Chapter 753: The righteous demeanor of the big-headed youth

"I————" In normal times, Ban Ji would have cursed out loud; he is not a person with a good temper, nor does he have any righteous demeanor.

But the moment he was about to curse, he suddenly realized the occasion.

This is not the Ban family, but the main gate of the Myriad Phenomena Sect, with so many people watching.

He can only swallow the curse, changing it into bulging eyes, staring fixedly at Ning Zhuo, his gaze so scorching it is as if he is spitting fire.

"This little brat really treats me as a demonic cultivator; this righteous face is too hateful!"

"No, that’s not right. Although I am a demonic cultivator, I am from the Ban family; I am righteous, I am also righteous!"

Ban Ji realizes something is wrong and immediately speaks out to refute Ning Zhuo, saying the latter is slandering him.

Who knew Ning Zhuo would raise his big head, look at Ban Ji with his nostrils, and say with disdain: "Ban Ji, you are famous, but now it seems you dare to do it but dare not admit it; you are hypocritical and cunning, nothing more than that."

After speaking, he flicks his sleeves and leaves.

"You————" Ban Ji is furious and subconsciously clenches his fists.

In the past, he would have used force to kill such a cultivator who provoked him. Even if he couldn't do it himself, Ban Ji could summon the family forces to swarm him.

But not now!

Ban Ji’s eyes are blood-red, staring fixedly at Ning Zhuo’s back, wishing he could punch him and pierce through his heart from behind.

It’s really too infuriating!

Ban Ji has never been provoked like this, slapped in the face in public.

Yet he cannot refute it.

Because he really did it. Even the refutation just now seemed weak.

"I really want to, I really want to kill him with one punch!"

"I really want to step on his head and tell him directly, Grandpa here did it, so what?!"

A strong impulse arises in Ban Ji’s heart, his demonic art operates subconsciously, and suddenly demonic energy overflows his body.

But he can't.

If he did this, he would be openly violating the rules of the Myriad Phenomena Sect. At that time, even the entire Ban family wouldn't be able to protect him.

"I’m fine, but how will my father and mother face the family?"

"Not happy, really not happy at all!"

For a time, Ban Ji is so angry he wants to roar at the sky.

It’s really too stifling.

"If only there were no family." Such a thought flashes through his spiritual sea, unprecedentedly strong.

The demonic path emphasizes indulging in one’s nature and must fully express one’s emotions. I don't care how big the world is; I am the greatest! My personal emotions are the most important, and the world revolves around me.

Only by doing this can a demonic cultivator practice demonic arts smoothly.

Just from this point, demonic cultivators naturally clash with rules and are difficult to integrate into a tightly united organization.

However, demonic cultivators themselves are also good at mobilizing the various emotions of others.

It’s just that now, Ban Ji’s intense anger and hatred are being fiercely mobilized by Ning Zhuo.

Ban Ji grinds his teeth tightly, making a creaking sound.

"Decided!"

"Must grind you into dust."

"I want to step on you fiercely and wash away the shame."

"You just wait, you just wait."

"Why hasn't this Rising Cloud Small Trial started yet?!"

Ban Ji is overflowing with murderous intent.

Many onlookers have eyes shining with excitement.

They have eaten a melon and seen a lively scene.

Someone nods in their heart: "Ning Zhuo is worthy of being a new star of the righteous path; he is righteous under the three questions of asking the heart. Seeing him today, it is indeed so."

Someone frowns in doubt: "How can the dignified Ban family allow such an existence as Ban Ji? His demonic art is quite profound"

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Someone shakes their head secretly: "In just a few verbal exchanges, Ban Ji was stimulated by Ning Zhuo to the point of going crazy; the gap between the two is clear."

Everyone wants to indulge themselves, that they are the greatest in the world, but no one wants others to be such demonic cultivators.

Therefore, everyone naturally leans toward Ning Zhuo in their hearts.

