Chapter 345

Zhu Xuanji: "The specific content is: cancel the arrest warrants for Sun Lingtong and Yang Chanyu, and give Sun Lingtong one chance to choose an item from the royal treasury as a reward."

Ning Zhuo couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, his face full of disappointment: "This, this, this..."

He had indeed been full of expectations before, not expecting the Nandou royal family to be so shrewd; whether it was the explanation on the surface or the reward in the dark, everything was just right, but they happened to leave him, Ning Zhuo, out.

After the notification was finished, Zhu Xuanji immediately stood up: "Finally, one last instruction for you: do not leak that scripture that can extract spirituality. Although it is a Buddhist scripture, it is still too eye-catching and is clearly the path of the Burial Spirit Sect."

Ning Zhuo hurriedly "intercepted" him halfway: "Lord Zhu, are you leaving just like this? Don't, this junior has specially prepared a small banquet for you..."

Zhu Xuanji ignored him and left directly.

Ning Zhuo chased after him and took out a magic treasure to stuff into Zhu Xuanji's hand: "A small token of my appreciation, not worth mentioning. Hehehe."

Zhu Xuanji looked down and saw it was the Jade Dragon Mirror, which was a set with the Golden Phoenix Mirror he had brought back.

Part of the content of the three-party agreement was to divide the several magic treasures floating in the main hall. What Ning Zhuo received was the Jade Dragon Mirror.

Zhu Xuanji quickly pulled back his arm, furious: "You actually want to bribe me? I am a Divine Catcher, I am Zhu Xuanji, can I accept this bribe of yours? You brat, how dare you insult me?!"

"Hmph, truly the same path as Sun Lingtong, birds of a feather."

Ning Zhuo was not intimidated and still had a cheeky face: "Lord Zhu, don't be nervous, you know this, I know this, heaven knows, earth knows..."

Zhu Xuanji leaped directly into the sky, turned into a rainbow, and left, leaving very decisively.

Ning Zhuo watched his escape light and sighed, wringing his wrists: "Why did he leave so fast? I still wanted to trade mechanical demon generals with him."

Ning Zhuo, Zhu Xuanji, and Meng Kui had divided up the three Jin Dan-level machines—the Buddhist healer, the demon general, and the Daoist master—after the event.

Ning Zhuo blinked his eyes in confusion, thinking to himself: "Why do I feel like Zhu Xuanji doesn't dare to face me? Is there a sense of panic?"

He shook his head, feeling that this was just his own illusion.

"If we really fought, I still wouldn't be able to beat Zhu Xuanji."

"My trump cards have all been exposed; although my mother's spirituality has been greatly replenished, every time I use divine powers or the Great Snake Sickle, it consumes a lot of spirituality."

The strongest machine in Ning Zhuo's hand was undoubtedly the Buddhist healer, but he would absolutely not use it casually!

The more sufficient the spirituality, the longer his mother could hold on. As long as there was a trace of spirituality left, there was hope.

Zhu Xuanji flew in the air, his gaze deep and condensed.

Ning Zhuo's feeling was not wrong; Zhu Xuanji did not want to have much contact with Ning Zhuo anymore.

He was not afraid of Ning Zhuo, nor was he afraid of the Great Snake Sickle, but he was afraid of the Buddha Heart Demon Seal!

The Retired Emperor's last words directly stated that the Buddha Heart Demon Seal concerned the struggle between the Buddhist world and the Demon world, and the karma was extremely great.

Zhu Xuanji naturally did not want to be involved in it and could only choose to keep a respectful distance.

The reason for not giving Ning Zhuo any rewards or official positions was also based on this consideration. If he really became a Nandou official, the Nandou royal family might perish because they couldn't bear the Buddha-Demon karma!

In short, keeping a distance from Ning Zhuo and watching from afar was the most appropriate thing.

It was good for Zhu Xuanji himself, and good for the entire Nandou Kingdom!

Not long after Zhu Xuanji left, Ning Jiufan also arrived quietly.

"Old Ancestor, I have been looking forward to seeing you day and night." Ning Zhuo's face was full of sincerity.

He thanked Ning Jiufan greatly for standing up for him, removing Ning Qingqiao's elder position, and clearing the obstacles within the family for this smooth branch establishment.

Ning Jiufan snorted coldly: "What else could I do? Continue to let the main branch target you, suppress you, and give you a legitimate reason to destroy the entire main branch?"

