Chapter 72: Did You Invent the Mechanical Monkey?

The next moment, Fei Si pushed the door and entered.

Zhu Xuanji stared at Fei Si with deep eyes: "You came quite fast."

Fei Si smiled, but this smile was full of bitterness.

Zhu Xuanji's identity was special, and his every move was under Fei Si's attention. Although the City Lord did not specifically explain this matter, how could Fei Si not know what to do?

Therefore, when Zhu Xuanji and the other two left the volcano and headed straight for the Flying Disc Workshop, he received the first-hand news.

The Flying Disc Workshop and Chen Cha were closely related to Fei Si, especially the Fire Persimmon Festival; Fei Si urgently needed mechanical monkeys, and the more the better.

This concerned the Fire Persimmon Festival he was responsible for, so Fei Si naturally didn't dare to be careless.

Now that Zhu Xuanji and the others were heading to the Flying Disc Workshop, he couldn't sit still and came straight here.

"First of all, I have nothing to do with the appearance of the Immortal Palace." Fei Si said, "Secondly, this originated from a small mistake of mine."

Then, he detailed his worry about the people's livelihood, his concern that the property of the Nandou Dynasty would be damaged, so he was eager to present the treasure to the City Lord, recommended the mechanical monkey, and thus mistakenly thought that Chen Cha was the inventor.

When he discovered this, Chen Cha suggested to him that this matter could be covered up.

Fei Si hesitated at first, but Chen Cha persuaded him, so he agreed.

Chen Cha privately found Ning Zhuo and requested Ning Zhuo to transfer the identity of the inventor to him, and gave a heavy reward.

Ning Zhuo agreed.

The two signed a contract to keep this secret together. (In fact, this was Fei Si actively ordering Chen Cha to make up for it afterwards.)

"That sounds nice!" Chi Dun sneered, staring at Fei Si, "But I know you are lying."

Zhu Xuanji's brows furrowed deeper; he used his technique to judge that there were many lies in Fei Si's words, but they were generally true.

Considering that Fei Si was a Golden Core cultivator and held a high position, responsible for the daily affairs of Fire Persimmon Immortal City, Zhu Xuanji was not easy to expose him.

Zheng Shuangou looked at Ning Zhuo and re-evaluated the latter: "So you are the inventor of the mechanical monkey."

Ning Zhuo hurriedly saluted and thanked Zheng Shuangou again for saving his life.

Zheng Shuangou was a Golden Core cultivator who had saved the remnants of the Ning family on the volcano, and Ning Zhuo, Ning Yong, and Ning Chen were among them.

Zheng Shuangou smiled: "Since you remember my life-saving grace, how do you plan to repay it?" He had some intention to recruit him, knowing Ning Zhuo's mechanical talent.

Ning Zhuo smiled bitterly: "The subordinate is a Ning family cultivator, I fear it is difficult to repay the lord with all my might, but I will definitely try my best."

Zheng Shuangou waved his hand: "Forget it, forget it, how could I make things difficult for a junior."

Ning Zhuo was a Ning family cultivator; if Zheng Shuangou forcibly recruited him, he would definitely have friction with the Ning family.

Previously, the three families had already discussed joining forces to resist the City Lord's Mansion. Since Ning Zhuo had changed his cultivation, whether he came to the Zheng family or not was irrelevant.

Zhu Xuanji heard this and looked at Ning Zhuo again: "You were at the scene when the Immortal Palace appeared?"

Ning Zhuo: "Yes, the subordinate was lucky to pick up a life."

"Haha. I know this." Chi Dun laughed. He had grasped Fei Si's handle and was very happy at this time, saying loudly, "After the incident, I interrogated many people. The Ning family cultivators were the first batch."

"At that time, I not only used the Heart-Questioning Array, but also carried the Heart-Warning Bell personally bestowed by the City Lord."

"It was the Heart-Warning Bell that warned me, which allowed me to discover the shadow demonic cultivator who had sneaked over! After that, it was a pursuit, and he escaped into the Fire Persimmon Forest."

Zhu Xuanji nodded and asked the key question: "When did you start producing mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkeys? Was your design drawing leaked before? Are there any other insiders?"

