Chapter 50: Three Skills Gather

Han Ming devoured the food, completely abandoning her previous reluctance.

After finishing, she asked with lingering desire, "Is there any more?"

Ning Zhuo replied, "I'm sorry, I'll bring more next time."

Han Ming nodded, "It's best to bring me some spiritual food. These mortal dishes are palatable, but they don't offer much help to cultivators like us."

Ning Zhuo hummed, "I will consider it."

Han Ming continued, "And about my soul. I must tell you, I can't withstand this many times. If you extract it without restraint, my soul's foundation will be depleted."

At that point, Han Ming would be utterly annihilated, unable to even become a ghost cultivator.

Realizing this, Han Ming chose to temporarily submit and endure.

Ning Zhuo nodded, "What suggestions do you have?"

Han Ming said, "Give me people! I only need to absorb souls to nourish myself. With a solid soul foundation, I can continuously provide for you and give you soul essence."

Ning Zhuo smiled, "In fact, I've already prepared them for you."

"Oh?"

Ning Zhuo stood up, left the prison cell briefly, and returned with three or five monkeys in his hands.

Han Ming's expression darkened, "I said, I want people. I can only absorb at most thirty percent from these monkeys."

Ning Zhuo chuckled, "If I can get thirty percent efficiency, I can already accept that. I'm not a demonic cultivator, I won't harm people. These beasts and demons are fine. There are many monkeys on Fire Persimmon Mountain. Killing some can also provide some help to Fire Persimmon Mountain City."

Han Ming finally couldn't help but sneer, "You call yourself not a demonic cultivator? You're simply unsure of my background, afraid that I'll absorb human souls and secretly accumulate power. At the same time, killing people and killing monkeys create completely different disturbances. You're worried this will accelerate your exposure!"

Ning Zhuo smiled, "You remind me. Thank you, Han Ming. To be safe, I'll still insert these mechanical needles and strictly monitor you."

Seeing Ning Zhuo take out the mechanical needles again, Han Ming's pupils shrank to pinpoints. She was both angry and enraged.

But this time, she only glared at Ning Zhuo, not uttering a single curse.

Lava Immortal Palace.

Meng Chong had lost count of how many times he had challenged it.

To be precise, the number of failures was meaningless to him.

He only wanted to get through!

From the rewards, he chose the Hanging Ring.

He carefully opened the door, creating a gap.

Meng Chong carefully extended the Hanging Ring into Room Two.

Clang clang clang...

He spared no expense, shooting out all the colorful gems.

Innate Talent - Thunderous Sprint!

Spell - A Surge of Qi!

Mechanical Component - Hanging Ring!

With the combined force of the three, Meng Chong violently pushed open the door, his entire being shooting out like a cannonball.

His speed broke through the limits. Although the mechanisms behind the door were triggered, they couldn't stop him in time. The metallic black net missed, and the thousand-jin hammer only smashed into the floor tiles.

"Hahaha!" Meng Chong laughed, his entire being enveloped in blue lightning, rushing towards the end.

The floor tiles retreated quickly, but their speed couldn't match Meng Chong's at all.

But the next moment, Meng Chong shattered into pieces!

In the moment before his vision went completely black, he saw clearly. Transparent, extremely sharp threads were arranged between the walls.

The faster Meng Chong went, the faster he was cut when he reached these threads.

Countless puppet fragments scattered on the ground. The fierce blue lightning lingered in the air for a moment, eventually dissipating into nothing with great reluctance.

His consciousness returned to his body. Meng Chong pouted, sulking for a good while.

Fei Si came to inquire and, upon learning the details, exclaimed sincerely, "I didn't expect the difficulty of this mechanical inheritance to be so high! Perhaps we should start from this aspect, first break the mechanical traps, and then move forward."

"What? Let me learn mechanology?! I can't even do alchemy or forging!" Meng Chong clutched his head, feeling extremely troubled.

"I don't believe it!"

"I just didn't control that speed."

"As long as I see clearly, I can pass through the web of threads and reach the end!"

"It's decided, next, I'll do special training. Let's start with three days and three nights, without sleep!" Meng Chong announced loudly.

Fei Si immediately showed a difficult expression and quickly advised, "Young Master Meng Chong, that won't do."

"Recently, you've been using the Thunderous Sprint talent too much. You should look in the mirror."

Meng Chong looked in the mirror and found that he had deep dark circles under his eyes, a haggard face, and his cheekbones were somewhat prominent.

"I can still charge!" Meng Chong raised his head, without the slightest hesitation.

Fei Si pleaded, "Young Master Meng Chong, take it easy. Although the City Lord's Mansion provides you with unlimited resources, replenishing your essence, qi, and spirit requires time. Right now, your consumption speed is far greater than your recovery speed. This trend is not good."

Meng Chong blinked, "Then what's the way to quickly replenish my essence, qi, and spirit?"

Fei Si said, "That would be cultivation techniques."

"Young Master, you cultivate the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Technique, which can help you quickly replenish your qi. But it only has three levels, and the effect isn't good enough. As for essence and spirit, there are no cultivation techniques to rely on. You can only rely on your body's natural digestion."

Meng Chong shook his head upon hearing this, "Natural digestion is too slow, too slow! I'll go talk to Grandpa. He knows many cultivation techniques. I'll practice a few concurrently to help me quickly replenish my essence and spirit, right?"

"Hahaha, I'm a genius! I have Thunderous Sprint; my cultivation speed is extremely fast. At most six days, I can cultivate two cultivation techniques."

Fei Si smiled wryly, "If it were that simple! The City Lord has already calculated that the Qi Refining trial has strict entrance standards. If you practice other cultivation techniques concurrently, you'll have other magical power, and you won't be recognized. You must completely dispel your current cultivation before entering the palace."

Meng Chong: "Ah?"

Fei Si: "However, the City Lord has also calculated that there might be two other cultivation techniques in the Lava Immortal Palace that match the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Technique and allow people to cultivate three dantians at the same time."

Meng Chong sighed, "It's useless to talk about these. I can't even get past Room Two."

Fei Si: ...

Lava Immortal Palace.

Under the resentful gaze of the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit, Ning Zhuo cleared Room Nine.

He entered the preparation room and then stepped out.

The Ning Zhuo puppet entered a transit hall.

When he reached the middle of the hall, he heard the sound of mechanisms. The stone walls descended, revealing three doors.

The door on the left exuded a faint yellow auspicious aura and was inscribed with the character "Buddha."

The door in the middle shone with a jade-green light and had the character "Dao."

The door on the right emanated a strong bloody smell and was inscribed with the character "Demon."

"It's different from before. Buddhist, Daoist, and Demonic Schools..."

This was a bit unexpected, but Ning Zhuo quickly thought of the Three Sects Sage's life, who had successively cultivated Daoist, Demonic, and Buddhist techniques, and accepted it.

He touched the Daoist door without any reaction.

Then he touched the Buddhist door and obtained a cultivation technique - Mirror Platform Spirit Connection Scripture.

Finally, he touched the Demonic door and also obtained a cultivation technique called Demonic Blood Tendon Art!

These two techniques, like the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Technique, only had the first three levels. But after studying them for a while, Ning Zhuo trembled with excitement, even his wooden body shaking.

"These three cultivation techniques complement each other, allowing people to cultivate three dantians at the same time! Buddhist, Daoist, and Demonic cultivation techniques, simultaneously cultivating the foundation of three dantians?! This kind of foundation-building method is the most elite in the world."