Dragon's Origin

## Chapter 768: Warmth (Part 2)

An hour's journey passed, and neither Wang Sheng nor his combat awareness miniature detected anything beyond their probing range. There were no signs of any powerful figures around the corpse, at least not within a few miles. Wang Sheng could observe with peace of mind.

Where did this guy come from? With only half a corpse remaining, Wang Sheng couldn't tell. But at this point, anyone inside the Thousand Absolutes Land lived or died by luck. If their skills were inferior, they had no one to blame.

Wang Sheng didn't feel any sorrow or anything of the sort. At this point, no one in the Thousand Absolutes Land was innocent. Whether it was their own greed or some other purpose, everything came with risks, and death was a path they chose themselves.

There was nothing on the corpse. The original equipment had probably been looted clean. Wang Sheng had no idea who the killer was, and it wasn't his concern right now. He only needed to make sure he wasn't in danger.

After resting for a while, Wang Sheng continued forward and received signals from some insects indicating something unusual nearby. Not far away, Wang Sheng went around to take a look and found another corpse.

Within five hours, Wang Sheng had discovered three corpses, all with unknown identities and unknown killers. It wasn't until eight hours later when Wang Sheng discovered the fourth corpse that he found a clue.

It was another fresh corpse, but this one was even fresher, having died no more than half an hour ago. There was nothing remarkable about the corpse itself, but there were no signs of a struggle around it, which was strange. The wounds on the body were obvious; the killer wasn't alone. This guy wasn't killed by the previous killer. The attack wasn't clean and swift; it took several people working together to kill him.

These wounds weren't the clue. The real clue was a trace of perfume on the dead man's clothes, a scent that only Wang Sheng's nose could detect. This was a perfume Wang Sheng had specially formulated for Mei'er and the beauties in his manor back in the capital, using the highest quality materials and the best techniques. One of the ingredients was a unique fragrance that only Wang Sheng and certain animals with highly sensitive senses could detect.

A unique fragrance, and it took several people working together to kill him. This must have been the work of those beauties from the inner courtyard. Some of the strongest among them must have already arrived in the Thousand Absolutes Land, working hard to eliminate anyone who wasn't Wang Sheng.

Upon realizing this, Wang Sheng suddenly felt a warmth in his heart. After all, there were still people secretly helping him, even if they wouldn't speak up under his strict orders, they were still helping him in any way they could.

This discovery made Wang Sheng realize many things. Wang Sheng suddenly remembered that the way the bones of the second corpse were broken looked familiar. He originally thought they were crushed by a heavy weapon, but now that he thought about it, the technique was so familiar; it was clearly a Tai Chi technique!

Was it Old Daoist Lingxu? Or the Qing generation experts from the Old Lord Temple? Or perhaps the Grand Master? Wang Sheng didn't know, but those who had learned Tai Chi were none other than these people.

Just as Lu Wenhou had analyzed, the Old Lord Temple couldn't openly give Wang Sheng any support, lest it cause a backlash from the other five branches of the Daoist sect and the secular forces. To avoid this, the Grand Master had personally gone to the Thousand Absolutes Land and transferred all the Old Lord Temple personnel from the underground palace back, including Old Daoist Lingxu.

But how could the Tai Chi traces on that corpse, which others couldn't see but Wang Sheng could clearly recognize, be explained? The only explanation was that the Old Lord Temple was also secretly helping without making a sound.

As for why Wang Sheng couldn't detect anyone within half an hour's distance, the answer was even simpler. The first batch of tamed flying mounts had been placed in the Old Lord Temple. The most skilled people at riding them, besides Wang Sheng, were Old Daoist Lingxu. Flying was much faster than Wang Sheng walking, right?

It wasn't that they had discovered Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng was confident that he was excellent at concealing his aura. A'Qi's face was covered with a hard mask, and in his unconscious state, he wouldn't reveal any unique aura. Wang Sheng's Seven Word Incantation could effectively conceal the traces of an extra person.

Therefore, whether it was Mei'er or the Old Lord Temple, they were just indiscriminately attacking anyone who appeared in the Thousand Absolutes Land because those people were all Wang Sheng's enemies. As long as they appeared in the Thousand Absolutes Land, they were definitely related to the assassination attempt on Wang Sheng.

Wang Sheng had only found four corpses on his path, but Wang Sheng believed that there were definitely more than four in the entire Thousand Absolutes Land. As long as they weren't at the Glacial Lake, any isolated experts still on the outskirts of the Thousand Absolutes Land would probably be secretly eliminated.

Whether it was Mei'er or the Old Lord Temple, they couldn't find Wang Sheng's current location. All they could do was eliminate everyone they could, even if it only reduced the pressure on Wang Sheng a little, it would still be a good thing.

After figuring this out, Wang Sheng finally smiled. His heart was filled with warmth, which lessened the depression caused by Lin Ling's forced abduction.

However, Wang Sheng didn't plan to reveal himself and meet with them. Any contact with Wang Sheng at this time, if discovered, wouldn't be a good thing for them. Wang Sheng had planned to face everything alone when he left the capital, so how could he show up now and implicate them?

The best choice was for Wang Sheng to leave the Thousand Absolutes Land as quickly and quietly as possible, without alarming or being discovered by anyone. His own safety was the best reward for them. Of course, after Wang Sheng left, he would appropriately spread the news somewhere so they would know that he had left the Thousand Absolutes Land and could withdraw decisively. He would do it discreetly, without alarming the Eight Great Families who were busy breaking the seal.

Having made up his mind, Wang Sheng's movements became even more secretive. With the Ice Heart Jade Dew Pill left by Lu Wenhou, Wang Sheng and A'Qi's injuries were recovering well. Wang Sheng was careful along the way, and with many experts being attracted by the negotiations at the Glacial Lake, no one discovered their whereabouts. Three days later, Wang Sheng had brought A'Qi to a place less than a hundred miles from the edge of the Thousand Absolutes Land.

Wang Sheng, who was hurrying on his way, didn't know that just half a day earlier, the second group of the Eight Great Families to enter the outer perimeter of the Thousand Absolutes Land to search for the corpses of the first group of experts, a team of more than thirty legendary experts composed mainly of the six families other than the Tang and Song families, had been ambushed while tracking Wang Sheng's traces for three hundred miles, also less than a hundred miles away from Wang Sheng.

Lu Wenhou had done a thorough job, and while taking Lin Ling away, he hadn't forgotten to set up a large number of misleading formations to mislead those who were tracking behind. Those experts, for some reason, insisted on tracking Wang Sheng's traces, and after spending a lot of time, they finally found the correct direction.

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Unfortunately, these thirty-plus legendary experts who had gone deep in pursuit hadn't noticed that someone was deliberately killing isolated experts. By the time they suddenly came under attack, they realized what was happening, but it was too late.

More than twenty experts wearing protective suits that covered their entire bodies attacked from the air. In a single exchange, seventeen of the thirty-plus legendary experts were killed instantly, and six were injured.