Super Starship Hengming

Taiheng Palace, in an empty courtyard.

Yang Ning sat upright in a chair in the courtyard, holding Yuanxi's hand. Yuanxi comforted Xiao Huan, who was hovering on the edge of life and death and was still a Xiao Huan shaken.

Yang Ning never expected Yuanxi to be so ruthless, actually breaking with her Lineage for his sake!

"Why?" Yang Ning asked softly.

"A woman follows her husband wherever he goes, whether he's a chicken or a dog!" Yuanxi laughed. "Although we haven't officially held our wedding yet, I've already considered myself yours. If we encounter difficulties, we'll naturally face them together!"

Silently watching Yuanxi beside him, whose heart was filled with trepidation but whose smile remained firm.

I will definitely protect this home!

"Lin Tianheng has already sent people to capture Ning Rong and Su Bai. Three Flying Boat have also left the Lin Family; one went to Seacloud City, one to the Ditian Sect, and the other to the Yue Kingdom," Deep Blue reminded him.

As for what these Flying Boat are going to do, it goes without saying.

Those who Ditian Sect were there to capture Xun Hu; those who went to Seacloud City were there to take over Tianma Company; and those who went to the Yue Kingdom were there to capture his parents, relatives, former officials, and even the Yue Emperor.

Perhaps after today, the Yue Kingdom will cease to exist!

"Is this the power of the Aristocratic Clan? With a single glance, thousands or even tens of thousands are sent to their deaths?" Yang Ning asked indifferently.

"Calm down!" Deep Blue said, "We can't stop this right now, we have to endure it!"

"I can endure it!" Yang Ning said calmly, "As long as the green hills remain, there's always firewood to burn!"

Moreover, he had personally witnessed the creation of the world by the Dragon Ancestor from Zhao's memories!

That wasn't just creating a planet, it was creating a universe with a diameter of billions of light-years!

In Zhao's understanding, this Dragon Ancestor's cultivation was far from reaching the pinnacle of immortality.

"Since the immortal path can create the world, it can naturally resurrect the dead as well. Lin Tianheng's actions cannot frighten me; they will only make my pursuit of power even stronger!"

"That's for the best!" Deep Blue nodded. He knew that Yang Ning was very rational after his enlightenment, but he was still afraid that Yang Ning would suddenly act on impulse.

Yang Ning thought for a moment, then suddenly asked, "Yuanxi, are you really sure you want to sever ties with the Lin Family?"

"Of course!" Yuanxi nodded emphatically. "Although I am not a gentleman, I keep my word!"

Xiao Huan, standing nearby, quickly nodded in agreement. "Young Master, you have no idea what kind of life my young lady has been living in the Lin Family. If you ask me, we should have severed ties with that Lin Family long ago!"

"Xiao Huan!" Yuanxi scolded angrily, "Don't talk nonsense!"

"I'm not making this up!" Xiao Huan said, "Even a servant in the Lin Family knows these things!"

"Tell me, I want to hear it!" Yang Ning said, "You know me so well, but I don't know you at all, that's not fair!"

"This..." Yuanxi pouted, too embarrassed to speak.

Fortunately, she had a mouth to speak for Xiao Huan.

"If you don't want to tell me, then I will!" Xiao Huan said, "My mistress comes from the South Sea Man Family. Do you know the Man Family's son-in-law?"

"I know!" Yang Ning nodded. The Taiheng family is the head of the four Four Great Families, specializing in Gu and poison techniques. It is a powerful Lineage that possesses Supreme Divine Ability.

As for why Manla, whom Yang Ning encountered before, was so shrewish.

He's just an Outer Disciple; what True Disciple could he possibly receive? It's normal that he's bad at it.

"My mistress's surname is Man, and her given name is Xueyi. Her natal spirit Gu is the Heavenly Travel Ice Spirit Silkworm!" Xiao Huan said, "This bone can form a Heavenly Ice Spirit Vein within the human body. My mistress, who possessed the Heavenly Ice Spirit Vein, was a famous female cultivator in the Man Family!"

Yang Ning nodded. Spirit Vein are meridians that possess spirituality. They often have an extremely powerful stimulating effect on Cultivation Method and Law Technique of the same nature, and their effect is no less than that of Su Xiao's Snow Jade Glazed Body.

