Heavenly Dao Engine-Chapter 56 - 00 Opportunity Worth Ten Thousand Gold

Chapter 56: Chapter 0056: Opportunity Worth Ten Thousand Gold

Chapter 56 -0056: Opportunity Worth Ten Thousand Gold

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“Don’t worry. There’s no need for you to transcribe these books. On one hand, it’s a waste of your time. On the other hand, according to your access level, you are not even qualified to look at some of the books I mentioned, let alone transcribe them. Liang Xiaolong, it’s your job. Take my token and this list of books, go to the Hundred Spirits Hall and copy them. The required points will be deducted from my token.”

Han Chengnuo presented a token to Liang Xiaolong. Without hesitation, Liang Xiaolong took the token and the list of books, and hurried off to the Hundred Spirits Hall.

“Master, I will take my leave then.” Qi Tian stood up to say.

“Sit down, my reward is not over yet. If you leave now, you’ll miss out.” Han Chengnuo said with a smile.

“Master, the list of books you just gave me, plus the cost of transcription, it’s worth more than 10,000 taels of silver. I am already very content with this reward alone. If you reward me too much, it would be undeserving.” Qi Tian hastily said.

Han Chengnuo waved his hand, “I’ve told you you’re too honest. I did say ‘unpurchasable even with ten thousand gold’ at the Martial Arts Arena. Listen carefully, I said gold, not silver. How could a simple book list be that worthy? It’s still far from enough.”

Qi Tian was stunned. He thought the ‘unpurchasable even with ten thousand gold’ value stated by Han Chengnuo was equivalent to a value of ten thousand taels of silver. isn’t this how most people interpret it? He never expected when Han Chengnuo said “worth ten thousand gold”, he actually meant literal “gold”. A year of gold is worth ten taels of silver, does this mean the opportunity Han Chengnuo offered is worth a hundred thousand silver taels? The reward is too generous. Did his contribution warrant such a heavy reward?

Qi Tian instinctively felt a hint of suspicion. Could Han Chengnuo possibly have some sort of ulterior motive for him?

Before Qi Tian could figure out the reasoning, Han Chengnuo had already stood up, saying “Come with me.”

Han Chengnuo moved towards the inner room, Qi Tian hesitated for a moment before following behind Han Chengnuo.

There was no lock on the door of the inner room, nor were there handles or grooves to push it open. The door was engraved with dozens of runes. Han Chengnuo did not make Qi Tian turn away, but tapped on a few runes directly in front of Qi Tian. It seemed light and easy but the order of tapping and the level of True Essence inputted during tapping were all specifically required, and this order changed daily. Even if Qi Tian saw it, he wouldn’t be able to replicate it.

After Han Chengnuo withdrew his hand, the door of the inner room flashed a light and opened silently.

The moment the door opened, Qi Tian could feel a burst of fresh air rushing over his face. He felt refreshed and the air carried a gentle stream of Spirit Qi, causing all the pores on his body to open up.

“Go in.” Han Chengnuo let Qi Tian enter first before following in. He then touched the door again, causing it to close automatically.

Qi Tian took this opportunity to look around the inner room. He found that the decoration was very simple, far from luxurious. The most impressive thing was the Spirit Qi in here, which was several times denser than outside. It was simply a sacred cultivation place.

With his hands behind his back, Han Chengnuo gazed at his cultivation room where he had invested a great deal of effort. “In order to make a breakthrough to Foundation Establishment Stage, I put a lot of effort into this cultivation room. The cost of materials alone is close to ten thousand gold, and this is not the end. Some places need changing every month, which is another considerable expense. Qi Tian, I know that you have the county master selection battle to participate in, and there’s only three days left until the selection battle begins. For these three days, stay here and cultivate. As long as you don’t destroy anything here, you can do as you please. However, remember that you only have three days. The progress you can make during this cultivation period depends on your own efforts. After three days, the rare opportunity promised by me with a price of ten thousand gold would be considered returned to you. You will need to leave then, and you should also join the county master selection battle by that time.”

Qi Tian was overjoyed. He hurriedly bowed to Han Chengnuo and said, “Thank you for your generous gift, Master.”

Han Chengnuo replied, “It’s an opportunity you earned with your abilities, no need to thank me. I won’t waste your time anymore. Cherish the remaining three days. By the way, do you see that incense case over there? There’s a drawer in it, and it contains top-grade Pure Heart Incense. You can light it when you cultivate. A stick of top-grade Pure Heart Incense is worth five thousand taels. Don’t waste it, use it sparingly, understood?”

“Yes, Master.” Qi Tian saluted Han Chengnuo.

“Keep working hard, I have high expectations for you.” Han Chengnuo patted Qi Tian’s shoulder and turned to leave.

After Han Chengnuo left, Qi Tian couldn’t wait to light the top-grade Pure Heart Incense and start cultivating.

Even if Han Chengnuo didn’t provide him with such great cultivation land, Qi Tian had originally planned to go into closed-door cultivation in a high-level solitary cultivation room. Now that he had unexpectedly gained such a good cultivation place, he naturally wanted to seize this golden opportunity and devote himself to cultivation.

