Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 128: The Exposure of the Conspiracy · Outcome of the Handling

Ye Zhou's speed was so fast that even Lin Tianheng, who was at the Gold Core stage, couldn't catch up with his Cataclysmic Origin Step. However, when facing the Sect Master at the Spirit Law Realm, he was easily intercepted.

Both of them felt a blur before their eyes, and they found themselves in a not-so-large study that appeared from the sky.

The study was only about forty meters long and wide. The bookshelves took up half of the space, densely filled with books. However, when Yang Ning tried to see what books were on the shelves, everything appeared blurry and unclear.

There was a chair in front of the bookshelf, a desk behind it, and a long bench in front of the desk. The decoration style was very simple, without any fancy decorations like the Cataclysmic Origin Step.

Qu Heng sat behind the desk, flipping through a book, and reached out his hand, saying, "Please sit."

Yang Ning, holding Yuan Xi, and Yuan Xi, who was being held by Yang Ning, quickly stood up, straightened their clothes, put away Ye Zhou, and then sat down on the orange wooden chair in front of Qu Heng.

"Do you know why I invited you here?" Qu Heng asked while flipping through the books.

Yuan Xi shook her head. She really didn't know.

Yang Ning looked at the book Qu Heng was holding, "Nine Yang Divine Technique," and had some answers.

Before Yang Ning could answer, Qu Heng continued, "Four months ago, a large number of ancient cultivation techniques were suddenly discovered in Yingzhou. Although these techniques have different names and contents, their cultivation paths are the same. They all start with projecting the soul, then going through three spiritual calamities, which the techniques refer to as the Three Tribulations. After the Three Tribulations, the soul undergoes a transformation and becomes a pure Yang True Soul, abbreviated as Yang God."

"Yang Gods can resist the impact of spiritual energy. Once one becomes a Yang God, they can basically break through to the Qi Refining Stage. There are few cases of failure, usually due to an unstable foundation that makes the body unable to withstand the impact of spiritual energy, which has nothing to do with the effect of the Yang God."

Yuan Xi blinked her eyes, feeling like she was listening to an archaeological story. Yang Ning, on the other hand, was feeling anxious. Why not just announce the verdict directly? Why all this buildup?

"After learning about this, the sect attached great importance to it and sent the senior disciple Taindao Yi, along with twelve inner disciples, to Yingzhou to retrieve these techniques. They also invited the elder in charge of transmitting techniques to verify these techniques. And the result?"

Yang Ning perked up his ears.

"The power of the Yang God far exceeds everyone's imagination. Moreover, because of the ability to Astral Projection, cultivators at the Qi Refining Stage have gained a method of saving their lives. When they are on the verge of death, they can project their souls and then find a weak body to complete their resurrection."

"Damn!" Yang Ning was shocked. So the Yang God had this function too?

I hadn't thought of this!

Qu Heng glanced at Yang Ning and smiled, "With such a powerful technique, the sect naturally wants to study its origin. After all, this technique has great significance to our Extreme Eternal. Even if the ancestors who have already passed away, we should still know their names and erect statues and monuments for them."

Yuan Xi nodded, "That's only right."

Qu Heng looked at Yang Ning, who was not speaking much beside Yuan Xi, and smiled, "When the sect asked the elder who is good at divination to determine the origin of the technique, can you guess what he saw?"

"How could we know?" Yuan Xi was quite shy in front of Yang Ning, but she was more open in front of Qu Heng.

Maybe this is the principle of being as solid as a rock and unyielding when desire is absent.

Qu Heng didn't answer, but looked at Yang Ning and asked, "Yang Ning, what do you think?"

"Um," Yang Ning touched his nose and tentatively asked, "Could it be a ball?"

"Why would it be a ball?" Qu Heng was surprised.

"Um, I practice the Myriad Manifestations Star Technique, and those stars are like balls, aren't they?" Yang Ning said.

Qu Heng rolled his eyes and said, "Yang Ning, you're usually quite smart, but why do you become foolish at this moment? The Myriad Manifestations Star Technique is just a lower-level Divine Ability of the Fate Reversing Star Technique. It doesn't have the function of countering divination."

