[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-180":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},2227603,4127,"Chapter 180: A Line of Flowers Blooming","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-180",180,"\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo asked: \"What are the names of the three of you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Monkey Head Gang leader was about to answer, but saw Ning Zhuo wave his hand. The latter said: \"Forget it, there is no need to be so troublesome.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will give each of you a code name. If you die, your successors will still be called by the code name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You, you will be called Monkey Head.\" Ning Zhuo pointed at the Monkey Head Gang leader, his gaze giving people a heavy sense of looking down from a high position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Monkey Head Gang leader gritted his teeth, his face piled with smiles, expressing his joy: \"Yes! Thank you, Lord, for bestowing the code name.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo pointed at the Crane Beak Gang leader: \"From now on, you will be called Crane Head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crane Beak Gang leader opened his mouth, wanting to say: \"I came here to negotiate with you, our Crane Beak Gang hasn't surrendered yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only when the conditions are suitable will we surrender!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But under such circumstances, he could only shout in his heart, unable to say it out loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few breaths of silence, the Crane Beak Gang leader lowered his head and bowed in response: \"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo looked at the Turtle Breath Gang leader: \"As for you, you will be called Turtle...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Turtle Breath Gang leader’s face changed!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turtle Shell.\" He didn't wait for Ning Zhuo to finish, and answered: \"Lord, my childhood name was Turtle Shell. If you call me that, I feel like I have found a home and met an elder.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are fully qualified to call me that!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\" Ning Zhuo pondered silently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Turtle Breath Gang leader’s heartbeat accelerated slightly, and he hurriedly said: \"Lord Ning Zhuo, Feng Heizi has a lot of evidence of smuggling and selling contraband prisoners, all in my gang’s hands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Turtle Shell requests to go! Please let me go personally, Feng Heizi will definitely submit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case.\" Ning Zhuo waved his hand, \"You go, if you can't recruit Feng Heizi, I will hold you accountable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Lord.\" The Turtle Breath Gang leader turned and left, his pace fast, without the calmness of before, giving people a sense of urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo looked at the Crane Beak Gang leader: \"The medicinal herbs of the Unclean are almost all ordered from your gang.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You go and invite him, with this layer of relationship, can you do it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crane Beak Gang leader was shocked; how did Ning Zhuo know about this secret business dealing?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He nodded hurriedly: \"Subordinate will do his best.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo looked at the Monkey Head Gang leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The latter hurriedly said: \"Monkey Head is here, please instruct, Lord!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo: \"You go and find the One-Armed Craftsman. This person has a fiery temper and loves to refine magic treasures that can self-destruct. His arm was blown off by himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You talk to him well, don't use force.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This person is most resistant to threats, you must remember to speak gently!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No matter what method you use, let this person acknowledge my control over the black market and return to the market. Without his self-destructing magic treasures in the black market, there is one less attraction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Monkey Head Gang leader cupped his hands: \"Subordinate understands!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo gave three orders in a row, and then urged the clouds to wrap around himself, silently starting his cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He really doesn't waste a bit of time!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ning family Foundation Establishment cultivators secretly transmitted their voices, feeling a lot of emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the beginning of the action, Ning Zhuo refreshed their cognition again and again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially tonight’s performance, let the Ning family members feel that Ning Zhuo was well-prepared, directed with ease, quite strategic, and could control the overall situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time passed gradually.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three leaders sent good news one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Crane Beak Gang leader was the first to succeed; the \"Unclean\" was an alchemist, born lazy and didn't like to toss about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The black market controller changed, and for him, it didn't matter, he still sold his elixirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Turtle Breath Gang leader was the second to succeed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His results were much greater than the Crane Beak Gang leader’s—under his coercion and inducement, Feng Heizi had to sign a contract and joined in completely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The last one was the Monkey Head Gang leader.