Chapter 183: Unlike Ning Zhuo

City Lord's mansion.

Fire, frost, rolling wood, metal blades, and giant rocks 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 like lightning, 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 times of such special training, 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 Xian Gong three times in a row today, and was intercepted by the mechanical ape, suffering a miserable defeat, without even reaching the preparation room."

"Why is she so lucky?"

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

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

After all, he had fought Yuan Dasheng many times and was always the loser, always holding his breath, really wanting to find his face back.

But under Unlike Ning Zhuo's arrangement and command, Yuan Dasheng had rarely intercepted Meng Chong. Occasionally, it was also when Meng Chong was fighting fiercely that Yuan Dasheng pushed the door and entered, attacking while Meng Chong was fighting fiercely, repeatedly ambushing, and achieving quite a lot.

This made Meng Chong even angrier; when he first started, he once cursed loudly. Later, perhaps considering that the mechanical ape couldn't understand human language, he proactively closed his mouth.

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

Zheng family.

Mechanical trap special training room.

Zheng Jian walked on the wooden floor.

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

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

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

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

Such special training had been conducted 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 was able to fall into a state of absolute calmness. The talent 'Heart-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 a cultivation method of the Ning family main branch, and such talismans involve the mysteries of the Ice Heart Technique, so they are rarely circulated in the outer market."

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

"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 wide, and poured the silver-gray powder directly into their mouths.

This was 'Distraction Powder'.

The medicine effect quickly played a role, causing the expressions of these two Zhou family Qi Condensation geniuses to change slightly.

"Battle!" Zhou Zeshen whispered.

Zhou Zhu responded in a muffled voice.

Zhou Zeshen first activated a spell to launch a preemptive attack.

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

Mud Gate Shaking Hammer!

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

The hammer surface revealed multiple round holes, from which fierce airflow was sprayed.

The airflow pushed the hammer body, assisting Zhou Zhu in attacking Zhou Zeshen.

Zhou Zeshen didn't dare to face its edge and kept retreating. In the process of retreating, he untied his storage bag, and a large number of mechanical bats flew out from it.

Mechanism—Night Sky Bat.

A large group of mechanical bats flew in mid

Black mist swirled, filling the battlefield and obscuring Zhou Zhu's reconnaissance.

Zhou Zhu tried several methods, but seeing that he could not disperse the black mist, he decisively slapped his storage belt.

A large number of rats scurried out from the belt.

Mechanism—Burrowing Rat.

The mechanical rats landed on the ground and, under Zhou Zhu's control, immediately unleashed their innate spell—Mud Swamp Art.

The solid ground immediately turned into a swamp.

Zhou Zhu struck with his hammer, splashing out countless globs of yellow mud.

The hammer head sank deep into the swampy mud, and a dozen circular holes suddenly sprayed out jets of air in unison.

The hammer vibrated violently, slamming deeper into the mud and pulling Zhou Zhu in with it.

Having lost their primary target, a large number of Night Sky Bats, under Zhou Zeshen's command, continuously descended into the swamp to capture the Burrowing Rats.

The Burrowing Rats relied on the swamp to defend themselves.

Whenever a Night Sky Bat missed its pounce, the spiral drill at the front of a Burrowing Rat could pierce the bat's thin body.

And once a Night Sky Bat caught a Burrowing Rat, its innate spell could immediately seal the rat, severely 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 nearly exhausted that the two tacitly stopped fighting and ceased their attacks.

As the black mist dissipated, both 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.

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

With a hint of joy, Zhou Zeshen sighed, "The combination of Spirit-Dividing Powder and Multi-Heart Pills is indeed very effective; it allows us to master a deeper level 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 simultaneously."

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

Zhou Zeshen sighed, "There's no help for it; the subsequent cultivation techniques haven't been found yet. Fortunately, everyone is at the third layer of Qi Condensation, and we are all equally weak."

Zhou Zhu: "Is there really a subsequent cultivation technique in the Magma Xian Gong?"

Zhou Zeshen: "Judging by the current trend, there's a higher possibility. We just need to keep an eye on Meng Chong; he has the highest progress. If his cultivation breaks through to the fourth layer, then there must be a subsequent cultivation technique in the Magma Xian Gong."

By this time, the reform teams of the four major forces generally had cultivation bases at the peak of the third layer of Qi Condensation.

Without subsequent cultivation techniques, they could only stop where they were.

Only the geniuses of each family could still make progress through their innate talent for training.

The rest almost all chose to study and delve into mechanism arts, 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.

Unlike Ning Zhuo, wrapped in floating clouds, meditated silently, continuing to refine his cultivation.

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

Yet, within Unlike Ning Zhuo's lower 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 Unlike Ning Zhuo meditated upon was impure and not refined, after all, it had been elevated by taking shortcuts through the Spirit Sea realm and 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 innate talents can make magic power carry innate 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 beyond measure.

Cultivators generally have a persistent pursuit of magic power purity.

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

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

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

Unlike Ning Zhuo continued to meditate on spiritual energy, refining it into five-element magic power.

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

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

He began his essence sea cultivation.

The source of essence blood refinement was his physical body.

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

Unlike Ning Zhuo never skimped on himself when it came to cultivation.

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

Both types of elixirs were bestowed by the Ning family's main lineage. Not long ago, after careful detection by Sun Lingtong, Unlike Ning Zhuo had also tested them meticulously himself.

The Marrow-Cleansing Pill could slightly improve his constitution. The Detoxification Pill mainly removed the toxins accumulated in Unlike 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.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had only just begun taking them.

On the other hand, Unlike Ning Zhuo relied mainly on spiritual food and supplemented with elixirs, so the accumulated medicinal toxins were not many.

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

Unlike 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 Restraint Art.

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

The Five-Element Ruler could quickly separate five-element magic power, and using it to assist Unlike Ning Zhuo in practicing spells was quite beneficial.

"Complex."

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

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

"Perhaps they will be in the subsequent levels of the Xian Gong?"

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

After practicing for a while, Unlike Ning Zhuo took out two Enlightenment Diagrams, namely the Ling Frost Diagram and the Proud Snow Diagram.

After staring at them for a long time, Unlike Ning Zhuo rubbed his forehead, still having no clue.

"It doesn't matter."

Unlike Ning Zhuo took out an Enlightenment Pill and immediately swallowed one.

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

His thoughts gradually began to wander, and Unlike Ning Zhuo did not restrain them, letting them drift.

Unlike Ning Zhuo gradually began to feel the subtle sensation brought to him by the Enlightenment Diagrams. This feeling was one he had never had before.

But the insights brought by the Enlightenment Diagrams were very slight; instead, the various mechanism blueprints in his mind and the mechanism classics his mother left him became incredibly vivid.

Besides that, there were the various cultivation techniques and spells Unlike Ning Zhuo had obtained in the Magma Xian Gong.

"Fire Cremation Prajna Spirit-Resolving Scripture!"

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

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

He was overjoyed: "So this scripture has an even deeper level of interpretation."

"Fantastic!"

"Now, I can refine spirit-imbued mechanisms on my own."

It was truly a case of planting flowers intentionally, but they didn't bloom, while planting a willow unintentionally, it grew into shade.

Unlike 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 Fire Cremation Scripture.