Dragon's Origin

Chapter 226: Wasting Time (Part 1)

No one spoke, and no one jumped out. Even though Flying Fox and the others already wanted to tear Wang Sheng into pieces, it wasn't the time to act yet.

Especially Flying Fox knew very well that taking action was simple, but what about after killing Wang Sheng? Don't think that the journey here has been so easy, without even encountering any high-level fierce beasts. Everyone understands why that is. Even if they were to act, they wouldn't necessarily have to ensure their own safety first, but they would at least have to see the goods before acting, right?

Everyone was clear about the purpose of coming here this time. The female owner wanted to rely on the things obtained from the alchemy ruins to make a comeback, while the new owner of Yu Baozhai(御宝斋: Yu Baozhai, a treasure shop) wanted to wipe out the female owner's faction and swallow the benefits from the ruins. Now that they had reached the vicinity of the ruins, they could endure it a bit longer, even if it meant waiting until they saw the goods before taking action.

Having Wang Sheng and not having Wang Sheng were definitely two different things in terms of search efficiency. This had already been proven by the death of that companion just now. Wang Sheng could discover the water source that no one else could find right under their noses, and he could once again discover the ruins in a place that no one else could see.

"Now that we've arrived at the destination, let's search around!" Before Flying Fox could speak, the female owner had already stood up and began to order: "Lone Wolf, if you're willing to help, Baoqing Yu Tang(宝庆馀堂: Baoqing Yu Tang, a business name) can pay double the price after we get out. Well, converted into gold coins, how about it?"

"Can you make the decision?" Wang Sheng looked at the female owner and suddenly asked with a smile, while looking towards Flying Fox's side.

"Of course!" The female owner seemed to have regained the domineering aura she had when she was the owner, and even Flying Fox couldn't help but nod when Wang Sheng looked over.

Anyway, no matter how high the price was, it would be meaningless to Wang Sheng, a dying person. What did it matter if she agreed verbally? That's what Flying Fox thought. As for the female owner, the same principle applied. What did it matter if she made a decision this one time?

Wang Sheng looked at the female owner for a long while, and when he turned to Flying Fox's side, he didn't hide his contemptuous gaze at all, and said slowly: "If I were you, I would simply dig open the palace of this water source to see where the door is."

Flying Fox was stunned, and then immediately realized, almost slapping himself in the face. The door was over there, the path was over there, and they could determine the direction. How could he not have thought of such a simple principle? Did he need Wang Sheng to remind him? Fortunately, the promised double price was just talk, otherwise he would have been heartbroken to death?

The female owner was also stunned, and then immediately smiled, turned around and began to direct her trusted shopkeepers to dig. Those expert guards also joined in, and it didn't take long for this water source palace to be excavated. As expected, there was a clear door and stone steps on one wall. Needless to say, this direction was the most likely place to find the ruins.

Several experts cheered excitedly and searched along the path in that direction. Two shopkeepers also seemed to be happy, as if they saw the hope of making a comeback, and actually rushed ahead of those expert guards.

"Ouch!" Overwhelmed with joy, the shopkeeper had not rushed far before he fell to the ground clutching his leg. It was because he was too anxious and didn't pay attention to his feet, and as a result, he tripped.

Before even seeing the ruins, someone was injured again. The female owner was immediately embarrassed. If she brought this shopkeeper along, it would probably increase the burden on everyone. If she didn't bring him, the shopkeeper would probably be in danger. For a time, she was caught in a dilemma.

"Most of this palace has collapsed, but there is still half of it left. Let's settle down here first." Wang Sheng made a decisive decision and gave an idea: "Anyway, we have to search with this water source as the center, let's use this as a temporary camp for the next few days!"

No one objected. Searching within a few dozen miles in the dense forest, no one knew how long it would take to search, so it was good to have a temporary camp. Flying Fox winked at a guard, and the guard volunteered to stay and take care of the injured shopkeeper.

The subsequent search was basically nothing special. In the dense forest, even Wang Sheng could not tell at a glance whether there had been human activity, and could only rely on everyone's judgment.

Dozens of people spread out and searched bit by bit. If someone occasionally found a few bricks, tiles, or stone carvings, they would attract Flying Fox and the female owner to carefully investigate. Unfortunately, after finding several places in a row, after careful inspection, Wang Sheng denied them one by one. These places were just ordinary villages, a few families, and definitely not the location of any sect.

Inevitably, casualties began to occur. This kind of search process was almost a real fight against the native insects in this large area. The experts were fine, but the cultivation of those shopkeepers was obviously not enough to give them enough reaction speed, nor enough observation, and five of them were bitten by poisonous insects in a row.

The same was true for the guards. Three were bitten and poisoned, and one died because the toxicity broke out too quickly, so that he didn't even have time to use the antidote. Two guards were injured, both of them were implicated by the two shopkeepers around them.

Among the five shopkeepers, four had basically completely lost their ability to move, their faces were black and purple, and they were foaming at the mouth. It was obvious that they were deeply poisoned. The remaining one was not much better, at most he was still awake, but he couldn't move on his own. The three guards were a little better than them, that is, their cultivation was high and their resistance was strong, and they could still move, but they were already unable to continue searching.

Flying Fox had no good way to deal with these wounded, so he could only send two guards and the remaining shopkeepers back to the water source. These shopkeepers usually didn't have much cultivation, and their bodies were clumsy, simply dragging their feet. If it wasn't for the fact that it wasn't time to kill them all, Flying Fox would have wanted to do it long ago.

Sending all the dozen or so shopkeepers to the water source at once, the search team here immediately became much leaner. Flying Fox was also more satisfied with this configuration. He only needed to ensure that he could keep a firm grasp on the whereabouts of the female owner. Those shopkeepers were not very important, anyway, there were already three guards watching over them, and they couldn't turn the world upside down.

The female owner was very worried about the lives of those shopkeepers, but in this situation, she could only watch anxiously and be unable to do anything. Flying Fox was watching her very closely. The only thing the female owner could do was pray for those injured and poisoned shopkeepers, hoping that they would get better.

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Even Flying Fox didn't notice that when the female owner's eyes occasionally met Wang Sheng's, there would be a hint of something that looked like a smile being conveyed.

Unconsciously, those shopkeepers had already left Flying Fox's sight.