Dragon's Origin

“As expected of the Duke, truly brilliant!” From the direction Wang Sheng was facing, a familiar voice echoed. After a moment, a figure familiar to Wang Sheng slowly entered his view. It was indeed the appraiser, Master Qian.

Wang Sheng had already sensed his movements over there. Originally, there was a tall and strong expert, but after Wang Sheng exposed his identity, the tall expert's bones and muscles contracted, and in a few moments, he reverted to Master Qian's wretched appearance and figure.

However, what surprised Wang Sheng was that the last time they met, Master Qian was only at the eighth realm of cultivation, but this time he appeared before him, he was already at the legendary realm. With just over half a year between them, no matter how fast Master Qian's cultivation speed was, it was impossible for him to be so outstanding, right?

The only explanation was that Master Qian was already at the ninth realm or even the peak of the ninth realm at that time, but he concealed his cultivation with clever techniques. After entering the legendary realm, it hadn't been long, and except for a few people, no one knew how to hide their cultivation in this realm, so he couldn't hide it.

In fact, in the entire capital, besides Wang Sheng, the only person who could see the good things designed by Wang Sheng without restriction, besides the grandmaster maker himself, was Master Qian.

Master Qian was a friend of those grandmasters, with decades of friendship. No one knew his true identity. Even those grandmasters thought he was idle all day long, and they specially sought a most suitable job for him through Wang Sheng, relying on his extensive knowledge and experience, he became a peerless appraiser grandmaster.

Not only that, because of him, an entire industry has been derived. Now, at least thousands of people all over the world who have not succeeded in their studies but have insufficient cultivation but have equally wide reading and experience are turning into appraisers. Many people rely on these appraisers to give their objects a top-grade evaluation to make a fortune, and their status and position have soared like a rocket.

As Wang Sheng said, only Master Qian could openly comment on Wang Sheng's new works without arousing suspicion from others, and only he could invite those grandmaster musicians to perform a private secret performance.

As the Pavilion Master of the Exquisite Pavilion, Master Qian could endure his temper and get along with these grandmasters peacefully for decades without revealing his identity, his patience and endurance were evident. Moreover, he could put down his airs, he could have lived a life of luxury and wealth, but he could live in the residence of those grandmasters in the Heavenly Crafts Workshop for decades, and at the same time, he could manage the Exquisite Pavilion in an orderly manner and firmly control the coinage business in his hands. He was by no means a simple person.

If he hadn't taken the initiative to reveal some things later, such as diving suits, Wang Sheng would never have thought that Master Qian would be the mysterious Pavilion Master of the Exquisite Pavilion.

“This old man thought his identity was well concealed, but I didn’t expect that the Duke could recognize me from so far away without even seeing me.” In a short while, Master Qian not only restored his original appearance, but also quickly changed into the attire he wore as an appraiser in Qiansheng Yuan, holding a large folding fan in his hand, fanning it while walking over with a smile.

“Long time no see! Master Qian!” Wang Sheng cupped his hands at Master Qian, greeting him as if he had met an old friend.

“Indeed, long time no see.” Master Qian also had a happy smile on his face, just like he was in the capital. He was like this at Wang Sheng's mansion back then, and he still is now. If it weren't for the current situation, everyone would have thought that the two were meeting as old friends.

“Can the Duke first solve a doubt for this old man?” Master Qian didn’t seem to have any intention of taking action immediately, but asked Wang Sheng with a smile: “How did the Duke recognize the completely different old man from so many people? This old man has sprinkled a lot of things to cover up his body odor, and his figure is also completely different. How did the Duke distinguish it at a glance?”

“I guessed your identity, Master Qian, before I thought of looking for you here.” Wang Sheng didn’t hide it, at this time, letting Master Qian know more could delay a little more time.

“Then the Duke couldn’t see me, and my figure has also changed. Even if the Duke saw me, he shouldn’t be able to recognize me. I didn’t speak, so you couldn’t hear me either. I also sprinkled those things on my body, so you shouldn’t be able to smell me. How did the Duke recognize me from so far away?” Master Qian was really puzzled and asked curiously. Wang Sheng’s five senses were definitely sharp, he knew that, so he had so many coping methods, but he didn’t expect to be recognized at once.

Not only Master Qian himself was curious, but also A Qi beside Wang Sheng, as well as the Exquisite Pavilion expert who had just spoken, plus the other Exquisite Pavilion experts who were still maintaining the encirclement but hadn’t spoken, how could Wang Sheng accurately recognize the Pavilion Master under such circumstances? You know, the direction Wang Sheng just turned was not bad at all, definitely not a guess.

“Indeed, I didn’t see, hear, or smell anything at first.” Wang Sheng explained with a smile, completely unable to see the situation of facing a big fight immediately: “But after guessing that it was Master Qian, I just had to look for it specifically. It just so happens that Master Qian and I have met more than once or twice, and some things on your body can’t be changed no matter how you change your figure.”

“Oh? What are those things?” Master Qian was stunned when he heard this. He actually had such obvious characteristics that were grasped by Wang Sheng, so did others also grasp them?

“Did Master Qian have a bad heart in his childhood?” Wang Sheng asked with a smile? While asking, he pointed to the area of his heart.

“How do you know?” Master Qian’s face changed, and he hurriedly asked Wang Sheng. He had been weak since he was born, and his heart was not very good. Later, after practicing cultivation, he gradually improved his physical fitness and no longer had the weakness of his childhood, but this matter was Master Qian’s secret, and no one knew except his parents and a few absolutely reliable old servants. How did Wang Sheng know?

“Although Master Qian, your cultivation is extremely high, and you can’t feel the abnormality of your body yourself, this kind of congenital disease cannot be cured by your high cultivation.” Wang Sheng still called Master Qian Master Qian, instead of Pavilion Master, and explained with a smile: “Master Qian’s heartbeat will be disordered every dozens of times, either early or late for a moment. If you listen carefully for a while, you can hear it.”

The arrhythmia caused by congenital heart disease is not so obvious, but under the circumstances of Wang Sheng's abnormal hearing and the powerful combination of the Nine Character Mantra and the Seven Character Formula, this little flaw cannot be concealed from Wang Sheng's ears.

It was precisely because of this familiar characteristic that Wang Sheng was able to accurately find Master Qian himself from so many people.