Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 885 - 885 0538 Finally Found Spirit Qi_2

Chapter 885: Chapter 0538: Finally Found Spirit Qi_2 Chapter 885: Chapter 0538: Finally Found Spirit Qi_2 Gao Jinmei hurriedly said, “Master, Zhong Weixi’s cultivation level and strength are both very high. It would be a pity to kill him. Let’s keep him, maybe in the future we can turn him into an Immortal Slave. As for the issue of carrying him, it’s easy to solve. Don’t you have a Spirit Beast Bracelet? Just treat him like a Spirit Beast and stuff him inside.”

“Put him together with Hu Niu?” Qi Tian frowned.

Gao Jinmei said, “Hu Niu is Master’s mount, absolutely loyal to you, so her status is definitely higher than that of Zhong Weixi. However, considering that Zhong Weixi is very likely to become your servant in the future, both he and Hu Niu will serve you, Master. From this perspective, it’s barely acceptable to put Zhong Weixi together with Hu Niu.”

Qi Tian was taken aback and then burst into laughter. He meant that the Spirit Beast Bracelet was designed for demon beasts, and the environment inside wasn’t exactly nice. Even if the owner of the Spirit Beast Bracelet cleaned it frequently, it wouldn’t make much difference. He was somewhat worried that locking Zhong Weixi in the Spirit Beast Bracelet might spoil him, but now, hearing Gao Jinmei’s twisted logic, he immediately dismissed this slight concern. Zhong Weixi was his enemy and didn’t deserve his sympathy.

Qi Tian was worried that if Zhong Weixi suddenly woke up inside the Spirit Beast Bracelet, he might harm Hu Niu, so he placed several prohibitions on Zhong Weixi’s body before waving his hand and sending Zhong Weixi into the Spirit Beast Bracelet.

After dealing with the trouble of Zhong Weixi, Qi Tian didn’t need to face his troubles again. The question now was how to leave the desert beneath his feet, especially which direction to head in to find the secrets of the Imperial Family Secret Territory.

Qi Tian gathered Gao Jinmei and Xia Xiaoming to discuss together. This wasn’t an easy problem to solve, as none of the three had a map of the Imperial Family Secret Territory, and they hadn’t even figured out the basic directions at this point, so any discussion would be meaningless.

“Master, why not release a few more Message Paper Cranes? See if you can get in touch with Zhao Haiying and the others?” Gao Jinmei suggested.

Qi Tian shook his head. He had already released three cranes, which brought Zhong Weixi to them, and he didn’t know whether Zhong Weixi had any companions before being lured here.

At that moment, a flash of inspiration struck Qi Tian. He remembered that right after his first attack with the Wolf Teeth Knife hit Zhong Weixi successfully, Zhong Weixi turned around and fled.

In life-and-death situations, people often follow the principle of seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages, acting in haste without a clear path, choosing to run towards what they perceive as safe. The direction Zhong Weixi chose was interesting. The direction he came from was the direction he fled back in, completely opposite. Qi Tian would not be mistaken; when Zhong Weixi was hit by the knife, he didn’t run away in the direction furthest from Qi Tian. Was this choice a coincidence, or was it a subconscious choice when Zhong Weixi was in danger? Was there something or someone in the direction he fled that was of concern to him?

Considering this possibility, Qi Tian quickly shared his speculation with Gao Jinmei and the others. After hearing it, Gao Jinmei was excited. She had assassinated many people—sometimes killing them with a single strike, sometimes failing to do so. She had watched countless times how her targets attempted to escape before she could kill them. Qi Tian’s analysis and speculation matched the patterns Gao Jinmei had observed herself, which meant that the direction Zhong Weixi chose to flee after being stabbed could indeed be significant.

Having reached a conclusion, the three of them did not hesitate. They flew into the air together, each maneuvering their own flying swords, and headed in the direction from which Zhong Weixi had come.

They had been flying for over a dozen hours, and Qi Tian’s group had covered a distance of thousands of miles. In the beginning, there was no change in sight, just endless desert, with not the slightest trace of Spirit Qi between heaven and earth. However, none of them gave up, for giving up now would be pointless. If they changed direction, they might face the same situation, so they might as well keep flying in this one direction.

After a few more hours of flight, Gao Jinmei and Xia Xiaoming were showing signs of exhaustion. The continuous, long-duration flight had taken its toll, even on these Gold Core Realm powerhouses.

Qi Tian was also feeling tired. He was about to suggest landing on the ground to rest when he suddenly sensed an extremely subtle change between heaven and earth. Since he had entered the Imperial Family Secret Territory, there had been no existence of Spirit Qi around him, which spanned a vast area of thousands of miles. But now, he could actually feel traces of Spirit Qi diffused between heaven and earth. Although it was exceedingly faint, it was definitely there.

Qi Tian quickly said to Gao Jinmei and Xia Xiaoming, “Let’s land and rest for a while. While resting, try to sense carefully and see if you notice any differences.”

Gao Jinmei and Xia Xiaoming didn’t know what kind of difference Qi Tian was referring to, but after landing on the ground, they still tried to sense it attentively. The Spirit Qi in the atmosphere was so rarefied that it took Gao Jinmei a long time to barely notice the difference, while Xia Xiaoming couldn’t sense the extremely faint Spirit Qi in the air at all.

“Master, there is Spirit Qi,” Gao Jinmei said excitedly.

Qi Tian nodded and replied, “Indeed, we’ve finally found Spirit Qi. Perhaps if we follow the direction of the Spirit Qi, we might find the place in the Imperial Family Secret Territory where the Spirit Qi is the most concentrated. That place may be where our opportunity lies in this secret territory.”

Gao Jinmei nodded repeatedly. This was the Cultivation World, and although it was only a secret territory, the same general laws of the Cultivation World had to be followed. Without the presence of Spirit Qi, there could be no chance of finding anything, whether it be medicinal pills, magical instruments, jade talismans, or other treasures. Even cultivators themselves could not do without the nourishment of Spirit Qi. If separated from it for an extended period, both treasures and cultivators would wither away slowly, just like flowers deprived of watering.

“Let’s rest quickly and then continue on our way,” Qi Tian instructed.

With a goal in mind, Qi Tian and his companions found their rest to be especially efficient. They rested for just under three hours and felt refreshed before taking to the skies again, each stepping on their flying swords and following the flow of Spirit Qi.

Qi Tian’s ability to sense Spirit Qi was far superior to Gao Jinmei’s, let alone Xia Xiaoming’s. To avoid any delay, Qi Tian took the lead this time, and to ensure absolute accuracy, he even activated all the sensing functions of the Heavenly Dao Engine to capture the traces of Spirit Qi dispersed in the air.

Soon, Qi Tian’s brow furrowed. From the three-dimensional image fed back to him by the Heavenly Dao Engine, he discovered a strange phenomenon. The once sparse Spirit Qi between heaven and earth was not stationary; in fact, it was always in a state of flow.

If it were simply drifting aimlessly, Qi Tian would not have found it strange. What puzzled him was that the Spirit Qi generally maintained a flow in the same direction, like a river. Regardless of whether it was an undercurrent or a rapid, in the end, all would flow into the sea. Now, the Spirit Qi Qi Tian encountered behaved similarly, as if they were caught up in something, all moving in the same direction. He just didn’t know where they were ultimately heading.