Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 38: Establishing a Solid Persona

"Are you refining a tool?" Yang Ning looked at Jiangyun Hao, who was holding a piece of iron and hammering away, with a confused expression.

"Ah, isn't this refining a tool?" Jiangyun Hao blinked his eyes. Refining a tool is just forging an iron lump into an instrument, right?

"I really thought you could do everything!" Yang Ning sighed. "Alright, let me teach you from scratch. If you want to become a tool refiner, first you need a furnace, and then you need a hammer."

Jiangyun Hao's eyes lit up as Yang Ning directly projected Deep Blue Eyes into his eyes, presenting a set of standard tool refining scenes.

"This... Jiangyun Hao had never seen such a scene before, and his mouth couldn't close in astonishment.

"This technique is called Xuanji. It can identify minerals, mark sizes, and assist you in tool refining!" Yang Ning said, and various size markings immediately appeared on the screen in front of Jiangyun Hao.

However, the units were unfamiliar to Jiangyun, not the ones he usually used.

So this is the specialty of Extreme Eternal. It turns out that tool refiners in Extreme Eternal refine tools like this!

No wonder Jiangyun was annihilated. The gap between us and the major sects is too big!

"If you need any materials, you can also ask Xuanji. It will find the most suitable and affordable stores for you. If you don't know the way, Xuanji can also navigate for you!" After all, Yang Ning transmigrated from the information age and combined the Cloud Mist Information Matrix with Deep Blue Eyes, forming a set of intelligent urban travel plans.

He thought these were all basic operations, but Jiangyun Hao was amazed. He suddenly felt like a country bumpkin.

"If Jiangyun can establish a country in the future, I must bring this technique back. I just don't know if the senior is willing to teach me. No, why am I calling him a senior!" He helped himself escape, found a place for himself and his companions to settle down, and taught him the art of tool refining.

This is completely like his own foster parents!

He wanted to call him master, but he was afraid that the senior would look down on him. Thinking that the only way he could help the senior was through tool refining, Jiangyun Hao silently made up his mind.

He set his sights on becoming the number one tool refiner in Ocean Cloud City and set off!

After teaching for two days, Yang Ning discovered that Jiangyun Hao's previous appearance of knowing everything was just a facade.

In reality, he was just a half-baked person.

He understood some military matters, but only a little. He also understood the breathing technique, but it was quite primitive and far inferior to the Amber Breathing Technique.

But his aura was strong. Even as a half-baked person, he would make you think he was an expert. He was very good at bluffing.

Yang Ning learned from his demeanor, gaze, and tone of speech, and felt that his ability to deceive people had greatly improved.

Perhaps the skill of verbal deception really depends on talent?

He has too much to learn, and Yang Ning can't accompany him all the time, so he let Deep Blue take care of him.

Deep Blue's abilities are stronger than all the famous teachers in Ocean Cloud City combined, so teaching Jiangyun Hao is naturally more than enough.

Yang Ning only set a restriction, only teaching things in this world.

Fortunately, Jiangyun Hao's talent for cultivation and refining tools seems to be good. He will be able to forge some simple parts in half a month.

So Yang Ning started sending him blueprints, one per day. After they were practiced, the finished products were not needed. Instead, Jiangyun Hao was instructed to throw them directly into the river.

Jiangyun Hao didn't know why he had to throw them away, but he always did as he was told. The senior had his reasons for doing things.

On Yang Ning's side, after various devices were completed, he started manufacturing tanks.

When the Ma brothers were monitoring, he would use a hammer and iron blocks to strike, and when he wasn't monitoring, he would use mechanical processing. He used the remaining time to study.

In the Ma brothers' view, this child's forging speed was incredibly fast. They were surprised and extended the monitoring time, only to discover that this child spent all his time forging items except for eating and sleeping!

"Doesn't he cultivate?" Ma Longjiang looked at this scene with some surprise.

"It seems like he really doesn't!" Ma Longhe was also surprised. They had been dormitory supervisors here for many years and had seen students who were addicted to playing, who stayed out all night, who read novels all day, and who practiced day and night without rest. But this was the first time they had seen someone who forged day and night without cultivating.

"I remember this person. His name is Yang Ning. He was the one who said that cultivation was only for craftsmanship. It seems like he really likes forging?" Ma Longjiang said.

"It should be!" Ma Longhe nodded.

The two of them nodded, recorded their observations and personal judgments, and someone would come to collect them every month.

This monitoring-observation-evaluation system had been running at the Immortal Ascension Academy for thousands of years without any problems. It had exposed countless spies and dissatisfied bookboys, servants, and maidservants.

Because it had never had any problems, they had complete trust in this system and naturally couldn't imagine that someone could deceive it.

Yang Ning discovered that after being monitored for a long time, the amount of time he was monitored greatly decreased. Sometimes he wouldn't be monitored for a whole day.

"Does this count as passing the test?" Yang Ning smiled. When he first discovered the Ma brothers' monitoring methods, he did consider resisting.

But he quickly remembered the methods used to deal with spies in spy dramas. Instead of directly eliminating them, it was better to use them to spread false information.

Look, now his image as someone who loves forging has been spread, even reaching the higher-ups.

"Bang bang bang!" Suddenly, there was a knock on Yang Ning's door. He hurriedly went to open it and found Ning Rong standing at the door in a red short skirt, with her fair legs exposed. However, she had an anxious expression on her face.

