Dragon's Origin

Chapter 572: The Daoist Heritage (Part 1)

The Gan family was trying every possible means to remedy the situation. Regardless, what had happened had already happened, and those who had died were dead. But the living still needed to continue living and continue to unlock the secrets of the Thousand Absolutes Land.

As for settling accounts with Wang Sheng in the future, that was a matter for later. They couldn't afford to fall out with him now; they needed to pay a sufficient price to clear up the misunderstanding.

Otherwise, if other families had the right to enter the core area of the Thousand Absolutes Land, but the Gan family didn't, then the Gan family would likely be the first to be targeted for destruction once the true secrets were revealed.

Secrets of this level were always better with fewer competitors and fewer people knowing. If you couldn't squeeze in, you would only be eliminated. To reiterate, the Eight Great Families and the Eight Great Vassal States were not monolithic; smiling faces and hidden daggers were the norm.

Wang Sheng's relationship with the Eight Great Families was the same. It was just that Wang Sheng's rise was too recent; he hadn't yet reached the point where the Eight Great Families were wary of him. Weak strength meant being among the first to be purged and liquidated afterward.

The various families now knew what had happened, and their reactions varied. Some secretly laughed at the Gan family's stupidity, while others had the same thoughts as the Gan family but were secretly grateful that they hadn't acted in time. Various thoughts swirled, but one thing they all had in common was that they were waiting to watch the show, to see the Gan family's fate!

Once you made a move, you had to be prepared for failure. Did they really think that they could brazenly try to kill someone and get away with it if they failed?

The royal family's people felt boundless admiration for the Gan family's audacity in provoking Wang Sheng and Old Ancestor Ling Xu. Truly, ignorance is fearless!

Long ago, during the royal family's rebellion, the three grandmasters and the old grandmaster had taught the royal family's experts a lesson. Although they were all at the peak of the Legendary Realm, not all peaks were equal. The three grandmasters were at the peak of the Legendary Realm, but they were the kind who had entered the core of the Thousand Absolutes Land safely, emerged, and gained further insights.

Back then, ordinary peak Legendary Realm experts would be instantly killed when facing the three grandmasters. But when the three grandmasters faced the royal family's reclusive old grandmaster, the three of them together could only manage a draw. Ordinary Legendary Realm experts didn't even have the qualifications to approach them; they would be directly crushed to death by their aura within a three-meter radius.

That was a year ago. But a month ago, the three grandmasters thought they had reached the limit of their cultivation and couldn't improve any further. But Wang Sheng told them in the grand theater's box that there was still a path above. And indeed, the three grandmasters successfully advanced, breaking through the peak of the Legendary Realm and entering the previously unimaginable Tenth Realm.

If any self-proclaimed peak Legendary Realm experts dared to attack them now, any one of the three grandmasters could kill these so-called peak Legendary Realm experts with a flick of their little finger. Only after truly crossing that realm did they realize how terrifying that strength was.

Wang Sheng was only at the Seventh or Eighth Realm of cultivation. How did he know about breaking through the peak of the Legendary Realm? Besides Old Ancestor Ling Xu of the Old Lord Temple, was there anyone else who could guide him?

The three grandmasters, now at the formidable Tenth Realm, didn't dare to harbor any improper thoughts about Old Ancestor Ling Xu. What kind of courage did those peak Legendary Realm experts of the Gan family have to even entertain such thoughts? Ambush and kill Old Ancestor Ling Xu and capture Wang Sheng alive? Did they even know how to write the word 'death'? Did they know how many strokes it had?

Their mockery aside, neither the Emperor, the three grandmasters, nor the families watching the fun felt that the Gan family's approach of plotting against Wang Sheng was wrong. At most, they thought the Gan family was unlucky, those who didn't know would think the Gan family had encountered many experts from the Old Lord Temple who were there to welcome them, and those who knew sighed at the Gan family's audacity in acting against Wang Sheng near Old Ancestor Ling Xu. That was all.

In this era, mutual scheming was simply a matter of course. Was there anything right or wrong about it? From Wang Sheng's perspective, naturally all attempts to plot against Wang Sheng were wrong, but from the perspective of others, as long as it served their own interests, there was nothing wrong.

Wang Sheng himself understood this point. Were such things rare on Earth? Take Wang Sheng himself, for example. In the eyes of the enemy, he was a heinous criminal, but in his own country, he was a hero. Right and wrong were nothing more than a matter of perspective.

Therefore, Wang Sheng didn't immediately go to the Gan family to take revenge. It was clear that Mei'er's matter had a much higher priority than the Gan family's plot against him. As for the Gan family's matter, he'd let Mei'er skin them alive first. Wang Sheng's main focus was on perfecting the Daoist 'Emptiness and Tranquility Mind Method' with Daoist Ling Xu.

In the quiet room of the Old Lord Temple's Sutra Depository, Daoist Ling Xu sat for two full days and nights, while Wang Sheng flipped through the Old Lord Temple's collection of books, going through everything from Daoist theories to cultivation methods. Since he was primarily cultivating the Daoist Canon Mind Method, he naturally had to study the Daoist theories as well.

Two days later, just as Daoist Ling Xu and Wang Sheng were slowly enjoying their Tai Chi health porridge, the Grand Master, who had disappeared for two days, once again entered the quiet room. Seeing Wang Sheng and the old Daoist drinking porridge, he didn't stand on ceremony, directly found a bowl for himself, ladled some porridge, and sat down with Wang Sheng and the old Daoist to slowly drink it.

"How is it going?" After the Grand Master finished a bowl, the old Daoist asked.

"Almost there," the Grand Master replied with a smile, "Basically, no one is opposed anymore."

"So there are still some people?" the old Daoist asked unhappily.

"A few Grand Masters from small Daoist temples are dissatisfied," the Grand Master acknowledged, explaining, "However, they have already set off in this direction. Some disciples in those small Daoist temples are willing to merge into our Old Lord Temple, and I have already agreed. They will persuade their Grand Masters on the way."

The Grand Master spoke casually, seemingly nonchalantly, but Wang Sheng and the old Daoist understood the implied meaning.

What small Daoist temples? Did small Daoist temples have the right to comment on such a major event as the Daoist heritage? At the very least, it would have to be a union of dozens or hundreds of Daoist temples. As for those people persuading their Grand Masters, that was even more laughable. If those Grand Masters couldn't even be persuaded by the Grand Master of the Old Lord Temple, how could they be persuaded by their own disciples?

The power struggles within were probably not easy, but the Grand Master was handling it calmly, not wanting the old Daoist to be too involved in these matters. From this point, Wang Sheng could feel that the Grand Master was truly filial to Old Ancestor Ling Xu.

Although the matter was related to him, Wang Sheng would never object to the Grand Master doing so. Even for Mei'er's sake, Wang Sheng would never allow anyone to disrupt it.