Heavenly Dao Engine
Chapter 941 - 941 0566 How Could I Forget_2

Chapter 941: Chapter 0566: How Could I Forget_2 Chapter 941: Chapter 0566: How Could I Forget_2 Could there be a conspiracy hidden here, or had the upper echelons of the Imperial Family Secret Territory already grasped the situation of the outsiders? Were they holding off on taking action because they wanted to play a long game and catch a big fish?

At this thought, Qi Tian couldn’t help but shiver. If his speculation was correct, then he, Gao Jinmei, and Xia Xiaoming would all be in danger. Especially now, since they had walked right into the trap by coming to Eastern Capital City, which definitely counted as one of the strongholds of the royal family. Should a confrontation occur here, even if Qi Tian were to use the flying sword left behind by Master Ming Ren, he might not be able to escape unscathed.

The more Qi Tian thought about it, the colder he felt. He decided that the priority was to clarify this matter; if it remained unresolved, the investigation he, Gao Jinmei, and Xia Xiaoming were conducting into the core secrets of the Imperial Family Secret Territory, using what they believed were covert methods, would be like blundering into a net the royal family had cast.

With this in mind, Qi Tian hurriedly contacted Gao Jinmei and Xia Xiaoming, instructing them to cease their activities for the time being and return for a discussion.

Gao Jinmei and Xia Xiaoming had already traveled quite a distance from the small courtyard they had rented, nearly leaving Eastern Capital City. Upon receiving Qi Tian’s message, although they found it a bit strange, they still hurried back.

After Qi Tian shared his analysis, both Gao Jinmei and Xia Xiaoming, the two cultivators who were at the Gold Core Realm, broke out in a cold sweat. The matter had crossed their minds, but every time Gao Jinmei considered it, she subconsciously assumed that Zhao Haiying and the others would find ways to evade the royal family’s scrutiny. She hadn’t considered whether the royal family was playing a long game to catch a big fish.

“Master, what should we do next? Are we really going to hide out in this rented mansion?” Xia Xiaoming asked.

Qi Tian said, “I’ve been thinking, we first need to determine if we are being tracked. If no one is tracking us, the likelihood of us encountering the royal family’s long game diminishes, allowing us to move more freely. After confirming our safety, we can resume our task. Conversely, if we have already been marked, we must quickly devise a response.

Xia Xiaoming nodded, looking at Gao Jinmei, “How about you? I didn’t sense anyone tracking us.”

After careful thought, Gao Jinmei shook her head. “I didn’t particularly pay attention to anyone, but based on what I recall, it seems there wasn’t.”

As an assassin, Gao Jinmei’s words carried more weight than Xia Xiaoming’s.

Qi Tian mused, “Alright, let’s all go out together later and pay close attention.”

Naturally, neither Gao Jinmei nor Xia Xiaoming objected to this course of action; clarity on this matter was critical. If the people from the Imperial Family Secret Territory truly intended to use them as bait for their long game, then their immediate priority should not be investigating the core secrets of the Imperial Family Secret Territory, but self-preservation.

Afterward, Qi Tian led Gao Jinmei and Xia Xiaoming out, and he readily activated the Heavenly Dao Engine’s sensitivity to Spirit Qi to its maximum. Qi Tian realized long ago about this function of the Heavenly Dao Engine, a feature undetectable to others, allowing him to use it with confidence. However, Qi Tian mostly kept this function off in the past, because keeping it on continuously not only consumed the Heavenly Dao Engine’s fuel but also inundated Qi Tian with an overwhelming amount of information every second. Just processing these three-dimensional images could give Qi Tian a headache and prevent him from doing anything else.

This time, Qi Tian, eager to clear up the situation, spared no expense in energy and feared no task in processing a large number of three-dimensional images, directly activating the Heavenly Dao Engine. As a result, Qi Tian had to process a massive influx of three-dimensional images every second and identify valuable targets within them, a task that could be described as quite substantial.

The Heavenly Dao Engine’s ability to detect Spirit Qi now extended several miles out, and this was Eastern Capital City, a place flush with both a large population and various Spirit Qi-bearing entities. To sift through these three-dimensional images to find valuable targets was, frankly, not much different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

Fortunately, Qi Tian had been in possession of the Heavenly Dao Engine for quite some time and was now proficient in its use. Even when dealing with these images, he had developed many insights. While handling this type of three-dimensional imaging would give most people a headache, Qi Tian was barely managing to cope.

After walking through several streets, eating at a well-decorated restaurant, and purchasing a few items from several shops, Qi Tian had not identified any valuable targets along the way. In other words, Qi Tian had not spotted anyone being monitored.

Qi Tian still felt somewhat uneasy, so he continued to roam through a few more streets, but the situation remained unchanged; he consistently failed to detect anyone monitoring them. This outcome was both pleasing and riddled with doubts for Qi Tian, as such a scenario should not have occurred. Could it be that Wang Dongming had some apprehension and dared not report their impending entry into the Imperial Family Secret Territory?

The more Qi Tian pondered, the stranger it seemed to him. Just as he was about to convey his suspicions to Gao Jinmei and Xia Xiaoming through Sound Transmission and discuss it with them, Gao Jinmei preemptively sent him a message, saying, “Master, I think I just saw Wang Fengna.”

“What?” Qi Tian was startled upon hearing this.

Wang Fengna was a formidable figure, the deputy leader of the Eight Pill Alliance in Wanjie City, and the leader’s wife, with a cultivation of the Gold Core Realm Seventh Level Peak. It was no exaggeration to say that if Qi Tian were to confront Wang Fengna head-on, the chances of winning would be less than ten percent, even if he employed the flying sword left by Master Ming Ren.

Originally, after Wang Fengna used a secret technique to break the Defensive Barrier and enter the Imperial Family Secret Territory, she was the first to hurry in. Since then, Qi Tian had lost all news of Wang Fengna, and he never expected to encounter her at this time.

Before Qi Tian could ask where Wang Fengna was, Gao Jinmei proactively used the Sound Transmission Skill to tell him where she thought she saw Wang Fengna.

Qi Tian quickly pulled up the three-dimensional images provided by the Heavenly Dao Engine after its recent scan for Spirit Qi and began searching. Soon, he locked onto the target.

While Wang Fengna was not the most powerful person Qi Tian had encountered so far, she was the strongest among all the cultivators who posed a threat to his life to date. How could Qi Tian dare forget her? He had specifically recorded the fluctuations of Wang Fengna’s Spirit Force, and now he used it for comparison.

After confirming Wang Fengna’s location, Qi Tian, together with Gao Jinmei and Xia Xiaoming, moved towards the spot where Wang Fengna was last seen, feigning a casual stroll. Qi Tian dared not get too close to Wang Fengna; her strength was simply too great. Several core Elders of the Eight Pill Alliance were experts in technical fields, and Wang Fengna might have control over some means that were unpredictable to outsiders. If he got too close and these methods detected him, things could take an exciting turn, and Qi Tian couldn’t guarantee that Wang Fengna wouldn’t betray them. Outside, Qi Tian had had a very unpleasant run-in with Wang Fengna and her people. If not for his own techniques, he might have already died by Wang Fengna’s hand.