[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-747":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mysteries of Immortal puppet Master",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2228170,4127,"Chapter 747: Is it really just luck?","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-747",747,"\u003Cp>Situ Xing sat in the main seat, lowered his head and eyebrows, and fell into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Linglong’s words hit the deepest part of his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Ning Zhuo acted high-profile, exchanged for the stone plaque, and became famous with the three questions of asking the heart in the Evil-Punishing Hall, Situ Xing felt like a thorn in his back and a bone in his throat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is a powerful child of the Situ family. After being detected with talent, he has been vigorously cultivated by the family since childhood and is being cultivated towards the expectation of a successor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he not only has combat power and cultivation but also possesses not-so-bad political literacy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo’s high-profile immediately made Situ Xing feel that his power and status were under huge threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi and Lin Jinglong both have no talent, and they have been in contact very early, so they can be considered to know the roots. For Situ Xing, choosing the two of them to join forces is relatively safe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo is not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is a pure stranger, and until now, Situ Xing and Ning Zhuo have not had a single relatively in-depth exchange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing recalled the process of \"knowing\" Ning Zhuo. In the earliest time, he learned about it from Shen Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This person was hiding his light at first, obviously enduring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enduring so much, what he is planning must be huge!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After he observed properly and saw the opportunity, he grabbed it fiercely, made a name for himself, and showed his edge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Such an ambitious person must not be underestimated!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Perhaps he joined our small group, initially just to test. But now, when he is clear about the inside story and rules of the Xingyun Small Trial and Flying Cloud Conference, will he have ideas and want to snatch my first chair?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing felt a huge threat from Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He is very worried that Ning Zhuo will have ambitions, attack him behind his back, and finally occupy the magpie’s nest, driving him, Situ Xing, off the stage. That would be too shameful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the righteous path, losing face is a big deal!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reputation is very, very important.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing is being cultivated as one of the successors. He knows very well the important significance of reputation. Since he started cultivation, he has walked step by step, and every major action has a deep meaning behind it, all helping him cultivate his reputation!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if he fails to compete for the position of patriarch in the future, he can rely on this reputation to obtain other important family positions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if he is pulled off the first chair by Ning Zhuo in this situation. Such a defeat will undoubtedly add a huge weakness to him when he competes for the position of patriarch in the future—you, Situ Xing, can’t even keep the position of leader in a small group, how can you lead the entire Situ family?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, how can Situ Xing refute?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Power, power—\" Situ Xing sighed in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He craves power and is also pursuing power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because with power, he can use the entire Situ family to help him seize various resources for cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a prosperous age of cultivation, with abundant spiritual energy and very abundant resources of all kinds. But when it comes to competition between cultivators, there is a focus on resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cultivator with superior talent only deserves inferior resources, and his cultivation results will naturally be dragged down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing is proud and arrogant. For him, what he pursues must be more resources and better resources.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, forming a small mountain top and then successfully passing the Flying Cloud Conference is his most important plan at the moment. Step-by-step performance, leading the elite as a leader, and such success will prove his personal combat power and show his leadership talent. These are Situ Xing’s true purposes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Joining the Myriad Phenomena Sect is completely easy for a genius cultivator like him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His cultivation talent alone is enough for the Myriad Phenomena Sect to take the initiative to absorb him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing wants more!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Ning Zhuo has become a threat, even though he has never been active on this small mountain top. But the mere existence of such a person is enough to make Situ Xing completely vigilant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo is not active now, which doesn’t mean he won’t be active in the future. Perhaps he has no ideas about my position now, but what about in the future?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, Ning Zhuo’s scattered style of doing things is also greatly interfering with Situ Xing’s control over this small mountain top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As long as Ning Zhuo exists for a second, someone can clearly see: in this small group, someone can compete with Situ Xing, and doesn’t have to follow Situ Xing’s rules.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There are no two suns in the sky, and no two masters for people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Ning Zhuo exists, he is weakening Situ Xing’s power!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is the rule of the power field! Cruel, suspicious, and dare not have any compromise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the future, if I make a slight mistake, Ning Zhuo will call out, and I’m afraid someone will hug his smelly feet and form a tide to overthrow me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing has long known that there is no second path to take for the problem in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He must \"deal with\" Ning Zhuo!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yan Linglong’s persuasion just hit his heart, and also made him think about a question: Is it appropriate to deal with this problem now?