Chapter 689

Qi deviation!

In an instant, Unlike Ning Zhuo perceived Yu Heye's state.

This was truly beyond his expectations.

He only wanted to attract Yu Heye's attention.

To be precise, only a certain degree of attention.

Yu Heye was a late-stage Golden Core, and the greatest advantage of the "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art" was combat; this was Yu Heye's strongest point.

If Unlike Ning Zhuo wanted to defeat him, he would inevitably have to reveal some trump cards.

Why bother?

Unless necessary, Unlike Ning Zhuo would not easily expose his combat power.

There were other means to attract attention, such as the Five Elements realm.

As it happened, Yu Heye practiced the "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art," which naturally belonged to the Five Elements category. Using the advantage in the Five Elements realm to attract Yu Heye's attention was far better than a martial duel.

And Yu Heye's Five Elements realm was clearly not very good; otherwise, he wouldn't be stuck here.

From beginning to end, Unlike Ning Zhuo would not personally enter the arena for a martial duel.

Avoiding the enemy's strengths and attacking their weaknesses was the essence of tactics!

Unlike Ning Zhuo would also not fully reveal his high realm in the Five Elements. There was no need; as long as he attracted Yu Heye's attention and caused his attitude to change, that was enough.

Unlike Ning Zhuo used the slogan of asking for advice, first inquiring about Yu Heye's specific situation.

On one hand, he was only studying the "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art," which belonged to paper talk, without practical cultivation experience. On the other hand, he wanted to have a deeper understanding of Yu Heye's specific situation.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's luck was not bad; Yu Heye did not hide anything from him and told the truth.

Unlike Ning Zhuo successfully discovered: Yu Heye's attainments in fire and wood elements were the deepest, followed by wood, while the final metal and earth elements were very poor.

If one wanted to show one's own advantage in realm without being annoying, and being able to make people listen attentively, the first choice was to benefit others.

Just by offering some well-timed suggestions for Yu Heye's cultivation situation, one could let Yu Heye get benefits and have to admit Unlike Ning Zhuo's strength.

This was a quite difficult thing for most cultivators. For Unlike Ning Zhuo, it was much easier.

Who let his Five Elements realm be so profound?

Of course, such profoundness also had a degree. Unlike Ning Zhuo could create spells on the spot, but he was not yet qualified to create Five Elements-type arts.

The difficulty of these two was worlds apart.

Therefore, Unlike Ning Zhuo made preparations in advance—he bought the "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art."

This demon art was very shallow. Regarding the principles, Unlike Ning Zhuo saw them at a glance.

And Unlike Ning Zhuo also practiced the "Five Elements Qi Law Art," whose strength was balancing and harmonizing Five Elements magic power, and could also convert single-element magic power continuously through the principles of generation and restraint, achieving doubling or halving effects.

With these foundations, after learning Yu Heye's specific situation, Unlike Ning Zhuo conceived an improvement plan with all his might.

It was equivalent to giving him a patch tailored to Yu Heye's situation.

Analyze specific situations specifically, and then solve them specifically.

This patch was only suitable for Yu Heye and had no value for popularization; it could not be used universally. Therefore, it was still far from truly improving this "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art."

Yu Heye, however, was shaken and ecstatic beyond measure, inevitably sinking his entire heart and mind into it.

He was too happy!

The problem that had been troubling him was solved at this moment.

And this solution was so ingenious, wonderful beyond words, and truly suitable for him!

This was natural. Unlike Ning Zhuo tailored the patch for him; how could it not be suitable?

Although Yu Heye's Five Elements realm was uneven and far inferior to Unlike Ning Zhuo's, he was, after all, a practitioner of the "Inverse Five Elements Demon Art," so he still had a foundation in the Five Elements. Therefore, he recognized the principles in the improvement plan demonstrated by Unlike Ning Zhuo—the principles were correct.

"This is correct!"

"It works, this really works!"

