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“You were always focused on Spirit Entry into the Immortal Palace, sidelining me, forcing me down the path of Body Entry into the Immortal Palace.”

“But looking back, I have to thank you all, especially Ning Zhuo. Heh, you’ve opened a whole new world to me.”

“Thirty years east of the river, thirty years west. Don’t underestimate a girl when she’s down.”

“When I achieve something in the future, and stand before you, looking down on you, I eagerly await your expressions of shock!”

The more Ning Xiaohui thought about it, the more excited she became, feeling that her days were wonderful and full of hope.

Especially recently, she received a command personally issued by Zhu Xuanji – to do everything in her power to obtain a position related to the Historical Records Pavilion.

Ning Xiaohui gladly accepted!

“As long as I do this well, I will be appreciated by the Golden Core Ancestors, and catch their eye.”

However, including Zhu Xuanji, the eyes of the Golden Core Ancestors were currently all on Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo’s earlier guess was correct.

Before leaving, Zhu Xuanji had secretly placed surveillance measures on him and in his residence.

After Zhu Xuanji and the three families of Golden Core Ancestors had discussed it, the Golden Core cultivators from the three families also secretly mobilized, gradually lurking around Ning Zhuo.

Each of them used various means to set up surveillance around Ning Zhuo, observing him at all times.

They were hunters lying in wait, hiding their presence and surrounding Ning Zhuo, quietly waiting for the City Lord’s Mansion to make a mistake.

Ning Zhuo’s residence.

Under the silent gaze of the six Golden Core Ancestors, Ning Zhuo took out a pill and swallowed it to heal his injuries.

After resting, he looked around.

In full view of the Golden Core Ancestors, he used various detection spells, then used magical instruments for detection, and manipulated formations to investigate.

However, he found nothing amiss.

Ning Zhuo was only at the Qi Refining stage. Even with high-quality magical instruments and Foundation Establishment-level formations, he couldn’t detect the presence of Golden Core Ancestors.

Ning Zhuo’s actions, in the eyes of the Golden Core Ancestors, were rather humorous and amusing.

Ning Zhuo then summoned the guards outside the house.

These people were all former stewards of the Ning family, possessing Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Ning Zhuo instructed them to guard the area carefully, and asked if they had seen any suspicious people.

The guards all replied that there were no suspicious situations or individuals.

Ning Zhuo was alone in the underground cultivation room.

He sighed, took out a book on Mechanism Arts and studied it carefully, his brow furrowed.

After reading for only a short while, he couldn’t continue. He put the book aside and went to the workbench, tinkering with various mechanical parts.

After tinkering for a while, Ning Zhuo sighed deeply again, and swept all the mechanical parts off the table.

Many parts fell to the ground.

Ning Zhuo reached out and grabbed his hair, repeatedly hitting his forehead against the table, uttering painful cries.

“The little guy is flustered.”

Seeing this scene, the six Golden Core Ancestors all felt that Ning Zhuo was impatient, unable to read the book or study Mechanism Arts. The pressure on him was too great!

Ning Zhuo slammed his forehead against the table until it was red, then released his grip, collapsing powerlessly on the table, his eyes closed as if dead.

He remained in this position for a long time, then suddenly opened his eyes and sat up abruptly.

He grabbed his hair again, letting out another painful howl.

But after only a short cry, he stood up and paced back and forth in the underground chamber, his hands behind his back.

His brow was furrowed, his face solemn.

He walked back and forth, sometimes stopping to sigh at the sky, sometimes howling in pain, as if to vent. Sometimes his eyes turned red, and he walked to the corner, leaning his head against the wall, using no magical power, but butting his head against it, testing its strength.

The Golden Core Ancestors watched silently, some of them frowning slightly.

Zhu Xuanji’s eyes flickered slightly, his expression solemn, but he felt a considerable amount of empathy in his heart.

Ning Zhuo’s pressure was far greater than what he showed on the surface!

His various detection spells had yielded no results, but his wisdom told him that he was certainly under heavy surveillance.

Especially since one of them was a renowned divine constable of the kingdom!

Every action, every word, had to be perfect, without revealing the slightest flaw.

Otherwise, the consequences would be unimaginable!

Fei Si’s letter was delivered in the evening.

Ning Zhuo looked at the jade slip letter, hesitating for a long time, the expression on his face constantly changing.

There was solemnity, fear, and even some resentment. It seemed he was blaming Fei Si, that if it wasn’t for him, Ning Zhuo wouldn’t have fallen into this situation!

Ning Zhuo finally sighed, gritted his teeth, and suddenly reached out to pick up the jade slip letter.

He pressed the jade slip tightly against his brow, constantly pouring his spiritual sense into it.

After reviewing the contents of the letter, he sighed deeply again, his face full of worry, and placed the jade slip on the table.

He began to pace back and forth in front of the table again, his hands behind his back.

After some hesitation, Ning Zhuo took out a blank jade slip and began to use his mana to write a letter.

He wrote to Ning Jiufan again, telling him that Fei Si had sent him a letter, asking for details about the matter of the day.

Ning Zhuo didn’t know what to do, so he specifically wrote to ask for guidance.

Ning Jiufan soon received the letter.

To be precise, he had already seen Ning Zhuo writing the letter, and had guessed its contents.

After waiting for the letter, he poured his spiritual sense into it and understood at a glance that his guess was correct.

Ning Jiufan didn’t dare to make a decision on his own, and handed the letter to Zhu Xuanji and the other Golden Core Ancestors.