With her Spirit Vein, Man Xueyi could easily be called a genius.

"And then?" Yang Ning asked.

"Then came the marriage alliance between the Lin Family and Man Family. Young Master Lin Shi took a liking to my mistress. Because this Young Master Lin Shi was handsome, had a dashing personality, and was also quite talented in cultivation, he immediately attracted my mistress's attention. At the time, everyone advised my mistress that she was already Qi Refining Stage cultivator, while Young Master Lin Shi was only at the Body Refinement Realm, and he was not good enough for her at all, but my mistress still resolutely married Young Master Lin Shi!"

Yang Ning's expression was enigmatic; he had already begun to guess how the story would end.

"At that time, Young Master Lin Shi was the sixth in the Lineage and had neither the ability nor the resources to become the family head. However, with the support of the matriarch, his cultivation level improved rapidly, and his power grew quickly. In the end, he not only became the family head but also broke through the Qi Refining Stage and advanced to the Spiritual Law Realm."

"On the contrary, my mistress's cultivation has gradually declined because she has been supplying all the resources to Young Master Lin Shi and has spent a lot of energy on building up her influence and cultivating relationships!"

"Later, the mistress gave birth to two sons and a daughter for Young Master Lin Shi, but both boys died unexpectedly, and only my young lady survived."

Yuanxi looked melancholy, and Yang Ning quickly reached out and pulled the girl into his arms.

The rest of the story is quite simple. Man Xueyi, who had no son, began to be questioned by the Lin Family. In addition, she was exhausted after giving birth to three sons and suffered mental damage from the accusations. In the end, she was unable to continue as the matriarch and had to step down. When Yuanxi was seven years old, she vomited blood and passed away.

Without Man Xueyi's suppression, Young Master Lin Shi's concubines directly rose to power, their children became heirs, and their daughters became princesses. They all stood above Lin Yuanxi!

Fortunately, Lin Yuanxi lived up to expectations. She embarked on the path of cultivation at the age of twelve, and at the age of eighteen, she successfully broke through to the Qi Refining Stage. Then she joined the Taiheng Sect and temporarily escaped the control of the Lin Family.

Today, because of Yang Ning, she has finally given up on the Lin Family and declared that she is severing ties with the Lin Family.

"You have no idea, when the mistress was here, Miss could at least have some good food. After the mistress left, not only were Miss's daily provisions greatly reduced, but even her meals were cut back by the kitchen. Sometimes, you could even find duck heads in her bowl!" Xiao Huan said through gritted teeth.

She only started following Yuanxi joined the sect, yet she felt a sense of shared hatred for him.

"Is what Xiao Huan said true?" Yang Ning asked.

"Mm!" Yuanxi nodded gently.

"I understand, I won't let you suffer anymore!" Yang Ning whispered in Yuanxi's ear.

"Mmm!" Yuanxi nodded emphatically.

Her mother financially supported a man, but that man betrayed her after he grew up.

Yuanxi repeated her mother's mistake, but Yuanxi didn't care whether Yang Ning would let her down.

After all, without his poems and writings, I would have collapsed long ago!

This life originally belonged to him; if he wanted it, he could take it!

"I can also harden my heart and take action against the Lin Family!" Yang Ning Heart Dao.

After all, it was Yuanxi's maternal clan. Yang Ning was worried that even though Yuanxi had severed ties with the Lin Family, there might still be some familial affection between them.

Since Yuanxi and the Lin Family have this kind of relationship, then I have no more scruples.

Yang Ning asked, "Senior Hengming, can we stay at the Taiheng Palace whenever we want?"

After all, there are guards outside the palace; the three of them can't get out at all!

"Of course, you can stay wherever you like. Taiheng Palace is meant for people to live in!" Hengming.

"Really?" Yang Ning exclaimed in surprise, "But I haven't seen anyone here twice!"

The Taiheng Palace covers a total area of over one million square kilometers. Its interior is luxurious, featuring mountains, streams, lakes, and bridges, showcasing the essence of Taiheng architecture.

But such a large palace complex was completely deserted; Yang Ning had wanted to ask about it for a long time!

"They've all moved away!" Hengming.

"Where did they move to?"

