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    Chapter 490 Mechanism Exercise:

    Mechanical Puppets were arranged into two long columns, silent and motionless.

    Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong stood at the very front of the two columns of Mechanical Puppets.

    They both used their Divine Sense to control these Mechanical Puppets.

    The Mechanical Puppets moved forward with the team while unscrewing their heads several times and then removing them.

    By the time they reached Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong, they had all become headless figures, carrying their mechanical heads in their hands.

    The duo took out several Divine Splitting Mirrors, and using their Divine Sense and Mana, they modified these Mechanical Puppets slightly before finally inserting the Divine Splitting Mirrors into them.

    The Divine Splitting Mirrors were nearly like crystal, clear as a pond, reflecting a vast blue light as if stars were flowing.

    The frames of the mirrors were jade-like and radiant, beautiful like the green waves at dawn, with the corners slightly turned up, resembling ancient clouds painted by old masters, profound and lofty. Divine Sense penetrated into the frame to see the internal meridians, resembling the roots of an ancient tree.

    This is one of the treasured mirrors recorded in the Foundation Establishment Chapter of the Mirror Stand Spirit Communication Technique, capable of receiving and dividing Divine Sense.

    Among all the treasured mirrors, the Divine Splitting Mirror was the cheapest to produce. This was a thoughtfully designed aspect by the Three Superior Sect Techniques masters. The reason was that among all treasured mirrors, the Divine Splitting Mirror had the highest demand.

    What Ning Zhuo was doing now was installing Divine Splitting Mirrors into all the Mechanical Puppets.

    These four hundred plus Divine Splitting Mirrors were what Ning Zhuo and the other had been diligently creating day and night without sleep for a few days.

    The whole setting process did not take up too much time.

    Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong tried to control them and both showed delighted expressions. Ning Zhuo emitted his Divine Sense, and he only needed to project it onto the nearest Mechanical Puppet to amplify it slightly in the Divine Splitting Mirror.

    Ning Zhuo could not only connect with and control this Mechanical Puppet, but the surplus Divine Sense was divided into six or seven parts and spread around.

    These fractions of Divine Sense were attracted by the other Divine Splitting Mirrors, amplified a bit after entering them, and then were divided again and projected outward.

    After several rounds of this projection, Ning Zhuo managed to control a large number of Mechanical Puppets.

    He fully stimulated his Divine Sense, spreading it far and wide, quickly covering over four hundred Mechanical Puppets.

    “I’ll try, I’ll try.”

    Sun Lingtong thought it looked amusing and began his attempt without waiting.

    His Divine Sense could also be put into the Divine Splitting Mirror, but although the total amount was larger than that of Ning Zhuo, it was amplified only half as much by the mirror, and the divided Divine Sense was at most three or four parts.

    The Divine Splitting Mirror was also helpful to Sun Lingtong in controlling the Mechanical Puppets, but not very much.

    After all, the Mirror Stand Spirit Communication Technique and the Divine Splitting Mirror were a matched set.

    This made Sun Lingtong deeply sigh once again: The creators of the Three Superior Sect Techniques were of exceptional talent, bringing forth the rarely seen Three Superior Sect Techniques that not only allowed simultaneous cultivation in three Dantian but even considered as a single aspect, offered a wealth of content that was thoroughly complete.

    Ning Zhuo was both excited and exhausted.

    To rush into making enough Divine Splitting Mirrors, he had been working non-stop for several days, almost without sleep.

    Both Ning Zhuo and Sun Lingtong had deep dark circles under their eyes.

    Ning Zhuo yawned: “Let’s sleep first, big brother. I’m so tired I can hardly keep my eyes open.”

    Sun Lingtong nodded: “You sleep first, I’ll stay up.”

    Being outside, he and Ning Zhuo coordinated to rest and cultivate at different times, always maintaining vigilance.

    Ning Zhuo nodded naturally.

