[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-119":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mysteries of Immortal puppet Master",{"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},2227542,4127,"Chapter 119","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-119",119,"\u003Cp>\"This is all the evidence?\" Zhu Xuanji came to the Zhou family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family leader entertained him personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji went straight to the point, saying he heard the attack happened and rushed over immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This might be the handiwork of the shadow demonic cultivator! According to our previous guesses, someone secretly released him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is an evil force lurking in the dark!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we hadn't discovered it in time, I’m afraid the two Qi Refining geniuses of my Zhou family would have died.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family leader’s expression was heavy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji held the ant corpse in his hand, his eyes shot golden light, urging the Trace-Tracing Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He remained silent throughout.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family leader looked hopeful, asking him if he had any discoveries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji shook his head.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The evidence from your family alone is not enough, I will go to other families to see.\" Zhu Xuanji bid farewell to the Zhou family leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He came to the City Lord’s Mansion, the Zheng family, and Ning Zhuo’s small courtyard one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The results of the investigation were not beyond his expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clues existed, and there were many.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The problem was \"many\"!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Trace-Tracing Technique can detect closely related things, but this close relationship can be in many aspects.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, from the poison residue that poisoned Ning Xiaohui, Zhu Xuanji found relevant raw materials, medicine-decocting boys, medicine-delivering maids, etc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Relying on this, can it be determined that the medicine-decocting boy or the medicine-delivering maid is the murderer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they decoct medicine and deliver medicine respectively, and they are closely related to the poison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But can it be determined that they are not the murderer?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also no.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because they might have secretly poisoned the medicine while decocting or delivering it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Trace-Tracing Technique can only discover clues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To really investigate deeply, one has to rely on Zhu Xuanji’s various detection methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhu Xuanji intended to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were too many clues; if he wanted to investigate, the energy and time involved would be scary.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji suspected: This was deliberately arranged by the murderer, just to delay the progress of his investigation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the previous Fire Persimmon Festival, the mechanical monkey moved abnormally and attacked Yuan Er.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, Zhu Xuanji traced many clues from the remains of these mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkeys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Are these clues useful?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The value is small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji likes to see only a few clues under the Trace-Tracing Technique. The fewer the clues, the more valuable it is to investigate!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now, every piece of evidence has so many clues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the murderer’s intention to target the Trace-Tracing Technique is very obvious!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, this was also within Zhu Xuanji’s expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reputation of the Trace-Tracing Technique is spreading wider and wider, and many powerful individuals or forces will consciously take precautions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivation techniques in this world are all tools, helping cultivators better realize a certain vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since it is a tool, it can be targeted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What is difficult to be targeted is always the strong among people, not excellent tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There is no invincible cultivation technique, only invincible cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Originally hoping that the murderer would reveal flaws, it was my thinking that was a bit beautiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji left the four major forces and decided to follow the previous investigation plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps, my investigation step by step has already brought pressure to the murderer. That’s why there were these few attacks, intending to attract my attention!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji’s brows were always locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He investigated a circle, and in his heart, he always felt that some places were not right, and there were strange things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But specifically which place was not right, he thought about it, and found nothing. Not only that, the strange feelings before also dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhu Xuanji’s subsequent actions made the leaders of the three major families feel disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three family leaders met secretly to discuss the big plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Divine Catcher Zhu is really disappointing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps, he has already found out which force did it. But he is hindered by his identity and cannot make it public.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three family leaders fell silent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although they didn't say it clearly, they all knew it referred to the City Lord’s Mansion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was the last attack or this time, the City Lord’s Mansion was actually the one with the least loss.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No, to be more precise, it was a blessing in disguise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Meng Chong cleared the assassins twice, his prestige rose greatly, firmly suppressing the Qi Refining geniuses of the other three families.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meng Kui has been getting along well with our three families since he took office. This time it might not be his hand. After all, Meng Chong has been far ahead in exploring the Immortal Palace.\" The Zheng family leader said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ning family leader also analyzed: \"Last time I suspected the City Lord’s Mansion. But this time, the intensity of the assassination was extremely high, with the momentum of killing all the Qi Refining geniuses of our three families. Perhaps there is really a dark force plotting something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family leader shook his head and sneered: \"Didn't the geniuses of our three families not die one by one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if they died, can you find the City Lord’s Mansion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family leader sighed deeply: \"The Meng family is a big family in our Nandou Immortal Kingdom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Meng family cultivators act with full impulse and are strong in temperament.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Especially the four generals of the Meng family, all of them have made great achievements in battle and slaughtered thousands. Not to mention the other three fierce generals, Meng Kui is also one of the four generals, seemingly peaceful and kind, but it is actually a disguise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let the leaders think about it, have our three families lived well since he took office?