Heavenly Dao Engine-Chapter 57 - 00 I Remember You

Chapter 57: Chapter 0057: I Remember You

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Chapter 57 -0057: I Remember You

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“The place you are about to enter is a secret territory of the National Master Mansion. It used to be a world where cultivation was highly developed, but has now declined, with shattered space and collapsing mountains and rivers. It can no longer withstand powerful forces and is only suitable for cultivators in the Qi Cultivation Period to undergo trials. This time, we will send all the disciples and our friends outside who want to participate in the County Master selection battle into this Lianying Realm. I want to remind you that there are local cultivator communities that are extremely hostile towards us outsiders, as well as various Qi Cultivation Period beasts, numerous natural treasures, and even remnants of the previous cultivation civilization left behind. These are opportunities and challenges you need to search for and overcome yourself.”

“Whether or not you can qualify to become a County Master in the end is not determined by how many people or beasts you kill in the Lianying Realm, but rather by what you gain and what you’re willing to contribute to the construction of the Imperial Master Mansion. Soon, everyone entering the Lianying Realm will receive a list detailing what can be handed over to the National Master Mansion to earn points. This time, we only have three County Master quotas in the Imperial Master Mansion, so the top three disciples in terms of points will be eligible to become County Masters. Moreover, each disciple entering the Lianying Realm must submit at least 10,000 taels of silver worth of gains, and non-Mansion disciples must submit gains worth 20,000 taels of silver. These submissions will all earn you points. Any excess, you’ll need to decide whether to submit for points to strive for the position of County Master, or keep for your own cultivation, we will not force you to make a choice.”

“Also, you will spend three months in the Lianying Realm. During this time, you need to take care of your own food, drink, and safety. Don’t expect senior members of the National Master Mansion to protect you secretly during the trials, nor can Mansion rules serve as your backup. For you, this is not only an opportunity to earn points, but also a life-or-death situation that you must get through with all your heart. If anyone wishes to withdraw at this time, I won’t ridicule you, and I won’t stop you, instead, I will agree.”

“Finally, to minimize your losses in the Lianying Realm as much as possible, the National Master Mansion has specifically provided various pills, talismans, and spirit weapons for everyone to choose from. They are high-quality and reasonably-priced, everyone is welcome to purchase. Alright, that’s all I have to say. Please hurry up and prepare. Whether to go, whether to prepare, you need to make up your minds. In one hour, we will open the space gate to the Lianying Realm, by then, you need to have made your choice.”

After Wang Song finished speaking, the disciples in line to receive his teachings began discussing amongst themselves.

Wang Song’s words revealed a lot of information, but the thing that made everyone’s spine tingle was the fact that there were no Mansion rules to protect them in the Lianying Realm. In other words, there was no prohibition against disciples fighting or even killing each other in the Lianying Realm. Didn’t that mean that if anyone wanted to earn more points, they wouldn’t need to do anything other than become a hunter, treating other disciples as prey to be hunted and seizing their gains? So wouldn’t it be true that the higher the cultivation realm and the stronger the overall strength, the more advantaged one would be in the Lianying Realm?

In that case, they should have made it clear when they initially asked the whole Mansion to sign up for the County Master selection battle. Why not simply limit the qualification based on cultivation realm and strength levels from the beginning? Why allow all inner and outer disciples to sign up without any restrictions? If the situation was clarified from the start, they wouldn’t have paid 10,000 taels of silver to sign up eagerly. Now they can’t even get a refund on the application fee.

Thinking about the dangers inside, some disciples who originally thought about taking advantage of the situation or just wanted to broaden their horizons, as well as some disciples who were not very powerful and lacked confidence, began having second thoughts.

However, relatively speaking, those having second thoughts are in the minority. Most cultivators have high ambitions and are unlikely to acknowledge their gap with others willingly. Furthermore, at the Qi Cultivation Period, regardless of the phase of cultivation, there are many cultivators, easy to find in large numbers. Like Liang Xiaolong, who, even though he’s a high-ranking steward in the Huangque Hall, in the Sky Eagle Hall and Golden Eagle Hall, there’s no shortage of cultivators at the Qi Cultivation 7th Level. There’re hundreds if not thousands, who amongst them can easily submit to others?

Moreover, cultivation itself is about competing against heaven, earth, and other people. If you don’t compete, good opportunities will never come your way. The cultivation resources in the National Master Mansion are limited. Simply relying on the Mansion’s resources to satisfy your own cultivation needs is essentially impossible. Even if you are unwilling to risk your life in the Lianying Realm to look for cultivation resources, you would still need to risk your life elsewhere to find the resources. This hurdle is inevitable.

Of course, if you are satisfied with the status quo and do not strive for progress, no one will force you. But how can someone like this sign up for the County Master selection battle in the first place?

