Magma Fairy Palace.
It was ng Chong's first ti entering the preparatory room.
The five stone pillars ranking list was very conspicuous, especially since it kept slowly rotating.
ng Chong imdiately noticed the stone pillars.
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit had been watching him. Seeing ng Chong enter the preparatory room, its half-open eyelids widened slightly in excitent.
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was in poor condition.
Previously, in resisting the collective attack of the Red Fla Demon Beasts, the Magma Fairy Palace had been in a very dangerous situation.
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit personally took action, rging into the Taoist Master's chanical puppet to control it. After a strenuous battle, it managed to turn the tide and eventually killed the Golden Core-level Magma Demon Ape.
Its spiritual nature was greatly depleted.
Primarily because it didn't match the Taoist Master's chanism artifact at all.
Now, there were still many Red Fla Demon Beasts besieging the Magma Fairy Palace. The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit had to organize chanism artifacts to build a defensive line, arrange various repairs, and also manage the trials of the Qi Refinent Realm disciples.
Such a complex and imnse workload was a long-term, continuous drain on its spiritual nature.
Even so, seeing ng Chong approach the ranking list, it couldn't help but get excited and sent out key information.
In an instant, a flaming whip materialized and whipped at it!
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit retracted its head and dragon claws into its turtle shell, enduring the pain.
ng Chong, reminded, felt a surge of spirit, realizing that this was the preparatory room and there was little danger.
He slightly lowered his guard and walked up to the ranking list of the five stone pillars.
Following the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit's prompt, ng Chong first touched the stone pillars to obtain the trial disciple's mark.
Then, he looked up at the ranking list.
Qi Refinent List, Refining Essence List, Spirit Refining List, Progression List, and Speed Pass List.
Among the five rankings, he was second on the Qi Refinent List, Progression List, and Speed Pass List. He wasn't on the Refining Essence List or the Spirit Refining List.
Unconvinced, ng Chong thought to himself that he had always strived for first place since childhood.
He had Immortal Aptitude and was a genius among geniuses, ant to be above others and destined to occupy the pinnacle.
How could he settle for second place?!
But when ng Chong saw the na at the top, he felt relieved.
The first place on all five lists was the sa——Entry Standard!
"Only by surpassing this standard can one be admitted into the Magma Fairy Palace?"
"The Three Ancestral Masters truly live up to their reputation as Cultivating the Void-level elites, each trial is extrely difficult, and even the entry standard is so high."
"Excellent!"
"This makes the challenge even more exciting."
"Moreover, being on the ranking list cos with rewards, really nice."
"Hahaha!"
Feeling greatly encouraged, ng Chong studied the preparatory room for a while before stepping through the door to room number four.
Magma Fairy Palace main hall.
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit shrank into its turtle shell, trembling from the flaming whipping and rolling its eyes in exasperation at ng Chong.
Even though it had warned him, specifically telling ng Chong he was the "second place"! But ng Chong hadn't thought much of it and still laughed heartily.
This gave the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit a sense of exasperation that made it feel like vomiting blood.
It had done everything it could, but ng Chong didn't grasp the hidden subtleties at all.
Fine!
This flaming whip, it took in vain.
Checkpoint two.
After ng Chong left, Ning Zhuo swiftly crawled out from a chanical trap.
He first went to the first door, using the Buddha Heart Demon Seal to push it open slightly and peek into the first room.
Confirming no one was coming, he then closed the door and summoned the Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng inside.
It wasn't like before.
With more participants now, it had beco very inconvenient for Ning Zhuo to enter and exit the Magma Fairy Palace, let alone summon the Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng inside.
The trend was clear.
In the future, the risk of Ning Zhuo summoning the Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng would only grow higher.
A teleportation circle appeared, bringing Yuan Dasheng beside wooden Ning Zhuo.
"Your humble servant greets my lord!" The Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng knelt on one knee before Ning Zhuo.
Ning Zhuo was very interested in Yuan Dasheng's performance during the Wisdom Spirit stage, but now was not the ti for detailed research.
"The chanical body of the Golden Blood Battle Ape is much inferior to that of the Martial Fighting Ape."
"But it is the only thing recognized by the Magma Fairy Palace that can freely enter and exit the palace."
"Just this alone gives the Golden Blood Battle Ape extrely high, irreplaceable value."
Ning Zhuo led Yuan Dasheng through the second checkpoint to the second door.
To prevent ng Chong from still being in room number three, wooden Ning Zhuo stayed behind and let Yuan Dasheng push open the door to check the situation first.
He found room number three in disarray, with the Kung Fu dolls broken into heaps scattered on the ground.
"As expected." When Ning Zhuo entered and saw the scene, he was not surprised.
He had anticipated this earlier.
Each ti ng Chong had faced setbacks, upon his return, his strength would substantially increase.
"This is Immortal Aptitude, and destiny!"
Sighing, Ning Zhuo led Yuan Dasheng through room number three to the third door.
Again, it was the Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng who pushed open the door first.
ng Chong was not there.
Ning Zhuo didn't rush in but instead had the Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng retrieve the monitoring chanism components from a corner.