"Then what is it?" Yang Ning blinked, looking confused.

"The Tower of Eternity!" Qu Heng slammed the table. "Didn't the outer sect elder tell you when you obtained the technique?"

"Oh, oh, I remember now!" Yang Ning quickly nodded. "She said that Senior Heng Ming can resist all kinds of curses, witchcraft, and divination spells!"

Yuan Xi blinked and finally understood something. "Ning, Brother Ning, could it be that you created these techniques?"

Yang Ning nodded. "Well, it was a stroke of luck!"

"This is not just a stroke of luck!" Qu Heng laughed. "When the news came out, many elders in the sect were awakened, and even the elder who had been in seclusion for a thousand years came out specially!"

He tapped the table and asked, "What were you thinking? Such a good thing, instead of keeping it for the sect, you spread it to Yingzhou?"

"I just imagined such a technique, but I didn't know if it would work. If I found someone from the sect to try it, what if there were problems in cultivation? That would harm them. So I found people from Yingzhou to test it." Yang Ning shrugged. "I really didn't know the effect would be so good!"

"You really didn't know? Or are you pretending not to know?" Qu Heng asked with a smile.

"How could I know? I haven't practiced it myself!" Yang Ning's words were sincere and earnest.

Believe it or not, I believe it anyway!

Qu Heng waved his hand. "Alright, I'll let you pass!"

"Um," Yang Ning asked cautiously, "How does the sect plan to deal with me?"

"Why would we deal with you?" Qu Heng asked in return.

"Such an important technique has spread outside, and now even the First Heaven Sect might obtain this technique! Isn't this aiding the enemy?" Yang Ning asked, "Didn't you think about this when spreading the technique?"

"You're quite good at thinking, why didn't you think about it when spreading the technique?" Qu Heng asked.

Yang Ning smirked and continued to play dumb.

Qu Heng sighed and tapped the table, saying, "This cultivation technique is said to be important. Its importance is no less than a Supreme Divine Ability, but it is not as easy to keep it a secret as a Supreme Divine Ability. Even if you only spread it within the sect, it will still be stolen by other sects!"

"After all, this cultivation technique is of a low level. Its core is just a soul-capturing formation and mindset. As long as other sects know that such a cultivation technique exists, even if they explore it themselves, they can create it within two months!"

Speaking up to this point, Qu Heng also felt somewhat incredulous, "How did your brain come up with this kind of cultivation technique?"

"I just thought, if the mountain won't come to me, I'll go to the mountain. Since the spiritual energy can't adapt to me, then I'll actively adapt to the spiritual energy," Yang Ning shrugged.

Qu Heng was also speechless. It seemed that this was the mindset of this cultivation technique.

But why hasn't anyone thought of such a simple mindset in hundreds of thousands of years?

"Then how did you come up with this mobile phone?" Qu Heng thought for a moment and took out a mobile phone.

He naturally had one too, since it was so useful.

"It's just that I found it inconvenient to carry so many identity jade cards for communication!" Yang Ning said, "And the foundation of the mobile phone was created by Senior Jiang Boming. I just added some functions!"

Qu Heng was speechless as well.

The identity jade cards have existed for thousands of years, and no one has ever thought that carrying so many would be inconvenient.

Don't you have a storage bag?

And Jiang Boming's runic algorithm has been there for thousands of years, but no artifact refining master has seriously studied it, and no one has ever thought that it could be improved.

But this child happened to think of it.

Thinking about his information, he noticed a problem with the plow when he was two years old, felt that carrying water to irrigate the fields was inconvenient when he was three years old, and invented the waterwheel. At the age of five, he could write poems that other literati couldn't write in their lifetime.

Feeling tired of pedaling a tricycle, he discovered that fire could cause air to expand, so he invented the alcohol engine.

Qu Heng had also seen geniuses before, but they were all geniuses in cultivation.

But Yang Ning, with his unique mindset and completely different way of thinking, was truly the first one he had ever seen!

Putting down the book "Nine Yang Divine Technique" in his hand, Qu Heng leaned back on the backrest and asked again, "Do you have any more strange and peculiar ideas for cultivation techniques?"

