Chapter 247

Zhu Zhu Xuanji left Unlike Ning Zhuo's residence, but he did not revoke his observation of Unlike Ning Zhuo.

There were still methods left by Zhu Zhu Xuanji on Unlike Ning Zhuo's person.

Zhu Zhu Xuanji silently watched Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Every action Unlike Ning Zhuo took after parting ways with him fell into his eyes, without a single flaw.

Zhu Zhu Xuanji's brows furrowed slightly, and the layer of oddity lingering in his heart never dissipated.

Thinking back, he discovered by accident: no matter which incident it was, Unlike Ning Zhuo seemed to have participated in it.

He had not figured out where exactly the oddity lay.

But testing Unlike Ning Zhuo was just a trivial matter done in passing, and it didn't take much effort.

"Since I cultivated my Golden Eye talent, only a few Jin Dan cultivators have been able to deceive me until now. Unlike Ning Zhuo is merely at the Qi Refining stage; can he deceive me?"

Zhu Zhu Xuanji shook his head; after all, he had just personally tested him.

"He passed, he passed!" the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit shouted.

Molten Xian Gong, Main Hall.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit had been closely watching Unlike Ning Zhuo the entire time.

When Zhu Zhu Xuanji found Unlike Ning Zhuo, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit stared wide-eyed, nearly collapsing to the ground, shouting, "It's over, it's over!"

But what it did not expect was that Unlike Ning Zhuo had actually managed to deceive Zhu Zhu Xuanji.

Even though Zhu Zhu Xuanji personally checked all three dantian, he found no trickery.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit fell into immense excitement, jumping up and down on the throne.

"He got through it; he actually passed Zhu Zhu Xuanji's inspection!"

"I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it."

"He actually had such a trick up his sleeve."

"It's amazing, it's truly amazing."

"Hahaha..."

As the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit laughed, it suddenly froze in an instant, the entire spirit becoming like a sculpture.

It felt very awkward!

"Why did I suddenly feel so happy for Unlike Ning Zhuo?"

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit let out a long breath and gradually relaxed.

"Regardless, Unlike Ning Zhuo has managed to survive this crisis."

"Next, he should be dealing with Ning Ning Xiaohui's problem, right?"

"It won't stump him! He could even deceive Zhu Zhu Xuanji; he can definitely overcome such a huge life-and-death crisis."

"He has many methods, and his mind is extremely flexible."

"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have imagined that in this world, a mere Qi Refining cultivator could lead Jin Dan cultivators around by the nose."

"If such a person grows up, what will become of him?!"

When Unlike Ning Zhuo was laying out his plan to Sun Lingtong and the others earlier, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit had been watching the whole time.

But relying on the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit's brain, although it watched Unlike Ning Zhuo's entire plotting process, it could never guess the reason behind Unlike Ning Zhuo's arrangements.

It wasn't until the whole matter came to an end that the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit suddenly realized the truth, admiring Unlike Ning Zhuo's strategy to the point of prostration.

This was simply too divine.

The more it had resisted and panicked about Unlike Ning Zhuo before, the more it admired him now.

"Too amazing!"

"Unlike Ning Zhuo will definitely be able to solve Ning Ning Xiaohui's problem; without the trouble of Shi Ji Ting, I won't have any leverage against me."

"By then, who could suspect me, who would suspect me?"

"I will definitely gain my freedom!"

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit paced back and forth, head held high, just as Unlike Ning Zhuo had displayed; it was also extremely excited.

It couldn't help but want to contact Unlike Ning Zhuo to urge him to act quickly, but just as it opened its mouth, it slowly closed it again.

It didn't dare!

"This little fellow Unlike Ning Zhuo is truly too cunning."

"He could even deceive Zhu Zhu Xuanji; it's truly terrifying."

"His preparations are very thorough; even though he is only at the Qi Refining stage, he can deceive Jin Dan cultivators."

"My Buddha Heart Demon Seal is not the greatest contributor to this matter; it is that flower his mother left him."

"What exactly is that flower?"

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was full of curiosity about this.

Zhu Zhu Xuanji was alone.

He wrote to the royal family again to ask for help.

The situation at this moment was already very different from before.

The Zheng family's Jin Dan cultivator had snatched the Demon Sect True Scripture. This was not actually very important; what truly affected the landscape was that Zheng Danlian had killed a true disciple of the Grand Void Gate.

And this matter was loudly publicized by Luo Shang.

If it hadn't been publicized, the matter would have been easier to handle.

Zhu Zhu Xuanji could have stepped forward on behalf of the Zheng family to negotiate with the Grand Void Gate and provide compensation in secret.

But now that it had been publicized, the whole world knew that the Grand Void Gate's true disciple had fallen at the hands of Zheng Danlian.

As a super sect, the Grand Void Gate had to make a statement to maintain the reputation of a super sect.

In this way, Zheng Danlian would face immense pressure. If not handled well, it would not only implicate his own life but could even implicate the entire Zheng family.

So, should the Zheng family be protected or not?

Zhu Zhu Xuanji's personal wish was to protect them, but his personal ability was insufficient; to protect the Zheng family, he had to rely on the power of the Nandou royal family.

On the other hand, Zhu Zhu Xuanji also had to consider the royal family's stance and the overall situation of the entire Nandou Kingdom.

