Chapter 385: Young Hero

Liu Zhen first inquired about Unlike Ning Zhuo from Sun Lie.

"You're talking about Unlike Ning Zhuo? In Fire Persimmon Xiancheng today, there is no one who doesn't know him." Sun Lie was slightly surprised, but still answered Liu Zhen.

"I don't know how your sect heard of Unlike Ning Zhuo's reputation, and why you want to inquire about his situation?" Sun Lie felt curious.

Liu Zhen explained the original reason, which originally had nothing to hide. On the other hand, he trusted Sun Lie, who had saved his life, very much.

After hearing this, Sun Lie realized: "So, Unlike Ning Zhuo is no longer in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng and has gone out to travel. No wonder he is always in seclusion for cultivation and hasn't appeared in public for many days."

Unlike Ning Zhuo left secretly at that time, with the help of the mechanism creation Ten Thousand Mile Swimming Dragon. In the entire Fire Persimmon Xiancheng, only high-level cultivators knew this secret.

Sun Lie was obviously not among them.

Liu Zhen then bowed and saluted: "Please, Master Sun, tell me carefully about this Unlike Ning Zhuo."

Sun Lie said: "Speaking of this Unlike Ning Zhuo, he is indeed a young hero, very remarkable."

"His parents in his early years..."

After Sun Lie introduced him, Liu Zhen was speechless for a long time.

He tended to believe that what Sun Lie said was true; after all, the latter had no need to deceive him. And these situations were very easy for him to inquire about from others.

"But if that's the case, this Unlike Ning Zhuo is too astonishing, and it's truly inspiring!"

Today's Unlike Ning Zhuo, although he was not in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng, had already become a topic of conversation that the city residents were discussing, chatting more and more enthusiastically.

Because although he was born in a great clan, he was humble in his early years, suffered a lot of exclusion and harsh treatment, and was unremarkable.

It was also taking advantage of the birth of the Molten Rock Xian Gong that he rose to prominence, gradually revealing his edge, and eventually successfully separated the family, replacing the Zheng family and becoming the patriarch of the Ning family's branch.

The city residents would not understand the final inside story of the Molten Rock Xian Gong, but the existence of the Ning family branch was always there, silently telling everyone—the achievements Unlike Ning Zhuo had made!

Such a foundation was quite rare even for middle-aged people. And Unlike Ning Zhuo was only a sixteen-year-old youth.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's success inspired many young people. It gave the vast majority of bottom-level city residents the best object to identify with, and Unlike Ning Zhuo's success was also their inner desire.

Therefore, unknowingly, Unlike Ning Zhuo had already become an idol for the residents of Fire Persimmon City.

"Unlike Ning Zhuo is actually this kind of identity; he suffered cold eyes all year round and only recently gained the favor of the family's Golden Core Old Ancestor."

"How did he do it?"

"Separating the family is a very taboo thing!"

Liu Zhen felt curious and also felt it was incredible.

How did Unlike Ning Zhuo manage to separate the family peacefully? What was going on with the Ning family main branch? Why didn't they stop him? Didn't the Ning family have a Golden Core Old Ancestor? Just watching him separate the family?

Liu Zhen realized that things were far from as simple as they appeared on the surface. Unlike Ning Zhuo must have reached many back-door agreements with the Ning family Golden Core Old Ancestor Ning Jiufan and the Ning family main branch in private!

Liu Zhen thought for a moment and pursued Sun Lie: "Then, regarding the Ning family's separation, how do other forces in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng view it?"

Sun Lie smiled: "Your question is quite good."

"I won't talk about the others; let's just talk about what happened when Unlike Ning Zhuo set up the flowing water banquet during the family separation ceremony."

After Liu Zhen finished listening, he had a look of shock.

"Unlike Ning Zhuo is only a Foundation Establishment cultivator, but on the day of the family separation ceremony, he actually attracted Fei Si and Zhou Nongying, two dignified Golden Core cultivators, to come and congratulate him in person!"