"Um," Yang Ning thought for a moment and asked, "What kind of cultivation technique would be considered strange?"

"It's a cultivation technique that has never existed in this world and that no one has ever thought of!" Qu Heng pointed to the books on the table, "Just like the ones here!"

Yang Ning blinked and said, "I do have some ideas, but I don't know if they exist in this world!"

"Tell me about it!" Qu Heng said, "You can trust me to evaluate it. No one will know once we leave this place, and I won't claim your invention as my own. When you truly create the technique, the ownership will still belong to you!"

"Then I'll tell you!" Yang Ning nodded. Creating a technique was not easy, and it wasn't something that could be made up easily either.

He took out the book "Six Yin People" from his storage bag and said, "This is a technique I obtained during my trial. Take a look, Sect Master!"

Qu Heng quickly flipped through the Physical Body Realm technique and finished reading it.

"This technique mentions that mental power can be transformed into threads!"

Qu Heng nodded, "Indeed, that's possible."

"I also heard that mana can be controlled in the same way as mental power!" Yang Ning said.

Qu Heng nodded, "That's correct. Mana is the product of the integration of mental power and spiritual energy, so it can naturally be controlled in the same way as mental power!"

Of course, mana can also be invoked through chanting, spells, seals, formations, and many other methods, but now is not the time to discuss those.

"In that case, I thought that if mental power can be transformed into threads, then mana should be able to as well. Threads can be woven into clothes, so if I use mana to transform into threads and then weave them into clothes, wouldn't that create a magical garment?"

Qu Heng's face immediately twisted.

"It is said that after reaching the Qi Refining Second Layer and forming a protective aura with mana, the defensive power of mana greatly increases. If I transform mana, which already has strong defensive power, into threads, then transform hundreds of threads into a thin rope, and finally weave countless ropes into hundreds of layers of clothes, wouldn't the defensive power of this garment be hundreds or even thousands of times that of the Qi Refining Realm?"

Yang Ning said excitedly, "Even though I'm only a Qi Refining Realm cultivator, my defensive power would be thousands or even tens of thousands of times that of other Qi Refining Realm cultivators. When facing an enemy, they would be completely confused, not understanding what happened. They might even think I'm wearing a Treasure Weapon!"

"Sect Master, do you think this technique of magical garments has potential?"

Qu Heng didn't answer but summoned a strand of spiritual energy and condensed it into a thread.

"It's too thick!" Yang Ning reminded from the side.

Qu Heng nodded and made the thread thinner.

"Even thinner, even thinner!"

Qu Heng said impatiently, "It's already impressive to condense it this thin at the Qi Refining Realm!"

At this point, the thread of mana was only one-thousandth the thickness of a hair!

"Alright, it can barely be used!" Yang Ning said, "Weave 99 of them into a rope using this method!"

He provided a weaving method similar to modern nylon ropes. Although it was complex, Qu Heng, as a Spirit Law Realm cultivator, naturally had no trouble with it!

The final woven rope is actually a thin thread, with a diameter only one-tenth the size of a hair.

"Continue weaving, ten strands per group, weave them into a thread!"

At this point, the thickness of the spiritual thread and the weaving thread cannot be discerned anymore!

"Then, use this method to weave it into fabric!"

Qu Heng, being this old, is weaving fabric for the first time. Although he is using spiritual energy, it is still a novel experience.

Moreover, he truly feels that an incredibly tough and highly defensive substance is being born from nothingness in his hands.

"One layer is only 0.2 millimeters thick, and it can be stacked up to 10 layers. Even if you press it hard, it won't be thick. The key is that it is breathable and cool in summer and warm in winter!"

Half an hour later, the finished spiritual fabric is born.

The spiritual energy used by Qu Heng is naturally the power of the stars. The final woven robe is sky blue in color, with scattered silver lights resembling the stars in the deep sea.

Qu Heng recalls the process just now. The seemingly thin fabric is actually woven from ten thousand layers of spiritual threads, and the weaving method itself enhances the defensive power of the spiritual threads.

