White Paper Immortal City.South of the city.Paper Person Giant Statue, Hidden Array Space.
Ning Zhuo sits cross-legged in mid-air, holding the Qian Mo Treasure Lamp in both hands. He has already refined it to eighty percent.
In a corner, Warm Soft Jade's portrait clone watches Ning Zhuo closely. If he makes any move to escape with the treasure, she will react.
At this moment, Ning Zhuo's eyes are slightly closed, his surface is quite calm, but his heart is stirring up big waves!
This is all because, by borrowing the eighty percent connection of the Qian Mo Lamp, he is peeking into the scene of the Yin Interval.
In one Yin Cave, large numbers of Paper Person soldiers are closely arranged. Their thin, cicada-wing-like armor rustles in the Yin Wind. Each piece of armor is adorned with cinnabar-painted stars.
Their faces are all made up, with upturned eyebrows slanting into their temples, and two clumps of rouge blush like old bloodstains. The lip line is drawn extremely thin, pursed into a fine seam.
The front row is a large batch of Paper Cow Cavalry.
The Paper Person Cavalry holds eight-zhang paper spears, their bodies tall and sturdy.
And the Paper Cow's hooves are wrapped with silver horseshoes made of tin foil. Glass beads are embedded in the eye sockets of these livestock, their ghostly light floating in the Yin Wind. At the folds of the cow's neck, there are still traces of bamboo strips.
When the Yin Wind rolls over the cow's back, the paper skin flips up in fine ripples, exposing the Huai wood skeleton wrapped inside. On the skeleton are paths of Soul Binding Talisman curses.
After the cavalry, there is the Spear Shield Infantry.
These Paper Person soldiers are the most numerous, each one standardly equipped with a Talisman Paper long spear and a Talisman Paper large shield.
After the Spear Shield Infantry, there are eight hundred Crossbow Paper Puppets. A Paper Arrow is placed on the crossbow mechanism, its cow tendon string tightened. The arrowhead is soaked in corpse wax, and the tail feathers are fragments of a grave head Paper Banner.
In the central area, there are thirty-six horse-drawn war chariots. On the chariot shaft sits a Paper Made three-god figure, each with three heads and six arms, holding a Cloud Gong, Wind Flag, and Rain Banner respectively. Copper bells wrapped with white hemp hang from the four corners of the chariot canopy, mute and silent.
At the very center, surrounded by the war chariots, stands the Middle Army War Flag.
A nine-zhang, nine-chi plain silk large banner flutters. The flag surface is not embroidered with dragons or tigers, but is full of gold foil cut Rebirth Curse texts. The top end of the flag pole is not a spearhead, but a paper made Soul Guiding Banner. Ten thousands of paper money are tied into tassels where the seven layers of banner tails hang down, and a hair-thin red string is threaded through the square hole of each copper coin.
And below the war flag, stands a tall Paper Person Marshal.
He carries three war flags on his back, both hands empty, without a weapon. He wears bright colored paper armor, his eyes are pitch black, as if not opened, feigning sleep with his eyes closed, only waiting for a single order one morning, then fiercely starting the conquest!
This is a Paper Army on a scale of several thousand people, with cavalry, war chariots, strong crossbows, fierce soldiers, and a Middle Army general!
Not only are the soldier types diverse, but the military appearance also moves Ning Zhuo. It is precisely the golden drums not alarming, swords and spears like a forest, armor and helmets solemn, tiger awe cloud garrison.
"My mother actually buried a branch of the Paper Person army in the Yin Interval!"
Although Ning Zhuo is seeing such an army for the first time, with his accumulated experiences in Liang Zhu Country and his connection to the Qian Mo Lamp, he knows that this branch of the Paper Person army is extremely elite, far surpassing his own mechanism army, and also exceeding the Three Generals Camp, comparable to the Red Flower Camp.
"This handwriting is a bit too big. If I were to use this army, at the right time, it might even overturn the city situation."
"Oh, I almost forgot, my military position is already gone."
Not long after Ning Zhuo left Liang Zhu Country, he discovered that his military advisor seal and so on were all invalid.
Although this was within his expectations, at the time of discovery, he still felt some unavoidable loss.
The shocking discovery makes Ning Zhuo have more doubts: "Although White Paper Immortal City has a City Guard Army, it has no establishment. Although a manufactured army is powerful, without an establishment, how can it have military strategy, how can it exert the true might of an army?"
And after talking with the White Paper City Lord's clone, Ning Zhuo knows many things about White Paper Immortal City.
Although the City Guard Army of White Paper Immortal City is powerful, it is not a formed army and does not enjoy the convenience of an establishment.
So, they fight relying on the great array protecting White Paper Immortal City, conducting defensive battles, resisting ghost tide attacks with difficulty once or twice, and having no counterattack ability.
To construct a branch army is not so easy.
Even White Paper Immortal City, a city pool of overlord level entrenched in the Yin Tide Black Marsh Wetland, which obtains the most resources, as far as he can see, has not done it.
