Chapter 12: I, Ning Zhuo, am Plain and Unremarkable

Chen Cha, who was suspicious, asked Ning Zhuo a few questions without a trace.

The questions involved many aspects, and those who were not the real makers could not answer them.

This naturally couldn't stump Ning Zhuo.

After a conversation, Chen Cha dispelled his doubts, and his heart couldn't help but tremble: "This was really designed and made by him?"

"He is a disciple of the Ning clan, right? The Ning clan is good at talismans; when did they become so good at mechanical arts, cultivating such an excellent young cultivator?"

"If he develops like this, this child will definitely become a great talent!"

Chen Cha looked at Ning Zhuo with complete admiration, his interest was extremely strong, and he couldn't help but ask a few more questions.

Ning Zhuo said: "In this year's big exam, the junior has already left the school life. The senior has eyes like torches; the junior is indeed very interested in mechanical arts and has always been very interested. On weekdays, I try my best to collect some books and learn privately. It has nothing to do with the Ning clan school."

Chen Cha stroked his beard and asked deliberately: "Among the hundred arts of cultivation, the top four are alchemy, refining, talismans, and arrays. Mechanical arts are at the bottom of the hundred arts, a biased subject among biased subjects. Why do you like this way alone?"

Ning Zhuo's heart moved instantly, realizing that this exchange had reached the most critical moment!

His contact with Chen Cha this time was premeditated. Bringing out the mechanical monkey was exactly part of his plan.

The youth pondered for a while, his face turned serious, and he said solemnly: "The junior believes that so-called cultivation is the practice of the truth between heaven and earth. The hundred arts of cultivation are the application of these truths, and in essence, they are just tools."

"Alchemy is a tool, magic tools and flying swords are also tools, and talismans and arrays are also tools."

"Using these tools can facilitate our cultivation and increase the success rate of various actions."

"And the ultimate of tools is not anything else, but mechanical arts!"

"A new material on a mechanism is refined by alchemy. The structure of the mechanism is shaped by refining techniques. The arrays and talismans on the mechanism all involve the skills of arranging arrays and making talismans."

"An excellent mechanical creation is the clever combination of cultivation techniques."

Speaking of this, Ning Zhuo paused: "As for why mechanical arts are at the bottom of the hundred arts and belong to the side door, it is because it is difficult to learn and difficult to master, and the threshold is the highest!"

"On one hand, constructing a mechanical object requires the cultivator to master a variety of cultivation techniques. Alchemy, refining, talismans, and setting arrays are all foundations. After mastering them, one must also select and combine from countless materials and technologies."

"On the other hand, designing a mechanical object is even harder. It tests the cultivator's thinking, talent, inspiration, and imagination. A good design plan might be completed by a cultivator after more than ten years. In this process, one is often stuck on a point and cannot make progress for many years."

"Only excellent design can have excellent mechanical creations."

Chen Cha heard this argument from Ning Zhuo, leaned back slightly, his eyes glowing, looking at the youth in front of him, and couldn't help but clap his hands: "Well said, well said!"

His attitude towards Ning Zhuo changed again.

From the previous appreciation and interest, it became the intimacy of like-minded people!

The interaction between people is wonderful. Some people are together day and night, but they are the most familiar strangers. Some people are just communicating for the first time, but they can resonate with each other and agree with each other's ideas.

Chen Cha and Ning Zhuo talked more and more happily, and they naturally changed their forms of address for each other.

Chen Cha affectionately called Ning Zhuo "Xiao Zhuo," and Ning Zhuo changed to call the other party "Chen Lao."

For Ning Zhuo's questions, Chen Cha thought for a while and gave three sets of solutions directly.

If it were normal, he would at most take out one set to solve the confusion. But facing Ning Zhuo, he didn't hold anything back.

Ning Zhuo heard these three plans and immediately raised countless questions, asking them one by one.

Chen Cha answered them all, and his attitude of answering was quite enthusiastic; he had long since thrown the consulting fees to the back of his mind.

Ning Zhuo continued to put forward opinions and modify these three plans.

Chen Cha couldn't help but be immersed in the process of discussing with like-minded people, feeling very happy.

In their discussion, the plan was quickly improved and optimized, and finally decided to add blood to the Fire Explosion Monkey and arrange a dynamic array in the blood to stabilize the muscle body, while the evaporation of blood to dissipate heat could greatly alleviate the heat that the Fire Explosion Monkey had to bear.

Chen Cha judged: "According to my many years of experience, once the Fire Explosion Monkey hits the market, it will definitely be very popular."

"Xiao Zhuo, why don't you let my Flying Disc Workshop make the Fire Explosion Monkey."

"For you, how can you produce a large number of mechanical Fire Explosion Monkeys by yourself? You must entrust it to a workshop for mass production."

"My Flying Disc Workshop has enough cultivators and equipment to meet your manufacturing needs."

"At the same time, I have been operating in Fire Persimmon Immortal City for decades, have enough sales channels, and have some background in the City Lord's Mansion."

"On one hand, I can rely on relationships to achieve a certain degree of tax reduction, allowing you to earn more."

"On the other hand, this is also a kind of protection. Once the mechanical Fire Explosion Monkey comes out, it will seriously infringe on the interests of the Monkey Head Gang."

"This point needs to be prevented in advance."

Ning Zhuo blinked, pretending to be hesitant: "This..."

Chen Cha smiled, sincerely and earnestly said again: "Xiao Zhuo, I'll tell you the truth."

