Chapter 399: Finger Guessing (Two-in-One Chapter)

Linghu Jiu laughed: "Hahaha, there are bowls, there are bowls."

He took out another stone bowl, the shape of which was similar to the one he used.

"As long as Young Master Ning Zhuo doesn't find it rough and simple..."

Before Linghu Jiu finished speaking, the stone bowl in his hand was "snatched" away by Ning Zhuo.

"Fill it up, fill it up!" Ning Zhuo's eyes shone.

Linghu Jiu filled it with wine.

Ning Zhuo learned from Linghu Jiu, raised his neck, and poured it directly.

This fierce way of drinking, he had never had before.

Soon, he immersed himself in meditation again, and saw the predecessor great power Five Elements God Lord. The God Lord continued to teach Ning Zhuo the divine art of his family!

Five Viscera Temple Spirit Divine Art!

This divine art is very profound, it can be said to gather the essence of heaven and earth, reconcile the wonders of the five elements, and has deep Tao and principles.

Although Ning Zhuo is young, his vision is broad. He only listened to the opening chapter and knew that this divine art was no less than the Three Sects' Upper Law!

Even though he has already practiced the Three Sects' Upper Law, this divine art is still of great benefit to him. Comparing the two, it can make Ning Zhuo's understanding of the principles of the five elements deeper.

He also hoped that some of the spells contained in this divine art could be improved by him and used for himself.

Ning Zhuo drank bowl after bowl.

"Come again."

"Still want!"

"Not enough to drink."

Ning Zhuo forgot himself, and a strong premonition in his heart told him that this divine art would be extremely helpful to him!

Linghu Jiu's face changed slightly.

Ning Zhuo's drinking posture was more fierce than his just now, completely crazy regardless of everything.

Linghu Jiu looked at the wine jar that was about to bottom out, feeling a little tearful, and couldn't help but ask.

Ning Zhuo didn't hide it from him, telling the truth, saying that he had received the divine art taught by the predecessors. Although it was intermittent, the divine art was profound and of great help to himself.

Linghu Jiu was moved: "Your situation, I have only encountered once. Since that time, my swordsmanship has greatly improved, and I have been reborn!"

"Young Master Ning Zhuo, your opportunity has arrived."

Linghu Jiu poured the wine, tilted the wine jar completely, but only poured half a bowl.

Ning Zhuo looked full of regret: "There is still half, there is still half of the divine art."

Linghu Jiu laughed: "Young Master Ning Zhuo, don't worry, I will definitely help you with all my strength, so you won't give up halfway!"

After saying that, he took out another jar of Deep Thoughts and Dark Brew.

"Thank you!!" Ning Zhuo bowed to him in thanks.

Linghu Jiu could have completely shirked, saying that his Deep Thoughts and Dark Brew was only this jar. But he didn't do so, but took out the second jar.

You know, the two met for the first time, and there was a conflict before. Linghu Jiu helped so much at this critical moment, which is truly commendable!

Ning Zhuo kept this favor in his heart and continued to drink.

He drank until his cheeks were flushed, and the feeling of being slightly drunk was really beautiful.

He drank until his face was flushed, feeling like he was floating like an immortal.

He drank until his ears were red, his heart was beating wildly, and his whole body was hot.

In the end, he drank until the world was spinning, his eyes were blurred, and he was almost about to fall down.

Ning Zhuo held on to the last bit of sobriety, his eyes filled with blood, gritting his teeth: "Come again!"

"Still a little bit, just a little bit."

Linghu Jiu looked at him worriedly, thinking that such a fierce way of drinking, even he felt a trace of fear.

"Ning Zhuo wouldn't drink himself to death here, would he?"

"If he has any shortcomings, what will junior sister think of me?"

Thinking of this, Linghu Jiu couldn't help but feel a sour vinegar in his heart, complex and difficult to understand.

But things had come to this, Linghu Jiu could only bite the bullet and accompany him to the end. If this huge opportunity was interrupted, it was possible for the two to turn against each other.

"Young Master Ning Zhuo, hold on!" Linghu Jiu cheered for Ning Zhuo.

Sun Lingtong was also closely watching Ning Zhuo's state, and if there was anything wrong, he would immediately take action to provide rescue.

Gulp, gulp.

Ning Zhuo's Adam's apple rolled, and he swallowed another large bowl of Deep Thoughts and Dark Brew into his stomach.

