Chapter 378: Ning Zhuo vs. Hua Guzi

Ning Zhuo continued, "The reason I don't accept these Cultivation Comprehension Diagrams is that they didn't come from a friend's help."

"It's an apology, and it certainly helps me!"

"But from my perspective, I don't think much of these things."

"Heh heh, given my talent, background, and intellect, in time, what difficulty will I have in obtaining any Cultivation Comprehension Diagram in the world?"

"I understand completely that your sect brothers are protecting their junior sister and have misunderstood me."

"Yes, understanding does not mean forgiveness."

"I will use my own method to respond to this matter!"

When Xiaoju heard Ning Zhuo's words, she immediately became anxious and tried to persuade him to turn hostility into friendship.

Ning Zhuo smiled and took out a lot of evidence from his storage belt.

"These are all things I've investigated recently. They are evidence that Miss Lin's brothers instigated and secretly spread rumors."

"Miss Xiaoju, please give these to Fellow Daoist Linghu. If Miss Lin is aware, please also let her see them."

Xiaoju's face turned pale. It turned out that this matter had already been investigated by Ning Zhuo.

"As expected of a family scion, nurtured since childhood. In this regard, how similar Ning Zhuo is to Miss!"

Xiaoju was just a maid and couldn't make decisions. Finally, with Ning Zhuo personally seeing her off, she left Little Contention Peak with the Cultivation Comprehension Diagrams she couldn't lend out and the newly obtained evidence of guilt.

"Interesting, truly interesting." Ning Zhuo paced around inside the cave dwelling. The more he thought about it, the more he found it amusing.

In the Ten Thousand Mile Soaring Dragon wrapped around his waist, Sun Lingtong transmitted his voice: "Little Zhuo, this is evidence of guilt that I, your big brother, spent a lot of effort to collect. How could you just give it away like that? Not even a bit of blackmail?"

"And why didn't you accept those Cultivation Comprehension Diagrams of the Fire and Metal elements? They were clearly fat meat delivered to our mouths."

"You don't want to comprehend them, but I do!"

Ning Zhuo shook his head slightly but didn't answer. Instead, he asked, "Big Brother, what do you think of Linghu Jiu?"

Sun Lingtong said without hesitation: "According to the information, this person is the Senior Brother of the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect. He possesses talent and great intellect, is very fond of wine, and has a high reputation within the sect! But he is unruly and often makes mistakes, so he is confined in the Ten Thousand Demon Cave by Lin Bufan."

Ning Zhuo: "Then, Big Brother, have you researched what kind of mistakes Linghu Jiu often makes that cause Lin Bufan to constantly punish him?"

Sun Lingtong thought for a moment: "Heh, they're just trivial matters. But he is the Senior Brother, and that identity serves as an example. Therefore, it is reasonable for Lin Bufan to punish him."

Ning Zhuo hummed: "Linghu Jiu is often confined and punished, but his reputation within the Ten Thousand Medicine Sect has always remained at the top."

"Lin Shanhan has sought help from this Senior Brother Linghu Jiu several times when encountering difficulties, including this time."

"I think it's not just Lin Shanhan, but even Lao De and others also see Linghu Jiu this way."

"From the information I analyzed, I initially thought Linghu Jiu was an uninhibited wanderer. But now it seems he's not simple!"

"Think about it, not long after we got the evidence of guilt, he did this."

"If he knew that we had the evidence of guilt, it shows that he has a thorough understanding of the situation outside the cave."

"If he didn't know, and just learned from Xiaoju, and calculated everything and made a compensation move, then it shows his understanding and mastery of human nature and sect affairs are also extremely impressive."

Speaking of this, Ning Zhuo finally began to answer Sun Lingtong's previous question: "Whether I accept these Cultivation Comprehension Diagrams or not, the power of the evidence of guilt in our hands has already fallen to the bottom. This card is half废了, if we don't use it now, we won't be able to use it in the future."

"If we use it now, maybe we can use it again in the future!"

Sun Lingtong understood the explanation and suddenly realized: "I understand! You and that Linghu Jiu have engaged in a confrontation using this matter!"

"That's right." Ning Zhuo nodded, "It's a pity. If I was still behind Little Contention Peak at that time, I could still rely on my ignorance and 'accidentally' enter the Ten Thousand Demon Cave to meet Linghu Jiu first."

"It's a pity that at that time, our goal was Lin Shanhan, and we didn't want to cause any unnecessary trouble."

"In the current situation, I already know the situation. If I still trespass into the Ten Thousand Demon Cave, it will be disrespectful to the entire Ten Thousand Medicine Sect."

"I really want to meet Linghu Jiu."

Just as Linghu Jiu wanted to meet Ning Zhuo for a long time, Ning Zhuo now also developed a strong interest in Linghu Jiu.

Sun Lingtong reminded: "Little Zhuo, let's think about the present first."

"Without Metal and Fire element spells, what will you do against Hua Guzi this time?"

Ning Zhuo smiled: "Big Brother, don't worry, I know what I'm doing!"

Ning Zhuo returning the Cultivation Comprehension Diagrams and not accepting the apology surprised Linghu Jiu.

After hearing about it, Lin Shanhan was no longer so worried, which surprised Xiaoju.

Lin Shanhan explained: "I know Young Master Ning Zhuo's character. Since he declined to accept it, he must have his own certainty. I am now looking forward to him defeating Hua Guzi!"