Ning Zhuo was clearly just a junior in the Qi Refining stage, but his letter was examined in turn by six Golden Core cultivators as soon as it arrived. Such importance placed on him was unparalleled.

After everyone had read the letter, they all focused their gaze on Zhu Xuanji.

Zhu Xuanji smiled slightly: “Ning Zhuo, this is a poor little fellow, he is already at a loss.”

“Let him reply, reply in a normal manner.”

“Since Fei Si is suspicious and wants to investigate the purpose of my visit to Ning Zhuo today, then let Ning Zhuo tell the truth. This is a great opportunity to continue startling the snake!”

Zhu Xuanji needed the City Lord’s Mansion to make a mistake, preferably by sending assassins to kill Ning Zhuo, so that Zhu Xuanji could seize the handle.

Fei Si’s initiative to write a letter to inquire made Zhu Xuanji a little worried.

He was worried that Ning Zhuo would reveal flaws, making it easy for Fei Si, an old fox, to see through!

So, he decided to let Ning Zhuo tell the truth. Anyway, his previous conversation with Ning Zhuo was deliberately designed.

At the time, Zhu Xuanji had already set a goal on the way – to make the City Lord’s Mansion feel the pressure from him.

In the bedroom, Ning Zhuo had already lied down. He tossed and turned on the bed, unable to fall asleep.

Suddenly, he received Ning Jiufan’s secret voice transmission.

Ning Zhuo suddenly opened his eyes, unable to hide his excitement. Then, he was immediately warned by Ning Jiufan to just behave normally.

Ning Zhuo came to the study, sat at the desk, held the jade slip, and began to write a letter.

Following Ning Jiufan’s instructions, he told the truth about his detailed conversation with Zhu Xuanji.

Overall, there were two main points in the letter: the first was Yuan Dasheng, and the second was the Demonic Scripture.

At the end of the letter, Ning Zhuo deliberately asked Fei Si: What did he know about the Demonic Scripture?

From early in the morning, Fei Si had been sitting at his desk, handling various affairs of the Immortal City.

His butt had hardly left the seat.

It wasn’t until the waning moon rose that he finally managed to deal with the affairs in general.

Of course, new affairs would arise tomorrow, or even tonight.

With the Edict for Recruiting Talents, too many outsiders had poured into Fire Persimmon Immortal City.

This put great pressure on the City Lord’s Mansion’s management of the Immortal City.

If Fei Si and Chi Dun hadn’t worked so hard and were so busy, the city would have already descended into chaos.

Fei Si paid close attention to Zhu Xuanji’s actions!

On the one hand, Zhu Xuanji was a member of the royal family. And it had now been determined that he was the City Lord’s Mansion’s biggest competitor in the competition for the Lava Immortal Palace.

On the other hand, Zhu Xuanji’s high-profile visit to Ning Zhuo was clearly due to some important matter.

People in Fire Persimmon Immortal City were almost all talking about this matter. As the Acting City Lord, Fei Si certainly wanted to know the real details.

Considering his close private relationship with Ning Zhuo, he simply wrote a jade slip letter and asked Ning Zhuo directly.

“The reply has finally arrived.” Fei Si took the jade slip written by Ning Zhuo and poured his spiritual sense into it.

After reviewing it, Fei Si’s expression shifted slightly.

“Demonic Scripture?”

“What’s this all about?”

“Where would I know about any scripture, yet you still ask me?”

Fei Si put down the jade slip in his hand, his brow furrowed, and thought rapidly in his mind.

“Is the Demonic Scripture the technique of the Three Sects’ Ascetics?”

Fei Si thought of the Three Sects’ Supreme Techniques, thought of Meng Kui’s conversation with him, and thought of the City Lord’s Mansion’s speculation about the Foundation Establishment technique with Three Dantians.

“If this Demonic Scripture is one of the techniques related to Foundation Establishment with Three Dantians, and is paired with the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Technique…”

“Then obtaining this scripture would indeed be of great help in exploring the Immortal Palace and seizing the position of Master of the Immortal Palace.”

“No wonder Zhu Xuanji rushed over so anxiously. This posture is clearly to put pressure on Ning Zhuo, forcing Ning Zhuo to hand over the Demonic Scripture!”

“But how did Zhu Xuanji know? Where did he get the clue about the Demonic Scripture?”

Since entering Fire Persimmon Immortal City, Zhu Xuanji’s every move had been closely watched by Fei Si.

After all, Fei Si was an intelligence-type figure on the side of the City Lord’s Mansion, and Zhu Xuanji came from the Southern Bean Royal Family, and was an envoy sent by the royal family.

It was because Fei Si had been closely monitoring Zhu Xuanji in secret that he was so curious as to where Zhu Xuanji had obtained the clues.

“Recently, Zhu Xuanji led the Golden Core cultivators of the three families, openly and brazenly exploring deep into the bottom of the volcano.”

“Could it be that they obtained clues about the scripture at the bottom of Fire Persimmon Mountain?”

With this question in mind, Fei Si went to the top of Fire Persimmon Mountain to seek an audience with Meng Kui.

He asked Meng Kui, since Meng Kui had always been stationed at the top of Fire Persimmon Mountain, he should be relatively clear about the movements of Zhu Xuanji and others.

Meng Kui knew a little, and immediately told Fei Si about the Mechanized Demon General.

Fei Si exclaimed in his heart: “This time, the Ning Family Ancestor made a great sacrifice!”

(End of this chapter)