Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 53: Yingzhou

"You've made a fortune!" Seeing the last cultivator leave, Xun Hu and the others couldn't help but speak up.

"We should share the spoils!" Yang Ning quickly took out bottles of pills, ready to distribute them to the others.

"No, absolutely not!" Xun Hu quickly stopped him. "These are given to you by others who value and support you. If we take them, it will be a problem. If it hinders your cultivation, they will come after us!"

"Oh, I see!" Ning Rong suddenly understood. Although she was reluctant, she withdrew her outstretched hand with great determination.

"It's not that serious!" Yang Ning said. "They don't know, and besides, I have good talent. A few more or fewer pills won't make a difference."

"Absolutely not!" Xun Hu firmly shook his head. "Even blood brothers should keep accounts clear. These are resources for cultivation. We are not a temporary group but will support each other for hundreds or even thousands of years. If we don't divide them clearly now, it will be too late when conflicts of interest arise in the future!"

"That's true!" Su Bai nodded. "My father taught me that even couples should settle things clearly when necessary."

"That's right," Ning Rong said. "It's your stuff, and we can't take it."

She completely forgot that Xun Hu had paid for her and that Yang Ning had made a bow for her.

"Alright!" Yang Ning nodded and took back the pills, but he couldn't help but sigh.

Ning Rong and Su Bai were deceived by Xun Hu. He had the support of a country behind him, but what did they have?

Even if Xun Hu could hold the position of Minister of Revenue for a few years, what about being the descendant of the Empress? In a world that favors males over females, who would provide abundant resources for their daughters?

He doesn't need my pills to make progress, but you can only rely on him!

However, Yang Ning couldn't say this. If he did, it would mean exposing himself.

He couldn't secretly give them the pills either. They didn't know the Black Tortoise Aura Concealing Technique, and they couldn't hide their rapidly increasing cultivation.

"Perhaps this is the price of becoming a Recluse." Luo Ji could keep a secret for decades, and Zhang Beihai hid for hundreds of years. It had only been three months for Yang Ning, and he was starting to feel impatient.

Taking a deep breath and activating the Black Tortoise Aura Concealing Technique, Yang Ning calmed his emotions and asked, "What activities do we have next?"

"There's nothing else. We just have to wait for the Fixed Monster Valley trial in a year. But we have tanks, so there's nothing to fear!" Xun Hu said.

"Okay!" Yang Ning nodded. "But now that the tanks have been exposed, others will imitate them. When everyone has tanks, the school might put in more powerful beasts with strong offensive capabilities, or they might even put in beasts at the sixth or seventh layer of the flesh."

"Oh, I see." Xun Hu was taken aback. It seemed that it was not impossible.

"What should we do then?" Ning Rong asked.

"We'll just make stronger tanks!" Yang Ning smiled. "By the way, give me the tanks. I'll think about how to upgrade them when we go back."

"Okay!" Xun Hu handed the storage bag to Yang Ning. "If you need any help, just let me know. I still have some money!"

"Sure!" Yang Ning didn't need to be polite with Xun Hu. After all, half of the tax revenue from each piece of land in Yue Kingdom was thanks to him!

"Xun Hu, Xun Hu?" Suddenly, a teacher from the Immortal Ascension Academy ran in from outside.

Seeing the newcomer, Xun Hu introduced him to Yang Ning and the others. "This is one of my teachers, surnamed Luo."

Then he asked, "Teacher Luo, what's the matter?"

"Hurry up and go outside. Many merchants are waiting to ask you questions!" the teacher named Luo shouted. "And Yang Ning, it's about your, your mobile fortress!"

"That's called a tank!" Ning Rong corrected.

"Alright, it's a tank!" Teacher Luo said, "You two should go too, especially you, Ning Rong. You showed your face on the live stream, so you're quite famous now!"

"Great!" Ning Rong became excited immediately. She knew that after the Fixed Monster Valley trial, students who became famous could earn a lot of income.

Originally, she thought these things were only for geniuses. She didn't expect that she would have a share too?

"They're coming out!"

"Is that them?"

"What a handsome young man!"

The residents of Ocean Cloud City were relatively reserved and wouldn't shout out loud, but their excitement was visible on their faces. From a distance, Yang Ning could see the bustling crowd standing at the gate.

"There must be over ten thousand people!" Su Bai exclaimed.

"We're really famous now!" Ning Rong exclaimed excitedly, "Do you think we have a chance to make it onto the Qingmiao Ranking?"

"The Qingmiao Ranking is based on combat power. Only those who have reached the peak of the Fifth Layer can try to compete!" Xun Hu explained, "It's not just about fame."

"Is that so?" Ning Rong nodded and added, "Work hard, and you might make it!"

"I dare not hope for that," Xun Hu shook his head. He was very self-aware. Although he was born a prince, none of his ancestors had succeeded in cultivating immortality, and he hadn't even become an outer disciple.

In Extreme Eternal Sect, he was definitely considered from a humble background.

He hadn't shown outstanding talent in cultivation, and his combat and comprehension abilities were also average.

"If it were him," Xun Hu turned his head to look at Yang Ning, who was following behind him. If he could receive the same cultivation resources as himself, he might have already become famous in the academy. Then there wouldn't be any Lin Jingyun, Zhang Feiran, Bo Haitang, or Leng Yuxi.

Although he had obtained many elixirs, these things could bridge the gap in cultivation resources, but they couldn't bridge the gap in educational resources. At most, they would turn a person into a fatso with a falsely high cultivation level.

Alas, it's a pity.

"He's pitying you!" Deep Blue said.

"Whatever he's doing!" Yang Ning said, "This sea area is good. There are no sea monster races lurking around, and the mineral resources are abundant. Iron, manganese, copper, aluminum, nickel, titanium. There's also an uninhabited island nearby with over four hundred thousand seagulls. The bird droppings contain rich nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium elements. Most importantly, there's oil under the sea!"

The progress of the bacteriophage was not fast, only 40 kilometers per hour. But after nine days of non-stop advancement, it had traveled 8,640 kilometers.

However, the bacteriophage robot did not move in a straight line, so its current position was in the southeast sea area, 6,400 kilometers away from Ocean Cloud City.

There was still over four thousand kilometers to go from here to the location Yang Ning had chosen. But since the mineral resources here were already abundant, he could split off a bacteriophage robot here and let the other one continue towards the target.

As the saying goes, "A wise rabbit has three burrows." The underwater base couldn't be built in just one place.

This place was far from Extreme Eternal Sect and not within the influence of any sect. Yang Ning's courage suddenly grew.

He upgraded the bacteriophage robot, installing a turbofan engine and precisely upgrading various parts. The processing accuracy and movement speed of this bacteriophage robot were much higher than the initial version.

Yang Ning named it Bacteriophage 1.1.

Bacteriophage 1.0 continued to move forward, while Bacteriophage 1.1 stayed in place to continue self-replicating. At the same time, it also took on the heavy task of smelting metal and constructing the tunneling robot.

This robot had a huge drill at the front and a conveyor belt at the back for transporting slag and ore. It was specifically designed to drill through the hard rock layers on the seabed. Because it resembled a squid, Yang Ning named it Squid Robot.

The base built by the bacteriophage robot and the squid robot was named Yingzhou by Yang Ning.

(End of this chapter)