To say that the defense of this garment is ten thousand times that of a regular Qi realm cultivator is not an exaggeration!

What concept is this?

Even the defense of Extreme Eternal Sect's Unparalleled Divine Ability, the Skyless Life-Protection Wheel, cannot withstand attacks that are ten thousand times stronger than one's own strength!

In other words, in just a short period of time, this young man has created a Divine Ability that is stronger than the Unparalleled Divine Ability?

A Supreme Divine Ability?

No, it's even more than that!

With the improvement of cultivation, the control over spiritual energy by cultivators can continue to increase. In other words, the spiritual threads can become even thinner, and the number of layers can continue to increase!

Ten thousand times is far from the limit of this Divine Ability!

It could be a hundred thousand times, a million times!

No, that's not right!

I've been led astray by this kid.

I am in the Spirit Law Realm, and only then can I maintain such a vast and delicate spiritual energy. If it were an ordinary Qi realm cultivator, how could they maintain it?

But this is not a problem with the Divine Ability, it's that those who have not cultivated the Soul Refining technique cannot handle it!

"You really are..." Qu Heng is dumbfounded and doesn't know how to describe Yang Ning anymore.

"Do you want more?" Yang Ning asks.

"What?" Qu Heng widens his eyes, "You have more?"

"Yes!" Yang Ning nods, "For example, I have also conceived a technique called 'Divine Prison Suppression Force,' which is inspired by the 'Stellar Simulating Divine Art.' Since spiritual power can be transformed into the twelve elements, shouldn't magical power be able to as well?"

Qu Heng nods, "And then?"

"We find an ancient elephant with immense power, one that possesses divine charm. Do you have one?"

"Yes!" Qu Heng nods, "The Mang Elephant is a giant beast that existed in the Dragon Race era. It is said that this giant beast can support the heavens and the earth, shoulder the sun and the moon. It is a creature with immense power and immeasurable Divine Ability!"

Yang Ning nods, "Then let's use the Mang Elephant. I will use magical power to construct a Mang Elephant hidden in the Divine Sea. Will I be able to obtain a portion of the Mang Elephant's power?"

"It will indeed!" Qu Heng nods.

"Then what if I transform all of my magical power into the Mang Elephant?" Yang Ning says, "Since magical power can be transformed into threads, and extremely short threads are just points, can't I transform countless magical power points? If I transform all these magical power points into Mang Elephants with divine charm, with billions of Mang Elephants surrounding me..."

"No, stop talking!" Qu Heng's eyes turn red, tears welling up, and he raises his hand.

"What's wrong?" Yang Ning blinks, "Is this not possible? Are you afraid that you won't be able to suppress the Mang Elephant mentally? I have a solution for that too. We can find something even more powerful than the Mang Elephant."

"No!" Qu Heng immediately shakes his head, "I'm just asking you not to share any more ideas with me!"

Since he started cultivating, Qu Heng has been doing so for thirty-seven thousand years. For the first time, he feels the vastness of the Dao and the instability of his divine soul.

If the robe was still within his comprehension, then this "Divine Prison Suppression Force" completely surpasses his understanding and reaches an unimaginable realm.

"It's not a problem with your ideas!" Qu Heng shakes his head gently, rubbing his temples, "It's my limited understanding. I can't listen to the Great Dao!"

His realm is too high, to the point where what Yang Ning is imagining, he actually has the possibility of achieving it.

But the key is that Yang Ning's ideas are too fantastical, and his three views have already been formed.

Of course, using the language of cultivation, it means that his path has been determined!

If Yang Ning was just talking nonsense, it would be fine. But considering the effect of the robe earlier, his ideas actually have the possibility of being realized.

This leads to a shaking of Qu Heng's three views, and there is a danger of collapse on the path!

If it were just an ordinary person, a collapse of their three views would just be a collapse, and they could rebuild them.

But the path of a cultivator has already been shaped into something tangible, from the Yuan Symbol to the Gold Core, and then to the immortal spirits of the Spirit Law Realm. These are all real things that exist.

If the path collapses, it is equivalent to the collapse of the immortal spirits. How can he bear such consequences?

