Dragon's Origin

Chapter 423: Still Can't Sleep (Part 2)

Is he trying to force Wang Sheng to reveal his secrets? Wang Sheng looked at Chief Steward Li with a smile, remaining silent.

“Please enlighten me, Duke!” Chief Steward Li bowed again, asking Wang Sheng to speak.

“Aren’t you afraid that knowing the answer will make it even harder for you to sleep?” Wang Sheng asked, looking at Chief Steward Li with a mysterious smile.

Chief Steward Li was stunned. If knowing the answer would make it even harder to sleep, there was only one possibility: Wang Sheng could still move freely in and out of the formation.

Was that possible? Of course! Chief Steward Li had never dared to underestimate Wang Sheng in any way. As an old eunuch who had fought in the palace for decades and risen to the position of one of the Three Great Protectors, he had never dared to underestimate anyone. That was his reliance for his current position.

“Maybe I can sleep?” Chief Steward Li forced a smile, still unwilling to give up. Wang Sheng was resourceful, perhaps he was just bluffing?

According to Chief Steward Li's understanding of Wang Sheng, including the imperial family's investigation into Wang Sheng, and the Three Great Protectors' close contact with Wang Sheng, Wang Sheng should be someone with a very keen sense, able to sense the fluctuations of the formation. That was not surprising. The key was being able to enter and exit the formation at will without alarming the formation itself, which was frightening.

Whether it was the Emperor, the Three Great Protectors, or the guards of the imperial city, what they feared most was Wang Sheng's last ability. As long as they were sure that Wang Sheng did not have this ability, then everyone could rest easy. Otherwise, constantly guarding against it would be unbearable!

“Then you can tell the Emperor that he can sleep peacefully.” Wang Sheng replied irresponsibly, “Consider it a return gift for him raising my peerage.”

Chief Steward Li was overjoyed. If Wang Sheng said that, he could rest assured. But the next moment, when he suddenly understood Wang Sheng's true meaning, he was stunned again.

Wang Sheng only said it was a return gift for the Emperor, so that the Emperor could sleep peacefully. Since it was a return gift, it was just a polite gesture. The meaning of a polite gesture was to say something to make you happy.

“Duke!” Chief Steward Li's old face was already twisted into a withered flower, full of helplessness, and he pleaded with Wang Sheng, “Please have mercy and give this old servant a quick death!”

Constantly guessing like this was extremely uncomfortable, even for Chief Steward Li. Anyway, stretching out the head was also a chop, and shrinking back the head was also a chop, it was better for Wang Sheng to give a straightforward answer so that everyone wouldn't have to be so uncomfortable.

“Are you sure you’re not afraid of not being able to sleep?” Wang Sheng looked at Chief Steward Li's uncomfortable expression and asked with a smile.

This was already blatantly telling Chief Steward Li that he definitely wouldn't be able to sleep. But Chief Steward Li was now determined to get a definite answer, and he couldn't care about anything else.

Anyway, with Chief Steward Li's knowledge, plus the other two Protectors' understanding, they only knew that Wang Sheng had such an ability. Anyway, Wang Sheng already had a super weapon that could threaten the entire imperial family at any time, so having one more ability didn't matter. If he couldn't sleep, then he couldn't sleep!

“Please enlighten me, Duke!” Chief Steward Li replied decisively.

“Sigh!” Wang Sheng sighed and shook his head repeatedly, but since Chief Steward Li insisted so much, Wang Sheng didn't mind letting him know more, “Then you should keep one eye open when you sleep in the future!”

“Hiss!” After receiving Wang Sheng's affirmative answer, Chief Steward Li gasped. At the same time, a formation stone had already appeared in his hand, and then, in front of Wang Sheng, he activated it, shrouding himself in the formation, and then signaled Wang Sheng to attack.

That was a small formation, an attack formation. Wang Sheng casually picked up a teacup lid and threw it over. As soon as it touched the edge of the formation, bang, the teacup lid was directly blown to pieces.

Chief Steward Li had already made a gesture of invitation, staring at Wang Sheng with his eyes, while releasing his spiritual energy, frantically sensing towards Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng made a move, picked up the cup of tea beside him, slowly took two sips, and then calmly put it down. The movements looked very natural and relaxed, but Chief Steward Li had already noticed the fluctuation of spiritual energy around Wang Sheng.

Under Chief Steward Li's focused gaze, Wang Sheng gently clapped his hands, slowly stood up, tidied his robe slightly, and then walked towards Chief Steward Li step by step.

Just now, the two were about two or three meters apart. Wang Sheng didn't walk fast, but with such a short distance, he reached the edge of the formation in just two steps.

Chief Steward Li raised all his attention, observing Wang Sheng's movements, for fear of missing a single detail. Especially when Wang Sheng touched the formation, he was so nervous that his heart was about to jump out.

Wang Sheng's speed became slower and slower, and it looked like he was about to touch the formation. Chief Steward Li's pupils had almost dilated to the maximum, watching Wang Sheng's body getting closer and closer to the formation.

No! In his focus, Chief Steward Li suddenly discovered the problem. Wang Sheng had already walked to a place within his arm's reach, and he could touch himself by raising his hand. This distance was completely within the range of the formation!

Swish, all the hairs on Chief Steward Li's body stood up. It was a manifestation of extreme tension, and a look of fear also appeared on his face. How was that possible?

Chief Steward Li had completely forgotten how Wang Sheng walked to his side and how he retreated. He only knew that the formation he had personally activated did not play any role at all, like air. Whether Wang Sheng came in or went out, it seemed as if it didn't exist.

This was still an attack formation, not a defense formation. One could imagine what it would be like when a defense formation encountered Wang Sheng. At the same time, Chief Steward Li also understood Steward Zhou's doubts, why the formations in the Emperor's other courtyard were fine, but the people inside were all dead.

That's right, what's even more terrifying was that Wang Sheng had brought the Empress and two of the Empress's maids through the formation without being discovered. At the thought of this, Chief Steward Li even had the heart to kill Wang Sheng on the spot. If he could still bring people in and out of the formation, they would really have to keep one eye open when they slept from now on.

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“This is not my Nascent Soul’s ability.” Wang Sheng knew what Chief Steward Li was thinking when he looked at him, and said slowly as he sat back in his original seat, “This is just a very unique technique.”

“What technique?” Chief Steward Li asked hurriedly, with countless thoughts running through his mind.

“A top-level technique from the Old Monarch Temple, called the Nine Words True Words.” Wang Sheng still replied slowly, “Not many people practice it, only those of the Qing generation are qualified to practice it!”

Hiss! Chief Steward Li now had the heart to die. The people of the Qing generation in the Old Monarch Temple are qualified to practice it, doesn't that mean there are many? Doesn't that mean that at least dozens of legendary experts of the Qing generation can freely enter and exit the formation?

“I warned the Emperor a long time ago not to have designs on the Old Monarch Temple.” Wang Sheng’s tone turned cold, “Go back and ask the Emperor, has he forgotten to give me an explanation?”