Chapter 160

City Lord's Mansion.

"We pay our respects to Young Master Meng Chong!" Sixteen cultivators greeted in unison.

Their cultivation was consistent, all at the peak of the third layer of Qi Refining, and they were practicing the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Art.

Fei Si stood beside Meng Chong and spoke at the right time: "Young Master Meng Chong, let me introduce them to you."

"Many of them were recruited by me personally."

"This one is called Li Duolun, who is good at using sawtooth wheels to attack enemies, and when designing new mechanisms, he also likes to use wheels that mesh with each other."

Li Duolun stepped forward and bowed to Meng Chong: "I am willing to be driven by Young Master Meng Chong."

He was a fat man, very tall, and looked quite good, with a big belly and big ears, reminiscent of a Buddha statue in a temple.

Fei Si said again: "This is Feng Feidao, the flying knife sleeve crossbow he designed is very refined, and can shoot more than a dozen flying knives at once."

"Each flying knife can also split into four or five. Countless flying knives disperse in the air, can cooperate with each other, form a formation, and hack the enemy into a thousand pieces."

Meng Chong looked at Feng Feidao and saw that he was a short person, dressed in a martial artist's outfit, masked, revealing a pair of small, thin eyes.

Feng Feidao knelt on one knee and expressed his loyalty to Meng Chong: "This lowly one can go through fire and water for Young Master Meng Chong!"

Fei Si finally introduced: "This is Guan Tiesuo, his specialty is controlling a large number of magnetic lock mechanisms, climbing onto the target, the locks combine with each other to form iron chains, and finally completely bind the enemy, making it difficult for them to move a single bit."

Guan Tiesuo's voice was muffled, and he only said: "I have met Young Master Meng Chong."

Li Duolun, Feng Feidao, and Guan Tiesuo were the three most outstanding leaders in the City Lord's Mansion's modification team.

Fei Si had spent some effort recruiting them.

There were not many people who were at the Qi Refining stage and also possessed certain attainments in mechanism arts.

Mechanism arts are difficult to learn and master; the vast majority of Qi Refining cultivators, if they have the conditions, will choose alchemy, weapon refining, array formation, etc., and those without conditions will choose farming, fishing, hunting, etc.

Mechanism arts are recognized as a niche among the hundred arts of cultivation; unless there is an encounter or a special situation, no one will choose it as their first choice.

"Good." Meng Chong nodded and said bluntly, "Next, we will explore the Immortal Palace together."

"It's very simple, when I charge, you just follow me and charge together."

Meng Chong had no command ability.

Fei Si coughed twice and took the initiative to remind: "Although there is strength in numbers, there are also drawbacks."

"According to what we know so far, the difficulty of the Lava Immortal Palace's trial levels will be adjusted according to the number of people, strength, etc., of the trial."

"We have a large crowd this time, entering the Immortal Palace with our souls together, which is very likely to attract the mechanism ape to attack us and increase the difficulty of this trial."

"Even, the possibility of multiple mechanism apes attacking together cannot be ruled out."

"If this happens, you must protect Young Master Meng Chong with your lives. Even if you have to use your bodies, you must try your best to entangle these mechanism apes and create opportunities for Young Master Meng Chong!"

"Understood!" The modification team responded in unison, obeying solemnly.

The City Lord's Mansion had spies and insiders in all three families.

The information about the Golden Blood Battle Ape · Da Sheng intercepting the geniuses of the three families in Room No. 2 had already been found out by the City Lord's Mansion.

Therefore, Fei Si attributed the appearance of Yuan Da Sheng to a means of adjusting the difficulty of the Lava Immortal Palace's levels.

Meng Chong suddenly said: "Wait!"

"If that mechanism ape appears, none of you are to take action; I will deal with it personally."

"No one is allowed to interfere in the battle between us, do you understand?"

The members of the modification team looked at each other, and then cast their eyes on Fei Si.

