Chapter 183: Ning Zhuo

City Lord's mansion.

Fire, frost, rolling wood, metal blades, and giant stones belonging to the five elements attacked Meng Chong continuously.

Meng Chong's eyes flashed with sharp light, he displayed his Immortal Talent 'Galloping Thunder', his figure was like electricity, extremely swift, shuttling through the gaps of the spells.

It wasn't until the last layer of spell attacks that his shoulder was grazed by a metal blade.

The subordinates responsible for sparring congratulated him repeatedly.

Meng Chong's progress was great.

"Hahaha." Meng Chong laughed, "Ten more special trainings like this, and when I break through the level again, I won't be afraid of the attacks of those spell puppets."

Meng Chong rested temporarily, and the servants of the Meng family immediately offered carefully prepared tea and snacks, all of which were spiritual food.

Meng Chong ate and drank a few mouthfuls, hearing the latest information.

"What?" He raised his eyebrows slightly.

"Ning Xiaohui entered the Immortal Palace three times in a row today, and was intercepted by the mechanical ape, suffering a miserable defeat, and didn't even reach the preparation room."

"Why is she so lucky?"

"Why do I rarely encounter that mechanical ape now?"

For the Golden Blood War Ape · Dasheng, Meng Chong was unforgettable.

After all, he had fought with Yuan Dasheng many times, and was the loser every time, always holding his breath, really wanting to regain his face.

But Yuan Dasheng, under Ning Zhuo's arrangement and command, rarely intercepted Meng Chong anymore. Occasionally a few times, it was while Meng Chong was fighting fiercely, Yuan Dasheng pushed the door and entered, taking advantage of Meng Chong's fierce battle to take action, repeatedly sneaking attacks, quite fruitful.

This made Meng Chong even more angry, and at the beginning, he once cursed. Later, perhaps considering that the mechanical ape couldn't understand human language, he took the initiative to close his mouth.

For Ning Xiaohui, Yuan Dasheng became her nightmare. For Meng Chong, it was a battle object he longed for but couldn't get.

Zheng family.

Mechanical trap training room.

Zheng Jian walked on the wooden floor.

His eyes were calm, his body was emitting cold air, and his steps were very slow.

Every step he took, he lifted his legs high and landed slowly.

And in the process of landing, his 'Piercing Insight' often activated, warning him.

Zheng Jian walked from beginning to end without triggering any mechanical traps under the floor.

Such training had been carried out many times. Zheng Jian had a deeper control over his own talent, and the training results were great.

However, what made Zheng Jian sigh was the Ning family's talismans.

"This Ice Heart Talisman is really suitable for me."

"I used this talisman, and I could enter a state of absolute calmness. The talent 'Piercing Insight' was activated almost every time!"

"It's a pity, the Ice Heart Talisman is refined by cultivators who specialize in the Ice Heart Technique."

"The Ice Heart Technique is the Ning family main branch's cultivation method, and such talismans involve the mysteries of the Ice Heart Technique, so they are rarely circulated in the outside market."

"I also enjoyed this convenience by taking advantage of the east wind of the three families' joint efforts."

"Sigh..."

Zhou family.

Underground martial arts arena.

Zhou Zhu and Zhou Zeshen were preparing for the competition.

Both took out medicine packets, opened them, and found a pile of silver-gray powder.

Both raised their necks, opened their mouths, and poured the silver-gray powder directly into their mouths.

This was 'Distraction Powder'.

The medicinal effect quickly took effect, causing the expressions of these two Zhou family Qi Refining geniuses to change slightly.

"Come and fight!" Zhou Zeshen whispered.

Zhou Zhu responded in a muffled voice.

Zhou Zeshen first cast spells to launch a preemptive attack.

After Zhou Zhu defended, he took out a mechanical battle hammer.

Mud Gate Shaking Hammer!

The hammer body was almost as tall as Zhou Zhu himself, and the weight was sufficient. Relying on Zhou Zhu's personal strength to wield it was quite strenuous.

The surface of the hammer body revealed multiple round holes, from which fierce airflow was ejected.

