Dragon's Origin

Chapter 521: Dividing the Spoils (Part 1)

Anyone would be surprised at first sight of this mountain of gold.

However, after the initial shock, everyone present instantly regained their composure. A master who has cultivated to the ninth level of the Legendary Realm would not have reached this level if they were easily blinded by wealth.

However, a faint sense of wariness arose among the Shi family, the Gan family, and the old Taoists from the Old Lord Temple.

"Is this pile of junk what your two families' ancestors spent centuries collecting as peerless treasures?" Wang Sheng's voice echoed in the spacious chamber, making those who heard it quite uncomfortable.

What do you mean by a pile of junk? This golden mountain can be called junk? But everyone present knew Wang Sheng's wealth and his approximate annual income. From that perspective, this pile of gold might really be just a pile of junk to Wang Sheng.

Of course, only Wang Sheng could say that. If there were to be another person who didn't care about this pile of gold, it would probably be Old Taoist Ling Xu. When has he ever cared about gold coins?

The rest of the people, even the ten Taoists of the Qing generation, hadn't reached the point of treating money like dirt as Old Taoist Ling Xu and Wang Sheng did. There was no way around it; their realm hadn't reached that level yet.

"This should only be a part of it!" The two Great Elders didn't know what the specific peerless treasures were, but even just the mountain of gold before them was enough to make them happy.

From the perspective of a family's Great Elder and a vassal state's important minister, such a pile of valuable goldware would definitely bring enough capital to the two countries and two families. Compared to the Qiu family, the Xia family, and those other vassal states that were emptied of both people and wealth, the Shi family and the Gan family had instantly become wealthy!

"See if there's anything good left!" Wang Sheng took a few steps forward listlessly, casually picked up a golden statue, placed it horizontally on the ground, and sat down on it. "Don't just stand around, go inside and take a look. Also, if you find any jewelry, save it for me. I have a lot of women at home, so I can save some money."

Wang Sheng said the last sentence in a very casual tone, still with an air of looking down on the items. But the more Wang Sheng said that, the more it seemed that he really didn't care about these things.

The old Taoists agreed and dispersed to go forward. The Gan and Shi families looked at their own Great Elders, and the two Great Elders nodded in unison. Without saying a word, the two families also dispersed, holding torches and looking around, wanting to see if there was anything in other directions.

The reason why everyone dispersed was actually also to be able to supervise each other. Now that they had arrived, the three families seemed to be guarding against others hiding things and were trying to keep an eye on each other.

"Sit! Sit!" Seeing that the two Great Elders and Old Taoist Ling Xu were standing there, Wang Sheng seemed a little embarrassed. He casually grabbed two statues from nearby that were dented and unrecognizable and threw them on the ground, inviting them to sit down. "Think carefully, did the ancestors leave any more words behind?"

Old Taoist Ling Xu consciously kicked over a golden basin, turned it upside down, and sat on it. He took out a bottle of Wuliangye and slowly drank it.

The two Great Elders looked at each other and sat down on the temporary seats that Wang Sheng had pulled out without any politeness. The Gan family's Great Elder frowned and picked up Wang Sheng's words: "There really weren't any more words left behind, otherwise we would have found the place ourselves, wouldn't we?"

"So we worked so hard here for over a year just for this?" Wang Sheng casually picked up a gold coin, tossed it up and down, and asked the two of them. After asking, he suddenly seemed to remember something and shouted at the people who were already inspecting the surroundings: "Oh right, save a few weapons for me too, I have women who need them!"

No one would think that Wang Sheng's two requests were outrageous. He just wanted some ready-made jewelry and a few weapons to please women? No big deal. Who didn't know that Wang Sheng had a manor in the capital, which housed more than six hundred beautiful women?

Everyone envied Wang Sheng's unparalleled good fortune and laughed off his request for more jewelry and weapons, trying to satisfy him as much as possible. At most, they would just compensate in other ways. With such a large amount of treasure, wouldn't they be able to make up for it?

"Try to pay attention to the Duke while searching." The Gan family's Great Elder was of course willing to satisfy Wang Sheng's two small requests. It was a beneficial and effortless thing, and there was no need to argue about it.

Being able to have Wang Sheng owe them a small favor was more worthwhile than getting tens of millions more in gold coins! The Shi family's Great Elder was not willing to fall behind and also shouted at his disciples. Everyone thought the same way. None of the people who could become a family's Great Elder were fools.

Similarly, the experts from the two families who were counting inside were not fools either. The family was willing to have Wang Sheng take on this favor, but that didn't mean that all the good things had to be left to Wang Sheng.

At least they would pay attention first to whether there was anything special about the jewelry and weapons they encountered. If there was something special, then they would focus on it. Was Wang Sheng someone who easily asked for something? As for ordinary things, that was definitely giving the Duke face. There really weren't any fools in this world.

No one knew how excited Wang Sheng was in his heart when he casually made those two requests. With the effect of the Nine Words Secret Art's 'Lin' word formula and the strengthening effect of the Five Words Formula, Wang Sheng was able to say these two requests without changing his expression or heartbeat, and also prevent the two families from being too wary.

Others' eyesight was not good, and in this dim torchlight, they couldn't see the scene inside clearly at once. But Wang Sheng was different. Wang Sheng's eyesight, strengthened by the Chiwen, could see clearly within this range of hundreds of feet.

In particular, Wang Sheng also had the Nine Words Secret Art's 'Xing' word formula and super hearing, and could emit silent sound waves to know the outlines and appearances of those things in the darkness.

As soon as he came in, Wang Sheng could be sure that the two things attracting the Battle Awareness Little Man were in the central part of this pile of goldware, and they were both on the surface.

One was a seemingly ordinary gold hairpin with a pendant, and the other was a sword. As for why they would attract the Battle Awareness Little Man, Wang Sheng didn't know yet, he would have to hold them in his hand to figure it out.

Wang Sheng relied on his strong willpower to nail himself to the golden statue under his butt. He glanced at the people cleaning over there and asked the two Great Elders, "How should we divide this gold?"

"By weight?" The Shi family's Great Elder answered without thinking.

Wang Sheng looked at the Gan family's Great Elder, who didn't think about it either and just nodded. Wang Sheng didn't say much more: "Alright! By weight it is!"