Chapter 508: Thank you for your hard work
Xuanyuan Jiugongtai!
Xuan: refers to an ancient vehicle with a canopy or curtains, representing a distinguished and noble status, and symbolizing a lofty destiny and the power to travel far.
Shafts: Two straight wooden poles in front of a cart used to pull livestock, representing the source of guidance and strength.
The Nine Crafts represent nine types of crafts.
Xuanyuan Jiugongtai is a pedestal that contains nine kinds of craftsmanship and is used to manufacture mechanical frames.
The entire pedestal looks like a thick long strip, very simple and empty, which is very different from most of the strangely shaped mechanical pedestals.
It is a combination of wood and metal. The wood is made of ancient elm and blue sea agarwood, showing natural texture and simple atmosphere. The metal is made of Taibai Yaojin, which ensures stability and durability.
The tabletop was translucent and contained countless talismans. These talismans were large and small, some were delicate and densely packed together, while others were large and thick and occupied a space by themselves.
The talisman emits a faint mysterious light and gradually changes with time.
Ning Zhuo's eyes widened so wide that they almost glowed.
He almost broke away from the stone ball and threw himself on the pedestal for a passionate embrace! He couldn't wait to infuse his spiritual consciousness, and his expression became more and more excited.
"Sure enough, just as it's recorded in the book, the nine crafts can be different and arranged according to your needs."
"Great! It's really great."
Ning Zhuo studied it carefully and found that there are nine kinds of crafts, namely, fine carving, sky-fire casting, overlapping forging, stardust inlay...
“It’s more of a fine-tuned process.”
What Ning Zhuo needs is to quickly make mechanical dolls, either for large-scale production or repair.
However, even if it is not quite right, with this Xuanyuan Nine-Work Platform, his efficiency can still be increased by more than ten times.
This level of improvement is already considerable!
Ning Zhuo looked at the second mechanism pedestal again.
This pedestal looks like a miniature ancient palace, with a steady shape and elegant and smooth lines of cloud patterns and dragon-shaped runes on the surface.
The main body of the palace is bronze in color, giving people a sense of time vicissitudes and heavy history.
The beams and pillars in the palace were thick and round, simple and elegant, and they were all slowly rotating.
Ning Zhuo infused his spiritual consciousness into it and found that the inside of this palace-like mechanical pedestal was filled with countless gears and grooves. The structure was extremely delicate, with gears densely packed and stacked layer upon layer.
"Xuan Gong Gear Station!" Ning Zhuo quickly recognized it.
"Its main value depends on what the main gear is."
Ning Zhuo's spiritual awareness continued to deepen, and he soon saw a huge gear occupying the center and rotating slowly.
"Left and right wheels?"
Ning Zhuo's heart moved, and he continued to observe, and soon confirmed that his previous judgment was correct.
The upper and lower ascending wheels and the left and right treading wheels correspond to each other and are a pair of classic mechanical accessories in mechanical arts.
There is also a third mechanism pedestal.
The pedestal of this mechanism is cylindrical in shape, like a big drum.
The drum surface is painted red, and a huge god is depicted on the cylindrical surface. The god is holding up the sky and stepping on the earth, with clouds and smoke lingering around his knees and shoulders, highlighting his huge figure. His whole body is bulging with muscles, giving a very strong sense of power at first glance.
"Giant Spirit Shaping Platform!" Ning Zhuo immediately understood.
This pedestal is very easy to spot.
Or rather, Ning Zhuo had long coveted the many pedestals, but he could only satisfy his craving for them through books and secret records, keeping his love hidden in his heart.
Although the price of the mechanism pedestal is not as high as that of alchemy furnace, refining furnace, etc., it is not common in the market.
In the more than ten years that Ning Zhuo has been in Huoshi Xiancheng, he has not seen many mechanical pedestals for sale.
There is actually another important reason for this, that is, Huoshi Xiancheng is a new city. Since its construction, it has been difficult to fully develop due to special reasons such as the three masters.
Nowadays, although the Lava Fairy Palace has come into being, the Fire Persimmon Fairy City is in the midst of a more intense game, let alone rapid development.
The function of the Giant Shaping Platform is to forcibly change the shape of large materials.
It is also different from most mechanism pedestals.
Because it contains the art of summoning gods.
The one invited was the giant spirit.
This type of deity is always large, strong, and possesses great power.
This giant spirit shaping platform is only at the Jindan level, and can only invite one giant spirit god at a time. If it is at the Yuanying level, it can invite two giant spirit gods at the same time, or one giant spirit god and one craftsman god.
In the absence of a craftsman god, this giant shaping platform must contain magic arrays and talismans to assist with heating, lubrication, burning, fixation, etc.
A Xuanyuan Nine-Working Platform, a Xuangong Gear Platform, and a Giant Spirit Shaping Platform!
