Chapter 341

Ning Zhuo's small courtyard.

A pair of mechanical arms, like ice crystals, crystal clear, with beautiful curves. The ten fingers were slender and delicate, round and jade-like. The runes on the palms and backs of the hands were like ice flowers, emitting a cold and holy aura.

It was the mechanical component—Floating Ice White Jade Hands.

Talent—Ice Fat Jade Hands!

Freezing Qi enveloped the Buddha-Doctor Meng Yaoyin, quickly freezing it.

To boost the power, Ning Zhuo activated a temporary array. The heart of the array was the Ice Heart Jade Pot! This was something he had specifically borrowed from Ning Jiufan.

With the dual blessing of the Ice Fat Jade Hands and the Ice Heart Jade Pot, the Buddha-Doctor Meng Yaoyin was frozen in a huge block of ice, and the dents on its body were quickly repaired.

A moment later, the ice block disintegrated and melted, and the Buddha-Doctor Meng Yaoyin stood up, motionless.

"How is it?" Sun Lingtong, who helped preside over the array, walked out with a nervous expression.

Ning Zhuo carefully checked the Buddha-Doctor mechanism and saw that a purple light mark was still hidden in Meng Yaoyin's spirituality, and the surface of the Jin Dan was also full of cloud-flower transformations, full of purple intent.

He slowly shook his head.

Sun Lingtong couldn't help but sigh.

Ning Zhuo comforted him in turn: "Boss, this result is something we expected long ago, isn't it?"

"My mother was a Jin Dan cultivator during her lifetime, and after her death, she turned into a puppet, still able to repel Zhu Xuanji head-on; she must be extraordinary."

"She died because of this injury; we only used one magic treasure and one talent, and wanting to solve the injury that took her life is almost impossible."

Sun Lingtong nodded: "Yes, if it were useful, your mother would probably have struck long ago, snatched Ning Jiufan's Ice Heart Jade Pot, and healed herself."

"No." Ning Zhuo shook his head, "My mother was a person of the righteous path; how could she snatch from others for no reason? It must have been a trade or a loan from our ancestor."

Sun Lingtong:...

He couldn't help but mutter to himself: "According to your mother's various behaviors in the Magma Immortal Palace, she doesn't look like a good person."

However, he also understood Ning Zhuo very well.

In Ning Zhuo's mind, his mother was naturally different!

So, Sun Lingtong said "Oh," and agreed: "You are right."

Ning Zhuo looked at Sun Lingtong, his eyes full of apology: "Boss, I'm sorry, I hid many things from you. I..."

Sun Lingtong looked at Ning Zhuo in surprise, then waved his hand: "Didn't you apologize already? It doesn't matter!"

He laughed, his hands behind his head: "To be honest, I really didn't think that the reason I was injured back then was because of your mother. So, you saved me."

"Your mother's strike was really ruthless!"

"However, there was a reason for it. Who told me to explore near your house."

"No wonder at the last moment of the struggle for the Immortal Palace, I was confused by luck and felt disgust and hatred for you."

On the day Ning Zhuo handed the position of Palace Master to Meng Kui, he had secretly revealed everything to Sun Lingtong.

After hearing it, Sun Lingtong suddenly realized and shouted in anger: "You brat, you hid so much from me, making me worry about you for nothing!"

Seeing Ning Zhuo, who looked sincere and stared at him eagerly, what could Sun Lingtong do?

Of course, forgive him!

Now, hearing Ning Zhuo apologize again, Sun Lingtong comforted him in turn: "Small matter, these are just small matters."

"It was I who repeatedly asked you to keep your secrets and not let me know."

"You did a great job, Little Zhuo."

"Secret things are easy to do, open things are hard to succeed. The reason you were able to succeed is precisely because you hid it well, right? Precisely because you were able to hide it even from me, you were able to use your weak body to finally take the biggest victory by surprise."

"Such excellent habits must be maintained!"

Ning Zhuo quickly indicated: he would definitely continue to maintain it, and praised Sun Lingtong for teaching him well.

Sun Lingtong proudly put his hands on his hips, laughing and scolding: "You brat, do you think I'll be happy if you flatter me?"

He had cultivated Ning Zhuo, and it could be said that he brought Ning Zhuo up.

This kind of experience and feeling of an older brother being like a father made him have no jealousy; he would feel proud and gratified for any achievement Ning Zhuo made from the bottom of his heart.

At this time, Ning Chen came outside the door to report that the handover of the Zheng family's territory had been completed.

Sun Lingtong said solemnly: "Okay, it's my turn to do some real work. I'll go with Yang Chanyu to sweep the Zheng family territory again to see if we can find any hidden vaults. If we find any loopholes, we'll come back and tell you."

It turned out that when Ning Zhuo, Meng Kui, and Zhu Xuanji made the agreement, they had divided up the Zheng family.

According to the agreement, the Zheng family's territory would be transferred to Ning Zhuo and become the territory of the Ning family branch!

Sun Lingtong left quietly.

On the surface, Ning Zhuo had already cut ties with Sun Lingtong and the Un-Empty Gate. So, he still had to avoid suspicion.

For this cutting-off state, he had to thank Zhu Xuanji's guarantee, which made it deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Even at the last moment, it was "Entry-Level Standard" who seized the Immortal Palace once, letting the Book Scholar and others know the information. In their view, "Entry-Level Standard" was Sun Lingtong; they wouldn't think it was Ning Zhuo.

