Chapter 53: Be humble

The warmth in Ning Zhuo's left arm lasted for a while and gradually disappeared.

"What this talent is exactly remains to be explored in the future."

Ning Zhuo put it aside for now, checked himself, and confirmed that his soul foundation had soared threefold!

The harvest was huge.

"Han Ming still has a lot of value; this is just the first time."

The youth had better expectations for the future in his heart.

He went back to check the prison and fed Han Ming, who had fainted, some pills.

Afterwards, he entered the teleportation room again and returned to his own underground workshop through teleportation.

He started his daily review.

This adventure was undoubtedly a success.

Han Ming was captured, his soul foundation soared threefold, and the renaming of the leaderboard had seen the dawn of success.

Besides that, Ning Zhuo also obtained a very valuable piece of intelligence.

That is—Meng Chong is still in the stage of dissipating his cultivation!

This explained to him why there was only one name on the leaderboard.

Of course, Ning Zhuo also paid a considerable price.

He asked Sun Lingtong to take action, which was not free, costing him nearly half of his family assets.

The Foundation Establishment Pill remaining in the Iron Han Armor was consumed by seven-tenths after this action, leaving only three-tenths.

In addition, the identity of the young guest was scrapped and would definitely be wanted by the whole city.

"All of this is worth it."

In fact, even if the entire Iron Han Armor was scrapped and his family wealth was exhausted, Ning Zhuo would not have the slightest hesitation.

Ning Zhuo thought very clearly; in the current situation, being able to save his life is better than anything else.

"The matter of the Foundation Establishment Pill is even more urgent."

"Should I purchase it through Sun Lingtong? He has black market channels, which is much more convenient than me."

Ning Zhuo hesitated a little.

"If there is a Foundation Establishment Pill in the clearance reward in the Immortal Palace, that would be the best."

"But currently, all clearance rewards are related to mechanism arts."

Ning Zhuo could not make a decision for the time being.

This is not a question of whether he trusts Sun Lingtong, but that pills like the Foundation Establishment Pill are very important, have great significance, and have always been controlled items of various forces.

Most cultivators have no talent and no excellent cultivation methods; if they want to reach the Foundation Establishment stage, they basically have to rely on the Foundation Establishment Pill.

Major forces hold the Foundation Establishment Pill, which can help their own cultivators promote and maintain and strengthen the scale of their forces.

The competition for the Foundation Establishment Pill has also spread to the herb market.

The main herbs and key herbs for the Foundation Establishment Pill are all heavily regulated.

Controlling the buying and selling of these herbs can curb the production of Foundation Establishment Pills of other forces, thereby indirectly suppressing them.

And their own Foundation Establishment Pills can also be used to attract foreign talent to join.

Basically, Foundation Establishment Pills are internally digested and rarely flow out. The Foundation Establishment Pills circulating in the market have a clear and countable history.

Foundation Establishment Pills are often one of the finale items in auctions, which can set off a climax of the auction.

Foundation Establishment Pills circulating in the black market are quite rare.

Even if there are any, to a large extent, they are bait for some forces to fish.

Regarding this kind of thing, Ning Zhuo has collected intelligence for more than a dozen years and has seen it several times!

"If my identity is exposed, relying on the Foundation Establishment combat power of the Iron Han Armor, I cannot fight against the Jin Dan stage and Nascent Soul stage."

"Not to mention, there is also the Immortal City Great Array here."

"Exploring the Lava Immortal Palace, I can't use the Iron Han Armor."

"The identity of the young guest has been exposed, and I can't use the Iron Han Armor for the time being."

Ning Zhuo thought about it and decided to postpone this matter.

"I am now number one on the leaderboard!"

Only at this moment did Ning Zhuo feel a little surprise and joy at this fact.

All along, he has been exploring the Lava Immortal Palace with a mentality of catching up.

He tried his best not to be left far behind by Meng Chong and others, but he didn't expect that he was actually the first place!

"Calm down."

"There is nothing to be proud of."

"Meng Chong was too strong before, so the time for dissipating cultivation was relatively long."

"He was also plotted against, which delayed time."

"Not just him, but also Zhou Zhu, Zheng Jian, and others."

Ning Zhuo analyzed it and felt that he could lead, on the one hand, because of information advantage, on the other hand, the Buddha Heart Demon Seal directly ferried magic power, and finally, he restrained himself, hid his true strength, and no one cared about him.

"These were all given to me by Mother."

"What do I have?"

"I only have a little lower-grade talent, and even if I try my best, I am only temporarily leading."

"Without the treasure seal, without intelligence, can I do this?" Ning Zhuo shook his head secretly.

"Meng Chong and others will soon catch up with me and surpass me." He showed a cautious expression.

Ning Zhuo admonished himself and tried to adjust his mentality to the best.

"One must be humble."

"Look at Han Ming, who relied on being a disciple of a major demonic sect, was too arrogant and arrogant, and what happened now?"

"This is a bloody lesson that must be learned and remembered!"

Ning Zhuo constantly warned himself, and the little joy and pride he had before soon disappeared completely.

"Next, I will wait for the Lava Immortal Palace to pull me in again."

Ning Zhuo's soul state was excellent, directly surpassing his previous peak by a full three times.

He looked forward to the third time entering the palace.

As a result, he waited and waited, but it didn't come.

"Strange, what's going on?"

"Before the second time, my soul hadn't fully recovered, and I was pulled in."

"Why is it so slow now?"

Ning Zhuo was strange.

At this time.

Lava Immortal Palace, main hall.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit lay on the throne, its dragon head raised slightly, its gaze piercing through space, observing Ning Zhuo.

Seeing Ning Zhuo's expectant look, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit couldn't help but hum, spraying two small flames from its nostrils.

Afterwards, it closed its eyes, turned its head to one side, and stopped looking at Ning Zhuo.

Fei Si personally escorted Meng Chong back to the City Lord's Mansion.

Watching Meng Chong being heavily protected again, he felt a secret relief.

Not long after, a subordinate reported and brought a jade slip.

Fei Si's spiritual sense penetrated the jade slip and saw the investigation results of the raid on the Purple Sun Courtyard.

The mechanism creations left by the demonic cultivators were all mass-produced products and could not provide valuable clues.

According to the testimony and the traces at the scene, there should have been three demonic cultivators who raided. Two of them showed their traces, and the third one was hidden very deeply. After stealing all the pills in the medicine storage room, he disappeared and never showed his face.

Fei Si focused on the two demonic cultivators who showed their traces.

In the jade slip, the portraits of the two were vivid.

One was the cold female cultivator Han Ming, and the other was an old man leaning on a crutch.

"Han Ming... sigh." Fei Si sighed.

Han Ming had been looking for trouble with Sun Lie before and had harassed him many times. Sun Lie also reported to the officials, but under Fei Si's hint, although the subordinates took action, they all just went through the motions and perfunctorily handled it.

The reason is that Han Ming came from the major demonic sect, the Soul-Eater Sect!