Hengming's Attitude
"Senior Hengming, are you there?"
A beam of light appeared before Yang Ning; Hengming had arrived.
"What is it?" Hengming asked.
"I'd like to talk to you about the achievements of our Great Xia Dynasty over the past 20 years!" Yang Ning said with a smile.
The Great Xia Dynasty was founded in the 28th year of the Great Xia Calendar, and it has now been 46 years. It is only two years away from the 20th anniversary.
Hengming nodded, listening attentively.
"At the founding of the Great Xia Dynasty, the total population was 2.147 billion, the total GDP was 642.8 billion Xia Currency, the steel production was 220,000 tons, the annual power generation was 8,521 kilowatt-hours, the number of cultivators at the Eighth Level of Body Refinement to Body Refinement Tenth Layer was 172.46 million, and the total number of cultivators above the Qi Refining Stage was 554,000."
"Currently, the Great Xia Dynasty has a total population of 5.024 billion, a total GDP of 46.2 trillion, an annual steel output of 820 million tons, an annual power generation of 1.41 trillion kilowatt-hours, a number of cultivators at the Eighth Level of Body Refinement to Body Refinement Tenth Layer, a number of 1.254 billion, and a number of cultivators at the Qi Refining Stage or above, with the highest cultivation level currently reaching the ninth level of Qi Refining, totaling as many as 1.49 million."
"In less than twenty years, Great Xia has achieved leapfrog growth in population, economy, agriculture, industry, and cultivation. It should not have disappointed your trust!"
Hengming nodded, his face expressionless, but he was inwardly extremely surprised by the data.
He truly hadn't expected that the Great Xia Dynasty could produce nearly two hundred million Qi Refining cultivators in just twenty years!
If Taiheng were given twenty years, he'd be lucky to have four or five Qi Refining Stage cultivators!
Of course, this does not include Aristocratic Clan. In fact, the Taiheng Sect and the Tai Heng Noble Families were originally two separate entities. The people hidden by the Aristocratic Clan were not reported to Hengming and were not counted in the number of cultivators of the Taiheng Sect.
They didn't report to Hengming, yet they still learned the Taiheng Sect Great Destiny Technique. This was the main reason why Hengming disliked them.
"You might not think much of this number on its own, but if I compare the data from two other countries..."
Yang Ning continued reading, "Currently, the total population of the Tianyi Sect is 8.46 billion, the number of cultivators at the Eighth Level of Body Refinement to Body Refinement Tenth Layer is 13.29 million, and the number of cultivators above the Qi Refining Stage is 385 million."
"The Taiheng Sect, including all aristocratic Aristocratic Clan and all hidden individuals, has a total population of 76.4 billion, with 87.96 million cultivators at the Eighth Level of Body Refinement to Body Refinement Tenth Layer, and 2.468 billion cultivators at the Qi Refining Stage or above!"
Now, with the Yang God Method, the probability of cultivators at the Eighth Level of Body Refinement to Body Refinement Tenth Layer advancing to the Qi Refining Stage is nearly 60%.
In other words, if Great Xia were given another 20 years to develop, the number of Qi Refining Stage cultivators in Great Xia might surpass that of the Tianyi Sect, ranking second in the world.
If given another thirty years, it's not impossible for Great Xia to surpass Taiheng and become the world's number one!
What incredible potential, what rapid development! These past twenty years have been nothing short of miraculous!
Hengming knew, however, that this was not a miracle, but the result of the entire population practicing cultivation.
Even within the Aristocratic Clan, not all members can cultivate. The blockade of knowledge is ubiquitous in the Great Xia and Tianyi Sect. Even though Zhang Jiao opened up cultivation methods, this blockade was not lifted much.
Because the Tai Heng Noble Families and Tianyi Academy not only control cultivation Cultivation Method, but also cultivation resources.
Even if you obtain the Cultivation Method, without enough pills, you will be stuck at the Body Refinement Realm and unable to make any progress.
But in the Great Xia Dynasty, it was different. Adults had adult schools and adult education, not to mention children. They started school at the age of three, and officially began compulsory education at the age of six. In the first year of junior high school, all students received cultivation education. In the third year of junior high school, students were divided into streams based on their cultivation aptitude. Students who could enter high school could generally enter the Qi Refining Stage by the time they took the college entrance examination.
A physical body with a value of 1.2 billion at the eighth or ninth level is not the limit for the Great Xia Dynasty, but rather the guaranteed minimum every year!
With the rapid growth of the population of Great Xia, this number will continue to increase every year.
The natural population growth rate of Great Xia has now soared to 25%, which means 1.7 billion new babies are born every year.
This means that in 12 years, 1.7 billion people will embark on the path of spiritual practice.
In 15 years, 850 million people will have advanced to the Eighth Level of Body Refinement!
