Chapter 557

Today is the agreed-upon day.

The Ten-Thousand-Mile Wandering Dragon shuttled through the void and arrived near the Two Beans Kingdom's frontline camp.

Soon, Ning Zhuo contacted Liu Er.

"Military Advisor, we meet again!" Seeing Ning Zhuo again, Liu Er enthusiastically grabbed Ning Zhuo's arm, his eyes reddening with excitement.

"Since the battle of the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, I have missed you day and night, Military Advisor. Seeing you today, you have become thinner again. Please take good care of your health, Military Advisor."

Ning Zhuo nodded, grabbed Liu Er's arm with both hands, and said with emotion: "With the General's concern, what virtue or ability does Zhu have?! Being able to meet the General in the Two Beans Kingdom is my luck and encounter."

"There are two hundred thousand mid-grade spirit stones in this bag; hand them to the General to serve as military funds!"

Liu Er was immediately invigorated and took the bag full of spirit stones into his hands: "If the Three Generals Camp did not have the Military Advisor's funding, it would have collapsed long ago!"

Ning Zhuo said: "If it were not for the help of the Three Generals Camp and the three Generals, I would not have been able to walk to this step today."

Liu Er also took out a storage bag: "This is the reward obtained in exchange for our battle merit. Zhao Xi originally wanted to block the Military Advisor, he had many opinions about the Military Advisor not returning to the military camp..."

Liu Er immediately recounted Zhao Xi's difficulties in a very tactful way, expressing his own credit to Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo listened in his heart and immediately expressed his gratitude to Liu Er: "Thank you for your trust, General, for persuading Zhao Xi at the critical moment and saving a lot of trouble."

This gratitude indeed came from Ning Zhuo's heart.

Liu Er laughed and asked what kind of relationship he had with Ning Zhuo? They were completely his own people; if he didn't help you, who else could he help?

Liu Er asked: "Will the Military Advisor not return to the main camp anymore?"

After Ning Zhuo sighed, he nodded slightly: "This Twin Ghosts battle was extremely dangerous, and I exposed my trump cards, causing Zhao Xi to covet them."

"But I cannot guarantee that I can repeat the previous success in the next battle."

"Moreover, facing the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts, fleeing in advance is my optimal choice!"

"Returning to the main camp is impossible. Once I go back, I will very likely be placed under house arrest, and might even be killed for my treasures."

"After all, I am only a person from a foreign land."

Ning Zhuo sighed up at the sky.

His background and cultivation were ultimately small, and the value he currently displayed was too high, completely destroying the previous cooperative relationship.

Liu Er highly approved of Ning Zhuo's choice and also nodded with a sigh:

"The Military Advisor's reputation has now spread throughout the entire Two Beans Kingdom frontline camp. In time, it will inevitably spread throughout the country!"

"It might even spread to other countries. After all, the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts are strong people known to many countries."

"Being able to fight two Nascent Soul powerhouses with Foundation Establishment cultivation is something not seen for many years."

Ning Zhuo nodded slightly.

"In this way, after this battle, when I travel the world next, I should hide my name."

For Ning Zhuo, he was happy to see the growth of his own reputation.

The greater his reputation, the better he would mix in the righteous path.

Moreover, this kind of battle record created on the battlefield was also very difficult to hide. The difficulty of covering up this battle record was really too high!

The two did not talk for long before Ning Zhuo said goodbye to Liu Er.

Seeing the Ten-Thousand-Mile Wandering Dragon shuttle through the void and leave, Liu Er stood in place for quite a long time before sighing faintly and turning to leave.

The Ten-Thousand-Mile Wandering Dragon had already been completely exposed to Liu, Generals Guan, and Zhang in the previous Twin Ghosts battle.

Liu Er was not surprised, just sighed that he once had eyes but failed to recognize the truth: "Ning Zhuo has such combat power and such mechanical trump cards; no wonder the Ning family could let him travel the world."

