Dragon's Origin

“Are all the disciples in your sect developed so evenly?” Wang Sheng asked curiously, holding the cultivation method and looking at the introduction attached by Sister Rose, “It’s okay if it’s inconvenient to answer.”

This was akin to inquiring about the secrets of her sect, so Wang Sheng wouldn’t press her too hard. She could speak if she wanted, and didn’t have to if she didn’t.

“During the foundational stages, we try to be as balanced as possible.” Sister Rose didn’t hide anything. In fact, she didn’t know much at her level, just a little more than the basics. “Everyone always has their own strengths. While practicing comprehensively, don’t forget to maximize your advantages.”

Wang Sheng nodded. This sect's cultivation path was good. Strengths had to be maintained, and the overall balance was important. It seemed like a relatively stable sect. As far as Wang Sheng knew, some sects followed extreme cultivation methods, making their strengths extremely strong while everything else was a mess. It couldn't be said which was right or wrong, only that their cultivation routes were different.

Thinking about his own situation, the Dragon had Nine Sons, which would likely involve strengthening all aspects of the body. Therefore, a relatively balanced development was more suitable for Wang Sheng's situation.

Having made up his mind, Wang Sheng thanked Sister Rose. When he was alone and quiet, he opened these cultivation methods.

The *Arrogant Heaven Skill* he obtained from Tang Ao was very powerful, but it involved forty-five acupoints. Tang Ao only started practicing at the fifth level. If Wang Sheng wanted to practice this *Arrogant Heaven Skill*, he would probably have to reach the sixth level to have enough acupoints.

Although the cultivation methods Sister Rose brought had been selected by her, they were all mass-produced goods that could be bought on the market. Even if they were high-quality, they wouldn't be exceptionally so. However, Wang Sheng didn't need to worry about this. As for the parts related to combat cultivation, the fighting consciousness little man could solve them all.

Before, he had a fighting consciousness little man clone who specialized in researching the *Arrogant Heaven Skill*. From the occasional words the fighting consciousness little man exchanged with him, Wang Sheng could guess that the fighting consciousness little man was optimizing the *Arrogant Heaven Skill* so that Wang Sheng could practice it when he had two, four, or eight acupoints.

Obviously, this was a relatively time-consuming and laborious task, and it wasn't necessary. What Wang Sheng needed was not to lower the cultivation requirements of advanced cultivation methods, but to optimize the usable low-level cultivation methods even more.

Wang Sheng carefully read all five cultivation methods. Then, as he expected, the five clones of the fighting consciousness little man began to re-interpret and re-plan the spiritual energy routes of the five cultivation methods according to Wang Sheng's current number of acupoints.

This alone saved Wang Sheng a lot of effort. From now until he took people into the Thousand Absolutes Ground, Wang Sheng only needed to adapt to the new realm.

Several days passed in a flash. On the month's deadline that Wang Sheng had agreed upon, the steward sent someone to invite Wang Sheng and took him to the front yard of the City Lord's mansion.

Here, ten people were already waiting for Wang Sheng. They were the first group of people carefully selected by the City Lord's mansion to follow Wang Sheng in and out of the Thousand Absolutes Ground.

Among the ten people, there were men and women, but they had several things in common. One was that they were not particularly old. The oldest one looked about thirty, and the youngest was about the same age as Wang Sheng.

Secondly, everyone's cultivation level was similar, almost all at the fourth level. Wang Sheng had set the condition that they had to be at the fourth level or above, and they really selected people at the fourth level. Perhaps they thought that people of this age and realm were similar to Wang Sheng and wouldn't make Wang Sheng feel threatened.

Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that they deliberately used people at the fourth level as a test to see if the trip would be smooth and whether Wang Sheng really intended to take everyone in and out. Even if there were any mishaps, these aristocratic families wouldn't lose too many powerful experts.

“Lone Wolf, there are no longer any bounty missions to hunt you down, and all the families and sects that had grudges with you in the past have given up their hatred.” The steward told Wang Sheng this in front of these ten people, “Including the Dai family, everything is forgiven. These are the people who have been selected this time for you to take into the Thousand Absolutes Ground. If you have any instructions, you can raise them in advance.”

After speaking, the steward stepped aside, and Wang Sheng walked in front of the crowd.

“Everyone knows who I am, so I won’t introduce myself again.” Facing ten eager experts, Wang Sheng once again felt like he was abusing rookies in the training camp on Earth. He took on the posture of an instructor and began to lecture the ten people.

“I don’t know who you are, what your names are, or which families or sects you come from. To be honest, I don’t want to know.” Wang Sheng looked at the ten people standing or sitting opposite him from beginning to end, lecturing them while muttering in his heart.

If these guys were in the military camp on Earth, they would be tortured to the point of wishing they were dead on the first day. Standing without standing properly or sitting without sitting properly, the new recruit squad leader could make them suffer. It was only here that those rules didn't work, allowing them to be so casual.

“But, as the person who will lead you through the Thousand Absolutes Ground next,” Wang Sheng paused slightly, and as expected, the expressions of the crowd changed somewhat because of this sentence, adding some anticipation. Wang Sheng continued, “I need to know your cultivation realm and the weapons you are proficient in, so that I can make targeted arrangements.”

The words were so clear that everyone could understand them. So when Wang Sheng looked at the first person on the left again, that expert cooperated and raised his hand: “Late stage of the fourth level, sword!”

Simple and clear, Wang Sheng nodded, then looked at the second person.

“Late stage of the fourth level, sword!”

“Peak of the fourth level, spear!”

“Mid-stage of the fourth level, bow and arrow, long saber!”

“Mid-stage of the fourth level, formation, dagger!”

“Late stage of the fourth level, alchemy, fists and feet!”

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“Peak of the fourth level, hammer!”

As Wang Sheng expected, all ten people were at the fourth level. The strongest was at the peak of the fourth level, and the weakest was at the mid-stage of the fourth level. Relatively speaking, the cultivation realm was balanced. However, the weapons were varied, with sabers, spears, bows, arrows, daggers, and everything else.

“Since everyone is going to follow me in and out of the Thousand Absolutes Ground, with so many people together, there must be rules.” After listening, Wang Sheng just nodded without commenting and began to state his rules: “Otherwise, it will be a chaotic mess, and I cannot guarantee that everyone will come out alive.”

These words were a blatant threat, without any concealment. But the crowd seemed to be mentally prepared and just listened quietly, without anyone speaking.

“Let’s talk about the first rule.” Wang Sheng ignored the thoughts of the crowd and said his request: “I know that you don’t actually服 (fú - submit) to me, it doesn’t matter, I don’t care. But there is one iron rule that you must firmly remember.”

“After entering the Thousand Absolutes Ground, if you don’t want to do what I ask you to do, you don’t have to do it.” Wang Sheng’s opening words stunned everyone. Didn’t have to do it? What did that mean? This was an iron rule?