Chapter 285: Unlike Ning Zhuo, you have to stand up

"Boss Zheng Jian, I wish you a smooth and successful journey!"

"Congratulations, Head, on entering the medical hall and being promoted to the position of medical scholar!"

"Young Master, that Unlike Ning Zhuo just took a step ahead; with your talent, you will definitely catch up and surpass him to become the number one in the medical hall."

Zheng Jian waved his hand while walking, high-spirited and full of vigor.

Under the gaze of everyone, he walked slowly into the medical hall.

The medical hall's door closed automatically behind him, and the noise of the outside world suddenly left him far behind.

Zheng Jian looked around, witnessing the medical case tables, and seeing more rooms upstairs, he couldn't help but take a deep breath.

He first chose to walk around and found that although he could go upstairs, many rooms could not be entered.

"The position of medical scholar is, after all, only the lowest layer in the medical hall. I still have a long way to go to manage this place."

Zheng Jian tried to accept a mission.

He was soon pleasantly surprised to find that after obtaining the position of medical scholar, his mission list suddenly expanded by at least three times.

"Many missions are brand new, and I have never come into contact with them."

"The rewards for these new missions are clearly one grade higher than outside missions."

The pleasant surprise in his heart dissipated, and soon, his eyes drooped, revealing a trace of sharp light.

He thought of Unlike Ning Zhuo.

"Unlike Ning Zhuo took a step ahead of me and became a medical scholar in the medical hall. He obtained these missions much earlier than I did."

"Fortunately, he is in trouble now and hasn't shown his face for two days."

"This is the best time for me to catch up and surpass him! If I miss this time, I fear there won't be such a good opportunity later."

Zheng Jian regarded Unlike Ning Zhuo as his greatest competitor, and his hostility was very deep.

This was because the Zheng family, after an emergency consultation, comprehensively analyzed the mechanical buildings in the Lava Xian Gong, discussed all the positions, and decided to prioritize the medical hall as the top target!

The Zheng family's decision was conveyed to the Zheng family's change-cultivation team, and Zheng Jian, as the most outstanding person among them and the undisputed leader of the Zheng family's change-cultivation team, took on the most critical mission—catching up and surpassing Unlike Ning Zhuo!

Lava Xian Gong, outer circle.

This is an area where battles occur frequently.

A battlefield ruin.

Eight mechanical night-sky bats circled and flew in the sky, looking down from above, surveying the entire ruins.

Two genius cultivators of the Zhou family stood in the ruins.

The two communicated while controlling the night-sky bats.

Zhou Zeshen looked worried: "Since the History Pavilion and Ning Ning Xiaohui incident, the number of times red-flame demonic beasts have broken through the light shield and killed their way into the Xian Gong has clearly increased. In my opinion, the golden light shield is much thinner than before."

Zhou Zhu didn't care: "Isn't that better? Red-flame demonic beasts come in to wreak havoc; the more mechanical buildings they destroy, the more opportunities we have to repair these buildings."

"This is precisely our most specialized field; repairing a mechanical building can earn us merit far exceeding other missions."

Zhou Zeshen shook his head slowly, his worry undiminished: "When the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact. If the Lava Xian Gong always exists, that's fine. If it is destroyed by the beast tide, then all our schemes will fall through!"

Zhou Zhu was more optimistic and immediately expressed his confidence in his own family and Meng Kui.

Zhou Zeshen: "The beast tide has yet to show its full picture. A large number of demonic beasts die every day, but the beast tide still continues endlessly."

"The key is that Nascent Soul level existences among the demonic beasts have not yet appeared to take action."

"Besides that, the Kong Sect is even more threatening."

"The tentacles of this evil sect have reached many kingdoms. The key is that the location of their sect has never been exposed. Some people even speculate that this unique evil sect deliberately does not set up a sect."

"Therefore, by comparison, those like the Soul-Devouring Sect that possess obvious sect territories are easier to deal with."

While speaking, the two put away their night-sky bats one after another.

They both closed their eyes, accepting the information transmitted by the night-sky bats.

Afterward, Zhou Zeshen and Zhou Zhu squatted on the ground, the threads extending from their fingers were infused with magic power, pulled straight.

The threads slid across the ground, quickly outlining the simple full picture of the ruins.

The two discussed the repair plan, one word after another.

The plan was not just to restore the former mechanical buildings, but also to add many offensive and defensive mechanical creations to the houses.

This was not the first time the two had repaired, and they already had experience.

They were clear that such enhanced restoration could earn more merit afterward!

Of course, by doing so, they had to put in a lot of costs, paying for materials, manpower, and many other prices.

The Zhou family supported them fully.

Like the other two families, the Zhou family was also going all out to plot for positions in the Lava Xian Gong.

Not long after, Zhou Zeshen and Zhou Zhu stood up at the same time and began their actions.

They first released a dozen or so burrowing rats.

The burrowing rats turned their spiral drills, drilled into the ruins, dug out the building foundations, and incidentally found out the situation under the foundations.

Afterward, Zhou Zeshen released the Bai Hu Strong Ramming Vehicle, and Zhou Zhu took out the Green Dragon Lifting Arm.

The Bai Hu Strong Ramming Vehicle had appeared when Zhou Zeshen and Unlike Ning Zhuo sparred. Its appearance was realistic, its limbs were strong and powerful, as if it could leap up at any time. The car body was largely silver-white, reflecting the cold metallic light. The Bai Hu's eyes were crystal structures, capable of shooting light to see through the enemy's mystery.

