Dragon's Origin

Chapter 21: Training Target

Old Song had no doubt that if he had continued to attack, Wang Sheng would have killed him.

The murderous aura on Wang Sheng wasn't fake; it was a tangible presence formed after killing many people, an aura that even he couldn't control. When the intent to kill arose, the murderous aura would emerge.

Originally, he wanted to teach Wang Sheng a lesson, but without using spiritual energy, he was overwhelmed by Wang Sheng's series of fierce and swift attacks. The moment he tried to use spiritual energy, he risked being killed. Old Song had suffered a complete defeat this time.

Old Song was a man who could accept defeat, especially as he was a loyal servant to his young mistress. Since he couldn't suppress Wang Sheng, he couldn't let his emotions ruin his mistress's plans. He glared fiercely at Wang Sheng, snorted coldly, and said nothing more.

Now, what concerned Old Song and Song Yan wasn't Wang Sheng's skill or his ability to defeat Old Song despite being a non-ranked cultivator, but something else entirely.

"Where did you get the spatial ring?" Song Yan asked directly. The dagger in Wang Sheng's hand had appeared instantly. Even if Old Song couldn't see it clearly, she, as an observer, had seen it clearly.

When Wang Sheng started fighting, he had no military knife on him at all. When they first met Wang Sheng, the handle of the knife could be seen under Wang Sheng’s shoulder, but this time it completely disappeared, yet the military knife suddenly appeared. There was no other explanation besides a spatial ring.

"What do you think?" Wang Sheng didn't deny it, but he didn't directly answer Song Yan's question either. If Song Yan was smart enough, she should be able to guess where it came from.

"You exchanged it using the rock candy method, didn't you?" Song Yan indeed guessed it right away, but her face turned slightly pale. "How big is it? It can't only hold such a small knife, can it?"

"Not big, not big at all." Wang Sheng took a few steps back, sat down to the side, and gestured for Old Fish Uncle to sit down as well. "It's only about six feet long and two feet in diameter, very small."

"Hiss!" Song Yan and Old Song gasped simultaneously, hearing Wang Sheng's casual words.

Such a large spatial ring, even if it wasn't top-tier, was still one of the best among high-level spatial rings. Not to mention anything else, just this spatial ring alone could easily sell for hundreds of thousands of gold coins at an auction. Baoqing Yu Tang's generosity was so great that Song Yan didn't know how to discuss the refined salt business with Wang Sheng.

"Want to talk about business?" Wang Sheng saw Song Yan's difficulty and asked directly, without being polite, "What benefits can you offer?"

Song Yan pondered, and Old Song couldn't help but watch anxiously. To be honest, Song Yan was in a difficult position, a very difficult one. The Song family could never拿出 hundreds of thousands of gold coins to buy this method. How could such a large family casually use such a large sum of money like Baoqing Yu Tang, a commercial family?

"Also, excuse my bluntness." Seeing Song Yan's difficulty, Wang Sheng added, "Can you make the decision?"

Such a large price, Song Yan definitely couldn't make the call. But Wang Sheng clearly had something else in mind. Song Yan and Old Song's gazes suddenly sharpened. What did Wang Sheng mean by this?

"Let's not talk about whether you can decide on how much to offer." Wang Sheng said with a smile, "Even if you can offer it, is this your credit or someone else's? What benefits can you get from it?"

"What do you know?" After a while, Song Yan's gaze suddenly turned gentle as she looked at Wang Sheng and asked.

"How could the young master of the Dai family approach a distant cousin of the Song family?" Wang Sheng shrugged and replied with a smile, "Even if he did, she's just a distant cousin. He could just force himself on her, why would he wait for you to agree?"

"Although you are indeed very beautiful and moving, Dai Huan, with his moral character, kills people without hesitation. Why would he be afraid of a distant cousin?" Wang Sheng deduced all of this based on what he saw that day. He didn't say much at the time, but he's saying it now.

"Besides, how could a distant cousin and a servant know about the Song family's forbidden area?" Wang Sheng continued, "The forbidden area that hides the Nine Stars Yuan Soul! That's a bit too much to know, isn't it?"

"Also, Old Fish Uncle is at most a steward-level figure." Wang Sheng turned to Old Song this time, still with a smile, "But he can directly report to the Song family's elders. I don't understand the rules of high-ranking families. Perhaps those high and mighty elders are really that approachable?"

Listening to Wang Sheng's words, Song Yan and Old Song looked at each other. They were together only for the brief moment when they killed Dai Huan and this time, but Wang Sheng had already seen through many things they wanted to hide during that short time last time. Could this person be a monster?

"Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Song Yan, Yan as in a charming smile." After her shock, Song Yan quickly put on a smile and revealed her real name: "The direct daughter of the current head of the Tianhe Song family. We met by chance back then, and I didn't tell you the truth. Please forgive me!"

