Zhu Xuanji left Ning Zhuo's residence but did not withdraw his surveillance of Ning Zhuo.
Ning Zhuo still had Zhu Xuanji's means left on him.
Zhu Xuanji silently observed Ning Zhuo.
All of Ning Zhuo's behavior after parting with him, fell into his eyes flawlessly.
Zhu Xuanji's eyebrows slightly furrowed, an eerie feeling lingered in his heart, refusing to disperse.
He thought before, unexpectedly discovering: Regardless of the event, Ning Zhuo seemed to have participated.
He couldn't figure out where the strange feeling came from.
But testing Ning Zhuo was a trivial matter, and it wouldn't take much effort.
"Since I acquired the Golden Eyes Talent, only a few Golden Core cultivators could hide from me. Ning Zhuo was merely in the Qi Refinement stage, could he deceive me?"
Zhu Xuanji shook his head, after all, he had just personally tested him.
"Passed, passed!" the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit shouted.
Magma Fairy Palace, main hall.
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit had been closely watching Ning Zhuo.
When Zhu Xuanji found Ning Zhuo, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit widened its eyes, almost paralyzing on the ground, yelling, "It's over, it's over!"
But what it didn't anticipate was that Ning Zhuo actually managed to hide from Zhu Xuanji.
Even though Zhu Xuanji personally checked three Dantian, he found no trickery.
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was extremely excited, jumping up and down on the throne.
"He managed to pass, he actually passed Zhu Xuanji's inspection!"
"Unbelievable, truly unbelievable."
"He still had such a trick up his sleeve."
"Wonderful, truly wonderful."
"Hahaha..."
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit laughed and then suddenly fell silent, as still as a sculpture.
It felt very embarrassed!
"Why am I suddenly so happy for Ning Zhuo?"
It exhaled a mouthful of turbid air, gradually relaxing.
"Anyway, Ning Zhuo has passed this crisis."
"Next, he should handle Ning Xiaohui's issue, right?"
"It won't be difficult for him! He can even deceive Zhu Xuanji, he can get through such a life-and-death crisis."
"He is very resourceful and extremely clever."
"If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I would never have thought that in this world exists a mere Qi Refinement cultivator who can toy with Golden Core cultivators."
"If such a person grows, what will happen?!"
When Ning Zhuo was laying out his plan to Sun Lingtong and others, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit had also been watching the whole process.
But despite observing Ning Zhuo's entire plot, the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit couldn't figure out the reason behind Ning Zhuo's arrangements.
Only after everything concluded did the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit suddenly realize, being in awe of Ning Zhuo's strategy, admiring him to the core.
This was simply too amazing.
The more it had resisted Ning Zhuo before, the more panicked it was, and now the more it admired him.
"He is too powerful!"
"Ning Zhuo will certainly solve Ning Xiaohui's issue. Without the trouble from the Historical Records Pavilion, I have no more leverages against me."
"By then, who can suspect me, who will suspect me?"
"I will surely gain freedom!"
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit paced back and forth, chest puffed out, as excited as Ning Zhuo.
It couldn't help but want to contact Ning Zhuo, urging him to take action quickly, but just as it was about to speak, it slowly closed its mouth again.
It didn't dare!
"Ning Zhuo, this little guy, is too cunning."
"He even managed to deceive Zhu Xuanji, truly terrifying."
"His preparations were very thorough, even as a Qi Refinement cultivator, he could hide from a Golden Core cultivator."
"It's not that my Buddha Heart Devil Seal was the biggest contributor, it was the flower his mother left him."
"What exactly is that flower?"
The Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit was filled with curiosity.
Zhu Xuanji was alone.
He once again wrote to the royal family for help.
The situation was now very different from before.
The Zheng family's Golden Core cultivator had seized the true scripture of the Demon Sect. This was not extremely important, the real game-changer was that Zheng Danlian had killed the true disciple of the Taiqing Palace.
Moreover, this event was loudly proclaimed by Luo Shang.
If it hadn't been proclaimed, things would have been easier to handle.
Zhu Xuanji could have represented the Zheng family, negotiating with the Taiqing Palace side, making secret compensations.
But now with the proclamation, the world knew that the true disciple of the Taiqing Palace had fallen by Zheng Danlian's hand.
As a super sect, the Taiqing Palace had to take action to maintain its reputation.
In this way, Zheng Danlian would face immense pressure. If not handled properly, not only his life but the entire Zheng family could be affected.
So, would they protect the Zheng family or not?
Zhu Xuanji personally wanted to protect them, but his personal capability was insufficient. To safeguard the Zheng family, they must rely on the power of the Southern Bean Royal Family.
On the other hand, Zhu Xuanji also had to consider the royal family's stance and the overall situation of the Nandou Kingdom.
Compared to the Taiqing Palace, the Southern Bean Royal Family's overall strength was undoubtedly much stronger.
