Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 55: Testing Medicinal Formulas and Medicines

The conflicts and grudges between Bei Qiuming, the eight major mining merchants, and Yang Ning had nothing to do with each other. Even if Nangong Xue wanted to kill someone, Yang Ning didn't care at all.

Lin Tianheng, as a disciple of the Immortal Ascension Academy, couldn't do anything about his identity. However, this identity allowed him to control the eight major mining merchants. Therefore, Nangong Xue not only dared not resent Yang Ning, but also showed some flattery in her eyes.

The purpose of the identity card that Bei Qiuming gave to Yang Ning was the same. It seemed like a loss to sell steel to Yang Ning at a fifty percent discount. However, as long as he could establish a relationship with an Immortal Ascension Academy disciple using this jade card, he would not only make a profit at a fifty percent discount, but even at a one percent discount.

This situation made Yang Ning have a new understanding of his own identity.

In other places, I don't know, but Extreme Eternal truly values sects. Under Extreme Eternal Sect, there are small sects, and under the small sects are various cultivation families, and then there are the countries.

In other words, the powerful cultivators in the Lingfa Realm of Extreme Eternal Sect are equivalent to the rulers of the country. Inner disciples are equivalent to high-ranking officials, and outer disciples are equivalent to high-ranking officials at the city or county level.

Even if Immortal Ascension Academy disciples are only in kindergarten, because they can directly enter Extreme Eternal Sect after graduation, their status is similar to that of imperial examination candidates, equivalent to reserve officials and the true successors of Extreme Eternal Sect.

Compared to the successor of Extreme Eternal Sect, what are merchants?

However, Nangong Xue didn't suffer in the end. She was interested in the glasses that Yang Ning and Ning Rong wore. Yang Ning sold the design concept of sunglasses and artistic glasses to her. Not only did she receive a one-time income of 500,000 taels, but she would also receive 15% of the profit every time the Nangong family sold a pair of glasses in the future.

Ning Rong, Su Bai, and Xun Hu also gained something, but unfortunately, they were all in the clothing and food industries. They didn't attract the attention of the business giants in alchemy and refining.

The reason for this is that although the four of them have become famous, they mainly relied on the advantage of the tank, not their own combat power to break through the encirclement.

But the four of them were already satisfied. After all, they were only in their first year.

After more than an hour, the four of them separated. Some had to draw advertising pictures, while Yang Ning went to the Nangong family to design glasses styles.

Wearing glasses can hide one's sharpness, but if you are the only one wearing them while others are not, it still stands out.

Yang Ning was waiting for glasses to become popular in Extreme Eternal as a fashion accessory, so that he wouldn't stand out.

By the time the miscellaneous matters were dealt with, it was already past 6 p.m.

After having a meal outside, Yang Ning returned to his dormitory and collapsed on the bed.

"Socializing is much more tiring than fighting!"

"That's why cultivators live in deep mountains and old forests, afraid of being disturbed!" Deep Blue said.

"That's true." Yang Ning nodded.

Cultivation can make one powerful, immortal, in control, and wealthy. The advantages are numerous.

But are there any disadvantages? Of course, there are.

The biggest disadvantage of cultivation is loneliness.

Those who can't stand loneliness won't go far on the path of cultivation.

Not to mention other things, just the boring and patience-testing process of tempering the body with Qi and blood force fields is extremely tedious. Every day, one has to practice monotonous punches, and others can't see their own progress like Yang Ning, who has a Spirit Realm.

The method adopted by the Immortal Ascension Academy is coercion. Elite-educated students are not allowed to take leave or skip classes. They have teachers to guide their cultivation. Only disciples like Xun Hu barely managed to persist.

As for roles like book boys, servants, and maidservants, because there is no supervision, many of them give up early and lead a dissolute life.

"Fortunately, I have you!" Yang Ning sighed.

He was well aware that his perseverance and determination were average. If he didn't have the Spirit Realm and Deep Blue accompanying him, there were many times when he couldn't persist.

"I am just a part of you, after all!" Deep Blue replied.

"This is true!" Yang Ning nodded and said, "Forget it, let's stop being cheesy and talk about something serious!"

