Dragon's Origin

Chapter 353: Deciphering the Map (Part 2)

The result shocked everyone, including Wang Sheng and the people from the Shi and Gan families.

Wang Sheng was surprised that if the Thousand Absolutes Ground started forming after the various forces besieged the Lin family, how did this map come to be?

The Shi and Gan families were astonished that this could possibly be the core area of the Thousand Absolutes Ground. If it really was the core, how could they even enter?

Could Wang Sheng be mistaken? Both sides had such concerns. Even Wang Sheng himself was a bit incredulous and hurriedly reconfirmed.

On the original half of the map, there was only one circle covering the interior, so Wang Sheng couldn't discern the locations of the four formations from just that one map. But after piecing together the complete Hidden Formation Map, Wang Sheng could now confirm that the relative positions represented by the four circles were exactly the same as the distribution of the four auras in the core of the Thousand Absolutes Ground.

This time, Wang Sheng examined it very carefully, even using a ruler to measure distances and ratios. Finally, after a period of calculation, Wang Sheng nodded again.

"That's right! It's exactly the same as the distribution of those four demon beast experts," Wang Sheng said again with certainty. Taking advantage of this careful examination, he had already memorized the entire map. Even if the map were completely destroyed now, he could reproduce it from memory.

Not only that, taking advantage of turning his back, Wang Sheng also used his individual combat terminal to take a picture of the complete map. The map was right on the table, and the experts from both families were right behind Wang Sheng. Who would have thought that Wang Sheng could use modern technology from Earth to instantly photograph the map?

Putting away his individual combat terminal, Wang Sheng looked at the roughly ten or so remaining circles on the map and said somewhat uncertainly, "If these are all formations..." He drew a circle on the map, covering about ten circles, and pointed to the large circle, saying, "These formations should be within the core area, and the rest are outside the core area."

"If you don't believe me, you can look for these few formations in the periphery," Wang Sheng gave a sincere suggestion. "If you can find them all, it should confirm what I'm saying."

The formations outside the so-called core area were basically all within the half of the Hidden Formation Map originally retained by the Gan family, not the half drawn by Wang Sheng. In other words, Wang Sheng couldn't have faked anything on the original map. If these formations were really found, then this peerless treasure, according to the markings on it, would truly be within the core of the Thousand Absolutes Ground.

This conclusion was actually not unexpected. The Shi and Gan families should have been aware of it, otherwise they wouldn't have been so anxious to get Wang Sheng to bite the hook because of the frequent outbursts of expert auras from the core of the Thousand Absolutes Ground. But such direct proof that it was in the core area did catch both families a bit off guard.

Proving it was indeed very simple, but that was for Wang Sheng. In the entire Thousand Absolutes Ground, the only person who could enter as if walking on flat ground was Wang Sheng. Don't underestimate the power and numerous experts of these feudal states, but in the Thousand Absolutes Ground, if you're not careful, you won't even have a place to be buried when you die, and you can only become the excrement of demon beasts and insects.

What to do? Ask Wang Sheng again and have him take a trip?

"Don't look at me!" Wang Sheng proactively declined before the two families could come up with a solution. "Entering the core area once is too physically draining; I haven't recovered yet. Don't look at me; organize your own people first and, relying on the Jade Treasure Pavilion's camp, take a look at the periphery of the core area!"

Wang Sheng had been using this line all these days, so the representatives of the Shi and Gan families didn't find it strange. Even if Wang Sheng wanted to get more benefits from them, he couldn't overdraw his own life. Wang Sheng's attitude saved the two families from having to think too much for now, and they could only go back and think of a solution.

After sending the two families away, Wang Sheng immediately instructed his maid to send a letter to Mei'er, telling her to get ready to fleece the Gan and Shi families again.

Regardless of whether the two families could verify the formations inside the Thousand Absolutes Ground, even if they did, they would definitely have to find Wang Sheng to enter the core. Not to mention anything else, just for the method of preventing snow blindness, they would have to grit their teeth and pay Wang Sheng enough of a reward; otherwise, if a few legendary experts died inside, the two families would be heartbroken.

After arranging to send a letter to Mei'er, Wang Sheng still maintained a peaceful life, but there was one more enjoyment in his life. Like in the capital, Wang Sheng would call a few singers to his mansion every day to sing him some songs from this world, only listening to those he hadn't heard before.

Mei'er seemed to have made arrangements for this long ago. When Wang Sheng made this request, the head of the guards said that it had already been prepared.

Singers and musicians were specially invited from several surrounding places, and they had already prepared songs that Wang Sheng had heard before, never choosing from the songs on the list when selecting songs. After a new song was sung, it would be recorded on the list, and the new musicians and singers would continue to choose.

The Shi and Gan families waited patiently for about half a month, during which they also sent a dagger made of promised high-quality material. A Qi was very happy with the dagger, but after Wang Sheng saw it, he thought it was average. The most ordinary style, ordinary design, and relatively ordinary material, but if A Qi liked it, then she could play with it first.

Half a month allowed Wang Sheng's keyboard path to advance about a dozen more squares. After these days, he couldn't say anything else, but Wang Sheng dared to say that he had definitely made significant progress in terms of pitch accuracy. Sometimes, if the musicians accidentally played a wrong note, or if there was a slight problem with the instrument, Wang Sheng could hear it immediately. He had a kind of "If there's a mistake in the music, Wang Sheng takes care of it" demeanor.

After enough days of recuperation, Wang Sheng began to prepare to set off. Strangely enough, no matter what means the Gan and Shi families used, or what conditions they promised to other families, none of the feudal lords who should have taken the initiative to come to his door did so.

Wang Sheng didn't care about these things and prepared on his own, intending to leave the city and return to the capital. At this time, of course, he couldn't show his eagerness to enter the Thousand Absolutes Ground; he had to first distance himself from the Thousand Absolutes Ground to make the two families anxious.

Seeing that Wang Sheng had such intentions, the two families, who had been enduring for more than half a month, finally couldn't sit still and directly blocked Wang Sheng at the gate of Worry-Free City.

"Take a trip to the Thousand Absolutes Ground?" Wang Sheng looked at the familiar representatives of the two families with their eager gazes and frowned. "The periphery of the core area, you can go however you want. As for the core area, I definitely won't dare to enter it in a short time. Are you sure you want to go in?"

The more Wang Sheng declined, the more eager the two families were for Wang Sheng to lead the way. Wang Sheng desperately resisted entering the core of the Thousand Absolutes Ground, but the two families desperately begged Wang Sheng to lead the way. Finally, Wang Sheng finally gave a temporary nod.

"Entering is possible, but let's make something clear first," Wang Sheng stated his conditions. "First, I'll only lead the way and do nothing else. If you can agree to that, then we can continue talking; if you can't agree, then forget it."