Because the Southern Bean Royal Family could consolidate the power of great cultivating families like the Meng Family and Su Family, assembling an army of cultivators.
Sects often excelled at cultivating elite disciples, possessing relatively more resources, always aiming to cultivate high-level combat power. In a direct confrontation, even if they gathered all their disciples, they would still struggle to resist the army of a cultivation kingdom.
This was different from ancient times.
In ancient times, cultivation arts had not yet fully developed, and cultivation levels were the primary measure of personal and factional strength.
After all, crossing each level from Foundation Establishment, Golden Core, Nascent Soul... resulted in qualitative changes.
Therefore, high-level cultivators could often confront many opponents on the battlefield.
But today, the cultivation arts had developed to an extraordinary extent! For example, mechanical techniques could use Golden Core level materials for assembly and refinement, forming Golden Core level mechanical puppets.
Even if the one controlling the mechanical puppet was merely a Foundation Establishment stage cultivator, they could use the puppet to cross their cultivation gap and defeat a higher-level cultivator.
This was the progress of the era!
This progress also overturned the relationships between kingdoms, sects, and families.
Historically, for a long time, cultivation sects were the dominant force in the world, the best form of organizational strength.
Even if kingdoms existed, at most they were mortal kingdoms controlled by cultivation sects behind the scenes.
But now, the development of cultivation arts made it possible for low-level cultivators to leverage high-end materials to form higher-level combat power.
This led to the advantage of a large number of low-level cultivators becoming apparent once again.
If the resources and technology were sufficient, a large number of low-level cultivators could, to a certain extent, confront higher-level cultivators.
However, for super sects, no royal family of any cultivation kingdom would take them lightly.
Because these sects often produced highly cultivated individual elites.
Once these elites started assassinating members of the royal family in a cultivation kingdom, it would undoubtedly cause immense headaches for any royal family.
Thus, from the royal family's perspective, they generally maintained good relations with these super sects.
After all, the talents cultivated by these super sects were also highly sought after by the various cultivation kingdoms.
The super sects constantly sent their disciples out to serve in different cultivation kingdoms, expanding their influence.
In summary, if the Southern Bean Royal Family wanted to protect the Zheng family, they would most likely be able to do so.
Unless the Taiqing Palace received resources or guarantees from other major forces and wanted to take action against the entire Nandou Kingdom, otherwise, the Taiqing Palace would most likely compromise with the Southern Bean Royal Family.
Zhu Xuanji was not the Nandou King, this important matter was not something he could decide for the Nandou King.
So he could only write a letter to report this important matter and express his opinion and thoughts in the letter, but he wouldn't interfere with the Nandou King's judgment.
If the Nandou King wanted to protect the Zheng family, Zhu Xuanji would be all for it.
If the Nandou King didn't want to protect the Zheng family, abandoning them, Zhu Xuanji would also be willing to execute that order.
In the letter, Zhu Xuanji also requested to view a series of intelligence reports about the Night Rain Demon Soldiers.
City Lord's Mansion.
Chi Dun stood before Fei Si, his face dark, shouting loudly, "That Golden Core cultivator of the Zheng family got the true scripture of the Demon Sect. This true scripture is highly important, I personally encountered it during the battle, it's called the Demon-infused Bloodline Technique."
"After analyzing it, although I didn't get much content, I confirmed that this Demon-infused Bloodline Technique is paired with the Five Elements Qi Regulation Art."
"We must quickly find that Golden Core cultivator of the Zheng family and try to obtain this Demon Sect true scripture."
"It would be greatly beneficial to us."
"If they grasped it, Meng Chong's leading position might be threatened."
Fei Si's face darkened, "You brute! I ordered you to hold back, yet you rushed forward."
"The Demon Sect true scripture is important, but it's not the most important."
"The current situation is very dangerous, you don't understand."
"Don't block my way, I need to see the City Lord."
Fei Si immediately flew to the Persimmon Mountain Peak to consult with Meng Kui.
"City Lord, Yang Chanyu first appeared near my City Lord's Mansion, carrying the Demon Sect true scripture, looking like she wanted to flee."
"But she got intercepted halfway by the Black Shadow Demon Cultivator, who revealed that the true scripture Yang Chanyu was robbing was precisely the Demon Sect true scripture."
"This was clearly a frame against my City Lord's Mansion, aiming to let the world know that the Demon Sect true scripture was indeed in my City Lord's Mansion."
"And I have already made some progress in tracing the source of the rumors."
"The most critical third layer of the rumors was pushed secretly by the Zheng Family, Zhou Family, and Ning Family together."
"Following this trend, I am deeply worried that this scramble for the Magma Fairy Palace might cause the intensity between both sides to escalate, getting out of control and inevitably resulting in harm to innocent civilians in the city."