Chapter 7 The bearded guest
Ning family.
Assembly Building.
The aura light emits bright light.
The head of the Ning family, the young patriarch, and a group of family elders gathered here.
Several jade slips were rotated in their hands, and the jade slips recorded the entire process of the Ning family examination.
The patriarch rubbed the jade slip in his hand, his eyes closed slightly, and the scene in the jade slip appeared in his sea of consciousness, constantly playing back.
Unlike previous years, this year he focused on the assessment of government subjects.
This year, the content of the Ning family's big exam in the mechanical arts department has been changed, and it has become a puppet controlling a hanging silk.
The young monks instilled mana and transported it all the way to the puppet puppet through the hanging silk.
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Through the dual effects of divine thoughts and mana, the puppet puppet has the power to act and perform various actions.
However, even the best young monks only successfully let the puppet puppets perform the movements of walking, tumbling in the air, and rolling on the ground in this big exam.
The overall situation is miserable.
The patriarch slowly opened his eyes, withdrew his consciousness from the jade slip, and slowly placed the jade slip on the table at hand.
"This time in the family exam, there are no seeds of mechanics among the juniors." The head of the Ning family sighed.
The elders of the school felt the pressure and quickly spoke up: "Patriarch, elders, our Ning family is good at talismans. Among the cultivation of all arts, mechanism art is originally a partial subject. Our family has very little background in mechanism skills, and the teachers who teach mechanism techniques in the school are all half-hearted, how can we cultivate the seeds of mechanism skills?"
The head of the Ning family comforted: "A little peaceful, I don't mean to blame you. It's just that the lava palace is a mechanism immortal city, and in the past, the three sect masters hid in the mountain in order to suppress the eruption of Fire Persimmon Mountain. If we want to obtain the immortal collection and mechanism inheritance of the Lava Immortal Palace, the best way is to start with the mechanism master."
"Our Ning family only discovered the Lava Immortal Palace this year. The other two major families and the city lord's side have been ahead for a long time. They have time to secretly cultivate the seeds of the mechanism, but we can't."
"We are latecomers, too late. Only by recruiting outsiders with a lot of money and acting as guest ministers of our clan can there be a possibility of competition."
The head of the Ning family took out a jade slip: "This contains the Fire Persimmon Immortal City and the famous mechanics around, so please circulate it."
After the elders of the family saw it, the head of the Ning family said: "All the mechanics, we must contact and try our best to fight. Especially the weeping guests! He is the mechanic in Fire Persimmon City, and his strength is not bad, so he should be the primary goal."
The young patriarch said: "The identity of the hanging guest is mysterious and has never appeared in public. The mechanisms he makes sell well, but they are all sold through the black market once a month."
"The black market is controlled by Sun Lingtong. This person is an outer disciple of the non-empty door, and it is difficult for us to really contact the weeping guests."
The head of the Ning family frowned: "Xiaoren, I don't want to listen to you talk about difficulties, what I need is to solve this problem."
The young patriarch Ning Xiaoren sweated on his forehead and quickly assured: "Yes, father. I have sent someone to find a way to contact him, and there will definitely be results soon!"
The head of the Ning family stroked his beard: "Okay. I'll wait for the results."
……
After the meeting, the young patriarch of the Ning family immediately summoned his subordinate Ning Zhen.
"Ning Responsibility, you, the procurement manager of the Ning family, were supported by me. I let you contact the weeping guests, but you have never made progress, what are you doing?!" The young patriarch frowned.
Ning Zhi was a middle-aged man, his face was full of bitterness, if possible, he didn't want to touch this kind of task at all.
"Young patriarch, my subordinates are worthy of your entrustment from the young patriarch, and they are really damn for doing things that are not good."
"But this dying customer is really difficult to communicate, I have repeatedly traded with him in the black market, and I tried to persuade him to buy it as he wished, but he was never moved. He keeps his mouth shut about any topic other than trading."
"The guest is too mysterious, I have tried my best to find out, but I angered the black market owner Sun Lingtong, who broke his hands and was framed and lost a large amount of spirit stones. So far, I still pay this money in advance......"
"Enough!" The young patriarch interrupted unhappily, "You were put on a list, it's already embarrassing enough, and you still want to find the clan to bear the price for your mistake?"
"This time, my clan wants to purchase eighty ruyi ropes, you can do it."
Ning was surprised: "Eighty roots? So much?!"
The young patriarch said: "You take advantage of this big business to try with all your might. You have been in contact with the weeping guest many times, but you have never been able to make friends with this person."
"Your performance really makes me doubt your ability, Ning Li."
Ning Zhen felt pressured and repeatedly promised that he would do his best.
……
Ning Zhi came to the southeast area of Fire Persimmon City.
