Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 5: Refining Tools

"Will he be able to handle it?" Watching Su Bai angrily rushing towards Zhao Bu, Xun Hu hesitated, "Don't expose us later!"

"How could we be exposed? What we need is to attract trouble to the east, we don't need his help to pass on any messages!" Yang Ning said calmly.

Spies are usually discovered when they are caught in the act.

He let Su Bai go and play the role of a loyal little brother, without contacting Xun Hu at all, so how could they be exposed?

"That would be best!" Xun Hu acknowledged Yang Ning's skills and eloquence, but he still had doubts about Yang Ning's strategy.

"Of course, we can't rely solely on him. We still need to work hard!" Yang Ning said, "The opportunity to cultivate in the Extreme Eternal Heaven is rare. You should hurry up and learn the Divine Form."

"Alright!" Xun Hu nodded. The Extreme Eternal Heaven had a kind of chaotic primordial qi that could be integrated into the body during the practice of breathing techniques and divine forms. It was said that unexpected benefits could be obtained when breaking through the Physical Body Realm.

There were very few forces in the world today that had the ability to send their disciples for high-altitude cultivation like this. Being able to come here to cultivate as a disciple of the Extreme Eternal Sect Immortal Ascension Academy was indeed a rare opportunity and a platform that only major sects could provide to their disciples. Naturally, they had to save time and make the most of these thirty days.

"Do you still want to refine tools?" Yang Ning asked when Xun Hu left.

"Yes, just a little more!" Yang Ning nodded.

"Alright!" Ning Rong nodded. "I have to make good use of my time to cultivate. I haven't even started yet."

"Then you better hurry up," Yang Ning said. "But Xun Hu has already started, so you can take his place during the morning classes. I think you'll be able to progress faster!"

"Okay!" Ning Rong nodded. She had long known about Yang Ning's talent, and now that Xun Hu had also started, if she couldn't start soon, she wouldn't even have the qualification to stand with them!

Coming from a prestigious family, she understood the importance of matching backgrounds.

And in the Immortal Cultivation World, this matching background referred to strength!

After seeing off Ning Rong, Yang Ning left the cultivation room and went to the tool refining room.

The ship only taught Foundation Building techniques and nothing else. But as a servant boy like Yang Ning, he was also given a set of books on alchemy, tool refining, and rune crafting. Although they were very basic, with no one to guide him, he could only learn on his own.

There were also alchemy rooms and tool refining rooms on the ship, but no one ever came to use them. Everyone was busy practicing breathing techniques.

Yang Ning had never used the alchemy room, but he often used the tool refining room. The conditions here were not bad. The tool refining room had its own separate room with a fire vein inside, reaching a temperature of 2600℃.

There was also a set of Spirit Weapon equipment. A drop of blood could be used for two hours, and it could be controlled with one's mind. One of the hammers had a striking force of 4 tons, comparable to a small forging press.

However, it was a pity that the equipment here was quite primitive. There were no lathes, milling machines, or CNC machines. It was fine for forging swords and knives, but if one wanted to make precision parts, they had to cast them first and then grind them by hand.

The only advantage was that the files here were all Spirit Weapons, so it was relatively easy to polish ordinary materials. However, one had to control their strength to prevent excessive force from damaging them.

The materials here were also quite complete, but unfortunately, they were all ordinary materials. It was impossible to forge Spirit Weapons, let alone Law Weapons.

However, Yang Ning didn't mind. Who said Mortal Weapons couldn't slay immortals?

After gathering all the materials, Yang Ning began to busy himself. Four hours later, he left the dining hall with a round stick in his hand.

"Over here!" As soon as he entered the dining hall, Ning Rong waved from a distance. Xun Hu sat next to her with a vacant look, as if he had been played with by someone.

"What happened?" Yang Ning pointed at Xun Hu.

"It's Elder Wei. He gave him a jade slip, and who knew that it would turn out like this!" Ning Rong said, "Now his mind is filled with the Twelve Divine Forms, and he's still digesting them!"

"Jade slip?" Yang Ning's eyes lit up. "Where is it?"