"Disciples of major clans are just different from us!"

Ning Zhuo was in the mechanical cabin, taking out the items in the storage bag to check.

He exchanged for three Golden Cores, belonging to Fire, Water, and Earth respectively. There were eighteen National Power Bricks.

There were also two protective magic treasures, one was a Golden Light Collar, and the other was a Cyan-White Jade Ring.

And the Nascent Soul that Sun and Ning had expected before was not exchanged.

In the jade slip that Zhao Xi specifically gave to Ning Zhuo, it hinted that it was not impossible to exchange battle merit for a Nascent Soul. But it required a face-to-face transaction!

After all, if this kind of transaction were exposed, it would extremely affect his official reputation and affect Zhao Xi's personal future.

Zhao Xi proposed a private, secret transaction, which could be said to be reasonable.

But Sun and Ning both sighed in unison.

Sun Lingtong said directly: "Little Zhuo, don't trust Zhao Xi. He can no longer be trusted!"

Ning Zhuo nodded, perceiving Zhao Xi's hidden intentions, and also feared that if he met Zhao Xi in person, he would be surrounded and captured by the other party, losing his personal freedom from then on.

Not obtaining a Nascent Soul was a major regret.

Among the three Golden Cores, Ning Zhuo chose an Earth-type Golden Core and stuffed it into the Five Elements Golden Core Wheel.

He put on the Cang Tie Han Jia and went to the high sky to test-drive it again.

Sure enough, with the continuous supply of the Golden Core, his magic power was extremely abundant, and the Cang Tie Han Jia flew wildly against the wind, drawing a long trail of Li Fire in mid-air.

Ning Zhuo enjoyed the exhilaration of flying fast in the air, making Sun Lingtong envious, and he kept calling out: "Let me play, let me play!"

"Hey, you've already played for a long time."

"Don't delay serious business, Little Zhuo, let me play quickly!"

Ning Zhuo was urged repeatedly, so he had to reluctantly walk out of the mechanical battle armor and let Sun Lingtong have it.

Sun Lingtong drove the Cang Tie Han Jia, circling out strange and irregular flight curves in mid-air, which excited him so much that he howled.

Ning Zhuo took out the mechanical Golden Swallow and tried to command a large group, making them fly around in mid-air.

Sun Lingtong played until he was a bit carried away, and Ning Zhuo urged him repeatedly, eventually snatching back the Cang Tie Han Jia.

"Little Zhuo, you must customize a set of this for me!" Sun Lingtong put forward his request.

Ning Zhuo did not hesitate at all and nodded immediately.

He had never thought of refusing a request made by a good brother.

But Sun Lingtong took the initiative to say: "No rush. You are tight on time now; it won't be too late to make it after this great battle ends and you have leisure time."

Ning Zhuo put on the Cang Tie Han Jia and flew into the air.

While driving the mechanical battle armor, he split his attention to command the mechanical Golden Swallows.

The Golden Swallow group circled around him, sometimes gathering into a group like a school of fish, sometimes dispersing in all directions like the wind.

The golden wings flashed with brilliant sharp light under the sun, and the momentum was imposing.

When night fell, Ning Zhuo walked out of the Fetal Breath Spirit Boat, ending today's physical cultivation.

He ate some spirit food, no longer feeling hungry, then entered the interior of the mountain cave and began an important cultivation!

Sun Lingtong took the lead in casting the Cremation Prajna Soul-Resolving Sutra, igniting the flames.

Ning Zhuo dug out his own lungs and threw them into the flames.

The vacancy in his body was temporarily replaced by a fake lung formed by blood tendons.

Both lungs burned in the flames, melting rapidly.

Ten-Thousand-Year Gold Essence!

Ning Zhuo threw a portion of treasure material into the fire mass and refined it together with his lungs.

The Ten-Thousand-Year Gold Essence came from battle merit rewards.