Sincere joy filled his chest, making Yu Heye forget himself, and he couldn't help but try it.

Once he tried, he failed.

To a certain extent, this patch was equivalent to reconstructing the magic power operation route in Yu Heye's body. There were many things to prepare in advance, and more practice was needed; Yu Heye's move was too rash.

But Unlike Ning Zhuo could understand him very well.

Because Unlike Ning Zhuo also had a very similar experience.

He accidentally discovered the "Heaven-Born Earth-Raised Fetal Breath Great Art" from the Fetal Breath Spirit and couldn't help but study it, forgetting the fact that he was cultivating three seas and all had main cultivation arts.

This caused him to suffer backlash and severe injuries.

At that time, his desire to resurrect his mother was too urgent. (The main reason for the low luck, Unlike Ning Zhuo did not yet understand.)

Yu Heye's mood was also very urgent.

The pressure he faced was as heavy as a mountain, almost equivalent to a desperate situation, and he had to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage.

And this patch would greatly adjust his state, at least increasing his breakthrough probability by 30%. How could Yu Heye not be ecstatic?

Under the ecstasy, there was forgetfulness.

"I'm going to die!" Yu Heye's mood fell from the clouds to the mud in an instant.

If it were most cultivators, they would still fight. But Yu Heye had suffered Qi deviation too many times, and his experience in this area was too rich.

Therefore, he immediately recognized the reality, knowing that this desperate situation was ten deaths and no life, and could not be saved at all.

"I didn't expect that I would die in this way!" He fainted.

Unlike Ning Zhuo frowned deeply!

If Yu Heye really died, it would be quite troublesome.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's most urgent task right now was to enter his mother's cave dwelling. Therefore, he had to start from this mountain peak, take a shortcut, and avoid the long time-consuming process of regular channels.

If Yu Heye died, this matter would become a big deal.

The Wanxiang Sect encouraged cultivators to resolve disputes through martial duels, not this kind.

This would easily make people suspect that Yu Heye died from a secret attack. Once he died, it would inevitably lead to the Wanxiang Sect's interrogation and investigation, which would very easily lead to side issues.

As for Shen Xi's side, it was just a bonus, with room for development, but for now, it was more of a disguise, optional.

Unlike Ning Zhuo snorted coldly in his heart: "Qi deviation?"

"In front of me, I won't allow you to suffer Qi deviation!"

He reached out, spread his five fingers, magic power swallowing and spitting, and took a shot out of thin air.

He took Yu Heye into his palm, his five fingers gripping his head as if grabbing a ball.

Yu Heye had completely fainted and was motionless.

Divine ability—Human Life Hanging by a Thread!

Unlike Ning Zhuo perceived Yu Heye's internal condition and found that the heart palace lava was splashing, the liver palace poisonous vines were piercing, the kidney palace dead water was back-eroding,

the lung palace metal blades were dancing wildly, and the spleen palace earth foundation was collapsing! The Five Elements magic power and essence blood were chaotic, entangled with each other, a mess.

If this continued, in just a few breaths, it would affect the Inverse Five Elements Golden Core, leading to the Golden Core self-destructing, and the entire cave dwelling and mountain peak would be annihilated in the explosion.

The power of a Golden Core self-destructing was quite formidable.

Yu Heye, a Golden Core who excelled in combat, was even more so.

Back then, Qing Yan self-destructed his Golden Core, even able to block the space storm for a breath, winning the most critical escape time for Unlike Ning Zhuo and Qing Chi.

Unlike Ning Zhuo snorted coldly again, spiritual sense pouring into the body, fully covering Yu Heye's whole body. At the same time, Human Life Hanging by a Thread went straight down,

landing directly on the Inverse Five Elements Golden Core.

The next moment, he directly manipulated the Golden Core, bursting out a violent Five Elements magic power.

The magic power rampaged, causing a large number of injuries inside Yu Heye's body.

Yu Heye bled from the corner of his mouth, his injuries not light.

