansion responded positively to Qi Tian’s request for help. The Master of Heavenly Eagle Hall, Luo Xia, the Master of Peacock Hall, Hao Wenxi, and an elder from the Imperial Master Mansion, Xiao Ge, leading a team of twenty, all were Foundation Establishment 9th layer cultivators, and they would meet with Qi Tian.

The message was from Xiao Xiaowu, the Mansion Master of the Imperial Master Mansion, who personally wrote back to Qi Tian. He reassured Qi Tian not to worry, that the Imperial Master Mansion would unconditionally stand by him. Apart from sending reinforcements, he was also planning to personally meet with the Emperor and report the news about Prince Duan Manor and Guardian National Master Manor using civilians as slaves instigated by Qi Tian, asking the Emperor to investigate thoroughly.

Soon after receiving the reply letter from Xiao Xiaowu, Qi Tian also received a response from King Zhangbei Zhao Donghao. King Zhangbei Zhao Donghao expressed extreme outrage towards what transpired in Wangjin County, stating that he would submit a court petition against Prince Duan Manor. However, due to court rules, he could not send his personal troops to aid Qi Tian in maintaining order in Wangjin County. Nevertheless, although he could not deploy his forces, he sent his second son, Zhao Puxue, carrying 30,000 taels of silver and 10,000 stones of grain to help Qi Tian appease the villagers and assist them in resuming their production and livelihoods.

Qi Tian took two very different stances in response to the two letters. The reply from the Imperial Master Mansion pleased him greatly. The Imperial Master Mansion didn’t abandon him over this matter, instead, they entirely sided with him. This was satisfying given he had kept them in his consideration during his time in Wanjie City, indicating that the Imperial Master Mansion could be depended on at critical moments, worthy of his trust and support.

As for the reply from King Zhangbei Zhao Donghao, Qi Tian was grateful, but the choice of envoy sent implied a lot that merited speculation.

Qi Tian’s relations with King Zhangbei’s Manor were fairly good, particularly with Princess Zhao Qian. They admired and praised each other. Zhao Qian had helped Qi Tian quite a bit, and in turn, Qi Tian had also assisted Zhao Qian on many occasions. Normally, it would’ve been most suitable to send Zhao Qian at this time, or at the very least, not to send the eldest prince, Zhao Putian. However, King Zhangbei Zhao Donghao did not do this and instead sent the second prince, Zhao Puxue. As long as King Zhangbei Zhao Donghao was not blind, he should know that the relationship between Zhao Puxue and him was far from good—it could even be described as terrible. So, by sending Zhao Puxue at this time, what exactly was he implying?

Although doubtful, Qi Tian was entirely unbothered. It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that, as a person of his cultivation level, there were very few things or people in the Great Zhao who could threaten him. If Zhao Puxue cooperated with him properly upon arrival, everything would be fine. But if Zhao Puxue dared to disrupt his plans, he would make Zhao Puxue regret it.

Before the arrival of the people from the Imperial Master Mansion, Qi Tian went to survey the mine. He was immensely curious about the Shu Ying Stones that were so valuable to Prince Duan’s Manor that they enslaved the local population for their extraction.

There were readily available ores in the mine, not only untreated raw ores, but also refined Shu Ying Stones.

The refined Shu Ying Stones were light blue bricks, about the size of half a palm, with a smooth, glossy surface—they looked pretty good. Qi Tian held the Shu Ying Stone in his hand and scrutinized it closely, but he discovered that there was no record of this kind of stone in any of the literature he had read. Not only that, the Heavenly Dao Engine had no reaction to Shu Ying Stone. That means either the stone contained no Spirit Qi, or the Spirit Qi it contained was so weak that the Heavenly Dao Engine had no interest in it.

If even the Heavenly Dao Engine showed no interest, Qi Tian had even less. However, he instructed the villagers to keep these Shu Ying Stones safe. Just because he had no use for them, didn’t mean others mightn’t. These things might be some form of natural treasures, just not very valuable ones. They should still fetch some money, and selling them could help compensate the villagers for their losses.

Initially, Qi Tian wanted to go deep into the mine, but since the Shu Ying Stone was just this kind of thing, he gave up the idea. Instead, he used the Heavenly Dao Engine to sense the Spirit Qi underground, but the results were the same, the images transmitted to him by the Heavenly Dao Engine contained no valuable ore deposits.