[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-chapter-9":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortal Craftsmanship",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2225746,4127,"Chapter 9: Last Will","immortal-craftsman-s-creation-chapter-9",9,"\u003Cp>Underground workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The gentle light of the spirit lamp evenly covered the entire space.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo sat at the table, checking the storage bag in his hand for the last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the spoils of war he obtained from the Three Ghosts of the Huang family in the black market before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Confirming it was safe, Ning Zhuo began to crack the micro-array on the first storage bag, then forged the aura and divine sense of the original owner, and finally successfully induced the storage bag to open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the first storage bag, there were a few spirit stones, a spirit pet Green Blade Mantis, and some materials suitable for ghost cultivators, such as dark essence, soul essence, and nether flowers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the second storage bag, there were hundreds of spirit stones, and the ghost cultivator materials were only a group of yin wind, and a ghost cultivator technique jade slip \"Yin Bone Technique,\" which could transform one's own bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third storage bag belonged to the eldest of the Three Ghosts of the Huang family, and there were two layers of arrays, which made Ning Zhuo's cracking difficulty and time increase sharply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A bit interesting.\" The youth's eyes shone brightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The higher the difficulty and the stronger the resistance, the more it stimulated his fighting spirit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He devoted himself wholeheartedly, enjoying the fun of challenging difficult problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After spending nearly half an hour, he finally cracked it successfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he opened it, a small ghost head pounced on Ning Zhuo's face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo snorted secretly, having been prepared. At the critical moment, the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal in his sea of consciousness flashed a light, capturing the little ghost head. Subsequently, the defensive array on the manual desktop was activated, instantly beating the little ghost head into soul dissipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The little ghost head was like the last stubbornness of the Huang family ghost eldest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this point, his storage bag had no more defenses against Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were more than a thousand spirit stones, two jade slips, which were the ghost cultivator technique \"Nether Heart Sutra\" and the ghost cultivator spell \"Detailed Explanation of Soul Guiding Technique.\" There were a large pile of cultivation materials, not just things applicable to ghost cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fire essence?!\" Ning Zhuo's pupils expanded slightly, discovering about ten catties of fire essence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy immediately appeared on his face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suppressing his excitement, Ning Zhuo pulled out the drawer and grabbed another handful of Golden Silk Jade Dew Cake from the drawer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a push of magic power, he burned the packaging paper on the surface of the cake, and some ashes flew out, just like the ashes of corpses burned in an alchemy furnace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He opened his mouth and stuffed all the cakes in his hand into it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chewing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the illumination of the spirit light lamp, his lips were bright red, occasionally revealing white teeth. The Golden Silk Jade Dew Cake was crushed between his teeth and lips, and the filling flowed out, mixing together. It was as if the many cultivators who had fallen into his hands were wailing in the grinding, and then their flesh and blood were crushed, turning into the nutrition for Ning Zhuo's growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The world of cultivators is cruel; without the gray business of the Upper-Lower Wishful Rope, without the contributions of these demonic cultivators, how could Ning Zhuo afford to eat so many Golden Silk Jade Dew Cakes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While eating the Golden Silk Jade Dew Cake, Ning Zhuo happily counted the gains from the black market last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Selling the Upper-Lower Wishful Ropes earned him 24,000 spirit stones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, his uncle Ning Ze purchased 80 Upper-Lower Wishful Ropes for the Ning clan, contributing the bulk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to this, the spirit stones on the Three Ghosts of the Huang family were pitifully few.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Upper-Lower Wishful Ropes I make are the best lower-hole ropes that can be purchased on the market. Therefore, this business has always been good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Looking at it this way, is the Ning clan making such a big military preparation, and are they going to have a big move?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, in the cultivation world, people eat people!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are always people who have ulterior motives, bullying a normal youth like me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those three ghost cultivators went out to rob, so naturally they were poor. However, the ten catties of fire essence exceeded my expectations; it was really a surprise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this way, the fire essence I have prepared has reached thousands of catties, enough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the past few years, Ning Zhuo had been secretly accumulating fire essence. For safety, he only collected a little bit from the market each time, accumulating bit by bit. According to his speed, preparing ten catties of fire essence would probably take more than a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now it's good, this large batch of fire essence immediately made up for his last gap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After counting the gains, Ning Zhuo calculated the losses in the black market last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He took out a silver-gray token from his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The front of the token was the character \"Cang,\" and the back was the character \"Han.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo threw it lightly, and the token disintegrated, extended, and expanded in the air, blooming with dazzling light. After the light dissipated, the mechanical battle armor Cang Tie Han Armor floated quietly in mid-air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo opened a vertebra of the mechanical armor, which was embedded with a Foundation Establishment Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Foundation Establishment Pill only has 30% left.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This pill is quite critical and is one of the elements that allows the Cang Tie Han Armor to exert Foundation Establishment combat power. Ning Zhuo himself only has the cultivation of the third level of Qi Refining.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the Foundation Establishment Pill is used up, the Cang Tie Han Armor will not be able to be used.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, the difficulty of getting a Foundation Establishment Pill is very high.