Qi Tian took out his five-hundred-year-old wild ginseng and hundreds of middle-grade Essence Qi Pills, then started trying to open more meridians. He remembered clearly that when he broke through to the Qi Training Second Level, he had tried to open the fifth meridian but had not succeeded. He wondered if, now that he had advanced to the Qi Training Second Level, he could open the second meridian at this level.

The first choice of Qi Tian was to open the fourth meridian of the Eight Extraordinary Meridians – the Belt Vessel. He had been worried that he would encounter the same problem as last time, that he wouldn’t be able to open it. However, to his surprise, this time the process was extremely smooth, even more so than when he had opened the Ren Meridian, Du Meridian, and Vital Channel. The only thing that didn’t surprise him was that the pain he experienced when opening the Belt Vessel was as intense as ever, a pain that pierced his heart and lingered in his memory.

In the blink of an eye, Qi Tian had spent three days in the cultivation room that Han Chengnuo had spent a great deal of resources to build. In these three days, Qi Tian’s gains were incredibly substantial.

As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. In the high-grade solitary cultivation room, Qi Tian had to spend three to four days to open each meridian. But here, he managed to achieve the astonishing speed of opening one meridian per day, and each one was opened perfectly and thoroughly.

Having opened three meridians, each one increased his strength by 300 pounds. Now, when he executed the Eight Desolate Demon Tiger Fist, he could at least exert a force of 2,600 pounds. If he used the sixth move of the Eight Desolate Demon Tiger Fist, The Ferocious Tiger Crosses the River, with the higher bonuses it provided, his punch could even explode with a force of 2,800 pounds.

This was a considerable amount of force. Zhou Kunlin, who was at the peak of the Qi Cultivation Third Layer and had opened six meridians – only two less than Qi Tian – could hardly exert a force of 1,700 pounds with his full strength.

The contrast was staggering: one was at the peak of the Qi Cultivation Third Layer, the other was at the Qi Cultivation Second Layer; one could exert a force of 1,700 pounds, the other could exert 2,800 pounds. The enormity of this difference was mind-boggling and unbelievable. But this was the reality in the Cultivation World. Cultivators who possessed higher-level cultivation techniques and better cultivation resources were able to lay a more solid and sturdy foundation for themselves.

Had Qi Tian not had knowledge of Chinese medicine’s theory of meridians and the Five Elements of the internal organs from his previous life and risked all kinds of dangers in this life to compete for cultivation resources time and again, he would not have achieved such good cultivation results, nor laid such a solid foundation.

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Qi Tian felt a little regretful. Given more time, he wanted to try and see if he could open the fifth meridian of the Qi Cultivation Second Level. Unfortunately, the three days promised by Han Chengnuo were up. He had to leave.

Qi Tian tidied up his belongings. This cultivation session had given him great rewards, but his consumption had also been enormous. He had used almost 300 middle-grade Essence Qi Pills, averaging nearly a hundred to open each meridian. If this trend continued, he feared he’d need even more Essence Qi Pills to open more meridians in the future.

As for the five-hundred-year-old wild ginseng, Qi Tian did not use it. He planned to save it for when he needed it most.

Han Chengnuo was not in his residence. There was a steward guarding the door who let Qi Tian leave on his own and assured him there was no need to wait for the palatial lord.

As Qi Tian was leaving Huangque Hall, he took a peek at Room A10 and found it empty. After asking around, he found out that Liang Xiaolong had already hurried to the National Master Mansion to watch the opening ceremony of the County Master Selection battle.

Upon hearing this, Qi Tian didn’t delay. He quickly left Huangque Hall, entered the National Master Mansion, and rushed to the venue of the County Master Selection battle – Wild Goose Falling Mountain.

Wild Goose Falling Mountain was not a big mountain, only about forty to fifty meters high, covering about twenty acres of land. Despite not having towering mountains or dangerous peaks with yellow pines, this was definitely one of the most important places in the National Master Manor. Normally, guards would be specifically assigned here to prevent anyone from approaching. Only on special days like the County Master Selection battles were people allowed to approach.

There was no peak on Wild Goose Falling Mountain. The top was an artificial flat square, about ten acres in size. At this moment, the mountain top, foothills, and mountain path were all filled with people.

Qi Tian, holding his Disciple Card and his registration card for the County Master Selection battle, was let up the mountain by the guards.

On top of Wild Goose Falling Mountain, the opening ceremony of the County Master Selection battle was underway. All the big figures of the National Master Mansion, who were seldomly seen, were all present. In addition, several individuals wearing python robes mixed among these key figures were representatives sent by King Zhangbei Manor. Also, as per tradition, Great Zhao’s royal family should have sent someone to attend the ceremony.

Qi Tian stood at the very end of the line, watching Wang Song, the head of the Golden Eagle Hall and a cultivator at the late-stage of Foundation Establishment, representing the National Master Mansion and announcing the rules for this County Master Selection battle.