Heavenly Dao Engine-Chapter 62 - 00 Qi Cultivation Period Monster Beast

Chapter 62: Chapter 0062 Qi Cultivation Period Monster Beast

Chapter 62 -0062 Qi Cultivation Period Monster Beast

Qi Tian was spot on, this family was indeed a scholarly one. The male head of the household used to be an official who had retired and returned to his hometown. Not only were there books in his house, but there was also a study, housing a vast collection of books.

Qi Tian rummaged through the study and finally found the book he wanted at midnight. It was a foreign language dictionary of the Lianying Realm, mapping the text of the Lianying Realm to the common language used in the Cultivation World.

Overjoyed, Qi Tian stored the dictionary. He continued rummaging and to his surprise found another stack of manuscripts, another foreign language dictionary that corresponded the text of the Lianying Realm to the language of Great Zhao.

What Qi Tian didn’t know was that the male owner of this mansion was the author of these manuscripts. The man was frustrated that the National Master Manor of Great Zhao would send disciples for trials here every few years. While he agreed with the cultivators advocating for a counterattack on Great Zhao’s cultivation world, as a mortal, he couldn’t do much. Therefore, he spent all his spare time compiling this dictionary, hoping to contribute to a future counterattack on Great Zhao’s cultivation world.

He could never have predicted that just a few days after he had completed the manuscript and before he could send it for printing, a foreigner like Qi Tian would take advantage of it. If he knew the truth, he would probably spit blood in anger.

After storing the dictionaries, Qi Tian was about to leave when an idea struck him. If he simply left, the owner might suspect him to be a foreign cultivator. If the owner reported him to the indigenous cultivators after he left, it might invite trouble. To avoid this, he needed to employ some deception.

Qi Tian decided to take all the books in the study and all the treasures the owner had kept there into his Storage Bag. Among them were likely many precious antiques from the Lianying Realm. If he plundered everything, the owner would probably think it was a burglary by a thief rather than a foreign cultivator.

However, when Qi Tian was sweeping up the items on a bookshelf, he found a vase on the shelf that he couldn’t move. Looking closer, he noticed that the surface of the vase was very glossy, indicating regular touch. He grabbed the vase and spun it a few times. With a noise, the bookshelf rotated and revealed a secret door.

Qi Tian casually picked up a vase and threw it into the secret room. This was a treasured item of the owner. In terms of Great Zhao’s cultivators, it was worth more than ten thousand silver. If the owner saw this scene, he would undoubtedly spit blood in anger.

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Upon hearing the broken pottery noise with no signs of traps or any unique sounds, Qi Tian walked into the secret door and entered a chamber.

The chamber was not large, about four or five square meters. It had a few large boxes and some shelves displaying many Lianying Realm antiques. The boxes contained many treasures and a box full of famous artists’ paintings.

To play the role of a thief convincingly, Qi Tian directly stored all these items into his Storage Bag. After cleaning out the entire study, he left. He returned to the wall, ready to climb over and leave. Suddenly, he saw that the owner had planted a gourd vine beside the wall. The vine bore over a dozen gourds, all flourishing, with the largest one about one to two meters high and the smallest more than sixty centimeters.

Going straight to the vine, Qi Tian plucked all the gourds. Plastic goods were not available in the Cultivation world. The usual containers for water were pottery or porcelain, sometimes leather pouches. These water containers were either too heavy or too small to be portable. These gourds were great, being lightweight and having considerable capacity. In the past on Earth, people in many places used gourds when plastic and stainless steel goods were not widely available. Now that he had found them, it would be foolish not to collect them.

Qi Tian climbed over the wall and left the house, rushing towards Jia Nan Mountain not far away. By dawn, he had penetrated four or five miles deep into Jia Nan Mountain.

Although Jia Nan Mountain stretched for a considerable distance, not all areas were Spiritual Mountains. If they were all full of magical beasts, there wouldn’t be a village at the foot of the mountain.

Qi Tian wanted to find a suitable cultivation hideout. The assassination attempt by the indigenous cultivator immediately after leaving the safe house made Qi Tian profoundly aware of his feeble strength. It was essential to strive to improve it.

As he was immersed deep within Jia Nan Mountain, Qi Tian was not overly worried about being discovered by indigenous cultivators. He made a simple disguise cloak and grass hat from tree branches and wild grasses. With his disguise on, he continued to wander Jia Nan Mountain in quest of an ideal cultivation hideout.

