Dragon's Origin

Chapter 487: Important Figures Attend (Part 1)

A ticket price of 100,000 gold coins clearly indicated a performance by Grand Masters, one that could help experts at the eighth level break through to the Legendary realm. The last time, nearly two hundred people broke through in a theater of a thousand people, which was solid proof.

The Duke's Mansion had just released the news, and about the time it took for the news to travel from here to the Imperial City, Steward Zhou appeared before Wang Sheng at the first possible moment.

"Five hundred tickets? Impossible!" Wang Sheng shook his head directly: "This time it's a special performance for the beauties in my mansion. I can spare some, but don't think too much."

The Imperial Family had gained the most benefits from the last performance. The most direct benefit was that the Emperor himself had broken through to the Legendary realm. In addition, more than ninety Imperial Family experts broke through their current realm, accounting for half of all those who broke through. At 10,000 gold coins per ticket, the Imperial Family made a huge profit.

Therefore, as soon as the news of this concert was released, the Imperial Family rushed to the door without a second thought, asking for half of the tickets without saying a word.

Steward Zhou frowned. Wang Sheng was actually putting on a special performance for the beauties in his mansion. Wasn't this a bit too extravagant? Furthermore, others couldn't see the state of these beauties, but could Steward Zhou, a peak Legendary expert, not see it? They all had some signs of amorous feelings. Could it be that Wang Sheng no longer cared for Mei'er and was now exclusively doting on those women?

"Old Zhou! Think about it yourself. If the Imperial Family takes half of the benefits every time, what will other families think?" Wang Sheng didn't care whether Steward Zhou misunderstood and directly stated his meaning: "Do you still think those feudal lords are easy to fool?"

At the mention of the threat from the various feudal lords, Steward Zhou's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately became vigilant. That's right, if the Imperial Family took half of the benefits every time, what would those feudal lords think? The first time, they could say that the Imperial Family took advantage of others' ignorance, but if they did this every time, then the Imperial Family would be rushing headlong towards their own demise.

"Old Zhou, sometimes, it's better to have a few elite experts than many mediocre ones." Seeing that Steward Zhou had begun to think, Wang Sheng added another point: "To put it bluntly, as long as the three of you can always maintain a state at the forefront of cultivation, the Imperial Family's problems won't be too big. Don't you think that makes sense?"

"Thank you, Duke!" Steward Zhou was a smart man. He had fought his way through the palace to his current position. How could he not understand this principle? Without saying a word, he cupped his fist towards Wang Sheng to express his gratitude.

In the end, Steward Zhou happily returned with fifty tickets. Wang Sheng had monopolized nearly six hundred and fifty tickets himself. Of the remaining three hundred and fifty tickets, two hundred were sold to the public, leaving Wang Sheng with only one hundred and fifty. Being able to get a third was already Wang Sheng giving him a lot of face.

Wang Sheng personally took sixty of the remaining one hundred tickets, along with Mei'er and Qiangwei, to the Old Monarch Temple. Previously, Daoist Lingxu had left the Duke's Mansion for the Old Monarch Temple because he didn't want to argue with Mei'er. Now that Wang Sheng no longer needed to rely on the Yin energy of the sisters in the Wang Mansion, this trip was to apologize to the old Daoist with Mei'er and Qiangwei.

Wang Sheng knew that Mei'er must have teased the old Daoist a lot during their argument, which was very impolite. Wang Sheng didn't want Mei'er to have a bad impression in the old Daoist's eyes. This time, he also brought Mei'er to eliminate the impact of the last time and to give the Old Monarch Temple a generous gift.

The Grand Master happily accepted the sixty tickets without any hesitation. Recently, thanks to Wang Sheng, the Old Monarch Temple had been steadily increasing its strength without showing it. In just a few years, its strength had almost doubled. This kind of change could make the Grand Master laugh in his dreams.

All of this was due to the cooperation with Wang Sheng, and the Grand Master knew this very well. He admired Ancestor Lingxu's decisive action to bring Wang Sheng into the Old Monarch Temple.

After exchanging pleasantries with the Grand Master, Wang Sheng instructed him to quickly find all kinds of capable musicians, especially recommending that he find several conductors with excellent musical sense, amazing hearing, and musical talent, the more the better. What kind of person was the Grand Master? He immediately understood that the conductor was the real key in an orchestra and agreed silently, turning around to make arrangements.

Wang Sheng brought Mei'er and Qiangwei together this time to also let Qiangwei get acquainted with the place. Qiangwei had been excited since they set off in the morning. Seeing the Grand Master greet her kindly without treating her differently at all, Qiangwei was overjoyed.

The Grand Master's attitude also indicated that the Old Monarch Temple recognized the fact that Qiangwei was Wang Sheng's woman. What could make Qiangwei, who had been displaced for so long, happier than finding a place to settle down and having the people around her man acknowledge her identity?

After saying goodbye to the Grand Master, Wang Sheng took Mei'er and Qiangwei to the Scripture Pavilion to find Daoist Lingxu. The Scripture Pavilion of the Old Monarch Temple had always been Daoist Lingxu's territory. There was no need to ask anyone else. If the old Daoist was free, he would definitely be there.

Sure enough, before Wang Sheng even got close to the Scripture Pavilion, he heard Daoist Lingxu's unique breathing and footsteps, and then he smelled the old Daoist's unique scent, like that of a newborn infant.

Seeing the old Daoist, Mei'er and Qiangwei hurriedly greeted him, showering him with compliments and calling him 'Daoist Priest' repeatedly, making the old Daoist embarrassed to keep a straight face. The old Daoist had already stopped caring about anything, but Mei'er and Qiangwei still bowed to Wang Sheng's senior brother to apologize at Wang Sheng's insistence, which made the last bit of resentment in the old Daoist's heart disappear without a trace. Only then did they bring up the matter of inviting him back to listen to another concert.

"Have you recovered almost completely?" Since Wang Sheng began practicing the Five-Word Formula, the old Daoist had been unable to easily see Wang Sheng's current cultivation level. Hearing the invitation to go back and listen to the concert, he was overjoyed and immediately asked.

"Thanks to your blessing, old Daoist." Wang Sheng replied with a smile: "It should be almost done after this concert."

"Let's go!" The old Daoist's personality was even more straightforward than Wang Sheng's. He left as soon as he said he would, without any procrastination, unlike Wang Sheng, who would consider arranging things in the capital before leaving.

Back at the Duke's Mansion, Wang Sheng received an old acquaintance again, Song Laoyu. Song Laoyu's purpose in visiting was none other than to get concert tickets from Wang Sheng.

"Uncle Laoyu, here are forty tickets. Remember to send four million gold coins to the mansion." Wang Sheng was not polite with Song Laoyu. He gave the tickets that should be given and asked for the money that should be asked for, without any ambiguity.

Song Laoyu left with the tickets in satisfaction. Wang Sheng turned around and found Steward Zhou again. The purpose of finding Steward Zhou was also clear: to have the Imperial Family keep an eye on which important figures from various families were attending the Grand Theater on the day of the concert.

Wang Sheng didn't recognize many of them himself, but he believed that the Imperial Family must have specialized talents who could recognize these important figures one by one.