Dragon's Origin

Lin Xiu spoke with ease, but Wang Sheng didn't feel at ease at all.

Twenty-four experts, according to Lin Xiu, had advanced at least four times from the ninth level, making them at least at the thirteenth level. Their unscathed emergence would be bad news for Wang Sheng, the current Lin Xiu, and even the Eight Great Families.

How powerful was Daoist Ling Xu? If Lin Xiu and the others hadn't emerged, he would definitely be the number one expert in the world, a thirteenth-level master, virtually unprecedented. However, these old fellows who came out were all at the thirteenth level.

Even those whose cultivation direction was wrong had, according to Lin Xiu, still improved their realm, just not in a balanced way. Although Lin Xiu contemptuously said that those few had obvious strengths and weaknesses, making them easy to deal with, they were still thirteenth-level experts. Even Daoist Ling Xu would probably suffer greatly if he encountered them.

If Lin Xiu had recovered, it naturally wouldn't be a problem, but Lin Xiu's depletion would take a year and a half to recover. During this period, those twenty-four experts would be invincible.

To Wang Sheng and Lin Xiu, those twenty-four experts were a problem, but to the Eight Great Families, those twenty-four experts were also a huge, uncontrollable problem. If they knew that just releasing any one expert from the seal would allow the experts to control the situation, who knows what they would think, whether they would still unlock those uncertain seals for the secret of the Thousand Despair Land.

Lin Xiu told Wang Sheng about what she felt from the outside world in her later years. In fact, in the first ten years of the sealing, people from various families would occasionally appear in the core of the Thousand Despair Land. But after ten years, basically no one could enter the glacier basin.

During this period, Lin Xiu quietly cultivated and comprehended for at least several hundred years, until Wang Sheng brought people into the glacier basin. Later, those people bumped around in the ice layer like headless flies, Wang Sheng led them to find the scrolls in the Jade Grotto, all of which were within Lin Xiu's perception.

"Does Lin Ling know about this?" Wang Sheng couldn't help but ask Lin Xiu.

"She probably doesn't know," Lin Xiu shook her head. "I said, she was a bit mindless for a while in the later period. When you first brought people in, she should have responded to you, and then it was me."

Wang Sheng remembered hearing "You've come!" when he first stepped into the core of the glacier basin. That should have been Lin Ling, not Lin Xiu.

After resting for a while, Wang Sheng carried A'Qi on his back again, supporting Lin Xiu as they set out on their journey. They couldn't stay in one place for too long, otherwise it would be easy for people to track them.

"If a powerful force surrounds us at this time, what would you do?" Not far after they started moving, Lin Xiu spoke up as if chatting.

"See what they want," Wang Sheng replied naturally.

"What if they want us dead?" Lin Xiu asked.

"Then I'll try to take as many of them with me as possible," Wang Sheng said his plan calmly, without hiding anything from Lin Xiu.

Wang Sheng was seriously injured now, his combat power was less than a third of his usual strength. If he encountered a group of experts again, not many, just ten peak ninth-level experts, Wang Sheng would probably not be a match. Lin Xiu, in her current state, had difficulty even walking on her own. At most, she could rely on her combat instincts to kill a few guys who had killing intent towards her. If those guys didn't have killing intent and only wanted to capture her alive, Lin Xiu probably wouldn't be able to hold on for long.

Although Lin Xiu hadn't told Wang Sheng about her combat instincts, Wang Sheng had experienced them several times before. Each time, those guys attacked Lin Xiu first, and Lin Xiu would counterattack. If it wasn't aimed at Lin Xiu, Lin Xiu would definitely not move.

Wang Sheng could discover this, so if it happened a few more times, would many experts with rich combat experience be afraid of not discovering it? At that time, Lin Xiu would probably have to surrender. Therefore, Wang Sheng could only drag Lin Xiu and the enemy to die together. He absolutely didn't want Lin Xiu to fall into those people's hands and be humiliated.

"What if they just want to control me and don't plan to kill us?" Lin Xiu asked again.

"Depends on the situation," Wang Sheng had collaborated with Lin Xiu in a dream, and he spoke quite directly. "Try to live as long as possible and wait for a chance to recover and fight back." After a pause, Wang Sheng added, "When necessary, you might as well cooperate with them a little to avoid suffering. As long as you're alive, there's a chance."

The training Wang Sheng had received was all about completing the mission, not about being unyielding as the first choice. Some missions couldn't be carried out silently when infiltrating, and sometimes Wang Sheng even had to pretend to be captured. It wasn't like it hadn't happened before. Therefore, Wang Sheng's idea was that as long as he was alive, there was a chance.

Before, Wang Sheng didn't want Lin Ling and Lin Xiu to fall into anyone's hands because they hadn't met or communicated, and Wang Sheng couldn't make that seemingly humiliating decision for them. Because with Lin Ling and Lin Xiu's pride, they would never be willing to do so. But now that they had met, Wang Sheng could communicate his meaning to Lin Xiu, and even if Lin Xiu was unwilling, she could clearly express her attitude. If she really didn't want to, Wang Sheng could only maintain the first option, dragging as many enemies as possible to die together.

Wang Sheng wasn't a superman, and he had a clear understanding of himself. Facing many legendary experts, he didn't have many cards left. Everything depended on Lin Xiu's own choice.

"Then live on," Lin Xiu nodded without hesitation. "I will try my best to help you seize the opportunity to leave, and when you recover, come back to find me."

"Okay!" Wang Sheng nodded and didn't say much. He didn't ask Lin Xiu why she brought up this topic, but since it was settled, Wang Sheng was relieved of some worries, not afraid that the proud Lin Xiu would commit suicide.

"Where are we going after we leave the Thousand Despair Land?" After walking for a while, Lin Xiu asked curiously again.

"To a relatively safe place, to temporarily avoid the Eight Great Families' limelight." Lin Xiu asked, and Wang Sheng immediately replied, "We'll need some minor disguises then. Trust me, it will be very interesting on the road."

Lin Xiu smiled and didn't speak, but her eyes revealed a look of anticipation.

"You have no chance!" A familiar voice said coldly. The next moment, the speaker appeared fifty meters away in front of them.

"Uncle Li?" Wang Sheng's eyes suddenly sharpened.

Uncle Li's cultivation was at least at the eleventh level, so it was normal for Wang Sheng not to be able to detect Uncle Li from a distance. Now that Uncle Li appeared here, he obviously didn't come to reminisce. Just looking at Uncle Li's cruel sneer, he knew that he would never let Wang Sheng and Lin Xiu go easily.

"Carefree City?" Wang Sheng was very surprised. There was no one else around, only Uncle Li. Wang Sheng didn't know whether Uncle Li was acting alone for revenge or whether it was an action by Carefree City.