Dragon's Origin

Chapter 134: Learning Sculpture and Calligraphy (Part 2)

The jade pendant shattered, and the man instantly woke up, realizing what had happened.

In fact, the so-called stabilization formation on the Two-Sided Exquisite Seal Box had another function: when the formation was destroyed and the box was opened, it would simultaneously activate a small destruction formation. The target of destruction was the jade pendant worn on the man's chest.

The destruction formation had to be very close to the Exquisite Seal Box, within a mile, to be effective. That's why the man lived in the neighboring district, not far from the Heavenly Craft Workshop, to verify this.

The Exquisite Seal Box could only be opened in two ways: either by recklessly forcing it open and destroying the contents, or by finding a Grandmaster from the Exquisite Pavilion. However, even seeking help from the Exquisite Pavilion didn't guarantee success.

The moment the jade pendant broke, the man knew that the Exquisite Seal Box had been opened.

"He really went to the Exquisite Pavilion," the man said, looking at the shattered jade pendant, shaking his head. "Looks like he couldn't open the box himself. Useless."

Wang Sheng opened the Exquisite Seal Box and immediately saw the simple, almost excessively plain pendant inside. He picked it up and, in front of the old blacksmith, threaded it onto his military dog tag chain. As soon as he activated his spiritual energy, Wang Sheng's face changed.

"Hmm, can't see through it at a glance, can't sense anything either," the old blacksmith nodded. "This appearance is much more pleasing to the eye."

By the time Wang Sheng left the Heavenly Craft Workshop, he had a completely new image. Not far from the workshop, Wang Sheng noticed over a dozen auras lingering on him. After being watched for a while, they all dispersed.

Wang Sheng looked around vigilantly. A burly man suddenly warned him from a corner, "Kid, this is none of your business. Get lost and don't get in the way!"

After warning Wang Sheng, the burly man's gaze returned to the Heavenly Craft Workshop, ignoring Wang Sheng completely. Wang Sheng's heart stirred, and he pretended to cooperate, walking away.

Taking a large detour, Wang Sheng turned in another direction. It didn't take long for Wang Sheng to see five or six people in this direction also watching the exit from the Heavenly Craft Workshop, as if lying in wait for a target.

These people were definitely after him. Wang Sheng unceremoniously assumed he was the target.

To say these people were after the Exquisite Pavilion, Wang Sheng wouldn't believe it for anything. The Exquisite Pavilion was different from other businesses. It was full of Grandmasters and Great Grandmasters, and any one of them could involve countless favors from experts. Unless the five major families and the royal family joined forces, no one would dare to move against the Exquisite Pavilion lightly.

Since they weren't targeting the Exquisite Pavilion, Wang Sheng couldn't think of anyone other than himself who would warrant so many experts lying in wait. It was only because he had changed into a high-level mask that ordinary formation experts couldn't easily see through him. If he were still using the Worry-Free City mask, he would have been discovered and attacked long ago.

Where was the target exposed? Wang Sheng immediately suspected the Exquisite Seal Box. It must have been the Exquisite Seal Box that exposed him; there was no other possibility.

Who was it? Sister Rose? The steward? The City Lord? Or the Shadow Eunuch? Wang Sheng couldn't be sure yet. However, the City Lord and the Shadow Eunuch were the most suspicious. Only a powerful force could mobilize so many experts in the capital.

Ignoring them, Wang Sheng strolled away from the Heavenly Craft Workshop right under their noses. He didn't even return to the inn where he was staying, not even stopping, and left the capital directly.

Old Lu's little apprentice wasn't in the capital, but in a small mountain village in the outskirts. Someone learning sculpture couldn't just stay in the capital making noise all day, so they chose a relatively secluded place.

Wang Sheng had left the capital, but the capital was tense for several days. The group searched for several days without finding Wang Sheng's whereabouts and had to reluctantly withdraw.

"What? Not found? How is that possible?" After a searching expert reported, the master giving the orders was furious. "A person wearing a Worry-Free City mask could be found with their eyes closed, right? Forty or fifty of you couldn't find him? Useless!"

"Master, your subordinates have searched all the directions around the Heavenly Craft Workshop. Everyone who came out was checked. There really was no Lone Wolf," the subordinate hurriedly explained.

"Find a way to search inside the workshop!" The master was also very unhappy but could only issue another order for them to execute.

Wang Sheng had disappeared again? And in the capital, right under their noses? How could they bear this?

Although no one could figure out when Wang Sheng had come to the capital, the fact that he had used the Exquisite Seal Box in the Exquisite Pavilion meant that he had definitely come.

It wasn't that they hadn't considered Wang Sheng using the pendant, but as soon as that pendant was used, someone would notice. Until now, that person hadn't made a move, so Wang Sheng definitely hadn't used it.

There was a high probability that the Exquisite Seal Box hadn't been opened at all, or had been destroyed. Although it was only a Two-Sided Exquisite Seal Box, it wasn't something that ordinary Grandmasters could open. According to everyone's understanding of the Exquisite Seal Box, at least four Great Grandmasters would have to work together to have a chance.

Four Great Grandmasters working together? Would Wang Sheng, a mere barbarian, have that kind of face? Don't even mention Wang Sheng. Baoqing Yu Tang's business was big enough, right? But they could only reach the Grandmaster level of the Exquisite Pavilion. Great Grandmasters weren't people that just anyone could meet.

Moreover, the Exquisite Pavilion in the capital only had some Grandmasters stationed there. Where would Great Grandmasters come from? Those old men and women who set up stalls on the streets and pretended to be something? What a joke!

Everyone firmly believed in their own judgment. After searching secretly for a few more days without results, they could only helplessly accept the fact that Wang Sheng had disappeared again.

This Wang Sheng could definitely be called a fleeing Grandmaster. So many people couldn't stop him. It seemed that they could only contact him in Worry-Free City in the future.

Perhaps, if they didn't kill Wang Sheng, it wouldn't be bad to ask him to kill a few annoying guys. Wang Sheng could even kill Dai Wuji, who was at the seventh level. Wouldn't it be easy to kill a few people whose cultivation was inferior to Dai Wuji's?

Wang Sheng had no idea how much commotion he had caused in the capital by walking around. He was now holed up in the small mountain village where Old Lu's little apprentice was.

The person teaching Wang Sheng the basics wasn't the middle-aged uncle Wang Sheng had expected, but a child who was six or seven years younger than Wang Sheng, only eleven or twelve years old. Don't underestimate the child's age. He had been playing with sculpture for six or seven years and was much better than Wang Sheng.

"Be careful, sift the soil well, and then pass it through fine gauze twice," the child said, acting like a supervisor, bossing Wang Sheng around. "With your current foundation, don't even think about sculpting stone. Start by practicing with mud!"