Dragon's Origin

Reaching out and running his hand along the narrowly cut sword blade, the Grand Artisan was far more professional than the female proprietor. Just from this touch, he could confirm at least two things.

First, the weapon that cut the sword blade was incredibly sharp and unbelievably hard; otherwise, such a smooth cut would have been impossible.

Second, the person wielding the weapon possessed strength and, especially, control far beyond that of an average person. This was not the result of a quick strike but rather a slow, steady cut.

"Where is the person?" the Grand Artisan asked impatiently. He wished he could fly to that person's side and ask what materials the weapon was made of and how it was forged.

The female proprietor shook her head. How could she reveal such information easily? Like the recipe for snow sugar, it was most valuable when kept secret. Once revealed, it would lose all value.

"Linglong Pavilion will buy back this sword at the original price," the Grand Artisan said. He was focused when forging, but that didn't mean he was oblivious. He was also skilled at reading people. Seeing her expression, he immediately added, "Furthermore, Linglong Pavilion will compensate your shop with five thousand gold coins for the trouble caused!"

As a Grand Artisan, he held a high position in Linglong Pavilion. He could easily sell a weapon for over ten thousand gold coins. The matter of ten thousand gold coins was something he could decide on the spot.

"Thank you, Master!" Although the female proprietor didn't care much about ten thousand gold coins, she was pleased with his attitude.

Seeing that the female proprietor had no further requests, the Grand Artisan knew he wouldn't learn any more details about the weapon from her today. However, with the broken sword and the cut piece, Linglong Pavilion's forging experts could still analyze a lot. In that case, the gold coin compensation was a bit low.

"Your shop can purchase higher-grade divine weapons in the future," the Grand Artisan decided after a moment's thought. "This is a special thank you for informing us of this matter."

The female proprietor immediately beamed. This was what she wanted. Were the goods from Linglong Pavilion good? They were indeed excellent. However, Linglong Pavilion had strict rules. Even with money, ordinary people might not be able to buy works made by the masters.

With the Grand Artisan's words, the top-tier goods of Baoqing Provision Shop would rise to another level, envied by many. Baoqing Provision Shop's business would also flourish.

Wang Sheng was unaware of all that was happening at Linglong Pavilion. He was currently setting his sights on something else—the eggs of the Thousand Illusions Poisonous Serpent.

The Triple Realm mother serpent had recently laid eggs and suffered a great loss of vitality, which was a major reason why Song Yan and Old Man Song dared to challenge it. Now that the bodies of the two poisonous serpents had been settled, the newly laid snake eggs were still unclaimed.

"The newly laid snake eggs are mine," Wang Sheng said directly to Song Yan, since Old Man Song wasn't around.

It was more of a notification than a negotiation, and the determination in his tone was clear.

"They're yours!" Song Yan agreed without hesitation. She only wanted the bodies of the Thousand Illusions Poisonous Serpents. As for the snake eggs, what could she do with them?

It would take at least thirty to forty years for snake eggs to hatch and reach the First Realm, and snakes were notoriously unpredictable, making them difficult to keep as pets. If Wang Sheng didn't want them, Song Yan would have cooked them to nourish her body.

Wang Sheng and Song Yan carefully entered the large cave, venturing through hundreds of meters of dark tunnels before reaching the location of the snake eggs without incident.

It was a huge underground cave, with enough space for the entire Thousand Illusions Poisonous Serpent family to stretch out.

Despite the Thousand Illusions Poisonous Serpents being so large, the snake eggs were small, only about the size of chicken eggs. There were eight of them, not taking up much space. It seemed they wouldn't be too big when they hatched.

Unfortunately, besides the eight snake eggs, there was nothing else worth collecting or occupying. It was normal to think so. The heads of the two poisonous serpents had been implanted with array stones by experts, indicating that this place had already been searched. How could they have left anything for them? It was already good enough that they found eight snake eggs.

Snake eggs were living things and couldn't be placed in a storage ring. Wang Sheng found a piece of linen, wrapped it around the snake eggs along with a clump of soil from underneath, and carefully placed them in his backpack.

These were good things. Maybe he could go back to Baoqing Provision Shop and sell them for a good price.

Song Yan didn't understand, but she didn't remind Wang Sheng. When they were together, she had inquired about some details of killing the poisonous serpents, but only received incomprehensible terms like sniper rifle and high-explosive grenade. She didn't know if Wang Sheng was deliberately being evasive or if she really didn't understand, but she definitely couldn't ask any further.

While waiting for Old Man Song to return, Wang Sheng and Song Yan relied on snake meat to satisfy their hunger in this valley.

Song Yan was indeed from a wealthy family. Although she was ostracized and suppressed at home, she hadn't suffered much hardship. Even when she came out to train, Old Man Song accompanied her, so she didn't have to worry about food or drink. When it came to cooking, Song Yan was at a loss.

Fortunately, Wang Sheng had often helped in the kitchen when he was in the military on Earth, so he had acquired some cooking skills that were barely edible. Therefore, cooking became Wang Sheng's job.

