Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 148: Great Ming Nation

In the Elder Council Hall, all 20 elders had gathered. Qu Heng sat at the front of the stone table, presiding over the meeting.

Originally, there were supposed to be 24 elders, but two with the surname Lin had been killed. Another two had acted recklessly during their time in the South Forest and were killed by the Lin family's Supreme Elder using a semi-Immortal Weapon.

Now that the battle was over, it was naturally time to distribute the benefits.

Qu Heng took out his phone and looked at the report made by Deep Blue. He read aloud, "The total area of the South Forest territory is 500,000 square kilometers, with a tribal area of 2.6 million square kilometers. The total population is 1.2 billion. Excluding the South Forest tribal area, the total area of the South Forest is 19.84 million square kilometers, with a total population of 1.9 billion and 39 countries. These countries were either established by people surnamed Lin or by people related to the Lin family, and their upper echelons have been completely wiped out."

"So, now we have 39 countries in our hands, as well as a Transcendent Level country that is much larger in size and has a larger population than ordinary countries!"

"The South Forest tribal area belongs to me!" said a white-haired elder with long eyebrows that reached his chin. However, he didn't have the nickname "Long Eyebrows" because there were quite a few cultivators with this appearance.

The elder named Wu Di spoke, "As an elder of the Extreme Eternal Sect, how can the small country behind the Wu family compare to my position?"

"Didn't you establish a sect outside the domain?" someone asked. "I heard it's even the number one sect in the Star Sea."

"So what if I established a sect in the Star Sea? It's not like none of you have established one. Besides, I'm expanding the territory for the Extreme Eternal Sect!"

"When you established the sect, you didn't mention Extreme Eternal, but now you're claiming credit for expanding the territory for Extreme Eternal, right?"

The elders, who had not yet become immortals, naturally had their own interests and demands. Some were for luck, some were for their descendants, and some had cultivated various strange Divine Abilities that required peculiar things. While they usually got along peacefully, as soon as there was a dispute over interests, their calm faces immediately revealed their true nature.

Qu Heng listened to the commotion below and found it amusing. As the sect leader, he would naturally benefit from this event; otherwise, who would be the sect leader?

After a long time, the argument subsided. It wasn't because a decision had been reached, but because an elder had just come out of seclusion and received a phone, sparking curiosity.

Since they were arguing about this issue, they might as well let Deep Blue handle it.

They listed the South Forest map, countries, population, resources, and even the performance of the elders in battle, and asked Deep Blue to distribute these things.

Deep Blue actually came up with a good distribution plan.

"Where did this come from?" a curious elder asked. "Is it a spirit? But how come every phone has a spirit?"

"It's built into the phone!" Qu Heng said. "I asked the president of the Artifact Refining Master Association, and he said that the phone uses a lot of complex runes. When these runes are combined, they give birth to a life similar to a natural spirit. This life depends on the phone and is like a spirit of the phone!"

"I see!" the elders nodded.

Natural spirits were quite common, such as fire spirits, water spirits, earth spirits, and so on. They all existed based on a core of spiritual energy, and when the spiritual energy dissipated, the life would disappear.

These creatures only existed in places with dense spiritual energy and couldn't be seen in the outside world, but the elders naturally saw them frequently.

"Deep Blue was born relying on the phone and grew with the wisdom of all living beings. When it was just born, it was an idiot and couldn't even add 1+1. But as more and more people used the phone, its wisdom grew stronger. Now it has surpassed the average person's intelligence!" Qu Heng said.

"I see!" the elders nodded, and then stopped paying attention.

If you give more spiritual energy to a natural spirit, it will become smarter and more intelligent. It can even embark on the path of cultivation.

There was nothing particularly special about it.

"Do any of you have any objections to the suggestions made by Deep Blue? If not, shall we go with this distribution?" Qu Heng asked.

"I have no objections!" Wu Di nodded. Although he didn't get more, he didn't lose any of what belonged to him. He was satisfied.

The other elders also nodded, agreeing that they should receive what they had earned. It was normal.

If they wanted more, then they would be shameless!

After a few glances, everyone nodded together, "No objections!"

"Then..."

Just as Qu Heng was about to announce the results, a golden light suddenly appeared in the meeting hall.

All 21 people stood up and bowed, saying, "Greetings, Lord Heng Ming!"

"No need for formalities!" Heng Ming said calmly. "I heard that you were discussing the distribution of the South Forest?"

"Yes!" Qu Heng nodded. "These are the distribution results. Would you like to take a look, Lord?"

"No need to look!"

All the elders breathed a sigh of relief. They thought Heng Ming was going to investigate them for annihilating the South Forest, but then they heard Heng Ming continue, "You don't need to argue anymore. From now on, the South Forest belongs to me!"

"What?" Qu Heng was dumbfounded. "Lord Heng Ming, why is that?"

With an Immortal Weapon like yours, and having practiced the Great Qi Luck Technique for 300,000 years, why would you need a country?

"There's no reason, I just want it!" Heng Ming said lightly.

Upon hearing this, Qu Heng fell silent.

Heng Ming had made an agreement with two Immortal Venerables, but they didn't know the specifics of the agreement and could only vaguely guess that it had something to do with guarding the Extreme Eternal.

Considering that Heng Ming had taken the initiative to attack the South Forest territory, it was likely that he would take over the guardianship and educate the disobedient son without any problems.

He didn't want to repeat the mistakes of the South Forest.

So Qu Heng looked at the other elders and said, "If any of you have objections, speak up now!"

"Well, Lord Heng Ming, we can give you the land, but as an Immortal Weapon, you probably don't like mundane things. The issue lies in the management," one elder asked, "Can I send some people to help?"

Upon hearing this, the other elders' eyes lit up. That's right!

Heng Ming might be powerful in battle, but that didn't mean he was good at governing a country.

If we send people to govern the country, it would be the same as having our own king!

In the expectant gaze of the elders, Qu Heng shook his head gently and said, "It's not necessary."

"Ah..." The elders fell silent.

"Starting today, the South Forest will be renamed Da Ming Guo. All unrelated people must withdraw from Da Ming Guo within seven days. The admission time will be notified through mobile phones!" Heng Ming said, "Alright, I came here just to tell you this. You can continue your meeting!"

With that, a golden light flashed, and Heng Ming disappeared.

Looking at the empty ground, the elders were initially confused, but then they became angry. "Why?"

"I ask, why?"

"We worked so hard to conquer this territory, and he just takes it?"

"That's right!" Chao Wu Di angrily spoke up, "We even lost two people in battle! Is there really no compensation at all? Qu Heng, as the sect leader, you just stand there and say nothing?"

Qu Heng wasn't intimidated by Chao Wu Di's attitude. After all, he had reached such a level of cultivation that he remained calm despite the storm in his heart.

Their expressions were so lifelike, but no one wanted others to think they were too scheming. Such people would be targeted.

"I don't know why Lord Heng Ming wants this piece of land. Maybe he's been alive for 300,000 years and is bored, so he wants to govern a country for fun?" Qu Heng smiled and said, "But as we all know, governing a country is not an easy task. Can Lord Heng Ming handle it?"

"After he takes over for a while and messes up the affairs, he will naturally realize that he can't do without us! We can intervene at that time!"