"So you're the direct daughter of the family head. My respects, my respects!" Wang Sheng cupped his fist at Song Yan, imitating the local etiquette, and continued with a smile, "It seems I was right. You still can't make the decision."

Old Song glared, about to get angry, but suddenly remembered that he seemed unable to beat this kid without using spiritual energy, so he forcibly held back. But he still angrily asked with a fierce expression: "If the distant cousin can't make the decision, can't the family head's direct daughter make the decision?"

"If she could make the decision, why didn't the Song family even fart when Dai Huan forcibly abducted the direct daughter?" Wang Sheng chuckled and retorted, "The Nine Stars Yuan Soul is such an important thing. What did the Song family do when it was lost?"

Don't think that Wang Sheng has been cooped up in this courtyard for two months; he can find out what's happening outside at any time from the fat shopkeeper of Baoqing Yu Tang. A nationwide chain of stores is terrifyingly well-informed.

"I can't make the decision right now." Old Song still wanted to say something, but Song Yan stopped him. The Song family had taken action, but those actions couldn't be said, let alone told to Wang Sheng. So Song Yan immediately admitted Wang Sheng's words: "However, as long as I can pass this family training, I will have a certain say when I return. Then, we can talk."

"Alright!" Wang Sheng was noncommittal. To him, it was just a small thing's manufacturing method. Wang Sheng himself didn't have the scale to do these businesses. Why not exchange it for enough benefits?

Next, Song Yan once again extended an invitation to Wang Sheng, asking him to help her deal with a demon beast. This was agreed upon last time, and Wang Sheng wouldn't refuse. At the same time, Wang Sheng also wanted to carefully observe the battle between experts and demon beasts.

Now that she had revealed her identity as the direct daughter of the Tianhe Song family's head, Song Yan no longer concealed anything. Killing this demon beast was the training for the family's direct descendants. She had to hide her identity as the direct daughter and come to the remote side branch of the Shanglin Song family to kill the demon beast without the support of the family.

Each disciple participating in the training had to successfully kill a demon beast chosen by the family's elders to pass. Depending on the cultivation level of the training disciples, they could have at most two helpers, but the cultivation level of the two helpers couldn't exceed the mid-stage of the Third Realm.

Song Yan originally only had Old Fish Uncle as a helper, and Wang Sheng was added later. Although she didn't necessarily think that Wang Sheng, who couldn't use spiritual energy, could help much, if they could cultivate a sense of camaraderie in battle, it would be very beneficial for winning over Wang Sheng. That's why Song Yan directly invited Wang Sheng to participate in that situation at the time.

"What's the target? Have you scouted it out beforehand?" Speaking of killing enemies, Wang Sheng became interested. After being cooped up in this small courtyard for two months, even Wang Sheng felt restless. Going out to kill demon beasts was a good way for Wang Sheng to change his mood.

"The target is a Thousand Illusions Poisonous Python, at the peak of the Third Realm." Since Wang Sheng was also joining, the target couldn't be concealed. Song Yan frankly stated her training target.

"Peak of the Third Realm?" Wang Sheng's first reaction after hearing this was that Song Yan was joking. "I remember you said that your current realm is the peak of the Second Realm, right?"

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Song Yan nodded. She had told Wang Sheng this.

"Old Fish Uncle is at the mid-stage of the Third Realm, right?" Wang Sheng asked again.

Song Yan still nodded. She had said this at the time as well.

"Don't tell me you want to attack with such a big difference in realm?" Wang Sheng looked at Song Yan as if she were an idiot. "It seems you are indeed being heavily suppressed in the family! You actually agreed to this obviously suicidal thing?"

Don't think that Wang Sheng beat up Old Fish Uncle, but Wang Sheng himself knew that it was only because Old Song didn't use spiritual energy. If he really used spiritual energy, with such a close distance, if Wang Sheng didn't have firearms, the result would be really hard to say.

Song Yan definitely didn't have Wang Sheng's powerful equipment, so in this situation, wanting to attack, there was no other explanation other than the elders wanting her to die.

"It's not like there's no chance." Song Yan's eyelids drooped. There were some things she couldn't explain clearly, but there were some things she really had to do, such as this training. Otherwise, the consequences might be even more serious.

"Tell me, what chance?" Wang Sheng could see the change in Song Yan's emotions, but since Song Yan didn't say it, he didn't say much, only asking about the things most relevant to him.

"This Thousand Illusions Poisonous Python is a female. She just laid eggs at the beginning of this month and suffered a great loss of vitality." Since Song Yan was participating in the training under these circumstances, she must have done a lot of homework. She quickly said, "In another half a month, it will be her molting time. The Thousand Illusions Poisonous Python is at its weakest during molting. We can attack at that time."

Although Song Yan said it very confidently, Wang Sheng looked at Song Yan and still felt something was wrong: "Where is it? I want to go see it myself!"