Yuan Shan.

In the boudoir, Lin Shanshan paced back and forth, her face full of anxiety.

"What to do? What to do?"

"Young Master Ning Zhuo met with Senior Brother. They had a misunderstanding before, although Senior Brother sent the enlightenment diagrams of the two lines, Young Master Ning Zhuo did not accept them."

"Young Master Ning Zhuo also said that he would use his own method to deal with this problem."

"I'm afraid his request to my father to visit Senior Brother this time is to settle accounts!"

"Xiaoju, tell me, will they fight?"

Her personal maid said: "Miss, I don't think so. Although I have met Young Master Ning Zhuo very few times, I think he is a gentle and elegant person."

Lin Shanshan shook her head: "Xiaoju, you haven't sparred and trained with Young Master Ning Zhuo. He is very rigid and strong in his bones, and every special training is practiced to the limit of physical strength before resting. You don't understand him!"

Xiaoju: "Oh, Miss, don't turn in circles. You're making me dizzy!"

Lin Shanshan suddenly turned around, walked quickly to the door, and was about to push the door out.

"Miss!" Xiaoju hurriedly chased after her, intercepting her, "Miss, you forgot, you are grounded."

Lin Shanshan said: "Xiaoju, the situation is urgent, if we delay any longer, the situation might become very bad."

Saying that, she ignored Xiaoju's obstruction and pushed the door open.

The female attendants on both sides immediately intercepted: "Miss, please stay."

Lin Shanshan raised her neck and said sharply: "Get out of the way, my father is the sect master of the Myriad Medicine Sect, let's see who dares to stop me?!"

The female attendants were suddenly at a loss, very embarrassed, and knelt down one after another.

Lin Shanshan snorted coldly, stepped over the threshold, and walked into the courtyard.

"Stop." A voice came from behind.

Lin Shanshan was like being hit by a immobilization spell, frozen in place.

She turned slowly, looking in the direction of the voice, and sure enough, she saw Lin Bufan: "Father."

Lin Shanshan lowered her eyebrows and bowed her head, extremely well-behaved.

Lin Bufan snorted coldly: "Come here."

Lin Shanshan walked obediently to Lin Bufan's side.

Lin Bufan waved away the people on both sides, leaving only the father and daughter in the courtyard.

Lin Bufan walked in the courtyard, and Lin Shanshan followed closely behind.

He glanced at his beloved daughter and said: "Are you not confident in the Ning family kid, or not confident in your senior brother?"

Lin Shanshan was stunned.

She immediately heard the meaning in his words and looked up at Lin Bufan: "Father, is this a trap you set?"

Lin Bufan shook his head slightly: "Not really. This was Ning Zhuo's personal request to my father, and coincidentally, I also wanted to see his quality, so I pushed the boat with the current and facilitated this situation."

Lin Shanshan said anxiously: "Father, but Young Master Ning Zhuo is only sixteen years old, and I am five years older than him, not to mention Senior Brother."

"He is young, how can he be Senior Brother's opponent? If we bully an outsider like this, if it spreads, wouldn't it be said that our Myriad Medicine Sect bullies guests?"

Lin Bufan glanced at his beloved daughter again, his tone light: "You are quite thoughtful for outsiders, why haven't I seen you like this before?"

"You underestimate Ning Zhuo too much. He is not simple!"

Saying that, Lin Bufan took out a jade slip and handed it to Lin Shanshan.

Lin Shanshan infused her spiritual sense to check and found that the content of this jade slip was the intelligence result of the sixth senior brother sent to Fire Persimmon Immortal City for field investigation.

Lin Shanshan browsed quickly, her eyes gradually widening.

Very different from what she expected, Ning Zhuo was not valued and cultivated by the family since childhood. Instead, he had been squeezed and scolded by the family since he was a child.

Even a few months ago, he was still targeted by the then young clan leader of the Ning family.

However, not long after, he directly led the crowd to launch a counterattack and pulled the young clan leader down from his horse.

In the ten-plus years of time, Ning Zhuo had always been unremarkable and plain.

But with the birth of the Molten Immortal Palace, he suddenly erupted, not singing, but singing a blockbuster.

Not only did he hold the black market for a period of time, maneuvering between the major forces in the city, but he also performed well in the Molten Immortal Palace, leading to his successful branch family, getting rid of the Ning family main branch, young and promising, but already created his own family business!

