[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-immortal-craftsman-s-creation":3,"chapter-immortal-craftsman-s-creation-immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-75":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Mysteries of Immortal puppet Master",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2227498,4127,"Chapter 75: Fire Persimmon Festival","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-75",75,"\u003Cp>Whenever the Fire Persimmon Festival arrives, Fire Persimmon Immortal City is empty of people. The city residents leave the immortal city and come to the wilderness on the mountainside and foot of the mountain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that time, part of the Fire Persimmon Forest will be opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both mortals and cultivators will participate in it, picking fire persimmons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This is a carnival for the whole city, a celebration of harvest. Since the establishment of the city, it has been set up by the first City Lord and has never stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This year's Fire Persimmon Festival is very different from previous years.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few months ago, Chi Dun's action of pursuing the shadow demonic cultivator shocked the whole city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even those who didn't see it with their own eyes learned from others that the shadow demonic cultivator was driven into the Fire Persimmon Forest and sealed by heavy arrays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before this year's Fire Persimmon Festival even started, Fei Si presided over the defense and put the whole city under martial law step by step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the day of the Fire Persimmon Festival, the City Lord sat high on the peak of Fire Persimmon Mountain and took the initiative to open the Immortal City Array.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless emerald green array patterns appeared in the sky, in the city, and on the ground, imposing and crisscrossing. This was only the part that the city residents could see with the naked eye; more arrays went deep into the interior of Fire Persimmon Mountain, continuously absorbing geothermal heat and earth flames, and pouring them into various facilities in Fire Persimmon Immortal City, supplying large and small alchemy rooms, weapon refining rooms, mechanical workshops, etc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The place that consumes the most earth flames and geothermal heat is the Fire Persimmon Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the fire persimmon trees, geothermal heat and earth flames are transformed into fire persimmons one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fire persimmons can be used as fuel like fire essence, can be eaten, can be used as medicine, can be used to refine weapons... there are many uses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning of the city's establishment, the Fire Persimmon Forest was only a small piece. Now, it has spread to almost the entire foot of the mountain, wrapping the foot of Fire Persimmon Mountain into a large circle of fiery red brocade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the gaze of countless city residents, a large number of Foundation Establishment cultivators left the city together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These cultivators almost all came from the City Lord's Mansion and the three major families. There were also a small number from trusted forces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the Monkey Head Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each Foundation Establishment cultivator brought several mechanical monkeys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuan Dasheng followed Yuan Er, its huge and burly physique standing out among the cultivators leaving the city.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's set off too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo, Chen Cha, and others also left the city secretly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These mechanical cultivators will rush to repair mechanical monkeys today, which is one of Fei Si's steady measures to prevent accidents.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After they left the city, they didn't go directly down to the Fire Persimmon Forest, but were located on the mountainside, drilling into an array that was invisible and had strong defense.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array also provided the scene of the Fire Persimmon Forest, which was convenient for the mechanical cultivators to observe in real time where the mechanical monkeys working were having problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the mountainside, Zhu Xuanji hid his figure, alone, looking at the Fire Persimmon Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chi Dun was also like this, disappearing somewhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Golden Core cultivators of the three major families were also not exposed, distributed around the Fire Persimmon Forest according to the secret deployment of the City Lord's Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An encirclement net against the shadow demonic cultivator had already been formed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Start.\" Fei Si was the only Golden Core cultivator on the surface, presiding over the situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With an order, many Foundation Establishment cultivators carrying mechanical monkeys broke into the Fire Persimmon Forest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In these days, the Foundation Establishment cultivators of the three major families had practiced mechanical arts hard, exercising their ability to control mechanical monkeys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Generally speaking, a Foundation Establishment cultivator could control at least three mechanical monkeys at the same time to pick fire persimmons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing countless mechanical monkeys jumping into the fiery red persimmon forest, Yuan Er was also a little anxious, making the final mobilization: \"Brothers, next, it depends on you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Try your best to prove to everyone that our Monkey Head Gang is the best at picking fire persimmons!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to the year, the Fire Persimmon Forest was divided into countless parts by heavy arrays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning, the Fire Persimmon Forest under ten years old was opened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mechanical monkeys picked continuously, and every time they picked one, as long as they sent it to their chest, it would be absorbed by the storage array they carried.