Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 659 - 659 0425 Unfair_2

Chapter 659: Chapter 0425: Unfair_2 Chapter 659: Chapter 0425: Unfair_2 Qi Tian pointed at the boxes and told Zhou Qingyu, “These are two hundred thousand Taels of silver, I’ll give them all to you. After the Bei Rong people retreat, you use this silver to recruit twenty to thirty thousand robust men, form a militia, and guard Yanming Pass and Erding City with them. In time, once I’ve pulled down the Crown Prince and helped Prince Zhao to replace him, the guards at Yanming Pass will be replenished, and County Master Mansion will not be lacking either.”

Zhou Qingyu was overjoyed and said, “Rest assured, County Master, I will certainly follow your orders and fulfill this task efficiently.”

Qi Tian picked up a fifty-Tael silver ingot and in front of Zhou Qingyu, he crushed the silver ingot in his hand. The previously sharp-edged silver ingot like a dough was kneaded into a ball by Qi Tian. Then Qi Tian poked a hole in the ball with his finger, and soon Qi Tian, with his hands moving continuously, had kneaded the silver ingot into two balls.

Qi TIan then handed the two silver balls to Zhou Qingyu, saying, “This task should not be without compensation. Here is your hard-work fees. General Zhou, remember, this is your hard-work fee, and the rest is not. Do you understand my meaning?”

Sombrely, Zhou Qingyu swallowed a mouthful of saliva. Although the texture of silver is not very hard, that still doesn’t give Qui Tian a reason to crush such a large silver ingot and turn it into two fit balls. This strength… is extremely high! If this force is used on his head, he probably ends up worse than the silver ingots.

“Rest assured, County Master, I, Mo Jiang, would never dare to embezzle. I will surely spend these pieces of silver on recruiting and arming the militia,” Zhou Qingyu quickly showed his determination to Qi Tian.

At this moment, Jin Jin came in from outside. He bowed to Qi Tian and said, “Master, I have warned the Bei Rong people as you instructed. Initially, they did not heed my warning. So, I ventured into their camp and burnt their food supplies. Only then they began to retreat.”

“Burned their food supplies?” Zhou Qingyu shuddered, recalling how much importance Bei Rong people had attached to their food supplies this time. They had assigned 5000 elite guards to guard the supplies. That is not easy to attack and destroy, but Jin Jin had burnt their food supplies in just a short amount of time. Jin Jin, if he is not lying, he must be incredibly capable.

Being able to accompany Qi Tian, the possibility of lying can be discarded. Only one possibility remains then: Jin Jin indeed is a man of great capabilities. That is why Qi Tian had not introduced Jin Jin to Zhou Qingyu. If Zhou Qingyu knew that Jin Jin was a Gold-Core cultivator, Zhou Qingyu might just be scared to death.

Qi Tian didn’t stay long in Erding City Guard Office. He just came here to gather some basic information. Now that he already has it, it was time to leave.

Upon coming out of the Guard Office, Qi Tian flew directly into the sky toward the direction where Bei Rong people were retreating. The Bei Rong people had not retreated for long, so Qi Tian didn’t have to exert much effort to catch up to the retreating Bei Rong people.

Flying in the high sky, looking down at these Bei Rong people, Qi Tian quickly noticed something.

This was not the first time Qi Tian saw an army in a rout after their defeat. It was the third time. The first two were at Tongmen’s West Pass, where he had personally defeated the Chi Di army and watched them flee in disarray.

The Chi Di army often attacked Tongmen’s West Pass. Their army was well trained, and even when retreating, they maintained some semblance of order, showing discipline in many places. Even when they retreated, they were always on guard against possible ambushes. In contrast, these Bei Rong people showed chaos while retreating, even to a point of total collapse.

Overall, the Bei Rong people are far behind the Chi Di people. In other words, the Bei Rong’s combat power could very well fall short to that of Chi Di people.

Qi Tian chuckled, spurred the flying sword beneath his feet, and reached directly overhead the fleeing Bei Rong people. There was an obvious group of Bei Rong high-ranking officers, and among them, a few had dressed like scholars. This confirmed his suspicion that they held some significant status.

Qi Tian proclaimed loudly, “Those underneath listen! I am Qi Tian, from the Great Zhao Imperial Master Mansion. Now, I command your squad to stop immediately; I have questions for you.”

Qi Tian’s warning worked as many of these Bei Rong officers had had contact with cultivators in past, so they knew the serious consequences if they didn’t obey Qi Tian’s command.

So, this squad of Bei Rong stopped immediately, but two low-level soldiers failed to heed Qi Tian’s command to halt and continued to sprint along the fleeing Bei Rong people.

Qi Tian squinted his eye. He cast out two ‘Spirit Runes,’ which transmuted into a pair of lightning bolts and struck the two soldiers. The two were immediately stunned as if they were hit by a bludgeon, tripped, and sprawled on the ground, their bodies turned as black as charcoal.

“Why is the immortal treating us so cruelly? Those were just two low-ranking soldiers. Are they like ants that can be squashed anytime in your eyes?” One of the Bei Rong officers, who appeared to be of high rank, retorted Qi Tian with a head upheld.

Qi Tian replied, “Dare you use your life to guarantee me that they were just ordinary soldiers?”

The Bei Rong officer fell silent immediately. He was, of course, very clear about the status of those two soldiers.

Qi Tian grunted coldly. With the sensitivity of the Heavenly Dao Engine towards Spirit Qi, he had scanned the group of Bei Rong people earlier. He had sensed a number of anomalies on those two disguised as ordinary Bei Rong soldiers.

The two soldiers’ outfits showed no difference from ordinary Bei Rong soldiers. But Spirit Qi existed on their bodies, and it wasn’t weak at all. Qi Tian suspected, based on his experience, that the source of these spirit Qi could be their accessories, all being invaluable treasures meant for life-saving. These items were not things ordinary people could afford or use. These two soldiers are definitely high-profile figures. How could he let them escape from right under his nose?

Qi Tian, from a birds-eye view, looked down on these Bei Rong people and said, “You intruded in such a fashion, seized Yanming Pass, slaughtered five thousand guards at the Pass, then pushed against Great Zhao, attacked Erding City, leading to a massive loss for Great Zhao’s property as well as causing casualties among military and civilians. Don’t you think you owe us an explanation?”

It’s the same Bei Rong officer from earlier, he looked up at Qi Tian and said, “Esteemed immortal, we had our considerations in attacking Great Zhao. Although these considerations maybe unacceptable in Great Zhao’s view, this is how nations interact with each other; we did nothing wrong. More so, when we attacked Great Zhao, we did it with utmost sincerity. We knew that there were no cultivators here, so only we applied our basic forces and didn’t bring a single cultivator for aid. But look at you, such a powerful immortal laying your hands on us. First, you had our food supplies burnt, now you are stopping us from returning to our country; this is where you did wrong.”

Qi Tian gave a light laugh, “So, you’re accusing me now. No problem, you feel I’ve been unfair because I got involved. Right? Now, you can write to your emperor and let him send cultivators to Great Zhao to fight me to the death. Once I’ve killed them, I’ll enter Bei Rong, and kill to four corners of the world. That should keep you from saying it’s unfair.”