Chapter 159

A group of Jin Dan cultivators slightly concealed themselves and flew toward the peak of Fire Persimmon Mountain.

Among this group of Jin Dan cultivators, the leader was Zhu Xuanji. Following him were the Zheng family's Jin Dan Zheng Danlian, the Zhou family's Jin Dan Zhou Nongying, and the Ning family's Jin Dan ancestor.

The Zhou family and the Zheng family received Zhu Xuanji's invitation, and the Ning family ancestor was naturally no exception.

Fei Si sensed the movement, looked from afar, and his face was gloomy: "This Zhu Xuanji is worthy of being from the royal family; he has won over the local families so quickly."

"Sigh, I'm afraid it won't be easy for the City Lord to stop them this time."

Zhu Xuanji led the three Jin Dan cultivators and flew to the top of the mountain to see Meng Kui first.

Meng Kui's expression was calm and waveless, like an ancient well, and he even wished Zhu Xuanji a rich harvest from his entry into the Immortal Palace this time.

Zhu Xuanji carried the royal decree and used the investigation of the case as an excuse to enter and exit the Lava Immortal Palace; Meng Kui couldn't even find a reason to delay him.

Seeing Meng Kui suffer a setback made the accompanying Jin Dan cultivators secretly happy.

These three local families had truly suffered under the City Lord for a long time.

This time, using Zhu Xuanji's identity to suppress Meng Kui, the Jin Dan cultivators all vented a bit of their gloomy frustration.

"My lord, as long as we get close to the Immortal Palace, there will be treasure light to receive us." Zhou Nongying acted as a guide, "Of course, the premise is that the attainment in mechanism arts has reached the standard for entering the palace."

Zhu Xuanji nodded and acted according to the instructions.

This was his first time entering the Immortal Palace.

After getting close to the Immortal Palace, sure enough, a treasure light shone on him.

The treasure light faintly emitted a slight suction force; Zhu Xuanji relaxed himself, without any resistance, and let the treasure light drag him into the Immortal Palace.

Entering the Immortal Palace!

Not long after, Zhu Xuanji truly stepped into the Lava Immortal Palace.

Behind him were the three Jin Dan ancestors.

"Finally got in."

"How long has it been since the last time?"

"Haha, this time Meng Kui won't be able to take action openly."

The three family Jin Dan cultivators were quite excited.

Zhou Nongying said: "Lord Zhu, by now you must have received the key information, right?"

Zhu Xuanji nodded slightly: "Received. According to the information, as long as we contribute to the Lava Immortal Palace, we can exchange our own contributions for rewards in the Immortal Palace."

"The various rewards are diverse, not only including many fine materials related to Red Flame Demon Beasts, but also spells, mechanism blueprints, and so on."

"When the contribution reaches a certain level, you can use many facilities in the Immortal Palace. The cultivator's range of movement in the Immortal Palace will also expand accordingly."

"And the biggest reward is the position of Palace Master of the Lava Immortal Palace!"

After hearing this, Zhou Nongying felt relieved: "Lord Zhu, the timing of our arrival is very good."

"It just so happens that the Lava Immortal Palace is under siege by demon beasts, and the Jin Dan-level demon beast has already fallen."

"We can mix into the battle line, kill demon beasts, and easily obtain contributions; the risk is not high, but the returns are good."

Zhu Xuanji nodded: "Then let's do that first."

Afterward, he and the three Jin Dan cultivators joined the battle line of the Lava Immortal Palace.

When Jin Dan cultivators take action, it is naturally extraordinary; wherever they go, demon beasts die miserably, leaving behind corpse after corpse.

The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit saw this scene, its eyes widened, and it hummed in anger. Its most real thought was that it wished the demon beasts would breach the Immortal Palace. But according to the constraints left by the Three Sects' Superior, it had to do its best to help the Lava Immortal Palace operate normally.

Of course, as the state of the Lava Immortal Palace declined, the constraints on the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit were not as tight as they were at the beginning.

It was precisely because various small loopholes were exploited by the Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit that it dragged the Immortal Palace to its current state step by step.

Zhu Xuanji killed more than a dozen Red Flame Demon Beasts and slowly stopped.

The three family Jin Dan ancestors were still attacking non-stop.

Opportunities to accumulate contributions so quickly are rare.

Zhu Xuanji sent a voice transmission to the three people immersed in killing demon beasts, telling them to go around and take a look.

Zheng Danlian hurriedly reminded: "Lord Zhu, you don't know. This Lava Immortal Palace is not something we can stroll around at will, unless it's a special situation."

The Ning family ancestor sighed along, touching the dent on his head. This dent was still there, constantly reminding him of how Meng Kui had ruined his good deeds!

Zhu Xuanji didn't care and waved his hand: "Three fellow Daoists, don't be anxious, I have my own remedy."

Saying this, Zhu Xuanji took out a talisman and activated it.

The talisman melted and quickly turned into a strange light.

The strange light fell on Zhu Xuanji and disappeared immediately, but Zhu Xuanji's aura gained some subtle things and became different from before.

It was precisely this difference that allowed Zhu Xuanji to stroll around the surroundings.

"This is the Spirit-Hiding Wall." Zhu Xuanji came to a wall, reached out to touch it, and immediately felt a move in his heart, identifying it.

The wall was thick, and every distance on the wall was pasted with a talisman as huge as a window.