But by using violence to control violence, the effect was immediate, temporarily stabilizing his condition, easing the crisis, and winning enough time.

Unlike Ning Zhuo manipulated carefully, starting to carve and polish.

Yu Heye had no resistance, so he simply practiced the reasoning just now, directly constructing a brand-new magic power cycle in his body.

Unlike Ning Zhuo's forehead gradually seeped with sweat. With full concentration, his spirit was consumed rapidly.

A moment later, Unlike Ning Zhuo spat out a mouthful of turbid air and slowly withdrew his hand.

His face was as white as paper, his eyes like cold stars, secretly rejoicing: "This is my first time manipulating someone else's Golden Core like this."

"The Inverse Five Elements Golden Core is very difficult to manipulate; the magic power it spits out is naturally mixed with the five elements, and there is no way to finely control the flow."

"Fortunately, I have similar experience—"

Unlike Ning Zhuo's experience came from the Five Elements Golden Core Wheel.

This mechanism component was the core of the Cang Tie Han Jia, and Unlike Ning Zhuo had continuously lost several of them in the great battle with the Wangchuan Prefecture Lord.

Frequent use in life-and-death battles also gave Unlike Ning Zhuo many insights into using the Golden Core.

These insights fell here, helping him arduously manipulate the Inverse Five Elements Golden Core, barely reaching the expected goal.

Unlike Ning Zhuo took out a meditation cushion, immediately closed his eyes and sat cross-legged, on one hand resting himself, and on the other hand secretly reviewing, engraving the insights and inspiration in his heart.

This practice gave him new ideas about the Five Elements Golden Core Wheel.

He now kept the ideas firmly in mind, waiting for a chance to dig deeper later.

"Perhaps I can improve the Five Elements Golden Core Wheel!"

After a cup of tea, Yu Heye, lying on the ground, slowly opened his eyes.

"What—happened to me?"

"Pain!"

"Wait, didn't I die?!" He widened his eyes suddenly, and with a 'thump', sat up with his upper body.

Severe pain came, making him gasp.

He subconsciously looked inside with his spiritual sense and found that he was severely injured!

But he was ecstatic.

Because he found that the desperate situation of the five elements chaos before fainting had completely disappeared. A new cycle had been established, revolving around the Inverse Five Elements Golden Core, operating on its own.

The fatal crisis was lifted.

"I'm still alive! I'm actually still alive!"

His gaze suddenly fixed on Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Only then did he discover: he was lying on the ground, while Unlike Ning Zhuo, this small Foundation Establishment cultivator, was sitting in his seat, drinking tea while reading the cultivation art jade slips on his bookshelf.

Yu Heye blinked a few times, looking at Unlike Ning Zhuo with suspicion: "Did you save me?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo cast his gaze toward him, his expression flat, only making a nasal sound: "Hmm?"

Yu Heye's expression froze, and he suddenly woke up.

He endured the pain and stood up forcefully. With a grave expression, he bowed to Unlike Ning Zhuo: "Fellow Daoist Unlike Ning Zhuo, for the grace of saving my life,

Yu is deeply grateful and will never forget it!"

He guessed in his heart: Was it Unlike Ning Zhuo himself, or was there another expert who helped?

"Fellow Daoist Unlike Ning Zhuo is only at the Foundation Establishment Stage; could he solve the dangerous situation I was just in?"

"It's more likely that there is a senior lurking by his side. The words he used to communicate with me earlier were likely guided by the senior."

Yu Heye had just fainted and was completely unaware of the outside world. According to his life experience, it was very hard to imagine Unlike Ning Zhuo saving him from a desperate situation independently.

But whether it was a senior or Unlike Ning Zhuo himself who took action, they were his life-saving benefactors.

Yu Heye maintained the posture of bowing and thanking, speaking again to express his willingness to repay Unlike Ning Zhuo.

Unlike Ning Zhuo felt satisfied; this Yu Heye was quite sensible.