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He returned with a gray face, carrying injuries on his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Persuading the One-Armed Craftsman took a lot of effort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The One-Armed Craftsman felt that the chaos in Fire Persimmon Immortal City had appeared and had plans to migrate to another city. His luggage was almost packed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Monkey Head Gang leader tried his best to persuade him, even taking out his private property to subsidize him, but it didn't work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, he took a risk to provoke him, and had a fight with the One-Armed Craftsman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The One-Armed Craftsman won, but the Mechanical Fire-Exploding Ape used by the Monkey Head Gang leader made him love it very much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of mechanical monkey could self-destruct, and its power was not bad; the One-Armed Craftsman had known about it for a long time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What he didn't know was that the person who created the Mechanical Fire-Exploding Ape was Ning Zhuo. After learning that Ning Zhuo controlled the black market, the One-Armed Craftsman’s favor increased greatly, and he changed his mind and decided to stay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the morning light shone on the city, the black market ushered in a brand new day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The destruction of the Poisonous Snake Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The joint announcement of the Monkey Head Gang, the Crane Beak Gang, and the Turtle Breath Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the simultaneous announcement of opening the market by Feng Heizi, the One-Armed Craftsman, and the Unclean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All made people’s hearts tremble, and they were full of suspicion: \"How did the black market turn upside down overnight?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What happened last night?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is said that a noble young master of the Ning family came down, originally to avenge his friend Yuan Er, forced the Monkey Head Gang to submit, and then took the black market by the way.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, the city residents discussed endlessly, and rumors arose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>City Lord’s mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Si began to handle government affairs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the recruitment order was issued, foreign cultivators have been pouring into Fire Persimmon Immortal City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The top of Fire Persimmon Mountain is no longer a forbidden area. Under Fei Si’s arrangement, the grand occasion before the Immortal Palace appeared has been reproduced.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The City Guard’s guarding is just for show, various cultivators follow one after another, trying their luck at the Lava Immortal Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Most people’s mechanical attainments do not meet the standard, and they can only look at it in vain. There are also a small number of people who meet the standard, enter the Immortal Palace to explore, and become lucky people envied and hated by everyone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All kinds of businesses in Fire Persimmon Immortal City have become hot, public security has also declined sharply, and illegal and undisciplined events have become more and more frequent. Fei Si’s burden has also become heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dramatic change in the black market has had a significant impact on the pattern of Fire Persimmon Immortal City.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The report jade slip about this matter was placed in the third place, urgently needing Fei Si to handle it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading it, Fei Si showed surprise: \"Good boy, he actually did such a thing overnight!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo wants to intervene in the black market, the first thing he has to face is not any of the three gangs and three loose cultivators, but the City Lord’s mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Lingtong could manage the black market, also because he established a relationship with Fei Si, took the initiative to offer benefits, and obtained the tacit approval of the City Lord’s mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo wrote a secret letter in advance and transferred it to Fei Si through Chen Cha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Fei Si saw the secret letter, Ning Zhuo’s eyes full of ambition appeared in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Like!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too much like me when I was young.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo’s performance in the mechanical monkey incident and the subsequent Yuan Dasheng incident left a deep impression on Fei Si.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Si appreciated Ning Zhuo very much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The me of the past was also not favored.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also through study, through constant adventure, step by step climbed up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Fei Si of yesterday is the Ning Zhuo of today.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such an excellent young man, why not pull him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ning Zhuo returned to the family, although Fei Si was busy with thousands of things, he still didn't forget to pay attention secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He saw Ning Zhuo’s status in the family rising constantly, which often produced a joy from the bottom of his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his view: No one knows Ning Zhuo’s character background better than him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is looking forward to Ning Zhuo climbing higher and higher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because, the higher Ning Zhuo’s status, the more he can prove his own outlook on life, the more he can prove his own success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because, the higher Ning Zhuo’s value, the more he can benefit from the relationship between himself and Ning Zhuo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Climb.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Climb higher, a little higher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the future, the Meng family will manage Fire Persimmon Immortal City, and you will manage the Ning family, isn't it beautiful?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo’s talent made Fei Si determine his potential for development and space for investment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, Ning Zhuo asked Fei Si for instructions to unify the black market, and Fei Si agreed without much thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just didn't expect you to do it overnight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very interesting, very wonderful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Relying on Ning family Foundation Establishment cultivators to open the situation, greatly intimidating all kinds of villains. And the whole process did not make a move, leaving no handle.