[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-169":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mysteries of Immortal puppet Master",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2227592,4127,"Chapter 169: Ning Xiaoren vs. Ning Zhuo (Seeking Monthly Tickets)","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-169",169,"\u003Cp>\"This trend must not grow!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo must be severely punished!!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren made up his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo had broken his bottom line this time, and Ning Xiaoren knew deeply that once he was negligent or indulgent, it would bring no small hidden dangers and risks to the main branch's rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must carry out precise strangulation in time!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Ning Xiaoren was not a demonic cultivator, and the righteous path paid the most attention to having a famous teacher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The righteous path's style of doing things is to leave a line for people, so that they can meet again in the future. The demonic path usually cuts the weeds and roots.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if Ning Xiaoren was the young patriarch, he had to pay attention to ways and methods to deal with the side-branch Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He first collected the reactions of the clansmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Regarding Ning Zhuo's active withdrawal from the modification team, there were generally two voices within the clan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One was that Ning Zhuo was young and energetic, floating a bit after a little achievement, not knowing how many pounds he weighed. He did it very wrongly, angering the family high-level, which was self-destruction. So what if he didn't serve? The main branch had Ning Xiaohui, not missing his combat power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other was understanding Ning Zhuo and admiring Ning Zhuo. Many Ning family side branches were ashamed that they didn't have the courage to resist, expressed worry about Ning Zhuo's future, and expressed amazement at his actions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Public opinion is not good!\" Ning Xiaoren frowned, thought for a while, and issued an order, letting his confidant promote a point of view—Ning Zhuo's move was for the small self, not for the big family, and public infighting made the Zhou family and Zheng family think? What did the City Lord's Mansion think? This was letting outsiders watch a joke!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a result, after waiting for a day, Ning Xiaoren collected public opinion again, but found that the clansmen were discussing more about—how serious the unfair rewards and punishments of the main branch were!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren did not wait for the result he wanted, but instead, the public opinion of the family surged toward him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His move to divert the attention of most clansmen and win people's hearts failed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made it even more impossible to deal with Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait patiently.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Within this day, Zheng Jian and Zhou Zeshen visited Ning Zhuo in person one after another and talked with Ning Zhuo, clearly knowing that Ning Zhuo had withdrawn from the Ning family modification team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What kind of ghost ideas these two families are having is too obvious. Hehehe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren decided to remain motionless. Because in the intelligence, he saw a certain hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jian was the first to take the initiative to find Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was a typical Zheng family member, vigorous and resolute. After visiting Ning Zhuo, he went straight to the point and invited Ning Zhuo to join the Zheng family's modification team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had once built the Tree Martial Fighting Ape, Da Sheng, with Ning Zhuo and thought highly of Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Zeshen was the second. His wording was tactful. Even if he expressed the intention of recruiting, he was very implicit. Standing from Ning Zhuo's perspective, he suggested that Ning Zhuo could secretly cooperate with the Zhou family, so as not to face the Ning family clansmen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cha was the third.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He personally sent a sum of spirit stones, which was the profit sharing of the Mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, this was just an excuse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cha brought an invitation from the City Lord's Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In dealing with the crisis of Yuan Da Sheng, Ning Zhuo had to enter the game personally, and his various performances were recognized and appreciated by Fei Si.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The source of this invitation came from the Golden Dan cultivator Fei Si!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, after Chen Cha proposed the invitation, he also said his own thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a complex expression and advised Ning Zhuo: \"Little Zhuo, you are very much in Fei Si's eyes, this is not necessarily lucky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At present, your three families are united to resist the City Lord's Mansion. You jumping to the City Lord's Mansion's side is extremely risky.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you really take this step, you might not have a way back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In fact, even if you cooperate with the Zhou family and Zheng family, it is very dangerous. People's hearts are unpredictable and easy to change. The Ning family clansmen who support you now may change their attitude and oppose you because of this. You must be extremely cautious!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo: \"I know, Elder Chen, thank you for your concern.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The young man bowed to Chen Cha and bowed deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He summoned Ning Chen and Ning Yong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Yong said carelessly: \"Brother Zhuo, I support you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's too angry, the main branch is so unfair in rewards and punishments.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't stay here, you won't stay here, we won't suffer this grievance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter which family you cooperate with, I will follow you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Yong patted his chest, even more angry than Ning Zhuo himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Chen frowned and sighed deeply: \"I think, can we discuss it well with the family high-level?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, the Lava Immortal Palace is only temporary, the King issued the Order to Recruit the Worthy, and I believe that in two or three years at most, the Immortal Palace will have a new master.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And we are still young, and a lifetime is still very long, Brother Zhuo, you have to consider your own future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Yong stared: \"No, like this, you still want Brother Zhuo to stay in the modification team shamelessly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at Ning Xiaohui, the progress is not even half of ours, but she enjoyed the Enlightenment Map in advance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What about us?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo stretched out his arms, placed his hands on the shoulders of Ning Chen and Ning Yong respectively, and smiled: \"You don't have to worry too much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you are good to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To tell you the truth, this time, I seem impulsive, but I am actually thoughtful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Yong turned to look at Ning Zhuo: \"Then Brother Zhuo, how should we act next, I will follow you!