"On the mountain outside!" Hengming said, "In the past, the disciples of Taiheng all lived in the palace, but about 60,000 or 70,000 years ago, suddenly an inner disciple didn't want to live in the palace anymore, so he moved an entire mountain back and lived there. Then the others followed suit and all moved out!"

"Uh..." Yang Ning was speechless. Was that really the case?

"Didn't anyone move back?" Yang Ning asked.

"No, but living on the mountain is definitely much freer than living in the palace!" Hengming, "They can design the array structures inside the mountain freely, and they can bring people to live on the mountain at will, unlike Taiheng Palace, which is fixed after it is built, and the array format and such cannot be changed at will."

Yang Ning nodded. If that's the case, then living on the mountain is indeed better than living in the palace.

"Senior Hengming, can you help me beat someone up?" Yang Ning asked again.

For some reason, he always felt that Hengming Tower treated him quite kindly.

It might just be a misperception, so Yang Ning decided to give it a try; after all, trying it wouldn't cost any money.

If I succeed, wouldn't that be equivalent to possessing a celestial artifact?

"Attack the Lin Family?" Hengming's voice was full of resistance. "That won't do. My duty is to protect Taiheng. Although the Lin Family is indeed despicable, as long as they haven't declared their betrayal of Taiheng, I must protect them!"

"Duty?" Yang Ning thought for a moment, then asked, "Is this duty something you wanted to do yourself, or was it imposed on you by someone else?"

"It's a contract that Immortal Venerable Taiheng and I made 300,000 years ago!" Hengming, "I must abide by it!"

"So, you don't subjectively want to protect the Lin Family, and you even want to beat them up?" Yang Ning asked.

Hengming was taken aback by "your question," but after thinking about it carefully, he realized that it was indeed true.

"The Lin Family Public Loss, Private Gain, massively transporting and copying the Taiheng inheritance, and even relocating hundreds of Taiheng Spirit Vein, using the pretext of branching out from Taiheng to move them to the Lin Lineage's territory!" Hengming. "They have also been suppressing and bullying Taiheng disciples, driving countless geniuses to their deaths. Furthermore, they have joined forces with several other Lineage to formulate the <Taiheng Regulations>, creating the current four-person group apprenticeship system. Taiheng didn't always recruit apprentices this way!"

"How did Taiheng accept disciples in the past?" Yang Ning asked.

"Naturally, each disciple will travel to major cities to recruit, selecting the most intelligent boys from among those who are twelve years of age or older!" Hengming said.

"But isn't Taiheng a practitioner of the Great Destiny Technique? How can the young men selected in this way have any fortune?" Yang Ning asked.

"What's so difficult about that? As long as these young people break through to the Qi Refining Stage, plenty of countries will be willing to honor them as princes or even kings on equal footing!"

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

Having become Qi Refining cultivator, why worry about lacking luck?

So, does this mean that Taiheng's system really has problems?

No, it's not a problem with Taiheng, but rather that any human organization or power will eventually become Aristocratic Clan or clan-based.

"But isn't it said that Taiheng's current system is designed to counter the rise of the Tianyi Sect?" Yang Ning asked, as if remembering something else.

"Then I don't understand. Anyway, I feel that the current system is not very good!" Hengming.

Yang Ning nodded. He noticed that although Senior Hengming was old and knowledgeable, his wisdom didn't seem to have improved much. Therefore, he had a clear sense of right and wrong and hated evil.

It's a pretty simple magical artifact!

This creates the possibility of cooperation!

"So, you also think the Lin Family is no good?" Yang Ning asked.

"Yes!" Hengming nodded. "However, they are all Taiheng's power, so I'm sorry, I cannot attack them!"

"No rush!" Yang Ning asked, "Senior Hengming, may I ask what materials you are made of?"

"Eternal Blazing Gold!" Hengming, "Why ask that?"

It's metal!

"You'll find out soon enough!" Yang Ning then asked, "Um, is the interior of your pagoda interconnected? I mean, can the partitions between each level be opened?"

"Sure!" Hengming was even more confused. "So, what are you trying to say?"

"Could you leave the planet and go into space?"

Hengming couldn't figure out what Yang Ning wanted to ask, so he could only nod blankly. "It's easy! Not only can I leave Taiheng at will, but I can also draw on the power of the sun to stay in space forever. I can even carry people to travel through the stars and go to other worlds!"

