Dragon's Origin

"Your guard isn't up to par?" Wang Sheng turned to look at the old Taoist, then back at the brawny man whose background he didn't know, and couldn't help but ask with a puzzled expression: "What's wrong with him?"

As Wang Sheng asked, the old Taoist cooperated fully, standing there with his chest puffed out and belly protruding, trying to look strong.

However, the old Taoist's appearance, in the eyes of the experts from various major forces, seemed so ridiculous that some even laughed without trying to hide it.

"His cultivation is lacking." The brawny man shook his head directly, not even bothering to glance at the old Taoist, his impatience practically written all over his face: "He can't guarantee your safety in the Thousand Absolutes Territory."

"So, this expert must have been in and out of the Thousand Absolutes Territory many times?" A meaningful smile appeared on Wang Sheng's face, and he gave a thumbs up in praise: "Impressive!"

The brawny man's face immediately became a little strained. Wang Sheng wasn't praising him at all, but clearly mocking him. If he could really go in and out of the Thousand Absolutes Territory a few times, would it still be Wang Sheng's turn to strut around in Worry-Free City? Without Wang Sheng, he probably wouldn't even dare to think about entering the Thousand Absolutes Territory.

However, Wang Sheng's bringing people into the Thousand Absolutes Territory this time was no small matter. All parties wanted to seize some initiative, especially the major forces. Even if Jade Treasure Pavilion took the lead, they were clearly planning to turn the base into a public town where anyone could go as long as they paid, wouldn't that eliminate the advantages of the major forces?

But Jade Treasure Pavilion needed to recruit experts and workers, and who would go without such a promise? The major forces didn't want their own disciples to sacrifice themselves, but they also wanted to seize the greatest benefits, so besides controlling Wang Sheng, what better way was there?

However, everyone understood that controlling Wang Sheng in the Thousand Absolutes Territory was almost impossible. When Wang Sheng's cultivation was still mediocre, he could exhaust a fifth-level expert to death in the Thousand Absolutes Territory. Now that Wang Sheng's cultivation had increased many times over, even sixth or seventh-level experts might not dare to say they could kill Wang Sheng in the Thousand Absolutes Territory.

In this way, striving to have Wang Sheng stand on their side from the beginning became extremely important. The problem was, asking a group of experts with at least sixth or seventh-level cultivation, or even higher, to win over a small third-level junior, especially when these experts came from famous backgrounds, either major sects or major families, was it possible for them to lower their faces and please Wang Sheng?

Therefore, suppressing Wang Sheng outside the Thousand Absolutes Territory, and then firmly controlling Wang Sheng by their side within the Thousand Absolutes Territory, was the only method these people could accept.

Of course, if they knew that Song Zhiming and others were all taken down with a single command from Wang Sheng, they would never dare to entertain such thoughts. Unfortunately, the Song family wouldn't reveal such things, and Wang Sheng didn't have the habit of boasting everywhere.

"If you need a guard, dismiss this one and let us protect you." The brawny man couldn't answer Wang Sheng's question, and didn't want to answer at all, directly waving his hand and issuing orders: "Lest he become a hindrance in the Thousand Absolutes Territory."

The old guard on the city wall had already begun to sneer. These people from the great families were arrogant and looked down on everyone, and now they had gotten themselves into big trouble.

"Old brother, what are you laughing at?" Just as the old guard was sneering, a slightly younger one next to him asked curiously. The two were on duty, so they kept their voices very low and used some spiritual energy techniques, so only the two of them could hear, and even others not far away wouldn't be able to hear.

"How many years have you been in Worry-Free City?" The old guard didn't answer directly, but asked instead.

"Twenty years, ah, what's wrong, old brother?" The young guard quickly replied, and even asked again.

"Oh, then you haven't been here long enough, it's normal that you haven't seen that person." The old guard still maintained a sneering expression and replied: "He lived in Worry-Free City for a while more than thirty years ago, and I happened to see him."

"So powerful?" The young guard looked at the brawny man talking eloquently down there on the city wall, and couldn't help but exclaim: "He was already in Worry-Free City more than thirty years ago, and he can still stay so young, truly amazing!"

"Which one are you talking about?" The old guard seemed to have noticed something was wrong and couldn't help but ask.

"The expert who's talking to Lone Wolf, of course!" The young guard replied as a matter of course: "Could it be that guard?"

The old guard's face almost twitched. If he didn't see that the young guard was an acquaintance and they had a good relationship, he wouldn't even bother to point him out.

"I'm talking about that guard." The young guard was still craning his neck to look over there, and the old guard slowly and leisurely said.

"Ah?" The young guard was immediately dumbfounded. Not that expert, but actually that guard? But no matter how he looked at it, he didn't think that guard was anything special, just an ordinary face with mediocre cultivation, was that worth the old guard reminiscing about?

"Is that guard very powerful?" The young guard wasn't stupid after all, and now he understood who the old guard's sneer was directed at just now.

"Worry-Free City has a legendary assassin, nicknamed 'Inconstant', have you heard of him?" The old guard stared at the farce below and asked casually.

"I know him, the legendary red-card assassin." As soon as the young guard heard the name Inconstant, he immediately perked up, as if Inconstant was his idol: "There's no expert he can't kill, it's said that he even killed a certain patriarch of the Qiu family back then, and the Qiu family mobilized hundreds of experts to hunt him down but to no avail."

"That's him." The old guard nodded, then calmly asked in return: "Then have you ever seen Inconstant so scared that his soul flew away, and then kneel in front of someone begging for mercy?"

"How could that be?" The young guard couldn't accept the sudden collapse of his idol's image, turned to look at the old guard, and asked in disbelief.

"Impossible? I saw it with my own eyes!" The old guard sneered, then looked at the people below the city wall again: "Do you know who Inconstant was kneeling to?"

"Lone Wolf's guard?" Although the young guard couldn't believe it, he had already guessed the answer, and asked word by word with an incredible tone.

"Finally not completely stupid!" The old guard glanced at him, then turned his gaze back to below the city wall, looking at that figure that was so deeply etched in his memory.

At this moment, at least tens of meters away from here below the city wall, the old Taoist who was standing still next to Wang Sheng suddenly turned his head to look at the old guard's side, and his eyes met the old guard's. The old Taoist suddenly gave the old guard a smile, and then turned his head back seemingly casually.

This time, even the young guard was dumbfounded. He saw this scene, and at the same time he firmly believed that no one else could hear his conversation with the old guard, but how could the old Taoist just happen to turn his head and smile over here at this time?