"This is also of great benefit to me."

"My Flying Disc Workshop hasn't had any eye-catching products for many years. Your Fire Explosion Monkey just meets my urgent needs."

"In the future, the better the Fire Explosion Monkey sells, the louder the reputation of my Flying Disc Workshop will be, and the more convenient it will be to do business."

"So, the profits of the Fire Explosion Monkey, my workshop will only take 30%. All manufacturing costs will be completely borne by me!"

Ning Zhuo scratched his head: "Chen Lao, I can feel your sincerity, it's just..."

Chen Cha stroked his beard: "No problem, such a big thing must be considered carefully. Perhaps, Xiao Zhuo, you should ask your family. However, although the Ning clan is a major cultivation clan, it doesn't have much strength in the mechanical industry. Relying on the family to do this business is not good. Even, they are very likely to entrust it to a mechanical workshop."

"I'm telling the truth, Xiao Zhuo, you can go and inquire!"

Ning Zhuo waved his hand: "Chen Lao, I lost my parents since I was young and lived in the home of my uncle and aunt. Now that I have graduated from school, I have completely left and live alone."

"I can make decisions about these things myself. I have never thought about letting the Ning clan control this mechanical Fire Explosion Monkey."

"I just have one small request."

Chen Cha: "Oh? Just say it."

Ning Zhuo: "I want to join your workshop, participate in the various work of the mechanical workshop, and help me increase my experience. I also want to ask you for more advice, Chen Lao. I have too many questions accumulated. As for the consulting fees, just deduct them from the profits of my Fire Explosion Monkey, how about that?"

Chen Cha laughed loudly: "Xiao Zhuo, your coming to me is the blessing of the Flying Disc Workshop. I am very welcome!"

"According to your talent, just be the deputy workshop master."

Ning Zhuo waved his hand quickly: "That won't do! The junior is shallow in knowledge and needs to learn and ask for advice. I am just a plain and unremarkable Ning clan youth; with my ability, how can I be a deputy workshop master?"

"Plain and unremarkable? You, you are really too humble!" Chen Cha shook his head, sighing endlessly, mistakenly thinking it was the big clan style of the Ning clan.

Ning Zhuo's real thoughts were exactly like this!

Chen Cha's previous criticism, he didn't feel was wrong.

"Chen Lao appreciates me so much and treats me with courtesy, it should be because of the consulting business and the mechanical profits."

"I have only achieved small results in mechanical arts, and many mechanisms in the mechanical secret records left by my mother, I cannot fully understand."

"Take designing the mechanical monkey, for example; I spent several years, stumbling along the way. This difficulty was solved only after asking Chen Lao for advice."

"I still need more and greater progress in mechanical arts."

Little did he know that Chen Cha's evaluation had never been exaggerated in the slightest, completely based on reality and rich life experience.

Ning Zhuo didn't know that these were Chen Cha's sincere words.

On one hand, Ning Zhuo had been hiding his clumsiness, never having such a like-minded exchange like today, and didn't know his accurate positioning.

On the other hand, Ning Zhuo followed his mother's instructions before she died, always cautious and careful, and in order to hide his clumsiness, he had always been doing psychological construction.

Even if he achieved some achievements, he would try his best to criticize himself from all aspects, find various shortcomings, and must not let himself fall into the emotion of pride and complacency.

For fourteen years, he kept telling himself: I am plain and unremarkable, ordinary. Even if I did these, others could do it too. I still need to work hard, and must not be lazy...

Over a long period of time, countless persuasions formed a very humble character, unable to see his own excellence, and from the bottom of his heart, he thought there was nothing great, and there were still many, many places he needed to work hard.

Chen Cha had been stuck for many years and had been thinking day and night about a mechanical work like the Fire Explosion Monkey!

After reaching the cooperation agreement with Ning Zhuo, he exhausted the workshop's strength that day, manufactured more than twenty mechanical monkeys, and put them into the market, starting to sell them.

That night, Ning Zhuo put the Fire Explosion Monkey with the dynamic array arranged into the furnace and conducted a baking test again.

"This time it is likely to be successful." Ning Zhuo was quite confident about this.

His gaze was gloomy: "Chen Cha..."

Ning Zhuo had investigated Chen Cha for many years and had a lot of understanding of the latter's temperament.

Just as Chen Cha's evaluation of Ning Zhuo was high, Ning Zhuo also had a high evaluation of Chen Cha.

"If there is no problem with this key link of the Fire Explosion Monkey, the next step is how to contact the Lava Immortal Palace."

The Lava Immortal Palace is hidden in the mountain body of Fire Persimmon Mountain, hidden in the thick magma.

Ning Zhuo first needs to reach the inside of Fire Persimmon Mountain.

This path exists. First reach the top of Fire Persimmon Mountain, start from the crater, and drill into the Red Flame Demon Lava Cave. From the thousands of channels, choose a certain correct path, and then continue to go deep, and you can reach the place where you can see the Lava Immortal Palace.

"But if the Lava Immortal Palace has problems after I drill the cave for the first time. This is not too conspicuous."

"After all, for so many years, I have never entered the Red Flame Demon Lava Cave. The behavior of suddenly entering the cave is abrupt."

"I should find a cover."

Thinking of this, the image of his uncle Ning Ze appeared in Ning Zhuo's mind.

For a time, a plan came to his mind. ===== CHAPTER 13 =====

In an instant, a plan came to mind.