In addition, many Jin Dan cultivators stayed in the Turning Point Secret Pavilion. Even if Chi Dun, Zhou Nongying, and others arrived, they were wary of the fierce power of the Snake Sickle and did not teleport into the main hall through the gate.

This provided a huge premise for the three of them to make a private agreement and keep the secret.

Of course, it was not without flaws.

For example, Meng Kui ripped off the roof of the main hall; perhaps the situation inside had been detected by outsiders.

But this actually didn't matter at all!

Even if they knew, so what?

The three parties involved had already discussed it; if they all admitted it together, who would the public believe?

Even if the public didn't believe Ning Zhuo, wouldn't they believe the City Lord's Mansion? Even if they didn't believe the City Lord's Mansion, wouldn't they believe the royal divine catcher Zhu Xuanji?

Even if they didn't believe any of them, what could they do?

Could it affect the cooperation between the three parties?

When Sun Lingtong and Yang Chanyu met, hidden and invisible, and arrived at the Zheng family territory, they happened to see Ning Yong and others replacing the door plaque.

The plaque on the Zheng family's door lintel was replaced, and the one that replaced it was the Ning family.

Such a scene triggered a heated discussion among the passersby in front of the gate.

"It's changed, it's changed, it's really changed to the Ning family's plaque!"

The relevant rumors were arranged by Ning Zhuo and actively spread out.

"I heard this is the territory of the Ning family branch. Do you know? The branch family head is actually Ning Zhuo!"

"Ning Zhuo? I seem to have heard of this name."

"He is a genius of the Ning family, very young, only sixteen years old!"

"What's the situation? How much cultivation can a sixteen-year-old have?"

"Only middle stage of Qi Refining."

"With such cultivation, he can serve as a clan head? What is his status?"

"Just an ordinary branch, bullied for more than ten years. You should have heard of the disputes between the Ning family main line and the branch."

"Then why can he serve as the clan head? Even if it's just a branch clan head? Can't figure it out!"

"You don't understand this; this is a good move by the Ning family. The Zheng family was taken down, and the great territory was vacated. The Ning family wanted to fight for it, but they already had a territory; there was no legitimate reason at all."

"So, they split the family? Occupying this fat meat for this reason? Makes sense! So, is Ning Zhuo actually a puppet pushed out?"

"Not bad, you can think of this point, you have insight. Wasn't Ning Zhuo pushed out before to become the master of the black market?"

"Then why didn't the Zhou family split the family like this?"

"Sigh, they were a step late and didn't react, letting the Ning family take the lead. The Zhou family cultivators are relatively rigid, you know that!"

The passersby were immersed in this exchange, commenting on it in an orderly manner.

The so-called seeing through the truth is actually just self-righteousness, which is far from the facts.

The real division of interests is far more cruel and cold than low-level cultivators imagine. Many messages spread outside are specially whitewashed by high-level cultivators.

Sun Lingtong and Yang Chanyu joined forces to search secretly several times, but didn't find any hidden vaults, although they found many loopholes in the arrays.

Some were old holes, and some were newly added.

Obviously, the City Lord's Mansion was not honest before the handover and did many tricks.

These were all reported to Ning Zhuo.

The territory array needed to be redesigned, and various loopholes needed to be filled. Ning Zhuo knew that he was about to start a family and establish a business. Anyway, his real combat power had been exposed, so being tough could attract more respect and fear, rather than further encroachment under more covetousness.

The biggest advantage of the Zheng family territory lies in their smelting and forging conditions, which are the best in Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

Even the City Lord's Mansion cannot compare to this!

In the Zheng family territory, Ning Zhuo presided over the public sacrifice.

He chanted the sacrificial text, moved to tears: "The sky has tears, the wind and clouds lose their color; today we gather here to mourn the sacrificed clansmen."

"... ing Xiaoren, Ning Ze, Ning Xiangguo..."

"During your lifetime, you were wise and brave, with noble character, shining in all directions, making the family prosperous and the neighbors peaceful."

"Alas! Today you return to the dust, your heroic spirits fall into the underworld... May your spirits in heaven rest in peace, protect the descendants, and bless the Ning family to enjoy peace forever!"

After Ning Zhuo finished chanting, the clansmen in the hall were all moved.

Amidst the white mourning clothes, crying gradually sounded, and the funeral music played loudly.

"My husband, my son!" Wang Lan was extremely sad and fainted from crying.

Ning Zhuo was shocked and served her personally; he was extremely nervous, personally performed blood-changing for Wang Lan, fed her elixirs, and saved her. Such pure filial piety made everyone feel moved.

Many clansmen who didn't know the truth felt a great sense of identification with him. Such a branch family head, even if his cultivation is low now, it doesn't matter. Such a kind and filial person can't be bad!

"Ning Chen, quickly help my aunt, go to the backyard, and rest for a while."

Ning Zhuo specifically chose a large house in the Zheng family territory for Wang Lan to live in.

After handling it properly, he continued to preside over the sacrifice.

The ceremony ended, and he actively comforted Ning Xiangguo's family and gave them many spirit stones in public.

He felt the various contributions of Ning Xiangguo in the black market, counting them like family treasures, making Ning Xiangqian and others moved, feeling that everything they did could be seen by Ning Zhuo. It was worth it!

Yang Chanyu, who was hiding on the side, leaned against the corner of the wall, full of sarcasm: "Rest in peace? Weren't these people killed by him? Can they rest in peace?"

"Hypocritical! You little brother, you are too hypocritical." Yang Chanyu's tone was disdainful.

Sun Lingtong sat on the wall, also invisible, rolled his eyes at the sound: "What do you know? The righteous path is like this."