Fei Si smiled slightly: "Since Young Master Meng Chong said so, you just obey."

"Yes." Everyone answered in unison again.

Only this time, their momentum was clearly much smaller than before.

Some people's eyes rolled, signaling to each other with their eyes, clearly disapproving of Meng Chong's choice to fight alone.

"What do you know?" Fei Si was secretly disdainful.

Meng Chong's decisions all came from his heart and originated from his nature.

Every action could allow him to stimulate his nature more and master his immortal potential more deeply.

Since exploring the Immortal Palace, Meng Chong had been defeated repeatedly but kept fighting, and his strength had improved tremendously.

"Moreover, he is far ahead of the geniuses of the three families!" Fei Si didn't know the truth and had always thought that Meng Chong was the first and occupied a huge advantage.

Especially since Meng Chong had informed Fei Si of the information on the leaderboard not long ago.

Fei Si specifically asked some questions, including whether it could be renamed, and he was also led astray.

"Young Master Meng Chong has infinite potential, and City Lord Meng Kui is far-sighted; if this continues, he will definitely be able to enter the Lava Immortal Palace!"

"The only thing to worry about is Zhu Xuanji!"

"This person colluded with the three families, stirred up the situation, and used the excuse of investigating the truth to enter the Immortal Palace. Even Lord Meng Kui couldn't stop him openly."

"Quite troublesome..."

Righteous path actions must follow the rules of the game. Going straight is the style of the demonic path.

Ning family ancestral grounds.

In Ning Ze's cultivation secret room, Ning Zhuo was cultivating almost crazily.

Floating clouds surrounded his body, thick like cotton balls, wrapping him so that not a bit of him could be seen.

He lit the God-Assisting Incense, meditated on the Mirror Platform Psychic Art, his face full of compassion, calm and peaceful.

He tilted his neck, poured a large amount of exquisite spirit food into his throat, and while swallowing, he directly practiced the Demon-Staining Blood Tendon Art.

He sat cross-legged on the meditation cushion, actively breathing the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Art, using the Ice Light Strong Pulse Talisman and the Sharp Advance Needle to boldly open up new qi meridians.

When Meng Chong, Zheng Jian, Ning Xiaohui, and others were all stuck at the peak of the third layer of Qi Refining, Ning Zhuo's Qi Refining cultivation had already reached the late fifth layer, his essence refining level had broken through to the sixth layer, and his divine refining cultivation was even more far ahead, advancing to the late sixth layer!

"Ever since I realized the prototype of the Human Life Hanging by a Thread divine ability, every time I refine my spirit, the effect has been excellent, without any bottlenecks, and it has been smooth sailing."

"The Demon-Staining Blood Tendon Art was able to break through to the sixth layer quickly, all thanks to my swallowing a large amount of spirit food regardless of cost, combined with various high-quality elixirs."

"On the contrary, the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Art, which I practiced earliest, fell to the last place, with only a mere late fifth layer."

"Even with the Ice Light Strong Pulse Talisman and the Sharp Advance Needle, it's still like this."

"Unfortunately, for the sake of safety, I cannot use the Zhou family's Gathering and Scattering As You Wish Spirit Tide Array. If I used this array, perhaps I could have pushed my magic power cultivation to the sixth layer."

Ning Zhuo thought of the news conveyed by the upper echelons of the Ning family.

The Ning family ancestor personally spoke, vigorously supporting the Ning family's modification team, and giving more unique and excellent cultivation resources.

"Three bottles of White Snow Yangchun Pills are given to the entire modification team as a guarantee; with such good healing elixirs, there is no fear of injury caused by practicing too fast."

"Two Law-Comprehension Diagrams are also good. If I can comprehend the Proud Snow Art and the Lingering Frost Art, then these two spells will naturally fit the Five Elements magic power without any modification."

"The most critical thing is the Ice Heart Jade Pot!"