Ning Zhuo had pondered for a long time before deciding to spend a portion of his battle merit rewards to exchange with the Two Beans Kingdom for such a reward. "I have already modified the cooperation content and entrusted Lin Bufan to bring back the Ten-Thousand-Year Water Essence for me."

"The Ten-Thousand-Year Gold Essence was exchanged from the Two Beans Kingdom."

"That only leaves the Ten-Thousand-Year Wood Essence."

Although Ning Zhuo had a lot of battle merit, he still needed to calculate carefully.

After all, the opportunity to exchange for National Power Bricks was too precious, so he exchanged most of his battle merit for National Power Bricks.

For a cultivator to use National Power Bricks, they must obtain the recognition and permission of a cultivation country.

Otherwise, even if they snatched such treasures, they wouldn't be able to use them.

National Power Bricks were used by designated people under the decision of the monarch or high-level officials. Once specified, even the closest people couldn't use them at all.

Unless the monarch and other high-level officials set a usage range that covered more than one cultivator.

Ning Zhuo already had Earth, Fire, and Water, leaving only Gold and Wood.

The reason for choosing Gold was that the Ten-Thousand-Year Wood Essence was easier to encounter in the current environment.

Every high mountain in the Thousand Peaks Forest was a giant pillar tree. The Wood-type environment here was extremely prosperous, and Ning Zhuo guessed that some large forces might have collected Ten-Thousand-Year Wood Essence in their storage.

Ning Zhuo focused his attention and quickly refined his lungs and the Ten-Thousand-Year Gold Essence.

Everything proceeded steadily, and the successful result had already appeared.

Ning Zhuo's heart suddenly moved, thinking of Wood-in-Fire.

His profound Fire-type realm reminded him at this moment that using Wood-in-Fire could accelerate refining and save thirty percent of the effort.

Ning Zhuo endured it.

He was cautious by nature and decided not to take risks at will. After all, Ten-Thousand-Year Gold Essence was very precious, and following the steps was enough.

A moment later, Ning Zhuo achieved great success.

He opened his mouth and inhaled lightly, taking a mass of golden light into his body.

The golden light fell to the lung position, and the previous blood tendon mass immediately decomposed, giving up the position.

The golden light restored a pair of lungs, re-inserted them, and reconstructed the circulation and balance with other parts of the body.

Gold-type Lung Temple!

Ning Zhuo's strength increased by another notch.

Thousand Peaks Forest, a certain valley.

Long Ye went out in person to specifically visit Young Master Sheng Xu.

Young Master Sheng Xu lay on the bed, as weak as a piece of white paper, and coughed twice: "What is the matter with coming to find me?"

Long Ye was silent for a moment and said with a heavy heart: "We have agreed to your request."

Young Master Sheng Xu: "Oh?"

He raised his eyebrows slightly, revealing a hint of joy.

Then, he struggled to prop up his upper body, leaned against the head of the bed, and looked at Long Ye: "Is this true?"

Long Ye had once invited Young Master Sheng Xu to take action again to assist the Thousand Peaks Forest side.

But the latter put forward a request, which was to ask for a Life-Sea Dragon Spring. At that time, Long Ye refused without hesitation, and his attitude was very clear and firm.

Now, Long Ye's attitude was also very clear, just completely changed from before.

Vitality, or life force, once accumulated too much, would form an ocean of life force.

This was the Life Sea.

And if the Life Sea continued to accumulate, and the scale reached a certain point of qualitative change, a spring eye would be produced in the sea. New life force would be produced continuously from the spring eye.

Thousand Peaks Forest was a Wood-type place with vast life force. There were several locations where Life Seas had formed. But there might not be spring eyes in the Life Seas.

Young Master Sheng Xu knew, however, that in one Life Sea, not only had a spring eye been bred, but there was more than one, and they were Dragon Springs containing dragon energy!

The location of this Life Sea was within the body of the Ginseng-Whisker Dragon King.