Compared to the Grand Void Gate, the comprehensive strength of the Nandou royal family was undoubtedly much stronger.

This was because the Nandou royal family could integrate the power of major cultivation clans like the Meng family and the Su family to assemble an army of cultivators.

Sects were often better at cultivating elite disciples; they occupied relatively more resources and were always committed to cultivating high-level combat power. In a head-on confrontation, even if all their disciples were assembled, it would be difficult to withstand the army of a cultivation kingdom.

This was different from the situation in ancient times.

In the ancient era, the hundred arts of cultivation had not yet been fully developed, and cultivation base was the primary standard for measuring individuals and forces.

After all, every time one crossed a layer in cultivation—Foundation Establishment, Jin Dan, Nascent Soul—there was a qualitative change.

Therefore, high-level cultivators could often fight against many alone, dominating the battlefield.

But now, the hundred arts of cultivation had made tremendous progress! For example, mechanism arts could utilize Jin Dan-grade materials to assemble and forge mechanism puppets with Jin Dan-grade combat power.

Even if the one controlling the mechanism puppet was only a Foundation Establishment cultivator, this cultivator could rely on this mechanism puppet to overcome the gap in their own cultivation base and defeat a cultivator with a higher cultivation base.

This was the progress of the era!

This progress also overturned the relationships between kingdoms, sects, and families.

Historically, for a long time, cultivation sects were the dominant force in the world and the best manifestation of power organizations.

Even if there were kingdoms, they were at most mortal kingdoms controlled from behind by cultivation sects.

But today, the development of the hundred arts of cultivation meant that low-level cultivators could indeed rely on high-end materials to form combat power at a higher level.

This led to the quantity advantage of cultivators being manifested once again.

Numerous low-level cultivators, as long as they had sufficient resources and technology, could to a certain extent contend with cultivators with higher cultivation bases.

However, for a super sect, the royal family of any cultivation kingdom would not underestimate it.

Because these major sects often produced individual elites with extremely high cultivation bases.

Once these elites launched assassinations against members of the royal family in a cultivation kingdom, then obviously, any royal family would feel extremely troubled.

Therefore, from the perspective of the royal family, they usually maintained a good relationship with these super sects.

After all, the talents cultivated in these super sects were also what every cultivation kingdom craved.

Super sects also continuously sent disciples out to serve in various cultivation kingdoms to expand their own influence.

In short, if the Nandou royal family wanted to protect the Zheng family, there was a high probability they could do so.

Unless the Grand Void Gate obtained resources or guarantees from other major forces and wanted to take action against the entire Nandou Kingdom, otherwise, the Grand Void Gate would likely compromise with the Nandou royal family.

Zhu Zhu Xuanji was not the Nandou Emperor; he could not make decisions for the Nandou Emperor on such important matters.

So he could only write a letter to report this important matter and express his own opinions and thoughts in the letter, but he would not interfere with the Nandou Emperor's judgment.

If the Nandou Emperor wanted to protect the Zheng family, Zhu Zhu Xuanji would welcome it with both hands and feet.

If the Nandou Emperor did not want to protect the Zheng family and chose to abandon them, Zhu Zhu Xuanji was also willing to execute that order.

In the letter, Zhu Zhu Xuanji also requested to review a series of intelligence regarding the Night Rain Demon Soldiers.

City Lord's Mansion.

Chi Dun stood before Seeing Fei Si, his expression very poor, shouting loudly: "That Zheng family Jin Dan snatched the Demon Sect True Scripture. This true scripture is quite important; I personally came into contact with it during the battle, and it is called the Demon-Stained Blood Tendon Art."

"I analyzed it later; although I didn't obtain much content, I can confirm that this Demon-Stained Blood Tendon Art is compatible with the Five Elements Qi Law."

"Let's hurry and find the Zheng family's Jin Dan and try our best to get this Demon Sect True Scripture."

"This will be of great help to us."

"If we really let them master it, Young Master Meng Chong's leading position might not be guaranteed."

Seeing Fei Si's expression was ugly: "You brute! I gave the order for you to hold back, yet you rushed up all at once."

"The Demon Sect True Scripture is important, but it is definitely not the most important thing."

"The current situation is very dangerous; you simply don't understand."

"Don't block my path; I am going to pay a visit to the City Lord."

Seeing Fei Si immediately flew to the top of Fire Persimmon Mountain to seek instructions from Meng Kui.

"City Lord, that Yang Chanyu first appeared near my City Lord's Mansion, carrying the Demon Sect True Scripture, with the posture of wanting to escape."

"But halfway there, she was intercepted by a black-shadow demon cultivator, who took the initiative to reveal that what Yang Chanyu was snatching at this moment was indeed the Demon Sect True Scripture."

"This is clearly a frame-up against my City Lord's Mansion, with the goal of letting the world know that the Demon Sect True Scripture is indeed in my City Lord's Mansion."

"And my investigation into the source of the rumors has already gained some clarity."

"The most critical third layer of rumors was jointly pushed by the Zheng family, the Zhou family, and the Ning family in secret."

"Following this trend, your subordinate is very worried that this competition for the Molten Xian Gong will lead to an escalation in intensity between the two sides, spiraling out of control, and finally harming the innocent civilians in the city."