Upon asking, Zhu Xuanji found that the mechanical monkeys were sold long before the Immortal Palace appeared.

On the day Ning Zhuo asked Chen Cha for advice, the two reached a collaboration and started producing mechanical Fire-Exploding Monkeys for sale.

According to Chen Cha, he needed to put it on the market to get market feedback before deciding how much to invest and how much to produce.

Although Ning Zhuo said that his design drawing was not leaked, he was just a Qi Refining disciple; if he were really spied on, it would be difficult to detect.

In short, this clue was scrapped.

The workload of investigating the specific buyers of each mechanical monkey made Zhu Xuanji's scalp tingle just thinking about it.

This didn't count the resale situation.

In reality, a mechanical monkey might pass through the first hand, second hand, third hand...

Investigating to this point, Zhu Xuanji lost interest in the Flying Disc Workshop, Chen Cha, and Ning Zhuo.

When leaving, Fei Si sent him off: "Actually, Divine Catcher Zhu doesn't need to go through so much trouble to investigate these."

"The Fire Persimmon Festival is just around the corner. At that time, we will encircle the shadow demonic cultivator."

"If we can capture him alive and torture him, according to the methods of the Divine Catcher Division, the mastermind behind the scenes will definitely surface, right?"

Fei Si thought so.

As the person who handled the most affairs, he had to calculate his time every day and was very efficient.

In his view, Zhu Xuanji's investigation everywhere was actually a very low-efficiency thing.

The culprit was hiding in the Fire Persimmon Forest. Wouldn't capturing the real culprit then be a one-step solution?

Zhu Xuanji sneered and looked at Fei Si: "I understand what you mean. Don't worry, I will also come to sit in command on the day of the Fire Persimmon Festival."

"I really want to meet that shadow demonic cultivator personally!"

Fei Si smiled. He said this to attract reinforcements.

As a member of the Divine Catcher Division, Zhu Xuanji's combat power was extraordinary. Plus his identity as a royal family member, he must have many heavy treasures on him.

In this way, the probability of hunting the shadow demonic cultivator would increase significantly.

Zhu Xuanji left the Flying Disc Workshop.

On the way, Zheng Shuangou bid farewell to Zhu Xuanji.

Only Chi Dun remained. His thoughts were actually close to Fei Si's; he wanted to catch the shadow demonic cultivator at the Fire Persimmon Festival and solve the core problem directly.

Zhu Xuanji sneered: "Do you really think the shadow demonic cultivator is the real culprit who bombed the Immortal Palace?"

Chi Dun was stunned: "Isn't it?"

Zhu Xuanji shook his head: "Don't let your inner conjectures block your vision."

"Judging from the current clues, the Immortal Palace was bombed and damaged again before it appeared."

"The one who manufactured the explosion was the mechanical monkey. From this point of view, others can also command such mechanical creations."

Chi Dun stood still. Zhu Xuanji's words were indeed very reasonable.

"But if it's not the shadow demonic cultivator, who else could it be?" He racked his brains and suddenly his body shook, revealing a look of disbelief, "Could it be... Zheng Shuangou?!"

Zhu Xuanji shook his head again: "Everything is possible."

"Imagine, if the shadow demonic cultivator is not the real culprit, but we mistakenly think he is, and thus delay the precious investigation time, how will it end?"

Chi Dun nodded: "What Divine Catcher Zhu said is very true. But isn't the clue of the mechanical monkey broken?"

Zhu Xuanji smiled slightly and looked up at the sky: "Chi Dun, you forgot, there is actually a more critical clue."

"The one that really bombed the Immortal Palace was not the mechanical monkey, but that thousand-jin Fire Essence."

"Buying such a large amount of Fire Essence will definitely attract attention, and the seller's impression will be very deep!"

Chi Dun clapped his hands excitedly: "Yes, yes. This is a good clue."

Zhu Xuanji turned to look at him: "So next, I want you to lead me to investigate the markets all over the Immortal City."

"Understood, my lord!" Seeing that the investigation was promising, Chi Dun's tone also became excited.