The airflow pushed the hammer body, assisting Zhou Zhu to attack Zhou Zeshen.

Zhou Zeshen didn't dare to take its edge, retreating one after another. During the retreat, he untied the storage bag and flew out a large number of mechanical bats.

Mechanical—Night Sky Bat.

A large group of mechanical bats flew in mid-air, spitting out thick black mist along the way.

The black mist lingered, filling the battlefield, covering Zhou Zhu's reconnaissance.

Zhou Zhu tried several methods, seeing that he could never disperse the black mist, he decisively patted the storage belt.

A large number of mice rushed out from the belt.

Mechanical—Drilling Mouse.

The mechanical mice fell to the ground and immediately cast their own spell—Mud Technique—under Zhou Zhu's control.

The thick ground immediately turned into a swamp.

Zhou Zhu hammered hard, splashing countless yellow mud.

The hammer body was deeply stuck in the swamp mud, and the dozen round holes suddenly sprayed airflow groups together.

The hammer body shook fiercely, hitting deeper into the mud, and took Zhou Zhu with it.

A large number of Night

The burrowing rats rely on the swampy terrain to conduct their defense.

Whenever a night sky bat fails to strike, the spiral drill at the very front of the burrowing rat can pierce the night sky bat's thin body.

Once a night sky bat grabs a burrowing rat, its innate spell can immediately seal the burrowing rat, greatly hindering its use of spiritual power.

Zhou Zhu and Zhou Zeshen fell into a stalemate, and it was not until the burrowing rats and night sky bats were almost completely exhausted that the two tacitly agreed to stop the battle and cease hostilities.

As the black mist dissipated, both of them sat down cross-legged and simultaneously took out Multi-Heart Pills.

They immediately consumed the Multi-Heart Pills to consolidate the results of their recent training.

After a long while, Zhou Zeshen was the first to open his eyes.

Only a dozen breaths later, Zhou Zhu also opened his eyes.

Zhou Zeshen, with a hint of joy, sighed: "The combination of Spirit-Dividing Powder and Multi-Heart Pills is indeed very effective; it allows us to master deeper levels of multitasking and control more mechanical creations with divided focus."

"If we continue training like this, we will be able to control thirty mechanical bats and rats at the same time."

Zhou Zhu rarely spoke a long sentence: "My magic power is too low; if the combat duration were longer, the results of the sparring would be even better."

Zhou Zeshen sighed: "There is no help for it; the follow-up cultivation techniques have not been found yet. Fortunately, everyone is at the third level of Qi Refining, and we are all equally weak."

Zhou Zhu: "Is there really a follow-up cultivation technique in the Molten Immortal Palace?"

Zhou Zeshen: "Judging by the current trend, it is more likely that there is. We just need to keep an eye on Meng Chong; he is the one with the highest progress. If his cultivation base breaks through to the fourth level, then there must be follow-up cultivation techniques in the Molten Immortal Palace."

By this time, the modification teams of the four major forces generally had cultivation bases at the peak of the third level of Qi Refining.

Without follow-up cultivation techniques, they could only stop where they were.

Only the geniuses of each family could still make progress by training their natural talents.

Everyone else almost exclusively chose to study and delve into mechanics, using this path to make themselves stronger.

There was progress, but the margin was small.

Including Meng Chong, everyone had entered a relatively stable bottleneck period.

Ning Zhuo, wrapped in floating clouds, breathed silently, continuing to refine his cultivation base.

The magic treasure Tornado Wheel was pressed against his chest, rotating slowly.

Yet, within Ning Zhuo's middle dantian sea of qi, a tornado had been stirred up.

Countless amounts of magic power were sucked into the tornado, grinding and diminishing each other.

This was a form of purification.

The magic power Ning Zhuo breathed in was impure and not refined; after all, it had been boosted by taking shortcuts through the Spirit Sea realm and the Ice Jade Wine.

But now, after this process, the quality of his magic power would be raised significantly.

The purity of magic power is extremely important; the purer it is, the more positive the impact on all aspects, and the greater the individual advantage of the cultivator.

The Pure Yang Body among natural talents allows magic power to carry its own pure yang energy, completely free of impurities.

