Chapter 493: Can't hold it anymore

The intense pain made the old demon cultivator bend over.

"Why?" The old man's eyes bulged.

This was too much of a coincidence!

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

And the First-line Breaking Fate Small Curse depends on the fate levels of both parties.

Unlike Ning Zhuo became the stronger one, and the First-line Breaking Fate Small Curse acted on the old demon cultivator himself.

To give an analogy, it was equivalent to the old demon cultivator raising a hammer, wanting to shatter Unlike Ning Zhuo's fate. But Unlike Ning Zhuo's fate suddenly became stronger, and the hammer he swung flew back and hit him on the head.

"Fortunately, I have an imperial court official 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 old demon cultivator could not heal his injuries.

This was because he was in the stage of the Great Curse of Stealing Fate and Returning Life and could only proceed with this curse ritual, not perform other actions; otherwise, even if he interrupted it himself, he would suffer a terrifying backlash and pay a heavy price.

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

"Unlike Ning Zhuo's fate has no more changes!"

"Just now it must have been a coincidence."

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

A moment earlier.

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

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

This layer of magic array was formed by connecting countless talismans.

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

This was because they had spent a large amount of treasures and paid a high price; wanting to do it again would at least require going back to Jin Li to purchase more.

Fortunately, the magic array operated continuously without any accidents.

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

In the original damaged places, 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, wisps of azure electric light could be seen.

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

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

It was his first time seeing someone pile up materials so boldly.

"As expected of you, Little Zhuo."

"Hee hee hee."

"I still remember when you first started refining mechanical creations, I brought you almost all the mechanisms on the market. You criticized many mechanical designs as crude and not economical at all."

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

Unlike Ning Zhuo sighed and smiled bitterly: "Boss, my heart still aches. 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 right choice."

"Let's move on to the next step."

Of course, the Ten Thousand Mile Dragon could not be completed 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 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 bear the weight and most likely to break. And once broken, it would form a chain reaction, leading to the breaking of the entire chain.

Unlike 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 effects of the two plans were 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 being a bit slower doesn't matter."

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

"Hmm?"

"In other words, should I choose the fast strengthening plan?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo did not hesitate and immediately made adjustments.

Time returns to the present.

In the forest.

The old demon cultivator shouted in his heart: "Second-line Breaking Fate Small Curse, break for me!"

Unlike Ning Zhuo's fate suddenly rose, just a bit stronger than the old demon cultivator's own fate.

Pfft!

The old demon cultivator spat out a large mouthful of blood again, half-kneeling directly, clutching his chest, the intense pain making his face full of terrifying ferocity.

Besides the pain, there was intense anger.

"Again?!"

The old demon cultivator 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 Unlike 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 old demon cultivator hesitated.

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

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

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

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

The old demon cultivator felt regret.

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

At that time, he mainly considered: stealing fate and returning life from Unlike Ning Zhuo, making the King's mandate return to the right track, causing fate to flourish, leading to Mu Lan eventually following this change in luck and becoming Liu Er's wife.

"There is a big trick in Unlike Ning Zhuo!"

"Next is the Third-line Breaking Fate Small Curse. If this fails again, the entire Great Curse will achieve Unlike Ning Zhuo."

The old demon cultivator felt as if a huge stone was pressing on his heart.

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

Unlike Ning Zhuo and Liu Er's fate would be closely linked because of this Great Curse, similar to a life-and-death struggle, where the loser loses everything, and the winner takes all!

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

"Could it be that my observation of fate has also been implicated, to the point where I acted recklessly out of anger, and in the end, I will even implicate Little Six and achieve Unlike Ning Zhuo?!"

Fate is not so easy to observe.

Taking the old demon cultivator as an example, for every observation, he not only had to use heavy treasures but also pay a heavy price.

And after observing, it meant that he was also sensed by Unlike Ning Zhuo's fate. Every action of the old demon cultivator would also be countered by Unlike Ning Zhuo's fate.

"No, absolutely not!"

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

The old demon cultivator took a deep breath, his face showing determination.

The third small curse is extremely critical.

It must not fail!

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

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

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 definitely drool.

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

Undoubtedly, this was an astonishing amount of wealth!

