Dragon's Origin

Chapter 107: Shifting a Huge Black Pot (Part 2)

Song Laoyu immediately dragged the Shi and Qiu families, two other of the five great families, into the mess. Moreover, it wasn't just the five great families; even the Xia and Gan families, who weren't among the five, were implicated. Including the Song family, that made five great families involved at once.

The representatives of the Shi, Qiu, Xia, and Gan families were overjoyed. They hadn't expected such a connection to their ancestors. The Song family had already announced the names of their family's ancestors back then. If they went back and followed the clues, they might be able to find some traces. Even a single clue would be a major event.

No one would dare to offend five families simultaneously, no matter how big the matter. But everyone wanted to know the secrets, so what could they do? Thus, the seemingly isolated Dai family was targeted by everyone.

If there hadn't been the assassination attempt on Wang Sheng before, the Dai family could have plausibly claimed ignorance. But now, they couldn't deny it even if they wanted to.

The identity of the Dai family's assassins had been firmly established. From where those assassins set out, who they met, which shops they entered, what they bought, and what they ate, everything was complete. The Dai family couldn't deny it even if they wanted to.

Almost everyone would think, why would the Dai family assassinate Wang Sheng at this critical juncture? Now it seemed that there was no explanation other than to silence him. As for saying it was to avenge Dai Huan and Fourth Master Dai? Could anyone believe such a childish excuse?

The only explanation was that the Dai family had discovered something about the Origin Soul, which was why they took action. There was no other reason. The people from the various families weren't fools. At this point, what was the point of denial?

The Dai family's representative was already a bit exasperated, but the people around him were not easy to deal with. The Dai family didn't want to provoke public anger directly, so they left first. As they left, they cursed Wang Sheng countless times in their hearts.

No one stopped the Dai family's representative from leaving. The Dai family was a well-known and respected family. They couldn't run away with the temple. There would be plenty of time to question the Dai family. The important thing now was for everyone to immediately send the news back to their families and then verify it.

As for the families that the Song family had implicated, they needed to immediately return and check the records of the ancestors involved to see if there were any records that would benefit their own families.

Another group of people went straight to the Royal Treasure Pavilion. They couldn't directly examine Wang Sheng now, but the old royal physicians, alchemists, and soul refiners invited by the Royal Treasure Pavilion had all personally examined Wang Sheng face-to-face. They were the most qualified to speak, and some news could be gleaned from them.

Some even thought of the city lord's mansion, which also had detoxification experts who had treated Wang Sheng. Some, feeling they had enough face, would visit the city lord's mansion. The scene quickly emptied as everyone disappeared.

After everyone had left, the steward quietly came to the outside of a private room, gently knocked on the door, and only carefully opened the door and entered after the person inside responded.

"What do you think?" Sitting in the private room was, of course, the City Lord of Worry-Free City. At this moment, he was sitting facing the platform where Wang Sheng had stood in the auction house. The steward could only see his back.

"There's an 80% chance that this is the reason," the steward replied hurriedly, not daring to be negligent.

"He said before that he improved his Origin Soul through confidence and belief. How likely do you think that is?" the City Lord asked again. The figure sitting upright in the chair was very steady.

"I don't rule out that possibility, but the possibility is too low," the steward replied truthfully, answering as he thought. He wouldn't talk nonsense in front of the City Lord. "But the matter of upgrading the Origin Soul should be true. The Song family directly admitted this matter, putting aside all pretense. The Dai family's previous actions also showed that they did know something."

"Investigate!" the City Lord only gave one word. The steward hurriedly agreed as if he had received an imperial decree.

After agreeing, the steward continued to report, "Your Excellency, Wang Sheng previously asked me to collect information on the cultivation of Origin Souls from hundreds of years ago. I have already collected some of it and it is in your study."

"Mm!" The City Lord gave a satisfied 'mm' and said nothing more.

However, the steward was very happy. He hadn't told the City Lord about this matter before because he wanted to give him a surprise at this time. That 'mm' was very clear to the steward. Having followed the City Lord for many years, he knew that was the tone he used when he was happy.

Wang Sheng was off the hook. At least, he could extricate himself from this matter. Who told the Dai family that the Origin Soul they snatched was indeed an upgradeable Origin Soul? The Dai family was destined to bear the brunt of this, unable to shake it off.

The secret about upgrading Origin Souls was indeed announced by Wang Sheng, but it was limited to those in the auction house. Ordinary people outside couldn't possibly know. Soon, the higher-ups of the various families would know, and the Dai family would face a wave of headaches and troubles. Wang Sheng, on the other hand, could easily focus on his own affairs.

The primary task was to complete the Gluttonous Transformation as soon as possible. Once the Gluttonous Transformation was complete, Wang Sheng would be at the second level. At that time, even if everyone discovered that Wang Sheng's cultivation had improved again, they wouldn't be surprised. Wang Sheng had already said that it was an upgradeable Origin Soul.

The city lord's mansion would definitely be turbulent these few days, with a lot of various matters. After these few days, Wang Sheng would ask the steward to look up the ancient Origin Soul cultivation methods he had collected.

The reason, of course, would be to see things related to himself and possible future upgrades. But the hidden purpose was to find records related to the Phoenix Origin Soul from these materials.

Having been in this world for so long, Wang Sheng had no news of the girl in his dreams except for Song Yan revealing that the Phoenix Origin Soul was a taboo. He could take this opportunity to investigate a little.

Requesting Baoqing Yutang to collect information was also for the same purpose. In particular, Wang Sheng required each high-level Origin Soul to have a representative figure, just to find content related to the Phoenix Origin Soul.

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An Origin Soul that can become a taboo shouldn't be a low-level Origin Soul, right? Wang Sheng didn't believe that even if it was a taboo, there wouldn't be any records at all? Not even a trace? In any case, Wang Sheng had to find news of the girl in his dreams.

That night, while Wang Sheng was instructing the two chefs of the Royal Treasure Pavilion on how to cook, Steward Lao Ge walked into Wang Sheng's residence with cheerful steps, almost skipping, with a face full of smiles, as if he had encountered something happy.

"I'll tell you good news," Steward Lao Ge said, squinting his eyes when he saw Wang Sheng. "The two people from the Dai family today were assassinated in the street not long after leaving the auction house. Just now, the exact news came over that they were seriously injured and died. Happy, right! They dared to send assassins to Worry-Free City and still wanted to leave alive. Did they really think my Worry-Free City is a place where they can come and go as they please? Humph!"