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forcing the Monkey Head Gang to lead the charge, causing the black market to fluctuate violently. The Monkey Head Gang suffered heavy casualties and became a obedient chess piece.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Accurately subduing key forces and characters, firmly controlling the key points, with half the effort!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Fei Si was secretly praising, Chen Cha came to see him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cha brought Ning Zhuo’s secret letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Si opened the letter and saw that Ning Zhuo did not hesitate to hand over 50% of the profits to Fei Si.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a sensible performance made Fei Si laugh heartily.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these days, this was the first time he was so happy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"50% of the profits is too high, just hand over 30%.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As for the black market, I will only let you control it for a period of time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Manage it well during this period, don't cause trouble, let me cover it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When the time limit is up, you have to let go. Before that, try your best to prepare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Si replied with a secret letter and carefully collected Ning Zhuo’s secret letter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These are the evidence, the key to controlling Ning Zhuo in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the Monkey Head Gang leader collecting evidence and handing it over to Ning Zhuo. Ning Zhuo also took the initiative to leave a handle to gain Fei Si’s trust.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Si’s secret letter was passed to Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo remained calm, with no waves in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had long expected Fei Si’s attitude and thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The four major forces of Fire Persimmon Immortal City: the City Lord’s mansion, the Zhou family, the Zheng family, and the Ning family, cooperate and compete with each other, forming a certain degree of balance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The black market is one of the buffer zones under the power struggle of the four major forces.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It can be controlled by Sun Lingtong, but it cannot be controlled by any of the four major forces, even if it is behind the scenes, looking for an agent is not allowed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason I was able to get to the top is that this timing is too special.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the one hand, foreign cultivators are constantly pouring in under the recruitment order, and a stable black market is good for the entire Immortal City and the four forces. And Sun Boss’s incident happened too suddenly, the four forces haven't had time to discuss it properly, and find a suitable person to take charge of the black market.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the other hand, although I am a member of the Ning family, I am a branch of the Ning family, and have an irreconcilable contradiction with the main branch! The City Lord’s mansion Fei Si is happy to see me succeed, the Zhou family and the Zheng family also hope that the Ning family will have internal friction, and will definitely support me in establishing another mountain. So, when I intervene in the black market, they will all think this idea is really good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once the situation changes, outsiders no longer pour in, Fire Persimmon Immortal City returns to the past situation, their demand for the black market will no longer be so strong.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once I have been in charge of the black market for too long, or I have a trend of leaning towards the Ning family’s main branch, triggering the worries of the other three forces, they will also react quickly and expel me from the black market.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The control of the black market has a time limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo knew this long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Doesn't matter!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My goal is the Lava Immortal Palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I take the Immortal Palace and become the master of the Immortal Palace, what does it matter if I give up the mere black market?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At this critical moment, I need to show myself, gather the Ning family branch, and disintegrate the main branch’s conspiracy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The black market is just right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hehehe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo’s mouth curled into a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, he had a sense of seeing the overall situation and planning strategies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is the feeling, this is the feeling of control...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, so wonderful!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, Ning Zhuo was deeply immersed in this beautiful feeling, unable to extricate himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flower bud of the prototype of the 'Human Life Hanging Thread' divine ability in his upper dantian divine sea trembled slightly, and the flower bud opened a line outward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The change in the prototype of the divine ability immediately made Ning Zhuo aware.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joy poured into his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very good!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can feel that the next change in the prototype of the divine ability will be a qualitative change, and it will bloom completely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At that time, I will be able to truly master a divine ability—Human Life Hanging Thread!\" \u003C\u002Fp>",2442,"2026-06-17T23:33:09.460Z","2026-06-18T03:10:38.119Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","b21198021165969427f2d56aa5c8b97d0d9f12b01c655e6017d6022346b0f1a6","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-181","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-179",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]