Immortal Creation.

Chapter 728 Ning Zhuo, I want you to be my dog!

"Come in, why aren't you coming in yet?" The Spider Woman, hiding in the cave, became somewhat impatient.

Ning Zhuo watched as everyone crowded into the cave, but he remained calm and unhurried.

He unconsciously rubbed his fingers together, but the mechanism ring remained unresponsive.

Ning Zhuo was reminiscing.

The intelligence he acquired earlier was of a very high level and came at a considerable cost; it was naturally related to the Spider-Car.

Ning Zhuo himself had some vague memories, but now, looking back, he couldn't remember them clearly.

He couldn't possibly remember every single detail.

"Perhaps, when I get back, I can focus on studying this intelligence?"

It's like a child who got a long stick and poked or swept everything in sight.

Ning Zhuo's learning ability has skyrocketed. He wants to try and learn everything he sees.

He took out the intelligence jade slip, held it in his hand, probed it with his divine sense, and quickly confirmed the relevant content.

"It's a car spider."

"'Everything is possible' - Spider Car..."

This refers to the nickname of the car spider.

In its early years, Chezhuzi had just transformed into human form. Because its original form was a demonic insect with poor intelligence, it was often deceived.

The Void Spider Silk secreted and produced by the Cart Spider's body is an extremely practical and precious material. As a result, cultivators can exchange even scraps for it with the Cart Spider.

At that time, the spiders had no knowledge whatsoever. As long as they found something pleasing to the eye, or believed the exaggerated claims made by the spiders, they would use the precious Void Spider Silk to barter for other things.

This works, that works too... so it got a nickname: "Anything works".

Of course, Che Zhuzi has now grown into a Golden Core demon cultivator, his horizons have broadened considerably, and his intelligence has also grown along with his cultivation level.

Ning Zhuo pondered: "The Void Spider Silk is indeed very useful."

"If I only use magic to suspend the silk, the range is far less than when I combine it with the Void Spider Silk."

"Although the ability to hang on to life is powerful, it also has limitations as a supernatural power—this method can only communicate with sentient beings."

Although Ning Zhuo can temporarily imbue inanimate objects with spirituality, it cannot be sustained. Each use consumes a great deal of spiritual energy, making it a trump card and not suitable for regular use.

"If I were to use human lives to suspend the thread, I would be unable to control the newly crafted Yuan Yin Bamboo Puppet."

"But using Void Spider Silk is possible. This precious material is extremely useful!"

With this in mind, Ning Zhuo made up his mind and slowly walked into the cave.

"He's in! He's finally in!" Upon seeing this, the Spider Woman trembled with excitement, her cheeks flushing slightly.

This is clearly a space within the formation.

A huge square was paved with square gray stone bricks.

The "sky" overhead looked like an inverted lead weight, with gray clouds resembling filthy cotton balls, hanging low as if about to fall.

The ground stretched out in all directions, seemingly extending infinitely. The gray bricks gradually blurred at the edge of the field of vision, eventually merging into the leaden clouds, making it impossible to discern the horizon, as if heaven and earth were originally one.

The Spider didn't appear, but its voice carried out the rules.

"Fellow Daoists, welcome to the Xingyun Trial I am hosting."

"This trial has only three stages, and this is the first stage—Stars in the Wind."

"Fellow Daoists, you only need to activate the lifting line or the suspended thread to light up the star points to win and advance to the next level."

"Start now."

As soon as Che Zhuzi finished speaking, tiny star trails appeared in the distant sky.

These starlight, like fireflies, were very sparse and constantly moving, leaving behind short, dark blue streaks in the sky.

Ning Zhuo stared intently and was shocked to find that observational spells could not be activated, clearly due to the suppression of the great formation.

He could only observe with the naked eye.

“The speed of these starlight beams varies, and their movement is completely unpredictable.” Ning Zhuo squinted and observed for a while, realizing the difficulty.

While he was observing, some monks had already begun to take action.

Strands of magical power shot out, tearing through the air.

Suddenly, a strong gust of wind swept in from nowhere.

The wind was clearly strange, directly dispersing the magical power and causing the magical threads to fail halfway.

Ning Zhuo understood immediately: "The first challenge is called 'Stars in the Wind,' so it must be here."

A pale-faced cultivator snorted coldly, flicked his sleeve, and sent out a thin cyan vine.

The vines are physical entities, imbued with magical power and controlled by divine consciousness, so they fly through the air and are very resistant to strong winds.

All eyes were focused on the thin vine.

The wind grew stronger, but the slender vines remained incredibly strong, stretching out in mid-air, barely swaying in the wind.

But the pale-faced monk's expression grew increasingly somber.

Suddenly, the vines stopped spreading and abruptly ceased halfway through.

