[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-106":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mysteries of Immortal puppet Master",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2227529,4127,"Chapter 106","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-106",106,"\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo heard that it was Ning Xiaohui's voice, so he left the dining table, came to the courtyard, and met his former classmate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui and Ning Zhuo were students in the same class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo's performance in the school was upper-middle, unremarkable. Contrary to Ning Zhuo, Ning Xiaohui, as a member of the main branch and possessing the talent of Ice-Fat Jade Hands, had always occupied the top spot and was the center of attention in the school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Ning Xiaohui looked indifferent, her eyes cold, and she scanned Ning Zhuo who was walking over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She was slightly surprised in her heart: I didn't expect that the classmate who was unremarkable by her side in the past actually had a good appearance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Scanning up and down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I really can't tell, you are actually the creator of the mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo said \"ah\", and said embarrassedly: \"This... I feel it's a coincidence. If I really want to continue to create a new mechanical work, I'm afraid I can't. I don't have any confidence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" Ning Xiaohui also looked at all the intelligence about Ning Zhuo, including the many manuscripts and drawings discovered and copied by the Ning family investigation team in the underground workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui saw from it that Ning Zhuo's entire R&D process for the mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkey discovered that he had been developing it for at least five or six years since he had this idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This discovery greatly lowered her evaluation of Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo walked to Ning Xiaohui: \"May I ask why you called me out?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui frowned slightly, feeling that Ning Zhuo was a little close to her. She took a small step back and asked with a questioning tone: \"You actually presented this mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkey to an outsider, why didn't you report it to the family first?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo sighed, spread his hands, and showed depression and innocence on his face: \"I really wanted to tell the family. But at that time, my mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkey still had defects and needed to be completed; it was not complete at all!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I couldn't take it out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I asked Chen Cha for advice at the time and solved the design problem of the mechanical monkey. But I didn't expect that it would be exposed like this, and it was actually favored by a big shot in the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What can I do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fortunately, they gave me money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph, you are talking about Fei Si, right?\" Ning Xiaohui deliberately revealed the name.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo suddenly showed a look of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that she achieved her goal, Ning Xiaohui curled her lips and sneered: \"Ning Zhuo, you only care about money; you are simply short-sighted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You don't know that among the two words of fame and profit, fame comes first, and profit comes second. With fame, there is profit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fame is much more important than profit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How great is the reputation of creating the mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkey? Now, it has been taken away. Can this loss be compensated by some money?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is that so?\" Ning Zhuo scratched his head, showing a pure and stupid look of being inexperienced in the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ning Zhuo's silly look, Ning Xiaohui felt a sense of disgust in her heart and lost the desire to continue talking to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Little did she know that it was precisely because Ning Zhuo saw through her nature of hating stupidity and arrogance that he easily manipulated her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui turned and left: \"I came to find you specifically to tell you that there is a small banquet tonight, and I will take you there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You should tidy up specifically, don't lose face for our family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo was surprised: \"May I ask, what kind of banquet is it? Who will be there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui continued to walk without looking back: \"It's the people in the joint team of the three families, Zheng Jian, Zhou Zeshen, and Zhou Zhu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dragons don't associate with snakes; just follow me when the time comes, and talk less.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh oh, okay.\" Ning Zhuo replied hurriedly, \"Oh no, I have to ask the Young Patriarch for instructions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As you wish.\" Ning Xiaohui walked out of the backyard, and her figure disappeared behind the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo's eyes were deep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He asked the Young Patriarch for instructions, just to say it deliberately. He knew in his heart that since Ning Xiaohui could break into the backyard all the way, she must have obtained Ning Xiaoren's approval.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Xiaohui is the main branch, and I am just a branch family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My cultivation and mechanical attainments have already had a certain impact on Ning Xiaohui.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were the previous situation, Ning Zhuo would have been warned and suppressed long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now the three families are united, relatively fair, and the Ning family is in a competitive disadvantage, and they also need Ning Zhuo's personal performance to help Ning Xiaohui.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, he was treated with courtesy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But Ning Xiaohui is not a person who can tolerate others. If I continue to stand out and show my talent in the future, she will become my stumbling block.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Only by moving this stumbling block can I continue to move forward.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo takes one step and calculates three steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, if a person has no long-term worries, there must be near worries. He has already begun to think about how to move away Ning Xiaohui, the stumbling block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After thinking for a while, he shook his head slightly and smiled bitterly in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He couldn't think of any good way.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo reported to the Young Patriarch Ning Xiaoren, informing him about the small banquet in the evening.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ning Zhuo's performance, Ning Xiaoren tested that the latter had obedience in his bones, which made him very happy, and immediately expressed his approval, and said that Ning Zhuo's clothes were not suitable for participating in the banquet, and asked someone to measure Ning Zhuo for clothes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Young Patriarch is in a high position and has many servants. In the cultivation world, it is just making ordinary clothes, and the efficiency is extremely high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just evening, and there were finished products.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And not one set, but three sets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren did not miss this opportunity to show favor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren was present throughout Ning Zhuo's fitting, praising him repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end, his eyes were red, and his tone was a little choked: \"If Ning Zhong brother was still alive, seeing you, nephew, grown up like this, a talent, he would definitely be very relieved.