Chapter 42: Exposed?

The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit gradually saw the clues.

It spat out a mouthful of reddish-brown smoke with disdain, certain that what Unlike Ning Zhuo was doing was completely futile.

However, just when it wanted to raise its fingertip to stop Unlike Ning Zhuo, it dismissed this idea again.

It suddenly felt that watching the show like this was also quite interesting.

It was like playing with a small ant; every time it raised its palm to block the small ant's path, the small ant saw no path ahead and could only change direction to walk other paths. Constantly using its palm to block the path, the small ant could only constantly change paths.

This was very interesting, wasn't it?

Unlike Ning Zhuo, who didn't know he had already been reduced to a small ant, felt tremendous pressure.

"Must succeed."

"Must destroy my own name!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo was very clear about the severity of this matter.

The success or failure of this almost determined his life or death!

Even if he didn't die, the outcome would definitely be extremely miserable.

Rely on the Ning family and confess to the clan?

Unlike Ning Zhuo almost didn't consider this point.

According to the Ning family's house rules, if he confessed actively, it would likely be surface support and secret suppression.

Support? It would just be treating him as a tool.

From now on, his life would definitely be extremely stifled, and the gains from the Xian Gong would all be seized by the family.

Freedom? That was even more out of the question!

"Rely on the other three parties?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo shook his head secretly.

Going to rely on them now was not good. Meng Chong, Zhou Zhu, and others had all been secretly harmed; he was an outsider and had such excellent results, so he would definitely be targeted by other major powers.

A small body like his couldn't withstand it, absolutely couldn't withstand it!

"My biggest advantage is that I have always been hiding my talent and staying in the dark. But now, a simple ranking list has broken my concealment, making my ten-plus years of hiding talent result in nothing."

"I am not reconciled!"

Carrying such pressure and emotions, Unlike Ning Zhuo quickly assembled a simple catapult.

He aimed at the angle, calculated the distance, and then quickly cut the rope.

The next moment, the Thousand-Jun Heavy Hammer pedestal in the catapult basket was thrown out.

Bang.

With a muffled sound, the Thousand-Jun Heavy Hammer pedestal slammed heavily onto the stone pillar, accurately landing on the position of Unlike Ning Zhuo's name.

Then, there was another loud bang.

The Thousand-Jun Heavy Hammer pedestal fell onto the floor tiles, smashing the nearby floor tiles to pieces.

However, on the ranking list of the stone pillar, Unlike Ning Zhuo's name still didn't have the slightest damage; it was still so conspicuous, so outstanding!

Seeing this scene, Unlike Ning Zhuo's heart sank fiercely.

He clenched his fists tightly, looking up at his name dead-eyed.

He had never expected that during his second exploration of the Magma Xian Gong, he would encounter a life-and-death crisis!

If he weren't in a puppet body right now, he would definitely have been sweating profusely long ago.

All kinds of negative emotions were unavoidable and spread rapidly in the bottom of his heart.

Unlike Ning Zhuo couldn't help but recall his mother's instructions before she died.

"Mother told me to keep safe. If my life is in danger, even if I don't want this Xian Gong, it is completely fine."

"Life is still the most important!"

"Perhaps, I shouldn't have had any greed to explore the Magma Xian Gong."

Unlike Ning Zhuo shook his head fiercely, cold light appearing in his eyes.

"Hehe, what is wrong with me?"

"Give me another chance, and I would still choose to do so!"

"With such an opportunity in front of me, if I don't strive for it and live so cowardly, I might as well die."

"Calm down!"

"Even if I am eventually exposed, I accept this worst result."

"Because these are all my own choices!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo adjusted very quickly and returned to a calm and composed state.

Once calm, he soon had other ideas.

"The stone pillar ranking list is difficult to destroy, but perhaps the Magma Xian Gong itself provides the function of changing or disguising names?"

"In the preparation room, there are many places I haven't explored yet."

Unlike Ning Zhuo started to explore everywhere.

For these manual worktables, mechanical production tools, and various types of mechanical pedestals, he browsed through them quickly. He recognized some, but didn't know more.