Just in the first round of confrontation, relying solely on words, Ning Zhuo occupied the upper hand, used Ban Ji to set off himself, and harvested a batch of hearts.

Ning Zhuo calculated Ban Ji as soon as they met; he took the initiative to provoke and took the initiative to leave. After scanning the circle, he walked to Lu Zeng and bowed.

"May I ask if you are Senior Lu Zeng?" Ning Zhuo has a calm smile and is polite.

He naturally pays more attention to mechanism cultivators. This Lu Zeng is within the intelligence he collected.

Lu Zeng wears indigo clothes and has many tool bags wrapped around his waist. A bronze ruler hangs on his chest, and a wooden mechanism box is carried on his back.

Ning Zhuo knows that he mainly practices the "Coupling Thread Art," and his natal magic treasure is a mechanism creation named Thousand Mechanism Lotus.

Facing Ning Zhuo, Lu Zeng has a lot of goodwill in his heart, showing a generous smile and waving his hands repeatedly: "I dare not, I dare not; you and I can treat each other as peers."

Ning Zhuo only has the cultivation of the middle stage of Foundation Establishment, but Lu Zeng will never underestimate him because of this.

Ning Zhuo is a genius who stood out in the first wave, his future is at least at the Golden Core level, and he has already gained the goodwill of the Confucian cultivator group and the Evil-Slaying Hall, and has openly opposed Ban Ji and the Ban family, proving that he has great confidence.

Even a blind person can see that such a person has a bright future; Lu Zeng is naturally not blind and treats him as a peer directly.

After talking for a few sentences, Lu Zeng takes the initiative to give Ning Zhuo a jade tablet, stating that he can use this tablet for future transactions to get some discounts.

Lu Zeng himself operates many stores. If he can successfully join the Myriad Phenomena Sect this time, he is expected to set up a store within the main gate of the Myriad Phenomena Sect to sell a large number of mechanism external components.

He is best at manufacturing such mechanism components; the wonder of the "Coupling Thread Art" is fully reflected in the mechanism components. As long as they are pasted on the mechanism creation, threads will condense out, tightly connecting the two.

Lu Zeng sells mechanism components in large quantities to obtain cultivation resources and help his own cultivation.

After Lu Zeng sends the jade pendant, he takes the initiative to send a jade pendant to Ban Ji in front of Ning Zhuo.

"You two are both dragons and phoenixes among people, geniuses practicing mechanism arts. If there can be business dealings in the future, it is naturally the more the better."

A sharp light flashes in the eyes of both Ning Zhuo and Ban Ji.

With this behavior, Lu Zeng expresses his neutral attitude on the spot: I am a businessman, I am making friends with both of you, I am not offending anyone!

This is consistent with his background as an outer sect handyman and with the description of his temperament in the intelligence.

Ning Zhuo talks to Lu Zeng for a few sentences and chooses to say goodbye.

He comes to the other side, in front of the Golden Core cultivator Tie Zheng.

Tie Zheng is eight feet tall, wearing a bronze beast mask, dressed in martial artist attire, with his exposed elbows, knees, and other joints replaced by steel bone balls.

He carries a Qilin beast-head broadsword on his back and has iron chains wrapped around his waist, with twelve beast-head copper bell balls hanging on the chains.

Ning Zhuo takes the initiative to get close, but Tie Zheng responds coldly.

After talking for a few sentences, Ning Zhuo takes the initiative to leave.

He knows Tie Zheng’s intelligence and doesn't care about the latter’s cold response.

Tie Zheng comes from a large family but has suffered betrayal repeatedly. Parents, wives, sworn brothers————these betrayals made him full of disdain and disgust for human nature, so he took the initiative to leave the family, became a loose cultivator, and practiced alone in the mountains and fields all day long.

Compared to others, he trusts the blade in his hand more.