"And there was also Zhu Hou, a member of the royal family, present?"

"The Golden Core cultivator of Cloud Merchant, Song Fuli, was at odds with Unlike Ning Zhuo and blocked the door to make things difficult for Unlike Ning Zhuo that day, but was persuaded to retreat by several flying letters in a row, quite embarrassed!"

What does this mean?

Liu Zhen was very clear.

"This shows that this new force established by Unlike Ning Zhuo has been completely recognized by the inherent factions in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng."

"Their degree of recognition is extremely high, and they are even willing to come forward to persuade Song Fuli to retreat!"

"Looking at it this way, the Ning family branch will inevitably flourish in the future."

"This kid Unlike Ning Zhuo is truly amazing!"

Liu Zhen originally thought that Unlike Ning Zhuo was just a young master of a cultivation family, sheltered by his elders since childhood.

He didn't expect him to be the patriarch who started from scratch and created the foundation of the branch!

Sun Lie revealed a mysterious look and told Liu Zhen again: "According to rumors, Unlike Ning Zhuo even played a quite important role at the last moment of the battle of the Molten Rock Xian Gong."

"Really?" Liu Zhen listened carefully, and various guesses floated in his heart.

"This is truly inspiring!" Liu Zhen sighed endlessly.

Of course, it was impossible for him to only inquire from Sun Lie.

He left the Ziyang Separate Courtyard and went everywhere in Fire Persimmon Xiancheng to fish for information.

These pieces of information were not much different from what Sun Lie said.

Liu Zhen came to the former site of the Zheng family, looked at the plaque of the Ning family, and his heart was full of emotion: "Although Unlike Ning Zhuo is young, he is by no means simple."

"Looking at his history of starting a business, he was harshly treated and ignored when he was young, he grabbed the opportunity of the Molten Rock Xian Gong tightly, he disregarded his status as a descendant of a great clan, and was willing to act as the master of the black market, driven by the City Lord's Mansion."

"He is very good at using others to achieve his own goals. In the process of strengthening himself, he used many resources of the Zhou family, the Zheng family, and even the City Lord's Mansion."

"He also launched an internal family struggle, pulling the young patriarch of the main branch off his horse; his political struggle methods are also sharp to an unbelievable degree!"

"Rather than saying he is a young hero, it is better to say he is a young hero-tyrant."

"When dealing with such a person, one must never underestimate him! One must guard against him borrowing strength and momentum."

Liu Zhen left early and didn't know yet that his own little junior sister had been grounded because she helped Unlike Ning Zhuo too much.

He carried different thoughts and took the initiative to walk to the gate of Unlike Ning Zhuo's branch.

Facing the cultivator acting as a gatekeeper, he said directly: "I am a loose cultivator; I heard that you are recruiting workers here?"

The gatekeeper looked at him: "To work, please register first, and someone will lead you there. Do not run around in my Ning family clan land, otherwise, you will be responsible for the consequences."

Liu Zhen did not intend to run around.

After all, his strength had been weakened a lot, and he had just recovered from a serious illness.

This time, he just wanted to take the opportunity of recruiting workers to go deep into the Ning clan branch to investigate the truth for himself.

Not long after, Liu Zhen and other cultivators doing short-term work were led into the weapon refining room.

Inside the weapon refining room, a large number of furnaces were calcining and refining day and night without stopping.

According to the foreman's arrangement, Liu Zhen arrived at his post and began to work.

After only half a day, his weak physique could no longer hold up, weak to the point of seeing stars.

"This workload is too heavy; there has been almost no rest all morning."

Liu Zhen was disheveled and felt quite terrible.

He couldn't continue working; if he worked any more, he would faint from exhaustion.

He spoke to the foreman.

The foreman had long been dissatisfied with his efficiency: "Your body, why is it so unable to withstand tossing?"

Liu Zhen sighed: "I didn't expect this work to be so heavy!"

