Chapter 72

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 is special, and every move is under Fei Si's attention. How could Fei Si not know what to do about this matter, even if the City Lord didn't specifically explain it?

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

The Flying Disc Workshop and Chen Cha are closely related to Fei Si, especially the Fire Rock Festival matter; Fei Si urgently needs mechanical fire-exploding monkeys, and the more the better.

This concerns the Fire Rock Festival he is responsible for; Fei Si naturally didn't dare to be careless.

Now that Zhu Xuanji and others are 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 Xian Gong." Fei Si opened his mouth, "Secondly, this originated from a small mistake of mine."

Then, he described in detail how he was worried about people's livelihood, worried that the property of the Nandou Dynasty would be damaged, so he was eager to present treasures to the City Lord, recommended the mechanical monkey, and therefore mistakenly thought that Chen Cha was the inventor.

After 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, and he agreed.

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

Unlike Ning Zhuo agreed.

The two signed a contract to keep this secret together. (In fact, this was ordered by Fei Si to Chen Cha, and made up afterwards.)

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

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

Considering that Fei Si is a Golden Core cultivator and holds a high position, responsible for the daily affairs of Fire Rock Immortal City, it is not convenient for Zhu Xuanji to expose him.

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

Unlike Ning Zhuo hurriedly saluted and thanked Zheng Shuanggou again for his life-saving grace.

Zheng Shuanggou is a Jin Dan cultivator who once saved the remnants of the Ning family on the top of the volcano, and Unlike Ning Zhuo, Ning Yong, and Ning Chen were among them.

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

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

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

Unlike Ning Zhuo is a Ning family cultivator; if Zheng Shuanggou wants to recruit him forcefully, he must have friction with the Ning family.

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

Zhu Xuanji heard this and looked at Unlike Ning Zhuo again: "When the Xian Gong appeared, were you at the scene?"

Unlike Ning Zhuo: "Yes, this humble one was lucky to pick up a life."

"Haha. I know this." Chi Dun laughed, he grabbed 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-Asking Array, but also carried the Alarm Bell personally bestowed by the City Lord."

"It was the Alarm Bell that warned me, allowing me to discover the shadow demonic cultivator who had sneaked over! After that, it was a chase all the way, and he escaped into the Fire Rock 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 sale of fire-exploding monkeys started before the appearance of the Xian Gong.

On the day Unlike Ning Zhuo asked Chen Cha for advice, the two reached a collaboration and began to produce mechanical fire-exploding monkeys and sell them out.

According to Chen Cha, he needed to put it on the market, get market feedback, and then decide how much to invest and what scale to produce.

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

In short, this clue is useless.

The workload of investigating every specific buyer of mechanical fire-exploding monkeys just makes Zhu Xuanji's scalp tingle.

This doesn't count the situation of reselling.

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

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

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

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

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

Fei Si thought so.

As the person who handles the most affairs, he has to calculate his time every day and pays great attention to efficiency.

In his view, Zhu Xuanji's investigation everywhere is actually a very inefficient thing.

The murderer is hiding in the Fire Rock Forest; when the real murderer is captured, won't it be a one-step process?

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

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

Fei Si smiled; he said this just to attract reinforcements.

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

In this way, the probability of hunting the shadow demonic cultivator has increased significantly.

Zhu Xuanji left the Flying Disc Workshop.

Halfway, Zheng Shuanggou bid farewell to Zhu Xuanji.

Only Chi Dun was left. His idea was actually close to Fei Si's, wanting to catch the shadow demonic cultivator at the Fire Rock Festival and solve the core problem directly.

Zhu Xuanji sneered: "Do you really think the shadow demonic cultivator is the real murderer who bombed the Xian Gong?"

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

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

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

"The one that caused the explosion was a mechanical monkey. From this point of view, others can also command this kind of mechanical creation."

Chi Dun stood still; Zhu Xuanji's words indeed made sense.

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

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

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

Chi Dun nodded: "Lord Zhu is right. But the clue of the mechanical monkey is broken, isn't it?"

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 Xian Gong is not a mechanical monkey, but that thousand-jin fire essence."

"To buy such a large amount of fire essence, it must be eye-catching, and the seller's impression will be very deep!"

Chi Dun clapped his hands excitedly: "Yes, yes. This time it's a good clue."

Zhu Xuanji turned to look at him: "So next, I want you to lead me to investigate various markets in the Xiancheng."

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