This was Ning Zhuo's first formal visit to the Zheng family.

The Zheng family had a very grand standard and opened the door directly. This alone was not easy, after all, Ning Zhuo was only in the Qi Refining Stage.

Not only that, the Zheng family also ordered Zheng Jian to come out to receive them.

"Brother Zheng, thank you for taking the trouble to pick me up." Ning Zhuo got off the carriage and was surprised when he saw Zheng Jian. He then showed deep emotion and was excited to be respected like that.

Zheng Jian's injuries had not healed at this time, and his entire body was covered in bandages.

He laughed loudly: "Don't look at me like this, my injury has actually stabilized. How could a man like me from the Zheng family neglect my friends just because of a minor injury?"

"Come, I'll take you into the refining room."

After the three families deepened their cooperation, they opened up some facilities in their respective families, such as the Ning family's talisman making room, the Zhou family's several magic arrays, and the Zheng family's weapon refining room.

The most popular one, of course, is the Zhou family's Gathering and Dispersing Ruyi Lingxi Formation. Everyone who has used it says it's good, and it's currently overcrowded, with every cultivator who applies to use it ranked.

The second is the Zheng family’s weapon refining room.

Many facilities of the Zheng and Zhou families are better than those of the City Lord’s Mansion.

When Huoshixian City was being built, the Nandou Dynasty paid for most of the expenses, while the Zhou and Zheng families also made huge contributions.

So, after the city was built, the two families got two of the best plots of land, were in charge of the two formation pillars of the large formation, and obtained the most advantageous conditions in some aspects.

The Zhou family had the most ample space for array formations, giving them more room to play freely, while the Zheng family had the most abundant high-quality earth flames, making it convenient for them to refine weapons.

From a big picture perspective, this is a game between local forces and the imperial court.

…

There is a constant flow of people on the streets.

Yuan Dasheng walked with difficulty and kept his head down.

It remains motionless even when it bumps into pedestrians along the way.

Some people were knocked to the ground by it, but they didn't want to cause trouble. At most, they grumbled a few words and left angrily.

After all, after Yuan Dasheng put on the Cang Tie Han Jia, he was tall and strong, and exuded the aura of foundation building. Looking at his expressionless face, but exuding a strong aura of grief, he looked very difficult to mess with!

…

Under the guidance of Zheng Jian, Ning Zhuo came to a weapon refining room.

Ning Zhuo looked around and exclaimed in praise.

The equipment refining room was well-equipped and contained many tools. It was the first time that Ning Zhuo had seen one with his own eyes; he had only seen it in books before.

The cultivation of the hundred arts has developed to a point where each industry has become quite professional. Unlike in ancient times, when the threshold for all arts was relatively low, a cultivator could use an alchemy furnace to refine both elixirs and tools. Today's alchemy furnaces are divided into different uses, specifically for refining elixirs, tools, and so on.

Zheng Jian handed over a jade slip and said, "We in the Zheng family have stored a lot of materials. It would be an exaggeration to say that we have everything, but it is definitely far better than what is available on the market."

"As long as it is in this jade slip, Brother Ning is welcome to use it."

"According to the contract between the three of us, the materials consumed will be converted according to the market price and finally calculated into each company's consumption share."

At this point, Zheng Jian took out another jade slip and said, "The materials here are the personal share given to me by the family. Brother Ning can also use them."

This is an obvious gesture of goodwill.

Ning Zhuo smiled and took it generously: "Thank you, Brother Zheng."

"Brother Zheng, if you are not busy, why don't you stay? I am going to use the noble refining room to refine some mechanical parts this time." Ning Zhuo said.

"This is the blueprint of the mechanism I designed. Brother Zheng, please give me some advice." Ning Zhuo took the initiative to hand over a jade slip.

Zheng Jian was greatly surprised. When he knew that Ning Zhuo had accepted his kindness, he immediately reciprocated the favor.

"Brother Ning was able to design the mechanical Fire Monkey, so it would be better for me not to show off my limited knowledge of mechanical devices. Brother Ning, please be magnanimous and let me appreciate your new work." Zheng Jian immediately took the jade slip.

He himself had little interest in mechanical engineering, but since it was related to the competition for the Lava Fairy Palace, and Ning Zhuo had previously demonstrated amazing talent in mechanical engineering, Zheng Jian had to take a look at this new mechanical engineering blueprint.

He unfolded it and found it was a mechanical monkey.

After taking a closer look, I found that this mechanical monkey was no longer used to pick tomatoes, but was obviously used for fighting.

The more Zheng Jian looked, the more his eyes lit up. For a moment he was immersed in the drawings and said nothing.

Ning Zhuo ignored him and walked straight to the corner, picked up the tools, started blowing air and started to light the furnace.

