Chapter 1187 - 269: Urgent, Funds Running Low

Chapter 1187: Chapter 269: Urgent, Funds Running Low

Ning Zheng’s expression was displeased, "Are they really treating me like a fool?"

Previously, he was asked to draw an ancient Jiumu Immortal Venerate NPC to help awaken Jiumu Qing, which cost 200 billion.

That was all the previous stock of Xirong Manor.

Now they’re demanding the astronomical figure of 3 trillion; even selling ten Xirong Manors wouldn’t cover the debt.

It’s a completely unaffordable price.

Currently, Xirong Manor only has over 60 billion Immortal Stones in its pocket.

But after a round of battlefield scavenging, with a heap of Celestial Soldier and Celestial General corpse materials, if crafted into an Immortal Artifact, it’d be worth only a few billion?

That’s about as far as it goes.

He’s worked tirelessly to scavenge corpses, earning this few billion through hard labor, previously about to be seized by the Netherworld, showing that this few billion is quite important to the two worlds; it’s not merely a negligible sum.

Because their forces earn more but also spend more, with hundreds of subsidiary sects under them, countless mouths to feed.

"Forget it, I’ll see it later." Ning Zheng had no intention to buy.

Furthermore.

The artist knew Ning Zheng couldn’t afford it either.

They likely targeted the three Neutral Immortal Venerate friends Ning Zheng recently met, hoping to make them the fools instead.

Holy Spirit being advertised to anchor his race, to help them establish, facilitating the creation of the third realm, aside from the Immortal and Nether.

The artist advertising his Time Ancient Tomb, a cloned version of the Immortal Vein Domain, to serve as the core for constructing the third realm.

If it weren’t for having Jiumu Qing at home, hidden Jiumu Qing Immortal Venerates avoiding the Immortal Realm and Netherworld’s pursuit would likely come over to help get a Jiumu Qing set from the Immortal Realm and choose to join. ℯℯ𝘭.

Thinking of this, Ning Zheng felt rather exasperated.

Is everyone eyeing my entrepreneurship, selling me various construction materials?

Ning Zheng took a deep breath:

"And the artist absolutely thrives in chaos."

"He’s deliberately selling me the Time Ancient Tomb, not just draining the wealth of the four of us but hoping to see the Three Realms stand divided, competing against each other, so he can hide in the shadows and continue drawing."

He was born in Ember Civilization and likely wishes to continue promoting the era of Embers.

Let Xirong-led Nine-State Cultivators help push the Nine-State system, turning them into guinea pigs to gain more experience, perfect the recycling system model.

After all, these cyclic cultivators from Nine-State, as long as they become Immortals and engage in combat, with him drawing from the shadows, he can absorb your results, enhancing his foundation.

He hopes for strong Nine-State cultivators.

After all, Jiu Shui doesn’t know where he’s gone; the artist just wants to promote our Nine-State cultivators, forming the third realm?

As he contemplated, Ning Zheng suddenly realized he had become a secondary character to the brain-storming protagonist narrative.

All day, mindlessly considering the protagonist’s power, amazed by the various setups.

"Can’t think like this anymore."

Ning Zheng complained, then checked out other forum hot threads.

Currently, Night Mad Cultivator’s thread is being discussed a lot, many feel this speculation is quite stunning and logically sound.

However, there are others posting too.

"Shao Chaikun: The First Card Drawer Strikes! We’re synthesizing a new race!"

"Today received correspondence from the Manor Master asking us to open the Yin Yang Creation Furnace, inviting big shots to help synthesize our own Holy Spirit Race, to suppress laws!"

"After all, establishing a world where the laws are stable is essential for Immortal Venerates to live and battle within!"

"Initially, I planned to have Xin Xichen in charge, but upon contacting him, he’s also quite busy; he was taken by Bottle-Storage, this old leek, to continue apprenticeship and learning, preparing for the next wave of harvesting."

"Xin Xichen, this pseudo-human minister, busy cultivating, has Immortal Venerates taking him everywhere, continuing to act as robbers, battling and cultivating; rumor has it he’s already a True Immortal of the second layer, very impressive, venturing out madly, also living his own life."

"If we could find Jiu Shui, that would be perfect; he’s definitely a pro at synthesis furnaces."

"Where has this Old Deng, this old Emperor, gone? We can’t find him; the artist probably can’t either? Surely hiding, also being all mysterious."

"So, recently we’ve contacted Mo Mei and Dan Ding, two newly appointed True Immortals, leading a team of professionals to help us work on the Yin Yang Creation Furnace..."

"Furthermore, there’s Li Youzhu, Jiao Wuyu, Xu Huan also joining this Holy Spirit research work..."

"Heard in the rear Nine-State base camp, some old Deng also ascended, today our old friend Xinyi Baisan came over from Nine-State to shine for us, continue smelting! Haha!"

"Even Doukou Hong got coaxed, happily went off to farming!"

"I reckon, we this batch from Nine-State have all emerged after 15 million years of internal competition; their professional divine techniques are strong even in the Immortal Realm!"

"If they can become Immortals, they’re our newly appointed first-rate leeks!"

...

Shao Chaikun kept mumbling in the thread.

Over in Nine-State, the Ghost King Dizzy is in charge.

This guy hasn’t ascended, just in Ximen city in Xinyi Continent, managing Nine-State and sending batches of elite talents over.

Afterward, skipping Shao Chaikun’s discussion thread, Ning Zheng focused on several other hot threads.

Some are geared towards dungeon adventures.

Some are maintaining Chongshan Town, concocting various NPCs, proposing ways to update new daily quests, letting the manor’s Nine Chapters AI oversee quest creation, generating tens of thousands of daily quests each day.

Some started with pet babies.

And the Eye of Identification also saw innovation, even displaying explicit attributes across all factors: strength, spirit, defense, recovery...

Now having a true attribute panel.

The whole "Sword Casting Manor" under the effort of smiths is a truly large-scale online game, offering joyfulness everywhere.

"But such prosperity is fake."

Ning Zheng closed the game forum.

In this world dominated by personal power, once a powerhouse falls, Ning Zheng’s entire smith-like gaming characteristic civilization, no matter how prosperous, will collapse instantly.

Take Bottle-Storage Immortal Venerate, how prosperous were the forces of the civilization under him?

Population’s several billion, cultivators accounting for one-tenth, more than thirty million Immortals.

And the result?

Like a bubble, civilization empire collapsed, Bottle-Storage civilization lived on with just a few remnants, and they were taken over and replaced by Xin Xichen and others.

Ning Zheng was very clear-minded, feeling a strong sense of urgency, "I have to keep pushing, continue breaking through to the sixth layer of True Immortal."

Been stuck quite long, stuck for over a month, yet showing no signs of breakthrough.

Seems he must further tinker with Jiumu Qing, cultivate a second Jiumu Qing Immortal Venerate, while nurturing a hundred True Immortal Dharma Aspect to ride her.

These are all money, Ning Zheng himself can’t afford them; the artist is still eyeing his few coins, shows the artist himself is quite poor too.

He sighed inwardly, continuing cultivation, striving to become stronger.