Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 801 - 801 0496 Going Through the Motions_2

Chapter 801: Chapter 0496: Going Through the Motions_2 Chapter 801: Chapter 0496: Going Through the Motions_2 Liang Yuqi courteously returned the bow and said, “May I ask what advice Wang has to offer?”

Wang Jin said, “This place was once the secret retreat of our ancestor, who achieved the status of a Nascent Soul Master right here. The significance of this house to our Wang family doesn’t need to be overstated, and I’m sure Sir Liang understands this. Due to certain reasons, we were unable to acquire this dead house this time, allowing the glory of our ancestor to be claimed by your Wanjie Commerce. Our Wang family has no complaints, but there are a few matters on which I must make our position clear to you on behalf of our family.”

“Please speak.”

Liang Yuqi dared not show any disrespect to Wang Jin, after all, nobody was clear whether Master Jianzhang would return to Wanjie City in the future. Should Master Jianzhang make significant progress in his cultivation and whimsically decide to return to Wanjie City, finding his descendants mistreated, who could predict how much blood and violence he might unleash? It wasn’t just Liang Yuqi—other Nascent Soul Masters also treated members of the Wang family with a degree of civility. Of course, this was also related to the fact that the Wang family knew how to conduct themselves. If they had still been aspiring to the same treatment they received during Master Jianzhang’s era, they wouldn’t hold the relatively esteemed position they enjoyed now.

Wang Jin extended two fingers and said, “Our Wang family doesn’t have many demands, only two. First, if there are any personal belongings of our ancestor inside the dead house, we hope Wanjie Commerce can give our Wang family some face and sell them to us. Second, aside from our ancestor’s personal belongings, should your esteemed firm wish to sell other items, our Wang family hopes to have the right of first refusal at an equivalent price. Of course, if someone offers a higher price than us and your firm decides to sell to them, we will have no grievances.”

Liang Yuqi nodded and said, “I can agree to the second request from Sir, but as for the first, it will require your family to send someone to communicate with the higher echelons of our Wanjie Commerce, as I don’t have the authority to promise you that. If Sir has no further business, please step aside as I need to proceed with the handover formalities.”

Wang Jin stepped aside and did not continue to obstruct Liang Yuqi.

This dead house left by Master Jianzhang also had guards and sentinels in place. After Liang Yuqi showed them the necessary documents, they dismantled the Defensive Array that enveloped the entire dead house. However, even so, no one could get a clear view of what the dead house actually looked like. The reason was simple: outside the dead house was another layer of an array protecting it—a lush and verdant forest.

This was an extremely powerful Illusionary Array. To enter it, one must first break through this illusionary array, and even if they couldn’t break it, they had to find a viable path into it from within the illusion, or else wait for the array to dissipate naturally. This method was safe and harmless, but the timing was uncontrollable—it was possible to wait for hundreds of years if luck was poor.

Liang Yuqi came prepared, taking out an Array Breaking Disk, intending to calculate which type of Illusionary Array Master Jianzhang had used. Once she figured out a clue, the subsequent tasks would relatively be easier to handle.

However, after walking around the dead house several times with the Array Breaking Disk in hand, Liang Yuqi still had no leads to follow. The Array Breaking Disk showed no reaction to the Illusionary Array at all, which could only mean one thing—that the rules used in the construction of the array did not match any of those programmed into the Array Breaking Disk, making them incompatible. Otherwise, the Array Breaking Disk would not have remained completely unresponsive.

Liang Yuqi’s expression turned somewhat ugly. Successfully auctioning off the dead house was only a small part of the task assigned by the commerce to her. If she couldn’t break the dead house’s prohibitions and enter it, then overall, the task would be considered a failure. By then, it would be hard to avoid a negative evaluation for inefficiency from the higher-ups.

Yin Chao smiled and said, “Sister Liang, is there anything I can do for you? Just say the word, and I will do my utmost to help without any hesitation.”

Liang Yuqi snorted coldly. How could she let Yin Chao steal her credit? Besides, this wasn’t just about credit-snatching, it was also about the potential legacy left behind by Master Jianzhang in the deathly mansion; that was something she absolutely couldn’t allow Yin Chao to snatch away.

“Brother Yin Chao, since you have been assigned to assist me, then for now, simply do your duty. Take those one hundred and eight Foundation Establishment Stage cultivators, and arrange a meticulous defense outside the mansion. Once I break the mansion’s restrictions, your people must not let outsiders break in. Every blade of grass and tree here is closely related to Master Jianzhang. Maybe the secrets of the Nascent Formation are hidden on that tree branch. If they were to be stolen, none of us could bear that responsibility, right?” Liang Yuqi said coldly.

Yin Chao lowered his head, cupped his hands towards Liang Yuqi, and said, “All right, I’ll go and set up the security perimeter. Sister Liang, hogging it all to yourself isn’t a good habit, be careful not to overindulge.”

Yin Chao reluctantly went to set up the security perimeter. This was also one of the reasons he had been sent; he had to do it, or else if something went wrong later, the main responsibility would be his.

Liang Yuqi turned her gaze to Qi Tian and the others, saying, “You all have your own unique skills. Now, I would like to ask for your help. Whoever among you can help me break the Illusionary Array so that we can smoothly enter and clean up will be handsomely rewarded.”

Liang Yuqi’s gaze swept over everyone’s face. Almost every cultivator who Liang Yuqi stared at lowered their head, and Qi Tian was no exception. In fact, upon arriving here, Qi Tian had already used the Heavenly Dao Engine’s Spirit Qi sensing function to scan the entire mansion inside and out. According to the feedback from the 3D image, he had mostly figured out everything here, including the Illusionary Array, but that didn’t mean he wanted to come forward and help Liang Yuqi break the mansion’s Illusionary Array.

Too many eyes were watching this place, and Qi Tian did not want to stand out in such a situation. The protruding nail gets hammered down, a lesson he knew all too well.

Seeing that no one was willing to help, Liang Yuqi’s pretty face turned gloomy. Her gaze suddenly locked onto Qi Tian as she said, “Qi Tian, don’t you have anything to say to me?”

Qi Tian inwardly cursed, wondering why Liang Yuqi didn’t call on someone else, why did she have to pick him? Little did he know that among the newcomers Liang Yuqi had brought, she was quite familiar with most of them and knew that they lacked the ability to break the mansion’s restrictions. Of those present, Qi Tian was the only one that Liang Yuqi felt was somewhat elusive. Like in the Melting Cave Secret Realm, Qi Tian had somehow managed to bluff Jia Zhengrong and others into betting with him, and ended up seizing the No. 1 pool; this wasn’t something an ordinary person could achieve. Also, Liang Yuqi knew that Qi Tian seemed to be extremely adept at breaking various kinds of restrictions. Although the Illusionary Array was somewhat different from Defensive Barriers and the like, it was still a type of restriction. Perhaps Qi Tian would have some method.

Qi Tian forced out a bitter smile and said, “Senior, if you can’t do it, how could I possibly have a way?”

Liang Yuqi stared at Qi Tian intently and said, “Qi Tian, you must not forget that you still owe Wanjie Commerce a big favor. If you don’t put forth your effort here at Master Jianzhang’s mansion, then you won’t be able to repay this favor, and Wanjie Commerce could still summon you to work in the future. And whether or not you’ve put forth your effort is not for others to decide, but for me. Are you sure you want me to give you an appraisal of no effort made? If that’s the case, I won’t stop you. I’ll give you the appraisal of no effort made and satisfy you.”