    From childhood, Sun Lingtong would let Ning Zhuo sleep first while he kept watch during the night. Ning Zhuo had grown accustomed to this arrangement.

    Young people sleep very well.

    Ning Zhuo, having reached a certain level of exhaustion, lay down on the bed and immediately fell asleep.

    After sleeping soundly, he opened his eyes and his gaze gradually became bright and spirited, sweeping away the previous fatigue.

    He immediately switched with Sun Lingtong for rest, then with the Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon around his waist, he lifted the tent curtain and stepped out to see the afternoon sun.

    He went to see Liu, Guan, and Zhang’s Three Generals training soldiers. Seeing them train tirelessly, he used Divine Sense to greet them and then left the camp.

    Ning Zhuo also needs to train!

    But after Ning Zhuo’s investment, the Three Generals Camp was already at full capacity. The camp itself wasn’t large enough for Three Generals to rotate on.

    Ning Zhuo thought for a moment and then went to the Red Flower Camp.

    Now, entering and leaving Red Flower Camp, he simply showed his waist token. Sometimes, he had not even reached the camp gate when the soldiers noticed him and immediately opened the gate for him on their own initiative.

    In the Red Flower Camp, Mu Lan was also training soldiers.

    In fact, after the ambush battle, these military forces returned to Canglin Immortal City for recuperation and were actively recruiting and buying horses, replenishing troops, and rigorously training, using every moment to their advantage.

    At this time, the amount of sweat shed might well decide the future life or death on the battlefield.

    Therefore, whether it was generals or soldiers, they were willing to diligently and rigorously train. It was well known that they would still head to the frontline.

    Compared to the Three Generals Camp, the Red Flower Camp was much more spacious.

    On one hand, the standard of the Red Flower Camp made the campsite very large, much higher than the newly established forces like the Three Generals Camp. On the other hand, although Red Flower Camp also replenished troops, they were carefully selected, and numbers were not arbitrarily increased.

    This was because the complexity of the Red Flower Battle Formation far exceeded most other battle formations. In such a case, merely increasing the number of people would actually be cumbersome, preventing the formation of a solid battle formation and significantly lowering the overall combat strength of the entire military.

    Seeing Ning Zhuo arrive, Mu Lan immediately stepped aside, letting her deputy general continue the training, while she herself came forward to greet Ning Zhuo.

    “Ning Zhuo… Young Master.” Mu Lan was expressionless, but her flashing eyes revealed her inner unrest.

    Ning Zhuo waved his hand, explaining his intentions to use the open space in the camp for training soldiers.

    Mu Lan agreed immediately.

    She arranged for it, and led Ning Zhuo all the way to the open space.

    Since Ning Zhuo had chosen to train in the Red Flower Camp, there was no need to keep hiding anything from Mu Lan. Therefore, he openly brought out all of his Mechanical Puppets.

    A hint of brightness flashed through Mu Lan’s eyes.

    She knew that Ning Zhuo had spent a great deal of money purchasing a large number of Mechanical Puppets.

    “But previously, during the ambush, although Ning Zhuo controlled the Mechanical Puppets, they were operating as single entities.”

    “Controlling one and controlling a group are two different matters. How profound is his skill in this area?”

    A strong curiosity surged within Mu Lan.

    Having met several times by chance, Ning Zhuo had become Mu Lan’s husband, and naturally, she was interested in her own husband.

    More importantly, as a daughter of a military family, she had been very sensitive and attentive to various military matters from a young age.

    Under Mu Lan’s watchful eyes, Ning Zhuo began his first drill.

    With a stern face, he released his Divine Sense.

    Through continuous transmission and reception via the Divine Splitting Mirror, Ning Zhuo quickly gained full control over all the Mechanical Puppets.

    It was as if he had gained many additional limbs, establishing a close connection with the puppets, commanding them merely required the use of his Divine Sense.

    Ning Zhuo first attempted the simplest action, which was making all the Mechanical Puppets walk together.