"Alright!"

The pressure from Lin Tianheng disappeared. The next participation in the Fixed Monster Valley trial would be a year later, so there was no need to worry. They could easily get through this year, and there would be no exceptions next year.

"Do you think they can replicate tanks?" Yang Ning asked.

"It's highly unlikely!" Deep Blue said, "Ocean Cloud City's basic industry and technological level are not at the level of tank production."

Even if it was a version of a tank with primitive weapons, not everyone could replicate it. The precision gears, bearing technology, chassis technology, and transmission technology inside were all beyond the current version. Unless Yang Ning started teaching, it would be impossible to replicate them within a year.

"So, it's also unlikely that the Demonic Beast level in the Fixed Monster Valley trial will be upgraded next time," Yang Ning said.

"If the Fixed Monster Valley Demonic Beasts are upgraded, it means that Ocean Cloud City has broken through tank technology!" Deep Blue said, "But there are a total of 9946 groups in the first year. Even if Ocean Cloud City can produce tanks, can they produce 9946 tanks within a year?"

"It's definitely impossible. Ocean Cloud City is still in the stage of primitive workshops, manually crafting parts. And don't be fooled by the large number of alchemists in Ocean Cloud City. They belong to different chambers of commerce. How could these people unite to tackle tank production?

Even if they work together, due to the manual crafting of parts, the things they produce will vary greatly in size and quality. It would be a miracle if they can assemble a tank without any problems, let alone mass produce them!"

After analyzing for a long time, the two concluded that Ocean Cloud City did not have the ability to manufacture tanks, at least not within a year.

But just in case, they still needed to upgrade the tanks. However, this was not troublesome. Yang Ning had already upgraded the Kun-12 countless times when designing it. It was just a matter of using one of the versions.

"As a genius alchemist, relying on tanks to maintain this identity is enough. I can release a new version every year. If this isn't genius, then what is?"

"As for me, it's time to test the formulas and medicines!"

After all, he had just obtained a pile of elixirs!

Yang Ning sorted through the elixirs given by the inner disciples.

One bottle of Precious Essence Pill, 6 pills, for the Fifth Layer of the physical body.

One bottle of Jade Bone Pill, 6 pills, for the Seventh Layer of the physical body.

One bottle of Dragon Marrow Pill, 6 pills, for the Seventh Layer of the physical body.

One bottle of Golden Cauldron Pill, 5 pills, for the Eighth Layer of the physical body.

One bottle of Tiger Soul Pill, 6 pills, for the Ninth Layer of the physical body.

Currently, his physical body was at the Fourth Layer of the Fifth Layer, so he could use the Precious Essence Pill.

He took out the Precious Essence Pill from the porcelain bottle. It was a gray-white pill, the size of a marble, with a smooth surface, clear as a mirror, and looked like a chocolate bean.

He didn't rush to eat it. Instead, he materialized it in the Spirit Realm, then consumed it in the Spirit Realm, while Deep Blue monitored the entire process and projected the images for both of them to watch together.

After entering his body, the Precious Essence Pill first went down his throat into his stomach. The protein and sugar on the surface were broken down by stomach acid and turned into nutrients. Some small molecules entered the bloodstream through the small intestine and became nutrients, while some compound molecules actually seeped out of the blood vessels and reached the surface of the cells, binding with two types of protein receptors!

Afterward, these protein receptors emitted a series of complex signals. Within half an hour, Yang Ning's bone marrow hematopoietic ability began to soar, the number of platelets and red blood cells in his blood vessels increased significantly, and his blood pressure began to rise rapidly.

With more blood, the blood flow accelerated, and the efficiency of tempering the body through the Qi and Blood Force Field naturally increased!

"So, this pill, which integrates more than 140 precious medicinal ingredients, actually only utilizes two compounds?" After carefully studying the mechanism of the medicine, Yang Ning was amazed. Of course, the other ingredients were not completely useless. At the very least, blood production required energy, and the other components provided that energy.

Its value was roughly equivalent to three pounds of beef?

But one Precious Essence Pill was worth 5,000 silver taels. How much would three pounds of beef cost?

(End of this chapter)