The Ning family branch directly occupied the entire Zheng family's clan land, and the clan land specifications were even beyond the Ning family main branch. And on the day of the branch family ceremony, Ning Zhuo set up a flowing banquet, the city lord Fei Si, the Zhou family's Zhou Nongying, two Golden Cores visited in person, and there was also Zhu Hou from the nursery, and envoys from the Southern Bean Royal Family.

On that day, a Golden Core cultivator of the Cloud Merchant once blocked the door, wanting to make Ning Zhuo embarrassed.

As a result, he was persuaded to retreat by three consecutive flying letters! Ning Zhuo didn't even show his face.

What does this mean?

Lin Shanshan just has little experience and is not deep in the world, which does not mean she has no vision and ability. On the contrary, she has been carefully cultivated by Lin Bufan since she was a child, and she can naturally look at things from the perspective of a superior.

Lin Shanshan was shocked, and she knew very well what these deeds meant.

This means that Ning Zhuo is by no means as simple as he appears on the surface; he has a deep city government and is experienced! He must have hidden for many years, disguised himself, until the birth of the Molten Immortal Palace, he saw the opportunity and used it to rise suddenly!

Is his talent only reflected in practicing the Three Sects' Upper Law? Could it be that he didn't know it for ten years?

This is indeed possible.

But look at what Ning Zhuo did when all parties competed for the Molten Immortal Palace. He brought down the young clan leader, held the black market, and went crazy with the resources of the three-family alliance. In the end, he even let the Ning family Golden Core ancestor acquiesce to his branch family! These kinds of events, would a pure boy be able to do them?

No, of course not.

Therefore, combined with his behavior of showing talent, Lin Shanshan speculated that this was just Ning Zhuo showing appropriate talent at the right time!

Lin Shanshan also saw the intelligence of Jade Steel Mountain.

"Young Master Ning Zhuo has been to Mount Wuyin, and Jade Steel Mountain is near Mount Wuyin. I accepted the Wuxiu Orchid he gave, and specifically checked the map."

"The business of Jade-Moistening Mysterious Steel of the Ning family branch has only been done for a short time, and it coincides with the time Young Master Ning Zhuo was on Mount Wuyin."

"This should be the result of his efforts."

"This time, he came to the Myriad Medicine Sect, wanting to seek an alliance, I am afraid it is also such a cooperation."

"He is really... amazing!"

Lin Shanshan had a feeling of admiration for her peer for the first time, to be precise, the boy who was five years younger than her.

She touched the jade slip in her hand, and the more she thought about it, the more she felt that Ning Zhuo was really not easy.

Scolded and treated thinly since childhood, he did not settle for the status quo, but secretly accumulated power, endured without sending, and paralyzed all enemies.

The Molten Immortal Palace was just an east wind, an opportunity Ning Zhuo had waited for more than ten years.

Many people in Fire Persimmon Immortal City said that it was the Molten Immortal Palace that achieved Ning Zhuo. But Lin Shanshan felt that with Ning Zhuo's talent, he was just missing an opportunity. If it wasn't the Molten Immortal Palace, there would be other opportunities.

"Such a person, unless he is not met with talent in his life. But as long as he meets an opportunity once, he will firmly grasp it, thereby rising to the top and turning his life around!"

Lin Bufan saw Lin Shanshan silent for a long time, falling into silence, and couldn't help but smile: "Shanshan, now you should know, right? Ning Zhuo has hidden many things from you, don't look at his young age, and be deceived by his appearance."

"He is a person with a very deep city government, hiding very deeply, many things he didn't tell you, right?"

Lin Shanshan nodded: "Yes, he never said that he was the clan leader of the branch family."

"Sigh! He is just too humble."

"To be honest, if it weren't for the results of the sixth senior brother's personal investigation, I would find it hard to imagine that a sixteen-year-old peer would make these achievements."

"Compared with him, I seem like a waste of time."

Lin Bufan's face flashed with a look of surprise: "You treat Ning Zhuo so deeply, in order to help him, you were grounded yourself. Didn't you feel angry that he didn't treat you sincerely?"

Lin Shanshan immediately gave Lin Bufan a white look: "Father, what are you saying!"

"Young Master Ning didn't deliberately hide anything from me. He just didn't say these things."

"With his low-key and steady personality, if he really boasted about these past achievements to me, I wouldn't like to listen to them."