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you look down from high altitude, you will find that countless fire persimmons disappear rapidly, leaving only the fiery red persimmon branches.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the mechanical monkeys stored fire persimmons to the limit, they were remotely controlled back by the Foundation Establishment cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would stand in the array of the huge circle, spit out the fire persimmons in the storage array, and pile them up on the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time it was piled up to a zhang high, the array would be activated, transmitting the fire persimmons directly to the granary of the City Lord's Mansion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the fire persimmons under ten years old were picked, Fei Si opened the Fire Persimmon Forest of ten-odd years old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After these fire persimmons were collected, it was twenty years, thirty years...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The year kept increasing, and it was the turn of the hundred-year-old.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A loud explosion, a fire persimmon exploded by itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Almost instantly, it triggered a chain explosion of surrounding fire persimmons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The terrifying flames swallowed more than a dozen Fire-Exploding Monkey mechanisms in an instant; because the Foundation Establishment cultivators were far away, there were no casualties.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a time, countless gazes were cast on the scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Si frowned and immediately ordered an investigation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A Foundation Establishment cultivator of the Zhou family was quickly brought up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Si was expressionless: \"Is it you who controlled the mechanical monkey and made a mistake?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Zhou family Foundation Establishment cultivator was pale and nodded weakly. He wanted to quibble, but he knew very well that the array was opened, and images were being recorded from all aspects. If he lied, it would be easily exposed, and the consequences would be even more serious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Si frowned: \"The fire persimmons destroyed will all be counted on your account. Take a rest for half a stick of incense, calm your mind, and continue to work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes.\" The Zhou family cultivator took the order and retreated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after, a mechanical monkey suddenly deformed its movements, and when it recovered the fire persimmons, it hit other fire persimmons, triggering an explosion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Si investigated the image, determined that the mechanical monkey had a problem, and immediately locked the manufacturing workshop according to the number of the mechanical monkey.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the Flying Disc Workshop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fei Si immediately ordered people to notify Chen Cha and Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The envoy brought Fei Si's reprimand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The array they were in was also replaying the image before the explosion just now. The protagonist of the image was exactly that mechanical monkey that caused the accident.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through the image, Chen Cha immediately made a judgment: \"It's because the mechanical monkey worked for a long time, the body melted and lost too much, leading to deformed movements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cha looked at Ning Zhuo.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This mechanical monkey was exactly the inferior product made according to Ning Zhuo's reduced-material plan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo pondered: \"The temperature in the hundred-year-old Fire Persimmon Forest seems to be higher than in previous years. Let these Foundation Establishment cultivators slow down, take the 'Clear Dew Elixir', grind it, mix it with water, and pour it on the mechanical monkeys. Remember, it must be poured through to reach the point where the surface of the body slightly seeps water.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ning Zhuo took care of it, he continued to bury his head in repairing the mechanical monkeys.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since picking fire persimmons, mechanical monkeys had been damaged and failed one after another, and they were sent over for emergency repairs and then returned to the field rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As time passed, fewer and fewer mechanical monkeys were sent to them for repair, making Ning Zhuo and others busier and busier, gradually unable to keep up with the repair speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Chen Cha was sweating profusely and reminded Ning Zhuo: \"Little Zhuo, look, this is the evil result of cutting corners.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ning Zhuo sighed: \"Old Chen, isn't this scrap rate exactly what I wanted?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, many of those sent for repair were caused by improper human control. It can't be counted on my head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The difficulty was temporary. Not long after, the mechanical monkeys sent to them for repair became fewer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because everyone had finished picking the hundred-year-old ones and began to enter the thousand-year-old Fire Persimmon Forest for picking operations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This kind of thousand-year-old fire persimmon was as big as a basin, born by absorbing infinite geothermal heat and earth flames through the array, and each one was of high value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Foundation Establishment cultivators all became cautious, only willing to control one mechanical monkey to pick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once it exploded and triggered other fire persimmons to explode in a chain, these Foundation Establishment cultivators would probably go bankrupt!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone used only one mechanical monkey, so the monkeys that needed repair naturally became fewer. \u003C\u002Fp>",1603,"2026-06-17T23:33:09.460Z","2026-06-18T03:10:38.119Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","4535011a0e7c84af14a81a26721a25b423c183c93aa06e04f5809e95be1d50c2","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-76","immortal-craftsmanship-chapter-74",783,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fimmortal-craftsmanship-cover.jpg"]