Dragon's Origin

Chapter 626: You're Not Cultivating Anymore? (Part 2)

The old Daoist had personally witnessed the explosions of those super demon beasts in the core area of the Thousand Absolute Ground. Hearing Wang Sheng ask about it, he nodded directly.

It wasn't that Wang Sheng didn't believe in the old Daoist's combat power. If there really was a fight, the old Daoist could deal with those super demon beasts that hadn't awakened their intelligence in, at most, ten minutes.

But the old Daoist might not be able to compete with those super demon beasts in terms of the length of spiritual Qi. Demon beasts were naturally blessed in this regard. The spiritual Qi in the body of a demon beast of the same level was definitely much stronger than the spiritual Qi in the body of a human expert of the same level. However, demon beasts could only use it by instinct, while humans had more flexible ways to use it. That was the difference.

"Can it be even more powerful?" Wang Sheng asked again, "Can it melt the underground ice in the inner circle of the Thousand Absolute Ground?"

"Do you think I'm an immortal?" The old Daoist curled his lip at Wang Sheng. "Melting the underground ice might create a circle, at most a hundred zhang in radius, but under that kind of cold, I'm afraid it won't be long before it's all solid ice again."

Didn't the ice mountain melted by the super demon beast immediately turn into smooth, mirror-like ice? How long could that melted state be maintained in that kind of environment? Unless that kind of extreme weather disappeared.

"Old Daoist, can you move mountains and overturn seas?" Wang Sheng asked cautiously again.

"I'll say it again, I'm not an immortal!" This time, the old Daoist simply didn't want to pay attention to Wang Sheng and gave him a big eye roll.

"Then, if you use your full power, how big of a pit can you smash out?" This time, Wang Sheng asked very seriously and was also very much looking forward to Lingxu Old Daoist's answer.

"How big of a pit?" Even though the old Daoist didn't put his mind on some mundane things, he was extremely sensitive when it came to cultivation. As soon as he heard Wang Sheng's question, the first reaction in his mind wasn't anything else, but the huge ice and snow basin in the core of the Thousand Absolute Ground.

As soon as he thought of that huge basin with a diameter of nearly a hundred li, the old Daoist's mind shook violently. His eyes were filled with horror as he looked at Wang Sheng: "How is that possible?"

Seeing the old Daoist's expression, Wang Sheng knew what he was thinking. In fact, after seeing the ice and snow basin in the core of the Thousand Absolute Ground, he had thought about this. Wang Sheng came from Earth, how could he think that a sunken ice and snow basin in the middle of a surrounding tropical rainforest was normal? There was no difference in altitude, so how did such a drastic temperature difference come about? Did that basin appear out of thin air?

If you had to explain it from a geological point of view, I'm afraid the only possibility was a meteorite impact. Otherwise, could such a change in geological structure really be achieved by human power?

That's why Wang Sheng suddenly had a whimsical idea and asked the old Daoist about the possibility of it being formed by human power. Now, among the experts Wang Sheng knew, Lingxu Old Daoist was obviously the most powerful.

"Old Daoist, the Old Lord Temple also has records about the Lin family's affairs back then." Wang Sheng smiled bitterly at the old Daoist, "I've read the classics you personally transcribed. There's never been a place that records the Lin family living in a basin. Even if that cold climate might be due to a formation, could the mountains and rivers within a hundred li also be changed by a formation?"

Lingxu Old Daoist himself personally transcribed the Old Lord Temple's classics, so of course he knew that what Wang Sheng said was true. Although the Lin family's territory wasn't emphasized in the classics, it was definitely not said to be in a basin.

The old Daoist closed his eyes, imagining the scene of himself striking the ground from the air with a palm. After a long time, he shook his head and said, "Impossible!"

"What if it was the owner of the hairpin?" Wang Sheng looked at the old Daoist, filled with hope, and asked.

"The owner of the hairpin probably couldn't do it either." After carefully pondering again, the old Daoist slowly shook his head and said, "Even if her cultivation is a hundred times stronger than mine, it's impossible."

Was it possible for someone whose cultivation was a hundred times stronger than the old Daoist's? Wang Sheng thought about the hairpin owner's cultivation, but no matter how he guessed, he couldn't know the difference between the old Daoist and her.

"Impossible!" The old Daoist shook his head again and repeated these three words again, with unwavering firmness.

A basin with a radius of a hundred li, plus ice that was more than a hundred zhang deep, which was several hundred meters in depth, how terrifying would it be if it was created by human power? Absolutely impossible!

Wang Sheng looked at the old Daoist's firm shaking of his head and let out a long breath. I'm afraid even an atomic bomb on Earth might not be able to cause such a terrifying effect. If it was really done by human power, wouldn't that be too scary?

The opponent Wang Sheng had to face was likely the powerful opponent who sealed the girl in his dream or the hairpin owner. If it was really this kind of inhuman expert, Wang Sheng didn't even need to consider how to resist. I'm afraid surrendering directly would be the best choice!

"It seems I've misunderstood." Wang Sheng said with a wry smile, "I thought there really was someone who could be so powerful."

"You're afraid, aren't you?" How perceptive was the old Daoist? He instantly guessed what Wang Sheng was thinking and asked with a smile.

"Yes!" Wang Sheng didn't hide it from the old Daoist and told him his worries, "If it weren't for the fact that the Emperor and Mei'er received too many gold coins and felt scared, I wouldn't have thought about facing this problem. Over there, I scolded them for being hicks who had never seen the world, but now that I think about it, I'm actually the same."

"Have you ever wavered?" Lingxu Old Daoist didn't care how Wang Sheng scolded the Emperor. Even he would have been startled by so many gold coins, let alone others. What he was interested in was whether Wang Sheng had also wavered because he had associated it with some terrifying power.

"No!" Wang Sheng suddenly laughed, his eyes indescribably firm, "From the moment I made up my mind to find her, I have never wavered. I haven't before, I haven't now, and I won't in the future."

The more he spoke, the more firm Wang Sheng's eyes became. In the end, they had become unwavering. Wang Sheng would definitely find the girl in his dream and ask her why she made him kill her.

"Then what are your plans now?" The old Daoist asked with interest, "I'm really curious, where did you come from? Who could teach someone like you?"

"What other plans could there be? Of course, I'll continue to work!" Wang Sheng pointed to the concentric spheres on the table that were still half-finished and said, "What, are you planning to give up halfway through?"

"Boy, are you really not planning to cultivate anymore?" Lingxu Old Daoist asked Wang Sheng with a smile, "Don't tell me you really believe the Emperor and that Steward Zhou just believed your words."

"Whether they believe it or not, what does it have to do with me?" Wang Sheng laughed, "Since I know there are benefits, why wouldn't I do it? Do you think I look like such a fool?"

From beginning to end, Wang Sheng didn't answer Lingxu Old Daoist's question about where Wang Sheng actually came from. Wang Sheng really couldn't answer this question. Even if he told Lingxu Old Daoist that he came from Earth, could he understand?

"However, old Daoist, cultivation always talks about laying the foundation, laying the foundation. At what stage is the foundation actually laid?" Wang Sheng asked curiously.

"Everything below the peak of the Legendary realm is laying the foundation." The old Daoist replied with shocking words.