Ning Zhuo examined them and obtained key information through Yuan Dasheng. ng Chong's entire process of activity here was revealed to him.
First, the ranking stone pillars, then he interacted with various chanism pedestals and chanism-making tools, before finally leaving for the next checkpoint.
"ng Chong acquired the trial disciple's mark… Strange, he seed to already know the detailed steps here and didn't attempt much, he just did it directly."
Ning Zhuo passed by the ranking stone pillars.
Now, the ranking lists had two nas again.
Last ti, it had been Yuan Dasheng on the list.
But with Yuan Dasheng being sched against and permanently turned into Ning Zhuo's chanism artifact, the ranking list once had only Ning Zhuo's na.
Deciding on what na to use had taken so thought from Ning Zhuo.
First, he couldn't use nas of other people in the Immortal City. Once the City Lord's Mansion and other four directional powers launched a full investigation, they could easily hunt the person and verify the truths, discovering that the ranking nas could be changed, hinting at possible cheating, which was extrely unfavorable to Ning Zhuo.
Secondly, he couldn't use nas of dead people.
Because Yuan Dasheng was removed from the list.
This proved that deceased competitors would be eliminated from the list.
To keep Ning Zhuo's na always on the list would create a glaring flaw.
"Neither nas of living people nor dead ones will work, so I can only get creative." This had been Ning Zhuo's thought.
He finally changed the na to "Entry Standard."
This had many benefits.
First, it concealed his identity as a competitor.
Second, it corresponded with the trial disciple's mark, mutually "testifying."
In Ning Zhuo's assessnt, if he could work out the trial disciple's mark, others would likely figure it out too.
By then, each trial disciple mark would be his best credibility endorsent.
The third benefit allowed for flexibility in his ranking changes.
Once soone surpassed the "Entry Standard" in the future, they would think——"I t the standard, I've reached the level to beco an entry disciple."
If the "Entry Standard" surpassed others, they'd think——oh, the entry standard is flexible and variable. Like how many family assessnts only reward the top ten, the Magma Fairy Palace's entry standard also fluctuated based on the trial disciples' status.
Ning Zhuo brushed past the ranking stone pillars.
Once again, it was the Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng who opened the door first and entered room number four.
Through monitoring chanism components, Ning Zhuo discovered that after entering the room, ng Chong paused slightly, then consecutively cast spells, obtaining chanism components corresponding to each spell.
Ning Zhuo: "Strange! Here too, ng Chong seed to already know. Without any exploration, he imdiately found the answer."
Ning Zhuo accelerated with Yuan Dasheng.
ng Chong was absent from room number five.
The monitoring chanism components showed ng Chong's fluid and elegant manner while passing the checkpoint.
Ning Zhuo scrutinized and confird ng Chong's significant progress——he could now bless his spells with Immortal Aptitude!
This made Ning Zhuo even more solemn.
Room six.
ng Chong laughed heartily: "This is more like it. Frenzied Rushing Thunder!"
He shouted, moving like lightning to dodge multiple spell attacks.
He used Immortal Aptitude again, this ti on the Embrace Ice Technique and his Qi.
The Embrace Ice Technique and his Qi fused, forming a straight line of cold Qi, which swiftly hit a magic puppet amidst flashing lightning.
The magic puppet was instantly frozen.
ng Chong created an opening and seized the chance to break out of the magic puppet's encirclent.
However, just as he was about to feel pleased, the Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng suddenly appeared!
"Ah, it's you!!" ng Chong felt a thrill of excitent.
The Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng, engulfed in flas, charged forward to engage in close combat.
ng Chong showed no fear, even feeling excited: "Last ti, I was burned to death by the flas. This ti, I have spells to protect myself."
ng Chong cast the Embrace Ice Technique and his Qi, combined with the Dispelling Qi Ring, enveloping himself in dense cold Qi.
With the cold Qi neutralizing the flas, ng Chong was no longer afraid of being burned to death.
But the next mont, the Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng's palm struck ng Chong's chest.
Spell——Five Elents Chaos Qi Technique!
This was a reward from the third checkpoint of the Taoist Path, obtained by Ning Zhuo and now used for the first ti in battle against ng Chong.
The effect… was terrific!
In an instant, the spiritual energy within ng Chong's body beca completely chaotic, turning from orderly to a tangled ss.
"I…" ng Chong's body couldn't move, also suffering from backlashes due to interrupted spells like the Embrace Ice Technique.
The Golden Blood Battle Ape - Dasheng then struck, lightly tearing off ng Chong's puppet head.
Then, with a strong grasp, the puppet head was instantly crushed.
ng Chong departed with intense reluctance, his soul flying out of the palace and returning to his own body.
At the City Lord's Mansion.
He suddenly opened his eyes, still incredulous: "What kind of spell is this? It seems to strongly counter the Five Elents Qi Regulation Art?"
"Lost again!"
"It's okay, I gained a lot this ti."
ng Chong felt strongly anticipated for the next entry into the palace, filled with fighting spirit.
"By the way, send the latest information to Fei Si and grandpa, let them help think of faster ways to clear the trials."
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