[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-185":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mysteries of Immortal puppet Master",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2227608,4127,"Chapter 185","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-185",185,"\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo quickly finished reading the \"Record of Clouds Falling at the End of the World\" he had exchanged for.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The book, from Luoyunzi's perspective, tells the story of his suffering from bad luck, wandering the world in displacement, and traveling far and wide.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The story is quite interesting, and Ning Zhuo also felt many local customs and practices from it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as for the related destiny and luck-changing arts, it only touched on the surface and did not delve into anything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was already the best classic Ning Zhuo could exchange for in the All-Book Tower at present. The other few books involving destiny, Ning Zhuo read the brief introductions, were even worse than \"Record of Clouds Falling at the End of the World.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Content related to destiny is not a popular study; it only circulates within a narrow range.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Currently, it seems that the Heavenly Orbit Mansion possesses the most mysteries of this kind.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although the Heavenly Orbit Mansion is a super sect, it has few people and is extremely mysterious. According to Luoyunzi's own account, he once studied at the Heavenly Orbit Mansion, but 'Record of Clouds Falling at the End of the World' does not mention the Heavenly Orbit Mansion at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, Luoyunzi can change other people's luck for a period of time and within a certain range.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Making people have wealth luck, official luck, peach blossom luck, and so on.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But these spells all have drawbacks; once a specific taboo is touched, the results will be even worse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo sighed secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His previous plan fell through; he did not rely on \"Record of Clouds Falling at the End of the World\" to make the prototype of the \"Human Life Hanging by a Thread\" divine ability reach a qualitative change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But it was not without gains.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At least he understood that changing other people's luck has many drawbacks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then, Meng Kui, what are the drawbacks of your 'Sitting on the Mountain and Watching' divine ability that can create different luck fields?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo pondered this question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For him, Meng Kui is also a competitor vying for the Molten Immortal Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reality is cruel.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It will not be the case that because Meng Kui is in the Nascent Soul stage and Ning Zhuo is only in the Qi Refining stage, the two sides do not constitute a competitive relationship.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the final moment comes, Ning Zhuo will inevitably have to face Meng Kui of the Nascent Soul stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if I can find the weaknesses of his divine ability before then, it will undoubtedly increase my chances of winning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo continued his bitter cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Spirit Sea cultivation had reached the point where it could not advance further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Qi Sea cultivation had also reached its limit, but the magic power needed purification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Essence Sea cultivation still had room for improvement, and Ning Zhuo's cultivation speed was quite impressive through the massive consumption of spiritual food and spiritual elixirs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, even if my Essence Sea cultivation reaches the peak of the sixth level, I cannot break through the current bottleneck.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo was almost certain that the difficulty behind the second demon gate was consistent with the Buddhist and Daoist gates. If nothing unexpected happened, he would still be stuck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Behind the second gate is a special level, distributing the Five-Element Spirit-Turning Disk. The more proficient I am in the Five-Element Mutual Generation and Restriction Art, the better the quality of the Spirit-Turning Disk I can get.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Referring to the coffin room of the first Buddhist gate, I might only be able to choose once, so I must be extremely cautious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to raise my attainments in the Five-Element Mutual Generation and Restriction Art as much as possible; before that, I will not choose the Five-Element Spirit-Turning Disk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Five-Element Mutual Generation and Restriction Art requires diligent practice, and the Cremation Prajna Spirit-Unlocking Scripture even more so.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ning Zhuo's evaluation, this cultivation technique was the key to his breaking the situation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, compared to the Daoist and Demon gates, the Buddhist gate was his area of advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like that, Ning Zhuo focused on the Cremation Prajna Spirit-Unlocking Scripture, followed by the Five-Element Mutual Generation and Restriction Art, and lastly the Demon-Dyed Blood Tendon Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He calculated his time for eating, drinking, excreting, and sleeping down to the level of a snap of the fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo was so hardworking and diligent that the people around him were tongue-tied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I always thought I was hardworking enough, but compared to Brother Zhuo, what am I!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To be so diligent and tireless, no wonder Brother Zhuo can have today's achievements. I am completely convinced.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother Zhuo is so excellent and still works so hard; what right do we have to be so slack?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Yong, Ning Chen, and others were greatly inspired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They all took Ning Zhuo as an example and began crazy cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along with Ning Zhuo's rising status, his constant successes brought a surge in influence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo did not need to act deliberately to directly change the physical and mental state of the people around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After discovering that Ning Chen, Ning Yong, and others were imitating him, Ning Zhuo decisively said to them: \"Everyone is at the peak of the third level of Qi Refining; if you want to explore the Immortal Palace and reach deeper levels, you must fully improve your mechanical attainments.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about this, I can introduce you to the mechanical workshop.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once you get there, you can craft various mechanical creations and accumulate hands-on experience, which will be very helpful to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Yong, Ning Chen, and others had no objections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Ning Zhuo said so, there must be his reasons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These young cultivators all chose to listen, and not one refused.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Ning Zhuo introduced them to Chen Cha.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo also gave Chen Cha a new mechanical blueprint: \"This is a new model of the mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkey I modified; it is mainly used for combat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cha took it, looked at it, and nodded with satisfaction: \"The materials are much more solid than last time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo smiled: \"It is mainly for the Monkey Head Gang; it is better for this kind of combat mechanical creation to be more reliable, after all, it concerns human lives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than ten days passed in a flash.