Because this battle was a private duel, not on Contention Day.

Many cultivators were looking forward to this battle.

The battle happened as scheduled.

Little Contention Peak, Martial Arts Field!

Hua Guzi was petite and exquisite, only four and a half feet tall. She had short hair, with the upper half as black as ink and the lower half white with a hint of purple.

Her face was round with a bit of baby fat, and her skin was fair and delicate.

Her eyes flickered with purple light, revealing a hint of妖异. It is said that she was a half-human, half-demon hybrid.

Her nose was small and straight, and her lips were pink.

She wore a red and white dress and was barefoot. She always moved by floating, rarely landing.

"Ning Zhuo, don't think you can be so arrogant just because you're handsome!" Hua Guzi opened her mouth and immediately rebuked Ning Zhuo, "Today I will teach you a good lesson."

Ning Zhuo smiled: "Fellow Daoist Hua, you are also very beautiful, and even more unrestrained and wild than I am. So, according to your words just now, the one who should be taught a lesson is you, right?"

Hua Guzi froze in place, motionless.

"Huh?" After she reacted, she blinked repeatedly, "Your voice is strangely pleasant."

"Heh heh, the more you can coax girls, the more excited I get!"

"I'm going to tear your mouth apart!!!"

The next moment, she directly cast a spell.

Tree World Advent!

A powerful Wood element spell was cast in an instant. Towering ancient trees rose from the ground, surrounding Ning Zhuo.

Immediately after, countless vines and roots, like thousands of snakes and pythons, wrapped around Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo was about to cast a defensive spell, but suddenly his movement stopped.

"Fake!"

"This should be fake!"

Ning Zhuo suddenly realized this and gritted his teeth, choosing not to defend.

They had a duel agreement, and there was a referee.

The referee had not announced the start of the battle. Whoever made the first move would break the rules and become the loser.

Indeed, after these tree vines wrapped around Ning Zhuo, they all turned into transparent illusions and directly dissipated.

The next moment, the dense forest interwoven by towering ancient trees also dissipated before Ning Zhuo's eyes.

His vision became clear again.

Hua Guzi was still floating in her original spot, not moving at all.

"Goo goo goo..." She covered her mouth and laughed out loud, her laughter like pigeons, quite strange.

And the surrounding spectators, seeing Ning Zhuo nervously setting up a defensive posture, couldn't help but burst into laughter.

"Illusion, Little Zhuo, you've been hit by her illusion." In the Ten Thousand Mile Soaring Dragon, Sun Lingtong was laughing happily.

Ning Zhuo didn't have his spirit eyes and was hit immediately.

Sun Lingtong was quite gloating when he saw Ning Zhuo suffer a setback, as if he had returned to the past when he taught Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo's face showed a solemn expression: "Fellow Daoist Hua's illusion is much more troublesome than I imagined. I've learned a lesson!"

Hua Guzi stared at Ning Zhuo's eyes and revealed a pathological, cruel smile: "Don't worry, little gentleman, this lesson is not enough. Next, I will let you have a good taste of my flowers."

Battle Start!

Wood Element - Root and Vine Entanglement!

Wood Element - Fragrant Flower Maze!

Ning Zhuo attacked first.

Vines drilled out from under the paving stones, like crocodiles lurking underground, suddenly thrusting out of the water and biting with their mouths.

But they "bit" at empty air!

Hua Guzi's figure dissipated in place, leaving only a few petals and fragrance.

"Can't see her!" Ning Zhuo's investigation was fruitless, and he fell into a very passive situation.

He quickly released his mechanical floating hands and continuously cast various Five Elements spells, bombarding in all directions, up and down, wildly.

Once Hua Guzi approached and was hit by an attack, she was likely to reveal her figure.

Ning Zhuo attacked defensively, seemingly strong, but in fact, he had already fallen into a disadvantage.

He naturally knew the real situation, so while controlling the mechanical floating hands, he was also struggling to mobilize, using multiple tasks simultaneously, brewing the Tree World Advent spell!

To Ning Zhuo's surprise, while he was brewing the spell, Hua Guzi never appeared.

Wood Element - Tree World Advent!

The next moment, the scene Ning Zhuo saw when he was hit by the illusion earlier reappeared.

A large number of trees rose from the ground, forming a forest covering the entire battlefield.

Countless vines and roots swayed and entangled wildly, attempting to "sweep" Hua Guzi out.

However, Hua Guzi actively appeared.

She floated high up, even higher than the treetops.

As soon as she appeared, countless tree vines, like a swarm of snakes, rushed towards Hua Guzi together, with an astonishing momentum.

Hua Guzi remained calm in the face of danger and revealed a smug smile: "I've been waiting for this move!"

Wood Element - Life-Taking Flower Bloom!

The next moment, countless flower buds grew on the vines and roots.

These flower buds grew larger with the wind after one breath. After the second breath, they all bloomed.

The vines and roots were drained of their magic power and withered instantly.

And the flowers broke free from the tree vines and flew all over the sky.

Wood Element - Wilting Flower Rain.

Like a torrential rain pouring down, it covered the entire forest.

Tall ancient trees withered and collapsed one after another.

More and more flower buds were produced on these large trees, then took away their magic power and vitality, and all bloomed.

Hua Guzi laughed proudly: "Playing Wood Element with me, I am your ancestor!"