He also obtained opportunities in the mountains and fields, capable of raising blade beasts. So far, he has raised twelve blade beasts, and the main materials are all Golden Core level blades, so the blade beasts are also at the Golden Core level.

This makes his combat power exceed the normal level by a large margin, and he is a famous Golden Core loose cultivator in the Flying Cloud Country.

Ning Zhuo comes to Ao Pan again and takes the initiative to bow: "Junior Ning Zhuo, I don't know the senior’s honorable name; please don't blame me."

Among the three Golden Core cultivators present, Ning Zhuo knows the first two, but he doesn't know Ao Pan.

Ning Zhuo has studied the intelligence in his hand well, and he can be sure that there is no such person as Ao Pan in the intelligence.

This can only mean that Ao Pan just arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Sect’s main gate recently.

Ao Pan is seven feet tall, with a hunched back like an old ape. There are three claw marks on his left cheek, and his eyes are one big and one small. The right eye is small and turbid like stone, while the left eye is slightly larger, with a vertical pupil and a gold base.

"I don't know, so I don't blame you. I come from the Fubo Country and just arrived yesterday."

"Ning Zhuo, I know you. Like you, I am also an outsider."

Among the three Golden Cores, Ao Pan has the most enthusiastic attitude toward Ning Zhuo.

"Fubo Country?" Ning Zhuo becomes interested, expands the topic along this word, and chats with Ao Pan for a few sentences.

Ning Zhuo reads a lot of books, knows many common sense things, and knows some customs of the Fubo Country.

Ao Pan chats with him about things he is familiar with and feels close, wanting to continue chatting with Ning Zhuo, but Ning Zhuo bows to apologize and takes the initiative to say goodbye.

"Although this person is a body cultivator, he has many thoughts. I used the topic of Fubo Country to probe him several times, but he responded tactfully and avoided them all."

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In just one round of conversation, Ning Zhuo already roughly knows Ao Pan’s temperament.

By comparison, Tie Zheng is more reliable.

Ning Zhuo withdraws decisively.

Ao Pan stares at the big-headed youth’s back, his big and small eyes narrowing slightly: "This kid is more slippery than me. Although he passed the three questions of asking the heart and is righteous, he is not a straight-gutted person and has deep social skills."

"He talked a lot about Fubo Country, and a lot of my situation was probed by him, but I don't even know where he comes from!"

Taking advantage of the fact that this Rising Cloud Small Trial has not started yet, Ning Zhuo continues to make friends with the surrounding cultivators.

He quickly fixes his gaze on Zhang Wangxing.

Because this person exudes the aura of the peak of Foundation Establishment, which is very obvious.

Zhang Wangxing is burly, but he covers himself with a wider hemp gray robe, and a huge hood covers his face, and he even uses magic to condense shadows to cover his face.

It is daytime, and the light outside the Profound Armor Cave is bright, but Ning Zhuo faces Zhang Wangxing and can only see the lower edge of the shadow under the hood, outlining the arc of Zhang Wangxing’s jaw. And this arc often fluctuates subtly.

"May I ask if you are Zhang Wangxing?" Ning Zhuo takes the initiative to greet.

Zhang Wangxing nods slightly, his voice hoarse: "It is indeed me, Fellow Daoist Ning Zhuo."

Ning Zhuo knows his intelligence. Although this person only has Foundation Establishment cultivation, he possesses Golden Core level combat power. He practices the "Blood Flesh Multi-Change Sutra," which complements his low-grade talent. Don't look at his gentle tone now; in fact, he is an evil cultivator who usually accepts employment and does all kinds of work to earn high rewards to support his own cultivation.

Zhang Wangxing transmits his voice: "Fellow Daoist, you want to deal with Ban Ji in the Rising Cloud Small Trial; I can help. I believe that Fellow Daoist Ning Zhuo has a noble background and will not treat me badly."

Ning Zhuo does not refuse either, responding with divine sense: "Easy to say, easy to say. The situation is unclear for now, but if needed, I will definitely contact Fellow Daoist Zhang."