There wasn't much in the wilderness, so they could only use grilling techniques. There was no shortage of seasonings in the storage ring. Wang Sheng learned the technique of making lamb skewers from Earth, skewered the snake meat with clean branches, grilled it, and sprinkled it with seasonings. The taste was surprisingly good.

Song Yan ate with relish, without any airs of a young lady. She held two skewers of snake meat in her hand and ate heartily, just like Wang Sheng.

The meat of the Thousand Illusions Poisonous Serpent was really a good thing. Wang Sheng didn't know before, nor did he have the opportunity to eat it. Now that the snake meat was in his stomach, he immediately understood what Song Yan meant by nourishing.

The snake meat contained a rich aura. Although it wasn't as strong as a Primordial Essence Pill, it was still food. Eating could replenish aura, which was indeed a good nourishing thing.

In particular, the aura in the snake meat was different from the aura that dissipated into the outside world. It seemed to have been refined by the Thousand Illusions Poisonous Serpent, making it of a higher quality than the aura that dissipated into the outside world.

After eating a full meal of snake meat, about three or four pounds, Wang Sheng could feel that the golden carp Yuan Soul had become stronger. This effect was almost comparable to several hours of cultivation. No wonder Song Yan and Old Man Song said it was a tonic.

Besides eating and sleeping, Wang Sheng and Song Yan's life consisted of cultivation and practice. Song Yan only sighed at Wang Sheng's tenacity, but felt a deep sense of pity in her heart.

Wang Sheng was definitely the most talented cultivator she had ever seen. Unfortunately, because of an insignificant Yuan Soul, he could only remain in his current realm. It was simply impossible to enter the First Realm. She really didn't know what Wang Sheng wanted with a cultivation method for First Realm cultivators.

Watching Wang Sheng practice the Hunyuan Stance every day, Song Yan was also very curious. Could it be that this technique allowed Wang Sheng to improve so rapidly? Wang Sheng directly threw the scroll of Hunyuan Skill to her and let her study it herself, while he did what he needed to do.

Song Yan studied it for a long time, even practicing it herself, but she couldn't find anything earth-shattering in this seemingly ordinary, very basic Hunyuan Skill, let alone find the secret to Wang Sheng's rapid cultivation.

However, Song Yan was very curious about the exercises Wang Sheng did after standing in the stance. Wang Sheng didn't just stand in the stance and practice. After each stance, he would do running, push-ups, sit-ups, and various other fitness exercises to activate every muscle group and balance all aspects of the body.

These exercises allowed Wang Sheng to quickly adapt to the physical changes brought about by the improvement of his Yuan Soul, accurately grasp his strength, speed, endurance, and a series of indicators, and give Wang Sheng a clear understanding of his body. These were all important reference factors during combat.

Song Yan followed Wang Sheng to practice for two days, but eventually gave up. These exercises were too simple for Song Yan to even look at. With this time, it was better for Song Yan to practice her family's cultivation method and practice swordsmanship, which was better than wasting time like this.

Wang Sheng didn't say much about this. These simple exercise movements, which seemed simple, were scientific training methods condensed by countless sports experts, medical experts, combat experts, and so on on Earth. They might not be weaker than those cultivation methods.

With Wang Sheng's cultivation and eating a dozen pounds of snake meat a day, Wang Sheng's golden carp Yuan Soul had become much more condensed in these short ten days. The length had been shortened to four feet.

Now, the carp's full jump could already exceed half the height of the Dragon Gate. At this rate, Wang Sheng would be able to cross the Dragon Gate and transform into a dragon in at most half a month.

At this time, Old Man Song arrived in the valley with a large group of people.

The bodies of the two Thousand Illusions Poisonous Serpents, one over thirty meters long, were relatively complete except for the wounds on their heads. The other was twenty meters long, with its head shattered and missing. The bodies of these two poisonous serpents directly frightened many people.

Those who followed Old Man Song to the valley to move the corpses were all members of the Song family, some arranged by Old Man Song himself, and some inserted by the elders. Looking at the bodies of the two poisonous serpents, they were all dumbfounded.

Especially those who knew the true cultivation realm of Song Yan and Old Man Song were even more shocked. How was this possible? A peak Second Realm and a mid-stage Third Realm expert actually killed a peak Third Realm and an early Fourth Realm Thousand Illusions Poisonous Serpent. Was there anything more unbelievable than this?

As for Wang Sheng, everyone knew that this guy was just an accompaniment, a cover that the young lady used when she was incognito in the Shanglin Song family, pretending to be her fiancé. Could an insignificant ordinary person help when killing Third Realm and Fourth Realm monsters? It was impossible to think with your toes.

Everyone thought it was impossible, but the bodies of the two Thousand Illusions Poisonous Serpents were right in front of them. They had to believe it, whether they wanted to or not. Some sinister guys had even begun to wonder whether they should deny Song Yan's trial results with the excuse that a Fourth Realm expert had helped.