Dragon's Origin

Wang Sheng flipped his hand, and the token he got from Grandmaster Qian appeared.

The old man reached out to take it, but Wang Sheng's hand retreated slightly, avoiding his touch. The old man was stunned, then shook his head with a wry smile and apologized to Wang Sheng: "It was I who was being presumptuous."

This time, the old man didn't reach out again, but leaned forward, carefully examining the token's appearance by the torchlight in the passage, and nodded.

"I don't know if the Pavilion Master and the Duke mentioned it, but with this token, the Duke must undergo the trial of eight secret realm elders before truly taking over the Exquisite Pavilion," the old man verified the token's authenticity and once again took the lead, walking and asking seemingly casually.

"Grandmaster Qian couldn't wait to kill me back then, would he let me take over the Exquisite Pavilion?" Wang Sheng didn't follow the old man's words, but directly retorted: "Old man, are you mistaken?"

"No mistake!" It wasn't the old man leading the way who answered Wang Sheng, but another strong man whose cultivation was clearly not low.

Having walked these few steps, they had already reached a hall. The hall was filled with torches, illuminating it brightly. Inside were more than a dozen burly figures, one of whom spoke.

Calling him a strong man was just because of his burly build. He looked quite old, with a face full of a thick beard, thankfully only half white and half black, preventing him from appearing too old.

Wang Sheng wasn't surprised at all by such a burly figure. Those grandmasters he knew who were truly involved in crafting were all built like this. Years of physical labor had given them ample exercise, and none of them were skinny.

"The Pavilion Master once said that he held no personal grudge against the Duke, and even sincerely admired the Duke." Seeing Wang Sheng come in and look around, the strong man continued to explain: "Presumably, the Duke understands the Pavilion Master's meaning."

Wang Sheng nodded. He and Grandmaster Qian had no personal grudges, only a competitive business relationship. Competition between peers is no joke. If there was anything, it was the competitive relationship between the Exquisite Pavilion and Li Zhen Workshop, and had nothing to do with personal relationships. In terms of personal relationships, Wang Sheng and Grandmaster Qian could be considered friends who could drink together.

"The Pavilion Master took everyone who harbored hatred towards the Duke away. Those were all friends who grew up with the Pavilion Master. Publicly and privately, he had to settle things with the Duke," the strong man revealed another piece of information to Wang Sheng.

Thinking about the attitude of those who attacked at that time, and the attitude of these people towards Wang Sheng now, Wang Sheng nodded again. Those people were indeed full of killing intent, truly wanting Wang Sheng dead.

"Before leaving, the Pavilion Master said." The strong man wasn't surprised at all by Wang Sheng's appearance, and neither was anyone else present: "This time, the Pavilion Master will either bring the Duke back, or the Duke will come here himself to take over the Exquisite Pavilion."

Grandmaster Qian had foreseen all of this? Wang Sheng recalled the scene of fighting with the people from the Exquisite Pavilion at that time. With such ruthlessness, would Grandmaster Qian be so kind? He could be sure that he would give himself a chance to speak, allowing him to reveal the location of the Exquisite Pavilion's secret realm? Or did he guess that Wang Sheng could open the Eight-Phased Exquisite Seal Box?

"The trial of the secret realm elders, is it just everyone fighting a match?" Wang Sheng asked the strong man opposite him calmly.

"Yes!" The strong man answered without hesitation: "Otherwise, the Duke won't be able to get the key to the Exquisite Pavilion's inherited secret vault."

"I guess, the eight elders are definitely all legendary experts, right?" Wang Sheng asked with a smile.

"Yes!" The strong man nodded again.

"To accept the trial, is it all eight of them at once, me against eight?" Wang Sheng finally understood Grandmaster Qian's idea, and asked with a smile.

"That's right!" The strong man answered without a trace of hesitation.

Grandmaster Qian had a good plan. If their fifty-odd people were defeated one by one by Wang Sheng, or eliminated by other means, then if Wang Sheng wanted to take over the Exquisite Pavilion, he had to accept the siege of eight legendary experts here fairly and squarely.

At Thousand Despair Ground, Wang Sheng could use other methods or even rely on the environment to break through the encirclement of the Exquisite Pavilion's experts, but here, Wang Sheng couldn't rely on any environmental advantages. Especially since this was the home ground of the Exquisite Pavilion's eight experts, they could instead rely on the terrain to besiege Wang Sheng.

An unavoidable one-on-eight battle, and with legendary experts who had cultivated diligently all their lives with a solid foundation. Wang Sheng had only cultivated for a few years. Without relying on the terrain, without letting him use ranged weapons, it could be said that Wang Sheng would be crippled even if he didn't die.

This was the last trap that Grandmaster Qian had arranged for Wang Sheng. Unfortunately, he didn't even have the chance to tell Wang Sheng where the Exquisite Pavilion's secret realm was before being shot to death by Wang Sheng.

What Grandmaster Qian probably didn't expect was that his arrangement still had a chance to be realized. At least Wang Sheng had found this place with the help of the map.

"Grandmaster Qian could be sure that I would come?" Wang Sheng asked in confusion.

"That's what the Pavilion Master said." The strong man answered very seriously: "He said that the Duke is probably incurring the wrath of the public this time, and there are few places to go in the world. The Duke isn't the kind of person who is willing to live in anonymity for the rest of his life, so the Duke will definitely look for a place where he can make a comeback in the future, and my Exquisite Pavilion's secret realm is one of the best choices."

"Grandmaster Qian is really scheming!" Wang Sheng laughed bitterly. Grandmaster Qian really understood himself, knowing that he would definitely find the Exquisite Pavilion's secret realm. The only thing he didn't count on was probably his own death, right?

Whether from the starting point of secret cultivation or forging more powerful weapons, it seems that the Exquisite Pavilion's secret realm is really one of the best choices. So he determined that Wang Sheng would definitely come, and then his final arrangement could put Wang Sheng to death.

"When the elders test me, can I use the heavy sniper crossbow?" Wang Sheng asked the strong man.

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"No!" The strong man shook his head directly: "The elders don't use weapons, and the Duke can't use weapons either."

Sure enough, Wang Sheng sneered inwardly. The elders' hand skills are probably very good, and their killing power is amazing without weapons. They really want to completely limit the external forces that Wang Sheng can rely on.

"Can I ask someone else for help?" Wang Sheng continued to ask.

"No!" The strong man shook his head again. This eliminated the possibility of Wang Sheng asking Old Daoist Ling Xu for help.

"What if I don't pass the elders' trial?" Wang Sheng asked with a smile.

"Then the Duke won't be able to get the key, and won't be able to accept the Exquisite Pavilion's inheritance," the strong man answered very seriously.

"The key you're talking about, is it this one?" Wang Sheng took out the strange key he found in the storage ring and asked the strong man.