Chapter 108: Illusion-Truth Lotus Seed

Lava Immortal Palace.

Room One.

Puppet parts twitched one after another, splicing together to form several human shapes.

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Soon, Puppet Zhou Zhu, Puppet Zheng Jian, Puppet Ning Xiaohui, and Puppet Ning Zhuo gathered together.

They sized each other up.

Zhou Zhu was tall and strong, Zheng Jian was surrounded by several wooden hooks, and Ning Xiaohui's hands had a precise structure, clearly different from the rest of her torso.

As for Ning Zhuo……

"Wow, your head is so big!" Zhou Zhu exclaimed.

Zheng Jian nodded slightly: "Looking at it this way, you really do have hidden talent."

Having died so many times, Zhou Zhu and Zheng Jian had gradually learned quite a bit, including the secret that puppet forms were related to talent.

Zhou Zhu asked: "What kind of talent leads to a big head?"

Ning Xiaohui replied: "Many. For example, Clear Spirit Platform, Talent of Eight Dou, Deep Wisdom Roots, Soaring Divine Thoughts, Heaven-Sent Wisdom……"

Her tone was calm, but her heart was filled with astonishment; she hadn't expected Ning Zhuo to actually have talent!

And this talent was very compatible with mechanism arts.

Ning Zhuo's divine thoughts were abundant; upon reaching the Foundation Establishment stage, divine thoughts evolved into spiritual sense, making it more convenient to enslave beasts, manipulate Gu, control souls, and command Dao soldiers, zombie puppets, and so on.

This naturally included various types of mechanical creations.

"Is that so?"

"My head is indeed a circle larger than yours."

Ning Zhuo looked around at everyone, touching his own big head, and said in a very surprised tone.

Since the banquet, after Ning Zhuo had slightly revealed his advantage in divine thoughts, he had successfully piqued the curiosity of others.

Ning Zhuo's divine thoughts were frighteningly abundant, and it was highly likely he possessed a related talent.

But testing for talent was quite difficult. Many strange and bizarre talents were not easy to test.

Zhou Zeshen had thought of a good method: "We can enter the Immortal Palace with our souls."

"According to our understanding of the Immortal Palace, our puppet bodies reflect our talents, hence they each possess different manifestations."

"If Brother Ning truly has talent, it will inevitably be reflected in this aspect."

"The Lava Immortal Palace is the temporary palace of the Three Sects' Shangren; testing for talent should be no problem!"

Once this was proposed, everyone agreed, thinking it feasible, and immediately agreed to adjourn the meeting, go home, and then meet at a set time to enter the Immortal Palace with their souls simultaneously.

So now, everyone was surrounding Ning Zhuo, examining his big head.

Ning Zhuo had to demonstrate this talent.

There was no other way.

As long as he entered the Immortal Palace with his soul, his big head would definitely attract attention.

This feature was too obvious!

As more and more people entered the Immortal Palace with their souls in the future, comparisons would be made, highlighting the extraordinary nature of puppets with manifestations.

Therefore, it was better for Ning Zhuo to take the initiative to expose it, which would allow him to influence everyone's thoughts more conveniently.

Fortunately, there were many talents that could form the big-head feature.

Some talents required strict testing methods and the consumption of vast resources to be confirmed.

It was not easy for Ning Zhuo to be forced to reveal the answer of "Early Wisdom."

"In this way, the Ning family also has dual talents, just like my Zhou family." Zhou Zhu sighed inwardly.

Zheng Jian's mood was even heavier.

Because he was the only genius in the Zheng family. With the other two families both having two geniuses, according to this trend, the Zheng family would be at the bottom for a long time.

Thinking of this, Zheng Jian hurriedly said: "Now that our three families have united, Brother Ning revealing his talent is a great joy!"

"After all, our enemy is Meng Chong."

"He has Immortal Talent; even with Zhou Zeshen added, it's hard for us to deal with him."

Zheng Jian touted the opponent's strength to increase the unity of the three families.

Zhou Zhu resonated deeply: "We have seen it before; Meng Chong pushed the door and entered, his body like a bolt of lightning, winding and twisting, instantly passing through Room Two and pushing the door to enter Room Three."

"With his performance, he must have already gone deep into the Immortal Palace, his progress far exceeding ours."

Ning Xiaohui snorted coldly, unwilling to boost others' morale: "However, hasn't Meng Chong been unconscious lately? It shows that the deeper the inheritance in the Immortal Palace, the greater the difficulty; even Meng Chong couldn't withstand it."

Ning Zhuo nodded: "Immortal Talent is indeed very strong!"

"Let's choose our rewards first, then push the door."

"Fine." Zhou Zhu nodded.

The four of them touched the door one after another and chose their rewards.

Just as Zheng Jian wanted to instruct Ning Zhuo on how to use the hanging ring, he saw him tilt his head, think for a moment, and call out: "Ah, so that's how it is, I understand."

Saying this, Ning Zhuo fired the colored diamond out, nailing it to the wall, quite firmly.

Zheng Jian's heart trembled slightly; Ning Zhuo's speed of exploration was much stronger than his.

"Did he obtain the intelligence we accumulated in advance?" Zheng Jian suspected in his heart.

"Let me teach you, it's like this." Seeing Ning Xiaohui still fumbling, Ning Zhuo took the initiative to speak.

Ning Xiaohui snorted coldly: "No need!"

As soon as she finished speaking, she also successfully fired the colored diamond.

Ning Xiaohui's mood was not good, thinking: "I was able to figure it out quickly because I obtained the intelligence shared by the Zhou and Zheng families. Ning Zhuo hasn't come into contact with anything……"

Zhou Zhu only dared to push the door open a tiny crack.

