Chapter 493: Can't hold it anymore

The intense pain made the demonic cultivator elder bend over.

"Why?" The elder's eyes bulged.

This was too much of a coincidence!

Just as he was about to make his move, Ning Zhuo's fate suddenly rose, surpassing him by a line.

And the First-line Small Curse of Breaking Qi depends on the level of fate of both parties.

Ning Zhuo became the stronger one, and the First-line Small Curse of Breaking Qi acted on the demonic cultivator elder himself.

To use an analogy, it was equivalent to the demonic cultivator elder raising a hammer, wanting to scatter Ning Zhuo's fate. But Ning Zhuo's fate suddenly became stronger, and the hammer he swung flew back and hit his own head.

"Fortunately, I have an imperial court position and have the ability to protect myself in this regard; a small curse is not enough to shake my fate."

But the backlash after casting the spell was real.

The demonic cultivator elder could not heal his wounds.

Because he was in the stage of the Great Curse of Stealing Qi and Returning Fate, he could only continue this cursing ritual and could not perform other actions; otherwise, even if he interrupted it himself, he would suffer a terrifying backlash and pay a heavy price.

The demonic cultivator elder panted, straightened his upper body, and began to brew the curse again.

"Ning Zhuo's fate has not changed!"

"It should have just been a coincidence."

"Next, watch my Second-line Small Curse of Breaking Qi!"

A moment ago.

Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong looked at the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon.

The magic power pool in the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon was spitting out a large amount of magic power, pouring it into the magic array on the dragon's body.

This layer of magic array was formed by countless talismans connected together.

And Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong, who made the talismans, were standing on the side watching, fully focused, their expressions a bit nervous.

Because they had spent a large amount of treasures and paid a high price; if they wanted to do it again, they would at least have to go back to Jin Li's side to purchase more.

Fortunately, the magic array operated without stopping, and no accidents occurred.

When the magic array gradually weakened until it stopped completely, the dragon body of the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon had been completely repaired.

In the places where it was originally damaged, clouds took their place.

These clouds were layered and dense, acting as the previous dragon scales, giving the dragon body tight protection.

Looking closely, one would also find that the cloud dragon scales were slowly rotating, like clouds, and deep within the cloud dragon scales, one could see wisps of azure electric light.

This was because Thunder Dragon Horns were used as materials, so it carried the thunder and lightning attribute.

"This is really too extravagant." Sun Lingtong sighed endlessly.

It was the first time he had seen someone pile up materials so boldly.

"As expected of you, Little Zhuo."

"Hee hee hee."

"I still remember when you were young, just starting to refine mechanical creations, I brought you almost all the mechanisms on the market. You criticized many mechanical designs as crude and not frugal at all."

"How do you feel now?" Sun Lingtong teased.

Ning Zhuo sighed and smiled bitterly: "Boss, I'm still feeling the heartache now. But fortunately, the mechanical ring is no longer shrinking."

"According to past experience, although the materials used this time were extravagant, it should have been the correct choice."

"Let's proceed to the next step."

Of course, the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon could not be accomplished in one go.

The surface of the dragon body was covered with cloud dragon scales, acting as outer and inner armor. But in fact, many weak points remained.

These weak points would have no effect on ordinary days.

Once traveling through the void, it would be terrible.

Even Nascent Soul level cultivators could only use their Nascent Souls to travel through the void; their physical bodies usually could not.

The pressure of void travel was extremely huge; the previous Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon was a whole, but now after repairs, there would always be weak links.

These weak points were like the thinnest link in a chain, often unable to withstand the pressure, and most easily broken. And once broken, it would form a chain reaction, causing the entire chain to break.

Ning Zhuo needed to detect these weak points and then strengthen them!

Once again, he faced a choice.

The treasures in his hand were selected, and there were two sets of plans.

The final effect of the two plans was about the same, except that one was faster and consumed more materials. The other was slower and consumed fewer materials.

"My time is not tight, so it doesn't matter if it's slower."

Ning Zhuo was just thinking this when the mechanical ring on his finger suddenly shrank again, warning him!

"Hmm?"

"In other words, should I choose the dangerous first option, or should I choose the second one?"

Ning Zhuo's thoughts flashed like lightning, and he immediately made a decision to use the second plan, even though the cost was very huge.

Time returned to the present.

In the mountain forest.

The demonic cultivator elder shouted in his heart: "Second-line Small Curse of Breaking Qi, break for me!"

Ning Zhuo's fate suddenly rose, just a bit stronger than the demonic cultivator elder's own fate.

Pfft!

The demonic cultivator elder spat out blood again, kneeling halfway, clutching his chest, the intense pain making his face full of terrifying ferocity.

Besides the pain, there was intense anger.

"Again?!"

The demonic cultivator elder was shocked and quite speechless.

"Isn't this too much of a coincidence?"

"No, two consecutive coincidences are no longer coincidences."

"Could it be that Ning Zhuo has already sensed that I am cursing him and is countering me?"

"Or does he have unique means to protect his fate?"

The demonic cultivator elder fell into hesitation.

He suddenly realized that his choice of the Great Curse of Stealing Qi and Returning Fate was a bit too reckless.

