Dragon's Origin

Chapter 760: The Troubles of the Eight Great Families (Part 1)

While Wang Sheng was calculating how much blame he should shoulder, a different kind of change was taking place in the core area of the Thousand Absolutes.

In just a few days, the water level of the Glacier Lake had dropped significantly again, about twenty meters overall. Water was constantly flowing away underground, and even with the slow flow rate, a considerable amount had drained in nearly twenty days.

Song Yan was sitting on a large ship, which was anchored near the exit where Wang Sheng had left. Judging by the looks of it, Song Yan intended to wait there until the Glacier Lake dried up.

On the same ship with Song Yan were not only members of the Song family but also representatives from the other seven families. The leaders of the seven families who had descended into the underground passage with Song Yan, except for the Dai family's leader who had died, were all present. The Dai family's formation master, who was also present at the time, temporarily took over as the leader after the original leader's death and was also there.

Messages had been sent back to their respective families, and instructions from the family heads had been relayed. In short, each family was to keep a close watch, and no one was allowed to enter the underground passage before the family heads and grand elders arrived.

Therefore, apart from this exit, the entrance through which Wang Sheng and the others had entered the underground passage was now heavily guarded by the eight great families, preventing even a bug from entering.

The family heads and grand elders had already set out from their respective families, but even with flying mounts, it would probably take them a day or two to arrive. In the meantime, those present from each family could only wait there, unable to do anything.

However, it wasn't as if they couldn't do anything at all. At least some legendary experts could enter the Thousand Absolutes to hunt down Wang Sheng and block opportunities for other families, a process known as clearing the field. Many of those experts were unwilling to wait idly and had entered the Thousand Absolutes.

Song Yan was also bored of waiting, but this wait was beneficial to the Song family. She knew more firsthand information than anyone else and understood the details better, which would be an advantage in the future.

Sometimes, Song Yan worried about Wang Sheng. She had instructed the Song family's experts not to push him too hard, but who knew what the others were thinking? For example, the Dai family was determined to take the opportunity to kill Wang Sheng.

Two small flying beasts flew over from the Thousand Absolutes, visible from afar. These were beasts used for communication within the Thousand Absolutes, and someone had already begun sending out specific signals, waiting for the messenger beasts to land. Under everyone's watchful eyes, the two small flying beasts gracefully landed on the shoulders of two individuals.

One beast landed on the shoulder of a Song family messenger, and the other on a Tang family messenger. Clearly, these were private messages for the two families. Seeing this, the others didn't want to stare and averted their gazes. As long as no one entered the underground passage from here, it was a minor issue if a family sent or received a few more messages.

The Song family messenger removed a bamboo tube from the flying beast's leg and quickly delivered it to Song Yan. Song Yan looked around, and her subordinates immediately stood around her, blocking the gazes of others.

She took out a rolled-up thin animal skin from the bamboo tube, and upon opening it, Song Yan's gaze instantly sharpened. However, she quickly returned to normal, as if nothing had happened.

The animal skin scroll had limited space and didn't contain much information. It said that the woman Wang Sheng brought had gone on a killing spree. The Song family members hid behind and quickly retreated when they saw things were going badly. A dozen or so smart people from the Tang family also followed and retreated, but the rest were silent, and their fate was unknown.

Although the content was limited and the ending was ambiguous, not daring to be completely certain, it was enough for Song Yan to deduce many things.

Lin Ling had gone on a killing spree, killing many people. Song Yan wasn't surprised at all. The number one expert of the Lin family from five hundred years ago, if truly restored, what was killing a few legendary experts?

As for the Song family's leader saying they didn't know the final outcome, Song Yan could guess that those who didn't escape in time were definitely dead.

She rolled up the animal skin scroll and put it away, and the people around Song Yan dispersed. Song Yan's gaze seemingly casually looked towards the Tang family leader who had received the message. She happened to see that the Tang family leader had just put away a similar animal skin scroll. When he looked up, his gaze also intentionally or unintentionally swept over here.

Their eyes met, and they both nonchalantly turned away. Song Yan remained calm, and the Tang family also remained calm, continuing to do what they were doing, and no one noticed anything unusual.

Song Yan pondered to herself. The Tang family at least had some brains, and after noticing the Song family's movements, they decisively followed and left. Otherwise, the Tang family would have been completely wiped out.

The other families still didn't know, Song Yan thought with a cold smile, carefully pondering. This time, the Thousand Absolutes encirclement had each family sending about fifty experts, all of them legendary experts. The Song family hadn't lost a single one, the Tang family had probably lost two-thirds, and the rest probably wouldn't be coming back.

If their family heads knew that their people had died cleanly on the way to their arrival, she wondered what they would think. But Song Yan was also curious. Before setting out, she had instructed her subordinates not to excessively pressure Wang Sheng, and later she had specifically told the leader about the discoveries inside, telling them not to push too hard. Song Yan didn't believe that the other families wouldn't do the same.

But why did those guys clash with Wang Sheng? Had no one given instructions? Or was someone outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant? She turned her head and, taking the opportunity to observe the water level, looked at the Tang family's reaction. They were calm and showed nothing.

More detailed news from the front hadn't been sent back yet, and it would probably take some time to know. But Song Yan guessed that someone from another family hadn't followed the family's instructions.

This wasn't strange at all. When those experts recently advanced from the eighth level to the ninth level and then to the legendary realm, their mentality changed. When their own cultivation might be higher than the family head or even most of the elders, their attitude towards executing their orders was discounted.

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No wonder Wang Sheng said that these experts had just advanced and hadn't familiarized themselves with everything in this realm. It seemed that this everything wasn't just cultivation and combat power, but to a large extent, also included mentality. They didn't have the mentality of this realm yet, which was the biggest drawback.

Strangely, Song Yan didn't seem to worry at all about what would happen after Lin Ling recovered. As long as she thought of Wang Sheng, Song Yan felt that there was really nothing to worry about. On the contrary, the twenty-four unknown expert ancestors under their feet always gave Song Yan a sense of threat.

Hopefully, this was just a feeling!