Dragon's Origin

Another direction? Everyone was puzzled, looking at Wang Sheng, and when they followed Wang Sheng's gaze, they finally understood.

The ground! Everyone was paying attention to the front, back, left, and right, but no one noticed the ground.

This is a common misconception. Everyone thinks that since it is a road, it must be in front, behind, left, and right. But no one thought that when they are desperate, going up and down is also an option.

Coming from the narrow entrance of the Taoist temple, all the way diagonally downwards, everyone felt like they were going forward. No one ever thought that at this place, they actually needed to go down.

The hot-tempered sect leader was quick to act, grabbing a carving knife and a hammer, and directly squatting on the ground to chisel. After a series of clanging sounds, a pile of gravel quickly accumulated on the ground.

Several sect leaders didn't wait for him to chisel through, and successively stepped forward to pick up the gravel and began to observe it. After a while, everyone's expressions became strange.

The stones that had been chiseled out of the ground were no different from those chiseled from the walls just now. They were completely the same stones and the same material, clearly parts of a whole giant rock.

Since it's a whole piece, it means that the walls and the ground are connected. Wouldn't finding the inheritance formation from underground become a joke?

The sect leader who was chiseling the ground also stopped, looked at a stone, and his expression changed for a while.

Everyone's eyes turned to Wang Sheng again. Although no one spoke, the meaning in their eyes was very clear, which was to ask Wang Sheng for an explanation.

"Alas!" Wang Sheng sighed. Before he could speak, Old Taoist Lingxu had already spoken for Wang Sheng: "Is it possible that such a large ground is all passage?"

Everyone suddenly understood. Indeed, the passage only needs to be able to pass one or two people, but this ground is more than ten feet long and several feet wide. It is impossible for every place to be a passage.

Next, everyone began to search again, from the place they had just entered to the farthest corner. Several sect leaders moved quickly, and almost chiseled through the entire ground.

However, the result was very disappointing. No matter which place they chiseled, the results showed that the floor was also a complete piece, completely an integral part of the wall, inseparable.

Suspicious eyes turned to Wang Sheng again, and the eyes of two sect leaders already carried rudeness. Fortunately, the trust in Wang Sheng in the eyes of others still outweighed the suspicion, which made Wang Sheng feel very gratified and strange.

The Grand Master and Old Taoist Lingxu were very familiar with Wang Sheng, so it was excusable to trust Wang Sheng. Why would the other three sect leaders also trust Wang Sheng? This was what Wang Sheng didn't understand.

"Elder, are you sure it's underground?" The hot-tempered sect leader, who had been hammering for a long time, directly asked bluntly.

Wang Sheng nodded very肯定, but still did not explain.

"But we have already chiseled all the positions underground." The sect leader asked impatiently.

"In fact, not!" Wang Sheng smiled: "There is still one place that has not been chiseled."

Everyone was puzzled. There was still one place? It was clear that all parts of the ground had been chiseled, so how could there be another place?

Suddenly, the oldest one reacted and looked at Wang Sheng with a face full of horror. With his movement, everyone suddenly understood.

Indeed, there was still one place on the ground that everyone had not chiseled. Not to mention chiseling, they hadn't even touched it.

The statue of Lao Jun! The statue of Lao Jun standing alone in the middle! This is the statue of the ancestor. Even if everyone wanted to find the place leading to the inheritance formation, no one had ever swung a carving knife at the statue of Lao Jun.

This is the respect of Taoist disciples for the ancestor. Even if it is just a stone statue, they treat it very seriously, salute when they should salute, and worship when they should worship, and dare not have the slightest disrespect.

However, now Wang Sheng actually said that there was still one place that had not been chiseled, and it was clear that he was referring to this statue of Lao Jun.

Oh heavens! Several sect leaders shouted in their hearts, completely unable to accept Wang Sheng's crazy idea. Chisel open the statue of Lao Jun? Was Wang Sheng crazy or were they crazy?

"If you think that the true meaning of inheritance is that the statue of the ancestor cannot be moved, I think it's better for you not to look for the inheritance formation." Wang Sheng's low voice slowly sounded, without any emotion, just saying it so calmly.

Everyone quieted down and were thinking about Wang Sheng's words. No one knew whether what Wang Sheng said was right or wrong, and even the Grand Master and Old Taoist Lingxu couldn't say.

"We can chisel down from the surrounding area, chisel open the stones around the ancestor's statue, and then move the ancestor away, can't we?" The hot-tempered sect leader, who was holding a hammer and chisel, suddenly said a compromise method, which made everyone's eyes light up.

Yes, from the ground down, without destroying the statue of Lao Jun, chisel open the stone under the statue of Lao Jun, and move the statue of Lao Jun away, wouldn't that achieve the goal? This way, the statue of Lao Jun will not be damaged, and a downward passage can be found, killing two birds with one stone!

"If I were you, I wouldn't think about this." Before everyone had time to cheer and act, Wang Sheng had already spoken: "You can not move, but don't use this kind of opportunistic method. Believe me, do you really think that the inheritance left by the ancestor is to make you completely dare not violate the ancestor's teachings, dare not have the slightest doubt, and be rigid, dogmatic, and stick to conventions? If so, what difference does it make to you whether you want this inheritance or not?"

Everyone was silent, pondering Wang Sheng's words.

"Old Taoist, aren't you known for being unorthodox?" Wang Sheng suddenly asked Old Taoist Lingxu: "You've drunk alcohol and eaten meat in the Sutra Depository. Do you dare to smash the statue of Lao Jun?"

Old Taoist Lingxu raised his head and looked at Wang Sheng's gaze. Wang Sheng's gaze was incomparably pure, without the slightest turbulence. Suddenly, Old Taoist Lingxu understood, laughed loudly, and said: "That's right, since I've broken the precepts by drinking alcohol and eating meat, what's it to smash a statue of Lao Jun?"

"The ancestor is alive in heaven and will definitely not want to see us trapped here by a statue of the ancestor." The Grand Master followed closely behind Old Taoist Lingxu and understood, also laughing loudly: "The ancestor must be expecting us descendants to surpass him, instead of always following him cautiously. I understand!"

The five sect leaders can become sect leaders, naturally none of them are mediocre. Old Taoist Lingxu and the Grand Master's words, like a head-on blow, made the five people instantly realize. After looking at each other a few times, they suddenly all smiled wryly. However, although it was a wry smile, everyone had a feeling of sudden enlightenment.

"In fact, you didn't notice that there are the same circles on several different parts of the statue of Lao Jun as on the stone wall outside, did you?" Wang Sheng's voice sounded easily again, reminding everyone.