"I didn't investigate clearly before rashly casting the Great Curse!"

"Now, unexpected situations have appeared twice in a row, which is quite unreasonable."

"At that time, I was also too angry."

The demonic cultivator elder felt regret.

Of course, it wasn't just because he was too angry.

At that time, he was mainly considering: stealing qi and returning fate from Ning Zhuo, so that the King's Fate would return to the right track, making the fate flourish, leading to Mu Lan eventually turning into Liu Er's wife following this change in luck.

"There is a big trick on Ning Zhuo!"

"Next is the Third-line Small Curse of Breaking Qi. If this fails again, the entire Great Curse will be achieved for Ning Zhuo."

The demonic cultivator elder felt as if a huge stone was pressing on his heart.

Once the Great Curse is cast, it cannot be stopped halfway.

Ning Zhuo and Liu Er's fate will therefore be closely linked by this Great Curse, similar to a life-and-death struggle, where the loser loses everything, and the winner takes all in the end!

The demonic cultivator elder's eyes bulged, cold sweat dripped from his forehead, and a terrifying conjecture arose in his heart.

"Could it be that I observed the fate, and was also implicated, so that I acted recklessly in my anger, and in the end, I will even implicate Little Six and achieve Ning Zhuo?!"

Fate is not so easy to observe.

Taking the demonic cultivator elder as an example, every time he observes, he has to rely on heavy treasures, not to mention paying a heavy price.

And once observed, it means that he has also been sensed by Ning Zhuo's fate. Every action of the demonic cultivator elder will also be countered by Ning Zhuo's fate.

"No, absolutely not!"

"I am here to help Little Six, not to add difficulties to Little Six."

The demonic cultivator elder took a deep breath, his face showing determination.

The third small curse is crucial.

It must not fail!

The demonic cultivator elder, with strong determination, took out various treasures from his storage belt one after another. Nascent Soul level, and even Spirit Transformation level!

He used these treasures and began a new layout. This was his posture of casting the Great Curse and going all out!

Magic arrays, talismans... these were engraved on the rocks and trees near him, and even floated in mid-air.

If Sun Lingtong saw this scene, he would surely be drooling.

These treasures were too precious and rare, with extremely high market prices; for a Nascent Soul cultivator, stealing thirty percent would be enough to become wealthy.

Undoubtedly, this was an astonishing wealth!

"Hmm?" The demonic cultivator elder's fingers paused slightly, sensing that Ning Zhuo's arm fate had risen again by a notch.

The demonic cultivator elder felt a chill in his heart: "Fortunately, I didn't rush and delayed the Third-line Small Curse of Breaking Qi. Otherwise, according to this progress, I'm afraid I would repeat the same mistakes!"

The demonic cultivator elder, as Liu Er's mentor, was very vigilant.

After failing twice in a row, he decisively adjusted his strategy.

This adjustment was quite effective, allowing him to escape a disaster.

"It's not over yet!"

"I have already seen through your tricks. This time I will go all out, spending most of my family wealth, and I will surely succeed in one fell swoop!"

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On the other side.

Ning Zhuo's face was as calm as water, feeling the mechanical ring shrinking and releasing with a regular rhythm.

This was a continuous warning!

"The situation is a bit bad, Boss." Ning Zhuo said to Sun Lingtong.

Sun Lingtong stared at the mechanical ring on his finger: "Little Zhuo, could it be that your mechanical ring has gone wrong? Can it really be trusted?"

Ning Zhuo reached out his other hand, touched the surface of the mechanical ring with his finger, his gaze firm, his tone decisive: "I trust it!"

His gaze was sharp and cold, and he pondered: "Before, I eased its warning twice in a row, both by using treasures to repair the Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon."

"The Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon is a mechanical treasure; if it can be repaired, it can increase my strength."

"In other words, I turned treasures into my own strength, which is why I turned danger into safety."

"The Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon has been repaired; I should find other ways to make my strength get a big boost. In that case, it should be able to solve the crisis."

Sun Lingtong didn't trust the mechanical ring, but trusted Ning Zhuo immensely.

"Since you said so, Little Zhuo, what are we waiting for?"

"Go back to Canglin Immortal City, see what to buy, and turn our wealth into our strength!"

The two immediately took action.

The Ten Thousand Mile Wandering Dragon was smashed with heavy capital and had been repaired. After traveling through the void, it carried the two of them back to Canglin Immortal City.

Canglin Immortal City had a huge market. The market was extremely prosperous, selling magic tools, magic treasures, talismans, elixirs... it could be described as having a wide variety and dazzling array.

If it were ordinary times, there would definitely not be so many.

This was because the two kingdoms had set this place up as a rear area, using the power of the whole country to set it up, creating this temporarily deformed and prosperous big market.

Ning Zhuo walked through many shops in a row and finally entered a mechanical shop.

He entered the shop and saw many samples of mechanical creations.

In order to cope with the great battle in the Thousand Peaks Forest, most of the things sold in the mechanical shop were war machines, which were quite large. There were ballistae, chariots, catapults, battering rams, and so on.

For these, Ning Zhuo swept his gaze roughly and did not linger.