    Seeing over four hundred Mechanical Puppets suddenly begin to move, Mu Lan was astonished and could not help but glance at Ning Zhuo, thinking to herself, “He is only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, yet he connects with so many Mechanical Puppets so quickly.”

    Controlling so many Mechanical Puppets at the same time was still new to Ning Zhuo.

    Previously, although he also accumulated a lot of Mechanical Artifacts in the Fire Persimmon Immortal City, those were collected over the span of a dozen years from the market.

    His level back then was not high enough. How could those Mechanical Artifacts he purchased from the market compare to the over four hundred Mechanical Puppets present now?

    Previously, the Mechanical Artifacts were mostly animal-shaped with simple structures and were easy to control.

    But the Mechanical Puppets now were military-used, with more complex structures, requiring much more manipulation skills and capable of more free, Spirit Sensitive movements.

    Ning Zhuo was fully focused.

    He felt like a toddler learning to walk, first crawling on the floor, then slowly standing up, and eventually starting to walk unsteadily.

    Mu Lan, who was watching from the side, soon noticed this.

    “It turns out that Ning Zhuo has never controlled so many Mechanical Puppets before.”

    Mu Lan frowned slightly, deciding to find an appropriate time to persuade Ning Zhuo to give up on training.

    This immature technique, if used on the battlefield, would not only be irresponsible for himself but also for his allies and comrades.

    Especially since Ning Zhuo was her husband, a son-in-law of Upper General Mansion, he could not be reckless.

    Ning Zhuo took out some Spirit Food from his Storage Waist Belt, stuffed it into his mouth, and quickly chewed and swallowed.

    After a while, he also took out an Elixir Pill and swallowed it.

    Whether it was Spirit Food or Elixir Pills, both helped him to recover his Divine Sense more quickly.

    His Divine Sense was depleting rapidly, making his head feel heavy as if it were weighed down by an iron anvil.

    Ning Zhuo took a deep breath and slowly closed his eyes.

    Mu Lan, continuously assessing from the side, saw this scene: “Ning Zhuo is only at the Foundation Establishment Stage, with limited Divine Sense. It is already impressive that he has sustained till now.”

    “Although he picked it up quickly, this level is still far from being ready for the battlefield.”

    “I must persuade him to stop.”

    “Taking this to the battlefield is simply a joke.”

    However, the next moment, Ning Zhuo opened his eyes.

    He once again mobilized his Divine Sense and controlled the Mechanical Puppets. This time, unlike before, he did not just use his Divine Sense, but also employed the Buddha Heart Demon Seal!

    Ning Zhuo had already planted a Heart Seal in each of the Mechanical Puppets.

    Dual control with Divine Sense and Heart Seal!

    The Mechanical Puppets suddenly acted more Spirit Movement, as if turning from a dementia patient into a normal person.

    “How is this possible?!” Mu Lan’s pupils contracted with shock.

    She had never expected that after merely resting his eyes for a moment and reopening them, Ning Zhuo would achieve such terrifying progress!

    The entire Mechanical Army’s advances and retreats were no longer scattered as before but quickly became swift and uniform.

    Mu Lan also noticed a detail—different puppets were even adjusting their spacing!

    This was absolutely not something seen in the past.

    “Ning Zhuo, being able to execute such delicate manipulations, indicates that he still has significant reserves of strength.”

    “How did he suddenly improve so much? It’s as if he became a different person.”

    A transformation as if he had reborn!

    Ning Zhuo also felt quite pleased.

    After fully utilizing the Heart Seal, his consumption of Divine Sense plummeted to less than a tenth of what it was before.

    He manipulated it without hindrance, with ample reserve power, very smoothly.

    Moments later, after adjusting to the state, Ning Zhuo extended both hands, spread his fingers, and activated the Mana Suspended Threads.

    Ten threads landed on the nearby Mechanical Puppets.

    Instantaneously, it was as if he had breathed souls into them; each gesture sped up multiple times, and the displayed combat power also increased significantly.

