Dragon's Origin

There were no complications on the journey back to the capital with Qingchen. It was just a matter of travel. With a ninth-level peak expert and Wang Sheng, who could move freely in and out of the Thousand Absolutes Land, there was nothing else that could happen on the way back to the capital from the Thousand Absolutes Land except for travel.

The journey back to the old monastery was unbelievably smooth. Wang Sheng originally wanted to go straight back to the Marquis’s residence, but thinking that Abbot and Lingxu would definitely be waiting for news from the core of the Thousand Absolutes Land, he followed Qingchen straight to the old monastery.

The Abbot and several other Abbots, along with Lingxu, and seventeen or eighteen white-haired Qing generation old Taoists, were in the Sutra Depository Hall of the old monastery, listening to Wang Sheng’s complete account of what he had seen and heard in the core of the Thousand Absolutes Land.

This time, Wang Sheng mainly talked about his experiences: the environment he encountered along the way, the types of demon beasts, their approximate strength, the super powerful expert at the end, and the super-illusory binding formation.

"Old Daoist, with your cultivation, can you hum and make several eighth-level and early ninth-level small experts tremble and not know what to do?" After finishing his narration, Wang Sheng did not forget to ask Lingxu.

Of all the people present, only Lingxu was qualified to be called Old Daoist by Wang Sheng. Wang Sheng was very polite to the others, calling them Abbot or by their Taoist names. After staying with Qingchen for so long, he only condescended to call him Qingchen. The title Old Daoist was exclusive to Lingxu.

Although everyone present was a Taoist, none of them dared to question Wang Sheng’s title. Wang Sheng's seniority was high enough, and Lingxu enjoyed being called that by Wang Sheng, so naturally, they would not interfere. Cultivators valued clear thoughts, and since the person being called was happy, why should they, as juniors, meddle?

Hearing Wang Sheng ask this question, everyone was curious. Lingxu seemed to be interested as well. He had never tried it before, so since Wang Sheng asked, the old Taoist pondered for a while and cleared his throat.

Everyone immediately understood that Lingxu wanted to test his strength and were all prepared to receive the ancestor's hum.

Lingxu did not disappoint everyone. He let out a "hum," and an incomparably vast expert aura, like invisible ripples, surged in all directions.

Including Wang Sheng, everyone’s minds buzzed, as if they were inside a giant bell, and the giant bell had just been struck by a huge log. The powerful force was transmitted to everyone’s hearts through the sound.

Even though everyone was prepared, they were still dizzy from Lingxu's hum. A few with weaker cultivation almost fell. Fortunately, they were all sitting cross-legged, so even if they tilted, they quickly recovered.

Among them, Wang Sheng had the shallowest cultivation, but he was not the worst performer. The Lin character formula of the Nine Syllable mantra had been cultivated to the extreme, allowing him to remain calm even if Mount Tai collapsed before him. Another important reason was that Wang Sheng had already endured the violent hum of that expert once. In comparison, Lingxu’s hum seemed to have enough power but lacked domineering.

"How is it?" Lingxu naturally saw Wang Sheng's state and immediately asked him after unleashing his power.

Wang Sheng closed his eyes and pondered for a while, then opened his eyes and replied, "The power is great enough, but you controlled it well, unlike the wildness inside. It’s a close match!"

His words were relatively euphemistic, but everyone understood. The old Taoist's attack was measured and well-controlled, while the nameless expert in the core of the Thousand Absolutes Land did not have so many restrictions and was extremely violent. If the true strength of the two sides was weighed, they should be about the same.

At least that's what Wang Sheng thought, but Lingxu kept shaking his head: "I still mixed in the power of the Nine Syllable mantra. If you really want to calculate it, that expert should be a bit stronger than me."

Everyone looked at Wang Sheng, after all, only Wang Sheng had been inside and seen the power of that expert.

Wang Sheng did not deny Lingxu's own judgment. In his heart, he also felt the same way. The restrained expert was wild and violent. If he really fought the old Taoist, with the old Taoist's detached personality, he would probably be at a disadvantage in a life-and-death battle.

Seeing Wang Sheng remain silent, everyone was an old fox and knew what Wang Sheng meant. They all gasped.

An expert even more powerful than Lingxu, what kind of concept was that? You should know that Qingchen was already at the peak of the ninth level, but he could only withstand one hum from Lingxu. Among the people present, Qingchen could be ranked in the top three besides Lingxu.

In other words, an expert in the core of the Thousand Absolutes Land could probably destroy most of the experts in the old monastery except for Lingxu. Thinking of this, everyone could not be happy.

Could experts beyond the peak of the ninth level be mass-produced so easily?

While the people at the old monastery were pondering, the people at the Linglong Pavilion were also upset. Of course, it was not the master craftsmen who were buried in their work, but the Pavilion Master of the Linglong Pavilion himself.

The Pavilion Master was really having a headache because he did something inappropriate at an inappropriate time, which led to Wang Sheng being hunted down by the Dai family, and then retaliating against the Dai family.

Shopkeeper Chen was present at the time and witnessed Wang Sheng using a move identical to the explosion in the capital to break through the Dai family's encirclement and bring back Wang Sheng's original words. The meaning of those words clearly regarded the Pavilion Master of the Linglong Pavilion as an accomplice with the Dai family.

Heaven have mercy, the Pavilion Master of the Linglong Pavilion was really wronged! He did have something to do at the time and felt that Wang Sheng would not keep the appointment anytime soon, so he went to work on another sudden matter. But it just so happened that Wang Sheng went to the shop in the afternoon after he left.

This unlucky coincidence, if it was just missing him at the time, would be a trivial matter. But the problem was that the Xu family launched their attack at that time. The Linglong Pavilion Master's invitation letter became the bait to lure Wang Sheng out of Worry-Free City.

In addition, the location where the Dai family launched their attack, the Linglong Pavilion Master could not explain himself even if he had a hundred mouths. He really had nothing to do with the Dai family, but how could he explain the time and place of the incident?

It could only be said that the Pavilion Master of the Linglong Pavilion was really unlucky this time. He did not worship the Old Lord before going out and was as unlucky as he could be.