Chapter 163: Divine Lotus Blooms

After the two geniuses of the Zhou family recovered from their injuries, they couldn't wait to form a joint team of the three families to explore the Lava Immortal Palace together.

The three families clearly hadn't found out the true situation of the City Lord's Mansion, and before setting off, they were still fantasizing about gathering everyone's strength to deal with Yuan Da Sheng if they encountered the Golden Blood Battle Ape, Da Sheng, again!

As a result, the joint team of the three families struck with heavy fists, only to repeat the mistakes of the City Lord's Mansion. More than twenty Qi Refining cultivators were all soul-devoured, allowing Ning Zhuo to have a great time absorbing!

Ning Zhuo came to the third level of the Buddha Gate, entering and exiting repeatedly, his wanton and arrogant posture making the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit's fists harden, smashing its fists against the throne repeatedly.

The Illusion-Truth Lotus Seed was his only option.

The embryonic form of the Life-Hanging Thread supernatural power surged again, the lotus leaf that was once the size of a palm expanded fiercely, becoming the size of a washbasin, green and jade-like.

At Sun Lingtong's active request, Ning Zhuo also planted a Life-Hanging Thread on the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai.

In this way, even if Sun Lingtong returned his soul to his physical body and was not in the trial levels of the Lava Immortal Palace, he could leave Qi Bai behind for Ning Zhuo to control.

"Qi Bai's spirituality has been depleted by 18%." Ning Zhuo felt it was a pity.

The Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, participated in the battle, devouring other people's souls, and the biggest price paid was the loss of spirituality.

Without reaching 100%, spirituality cannot be self-sufficient, which means it cannot be restored.

But Ning Zhuo tried many methods and still hadn't figured out a way to increase its spirituality.

"Look on the bright side, little brother!" In this regard, Sun Lingtong was more carefree.

"I think this deal is very worth it!"

"Consuming some spirituality can ultimately be exchanged for you absorbing Illusion-Truth Lotus Seeds faster and more, and raising the Life-Hanging Thread supernatural power."

"This is a big profit."

"So, even if all the spirituality is consumed, doing so is worth it."

Ning Zhuo sighed, knowing that Sun Lingtong's words made a lot of sense. But he had always loved mechanical creations and didn't want to see the "death" of the mechanical Qi Bai from the bottom of his heart.

For the next ten days or so, Ning Zhuo rarely obtained a period of peaceful cultivation time.

Meng Kui still sat on the top of the mountain, sealing the surroundings, but he could not stop the three Golden Dan cultivators led by Zhu Xuanji.

Zhu Xuanji knew the importance of priorities, and since he discovered that the Lava Immortal Palace was weak, he put the matter of investigating the case aside. He frequently entered the Immortal Palace, investigating everywhere while increasing his own contribution.

After the City Lord's Mansion recovered, they charged twice under Meng Chong's leadership.

The modification team of the three families reorganized, and after the second comprehensive failure under the joint attack of the Nether Envoy, Qi Bai, and the Golden Blood Battle Ape, Da Sheng, they decisively gave up the idea of collective action.

According to their speculation, the Lava Immortal Palace had a mechanism to adjust the difficulty of the levels in time according to the specific strength of the challengers.

Therefore, as long as they acted alone or in groups of two or three, they wouldn't encounter the two perversely strong mechanical creations, Yuan Da Sheng and Qi Bai.

Ning Zhuo, as they thought, greatly reduced the appearances of Yuan Da Sheng and Qi Bai.

On one hand, Qi Bai's spirituality had dropped to less than 10% after these rounds of large-scale soul devouring. Although Sun Lingtong didn't care, Ning Zhuo still decided to preserve the spark of spirituality.

As for the Golden Blood Battle Ape, Da Sheng, it was not without battle damage. Currently, Ning Zhuo's mechanical attainments could not truly repair it; at most, he could apply patches, and its overall mechanical combat power was actually constantly declining.

On the other hand, Ning Zhuo also didn't want to hit the joint team of the three families or the City Lord's Mansion to the point of completely losing confidence.

