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 Ning Zhuo was doing was completely futile.

However, just as it wanted to raise its fingertip to stop Ning Zhuo, it dismissed the idea.

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 would see no path ahead and could only change direction to walk other paths. Constantly blocking the path, the small ant could only constantly change paths.

This was very interesting, wasn't it?

Ning Zhuo, who did not know he had been reduced to a small ant, felt tremendous pressure.

"Must succeed."

"Must destroy my name!"

Ning Zhuo was very clear about the seriousness of this matter.

The success or failure of this item could almost determine 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 family?

Ning Zhuo almost didn't consider this point.

According to the Ning family’s style, if he confessed voluntarily, it would likely be superficial support and secret suppression.

Support? Just treating him as a tool.

From now on, his life would definitely be extremely stifling, and his gains in the Immortal Palace would be seized by the family.

Freedom? That was even more out of the question!

"Rely on the other three factions?"

Ning Zhuo shook his head secretly.

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

His small body couldn't bear it, absolutely couldn't bear it!

"My biggest advantage is that I have always been hiding my talent, hiding in the dark. But now, a simple ranking list has broken my concealment, making my ten-plus years of hiding talent go up in smoke."

"I am not reconciled!"

With such pressure and emotions, Ning Zhuo quickly assembled a crude 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 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.

However, on the ranking list of the stone pillar, Ning Zhuo’s name still had no damage, and it was still so conspicuous and outstanding!

Seeing this scene, Ning Zhuo’s heart sank heavily.

He clenched his fists tightly and looked up at his name.

He never expected that during his second exploration of the Molten Immortal Palace, he would encounter a life-and-death crisis!

If he were not in a puppet body now, he would definitely be sweating profusely.

All kinds of negative emotions were inevitably produced and spread rapidly in his heart.

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

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

"Life is still the most important!"

"Perhaps, I shouldn't have any greed and come to explore the Molten Immortal Palace."

Ning Zhuo shook his head fiercely, his eyes revealing cold light.

"Hehe, what is wrong with me?"

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

"With such an opportunity in front of me, if I don't fight 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 this is all my own choice!"

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 Molten Immortal Palace itself provides the function of changing or disguising names?"

"There are many places in the maintenance room that I haven't explored."

Ning Zhuo began to explore everywhere.

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

He came to the exit of the room, touched the door, and there was no reaction.

"It seems the maintenance 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, and there was no reaction.

But Ning Zhuo thought about it and still felt that the stone pillar shouldn't be so 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 Ning Zhuo’s chest directly.

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

After a few breaths, the seal dissipated.

"Trial Disciple?" Ning Zhuo looked at the seal and felt it was somewhat familiar.

Suddenly, he understood: the style of the seal font was consistent with his Buddha Heart Demon Seal.

"This is not strange, my Buddha Heart Demon Seal was snatched by Mother from the Molten Immortal Palace."

The Molten Immortal Palace’s seal did not dissipate, it just hid its traces.

Then, subsequent information was transmitted to Ning Zhuo’s heart.

"So it turns out, 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... from when does it start counting?"

"The specific rewards were not clearly stated either."

Ning Zhuo held the stone pillar and looked 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 Ning Zhuo, rewards were just icing on the cake. But being exposed was almost a disaster!

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

"What should I do?"

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

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

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

"This sense..."

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

In an instant, 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.

Ning Zhuo’s physical body was lying on the bed, no different from normal sleep.

But in the upper dantian divine sea, the towering treasure seal began to glow slowly.

Its brilliance continued to increase, actually starting from the physical body, following the "Human Life Hanging by a Thread," and reaching Ning Zhuo’s soul.

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

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

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

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

The Dragon-Turtle Fire Spirit had been observing Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo tried every possible way to grind off his name, but failed, and then fell into deep thought, which made it feel quite interesting.

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

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

It sensed the Buddha Heart Demon Seal!

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

Roar!

It opened its mouth and roared, its small and exquisite body actually emitting an astonishing roar. The entire Molten Immortal Palace bloomed with brilliant treasure light again!

At the top of Fire Persimmon Mountain, treasure light like giant pillars shot straight into the sky in hundreds and thousands of paths.

The entire Immortal Palace trembled incessantly, magma churned violently, and thick smoke surged.

The Fire Persimmon City Lord, who had been guarding, 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 =====