This was not beyond Unlike Ning Zhuo's expectations.

He had analyzed Yu Heye's temperament when studying intelligence before. Yu Heye's conflict with the main peak had caused him to suffer suppression for years, and this life experience had taught him many lessons, giving him strong self-awareness and a good understanding of the rules of conduct.

If he really didn't care and acted according to his mood, he would have long since sought his own death and wouldn't have made it to where he was today.

It was precisely because Unlike Ning Zhuo had such an understanding of Yu Heye that he decided to help him when he fainted.

"You do need to repay me." Unlike Ning Zhuo first threw out a divine contract, "But before that, sign this first."

Yu Heye's heart sank, thinking it was a contract of slavery.

But he accepted it!

As a result, after checking, he found it was just the simplest confidentiality contract.

He immediately signed this contract.

Unlike Ning Zhuo revealed a smile: "Fellow Daoist Yu Heye, I have no interest in the mountain peak you selected. Beforehand, I didn't know about it either."

"Originally, I also wanted to take the ten mid-grade spirit stones and leave here to rent another cave dwelling."

"More trouble is worse than less trouble."

"I am also new here and don't want to easily form grudges."

"But who would have thought Shen Xi would come to me and tell me—"

Unlike Ning Zhuo used Shen Xi's request as an excuse.

Yu Heye accepted it immediately and nodded repeatedly: "I have long heard of the Shen family of the Nine Palaces Immortal City; they are famous for their array formations and are renowned throughout the Flying Cloud Kingdom, very remarkable."

"Fellow Daoist Unlike Ning Zhuo is young and has extraordinary achievements; communicating with geniuses like Shen Xi is just right!"

Having said this, he clasped his fists again: "Then Yu will pack his bags immediately and move away from here with his subordinates."

Unlike Ning Zhuo laughed and waved his hand: "No need, no need, that would be too conspicuous."

"I am new here and don't want to be too prominent; I'd better observe the situation first."

Yu Heye understood and nodded again, expressing his willingness to follow Unlike Ning Zhuo's arrangements.

Unlike Ning Zhuo said: "Since I am leaving, I will not return. You and I should strictly keep today's matter confidential."

"I need you to host Shen Xi and Su Lingkou, this pair of cousins. During the banquet, you and I can talk and maintain an equal attitude."

Yu Heye was stunned again.

He didn't expect Unlike Ning Zhuo's request to be so easy!

Yu Heye felt pressure instead. He first expressed his willingness to actively cooperate with Unlike Ning Zhuo, then cautiously indicated that such an arrangement could not repay the grace of saving his life.

Unlike Ning Zhuo smiled at him: "The conflict between you and me is as small as dust. If it weren't for Shen Xi—did you think I would get entangled here? If you hadn't died in front of me, causing many troubles and attention, I wouldn't have helped."

"This is my honest word, please don't blame me."

To this day, even if Unlike Ning Zhuo is only Foundation Establishment, he has enough confidence to sit on equal footing with Golden Core cultivators like Yu Heye.

Yu Heye opened his mouth to speak, having his own persistence.

Seeing this, Unlike Ning Zhuo said: "How about this. I will arrange some subordinates to temporarily move into your mountain peak. It's not very convenient to follow me for now. You list the cave dwellings here, and I will choose a few."

Yu Heye did not doubt him and agreed immediately.

At this point, Unlike Ning Zhuo's true goal had been achieved.

Not long after, a flying letter reached Shen Xi.

Shen Xi was discussing the layout of an array with Su Lingkou, and upon reading the letter, he revealed a smile: "Fellow Daoist Unlike Ning Zhuo, it's done."

Su Lingkou extended her spiritual sense: "Yu Heye is hosting us, and Unlike Ning Zhuo is named as a guest. Unlike Ning Zhuo—how did he do it?"

Shen Xi quickly reviewed Unlike Ning Zhuo's actions in his heart: "It's very likely he moved some seniors; this person must be from a great clan!"