Heavenly Dao Engine-Chapter 61 - 00 What to Do If You Cant Read

Chapter 61: Chapter 0061: What to Do If You Can’t Read?

Chapter 61 -0061: What to Do If You Can’t Read?

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Could he have been mistaken? Could this be just an ordinary iron ring?

Qi Tian pondered for a moment, an idea flashing in his mind. He flipped his right hand and directed his request to the Heavenly Dao Engine in his palm: “Could you help me with this and see if this is a treasure?”

Qi Tian held the iron ring above the Heavenly Dao Engine resting in his hand, but it made no response.

Unwilling to give up, Qi Tian continued: “In this way, if this ring truly is a treasure, and if there are forbidden restrictions on it that I cannot see through, then make a move. Afterward, we can negotiate a price for you to break the restrictions on this ring, just as you did with the restrictions on the Demonsensing Orb last time.”

Almost instantaneously, Qi Tian felt a slight stir from the Heavenly Dao Engine in his palm. Joyfully, he exclaimed: “So it is, indeed, a treasure! Well, I will give you one spirit stone, no, two. If that’s not enough, then three. Come on, don’t be greedy. I still need these spirit stones for cultivation. Fine, four, but no more…”

As Qi Tian rambled on, the Heavenly Dao Engine remained unresponsive, leaving him no choice but to raise the price incrementally. It was only until he reached fifty spirit stones that the Heavenly Dao Engine released a whirlwind, ready to secure the ring.

Recalling that the Heavenly Dao Engine could absorb any energy substance, Qi Tian hurriedly said: “Remember to only break the restrictions and leave everything else inside for me.”

No sooner had he finished speaking than the whirlwind the Heavenly Dao Engine had released instantly vanished. Clearly, it was dissatisfied with Qi Tian’s terms.

Left with no other option, Qi Tian hastily proposed, “In this case, if you feel disadvantaged, I will add a few more spirit stones. Let’s see…one more? Two more?”

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Qi Tian then resumed incrementally increasing the price, and only when he had offered an additional fifty spirit stones, thus totaling one hundred spirit stones, did the Heavenly Dao Engine finally release its whirlwind again to secure the ring.

Soon after, the Heavenly Dao Engine spat the ring back out. As Qi Tian was about to retrieve the ring, the Heavenly Dao Engine spewed out a bunch of objects, nearly burying half his body under the pile.

Ever since the Heavenly Dao Engine had advanced into the Lianying Realm, it had swallowed three cultivators and a war wolf consecutively. The energy remnants from their bodies were now regurgitated.

Without the time to rummage through the pile for anything useful, Qi Tian hurriedly dripped a droplet of blood over the ring. Immediately, he could feel a very strong connection form between him and the ring.

Just as Qi Tian had suspected, this was indeed a Storage Ring, although the internal space of this Storage Ring was not very large, having a capacity of only around ten cubic meters.

The Storage Ring was brimming with items, and Qi Tian was utterly stunned when he saw what was inside. There were no precious spiritual artifacts or spirit medicines, only countless books and manuscripts, along with other forbidden scriptures made from special materials including jade.

The entire Storage Ring was so jam-packed that there was barely any free space left. Seeing these books and scriptures, Qi Tian’s breath almost hitched. From his past life, he understood the importance of books, especially those that could offer knowledge and legacy — they were the best aid for one’s advancement. Even if only a tenth of these books were useful to him, the gain would be much greater than possessing large amounts of gold. It was even safe to say its usefulness was much greater than what the storage bag, along with all the treasures within it, could offer.

Looking at the Storage Ring and the storage bag, Qi Tian couldn’t help but wonder what kind of person that cultivator at the Ninth Level of Qi Cultivation Stage must have been to possess so many items.

What Qi Tian didn’t know was that this local cultivator was no ordinary man; he was actually the sect leader of a group in the Lianying Realm. However, even he hadn’t realized that the ring he was wearing was a Storage Ring, let alone that it was filled with so many books and forbidden scriptures. He had always believed it to be a simple symbolism of his succession to the sect leadership.

The drastic change in the Lianying Realm was a thing of the distant past. Over this long stretch of history, many things have been lost or forgotten.

Qi Tian carefully threaded a piece of rope, which he had bought before entering the Lianying Realm and at a stall in the National Master Manor, through the Storage Ring and hung it around his neck. This rope was extremely soft yet highly resistant to cutting, even a Human Grade top-grade spiritual artifact couldn’t slice through it. Plus, it was also resistant to fire, frost, and corrosion, making it especially suitable for this scenario.

Qi Tian had bought several lengths, each with different measurements. Though Qi Tian couldn’t snap off any significant lengths, selecting a shorter piece to make a pendant cord was certainly no issue at all.