Ning Zhuo hurriedly changed his expression and immediately swore that he would never be so heartless and indifferent. Although the main branch treated him poorly, he still felt gratitude toward the main branch for his smooth growth. He would not use such extreme means to deal with the main branch; after all, the main branch and he flowed with the same source of blood.

"No matter what, they are all my relatives." Ning Zhuo sighed.

Ning Jiufan snorted coldly: "Ning Xiaohui, Ning Xiaoren... aren't these all your relatives? I am old, but I am not senile. I heard you have a pair of mechanical arms?"

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Ning Zhuo coughed hurriedly: "Old Ancestor, I also want to congratulate you. With royal support, we can strongly control the demon ape, and we are already a major force with Nascent Soul level combat power!"

"Sigh, I just had a secret talk with Lord Zhu Xuanji, but I learned that the royal family has no rewards for me, not even an official position."

Ning Zhuo spread his hands, his whole body radiating strong emotions of grievance and disappointment.

Ning Jiufan coughed a few times, knowing that this was Ning Zhuo using this as a bargaining chip to discuss with him.

Ning Jiufan sighed, looked deeply at Ning Zhuo, and said: "The past is a muddled account. Being overly entangled in it is of no benefit to the present."

Ning Zhuo agreed greatly.

With this, his crime of harming Ning Xiaohui and others was lightly brushed aside by Ning Jiufan.

Ning Jiufan: "According to your previous letter, you want to leave Fire Persimmon Immortal City?"

Ning Zhuo bowed: "Old Ancestor, this junior has been holed up in Fire Persimmon Immortal City for over a decade and longs to travel the world. As the saying goes, read ten thousand books and travel ten thousand miles. The world is so big, this junior is looking forward to it, and my heart is itching."

Ning Jiufan stroked his beard and pondered: "You are indeed too outstanding; previously yielding the position of Palace Master, Meng Kui must have remembered you. Avoiding the limelight is also good."

Ning Jiufan was not worried about Ning Zhuo's personal safety.

On one hand, Ning Zhuo's combat power was even stronger than his. This was simply outrageous! If Jin Dan-level combat power couldn't travel the world, then this world was too sinister.

On the other hand, Ning Jiufan had even more confidence in Ning Zhuo's methods and strategies. Even he, the old ancestor, had been fooled around; this young man was almost like a monster, so what was there to worry about?

"When are you leaving?" Ning Jiufan asked.

Ning Zhuo said: "It will be a while, at least half a month."

He indicated that he needed to stabilize his cultivation, and at the same time, the branch family was newly established and needed stability.

"Before you leave, remember to leave behind a machine to take care of the family." Ning Jiufan instructed, "I think that mechanical ape is not bad."

To exchange for Ning Jiufan's support, Ning Zhuo revealed a lot to him.

In fact, for the three-party cooperation, Ning Jiufan had to be informed. If Ning Zhuo didn't say it, Zhu Xuanji would.

Ning Zhuo began to live in seclusion.

The Flying Cloud caravan left, but Song Fuli took two Jin Dan cultivators and secretly returned, squatting in the nearby mountains.

Luo Shang scattered ghost soldiers and ghost generals all around, and together with Han Ming, was also waiting.

Yang Chanyu stared at Sun Lingtong, urging the latter all day to go and say goodbye to Ning Zhuo and return to the Un-Empty Gate as soon as possible.

She had also made a huge profit this time.

Ning Zhuo reached an agreement with Meng Kui and Zhu Xuanji, sharing many items from the Immortal Palace, and also gained a lot from the Zheng family's inheritance; the establishment of the branch family had even more gifts.

Among these gifts, Ning Zhuo also added a Jin Dan-level Seven-Colored Auspicious Cloud and gave it to Yang Chanyu.

Yang Chanyu was very satisfied with this, but felt worried about the road back.

Even if she couldn't detect Song Fuli, Luo Shang, and others, she knew that the Un-Empty Gate had formed a deadly feud with both parties. On the way back, there would surely be layers of murderous intent, and it would not be peaceful!

Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong met secretly in the underground base.

Sun Lingtong scanned the surroundings, smiled, and said with deep emotion: "In a few years, these secret bases will no longer exist."

