Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 94: Heavenly Dragon Turns Out to Be Me

Watching the artifact refining masters accept his proposal and use familiar terminology, Yang Ning felt a unique sense of satisfaction.

This is definitely a move that will go down in history, and I made the decision!

According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, this skips directly from physiological, safety, social, and esteem needs to self-actualization!

After Yang Ning finished discussing the issue of professional assessment, the artifact refining master in charge of constructing the headquarters pulled him over.

"How should we build our headquarters?" the person named Wan Ning asked. He was in charge of a department called the Heavenly Works Department, which specialized in building mountains for inner disciples and had a cultivation level of Qi Refining Fourth Layer.

"Aren't you the one responsible for building mountains?" Yang Ning asked. Even if he didn't come, Yang Ning would have found an opportunity to make suggestions, but he still wanted to be humble.

"Can our association headquarters be the same as the mountains for inner disciples?" Wan Ning asked expectantly.

Mainly because Yang Ning's discussion of professional assessment was so good, Wan Ning subconsciously thought that Yang Ning might have some unique ideas for building the headquarters as well.

The Heavenly Works Department was constantly being directed by inner disciples in designing mountains, so they naturally didn't develop an arrogant attitude and were very open to accepting others' opinions.

"Since we are building the headquarters for the artifact refining masters association, it should naturally reflect the characteristics of our artifact refining masters!" Yang Ning thought for a moment. "Use the most advanced technology in terms of techniques, be bold in design, and leave space for future inventions to be tested."

The artifact refining masters association has nine departments, so one building is enough, but the area for the artifact refining masters school should be large, at least not inferior to the Immortal Ascension Academy!

"In addition, researchers should build their research institute here, and the Deep Blue information should build factories here. With a large future student population, the families of researchers will be a large number, so the area of this headquarters should not be small!"

Wan Ning nodded as if he understood, then rubbed his chin. Is this building a headquarters or a city?

And also...

"The description of this headquarters you mentioned, doesn't it sound a lot like Ocean Cloud City?"

Yang Ning was taken aback, then nodded. "Yes, it does!"

In fact, he took inspiration from Silicon Valley, a high-tech city that emerged because of universities. However, Ocean Cloud City also rose as a city because of a school, and it does resemble Silicon Valley.

"In other words, what I want to build is not just a headquarters, but a city!" Wan Ning nodded, understanding.

"Is this difficult?" Yang Ning asked. "Will there be any issues with obtaining land?"

"Obtaining land?" Wan Ning blinked. "What land? Isn't there land everywhere?"

"Well, I mean you need to occupy a piece of land. Shouldn't you discuss it with the sect?" Yang Ning asked.

"There's no need for that. Whether it's one city, one hundred cities, or one thousand cities, Extreme Eternal has plenty of land!" Wan Ning casually waved his hand. "And whether it's by the seaside, riverside, mountainside, desert, or forest, you can build wherever you want!"

"It's not that troublesome. Just find a flat piece of land in a convenient location." Yang Ning said. "But after this city is built, who will it belong to?"

"Of course, it will belong to our association!" Wan Ning looked puzzled. "Is there a problem?"

"I mean, who will be the officials in the city?" Yang Ning clarified.

"Well, we are only responsible for construction!" Wan Ning said. "As for who will be the officials, shouldn't that be decided by you guys?"

"Oh..." Is that so?

Yang Ning felt like he had overlooked something.

After handing over the planning and architectural drawings to Wan Ning, Yang Ning hurriedly found Li Yuan after some idle chat. After their conversation, Yang Ning understood many things.

Or rather, he had a shift in perspective.

First of all, in Extreme Eternal, land is the least valuable thing because there are few people but a large area.

The total area of the four domains in Extreme Eternal is 100 million square kilometers, but the total population is less than 200 million.

And the area occupied by the Extreme Eternal Sect is several times larger than the four domains of Extreme Eternal, even if it includes various small worlds and the area inside the Law Treasure.

But even if it's just the bare area of the Extreme Eternal Sect, it covers 200 million square kilometers.

Such a large area is confined within the gates of the Extreme Eternal Sect, and apart from hundreds of thousands of outer disciples, several thousand inner disciples, and an unknown number of Spirit Law Realm elders, there are no other people. It's all vast forests!

Secondly, the people within the territory of the Extreme Eternal Sect are divided into Spirit Law Realm cultivators > Qi Refining Stage cultivators > Physical Body Realm cultivators > others in terms of rank.

