Capítulo 1092: Chapter 406: You’re Truly Cut Out for the Righteous Path! (2)
In an instant, the Five-Colored Sound Blades alternated in flight, flashing brilliantly, creating quite a lively and nice scene. Yet their real power made Ning Zhuo secretly shake his head.
Soon after, someone outside the array knocked: “Young Master Ning Zhuo, the ancient zither has been bought for you.”
It was the Chef.
Once Ning Zhuo chose the music skill, he immediately sent a Flying Message to arrange for the Chef to go out and purchase it.
The big-headed boy was still sitting cross-legged on the cushion, opening his eyes just a slit, spreading his divine sense, manipulating the Cave Mansion Jade Token, controlling the Martial Arts Array to open a gap.
The Chef was a bit puzzled. Standing outside the array, observing the changes, with his rich experience, he immediately noticed something was amiss with the Martial Arts Array and saw that the space within the revealed gap was rather chaotic.
Though it was just a fleeting glance, he saw the array space looked a bit ravaged, as if it had experienced a fierce battle.
Though guided by the White Paper City Lord to follow Ning Zhuo, the Chef truly cared for Ning Zhuo and quickly asked, “Young Master, are you alright?”
Ning Zhuo smiled lightly: “I’m fine, just had a practice bout with my attendant student, not quite satisfied. This Martial Arts Array is not very sturdy.”
The Chef hurriedly responded: “That’s good, that’s good.”
Secretly though, he was a bit tongue-tied: “Young Master and his attendant are both just Foundation Establishment Stage. I understand this array well, normally, it should easily accommodate the combat of two Foundation Establishment Cultivators.”
“Unless it has reached the level of Golden Core combat power.”
“It’s not surprising for Young Master to have Golden Core combat power. He’s already acquired the Stone Token, and is among the most outstanding new comers in the entire Myriad Images Sect.”
“I just didn’t expect even his little attendant to have some skills.”
In the Chef’s understanding, Sun Lingtong was always Ning Zhuo’s attendant, which naturally made him underestimate the latter.
At the same time, after acquiring the Stone Token, Ning Zhuo informed the Chef, Qing Chi, and Gongsun Yan, all three were sincerely delighted, feeling that following Ning Zhuo was a bright and promising path.
Ning Zhuo took the ancient zither, discovering it was a magic artifact.
The Chef thoughtfully attached a Flying Message to the zither, informing Ning Zhuo of the purchase channel and price.
After receiving the order, the Chef immediately set off, going to the nearest Trade Hall, to buy an ancient zither directly.
As one of the Sixteen Halls of the Myriad Images Sect, the Commerce Hall offers a wide variety of goods like stars in the sky. An instrument like an ancient zither, not exactly niche, making it an easy purchase.
This time, with an actual ancient zither, Ning Zhuo began to practice immediately.
He practiced once, and by the last part, he played quite smoothly. Even Sun Lingtong on the other side was drawn by Ning Zhuo’s movement and turned to look.
By the time he finished practicing a second time, Ning Zhuo played with great skill and ease, as if he were an old musician with decades of experience on the zither.
Yet he was only seventeen years old this year.
Seeing this, Sun Lingtong shook his head repeatedly, genuinely admiring: “Little Zhuo, you’re really about to soar! Such a rate of improvement is simply incredible.”
Ning Zhuo pressed gently on the zither with both hands, letting all the zither sounds fade away.
He looked at Sun Lingtong, filled with excitement, honestly sharing his insight: “I don’t feel like this is encountering something new; instead, it feels like an old man who hasn’t touched the instrument in ages. Once my fingers touched the strings, waves of familiarity came over me. Then, this feeling never stopped.”
“My heart has long been extremely familiar with the zither, only making my body remember every move buried deep in my memory, just to familiarize how to use the zither.”
The rate of this progress is indeed somewhat terrifying.
The big-headed boy couldn’t help but be a bit excited.
Sun Lingtong’s eyes sparkled with brilliance: “So, the White Paper Immortal City is extremely important to you, Little Zhuo!”
Ning Zhuo nodded solemnly: “Yes! If we can control the White Paper Immortal City, not only can we stably harvest a large number of souls there at a lower cost, but also possibly increase Heavenly Yang merits after using the Soul Burning Boat Crossing Technique!”
Lower cost!
Stability!
And abundance.
These words together elevate the White Paper Immortal City to the highest level. This is of extreme importance to Ning Zhuo’s cultivation.
Damaging Yin objects could likely gain the favor of Yang Heaven, as proven during their deal with the Lord of Wangchuan.
Sun Lingtong frowned slightly, sharpening his gaze: “So, what if the higher-ups of Myriad Images Sect want to meddle with the White Paper Immortal City?”
