[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-766":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mysteries of Immortal puppet Master",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2228189,4127,"Chapter 766: Grinding and Stimulating the King's Mandate","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-766",766,"\u003Cp>On the edge of the cliff here, there is a sturdy ancient pine, which is a good place to stop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie brought several maids, lowered the mechanism flying tool, and landed under the ancient pine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The roots of the pine tree coiled into the rock crevices, its branches thrusting obliquely toward the firmament, its emerald canopy like clouds, sifting down sunlight like scattered gold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie came here specifically, took off her usual luxurious clothes, and changed into a plain moon-white wide shirt, covered with a semi-transparent shark silk gauze of the same color, looking leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mountain wind blew her wide robes and sleeves, and for a time, her clothes fluttered, as if she were about to ride the wind and return.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie looked into the distance, but saw the sea of clouds spread for ten thousand miles, surging like waves, sometimes gathering into snow peaks, sometimes scattering like flying feathers, sunlight pouring on it, flowing with the luster of molten gold and broken jade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie showed joy: \"Good scenery, suitable for tea tasting on the spot. You guys set it up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She ordered lightly, and the maids beside her responded softly in unison.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They acted at the same time, coordinating together, very skillfully setting up cushions, tea tables, tea sets, and incense burners.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie sat cross-legged on the cushion, the ancient pine pavilion was like a cover above her head, and in front of her was the sea of clouds steaming, golden clouds brilliant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She took a deep breath and began to light the incense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She moved slowly, seemingly leisurely, but in fact, she was thinking about other places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know what Ban Ji's situation is right now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I came here specifically to be close to the Profound Armor Cave, so that as soon as there is news, I can make a timely and correct response.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie lit the incense, looked at the curling smoke, winding up, and while waiting for the latest news, she also fell into memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The scene before departure reappeared in her divine sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ban family's Supreme Elder summoned her alone in the secret room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked solemn, stared at Ban Jie, and said bluntly: \"This time, sending you to the main mountain gate of the Wanxiang Sect is to secretly help Ban Ji successfully stimulate his King's Mandate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" Ban Jie had already learned this news before coming, her eyes shining, showing determination and fighting spirit, \"I will definitely do my best, use all means, for the family, even if I sacrifice myself, I will achieve the goal!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ban family's Supreme Elder's expression eased slightly: \"Not bad, Ban Jie, you are a good child.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I summoned you here this time, but there is a more important matter to entrust to you—you must not use too much force, otherwise it will be counterproductive, and instead harm Ban Ji and our entire clan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie suddenly showed confusion and hurriedly asked for advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ban family's Supreme Elder sighed softly: \"Wanting to stimulate the King's Mandate is a complex matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need to help Ban Ji, but you can't overdo it. You need to let Ban Ji experience grinding, or even setbacks, and these are the fire stones that stimulate the King's Mandate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only by being beaten by fate can the King's Mandate be stimulated and enter a state of burning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just like Wild Phoenix Wood, Crystal Sand Willow, Longevity Salamander, Blade Wolf, etc.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the four examples given by the Ban family's Supreme Elder, Ban Jie suddenly realized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wild Phoenix Wood is a tree that accidentally absorbed the blood of a phoenix, or the tree species itself is dormant with related bloodlines, and after experiencing a big fire, it burns away its old shell and stimulates the power of rebirth in the bloodline. Thus, it washes away the old appearance and reshapes the new body, and the entire life essence is leaped, like a carp jumping over the dragon gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Crystal Sand Willow is a different species among sand willows. Countless sand willows fell one after another in harsh environments such as sandstorms, drought and water shortage, and quicksand burial. Finally, the sand willows that stood firm and supported to the end could quickly grow new adventitious roots at the joints, and at the same time, the stems grew upward to break through the sand layer, forming new plants. Their tree roots would be buried deeper, the new root system would be more developed, and finally, the root system could even solidify a desert.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Longevity Salamander is those salamanders that have encountered disasters and repeatedly broken their tails to survive, and finally persisted, because the constant tail regeneration allowed them to have stronger regenerative capabilities, able to accurately restore bones, muscle groups, and blood skin, and reshape more complex body structures. In the constant tail-breaking and rebirth, the entire body and mind of the salamander were exercised and increased, and finally broke the robbery, and the lifespan soared to tens of thousands of years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blade Wolf is also quite strange. This wolf species is not born naturally, but a life specially cultivated by cultivators who master beast-taming arts. Blade Wolves are fierce and aggressive, and their original lifespan is very short, as if they have to burn themselves out from birth, always rushing to battle. Before dying of old age, Blade Wolves will swallow various blade fragments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blade fragments will cut their mouths, tongues, throats, and even intestines and stomachs, and many Blade Wolves will cough up blood and die. But there are also a small number who withstood such difficult tests, and finally absorbed the blades with their bodies, turned into new species, their strength greatly increased, and they extended their lives!