"Any wider, and battle spears will shoot out along the crack." Zhou Zhu said this with the air of someone very experienced, "This is the maximum opening distance, I'm sure of it!"

Zheng Jian sighed lightly: "When we first came in to explore, there was no such mechanism. As the number of times we explore increases, the difficulty of the Immortal Palace's trials constantly increases."

Ning Zhuo nodded: "So that's how it is."

Zhou Zhu continued: "After pushing the door open, our feet will be bound, and then we will be smashed by a heavy hammer, crushed to pieces."

"If we are fast and rush through, we will be caught by a net, dragged back, and then smashed to death by the heavy hammer."

"If we walk along the edge, the wall will extend countless sharp long spears, piercing us. Otherwise, it will push us to the middle, and we will be smashed to death by the heavy hammer again."

After hearing this, Ning Xiaohui became even more silent.

But Ning Zhuo suddenly said: "I have a method, perhaps we can try it."

"Before that, I want to ask, can we use the other mechanical parts in the room?" He asked knowing the answer.

Zheng Jian shook his head: "Cannot be used."

"Oh, in that case, the only things I can use are you all. Please, everyone, dismantle yourselves first." Ning Zhuo said.

"Ah?" Zhou Zhu was stunned.

"Do you really have a way?" Zheng Jian asked.

"Of course I do, but I can't guarantee it will succeed." Ning Zhuo said.

Zheng Jian smiled: "No matter what the method is, it needs to be tried. What exactly is the method?"

Ning Zhuo then revealed his plan.

Zheng Jian and Zhou Zhu immediately had strange expressions, while Ning Xiaohui took three steps back, shaking her head repeatedly, flatly refusing: "No, I don't want to do that!"

A moment later, a monster puppet with four heads, eight arms, and eight legs fiercely pushed open the door.

Its massive body stood firmly in the middle of the corridor; after triggering the mechanism, it immediately used one of its torsos as a shield to block, stopping the piercing of the battle spears.

Subsequently, it raised its eight hands high, holding up the heavy hammer that was just about to fall.

The heavy hammer did not fall from a sufficient height to accumulate enough power before being interfered with by the monster puppet and laboriously pushed to the other side.

However, because of this action, three of the monster puppet's arms were overwhelmed and shattered.

"Success, success!" Zhou Zhu's head cheered repeatedly with joy.

Zheng Jian's head pondered: "It can't be wrong; the Three Sects' Shangren really wanted to facilitate our cooperation. This painstaking effort is very much in line with his style of doing things."

"I say, what are you dawdling for? Hurry up and dismantle us!" Ning Xiaohui's head couldn't take it.

Her head was placed under an arm, like in an armpit; every time the arm moved, it squeezed her forehead, making her feel very unpleasant.

"Oh, I'll dismantle us right away." Ning Zhuo said hurriedly.

"Just thinking that if we have to pass the first door this way every time, I feel terrible." Ning Xiaohui complained.

Zheng Jian said: "Since we can pass, it's a good method; as long as it's practical."

Zhou Zhu added: "Yeah, Miss Ning, your head is just under an arm; my head is under a crotch, did I say anything?"

"Sorry, sorry. Next time, I'll have Brother Zheng come down below." Ning Zhuo said.

Zheng Jian went "uh": "Actually, this matter can be discussed further."

Ning Xiaohui screamed: "In any case, I will never pass the level this way in front of others!"

A moment later, everyone returned to their original physical states.

Ning Xiaohui's arms were both broken, and Zhou Zhu's torso was riddled with holes, all from the battle spears.

Zheng Jian and Ning Zhuo's puppet bodies were relatively intact.

"Brother Ning, well done! You make me look at you with new eyes." Zheng Jian was very excited, patting Ning Zhuo's shoulder.

Zhou Zhu looked around, filled with emotion. How many times had it been? He finally stood upright and steadily on the other side of the door!

This was not easy at all.

"All of this was brought by him." Zhou Zhu's evaluation of Ning Zhuo rose again.

Ning Xiaohui remained silent.

Ning Zhuo proposed: "Next, let's continue to break through."

"Good! I want to see the brilliance of the second level." Zheng Jian laughed loudly.

Zhou Zhu said: "Brother Ning, you go last; we'll explore the path first."

Ning Xiaohui did not refute.

Although they hadn't spent much time together, Ning Zhuo's performance had already initially conquered the others.

So, not long after, Zheng Jian and the others fell into the trap one after another, their five senses obscured, as if trapped in boundless darkness, calling to heaven and earth with no response.

These traps were all specifically arranged by Ning Zhuo.

It was precisely because he had calculated the current situation.

With no one able to observe him, he used spells and the hanging ring to easily pass through Room Two.

After all, the vast majority of the mechanical traps were arranged by his own hands.

Ning Zhuo broke into Room Three and immediately triggered a large number of Kung Fu puppets.

He then activated Yuan Dasheng to escort him.

This time, he didn't even use any spells and walked out of Room Three, arriving at the preparation room.

Passing by the leaderboard, he looked up and sighed in his heart.

A flaw appeared here.

He had already changed his name and was ranked first on the five lists! Yuan Dasheng was already off the list, but if he entered the preparation room in front of everyone, Ning Zhuo's name couldn't possibly appear on the leaderboard.

This would make others feel very strange if they saw it.

"Fortunately, now, in Room Three, Yuan Dasheng is guarding. Whether Meng Chong can overcome this obstacle is hard to say."

"But the exploration team of the three families, without that lightning-fast speed, will find it quite difficult."