Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 495 - 495 0342 How Can There Be Such Good Things_2

Chapter 495: Chapter 0342: How Can There Be Such Good Things_2 Chapter 495: Chapter 0342: How Can There Be Such Good Things_2 Qi Tian shook his head and said, “Let’s not rush. Elder, since I went to Tongmen West Pass, has anything happened to King Zhangbei Manor? My relationship with Second Prince Zhao Puxue is not good, and this point, King Zhangbei Zhao Donghao knows. Why then, did he send Zhao Puxue over, instead of the older Prince Zhao Putian, or Princess Zhao Qian, both of whom would have been more suitable? This matter doesn’t sit right with me somehow.”

Xiao Ge responded, “If you were asking about any incidents in the Imperial Master Mansion, I might be able to tell you. But I really don’t know about what has happened at King Zhangbei Manor. My relationship with King Zhangbei Zhao Donghao is just average, and I’ve never intentionally paid attention to his affairs. Should I just send a message to my disciple at the Imperial Master Mansion via a paper crane, asking him to inquire about the matter at King Zhangbei Manor?”

Qi Tian quickly waved his hands and said, “Forget it. What happens at King Zhangbei Manor is not worth our time and effort. It’s enough to just focus on our own affairs.”

If this were the past, upon hearing Qi Tian speak in such a way, Xiao Ge would have said that Qi Tian was getting inflated and didn’t know his place. After all, no matter what, the King Zhangbei Manor was a royal residence with power and influence that could not be overlooked in the Great Zhao Nation. Yet, now that Qi Tian’s cultivation level had advanced by leaps and bounds, making his future look immeasurable, it was difficult to say the same. To think that he had reached the seventh level of Foundation Establishment at such a young age! This alone put him at a higher level than King Zhangbei Zhao Donghao.

At this point, it would be inappropriate to advice Qi Tian not to violate the King Zhangbei Manor. It might not seem fitting for others to ignore it, but for Qi Tian, it was not at all inappropriate. This was the change brought about by a shift in power.

Qi Tian took out ten low-grade spirit stones and handed them to Xiao Ge, saying, “Sell these spirit stones and exchange them for silver and food. That should be enough for the villagers, right?”

Xiao Ge’s eyes lit up instantly. In the Great Zhao Cultivation World, spirit stones were always scarce. Even low-grade spirit stones were rarely seen in daily life and cultivation, and Xiao Ge himself, being an elder at the Imperial Master Mansion, found them difficult to come by.

Xiao Ge said, “Qi Tian, if you really want to exchange these spirit stones for silver and food, you can leave it to me. I promise you won’t lose out.” He had already planned to take all of them for himself — not to embezzle, but to buy from Qi Tian at market price.

Qi Tian saw Xiao Ge’s yearning for the low-grade spirit stones and said, “Then you can handle it, Elder. By the way, are you short of spirit stones? I still have some here. Would you like to trade something for them?”

Qi Tian did not want to develop the habit of freely giving away spirit stones. This was for both his and the other party’s sake. But as for giving so many spirit stones to Huang Liu Yan, he was willing to do so.

Xiao Ge’s eyes brightened even more as he asked, “Are you really willing to trade some spirit stones with me?”

Qi Tian nodded. The low-grade spirit stones were the ones he had in bulk, numbering over a hundred million. Nowadays, he hardly ever used low-grade spirit stones for cultivation because they were too inefficient. Using the middle-grade spirit stones felt much more satisfactory.

Xiao Ge was overjoyed. He said, “It happens that I like to carry most of my belongings with me wherever I go. I’ll bring them out for you to see now.”

As he spoke, Xiao Ge took out three to four storage bags from his body. Each one looked well-worn and old-fashioned. They seemed to carry a sense of history.

