Dragon's Origin

Chapter 547: Cutting Flesh with a Dull Knife (Part 1)

How could Xia Family's Patriarch possibly agree to Wang Sheng's demand of killing three elders and the entire family? Even the dumbest patriarch wouldn't do something that destroys their own foundation.

Third Elder Xia knew this, Wang Sheng knew this, and even Third Elder Xia knew that Wang Sheng knew this. So, in the end, this matter was essentially just about asking for the sky and settling for the ground.

Wang Sheng's attitude was to let the Xia family know that he was very unhappy with A'Qi being controlled, but whether the pressure would reach the point where the Xia family would let go was probably impossible.

Being able to obtain top-secret information from A'Qi, Wang Sheng wouldn't give up this intelligence channel either. The only ones suffering were A'Qi, who was stuck in the middle, and Third Elder Xia, who was responsible for enduring Wang Sheng's anger.

"No one would dare to touch Seventh Madam, she is doing well in Worry-Free City and will never suffer any grievances," Third Elder Xia said with a servile smile, resolving the first request.

This was the truth. The Xia family was trying to protect A'Qi, how could they possibly let her suffer grievances or be bullied? Not to mention that few people dared to enter Worry-Free City's inner city to attack A'Qi, even if there were, the Xia family would definitely resolve any trouble for A'Qi in advance, as long as she could still be accepted by Wang Sheng.

The Xia family had no doubt about this. If Wang Sheng hadn't let A'Qi pass the message to them, the Xia family's patriarch would bet his head on it. Would Wang Sheng be so relieved and trusting of a killer who had killed him before, and whose companion had died at his hands?

Usually, she's a plaything, and when necessary, she serves as a channel for transmitting messages. This should be A'Qi's position in Wang Sheng's mind, nothing more outrageous than that. Everyone is playing power games, who doesn't know who?

"Controlling Seventh Madam is absolutely impossible!" Third Elder Xia immediately began to deny. Anyway, Wang Sheng had no evidence, and A'Qi couldn't produce any either. If they insisted that it didn't exist, what could Wang Sheng do? Search the Xia family for evidence?

"It must be that Seventh Madam is concerned about her old friends, so she kindly notified us. The Xia Kingdom is extremely grateful!" Third Elder Xia unhesitatingly shifted the blame to A'Qi. If Wang Sheng hadn't asked once and learned the truth, and directly questioned A'Qi about it, A'Qi would have had to grit her teeth and admit it. Because she had no evidence and didn't dare to tell Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng's attitude towards this kind of statement was very clear: he didn't believe it at all. Just like Third Elder Xia's assessment of A'Qi's position in Wang Sheng's mind, who doesn't know who? Was Wang Sheng a fool?

But even if both sides knew each other's thoughts, before they were ready to completely tear their faces apart, everyone could only pretend not to know and pretend to test each other. Playing games, that's how the rules are.

The next process was Third Elder Xia acting like a grandson, and Wang Sheng acting like a grandpa getting angry. Everyone performed their roles diligently, putting their attitudes on the table to confront each other, and finally achieved a preliminary result: this matter was negotiable.

However, the Xia family had to pay the price for this. Even if they insisted that it was A'Qi who told them out of concern for her old friends, Wang Sheng also insisted. The final agreement was that the Xia family would give A'Qi ten million gold coins as compensation for providing information, which would be delivered to Worry-Free City and given to A'Qi on a later date.

Since it was negotiable, Third Elder Xia began to cautiously ask Wang Sheng's meaning. The Xia family was willing to pay the price, what price tag did Wang Sheng want to nod?

"This kind of trivial matter, go talk to Mei'er," Wang Sheng waved his hand, directly pushing it to Mei'er, as if these were really insignificant matters that didn't require him, the ever-victorious Duke, to come forward.

Third Elder Xia cursed in his heart, but he had to pinch his nose and accept it. At least Wang Sheng agreed, which was better than directly rejecting it. It just meant that the originally calculated price might have to be paid a little more, but compared to the secret of the core of the Thousand Desolation Land, what was worldly possessions?

For that secret, the Xia, Gan, and Feng families were suppressed by the Tang, Song, Dai, Shi, and Qiu families five hundred years ago, but the three families never gave up. Now that they had a chance to take the lead, if they didn't seize it, were they going to wait for the experts of the eight great families to enter together?

"Three months!" Wang Sheng raised his hand, extended three fingers side by side, and slowly said, "Give you three months to negotiate. After the negotiation, the things will be delivered to the capital. Three months later, I will sell the map of the core of the Thousand Desolation Land in the capital."

"Three months is not enough!" Third Elder Xia immediately began to complain instinctively, listing the various difficulties the Xia family was currently facing, as well as the hardships of exploring the core of the Thousand Desolation Land. He was eloquent, and after a performance, it was simply heartbreaking to hear and tearful to see. No wonder Third Elder Xia was the Xia family's envoy in the capital, this skill was simply amazing.

After a series of complaints, Wang Sheng's tone softened slightly. Third Elder Xia had just breathed a sigh of relief when he heard words that made his heart jump: "How long exactly, go talk to Mei'er! Don't bother me with trivial matters."

The price that he had been thinking about in his heart that had already exceeded the original plan was now decisively multiplied by two in Third Elder Xia's heart. At this point, Third Elder Xia couldn't help but sigh. Wang Sheng and Mei'er were simply a perfect match, a pair of swords combined and invincible!

No wonder they could sell a small thing for a sky-high price at any time. This pair of dog men and women were definitely grandmaster-level in this area! If there were really grandmasters in business, Wang Sheng and Mei'er would definitely be tied for first place, and no matter how many more there were in the future, they would have to start from third place onwards.

How brain-dead Zhu Xingsheng of Baoqing Yutang was to make the decision to let Zhu Shaodong take over Baoqing Yutang and squeeze out Mei'er? If it weren't for that incident, Qian Shengyuan, Runzifang, Mengzhifang, and Yayun might all be in Baoqing Yutang's pocket.

Seeing that it was impossible to change Wang Sheng's decision, Third Elder Xia decided to bid farewell to Wang Sheng and negotiate with Mei'er. This matter was prone to complications, and the longer it dragged on, the less secure it would be.

The only thing that could be trusted was Wang Sheng's reputation. As long as he said something, he would never change it. Didn't the Gan and Shi families seize the opportunity to enter the core of the Thousand Desolation Land first? After that, no one heard of Wang Sheng taking anyone else in. How ironic? The most trustworthy person was a future enemy.

"I brought A'Qi and the Old Ancestor out of the Shanyue Land safely. At that time, all the experts who followed us into the Shanyue Land died inside," Wang Sheng interrupted Third Elder Xia just as he was about to speak, and asked with a smile, "Elder Xia, would you like to know the mystery of this?"

Hearing this, Third Elder Xia's eyes went black. It seemed that he would have to pay a large sum again.