He arrived at the exit of the room and touched the door, but there was no reaction.

"It seems the preparation room doesn't provide any rewards."

Finally, he set his gaze on the five-sided stone pillar in the center of the room.

Just now, in order to grind off his name, he had contacted the stone pillar, but there was no reaction.

But Unlike Ning Zhuo thought about it and still felt that the stone pillar shouldn't be that simple.

He tried to infuse spiritual power into the stone pillar, and the next moment, the stone pillar shot out a thin beam of light, hitting Unlike Ning Zhuo directly in the chest.

The thin light stamped a seal on Unlike Ning Zhuo's chest.

In a few breaths, the seal dissipated and disappeared.

"Trial Disciple?" Unlike Ning Zhuo saw the seal clearly and felt it was somewhat familiar.

Suddenly, he understood: the style of the seal's characters was consistent with my Buddha-Heart Demon-Seal.

"This is not strange either; my Buddha-Heart Demon-Seal was snatched by Mother from the Magma Xian Gong."

The Magma Xian Gong's seal didn't dissipate; it just hid its tracks.

Then, the subsequent information was conveyed to the bottom of Unlike Ning Zhuo's heart.

"So that's it, having a name on the ranking list means there are rewards every week. And these rewards are related to the specific ranking. The higher the ranking, the more generous the rewards."

"One week's time... from when does it start counting?"

"The specific rewards were not explicitly stated either."

Unlike Ning Zhuo supported the stone pillar with his hand, looking up at his ranking, sighing bitterly in his heart.

"The problem is not this."

"I would rather give up these rewards than have my name left on it."

For Unlike Ning Zhuo, rewards were just icing on the cake. But name exposure was almost a devastating disaster!

"I want to get off the list, get off the list!"

"How should I do it?"

"I don't want my name to be on it."

Unlike Ning Zhuo racked his brains, but couldn't think of a good way.

But also because of his state of searching his brains and exhausting his thinking, he gradually had a very vague, yet quite familiar sense.

"This sense..."

"It seems to be my Buddha-Heart Demon-Seal?!"

In an instant, Unlike Ning Zhuo was like a drowning person grabbing the only straw. Regardless of whether it was useful or not, this was his only hope at the moment.

Immediately, he concentrated his spirit, discarded distracting thoughts, and strengthened his sense of the Buddha-Heart Demon-Seal with all his might.

Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's physical body lay on the bed, no different from normal sleep.

But in the Upper Dantian Spirit Sea, the towering treasure seal began to glow slowly.

Its brilliance constantly increased, actually starting from the physical body, following the "Human Life Hanging by a Thread," and conveying it to Unlike Ning Zhuo's soul.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's soul resided in the puppet, and the puppet had been contacting the five-sided stone pillar.

After this transmission, the influence of the Buddha-Heart Demon-Seal covered the five-sided stone pillar.

Unlike Ning Zhuo: "Effective, really effective!!!"

In Unlike Ning Zhuo's intense desire, his name was actually sinking slowly.

The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit had been paying attention to Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo had tried every means to grind off his name but failed, and then fell into the appearance of bitter thinking, which made it feel quite interesting.

It lay on the throne, its gaze piercing through space, watching with great relish.

The next moment, its body stiffened, and its eyes suddenly shot out dazzling red light.

It sensed the Buddha-Heart Demon-Seal!

The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit was incredibly excited, stood up fiercely, jumped up, and flew into mid-air.

Roar!

It opened its mouth and roared loudly; its small and exquisite body actually emitted an astonishing roar. The entire Magma Xian Gong shot out brilliant treasure light again!

At the top of Fire Persimmon Mountain, the treasure light was like a giant pillar, with hundreds or thousands of beams shooting straight into the sky.

The entire Xian Gong trembled incessantly, the magma churned violently, and the thick smoke surged incessantly.

The Fire Persimmon City Lord, who had been guarding it, was awakened and hurriedly took action to suppress it, preventing Fire Persimmon Mountain from erupting.

"What happened?!" His heart was full of doubts. ===== CHAPTER 43 =====