Mysteries of Immortal Puppet Master

Chapter 1252: Chapter 485: New Insights from Reviewing

Bluestone Cave Mansion.

Inside the cultivation room, a mechanical loom stands silently.

The loom’s dark silver frame is inlaid with twenty-eight star constellation gemstones, shining brilliantly.

Ning Zhuo specially borrowed it from the Confucian cultivator group.

With his current reputation and the impression he has left in the minds of the Confucian cultivators, borrowing the mechanical loom was a matter of a simple request.

Ning Zhuo was reviewing the papermaking skill from the Inheriting Dao Jade Page.

He has always maintained the good habit of timely review.

This is the third Chapter of the papermaking technique: Thus, its warp and weft align, corresponding to the celestial hemisphere. The weaver goddess pauses her shuttle, borrowing the ingenuity of the celestial princess; Lu Ban severs his hand, modeling the workings of creation. Weaving clouds and mists as weft, embellishing stars as the warp. Upon completion, it resembles the concealing of the River Map, then upon further observation, it seems the Luoshu emerges and sinks...

Revisiting this, Ning Zhuo had new insights.

Though there was no Wenguang Paste silk before him, he had long prepared spirit silk as a substitute.

"Vertical eighty-one, horizontal eighty-one..."

The big-headed youth stood firmly before the machine, his left hand lightly drawing a strand of spirit silk, laying it on the loom’s warp beam.

He deliberated for a moment, then proceeded.

The silk fell silently.

This was the beginning of the foundation, corresponding to the position of the north pole of the sky, and Ning Zhuo had pinpointed the position with extreme accuracy.

He raised his right hand slightly, and the transparent shuttle flew into his palm on its own... he froze in this action.

Once again lost in thought.

The seven-colored glow inside the shuttle rotated slowly, casting light on his distinct knuckles.

After a breath’s time, his right wrist moved with extreme steadiness, turning and pulling—the shuttle passed through the warp, bringing with it the first strand of "weft."

"The Qian position intersects with Li, yang birthing yin..."

Ning Zhuo’s movements were not quick, one could even say they were slow. But every slight shift carried a certain calm rhythm. When the shuttle reached the end, his left index finger lightly tapped, and a barely perceptible blood qi seeped from his fingertip, condensing into a minute rune at the intersection of warp and weft.

The moment the rune formed, the gemstone corresponding to "Horn Constellation" on the loom glowed faintly.

His actions grew more adept, his efficiency higher and higher.

He had new realizations: "The angle of the wrist’s rotation needs to be noted. Because during actual weaving, there are subtle differences among the spirit threads, and different forces must be interwoven to keep the fabric flat."

Ning Zhuo slowly ceased his actions.

Though he had woven only a small piece, the overlap between the spirit silks was near perfect, with no trace of entanglement or disorder.

If Gu Qing were to see this scene, he would surely be shaken. Because Ning Zhuo’s achievement here was a tremendous improvement in quality compared to what he had just refined during the trial!

Ning Zhuo wasn’t at all surprised by this.

"My refining realm has reached Master Level."

"I also carry with me many principles related to artifact refining."

"Weaving requires precise action, and I, using the Demon-infused Bloodline Technique, can best control every movement."

Artifact refining is one of the four great skills, while weaving is only in the latter half of the hundred cultivation arts.

Refining, alchemy, talisman making, and array arrangement are known as the four great arts for a reason.

There are interconnections among the hundred skills of cultivation, with many deriving from, developing, growing, and then branching into independence.

Ning Zhuo’s deep roots in artifact refining led to an inherent talent in related cultivation techniques.

"Vertical is the celestial warp, horizontal is the earthly weft."

"Every position and thread must align with a certain celestial body; each rune at the point of intersection must accord with the transformations in numerology and logic."

"Principles, weaving, celestial signs, formations..."

Ning Zhuo appreciated this on a deeper level and realized that during the trial, he had placed more focus on the "form."

"Nine times nine is eighty-one, which is the ultimate yang number in numerology, subtly aligning with the ’wearing nine and treading one’ configuration of the Luoshu’s Nine Palace arrangement."

"The resulting weave is actually a spiritual mechanism pathway."

"The art of weaving uses tangible threads to create intangible logic. Truly fascinating."

Though Ning Zhuo had previously encountered weaving techniques, this experience allowed him to genuinely appreciate the profound essence of weaving, stirring in him an even greater interest.

"I must find time to delve deeply into the memory of weaving."

"Oh, and the Nine Palace Array."

Thinking of this, Ning Zhuo couldn’t help but recall Shen Xi.

Shen Xi had given him study notes that detailed many of the foundational aspects of the Nine Palace Array, which greatly benefited Ning Zhuo. During the trial just now, it played many positive roles.

"The Nine Palace Formation is also a great thing. I need to find time to learn more about it!"

"Ah... so little time remains."

Ning Zhuo’s schedule was quite tight, especially after arriving at the Wanxiang Sect’s Main Mountain Gate.

He had so much to attend to.

Regarding cultivation during the Foundation Establishment Stage, it was a daily task that had to be done continuously.

Then there were the design, training, and improvement of mechanical puppets and such.

Ning Zhuo also had to devote a significant portion of his mind to constantly monitoring external changes and dealing with various challenges.

What weighed most heavily on his mind was the Buddhist Physician Meng Yaoyin, always anticipating the Big Snake Scythe’s movement.

The current main focus was various Xingyun Trials. This was an exceptionally rare opportunity. Ning Zhuo could learn many valuable things and could find the most suitable entry point to join the Myriad Images Sect through establishing these connections. In turn, paving the way for his future in the Myriad Images Sect and providing positive help to the White Paper Immortal City.

There was truly not enough time.

Thus, Ning Zhuo had to make concessions.

A review opportunity like this would likely only come once in the near future.

Ning Zhuo went over the entire papermaking skill of the Inheriting Dao Jade Page once again and found many shortcomings from back then.

"By improving these flaws, the Inheriting Dao Jade Page I produce will surely be of higher quality!"