Now the problem arises, without an army establishment, this branch of the Paper Person army cannot exert its true strength, even evaluating it as having only form but no substance is not excessive.
"And!"
The subsequent discovery shocks and makes Ning Zhuo even more suspicious.
Originally, there was not only one such branch of the Paper Person army. In various hidden corners of the Yin Interval, some underground, some in valleys, all hide branches of Paper Person armies.
The military appearance of these armies is all similar, and the number is basically the same.
"This should not be my mother's arrangement." Ning Zhuo made a new judgment.
"Although my mother is a true transmission disciple of a super big sect and a Gold Core cultivator, her financial resources are still not enough to support such a big handwriting."
In this aspect, although Ning Zhuo is an outsider, he has a general judgment.
So to speak, with his current abundant financial resources, it would be quite difficult to create one percent of a branch of the Paper Army!
Normally, the lifetime financial resources of a Nascent Soul level cultivator are far from enough.
According to Ning Zhuo's observation, the generals in each branch of the Paper Army, once activated, will have Nascent Soul level combat power!
Ning Zhuo has discovered four branches of these armies.
As he continues to refine and deepen his connection with the Qian Mo Lamp, perhaps subsequent armies will still appear.
His guess was quickly verified.
When Ning Zhuo completely refined the Qian Mo Lamp, he totally discovered seven branches of Paper Person armies. Among which the last branch army, in terms of scale, is still a small half short.
"Um?" Ning Zhuo observes carefully, then discovers that soldiers are accumulating in the seventh branch army.
Bamboo strip skeletons have already been built, and a sheet of pale white Talisman Paper appears out of thin air, floating down onto the bamboo bones. Talisman marks appear on the paper surface, very slowly. At such a speed, not even one Talisman character can be drawn in half a day.
It's as if there is an invisible hand silently conducting the Paper Making.
Although the whole process is slow, it reveals a kind of firmness and forbearance.
Ning Zhuo sinks his heart, senses carefully, and is shocked again in his heart: "This is the power of White Paper Immortal City itself!"
It is this Immortal City in the Yin Interval, silently weaving out branches of Paper Person armies.
At its current speed, it would take at least several decades to make such a branch army.
Seven branches of Paper Person armies...
This is years and years of silent accumulation!
"So, who established White Paper Immortal City initially? What exactly is his purpose?"
Ning Zhuo has discovered the core secret of White Paper Immortal City!
"Does the contemporary White Paper City Lord know this secret?"
Ning Zhuo thinks it's unlikely.
The reason is very simple.
Initially, when his mother came to White Paper Immortal City, this city pool was almost annihilated by the ghost tide. If the White Paper City Lord knew there was still such a trump card, how could he seek help from Wan Xiang Sect?
Does he really think this seeking help is without cost?
Look at the current Warm Soft Jade, as the representative of Wan Xiang Sect, she is not only always stationed in this city, but is also at the high level of White Paper Immortal City!
One can imagine that every year White Paper Immortal City will transport large amounts of proceeds to Wan Xiang Sect.
And here, it may not only be Wan Xiang Sect.
There are also big sects of the Demonic Sect like Soul Devouring Sect, who have also arranged a branch. Otherwise, Ning Zhuo would not be acting under the identity of Jiao Ma up to now.
"After mother made arrangements here, did she inform the White Paper City Lord?"
Ning Zhuo involuntarily frowns even tighter.
This situation is just more complex.
Because to consider this problem, one must consider Meng Yao Yin's true stance.
"Mother is kind and tolerant, not hesitating her own Yang Lifespan to protect the city, she is truly a model of the righteous path. But at the same time, she is still a Gold Core true transmission of Wan Xiang Sect. What is her relationship with Wan Xiang Sect?"
If Meng Yao Yin had initially directly reported this matter to the sect, then it would be easier to judge.
The key is that year, Meng Yao Yin would rather report to the sect that she lost the palace lamp and fell short in the Flying Cloud Grand Meeting, and also insisted on covering up this matter. Why exactly?
Doubts are heavy!
Ning Zhuo cannot think it through for a time, which leads Sun Ling Tong to inquire concernedly: "Little Zhuo, are you having difficulties refining? I have theft techniques, or I can help you think of ways."
Ning Zhuo shakes his head and informs him of the details.
Sun Ling Tong is first surprised: "This Qian Mo Lamp is of the magic treasure grade, and you, Little Zhuo, can actually refine it so quickly. I thought it would take at least three days and three nights."
Ning Zhuo realizes after the fact: "Mechanism creations are not integrated, so the difficulty of refining is always much easier than ordinary magic treasures."
"However, even so, I refined it really fast!"
"Perhaps, it is because I have my mother's bloodline flowing in me, which is one of the reasons."
Sun Ling Tong: "This is not our current focus."
"Little Zhuo, you are too lucky to have such a big discovery!"
"See if you can extract these Paper Person armies and hide them in our own bodies."
Ning Zhuo immediately shakes his head: "Difficult as ascending to heaven!"
The Paper Person army is acting on behalf of White Paper Immortal City itself. To steal them back, one must move the prohibitions of White Paper Immortal City itself and also overcome the reality barrier of the separation of Yin and Yang.
