Heavenly Dao Engine

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Zheng Shaosheng opened his mouth but didn’t know what to say. Although he admired Qi Tian’s attitude of seizing every opportunity to practice, he was also grateful to him for waking up the dreamer. However, to say that he understands Qi Tian so well that he could speak words of praise for him, he certainly doesn’t have such knowledge of him. In any case, with the monster Liu Haoshuai ahead, Qi Tian had to be at least as outstanding as Liu Haoshuai. Otherwise, how could he reject the requests of Wang Mingming and Liu Haoshuai to rent the advanced single room?

“See even you are speechless, right? Zheng, don’t hesitate, quickly complete the formalities for Haoshuai, as for this kid, just let him rent a standard room.” Wang Mingming said.

“Hold on, everything has its own order. I came before you, I should rent the advanced single room first, before I decide to give up nobody can take it from my hands.” Qi Tian found that if he didn’t interrupt, the cooked duck would fly away, so he broke the silence.

Wang Ming has turned his head and looked at Qi Tian. Seeing that Qi Tian’s face had no intention of sucking up, he snorted. “Interesting!” He then strode towards Qi Tian, stood only a step away from Qi Tian, looked down at him, and exerted a strong oppressive atmosphere on Qi Tian who was within arm’s reach. “I’m asking you now, are you going to give up or not?”

Wang Mingming and Zheng Shaosheng are of similar age, both being over twenty years old. As Wang Mingming is also tall and robust, he is at least two heads taller than Qi Tian. Whether it is the cultivation realm, age, or body size, he has an overwhelming advantage over Qi Tian.

“Wang Mingming, what are you doing? Don’t bully a child.” Zheng Shaosheng could not bear to see it and quickly stepped forward to stop him.

Wang Mingming waved his hand and said, “Zheng, I know how to control myself, I will act within the rules of the Mansion. If you consider me a brother, then don’t interfere.”

Zheng Shaosheng sighed and looked at Qi Tian, “Junior Brother, sometimes you have to know when to back down, you can’t be stubborn. Why don’t you just concede? You go to the standard room to cultivate first, once the advanced room is free, I’ll keep it for you.”

Qi Tian shook his head. With today’s situation, he was skeptical if Zheng Shaosheng could keep the advanced single room for him. Even if he could, it would likely be many days later. By that time, the County Master selection war would be over. What use would it be for him to go to the advanced room? The County Master selection war is not held every month or every year. The last time Imperial Master Mansion held the selection war was five years ago. If he missed this time, he may have to wait another five years.

Qi Tian took two steps back so that he didn’t have to crane his neck to look at Wang Mingming. He said, “What I said still stands, there is an order to everything. What I got first, I don’t intend to give up.”

“You won’t give up? Why won’t you give up?” Wang Mingming no longer tried to oppress Qi Tian with his power. He had already oppressed Qi Tian once. Becoming a laughing stock for forcing his power on Qi Tian would be the talk of the Sky Eagle Hall. “Do you know what kind of place the advanced single room is? It’s meant for the genius disciples in Huangque Hall. Are you a genius? Are you better than Haoshuai as a genius? I tell you, giving the advanced room to you is simply a waste. A dog would be more worthy.”

“So you mean, if I don’t use it now and give it to your dear Haoshuai, then your Haoshuai is a dog..” Qi Tian retorted sarcastically.

“You…” Wang Mingming raised his hand, nearly hitting Qi Tian with a slap.

Zheng Shaosheng promptly stepped forward, grabbed his wrist, and stopped him from harming Qi Tian.

Wang Mingming glared at Qi Tian and said, “Since you want to misconstrue my meanings, then let me tell you straightforwardly. You are waste, if you use the advanced room, you are wasting it.”

“If I’m a waste, isn’t he more worthless than me?” Qi Tian rudely pointed at Liu Haoshuai. Liu Haoshuai seemed innocent as he hadn’t spoken a word, but Wang Mingming was trying to snatch what belonged to him and give it to Liu Haoshuai. Was Liu Haoshuai unaware of this? Though aware and silent, he didn’t stop it. This was condonation, tacit approval. Someone who behaves in such manner, is nothing but a lowly person who acts shamelessly yet trying to preserve his reputation.

“I’m a waste?” Liu Haoshuai opened his mouth. In his view, he had been silent all this time because he didn’t want to leave an impression of oppressing others. He didn’t expect Qi Tian to bring trouble to him, and he was not good-tempered. “I suppose you want to say that you and I are of the same age, and both of us have the cultivation of the first level of Qi Cultivation, so you think we are alike. Ha-ha, you are too naive. Just because I…” Because I have achieved three passages at the first level of Qi Cultivation, even my little finger is worth a hundred times more than you. Well, if you are not convinced, and you say I’m a waste, I will give you a chance, how about having a bout with me? If I win, I don’t want anything from you, just two things, first admit that I am a genius, and you are waste. Second, give up the advanced room to me. If you win, I will turn around and leave. In the future, when I see you, I will go around. Do you dare?”

