Dragon's Origin

Chapter 299 Someone (Part 2)

Wang Sheng did the same, spending a few days in the outer courtyard every half month. It was the same after this olfactory enhancement; with enough time, he needed to go out for two days.

As soon as he returned to the surface, one of the Daoist experts responsible for guarding the area secretly told Wang Sheng that there was likely trouble on the surface.

Because the water source in the underground space contained a large amount of sulfur, it was not suitable for drinking or alchemy. Everyone's drinking water and water for alchemy were taken from a water source dozens of miles away.

The Perpetual Battlefield was unlike other places. Even fetching water required several Daoists to travel together, with at least one expert at the ninth or even eighth level peak accompanying them. Along the way, they would practice the Nine Character Incantation.

Bao Qing Yu Tang's people had opened this path once before, and Wang Sheng had taken it once after escaping danger. This time, he brought the people from Old Lord Temple and more than a dozen experts, making the path more obvious for everyone's convenience.

The task of fetching water was done in shifts, not just as a task, but also as a way to strengthen cultivation. Traveling dozens of miles back and forth in the Perpetual Battlefield, the life-and-death pressure alone was enough to refine the Nine Character Incantation, leading to breakthroughs.

Previously, when fetching water, everyone only needed to pay attention to insects and monsters around them. But in the past two days, the most powerful expert in the water-fetching team discovered that someone seemed to be spying on them in the dark.

After discovering this, the expert Daoist did not publicize it. He was planning to tell Wang Sheng in the underground space, but Wang Sheng came up just in time. So, without alerting others, he secretly reminded Wang Sheng.

With protective formations and so many experts, it was unlikely that anyone would want to force their way into this not-so-strong small fortress. But being watched all the time was not a solution; it had to be resolved.

The others were unaware of this. The experts spying from outside were also very clever, never getting close to the courtyard, only observing secretly on the way to fetch water. So far, it was unknown whether they were friend or foe.

The opponent was extremely skilled and had excellent stealth techniques. None of the junior Daoists traveling with the expert had noticed anything. Only this expert had an extremely keen sense, which allowed him to discover some clues, but he did not see the exact whereabouts of those people.

"Don't worry, I'll go take a look!" Wang Sheng gently patted the expert's shoulder and said in a low voice.

In the past, Wang Sheng's action would have been very disrespectful. A young man patting the shoulder of a respected old Daoist would have been too presumptuous. But now it didn't matter. Wang Sheng was the secular elder of the older generation to these Daoists, so patting the shoulder of a junior was not out of place.

No one would suspect that Wang Sheng would encounter much danger alone in the Perpetual Battlefield. So, when Wang Sheng said he wanted to go out alone to see what medicinal herbs were in the Perpetual Battlefield, no one doubted or worried. The two Daoists responsible for controlling the formation directly opened the gate on the courtyard formation, and Wang Sheng leisurely left the courtyard and entered the Perpetual Battlefield.

The opponent was hiding on the only way to fetch water, spying. As long as the disguise was good, without moving or making a sound, ordinary cultivators would indeed be unable to detect them.

However, no matter how good the disguise, it was useless against Wang Sheng's Chiwen-enhanced vision. Wang Sheng could see the difference in color changes in RGB values and easily find places that were different from the surrounding environment.

In addition, there was a skill that others could never imagine, especially those who had not cultivated the Nine Character Incantation and did not know the power of the 'Travel' incantation at its most profound. They could not imagine how a person could use sound wave vibrations to explore the surrounding environment.

Of course, the battle awareness little man's early warning in the Perpetual Battlefield was an even more heaven-defying skill that was impossible to defend against. It was almost impossible for experts to hide from Wang Sheng. Even the World Honored One couldn't do it, let alone those inferior to the World Honored One.

After walking only a dozen miles, Wang Sheng stopped and began to look around. The old Daoist was right; there were indeed people. Wang Sheng had already discovered traces of human activity outside the road to fetch water.

Wang Sheng only knew of two groups of people who could accurately find this alchemy relic in the Perpetual Battlefield.

One group was the long-legged beauty assassin, A'Qi, and her people. She ambushed Wang Sheng at the entrance to the underground palace last time. The second group was the Song family's experts. Their legendary realm leader brought two eighth-level experts down to the underground palace and snatched the Rejuvenation Pill.

As for Bao Qing Yu Tang's people, they had all died from top to bottom, so no one could know the exact location.

However, if you include those who can come and go freely in the Perpetual Battlefield without worrying about the dangerous environment, then it must be the Song family.

The last time the long-legged beauty assassin A'Qi's team was able to ambush Wang Sheng was because Wang Sheng used the 'All' and 'Array' incantations to drive away the insects on the road, allowing the tracking team to keep up with Wang Sheng's pace. Without these factors, A'Qi's team would never have been able to penetrate this far.

Wang Sheng's 'All' incantation to drive away insects was effective for five days. It has been two months since Wang Sheng came here, so it was impossible to track Wang Sheng's footsteps, so A'Qi and her group could be ruled out.

Then, the only remaining possibility was the Song family. The Song family's group of experts had lived in the Perpetual Battlefield for a full decade, using the lives of countless experts to hone a group of people's experience and skills in living in the Perpetual Battlefield. As long as they didn't enter the core area of the Perpetual Battlefield, they could come and go freely in most of the Perpetual Battlefield.

What were the Song family doing here? Could it be that they were unwilling to use that camp and wanted to rob this underground palace?

Wang Sheng moved forward without showing any expression, humming some tunes that were hard to define, while looking around.

His gaze lingered on a dense vine for a moment. Wang Sheng smiled at it and continued forward, his gaze then turned to the trunk of another tree. After a moment, his gaze turned to a bush in front of him.

After looking at a dozen places in a row, Wang Sheng smiled and moved forward. After walking about two or three miles, Wang Sheng stopped. He looked around, his nose suddenly twitched exaggeratedly, then he smiled and shook his head, leaving the small path to fetch water and went straight to a small hill next to it.

On that small hill, Wang Sheng kicked and swept out a small open space, sat on a horizontal piece of wood next to him, and said loudly with a smile: "You smell good, come out and treat me to a drink!"

"I knew I couldn't hide from you in the Perpetual Battlefield." Wang Sheng's familiar voice sounded not far away. Song Yan turned out from behind a large tree trunk, stepped on the fallen leaves, and walked gracefully towards Wang Sheng.

After Song Yan appeared, more than thirty figures appeared one after another in the surrounding area, slowly surrounding Wang Sheng.