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ban family's Supreme Elder pointed out the key to Ban Jie: Helping the King's Mandate is very complex. You must pay attention to the degree, and you cannot block all the wind and rain. Without grinding, life cannot bloom into a more brilliant posture, and the King's Mandate cannot be stimulated!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if the help given is too little, and the loss suffered by the King's Mandate is too heavy, it will be even worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The grasp of this scale is very important!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie understood in her heart: \"No wonder the family only started calculating the Flying Cloud Conference of the Wanxiang Sect this year a few years ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obviously, the related treasures consumed by the calculation have been stored in the clan treasury for a long time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This led to the Ban family calculating various opportunities suitable for Ban Ji, such as Qinghuangzi, Chezhuzi, Blind Foolish Old Man, Profound Armor Cave, etc., but the preparation time left for Ban Ji was only a few short years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You only understand a part.\" The Ban family's Supreme Elder shook his head and continued to point out, \"Divination is a very subtle behavior.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Divination is the most mysterious one among the hundred arts of cultivation, none of them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This skill is superficially predicting the future and helping cultivators make changes now. But in reality, it is a challenge to fate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Every living being has a destiny, which is the positioning given by Heaven. Cultivators repeatedly change the future by means of divination, and will inevitably gradually deviate from Heaven's positioning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For individual cultivators, this is a good thing, but Heaven will not allow it. Because if everyone does this, all living things will deviate from the constraints of destiny, and the whole world will be in chaos, killing each other in endless chaos, and quickly moving towards decay and destruction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Therefore, divination skills have always been difficult to inherit, and very few people can obtain them. This is Heaven's secret and constant obstruction in various aspects for the stability of the entire cultivation world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a pause, the Ban family's Supreme Elder continued: \"Our clan possesses the Clan Fate Pivot Chain, this mechanism treasure can detect luck, manage the luck of family members, and perform divination for every clansman, which is the treasure of the town clan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And decades ago, our clan was able to get the guidance of the Escape One Loose Person, which was a great opportunity for the whole clan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Combined with the two, our clan has the ability to link with Ban Ji's King's Mandate and perform certain operations on his destiny.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although the Escape One Loose Person left a lot of treasures, he specifically took care that the divination regarding Ban Ji is of great importance, so it should be late rather than early. Do you know why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ban family's Supreme Elder tested Ban Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie frowned, she was sensitive, thought about it a little, and understood that the Ban family's Supreme Elder had already said the answer long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She responded: \"Since Heaven covers up divination skills and blocks cultivators from all over the world from inheriting this skill. Then, naturally, it will also re-evolve and suppress cultivators who use divination to foresee the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Placed on Ban Ji, the degree of Heaven's attention is undoubtedly very high.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If our clan performs divination in advance and calculates the future, then this future is likely to change under Heaven's changes. After causing this result, not only will our clan waste precious divination treasures in vain, but we will also invest energy and time in the wrong direction, mistakenly thinking that we have made sufficient preparations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ban family's Supreme Elder stroked his beard, revealing a look of relief: \"The child can be taught!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ban Ji carries the King's Mandate. According to the destiny given by Heaven, he will be alone, walk the path of demonic arts, and accumulate contradictions with the family step by step, and finally turn against each other. In this process, he uses various hardships to stimulate the King's Mandate and become the new King.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And our Ban family will become the firewood in his kingly journey, an opportunity to help him determine his demonic heart and sweep away weakness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie suddenly felt a pressure from the heavy tone of the Ban family's Supreme Elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ban family is seeking a better leap on the one hand, so they want to use the King's Mandate. On the other hand, they are also worried that Ban Ji's free development will harm the entire family. Combining the two, the Ban family exerted all their strength to make a risky plan—linking the clan's luck and Ban Ji closely together, prospering together and losing together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is self-protection and self-strengthening, it is danger and opportunity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Ban family's Supreme Elder asked Ban Jie again: \"Do you know why you were arranged to go and help Ban Ji?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, without waiting for Ban Jie to answer, the Ban family's Supreme Elder said the answer directly: \"You grew up with him, and you can be considered childhood sweethearts. On the one hand, you know his temperament and character well, and can better help him without causing his disgust and hatred.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"On the other hand, your luck is more closely linked to his, which is more conducive to your helping him stimulate the King's Mandate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You are the best candidate!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember, the burden of the family's rise and fall is on your shoulders.