Dragon's Origin

Chapter 626: You're Not Cultivating Anymore (Part 1)

Not just the Emperor, even Steward Zhou was blushing.

In recent years, the royal family has indeed not been very wealthy. Don't be fooled by the frequent awards of large gardens to Wang Sheng, or the gifting of women and servants. Those were all at the expense of others, obtained after confiscating property and exterminating families.

When they first met Wang Sheng, the two of them talked about how the Emperor could be enraged over a few million gold coins. A few million gold coins was just the price of the Qiansheng Yuan Emperor's Sword. Would the Emperor still care about that now?

All of this was brought about by Wang Sheng and Mei'er. Qiansheng Yuan, Runzi Workshop, Dream Workshop, and Yanyun's professionalism were too strong, resulting in only tens of millions of gold coins in business each year, which the Emperor didn't care about at all. Now, there's another Lizhen Workshop making 10 billion gold coins in six days.

From wiping out entire families over a few million to dealing with billions, this change was a bit too fast, happening in just a few short years. The poor suddenly becoming rich often leads to unstable mindsets. Even a dignified Emperor is not much different from an ordinary nouveau riche.

"This is actually no different from cultivation," Wang Sheng didn't want to embarrass the Emperor too much, only mentioning it briefly before quickly continuing: "How much spiritual energy you have determines what kind of moves you can use; how many gold coins you have determines how big of a scene you can play. The principle is the same. Your Majesty can try treating this as cultivation, and your mindset will probably be different."

The Emperor hadn't fully realized it yet, but Steward Zhou, who was responsible for recording, had a gleam in his eye. Wang Sheng keenly noticed that Steward Zhou had definitely made the connection to cultivation instantly. No wonder he was a tenth-level master; even after spending many years in the Legendary realm, he was still a well-deserved royal servant!

Before long, the Emperor seemed to finally react. Wasn't this just like cultivation? Although it was an unprecedented experience, it was also an unprecedented challenge. The Emperor never lacked fighting spirit.

Since the Emperor was no longer fixated on the issue of gold coins, the topic shifted from the recent spending matters to Wang Sheng himself. The Emperor asked Wang Sheng what he had been busy with lately.

"I haven't been in the inner residence recently, don't you know?" Wang Sheng turned to look at Steward Zhou and said, "I've been carving concentric spheres for Mei'er and Qiangwei!"

It was no secret that Wang Sheng had been staying in the training room here day and night with Old Daoist Lingxu, but no one dared to easily inquire about what they were specifically doing. If it were just Wang Sheng alone, everyone would try to find ways to see what he was up to, but the problem was, wasn't there also Ancestor Lingxu?

A super expert who easily took the heads of the King and Grand Elder of Dai in the Dai King's palace, and killed thousands of experts, was not someone anyone dared to investigate casually?

Not to mention that Steward Zhou had already instructed the people here, even if Steward Zhou hadn't said anything, those informants would know what they should and shouldn't do.

Moreover, since Wang Sheng came to this training room, the women of the Grand View Garden had taken turns serving him, and outsiders couldn't get involved at all, let alone know what Wang Sheng was doing.

In fact, Mei'er and Qiangwei had both told the Empress about Wang Sheng helping them carve concentric spheres behind closed doors. However, from the Emperor's perspective, it was understandable for the dignified Lord Changsheng, who had previously said he was going to break through to the Grandmaster realm, to spend a few months carving a concentric sphere. But to spend such effort for two women was simply absurd.

Not only did the Emperor not believe it, but even Steward Zhou didn't believe it, none of the three great servants believed it. They had all seen the exquisite craftsmanship of the concentric spheres, especially Steward Zhou. Yesterday, he had personally seen that Wang Sheng's posture was to carve concentric spheres with sixty or seventy layers.

If Wang Sheng was using this to hone his patience, making one concentric sphere would have been enough. Such delicate objects couldn't have the slightest mistake. Were two whole months not enough to polish it? But to carve even more exquisite concentric spheres, and only for two women, even if they were princesses, was impossible.

It was simple. According to the level of precision required to carve concentric spheres, the time and energy consumed would probably mean that Wang Sheng wouldn't have time to cultivate at all when carving the first concentric sphere. If he were to painstakingly carve concentric spheres with sixty or seventy layers, the time and energy consumed would be even greater. Wouldn't Wang Sheng stop cultivating?

Would an eighth-level master, who clearly realized that he would face future crises, give up several months of cultivation just to carve two exquisite concentric spheres for his two women? Was that possible?

The scene that Steward Zhou saw yesterday was probably deliberately shown to him by Wang Sheng. Even if Wang Sheng doted on Princess Ning, he wouldn't joke about his cultivation, right? Moreover, the other woman named Qiangwei was clearly just a plaything for Lord Changsheng to vent his fire in front of Princess Ning.

But since Wang Sheng insisted that he was carving concentric spheres, could the Emperor or the three great servants really argue with Wang Sheng about such a trivial matter? If you say you're carving concentric spheres, then you're carving concentric spheres. Anyway, now that Princess Ning was here, Wang Sheng wouldn't have any rebellious thoughts towards the Emperor. The Emperor wouldn't care how Wang Sheng played around.

In this short while, the Emperor had already come up with countless ideas for spending money, which were ten thousand times more appropriate and attractive than those that Wang Sheng, Li, and Steward Zhou had mentioned yesterday.

Wang Sheng had long seen that the Emperor's mind was no longer on him. Wang Sheng himself also wanted to go back and continue carving concentric spheres, and didn't blame the Emperor for neglecting the person who gave the idea once he had a solution. He proactively greeted the Emperor and went back to his residence to carve with Old Daoist.

The Emperor didn't try to keep him. Anyway, in his and Steward Zhou's eyes, Wang Sheng was definitely going back to ask Ancestor Lingxu for guidance on cultivation. If they had such a great expert by their side, who was also their senior brother, wouldn't everyone be full of cultivation questions to ask? Would they waste time carving concentric spheres?

Returning to the training room, Wang Sheng didn't immediately start working, but instead asked Old Daoist Lingxu a question with great interest. This was actually what Wang Sheng had thought of when talking to the Emperor, and he wanted to hear Old Daoist's insights.

"Old Daoist, I told the Emperor that spending money is like cultivation. How much spiritual energy you have determines what kind of moves you can use; how many gold coins you have determines how big of a scene you can play," Wang Sheng looked at Old Daoist and asked, "Then, with your current spiritual energy cultivation level so high, what kind of shocking moves can you play? How big of a scene can you play?"

"Your statement is quite unique," Old Daoist said with a smile, hearing this: "It sounds like earning and spending gold coins is really like cultivation. No wonder Mei'er cultivates so quickly, it's not without reason."

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"That's for sure!" Wang Sheng didn't forget to be proud of himself, and after laughing, he asked Old Daoist: "Old Daoist, can you do what those super demon beasts do, instantly melt icebergs?"