Dragon's Origin

Chapter 744: The Royal Family Isn't the Enemy (Part 2)

Exchanging the secrets of the Perpetual Killing Zone for Wang Sheng to leave with two women, did that really require half an incense stick's worth of time to decide?

Eunuch Shen made his choice almost instantly, he wanted the secrets of the Perpetual Killing Zone. However, before speaking, Eunuch Shen keenly noticed a suspicious point. Were the secrets of the Perpetual Killing Zone really that easily given up? What was Wang Sheng trying to protect?

The Eight Great Families had already issued a kill-on-sight order for Wang Sheng, ordering the immediate execution of him and anyone with him, showing absolutely no mercy. What could have caused such ruthlessness from the Eight Great Families? Could it be because Wang Sheng possessed the secrets of the Perpetual Killing Zone?

Having revealed his identity, Eunuch Shen didn't mind moving forward a bit to speak with Wang Sheng face to face. Of course, the main reason was to confirm the identities of the two women with Wang Sheng.

He had seen the information and portraits of the long-legged little assassin, A’Qi, from Worry-Free City many times, and she matched. But who was the woman Wang Sheng was carrying on his back? A member of one of the Eight Great Families? He was certain it wasn't Song Yan, who was rumored to have an ambiguous relationship with Wang Sheng.

"If Duke Wang is willing to tell me the secrets of the Perpetual Killing Zone, along with the identity of the woman on your back," Eunuch Shen decisively made his decision, adding a small bargaining chip: "I can take it upon myself to let you and your group leave."

Now, it was Wang Sheng's turn to hesitate. As expected of an elite who had fought his way through the treacherous grounds of the Imperial Palace, he saw through Wang Sheng's intention to conceal Lin Ling's identity at a glance.

Now Wang Sheng needed to make a decision: whether to trust Eunuch Shen's character or not. A two-way choice: either fight, or leave.

However, Wang Sheng didn't hesitate for long and quickly made his choice.

"Alright, but I can only tell you alone, and only before we leave," Wang Sheng weighed his options and ultimately chose to trust Eunuch Shen. Fundamentally, the royal family had no reason to fight to the death with Wang Sheng. As for Lin Ling, Wang Sheng had another guarantee.

"This old servant will personally escort Duke Wang away," Eunuch Shen breathed a sigh of relief, he had bet correctly, and would at least learn a little more.

Since an agreement had been reached, Eunuch Shen acted thoroughly. With a whistle, all the experts from the Divine Might Prison turned and left, quickly clearing the area.

"Duke Wang, in fact, we are not the only ones looking for Duke Wang's whereabouts," Eunuch Shen didn't forget to give Wang Sheng another favor at this time: "The Eight Great Families, and even other smaller families, have already joined forces. I'm afraid it won't be easy for Duke Wang to leave the Perpetual Killing Zone safely."

"Thank you," Wang Sheng signaled A’Qi to lead the way as he carried Lin Ling forward.

Eunuch Shen accompanied them by the side, not asking or saying anything along the way, silently following them for several miles, carefully observing the condition of Wang Sheng, A’Qi, and Lin Ling.

"Alright, that's about enough." After delaying for so long, Wang Sheng had enough time to arrange some tricks. He stopped and turned to Eunuch Shen.

"Inside the Perpetual Killing Zone, there are currently twenty-four experts from an unknown family who have been frozen for five hundred years," Wang Sheng used the simplest words to explain the secret of the Perpetual Killing Zone: "And there is also something guarded by these twenty-four experts that makes the spiritual energy of the Perpetual Killing Zone so rich, and it was used by the number one expert of the Lin family for cultivation back then."

Eunuch Shen's eyes widened in disbelief. Such an unbelievable thing actually happened in the core of the Perpetual Killing Zone?

"The families may have only just released the news, and the heads and elders of each family may be converging towards the core of the Perpetual Killing Zone," Wang Sheng didn't mind giving the Eight Great Families more trouble, and proactively reminded Eunuch Shen: "They haven't had time to break the seals, and they can't be sure which family those ancestors belong to. If you don't hurry, I'm afraid those people will be controlled. You also know that they will definitely be very weak after just being unsealed."

Eunuch Shen certainly knew how important this matter was, and nodded heavily. This secret alone was enough for Eunuch Shen to let Wang Sheng go.

"Then this one is…" Eunuch Shen looked at Lin Ling on Wang Sheng's back, asking with some hesitation.

"Lin Ling," Wang Sheng didn't hide it and directly said Lin Ling's name.

"Surname Lin?" Eunuch Shen's pupils constricted instantly. If he wouldn't have thought much of the name before, Wang Sheng had just said that they would be very weak after being unsealed, and adding the surname Lin was enough to remind Eunuch Shen of many things.

"That's right!" Wang Sheng wasn't afraid of Eunuch Shen turning hostile at this moment. He simply didn't want a pointless battle to consume the little bit of life force that Lin Ling had managed to accumulate. As Wang Sheng said, if they really fought, Eunuch Shen and the fifteen experts from the Divine Might Prison wouldn't be able to stop them.

"Duke Wang, what would happen if I went back on my word now?" Eunuch Shen pondered for a while, then looked up and asked Wang Sheng.

"You will die, and those from the Divine Might Prison will also die," Wang Sheng said solemnly to Eunuch Shen: "The royal family will not know a single thing about the secrets of the Perpetual Killing Zone. We may be injured, but in the end, we will leave alive."

"Is Duke Wang a little too confident?" Eunuch Shen smiled wryly: "Does Duke Wang really believe that I won't attack after knowing this news?"

"This has nothing to do with trust," Wang Sheng shook his head, then looked around.

Eunuch Shen's gaze followed Wang Sheng's, and then he saw some very peculiar small animals in the bushes. Some looked like snow rats, but their fur wasn't pure white, but rather mottled. There was also a fox and a wolf, both with patchy fur.

In an instant, Eunuch Shen's mind flashed back to the terrifying demonic beasts he had seen in the core of the Perpetual Killing Zone when it was still a glacial basin. After the glacial lake melted, where did those demonic beasts go?

Almost instantly, Eunuch Shen could confirm that these small animals were definitely the ones from the glacial basin back then. It was just that they were active outside, so their fur color had changed accordingly.

Those fierce demonic beasts, combined with Wang Sheng's words, Eunuch Shen weighed his options for a long time and ultimately didn't dare to attack. A dozen people probably wouldn't be able to stop Wang Sheng and that woman surnamed Lin.

"Duke Wang is joking," After understanding, Eunuch Shen immediately laughed: "I was just kidding. The royal family has never been Duke Wang's enemy."

"I would also prefer to believe that," Wang Sheng nodded in agreement, not forgetting to remind Eunuch Shen again: "Some things, I'm afraid you have to hurry, Eunuch Shen. Otherwise, if those places are controlled by the Eight Great Families, the royal family will never have a chance to rise."

PS: Feeling unwell, only one update today.