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie took a deep breath, her heart filled with responsibility and honor: \"Don't worry, adult, I understand, I will definitely do my best to provide the most suitable assistance for Ban Ji.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She completely understood the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Helping Ban Ji stimulate the King's Mandate, her opponents are not just Ning Zhuo, the human tribulation on the surface, but also Heaven, and even Ban Ji himself!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cliff wind suddenly rose, blowing away the incense smoke rising from a foot in front of her, and also interrupted Ban Jie's memories.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While setting up the tea set, Ban Jie analyzed the current situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My clan performed divination a few years in advance, preparing famous martial artists for Ban Ji, helping him improve his close-quarters combat ability in saber and sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But this time in the Profound Armor Cave, Ban Ji didn't encounter a single saber or sword.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Profound Armor Cave's great array randomly extracts Profound Weapon Armors and casts them to various cultivators participating in the trial. This fairness, under Heaven's interference, caused my clan and Ban Ji's planning in this aspect to fail.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After learning this situation, Ban Jie immediately launched response measures, successfully bribing \"However, even so, Ban Ji only obtained a bronze saber in the end, and in the subsequent battle against the bronze sword, he was suppressed throughout and did not win.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Jie already knew that the saber and sword Ban Ji faced had combat power clearly exceeding the same level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ban Ji's poor performance was one of the reasons. Secondly, he consumed a bit too much in the previous few battles. Ban Ji's flesh was not as good as Ning Zhuo's, and he practiced the \"Greedy Mechanism Demonic Heart Technique\" and specialized in the Upper Dantian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even though I have already launched remedial measures, Heaven's changes still contained Ban Ji.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, the third round opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Ban Jie did not come to the scene, the personnel she had already arranged had already conveyed information several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This made Ban Jie very clear about the situation in the third round. [772-8\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Ban Jie placed the tea tray, teapot, fairness cup, tasting cups, scent-smelling cups, tea scoop, tea holder, tea spoon, and other items one by one onto the table before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at these tea sets, she felt as if she were seeing the battle situation inside the karst cave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right now, the three Jin Dan are locked in a struggle; until a winner is decided, they will not easily let go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Lu Zeng will very likely be eliminated.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It is difficult for Foundation Establishment cultivators to unite, and they shouldn't unite right now. This is a great opportunity to probe Ning Zhuo and do our best to weaken him!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was precisely with this thought that Ban Jie deployed the second wave of personnel, having Zhang Wangxing and other acquaintances perform in public to induce Ning Zhuo to lower his guard, striving to deal a powerful blow to the latter!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Wangxing’s expression was ferocious and filled with killing intent; where was the pitiful look of someone begging for help from before?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bronze chain he threw out went straight for Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo was no longer the same as before; he retreated continuously, his figure flickering as he dodged the chain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the attacks of the others had already arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A heavy bronze mountain-opening axe, wrapped in a vicious wind, swept horizontally at Ning Zhuo’s waist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bronze sword and a water-splitting spike attacked from behind, one aiming for his heart, the other stabbing at his kidney!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also three bronze flying shuttles, silent and soundless, shooting through the air to strike at Ning Zhuo’s upper, middle, and lower vital points, sealing off his space for evasion!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, these few cultivators who made their move had certainly practiced their coordination; as soon as they struck, the attacks from all sides echoed one another with great tacit understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo suddenly fell into an encirclement, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cold glint flashed in his eyes; after a momentary shock and anger, there was a calmness like ice and snow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He retreated continuously, his body shaking, and several pieces of Profound Weapon Armor flew out from his sleeves and other places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Profound Weapon Armor took shape in the air, transforming respectively into a bronze long spear, a bronze blade, a bronze sword, and a pair of bronze gauntlets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang! Clang! Clang—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a series of sparks splashing, Ning Zhuo’s bronze weapons precisely parried the attacking Profound Weapon Armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Ning Zhuo was delayed by this, his speed of retreat greatly hindered, and he was already surrounded by the cultivators from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You—\" The outsiders who had been deceived earlier and participated in the attack on Zhang Wangxing all revealed looks of shock and suspicion, stopping in their tracks for a moment, at a loss for what to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the second round of the encirclement against Ning Zhuo began once again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Various weapons attacked in turns; Ning Zhuo blocked left and right, completely on the defensive.\u003C\u002Fp>",2731,"2026-06-17T23:33:14.591Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","5b76241ab01f3469fef53b25f9c807ad2ccfa6c9491de4748b8368dcb0f3ddaa","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-767","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-765",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]