Dragon's Origin

"How exactly did Wang Sheng escape your inescapable net?" Zhu Xingsheng, having just returned, was unaware of what had transpired and could only ask Zhu Shaodong, who knew everything.

"It's said that… that he flew away." Zhu Shaodong himself couldn't believe the report from his subordinates, but the barbarian experts were all so adamant, leaving him no choice but to believe them. When Zhu Xingsheng asked, he could only give the same answer.

Smack! Another heavy slap landed on Zhu Shaodong's face.

"Do you take me for a fool?" Zhu Xingsheng was furious, on the verge of losing it. This孽子, even at this point, still trying to deceive him.

"They really did fly away!" Zhu Shaodong wailed, almost bursting into tears. "If you don't believe me, ask those experts who were chasing them. They really flew away!"

"Really?" Seeing Zhu Shaodong's expression, which didn't seem like he was lying, Zhu Xingsheng asked with some disbelief.

"Absolutely true!" Zhu Shaodong hurriedly echoed his subordinates, swearing on it.

Zhu Xingsheng frowned and immediately ordered a few of the experts who had participated in the pursuit of Wang Sheng to be brought over for detailed questioning.

This questioning left Zhu Xingsheng dumbfounded. Wang Sheng and his companions had indeed flown away. But no matter how the barbarian experts described it, Zhu Xingsheng and Zhu Shaodong couldn't imagine how Wang Sheng and the others had managed to fly. All they knew was that they ran to a cliff, hung onto a triangular thing, and then just flew away.

"How is that possible?" Zhu Xingsheng could be said to be an old fox who had lived a lifetime, well-informed and having seen all sorts of strange things. But how Wang Sheng and the others had flown away was beyond his comprehension.

Even now, the barbarian experts spoke of Wang Sheng and his companions with fear. People who could fly, were they gods? Fortunately, Zhu Shaodong had done one thing right: he had promptly gathered those experts who had witnessed Wang Sheng's flight and kept them away from other barbarians, otherwise, who knew what the rumors would have become.

Especially after hearing about the loss of a flying mount and five experts, Zhu Xingsheng immediately sensed a strong premonition of danger. Flying mounts, if they faced Wang Sheng again in the future, they would no longer have any aerial advantage, but would likely face misfortune. Since that was the case, he might as well go with the flow.

Zhu Xingsheng, who had been busy with something before, had to once again bite the bullet and clean up the mess that Zhu Shaodong had made after the latter's foolish actions.

Three days later, before Wang Sheng was to enter the Thousand Absolutes Land, he heard about the new offering from Baoqing Surplus Hall in the city of Tang that was closest to the Thousand Absolutes Land.

It was still a bounty on Wang Sheng, still five flying mounts, but this time it included five beast tamers, along with ten eggs of flying demonic beasts, allowing people to raise flying mounts from a young age.

This immediately made the reward at least twice as valuable as the original. After all, a flying demonic beast raised from a young age by one's own people was much more reliable than one tamed by others. Who knew if a mature flying demonic beast had been specially trained with some unknown action that, if triggered during use, would cause it to fall from such a high altitude, barely leaving a complete corpse.

Ten eggs of flying demonic beasts instantly increased the value of the bounty several times. Many people were already tempted.

However, that wasn't the most ruthless part. The most ruthless part was that Baoqing Surplus Hall was willing to offer the methods for capturing and taming flying demonic beasts, as well as the methods for raising and feeding them from a young age, all included.

The methods for capturing, feeding, and taming were the most ruthless, directly equivalent to teaching a man to fish, so they would no longer be controlled by Baoqing Surplus Hall. Moreover, if they had this method and others didn't, in Wang Sheng's words, it would be the difference between having air supremacy and not having air supremacy. The strategic advantage could be said to be overwhelming.

Upon hearing this news, Wang Sheng didn't say a word and immediately left with A'Qi and Lingxu Old Daoist. Such a large reward would tempt not only small vassal states, but even the eight great vassal states, or even the Son of Heaven. This was Tang territory, and if the Tang family was tempted, Wang Sheng wouldn't be able to leave even if he wanted to.

Fortunately, it seemed that the Tang ruler's plan hadn't yet reached this city near the Thousand Absolutes Land, and Wang Sheng and his companions left calmly. Not far ahead was the Thousand Absolutes Land, and by the time the experts from the Tang city gathered and hurriedly chased out of the city, the three had already stepped into the edge of the Thousand Absolutes Land.

Although there were at least a hundred experts who chased after them, looking at Wang Sheng and his companions who had already entered the Thousand Absolutes Land, even if they were given ten times the manpower and ten times the courage, they wouldn't dare to follow them in. Inside the Thousand Absolutes Land, Wang Sheng was the absolute victor, and even the Old Daoist wouldn't dare to say that he could deal with Wang Sheng in the Thousand Absolutes Land with absolute certainty.

Within the boundaries of the Thousand Absolutes Land, Wang Sheng looked at the helpless Tang experts from afar, sneered, and turned to walk deeper into the Thousand Absolutes Land.

"Lord Changsheng, we absolutely have no malicious intent!" The city lord leading the Tang team immediately realized that something was wrong and hurriedly shouted at Wang Sheng from afar with his loudest voice: "We just heard that Lord Changsheng came to the city and specially invited Lord Changsheng to be a guest. Please don't misunderstand!"

This was a joke. If he didn't even say this, wouldn't he be admitting that he intended to chase and kill Wang Sheng? Baoqing Surplus Hall had wiped out hundreds of elite disciples of the Qiu family in the Thousand Absolutes Land, greatly damaging the Qiu family's vitality, but if it were Wang Sheng, none of the Qiu family's people in the Thousand Absolutes Land would survive. This had already been verified by the Dai family.

The Tang city lord of this border city had suddenly been tempted, thinking that he could take advantage of Wang Sheng and his companions being alone, but seeing Wang Sheng enter the Thousand Absolutes Land, if Wang Sheng vented his anger on the Tang family's disciples in the Thousand Absolutes Land, this city lord wouldn't have enough heads for the Tang family head to chop off! Today, he had dispatched so many experts, and it was estimated that the heads of his entire family would have to be gathered to meet that number and sent to the Changsheng Lord's mansion in the capital.

A single mistake could cause eternal regret! The city lord now wished he could slap himself hundreds of times. What was wrong with him? The family head hadn't made a decision yet, so how could he dare to dispatch experts to deal with Wang Sheng? Yes, it was Baoqing Surplus Hall's reward that was too tempting, causing the Tang city lord to lose his ability to think calmly.

"I have matters to attend to," Wang Sheng's voice came from afar, not loud, but exceptionally clear, shocking people with Wang Sheng's cultivation: "I can't bother with you for now. If there are any misunderstandings, go to the Changsheng Lord's mansion in the capital and explain to Steward Wang yourself!"

"Thank you, Lord Changsheng! Thank you, Lord Changsheng!" Hearing Wang Sheng's words, the city lord was not angry but happy, shouting repeatedly in the direction of Wang Sheng and his companions, almost bursting into tears.