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it much more oppressive than the previous few City Lords?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know if the two fellow daoists have investigated Meng Kui’s past battle reports. This person is better at making layouts than our Zhou family, and has a nickname called 'Prime Minister on the Mountain Top'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is such a person easy to get along with?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ning family leader thought: \"Since you say so, I actually have a lot of the same feelings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the Magma Immortal Palace, it was the City Lord’s Mansion that discovered it first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Secondly, it was the families of the two of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to my family’s intelligence, it was the two of you who secretly bribed Meng Kui, asking him not to report it to the imperial court.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But think about it, if Meng Kui had reported it immediately when he discovered it, what would we have to do with it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the surface, it was the Zhou and Zheng families who took the initiative to ask him to cooperate, but is this already within his layout?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zheng family leader snorted: \"Very likely!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Meng Kui is actually more difficult to deal with than others in the Meng family, because he is more insidious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Relying on the Magma Immortal Palace, he let our three families cooperate actively, allowing him to govern the Immortal City all these years, with smooth government orders and harmony.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before, he deliberately released news, relaxed surveillance, and attracted countless loose cultivators and demonic cultivators to explore the Red Flame Demon Melting Cave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Over the years, I don't know how many people have died. These people used their lives to fill it, killed countless Red Flame Demon Beasts, let the pressure of the Immortal Palace drop sharply, and let the City Lord’s Mansion gradually learn detailed information about the Immortal Palace, Red Flame Demon Melting Cave, etc.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If the City Lord’s Mansion had really done it alone, by now, I’m afraid the people of the City Guard Army would have died.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family leader added: \"Since the birth of the Magma Immortal Palace, Meng Kui has personally sat in town, suppressing the Immortal Palace with all his might, strictly forbidding anyone from approaching.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"His excuse is very clever, extremely high-sounding.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In fact, his actions completely prevented our three families from contacting the Immortal Palace and exploring the Immortal Palace legacy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the past, Zhou and Zheng family cultivators wanted to enter the Immortal Palace, which was very troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They had to climb to the top of the volcano, enter the Red Flame Demon Melting Cave, choose the correct path, and then enter the Immortal Palace inside the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this process, they also had to face the Red Flame Demon Beasts along the way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the cultivators contacted the Immortal Palace but couldn't break through. Only mechanical arts had long been recognized by the Palace Spirit, so they could enter the Immortal Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, the Immortal Palace was born, and the three families’ cultivators could enter and exit frequently very conveniently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Meng Kui’s personal suppression made it impossible for the three families to contact the Immortal Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the City Lord’s Mansion also had no cultivators entering the Immortal Palace, the three families knew very well that the City Lord’s Mansion’s competitiveness in this regard was far inferior to the Qi Refining stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the competition of the Qi Refining stage, Meng Chong has super talent—this advantage is really too big!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family leader said earnestly: \"By now, it doesn't matter whether you find the real murderer or not. The important thing is the Magma Immortal Palace!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other two family leaders nodded one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family leader struck while the iron was hot: \"Only by uniting and collaborating more closely can we possibly contend with the City Lord’s Mansion.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To show sincerity, I am willing to fully open the Gathering and Scattering Ease Spirit Tide Array and provide it to the two families for use.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ning and Zheng family leaders were surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The opening of this Gathering and Scattering Ease Spirit Tide Array was a point that the Zhou family leader had always refused to let go of during their previous negotiations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Didn't expect that this assassination, the two geniuses of the Zhou family were the most injured, instead prompted the Zhou family leader to make up his mind and take out the Gathering and Scattering Ease Spirit Tide Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\" The Zheng family leader clapped his hands, \"Since so, I will take out my family’s foundation—Sharp Advance Needle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ning family leader nodded: \"Then my Ning family will take out the Ice Light Strong Pulse Talisman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Gathering and Scattering Ease Spirit Tide Array can help cultivators breathe and accumulate magic power faster.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Sharp Advance Needle can open up the cultivator’s Qi pulses in advance during the Qi Refining stage, saving the cultivator the hard work of chiseling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ice Light Strong Pulse Talisman can cover a layer of ice light inside and outside the cultivator’s Qi pulses. With this layer of protection, the cultivator can breathe at a speed 30% higher than the limit, without worrying about the Qi pulses being unable to support it and being washed away by magic power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The geniuses of the three families were injured one after another and needed recuperation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They urgently needed other members of the modification team to bring their cultivation up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These assassinations made the three family leaders realize the cruelty of the competition and realize the strength and dominance of the opponent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They put down their status and cooperated more actively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Ze’s residence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dining room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mother, how long do we have to wait?\" Ning Ji just stretched out his chopsticks, wanting to pick up vegetables, but was directly slapped on the back of his hand by his mother, Wang Lan, with chopsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Ji felt pain and pulled his hand back violently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lan glared at her beloved son: \"What if we wait a while?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your father is still in the private prison, how can you eat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Ji covered the back of his hand: \"But, we don't need to wait for Ning Zhuo to eat. We didn't have this rule before, didn't we eat first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lan snorted coldly: \"How can now be compared to the past?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo is so valued by the Young Clan Leader, as long as he says a few good words to the Young Clan Leader and pleads for your father, your father can come out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2062,"2026-06-17T23:33:09.460Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","32b42e47b920dd7ac5ec9cdb03254eafbbdc5fa68ef870a6ea6e79c0ba9c0da1","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-120","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-118",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]