"One year, two years, three years."
The intervals at which the Buddhist Physician, ng Yaoyin, recovered her consciousness beca longer and longer.
Before, she could see Ning Zhuo several tis a year. Gradually, it beca once every two or three years.
Ning Zhuo imrsed himself in the study of chanical Techniques, neglecting sleep and food. Ning Ze and others advised him, and the Academy Elder told him to balance his efforts, but he cast their words aside, feigning compliance—what could compare to the importance of his mother?
One deep night, the Buddhist Physician, ng Yaoyin, appeared.
After examining Ning Zhuo's foundation in chanical Techniques, ng Yaoyin smiled with relief, "My son has studied diligently, creating a solid base in chanical arts. Although his cultivation level is low, it is enough to help his mother now."
"Mother, what must I do?" Ning Zhuo asked eagerly, full of joy.
ng Yaoyin said, "Your mother has passed away, only her spiritual nature remains. Now, because of injuries inflicted by the Dao, only by sealing herself can she maintain her presence for more days."
"By common reasoning, you, still in the early stage of Qi Refinent, having embarked on the path of cultivation not long ago, cannot control golden core level chanical dolls."
"But my 'Buddha Heart Demon Seal' can break this convention!"
"You will use the heart seal, supplented by the chanical components I've modified as a Buddhist Physician, and finally combine it with your mother's natural affinity for your spirit. Then, you might barely control the Buddhist Physician."
ng Yaoyin imparted to Ning Zhuo the technique to control.
Ning Zhuo learned it right away, his eyes shining faintly, able to influence the movents of the Buddhist Physician.
ng Yaoyin was content, then took care to add, "My child, I have already modified the Buddhist Physician chanism to ensure it won't completely revert to the Immortal Palace."
"After your mother seals herself, the Buddhist Physician will act according to its own prohibitions and your mother's spirit. It will wander around Fire Persimmon Mountain, continuously slaying Fla Demon Beasts to protect the Immortal Palace."
"Your mother can't recover her consciousness on her own anymore, she needs you to awaken her from the outside. To this end, your mother has already found a solution."
"Your mother belongs to Flying Cloud Country, has already improved upon the Sealing Technique, and made arrangents... Using cultivators who explore Fire Persimmon Mountain... Selling up and down Ruyi silk cords... When your mother needs to exert effort, just mix in special cloud threads..."
Ning Zhuo listened carefully, not daring to miss a single word.
At the end, Ning Zhuo questioned, "Mother, I have recently reviewed 'Lava Fairy Palace Essence' again, whether it's the Big Snake Scythe or you, both have been through the Golden Furnace. How can the Golden Furnace refine spirit? Does this related prohibition co from so scripture? If I obtain it, could it help to restore your spirit?"
ng Yaoyin smiled slightly, "Your mother has indeed contemplated this point before, and it is indeed possible."
"In the future, when you enter the palace, perhaps you may try it."
"However, spirit is spirit, mory is mory. Your mother has already lost much of her mory, only the most critical parts remain."
"Even though I have sealed the spirit, it doesn't prevent the erosion of mory by the Dao injury."
"My child, your mother..."
ng Yaoyin's voice choked, her tone trembling slightly, "Mother may not rember you in the future. Acting solely on spirit, I hope you won't be sorrowful!"
Tears suddenly rimd Ning Zhuo's eyes, his voice hoarse and resolute, "Mother, I will definitely think of a way! Rest assured, I will seize the Immortal Palace, I will surely save you!"
ng Yaoyin reached out, caressing Ning Zhuo's face, her gaze filled with affection: "Of course your mother believes you, my child, how fortunate your mother is to have such a good child."
"Having accompanied you for so many years, your mother is already content."
"Seizing the Immortal Palace is not important."
"Neither is your mother."
"You should have your own life, and you will have your own path..."
Ning Zhuo interrupted, "Mother! Don't say that anymore..."
He embraced his mother, and for the first ti since he had grown up, he shed tears.
...
Sixteen years old.
"Mother, there's been a change! The Lava Fairy Palace has lowered its standard to the Qi Refinent Realm... we might never get there in this lifeti!"
Ning Zhuo decided to bomb the Immortal Palace.
He "accidentally" encountered Ning Chen and Ning Yong.
Ning Chen taunted, "What if I were your uncle and auntie, seeing you so down and out, scraping a living in an inconspicuous little workshop, what would go through your mind?"