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo hurriedly asked about his father's situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren didn't know, coughed, and pushed it off, saying it was getting late, and that uncle and nephew could talk about the past in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In his heart, he thought, he had to check all the intelligence about Ning Zhong, and see where he could fabricate and disguise the deep friendship of the previous generation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, by the way.\" Ning Xiaoren took out a money bag and handed it to Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you have a huge amount of money, but you should accept this pocket money, as a meeting gift from me, Uncle Ning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren's handing action was relatively slow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo's eyes lit up, and he quickly reached out both hands to take the money bag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The action was very smooth, which made Ning Xiaoren stunned for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Uncle Ning!\" Ning Zhuo's thanks this time were more straightforward than ever.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, the teenager said: \"Uncle Ning, I don't have any huge amount of money!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I never feel that I have a lot of money. In fact, it is really not much at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, where can money be too much?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Uncle Ning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo thanked him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren couldn't help but cough: \"Good, good, I am very relieved that you can accept it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Ning Zhuo checking the money bag, his mood was a bit complicated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the one hand, Ning Zhuo's attitude toward money was simply expounding Ning Xiaoren's own heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a confidant!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this kind of confidant... hmm, better not have it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially, Ning Zhuo took his, Ning Xiaoren's, money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, this is very reasonable!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaoren thought of the various intelligence he had seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo lived under others' roofs when he was a child, and was treated harshly by Ning Ze and Wang Lan, almost having no pocket money, and was quite strapped for cash. In contrast, Ning Ji was well-fed and well-clothed, and his food and clothing were sufficient.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo was very tight on money, and after going to school, he often went out to do odd jobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this growth route, Ning Zhuo's desire for money must be very strong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Therefore, it is not strange at all that Ning Zhuo could agree to transfer the name of creating the mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkey to Chen Cha, while he himself enjoyed huge profits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaving Ning Zhuo, Ning Xiaoren was very satisfied in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because he found that Ning Zhuo was actually not difficult to win over!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To win over a person, it is actually very simple—cater to his preferences!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo's first preference is mechanical arts. His second preference is money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm, let's use the classics of mechanical arts to win him over.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because as for money, he, Ning Xiaoren, also likes it very much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Night fell.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The carriage stopped, and Ning Zhuo jumped off the carriage first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Subsequently, Ning Xiaohui stepped on the servant's back and walked off the carriage leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ning Zhuo, your status is different from before, you must pay attention to every move.\" Ning Xiaohui frowned, \"Jumping off the carriage casually, the action is too frivolous, not what a disciple of a big family should do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh oh, okay.\" Ning Zhuo hurriedly indicated that he would take this advice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, he looked around, as if he had never been here before. Everything was quite fresh to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui frowned deeper: \"Follow me closely.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo followed closely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui said again: \"Don't follow so closely, stay away from me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo: \"Oh oh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome, welcome, the two of you.\" Zheng Jian stood at the door of the private room to welcome them personally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This small banquet was hosted by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Xiaohui and Ning Zhuo entered the private room and found that Zhou Zeshen and Zhou Zhu had already arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The few gathered together, all with smiles on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just this experience made Ning Zhuo feel a little novel. Because he had never seen these geniuses smile and talk gently and kindly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dishes at the banquet were naturally exquisite.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo's eyes shone, staring at the dining table, and he used his chopsticks the most.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jian and others paid close attention to Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They knew Ning Xiaohui relatively well, but lacked enough cognition of Ning Zhuo who suddenly emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although their two families also collected intelligence with all their strength, they had no less intelligence than the Ning family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in many cases, what is needed more is face-to-face probing and understanding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Ning Zhuo wanting to suppress himself, appearing indifferent, but always unable to help eating and drinking, everyone gradually had a bottom in their hearts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with intelligence, they quickly outlined the image of Ning Zhuo in their hearts—a low-level family cultivator who showed talent, a marginal small person in the past, who entered the upper circle by chance, and when adapting to it at the beginning, every move was out of place, and every little look of observing the surroundings revealed his humble past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the eating and drinking, Zheng Jian and others naturally talked about the Lava Immortal Palace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jian first raised his glass to Ning Xiaohui: \"I want to thank the Ning family for providing talismans, so that we are not randomly soul-extracted by the Immortal Palace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Since our three families are united, and everyone present has the Qi Refining third layer peak cultivation, we can release the talismans together and enter the palace to explore at the same time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I believe that if we join forces, we will definitely be able to break through the difficulties in front of us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo pricked up his ears, with a look of serious listening. He spoke with high spirits and excitement: \"That's right, if we join forces, we will definitely be able to break through all obstacles and advance triumphantly!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zheng Jian: ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Zhu: ...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, the small banquet was rarely silent.\u003C\u002Fp>",2108,"2026-06-17T23:33:09.460Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","cb4fdec354fc3495ae1f17a4a9d3fbf8c2e84506b304a8f1d87d104064ae98dd","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-107","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-105",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]