The shopkeeper ran over and bowed to Ning Zhuo: "Military Advisor Ning, greetings."

Ning Zhuo had once returned in triumph with the Liu, Generals Guan, and Zhang three generals, so his appearance was known to many.

And for this kind of mechanical shop, they had long ago inquired about every army and every important figure.

Among these intelligence reports, Ning Zhuo was at the top.

The fact that he had recently become Mu Lan's husband was temporarily kept secret. But his identity as the military advisor of the Three Generals Camp had spread widely. More importantly, Ning Zhuo was in charge of the logistics of this army. All along, the procurement of military supplies had also been handled by Ning Zhuo.

So, seeing Ning Zhuo, the shopkeeper was very excited and began to look forward to this business.

Ning Zhuo nodded slightly: "Your shop is the largest, you should have mechanical puppets, right?"

The shopkeeper was stunned for a moment, then felt a bit disappointed.

Not buying large war mechanical creations, but buying a few mechanical puppets as personal guards; how much profit could this have?

Considering some possibility in the future, the shopkeeper smiled: "Of course! It is an honor for Military Advisor Ning to visit our shop. A few mechanical puppets will be a small gift from me to you, Military Advisor."

Ning Zhuo chuckled and shook his head: "If there were only a few mechanical puppets, I wouldn't have come to your shop. I could make them myself, couldn't I?"

The shopkeeper's eyes lit up and he hurriedly reached out: "Military Advisor, please come inside. The mechanical puppets in our shop are definitely the most numerous in the city, and the stock is plentiful."

The two walked toward the inner room, and Ning Zhuo heard the sound of conversation, which was a bit familiar, so he couldn't help but pause slightly.

Sure enough, in the inner courtyard, he saw Mu Lan.

Mu Lan was with the military supply female officer, bargaining with the deputy shopkeeper.

The trouble in the Red Flower Camp had passed; they had previously received funding from the Three Generals Camp and had successfully received their military pay this morning. So, Mu Lan brought people to purchase military supplies in person.

Seeing Ning Zhuo, Mu Lan was also slightly stunned.

Ning Zhuo bowed first: "Military Advisor Ning of the Three Generals Camp, pays respects to General Mu Lan."

Mu Lan immediately realized that Ning Zhuo was disguising himself and did not want to expose their husband-and-wife relationship, and her mood became complex.

Mu Lan nodded slightly to Ning Zhuo, looking unfamiliar, and then looked at the shopkeeper: "We were talking halfway, you left halfway; so it was to receive a big customer."

The shopkeeper hurriedly apologized.

Mu Lan smiled slightly: "Your attitude is not bad; since that's the case, lower the price a bit more."

Recently, she had suffered enough from lack of funds, so she was very calculating.

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly and had to agree.

He led Ning Zhuo to the side and showed him many mechanical puppets.

Although Mu Lan was discussing the price, she also had some of her mind placed on Ning Zhuo.

Hearing that he wanted to purchase mechanical puppets on a large scale, she became even more curious.

The shopkeeper recommended many mechanical puppets.

Ning Zhuo was distracted, listening to the shopkeeper's recommendations while checking the relevant jade slips with his spiritual sense.

"This one is not bad." Soon, Ning Zhuo picked out a mechanical puppet.

Seeing that the price of this mechanical puppet was quite high, the shopkeeper couldn't help but beam with joy, praising Ning Zhuo for his good eye, and asked how many Ning Zhuo needed.

Ning Zhuo rubbed the mechanical ring on his index finger with his thumb and asked casually: "How many do you have?"

The shopkeeper reported a number, quite proud of his sufficient stock.

Little did he know that the next moment, Ning Zhuo said expressionlessly: "Good, I'll buy them all."

The shopkeeper stared.

Ning Zhuo: "I want this one too. Give me as many as you have."

The shopkeeper opened his mouth.

Ning Zhuo felt the ring still shrinking and bought a third mechanical puppet.

The shopkeeper was so happy that he became incoherent: "My lord, we can also pay in installments, don't worry."

"Give them all to me, I'll pay the full amount now." Ning Zhuo waved his hand, his expression firm.

The shopkeeper said "good" three times, hurriedly ordered several shop assistants to fetch the goods, and soon handed several full storage bags to Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo also paid the full amount.

The mechanical ring finally stopped, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Mu Lan, who was on the side, witnessed this transaction with her own eyes; although her expression was calm, her mood was quite complex.

"Leaving." Ning Zhuo said goodbye.

When passing by Mu Lan, he told the shopkeeper: "The Red Flower Camp and my Three Generals Camp are close comrades-in-arms; why not be more polite, shopkeeper?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly bowed, indicating he would listen.

Immediately after, he said to Mu Lan: "General, since Military Advisor Ning has spoken personally, then the supplies you purchased this time will all be a gift from our shop, and we will not charge you any fees."

This time, Mu Lan finally couldn't hold it anymore, and her expression changed significantly.

She spoke with difficulty, expressing her gratitude to Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo didn't look back, walked out of the shop with his back to her, and just waved the back of his hand.

"This is too cool!" The female military supply officer on the side exclaimed.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 494 =====