Dragon's Origin

The beautiful guards didn't make a sound, quietly watching their Marquis slip into the water. Knowing they couldn't help, the only thing they could do for Wang Sheng was to make others believe he was still in the Wang residence.

The pond was connected to flowing water. Wang Sheng used the Xing Zi Jue in coordination with the golden patterns in his Yuanshen, easily concealing all his aura.

Underwater, Wang Sheng's feet were equipped with flippers made of special beast hide and bone. His whole body was covered in a tight-fitting diving suit made of the skin of a seventh-level big fish. The goggles and hard mask were originally designed for diving. The area originally configured with high-pressure compressed air tanks was now connected to a tube leading to a Naring pendant around Wang Sheng's neck.

Oxygen tanks weren't technically advanced. Wang Sheng had secretly asked Iron Lao to make a batch some time ago. Compressing air was also easy. Wang Sheng's current strength was enough to compress air to three hundred atmospheres with an air pump, which was sufficient.

This set of diving equipment was originally prepared by Wang Sheng for the core of the Thousand Absolutes, but now it was being used here.

Entering the water, Wang Sheng began to use the abilities brought by the Qiong Niu Transformation. Even in the dark underwater, Wang Sheng could easily explore the waterway.

With a flip of his hand, an object similar to an underwater thruster appeared. This was also something Wang Sheng had crafted long ago. An array master had inscribed several ingenious arrays on it. As long as Wang Sheng inputted spiritual Qi, it could drive the propeller to rotate at the speed Wang Sheng needed. Even the sound and vibration were shielded by the array, preventing it from spreading outside.

Silently, Wang Sheng transformed into a water ghost that the people of this world couldn't comprehend, exiting from the Wang residence's waterway and entering the capital's water network.

The water network was a route of retreat that Wang Sheng had observed during his first visit to the capital. The capital was surrounded by eight rivers, and the water network inside the capital was interconnected. No one would have thought that someone could move so freely underwater. Even someone with excellent swimming skills and a Yuanshen of an aquatic creature might not be able to sneak through the capital's waterways without being discovered.

Emerging from the Wang residence, Wang Sheng followed the route in his mind. His first stop wasn't directly to the imperial city, but to the opposite of the Marquis's residence, the Emperor's large courtyard.

The courtyard also had flowing water, but thick iron bars blocked the entrance. However, this didn't stump Wang Sheng. The specially made serrated teeth of the Tiger Tooth saber, coupled with Wang Sheng's current strength, and an array that concealed sound within a range of less than a foot, easily cut out a hole large enough for Wang Sheng to enter and exit underwater. Following the waterway, he easily sneaked into the courtyard.

The courtyard was very quiet. When Wang Sheng surfaced in a dark corner, he didn't alarm anyone. However, in the dark night, Wang Sheng instantly detected fluctuations of an array around the courtyard.

Using the Xing Zi Jue, Wang Sheng entered the interior of the array in less than twenty minutes. At the same time, he understood the purpose of the array while passing through it. This array could seal off the sound of the entire residence, so even if the sky fell inside, the outside wouldn't hear any movement. At the same time, the array was also a large protective array, and ordinary experts couldn't enter at all.

No wonder things sounded wrong when returning to the Marquis's residence. There weren't many people inside, so that was the reason.

After entering the array, Wang Sheng immediately heard a familiar breathing and heartbeat, and also smelled a familiar fragrance, even hearing some other sounds. The Empress was indeed here, and what was even more amazing was that her actions were restricted.

Outside the array, there were dozens of people, but they were all servants and maids, and still those familiar to Wang Sheng, posing no threat. Inside the array, there were more than a dozen, all around the seventh or eighth level. Judging from their positions, they should be guarding the Empress inside.

Only the Empress was here, the Emperor was not. This already explained a lot. At least Wang Sheng's guess was correct, something must have happened in the imperial city.

More than a dozen seventh or eighth level experts weren't that difficult to deal with for Wang Sheng, who was hiding in the dark and could control some terrifying little creatures, especially since they were still in this defensive array, and even the sound was blocked and couldn't be transmitted, so there was no need to worry about alarming the outside.

When Wang Sheng gently knocked on the door of the Empress's bedroom, all three people inside exclaimed. Pushing open the door, Wang Sheng saw the panicked faces of the Empress and two maids.

The Empress and the two maids must have been given some medicine to restrict their cultivation. Now they looked like only three ordinary women.

Although she didn't see Wang Sheng's face, seeing Wang Sheng's unique goggles and hard mask, the Empress finally breathed a sigh of relief, and a smile appeared on her face. However, this smile didn't last long before turning into anxiety.

"Quick, go save the Emperor!" The Empress rushed forward, ignoring that Wang Sheng was covered in water, grabbed Wang Sheng's arm and said anxiously, "He is in great danger in the imperial city, go save him!"

"What happened? What's the situation now?" Wang Sheng didn't move immediately, but asked the Empress. At least he needed to know the situation in the imperial city in order to make targeted arrangements. Frankly speaking, if things were irreversible, Wang Sheng would definitely be kind enough to take the Empress away, find a safe place for her to settle down, rather than charging into battle for the Emperor.

"The Second Prince and an uncle, colluded with a group of ministers, using the reason that the Emperor was close to you and alienated the royal family, obtained the support of several uncles from the宗人府 (Zongrenfu - Court of the Imperial Clan), wanting to force the Emperor to abdicate and pass the throne to the Second Prince." The Empress quickly described what was happening now in the simplest words: "I'm worried that Mei'er lives here and will be trapped by them and used to threaten the Emperor."

"The three old enshrined ones can't do it either?" Wang Sheng asked again.

"The Zongrenfu invited an old enshrined one from their previous generation to take action. One against three, able to suppress all three of them." The Empress quickly replied: "That old enshrined one was lucky not to die in the Thousand Absolutes, and hasn't recovered after decades of recuperation. Only the Grand Elder of the Zongrenfu can command him."

The imperial secrets, the Grand Master might not know, but the Empress must know. This old enshrined one is probably the super expert that Ling Xu Lao Dao discovered.

"How is the Emperor now?" Wang Sheng asked again. But after asking, he knew he had asked a stupid question. The Empress had been imprisoned here for several days, how could she know?

"Still alive! Not injured." What surprised Wang Sheng was that the Empress actually answered: "We husband and wife have a unique method to know each other's physical condition. But he must be in a very dangerous situation now, go to the imperial city to save him."