In the Fire Persimmon Immortal City, it is this area of dragons and snakes that are mixed, theft is rampant, and the security is the worst.
At the same time, this is where the black market is located.
At one of the entrances to the black market, Ning Zhi revealed a token.
A monk with a gloomy expression glanced at Ning Zhen, carefully checked the token, threw it back to Ning Zhen, and said in a cold voice: "Come with me."
He led Ning Zhi into the hut behind him, and then in the hut, he lifted the floor to reveal a hole.
He took Ning Zhi into the cave entrance, turned around in the tunnel, and finally came to an underground trading space.
It feels like a small market.
Ning Zhen swept his eyes and saw the target.
"Lord Chui Ke, we meet again." Ning Zhi came to the devil, with a warm smile on his face.
The bearded guest is an old man with a very rickety at his back, with a cane in his hand, and his whole body is bent like a lobster. His face was vicissitudes, his eyes were dark and purple, and his wrinkles were so deep that he could catch mosquitoes. His long hair was black and messy, spreading from the top of his head to his shoulders and hanging down to the top of his feet, like a wide black cloak.
The bearded passenger stood behind the locomotive, just glanced at Ning Zhen lightly, and did not speak.
The bearded guest always has this attitude, and in addition to being helpless, he also keeps accumulating anger in his heart.
He is a monk of the Ning family, but the guest will not give him any face!
However, the young patriarch of the Ning family has always wanted to win over the weeping guests, Ning Zhen felt aggrieved in his heart, and a smile appeared on his face: "Lord Chui Ke, what I will bring this time is a big deal."
"A full eighty up and down wishes!"
"Look, is your price a little cheaper for such a big business?"
"I am your old customer, take care of your business like this, there will be more such businesses in the future. Every time it is two hundred spirit stones a wishful wish, this price is always like this, it is a bit unkind."
The bearded guest nodded slightly, his voice hoarse and vicissitudes: "You are right."
"Then let's get two hundred and fifty spirit stones each."
Ning Zhen was stunned for a moment, and then laughed: "Lord Chui Ke, don't play around. The price reduction is not like this."
Unexpectedly, the bearded guest snorted coldly: "For every extra nonsense, the price will be increased by fifty spirit stones."
Ning Zhen stared and froze in place for a while.
His stomach rose with anger, and he really wanted to slap the old man in front of him on the ground. But he finally suppressed his anger and said in a muffled voice: "Okay, just according to your price!"
"It's just that my clan wants to add some other functions to match my clan's exercises. Specific renovation ......"
The hanging guest interrupted forcefully: "There is no renovation, if you don't buy it, you won't buy it, and if you don't buy it, you will get out."
Ning Zhi choked.
After taking a deep breath, he smiled bitterly and nodded, agreeing to the deal.
The bearded guest didn't move, but on the locomotive in front of him, there were several mechanical dolls hanging from the roof.
These mechanical dolls were all driven by hanging silk, and they looked like real people, babbling and laughing.
They rolled, jumped, and even played and pushed each other, and finally opened the round lid inside the locomotive.
One by one, they drilled into the holes under the round lid, and then dragged out the upper and lower ruyi ropes like dragging out pythons.
Every time Ning Zhi saw this scene, he was amazed.
This kind of mechanical suspension control ability is extremely skilled, and the puppet villains seem to really come to life.
The young monks of the Ning family in this big exam must have one percent of such control ability, and the results of the mechanical skills subjects in the big exam are definitely superior!
"Mechanism technique is the lowest existence in the cultivation of all arts, and it has many weaknesses. The most obvious weakness is the method of manipulation!"
"Take these puppet villains as an example, as long as the suspension thread is cut, they will be paralyzed in an instant."
Ning Wei handed over the spirit stone and left the black market with the upper and lower ruyi, and only then did he show a hint of cruelty and anger.
"Hanging guest! Every time I talk to you in harmony, it really gives you face."
"This time, I specially invited the three ghosts of the Huang family for you! I have also carefully prepared a 'gift' for you!"
"Since you don't eat toasts, then eat and penalize the bar."
Ning Zhi was also forced to have no choice but to take risks.
His plan was very simple: first ask the three ghosts of the Huang family to deal with the hanging guests, and then come forward to save the scene as a way to show goodwill. If the guest is seriously injured, it is not ruled out that he would rather be blamed for forcing him to comply.
In short, opening up the situation first and completing your tasks is the first priority.
As for other issues, it was the affairs of the rest of the Ning family!
After the black market closed, a full load of drooping customers walked in the dark alleys.
Suddenly.
Zhen Shen Fu!
A talisman was triggered instantly, sealing the surrounding space.
The bearded guest stomped his feet in place and remained motionless.
"Hehehe......"
