Chapter 157

The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit was burning with anxiety, spitting fire everywhere in the main hall, its roars continuous.

Meng Kui suppressed it arduously, never crossing the line by even half a step.

The Red Flame Demon Beasts were not repelled and still continued to attack the Immortal Palace in large numbers.

In an instant, the battle situation on the mountain peak became complex, making it twice as difficult and extremely arduous for Meng Kui to suppress it.

But there was no other way.

Who told him to be the current City Lord of Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

Ensuring the Lava Immortal Palace is not lost is his duty.

He could only endure bitterly.

Inside the trial level, however, it was a scene of peace and tranquility.

Ning Zhuo looked at Sun Lingtong's soul and couldn't help but tilt his large wooden head: "Does this... count as a success?"

If you say it's a success, Sun Lingtong's soul was indeed pulled in.

But if you say it's not a success, there are reasons for that too.

When normal trial disciples first enter Room No. 1, their souls are lodged in the initial puppet torso, and then they use the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Art to attract other mechanism parts for assembly.

But Sun Lingtong's soul came in, yet it was floating in mid-air, sensing no mechanism parts at all.

Around Sun Lingtong's soul, a red soul flame was swirling.

This was the Phoenix Soul Blood Incense Pill he had recently taken to heal his soul.

As the red soul fire flickered, like a phoenix's tail feather, it contained the profound meaning of nirvana and rebirth.

"Since you weren't assigned initial mechanism parts, I'll try to arrange some for you." Ning Zhuo took the initiative to select the mechanism torso, limbs, and other parts for Sun Lingtong.

He first let Sun Lingtong's soul lodge in the mechanism torso, and then guided and helped him assemble his own puppet body.

"Is this what it feels like to become a mechanism puppet? It's truly wonderful!" Sun Lingtong looked at his puppet palms, stomped his feet, and jumped a few times, very excited.

"Let's go. In Room No. 1, perhaps in the next moment, a cultivator's soul will enter the Immortal Palace to explore; it's not very safe." Ning Zhuo urged.

Sun Lingtong nodded repeatedly.

He knew the gravity of the situation and quickly walked a few dozen steps to the first door.

He touched the door but could not get any information, let alone those three rewards.

Ning Zhuo's heart sank slightly, knowing this was because Sun Lingtong had cheated his way in. Because he had achieved Foundation Establishment through his own methods and had not practiced the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Art, he could not be recognized by the level.

Then let's try my Buddha Heart Demon Seal?

The next moment, Ning Zhuo's soul power was rapidly consumed, and Sun Lingtong immediately received the information.

"Three rewards, which one should I choose... uh." Sun Lingtong had just said this when he discovered the three rewards had disappeared, and he couldn't choose again.

Ning Zhuo comforted him: "Don't worry, I just stopped channeling Human Life Hanging by a Thread."

This was, of course, a lie.

In reality, Ning Zhuo had used the Buddha Heart Demon Seal.

Ning Zhuo had no psychological burden about telling such lies to Sun Lingtong.

Because, when Ning Zhuo was two or three years old, Sun Lingtong had clearly told him: everyone may have their own secrets; one must respect others and respect the little secrets the other party keeps.

Sun Lingtong and Ning Zhuo had a deep tacit understanding; after hearing Ning Zhuo's words, he immediately understood the latter's intention: "Indeed, this aspect needs to be tested out."

The result of the test was—Ning Zhuo needed to use the Buddha Heart Demon Seal every time, combined with Human Life Hanging by a Thread to deepen the connection, to temporarily solve Sun Lingtong's problem of being an unregistered person, allowing him to be temporarily recognized by the Lava Immortal Palace and be eligible to select the level-clearing rewards.

"That's truly great!" Ning Zhuo praised, "In this way, Boss Sun, you might not need to have your name on the leaderboard."

He led the puppet Sun Lingtong through the levels and entered the preparation room.

Sure enough, he found that only "Entry Standard" and "Meng Chong" were the two "names" on the leaderboard.

Sun Lingtong looked at "Entry Standard" and gave Ning Zhuo a thumbs up: "Not bad, not bad! Little brother, you really have a way."

Ning Zhuo cooperated with the Golden Blood Battle Ape · Da Sheng and led Sun Lingtong all the way through.

They broke through all the way to the first level of the Buddha Gate.

When Sun Lingtong was in the coffin room, Ning Zhuo sensed the Buddha Heart Demon Seal with all his might and channeled Human Life Hanging by a Thread.

The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit roared, filled with grief and indignation. But restricted by its duties, it had to pass the information over.

Meng Kui was outside, suppressing the Immortal Palace, panting.

Sun Lingtong shouted: "Good, I've received the message!"

Following Ning Zhuo's previous steps, Sun Lingtong also began to do the same.

Soon, his puppet body scattered all over the ground, and his entire soul returned to his physical body.

In the underground base, he poured back all the divine sense, magic power, and essence blood he had previously extracted.

According to the plan discussed with Ning Zhuo, Sun Lingtong stuffed the Underworld Ghost God Seal, the Soul-Oscillating Wave Drum, and the broken Golden Silk Garment back into their respective dantians.

Even those three blades of Ghost Gate Escape Grass, Sun Lingtong broke off three leaves and stuffed them into his essence sea lower dantian.

After doing this, Sun Lingtong could only wait for Ning Zhuo to pull him in.

Soon, Ning Zhuo pulled his soul into the palace again, pulling Sun Lingtong into his previous puppet body.

And along with this action, a teleportation circle also appeared, spitting out Qi Bai.

"Success!"

"We did it!"

Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong clapped their hands to celebrate excitedly.

"Lava Immortal Palace, I'm going to use it to create mechanism artifacts!" The Golden Blood Battle Ape · Da Sheng dragged Qi Bai to the door, and Sun Lingtong shouted loudly.

And Ning Zhuo, standing behind him, was his greatest supporter! At this moment, Ning Zhuo was calling upon the Buddha Heart Demon Seal with all his might while frantically channeling Human Life Hanging by a Thread.

"Roar—!" The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit was wailing.

Meng Kui pursed his lips tightly, working hard to suppress it.

The Yuan Da Sheng that Ning Zhuo used at the time, although it had immortal potential, was essentially an elderly Fire-Melting Demon Ape with Qi Refining cultivation.

This time it was different.

Qi Bai was a proper Jin Dan cultivator, and he also carried two magic treasures and three leaves of Nascent Soul-level precious plants.

In the Lava Immortal Palace, there were four levels of furnaces: copper, iron, silver, and gold.

To refine immortal-grade raw materials, one must use the gold furnace. And once you want to refine immortal materials, even if it's a gold furnace, you can only use it once!

Qi Bai's aptitude did not reach the super grade, so he couldn't use the gold furnace, but it was certain that he could use the silver furnace with his superior aptitude.

The key is that one silver furnace is completely insufficient.

Qi Bai had too many things on him!

The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit had no choice but to hold its nose and refine with all its might for Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong.

This is also an important point why it really hates living in the Lava Immortal Palace.

It has no freedom.

Even if it is unwilling, it can only do as told!

Bang, bang, bang...

One silver furnace after another exploded, unable to bear the burden.

After a full twenty-one silver furnaces were destroyed, the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit finally refined a mechanism puppet.

During this period, Meng Kui breathed a sigh of relief.

This was because the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit had to concentrate fully on refining, leaving it with much less energy to cause trouble and make the Lava Immortal Palace riot.

Finally, the mechanism puppet was refined!

Even though the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit was extremely reluctant, it still teleported the mechanism puppet back and sent it to Sun Lingtong.

Underworld Envoy · Qi Bai!