    “With this method, I can control some of the more powerful Mechanical Puppets.”

    “But I don’t need to use it at the moment.”

    The general assigned by Ning Zhuo to this Mechanical Army was Shadow Blade Mengye Tiger. The latter’s Spiritual Nature is even higher than that of the Heavy Blood Ape – Da Sheng.

    Mengye Tiger does not require Ning Zhuo’s control and can perform excellently on its own.

    “But matters regarding Spiritual Nature should still be kept as confidential as possible and should not be exposed.”

    “When using Shadow Blade Mengye Tiger in the future, just pretend to link it with a Mana Suspended Thread.”

    As Ning Zhuo contemplated, Sun Lingtong woke up in the Ten-Thousand-Li Travelling Dragon.

    He sleepily went to the Dragon Head Cabin, and seeing Ning Zhuo training the troops, his eyes brightened more and more.

    “Little Zhuo, Little Zhuo, hurry hurry, let me play with them!”

    Sun Lingtong showed a strong interest in training Mechanical Soldiers.

    “Alright, boss, I’ll allocate some Mechanical Puppets to you. You must catch them immediately!” Ning Zhuo secretly instructed.

    Sun Ning and he had been together since childhood, already for over a decade, and their cooperation was naturally in perfect harmony.

    Many Mechanical Puppets changed control from Ning Zhuo to Sun Lingtong, the transition was very smooth and natural.

    Mu Lan watched the whole process without noticing the tricks between Sun Ning.

    Sun Lingtong’s own Cultivation Technique and Innate talent were quite outstanding, and he had studied Meng Yaoyin’s Mechanical Records Secret Book left behind a long time ago, so he also handled these Mechanical Puppets with finesse.

    It was just that he was slightly unfamiliar before, causing some bumps and errors.

    Upon seeing these mishaps, Mu Lan looked at Ning Zhuo: “Training the soldiers for a long time, Ning Zhuo is about to reach his limit.”

    However, as Sun Lingtong’s control became more proficient, the Mechanical Army’s performance also improved.

    “…” Mu Lan found herself wrong in her judgment again.

    Ning Zhuo then transmitted through his divine sense: “Hahaha, boss, with your help, my control pressure has plummeted by at least forty percent.”

    Sun Lingtong said, “Little Zhuo, this is so much fun.”

    Ning Zhuo: “Boss, let’s not play anymore. Once you get familiar, we will start practicing the Battle Formation. Without the Battle Formation, the army is just scattered sand. In battle, they will become cannon fodder, sacrificial lambs.”

    After half a period of tea time, both Sun Ning became much more proficient.

    Formation.

    Battle Formation—Light Body Swift Wind Formation!

    Sun Ning together, initiated the Battle Formation!

    It was close to success, but in the final moments, two or three Mechanical Puppets were mismanaged and didn’t move to their respective positions in the Battle Formation promptly.

    Just as it was about to fail, Ning Zhuo promptly intervened, shooting out Mana Suspended Threads.

    He specifically controlled, increasing the mana infusion, and finally caught up at the last moment, making those three Mechanical Puppets perform the correct actions and reach the correct positions.

    Boom.

    A soft noise followed, and the Light Body Swift Wind Formation successfully formed.

    Throughout the Mechanical Army, numerous light winds swirled. These breezes lifted and entwined the Mechanical Puppets, increasing their speed, action agility, and almost silence.

    Seeing this scene, Mu Lan could no longer hide her emotions, her expression changed.

    Successfully forming the formation, this Mechanical Army has transformed into a reliable force that can be counted on.

    “I underestimated Ning Zhuo.”

    “He is indeed a rare genius! His talent in controlling Mechanical Techniques is unparalleled in my life.”

    Mu Lan stared at Ning Zhuo, with a more complex expression.

    The more she assisted Ning Zhuo, the more virtues she discovered in him.

    These virtues accumulated in her heart, continually elevating her impression of Ning Zhuo.
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