While others were still hesitating whether to enter the Lianying Realm, Qi Tian had already arrived at the stall arranged by the National Master Mansion for selling pills, spirit weapons, and other treasures, searching for items he might need. For a duration of three months, it’s absolutely necessary to make adequate preparations.

Qi Tian spent several thousand taels of silver, buying enough Grain Avoidance Pills, healing medicines, water containers, change of clothes, sleeping bags, salt, fire starters, and chopping knives for a month’s usage – all things that might be needed in the Lianying Realm.

Although Qi Tian has a storage bag, its capacity is limited. He can only put the most important items into the storage bag, while everything else is packed into a large bundle that he then carries on his back. Qi Tian found the bundle to be heavy and cumbersome, far inferior to the travel bags preferred by hikers in his previous life. He wondered if he should draw a picture of a travel bag when he got back, then sell it in the Zhigeng Palace. He might be able to sell it for some silver to use for purchasing cultivation resources.

By the time Qi Tian finished buying everything and carrying them, the one-hour period was nearly over.

Including Wang Song, several Foundation Establishment Stage strongmen walked onto the altar of the Wild Goose Falling Mountain, where a towering arch stood. The arch had frames but no panels. There were dense runes engraved on the frame, and even more on the ground. Shadows of a formation pattern could vaguely be seen.

Not far from the altar was a viewing platform. There were many people on the platform just now, but now only a few remained. Among them, Qi Tian noticed the rarely seen Imperial Master Xiao Xiaowu, Zhao Guoqiang from the King Zhangbei Manor, Princess Zhao Qian, and a prince wearing a robe adorned with nine pythons and four claws, a senior eunuch in eunuch attire. In addition, there was also a veiled woman, exquisitely graceful and elegantly upright, her temperament was just as strong as Zhao Qian’s, even with the veil.

Wang Song stood on the altar, bowing his hands towards the viewing platform and said, “National Master, the auspicious time has arrived. Please allow us to open the Space Gate to Lianying Realm.”

Xiao Xiaowu seemed no different from an ordinary person, appearing to be just in his early thirties, but no one in the National Master Manor dared to belittle him. Even the entire Great Zhao, despite the fall of the Imperial Master Mansion, as long as Xiao Xiaowu was there, no one dared to disregard the Imperial Master Mansion. Without exaggeration, Xiao Xiaowu was the pillar and ballast of the Imperial Master Mansion.

Xiao Xiaowu didn’t say anything, simply waving his hand lightly to signify his consent.

Wang Song bowed to Xiao Xiaowu and then addressed the cultivators who were at Foundation Establishment Stage with him on the altar, “Friends, let’s begin.”

Wang Song and the others each took out a jade badge and plugged it into the space gate on the altar, then backed up a step. They projected their True Essence outside their bodies and shot it onto the space gate.

The space gate, originally empty, suddenly became deep and dark, just like a black hole, swallowing all the light. Moments later, with Wang Song and the others continuously infusing their True Essence, points of light emerged in the space. The light points then rapidly expanded and finally filled the entire space gate.

Wang Song shouted loudly, “Those who want to enter the Lianying Realm, hurry up. The space gate consumes a lot of energy. We can’t maintain it for too long.”

All the prepared disciples, as well as numerous non-members of the National Master Manor, didn’t dare to hesitate. They all rushed onto the altar and entered the space gate one by one.

There were more than five hundred cultivators who needed to enter the Lianying Realm. There was no chaos, as they all queued up properly.

It was not that they were all orderly. It was because Xiao Xiaowu sat on the viewing platform, watching them expressionlessly. Who would dare to cause a disturbance? If they upset the National Master, he could slap them to death without anyone crying ‘injustice.’

Qi Tian was basically at the end of the line. By the time it was his turn, the space gate was already somewhat unstable.

Wang Song was sweating profusely, his face flushed red. He was almost exhausted, too tired to say a word. But when he saw Qi Tian, he couldn’t help but laugh.

“Who’s disciple are you? How come you brought so many things with you? Just how fearful of death are you?”

“In reply to your words, senior, my name is Qi Tian. I am a nominal disciple practicing in Huangque Hall and I don’t have a master. I brought so many things with me not out of fear for death, but these are all necessities for surviving in the wilderness.”, Qi Tian stopped, bowed to Wang Song and patiently explained.

Wang Song was barely holding on, every extra second was agonizing for him. He asked without thinking and didn’t expect Qi Tian to stop and explain at this moment. Those few seconds of delay filled him with such powerless agony, almost making him cough up blood.

“Go, go on.”, he said weakly.

Only then did Qi Tian bow to Wang Song and enter the space gate with his bag.

As he watched Qi Tian disappear, a thought involuntarily surfaced in Wang Song’s mind — “Kid, I’m going to remember you.”