[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-134":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},2227557,4127,"Chapter 134","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-134",134,"\u003Cp>Mechanical carriage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo stared at the Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, sitting beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The results of today’s trip outside the city were richer than planned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, Ning Zhuo showcased the Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, to the outside world, demonstrating the results of his act of collecting Yuan Da Sheng’s remains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the materials for the Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, did not use any part of Yuan Da Sheng’s remains, that didn't matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo could perfectly explain it to the outside world: the mechanical creations he made first were all initial prototypes, and only after continuous improvement and obtaining mature blueprints would he truly use Yuan Da Sheng’s remains as the primary material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Second, through actual combat, Ning Zhuo tested the combat power of the Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, and indeed discovered many areas that could be improved and optimized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, needs more talisman engraving slots; six is not enough to fully display Yuan Da Sheng’s martial arts mastery.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On this point, Ning Zhuo had to admit he had underestimated Yuan Da Sheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Tree Martial Ape had already been constructed with the most flexible skeleton; because it was a spliced design, basically every bone could move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, from the underlying design, it allowed Yuan Da Sheng to fully and freely exert himself, performing all kinds of movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in actual combat, many of Yuan Da Sheng’s martial techniques had to rely on other components to exert their proper power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The design blueprint for the Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, lacked array layouts. This was mainly because Ning Zhuo lacked time; laying out arrays was far more complex and precise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo could only fill the mechanism’s power as much as possible through combinations of talismans to satisfy Yuan Da Sheng’s martial arts needs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The third point: Ning Zhuo discovered a path to enhance his control over Yuan Da Sheng!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was Yuan Er.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Yuan Er was being assassinated, Yuan Da Sheng was restless. Under Ning Zhuo’s orders, it participated in the rescue. This action fully conformed to its spirituality!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Ning Zhuo gave the order, more than a dozen sheets of parchment were removed. After Yuan Da Sheng killed several assassins and drove the rest away, more than thirty sheets were removed directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As long as Yuan Er is assassinated a few more times and I use the Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, to save him a few times, won't this be accomplished?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was what Ning Zhuo thought at the time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he deliberately let the other assassins go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If these assassins don't take action, I can stage a few assassination attempts myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, Yuan Er is hiding in the Monkey Head Gang’s base; he’s easy enough to find.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This time, he was ambushed and assassinated; there must be a mole in the gang. He won't trust these people anymore and will only hide in the deepest part of the gang’s base, living in fear and clinging to life.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn't expect such a person to be quite valuable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If rescuing Yuan Er from assassination isn't enough for me to fully master Yuan Da Sheng, then what about digging up Yuan Yi’s grave?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I commit grave robbery in front of the Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, and then order it to stop me, that should also conform to its spirituality, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finding some people to attack the Monkey Head Gang and letting the Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, see it before going to the rescue—this was the foundation it created while alive, so perhaps that would work too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inspired, Ning Zhuo’s thoughts opened up, and he thought of many methods.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy welled up in his heart, and he couldn't help but reveal a pure smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Actually, conforming to spirituality is quite simple.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just need to find the true need.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage traveled from the Monkey Head Gang’s base toward the Ning family’s ancestral grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps I should go directly to the Zheng family? My uncle’s house doesn't have a good place for mechanism manufacturing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo changed his route halfway, only to find the Zheng family’s door closed to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zheng family stated that they were currently entertaining distinguished guests and it was inconvenient, hoping Ning Zhuo would understand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of distinguished guests could they be?\" Ning Zhuo felt a bit regretful and had to turn back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Halfway there, he deliberately took a detour to check on his own small courtyard and home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the explosion during the last attack, his home had been reduced to ruins. However, reconstruction had begun that very day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at it now, the foundation of the house had been built. The protective array was several grades higher than before, and by leveraging the Ning family’s connections, it could be directly connected to the entire Fire Persimmon Immortal City array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo returned to the Ning family’s ancestral grounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The family envoy had been waiting for him to hand over the previous items. These were the various life-saving items the family had issued when he went out earlier. The most valuable was that directional escape talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo sighed inwardly and returned everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren received the envoy’s report and confirmed that the life-saving supplies had returned to the family treasury, feeling a sense of relief.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He also received the first-hand intelligence from the guards, and his mood was somewhat complex.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Ning Zhuo is truly a seed for mechanism arts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The previous Fire-Exploding Monkey mechanism was already quite good, and now he has designed a combat mechanism, the Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, with extraordinary combat power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The stronger he is, the more helpful it is for the Ning family in the three-family alliance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However... if this continues, can Ning Xiaohui suppress him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren belonged to the main branch, while Ning Zhuo was a branch member; naturally, Ning Xiaoren favored Ning Xiaohui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a while, he sent the news to Ning Xiaohui’s grandmother.