"One Yuanying level, two Jindan level. Three mechanical pedestals in a row! Who in the army are these for?"
Ning Zhuo was happy but also confused.
Faced with this problem, the first person he thought of was the clever Princess Shuangling.
At present, among the armies of the two countries, she is the only one who can use mechanical devices. Moreover, she is at the Nascent Soul level and is wealthy enough to afford them.
“Hehehe.” Sun Lingtong also thought of this and laughed slyly, “Xiaozhu, I’m afraid these mechanical pedestals belong to Shuangling.”
"We're going to make her pay this time!"
"She was so arrogant at the auction. It's not that I didn't report it, but the time has come. Hehehe! Now the time has come."
Ning Zhuo nodded and continued to cooperate with Sun Lingtong to control the stone ball.
The "Old Monster in the Stone" appeared everywhere on the battlefield and kept attacking. Even though the battle between Qianfenglin and the Two Zhu Kingdoms was in full swing and extremely brutal, he made a lot of money.
A stone with jade-like color and dragon scale-like surface texture - Dragon Scale Stone.
The color is as dark blue or black as the night sky. If you quickly shake it in your hand, a shadow will be left in the air - Night Shadow Bronze.
The wood with bloodstains entwined and interwoven on the surface like a python - Python Pattern Blood Fir.
The upper part is cyan, and the lower part shows blue spiritual liquid - the blue sea and blue sky.
The four-fingered bird claws that looked like they were made of bronze and were extremely hard—the claws of a dead dove.
…
After stealing a lot, Ning Zhuo gradually gained some understanding.
"These pedestals and precious materials seem to be matched together and can be used to refine some kind of mechanical creation..."
The "Old Monster in the Stone" stole everything from front to back, left to right, inside and out of the transport team.
The entire transport team was wailing, as some were killed or some were robbed, and their morale collapsed.
A large-scale rout occurred.
This caused the Nascent Soul cultivators of the two countries to lose military support, and their combat effectiveness immediately declined.
Fuyunzi and Shanyuezi decisively joined forces and continued to attack together to resist the downward trend.
"The truly valuable treasures should all be in the escort officer's storage bag." Sun Lingtong was still very excited as he looked at the battle groups fighting in the sky.
Ning Zhuo nodded slightly: "Then let's wait and see."
Storage bags, storage rings, storage belts, etc. have different carrying capacities. Some are strong, some are weak.
The more treasures you put in and the higher their quality, the more carrying capacity will be consumed.
Therefore, in many cases, transport teams and caravans are needed.
Whether it is teleportation or high-grade storage equipment, the cost is even higher.
The most precious military supplies were in the storage bags of the escort officers, but the quantity was usually small, because the precious items were usually of high quality, so the amount that could be loaded was naturally scarce.
Boom boom boom! "Die..."
"Take my move..."
"What a vicious spell..."
"Don't be so arrogant, you thief..."
Bang, bang, bang! "Take a taste of our mountain clouds!"
"Humph, that's all."
…
Sun Ning and the other man huddled underground and watched the show with great interest.
The three Nascent Soul cultivators from the Liangzhu countries were outnumbered to begin with and were gradually losing.
As the escort officer tried to block, the storage bag on his waist was hit and fell, hitting the ground right above the stone ball.
Chen Lingfeng pounced, trying to grab the storage bag.
But the next moment, a mysterious light flashed, and an old monster emerged from the stone and sucked the storage bag in.
Chen Lingfeng shouted, "Senior Shi, you are going too far!"
Sun Lingtong nodded, his voice hoarse, playing the role of the old monster in the stone: "It is indeed excessive."
Chen Lingfeng was slightly stunned. Just as he felt a little hope, he was about to continue persuading her, but the next moment, Sun Lingtong said, "You have worked hard. Keep working hard next time."
"I..." Chen Lingfeng almost cursed.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Then, he watched the "old monster in the stone" sink into the ground and disappear again.
There is a sealing device on the storage bag and it cannot be opened for the time being.
Sun Ning and the other man were very patient and not in a hurry, but continued to observe the fierce battle.
The escort officer felt a sharp pain in his chest when he saw that he had lost the military supplies, and his fighting spirit was weakened. After an urgent communication with Fuyunzi and Shanyuezi, he immediately began to retreat.
Qianfenglin's ambush troops chased for a while and then dared not to chase any further.
In fact, they were behind enemy lines, and their enemies were everywhere.
At this point, the second ambush ended.
"Go find the old monster in the stone!"
"He went too far. He took almost all our spoils."
"We risked our lives to come here to intercept the transport team, but in the end, only the old monster in the stone got the upper hand. I can't accept this!"
"Hate, I hate it so much!! I have finally seen through the old monster in the stone."
"This guy is usually very silent, but I didn't expect his nature to be like this. He is so hateful!"
