Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 728 - 728 0460 You Cant Favor One and Discriminate

Chapter 728: Chapter 0460: You Can’t Favor One and Discriminate Against the Other Chapter 728: Chapter 0460: You Can’t Favor One and Discriminate Against the Other Chapter 0460 You Can’t Favor One And Discriminate Against The Other

When Liang Yuqi re-entered from the outer gate of the secret place, she first passed by the Big Pool and was surprised to find that Zhu Yuehua was not staying in No. 2 Small Pool, but was cultivating in the Big Pool. After asking Zhu Yuehua, she learned what had happened. She then came to the Small Pool and called out Jia Zhengrong and others. Their statements were basically the same as Zhu Yuehua’s, with no major discrepancies.

While meeting Qi Tian this time, Liang Yuqi did not express any signs of backing him in her words or demeanor, nor did she express any intention to punish him. After all, Qi Tian’s opportunity to cultivate in No.1 Small Pool was not seized by him by deceit, but rather won through his abilities and luck. What’s more, Jia Zhengrong and the others had willingly conceded. If she were to intervene in this matter, it would make their Wanjie Commerce appear overly domineering. Once such news spread, it would seriously affect the reputation of their Wanjie Commerce. For a power whose main business was trade, it would be devastating.

Of course, the reason Liang Yuqi could think this way wasn’t because of her enlightenment, but because what Qi Tian had snatched was merely a meager chance to cultivate from a Small Pool. Such opportunities were not abundant in their Wanjie Commerce, but they were certainly not scarce. If they gave one away, Wanjie Commerce wouldn’t suffer much. However, if she knew that Qi Tian had taken a considerable amount of Stone Milk Cream and more than twenty cubic meters of Stone Milk Liquid by unscrupulous means, Liang Yuqi would definitely not tolerate Qi Tian’s actions anymore. She would smack him to death first, then make up an excuse to frame him with a crime, whitewashing their Wanjie Commerce.

Liang Yuqi left the cave with Qi Tian and the others. Outside the cave, on the Floating Island, they met Wan Xiaolan and another Gold Core Elder of Wanjie Commerce. Both of them already knew what had happened in the cave. Wan Xiaolan was quite surprised that Qi Tian was able to snatch No. 1 Small Pool from Jia Zhengrong, especially since their contest had been fair and square. His luck was indeed too good. The other Gold Core Elder gave Qi Tian a deep look. He wasn’t Jia Zhengrong’s master, but he was in good terms with him. He had brought ten internally selected disciples including Jia Zhengrong on this trip at the request of Jia Zhengrong’s Master for extra care. He had promised well, but had never expected such a thing to happen. He didn’t know how to explain it when he returned.

Liang Yuqi coughed lightly and said, “Elder Wan, please take Qi Tian and the others back the way they came. I have other matters and will return with Elder Yu.”

Wan Xiaolan knew that Liang Yuqi said this partly because she really wanted to return to Wanjie Commerce early to hand over the Stone Milk Liquid she had collected in the cave, but also to some extent to take care of Qi Tian. On the way here, Qi Tian, speaking of it, owed his life to Liang Yuqi and had given her a treasure as a gift. Liang Yuqi was not the kind of person who didn’t know how to return a favor. She might not overly help Qi Tian, but she could protect him a little on some minor matters.

Wan Xiaolan indeed intended to protect Qi Tian too. He brought Qi Tian into this team not merely for Qi Tian to take the hits for the Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators of his sect, but also hoping that Qi Tian’s increased cultivation realm would be useful to Wanjie Commerce, and he could play a bigger role in the exploration of Dead Houses in the future.

Wan Xiaolan saluted Liang Yuqi and Gold Core Elder Yu Yanqing, then released his flying sailboat and let Qi Tian and the others board it. Then he left with Qi Tian and the others.

On the way here, three ships had been following them, which made Qi Tian and the others extremely nervous. If it hadn’t been for the joint efforts of Liang Yuqi, Wan Xiaolan, and Qi Tian, they would probably have died on the way. However, this didn’t result in any goodwill for Qi Tian among the Foundation Establishment cultivators on the same ship. On the contrary, because Qi Tian was arranged by Liang Yuqi to cultivate in a Small Pool, he was thoroughly alienated by everyone. Even on the way back, there was no one willing to talk to him. Even Wan Xiaolan had to focus on controlling the flying sailboat through the Fog Sea and could not chat with him.

The journey was quite dull for Qi Tian. He didn’t pay any attention to the others. He stood on the deck, occasionally using the sensing function of the Heavenly Dao Engine towards the Spirit Qi around him, hoping to find out the location of the three sailboats that once followed them.

Of the three sailboats, two had been destroyed due to the unclear path and incorrect operation, resulting in the death of all on board. The remaining one also hit a Floating Island, damaging the ship hull, and had to stop.

According to the results of Qi Tian using the Heavenly Dao Engine to detect the Spirit Qi on the three chasing sailboats, there was a Gold Core Realm powerhouse on each of them. The one who was chasing them the most diligently had already been killed by Qi Tian, and the other two were likely to have been destroyed along with the sailboats.

Qi Tian was really tempted by the three sailboats. Besides, each sailboat was quite valuable. Even if they were destroyed, if he could recover some of the parts, he could exchange them for numerous spirit stones. In addition, there were the crew members on the sailboats who carried all kinds of cultivation resources that all added up would certainly not be a small fortune.