Lin Bufan:...

Lin Shanshan suddenly showed a smile and said: "Actually, Ning Zhuo is very much like you, Father, isn't he?"

"When you were young, although you were Golden Core, you were also very ordinary. At that time, many elders of the Myriad Medicine Sect looked down on you, thinking that you were more appropriate to be called Lin Fan."

"But those were just your disguises. Suddenly one day, your cultivation broke through and you were promoted to Nascent Soul stage, and the world was shocked that you had hidden the Golden Core perfection cultivation for so many years."

"After you achieved Nascent Soul, you immediately swept all competitors and immediately mastered all the power of the Myriad Medicine Sect. In order to avoid the old forces and old abuses, you directly negotiated with the mountain god alone, moved the original mountain to the Myriad Medicine Valley, and completely cleared the influence of the old forces. Since then, painting on white paper, showing great plans, and managing the Myriad Medicine Sect to be prosperous and in full swing."

"Now, there is only one person's voice in the entire Myriad Medicine Sect, and that is your voice, Father. There is only one person's will, and that is your will, Father!"

Lin Bufan stroked his beard and smiled without saying a word.

Lin Shanshan said again: "The current Ning Zhuo, isn't he like you once were, Father? It's just that you were more patient than him, enduring until the Nascent Soul stage before you were willing to truly take action and show your own means."

"Ning Zhuo is not as good as you in this regard, he couldn't help it in the Foundation Establishment stage and showed his edge."

Lin Bufan shook his head: "It was the Qi Refining stage. When he was in Fire Persimmon Immortal City, he was still in the Qi Refining stage. Promotion to Foundation Establishment is just a recent thing."

"Hearing you say that, I understand a little bit where your good impression of Ning Zhuo comes from."

"You girl, the ability to persuade people is growing day by day!"

Lin Shanshan smiled, she was no longer so nervous.

Before she was nervous, it was because she didn't know Ning Zhuo's achievements. Now that she saw the intelligence, she understood Ning Zhuo better.

Lin Shanshan was worried that Ning Zhuo was young and energetic, and would cause conflict with Senior Brother. But now, how could such a little fox do such a stupid thing?

Lin Shanshan was too concerned and lost her square inch, now she calmed down, and reason made her see the situation in front of her more clearly.

She said: "In this way, the meeting between Young Master Ning Zhuo and Senior Brother is actually of great significance, related to the long-term relationship between our sect and the Fire Persimmon Ning family."

Lin Bufan nodded: "Not bad. The one who can inherit my mantle and inherit the position of sect master in the future must be your senior brother."

"Drunken Moon Seeking Immortal, although only rated as a top-grade talent, it is just that good wine is hard to find and consumes too much funds. Nowadays, your senior brother is matched with Deep Thoughts and Dark Brew, which is a perfect match."

"It's just that his temperament is too lazy and pays too much attention to the feelings between junior brothers. How many times have junior brothers violated sect rules, and he has borne it all by himself. Do you think I don't know?"

"Humph, in this regard, I would rather he learn more from Ning Zhuo."

"I often punish your senior brother for being grounded, also hoping that he can overcome his lazy temperament and see himself in loneliness. Less kindness to others, more self-thinking. Otherwise, he will be dragged down by you junior brothers and sisters sooner or later!"

Lin Shanshan was dissatisfied: "Father, Senior Brother grew up with us, and the feelings of brothers and sisters were established since childhood. You didn't often praise him before, he was a model of an old brother."

"Senior Brother is like this, isn't it what you taught?"

Lin Bufan shook his head: "This matter, I also often reflect on it. Although I have been in the position of sect master for many years, as a parent, I am doing it for the first time. So, although I have hundreds of years of life, there are also places where I lack examination."

"As the saying goes, it takes ten years to grow trees and a hundred years to grow people. Sigh! Being a parent and educating the next generation, this kind of thing is not easy, it is more difficult than managing a sect."

Lin Bufan felt it.

He is now communicating with Lin Shanshan, also for the sake of his beloved daughter, worrying that the latter will be deceived by love and used by that Ning Zhuo.

How long have Lin Shanshan and Ning Zhuo met, and she has already helped him like this. Helped to the point of debt, and even her daily cultivation homework is not done.

This is simply outrageous!

Lin Bufan has been enduring without sending.