The cultivators immediately turned their puzzled gazes toward the pale-faced cultivator.

The pale-faced cultivator's expression twitched, still tinged with resentment, as he forced an explanation: "I didn't expect it to be this far!"

His vines are physical entities, and their length is finite.

Ning Zhuo, through this person's attempt, discovered the third difficulty of the first level: "Observing this array's spatial restriction spells by the naked eye alone is extremely prone to misjudgment."

"These stars are really far apart. If we want to use physical marionettes, the length must be guaranteed!"

Ning Zhuo thought of the intelligence he had just read and suddenly had a thought: "No, perhaps this distance can be long or short. The great formation here is controlled by Che Zhuzi. He may be manipulating things behind the scenes, creating a scenario most favorable to him."

The cultivators began their respective attempts.

There are quite a few cultivators who possess physical silk threads.

However, many people found themselves in an awkward situation. Like the pale-faced monk, their puppets were not long enough to reach those tiny specks of starlight.

Ning Zhuo knew that this situation was perfectly normal.

Because manipulating mechanisms and constructs using strings and suspenders usually involves medium-distance manipulation. If the distance is longer, the magical power and divine sense transmitted through the strings will be delayed.

Furthermore, the greater the distance, the more interference will occur between the threads. At the same time, the huge openings exposed will make it easy for the enemy to attack these marionettes.

Therefore, in the creation of objects using lifting lines or suspended wires to control mechanisms, these wires are usually not very long.

The deliberate arrangement by Che Zhuzi made the distance between the cultivators and the target far beyond what was expected!

But this did not stump Ning Zhuo.

After observing for a while, he used his magic to suspend the wire several times to test the underlying nature of the strong winds within the formation.

He immediately devised a spell, specifically designed to counter strong winds, creating a special magical suspending thread.

My Destiny - The Five Elements' Cycle of Generation and Destruction!

The Five Internal Organs Temple Spiritual Art!

With the blessing of two spells, the five elements of magic intertwined and generated each other like a spiral, overcoming the strong wind and extending faster than solid threads.

After several failed attempts, Ning Zhuo suddenly succeeded in lighting up a star and advancing to the next round.

Some observant people noticed this scene and began to take notice of Ning Zhuo.

Ning Zhuo was the only one in the arena who passed the test by relying solely on his magical power to condense silk threads.

In the shadows, Che Zhuzi paused slightly, realizing it was too late to change the formation and alter the nature of the strong wind. He couldn't help but subtly observe Ning Zhuo, understanding that the latter had used a feint. Perhaps some of the earlier failures were deceptive, and the sudden success allowed him to evade the change.

Ning Zhuo scanned his surroundings and found that at least 40% of the cultivators had tried several times without success and were in a state of elimination. Some of these cultivators were panicked and anxious, and some asked the cultivators who had passed the test for help, asking to borrow their physical silk threads, but without exception, they were all refused.

After all, they are competitors.

The cultivators who passed the test were eager to eliminate as many people as possible in the first stage.

But at that moment, Che Zhuzi's voice came over, and what appeared before everyone was a bundle of void spider silk.

"You only need ten mid-grade spirit stones to rent a Void Spider Silk."

"Fellow Daoists, please remember the rules: This Void Spider Silk can only be used in the first stage; it is only a temporary loan."

This delighted the cultivators who were unable to pass the test.

Some cultivators scoffed, while others were dumbfounded.

"They've arrived as expected." Ning Zhuo had investigated the intelligence and wasn't surprised at all.

"The main purpose of Che Zhuzi's arrangement of the Xingyun trial was to promote his Void Spider Silk."

"Therefore, the cultivators who are renting Void Spider Silk will all have a profound experience. Their performance will also leave a deep impression on others."

"Hmm... I'll rent one too."

Even though Ning Zhuo had already passed the test, he still rented one of the Void Spider Silks and tried again.

This time, he only took about 30% of the time he had before, and it was almost a one-shot success.

Those cultivators who were facing elimination were overjoyed.

"This Void Spider Silk can penetrate the void, so its length far exceeds that of solid objects."

"It's so useful, it's really so useful!"

"I need to buy a few. Where can I buy them?"

"Rent? No, no, no, I don't need that much money!"

Judging from the shouts of the cultivators, Ning Zhuo knew that Che Zhuzi's sales pitch had been effective.

Ning Zhuo secretly praised Che Zhuzi's arrangement: "Ten mid-grade spirit stones for rent is something most cultivators can afford. This price is very well designed."

"It looks cheap, but it's not."

"Renting it only allows you to use it in the first level. I believe that similar situations will inevitably arise in the subsequent levels."

While Ning Zhuo was pondering, he was unaware that the Spider Lady had been observing him the whole time.