Qi Tian fastened the ring around his neck, held up the storage bag with a string, and hung it around his neck. Then, he randomly picked out a book from the storage ring and began flipping through it.

To Qi Tian’s disappointment, the text of the Lianying Realm had no resemblance at all with the Cultivation World language of Great Zhao, nor with the languages on Earth. It wasn’t recorded in the common language of the Cultivation World either.

Qi Tian randomly selected a few more books, but the situation was exactly the same – he couldn’t recognize a single character. He then turned his attention to the jade slip.

Jade slips are a type of scripture. To put it simply, they are a more advanced form of books made out of paper. They are small in volume but have a large capacity. Some Great Masters not only record texts and images in them, but also encapsulate their personal insights into cultivation and techniques. The readers don’t need to be literate, they can directly learn these insights.

Qi Tian was eager to try if there was the kind of jade slip he sought among them, but after some thought, he gave up on the idea. On the one hand, his hiding place was not safe and he could be discovered at any time. On the other hand, reading scriptures requires the cultivators to have strong mental power and solid souls. Otherwise, he could end up scattering his soul without even getting to read the scriptures.

Although he couldn’t decipher a single book, Qi Tian was still quite happy, cherishing the storage ring and the books and scriptures inside. Not being able to decipher the language on them didn’t matter, the problem could be solved by some means, it would just take a little time.

Qi Tian put the storage ring aside for now and lowered his head to sift through the remains spewed out by the Heavenly Dao Engine, but he found nothing. The Heavenly Dao Engine had thoroughly consumed the corpses of the three men and the wolf, leaving no treasures like golden slips that would record techniques like the Eight Desolate Demon Tiger Fist for Qi Tian.

Qi Tian felt a bit regretful, but he didn’t dwell on it too much. His gains were already plentiful and substantial. If he remained unsatisfied, it would mean he was too greedy.

Qi Tian pushed away the dirt blocking the cave entrance and crawled out. After punching the dirt at the entrance a few times to bury the cave completely, he set out in the night for his cultivation journey in the Lianying Realm.

From the simple map provided by the National Master Manor, Qi Tian knew that if he kept heading south, he would reach a mountain after approximately 300 miles. This mountain was called Jia Nan Mountain by the National Master Manor, although he didn’t know how it was referred to in the Lianying Realm.

The ‘south’ referred to its location to the south of the safe house and the ‘Jia’ meant it was the first mountain. Taken together, it meant the first mountain to the south of the safe house.

Jia Nan Mountain was undoubtedly a notable mountain in the Lianying Realm, stretching for thousands of miles from east to west and at least a dozen miles wide from north to south, with its widest point exceeding a hundred miles.

Jia Nan Mountain was once an important spiritual habitat in the Lianying Realm, teeming with countless spirit medicines and spirit fruits, and numerous varieties of magical beasts. Many local sects in the realm had chosen the mountain as their stations.

However, that was all in the past. Ever since the great war broke out in the Lianying Realm, Jia Nan Mountain suffered severe damage, its cultivation environment deteriorating significantly. The sects situated here declined to varying degrees, whereas the magical beasts saw an upward trend in their strength.

Of course, this strengthened state was relative to the local cultivators. Like the local cultivators, the magical beasts here also couldn’t cultivate to the Foundation Establishment Stage, their limit was the Ninth Level of Qi Cultivation Stage.

Choosing this mountain as his destination was a deeply considered move by Qi Tian. Firstly, it was not too far from the safe house, which would facilitate his return after the three months of training ended. Secondly, Jia Nan Mountain possessed plentiful cultivation resources, along with some ruins and activities from local cultivators. Thus, settling here for cultivation would definitely yield substantial gains.

Of course, there would be dangers. After transferring his soul, Qi Tian was prepared to face various dangers at any time. If he was afraid of dangers, he would not cultivate.

After travelling continuously for several nights, Qi Tian finally reached the foot of Jia Nan Mountain.

At the foot of the mountain, Qi Tian stumbled upon an unexpected joy – a village. This was a very ordinary village, with no trace of any cultivator activities. But Qi Tian still patiently waited until the night, then quietly snuck into the village under the cover of darkness.

While observing the village during the day from a covert vantage point, Qi Tian noticed a wealthy mansion, likely the richest household in the village. Naturally, he headed directly for it. With a bit of effort, he managed to kill the guard dog of the mansion without alerting anyone and subsequently infiltrated the mansion.

Qi Tian used sleep smoke purchased from the National Master Manor to knock out everyone in the household. He didn’t want to kill needlessly, and this method was the most appropriate. It neither harmed lives nor obstructed his objectives.

Once everyone was knocked out, Qi Tian started rummaging through the mansion. He presumed that the wealthy usually have some literary pursuits, so they should at least have some books.