Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 806 - 806 0499 Still Falling for This Trick_1

Chapter 806: Chapter 0499 Still Falling for This Trick_1 Chapter 806: Chapter 0499 Still Falling for This Trick_1 Chapter 0499: Still Falling for This Old Trick

The cultivators pointed at Qi Tian several times in the air, making threatening gestures before turning away. The security situation in most of Wanjie City was generally acceptable, especially now during the critical moment of the Dead House Auction. In order to alleviate the worries of all bidders, violent attacks against bidders had become a major focus of suppression in Wanjie City recently. If similar incidents occurred in the city, Wanjie City would organize elite forces for investigation, and once confirmed, the punishment would be severe. Therefore, those cultivators merely made threatening gestures, but this didn’t mean that Qi Tian was necessarily safe. As soon as Qi Tian left Wanjie City, the city’s rules would no longer apply to them.

Qi Tian shook his head secretly. These guys really didn’t know whether to live or die, daring to threaten him. If it weren’t for the rules of Wanjie City, he would have already slapped these noisy guys to death. If they really dared to trouble him in the future, he would definitely teach them how to behave.

Qi Tian took out a set of Array Disks and Array Flags. Then, he started the Array Disk, and a bowl-shaped Defensive Barrier protected the Dead House. He walked into the Dead House and once again activated the Heavenly Dao Engine’s ability to sense Spirit Qi, conducting a thorough search of the entire Dead House. He knew that the chances of the Heavenly Dao Engine making a mistake in its search were slim, but he still held a glimmer of hope that he might find something different. Unfortunately, the result was the same as the Heavenly Dao Engine’s previous search.

Qi Tian furrowed his brows. He knew that the Heavenly Dao Engine had a flaw—it basically had no response to objects that didn’t emanate Spirit Qi fluctuations. In the three-dimensional images it transmitted to him, those objects without Spirit Qi fluctuations appeared gray or black. In this area of the Dead House, almost everything was in these two colors. It was utterly delusional to hope to find something valuable amongst them.

Qi Tian could clean the Dead House himself, but this would undoubtedly be an extremely burdensome and meticulous task. If there were any items of value within the Dead House, they would certainly be mixed in with the broken walls and ruins. He would have to clean carefully to avoid damaging or overlooking them. And what Qi Tian lacked the most right now was time.

After some thought, Qi Tian decided to hire some help. Over the past few days, while surveying the Dead House, he had encountered more than one group of cultivators distributing flyers, soliciting business—their service was to clean Dead Houses for others.

Qi Tian took a flyer out of his Storage Bag, then stepped outside the Dead House. Following the contact imprint on the flyer, he sent out a Message Paper Crane to invite the other party for a discussion.

The reply came quickly, asking Qi Tian to wait patiently, as they would arrive soon.

About twenty minutes later, a group of cultivators arrived, each riding on a cheap but relatively fast flying sword. Leading them was a somewhat overweight male cultivator in the early stages of Foundation Establishment, with slightly graying hair. Including himself, there were six cultivators, with only two at the Foundation Establishment Stage and the rest in the Qi Cultivation Period. Such cultivation realms were definitely at the lowest level in Wanjie City.

Upon seeing Qi Tian, the plump cultivator jumped down from his flying sword and rubbed his hands together, saying, “The one who sent us the Message Paper Crane was you, senior, right? Let me introduce myself, my name is Xiang Shuiliu, and these are my brothers. Among us, three have helped more than a dozen Sirs clean Dead Houses after the last auction, so you can be completely at ease. We are absolutely professional at this.”

Qi Tian said, “I wasn’t present at the last Dead House Auction, so I can’t judge whether what you say is true or false. Of course, I hope what you say is true. Besides professionalism, I hope you can achieve three more things—swift hands and feet, cleanliness in work, and keeping things confidential. Do you need me to explain what these three points mean?”

Xiang Shuiliu quickly replied, “Please rest assured, senior. We can guarantee that our work will satisfy you, and once we leave this Dead House, everything we have seen and encountered will be completely forgotten.”

Qi Tian nodded and said, “For now, I’ll choose to trust you. Come inside with me.”

Qi Tian led Xiang Shuiliu and the others into the Dead House, then pointed around and said, “Take a look first.”

Xiang Shuiliu walked around the Dead House, covering an area of over a hundred square meters, and said, “To clean this place thoroughly, we’ll need at least three days. This way, we can ensure to the greatest extent that nothing of value is damaged or missed. Also, together, our daily wages would total five hundred Low Grade spirit stones, which for three days would be one thousand five hundred. May I ask if senior finds this price acceptable?”

Qi Tian nodded and said, “Okay. Pay close attention; if you do a satisfactory job, I’m willing to pay you an extra day’s wage.”

Xiang Shuiliu was overjoyed and immediately called his brothers to begin working. To put Qi Tian’s mind at ease, they placed their Storage Bags together on a tree branch in the courtyard at the start of the work, never touching them throughout the three days. They also wore fitted clothes, shorts, and short sleeves, which didn’t allow for hiding anything. Furthermore, throughout the excavation process, whenever they unearthed items like paper, animal hides, cloth, or gold, silver, and jade artifacts, they would call Qi Tian over to excavate them in front of him. As soon as an item was unearthed, they would hand it over to Qi Tian.