Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master

“Rather than saying I was defeated by Sun Lingtong, it would be more accurate to say it was at the hands of this spiritually natured mechanical monkey.”

“This monkey is indeed formidable. Even someone at my level of cultivation can hardly stop it.”

“According to the information given in the second round of the palace exams, the mechanical monkey came from the trial stage and was brought out, which is why it can be used in the palace exams.”

“If we follow this logic, the Bukong Sect should still have another mechanical puppet that can harness ghosts.”

As the discussion reached this point, even these elite Golden Core members fell into silence.

Only one of Sun Lingtong’s cards had been revealed, and it already gave him such a tremendous advantage. He had yet another card that he hadn’t used.

“It is foreseeable that the first place in the second round of palace exams will once again meet the ‘entry standard’.”

“Fortunately, in the second round of palace exams, only the last ten are eliminated, so it’s not difficult for us to break through to the next round.”

“The mechanical monkey came from the trial stage, why haven’t the renovation teams from all sides been able to find this reward? Is it deeper within the trial stage?”

People kept guessing.

No one told them that it was an insider who had obscured the paths of both the Buddhist Sect and the Demon Sect.

Using Golden Blood Battle Ape Dasheng, Sun Lingtong had stolen the spotlight, immediately stopping the decline and making a strong comeback.

The reason Ning Zhuo chose to use Golden Blood Battle Ape Dasheng instead of Netherworld Envoy Qi Bai was mainly because the Golden Blood Battle Ape Dasheng was already the most exposed, and a little more exposure wouldn’t matter.

Although this mechanical puppet had been improved with higher quality materials in the later stages and had been upgraded with numerous Foundation Establishment Level materials,

it was, after all, only at the Foundation Establishment Stage in combat prowess, unfit to match up to people like Zhu Xuanji.

It could only flaunt its power in the arena.

Netherworld Envoy Qi Bai was different!

Even though it was also made from Foundation Establishment Level materials, it contained Qi Bai’s Golden Core from his lifetime. If it really exerted its strength, it could fight at the Golden Core Level!

Of course, if it exerted its full power, its mechanical body often couldn’t withstand it, after all, it was only made of Foundation Establishment Level materials. That was the Netherworld Envoy Qi Bai’s biggest shortcoming since its existence.

In summary, preserving Netherworld Envoy Qi Bai and exposing Golden Blood Battle Ape Dasheng to secure Sun Lingtong’s spot in the next round was a very wise decision.

And Ning Zhuo himself, after everyone’s attention was drawn to Golden Blood Battle Ape Dasheng and Sun Lingtong, “staggered” and “stumbled” in a “bitter struggle,” “barely” securing one victory after another.

Apart from Ning Zhuo and others, the least surprised was Zhu Xuanji.

He had previously uncovered the secret—Yuan Dasheng had been transformed into the Golden Blood Battle Ape Dasheng.

And he knew that Yuan Dasheng’s corpse had ended up with the Bukong Sect.

Thus, the conclusion that Golden Blood Battle Ape Dasheng was an item of the Bukong Sect was inferred.

However, Zhu Xuanji had not expected that the Bukong Sect could actually bring out the Golden Blood Battle Ape Dasheng.

Since Golden Blood Battle Ape Dasheng was only at the Foundation Establishment Level in combat prowess, it did not get Zhu Xuanji’s full attention.

Seeing Sun Lingtong kill left and right with the Golden Blood Battle Ape Dasheng, even defeating him, such a result made Zhu Xuanji pay more attention to another matter.

And that was the clue regarding the Golden Furnace!

Among the five Golden Furnaces that had been turned into ruins, there was no need to investigate the first one, as Zhu Xuanji already knew the inside story. The fifth Golden Furnace had just been investigated.

He only had the second, third, and fourth Golden Furnaces left.

Deep down, intuition told him that the answers hidden beneath these three ruins of the Golden Furnaces were incredibly important to him.

However, after his last success, the opportunity Zhu Xuanji had been waiting for never came.

Even though there were instances of Flame Demon Beasts attacking nearby, each time, Ning Zhuo preemptively activated the Five Elements Turret, blasting them before they could truly reach the Gourd Forest.