\" Ning Zhuo frowned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was Ning Zhuo's biggest loss yesterday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last night, a new scar was added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the stab mark left by the eldest of the Three Ghosts of the Huang family before he died, and Ning Zhuo was helpless about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you look closely, you will find that the surface of this mechanical battle armor is actually covered with scars.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some are old injuries, and some are marks left when Ning Zhuo wore it and fought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mother...\" Ning Zhuo touched the old scars, his gaze becoming sad.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fourteen years ago, he was only two years old, and his mother gave him instructions before she died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thus learned: There is a Lava Immortal Palace in Fire Persimmon Mountain, which is a mechanical immortal city, and the city spirit secretly selects cultivators to inherit the immortal city. His mother was one of the Foundation Establishment cultivators selected. The immortal city had many tests, and the difficulty was extremely high. Because his mother was outstanding in strength, she was targeted by other competitors, and finally seriously injured and incurable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The immortal city is constantly decaying, and the selection criteria are lowered accordingly. Zhuo'er, when you are fourteen, the selection criteria of the mechanical immortal city will be lowered to the Qi Refining stage. This will be your greatest opportunity!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhuo'er, you must study mechanical arts well, and don't let others know about your investment in this area.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must design mechanical creations yourself, assemble them yourself, and manipulate them yourself; these are all the assessment contents of the mechanical immortal city.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you belong to the top few among other candidates, you will be identified as a mechanical seed and will receive the focused cultivation of the mechanical city. This point is especially important for you, because you need the cultivation resources of the Lava Immortal Palace more than others who have backgrounds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must not use Ning clan techniques to practice to the Foundation Establishment stage! Your mother, I, was a mechanical seed in the Foundation Establishment stage, but it's a pity that my dantian was already set, and I couldn't change my technique. Many tests in the Lava Palace were doubled in difficulty because I didn't practice the techniques left by the Three Sects Supreme Person, and in the end, I could only stop helplessly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Cough cough cough!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two-year-old Ning Zhuo cried in great fear: \"Mother, don't talk anymore, you are vomiting blood!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo's mother reached out and stroked Ning Zhuo's little head, her eyes full of reluctance and worry: \"Zhuo'er, mother is sorry for you, I can't protect you. You lost your father and mother, and from now on, you are alone and can only rely on yourself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't be too loyal to the family. Your father made this mistake!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before your father died, he entrusted you to the young clan leader Ning Xiaoren, asking him to take care of you. But this person, I have seen through him; he is inconsistent in word and deed and cannot be relied upon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your uncle and aunt are one who cares about face, and one who is extremely stingy; neither is a generous person, so you must also pay attention.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sometimes, the relatives and friends around you are often more dangerous than enemies!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't be too outstanding; your father and mother are gone, and no one is your true reliance. You must hide yourself well, don't be too bad, just be mediocre. You must grow up plainly, accumulate quietly, and don't attract attention.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mother has seen too much; how many geniuses died young...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mother's Cang Tie Han Armor is left to you for protection; it has the power of Foundation Establishment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this magic treasure—My Buddha Heart Demon Seal! This was obtained by mother from the Lava Immortal Palace by chance, and it must not be exposed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ning Zhuo's mother said this, her voice had reached its limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't stop crying, staring at the two-year-old Ning Zhuo with all her might. She wanted to look at him, keep looking at him, but her vision gradually darkened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the last moment of her life, she fell into hesitation: \"Mother doesn't know if teaching you this way is right or not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhuo'er, you must take good care of yourself. If it really doesn't work, give up the Lava Immortal Palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Life is the most important thing; mother hopes you live, live well!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you live, mother will be happy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two-year-old Ning Zhuo clutched his mother's bloody clothes tightly: \"Mother, Mother, don't talk anymore. I don't want you to die, don't die, woo woo woo...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo's mother finally said: \"Good Zhuo'er, don't be afraid, don't be afraid... Mother is here, Mother, Mother will protect you underground...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, her mother's heart stopped beating, and her hand slowly slid from Ning Zhuo's head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two-year-old Ning Zhuo's body trembled violently as if struck by lightning, and he suddenly raised his head—he was already sixteen years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once immature child's face, full of tears, was now replaced by the firm expression of a grown youth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had grown up, shouldering the instructions and expectations of his mother before she died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mother, the situation has changed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The city lord and the Zhou family and Zheng family joined forces to increase the clearing of the Red Flame Demon Lava Cave, which greatly reduced the defensive pressure of the Lava Immortal Palace and reduced the loss. The Lava Immortal Palace has no external pressure, the damage situation is well maintained, and the palace spirit did not take the initiative to lower the selection criteria.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This year, the Ning clan also discovered the secret of the Lava Immortal Palace. If we wait for them to participate in the defense, then when will I be able to wait for the standard to be lowered?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps I won't be able to wait for it in this life!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The major forces of Fire Persimmon Immortal City are trying every possible way to cover up the Lava Immortal Palace, wanting to digest this opportunity internally; how can this be?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, I must do it myself!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now, I have accumulated enough fire essence, absolutely enough, to bomb the immortal palace into damage, thereby lowering the standard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just missing the Fire Explosion Monkey.\" ===== CHAPTER 10 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",2036,"2026-06-17T22:16:29.439Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","63555cacb93c5c1cf55c5ca3e611170415c4adafa573f5fe7b707fd845d985a6","immortal-craftsman-s-creation-chapter-10","immortal-craftsman-s-creation-chapter-8",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]