Dragon's Origin

Chapter 170: The Imperial Goal (Part 2)

Before entering the Thousand Absolutes Territory, Wang Sheng confirmed again with Eunuch Li and the commander whether they wanted to proceed by normally avoiding all threatening demonic beasts, meandering along the way, or to save time by going straight ahead and killing any demonic beasts they encountered.

Wang Sheng only asked this because he knew Eunuch Li's cultivation was unfathomable. Otherwise, Wang Sheng would rather be safe and spend more time detouring. For Wang Sheng, this was the safest option.

This question made the old eunuch even more satisfied, as it clearly showed consideration from the imperial family's perspective. During the previous two entries and exits from the Thousand Absolutes Territory, Wang Sheng had never been so easy to talk to, especially since Wang Sheng had initially pointed out that he was doing it for Eunuch Li's sake, which gave the old eunuch an unprecedented sense of importance.

Given Eunuch Li's status in the team and within the inner palace, he could enjoy supreme honor without doing anything. Yet, Wang Sheng was giving him so much face that Eunuch Li felt a bit guilty for saying those words to Wang Sheng when he was taking the medicine.

However, this feeling was fleeting. Having fought his way up in the most hypocritical and darkest place in the imperial palace, could anyone survive to this day without a bit of black-heartedness and ruthlessness? Even having this moment of reflection was already giving a lot of face.

Anyway, it was agreed that Wang Sheng would take the imperial family's people in for a month. If they could save time on the road, they would have more time at the Divine Eagle Prison. The old eunuch and the commander discussed it and still felt that going straight ahead was simpler. At worst, they would just deal with any fierce demonic beasts they encountered.

Wang Sheng was noncommittal about this choice. It would indeed save some time, but that was all. It didn't mean that the imperial family's people wouldn't need Wang Sheng's help in the Thousand Absolutes Territory. Aside from demonic beasts, there were plenty of insects that could take many lives, and many plants were also deadly. Anyone who thought they could reach the destination with their strength alone had died countless times over the centuries.

With the premise of saving time and killing demonic beasts along the way, Wang Sheng let loose and led the group straight to the Divine Eagle Prison area.

In the entire team, excluding the old eunuch's cultivation, from the commander to the inner palace experts, the weakest were at the sixth level and the strongest at the seventh level. This was already an extremely powerful team, one might even say extremely formidable.

Indeed, when they encountered some ordinary demonic beasts at the fifth or sixth level, which Wang Sheng would have had to avoid or try to kill in the past because they posed a threat, this team didn't even bat an eye. The old eunuch and the commander didn't even need to lift a finger; several accompanying experts would step forward and easily kill the demonic beasts on the periphery.

Wang Sheng wasn't surprised by this. The imperial family's commander was very tactful. Whenever Wang Sheng warned of encountering a demonic beast in advance, he would always share some of the spoils with Wang Sheng after the kill. Overall, the entire team got along very well along the way.

To be honest, everyone in the team had heard before the trip that Wang Sheng had an unusual intuition in the Thousand Absolutes Territory, able to know the existence of demonic beasts in advance. They didn't quite believe it before, but now that they had seen it with their own eyes several times, they had to believe it.

"Lone Wolf, how do you do it?" During the evening rest, it was time for the routine Q\u0026A. After everyone asked about some of Wang Sheng's strange actions along the way and Wang Sheng answered them one by one, the old eunuch sat down next to Wang Sheng with a slightly intimate gesture, handed Wang Sheng a small pot of fine wine, and casually asked, "Oh, it's okay if it's inconvenient to answer."

"There's nothing inconvenient about it," Wang Sheng didn't seem to intend to hide it, and casually replied. Everyone's ears perked up instantly, waiting for Wang Sheng's answer.

"Does your oldness know what I strengthened when I tempered my body with spiritual energy at the second level?" Wang Sheng didn't answer directly, but took a sip of wine and asked in return. The shadow eunuch had witnessed that process with his own eyes, so Eunuch Li must know.

"Taste," Eunuch Li knew for sure, and said without thinking, "Your family's food is delicious because of this."

"When I was at the first level, spiritual energy tempering gave me this unique perception ability," Wang Sheng said with a smile. "If it weren't for this, I would have died in the Thousand Absolutes Territory back then."

Anything could happen during the advancement process, and it was possible to strengthen any part of the body. Wang Sheng had once strengthened his sense of taste. Everyone already knew this secretly, so it was very likely that Wang Sheng's perception ability came from spiritual energy tempering during advancement.

If combined with the situation back then, this should be true. Otherwise, how could a little guy who was at most at the first level at the time safely pass through the entire Thousand Absolutes Territory while being chased by so many experts?

In that case, everyone's interest in Wang Sheng decreased a lot. This kind of ability brought by the Yuan Soul was not something that everyone could obtain, it could only depend on luck. In addition, Wang Sheng's Yuan Soul was very unique, not everyone could have the opportunity to obtain this kind of Yuan Soul. On the other hand, Dai Xiao from the Dai family might have a chance.

Traveling straight, the speed was of course much faster, but there were also drawbacks, that is, they could contact less of the dangers in the Thousand Absolutes Territory, and the understanding was insufficient.

According to the normal way of traveling, it would take at least thirteen or fourteen days to travel from the capital to the Divine Eagle Prison area, but now, it only took less than seven days to reach the destination, saving half the time. However, obviously the inner palace experts did not realize this.

Seeing Wang Sheng suddenly stop while walking, Eunuch Li frowned, thinking that there were demonic beasts again. The commander also told everyone to be prepared, intending to fight the next demonic beast.

But Wang Sheng waved his hand, telling everyone not to be nervous, turned around and smiled at the commander: "I think we should be there."

"Here?" Everyone was shocked. Was this place, full of dense jungle, their destination?

"Judging from the distance, we must have arrived," Wang Sheng knew that they had never seen what a city wrapped in dense forest for hundreds of years would look like, and explained with a smile: "Also..." He stomped his foot on the ground, and Wang Sheng continued: "Obviously, people used to live here."

Everyone was shocked. People used to live here? How could he tell?

"Look, here, here, and here," Wang Sheng knew that they couldn't see it, and pointed it out to them very carefully: "This is a wall, it has collapsed for many years. This is a well, but it has been filled in. Here, this is very obvious, this is a roof ridge, look, the tiles are still intact."

As Wang Sheng cleared out the traces one by one for everyone, even if they didn't believe it, they had to believe it. People did live here before, this should be a house.

If Wang Sheng didn't lead them the wrong way, this is their destination, the territory of the Divine Eagle Prison.