Young Master Sheng Xu proposed that he could take action, but he demanded a Life-Sea Dragon Spring spring eye from the Ginseng-Whisker Dragon King. This was naturally a huge loss for the Ginseng-Whisker Dragon King.

Therefore, at that time, Long Ye, as one of the Dragon King Temple keepers, refused without hesitation.

But now, with a great battle imminent, the high-level officials of the Dragon King Temple discussed urgently and still wanted to invite Young Master Sheng Xu to take action.

After all, they could not contact the Heaven and Earth Twin Ghosts.

This battle to pacify the Two Beans Kingdom, the most critical dispute, was still the dispute of the Soul Transformation stage.

Although Young Master Sheng Xu's cultivation was not at the Soul Transformation level, he possessed Soul Transformation-level combat power! This had a very significant impact on the current war situation.

Long Ye sighed and took out a divine decree, responding to Young Master Sheng Xu's questioning: "It is naturally true."

Young Master Sheng Xu only looked at the divine decree and determined Long Ye's sincerity.

The divine decree contained the rich aura of the Ginseng-Whisker Dragon King, with demon energy and divine intent mixed together, which was very difficult to fake.

The one who could issue such a divine decree must be the Ginseng-Whisker Dragon King himself.

This transaction involved the Life-Sea Dragon Spring, and only with the nod of the Ginseng-Whisker Dragon King himself could it proceed.

Young Master Sheng Xu used his spiritual sense to take the object, suspended the divine decree in mid-air, and unfolded it to look closely.

A moment later, he nodded slightly: "Since you have agreed to my conditions, I can naturally take action."

"However, this divine decree alone is not safe."

"We need to sign another one!"

Speaking of this, Young Master Sheng Xu took out another divine decree.

On the back of the divine decree was the image of a god.

He wore a moon-white celestial silk cloud-patterned wide-sleeved Daoist robe, a mysterious black dragon-shaped jade pendant hung at his waist, and he stepped on mountain-and-river shoes.

His face was like a crown jade, and a third eye was open between his brows. One hand held the Pre-Cause Mirror, and the other held the Post-Effect Golden Voucher.

He rode a three-legged green-sound crane, the crane feathers revealed Great Dao proverbs, and as it flapped its wings, it scattered contract golden texts.

Heavenly God — Contract!

He was a quite ancient Heavenly God, in charge of contracts. Because of his duties, he had endured for a long time.

Seeing this, a sharp light flashed in Long Ye's eyes, and he said expressionlessly: "So, Young Master Sheng Xu came prepared."

Young Master Sheng Xu ignored him, used his spiritual sense to take the object, unfolded the blank decree of the Contract God, and wrote the document with his spiritual sense.

After writing, he handed it to Long Ye for review.

Long Ye nodded.

The two divine decrees met in mid-air and turned into a mass of radiance.

The radiance shot upward, disappeared in front of the two in the blink of an eye, and rushed straight into the nine heavens.

A few breaths later, Young Master Sheng Xu felt a constraint descend upon his body. He silently operated his technique, confirmed that the divine decree had taken effect, and then nodded to Long Ye: "In this way, the contract is reached. When do you want me to take action?"

Long Ye offered the Life-Sea Dragon Spring with both hands and immediately said: "Please rest and build up your energy, Young Master, and wait for the most suitable time to take action."

Young Master Sheng Xu accepted the Dragon Spring and lay flat again, so weak that he didn't move.

Long Ye sighed in his heart and turned to leave.

His trip was successful, but his mood was quite heavy.

The Life-Sea Dragon Spring could provide significant help for the Ginseng-Whisker Dragon King to recover from his injuries. But now, hindered by the situation, he had to dig out a source spring to use for reinforcements.

Returning to the frontline camp, Long Ye immediately dispatched a large army to set off for the Dragon King Pillar Mountain.

The Thousand Peaks Forest allied army marched majestically, pressing straight to the front of the Two Beans Kingdom's frontline camp, where it came to an abrupt halt.

The second great battle was on the verge of breaking out!