Yang Ning asked Deep Blue and immediately knew why she had come.

"Brother Yang, Su Bai was beaten in the restaurant. Let's go help him!" Ning Rong said anxiously.

"Not in a hurry, take your time to explain, what's the situation?" Yang Ning asked.

"It's someone named Wen Buqing, claiming that Su Bai took his seat, but Su Bai has been eating at the same spot since he enrolled!" Ning Rong said. "Wen Buqing is completely unreasonable. They were already fighting when I came to find you! Hurry and come with me!"

"Wait, what can I do if I go?" Yang Ning retorted. "Can I help fight?"

"Huh?" Ning Rong was taken aback, as if that was the case?

At this moment, she finally had the chance to notice Yang Ning's appearance. She realized that Yang Ning had dark eye sockets, messy hair, and was wearing a white robe. He also had two crystal lenses on his eyes, giving him a disheveled and decadent look.

"You haven't been cultivating for another month, have you?" Ning Rong was shocked!

"There are so many things to create, time is tight, and the tasks are heavy!" Yang Ning smiled foolishly, then turned around and took out a bow from the forging room and handed it to Ning Rong.

"This is the bow I made for you!"

"You!" Ning Rong was about to say, "What's the point of looking at a bow now?" But after seeing the appearance of the bow, she instantly forgot that Su Bai was being beaten.

"This bow is so strange?" Ning Rong looked at the bow handed to her by Yang Ning. It was a style she had never seen before. "What are the wheels on it for?"

"This is a compound bow. The wheels on it are pulleys, which can double the force. I added two sets of pulleys, so it can quadruple the force. As a result, the power of the arrows you shoot will increase fourfold out of thin air!" Yang Ning explained. "This device is for assisting with aiming, and these arrows are specially made by me to match this type of bow!"

"A bow can actually be designed like this?" Ning Rong had never seen this style of bow before, but when she thought that this bow was designed by Yang Ning, she couldn't help but trust him a little more.

However...

"What's that on your eyes?" Ning Rong was curious just now. "And shouldn't you tidy up your hair? What about your uniform? Why are you wearing all white, like mourning clothes?"

"This is glasses!" Yang Ning explained. "I've loved reading since I was young and didn't pay attention to protecting my eyes. Now my eyesight is a bit nearsighted, so I made a pair of glasses to assist."

Yang Ning took out a glasses case from his pocket and handed it to Ning Rong. "I made a pair for you too, but they are plain lenses. You can try them."

"My eyes are fine, why should I wear this?" Ning Rong instinctively resisted, but still put them on. However, when she looked in the mirror, she found that wearing them gave her a special feeling!

She came from a family of martial arts experts and had some education, but her temperament leaned towards fierceness. However, after wearing glasses, she suddenly gained a few traces of elegance.

She no longer resisted wearing glasses.

"This white robe I'm wearing is because white shows dirt easily. Even a little oil stain stands out, so when I wear this outfit, I become more cautious in all my research and operations, effectively enhancing my meticulousness!" Yang Ning explained.

Ning Rong opened her mouth. So that's how it is?

But your glasses are round and don't enhance your temperament, and with the messy appearance, disheveled hair, and strange smell from your white robe...

The glasses you gave me are very beautiful. Just based on the glasses alone, it doesn't seem like you have no sense of aesthetics. Why do you neglect your appearance like this when it comes to yourself?

Ning Rong wanted to say a few words, but then he thought that his unkempt appearance was all for me, and he couldn't say anything. In the end, he could only say, "It must have taken a lot of effort to make this bow!"

"It's alright!" Yang Ning nodded with a smile, it was all done by the machine itself.

"It's alright alright!" Ning Rong was speechless. It delayed his cultivation and he even specially made glasses for me.

It takes a lot of effort to make it so smooth and polished!

She suddenly had a thought, does he like me?

But I also like you, if you like me, why not just say it directly?

Ning Rong was originally looking forward to meeting Yang Ning, thinking that it had been a long time and she had a lot to say to him.

But when she saw his appearance and the way he carefully prepared the bow and glasses for her, she suddenly lost interest for some reason.

It seemed like he was no different from those who went to great lengths to please her?

The hope in her eyes, with its spiritual radiance, disappeared in an instant.

In its place, there was an invisible chasm.

"I'm taking the bow!" Ning Rong's tone was cold, her voice clear and crisp, without the usual softness. "I'm going to find Xun Hu to support Su Bai!"

"Then you guys, good luck!" Yang Ning clenched his fist seriously. "I can only help you with logistical matters!"

"Okay!" Ning Rong looked at Yang Ning's outstretched hand, hesitated for a moment, took two steps back, and ultimately did not respond.

"I, I'm leaving. If I don't go to Su Bai, I'll be beaten to death!"

"Okay, okay."

Watching Ning Rong's departing figure, Yang Ning felt a bit emotional. "Is this fish-raising skill innate to women?"

"I don't know, I'm just an AI!" Deep Blue said.

Yang Ning smiled. It seems that being a tech geek and a lapdog is indeed the best way to keep women at a distance.

With Ning Rong's and the Ma brothers' dual authentication, his image as a prodigy completely collapsed, but his image as a obsessed craftsman was established.

As long as he maximized his tool attribute, no one would be suspicious of him.

(End of this chapter)