"Hmm?" The old demon cultivator's fingers suddenly paused slightly, sensing that Unlike Ning Zhuo's arm fate had risen by another notch.

The old demon cultivator felt a chill in his heart: "Fortunately, I didn't rush and delayed the Third-line Breaking Fate Small Curse. Otherwise, at this rate, I'm afraid I would repeat the same mistake!"

As Liu Er's mentor, the old demon cultivator 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.

"Everything is not over yet!"

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

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On the other side.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's face was as calm as water, feeling the mechanical ring shrinking and expanding with great regularity.

This was a continuous warning!

"The situation is a bit bad, Boss." Unlike 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 is malfunctioning? Can it really be trusted?"

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

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

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

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

"The Ten Thousand Mile Dragon has been repaired; I should find other ways to make my strength get a big boost. If so, it should solve the crisis."

Sun Lingtong did not trust the mechanical ring, but trusted Unlike Ning Zhuo immensely.

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

"Let's go back to Canglin Xiancheng, see what to buy, and transform our wealth into our strength!"

The two immediately took action.

The Ten Thousand Mile Dragon was repaired with heavy investment, and after traveling through the void, it carried the two of them back to Canglin Xiancheng.

There was a huge market in Canglin Xiancheng. The market was extremely prosperous, selling magic tools, magic treasures, talismans, elixirs... it could be said to be varied and dazzling.

In ordinary times, there would definitely not be so many.

This was because the Liangzhu Kingdom had set this place up as a rear base, using the power of the whole country to set it up, creating this temporary, deformed, and prosperous big market.

Unlike 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 war in the Thousand Peaks Forest, most of the mechanical creations sold in the shop were war machines, quite large. There were bed crossbows, chariots, catapults, battering rams, and so on.

For these, Unlike Ning Zhuo took a rough look and did not linger.

The shop manager trotted over and bowed to Unlike Ning Zhuo: "Military Advisor Ning, greetings."

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

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

Among these intelligence reports, Unlike Ning Zhuo was at the forefront.

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 already spread widely. More importantly, Unlike Ning Zhuo was in charge of the logistics of this army. All along, he had also been the one handling the procurement of military supplies.

Therefore, seeing Unlike Ning Zhuo, the shop manager was very excited and began to look forward to this business.

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

The shop manager 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 shop manager smiled: "Of course! It is a great honor for Military Advisor Ning to visit our shop. A few mechanical puppets will be a small gift from me to you, Military Advisor."

Unlike 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 just make them myself, couldn't I?"

The shop manager's eyes lit up and he hurriedly reached out: "Military Advisor, please come inside. Our shop has the most mechanical puppets in the city, and the stock is plentiful."

The two walked toward the inner room, and Unlike 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 supplies female officer, bargaining with the deputy shop manager.

The trouble with 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 had brought people to purchase military supplies in person.

Seeing Unlike Ning Zhuo, Mu Lan was also slightly stunned.

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

Mu Lan immediately realized that Unlike 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 Unlike Ning Zhuo, acting as if they were not familiar, and then looked at the shop manager: "We were talking halfway, and you left halfway; so it was to receive a big customer."

The shop manager hurriedly apologized and begged for mercy.

Mu Lan smiled slightly: "The attitude is good; since that's the case, let's lower the price a bit more."

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

The shop manager smiled bitterly and had to agree.

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

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

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

The shop manager recommended many mechanical puppets.

Unlike Ning Zhuo was using his mind for two things, listening to the shop manager's recommendations while checking the relevant jade slips with his spiritual sense.

"This one is not bad." Soon, Unlike Ning Zhuo selected a mechanical puppet.

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

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

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

Who knew that the next moment, Unlike Ning Zhuo said expressionlessly: "Good, I'll buy them all."

The shop manager stared.

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

The shop manager opened his mouth.

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

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

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

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

Unlike 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." Unlike Ning Zhuo said goodbye.

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

The shop manager hurriedly bowed, indicating he had heard.

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; we will not charge you any fees."

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

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

Unlike Ning Zhuo did not look back, walking out of the shop with his back to her, just waving the back of his hand.

"That was too cool!" The female military supplies officer on the side exclaimed.

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