Chapter 360 - 163: Planting the Nether Flower on the Crown
In the forum, Ning Zheng continued to glance at other posts.
They were basically revolving around the topics of [Yin Yang Creation Furnace] and [No-Life Sect Side Plot].
The posts were lively and bustling.
Quite a few people even said in the posts: We've underestimated the planners.
Originally thought the planner's goal was to have this Three Flowers randomly find No-Life Sect followers and blend into No-Life Sect.
So.
They went crazy with nursery Three Flowers, even wanting the Sword Fairy to help, to make contact with No-Life Sect's capital city insiders.
And now?
The planners played it big!
Impersonating No-Life Sect, blending in is too low-level, they were to directly cultivate a Mother of Non-Life!
"Sorry, I failed to understand the intentions of the planner."
Night Mad Cultivator stepped forward, expressing responsibility for this announcement:
"I only guessed half of it. We need to go with the No-Life Sect route for Three Flowers! But the No-Life Sect route we took was completely different. It wasn't blending into nursery No-Life Sect, but creating a nursery No-Life Sect."
"As a supposedly veteran strategy player, I feel very guilty and must reflect!"
"I still can't keep up with the planner's thinking."
"From now on, my thoughts will be more meticulous, using more clues to unlock the hidden plots given by the planner! To understand the planner's thoughts, strengthen our manor, and develop more hidden tasks!"
"I am deeply sorry!"
Apology video.mov (1 minute 37 seconds)
The post also included an in-game personal apology video.
Ning Zheng paused for a moment:
"This is so absurd."
"What heavy reflection, continue to ponder my planning thoughts, hidden plots?"
"I, as a planner, really didn't think that much."
Ning Zheng thought for a moment and clicked on the apology video.
It should be the person appearing, and he could still take a look at the background of that world, like room setup, building, clothing...
Click!
He clicked the video.
"What is this?"
At the moment he saw the video content, Ning Zheng realized he was still too young.
In the video.
It's a room of an alchemy room, with the [Yin Yang Creation Furnace] placed in the center.
"Hey ya, hey ya!" With the help of several little blacksmiths, the divine furnace lifted its huge furnace legs, performing a bow at a 90-degree angle, showcasing craftsman's spirit.
"Sorry, it's all my fault!"
Yin Yang Creation Furnace leaned forward, speaking sincerely:
"I, Night Mad Cultivator, take responsibility for this!"
"Though after my Second Transformation, it's a bit unsuitable for movement, bending and bowing."
Evidently, [Yin Yang Creation Furnace] believed it wasn't dead, this 'Embers Night Mad Cultivator' still issued an apology statement, although Night Mad Cultivator was originally a big shot in review posts, keeping the hobby of posting after death.
A lot of comments:
"What a jerk, your apology video, you're not even appearing yourself?"
"Did you understand anything? This is also a human face AI apology, it's recently popular."
"Whoa, Embers seems indeed to be AI, no mistake."
"No mistake, my foot!"
"Craftsman's spirit."
"Nightly Frenzied Cultivation Sixth Body, you are showing off, does your mom know?"
...
A group of people went wildly calling him a jerk, saying the apology lacked sincerity, and even tricked his Embers to apologize.
"He's so cool."
After confirming no details were missed, Ning Zheng completely closed the forum.
"However, the No-Life Sect main plot line is not impossible."
He walked back and forth in the room, looking at the snowy scene outside, falling into thought:
"Anyway, I have some backup plans, I can try, they can't catch my Embers Void Bubble Three Flowers."
"If it succeeds, I can use [Princess's Mansion] as a starting point to explore that Secret Realm."
The Imperial Mausoleum is still very valuable and worth considering.
...
The next morning.
The manor was covered in white snow. Yet the sky was exceptionally clear, no clouds in sight. Standing on the mountaintop looking out over the mountains, it brings a feeling of vast insignificance.
Su Yuniang, Hairpin Lady, Embroideress, and over a hundred little loli blacksmiths were idle and formed a team for mutual combat. Some people were even eager to go.
They were very much looking forward to this kind of "spring trip group activity."
At this moment.
Rushing! Rushing!
Three Flowers grew.
Over a hundred people grew to the edge of a sea of nursery, looking at the beach, seagulls, the vast sea, and occasionally jumping big fish, suddenly feeling that this random scenery wasn't too bad either.
Ning Zheng also didn't give them +20,000, just let them randomly grow in some area of the nursery.
After all.
Where can you hit the jackpot every day?
Where can you always have cheats?
He earns ten thousand Magic Coins a day, one visit costs twenty thousand, at least two days needed for one visit.
However.
He couldn't possibly not save Qi Fortune Value, in case he encounters something, without Qi Fortune Value there's no way to cope.
Ning Zheng pondered,
"And, wondering if there is a one-time solution?"
"Every visit costs 20,000 Qi Fortune Value, it's too expensive."
Ning Zheng thought of a previous hypothesis.
That Princess Xin'e wants to remove her Three Flowers and plant a Spiritual Root...
So.
Can my Three Flowers truly be planted?
If successful, Ning Zheng's Embers Three Flowers will grow on the heads of various ghosts.
Would that not grant them my alternative doppelganger, bestowing power upon them?
"If feasible, I can completely gather a batch of stand-ins who plant my Three Flowers!"
