Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 615 - 615 0403 Token_2

Chapter 615: Chapter 0403: Token_2 Chapter 615: Chapter 0403: Token_2 The barefoot male cultivator struggled desperately, igniting his Corpse Qi again, killing more than two hundred of the Locust Thief Bees extracting his Qi. However, he was unable to do anything about the remaining Locust Thief Bees. The serial burning of Corpse Qi and the continuous extraction by the bees had made him incredibly weak. What frustrated him the most was that Qi Tian and the Locust Thief Bees kept him occupied, leaving him no time to replenish his Corpse Qi.

Qi Tian seized this advantageous opportunity. Instead of staying on the Immortal Crane bronze statue, he jumped down and directly rushed to the side of the barefoot male cultivator, grabbing him with one hand, and with the other formed into a fist, repeatedly landing heavy blows on the cultivator’s heart.

The barefoot male cultivator spat out a mouthful of black blood and died on the spot.

With a wave of his hand, Qi Tian collected all the Locust Thief Bees. Another wave, and the body of the barefoot male cultivator was collected. Then, he leapt back onto the bronze statue of Immortal Crane and ordered it to retreat along the same path. He collected all the scattered Locust Thief Bees and the zombie demonic beasts reduced to mere shells by the bees’ gnawing, eliminating their potential threat.

Afterward, Qi Tian met up with Gao Jinmei, who had just managed to wipe out the Zombie Demonic Beasts and Zombie Slaves that had followed the barefoot male cultivator. It wasn’t that she was slow; several of the Zombie Slaves had sentience and were quite difficult to deal with. As Gao Jinmei wasn’t willing to leave without exterminating them, it took her some time.

“Master, did you kill the barefoot male cultivator?” Gao Jinmei asked as soon as she saw Qi Tian.

Qi Tian nodded, smiled, and said, “It took some effort, but I didn’t let him escape. By the way, have you cleared everything up here?”

Gao Jinmei quickly nodded, then handed a Storage Bag to Qi Tian, saying, “Following your instructions, all their bodies are in here.”

Qi Tian took the Storage Bag, checked its contents, and nodded in satisfaction. “Very good, let’s go back.”

Qi Tian and Gao Jinmei returned to Wangdu County without incident. Upon hearing of his return, Prince Zhao, Marquis Ma, and some influential figures hurried to meet Qi Tian. The appearance of the barefoot male cultivator had terrified them. They all feared Qi Tian hadn’t driven him off and that problems might arise.

Qi Tian didn’t meet them but asked Gao Jinmei to convey that he had killed the barefoot male cultivator, ensuring them there was no cause for concern.

Upon receiving Qi Tian’s affirmative response, the worried group, including Prince Zhao, felt relieved and left.

Qi Tian didn’t meet them because he had more important matters to attend to, like checking his loot. The bodies of the Zombie Demonic Beasts and Zombie Slaves were all sent to the Heavenly Dao Engine as fuel without hesitation. Even the body of the barefoot male cultivator, along with his Corpse Pill, were used as fuel for the engine.

The barefoot man cultivator was too powerful. Combined with the bodies of several Gold Core cultivators that Qi Tian had previously fed to the Heavenly Dao Engine, the silent engine received another upgrade, increasing its effectiveness. This additional amplification was extremely beneficial for improving Qi Tian’s combat effectiveness.

Subsequently, Qi Tian began to inspect the barefoot man’s Storage Bag. Compared to Chen Wenbo’s penury, the barefoot man cultivator’s possessions were extravagantly rich. This was not surprising since the barefoot man cultivator was a Gold Core cultivator, who even Gao Jinmei willingly served. It was only natural that his Storage Bag had many things. Moreover, the barefoot man killed many cultivators and excavated many graves of cultivators over the years, amassing a lot of wealth.

A little bit disappointing, though, was that the Storage Bag did not contain many Spirit Stones. On the one hand, the area where the Great Zhao’s Cultivation World is located lacked Spirit Stones. On the other hand, the barefoot man spent most of his stones on purchasing a large number of natural treasures to refine Zombie Demonic Beasts and Zombie Slaves.