Seeing that Ning Zhuo had rented the Void Spider Silk, the Spider Lady laughed triumphantly, "He's fallen for my trick! It's not difficult at all to make a young man like him fall for a trap."

"All you have to do is use your brain."

"Sigh, Banji and his gang are really brainless. They don't understand what a roundabout approach or a strategic plan is!"

All the cultivators who were unable to pass the test rented Void Spider Silk.

After all, ten mid-grade spirit stones are really not expensive!
As a result, everyone qualified to enter the second stage.

Che Zhuzi's voice came through, full of encouragement: "Congratulations, fellow Daoists, on successfully advancing to the next level."

A good start is half the battle!

"My Xingyun trial only has three stages."

"Next is the second challenge—retrieving the heart from the poisonous flower!"

The array space trembled, and all the distant stars disappeared without a trace. Poisonous flowers the size of carriages appeared out of thin air and were placed on the floor tiles, spaced far apart from each other.

These poisonous flowers are brightly colored and quickly release a powdery, toxic gas.

Soon, the poisonous gas accumulated, forming streaks of poisonous miasma.

According to Che Zhuzi's explanation, the cultivators would need to use a lifting thread to pluck the stamen of the poisonous flower.

Finally, a ranking system was adopted, allowing the top half of the cultivators to enter the third stage.

"A reminder to all fellow Daoists, there is Void Spider Silk here, but the quantity is limited, so buy it while you can!" Che Zhuzi didn't even bother with acting and directly promoted his product.

Immediately, people inquired about the price.

The price was more than a hundred times higher, causing some cultivators to change their expressions drastically and exclaim, "This is robbery!"

The Myriad Manifestations Sect recruits a wide range of members, so many ordinary people, even those from the lower classes, are among the cultivators who come to participate in the Flying Cloud Assembly.

Many monks, not wanting to waste money, immediately urged the use of suspension threads and lifting lines, shooting them at the poisonous flowers.

The toxic miasma was extremely potent, rapidly corroding and dissolving these suspended threads.

The cultivators' faces were grim; they were still unwilling to give up and began to employ various methods.

Spell - Frost-Clad in Mystic Ice!
Spell - Flame Possession.

Spell - Golden Thousand Patterns.

……

Various spells were used to enhance the lifting and suspending of the threads, causing their strength to surge and creating a fierce clash with the poisonous miasma, resulting in hissing sounds throughout the arena.

Some people succeed, while others fail.

Ning Zhu watched with great interest for a while: "I didn't expect there to be so many spells that can enhance the lifting of strings and the suspension of silk. This is much more than the books left by my mother."

Ning Zhuo truly broadened his horizons.

Che Zhuzi was secretly watching Ning Zhuo closely.

Ning Zhuo's performance in the first test amazed him. In his countless attempts at the Qi Refining stage, there were very few cultivators who could pass the test by simply using magic power to suspend a thread during the Foundation Establishment stage.

Once Ning Zhuo uses the magic thread, Che Zhuzi will immediately manipulate the situation behind the scenes to change the composition of the poisonous miasma.

To his surprise, Ning Zhuo did not use the Five Elements Magic Power to suspend the silk, but instead directly purchased a piece of Void Spider Silk.

Che Zhuzi provided thoughtful service for this purchase—he also included a jade slip containing instructions on using the Void Spider Silk Technique.

After studying and trying several times, Ning Zhuo successfully made the front end of the spider silk penetrate the void and extend out from a distance.

Visually, the spider silk he was manipulating was missing a large section in the middle.

Ning Zhuo used the Void Spider Silk to traverse the void, avoid the poisonous miasma, enter the heart of the flower, grab the stamen, and then suddenly pull back.

Void Spider Silk also has a very strong resistance to poisonous miasma.

Even though it passed through with the flower stamens attached, it didn't dissolve much.

Seeing Ning Zhuo succeed, many cultivators became anxious.

After all, the rule for the second round is to select the top half of the cultivators.

Ning Zhuo was the first cultivator to buy Void Spider Silk, which won him the favor of Che Zhuzi, but also offended most of the cultivators.

Many monks cast reproachful glances at him, blaming him for being too shrewish.

Ning Zhuo had anticipated this, and remained expressionless, as if these gazes did not exist.

This amount of money is nothing to Ning Zhuo.

"Hahaha." The Spider Woman in the shadows laughed heartily.

She placed a hidden poison on all the Void Spider Silk.

If Ning Zhuo uses it so heavily, then the toxins will accumulate more and more in his body.

"Keep using it, use it as much as you can!"

"Once you've been poisoned by me, I'll close the net when you reach the third level."

"When the time comes, I'll make you my dog!"

(End of this chapter)