Dragon's Origin

Chapter 714: Worry-Free City Wants a Piece of the Action (Part 1)

Song Yan didn't specify what the benefits were. Perhaps she genuinely didn't know, or perhaps she wasn't planning to say, but the result was that Song Yan never mentioned anything about it.

Wang Sheng didn't ask, there was no need to ask. Currently, what he wanted was temporarily aligned with what the major families wanted: to break the formation in the glacier lake. The various families could take those benefits, but Wang Sheng wanted to kill the girl in the dream within the ice pillar.

However, once the formation was truly broken, there would definitely be fundamental conflicts. Who knew if the various families would be willing to let Wang Sheng kill the tormented girl in the dream? A world-class expert who had been tortured for five hundred years and was only seeking death would definitely answer any questions asked. Couldn't the major families see the immense benefits contained within?

But that would ultimately be after the formation was broken. Wang Sheng would probably really have to cooperate with the major families to break the formation. Those several huge and terrifying formations could never be broken without paying a price. According to Wang Sheng's estimation, it would cost at least hundreds of lives, and they would have to be the lives of current Legendary Realm experts.

Could Wang Sheng let his own people's lives be lost in this? Obviously impossible! So he could only turn to the major families.

"The Shi family and the Gan family have cooperated once before. Just in terms of pure cooperation, they are very good partners," Wang Sheng said to Song Yan. "Maybe you can unite them this time."

After saying this, Wang Sheng looked at Song Yan's expression and simply suggested, "Of course, you can unite several more families, everyone can join in, more people make things easier. But remember one thing, before seeing the specific benefits, they must at least guarantee not to play tricks."

If they were to play tricks along the way, Song Yan and the others probably wouldn't tolerate such people. It was also appropriate to entrust the matter to Song Yan, at least it would be much easier than Wang Sheng.

"I'll go gather them." Song Yan really had no objections, probably a decision made after weighing the gains and losses.

Not to mention anything else, at least people would definitely die when hunting those super demon beasts, and many would die. It was impossible for the Song family to do it alone, and it was even more impossible to consume so many super demon beast spirit souls. Adding the Shi family and the Gan family probably wouldn't be enough either, so why bother consuming the lives of the Song family disciples?

"It's already come to this point," Wang Sheng added, "I believe that when you were searching through the records left by your ancestors, there should have been many descriptions of the formations inside. Gather them together, analyze them carefully, and save as many lives as possible."

"The materials will be sent to Worry-Free City soon," Song Yan agreed without hesitation. She wasn't afraid that any family wouldn't be willing to participate. Anyone who wasn't willing to share the information would just obediently line up behind everyone else. Any family that was willing to accept such an arrangement was welcome to withdraw.

"It's best for each family to send a few people to organize it," Wang Sheng added, "Relying on me alone, I'm afraid I won't have that much time and energy."

This wasn't Wang Sheng shirking responsibility, nor was it Wang Sheng taking the opportunity to find some free labor, but rather to reassure the families. Everyone would share the organized materials, and there wouldn't be any situation where one family concealed something or didn't say something. At least the materials brought over would be shared by all families, which could ensure each family's right to know. It was also a reasonable method to reduce conflicts in the early stage. Of course, it was also Wang Sheng's comfortable arrangement to slack off.

While they were talking, the guard guarding the door rushed in to report that the butler of the Worry-Free City Lord had arrived.

This time, Butler Bro didn't rush over the moment Wang Sheng returned to Worry-Free City, but came at this time. Wang Sheng looked at Song Yan, and the two exchanged a tacit understanding. Wang Sheng smiled and instructed the guard to politely invite him in.

"Old Brother, I came uninvited, please forgive me!" The chubby Butler Bro didn't find it strange that the guards at the door had changed. He had a familiar smiling face as soon as he met Wang Sheng. After greeting Wang Sheng, he greeted Song Yan. This was the daughter of the Duke of Song, so he had to follow the rules.

"Duke, Miss Song, no matter how you plan to operate this time, count Worry-Free City in," After the greetings, Butler Bro smiled and expressed Worry-Free City's intentions. This was official business, so the butler directly addressed Wang Sheng as Duke and Song Yan as Miss Song. "Worry-Free City will pay its share of the price."

In fact, Worry-Free City was included when Song Yan communicated with various forces earlier. Wang Sheng used to have a good relationship with the Worry-Free City Lord, but since Uncle Li's matter, there had been a rift between the two sides. Although Wang Sheng could still come and go freely in Worry-Free City, it was only because of Worry-Free City's rules, and it was no longer the kind of cooperative understanding as before. This was also a typical example of ruining a good hand.

That's why now Worry-Free City wanted to join, it had to greet both Wang Sheng and Song Yan, otherwise, the dignified Worry-Free City would probably be excluded.

Wang Sheng didn't speak, just looked at Song Yan. Song Yan also didn't speak, but her eyes showed a reluctance. It was already the final stage, and apart from the eight major families, not just any small force could jump out and have a share of the pie. Although Worry-Free City was strong, it was not enough in front of the eight major families.

"As additional compensation, Worry-Free City is willing to send an Epic-level expert to participate," Butler Bro quickly put forward Worry-Free City's additional conditions. Of course, this condition was both a condition and a threat.

The various parties had just redefined the Legendary Realm, and the people who had advanced to the Legendary Realm added up to only a few hundred, and they were still in the period of consolidating their cultivation. Worry-Free City could already send an Epic-level expert to participate, which undoubtedly made Song Yan feel the pressure.

Song Yan's face immediately changed. If such an Epic-level expert were to participate, then who would lead? Who could command this Epic-level expert?

"Epic-level expert?" Wang Sheng suddenly laughed: "Old Brother, it wouldn't be Uncle Li, would it? When I saw him that year, he was already an Epic-level expert, so many years have passed, hasn't he advanced yet?"

Others had not seen Uncle Li, but the butler had personally accompanied Wang Sheng to see Uncle Li. Wang Sheng's words made the butler smile bitterly. At that time, Wang Sheng had already seen Uncle Li's cultivation, indicating that Wang Sheng had already mastered the method of spirit soul advancement to break through the ninth level.

Thinking about it, Wang Sheng seemed to have sold that method when he first arrived in Worry-Free City. It's a pity that no one believed it, and everyone regarded it as a joke. Now, looking back, the real joke turned out to be themselves.

"If Uncle Li joins, who will he listen to?" Seeing Butler Bro nodding, Wang Sheng directly asked the question that Song Yan was most concerned about.