Even if Ning Zhuo refined the Qian Mo Lamp, he can only perceive, unable to steal.
"Ah ya, this is too pitiful, too pitiful." In the Ten Thousand Miles Roaming Dragon, Sun Ling Tong hugs his head and sighs.
This feeling is too uncomfortable for him, it is simply walking into a treasure mountain and returning empty-handed!
"No way, no way!"
"I still don't believe it. Little Zhuo!"
Sun Ling Tong's temperament surges up, his voice calling: "Besides sensing these armies, is there no other way to influence them?"
"This is not..." Ning Zhuo suddenly hesitates.
Sun Ling Tong knows Ning Zhuo well, his eyes immediately burst out with sharp light, and he angrily snorts twice: "I just said, Little Zhuo, your mother is powerful, not inferior to my master. How could there be only such shallow arrangements?"
"Quickly tell me, don't hide the rest from me!"
Ning Zhuo then says: "After I thoroughly refine the Qian Mo Lamp, I can borrow this lamp, escape my soul, and directly infuse it into some Paper Person's body, and activate it. Old Big, you..."
Sun Ling Tong waves his hand, interrupting Ning Zhuo's words, then throws his head back and laughs: "I want to go!"
Just as Sun Ling Tong understands Ning Zhuo, Ning Zhuo also knows Sun Ling Tong's roots.
The reason Ning Zhuo hesitated to conceal was precisely because he worried that Sun Ling Tong would get emotional and want to take risks again.
Ning Zhuo naturally wouldn't deceive Sun Ling Tong, but it was possible to press down and not mention it.
Now, since Sun Ling Tong has discovered this part, indeed, as Ning Zhuo thought, he is too unwilling and definitely wants to take a risk. No amount of blocking can stop him.
"Old Big, this situation may not be the same as before."
"In Fire Persimmon Immortal City, if you were imprisoned, I could still manage things up and down to get you out. Now you want your soul to enter the Yin Interval. If your body gets trapped in the net, I might have no way."
Sun Ling Tong is reminded by Ning Zhuo's words, and smiles gleefully: "Little Zhuo, you understand me. This time if I don't go, I will be scratching my heart out."
He vigorously persuades, first saying that Ning Zhuo's mechanism ring doesn't warn, then saying that there is a human life hanging by a thread between himself and Ning Zhuo, even if he falls, Ning Zhuo will be strong in the future and can rescue him. He also says that if he can steal a Paper Person general out, won't their side have Nascent Soul level combat power?
"I just ask you, aren't you curious about White Paper Immortal City's arrangements?"
"If you just watch like this in the Yang Interval and don't go explore, how can you know more secrets?"
"Rest assured, I know the gravity of the situation. I have a strong feeling that this trip will definitely yield a major harvest!"
Ning Zhuo wants to roll his eyes: "Old Big, you say that every time."
He strokes the mechanism ring, sees that it has no response, and only then loosens his mouth: "Alright, alright."
"I'll secretly send you down."
"Let's agree on a time. When it's time, you just come back. Don't be too reckless, otherwise I will personally go down to save you."
How to say it, his own brother, who he lived back to back with in Fire Persimmon Immortal City for so many years, what else can he do?
Instead, Sun Ling Tong's face becomes serious when he hears Ning Zhuo say he will save him. He doesn't doubt Ning Zhuo's determination and knows that the other party will certainly not hesitate to come to the Yin Interval to save him by escaping his soul from his body, even at strange dangers.
Sun Ling Tong does not cherish himself, but he cherishes Ning Zhuo, and immediately reminds himself that he must act cautiously this time and cannot implicate his good brother.
"There are seven branches of armies in seven locations, Old Big, which place do you want to go?"
Sun Ling Tong answers without hesitation: "The farthest one, the farthest one."
The farthest branch of the army is the seventh branch, which is still incomplete.
Ning Zhuo continues to pretend to refine the Qian Mo Lamp, but secretly sends Sun Ling Tong's soul to the Yin Interval.
Sun Ling Tong's soul escapes his body and is immediately transmitted.
The feeling of transmission is very bad. He feels like his whole person has been rolled into a ball and stuffed into a tunnel, constantly rolling and sliding down, bumping and hitting, swallowing dirt and eating dust in the process.
Sun Ling Tong's soul appears out of thin air and falls onto the Yin Soil.
He is still in the appearance of a small child.
"Peh peh peh!" Sun Ling Tong stands up, pats himself, and dispels the dust aura from his body.
"Old Big, can you hear me?" Ning Zhuo secretly urges the divine ability Human Life Hanging Thread, and borrows the palace lamp again to send out divine thought.
Sun Ling Tong's soul smiles gleefully and immediately replies secretly: "Good brother, I can hear, I can hear!"
"Watch how your Old Big becomes a Nascent Soul general!"
While saying this, he excitedly runs into the Paper Person army, straight to the most central area.
The Paper Person officers and soldiers stand quietly in place, as if waiting for some change.
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