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui’s grandmother was currently conducting secret special training for Ning Xiaohui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui still had layers of gauze wrapped around her throat, her gaze focused and steady as she stared at the basin filled with ice cubes in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands had been plunged into the ice for the duration of an incense stick!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bone-chilling cold invaded her entire body through her hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At first, she trembled all over, her face covered in frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, her hands turned blue and purple, and her body became numb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, at the final moment, she actually felt a trace of warmth from her numb hands!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was like a seed of life contained within the ten-thousand-year-old ice in a land of extreme cold, stubbornly sprouting green buds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A flash of inspiration struck Ning Xiaohui, and she achieved enlightenment on the spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her hands also emitted a jade-like radiance, absorbing all the frostbite and cold from her body, then converting it into a surge of vibrant vitality that fed back into her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Ning Xiaohui was glowing with health, and all the injuries on her body were completely healed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Including her broken throat, which had also recovered as if it had never been injured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Grandmother, I succeeded!\" Ning Xiaohui tore off the gauze from her neck, laughing joyfully.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her grandmother stood by, witnessing her granddaughter’s breakthrough, feeling comforted and teary-eyed: \"Good, good, good. Grandmother sees it; you are worthy of being my beloved granddaughter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must have realized the profound meaning of the Ice-Jade Hand now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui weighed her words: \"It is like a glimmer of vitality beneath extreme cold and cruelty; it is a change of life after reaching the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her grandmother nodded and said slowly: \"Everything in heaven and earth has spirituality.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A cultivator’s talent is the spirituality they are born with. There is countless spirituality and countless talents.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason I had you plunge your hands into ice was to help you realize, through this bitter training, that there is still vitality beneath extreme cold and cruelty.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As the saying goes, heaven never closes all doors! There is no predicament in the world that cannot be escaped; in the most desperate situation, there is always a glimmer of hope.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the principle of how heaven and earth operate; it is the truth we cultivators pursue, and it is the meaning contained in the Ice-Jade Hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here is a message just sent by the Young Clan Leader; take a look.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui glanced at it: \"I didn't expect this Ning Zhuo to be truly talented. The previous Fire-Exploding Monkey mechanism was not his limit; he has already created another excellent mechanical ape so quickly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, this is nothing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui’s grandmother nodded: \"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaohui, you have initially mastered the Ice-Jade Hand, and your strength will advance by leaps and bounds from here on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although you have switched to the Five Elements Qi Law, the five elements of magic power include the water element, which can complement your talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Additionally, the earth and wood elements are also good matches for the Ice-Jade Hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you obtain the subsequent cultivation methods for the Five Elements Qi Law in the future and exceed the upper limit of our clan’s main cultivation method, the 'Ice Heart Technique,' then switching is a better path for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Ning Zhuo is not capable of that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if he has talent, our clan won't test it for him now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if it is tested in the future, he will have no good strategy to develop his talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, take your bitter training. Grandmother deliberately blocked the information. In fact, the profound meaning of the Ice-Jade Hand was recorded in the family’s secret manuals long ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you had read it in advance, it would have been a huge obstacle to your true realization through bitter training.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only by truly experiencing the vitality beneath despair in the bitter cold can you further master your talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the foundation of the family!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo’s talent is clearly not common in our Ning family bloodline; he cannot get the guidance and support of the family’s sages, so he will inevitably take many detours in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The future is yours, Xiaohui.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui nodded: \"Not just the future, the present is also mine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once I have mastered the Ice-Jade Hand, I will return to the reform team and let everyone see the style of the Ning family’s main branch!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by Wang Lan, Ning Zhuo entered Ning Ze’s talisman-making room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked left and right and sighed: \"It can still be used with some modifications.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lan felt indignant but smiled apologetically: \"Little Zhuo, as long as it helps you, that’s good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s a pity that a woman like me doesn't understand anything about mechanism arts. Your uncle is much better than me in this regard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If he were home, he would surely be able to help you more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lan hinted circuitously that his uncle was still locked in a private prison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo acted as if he didn't hear. He took out various mechanism manufacturing tools from his storage bag, cleared out some of the talisman-making room’s facilities, and temporarily converted it into a crude mechanism workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lan witnessed and participated in the whole process, feeling more and more that the servants were bullying their masters and that villains were in power; she was full of bitterness and anger, but could only endure it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo asked Wang Lan to leave, stayed alone, set out the Tree Martial Ape, Da Sheng, and began to dismantle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most important change was to increase the talisman engraving positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some hammering and tinkering, Yuan Da Sheng’s talisman slots increased from the previous six to ten.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next, by refining the various talismans and adjusting their combinations, it should basically satisfy Yuan Da Sheng’s needs for martial arts expression.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1990,"2026-06-17T23:33:09.460Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","440af6f242816da599ff5e9751572643cdef6958404797575c1daa9bf5c21e48","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-135","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-133",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]