Ning Zhuo left the sparring arena and returned to his residence.

It was plain to see that the tension he had previously exhibited was completely gone, replaced by a spring in his step, a proud posture, and a vigorous spirit, free from the previous sense of oppression.

He returned to the underground cultivation chamber, retrieved the books on mechanisms and contraptions, and quickly became engrossed, focusing his entire attention.

He went to his workbench and picked up the various mechanical components that had been knocked to the floor, placing them back on the table, continuously disassembling and replacing them, conducting research and development on mechanical creations.

He continued like this until it was time for lunch.

He pushed open the door and entered the dining hall, consuming several large bowls of rice in quick succession.

The dishes were quite extravagant, all spiritual foods!

Although Ning Zhuo was already at the peak of the ninth layer of Qi Refining, he still consumed a large amount of spiritual food every day as a disguise.

After Ning Zhuo had eaten his fill, he returned to the underground cultivation chamber.

This time, he activated the Floating Cloud Shawl, covering himself with layers of floating clouds, and feigned the cultivation of the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Art.

The Cloud Concealing Bud beneath his tongue, under the infusion of Ning Zhuo’s magical power, helped him disguise himself.

In the perception of Zhu Xuanji and Ning Jiufan, Ning Zhuo was practicing the fourth layer of the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Art.

After Ning Zhuo finished his meditation and breathing exercises, he rested for a while, then closed his eyes again within the floating clouds and directly entered the Immortal Palace with his soul.

“He’s here!”

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit had been quietly watching Ning Zhuo.

Seeing Ning Zhuo enter the Immortal Palace again, it silently cheered for Ning Zhuo.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit never imagined that there would come a day when it would secretly support Ning Zhuo, wishing that Ning Zhuo could clear the Daoist Path in one fell swoop.

“Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit?” Ning Zhuo tentatively called out, looking around.

The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit shrank its head, having heard him, but not wanting to respond in any way.

It was trying to avoid communicating with Ning Zhuo as much as possible.

After the last conversation, it had reflected on itself, realizing that it had said far too much!

Ning Zhuo had learned from his previous failures in exploring the Daoist Path. This time, from the very beginning, he tried to choose spirit stones as rewards as much as possible.

He had already claimed the rewards from the leaderboard once, and it would be another four days before he could claim them again.

However, the spirit stones accumulated from clearing the levels were also quite a substantial amount.

When Ning Zhuo came to the final level of the Daoist Path again, the reserves of spiritual power he had in his hands were at least 30% greater than before.

He failed once again.

“My mastery of spells still needs to be improved… but this kind of thing requires a lot of practice, and I can’t rush it.”

“If I exchange for spirit stones, and if I have more spirit stones, I can still imitate the Demon Sect’s method of clearing levels, and win by quantity!”

Ning Zhuo had discovered the way to clear the levels.

Either hone your spellcasting skills, or summarize your experience, have a comprehensive and detailed guide, calculate every step carefully, and eventually accumulate quantitative advantages.

While Ning Zhuo was attempting the trials, Zhu Xuanji and Ning Jiufan kept a close watch on him.

“This Floating Cloud Shawl is still a bit annoying,” said Ning Jiufan.

Most of his detection spells could not perfectly avoid the Floating Cloud Shawl, and would always cause the floating clouds to be consumed violently.

“This should be the legacy left to Ning Zhuo by his mother. The things from the Flying Cloud Kingdom are indeed used quite differently from our Southern Bean Kingdom.”

The layers of floating clouds covered Ning Zhuo, causing Zhu Xuanji and Ning Jiufan to no longer be able to observe Ning Zhuo as freely.

Zhu Xuanji continued, “It seems that Ning Zhuo has completely calmed down. His temperament has undergone a transformation, which is very good.”

“He has withstood this test, and he is a good seedling for cultivation.”

“Brother Ning, I congratulate you.”

Ning Jiufan smiled slightly, with a genuine sense of joy.

He had personally witnessed Ning Zhuo’s performance in the past day or two.

The latter had indeed made great improvements in his temperament.

Coupled with Ning Zhuo’s own talent, if he continues to develop like this, he will surely be a pillar of the Ning family!

“Who’s there?” Suddenly, Zhu Xuanji shouted.

His eyes suddenly brightened, bursting with golden light. For a moment, his gaze was so sharp that Ning Jiufan quickly shifted his gaze to avoid looking directly at it.

Zhu Xuanji instantly disappeared from the spot, leaving only a faint golden shadow in Ning Jiufan’s vision.

The next moment, Ning Jiufan heard a violent explosion.

He quickly turned his head and saw that Zhu Xuanji and a mysterious enemy had already exchanged a fierce blow.

Ning Jiufan hurriedly took action and rushed over.

Zhu Xuanji stretched out his hand, and a golden wall of light was created out of thin air, surrounding Ning Zhuo, giving people a sense of impregnability.

The mysterious enemy was wrapped in a brilliant green magical glow. The person was rapidly retreating.

