: Blood Path Diagram Plate

Since her dual cultivation with Ning Zhuo, Yang Chanyu had been hiding in a corner of Fire Persimmon Immortal City, moving locations periodically.

Not only had she not left, but she also ventured into the Molten Rock Immortal Palace even more frequently, frantically earning contribution points. She was a strong competitor, ranking right after Zhu Xuanji.

When the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit briefed Ning Zhuo on the enemy situation, it included Yang Chanyu in the count.

Sun Lingtong's主动 appearance took Yang Chanyu by surprise.

"You actually came to find me in person. Heh, there must be something you urgently need my help with."

Sun Lingtong giggled: "I'm here this time to propose a collaboration, to make a fortune together. Interested in a big score?"

Yang Chanyu was, of course, interested and immediately pressed for details.

However, Sun Lingtong couldn't reveal the entire plan and only disclosed a part.

This greatly dissatisfied Yang Chanyu and put her on guard.

"Sun Lingtong, what are you up to?"

"I need to know the full plan. Otherwise, I won't participate so easily."

"I'm not someone who can be easily fooled."

"Without knowing the whole plan, are you trying to use me as a pawn?"

Sun Lingtong giggled, using all his eloquence to persuade her.

Yang Chanyu merely sneered, completely unmoved.

Forced into a corner, Sun Lingtong had no choice but to take a step back: "Fine. We can make a vow."

"If you're not at ease, wouldn't setting an agreement solve it?"

Yang Chanyu still shook her head.

"Our Bukong Sect is most skilled at making false vows or finding loopholes in them."

"You saying this to me shows even less sincerity."

"You want sincerity, is that it?" Sun Lingtong gritted his teeth, his gaze firm.

"Then, I promise you. After the matters in the Molten Rock Immortal Palace conclude, I will return to the Bukong Sect with you!"

These words immediately caused Yang Chanyu's expression to change slightly.

Yang Chanyu scrutinized Sun Lingtong extremely seriously: "What kind of major event is this? What kind of benefit makes you offer such a promise?"

"Sun Lingtong, you should understand what saying these words represents."

Sun Lingtong's small face was full of cold severity. He gritted his teeth, then relaxed, spreading his hands with a giggle: "Going back to see your master together means... I might very well die!"

His eyes grew even more determined: "But fortune favors the bold. This time, I'm risking death to gamble for something big!"

"So, I'm betting this time."

"You wanted sincerity, right? This is my sincerity."

"We both have a marriage engagement."

"My promise is tied to that marriage. You should be reassured now."

Yang Chanyu fell silent for a moment, then nodded: "That, of course, reassures me. Alright, tell me the specifics of the operation."

The puppet Ning Zhuo pushed open the third demon gate with both hands.

The challenge behind the third demon gate was special.

Cultivators attempting the challenge would operate the Demonic Blood Vein Skill within. Based on their performance, the challenge would reward them with a Blood Path Diagram Plate of corresponding quality.

Ning Zhuo had peak ninth-layer demonic skill cultivation. Although he had a puppet body, the previous challenges had allowed him to accumulate a considerable amount of blood qi.

This time, he selected a blank, smooth Blood Path Diagram Plate and directly injected all his blood qi into it.

Despite the Blood Path Diagram Plate being just a small piece, its capacity for blood qi was extremely high.

Ning Zhuo's blood qi, fully poured into the Diagram Plate, was far from reaching its limit.

He operated the complete Demonic Blood Vein Skill layer by layer.

Each time Ning Zhuo completed a layer, the circulation path of the Demonic Blood Vein Skill would be engraved onto the Diagram Plate, displaying a layer of blood path patterns resembling array lines.

When he pushed the Demonic Blood Vein Skill to the eighth layer stage, his blood qi was exhausted.

The surface of the Blood Path Diagram Plate he obtained was covered in dense blood path patterns. Layer upon layer, like a magic array laid down using a stacking array technique.

Ning Zhuo sighed inwardly.

"My mastery of the Demonic Blood Vein Skill still needs improvement. It's far from being as instinctive as the Five Elements Mutual Generation and Restraint Technique! The Blood Path Diagram Plate I produced is far from meeting an excellent standard!"

"On the other hand, the total amount of blood qi I possess is also a key factor."

Clearly, with more abundant blood qi, even if Ning Zhuo wasn't so proficient with the Demonic Blood Vein Skill, he could eventually engrave the Diagram Plate up to the ninth layer of the demonic skill.

"How can I obtain more blood qi?"

Ning Zhuo quickly reviewed the various previous challenges and rooms.

"Every demonic skill puppet possessing blood qi, the blood qi on their bodies can be taken by me and used for my purposes."