Since he didn't want to speak, Yang Ning didn't say anything either. He just watched as Qu Heng breathed heavily, as if he had a heart attack, and then sat cross-legged to rest for a while.

After a long time, he finally opened his eyes.

He sealed away the memories of the two types of Law Manifestation that he and Yang Ning had discussed.

Looking at Yang Ning again, Qu Heng no longer thought of him as just an outer disciple who liked to invent things.

His heart is infinitely vast, so his future is also infinitely bright!

How infinite is infinite?

Qu Heng couldn't imagine.

Unexplainably, Qu Heng thought of a possibility.

Perhaps the next True Immortal of Extreme Eternal should be him!

As soon as this thought arose, Qu Heng himself felt a bit absurd, but upon careful consideration, he couldn't figure out exactly what was absurd about it.

After all, the existence of a True Immortal is inherently unreasonable.

Everyone knows about Extreme Eternal Immortal Venerable, who was just a slave back then. At that time, there was no "Dragon Dictionary" to translate cultivation techniques for you, but he was able to translate the "Great Qi Luck Technique" from nothing to something, and then in a very short period of time, he went from being a mortal to becoming an immortal. With the help of the gods, he drove the Dragon Race out of the Extreme Eternal World in just ten years.

Don't talk about the Dragon Race fighting against the Calamity. As the saying goes, a starving camel is bigger than a horse. Even if the Dragon Race needs to concentrate ninety-nine percent of their power to fight against the Calamity, the remaining one percent of power is not something the humans of that time could contend with.

Even now, future generations still can't figure out how they won back then.

There's no point in reasoning with a genius. It's just asking for trouble.

All Qu Heng can do is provide him with the best conditions, give him a free environment, and then wait for him to soar!

Fortunately, I have a discerning eye and gave him the "Soaring Serpent Hidden Dragon Technique" early on, but even though I already had a high opinion of him at that time, I didn't expect to underestimate him.

Fortunately, a good relationship has already been established, and Yang Ning doesn't seem like a heartless person either.

Perhaps...

Thinking of the story in the history books about a person ascending to heaven along with their chickens and dogs, can I just lie down and wait for the genius to take me to the Immortal World?

I also want to see what the Immortal World is like!

Hmm, speaking of which, is it too much to ask for an opportunity to become an immortal with just this little thing I gave him?

But he's only in the Physical Body Realm, so he can't give much either!

Heavenly Heart Pill?

He has already created his own Yang God technique, so he naturally doesn't need the Heavenly Heart Pill anymore.

Then...

Qu Heng suddenly thought of something and waved his hand. A token engraved with an octagonal pagoda appeared in his hand, and then he handed it to Yang Ning.

"What is this?" Yang Ning reached out and took it. He saw that one side of the token was a pagoda, while the other side was a seal character, which he carefully identified as the character "Heng"!

"Heng Ming Token!" Qu Heng said, "It's just a Peerless Grade Spirit Weapon. As for its function, as long as you activate the token within the range of the Extreme Eternal Sect, it can teleport you back to the Tower of Eternity!"

"Amazing!" Yang Ning exclaimed. A life-saving technique!

Now he doesn't have to worry about being ambushed within the sect!

Yang Ning still didn't understand the true meaning of the Extreme Eternal Sect's range.

"Also, let's become friends!"

"What?" Yang Ning thought he was hallucinating.

"Believe in our friendship. I have to say, the mobile phone you made is quite useful! From now on, if you create any cultivation techniques or need someone to do experiments, just contact me directly. I'll help you find people. Don't let the people of Yingzhou benefit anymore!"

While adding him as a friend, Yang Ning nodded.

How should I put it, facing this kind of outcome, it feels unexpected, but also strangely familiar.

Just as he was pondering, Deep Blue suddenly said, "Doesn't it feel like blowing up a space station with a homemade laser and instead of being sentenced, you're treated like a treasure?"

Yang Ning nodded heavily, suddenly enlightened. That's right!

Is this the survival wisdom of a sect that has lasted for three hundred thousand years? I love it, I love it!

(End of this chapter)