The Ning Family Clan Leader's ssenger had co looking for Ning Xiaohui.
Ning Xiaohui's expression did not look good. She had been imrsed in her cultivation, yet had been interrupted by an outsider.
"You better have important matters, or else..." Ning Xiaohui looked at the ssenger, her gaze dangerous.
Her cultivation had been stuck at the third level of Qi Refinent, but she possessed the Talent Ice-jade Hands. The latter was her primary focus in cultivation.
Not long ago, she had participated in the forging of the Zheng Family's chanical Black Snake Weapon and had gained considerable insight, especially into the profound aning of Ice-jade Hands.
The Zheng Family's chanical weapon was too vicious, filled with killing intent.
Ning Xiaohui had used her talent to help the weapon turn the tables at a critical point.
This process of artifact refining had a profound impact on her. On the night she returned, she discovered significant advancent in her talent. She could even repair items of Golden Elixir level!
Previously, when her soul entered the Immortal Palace, she could also use her talent to repair puppet bodies, but the grade of the repaired objects was not high.
This ti, she found that she even had so ability to repair Golden Elixir level items.
When Ning Xiaohui used her Talent Ice-jade Hands, she could freeze damaged items into ice blocks.
After the ice block lted, the damaged items often had their deficiencies nded, such as cracks being sealed or wounds and defects self-healing like a growing tree.
The ssenger had waited for a long ti and finally saw Ning Xiaohui. He first congratulated her, then handed her a jade slip.
Within the jade slip were the fourth to sixth levels of the Five Elents Qi Regulation Art.
"Good, good, good, with this, I can finally advance to the mid-stage of Qi Refinent."
"I will have more mana, and I can use my talent more frequently."
"Wait a minute." Suddenly, Ning Xiaohui's expression changed slightly. She thought of a possibility and asked, "How did you obtain this? After I left, did the three families join forces and successfully defeat the chanical Monkey?"
The ssenger knew the details. He had intended to conceal them but had to reveal the truth since Ning Xiaohui asked specifically.
Upon learning that the one who had successfully passed the trials and obtained the subsequent cultivation technique was Ning Zhuo, Ning Xiaohui's brows furrowed deeply.
"Him?!"
Ning Xiaohui's lips twitched, still in disbelief: "How could it be Ning Zhuo? How could he have such strength?"
ssenger: "He truly does..."
"In this Immortal Palace exploration, Ning Zhuo, with his own strength, led the way, using various spells endlessly."
"He led his trusted followers, fighting their way through."
"The renovation team mbers followed behind him, acting as cannon fodder in the battle against the chanical Monkey."
"Ning Zhuo eventually defeated the chanical Monkey, reached the second Taoist gate, and obtained the subsequent cultivation technique."
"You should know, the City Lord's Mansion recently revealed information about ng Chong and others cultivating the fourth to sixth levels of the technique."
"In other words, the Ning's Renovation Team has caught up with the City Lord's Mansion!"
"Uh..."
The ssenger, filled with strong family honor, got carried away, not noticing the increasingly dark clouds on Ning Xiaohui's face.
Feeling Ning Xiaohui's cold gaze, the ssenger imdiately shut his mouth.
Ning Xiaohui's fingers, clutching the jade slip of the cultivation technique, turned white from exertion.
"Good, good, good." Ning Xiaohui gritted her teeth, uttering three words.
For a mont, she didn't know what to say.
She had been forced to leave the renovation team because of Ning Zhuo and had taken the path of Soul Entering Immortal Palace.
Since her departure, she had smooth sailing, developing steadily, even participating in Golden Elixir level artifact refining.
But Ning Xiaohui, inherently proud, could not accept being driven away from the main lineage by a branch mber.
She deeply resented Ning Zhuo and was determined to seek revenge.
She seed like a changed person, abstaining from all pleasure and rest since leaving the renovation team, seizing every mont for cultivation.
Whenever she felt extrely tired, on the verge of collapse, she would think of Ning Zhuo's face, which instantly filled her with boundless motivation.
Her cultivation could be described as mad, even her grandmother couldn't bear to watch and had to forcibly interrupt her several tis, ordering Ning Xiaohui to rest.
Ning Xiaohui's plan was simple: to cultivate her talent insanely, preparing to reclaim her dignity in the future. But at this mont, hearing that Ning Zhuo had achieved great success!
Ning Xiaohui was utterly shaken.
She had never thought that Ning Zhuo would one day catch up to ng Chong. After all, ng Chong possessed immortal aptitude!
But the fact is, he had.
"Perhaps, in my entire life, I may never catch up to Ning Zhuo?"
Suddenly, she fully realized that in terms of chanical techniques, there was a vast gap between her and Ning Zhuo.
The gap was so wide that she might not be able to narrow it despite a lifeti of effort!
Ning Xiaohui, who was extrely proud and always took pride in her main branch status, now realized that she might never surpass Ning Zhuo, a branch mber.
This realization caused her imnse pain and frustration!
The jade slip containing the cultivation technique was cool to the touch, but Ning Xiaohui found it scorching hot at this mont.
She wanted to throw it away, smash it onto the ground, and loudly declare: "This is Ning Zhuo's doing, I disdain it! I will cultivate the subsequent techniques through my own efforts in the future!"
But she couldn't do it.
Since taking the route of Soul Entering Immortal Palace, she had discovered many new opportunities and realized that obtaining subsequent techniques would likely require passing trial checkpoints.
She no longer had the face to soul enter the Immortal Palace.
Once discovered, she would surely be ostracized and mocked.
