Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 809 - 809 0500 Feeling Very Embarrassed_2

Chapter 809: Chapter 0500: Feeling Very Embarrassed_2 Chapter 809: Chapter 0500: Feeling Very Embarrassed_2 Qi Tian spent a thousand low-grade spirit stones to buy it, and then threw it into the storage chamber of the Heavenly Dao Engine. Without waiting for Qi Tian’s approval, the Heavenly Dao Engine directly absorbed the blackened pan bottom. Afterwards, Qi Tian was pleasantly surprised to find that after a year had passed, the Heavenly Dao Engine once again successfully upgraded, adding another blade above the turbine. In addition to this, several runes appeared on the body of the Heavenly Dao Engine, making it seem even more substantial, stable, and reliable.

The second item Qi Tian bought was a tattered cloak, which he also used the Heavenly Dao Engine’s Spirit Qi sensing function to detect. He felt a strong fluctuation of Spirit Qi on this cloak that seemed like it could be torn by a mere breeze, so he spent one hundred and fifty thousand low-grade spirit stones to purchase it.

The second item wasn’t bought through the inspection of the Heavenly Dao Engine by Qi Tian, but rather he happened to glance at a stall and discovered a book about strange beasts. On the cover of the book was a drawing of a Golden Flur Tiger. On a whim, Qi Tian bought it.

Qi Tian had been with Hu Niu for no short time now. He had visited many places, including numerous small worlds, seen many people, experienced many things, and read quite a few books, but this was the first time he had seen a book not from Hu Niu’s native world that mentioned the Golden Flur Tiger. Faced with such an event, how could he not be curious?

In the past few days, Qi Tian was not only focusing on the stalls that sold reclusive dwellers’ items, sometimes he would also casually browse the roadside shops. If he saw a treasure that he liked, he would buy it. After this exploration, he had almost bought all the items he needed.

Qi Tian no longer wanted to stay in Wanjie City. He planned to go back and quickly deal with Great Zhao Nation’s affairs, then he could let go of his cares and cause and effect tied to Great Zhao Nation, leave without any attachments, and concentrate on his own cultivation.

Qi Tian returned to the Teleportation Plaza in Wanjie City and used the Teleportation Array there to go back to Great Zhao Nation.

The place where Qi Tian teleported back to was within the Imperial Master Mansion. Now, after the concerted efforts of everyone from the Imperial Master Mansion, its construction was basically complete. The newly completed Imperial Master Mansion was far superior in scale and other aspects compared to the previous days in Zhangshui City.

However, Qi Tian was now basically no longer concerned with the affairs of the Imperial Master Mansion. Previously, he used to focus a lot on the Imperial Master Mansion, but he found that he was somewhat presumptuous. Although Mansion Master Xiao Xiaowu was not present in the mansion, his influence could be said to penetrate deep into the souls of every high-level person in the Imperial Master Mansion. Many of Qi Tian’s orders were not carried out, and many of the cultivation resources he provided for the Imperial Master Mansion were misappropriated by the Great Elder and others. Even when Qi Tian found a spirit stone mine with a reserve of hundreds of millions of low-grade spirit stones for the Imperial Master Mansion, he could not gain the wholehearted support of the Great Elder and others, which left Qi Tian thoroughly disheartened. So now, he adopted a laissez-faire approach to the Imperial Master Mansion and let the Great Elder, other elders, and hall masters do as they pleased, ‘out of sight, out of mind’ as far as he was concerned.

Of course, although Qi Tian didn’t manage much, he still held high prestige within the Imperial Master Mansion, and the fact that they had built a hall especially for him was clear evidence of this.

After Qi Tian teleported back, he sent out several Message Paper Cranes, summoning Gao Jinmei, Zhao Haiying, and the others to return.

During Qi Tian’s trip to Wanjie City, he had given Gao Jinmei and the others time off to do as they pleased. But now that he was back, it was time for their vacations to end.