The protective array of Fire Persimmon Immortal City had many loopholes. This was because it had to take into account the Lava Immortal Palace and didn't want to affect the Immortal Palace guarding Fire Persimmon Mountain, so the layout of the protective array was very conservative.

Now, Meng Kui had become the Palace Master and could incorporate the entire Immortal Palace into the Immortal City's protective array, acting as the array core.

Therefore, next, the protective array would definitely be re-laid and refined; finding loopholes again would be as difficult as ascending to heaven.

Ning Zhuo had no feelings for the underground base and urged Sun Lingtong: "Let's go, Boss."

The two hid their figures, transferred through the underground base, and finally went deep into Fire Persimmon Mountain.

In a tunnel, Ning Zhuo stopped.

"It's here." He controlled the mechanical fire-exploding monkey to keep digging on the ground.

Soon, the fire-exploding monkey dug out a small, exquisite mechanical dragon.

The mechanical dragon was no longer than the length of Ning Zhuo's palm, and its whole body was gray and unremarkable.

But Ning Zhuo knew that this was a mechanical creation with a grade as high as Nascent Soul—the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon!

After scanning with his spiritual sense, Ning Zhuo showed joy: "Excellent, just as I expected, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit is also inside!"

Sun Lingtong was overjoyed: "This palace spirit took the initiative to seek death, which is extremely strange; does it really think we are all fools? Hahaha, but you still found it, Xiao Zhuo!"

"But how did it escape under our noses and drill into this mechanical dragon?"

Ning Zhuo said: "Spirituality has no fatal weakness. It is very likely that it used the Immortal Palace's punishment means to split itself into two parts. The main body stayed in the main hall, deceiving us, and took the initiative to seek death. Once the main body died, the sub-body would become the only one and gradually recover its sanity from the coma."

Ning Zhuo saw the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit in the mechanical dragon, but the latter was seriously injured and had no movement, slowly recovering.

The two of them tried for a moment and successfully activated the mechanical wandering dragon.

The Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon's body size did not change, but two rays of light shot out from its dragon eyes, scanning the two of them and instantly taking them into the mechanical body.

"Wonderful, wonderful!" Sun Lingtong fumbled around, gradually mastered the method of controlling the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon, and was so happy he danced.

"In this way, we can directly withdraw and leave Fire Persimmon Immortal City."

"Let Meng Kui temporarily hold the position of Palace Master and repair the Immortal Palace for us, hahaha!"

Ning Zhuo smiled and nodded.

The reason he was able to find the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was because when he saw it in the main hall, he had planted a Human Life Hanging Thread on it.

As a result, the main body of the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was buried in the sea of fire, but Ning Zhuo immediately felt the Human Life Hanging Thread move outside the hall and move rapidly.

At that time, Zhu Zhen was still chasing the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon.

"The Immortal Palace has three powers; now I hold the Buddha Heart Demon Seal and the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit,"

The Zhu family's investment in Ning Jiufan was actually within Ning Zhuo's expectations.

"The Zhu family wants to use my Ning family, but isn't my Ning family also using their hands to help me regain the position of Immortal Palace Master in the future?"

Ning Zhuo smiled and looked at Sun Lingtong: "However, Boss, are you sure there will be no trouble if you leave with me?"

Sun Lingtong laughed: "How shrewd your boss is. Back then, I agreed with that silly woman Yang Chanyu that when the Lava Immortal Palace matter was over, I would return to the Un-Empty Gate with her. But is this matter over?"

Sun Lingtong spread his small hands: "No!"

"Good." Ning Zhuo nodded, feeling relieved. He subconsciously looked up, in the direction of Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

For Ning Zhuo, he was born here and grew up here; this was his hometown!

"Goodbye for now, my hometown." He whispered in his heart, then controlled the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon.

The machine activated with full power, the Nascent Soul level aura no longer restrained, expanding rapidly, immediately attracting several gazes.

The next moment.

With a dragon roar, the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon swung its body, leaving an afterimage in place, and disappeared without a trace.

"You brat, you even lied to your old ancestor!" Ning Jiufan cursed, but a smile couldn't help but appear on the corner of his mouth.

Ning Zhuo told him he would stay for at least half a month.

As a result, he escaped after only a few days.

The next moment, Ning Jiufan's smile suddenly stiffened, and he thought of something: "Wait! My Ice Heart Jade Pot is still with him, he hasn't returned it to me yet!"