Two days ago, when he first saw Ning Zhuo and got Ning Zhuo's intelligence, he knew that Lin Shanshan was not wronged.

Today he specifically came to find Lin Shanshan to communicate, and also heard his daughter's views and attitudes from Lin Shanshan's mouth.

He realized that the reason why his daughter had a good impression of Ning Zhuo was partly because Ning Zhuo was so like himself!

"Indeed."

"Compared to me and Jiu'er, the temperament difference is indeed quite large."

"Ning Zhuo, this kid, is indeed like me, like me!"

Thinking this way, Lin Bufan's hidden hostility toward Ning Zhuo dissipated a lot.

Lin Shanshan's payment, Lin Bufan suddenly understood a lot more.

"Now, do you still want to rush out and interfere with the meeting between your senior brother and Ning Zhuo?" He asked his daughter, looking indifferent.

Lin Shanshan shook her head: "No, going there will only add trouble to them. I believe in Senior Brother, and I believe in Young Master Ning Zhuo."

Lin Bufan nodded: "That's good, go back to the room."

Lin Shanshan bowed: "Father, daughter retires."

However, after returning to the room, Lin Shanshan ordered her personal maid Xiaoju: "Young Master Ning Zhuo and Senior Brother's meeting is of great significance, related to the long-term alliance between our sect and the Ning family."

"My father wants to use this to examine Young Master Ning Zhuo, and also wants to examine Senior Brother."

"I, as Senior Brother's junior sister, as Young Master Ning Zhuo's friend here, naturally have the need to help."

"I can't go out, Xiaoju, you go on my behalf. If they have a conflict, you must stop it. What I am worried about now is that Young Master Ning Zhuo originally only wanted to spar, but as a result, they fought and got angry with Senior Brother."

"Sigh, although he is steady and low-key, he still has the spirit of a young man. At a young age, he has already created such a big family business, the pride in the heart of such a person is not the gentle appearance on the surface."

"I know this point too well, my father is like this!"

Lin Shanshan felt it.

Lin Bufan is peaceful on the surface, gentle as jade. But Lin Shanshan has been by his side for twenty-one years and has seen the ruthless and ruthless appearance of him punishing enemies with a smile when he is truly angry.

"Okay, Miss, I'm going." Xiaoju would not disobey, she was very loyal to Lin Shanshan.

"Xiaoju, everything is entrusted to you!" Lin Shanshan said.

Xiaoju hurried out.

Little did she know that any movement in the small courtyard was under the cover of Lin Bufan's spiritual sense.

Watching Xiaoju go straight to Little Contention Peak, Lin Bufan sighed faintly in his heart.

"The daughter is finally grown up and has her own ideas. If it were before, she wouldn't do these little actions."

But this old father did not stop Xiaoju.

He cast his gaze toward the Myriad Demon Cave, full of expectation.

Children have children's lives.

Lin Bufan had children late, and also accepted apprentices late. He planned for the long term,

Decades have passed, and results are already visible.

"In time, once Jiu'er achieves Jin Dan, I too can lay down the heavy burden of being Sect Master, go into full seclusion, and focus entirely on cultivation."

Once cultivation reaches the Jin Dan or Nascent Soul level, the resources consumed by daily practice alone are immense.

Therefore, the painstaking effort Lin Bufan put into building the Myriad Medicine Sect was also for the sake of his own cultivation.

Now that the Myriad Medicine Sect is stable, the next generation's leader is someone he personally cultivated. Linghu Jiu has sufficient natural talent and a very generous disposition; this is, in fact, the result of Lin Bufan's meticulous upbringing.

Lin Bufan is well-versed in the art of cultivation and is very clear about the dangers of forcing growth.

Thus, his daily guidance of his daughter and disciples is like "moistening things silently," exerting influence in secret. Unless it involves principles or bottom lines, he rarely disciplines them harshly.

This time, although he is concerned for his beloved daughter, he did not stop her actions.

"Female cultivators are indeed easily muddled by love."

"That brat Ning Zhuo is not easy to deal with. My daughter's cultivation experience is far too shallow; if she isn't careful, she'll be eaten clean."

"Jiu'er should be more reliable than Shanshan!"

Lin Bufan's spiritual sense spread out, covering the Myriad Demon Cave.

The next moment, he saw the scene of Ning Zhuo and Linghu Jiu together.

He... fell into a long silence.