Zhu Xuanji channeled some magic power, and it was all absorbed by the wall.

While absorbing, one could see straight array patterns flashing on the wall.

The Spirit-Hiding Wall is used to store various spiritual powers.

Geothermal heat, magic power, etc., can all be accepted and stored inside.

Even if the wall is destroyed, these geothermal heat and magic power will not explode; more of them will still be stored in the wall bricks.

Even, combined with some special magic arrays, the magic power contained in the spells fired by the enemy can be forcibly absorbed.

Zhu Xuanji followed the wall and continued to explore forward.

Before long, his footsteps paused slightly, and he discovered a well.

The well surface was sealed, but Zhu Xuanji could be sure that there was no water in the well.

"This is the Earth Dragon Well."

"Under the Lava Immortal Palace, there is a set of intricately laid out hidden dragon tunnels."

"The tunnels crisscross in all directions, spreading almost throughout the entire Lava Immortal Palace. The Immortal Palace transports mechanism troops through the hidden dragon tunnels."

"Unfortunately, I can't get in."

Zhu Xuanji investigated continuously; whenever he encountered some damage or obvious traces of battle, he would stop and use his Golden Eyes and the Trace-Tracing Art to investigate.

One of the missions he carried when coming to Fire Persimmon Mountain this time was to explore the secret of the Lava Immortal Palace's early appearance.

"Where is that?" Zhu Xuanji stood on a high platform and looked into the distance, seeing a row of bronze fire furnaces.

These furnaces were like large gourds, sitting on the ground, separated by equal distances. Looking from afar, the furnaces were like a forest, exceptionally neat.

"Copper furnace, iron furnace, silver furnace, gold furnace!" Zhu Xuanji immediately recalled the relevant information.

"There are four levels of furnaces in the Lava Immortal Palace, among which the gold furnace is the most precious, with a total of eight. Once damaged, it is almost impossible to repair. Only if the Three Sects' Superior takes action personally is it possible."

"It is precisely these furnaces that manufactured various mechanism artifacts."

"The Lava Immortal Palace has operated to this day, and still has an inexhaustible supply of various mechanisms, all thanks to these furnaces."

Zhu Xuanji walked down the high platform and continued to explore.

He gradually discovered: even with the talisman given by the royal family, there were not many places he could move freely.

"Looking at it this way, I still have to raise the contribution to the Immortal Palace."

"Fortunately, I was well prepared for this trip!"

Thinking of this, Zhu Xuanji took out three mechanism artifacts from his storage bag.

White Porcelain Swimming Dragon!

Thermal Phoenix!

Spiral Dragon Worm!

The swimming dragon was as white as snow, and its whole body was constructed of exquisite ceramics.

The phoenix wings were gorgeous and dazzling, especially the thousands of gems embedded in the phoenix tail, which could absorb and release massive amounts of light and heat.

The spiral dragon worm looked like an earthworm, but its metal body was extremely resilient. The front boring device was ferocious, with countless sawteeth rotating continuously. It was best at underground excavation.

Each of the three mechanism artifacts had quasi-Jin Dan combat power!

Zhu Xuanji offered all three beast-shaped mechanisms.

In an instant, his contribution to the Lava Immortal Palace soared rapidly, surpassing countless predecessors.

Deep in the clouds and mist, Meng Kui sighed faintly.

He saw the scene of Zhu Xuanji offering the three beast-shaped mechanisms.

Obviously, Zhu Xuanji came prepared.

Whether it was the talisman he consumed earlier or the three beast-shaped mechanisms he took out later, they allowed Meng Kui to quickly identify—the true attitude of the Southern Bean royal family toward the Lava Immortal Palace.

Meng Kui was not surprised.

The Southern Bean Retired Emperor and the Three Sects' Superior already had a deep friendship.

The significance of the Lava Immortal Palace to the Southern Bean royal family is different.

Even if this layer is thrown away, the Southern Bean royal family should also be concerned about a legacy of a Void Refinement expert under their rule.

Meng Kui didn't think Zhu Xuanji looked like it before because the royal family only sent him as a single Jin Dan, which didn't look like they were really going to take action.

Now this fluke completely disappeared.

The alliance between Zhu Xuanji and the three families put the City Lord's Mansion in a clearly unfavorable position.

Especially the two Jin Dan cultivators under Meng Kui, neither of whom was qualified to enter the Immortal Palace.

Meng Kui sent a voice transmission to Meng Chong: "Good grandson, in the next exploration of the Immortal Palace, you must take others with you."

"The situation is urgent, and the opportunity is fleeting."

"Now that this opportunity is still in our hands, we must grasp it tightly!"

Meng Chong's expression changed slightly, and he nodded immediately, shouting back: "Grandfather, grandson understands!"

The City Lord's Mansion's modification team was even better than the Zhou family's.

Meng Chong liked to fight alone, but since his grandfather personally sent a voice transmission, he would take a group of people to break through the levels together.

Meng Chong summoned the modification team to meet him and paid special attention:

"Let's make it clear in advance, once that mechanism ape appears, none of you are to help."

"I can defeat it alone!"

Three hours had passed, and Meng Chong immediately entered the Immortal Palace with his soul.

Following closely behind were the results of the City Lord's Mansion's long-term cultivation—sixteen members of the modification team!