Being ostracized was one thing, but the thought of being mocked and ridiculed by other trial disciples made Ning Xiaohui lose the courage to soul enter the Immortal Palace. This feeling was worse than death for her!
She couldn't bear it.
"So, if I want to seek the subsequent techniques now, Ning Zhuo's is the only option."
"Damn it, damn it!"
Ning Xiaohui felt a surge of sha, which spurred her desire to grow stronger, crazily so.
But to beco stronger, she had to cultivate the subsequent techniques that Ning Zhuo had obtained.
This made Ning Xiaohui feel as uncomfortable and frustrated as swallowing a fly.
The ssenger noticed Ning Xiaohui's twisted expression and quickly tried to comfort her, telling her that the subsequent techniques had already been purchased by the Ning Family Clan Leader.
"What?!" Ning Xiaohui was startled.
She suddenly felt much better!
She snorted coldly, scornfully saying: "That Ning Zhuo is utterly selfish and inconsiderate."
"He is a Ning Family mber, raised under the family's protection. Yet with a slight achievent, he bargains with the family?"
"Where is his loyalty?"
"How dare he openly trade these things with the family?"
"Does he take the family for granted? What an ungrateful wolf!"
Ning Xiaohui had never seen such behavior from a branch mber!
Ning Zhuo's actions deeply repulsed and disgusted her.
The ssenger, with a stiff expression: "The cultivation technique jade slip has already been delivered. There is another important matter concerning the Flowing Clouds and Streaming Water Talisman."
"I have been ordered by the clan leader to retrieve this talisman from you, Miss."
Ning Xiaohui was stunned: "What?"
"No way." She instinctively opposed.
She had always kept the Flowing Clouds and Streaming Water Talisman close to her, using her talent and mana to nurture and refine it daily.
Suddenly being asked to hand over the talisman to the family left Ning Xiaohui unprepared.
She felt puzzled: "Why? I just got the subsequent technique, and I'm planning to practice hard. I need to use the Flowing Clouds and Streaming Water Talisman."
The ssenger hesitated to speak.
Ning Xiaohui, being smart, thought of a possibility, and her face showed slight anger: "What do you an?"
"Are you planning to give the Flowing Clouds and Streaming Water Talisman to Ning Zhuo?"
"Exactly!" The ssenger sighed, his face full of bitterness, "This is part of the deal between Ning Zhuo and the clan leader."
"Outrageous!"
"He is just a branch mber, yet he dares to make such demands, utterly audacious!"
"The clan leader actually conceded? Such weakness? Allowing a re branch mber to show no respect?"
Ning Xiaohui scread in anger.
"The Flowing Clouds and Streaming Water Talisman, containing spiritual nature, is a family treasure. Instead of being used by the main branch, it's given to a branch mber?"
"This is utterly preposterous!"
"In this Ning Family, who is in charge?"
Ning Xiaohui, furious, her face pale, kept shouting.
The ssenger kept his head down, silently enduring her scolding, having anticipated Ning Xiaohui's reaction.
Ning Xiaohui cursed Ning Zhuo vehently, finally stopping when she was tired and out of breath.
The ssenger took the opportunity to explain that he was just a small figure, and the order was given by the clan leader. He asked Ning Xiaohui to be magnanimous and not make things difficult for him.
Ning Xiaohui snorted coldly: "Just you wait, I'll go talk to my grandmother about this!"
It turned out that when Ning Xiaohui's grandmother heard about this, she persuaded Ning Xiaohui instead.
"Ning Zhuo is not easy to deal with."
"He is very resourceful, with high-ranking branch mbers backing him, even managing to dethrone Ning Xiaoren, the young clan leader."
"Right now, he controls the black market and has many Foundation Establishnt elites under him. The entire branch supports him."
"He's also closely associated with the Zhou Family and the Zheng Family."
"More importantly, he has caught the eye of our family's ancestor. The ancestor publicly stated that Ning Zhuo has contributions to our Ning Family!"
"Xiaohui, a gentleman takes revenge ten years later."
"Currently, Ning Zhuo is in the lilight. We shouldn't confront him. Wait until his montum wanes, then it's not too late to seek revenge."
"If you can't endure minor setbacks, you will disrupt major plans. Just endure for now, it won't hurt."
Ning Xiaohui pouted, shaking her grandmother's arm, acting coquettishly.
But this ti, her grandmother was determined: "Xiaohui, compare yourself with Ning Xiaoren."
"If you confront him now, you might end up in jail too!"
Ning Xiaohui's face turned pale: "Grandmother, with you protecting , how could I be..."
Her grandmother interrupted directly: "I am rely a family elder. Look at the clan leader; his position was much higher and more important than mine. Did he manage to protect his son?"
Ning Xiaohui's lips trembled, unable to respond for a long ti.
Eventually, she, with a pale face, handed the Flowing Clouds and Streaming Water Talisman to the ssenger.
The ssenger received the talisman, hastily taking his leave, not daring to stay longer.
Ning Xiaohui watched the ssenger's retreating figure, almost grinding her teeth to dust.
"Ning, Zhuo!"
"I will repay today's humiliation a hundredfold!"
"Hmph, your good days won't last long."
"I've discovered that the key lies in Soul Entering Immortal Palace. Once I accumulate enough contributions, I can exchange for an Immortal Palace position."
"The highest position should be Palace Master."
"With my Ice-jade Hands talent, I am already close to accumulating enough to exchange for the physician position."
"With the physician position, my contribution accumulation speed will increase fivefold, advancing rapidly."
"In the future, my cultivation, contributions, and position will all surpass you!"
"I've morized every offense, every slight."
"One day, I will settle the score with you thoroughly!"
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