“Alright, but aren’t you getting too much advantage? If I lose, I would have to give the right to use the advanced single room, which originally belonged to me to you. If you lose, you just leave and have no loss. Is there such a cheap thing in the world?” Qi Tian said.

“Since you think it’s unfair, I will add some stake. I have ten top-grade Essence Qi Pills here, each of which is worth a thousand taels. If you win, they are all yours, what do you think?” Liu Haoshuai proposed.

The creation of top-grade Essence Qi Pill is far more difficult than the middle-grade ones, with its medicinal efficacy being about five times that of the middle-grade pills, hence its price is ten times. However, most of the time, even if you can afford it, you may not necessarily be able to buy the middle-grade Essence Qi Pill. For instance, at the Imperial Master Mansion, outer-door disciples and ordinary inner sect disciples did not qualify to buy the top-grade Essence Qi Pill. Only elitist inner sect disciples and above were qualified to buy, and there was a limit each month; one could not purchase more even if they want to.

Wang Mingming was startled and quickly said, “Haoshuai, these top-grade Essence Qi Pills were prepared for you by Brother Hu to use after you break through to the Qi Training Second Level and unlock more meridians. You can’t bring them out as betting stakes.”

“What? Brother Wang, are you afraid that I will lose?” Liu Haoshuai gave Wang Mingming a cursory glance.

Wang Mingming felt as if he were being looked down upon by a king, he quickly said, “Haoshuai is a genius, he is invincible among his peers and even in the same realm, how could he lose?”

Liu Haoshuai grunted without saying anything to Wang Mingming. He looked back at Qi Tian and said, “Ten top-grade Essence Qi Pills as the bet, are you satisfied now?”

“Alright, but you have to give the top-grade Essence Qi Pills to Brother Zheng for safekeeping. I’m worried you’ll lose and refuse to give me.” Qi Tian did not hide his distrust in Liu Haoshuai.

“No problem.” Liu Haoshuai casually handed over the medicine bottle containing the ten top-grade Essence Qi Pills to Zheng Shaosheng. “Say, where are we fighting?”

“Let’s just do it here.” Qi Tian didn’t want to run around so he suggested.

“Okay, I have no problem. Brothers Zheng and Wang, please be the referees. Also, pay attention to protecting this little brother. I don’t want to accidentally impale him to death with my sword.” Liu Haoshuai said while pulling a soft sword from his waist.

This was Liu Haoshuai’s personal sword, the middle human-grade spirit military Silver Snake Sword. The sword was silver, engraved with the pattern of a spiritual snake. Besides, there were Fire, Force, and Sharp talismans engraved on it that enhanced the fire energy, weight, and sharpness of the Silver Snake Sword.

Liu Haoshuai activated all three runes on the Silver Snake Sword instantly. A fire snake emerged on the sword, twisting and turning around the blade.

“Kid, watch my sword.”

Without asking Qi Tian if he needed a weapon, Liu Haoshuai took a step forward to close the distance between him and Qi Tian. The Silver Snake Sword swung, and a cold, silver blade carrying a flickering fire snake stabbed towards Qi Tian’s chest.

Liu Haoshuai acted too fast. Almost in the blink of an eye, the tip of the Silver Snake Sword appeared in front of Qi Tian.

A cold smile crossed Liu Haoshuai’s lips. From childhood, no one dared to defy him, let alone calling him as “waste”. He outwardly appeared not to mind, but deep down, he was fuming. Those who knew him well knew that once he got angry, someone would suffer. He didn’t want to kill Qi Tian, just wanted to make a hole in him and burn the wound with the fire snake, making it impossible to recover.

He used to ambush many people with “spiritual snake out of the hole”. Almost no one could escape. At that moment, it seemed to Liu Haoshuai that Qi Tian faced a miserable life with constant pain and an open wound.

Qi Tian was always on guard against Liu Haoshuai, not daring to slacken. He had encountered many of those who pretended to be fair on the surface but black-hearted in secret, he didn’t believe Liu Haoshuai would be a gentleman.

As Qi Tian expected, Liu Haoshuai made his move without saying a word.

Qi Tian, who made the judgement first, poured the True Essence into his legs, started Heavenly Dao Engine, and inconsistently advanced the speed of Chasing Wind Step to its limit. His figure instantly dashed to the right.

Liu Haoshuai didn’t expect Qi Tian to react so quickly, but his speed was not slow either. With a swish, he flicked his wrist, and the Silver Snake Sword circled in the air. Its chilling tip turned and aimed at Qi Tian’s neck. The fire snake around the sword moved even faster, opening its mouth wide to spit out the flame, snapping at Qi Tian’s throat.