Ning Zhuo smiled slightly: “This is exactly our opportunity.”
“First, the Myriad Images Sect is a super sect; we cannot contend against it.”
“Second, conflicts and tensions are unavoidable. But as long as we join the Myriad Images Sect, we can transform these external conflicts into internal ones. We can completely use mutual leverage, just like the Confucian Cultivators and Evil Slaying Hall are good examples now.”
Even combining Ning Zhuo, Sun Lingtong and Qing Jiao Army, they still couldn’t defeat Myriad Images Sect.
If you can’t beat them, join them!
Ning Zhuo is extremely pragmatic and quite flexible.
“Lastly, the White Paper Immortal City has a City Lord. The Myriad Images Sect as Flying Cloud Country’s power cannot act at will. Our current position is very crucial and advantageous; we can participate in this game, gaining goodwill from both sides and leveraging both!”
Sun Lingtong clapped in admiration, laughing: “I understand, I understand. Within the Myriad Images Sect, we use the White Paper Immortal City as a bargaining chip for negotiation with the upper echelons. At the White Paper Immortal City, we can rely on Myriad Images Sect to negotiate with the White Paper City Lord.”
“Great tactics indeed.”
“Little Zhuo, you’re truly born for the ways of the Righteous Path!”
Ning Zhuo laughed heartily: “I was born for the Righteous Path, boss.”
After some laughter subsided, Ning Zhuo added: “Unfortunately, boss, you don’t have the Heavenly Capital Self, otherwise you could progress so rapidly too.”
Sun Lingtong shook his head: “I only have passion and interest for thievery. But the best known thieves come from the Bukong Sect. How could I possibly target my own sect members?”
“Little Zhuo, you study well, keep making progress, fully integrate your knowledge. You’ll naturally accumulate corresponding realms.”
“By then, I can learn from you, you pass on the true intent to me, elevating my realm, it’s more direct that way.”
Ning Zhuo nodded, which was indeed a method.
His Five Elements Realm, wasn’t it increased in the same way?
Ning Zhuo pondered: “In this way, I also need to seek advice from the Confucian Cultivators, on how they teach and guide others’ magic techniques. In teaching, passing on expertise, and unraveling doubts, Confucianism excels over other schools.”
“This Feiyun Conference is truly full of opportunities, too many to count.”
“Right now is the best chance; once I plan and make some deliberate actions, those Confucian Cultivators can help me design the corresponding Xingyun Trial.”
This was the understanding established between Ning Zhuo and the Confucian Sect.
Sun Lingtong, however, was a bit worried: “Little Zhuo, you’ve already exchanged for the Stone Token; the Confucian Scholars will surely find out. I wonder if their attitude will change?”
Ning Zhuo replied confidently: “Even if it changes, and they no longer support me, it doesn’t matter. The future is long, and we also have friends like Wen Ruanyu, so seeking some Confucian cultivation techniques isn’t difficult.”
“Indeed.” Sun Lingtong nodded, adding: “Relying on others is not as good as relying on oneself, there’s actually another way.”
Ning Zhuo mumbled a sound: “Boss, are you talking about the Demon Path Confucian Cultivator you mentioned before?”
“Exactly.” Sun Lingtong’s eyes lit up, “The first time I heard about the ‘Saint Thief Scripture’, my heart was moved, I’m extremely interested in this cultivation technique.”
Ning Zhuo’s expression changed slightly, taking it seriously: “If that’s the case, no matter the price, we’ll buy it at all costs.”
Back in the Fire Persimmon Immortal City, Ning Zhuo was willing to risk his life to rescue Sun Lingtong. A bit of money was naturally not a problem.
Sun Lingtong waved a hand: “No need for that, we can completely investigate some related information first and then decide. While cultivators’ spiritual sensations occasionally prove accurate, they can also often be quite unreliable.”
Ning Zhuo slowly shook his head: “Boss, don’t forget, we recently triumphed over the Underworld, carrying Heavenly Yang Merit, our Qi Fortune should be thriving. In such a situation, our inspirations should be taken seriously.”
Sun Lingtong nodded: “That makes sense.”
He giggled: “That’s a good point; I’m even more interested in the ‘Saint Thief Scripture’ now.”
Having reached a consensus, the two brothers also exchanged some Confucian insights before discreetly parting ways.
Sun Lingtong, carrying the Divine Shedding Treasure, secretly went again to Shuyu Pavilion, planning to use the Luoshu Book Pages to help himself comprehend the Divine Shedding Treasure.
Ning Zhuo, on the other hand, gave instructions to Gongsun Yan to select materials for a new idol, intending to secretly create the idol himself and then enshrine a deity.
The previous idol had been destroyed; he needed to reestablish an idol to allow the Merit and Achievement Slaughter Tower to be used again.