Dragon's Origin

Wang Sheng's ability to enter and exit the Thousand Absolutes Land wasn't a rumor. People had witnessed it twice, and the major powers had confirmed it with the lives of hundreds of experts.

Now, Wang Sheng was saying he had a hand-drawn map of the Thousand Absolutes Land from the owner of that jade pendant, and even a small part of it was enough to tempt people.

Why could Wang Sheng come and go freely in the Thousand Absolutes Land? Was it because of this map? Many who knew about it were starting to get interested.

The news was only spreading in a small circle, mainly from the City Lord. On this point, the City Lord was being quite fair, only passing the information to those powers that might have Creation Pills, as a reciprocal gesture to Wang Sheng for letting him share in the benefits.

Baoqing Surplus Hall and Royal Treasure Pavilion also received the news. However, they weren't powers that possessed Creation Pills; the City Lord was just trying to win over major merchants by leaking the information.

Recently, Baoqing Surplus Hall had been almost completely inactive. Others assumed they were lying low and focusing on business. Only Wang Sheng knew they were definitely waiting for the mass production of refined salt to give everyone a huge shock.

As for Royal Treasure Pavilion, Lu Wenhou and Ling'er, the actual managers, had been staying in Worry-Free City, seemingly waiting for Wang Sheng to cause more trouble.

"Young Master, do you think he's an idiot?" Ling'er's first thought upon receiving the news was whether Wang Sheng was stupid. How could he reveal something so important?

"He's stupid?" Lu Wenhou laughed. "I've never seen anyone smarter than him. If he's an idiot, how many smart people can you find in the world?" Seeing Ling'er's expression change, Lu Wenhou quickly coaxed her, "Of course, my Ling'er is an exception. She's the smartest person in the world."

"Hmph!" Ling'er didn't believe Lu Wenhou's last sentence, but she was happy that her young master was coaxing her. After a cold snort, she immediately asked, "Then how could he be so stupid as to give that jade pendant to Young Master Liu so easily?"

"Because the jade pendant is useless to him," Lu Wenhou answered almost without thinking. "He can't leave Worry-Free City right now. What's the point of having a jade pendant that allows him to join a sect, or even the token of the sect leader?"

"What about the map?" Ling'er accepted this answer. She didn't think Wang Sheng was stupid because of the jade pendant, but because of the map. "What good does it do him to so easily trade away his greatest advantage?"

"The benefits are huge!" Lu Wenhou smiled and pulled Ling'er into his arms. Ling'er nestled obediently against Lu Wenhou's chest, happily listening to her young master's analysis.

"He can get Creation Pills!" Lu Wenhou continued, "You know he has problems with his body. With the help of Creation Pills, he can solve the problem once and for all, and his cultivation will never fall again. Isn't that a big enough benefit?"

"But he's just a beginner at the first level of cultivation. Can he withstand the medicinal power of the Creation Pill?" Ling'er didn't think it was a good thing for Wang Sheng to get the Creation Pill. What's the difference between a Creation Pill he can't eat and a jade pendant he can't use? It's also easy to attract the covetous eyes of others.

"If it were before, I would have thought so too," Lu Wenhou's gaze drifted to some unknown place, his expression clearly reminiscent of something. "But after he told us how to use snake venom at the gate of Shanglin City last time, I don't think so anymore."

"Why?" Ling'er was knowledgeable and remembered many things, but she couldn't react immediately.

"Dosage! Did you forget?" Lu Wenhou lowered his head and scratched Ling'er's nose, answering, "He can't handle one pill, then half a pill. If half a pill doesn't work, then divide it into smaller portions. If it's divided small enough, he can always handle it. Wouldn't he recover by eating a few more meals?"

Ling'er suddenly realized. She had argued with Wang Sheng about the snake venom issue at the time, and Wang Sheng had silenced her with the argument of dosage. Now, she had obviously made the same mistake again.

There was no way around it. Everyone thought that pills were eaten one at a time, and people with low cultivation levels couldn't eat Creation Pills because the medicinal effects were too strong, but no one thought of this.

"Then isn't it useless to everyone if he easily hands over the map?" Ling'er was still a little unconvinced and continued to criticize Wang Sheng's mistake.

"You're wrong!" Lu Wenhou became much more serious this time, and explained with a smile to Ling'er's puzzled gaze, "You and everyone else are overlooking one problem. He found the map after entering the Thousand Absolutes Land, not because of the map that he was able to enter the Thousand Absolutes Land."

Ling'er instantly reacted. She had indeed been misled. As soon as she heard about the map, she subconsciously thought that Wang Sheng relied on the map to enter and exit the Thousand Absolutes Land, completely forgetting that Wang Sheng had obtained the map after entering the Thousand Absolutes Land. In other words, the map was dispensable for Wang Sheng.

This time, Ling'er was convinced and didn't say anything more, but she cursed Wang Sheng in her heart once again. Because of this barbarian, she had made mistakes several times.

The news had been secretly released from the City Lord's Mansion, and it was believed that the forces with Creation Pills would be interested. This was also a pleasant surprise for Wang Sheng. He originally thought that the Creation Pill was still out of reach, but he didn't expect that a jade pendant obtained in the Thousand Absolutes Land could lead to such a series of surprises.

Many good things were happening, and Wang Sheng was in a good mood, which slightly increased the speed at which he materialized food. During these days of waiting for feedback, the advent of a new type of salt directly shocked the world.

After about a month of preparation, Baoqing Surplus Hall launched a snow-white, jade-like salt, called refined salt, for sale in various branches of Baoqing Surplus Hall.

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The last time Baoqing Surplus Hall launched snow sugar, all the gray sugar and the like were completely squeezed out of the market within a short period of six months as Baoqing Surplus Hall expanded its production capacity. It can be said that Baoqing Surplus Hall now dominates 90% of the sugar business. The remaining 10% is reserved for those who simply cannot afford snow sugar.

This time, as soon as the refined salt came out, without Baoqing Surplus Hall having to promote it vigorously, it was placed in Worry-Free City, and those chefs who had always felt that the braised meat in Worry-Free City and Wang Sheng's were somewhat different realized where their gap was. The first batch of 1,000 catties of refined salt was bought up in the blink of an eye.

Not to mention the price, the quality of this refined salt alone was irresistible. Moreover, after several alchemists tasted and tested it, they found that the refined salt was many times better than those coarse salts. With a little publicity, coupled with Baoqing Surplus Hall's experience in promoting snow sugar last time, it swept the entire salt industry market in almost a few days.

When the steward saw these refined salts, he almost burst into anger on the spot. Wasn't this the thing Wang Sheng used when he made braised meat in front of him? At that time, why did he only pay attention to those spices, but ignored this salt, which was used in the largest quantity and was indispensable to everyone?