Dragon's Origin

Song Yan no longer harbored any thoughts of completely eliminating Worry-Free City. With an epic-level master like Uncle Li and hidden experts capable of restraining him, whose identities remained unknown, taking action now would be akin to fearing that Worry-Free City's super-expert assassins weren't skilled enough.

Only a fool would provoke Worry-Free City at this time, a city full of assassins, with countless more registered there from the outside world.

Currently, Song Yan had many important matters to prepare. One was, as Wang Sheng had said, to agree with all parties on which super demon beasts each family would be responsible for. This was of utmost importance, especially after Wang Sheng's warning. Song Yan solemnly reminded all participating parties to act according to their capabilities and not to be reckless.

If any family was greedy and wanted to seize more benefits from the super demon beasts, overestimating their abilities and trying to contract one or two more, they would not be met with super gains but most likely with utter destruction.

According to Wang Sheng, with each of the ninety-nine eighty-one super demon beasts killed, the remaining ones would increase their cultivation under the power of the formation. Although the speed would be relatively slow, the experts in battle would find themselves facing increasingly stronger opponents. If their strength was insufficient, what other outcome could there be besides death?

With Wang Sheng's warning, no force dared to casually contract more super demon beasts. It wasn't as if they could just contract them first and then slowly deal with them later. Other families wouldn't tolerate you contracting a demon beast but not contributing. Anyone who dared to do so would be forced by other forces to exert all their strength, forcing their experts to their deaths.

No one wanted to be cannon fodder for other families, so they could only act according to their capabilities. Moreover, this was a matter of their own disciples risking their lives, so no force recklessly took on too much.

Even the eight great families were very cautious, not to mention the smaller families and sects. After much pushing and shoving among the assembled representatives, they only contracted a total of thirty-six super demon beasts, less than half of the total. This was only because the other seven families among the eight great families each volunteered to be responsible for two.

Song Yan had no choice but to repeatedly suggest that the eight great families take on more responsibility and be in charge of more super demon beasts, but she was met with various forms of mockery. If the Song family wanted to be in the limelight, then the Song family should contract more and take care of the rest. Anyway, the Song family was practically half the organizer this time, so they should fulfill the organizer's obligations.

Song Yan made great efforts, but all parties still conservatively estimated the number of super demon beasts they could handle, and no one was willing to shoulder the responsibilities of a great family like the Song family.

Each party had its own agenda. The Song family could be said to be strong and powerful now, the force with the most experts. Among the eight great families, they could be said to be ranked first. Why would other families be happy if the Song family didn't expend its strength? Everyone was eager to see the Song family suffer heavy losses.

Left with no choice, Song Yan had to resort to her trump card, revealing what Wang Sheng had told her about the super demon beast's Yuan Soul being collectible. Whichever family killed a super demon beast could use a soul tablet to collect its Yuan Soul, which would only benefit their family's cultivation of their own experts.

Immediately, all parties became much more enthusiastic. Having benefits was different; it was more attractive than simply sending their disciples to their deaths.

With just this one benefit, the number of contracted super demon beasts doubled, directly reaching seventy-two. It could be said that each family was putting in their best effort, striving to collect as many super demon beast Yuan Souls as possible.

According to the estimations of all the experts, super demon beasts should all be in the epic realm, the eleventh level. Under the temptation of super Yuan Souls, each party was able to contract seventy-two super demon beasts, which could already be considered very greedy.

But there were still nine super demon beasts left unassigned. According to the rules, Song Yan, representing the Song family, could only take them on. However, now that the other seven great families were only responsible for an average of five each, and the Song family had to be responsible for nine, it was clear that each family was setting a trap for the Song family.

The eight great families had always been like this, mutually using, helping, and harming each other. Their centuries-old habits had already been ingrained in their bones.

Even if Song Yan repeatedly emphasized that there were huge benefits to be gained, urging each great family to take responsibility for a few, all parties remained firmly seated, watching Song Yan with smiles, unanimously feeling that the Song family should take on the last nine super demon beasts. Not only that, but these were the innermost nine, whose cultivation should be the strongest.

"Let's make it clear, there really are huge benefits in this," Song Yan deeply understood the way of playing hard to get. Wang Sheng had told her to strive for more spots, and she didn't even need to actively strive for them; these guys would deliver the great benefits to Song Yan's hands. Now, Song Yan was still using Wang Sheng's approach, telling them the truth that there were plenty of benefits. However, Song Yan also knew that those guys would definitely think she was bluffing them and would never actively take on the responsibility.

As Song Yan expected, no matter how many benefits Song Yan promised, the representatives of the great families all smiled and remained silent. Anyway, it was destined that the Song family would be responsible for the strongest nine super demon beasts. Each party even planned to go all out when taking action, quickly killing these super demon beasts, allowing the inner super demon beasts to level up, and exhausting the Song family's strength.

The final result was that the Song family would be responsible for nine, the other seven great families would be responsible for an average of five each, and the rest would be contracted by Worry-Free City, Divine Might Prison, Yu Baozhai, and those small families and sects. The representatives of the seven great families smiled and said that this distribution was absolutely fair, just, and couldn't be more suitable.

Song Yan's face had not been pleasant from the beginning, and she kept a cold face until she returned to Wang Sheng's residence. Ah Qi was not there, and Song Yan had completely occupied this place, treating it as her own lodging. Song Yan didn't care at all about what outsiders said, but the representatives of the other great families were all jealous. Without this kind of relationship with Wang Sheng, they didn't even have the benefit of being the first to get the moon near the water.

As for whether Song Yan really had an affair with Wang Sheng, these guys didn't care. What they cared about was how they could extract more benefits from Wang Sheng.

As soon as she returned to Wang Sheng's place, the frost on Song Yan's face immediately thawed, and she became radiant with smiles. The great families all wanted to get benefits from Wang Sheng, but when Wang Sheng told them that there were great benefits inside, they actually played hard to get. Who could she blame? Song Yan didn't believe that those guys didn't know that Wang Sheng was advising her from behind, but they still planned to use the super demon beasts to set a trap for the Song family.

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"You asked me to strive for a few more, and I have strived for them," Song Yan asked Wang Sheng curiously, "Now, should I say it?"