In terms of identity, Yang Ning belongs to the Extreme Eternal Sect > other cultivation forces > other secular forces.

What does that mean?

It means that the hierarchical concept of status in Yang Ning's previous life and the Yue Kingdom does not apply in the cultivation world. Here, might makes right!

The Extreme Eternal Sect is the most powerful force in the Extreme Eternal Four Realms, so anyone who comes out of the Extreme Eternal Sect has the highest status!

His identity as a formal disciple of the Immortal Ascension Academy is enough to suppress numerous chambers of commerce, clans, and even many countries.

When visiting certain dynasties, even the emperor personally welcomes him with his wife. Even if he wants to make unreasonable demands, such as having the princess serve him, these kings dare not resist!

Of course, he usually doesn't have to ask for it. The kings themselves will send the princess to him. However, even Physical Body Realm cultivators may not necessarily look down on secular princesses.

The main goal of cultivators in the Extreme Eternal Sect is to become immortals. Everything else is unimportant, so who cares about officials or the authority to manage cities? Who has the time to be a mayor?

As long as you manage the area well and prevent the people from causing unrest, leading to the loss of luck, it is enough!

As for whether such loose management will lead to the expansion of subordinate kingdoms and the breeding of ambitions, it is simply impossible. Because all the spiritual veins in the entire Extreme Eternal realm have been moved into the Extreme Eternal Sect, the spiritual energy outside is extremely thin and not enough to give birth to Qi Refining cultivators.

A country without Qi Refining cultivators can be easily destroyed!

As for who will be the mayor of the new city and what kind of rules and regulations should be implemented, since it is a city built by the Artifact Refining Master Association themselves, they can decide for themselves. The Extreme Eternal Sect doesn't bother to manage it at all.

And these Artifact Refining Masters don't understand city management either, so if Yang Ning wants to take charge himself, no one will compete with him!

"The power is so great??" Yang Ning was somewhat astonished, then immediately had Deep Blue retrieve information and study the rights of the students of the Immortal Ascension Academy in Ocean Cloud City.

"Immortal Ascension Academy students have no responsibility or obligation towards Ocean Cloud City!" Deep Blue said, "There are no written laws or regulations explaining these things, but we can indirectly see the immense power of the Immortal Ascension Academy disciples through a few cases."

"Tell me!"

"First, forty-one years ago, an Immortal Ascension Academy disciple named Wang Gao, along with several other disciples, gang-raped and killed a girl from the Yang family in Ocean Cloud City."

"What was the result?"

"There was no result!"

"Second, thirty-three years ago, an Immortal Ascension Academy disciple named Lin Jiu sent a letter to all the chambers of commerce in Ocean Cloud City, offering them a beautiful woman."

"Uh, and then?"

"All the chambers of commerce offered one because there were too many chambers and time was running out. Some chambers even offered their own wives and daughters."

"Uh," Yang Ning was stunned, "I remember that some chambers of commerce are backed by Immortal Ascension Academy disciples or Extreme Eternal Sect disciples, right?"

"So what if they are? Lin Jiu's surname is Lin, and she's just a woman. Why bother getting involved with her?"

"I see," Yang Ning understood. In this era, women have low status. Even Su Shi gave away his concubines.

"Third, this happened twenty-four years ago. An Immortal Ascension Academy disciple named Liu Cheng finished visiting the flower market and found that the jade pendant his mother gave him was missing. So he sent a letter to the Haiyun Army, ordering them to search the entire city!"

"Did the Haiyun Army obey?"

"They did! And it was the Commander-in-Chief of the Haiyun Army who personally led the search!"

Rampant lawlessness, killing and arson, taking women as they please. Even a small matter can summon an army!

These Immortal Ascension Academy disciples are not disciples at all. They are Heavenly Dragon people!

And this Haiyun Army!

Yang Ning suddenly remembered that his bacteriophage was also in the sea, and he had already investigated the surrounding sea situation.

There are sea monsters outside, but their numbers are definitely not many, and their cultivation is not high. One or two Qi Refining Stage cultivators are enough to suppress them. Why would they need a Commander-in-Chief, four sub-commanders, and five Qi Refining Stage cultivators, plus two hundred thousand soldiers to guard?

This is not for countering sea monsters, but to protect the Immortal Ascension Academy disciples!

Oh no, the Heavenly Dragon people are actually me?

(End of this chapter)