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After careful consideration, Situ Xing felt it was very appropriate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To be precise, he is more worried about the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo is an outsider, even if he has several followers, he is essentially alone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I don’t take action while he is not standing firm, wouldn’t it be even worse if I wait until his foundation is stable in the future?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were other first-class geniuses who were as famous as Situ Xing, Situ Xing wouldn’t be so worried. The problem is, Ning Zhuo’s rise is very unusual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first place in the two Confucian small trials is fine, the key is the three questions of asking the heart in the Evil-Punishing Hall, Ning Zhuo’s performance was too amazing!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were Situ Xing himself, he wouldn’t have such an outstanding performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason is obvious, Situ Xing is not such a \"decent\" person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is the temperament of the current Hall Master of the Evil-Punishing Hall? It can be confirmed that he must appreciate Ning Zhuo very much!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I delay, and take action in the future, I’m afraid it will be too late.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Situ Xing finally made up his mind and called Shen Xi and Lin Jinglong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was full of solemnity and said a lot of beautiful words to the two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fellow Daoist Shen, Fellow Daoist Lin! We formed a society, with the three of us as the tripod. We made an alliance in the past, and our hearts are like gold and stone. Now we gather in the cloud platform, working together for the Flying Cloud Conference, planning to shake our wings in the nine heavens. Since we stepped on it, you have all shown sharpness, especially valuing the same spirit and branches, as if using arms and fingers.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Heaven is lucky that Fellow Daoist Shen recommended the virtuous, and obtained Ning Zhuo, this genius of the world, whose talent is comparable to mine. The brilliance of the unicorn and phoenix is truly our great luck!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"However, I see that Ning Zhuo’s position is not yet determined, this is a big mistake! If rumors spread to the four seas, saying that we have no eyes for the talented, and are arrogant and bullying the virtuous, wouldn’t it stain our clean family gate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I have made up my mind, and I will choose an auspicious day to compete with Ning Zhuo at the Star Fall Platform. If I am defeated, I will vacate the seat and offer it to Ning Sheng to hold the bull’s ear—heartily convinced, heaven and earth testify together!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi and Lin Jinglong were both silent for a while.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two had known Situ Xing for a long time, how could they not know his true meaning?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if he is defeated, he will let Ning Zhuo sit in the first chair? Listen to such scene words, ha, just listen!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold light flashed in Shen Xi’s eyes, and he automatically translated in his heart: I, Situ Xing, am worried that this kid Ning Zhuo will seize power, so I must fix him first!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I want to have a fight with him, try to knock him down, and I will still be the boss. Look, what kind of friendship we three have, you must support me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jinglong was also cultivated by the family since childhood, and naturally heard Situ Xing’s true intention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He felt a bit funny: \"Situ Xing’s scene of pulling literature is rare. It can be seen that Ning Zhuo has put great pressure on him, making him say such scene words to both of us!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm—also. Both Shen Xi and I have been in contact with Ning Zhuo, and I have even had a fight with him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo was recommended by Shen Xi himself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before fighting, actively pulling people, establishing allies, and establishing an advantage of more against less, this is the conventional starting style of the righteous path, and Situ Xing, the new star of the righteous path, is doing just that!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing stared at Shen Xi, forcing the latter to express his position.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi pondered: \"A snake cannot go without a head, this is the way of heaven. Since the beginning of the society, I have been diligent day and night, only following the lead of Brother Situ. How can the position of leader be coveted by outsiders?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although Ning Zhuo was recommended by me, we met by chance, how can we compare with the friendship between you and me, Brother Situ?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now I will write a letter and make an appointment with Ning Zhuo: First, the leader’s banner belongs to Fellow Daoist Situ, this is a public opinion and cannot be shaken. Second, I am willing to retreat to the fourth seat and let Ning Zhuo take the second seat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In this way, the phoenixes of the nine gaos each get what they want, isn’t it the luck of our mountain top?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the pillar not to tilt, I am willing to attach to the tail. But as long as the banner points, we will work together, why worry that the great cause will not succeed!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Shen Xi was willing to support him, Situ Xing’s gaze also eased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo was recommended by him and joined. If I and Ning Zhuo fight, Shen Xi sits in the second chair, and can completely sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight. Even if Ning Zhuo wins, his position will not move.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing was satisfied with Shen Xi’s statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing was dissatisfied with Shen Xi’s suggestion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Writing a letter, going back and forth, the speed is too slow. And it gave Shen Xi and Ning Zhuo time to communicate and react, which is easy to cause trouble!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing knew very well that one of his purposes for urgently summoning the two was a surprise attack, catching the other party off guard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing never trusted Shen Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning, he suffered a loss in Shen Xi’s array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time forming a mountain top, he also specifically \"made things difficult\" for Shen Xi, confirming that the latter was willing to be in a low position, before he felt at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if Shen Xi is just delaying time, but actually using Ning Zhuo to consume me, so that he can seize the position—it is also unknown.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing shifted his gaze to Lin Jinglong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jinglong’s attitude was very firm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He clearly expressed his worry that the confrontation in the Martial Arts Hall would not count life or death. If there is any mistake, what reaction will the Situ family and the Ning family have? Such a result would be very bad and troublesome.