The light laughter echoed, and three little ghosts emerged from the left and attacked the weeping guest.
The hanging guest was as silent as a stone, until the little ghost bullied him in front of him, and then his body trembled.
Several mechanism birds were shaken off by him and shot away.
Mechanism - Thunder Bird!
In the darkness, several lights suddenly lit up, and thunder burst out, but it was silent.
In an instant, the Thunder Silent Bird killed three little ghosts.
"How is that possible?"
"Obviously, you have used the Divine Talisman, you should not be able to use your divine consciousness to control the mechanism!"
"It's weird. He is obviously a puppet of the mechanism, but I didn't see him use the hanging thread at all."
"Forget it, let's go together!"
The three ghosts of the Huang family jumped out and made a move at the same time, each using their own means to besiege the weeping guest.
For a while, more than a dozen ghosts gushed out, and there were evil ghosts in all directions, baring their teeth and claws, eerie and ferocious.
The hanging guest was as motionless as a mountain, and the messy black hair hanging down to the top of his feet suddenly condensed into each other, forming long whips.
The pitch-black long whip danced wildly like a dragon and snake, but there was no trace of wind, and in the silence, it was full of terrifying murderous intent.
Mechanism - Hanging Fishing Dead Whip!
The whip was extremely ferocious, as if it could devour everything, and wherever it went, the soul was scattered.
The three ghosts of the Huang family had a fierce look in their eyes and were about to take the move.
In the sea of knowledge, there is a magic treasure seal, as huge as a treasure mountain, and the Buddha and the demon are one, suddenly blooming with strange light.
Dharma Weapon - My Buddha's Heart Demon Seal!
The three ghosts stagnated at the same time, showing a fatal flaw. In horror, he hurriedly retreated, but it was too late.
Two screams, two ghosts were killed.
The boss's eyes were about to burst, and his anger soared to the sky, trying hard to squeeze the foundation building dantian, and fight back to the death against the weeping guest.
The magic weapon dagger that pinned his hopes for revenge was as fast as lightning and instantly hit the middle of the bearded guest's forehead.
Bite.
A crisp sound of metal clashing.
The boss of the Huang family was instantly stunned, unbelievable.
Puff puff.
In the next instant, more than a dozen hanging fishing whips gathered together and pierced him from up, down, back, back, left, and right.
The boss of the Huang family widened his eyes, his body was pierced by the fishing whip, hanging in mid-air, blood sprayed out of the wound, splashing on the ground and walls, but was covered by the heavy night.
Wait until the nearby monk hears the strange movement and come to this alley to check.
"What happened?" The monk wondered.
In the alley, not a single corpse or drop of blood could be found.
Ning Zhen, who couldn't wait for news for a long time, became cold and cold: "Why is there no news yet? After so long, it should have been successful."
"The Hanging Guest is in the foundation building period, and the three ghosts of the Huang family are also in the foundation building period. Even in the Fire Persimmon Immortal City, the combat power was suppressed. With three enemies against one, there is no reason to fail." He was still comforting himself.
"I gave them the Divine Talisman and the spiritual pet green knife mantis, which can cut hanging silk. With such preparations, the mechanic will be severely restrained!"
"Wait a little longer."
This waiting is doomed to no results.
The bearded guest walked in the underground secret passage.
Three hanging whips were raised behind him, each hanging a monk's corpse. In between the marches, a monstrous terrifying figure was cast on the walls of the dark passage.
The red light gradually appeared ahead, and the temperature became scorching.
Turning the corner, a large pill furnace appeared in front of the weeping guest.
The furnace door opened, and the hanging guest threw three corpses into it, his movements were extremely skillful.
Closing the furnace door, he came to the reserve room on the side.
He put the several pounds of fire essence purchased from the black market into the reserve room.
Years of accumulation have made the fire essence in the reserve room pile up into a small mountain.
"The last ten pounds of fire essence are still missing."
The bearded guest came to the teleportation room and opened the teleportation array.
The next moment, he returned to his underground workshop.
The body of the hanging guest began to change.
The weird black hair hanging all over the ground quickly contracted, and the rickety figure gradually stood upright, and the old man's body under the black robe changed with a burst of light and shadow, gradually restoring its original appearance -
This is a silver-gray mechanical armor.
On the surface of the battle armor, there was a faint treasure light. There are talismans and formation patterns on the upper and lower parts of the armor. On the helmet of the battle armor, a new scar was added. This is the result of the dying counterattack of the three ghost bosses of the Huang family.
The breastplate, plastron, and leg armor of the battle armor open symmetrically to the left and right sides.
A young man came out of it.
The young man's face was pale, his eyes were as clear as water, and his temperament was calm and peaceful.
The battle armor is called: Cang Tie Han Armor.
Boy: surname Ning and name Zhuo.