Dragon's Origin

After such a flurry of activity in the capital, order was finally restored quickly.

The concert was successfully postponed for ten days. Those who had already arrived waited patiently, while those who hadn't were on their way. Everything seemed calm.

But beneath the calm surface, a great storm was brewing. The relationship between the Shi family and the Dai family had reached a freezing point, and no one knew when they would truly clash.

The Tang State seemed to focus all its energy on the concert, sending experts and ignoring the attacks on the Shan Yue State. However, everyone knew that as soon as the concert ended, they would launch a full-scale invasion of the Shan Yue State.

Wang Sheng hadn't gone out these past few days, staying with the old Taoist. The old Taoist would write some calligraphy, then practice his boxing. Wang Sheng accompanied him in both, and when he had free time, he would continue working on the smooth jade ball with his carving knife.

On the third day after the Emperor reached an agreement with all parties, the three Grand Eunuchs returned to the capital. Of course, it was publicly announced that they had emerged from seclusion. Led by Chief Eunuch Li, they went directly to the residence of the Duke of Chang Sheng.

"It is said that the Duke of Chang Sheng's health-nourishing porridge is excellent, so we have come to sample it." The three old eunuchs didn't look to be in good health, but they didn't reveal any flaws to outsiders. The three old eunuchs had always appeared frail, as if they could collapse at any moment. No one knew how tough their bodies actually were.

These days, Wang Sheng had found a group of Taoists from the Old Monarch Temple who were interested in Tai Chi and had them trained in porridge-making techniques. Even the Pure Spirit Old Taoist came to help with the medicine. This was no secret in the Duke of Chang Sheng's residence, and the Emperor knew it, which was not surprising.

However, Wang Sheng also knew that this was just an excuse to cover up the fact that the three Grand Eunuchs were not in the capital. Their appearance was meant to show everyone that they had emerged from seclusion and immediately came to Wang Sheng's place for porridge, implying that they had nothing to do with the events happening outside.

Everyone tacitly understood that the three Grand Eunuchs had gone out to handle matters. One had provoked the conflict between the Dai family and the Shi family, while the other two had pinned the attacks on the Tang family's cities on the Shan Yue State. One of these things was extremely beneficial to Wang Sheng, although it also benefited the royal family. Wang Sheng had to accept the favor.

Wang Sheng personally cooked a pot of Tai Chi health-nourishing porridge for the three Grand Eunuchs. After two bowls, even the three Grand Eunuchs, who had reached the tenth level of cultivation, couldn't help but admire it.

This pot of porridge truly deserved the name "health-nourishing." The three Grand Eunuchs could not possibly refute what even Ling Xu Old Taoist had to admit.

After tacitly finishing the porridge, the three of them all looked satisfied and slowly left, putting on airs. While letting people see them, they also took the opportunity to boast about the power of the Old Monarch Temple's health-nourishing porridge on behalf of Wang Sheng.

Porridge personally made by the Duke of Chang Sheng, brewed with the secret techniques of the Old Monarch Temple! Just hearing it made people unable to calm down! After all, almost ninety-nine percent of the stir-fried dishes everyone had been eating these years came from the Duke of Chang Sheng's residence. While it might be an exaggeration to call the Duke of Chang Sheng the founder of the culinary arts, he was definitely a grandmaster of improvement.

If Wang Sheng personally cooked, probably very few people in the world could enjoy it. But with the Old Monarch Temple's porridge, everyone would probably have the chance in the future.

While waiting for the concert, a few other things happened. One was a message from Old Tie from the Heavenly Craftsmen Workshop. It seemed that the Qiu family didn't plan to buy the heavy sniper crossbow and had given Linglong Pavilion a clear message.

Thinking about it, it was normal. Buying a heavy sniper crossbow for over a hundred million gold coins was too expensive. Only someone like Wang Sheng could really make good use of it. Whether it was strength or range, probably only Wang Sheng could truly unleash its full power.

In addition, the Qiu family planned to use the heavy sniper crossbow to deal with flying mounts, but since the Tang family was also participating in the war, there was no need to put in so much effort. They could just hold their current position and wait for the Tang family's thunderous strike. Why waste so much?

Consider the Qiu family lucky. Wang Sheng didn't think this was a big deal when he heard the news. It was just an ordinary small matter, not worth mentioning.

Another thing was that the Tang family came to Wang Sheng to buy a method to enter the Shan Yue territory. Wang Sheng understood that although the Tang family was being subtle, they were probably about to take action.

The Tang family was large and powerful, and Wang Sheng wasn't afraid to fleece them. He had Mei'er communicate briefly and sold the method at the same price as the Xia family.

The three families probably didn't know that the method they bought for tens of millions of gold coins was just to take a thorough bath after entering the Shan Yue territory and passing through a certain section of forest. It was that simple.

Of course, it was also Wang Sheng's fault. He had trained everyone well enough in the Thousand Despair Land, and their jungle survival skills were also thoroughly trained. In unfamiliar environments, never casually drink water or bathe in unfamiliar places. So everyone did the same in the Shan Yue territory, but they didn't know that this was exactly what the barbarians of the Shan Yue territory were using.

Wang Sheng had already had Mei'er say the ugly words beforehand, guaranteeing that it would be useful, but definitely a rip-off. But the three families wanted to buy it, so could Wang Sheng not sell it? For the three families, buying it with gold coins was more cost-effective than learning it with the lives of their own disciples!

The personnel from all sides had gathered in the capital, and all sides had come to collect their tickets. The Xia, Tang, and Qiu countries also brought a lot of gold coins, all of which were sent to Wang Sheng's residence.

As Wang Sheng expected, when they heard that the secret he told them was so simple, the expressions on the faces of the three families were truly wonderful.

However, they couldn't bring themselves to hate Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng had said long ago that the method was very simple and that they could figure it out if they tried a few more times. But who would be willing to use the lives of their own disciples to do such a boring test? Moreover, Wang Sheng not only told them the method, but also told them the principle, why it was useful, and guaranteed that after they used this method, they would no longer be inexplicably besieged.

Gold coins had already been given, and the method had been obtained. Was there anything to regret? Besides lamenting that Wang Sheng had made a good deal, the three families had nothing to say. After all, the three countries were the ones who directly felt the threat of the Shan Yue territory. Other principalities didn't have such worries. Didn't you see that they didn't want to buy this method at all?

Before the Royal Grand Theater concert began, Wang Sheng also received a specific reply. After a collective discussion by the high-level officials of the Divine Might Prison, they decided to accept Wang Sheng's commission to carry out indiscriminate assassinations of the Xia State's high-level officials, from the national leader down to their families. The previously agreed-upon conditions were fully agreed to. The only change was the price.

"Two hundred and fifty million gold coins?" Wang Sheng didn't even try to bargain when faced with the old killer's asking price. "No problem. According to what we agreed upon before, I'll give you an extra twenty percent for the pension. Three hundred million gold coins. When will you come to get it?"