Zhang Wangxing chuckles: "Fellow Daoist, be careful. To tell you the truth, if Ban Ji hires me, I will also agree."

His tone contains threats, and he raises the price decisively.

This puts Ning Zhuo in a subtle passive position, knowing he cannot stay long, and he says goodbye decisively.

"I act in a high-profile manner, exchanged for a stone tablet in the first wave, and I am not afraid of the Ban family, provoking Ban Ji, and winning the equal treatment of Golden Core cultivators."

"But in front of a Foundation Establishment cultivator, I fell into a disadvantage. It’s also quite interesting."

Ning Zhuo feels emotional.

He left Fire Persimmon Immortal City this time, traveled the world, saw the magnificent mountains and rivers along the way, and saw all kinds of people.

At this very moment, under the Flying Cloud Assembly of the Myriad Phenomena Sect, cultivators from all sides gathered, which opened his eyes even more and touched his heart frequently.

"Young Master Ning Zhuo!" At this time, a mechanism cultivator took the initiative to come forward and pay respects to Ning Zhuo.

This person is also a Foundation Establishment cultivator, with a sturdy figure, broad shoulders and thick waist, and dark and shiny skin, like a lump of iron. He carries a square iron shield on his back and moves slowly.

As soon as Ning Zhuo sees this person, he smiles and calls out his name: "Zhang Dadan."

This is an acquaintance.

Zhang Dadan also participated in Qing Huangzi’s Rising Cloud Small Trial, and Ning Zhuo even hosted a banquet for him. Besides him, there were Patch Sun, Chen San, Ginger Braid, and Ah Huo.

Ning Zhuo has a relatively deep impression of these people.

Ning Zhuo pats Zhang Dadan on the shoulder: "What about the others?"

After asking, he learned that Patch Sun originally wanted to come with Zhang Dadan, but was delayed by another Rising Cloud Small Trial. Fortunately, the Rising Cloud Small Trial for the Nine-Layer Profound Soldier Armor has many rounds, similar to the Evil-Slaying Hall, so it is not considered a lost opportunity.

Chen San has already defected to Ning Zhuo and went to execute Ning Zhuo’s mission.

Ginger Braid and Ah Huo are not interested in the Nine-Layer Profound Soldier Armor. This does not fit the path they practice.

For them, there are so many Rising Cloud Small Trials, and there are more suitable ones for them.

Ning Zhuo chats with Zhang Dadan for a few sentences, and other cultivators come to take the initiative to chat.

Ban Ji previously had a cold and arrogant posture of keeping strangers away, and he was a demonic cultivator, notorious (greatly enhanced by Ning Zhuo’s rumors), so even if everyone wanted to cling to him, they had to weigh it a bit and fell into hesitation.

Ning Zhuo is different.

As soon as he came over, he provoked Ban Ji to jump, occupied the upper hand, and showed strength. More and more cultivators believe that the power behind Ning Zhuo is definitely not inferior to the Ban family; otherwise, it is difficult to explain Ning Zhuo’s strong and confident performance.

And Ning Zhuo also takes the initiative to chat and communicate, and is very kind to people like Zhang Dadan, which makes the watching cultivators’ hearts flutter.

So next, without Ning Zhuo going, many cultivators took the initiative to walk over.

Ning Zhuo responds one by one, his attitude always kind and friendly.

Such a scene immediately highlights Ban Ji. Ban Ji stands by the mountain wall, alone, somewhat neglected.

Ban Ji looks at Ning Zhuo surrounded by the crowd, his eyelids twitching constantly.

Damn it!

This familiar situation happened again.

Not good.

If this continues, will Ning Zhuo unite a group of idiots to deal with me again?

Troublesome!

It’s really a trouble!

Ning Zhuo hasn't been here for long, just a few rounds of socializing, and Ban Ji feels pressure again.