"I did waste some puppets before."

"Besides, in the preparation room, one can also purchase some blood qi using spirit stones."

He had previously treated this portion of blood qi as material for crafting mechanical puppets.

Now, he had discovered another use for blood qi.

"Finally, there are the rewards from the five-sided stone pillar ranking list."

Ning Zhuo remembered that among the rewards on the Essence Refining ranking list, one option was blood qi. This was an option not found on the other lists.

Merely obtaining this single Blood Path Diagram Plate with only eight layers of the skill dissatisfied Ning Zhuo.

He glanced at the gate ahead, pondered for a moment, then directly turned around and walked back, pushing open the door he came from.

Cheating again.

He utilized the My Buddha Demonic Heart Seal to return to the third transfer hall.

Currently, Ning Zhuo had mastered the complete Human Life Hanging by a Thread divine ability. When he resonated with and channeled the power of the My Buddha Demonic Heart Seal, the损耗 of the treasure's power during transmission through the Human Life Hanging by a Thread was reduced to one-tenth of what it was before.

Moreover, Ning Zhuo's cultivation had greatly increased now, with all three skills at the peak ninth layer. This far surpassed his previous state!

All of this allowed him to easily open and close these gates in the later stages of the Molten Rock Immortal Palace trial challenges, freely advancing and retreating.

Ning Zhuo made his way back to the preparation room and collected a large amount of blood qi rewards from the ranking list.

Currently, the modification teams of the four major forces in Volcano Immortal City were all埋头苦修 the fourth to sixth layers of the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Art. Almost no one was exploring the Immortal Palace.

However, there were still quite a few wooden puppets active within the trial challenges of the Immortal Palace.

By now, a large number of ordinary cultivators had gained the qualification to have their souls enter the Immortal Palace because they had cultivated the Five Elements Qi Rhythm Art to the third layer peak.

If these people discovered Ning Zhuo freely retreating from challenges, it would definitely be不妥.

Therefore, before retreating from each challenge, Ning Zhuo always had the Golden Blood War Ape · Dasheng lead the way.

The Golden Blood War Ape · Dasheng forcefully killed its way through, scattering any mechanical puppets it encountered, clearing the area for Ning Zhuo and ensuring he wouldn't be discovered by others.

Why would this mechanical ape go on such a rampage?

This completely contradicted the patterns summarized by the four forces' modification teams during their difficult earlier explorations.

Regarding this point, Ning Zhuo could no longer afford to care, leaving it to these people to speculate and guess on their own.

The situation was extremely tense, leaving him no room to attend to such minor details.

After obtaining a large portion of blood qi rewards again from the ranking list, and following the Blood Path Diagram Plate, Ning Zhuo stayed in the preparation room for a short while, making some slight modifications to his own body and that of the Golden Blood War Ape · Dasheng.

Soon, he once again led the Golden Blood War Ape · Dasheng back to the special challenge behind the demon gate.

Just as Ning Zhuo was about to use this more abundant blood qi to create a Blood Path Diagram Plate, he suddenly had an inspiration.

"Dasheng, you come." He called out.

"Your subordinate obeys." Yuan Dasheng walked over.

He received this abundant blood qi and, replacing Ning Zhuo, operated the demonic skill, applying it to a blank Blood Path Diagram Plate.

In an instant, almost all of the blood qi within Yuan Dasheng's body was channeled into the Diagram Plate.

This was vastly different from the situation when Ning Zhuo infused blood qi before.

"So, upon reaching a certain stage of mastery over the Demonic Blood Vein Skill, one can instantly transfer their entire cultivation base!" Ning Zhuo's eyes lit up as he watched and learned.

Clearly, Yuan Dasheng's proficiency with this skill was far deeper than his own.

Therefore, the speed of creating the Blood Path Diagram Plate was at least ten times faster than when Ning Zhuo did it.

First layer, second layer, third layer...

The blood path diagrams of these skill layers rapidly appeared, stacking layer upon layer, covering the Diagram Plate.

In just about twenty breaths, the Diagram Plate had been created up to the sixth layer of the demonic skill.

Starting from the seventh layer, the production speed noticeably slowed down.

From the seventh to the ninth layer, the Demonic Blood Vein Skill began to emphasize the sheer volume of blood qi accumulation.

However, the speed at which Yuan Dasheng was currently refining the Diagram Plate was still much faster than when Ning Zhuo produced the first six layers.

Seventh layer, eighth layer, ninth layer!

After Yuan Dasheng completed the ninth layer, there was still a large surplus of blood qi on the Diagram Plate.

Yuan Dasheng showed no intention of stopping and continued the production.