Among the seven great flames, the Glazed Pure Fire is pursued by people precisely because this fire can burn away impurities, making a cultivator's spiritual sense, magic power, and essence blood pure and refined.

Cultivators generally have a relentless pursuit of magic power purity.

"The purification ability of the Tornado Wheel is only incidental; its true function is to accelerate the speed of magic power refinement."

"It would be even better if there were a specialized purification magic treasure."

After Ning Zhuo purified it once, the original ten parts of magic power were reduced to less than six; the difference was significant.

Ning Zhuo continued to breathe in spiritual energy, refining it into five-element magic power.

After doing this two or three times, Ning Zhuo replenished the purified magic power back to ten parts.

He paused his cultivation of the sea of qi, intending to let the purified magic power properly nourish his middle dantian.

He began his cultivation of the sea of essence.

The source of essence blood refinement is his physical body.

And the influence on the physical body comes mainly from abundant spiritual food and elixirs.

Ning Zhuo never skimps on his own cultivation.

Not only that, he also used one Marrow-Cleansing Pill and one Detoxification Pill each.

Both of these elixirs were bestowed by the main branch of the Ning family. Not long ago, after careful detection by Sun Lingtong, Ning Zhuo had also tested them carefully himself.

The Marrow-Cleansing Pill can slightly improve his constitution. The Detoxification Pill mainly removes the toxins accumulated in Ning Zhuo's body.

The medicinal effects were not very obvious.

On one hand, elixirs like the Marrow-Cleansing Pill must be taken over a long period and in large quantities to achieve gradual results.

Ning Zhuo had only just started taking them.

On the other hand, Ning Zhuo focuses on spiritual food and uses elixirs as a supplement, so the accumulated medicinal toxins are not many.

Not long after, today's sea of essence cultivation ended.

Ning Zhuo began his practice of spells.

He took out the Five-Element Ruler, held it in his hand, and silently channeled his five-element magic power to perform the Five-Element Mutual Generation and Restriction Art.

The floating clouds boiled, barely covering the fluctuations of Ning Zhuo's spellcasting.

The Five-Element Ruler can quickly separate five-element magic power, and using it to assist Ning Zhuo in practicing spells is quite positive.

"Complex."

"This spell is too complex; the degree is the highest I have ever seen in my life!"

"Sigh, if only there were corresponding rewards on the leaderboard."

"Perhaps there will be some in the subsequent levels of the Immortal Palace?"

Ning Zhuo had only just begun to practice this art; he had a long way to go.

After practicing for a while, Ning Zhuo took out two Enlightenment Diagrams: the Frost-Lingering Diagram and the Proud-Snow Diagram.

Staring at them for a long time, Ning Zhuo touched his forehead, still having no clue.

"It doesn't matter."

Ning Zhuo took out an Enlightenment Pill and immediately ate one.

He looked at the two Enlightenment Diagrams again, his gaze unmoving.

His thoughts gradually drifted, and Ning Zhuo did not restrain them, letting them wander.

Ning Zhuo began to gradually feel the subtle sensation brought to him by the Enlightenment Diagrams. This feeling was something he had not had before.

But the impression the Enlightenment Diagrams gave him was very slight; instead, the various mechanical blueprints in his mind and the mechanical classics his mother left him became incredibly vivid.

Besides that, there were the various cultivation techniques and spells Ning Zhuo had obtained in the Molten Immortal Palace.

"Cremation Prajna Spirit-Unlocking Scripture!"

In the end, the entire text of the Cremation Scripture appeared clearly in Ning Zhuo's mind, without a single word wrong.

Ning Zhuo suddenly had a brand-new realization about this scripture.

His eyes lit up with joy: "So this scripture has an even deeper interpretation."

"Fantastic!"

"I can now craft spiritual mechanical creations on my own."

It is truly a case of "planting flowers intentionally, but they don't bloom; planting a willow unintentionally, and it grows into shade."

Ning Zhuo himself never expected that when he took the Enlightenment Pill, preparing to feel the mysteries of the Enlightenment Diagrams, he would instead gain new insights into the Cremation Scripture.