Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 936 - 936 0564 Long-term Residency Issues_1

Chapter 936: Chapter 0564: Long-term Residency Issues_1 Chapter 936: Chapter 0564: Long-term Residency Issues_1 Chapter 0564: Long-Term Residence Issues

Since Zhang Xingyu had not made any requests to Qi Tian from beginning to end, Qi Tian naturally wouldn’t kindly undo it for him; he had decided to let Zhang Xingyu thoroughly taste the bitterness. The Seven Yin Sealing Vein Skills were not ordinary techniques; they were part of the heritage left by Master Ming Ren, exceptionally fierce and domineering. Since they involved many aspects, it was very difficult to completely release the Seven Yin Sealing Vein Skills by anyone other than the person who had applied them. Of course, if someone’s strength far surpassed Qi Tian, reaching the level of Master Ming Ren during his lifetime, perhaps they could completely release the Seven Yin Sealing Vein Skills. However, he seriously doubted that Zhang Xingyu knew such a person. And even if he did, taking ten thousand steps back, Zhang Xingyu recognized the need, but would he be able to afford the price of asking for help?

Of course, all of this was not Qi Tian’s focus at the moment. He and Zhang Xingyu met by chance, with no fondness for each other. Qi Tian wasn’t even interested in taking a person like Zhang Xingyu as a slave. As for Zhang Xingyu’s life or death, Qi Tian would not care.

Qi Tian rode a spirit horse, heading east along the main road where the bustle of people coming and going was incredibly busy. Eastern Capital City, as one of the Three Grand Cities of the Imperial Family Secret Territory, was a premier core city. Its population exceeded thirty million, and among the emperors who transferred the throne from the Great Zhao Nation, nearly thirty percent lived within Eastern Capital City.

As a core city within the Imperial Family Secret Territory, it was naturally very suitable for cultivators to live and was the place all cultivators residing in the Imperial Family Secret Territory aspired to. However, not just anyone was qualified to enter Eastern Capital City. Whether one was a cultivator or a commoner, qualifications were required to enter. Just like Xiang Bo, who, in the Imperial Family Secret Territory, was considered to have status and position, would not be allowed to enter Eastern Capital City if it were not for the necessity to register at the Imperial College.

To limit the flow of people, the royal family set up checkpoints on every road leading into Eastern Capital City, and strictly prohibited flying above these checkpoints. Unless there was urgent military business, no one, regardless of who they were, was permitted to fly over the checkpoints. If discovered, both nobles and members of the royal family would be stripped of their titles and territories; as for others, there was only one outcome, and that was death.

This was the reason Qi Tian, on his journey, saw a continual stream of people below, but the sky above was unremarkably calm. Following the crowd heading east, Qi Tian saw from afar a checkpoint spanning across the road, built against a mountain range and cutting off the mountain path. On the checkpoint, numerous soldiers were on duty, all without exception at the Foundation Establishment Stage, and their weapons and armor were no ordinary items but formal magical artifacts supplied by the royal family. Moreover, on the City Gate Tower, there were various large magical artifacts that appeared cumbersome but possessed astonishing power. Even Gold Core Realm practitioners, if hit by these artifacts, would suffer greatly, and if hit several times, would either perish or be crippled.

Although the distance was significant, Qi Tian still relied on his exceptional stone apart from the Heavenly Dao Engine for a super long-range detection, and swept over the entire checkpoint inside and out. As anticipated, besides the items in plain sight, Qi Tian also detected traces of Gold Core Realm experts. Their auras were quite strong; although they did not match Zhao Haiying, they were formidable enough to contend with cultivators like Gao Jinmei at the Gold Core Realm Third Level. This was only in terms of their levels of cultivation. What startled Qi Tian even more was the extremely powerful aura of magical artifacts emanating from these Gold Core Realm experts hidden in a secret chamber meters below the checkpoint. The equipment they carried, even if placed among Gold Core Realm practitioners in Wanjie City, would still be considered superb.

Moreover, such equipment was not limited to one item but amounted to as many as two pieces. This scene both astonished and horrified Qi Tian. Influenced by people like Zhao Haiying, although Qi Tian had told Jin Mei and Xia Xiaoming about the potential dangers and influential figures hidden in the Imperial Family Secret Territory, he harbored some contempt for the Imperial Family Secret Territory in his heart, looking down upon it and feeling the overall situation could not compete with Wanjie City. Everything he had seen and heard since he entered the Imperial Family Secret Territory seemed to justify his contempt. However, now at just one checkpoint on the way to Eastern Capital City, Qi Tian had witnessed the extraordinary foundation of the Imperial Family Secret Territory. Extrapolating from this, one could imagine just how many secrets were still concealed inside it.

Qi Tian completely withdrew his scant contempt for the Imperial Family Secret Territory and replaced it with the cautious attitude he held while in Wanjie City. Maybe the Imperial Family Secret Territory had many areas where it did not measure up to Wanjie City, but even if it didn’t, that was when comparing the Imperial Family Secret Territory to Wanjie City, not with him personally. Judging only from what Qi Tian had observed, the Imperial Family Secret Territory was not something he could sweep through with his personal power alone. It was better to be careful in all matters.

Qi Tian composed himself and followed the crowd to the checkpoint, dismounted, and, holding the reins of his horse in one hand, walked with the crowd, ready to undergo the checkpoint’s inspection.