Dragon's Origin

“Some of them want to go back on their word after you reveal the secret.” Just as Wang Sheng was waiting, the girl in his dream leaned against him and whispered softly.

Wang Sheng simply smiled when he heard the dream girl’s words, without saying or doing much. If he wanted to listen, he could easily use the Seven Words Formula, with the Word Formula of Movement as its core, to penetrate the soundproof formation from such a close distance, making it seem like those people were speaking right next to his ear. But Wang Sheng was too lazy to bother with them. Anyway, he knew what kind of characters were in each of the major families.

Besides the people in charge who were discussing matters, there were also six or seven experts from the Eight Great Families monitoring Wang Sheng outside the soundproof formation. All of them were at the ninth level of the realm. In such a small space and at such a close distance, the dream girl’s voice couldn’t escape their ears.

The dream girl’s words made them extremely embarrassed. Who would have thought that discussing deceit and reneging within a soundproof formation could be overheard? And to be discussing it in front of the person in question and then have it revealed, several of them were immediately ashamed and blushed deeply, feeling utterly disgraced.

However, the dream girl’s power also made them more vigilant. Could it be that once their cultivation reached a certain level, ordinary soundproof formations would become useless against them?

The discussion inside continued, but the experts outside were extremely embarrassed. One of them even went so far as to greet them in a way that they could see, warning them to be careful when speaking.

Regardless of how embarrassed the people inside and outside were, they finally came to a conclusion after half an hour.

“Duke, give us one more proof.” The amiable head of the Tang family spoke again, wearing a smile and saying with a chuckle, “If we can see it, we’ll agree.”

This time, Wang Sheng seemed too lazy to even speak. He simply smiled and raised his head, looking in one direction.

Following Wang Sheng’s gaze, everyone turned their heads and looked upwards, then saw the metal cylinder passage that Wang Sheng had left behind last time he was here.

Except for Song Yan, everyone else was shocked. When they entered this frozen space, they only paid attention to the ice pillar in the center and the dream girl, not noticing that there was a hidden entrance above.

The regular cylinder, along with the metal products that could be seen at a glance, made it clear to everyone that this was proof that Wang Sheng had been here before. Besides Wang Sheng, no one else could have left this behind.

What was above? An ice lake, a glacial lake hundreds of meters deep after the glacial basin melted, and at its deepest point. The experts from the Eight Great Families had searched inside for months without finding anything, yet Wang Sheng was able to accurately drill down into this frozen space. What did that mean?

Besides indicating that Wang Sheng had long accurately figured out the location of the ice formation, there was no other possibility. A person couldn’t possibly know such an accurate underwater location for no reason, right? No one would believe that Wang Sheng didn’t know the secret of the core of the Perpetual Killing Ground.

At this time, the people who were outside the soundproof formation also told the people inside what the dream girl had said. For a time, several people were very embarrassed. Discussing harming others and being overheard clearly and then having it revealed was truly embarrassing beyond words.

Fortunately, everyone had thick skin. It was impossible to reach the level of being in charge without thick skin. Faced with a little embarrassment, no one intended to move their feet except for blushing a few times.

Now that Wang Sheng had once again shown that he definitely knew the secret of the core of the Perpetual Killing Ground, it was up to everyone to see if they could really let Wang Sheng and the dream girl leave.

“If we refuse…” The head of the Tang family had just started to say this, but before he could finish, Wang Sheng interrupted him.

“Although I am unwilling to stain my hands with the blood of acquaintances I’ve spent a few days with,” Wang Sheng’s decisive voice directly reached everyone’s ears, “I am definitely not afraid to do so, and when necessary, I don’t mind staining my hands with blood.” After speaking, he paused for a moment, then added, “Anyway, my hands have not lacked the blood of the Eight Great Families’ disciples. A little more or a little less doesn’t really matter that much.”

This was the truth. It could be said that every family of the Eight Great Families had disciples who had died at Wang Sheng’s hands. No one was a fool. It would be naive to think that Wang Sheng wouldn’t dare to attack the experts of the Eight Great Families. The Eight Great Families were not invincible everywhere.

The choice was now in the hands of the fifteen people from the Eight Great Families present. They had to decide whether to use themselves and the hundreds of ninth-level experts below to fight the legendary realm Wang Sheng and the weakened Lin family peerless expert with combat instincts, or to exchange the secret of the core of the Perpetual Killing Ground for the two to leave.

This choice was actually easy, especially for the fifteen people present. Needless to say, Song Yan was the one who was most unwilling to become an enemy of Wang Sheng. She was already very satisfied with having such a way out. At least she didn’t have to fall out with Wang Sheng directly, right? Song Yan had decided, and that meant the Song family had decided.

It was actually easy for the other families to consider as well. The heads of each family were actually loyal to their families, but that didn’t mean they were willing to use their lives to keep Wang Sheng and the dream girl, and then gain nothing else. On the contrary, letting the two go would allow them to obtain the real secret of the Perpetual Killing Ground.

The ancestors repeatedly told them to kill the dream girl, but could they, these later generations, do what the ancestors couldn’t do? The only person who could kill the dream girl was Wang Sheng, but Wang Sheng had gone back on his word, and Wang Sheng was not under their control. What else could they do?

But behind this decision, there was also a difficult chasm to cross.

“If she lives, we are doomed!” Song Yan still had reason. Even if she was unwilling to fall out with Wang Sheng now, it didn’t mean she would forget the real life-and-death threat. Five hundred years ago, the Lin family had a feud with the Eight Great Families that involved destroying families and exterminating clans. If the dream girl left alive, the Eight Great Families would really be doomed in the future.

Only this reason was the real impasse. If Wang Sheng could solve it, what did it matter if the Eight Great Families coexisted with Wang Sheng?

“You can’t stop us.” Wang Sheng sighed again. He couldn’t erase this hatred on behalf of the dream girl, but he really didn’t want to start a massacre here with Song Yan.

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Both sides gripped their weapons tightly, and the situation seemed to be on the verge of breaking out. The slightest move could bring devastating consequences to everyone.

“Limited to here.” Wang Sheng glanced at Song Yan’s eyes, and decisively made a compromise: “We only want to leave the underground space quietly. You don’t have any real experts here either. After we go out, you can chase and kill us however you want!”