"Perhaps they're thinking: Look at that, Ning Zhuo, so ignorant of his place, without our help, he can only live a life of hardship, gradually sinking to the bottom of cultivators!"
Ning Zhuo's mind went on alert, "This Ning Chen is off!"
Outwardly, he furrowed his brows, his face darkening as though his defenses had been breached.
Ning Chen smirked inwardly and pressed on, unaware that Ning Zhuo was simply going along with the trap.
After eting Ning Zhanji, Ning Zhuo and the family cultivators went deep into Persimmon Fire Mountain.
Ning Zhanji lectured him, "You're still young, don't just chase after money. You should know that investing in yourself is the best path to success."
"Once you reach the Foundation Establishnt Stage, your life will be on a different plane."
Ning Zhuo confird at this point, "The one who wants to set up is Ning Zhanji. Even though he has soone behind him... Hmph, you want to sche against ? It might just be a good opportunity to get rid of this person."
After delving deeper into Persimmon Fire Mountain, Ning Zhuo contacted the chanical Buddha Doctor with his Heart Seal.
With a deep light in his eyes, he remote-controlled the Buddha Doctor, cutting down Fla Demon Beasts along the way, and hurriedly set up a rudintary array as bait.
The Ning Family cultivators were quick to fall for the trap—
"There's a Magma Demon Ape ahead!" Suddenly, a cultivator responsible for scouting in the team shouted a warning.
The Ning Family's team kept moving deeper, surrounded by Demon Beasts, forming an array for self-protection.
anwhile, the Buddha Doctor drew close to the Lava Fairy Palace, provoking an attack from Zheng Shuanggou.
"You vermin, daring to covet the Immortal Palace, leave your life behind!" Zheng Shuanggou roared.
The Black Shadow Demon Cultivator Buddha Doctor, under Ning Zhuo's control, spoke in an old voice, laughing harshly, "The treasures of the Cultivation World belong to those who are fated. You major clans of Fire Persimmon Immortal City think you can monopolize the Lava Fairy Palace? Dream on!"
In the midst of battle, the Black Shadow Demon Cultivator struck out casually, killing Ning Zhanji.
"Lord Ning Zhanji!" The Ning Family cultivators cried out. But Ning Zhanji lay on the ground, eyes wide open, dead and unable to close them.
...
The Immortal Palace was exploded into the open, the Dharma Transmission Bell ringing through the entire city, greatly surprising Ning Zhuo.
He and the other Ning Family cultivators were taken back to the prison for questioning.
For safety, Ning Zhuo remote-controlled the Buddha Doctor to follow. If his identity was exposed, he would use the Buddha Doctor for rescue.
Ning Zhuo passed the interrogation smoothly, but an unexpected incident occurred upon leaving the prison.
The Alert Heart Bell sensed sothing, leading Chi Dun to find the Buddha Doctor.
Two Golden Core Cultivators clashed.
The Ning Family cultivators panicked, fearing collateral damage, and fled in all directions.
Ning Chen and Ning Yong also pulled Ning Zhuo to run.
But Ning Zhuo said, "Run? Let's go back to the prison, that's the safest place!"
The two were stunned.
Ning Zhuo directly grabbed the hands of the two n: "Trust , you won't be wrong."
The three of them returned to the dungeon.
Ning Chen and Ning Yong were restless.
Ning Zhuo pretended to be leisurely and composed, eating fruit and drinking tea while secretly focusing his ntal power to control the Buddhist Physician and tactically retreat during battle.
At the critical mont, he thought of Fei Si and daringly controlled the Buddhist Physician to rush into the Fire Persimmon Forest.
Fei Si's behavior was as Ning Zhuo had predicted; he turned around and stopped Chi Dun.
...
As the Youthful Guest, Ning Zhuo gathered Sun Lingtong and Han Ming and successfully raided the elixirs of Ziyang Courtyard.
Ning Zhuo's plot against Han Ming was a success.
Sun Lingtong suggested inspecting the pills and keeping them.
Ning Zhuo shook his head, "I strongly advise against that."
"This ti we happened to co across ng Chong. He is a Nascent Soul's grandson, and our action could easily be interpreted as a plot against ng Chong."
Ning Zhuo snorted coldly, "Isn't that simple? Just throw them into the Fire Persimmon Forest."
Sun Lingtong was startled, then his eyes lit up, and he clapped in admiration, "Brilliant, truly brilliant!"
Indeed it was brilliant.
The pills, coming directly from the righteous hall to the hands of the Buddhist Physician, greatly reduced the connection between the Youthful Guest, Sun Lingtong, and the Black Shadow Demon Cultivator.
