Dragon's Origin

Chapter 221: Give an Explanation (Part 2)

Along with the protective suit were a sharp awl and a chisel, weapons left behind by those Song family assassins, capable of piercing the suit because they had been tampered with.

Sister Rose was taken aback, but then seemed to realize something. She picked up the suit, unfolded it, and immediately saw the two holes in the chest and ribs area. Her expression instantly changed.

Having been in Worry-Free City for so long, Sister Rose's cultivation hadn't increased much, but her eye for detail was top-notch. Without even touching the fabric near the two holes, she knew it had been tampered with. No need to ask, the awl and chisel were the weapons used.

"I'll deliver these to them." Although Sister Rose was from Triumph Palace, that didn't stop her from delivering the items to the Feng family in her capacity as Wang Sheng's exclusive service provider at the Assassin's Hall. Carrying the weapons and the suit, Sister Rose strode out of the VIP room, left the Assassin's Hall, and headed straight for the Feng family's residence here.

Wang Sheng himself continued to leisurely stroll around the Assassin's Hall for a while, then went out and turned towards Baoqing Jeweler's.

As expected, the manager of Baoqing Jeweler's had changed again. It was no longer the grim-faced expert who had interrogated Wang Sheng the last time they met, but a slightly plump fellow with a smiling face. He smiled at everyone, which certainly made him more pleasant than the previous one.

Even though he had never met Wang Sheng, the new manager warmly welcomed him, and the staff, knowing Wang Sheng's identity, served him even more diligently.

Wang Sheng looked around Baoqing Jeweler's for a while, taking it all in. Although the business seemed unchanged, Wang Sheng felt like there was a layer of separation, perhaps it was just psychological!

Wang Sheng leisurely strolled home from Baoqing Jeweler's, while the Feng family had already received the protective suit delivered by Sister Rose.

The suit had originally been custom-made for an elder of the Feng family. Before he could even enjoy it, he had to give it to Wang Sheng to repay Wang Sheng and his group for bringing the Feng family's junior out of the Thousand Absolutes Territory. The Feng family's mark in a hidden corner inside hadn't been removed, and Sister Rose had already made it clear that Wang Sheng had sent it.

No one was a fool. When the Feng family received the items and opened them, they immediately noticed something was wrong. What did the two holes in the heart and ribs area indicate? They were all cultivation experts who had killed countless people. They knew at a glance how dangerous it was to be attacked in those two spots.

It could be said that if Wang Sheng hadn't had other means, his life would have been taken twice already.

Of course, the Feng family had also sent people to participate in the pioneering and construction of the camp. Wang Sheng being attacked by assassins in the camp was no secret. At the time, the Feng family expert thought Wang Sheng was protected by an old Taoist priest and was foolproof, so the news that was sent back was like that. Now that they saw the protective suit, they knew things weren't so simple.

With all the families cooperating with the Imperial Treasure Pavilion's camp, if Wang Sheng misunderstood that the Feng family had sent assassins to kill him at this time, it would be no small matter. The Feng family members in Worry-Free City didn't dare to neglect it and immediately sent a message back to the Feng family via the highest level of messenger bird, asking Marquis Feng Guo to decide.

Marquis Feng Guo had been riding high for the past year, being enfeoffed as a marquis and granted a territory, but he also knew the importance of the camp inside the Thousand Absolutes Territory. At least twenty Feng family disciples were cultivating in the camp, and recent letters said that nearly ten disciples had advanced in their cultivation in less than half a year.

Such obvious results made all parties unable to stop. At this critical moment, news came back from Worry-Free City that Wang Sheng wanted the Feng family to give an explanation. Even Marquis Feng Guo couldn't help but immediately take it seriously.

The protective suit and the two weapons were still on their way back to Feng Guo, but Feng Guo had already begun secretly investigating all the Feng family disciples and craftsmen who had participated back then.

Marquis Feng Guo couldn't help but take it seriously. This protective suit was custom-made for the Grand Elder at that time. No one knew when it was ordered that it would later be given to Wang Sheng, so if it was tampered with, it meant that the assassins were likely targeting the Grand Elder from the beginning. Even if they were clearly targeting Wang Sheng, it also showed that the Song family had a spy within the Feng family who held a high position.

The assassins had been clearly identified as being sent by the Song family, or at least had been framed as such. And during the time it took to hand over the protective suit, the Song family was able to tamper with it, which could only mean that the spy's position in the Feng family was not low.

Whether it was targeting the Grand Elder or Wang Sheng, it was not good news for the Feng family. The Song family's assassins were either thinking of killing our Grand Elder, or they were tampering with the gifts we sent. What did that mean?

After the protective suit was transported for several days, it was delivered to Marquis Feng Guo and a group of important ministers of Feng Guo. Looking at the two holes and two sharp weapons on it, the original Grand Elder broke out in a cold sweat himself. Even if his cultivation was accomplished, if he was attacked in these two places by these desperate assassins, he would lose a layer of skin even if he didn't die.

Wang Sheng wanted an explanation, and Marquis Feng Guo had to give it. The camp in the Thousand Absolutes Territory had now become a mass production site for experts from various vassal states. If Feng Guo was excluded, things would only get worse. Feng Guo was not like Song Guo, which already had hundreds of elite experts, and Song Guo also had people cultivating in the camp, so Feng Guo couldn't fall behind even more.

This matter would definitely be blamed on the Song family in the end, but before the Song family gave an explanation, Feng Guo had to appease Wang Sheng first.

A brand new protective suit that had not been tampered with was extremely necessary. In addition, during the investigation, a craftsman who had been discovered to have ulterior motives was interrogated, and his head was properly preserved and sent to Worry-Free City to temporarily quell Wang Sheng's displeasure. At the same time, the delivery person was specially instructed that there would be further compensation, and to please ask Mr. Wang not to misunderstand.

After doing all this, Feng Guo formally submitted a note and protest to Song Guo. Now they were two countries, not two families, and even the Jianghu behavior of finding people to fight at the slightest provocation had been upgraded to the level of national diplomacy.

Anyway, when they were still two families, there were open and secret struggles between the two sides. Now that Feng Guo had seized Song Guo's handle, Feng Guo had to extort something, otherwise, if Song Guo's disciples in the camp were disrupted a few times or died, Song Guo would suffer a great loss.

Feng Guo's compensation naturally fell on Song Guo. Feng Guo even cleverly united with Xia Guo and Gan Guo to put pressure on them. They couldn't let the Song family's assassins' actions be blamed on Feng Guo in the end.

If Duke Song Guo didn't agree, Feng Guo also had assassins. Marquis Feng Guo didn't mind letting his own assassins impersonate Song Guo's assassins and give the camp a hard time, attracting all the hatred of the other vassal states to Song Guo. After all, only Song Guo had a reason to attack that camp, right?