Dragon's Origin

Chapter 189: The Return of the Song Family Head (Part 2)

Song Yan didn't say much; it was mostly Song Laoyu who was speaking. Song Laoyu was originally the steward that Song Hongde had arranged for Song Yan. His age and cultivation were suitable—not too excessive—but he was shrewd and capable, and his reports were well-organized.

He recounted how the elders tested the waters after Song Hongde left, how they sidelined the two elders Song Hongde had left behind, how those two elders died unexpectedly, how Song Yan went from being a respected young lady to being suppressed, how her Yuan Soul was switched during cultivation, and so on. By the time he finished, before Wang Sheng even appeared, almost a day had passed.

Throughout this day, Song Hongde was almost constantly in a state of anger. He even called in another steward to listen in. Later, both of them were gritting their teeth as they listened. The aura of anger that they exuded frightened Song Laoyu, making him speak with some trepidation.

Fortunately, Song Yan was clever and quickly began to massage Song Hongde's shoulders. With his daughter's service, Song Hongde's expression softened a lot, and Song Laoyu's pressure was somewhat reduced, allowing him to continue his story.

Being cultivation experts, staying awake for a day and a night wasn't a big deal. After another half-day of narration, it was finally Wang Sheng's turn to appear.

Upon hearing that Song Yan had been forcibly abducted by a so-called heir of the Dai family and taken to a forbidden area passed down through generations of the Song family, where he flaunted his power, Song Hongde gritted his teeth, wishing he could immediately kill his way to the Dai family. Of course, before that, Song Hongde would have to deal with the Song family elders. Allowing his daughter to suffer such oppression, they all deserved to die!

Wang Sheng's descent from the sky, the Yuan Soul Devouring, and the killing of Dai Huan and his group—after this series of events, it was time for Song Yan to undergo the family trial.

"Good! Very good!" After listening, the anger in Song Hongde's heart had reached its peak, but he had strangely calmed down. However, his long-time follower, the steward, could hear the immense killing intent in his suppressed words.

Song Hongwu and the others dared to use the trial as an opportunity to kill his daughter. Very well! Song Hongde secretly vowed that when he returned to the Song family, he would exterminate the elders and their factions, leaving no one alive!

Wang Sheng saved Song Yan and Song Laoyu at the critical moment, but Song Yan and Song Laoyu didn't know what method or hidden weapon Wang Sheng had used. This piqued Song Hongde's interest, and he kept asking questions.

"He was still in the unranked realm at that time?" Song Hongde found this the most unbelievable part. How could an unranked trash be able to do something that even Song Laoyu, a Third Realm expert, couldn't do?

But what happened later surprised Song Hongde even more. He was hunted down by various families, escaped through the Thousand Absolutes Land to Worry-Free City, thrived in Worry-Free City, advanced to the First Realm after entering the city, burned a Fourth Realm expert, assassinated Dai Wuji of the Seventh Realm, and led various families in and out of the Thousand Absolutes Land. After hearing this series of stories, Song Hongde was speechless.

No matter how hard Song Hongde tried, he couldn't imagine that a guy with only a Third Realm cultivation base like Wang Sheng could have such an amazing experience. Not only had various parties suffered losses at his hands, but they later had to abandon all pursuits just to cooperate with Wang Sheng. It was impossible not to admire him.

However, Song Hongde quickly thought of himself. Hadn't he been the same way? Before, Song Hongde's performance was just like that of the decision-makers of other aristocratic families—he didn't take Wang Sheng seriously. But later, after suffering great losses and deaths at Wang Sheng's hands, he had no choice but to cooperate with Wang Sheng and found that Wang Sheng was willing to negotiate. What a waste!

After listening to the story, almost a day and a half had passed. The group rested in the camp for half a day. Song Hongde sealed the entrance to the camp with a complex expression and resolutely led the remaining three hundred or so people away.

Song Hongde and his group had lived in the Thousand Absolutes Land for ten years. As long as they didn't encounter unconventional things like man-eating ants, the Song family experts were not afraid. More than three hundred experts in the Seventh and Eighth Realms, along with a few in the Ninth Realm, could overwhelm even several top Ninth Realm experts if they attacked together. What monsters sensed their powerful aura and avoided them from afar, so there was no need to be as careful as when Wang Sheng led them.

The straight-line distance to the outside was only two hundred miles. Song Hongde and his group didn't plan to take a detour. In just four or five days, they reached the edge of the Thousand Absolutes Land. No large monsters blocked their way, and even small insects didn't affect their march. This made Song Yan suspect that Wang Sheng had been following their team all along.

After leaving the Thousand Absolutes Land, the experts Song Hongde brought quickly dispersed into groups of several people and disappeared. Only Song Yan, Song Laoyu, the steward, and three seemingly unremarkable subordinates remained by Song Hongde's side.

In fact, not only did those three subordinates look unremarkable, but even Song Yan, Song Laoyu, and the steward had changed their appearances under Song Hongde's instructions, making themselves inconspicuous. However, Song Yan received guidance from Song Hongde, and those three unremarkable subordinates were actually three Ninth Realm experts.

Ninth Realm! When Song Yan heard these words, her body couldn't help but sway. Li, the old eunuch from the royal family who was in charge of training the imperial guards, whom Wang Sheng always referred to as an old monster, was only at the peak of the Eighth Realm, according to Song Yan. But now, three Ninth Realm experts had appeared casually by her side, and this wasn't even all of the Ninth Realm experts. Song Hongde's forbearance and cultivation over the past ten years were truly astonishing.

Among the group, Song Yan and Song Laoyu had the weakest cultivation, but even they had reached the Fifth Realm. Song Laoyu had also benefited from Song Yan in the past two years, obtaining a lot of cultivation resources and barely reaching the Fifth Realm.

If such a group wanted to hide their tracks, ordinary people would have no way to detect them. Even for cultivators, it wouldn't be difficult to hide from those in the Third or Fourth Realm.

The Song family manor where the elders were located was in sight, but the group stopped. After the steward made a few marks nearby, they hid in a valley outside the manor. They had been missing for more than ten years, so there was no need to rush.

In a few days, those subordinates who had dispersed gradually found their way back along the marks. Each of them reported the completion of their mission to Song Hongde.

After all the subordinates had arrived, Song Hongde finally nodded. With a command, Song Yan and Song Laoyu took the lead, followed by Song Hongde, the steward, and the three experts. They walked along the road towards the Song family manor.

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After they started their operation, Wang Sheng, who was ten miles away, watched this scene through a telescope and breathed a sigh of relief. He could wait to watch the show and the accelerated development of the Thousand Absolutes Land by all parties.