At first, he was able to spot paths trampled by previous travelers. But later on, he entered dense bushes and trees, leaving no paths. He held a machete in one hand and a Detoxification Pill in the other. The thing he feared most was not getting injured but getting poisoned. Therefore, he always kept the Detoxification Pill at the ready.

This Detoxification Pill, called Hundred Herbal Jade Dew Pill, was a broad-spectrum antidote effective against many kinds of poisons. As long as it was consumed promptly, even some common toxins from the Lianying Realm wouldn’t prove fatal. This was confirmed by the disciples of the National Master Manor who had trained in the Lianying Realm.

Qi Tian purchased the essentials for reaching the Lianying Realm from a Brother who sold him medicinal pills. A piece cost him 1000 taels of silver, and he bought a total of ten pieces.

Qi Tian trekked for about ten miles into the depths of Jia Nan Mountain. While cautiously treading, he didn’t encounter any beasts. Instead, he found several wild animals. This was both good and bad.

On one hand, it was good because Qi Tian didn’t face any dangers that threatened his life. On the contrary, it was bad because only mundane beasts roamed here rather than spiritual beasts, signifying that the path he chose wasn’t brimming with Spirit Qi and thus was unsuitable for cultivation. If his chosen location were rich in Spirit Qi, spiritual beasts would likely have already claimed the area, leaving no room for the mundane beasts.

He had reached a secluded area; he climbed a peak and surveyed the surroundings, noticing no traces of human activity. As Qi Tian gazed towards the peak of the facing mountain, he noticed what looked like a waterfall, not too large and concealed among the trees, visible only vaguely.

Qi Tian pondered for a moment, and decided to investigate the peak of the opposite mountain. He then spent almost half a day descending from his current peak and climbing up the one opposite.

While hopping over the valley between the two mountains, Qi Tian felt the air around the peak opposite to him to be more refreshing. Every pore on his body seemed to relax open, greedily absorbing the external air.

This was a Spiritual Mountain!

Although Qi Tian hadn’t been in the Cultivation World for long, he still had an idea of the current situation. Only a spiritual land or a spiritual mountain could cause him to feel this way. Certainly, the Spirit Qi here didn’t seem to be abundant, but the fact that he could sense it at the foot of the mountain suggested that there could be places on this mountain with even denser Spirit Qi.

Qi Tian decided to scrutinize this mountain thoroughly, hoping to find the origin of the Spirit Qi. Habituated to cultivating in Han Chengnuo’s cave dwelling, he had grown addicted to it. If he could find a similar place on this mountain for closed-door cultivation, it would be quite comfortable.

Since he was exploring the mountain without any idea of where the source of Spirit Qi might be, he decided to continue towards the direction of the waterfall. After walking for some distance, he could hear the noise of the cascading waterfall as it splashed into the pool below.

Qi Tian quickened his steps, taking him to the edge of a crystal-clear pool. The pool, not too big, about two to three hundred square meters, appeared to be shallow, about two to three meters deep. He could see fishes busily swimming inside, exhibiting their liveliness.

Qi Tian squatted at the edge of the pool, cupped some chilly water, and tentatively tasted a sip. He couldn’t help but exclaim “good” as this water was no ordinary water. It had a unique sweetness and a faint infusion of Spirit Qi. Regular consumption of this water would undoubtedly be beneficial for cultivators.

Elated, Qi Tian quickly produced a gourd. He carved the mouth of the gourd first, then hollowed out the seeds from the hole.

Qi Tian was too engrossed in his task, failing to notice a large hovering shadow emerging from behind a reef, its long tail gracefully gliding towards him.

When it was one or two meters away, the shadow began to silently rise above the water surface. With a sudden swipe of its tail, it lunged towards Qi Tian with its mouth wide open, revealing sharp teeth aiming for his neck.

Qi Tian, who seemed unprepared, suddenly moved and slapped the incoming shadow, instantly throwing it away.

The shadow emitted a cry similar to a baby, flopping helplessly on a rock by the pond with its bones shattered by Qi Tian’s slap.

Qi Tian wiped the mucus that had stuck to his hand on the ground, then looked at the shadow he had flung away. It was a Qi Refining Initial Stage spiritual beast—a water salamander, similar to the axolotl found on Earth. Moreover, like axolotls, water salamanders were considered a delicacy. But as a spiritual beast, its primary use was not for consumption but alchemy. The redeemable points list provided by the National Master Manor to each disciple who came to the Lianying Realm for the County Master selection battle contained a description of these water salamanders.