“Where are you going!” Zhu Xuanji pursued closely.

The green magical glow was shattered by him, revealing the appearance of the enemy within.

She had a graceful figure and a face like a peach blossom.

“The Vacant Sky Gate, Yang Chanyu!” In an instant, the identity of the mysterious enemy immediately appeared in Ning Jiufan’s mind.

Yang Chanyu retreated rapidly, with a smile on her lips. Her eyes shone with emerald light, staring intently at Ning Zhuo, who was still soul-traveling in the Immortal Palace.

Obviously, this was a detection spell.

The emerald light was completely withdrawn, and Yang Chanyu smiled lightly, “So that’s how it is.”

After saying these words, her figure turned, her speed increased sharply, leaving only a pink afterimage in place, and she disappeared into the shadows of the street.

“I’ll chase after her! You stay here.” Zhu Xuanji left a sentence and hurriedly chased after her.

Ning Jiufan concealed his figure and came directly to Ning Zhuo’s side. He pushed his mana to the limit, but restrained his aura, without a trace of leakage, and stood ready.

After hearing the commotion, the Foundation Establishment guards also rushed over. They were surprised by the existence of the golden wall of light. No one noticed Ning Jiufan, who was invisible beside them.

The floating clouds that had been disturbed earlier returned to their original positions, covering Ning Zhuo tightly.

However, judging from the performance just now, it was enough to see that this kind of defense was extremely fragile in the face of a Golden Core opponent, equivalent to a decoration.

In a certain restaurant.

Explosions continued to come, and the diners in the restaurant heard the commotion and stood up from their seats, coming to the windows to watch the excitement.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Sun Lingtong, disguised as a middle-aged man, flashed his figure and disappeared into the table.

The person secretly monitoring him only had his vision blocked for a moment, and in the blink of an eye, he found that the target had completely disappeared.

“Where’s the person?”

Feeling that something was wrong, several monitors immediately ran to the scene, looking around anxiously around Sun Lingtong’s table, searching eagerly.

“Look quickly!”

“He can’t run far.”

“He must be nearby!”

The faces of these pursuers were quite ugly. Some people directly activated detection spells, scanning all the diners on this floor.

“Huh?!”

“Who’s so ignorant?”

“Actually using spells to scan me!”

Some diners immediately turned hostile.

This kind of detection spell was quite powerful and was a strong offense to the person being detected.

But the next moment, the cultivators who cast the spells actively leaked their aura, each with a fierce look on their faces.

There were a total of six of them, each with the cultivation of the Foundation Establishment stage!

The aura of cultivation was released together, immediately suppressing the audience.

The diners who had just wanted to get their revenge turned pale, sweating profusely, and stopped speaking in a weak and obedient manner.

This kind of posture immediately made them understand that they had just offended a vicious person, very likely a force that they could not afford to provoke.

The pursuers searched frantically. Soon, the search range expanded to the entire restaurant, but they still did not find Sun Lingtong.

They hurriedly left the restaurant and spread out around the restaurant.

Along the way, the old man played by Sun Lingtong brushed past the pursuers.

The pursuers did not care, and directly knocked Sun Lingtong to the ground, rushing forward, without even stopping for a moment, and ran towards the front at full speed.

Sun Lingtong immediately made a humming sound, a true portrayal of an ordinary old man, knocked to the ground by a reckless passerby, in a state of embarrassment and powerlessness to get up.

Sun Lingtong came from the Vacant Sky Gate, and disguising himself as people from all walks of life was simply a piece of cake for him!

The subsequent pursuers just glanced at him and stepped over him.

Each of the pursuers had a magic weapon in hand.

Their mana was constantly poured into it, causing the magic weapon to emit strong fluctuations, fully searching the surroundings.

Sun Lingtong was within the range, even in the center, but he did not move.

As a disciple of the Vacant Sky Gate, he had the confidence to resist most detection magic weapons!

However, there was a haze in his eyes at this moment.

After Sun Lingtong spread the second layer of rumors, he found that a large number of people were attacking everywhere, trying their best to find the source of the rumors.

Sun Lingtong conducted a detection and immediately discovered that these investigators mainly came from the four major forces of Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

But it was not limited to this. For example, the Taiqing Palace had also sent its disciples to participate in this investigation.

“Next, is the crucial moment.” Sun Lingtong thought to himself.

Now, all the major forces in the city were taking action, frantically searching for the mastermind behind the spread of the rumors. This made it increasingly difficult for Sun Lingtong to spread rumors, and his operational space had shrunk a hundredfold compared to before!

If Sun Lingtong were to continue like this, the risk would increase tenfold.

But at present, he still held the third wave of rumors in his hand.

At this moment, Sun Lingtong, disguised as an old man, was helplessly lying on the street.

He opened his eyes and looked at the sky, his mind recalling the conspiracy he had with Ning Zhuo in the Molten Lava Immortal Palace.

Ning Zhuo said to him in a solemn tone, “Old Sun, according to my plan, the third wave of rumors is the most crucial.”