…

Yuan Dasheng was passing through the west gate of Huoshixian City and walking towards the wild.

The number of pedestrians around it decreased rapidly.

It walked step by step into the wilderness and forest on the west side of Huoshi Mountain. Although its back was strong, it gave people a strong feeling of loneliness and sadness.

Finally, it stopped in a deserted place. It sat on an inconspicuous hill, staring blankly at everything around it, at the sky, and at the clouds.

…

Ning Zhuo exhaled a breath, carefully turned his wrist, and poured the melted silver into the mold.

Ning Zhuo placed his palm against the wall and activated the magic circle.

Suddenly, a cold current gushed down from the roof, instantly cooling the hot mold and freezing it into an ice cube.

Zheng Jian waved his hand to dispel the cold, then took out a strange-looking mechanical component.

This is the last piece.

With the help of the Zheng family's weapon refining room and Zheng Jian, a genius monk who was proficient in weapon refining, Ning Zhuo completed the creation of all the mechanical parts in a short time, far exceeding Ning Zhuo's plan.

The next step is to assemble and combine them.

There were no surprises. After the successful assembly, an eight-foot-tall monkey skeleton appeared in front of the two.

Zheng Jian said with a click of the tongue: "Just looking at this skeleton, there are more than a hundred movable joints. The mechanical monkey made must be very flexible, but this will also be a great test of the monk's control ability. Many people may not be able to bring out the full power of this mechanism."

Ning Zhuo said: "I designed this for myself. I made it this way on purpose so that I can have a lot of room for improvement in practicing the skills of controlling mechanical creations."

"Okay, next we need to set up the formation."

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"Then, install the array and so on."

"The filling of the body and so on should be put in the back."

Zheng Jian nodded with a happy look on his face: "Follow your plan, Brother Ning, I will help you."

Even though he was injured, he still participated in the whole process. On the one hand, he could observe Ning Zhuo's accomplishments in mechanical engineering in the most intuitive way, and on the other hand, it also gave him a good exercise and improved his own accomplishments in mechanical engineering.

After two days and one night, the mission was accomplished.

"Why don't you stay at my house for a night? It won't be too late to leave tomorrow morning," Zheng Jian tried to persuade her to stay.

He participated in the whole process and gained a lot. He felt the excitement and fun of mechanical engineering and said frankly: "Brother Ning, I can't wait to talk with you all night long!"

Ning Zhuo smiled bitterly and pointed at the bandages all over Zheng Jian's body.

The previously snow-white bandage was now stained with blood and a lot of black ash.

"Brother Zheng, you should take good care of your injuries."

"You have assisted me throughout this process. I am very grateful to you. If you stay here any longer, the nobles will be dissatisfied."

"There will be a chance in the future, and we can have a good chat!"

Zheng Jian laughed: "Whatever, whatever."

"Oh, I almost forgot to tell you."

"In a few days, the three of us will conduct a joint operation, and we need you to lead it."

"The few of us who are injured can't come."

Although the geniuses of the three families can still enter the Immortal Palace with their souls, the damage to their physical bodies requires their souls to stay in their physical bodies at all times during the recovery period.

Otherwise, the new body will easily grow crooked and not be able to perfectly match the soul. This will cause many obstacles to future practice and reduce the efficiency of practice. Over time, the accumulation of these losses will be too great to be accepted.

As night fell, Ning Zhuo left Zheng's house by car.

There was no curfew in Huoshixian City, so Yuan Dasheng also entered the city.

Before Ning Zhuo arrived at the family residence, it had already sneaked into Ning Ze's residence, quietly waiting for Ning Zhuo's return.

Just as Ning Zhuo had guessed before, emotions will dissipate.

The more intense the emotion, the less sustainable it is.

After Yuan Dasheng sat in the wild for two days and one night, his emotions receded like the tide, and his exposed spirit once again obeyed commands and acted according to orders.

However, the sadness still exists, like a thick gray cloth covering the spirituality.

Ning Zhuo controlled Yuan Dasheng, and he was no longer as obedient as before.

"According to the records in 'The Theory of Spirituality', after the long period of spiritual life, there is the period of spiritual movement."

"He has reached full spirituality and self-sufficiency. Yuan Dasheng is no longer in the long-term spiritual stage, but the dynamic spiritual stage."

"So-called spiritual movement means such uncontrolled movement?"

"Once the emotions come back, I will lose control of them again!"

Ning Zhuo doesn't want to have such a bad experience again.

"There must be a way. There must be a way to solve this problem in the Lava Fairy Palace." Ning Zhuo said.

This problem must be solved as soon as possible.

"It is impossible for me to enter the Asgard for no reason. There are too many people watching me."

"The best chance is the joint action of the three companies in a few days!"

(End of this chapter)