And with the purification capabilities of the Buddhist Physician's chanical light, even the Phoenix Soul Blood Fragrance Pills and Foundation Establishnt Pills, which Foundation Establishnt Cultivator Sun Lie might have tagged with tracking thods, would be thoroughly cleansed.
...
The Persimmon Fire Festival.
Chen Cha felt emotional about Yuan Dasheng's reliability.
Ning Zhuo remained silent, with a current of deep light brewing in the depths of his eyes.
He scoffed to himself, "Reliable?"
"My sches have all led up to this mont."
A dozen chanical monkeys suddenly broke free from the control of the cultivators and attacked Yuan Er.
The assassination attempt failed.
Yuan Dasheng turned back around and continued picking persimmons.
On the mountainside, the deep light in Ning Zhuo's eyes had accumulated to the extre.
"Co on, co on," he whispered in his heart.
The earlier assassination had already attracted the attention of the Golden Core Cultivators. The following explosion shifted almost everyone's focus.
The Buddhist Physician took this opportunity to shrink its form and sneak into the storage formation of an Explosive Fla Monkey.
Once the chanical monkeys reached their storage limit for persimmons, they were remotely controlled to return by Foundation Establishnt Cultivators.
They would stand in the massive circular array, spitting out stored persimmons, which piled up on the ground.
Once they ford a small mountain a zhang high, the array would activate and transport the persimmons directly to the granary of the City Lord's Mansion.
As a result, the Black Shadow Demon Cultivator mysteriously disappeared!
The various Golden Core Cultivators all had serious expressions.
The Zhou Family patriarch doubted Zhu Xuanji's Golden Eyes Talent.
Zhu Xuanji haughtily said, "I can only tell you that my mastery of the Golden Eye Insight is nearly divine. In my decade-plus years with the Divine Hunter Office, I have only encountered three Golden Core Cultivators who have withstood my Golden Eye Insight. Below the Golden Core, no living being can escape my eye!"
...
Ning Zhuo, after his soul entered the Immortal Palace, went straight for the Cremation Prajna Spirit Liberation Sutra as his reward!
The contents of the Buddhist Scripture quickly transmitted into Ning Zhuo's heart.
"Just as I had guessed!" Ning Zhuo was first exhilarated, then he was stunned.
The content of the Cremation Prajna Spirit Liberation Sutra moved him!
At that mont, he almost wept with joy.
"Mother, the Cremation Prajna Spirit Liberation Sutra can refine Spiritual Nature, it can grow your Spiritual Nature."
"It must be the prohibition within the Golden Furnace."
"Mother, I have found it!"
...
The City Lord's Mansion dispatched assassins to attack the three prodigious cultivators.
Ning Zhuo was inside a small cultivation chamber surrounded by Floating Clouds that obscured the view.
He turned his head and stared in a certain direction, frowning deeply, the eerie light flickering in his eyes.
The Buddhist Physician was hidden, always guarding Ning Zhuo's safety.
Through the hands of the Buddhist Physician, Ning Zhuo instantly killed the assassins, and a thought crossed his mind: "Isn't this the perfect opportunity to increase my mother's Spiritual Nature?"
The Buddhist Physician stowed away the corpses of the assassins, hiding themselves inside a carriage.
Clip-clop-clip-clop!
A series of rapid hoofbeats approached.
A carriage seed out of control, rushing toward the small courtyard.
Boom!
The carriage exploded, and flas scorched everything.
Under the cover of the Cloud Concealed Bud, the Cremation Prajna Spirit Liberation Sutra refined the small courtyard.
Drawing out specks of Spirit Light, they flowed into the chanical Buddha Physician.
The Buddhist Physician's Spiritual Movent recovered.
With the resurgence of Spiritual Nature, it was now able to use its innate Immortal Aptitude and Divine Skills, further regaining strength.
"Mother!" Ning Zhuo choked up, reuniting with her in a blaze.
"Who... are you?" The Buddhist Physician · ng Yaoyin, however, asked.
Ning Zhuo's body tensed abruptly.
The voice of the Buddhist Physician · ng Yaoyin was very gentle, "Why do you feel so familiar to ? You must be soone very important to , right?"
Ning Zhuo's eyes reddened, and his voice trembled, "Mother, I am your child, I am Ning Zhuo."
"Ning... Zhuo?" The Buddhist Physician · ng Yaoyin looked confused.
She couldn't rember.
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