[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-44":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Immortal Craftsmanship",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2227467,4127,"Chapter 44: Phoenix Soul Blood Incense","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-44",44,"\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo’s heart was filled with a sense of urgency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he didn't know when the subsequent competitors would be hooked and enter the Molten Immortal Palace to accept the trial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was very likely that in the next moment, Meng Chong would enter the palace, then pass all the levels, enter the maintenance room, and discover Ning Zhuo’s name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The other party possesses a super-grade immortal aptitude!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there any way to make the foundation of my soul surge by at least double in a short time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo frowned and opened several drawers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These drawers were filled with jade slips.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each jade slip had a simple annotation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo searched for a while, pulled out a jade slip, and pressed it to his brow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He drew spiritual sense from the upper dantian divine sea, probed into the jade slip, and flipped through the information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since he started earning spirit stones, he had begun to collect intelligence externally. This good habit had lasted for more than ten years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely by relying on this intelligence that he had a better understanding of Fire Persimmon Immortal City. Otherwise, with his Qi Refining cultivation, how could he understand Jin Dan and Nascent Soul-level cultivators?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although much of the intelligence was superficial, it couldn't stand Ning Zhuo’s ten-plus years of collecting, comparing events, and pondering.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo flipped through multiple jade slips, mainly looking for intelligence related to the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eleven years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A demonic cultivator named Hua Qianhun came to Fire Persimmon Immortal City. She planted flowers in a valley near the city, causing the sea of flowers to spread, covering the mountains and plains, creating rumors of exotic flowers appearing. Many people were attracted, entered the sea of flowers, had their souls pulled out, and became flower fertilizer. Finally, exotic flowers did appear, named Soul Essence Flowers. Hua Qianhun immediately plucked them and fled rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eight years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>News of the appearance of the Seven-Star Lamp spread widely in the cultivation world. Fire Persimmon Immortal City also learned of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Seven-Star Lamp was made by Kong Riyue, a famous prime minister of the Qingshan Kingdom. He wanted to change his fate against heaven, so he made this lamp, intending to borrow the power of the stars to replace a part of his soul with a heavenly soul. Finally, because of the sabotage of Dai Yan, an insider of the Baqi Kingdom, it fell short of success.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The appearance of the Seven-Star Lamp caused waves in several countries at that time, triggering countless cultivators to fight for it, and almost triggered a war between the Qingshan Kingdom and the Baqi Kingdom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Five years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Jin Dan cultivator of the Holy Ape Sect walked the world and came to Fire Persimmon Immortal City. During his stay, his cultivation method went wrong, he went into qi deviation, and his soul actually fused with his spiritual pet, the Rage Fire Heart Ape. It caused considerable losses to Fire Persimmon Immortal City at the time, and several Jin Dan cultivators joined forces to kill him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A large number of ghost fires appeared in the cemetery at the foot of Fire Persimmon Immortal City, leading to a craze of picking ghost fires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seven hundred miles outside Fire Persimmon Immortal City, there was a withered mountain, and a Yellow Spring appeared in the Dead Valley in the mountain, attracting many cultivators to fight for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two years ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Nine Nether Black Death Cat appeared near Fire Persimmon Immortal City, and the City Lord fought personally, fighting for three days and three nights before driving it away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The aftermath of the war deeply affected the mountain forests for hundreds of miles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Many mountain ridges were shrouded in death energy, with ghosts walking at night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire Persimmon Immortal City was also affected. The City Lord ordered a large number of cultivators to go out of the city continuously to clear the surroundings of the Immortal City and reorganize the mountains and rivers. The Nandou Imperial Court allocated disaster relief funds and distributed a large amount of materials, which then reawakened the natural vitality of the surrounding world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One year ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Alchemy master Sun Lie visited friends in Fire Persimmon Immortal City and was entrusted by the Zhou family to refine Phoenix Soul Blood Incense Pills with the soul and essence blood of a phoenix-type bird. On the day the pill was completed, the phoenix cry circled the beams for three days without stopping, which was called a strange sight in the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eighteen pills were completed, twelve were delivered to the Zhou family, and the remaining six attracted fierce competition from many cultivators, causing one death and three injuries. The murderer, Han Ming, is still at large...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Phoenix Soul Blood Incense Pill.\" A sharp light flashed in Ning Zhuo’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew this pill; it was red as blood, the fragrance was refreshing, and it had a very strong nourishing and reviving effect on the soul.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo took out his token and threw it out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The token disintegrated in the air and quickly turned into a suit of armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cang Tie Han Armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the Immortal Palace bombing operation, the Han Armor was not lightly damaged, especially on the back. The greater damage came from its interior. As one of the key mechanical components, the Foundation Establishment Pill, only 10% remained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No choice, must take action!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo climbed into the Cang Tie Han Armor. He bent down and leaned on a cane. After a change of light and shadow, the armor’s mask turned into an old man, his face haggard, his eye bags dark purple, and his wrinkles deep. He wore a tattered leather cloak, and the hanging whip decomposed, disguised as hair, hanging from his head to his feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The \"Hanging-Hair Guest\" appeared again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo stood in the corner and activated the teleportation array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, he entered deep underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked out of the teleportation room, passed the huge furnace used for burning corpses, and his hunched figure gradually disappeared into the underground secret passage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire Persimmon Immortal City, Black Market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the courtyard, a cultivator was kneeling on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His body was trembling, his nose was bruised and his face was swollen, his face full of worry and fear, cupping his hands to beg for mercy: \"Boss Sun, I will definitely pay back the money I owe. I will definitely be able to pay it back! You have to believe me, I...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pfft.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a blade light flashed, and one of the kneeling cultivator’s arms was directly unloaded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah—!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The kneeling cultivator was stunned for a moment, then began to howl, his voice miserable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He covered his severed arm and rolled on the ground, the intense pain making him roll on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The huge wound sprayed blood outward, and very quickly, a pool of blood formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Sun laughed, enjoying the miserable sight before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had a head of pitch-black short hair, his cheeks were fleshy, and they were stained with two red blushes, very cute.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His eyes were big, black and white. His skin was tender and smooth, his figure was short, and he looked like a three or four-year-old child.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was all because he had accidentally eaten a Fixed-Face Pill in infancy, and then cultivated a special technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boss Sun was a Jin Dan cultivator, and his full name was Sun Lingtong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Lingtong sneered with disdain: \"You still want to lie to me? I have been in charge of the black market for so long, and what I rely on is this pair of eyes. I am the most accurate at judging people; can you lie to my spiritual eyes?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, he played with a dagger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dagger was extremely sharp, flying between Sun Lingtong’s flexible wrists and fingers, like a butterfly dancing in the moonlight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a cultivator respectfully stepped forward and whispered in Sun Lingtong’s ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Lingtong immediately restrained his smile, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys clean up, we have an honored guest.\" Sun Lingtong waved his hand, and immediately two burly body-refining cultivators with fierce faces ran over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One directly twisted the neck of the severed-arm cultivator and left with the corpse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another performed a spell to clean up the small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, the Hanging-Hair Guest was led into the small courtyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Lingtong opened his arms and walked toward the Hanging-Hair Guest with a full face of smiles: \"Brother, what wind blew you here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Hanging-Hair Guest’s voice was hoarse, his expression indifferent: \"Boss Sun, this time, there is indeed something I need to trouble you with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want to take action against Sun Lie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sun Lingtong’s pupils shrank. ===== CHAPTER 45 =====\u003C\u002Fp>",1475,"2026-06-17T23:33:09.460Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","9c882c2dfc8a5a22bf61af65ffd9e907c514caf42d5cd961932072ec6b5f7660","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-45","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-43",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]