Chapter 285: Ning Zhuo, You Must Stand Up

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

"Congratulations to the boss for entering the medical hall and being promoted to the position of medical scholar!"

"Young Master, that Ning Zhuo just took a step first; 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 energy.

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

The door of the medical hall closed automatically behind him, and the noise of the outside world suddenly moved away from him.

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 claim a task.

He soon found with joy that after obtaining the position of medical scholar, his task list expanded by at least three times.

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

"The rewards for these new tasks are clearly a grade higher than the outside tasks."

The joy in his heart dissipated, and soon, he lowered his eyes, a glint of sharpness appearing in them.

He thought of Ning Zhuo.

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

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

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

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

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

The Zheng family's decision was conveyed to the Zheng family's reform team; as the most outstanding person among them, and the well-deserved leader of the Zheng family's reform team, Zheng Jian took on the most critical task—catching up with and surpassing Ning Zhuo!

Outer circle of the Lava Immortal Palace.

This is an area where battles occur frequently.

A battlefield ruin.

Eight mechanical night-sky bats circled and flew above, looking down from top to bottom, surveying the whole picture of the ruins.

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

While controlling the night-sky bats, the two communicated.

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

Zhou Zhu didn't care: "Isn't this better? The more red-flame demon beasts come in to ravage and destroy the mechanical buildings, the more opportunities we have to repair these houses and buildings."

"This is our area of expertise; repairing a mechanical building can earn us merit far exceeding other tasks."

Zhou Zeshen shook his head slowly, his worry undiminished: "Under a collapsed nest, there are no intact eggs. If the Lava Immortal Palace always exists, that's fine. If it is destroyed by the demon beast tide, then all of our schemes will fall through!"

Zhou Zhu was more optimistic and immediately indicated that he had confidence in his own family and Meng Kui.

Zhou Zeshen: "The demon beast tide has not yet seen its full picture. A large number of demon beasts die every day, but the beast tide is still endless to this day."

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

"Besides that, the Non-Empty Sect is even more threatening."

"The tentacles of this evil sect are spread across many countries. 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."

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

While speaking, the two retracted the night-sky bats one after another.

They both closed their eyes, accepting the information conveyed 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 around on the ground, quickly outlining the simple full picture of the ruins.

The two discussed the reconstruction plan, one sentence 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; they already had experience.

They knew that such enhanced restoration could earn more merit afterward!

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

The Zhou family fully supported them.

Like the other two families, the Zhou family was also going all out to seek positions in the Lava Immortal Palace.

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

They first released more than a dozen burrowing mice.

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

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

The White Tiger heavy assault vehicle had once made an appearance during a sparring session between Zhou Zeshen and Ning Zhuo. Its exterior was lifelike, with four limbs that were strong and powerful, as if it could leap up at any moment. The body of the vehicle was largely silver-white, reflecting a cold, metallic luster. The White Tiger's eyes were constructed of crystal, capable of emitting beams of light to peer through an enemy's mysteries.

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

The tiger head of the White Tiger Strong Ramming Vehicle was taken off and retracted into the interior of the body.

Zhou Zhu inserted the Green Dragon's tail into the hollow of the White Tiger's neck, firmly fixing the two together.

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

Under the joint efforts of the two Zhou family geniuses, the White Tiger Strong Ramming Vehicle jumped 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, biting the broken wooden beam, and then throwing it aside. Sometimes, when encountering relatively hard objects, the dragon mouth chewed hard, biting the waste stone materials and so on directly to pieces, which was convenient for subsequent cleaning.

With such targeted mechanical creations, this ruin was quickly cleared out.

Zhou Zeshen and Zhou Zhu then carefully cleaned it again and began to rebuild.

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

While controlling various types of mechanical creations, the two still had the heart to chat.

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

Guessing the reason, it might be that Ning Zhuo voluntarily turned over a new leaf and was worried about being found by the Non-Empty Sect.

After all, 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 a chance."

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

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

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

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

And starting from the interests of the family, Zhou Zeshen also very much hoped that Ning Zhuo could defend the interests of the medical hall 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 status of the Zhou family!

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

Ning Jiu-fan also hoped that Ning Zhuo would stand up!

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

He was not practicing the Five Elements Qi Law, but was studying mechanical classics, or the talisman-making insights given by Ning Jiu-fan, and there was no sign of going out at all.

Ning Jiu-fan summoned Ning Zhuo: "A snake cannot go without a head; you are the leader of the reform team and have won the hearts of the people, why are you staying indoors all day?"

"At this 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, and we urgently need a leader to exert effort, boost morale, and lead the clan members to move forward."

Ning Zhuo said: "Ancestor, I am in too much danger!"

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

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

"If I am not careful, I will end up like 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 Refining stage with innate talent! If I die, the loss to the clan will be too great!"

Ning Jiu-fan was so angry that he puffed his beard and glared, reprimanding Ning Zhuo again for fearing death and having no Ning family backbone.

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 Jiu-fan was choked by these words; he had never seen such a rogue character among the Ning family juniors.

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

After a short silence, Ning Jiu-fan looked at Ning Zhuo, who was not afraid of boiling water, and said helplessly: "Tell me, what do you want, for you to be willing to be enterprising and raise the prestige of our Ning family."

Ning Zhuo said with a bitter face: "Ancestor, it's not that I don't want to contribute to the clan. 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 escape talisman from the clan. This talisman can allow me to teleport away quickly in a critical moment."

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

Ning Jiu-fan shook his head slightly: "You think beautifully, but even for us Jin Dan cultivators, it is very difficult to escape in the Lava Immortal Palace."

"There are restrictions in the Lava Immortal Palace, and escape means are very difficult to perform."

Speaking of this, Ning Jiu-fan stroked his beard and said: "How about this, I will give you a spirit talisman. It can protect you!"

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

Ning Jiu-fan glared, thinking: "Who said I was going to give it to you?"