"This is the treasure of my Ning family, which can brew Ice Heart Jade Liquid Wine, referred to as Ice Jade Wine."

"After taking this wine, it can drive the qi treasure with the divine treasure, and supplement qi with spirit; it is the best cultivation resource for practicing the Ice Heart Art."

What the upper echelons of the Ning family's main line practice is none other than the Ice Heart Art.

Once this art is practiced successfully, one is often calm or even cold, without the slightest emotional ripple.

As the saying goes: Cold frost is like a knife, Ice heart grinds a mirror. Guarding the heart like ice, all evils cannot invade.

The speed of magic power accumulation of the Ice Heart Art is not as good as most first-class techniques, but divine sea cultivation is its absolute strength.

Relying on Ice Jade Wine can make divine sea cultivation drive qi sea cultivation, perfectly making up for the flaws of this technique.

"Although I have Five Elements magic power, Ice Jade Wine is also very suitable for me."

Ning Zhuo's divine cultivation far exceeds his magic cultivation; after drinking Ice Jade Wine, he can promote his magic power cultivation.

Of course, the effect of drinking Ice Jade Wine is best for cultivators who practice the Ice Heart Art. The purpose of creating this spirit wine was to make up for the flaw in the speed of magic power accumulation of cultivators of the Ice Heart Art.

The same resource has different effects and different values for different cultivators.

Regarding this, Ning Zhuo felt secretly fortunate.

If it weren't for the four forces fighting around the Lava Immortal Palace, how could he, Ning Zhuo, a mere branch of the family, a marginal little person, come into contact with the core cultivation resources of the Ning family?

Not to mention the Law-Comprehension Diagrams, even the Ice Light Strong Pulse Talisman was out of reach.

And now, Ning Zhuo only needs to perform at his best to be eligible to obtain Ice Jade Wine!

In normal circumstances, Ice Jade Wine would only be supplied in sufficient quantities to Jin Dan ancestors. Others, including all the main line upper echelons including the Clan Leader, have to queue up. How could it be Ning Zhuo's turn?

"Hmm?" Ning Zhuo took time to observe the Golden Blood Battle Ape · Da Sheng.

Yuan Da Sheng was left by him in the Lava Immortal Palace, just like the previous arrangement.

Through Yuan Da Sheng's perspective, Ning Zhuo discovered the City Lord's Mansion's big move.

The modification team led by Meng Chong had a full seventeen people entering the Immortal Palace with their souls together, moving forward in a mighty and high-spirited manner.

"City Lord's Mansion? What a big move." Ning Zhuo exclaimed secretly.

Nowadays, the three families are united, and it is barely enough to gather sixteen people.

The City Lord's Mansion alone brought out sixteen people, which shows that they had long been prepared. A wise general like Meng Kui is indeed far-sighted.

"The City Lord's Mansion is so strong; no wonder the three families have to unite and become more and more united."

Ning Zhuo sighed while controlling the Golden Blood Battle Ape · Da Sheng to notify Sun Lingtong.

Sun Lingtong's soul remained in the Immortal Palace.

He is at the Foundation Establishment stage, his soul power is vigorous, and supporting it for two or three days is not a problem.

Sun Lingtong was hiding in the preparation room at this moment, using various mechanism tools to work on himself, making modifications.

Sun Lingtong's attainments in mechanism arts were also not low.

When Ning Zhuo was a child, he shared his mother's mechanism classics with Sun Lingtong.

In order to reunite with his master as soon as possible, Sun Lingtong was extremely serious and hardworking when learning mechanism arts from beginning to end.

He is a person with immortal potential, so his comprehension ability cannot be low.

Therefore, although Sun Lingtong's attainments in mechanism arts were not as good as Ning Zhuo's, they far exceeded the standard for entering the palace with one's body.

Sun Lingtong received the report from Da Sheng and was shocked: "Someone is coming?"

Immediately, he was happy again: "Good, good, good, just do as Xiao Zhuo said, let them in first."