Most of what the barefoot man left were various magical instruments and weapons useful for cultivators. Additionally, there were many treasures such as elixirs, which only cultivators can use. These items, when calculated in terms of Spirit Stones’ value, were quite a fortune.

Furthermore, there were many treasures for cultivation observed from the barefooted male cultivator, such as the five buckets of blood elixir refined from the fresh blood of cultivators that he had once drunk.

Qi Tian was pleasantly surprised to find the location of the barefooted male cultivator’s cave residence within his storage bag. Based on ordinary reasoning, there should be some treasured items of the barefooted male cultivator within the cave. Therefore, Qi Tian immediately called on Gao Jinmei, and then rushed to the barefooted male cultivator’s cave residence.

With the address, he easily found the place. The cave dwelling was buried deep underground. Without the address, it would be difficult for anyone to find, even for Qi Tian, despite utilizing the Heavenly Dao Engine. Its location was particularly deep within the ground.

The cave residence had layers of restrictive formations. Qi Tian, who had nearly perfectly inherited the legacy of the barefooted male cultivator, easily removed these restrictions one by one, then entered the cave dwelling.

This underground cave dwelling was enormous with multiple cave chambers. There was even a blood pool that spanned over thirty feet in diameter. It was filled with the blood of cultivators and their skeletons. Yet, more abundant were the zombie demonic beasts and zombie slaves that were being evolved within the pool. Before Qi Tian could act, Gao Jinmei took the initiative to kill all the zombie demonic beasts and zombie slaves.

Qi Tian searched and emptied all the cave chambers, even without wasting the blood pool. He didn’t want to explain anything to Gao Jinmei, and asked her to wait outside while he collected it.

After draining the pool, Qi Tian finally reached the last cave chamber. This chamber was the center of the entire underground cave residence, likely the dwelling and resting area for the barefooted male cultivator.

The room was simple, most noticeable was a large single-bed-sized stone bed, it’s dark gray body emitted an aura that seemed capable of trapping souls upon first sight.

Gao Jinmei’s complexion shifted slightly. She recognized this kind of stone. This was a natural treasure called Heavenly Corpse Stone. It was particularly valuable and favored by corpse cultivators or those practicing blood cultivation. In the eyes of those who needed it, just this block of Heavenly Corpse Stone was worth at least the same volume of top-grade spirit stones.

After hearing Gao Jinmei’s introduction, Qi Tian humorously packed the Heavenly Corpse Stone away. He didn’t need the Heavenly Corpse stone for cultivation and, for now, had no plans to sell it off. However, he decided to store it for future use.

Inside the cave chamber, apart from the Heavenly Corpse stone, Qi Tian also found a few pots containing spirit herbs that a corpse cultivator might use, which needed the feeding of a cultivator’s fresh blood or Corpse Qi for growth.

However, what intrigued Qi Tian the most, was that he found the Array Disk of a Teleportation Array Disk he had once lost on the chamber walls. This disk was only good for one more use. It had been collected by the barefooted male cultivator as a cherished item. Qi Tian seemed to vaguely understand some of the reasons why the barefooted male cultivator had insisted on killing him.

There was also a token placed together with the Teleportation Array Disk. Qi Tian did not recognize the writing on it, nor did Gao Jinmei. There were too many different scripts in the Cultivation World, even those cultivators who studied them would not necessarily recognize all, let alone Gao Jinmei.

However, Gao Jinmei suggested to Qi Tian that the Ten Thousand Scripts Workshop in Wanjie City specialized in deciphering scripts from different worlds. If needed, Qi Tian could go there for consultation.

Qi Tian ransacked everything in the cave chamber. In the end, he specifically employed the use of the Heavenly Dao Engine for a Spirit Qi sensing sweep around the area to ensure he had not missed anything.

With that, Qi Tian left the chamber with Gao Jinmei.