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if no one dies, once seriously injured and missing the Flying Cloud Conference, it will inevitably be ridiculed by outsiders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, our mountain top is very lucky to have two first-class geniuses, you and Ning Zhuo. This is a very rare situation and an opportunity that should be cherished and grasped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In my opinion, Ning Zhuo doesn’t sit in any chair, which means he has no thoughts in this regard. We should just treat him as a guest-like role.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From beginning to end, he has not participated in any decision-making of this mountain top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if the two of you fight, you have to spend time preparing for the battle, right? It involves too much energy and time, and not to mention the Flying Cloud Conference, even the various Xingyun Small Trials in front of you will miss many opportunities!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sharp light flashed in Situ Xing’s eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jinglong was actually the one who sternly refused!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This point again exceeded Situ Xing’s expectations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He originally thought that Lin Jinglong would support him more than Shen Xi. As the third chair, Lin Jinglong’s support should be purer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lin Jinglong keeps saying from the overall situation, worrying that both I and Ning Zhuo will be hurt—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He has fought with Ning Zhuo. Does his attitude now also prove that Ning Zhuo’s combat power is very strong?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"According to cultivation, Ning Zhuo is only in the middle stage of Foundation Establishment. Lin Jinglong values him so much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing’s expression turned cold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted the support of both, Shen Xi clearly expressed support, but Situ Xing was not at ease. Lin Jinglong expressed opposition and did not support either side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because Ning Zhuo’s existence does not threaten their interests!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Situ Xing shook his head slowly, his voice low: \"Brother Jinglong is overthinking! I have my own longitude and latitude, how can I lose iron? Ning Zhuo is strange, my heart is really itchy. Meeting friends through battle, I can read the bottom color of temperament. Do you two have no intention?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi and Lin Jinglong saw Situ Xing’s attitude and had no more words of obstruction, willing to listen to the arrangement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since that’s the case, Brother Shen, please deliver this challenge letter for me, how about it?\" Situ Xing handed the challenge letter he had prepared to Shen Xi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi’s action of taking the letter was quite crisp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After he and Lin Jinglong resigned from Situ Xing, they walked on the way back together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jinglong communicated with spiritual sense, expressing his disagreement to Shen Xi: Situ Xing and Ning Zhuo are both first-class geniuses. If they can work together, I believe we will have amazing results in the Flying Cloud Conference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two tigers fighting, there must be one injury. The Myriad Phenomena Sect does not forbid life-and-death fights. We all know Situ Xing’s temperament, and Ning Zhuo’s bottom color cannot be explored. If there is a life, our current good situation will be buried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi, you are confused, how can you agree so crisply?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi smiled slightly, and asked Lin Jinglong with spiritual sense: You have suffered a loss in Ning Zhuo’s hands. Why don’t you want to explore Ning Zhuo’s true bottom color?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>We know Situ Xing’s roots, but Ning Zhuo has only met for a short time. Your attitude is actually protecting an outsider.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jinglong laughed: \"Shen Xi, don’t test me. I was indeed wary of Ning Zhuo before. But now, look at his experience, Confucian cultivators look at him, gave him two first places in a row, and he answered the three questions of the Evil-Punishing Hall with sonorous power!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo is a decent person! A person with principles! He will be our most reliable comrade-in-arms.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"At least when fighting side by side, I don’t worry about him stabbing us in the back. But Situ Xing is full of arrogance and likes to control everything—if it involves huge interests, it is normal for him to draw his sword at you and me, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Getting such an answer from Lin Jinglong, Shen Xi felt at ease, and immediately said: \"Since you think so, then I will tell you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Situ Xing has made up his mind, if I were him, I would also take action during this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Situ Xing has made up his mind, if I were him, I would also take action during this time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We can’t stop him even if we clearly oppose it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We are not convenient to stop it, there are many cultivators in this world who can stop him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jinglong’s heart moved: \"You mean—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi smiled deeply: \"My Shen family has a deadly enemy, the Pi family, doesn’t the Situ family have one?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jinglong: \"The Situ family has many enemies, but who is the most suitable?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi was about to say his opinion, when a cultivator released a violent aura, descended from the sky, and shouted: \"I am here with the challenge letter of Miss Zhu Fenxiang. Where is Situ Xing? Do you dare to accept the letter!?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jinglong and Shen Xi looked at each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lin Jinglong communicated with spiritual sense, exclaiming: \"The Zhu family and the Situ family are deadly enemies. This challenge letter concerns the family’s face. Situ Xing must accept it. This saves us a lot of things. Our luck is good, and Ning Zhuo’s luck is also very good, haha.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shen Xi fell into silence, and the image of Ning Zhuo smiling appeared in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is it really—just luck?\" \u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really—was it just luck?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2983,"2026-06-17T23:33:14.591Z","2026-06-18T03:10:38.119Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","1a5b6cd2565561197ffbbb1cf4d54a6ac5e304878e4237d48aed73e8c165a859","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-748","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-746",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]