The foreman shook his head: "Otherwise, why would the Ning family pay us such high wages? If you want to earn this money, it is indeed a bit difficult. Go, go."

"If you can't do it, there are plenty of people who can."

Just as they were talking, a one-armed cultivator walked in and shouted irritably: "Why is the output of your Room No. 3 the lowest in all the weapon refining rooms?!"

"What exactly are you doing?"

"Do you know that we are rushing the construction period? If this batch of Jade Moist Mysterious Steel is not refined and completed, there will be more later! The family treasury is almost full!"

The foreman waved his hand directly at Liu Zhen, ignoring the latter, and ran to the one-armed cultivator, nodding and bowing to him, apologizing repeatedly.

The one-armed cultivator was none other than the One-Armed Craftsman, one of the Three Loose People of the Black Market.

Since Unlike Ning Zhuo established the branch, he had recruited him and let him temporarily serve as the general manager of weapon refining for the branch.

The One-Armed Craftsman enjoyed this position very much and had always had extremely full work enthusiasm.

Liu Zhen left the clan land of the Ning clan branch, and his heart was clear that although the branch had just been established, the family style was very good, and they were working in full swing.

Even though the One-Armed Craftsman was an externally hired guest, he treated it as his own career.

By the time Liu Zhen was about to leave the main gate, a group of young cultivators happened to be talking happily and walking into the clan land with their heads held high.

Liu Zhen keenly observed: although this group of cultivators was very young, their bearing was extraordinary, and the attitude of other Ning family members toward them was also very respectful and envious.

Some of the young cultivators were still carrying parts of demonic beast corpses, remaining with a lot of killing intent and fighting intent.

They should have just returned from hunting.

Liu Zhen went to find the gatekeeper to inquire and learned the identity of this group of people.

Almost all of them were Unlike Ning Zhuo's classmates.

Especially the leaders Ning Yong and Ning Chen, who had followed Unlike Ning Zhuo long before the branch was separated.

They received a lot of care from Unlike Ning Zhuo; obviously, in Unlike Ning Zhuo's heart, the classmate friendship between these two was the deepest.

"So it's Unlike Ning Zhuo's confidants, the backbone of the family in the future."

"But their cultivation is generally weak, so why are the demonic beast corpses they hunted generally Foundation Establishment level?"

Liu Zhen carried doubts and went to inquire again.

The answer he got made his heart tremble.

It turned out that under the three-family agreement, Unlike Ning Zhuo's branch had a large number of cultivators who occupied important positions in the Molten Rock Xian Gong.

Relying on these positions, they could borrow the power of the Xian Gong to help them hunt.

"In this way, the Ning clan branch also has a certain degree of control over the Molten Rock Xian Gong?"

Discovering this point, Liu Zhen's evaluation of the Ning clan branch in his heart was raised by another level.

"The Ning clan branch refines weapons on a large scale and operates this business; the benefits will definitely not be bad."

"Jade Moist Mysterious Steel... why did the Ning clan branch suddenly have such large-scale cooperation with the Jade Steel Mountain side?"

"The Ning clan branch has considerable control over the Molten Rock Xian Gong, which allows them to stand firmly in the power layer. As long as these positions are still there, they will not fall in level."

"Compared to this, the Ning clan main branch has very few people who have mastered the positions of the Xian Gong. The contrast between the two is quite distinct."

"The Ning clan branch relies on Fire Persimmon Mountain, gets the foundation of the Zheng family, and has a relationship with other forces in the city like glue and lacquer, developing both fast and steadily."

Liu Zhen sighed endlessly.

He envied Unlike Ning Zhuo very much!

This is the foundation of a man.

"I am much older than him, and compared to him, I have simply lived in vain for so many years!" Thinking of this, Liu Zhen felt a bit listless.

He endured the disappointment, made the information into a jade slip, and sent it out through the post station of the Nandou Kingdom first.

Subsequently, he set off with Sun Lie and walked on the return journey to the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect. ===== CHAPTER 386 =====