Chapter 385: Young Hero

Liu Zhen first asked Sun Lie about Ning Zhuo.

"You're talking about Ning Zhuo? In the current Fire Persimmon Immortal City, 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 Ning Zhuo's reputation, and why you want to inquire about his situation?" Sun Lie was curious.

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

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

Ning Zhuo had left secretly, using the mechanism creation Ten Thousand Mile Swimming Dragon. In the entire Fire Persimmon Immortal City, only high-level cultivators knew this secret.

Sun Lie was clearly not among them.

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

Sun Lie said: "Speaking of this 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 everything Sun Lie said was true; after all, the latter had no need to deceive him. And these situations were easy for him to inquire about from others.

"But if this is the case, this Ning Zhuo is too amazing, and truly inspiring!"

Ning Zhuo, although not in Fire Persimmon Immortal City, had already become a topic of discussion among the city residents, who talked about him more and more enthusiastically.

Because although he was born in a big clan, he was humble in his early years, suffered many exclusions and criticisms, and was unremarkable.

It was also taking advantage of the birth of the Molten Immortal Palace that he rose rapidly, gradually revealing his edge, and eventually successfully split the family, replacing the Zheng family and becoming the clan leader of the Ning family branch.

The city residents would not know the final inside story of the Molten Immortal Palace, but the existence of the Ning family branch was always there, silently telling everyone—the achievements Ning Zhuo had made!

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

Ning Zhuo's success inspired many young people. It allowed the vast majority of bottom-level city residents to have the best object for substitution; Ning Zhuo's success was also their inner desire.

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

"Ning Zhuo is actually of this status; he suffered cold eyes all year round and only recently gained the favor of the family's Jin Dan ancestor."

"How did he do it?"

"Splitting the family is a very taboo thing!"

Liu Zhen felt curious and also felt it was unbelievable.

How did Ning Zhuo manage to split the family peacefully? What was going on with the Ning family main lineage? Why didn't they stop him? Didn't the Ning family have a Jin Dan ancestor? Just watched him split the family?

Liu Zhen realized that things were far from as simple as they appeared on the surface. Ning Zhuo must have reached many secret agreements with the Ning family Jin Dan ancestor Ning Jiufan and the Ning family main lineage in private!

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

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

"I won't talk about others; let's just talk about what happened when Ning Zhuo set up the flowing banquet for the family split."

After Liu Zhen finished listening, he was shocked.

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

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

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

What does this explain?

Liu Zhen was very clear.

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

"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 Ning Zhuo is really amazing!"

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

He didn't expect him to be a clan leader who started almost from scratch and created the foundation of a branch!

Sun Lie showed a mysterious look and told Liu Zhen again: "It is rumored that Ning Zhuo even played a very important role at the final moment of the battle of the Molten Immortal Palace."

"Is that so?" Liu Zhen listened carefully, and various guesses emerged in his heart.

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

Of course, he couldn't just inquire from Sun Lie.

He left Ziyang Villa and went everywhere in Fire Persimmon Immortal City, trying to extract information.

This information was not much different from what Sun Lie said.

Liu Zhen came to the original site of the Zheng family, looked at the Ning family plaque, and his heart was full of emotion: "Although Ning Zhuo is young, he is definitely not simple."

"Looking at his history of starting a business, he was criticized and ignored when he was young, he grabbed the opportunity of the Molten Immortal Palace tightly, he ignored his status as a big clan descendant, 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 goals. In the process of strengthening himself, he used many resources from the Zhou family, the Zheng family, and even the City Lord's Mansion."

"He also launched the internal family, pulling the young clan leader of the main lineage down from his horse; his political struggle methods are also sharp and unbelievable!"

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

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

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

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

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

The guard looked at him: "To work, please register first, and someone will lead you there. Do not wander around in my Ning family clan land, otherwise, you will bear the consequences."

Liu Zhen did not intend to wander around.

After all, his strength had been greatly weakened, 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 reality in person.

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

Inside the refining room, a large number of furnaces were calcining and refining day and night.

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

After only half a day, his weak physique couldn't hold on anymore, and he was so weak that he saw stars.

"This workload is too big; the whole morning almost didn't have a break."

Liu Zhen was disheveled and felt quite terrible.

He couldn't go on; if he continued, he would faint from exhaustion.

He spoke to the foreman.

The foreman was already dissatisfied with his efficiency: "Why is your body 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? It is indeed a bit difficult for you to earn this money. 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 refining rooms?!"

"What exactly are you doing?"

"Do you know that we are rushing the construction period? If this batch of Jade-Moistened Black Steel is not refined, 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 cultivators of the black market.

Since Ning Zhuo established the branch, he had recruited him and let him temporarily serve as the refining chief of the branch.

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

Liu Zhen left the Ning clan branch clan land, and it was clear in his heart that although the branch had just been established, the family style was 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.

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

Liu Zhen keenly observed: although this group of cultivators was very young, their demeanor was unusual, and other Ning family members treated them with respect and envy.

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 guard to inquire and learned the identity of this group of people.

Almost all of them were Ning Zhuo's classmates.

Especially the leaders Ning Yong and Ning Chen, who had followed Ning Zhuo long before the family split.

They received much care from Ning Zhuo; clearly, in Ning Zhuo's heart, the classmate friendship between these two was the deepest.

"So they are 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 at the Foundation Establishment level?"

Liu Zhen went to inquire with doubts.

The answer he got made his heart shake.

It turned out that according to the three-family agreement, there were a lot of cultivators in Ning Zhuo's branch who occupied important positions in the Molten Immortal Palace.

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

"So, the Ning clan branch also has a certain degree of control over the Molten Immortal Palace?"

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

"The Ning clan branch is refining on a large scale, and managing this business, the benefits will definitely not be bad."

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

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

"By comparison, very few people in the Ning clan main lineage have mastered Immortal Palace positions. The contrast between the two is quite distinct."

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

Liu Zhen sighed endlessly.

He was quite envious of Ning Zhuo!

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!" Liu Zhen thought of this and 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 South Bean Kingdom first.

Afterwards, he and Sun Lie set off on the return journey to the Ten Thousand Medicines Sect.