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo laughed: \"I summoned you here, indeed there is one thing I need your help with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please feel free to say.\" Ning Chen expressed his position immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo: \"I practiced the Immortal Palace spells today and have quite a few insights. I trouble the two virtuous brothers to notify the classmates of the modification team.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If they are interested, we will discuss the techniques of casting spells here today, how about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, is it such a thing?\" Ning Yong was very surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Chen frowned and asked the key question: \"Among the classmates of the modification team, there are also main branches...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo waved his hand: \"Naturally, only those from the side branches are invited.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good.\" A flash of brilliance flashed in Ning Chen's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good!\" Ning Yong clenched his fists and shouted, feeling a bit relieved, \"We won't bring the main branch, we'll play by ourselves.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They soon summoned almost all the classmates of the side branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These people were too interested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because before, Ning Zhuo took the initiative to promote them, using Life-Hanging Thread, Sharp Advance Needle, and Ice Light Strong Pulse Talisman to help them rapidly raise their magic power cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, Ning Zhuo took them to pass the levels, breaking the Ning family record and achieving excellent results.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the patriarch and young patriarch saw, Ning Zhuo's appeal to them was amazing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What? Ning Zhuo didn't agree to the invitations of the Zhou and Zheng families, and has been widely inviting classmates for the past two days to teach spell insights?\" Ning Xiaoren learned of this situation, his brows tightly locked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked closely at the public opinion within the clan and found that more clansmen were cheering for Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After each teaching, the returning cultivators praised Ning Zhuo's spell skills and felt that they had benefited a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many people began to discuss Ning Zhuo's talent, because this time Ning Zhuo showed an amazing side in his understanding of spells.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Following this, many side-branch clansmen empathized with Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more talented Ning Zhuo was, the more it showed the harshness and thin treatment of the Ning family high-level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren couldn't sit still.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stood up, carried his hands on his back, and paced back and forth in the study for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't expect that Ning Zhuo didn't make a mistake!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were him, at such an age, he would have long since thrown himself into the Zhou or Zheng families, then exhausted every effort to perform better and produce more outstanding results to prove himself—to prove that the Ning family’s upper echelons were blind and lacked clear judgment in rewards and punishments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If Ning Zhuo did this, then Ning Xiaoren could take the opportunity to take action, reverse public opinion, label Ning Zhuo as a traitor to the Ning family, and make the latter lose all support.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Doing this, Ning Xiaoren would have a bright and upright reason to continue implementing more sanctions against Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo didn't make a mistake!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At his age, did he understand the mystery? Or was it just a blind guess?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren is the young patriarch of the Ning family, sitting in this position for a long time, no one can shake it, just this point is enough to show his ability.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He frowned and thought for a moment, then came up with a plan: \"I want to provoke Ning Zhuo and let him make this big mistake!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Ze can be used by me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo is greedy for money, and his relationship with Ning Ze is not good. The key is that Wang Lan has not compensated Ning Zhuo with any resources so far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What will Ning Zhuo think?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehehe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren figured out the joints, immediately pushed the door out, went to the private prison, and met Ning Ze.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't cover it up, and told Ning Ze the truth directly: \"If you can persuade Ning Zhuo to change his mind, take the initiative to return to the modification team, and bow your head to the family high-level. I will set you free!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Ze heard this, like a drowning person grabbing the last straw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren then arranged for Wang Lan to visit the prison once.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Master, Master, what's wrong with you?\" Wang Lan exclaimed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The couple looked at each other across the thick fence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Ze was covered in wounds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The private prison naturally had powerful treatment methods, but Ning Xiaoren, in order to highlight Ning Ze's crisis, deliberately kept his hand and only treated a small half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So much so that when Wang Lan visited the prison, she found that there were still many wounds on Ning Ze's body that were oozing blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Ze ignored the pain and said in a hurried tone: \"Ning Zhuo misled me, misled me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I learned everything from the Young Patriarch.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo, this little rabbit, has too much courage, actually daring to withdraw from the modification team! What does he take my painstaking efforts as?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At the beginning, in order for him to participate in the modification team, I used money to deal with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now the Young Patriarch wants us to come forward and persuade Ning Zhuo to return to the modification team, you must get this done!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If this is done, the Young Patriarch can set me free.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lan stared: \"Really?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh!\" Ning Ze sighed, \"Until now, I can only believe the Young Patriarch's promise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look at these wounds on me!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My cultivation is sealed here, and I am not a body cultivator, I can't hold on for long.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lan nodded repeatedly: \"Master, I will definitely persuade Ning Zhuo to change his mind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Must succeed!\" Ning Ze said, \"Even if you spend money, don't hesitate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Lan's gaze flickered: \"Um, okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Ze knew his wife too well and found Wang Lan hesitating, so he said more seriously: \"You woman, you don't know the seriousness of the matter!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't let Ning Zhuo do anything out of line!\" \u003C\u002Fp>",2055,"2026-06-17T23:33:09.460Z","2026-06-18T03:10:38.119Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","fefbf55ea744bd9c9344f265e53596a56772f072b560e3ca2805d89d8d3e94b2","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-170","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-168",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]