Dragon's Origin

Chapter 437: The Armory (Part 2)

Wang Sheng wasn't walking fast, and he kept looking around as if he wanted to see the contents written on the scrolls through the shelves on both sides.

If that was all, Uncle Li wouldn't be surprised. After all, there was still an array, or several arrays, in between. Even if Wang Sheng could see them, he could only look; there was no way for him to touch them.

This was one of Uncle Li's little tricks to play with people's minds. He would randomly place one or several arrays on each shelf. If someone wanted to break into the armory for the cultivation methods, they might fall into his trap.

Those who dared to covet the armory's methods were definitely top experts, perhaps experts that Uncle Li couldn't detect, or even array masters.

After all, people have inertia in their thinking. If the opponent cracked one array and obtained a cultivation method, when trying to break the next one, they might assume there was only one array, and they would be caught off guard and fall victim.

With layers of protection, what could Wang Sheng see? Besides, these scrolls were all stored rolled up, and the contents were written inside. At most, only the name was written on the outside of the scroll. What did it matter if Wang Sheng saw it?

Unless Wang Sheng had X-ray vision and could recognize the overlapping characters on a rolled-up scroll, just looking like this was meaningless.

Sure enough, Wang Sheng seemed to see a name on a scroll that made him a little excited. He couldn't help but reach out to touch it.

Seeing Wang Sheng's action, a sneer appeared on Uncle Li's face. If Wang Sheng really touched it, he wouldn't have to worry about anything in the future. Although the cultivation methods on these shelves along the way weren't particularly powerful, the power of the arrays was not small at all.

At least for Wang Sheng, this junior at most at the seventh level, the power of the arrays on them could directly blow Wang Sheng to pieces!

Wang Sheng's hand only stretched forward a little, and when his fingertips were half a foot away from the scroll, he suddenly stopped and didn't move forward anymore.

Uncle Li wasn't surprised at all. How could any red-badge assassin who relied on this kind of extraordinary stealth technique be stupid enough to actively touch a scroll that obviously had an array on it? It was normal for Wang Sheng not to touch it. If he really touched it, Uncle Li would have to wonder how Wang Sheng became a red-badge assassin with such a lack of brains.

The butler beside him was also on tenterhooks. He never expected that Uncle Li would make such a request, which was completely inconsistent with the City Lord's promise! If he really did this, even if Wang Sheng came out unscathed, the reputation of Worry-Free City Lord's dishonesty would still spread.

This couldn't be blamed on Wang Sheng. It was because Worry-Free City Lord and Uncle Li hadn't communicated well, which led to Uncle Li misunderstanding Wang Sheng. If this mistake really spread, the butler would probably have to take the blame.

If it was just taking the blame, it wouldn't matter. As the City Lord's butler, it was an honor to take the blame for the City Lord! Others didn't even have the chance to do so! But the problem was that he was now suppressed by Uncle Li and couldn't speak, so he could only watch Wang Sheng take the risk of a lifetime to retrieve the second cultivation method.

Two cultivation methods were promised by the City Lord! How did it become like this? The butler was so anxious that cold sweat was flowing down, but it was useless. In front of Uncle Li, this ridiculously strong old monster, let alone the butler, even if a few red-badge assassins came, they probably wouldn't be able to say a word.

Seeing Wang Sheng's hand about to touch a place he shouldn't, the butler's heart was in his throat. If he could shout out at this moment, the butler would have already used his loudest voice to remind Wang Sheng to be careful. Unfortunately, he could only watch and couldn't make a sound.

Fortunately, Wang Sheng stopped his hand at the critical moment, which relieved the butler. Wang Sheng was Wang Sheng, after all, not the kind of reckless person. But Wang Sheng's next move directly scared the butler out of his wits.

Wang Sheng's hand paused in the air, and just when Uncle Li and the butler thought he was going to withdraw it, Wang Sheng's hand stretched out and grabbed the scroll he had just seen.

The butler almost fainted, while Uncle Li narrowed his eyes and watched Wang Sheng grab the scroll. Then, nothing happened.

Picking up the scroll, Wang Sheng looked at the name on it, shook his head, and put the scroll back very dissatisfied.

With so many movements, if there was really an array on it, it should have attacked Wang Sheng hundreds of times. But the fact was that Wang Sheng picked it up and put it down, just like picking up a book from a bookshelf, looking at it, and putting it down. It was really easy.

Did I miss a scroll? Uncle Li himself was a little suspicious. To arrange arrays on tens of thousands of scrolls, arranging them one by one, it was too normal to accidentally miss one or two.

This Wang Sheng's vision was really sharp, and he found a scroll that had been missed with the array at a glance. He really deserved to be a qualified red-badge assassin. Just this vision was worthy of Uncle Li's nod.

At this time, Uncle Li no longer had any intention of underestimating Wang Sheng. In just a short while, Wang Sheng had shown the strength that was enough to make Uncle Li look at him with new eyes. Uncle Li had to admit that he had been prejudiced and misjudged him from the beginning.

But it was impossible for Uncle Li to admit his mistake. Who was Uncle Li? Even several generations of Worry-Free City Lords had to respectfully salute him as an elder. How could he easily admit his mistake to a junior? If he was wrong, so what? It was your bad luck that you caught up with it. You can't blame others.

Wang Sheng's hand put down the scroll, but didn't immediately withdraw it. Instead, his index finger pointed at the scroll, paused for a moment, and then continued to move forward.

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The problem was that Wang Sheng's finger had been pointing at that scroll. When his body moved forward, his finger naturally moved forward as well. Then, that finger rested on the second scroll next to it, followed by the third, the fourth...

With Wang Sheng's footsteps, Wang Sheng's finger had swiped across at least thirty scrolls and was still moving forward.

Nothing happened on the shelves where the scrolls were stored. The scrolls lay quietly, and Wang Sheng's finger would move slightly after touching them, but that was all. What attacking array, what scroll was sealed by the array, where was there such a thing?

Uncle Li's eyes had already widened like copper bells. It was possible that one scroll had missed the array, but dozens of scrolls next to each other were forgotten? How was this possible? Uncle Li was old, but he hadn't reached the point of being senile. How could he make such a mistake?

But before Uncle Li could figure out what was going on, Wang Sheng had already walked to the bookshelf he was pointing at.

"Uncle Li, is this the most powerful batch?" Wang Sheng turned around, smiling and politely asked Uncle Li.