Qi Tian did not even need to activate the Heavenly Dao Engine to sense it; based on his experiences with countless Storage Bags, he determined that the reason Xiao Ge kept so many Storage Bags was not due to any special quirks or because he had so many things that they wouldn’t fit in one bag. The pure truth was that the Storage Bags Xiao Ge used had very small capacities. In fact, adding up the volume of all these bags, it would likely not add up to even twenty cubic meters.

How big is twenty cubic meters?

Comparing it with the small box-type trucks of Qi Tian’s past life, which had a hauling capacity of about sixteen or seventeen cubic meters, it is a bit larger. In other words, all the things Xiao Ge had in his Storage Bags would fill up one box truck and have a little left over. In comparison, even if Qi Tian packed up all the various materials he had collected into twenty container trucks, he would still have plenty left over. This was considering Qi Tian was throwing a lot of things to the Heavenly Dao Engine to serve as fuel, or else there would have been even more.

Qi Tian secretly shook his head. The cultivators of the National Master Manor were really too poor, seriously lacking in cultivation resources. It was no wonder Xiao Ge, Luo Xia, and Hao Wenxi had been stuck at the ninth layer of the Foundation Establishment Stage for a long time, unable to break through to the peak of the Foundation Establishment Stage or to the Half-step Golden Core stage. Apart from their poor qualifications, the lack of cultivation resources was a significant reason.

Qi Tian handed an unneeded Storage Bag to Xiao Ge, saying, “Elder, speaking of it, besides offering snacks of little value, I haven’t given much in return for you coming to help me this time. I’ll take this opportunity to give you this Storage Bag.”

Qi Tian’s Storage Bag was beautifully crafted and the Spirit Qi fluctuation was much stronger than those used by Xiao Ge. It was clearly a high-quality product. Xiao Ge quickly waved his hand and said, “I should not accept rewards for my unmerited help. Keep this excellent Storage Bag for your use.”

Qi Tian smiled, “Are you sure you don’t want it? It has a capacity of a full fifty cubic meters. If you don’t want it, I’ll give it to Lord Luo later.”

Upon hearing that this Storage Bag had a capacity of fifty cubic meters, Xiao Ge instantly regretted his refusal. Hearing that Qi Tian planned to give it to Luo Xia, he immediately changed his mind and eagerly accepted the Storage Bag from Qi Tian, exclaiming, “Why would you give it to Luo Xia? This excellent Storage Bag would be wasted on him. It will realize its value only if I keep it.”

While criticizing Luo Xia, Xiao Ge pricked his finger and dropped a drop of blood on the Storage Bag given to him by Qi Tian. Immediately, he sensed a vast space with his spiritual consciousness. The vastness was nothing like the Storage Bags he owned, which had just a few cubic meters of space. The difference was as vast as that between a one-room apartment and a detached villa.

Xiao Ge joyfully stuffed the Storage Bag into his bosom. He wouldn’t easily show anyone this precious item for fear that the other Elders stronger than him might forcefully take it away.

Having received such an excellent Storage Bag from Qi Tian, Xiao Ge felt embarrassed to sell his items to Qi Tian. He generously said, “Qi Tian, you can pick whatever you want from my Storage Bags. Take whatever you like.”

Although Xiao Ge had accumulated some treasures, their value was nothing compared to the Storage Bag gifted by Qi Tian. Moreover, his most valuable treasures, including his weapons, were in another Storage Bag he had not shown. Those treasures were highly valuable for him; even if he felt somewhat embarrassed facing Qi Tian, he wouldn’t easily give them away, as he still needed them for fights.

Qi Tian had already used the Heavenly Dao Engine to sense the items in Xiao Ge’s several Storage Bags. He didn’t sense any specific objects. Considering that the Cultivation World of Great Zhao was a relatively resource-poor place, there wouldn’t be any good stuff here. Moreover, Xiao Ge was only an Elder at the ninth layer of Foundation Establishment Stage. Even if the Cultivation World of the Great Zhao had any good items, it would be difficult for them to fall into Xiao Ge’s hands.