Dragon's Origin

Once across the river, it wasn't far to Worry-Free City, less than two days' journey. This final stretch was uneventful, and they returned to Worry-Free City in peace.

Wang Sheng returned to Worry-Free City alone, a fact that immediately piqued the curiosity of every power within the city. What exactly had happened?

Recently, Song Hongde, the Song family patriarch, had made a strong comeback, bringing with him a large number of experts. He ruthlessly purged the original Elder Council and their cronies, a move that stunned everyone.

But how did Song Hongde and Song Yan return to the Song family? What was the connection to the Thousand Absolute Ground, and what was Wang Sheng's role in all of this? Everyone was eager to know.

Wang Sheng had just returned to his small courtyard and hadn't even had time to wash up and rest when the old butler rushed to his door. He first asked about Wang Sheng's well-being, and then, without even taking a sip of the hot tea, he immediately inquired about the Song family's affairs.

"Gather all the people who want to know, and sell the information for a good price," Wang Sheng said. Under normal circumstances, he had no obligation to keep the Song family's secrets, especially after Song Hongde had tried to hunt him down. But if he could make some profit from this kind of news, why not? Every little bit counts.

Without a word, the old butler immediately went out to make arrangements. Of course, when he left, he already knew some definite news: Song Hongde's return to the Song family was indeed related to Wang Sheng.

This one piece of news was enough for the old butler to report to the City Lord. The City Lord was happy to arrange profitable deals. In less than an hour, the small auction house where Wang Sheng had previously revealed the secret of Yuan Soul upgrades was filled with hundreds of people, all waiting for Wang Sheng to reveal the news.

It was just a piece of news, and for Wang Sheng, it was only a few thousand gold coins in income. In front of the representatives of various interested and curious forces, Wang Sheng recounted his experience entering the Thousand Absolute Ground with the Song family.

He told the story from the Song family elders deliberately narrowing the search area, to being forced by Song Zhiming and others, discovering the camp, and being surrounded by Song Hongde's men. Except for not revealing his experience controlling the man-eating ants, and glossing over it by talking about the relationship between Song Yan and Song Hongde, basically everyone could imagine the Song family's arrangement in the Thousand Absolute Ground, except for the parts they hadn't seen with their own eyes.

Everyone finally understood why Song Hongde made such a strong comeback. It turned out that the Song family had been planning in the Thousand Absolute Ground for more than ten years, and had even created so many experts.

The reason why Song Hongde returned to cleanse the Song family's Elder Council was also explained. Just based on Song Yan's treatment in the Song family, Song Hongde would have gone berserk.

Finally, Wang Sheng didn't help cover up the fact that Song Hongde wanted to hunt him down, and told it without concealment. But Wang Sheng didn't say a word about how he escaped, only saying that he was alert and discovered the danger in advance, so he escaped.

This could explain why Wang Sheng returned to Worry-Free City alone. In the past, when he cooperated with the Royal Family and the Triumph Palace, there were always people to escort Wang Sheng back. He didn't expect that the Song family not only didn't send him off, but instead sent people to hunt him down, and the patriarch himself was doing the hunting. No one knew what they were thinking.

However, no matter what the Song family was thinking, everyone wanted to give the Song family a big cheer!

Because the Song family hunted him down, how could Wang Sheng swallow his anger? Everyone knew that Wang Sheng was a person who could be reasoned with. At most, it was just a matter of whether the price could be negotiated. There was still a great hope for cooperation. But if you used your life to threaten him, Wang Sheng would definitely make the other party pay a heavy price.

All the forces that had participated in the hunt for Wang Sheng knew this very well. In fact, even the Song family and Song Hongde himself knew it. But for the sake of the Song family's interests, Song Hongde was determined to hunt down Wang Sheng.

Unfortunately, Wang Sheng didn't die, so it was the Song family's turn to pay the price. And that price was that Wang Sheng publicly announced two things at the end.

First, any force, except for the Song family, could, after paying a sufficient price, have Wang Sheng take no more than ten people from each family to visit the Song family's camp in the Thousand Absolute Ground.

Second, it was also related to the Thousand Absolute Ground. Any force, still excluding the Song family, could, after paying a sufficient price, have Wang Sheng take no more than two hundred people from each family to customize a forward base in the Thousand Absolute Ground. Or several forces could cooperate, with no more than one hundred people from each family, to build a forward base in the Thousand Absolute Ground.

Of course, there were restrictions. They could not enter the core area, because Wang Sheng could not guarantee that he could safely retreat from the core area.

But these two points alone were enough to make countless forces' eyes light up. Building a forward base in the Thousand Absolute Ground, what a temptation that was! Just think about the hundreds of experts that suddenly appeared in the Song family and you'll understand. How many people were drooling with envy!

Countless messenger birds flew, and on the same day, all the forces knew the news. All the family heads and sect leaders were overjoyed as if they had won a big prize, and they had thanked Song Hongde countless times in their hearts.

Song Hongde was indeed blinded by greed to have thought of hunting down Wang Sheng. It was a good hunt! If he hadn't hunted him down, where would everyone have gotten this opportunity?

If they were Song Hongde, they would probably do the same thing. In order to maintain the Song family's advantage, the easiest way was to kill Wang Sheng. This decision was understandable, but the only trouble was that, like now, if they couldn't kill Wang Sheng, they would have to bear the consequences.

It was true that the Song family had many experts, but if Wang Sheng wanted to take people to visit the Song family's camp, no one in the Song family dared to say a word.

Outside, the Song family had more experts and a greater advantage, but they would rather die than run into Wang Sheng in the Thousand Absolute Ground in the future. This wasn't just a matter of having a few Ninth Level experts. Even if they had ten thousand Ninth Level experts, Wang Sheng could probably conjure up billions of man-eating ants to devour them. In the Thousand Absolute Ground, let them try to object?

All parties began to ponder what kind of quantity the sufficient price was, and what kind of things they needed to pay. Everyone knew that Wang Sheng didn't lack gold coins, so they had to try to cater to his preferences.

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However, no matter how fast the various parties pondered, it would take at least a day for the news to be relayed back to Worry-Free City. They were all major forces, and one move would affect the whole body. Maybe they even wanted to cooperate with several parties, which was very troublesome.

On the other hand, the purest commercial families reacted the fastest. As soon as Wang Sheng announced the Song family's news and announced his decision, he had just returned to his small courtyard, and before he could even enter the door, someone followed him to visit.

The person who came to the door was an acquaintance, Lu Wenhou, the young master of Yu Bao Zhai, and his personal maid Ling'er. They happened to be in Worry-Free City, and after hearing the news, they came to Wang Sheng.