The faces of many Jindan and Yuanying cultivators in Qianfenglin were extremely bad.
Sun Ning and the other two had already left on foot.
The military information that the transport team had been attacked and looted was urgently delivered to Mulun Town.
Shuangling was shocked to hear the bad news and couldn't believe it at first: "How is it possible? This is impossible!"
"How could such an important transport be ambushed by the enemy?"
"My mechanical pedestal, and my many precious materials!!!" Shuang Ling gritted her teeth with mixed anger.
After she gradually calmed down, she said with a sinister look in her eyes: "Humph, old monster in the stone! If you take my things, I can find you as long as you are in the two countries!"
Shuangling took out a large number of mechanisms and laid out the altar.
The mechanisms are constructed, inlaid and combined with each other to build an altar of mechanisms.
She immediately went up to the altar and performed a ritual.
After one stick of incense, the daytime stars appear!
The magical power - the stars are hidden.
The shining stars will point out the location and direction of the thief.
fail!
Shuang Ling's expression changed drastically. She spat out a mouthful of blood and half-knelt on the ground. Her energy and spirit weakened.
"How is that possible?"
"Could it be that the old monster in the stone has already left the Liangzhu Kingdom?"
The "Old Monster in the Stone" has disintegrated, and Sun Ning and his companion are riding on the Wanli Wandering Dragon and traveling through the void.
Just as they were about to end the journey and return to the real world, Sun Lingtong suddenly shouted, "Wait!"
Ning Zhuo was controlling Wanli Youlong, while he was studying the escort officer's storage bag. He was trying to find a way to break the anti-theft arrangement of the storage bag, when suddenly he saw the storage bag emitting starlight.
Sun Lingtong reacted immediately: "Someone is tracking and locating us!"
"You must not go out now."
"Come on, Xiaozhuo, let's continue traveling through the void."
Sun Lingtong stopped Ning Zhuo in time.
Ning Zhuo's heart also skipped a beat, and he continued to control the Wanli Youlong to swim in the void.
During this process, Sun Lingtong frequently used stealing skills to apply them to the storage bag, as well as the many treasures and mechanical pedestals that were looted.
“It doesn’t have much effect.”
"What kind of methods does the other party have? They are so powerful!"
"No, they tampered with the military supplies in advance, so they were discovered and explored."
After Sun Lingtong found out the truth, there was nothing she could do.
He is only in the foundation-building stage, and is practicing the Boy's Kung Fu, which is not considered the mainstream Kung Fu of the Bukong Sect.
"Let's walk around a little longer. I don't believe these people will continue to search us."
Following Sun Lingtong's delaying tactics, Sun Ning and the others kept trying, and finally waited until the starlight dissipated and no longer appeared.
They wandered in the void for a while, and made sure that the starlight had not reappeared, then they left the void and returned to the world.
"Where is this place?" Sun Ning and the other two immediately identified the location.
"Blue Sky Mountain?" The two soon realized that they were in the Thousand Peaks Forest.
The exact location is Bikong Mountain.
"Where are the defenders here?"
"No one is there!" Ning Zhuo was curious.
Sun Lingtong suddenly called out: "Oh, oh, Xiaozhuo, let's go to the top of the mountain and take a look. The Blue Sky Pond there produces Sky Crystals."
"With the Void Crystal, we can improve the Wanli Wandering Dragon and greatly reduce the consumption when we travel through the void."
Sun Ning and his companion carefully sneaked to the top of the mountain and did not find any enemy during the whole process.
How strange!
Wanli Youlong dived into the Bikongtan Lake and saw a large area of empty crystals condensed at the bottom of the lake.
"The empty crystals here are not very big, and most of them have not yet condensed into shape, so they cannot be mined." Sun Lingtong said disappointedly.
Ning Zhuo has reacted at this moment: "I think I roughly know why this place is like this."
"Our four armies are attacking Qianfenglin. I know the marching routes of the Three Generals Camp and the Red Flower Camp."
"Although the situation of the Barbarian Demon Camp and the Golden Halberd Army is unclear, we can make some guesses based on the existing intelligence."
"According to the location of Blue Sky Mountain, it is already quite deep in the Thousand Peaks Forest. It is very likely located on the marching route of a certain army, so the defenders here withdrew in advance."
"The Barbarian Demon Camp has been severely damaged. It is impossible for them to reach such a depth in such a short period of time."
"So, it's most likely the Golden Halberd Army!"
"This army is likely to arrive here soon."
Sun Lingtong listened to Ning Zhuo's analysis while observing the crystals on the bottom of the lake: "Xiao Zhuo, stop analyzing. Look at that piece of empty crystal. There is a small piece that is full of mature crystals. We can dig it up and collect it."
“What a shame to miss this!”
(End of this chapter)