He needed to give these people some hope, prompting them to have the motivation to continue moving forward, and the motivation to constantly increase resource support.

Ning Zhuo's own cultivation could have such progress, and the various cultivation resources given by the joint three families had brought him huge help.

With the help of the soul essence returned by Qi Bai, Ning Zhuo's soul foundation had once again grown significantly.

Compared to when he hadn't encountered Han Ming, there was a full 150-fold increase!

This made Ning Zhuo's soul power stand out in the Qi Refining stage, and also allowed him to use the power of the My Buddha Heart Demon Seal more times in succession, helping himself frantically select rewards.

Illusion-Truth Lotus Seeds... were all selected by him.

The embryonic form of the Life-Hanging Thread supernatural power also changed its appearance. In Ning Zhuo's Divine Sea dantian, on its green jade-like lotus leaf, it carried a pink-white lotus bud. The bud was full, giving people a feeling of fullness about to bloom.

"It's just a little bit away from perfection."

"No, it's still a long way off..."

The embryonic form of the supernatural power gave Ning Zhuo a contradictory cognition.

Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong discussed it, and after guessing, the two felt: the embryonic form of the supernatural power was very close to perfection! But this last step, while seemingly small, was extremely critical. The difficulty of crossing it was very high; if it couldn't be crossed, it couldn't undergo a qualitative change and reach the 100% perfect state.

Just like the 100% spirituality before.

Therefore, it was only a little bit away from the perfection of the supernatural power, but also a long way off.

"Why can't there be a few more Illusion-Truth Lotus Seeds?" Sun Lingtong felt it was a pity.

Ning Zhuo shook his head: "I think the last step must be crossed by the cultivator alone."

He wasn't guessing randomly, but had a basis.

Ning Zhuo: "The last dozen or so Illusion-Truth Lotus Seeds absorbed had very little help for the embryonic form of the supernatural power. The growth rate of the embryonic form of the supernatural power was not large at all, and the benefits from the Illusion-Truth Lotus Seeds were indeed getting less and less."

Sun Lingtong pondered for a moment, nodded, and accepted Ning Zhuo's guess.

But what to do next?

How to make the supernatural power perfect?

Sun and Ning discussed for a long time, but neither had a reliable guess.

At the top of the volcano, in the depths of the clouds and smoke.

Meng Kui invited Zhu Xuanji for a chat.

"Lord Zhu, rumors are rising, and the wind is not stopping."

"Although I sit here all day, I can't stop the news from spreading further and further."

"Recently, more and more foreign cultivators have entered the Fire Persimmon Immortal City. There is even news that the Soul-Devouring Sect and the Non-Empty Gate have dispatched true disciples."

"The Taiqing Palace and the Zixiao Pavilion have also sent greeting cards, using the excuse of striking against the demonic path, wanting to dispatch true disciples into the Fire Persimmon Immortal City."

"Under such circumstances, relying solely on my personal presence, I am afraid it will be difficult to handle. I hope Lord Zhu will join me in submitting a memorial to request the imperial court to dispatch reinforcements!"

Zhu Xuanji looked at Meng Kui deeply. He had also seen the evolution of the situation during this period, and he nodded slightly: "Good, I will join you in submitting a memorial."

Qi Refining Level 6 early stage.

Essence Refining Level 6 middle stage.

Spirit Refining Level 6 peak!

Ning Zhuo ended a day of bitter cultivation and exhaled a breath of turbid air.

In the past ten days or so, his cultivation had made huge progress again.

Generally speaking, in the middle stage of the Qi Refining period, the cultivation speed would become much slower than in the early stage.

But the three cultivation methods arranged by the Three Sects Master all had advantages in cultivation speed.

As long as the resources were sufficient.

And Ning Zhuo's sources of resources were truly abundant in all aspects.

His strongest was still his Divine Sea cultivation, which climbed all the way, and the progress had never slowed down, reaching the peak of the sixth level.

At this step, Ning Zhuo could finally push the door and move forward again.

"It's time to show my extraordinary mechanical talent again." Holding this thought, Ning Zhuo summoned Ning Chen and Ning Yong.