At this point, Hengming added with some regret, "It's a pity that due to the contract, I can't leave Taiheng; I can only wander around the vicinity!"

Yang Ning's eyes lit up even more.

"May I ask how large the interior space of your tower is?"

"From top to bottom, there are eight small worlds in total. Each small world can easily hold a Taiheng!" Hengming thought for a moment and said.

"Can you also freely change size?" Yang Ning asked again.

"Look at what you're saying! I'm already a celestial artifact, isn't this a basic function?!" Hengming.

Yang Ning's mouth was agape!

It is powered by solar energy, can travel in space, and has eight extra-large internal spaces.

What is this? Isn't this a super space station that requires no energy, no construction, and has its own artificial intelligence?

Of course, describing a celestial artifact as a space station is a downgrade; calling it a starship wouldn't be an exaggeration!

In any case, Hengming Tower has all the power and carrying capabilities that a space station or starship should have, and it even has weapon systems.

Moreover, the pagoda is hollow, and its base can be opened, which means that Hengming Tower can be transformed into a cannon with eight acceleration tracks and a shell launch port that can change caliber!

Super Starship - Hengming!

"Senior Hengming, is it possible that you don't have to do anything, just float in space, and I can add something to you, like electrifying your system or attaching a metal pillar, and then let it fall freely from the sky?" Yang Ning asked, "That way, even if it hits something, it wouldn't be considered an attack by you, right?"

"This..." Hengming thought for a moment and asked, "Does this mean I don't need to use my Law Power?"

"Unnecessary!"

"I don't need to smash it myself anywhere?" Hengming asked again.

"Unnecessary!"

Hengming thought for a long time, but still couldn't figure out what the point of doing this was. What could a metal pillar do on the ground? It couldn't even kill an ant!

"That shouldn't count as an attack I launched!" Hengming said.

After all, I was just quietly floating in the sky.

"Understood!" Yang Ning turned to ask, "Yuanxi, can you draw talisman arrays?"

"No!" Yuanxi blinked. "But I can learn!"

"Then let's learn it, it's very simple!" Yang Ning said, "There's an app on your phone called Deep Blue Rune Drawing, download it, it can help you draw talismans! By the way, did you bring the materials?"

What is this Deep Blue Rune Drawing? It's just software that Yang Ning recently developed. It's software that works in conjunction with the Deep Blue Eyes, allowing rune circuits to be projected onto the eyes, so cultivators can simply trace them.

With Yuanxi's Supernatural Power Realm Spiritual Qi, coupled with readily available rune circuits, it can only be described as a piece of cake.

As for the materials, Yang Ning remembered that Yuanxi had collected a lot of refining materials for him, but he must have left them all on Red Leaf Mountain, otherwise he wouldn't be able to get out now!

"I have them all with me!" Yuanxi immediately took out a ring.

Her original plan was to accompany Yang Ning in his cultivation until Yang Ning broke through to the Qi Refining Stage, at which point she would give Yang Ning the refining materials.

Unexpectedly, they were summoned by the sect leader, and the sect leader's use of the term "fiancé" provoked them to share a boat, which led to this incident.

"In that case!" Yang Ning said, "I'll design it, you make it, and we'll give the Lin Family a big gift!"

"Isn't this too fast?" Yuanxi asked with some concern. "With our cultivation levels, we can't possibly harm the Lin Family!"

"Yes, you can, trust me!" Yang Ning said earnestly.

Yuanxi immediately stopped asking.

One unique aspect of the power of technology is that the more energy available, the greater the equivalent, and the greater its power.

From bullets to particles of light, the basic principle is the same: they all belong to kinetic energy strikes, but their power is worlds apart.

Yang Ning was indeed only at the Body Refinement Realm, and Yuanxi was indeed only at the Supernatural Power Realm. According to common knowledge in the Cultivation World, with their cultivation levels, they could not possibly unleash an attack at the Spiritual Law Realm level.

However, by utilizing scientific principles, infinitely stacking energy and mass, and combining this with the cannons of the Hengming Tower, it is entirely possible to unleash attacks at the Spiritual Law Realm level or even higher!