The Green Dragon Lifting Arm was in a coiled state when it was first taken out. After unfolding, the bronze-colored dragon scales were tight and delicate, and the dragon spine was raised high, looking very strong and powerful.

The Bai Hu Strong Ramming Vehicle's tiger head retracted into the interior of its body.

Zhou Zhu inserted the Green Dragon's dragon tail into the hole in the Bai Hu's neck, firmly fixing the two together.

The dragon spine stiffened, and the dragon head was raised high, as if it wanted to soar into the sky.

Under the joint efforts of the two Zhou family geniuses, the Bai Hu Strong Ramming Vehicle leaped forward and jumped directly into the house ruins.

The Green Dragon Lifting Arm began to act, attacking everywhere, just as flexible as a dragon or snake. The dragon mouth opened wide, holding the broken wooden beam, and then threw it aside. Sometimes, when encountering relatively hard objects, the dragon mouth would chew hard, biting the waste stone materials and the like directly to pieces, facilitating subsequent cleaning.

With such targeted mechanical creations, this ruin was quickly cleaned up.

Zhou Zeshen and Zhou Zhu then cleaned it up carefully again and began reconstruction.

The two had joined the Mud Flow Gate for advanced studies and were very good at such construction, and the merit earned was quite considerable.

The two chatted while controlling various types of mechanical creations.

They mentioned Unlike Ning Zhuo, knowing that Unlike Ning Zhuo had not appeared in public for two days.

They speculated that the reason might be that Unlike Ning Zhuo had voluntarily turned over a new leaf and was worried about being found by the Kong Sect.

After all, Ning Ning Xiaohui's death was right before their eyes.

Zhou Zeshen looked at the direction of the medical hall from afar: "In this way, Zheng Jian has an opportunity."

"The position of the medical hall is quite important. Because it can not only repair mechanical creations but also treat people."

"If Zheng Jian opens up the situation and lets the Zheng family take control of the medical hall, then in the future, in Fire Persimmon Immortal City, the Zheng family's status will inevitably be greatly boosted."

"Unlike Ning Zhuo... when will you be able to stand up?"

Zhou Zeshen had always had a good impression of Unlike Ning Zhuo, thinking that the latter was a person who used his brain just like him.

And from the perspective of family interests, Zhou Zeshen also very much hoped that Unlike Ning Zhuo could defend the interests of the medical hall at this critical moment and block Zheng Jian.

After all, the Zheng family was only below the Zhou family; if the Zheng family were allowed to master the medical hall, it would inevitably cause a violent impact on the Zhou family's status!

Both publicly and privately, Zhou Zeshen hoped that Unlike Ning Zhuo would stand up at this critical moment.

Ning Jiufan also hoped that Unlike Ning Zhuo would stand up!

After the new political strategy was issued, two days had passed, but he found that Unlike Ning Zhuo had been staying in his room all along.

He was either practicing the Five Elements Qi Law, studying mechanical classics, or the talisman making insights Ning Jiufan gave him, and there was no sign of going out at all.

Ning Jiufan summoned Unlike Ning Zhuo: "A snake cannot move without a head; you are the leader of the change-cultivation team and have deep popular support, why are you staying indoors all day?"

"At this very moment, the Zhou family and the Zheng family are going all out to strive for various positions. My Ning family's momentum is being suppressed at the bottom, urgently needing a leader to exert effort, boost morale, and lead the clan members forward."

Unlike Ning Zhuo said: "Ancestor, I am too dangerous!"

"My situation is different from Zheng Jian, Zhou Zeshen, and Zhou Zhu."

"I once colluded with people from the Kong Sect, and now I have turned over a new leaf; they must hate me to death and will definitely try every possible way to assassinate me, ambush me, and want to take my life."

"If I am not careful, I will end up like Ning Ning Xiaohui!"

"So for the sake of safety, I'd better stay by your side all the time."

"I am the only one in the Ning family's Qi Condensation stage with innate talent. If I die, the loss to the family will be too great!"

Ning Jiufan was so angry that he blew his beard and stared, rebuking Unlike Ning Zhuo again for being a coward and lacking the Ning family's backbone.

Unlike Ning Zhuo lowered his head and shrugged, with a helpless posture: "Ancestor, just scold me. If scolding me can make you vent your anger, you can scold me for ten days or half a month."

Ning Jiufan was choked by these words; he had never seen such a rogue character among the Ning family's juniors.

For a while, he didn't know what to say or what to scold.

After a short silence, Ning Jiufan looked at Unlike Ning Zhuo, who was not afraid of boiling water, and said helplessly: "Tell me, what do you want before you are willing to be proactive and raise the prestige of my Ning family."

Unlike Ning Zhuo said with a bitter face: "Ancestor, it's not that I am unwilling to contribute to the family. I am worried about my own safety; the talismans you gave me cannot provide me with enough sense of security."

"I once received a directional teleportation talisman from the family. This talisman can allow me to teleport away quickly in a critical moment."

"I think if Ning Ning Xiaohui had this talisman at that time, she wouldn't have sacrificed herself."

Ning Jiufan shook his head slightly: "You think very beautifully, but even for us Jin Dan cultivators, it is extremely difficult to teleport in the Lava Xian Gong."

"There are restrictions in the Lava Xian Gong, and teleportation means are extremely difficult to use."

Speaking of this, Ning Jiufan stroked his beard and said: "In this way, I will give you a spirit talisman. It can protect your safety!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo's eyes shone, and he immediately bowed and bowed deeply: "Thank you, Ancestor, for the talisman."

Ning Jiufan stared, thinking: "Who said I was going to give it to you?" ===== CHAPTER 286 =====