The two areas are manufacturing machinery areas, each belonging to the contestants.

The middle area is the agency combat zone.

In front of Ning Zhuo, there was a long table with many materials placed on it.

Ning Zhuo quickly scanned the materials and found that they were all at the Qi Refining level, so low-end that he felt familiar with them.

They were fist gold, fire essence, ancient wood with spiritual patterns, large water droplets with frost flowers, and charcoal-baked clay. Finally, there was a piece of medium-grade spiritual stone.

"Are there any tools to make the mechanism?" Ning Zhuo wondered.

He didn't see it yet.

Without any manufacturing tools, the mechanism has to be made entirely by hand, so the difficulty of making it increases tenfold, or more.

However, Ning Zhuo discovered that there were a lot of array patterns on the table, which immediately reminded him of the operating tables in the clinic.

"Perhaps this is the same arrangement as those operating tables. There are many mechanical tools stored on the table."

Ning Zhuo wanted to verify this conjecture, but found that he could not move. There was an invisible force restraining him.

It was not until the start of this round of palace examinations was announced that this invisible force suddenly disappeared, allowing Ning Zhuo to move freely.

Ning Zhuo first looked straight ahead of him, where his opponent should be.

It's blurry and unclear.

Ning Zhuo walked forward a few steps and came to the table. He reached out and touched the tabletop, infusing his magic power into it, and indeed he took out many mechanical tools, including welding torches, vise pliers, etc.

After the conjecture was successfully verified, Ning Zhuo subconsciously looked at the opposite side again, but everything was still blurry.

He ignored these and focused on checking the materials provided for the palace examination.

There are at least thirty pieces of Fist Gold, each of which looks like a clenched fist. This is where the name Fist Gold comes from.

Ning Zhuo knew clearly in his heart that this was a hard metal ore with high strength and durability.

"I can use it to build the skeleton of the mechanical puppet."

The fist gold has been inspected and the quality is neither good nor bad. It is the most common type on the market.

Ning Zhuo continued to check.

The second item is fire spirit.

This thing is one of the specialties of Huoshi Xiancheng. Ning Zhuo is most familiar with it and is the fastest at checking it.

Ancient wood with spiritual patterns...

Ning Zhuo lifted up a large piece of ancient wood and placed it in front of himself to observe.

Even after being sawed off, this large piece of ancient tree still exudes a faint vitality.

The cross section of the wood is covered with spiritual patterns.

Whenever a plant absorbs spiritual energy for a long time, this kind of spiritual pattern will appear. The longer the time, the more and more dense the spiritual patterns will be.

On the other hand, the more spiritual patterns there are, the higher the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy.

"This piece of ancient wood must have been a spiritual plant when it was alive."

When Ning Zhuo examined the material, he focused on the distribution and direction of its spiritual patterns.

"It can be used to store spirit stones and build a way to transmit spirit power. There is only one spirit stone, so a part of it must be kept to make the array plate of the spirit gathering array!"

Ning Zhuo continued checking.

The large water droplets formed by frost are as big as washbasins.

The water droplet is like a huge blue steamed bun, round and plump. On the surface of the water droplet, there are pieces of frost flowers. These frost flowers are very large, comparable to the palm of an adult.

As Ning Zhuo's palm approached, the frost on the surface of the water droplet quickly melted.

"It can be used to make weapon parts, or to cool its own auxiliary parts." Ning Zhuo thought of two main application directions.

After that comes the charcoal-baked clay.

This clay is black-grey in colour.

It changes dramatically with temperature.

When it's hot, it becomes a hard solid, but when it's cold, it becomes sticky and can be easily molded.

In addition, it has excellent fire resistance.

Sometimes, it can also be used as coal to provide a base for combustion and store heat for mechanical creations.

Finally, there is the only medium-grade spirit stone.

"Just a spiritual stone is not enough to fight for a long time. Therefore, the spiritual gathering array in the mechanical puppet is necessary."

"This spiritual stone can only serve as a starting stone."

While checking the materials, Ning Zhuo had already come up with many ideas.

Without resting, he raced against time and officially started refining.

The first step is to build the skeleton.

Ning clumsy handling of charcoal-baked clay.

He first cooled it down so that the clay could be easily shaped.

With his skillful hands, he shaped a pile of clay into a deep-mouthed vessel, which stood on the table like a small well.

Ning Zhuo took the welding torch and smelted the fist gold. The fist gold immediately turned into a pool of gold solution in the spurting of hot flames.

Liquid gold is stored in small wells fashioned from charcoal-baked clay.

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Ning Zhuo cast the Gold Picking Spell on him! This spell originated from the trial level and can freely extract metals according to the cultivator's wishes.

Under normal conditions, it is very difficult to purify solid fist gold, the difficulty is high, and the effect is slow. But under liquid state, it is twice the result with half the effort.

"How many times of purification is most appropriate?" Ning Zhuo faced this question.

Theoretically, the more the better, but in reality, he had to consider time.

Once the time limit is up, he can no longer manufacture the mechanism. Too many purifications will affect the final product.

The question of how many times to purify is actually an overall control over the entire refining process.

It would be even better if you can plan the time of each step accurately.

This question does not pose any difficulty for Ning Zhuo.

He had a clear plan deep in his mind, and according to the plan, it would be most appropriate to purify it three times at this stage.

Such a small detail can already show whether a mechanical monk is excellent.

Such details are constantly piled up, and the impact on the finished product is huge in the end.

Ning Zhuo quickly passed this step and started the next step.

He molded the gold solution into a skeleton shape.

It is worth mentioning that these skeletons are hollow.

After completing this step, Ning Zhuo began to process the ancient wood with spiritual patterns.

Because there was only one spirit stone, Ning Zhuo had to first use ancient wood to cut out a formation plate and draw the spirit gathering formation.

After completing this step, Ning Zhuo cut the ancient wood along the spiritual patterns and inserted the thin cylindrical wooden strips into the golden skeleton to serve as the bone core.

Ning Zhuo used the spell from the trial level again. A three-inch cylindrical ancient wood strip could only grow to five inches at most. If it grew any longer, it would be too much, and the entire wood strip would dry up and die.

After completing this step, Ning Zhuo rested for a dozen breaths.

Skilled mechanical monks often have such good habits. They are not busy all the time, but have a balance between work and rest.

Because next, Ning Zhuo has to deal with the fire spirit, so he must ensure his own condition.

He began to deal with the fire spirit.

He was extremely familiar with this material.

Ning Zhuo made fire spirits into firecrackers. This was also a mechanism component that he was quite familiar with. His fire monkey mechanism was generally equipped with this kind of firecrackers as a common means of attack.

When facing the huge frost droplets, Ning Zhuo fully demonstrated his attainments in formation!

He set up at least three magic arrays in the frost flower droplets, which were fast and steady. In addition, Ning Zhuo filled the center of the array with several frost talismans that he made on the spot.

In the end, this big water drop can change its shape at will according to Ning Zhuo's wishes.

Ning Zhuo hung the burden on the skeleton.

He then reshaped the charcoal-baked clay into a body that completely covered the skeleton.

During the remaining time, he went back again and made a large number of firecrackers.

Ning Zhuo named the final mechanical puppet - Five Elements Pawn.

The main method of attack is mechanical firecrackers, and the defense is provided by large frost flower droplets, which can rush out of the body at the critical moment and turn into armor or shield.

(End of this chapter)