Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 65: Flames and Clarity

Can flames turn impurities into purity?

When this viewpoint was proposed, it immediately shocked countless people. After all, there has always been a clear distinction between men and women, and a proper order between yin and yang.

But now, impurities can actually be transformed into purity?

"You're talking nonsense!" the student shouted, "How can impurities turn into purity?"

"Cathode generates anode, anode generates cathode. Yin and yang can transform each other. Why can't impurities turn into purity?" Yang Ning countered, "Besides, look at this smoke. Did it fly or not?"

"Uh..." Looking at the billowing smoke rising up, it seemed impossible to refute.

Either you admit that this thick smoke is purity, or you have to admit that the flames have turned impurities into purity.

Is there a third explanation?

"Brother, don't mind him. He's not a alchemist and doesn't understand anything!" the alchemist from earlier said, "Please continue!"

"Alright!" Yang Ning nodded and said, "I'm also curious whether flames can turn impurities into purity. So I took some smoke back in a bag to experiment. And I found that whether before or after heating, the smoke remained smoke, with no change in its essence!"

"Then why does the heated smoke fly while the unheated smoke doesn't?" Yang Ning asked.

"Well..." The alchemist blinked, indicating that he didn't know.

And more importantly, rather than knowing or not knowing, I'm more curious about how you came up with this question. Every day, hundreds of thousands of alchemists deal with flames and watch the thick smoke rise, yet not a single person has ever thought of this question?

"The answer is that after heating, the smoke expands!" Yang Ning rolled down the scroll, revealing two spheres, one large and one small.

"I filled two containers with the same amount of smoke, one heated by flames for ten minutes and the other not heated. The difference between them is that the former has nearly doubled in size! And if I don't tie them with a rope, they will fly up into the sky!"

"I was thinking, if this container of smoke can pull a rope, then if the container is big enough, it might even be able to lift a person. In that case, ordinary people could fly without needing magic or cultivation, just with a flame!" Yang Ning laughed, "But I don't have time to do all that. If any of you have free time, you can give it a try!"

Many people in the audience suddenly brightened up. Many alchemists may not love alchemy, but they are definitely interested in flying. If alchemy can make people fly, it's worth a try!

"Back to the point, what did I discover from this experiment? That's right, when you heat air, it expands!" Yang Ning rolled down the scroll to the third page, "So if I ignite a mass of air in a sealed space, it will generate tremendous propulsion. If I place a plug on top of this space, it will push the plug and if there's a lever on top of the plug, connected to a bearing, like this, it can create a continuously rotating wheel."

"I see, the thing you use to heat the air is alcohol, so this thing is called an alcohol engine!" Some alchemists in the audience suddenly realized. Alchemists mostly come from scholarly backgrounds, so there are quite a few who can understand.

Of course, there are still some who haven't figured it out yet. There is a difference between being smart and being smart.

And their performances will be recorded clearly by Deep Blue for future reference.

"With the engine, the rest is simple!" Yang Ning rolled down the scroll, installed the engine, connected various transmission devices and the shell, and a car was born.

"This is the complete content and structure of this car. How about it, isn't it simple?" As the scroll reached the end, Yang Ning finished his presentation.

"It does seem quite simple!" The alchemist who initially nodded his head said, apart from the alcohol engine, he could make all the other components.

Even the alcohol engine wouldn't be a problem after further research.

"But it seems simple!" someone nearby sneered, "If Yang Ning hadn't appeared, no one would have thought of this shape!"

"And the issue of fire and the clarity of impurities." Another person exclaimed, "I've been playing with fire for so many years, why didn't I think of this question?"

"Who knows, I never thought of it either!"

"Alright, that's it for today!" Yang Ning waved his hand and said, "I'll leave this scroll here. Anyone who wants to see it can freely look at it, just don't take it away!"

"Okay!" The students in the audience nodded one after another, then looked at Yang Ning and Xun Hu as they drove away, and then turned their gaze to the scroll on the stage, rushing up in a frenzy to take a closer look.

In the car, Xun Hu looked puzzled and asked, "Why did you talk about everything?"

At first, he thought Yang Ning was only going to talk about how amazing and comfortable this car was. He never expected Yang Ning to reveal the manufacturing secrets!

"Aren't you afraid of others copying it?"

"What if I say that's my intention?" Yang Ning countered.

"Huh?" Xun Hu was stunned. "You want others to copy it? Why?"

Yang Ning smiled and said, "The benefits of the automobile industry are enormous. I can't control it all!"

"You have the backing of the Extreme Eternal Sect. After today, you will officially become a disciple. What can't you control?" Xun Hu didn't understand. "No business association dares to snatch things from an official disciple of the Extreme Eternal Sect!"

"It's precisely because I'm an official disciple that no one dares to snatch. That's why I want to make it public!" Yang Ning said calmly.

"Why is that?" Xun Hu was puzzled and thought of something.

Indeed, when Yang Ning was just a servant, his inventions were easily copied and imitated. Yang Ning had no say and dared not argue. In such a situation, the market was open, and Yang Ning was naturally safe.

But now that Yang Ning had become an official disciple, the risk of copying his inventions had increased significantly. Yang Ning could easily bring up the Immortal Ascension Academy and the Extreme Eternal Sect behind him. He didn't even need to report it. A simple ultimatum would make everyone stop infringing.

This was the dominance of the Extreme Eternal Sect.

While the Extreme Eternal Sect could do this, could those business associations and businessmen really resist such great benefits?

They might not dare to take overt actions, but who knows if they would secretly spend money to buy a life?

Moreover, they had connections within the court. Not every business association had it, but at least ninety percent of them had an inner disciple supporting them!

Faced with such great benefits, who knows what these inner disciples would do?

They didn't even need to engage in blatantly illegal actions. Just giving Yang Ning a mission that would lead to certain death would be enough.

The current Yang Ning was still just a student of the Immortal Ascension Academy. Even if he died, it wouldn't cause much of a stir.

"Well, sigh!" Xun Hu sighed. "Wouldn't that be a big loss? Should I not join the Earth Heaven Gate then?"

"It's not that serious. The path is important, and I won't lose out!" Yang Ning smiled. By spreading the automobile, he would earn the title of the Father of the Automobile. What did this title mean?

Luck!

And who could surpass his understanding of automobiles? As long as he had the advantage of being the first, those who came later would always be left eating dust behind him.

There was also a third benefit.

The automobile industry was a massive system that could directly influence a force, even a country's industrialization process.

And the many external wars of Huang Zong from NVIDIA and Ah Mei told us what was most important in the industrial and technological era.

Computing power and energy!

Who could surpass the Spirit Realm in terms of computing power?

What energy source could be better than Nightmare Energy?

There were even more tangible and intangible benefits that Yang Ning hadn't mentioned yet.

What Yang Ning gave up was just a small tree, but what he would gain would be an entire forest!

(End of this chapter)