Shortly after Qi Tian sent out the Message Paper Cranes, Gao Jinmei was the first to return to his side to report. She had never left but stayed in Qi Tian’s grand hall. Following Gao Jinmei were Jin Jin and Wang Youjun. As for Liao Chongru, Sun Xiang, and Zhao Haiying, the three Immortal Slaves he had taken in recently, none had arrived.

“Master, Zhao Haiying and the others asked me to apply for leave on their behalf— they’ve gone to Wanjie City to attend the auction for reclusive dwellers. According to the schedule, they should be back in two or three days,” Gao Jinmei explained to Qi Tian.

Qi Tian nodded. It wasn’t surprising to him that Zhao Haiying and the others knew about the reclusive dwellers’ auction in Wanjie City. He knew that including Gao Jinmei, they were either from Wanjie City or had been there before, and even Wang Youjun had visited.

“Why didn’t you go to Wanjie City to join in the fun?” Qi Tian asked with a smile.

Jin Jin said, “No money, Master. You might not know, but even if you squeezed all three of us dry, we might not be able to afford a single ‘death property’.”

Qi Tian chuckled; Jin Jin wasn’t wrong. Although he never shortchanged Gao Jinmei and Jin Jin, he had a grasp of their financial capabilities. With the Heavenly Dao Engine, he didn’t even need to meet with them to assess what they possessed.

“You didn’t go, so there’s no need to feel regretful. I’ve just brought back some things from Wanjie City. I cleaned out a ‘death property’ and brought these back. You should help me see if there’s anything of value among them.”

With a wave of his hand, Qi Tian released the three large chests and other items such as soil and rubble that he had excavated from the property, piling them into a small hill in the courtyard in front of the hall.

Seeing these things, Gao Jinmei and the others knew they were in for a busy time. They didn’t dare to waste a moment and quickly dashed over, starting to sift through the pile bit by bit.

Soon after, Luo Xia heard the news and rushed over. Seeing Gao Jinmei and the others digging through the mound that had suddenly appeared, he was extremely curious but didn’t dare to ask too many questions. He lowered his head and approached Qi Tian, saying, “Master, I pay my respects.”

Qi Tian glanced at Luo Xia and said, “Aren’t you in charge of the daily affairs of the Imperial Master Mansion? Aren’t those trivial matters enough to keep you busy? Why have you come here to me?”

Ever since Qi Tian was less involved with affairs of the Imperial Master Mansion, it was decided, after discussion by the Great Elder and others, to let Luo Xia oversee the daily affairs due to his strength as one of the top experts in the Mansion, and also because he had a good relationship with Qi Tian.

Luo Xia certainly didn’t dare to posture in front of Qi Tian. He hurriedly said, “Master, please don’t embarrass me. Others might not know, but how could I be unaware? My capabilities compared to yours are like a firefly to the bright moon, hopelessly inadequate.”

Turning his head, Qi Tian looked at Luo Xia and said, “Stop wasting your breath on such unproductive flattery here. Speak up. What is the real reason you’ve come to see me?”

With an awkward smile, Luo Xia had intended to beat around the bush a little more. Coming straight to the point with a request felt somewhat embarrassing to him.

Seeing Luo Xia’s smile, Qi Tian knew that whatever Luo Xia was about to say wasn’t going to be good news, at least not for him, otherwise Luo Xia wouldn’t behave like this. He said, “Spit it out if you have something to say, fart if you have to. While I’m still in a decent mood, you’d better speak up. Otherwise, you won’t even have the chance to speak.”

Upon hearing this, Luo Xia hurriedly said, “Master, I’ll speak. I heard that with your help, Prince Zhao ascended from the Qi Cultivation Period to the Gold Core Realm overnight?”

Qi Tian nodded and replied, “What you said is both right and wrong. Prince Zhao didn’t become a Gold Core Realm expert overnight; it was a much longer process, over a month or so. Why do you ask?”

Luo Xia had already heard about Prince Zhao’s situation but had always found it hard to believe that Qi Tian had such capabilities. Now, receiving confirmation directly from Qi Tian, he still felt as if he were dreaming.

“Master, is this method universally applicable to anyone?”