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This afternoon, according to the arrangement, Ning Zhuo specifically set aside a short period of time to listen to the reports of Ning Xiangguo and Ning Xiangqian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many of the stewards dismissed by the main branch were almost all recruited by Ning Zhuo, among whom Ning Xiangguo and Ning Xiangqian were the most outstanding. Ning Zhuo appointed these two as leaders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ning Zhuo unified the black market and set the rules, he almost became a hands-off manager.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For more than half a month, it had all relied on the Ning family's Foundation Establishment cultivators to maintain it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The emergence of the Molten Immortal Palace and the Recruitment Order attracted a great many outsiders, who continuously poured into Fire Persimmon Immortal City, which in turn made the black market business more than ten times more booming than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While the black market's profits soared, the difficulty of management also surged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, these cultivators of the Ning family were all in the Foundation Establishment stage, and they were not ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivators—Foundation Establishment cultivators who could be selected as stewards by the main branch naturally all had specialties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These cultivators were the elites among Foundation Establishment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The frost spells they performed were also very suitable for capturing people. After being frozen, cultivators could often still retain their lives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were according to Sun Lingtong's arrangements and forces, he really could not have held down the current black market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And these former stewards of the Ning family managed the black market in an orderly manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You have all worked hard these days.\" After listening to the report, Ning Zhuo immediately made distributions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had already investigated the specific salaries of these Foundation Establishment cultivators when they served as stewards of the Ning family, and Ning Zhuo took eighty percent of the profits from managing the black market to distribute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this way, it reached the monthly salary standard these Foundation Establishment cultivators once had.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's just the end of the month, so let's distribute it to everyone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiangguo said: \"Young Master Zhuo, it seems like it was calculated wrong. We have only served for half a month, but this is a month's salary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo nodded: \"The extra part counts as a welcome gift I give to everyone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the future, every clansman who joins our side will receive an entry gift of half their salary in the first month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiangqian was overjoyed: \"This is a good idea; everyone will like it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo continued: \"Next, it is to calculate this month's bonus based on individual specific evaluations and merits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Calculate in detail according to the rules I gave before. Both the calculation process and the results must be submitted to the cultivators themselves for verification.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This part of the bonus will be distributed at the end of next month, together with next month's salary.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In a word, the salary is distributed at the end of the current month, and the bonus is distributed at the end of the following month. Doing this makes it convenient for those who have objections to the bonus calculation to report and correct them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiangqian nodded repeatedly: \"This method is good. In this way, everyone working in the black market will get at least the same as they did in the family. Those who contribute more get more; this is very fair!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiangguo frowned slightly: \"In this way, there is almost nothing left of the black market's profits. Young Master Zhuo, you should still keep some in your own hands. Forgive me for being blunt, but you have distributed too much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially after yesterday's events, the classmates had all changed their way of addressing him, calling him only \"Brother Zhuo,\" and no one dared to call Ning Zhuo by his name directly anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo smiled and waved his hand: \"It's only the first month; I believe we will have a better time in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There will be more outsiders coming to the black market.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In fact, as long as the Molten Immortal Palace has not recognized a master, there will be a continuous stream of cultivators coming from ten thousand miles away.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They come from afar, and even if they don't get the approval of the Palace Spirit and can't enter the Immortal Palace, the vast majority will choose to live in Fire Persimmon Immortal City for a period of time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These people will greatly enliven the business in the Immortal City, and the scale of the black market is getting bigger and bigger, isn't it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiangqian grinned: \"That's the logic!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiangguo said with a deep gaze: \"But Young Master Zhuo, do you really want to control the black market forever?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I personally think this is not a long-term plan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need legitimate business; after all, the black market is not something the righteous path does.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holding on for too long and getting involved too deeply will hinder our Ning family's reputation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It's fine to say it like this now; everyone will think: the four major forces have reached a tacit understanding, letting the Ning family intervene in the black market, aiming for the stability of the overall situation in the Immortal City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the future, once there are fewer outsiders and the Immortal Palace has recognized a master, we will not be able to hold this territory and can only abandon it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiangqian frowned immediately and asked in confusion: \"Why can't we hold it? We are the ones who took down the black market.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, Ning Xiangguo was more strategic than him, could recognize the situation, and had a long-term vision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiangguo continued: \"Therefore, I sincerely suggest that Young Master Zhuo, you don't need to be so lavish. It is better to take advantage of this rare opportunity to collect as much wealth as possible and save it in your own hands. In the future, when we withdraw from the black market, at least there will be a guarantee of supplies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo looked at Ning Xiangguo deeply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this period, although Ning Zhuo lived in seclusion, he still used his fragmented time every day to have as many one-on-one contacts with the Ning family's Foundation Establishment cultivators as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the process, Ning Zhuo also used the Turtle-Breathing Gang to find out more real information about each of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nowadays, most of the Ning family's Foundation Establishment cultivators already had \"Human Life Hanging by a Thread.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiangguo and Ning Xiangqian were among them.\u003C\u002Fp>",2146,"2026-06-17T23:33:09.460Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4ea5191cccd418f2d7b55a28d20b7d279a3579788b9b83fac8c10ce1257813f7","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-186","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-184",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]