"Here, for you!" Ning Rong reached into his pocket and handed the jade slip to Yang Ning.

"How did you get it?" Yang Ning asked curiously.

"The servant boy wasn't around, so it ended up with me!" Ning Rong said. "But I dare not study it. It is said that if you haven't mastered the breathing technique, the information inside will overwhelm you and turn you into an idiot. This jade slip can be used four times. After you're done, give it back to me!"

"Okay!" Yang Ning nodded and took the jade slip, carefully examining it.

This kind of thing was not uncommon in cultivation novels. Here, it was like a jade paperweight, with cloud and thunder patterns and images of ten different animals painted on it. However, the painting technique and composition style were not impressive. In his previous life, he couldn't even find a job drawing portraits, but strangely, it had a very ethereal feeling.

Just like the drawings of airplanes made by primitive humans.

The breathing technique was just the beginning, not much different from an ordinary person. It didn't do much to enhance the physical body and spirit.

So Yang Ning felt that it wasn't the breathing technique protecting his mind, but rather some kind of secrecy technique embedded in the jade slip that could detect traces of cultivation in the learner's body.

He had Deep Blue scan it first, then closed his eyes.

"The material is ordinary green stone!" Deep Blue said. "No abnormalities detected."

"It's the same again!" Yang Ning sighed. It was the same when he scanned the Spirit Weapon in the refining room before. He would always scan ordinary metal, even though he knew it wasn't ordinary.

It could only be said that the lack of a method to observe spiritual energy greatly reduced the effectiveness of this Goldfinger.

He hoped that this situation would improve when he reached the Qi Refining Stage.

Placing the jade slip on his forehead, in the next instant, Yang Ning felt a surge of information entering his brain, firmly engraved in his mind.

These were twelve cultivation techniques, each containing methods of practice, stance training, breathing techniques, footwork, weapons, and advanced techniques.

From the first level of the physical body to the eighth level, each level was explained clearly and vividly, as if he had practiced it millions of times.

These were twelve complete cultivation inheritances, including the kind of first-person perspective memories of cultivation!

It was the kind of inheritance that was broken open, crushed, and fed into one's mouth!

Yang Ning was shocked. It was no wonder it was the Immortal Gate sect! This kind of inheritance method could be learned by anyone who wasn't an idiot, right?

No wonder the Extreme Eternal Sect didn't test or consider intelligence when recruiting disciples. It seemed that the cultivation in the Physical Body Realm was really foolproof.

"No, wait!" Yang Ning realized as he read further that it wasn't completely mindless. Starting from the ninth level of the physical body, it began to involve spiritual cultivation. This stage not only required strong willpower but also good comprehension.

But this wasn't a problem for the Extreme Eternal Sect either. The Twelve Divine Forms didn't need to be fully cultivated. One could choose one or two to practice based on their own personality. After practicing one technique for a long time, insights would naturally arise.

And it wasn't that the less intelligent people couldn't be saved. With cultivation, their spiritual strength would grow and their comprehension would gradually improve.

"So, if anyone can cultivate these techniques, it naturally means they are cultivated by those loyal to their own sect. And among all the people in the world, there is no one more loyal to the Extreme Eternal Sect than the princes and noble families of the dynasty. Moreover, the cultivation process also requires a large amount of resources, which only the noble families can afford."

After going through the Twelve Divine Forms, Yang Ning understood the logic behind the Extreme Eternal Sect's recruitment of disciples. He couldn't help but feel fortunate that he had shown his talent in time. Otherwise, if he had continued to hide or build up his strength in secret, there would have been no chance for him to join the Immortal Gate.

The only problem was that when he was the Minister of Works, he never embezzled, so he didn't bring much money with him when he left. In the future, he would have to find a way to obtain resources for cultivation, such as buying Blood Essence Pills.

He had Deep Blue, and no matter how much information he received, his mind wouldn't become confused. He carefully reviewed the techniques and considered which one to choose.

These were the sect's popular cultivation techniques, which were definitely not as tailored to him as a set of Divine Forms. With Deep Blue, based on these twelve techniques as a foundation, he might be able to create a set of Divine Forms that suited him best.

(End of this chapter)