Soon, the Blood Path Diagram Plate actually had blood path lines corresponding to the Foundation Establishment stage skills engraved on it.

Early Foundation Establishment, Mid Foundation Establishment, all the way to Late Foundation Establishment!

At this point, the blood qi was finally exhausted, and Yuan Dasheng had no choice but to stop operating the skill.

Ning Zhuo was greatly surprised and immediately took this Blood Path Diagram Plate into his hands for careful inspection.

He had also only obtained the Demonic Blood Vein Skill up to the Qi Refining stage content. He knew nothing about the details of the Foundation Establishment stage skills.

But now, Yuan Dasheng had produced this thing.

This also verified what the Dragon Turtle Fire Spirit had said before.

The original true scripture of the Demonic Blood Vein Skill had already merged with Yuan Dasheng, becoming a kind of instinct for him!

"Yuan Dasheng, can you recite the entire content of the Demonic Blood Vein Skill from memory?" Ning Zhuo made his request.

Yuan Dasheng呆愣 for a moment, then half-knelt, cupping his fists: "My Lord, your subordinate is incompetent and cannot fulfill your command."

Ning Zhuo inquired carefully and found that regarding the Demonic Blood Vein Skill he mastered, Yuan Dasheng only knew how to use it, not understand it.

He had been refined by the Molten Rock Immortal Palace, leaving no memories behind, only a purified灵性.

The entire content of the Demonic Blood Vein Skill true scripture had mostly turned into an instinct for him. If asked to delve into it deeply, he was unable to express this instinct completely in written form.

"Even so, I might still be able to use this special challenge to have Yuan Dasheng complete a full recording of the Demonic Blood Vein Skill!"

Ning Zhuo immediately thought of an alternative approach using the Blood Path Diagram Plate.

"However, doing it this way would require an enormous amount of blood qi."

Ning Zhuo calculated the total amount of blood qi he could collect within the entire challenge.

He also added up the blood qi consumed in his two attempts at making the Diagram Plate and compared the two results.

He regretfully discovered that the total amount of blood qi he could obtain would not be enough to reach the Golden Core level skill.

"Forget it."

"Once I seize the Molten Rock Immortal Palace in the future, won't I be able to see the complete contents of all three superior techniques?"

"For now, I should focus on clearing the demon path!"

This matter was extremely important to him.

In his plan, it was crucial to whether they could survive the current crisis.

"First, install the Blood Path Diagram Plate."

The puppet Ning Zhuo sat down on the ground, lowered his head, and opened the small door on his chest, revealing the mechanical structure inside.

In order to install the Blood Path Diagram Plate, he had already modified himself in the preparation room.

Holding the Diagram Plate, he inserted it towards the middle section of his spine.

There, he had specially crafted a slot.

With a *click*, he smoothly installed the Blood Path Diagram Plate into the slot.

The base of the slot flipped inward at both ends, firmly securing the Diagram Plate.

Ning Zhuo had not a trace of blood qi left and couldn't activate the Diagram Plate to verify if the installation was successful.

Ning Zhuo secretly guessed: "The subsequent challenges must reward blood qi! Otherwise, the Blood Path Diagram Plate would be useless."

"The Three Ancestors set up this special challenge for a purpose; they wouldn't do useless work."

Ning Zhuo gently tugged the Diagram Plate, confirming that the connection between the Plate and the slot was quite firm and wouldn't脱落 during vigorous movement.

Ning Zhuo then closed the small door on his chest again, and finally, patted it with his palm to confirm the door was shut tight and completely locked.

He then followed the same procedure, opened the chest of the Golden Blood War Ape · Dasheng, and installed another Blood Path Diagram Plate.

The mechanical structure of the Golden Blood War Ape was very compact.

The临时卡槽 Ning Zhuo added couldn't be placed at chest height. Ning Zhuo had to compromise and position it in the abdominal area—there was still some small space there.

Due to the limited space, the slot mechanism配件 he made for Yuan Dasheng was much cruder than his own.

Installing the Diagram Plate on Yuan Dasheng required more care.

Ning Zhuo gently held the sides of the Diagram Plate with both hands, aligned it with the slot, then applied force simultaneously with both hands, gently inserting the Plate.

The method of securing the slot here for Yuan Dasheng was also different from Ning Zhuo's. Ning Zhuo had to manually fasten the clasps on both sides.

After completing this step, he followed the管线 from the end of the slot upwards, inspecting all the way to the components near Yuan Dasheng's heart.

Confirming that the two pipelines were没有问题 and the connections between them were also fine, Ning Zhuo then closed Yuan Dasheng's chest again.

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