"Even Ning Jiaojiao can plant my Three Flowers!"
Ning Zheng's eyes flashed with contemplation, considering the gains and losses involved.
She is Half-Jiao Half-Human and can also cultivate Three Flowers.
From what he knows, Ning Jiaojiao died without cultivating Three Flowers.
The more Ning Zheng thinks, the more she feels there's a chance.
Only living beings can plant Spiritual Roots, ghosts cannot plant Spiritual Roots!
This is common sense.
But Ning Zheng's Spiritual Root is very special.
Soul toxins can create Soul Bubbles, equivalent to temporarily creating ghosts!
His Spiritual Root naturally harmonizes with ghosts.
Even before, he managed to create Shadow Spirit Rice that ghosts can consume.
"Originally, I am related to the creation of Embers Void Bubble, doppelgangers, and may well create a Divine Technique to plant Spiritual Roots and control doppelgangers."
"My luck is extremely good, as long as the probability isn't zero, I can create this Divine Technique."
Ning Zheng had been thinking earlier about starting to create his own Spell Divine Technique.
Now, this first Divine Technique of "planting Spiritual Roots" seems suitable.
Considering, Ning Zheng slightly closed her eyes, consciousness deeply immersed, and in the void saw a destiny gambling table shrouded in mist, starlight twinkling, emanating divine strangeness.
[I want to create a Divine Technique that allows ghosts to plant my Spiritual Roots.]
The scene suddenly changed abruptly.
This time, only two messages gradually emerged from the mist
[Plant Nether Flower on Top: Allows your Three Flowers to have some qualities of Heaven and Earth Spirit Plants, enabling ghosts without Spiritual Roots to plant this root, (100,000 Qi Fortune Value)]
Unexpectedly not expensive!
Ning Zheng's eyes brightened.
But on careful thought, being inexpensive is justified.
Because this ability... is quite mediocre!
Because Ning Zheng can only plant on ghost bodies without Spiritual Roots.
Moreover, this condition is to remove Ning Zheng's Three Flowers.
Lose Three Flowers once, and it requires some time to recover.
He looked at the second:
[Plant a Thousand Flowers on Top: Can make your Embers Void Bubble acquire the qualities of Spiritual Roots, possessing properties to plant Spiritual Roots (1,000,000 Qi Fortune Value)]
Ning Zheng's eyes sharply brightened.
Don't assume it's just changing the Three Flowers on Ning Zheng's body for planting Spiritual Roots to shaping Ning Zheng's Embers Three Flowers planting Spiritual Roots.
This is a massive qualitative change.
He is just one person; every time planting a Spiritual Root, he removes Three Flowers and gets hurt once, how many can he plant?
But if his Embers can plant, it would result in a catastrophe, constantly expanding, constantly planting!
Even if it can only be planted on some mortal ghosts, it is a Heaven-defying Divine Power!
For instance.
The several thousand female prisoners of the No-Life Sect in his prison.
Most of them are mortals without Spiritual Roots, only engraved clovers on their abdomen, stacking babies.
If he unleashed soldiers with each Embers planting on them?
Several thousand mortal ghosts all equipped with tremendous potential, each capable of wielding powerful Divine Techniques, capable of dropping Soul Bubbles when cutting beings.
And with Spiritual Roots, they can cultivate to become stronger!
Equivalent to cultivating Three Flowers, transforming into Ghost Cultivators and practicing cultivation.
He has obtained an "army of Yin Soldier Cultivators"!
Ning Zheng's eyes were shining like snow:
"This is equivalent to, from creating a batch of temporary existing bubbles, to creating a batch of permanently existing, potentially growing weak bubbles!"
"Mortals who died in life can have the possibility of planting Spiritual Roots after death."
Ning Zheng decided.
This Divine Technique, even if it costs 1,000,000 Qi Fortune Value, must be activated in the future.
"However, first must save money, activate this 100,000 Qi Fortune Value [Plant Nether Flower on Top], then activate the Three Flowers planting Spiritual Root on the main body, then the Embers' Three Flowers."
This is a prerequisite Divine Technique.
Activating this 100,000 Qi Fortune Value first, then the advanced Divine Technique would only require 900,000 Qi Fortune Value, not losing otherwise.
"Ten days, have to wait a bit."
Just the Princess Xin'e planting my Spiritual Roots, I wonder how potent it would be?
Ning Zheng pondered deeply.
Should not be of a Celestial Spirit Root's level.
But upper-grade Spiritual Root, it should have?
Should also be capable of having Embers emerge when cutting others, just without such powerful functionality.
"If Princess Xin'e cultivates the Spiritual Root, her abilities will reflect similarly to how the Vice Sect Leader previously appeared, all being cutting others creating Soul Bubbles."
"Then wouldn't she… have the complete disguise to be the Mother of Non-Life?"
The more Ning Zheng thought, the stranger his expression became.
The legitimate Mother of Non-Life, I truly did not intend it.
You are born of flesh.
Our lineage relates to being born of the Soul Bubble.
"With Princess Xin'e as Mother of Non-Life, I secretly supporting this puppet, hidden behind the scenes, is also exceptionally favorable, the innate identity of a mortal Dynasty princess is supremely excellent."
"If Princess Xin'e is not competitive enough, then someone else can take her place."
His expression was indifferent.