Eighteen years from now, at least 600 million people will have broken through to the Qi Refining Stage!
This will be an unprecedented golden age of cultivation in the 300,000-year history of Taiheng!
"What do you need me to do?" Hengming was tongue-tied and couldn't find any words of praise, so he could only express his support through simple actions.
"Spiritual Qi!" Yang Ning said, "Spiritual energy from Taiheng's Spirit Vein and the Spiritual Qi emitted by immortal artifacts, shouldn't we also get a share?"
"This..." Hengming was taken aback and said, "I can give you these, but do you know what this means?"
"This means we're going to have to confront the Taiheng Sect head-on!" Yang Ning said calmly.
The reason why Da Xia and Tai Heng can still coexist peacefully is firstly because Tai Heng's aggrieved party is not Da Xia, but Zhang Jiao, who has long been destroyed.
Secondly, although the Great Xia Dynasty occupied Southern Forest, it did not reclaim the original Spirit Vein and Half-Immortal Artifact of Southern Forest.
Although Taiheng lost Southern Forest, he gained Half-Immortal Artifact and Spirit Vein. He was happy to exchange a piece of land that was not under his control for real benefits. No matter how many times he did this deal, Taiheng would be happy to do it.
But now Yang Ning is demanding Half-Immortal Artifact and Spirit Vein, which is tantamount to stealing something from someone else.
But
"Isn't it because you're here that we have you?" Yang Ning laughed. "As long as you're behind us, even if Tai Heng is unwilling, we'll still give him what's due!"
Hengming shook his head. "You belong to Taiheng, and he belongs to Taiheng. I helped you before because you were weak and needed support. But now that you've developed, it's inappropriate to take sides anymore!"
"Are you going to stay out of this?" Yang Ning asked in surprise.
"No!" Hengming shook his head. "Do you know where Taiheng's Spirit Vein and Half-Immortal Artifact came from?"
"It should have been left behind by Immortal Venerable Taiheng and several other Immortal Venerables from later generations!" Yang Ning said. "As for the Spirit Vein, they should have been collected from all over the world!"
"It's good that you know!" Hengming nodded and said, "The few immortal venerables of later generations, apart from the Lin Family that you destroyed, were all ancestors of the Taiheng Aristocratic Clan. Moreover, it's true that you can collect Spirit Vein. A long time ago, the Taiheng family was the only powerful family. Once you discovered Spirit Vein, you could just take it back!"
"But in the last ten thousand years, Taiheng has faced many conflicts, yet it has still received Spirit Vein income. These Spirit Vein were not retrieved, but rather stolen!"
At this point, Hengming shrugged. "You know, these things are either passed down from their ancestors, collected from all over the world, or even stolen. How could I possibly give them to you just because I asked?"
Yang Ning nodded; it seemed to make sense.
"So, are you sure you still want it?" Hengming asked.
"If you can't even give it to me, how can I, eh?" Yang Ning was taken aback, then understood what Hengming meant.
Hengming certainly couldn't ask for it, but Daxia could take it by force.
If you can grab it, it's yours.
Hengming will not stop Daxia from taking action against Taiheng, because no matter who has the immortal artifact and Spirit Vein, they will eventually belong to Taiheng.
Hengming is like a patriarch, caught between his eldest and second sons fighting over the inheritance; it's difficult for him to side with either of them.
Previously, it was fine to protect the younger son because he was still a minor. However, now that the younger son feels he has grown up and wants to compete with the older son, it means that the younger son has grown up, and if the parents continue to protect him, it will be suspected of favoring the older son.
Yes, that's right. The younger son is now physically strong and seems to have more potential than the older son.
But the Great Xia Dynasty has only existed for a short time, and this system of yours is also new to us. How do you know that your method is correct?
Your method might be ahead of its time for a thousand years, but become outdated two thousand years from now!
However, Taiheng has truly inherited its traditions for 300,000 years by relying on its Aristocratic Clan!
So the younger son, wanting to prove his abilities, should indeed challenge the older son.
If you can really beat your eldest son, it proves you're truly amazing. No matter what happens in the future, at least for now you definitely have the ability to replace your eldest son.
So, the question is, does Great Xia have the strength to go toe-to-toe with Taiheng?
The answer is, if so!
In terms of high-end combat capabilities, Great Xia is not inferior, because it possesses hydrogen bombs.
With the addition of Rune Chip and the use of a hydrogen bomb with Nightmare Energy exceeding its limits, even Qu Heng was terrified.
This means that this thing can harm a cultivator at the sixth level of the Spiritual Law Realm, and Taiheng's current highest cultivation level is only at this level.
But cultivators at the Spiritual Law Realm won't wait for you to blow them up. They can't use Space Divine Abilities, but they can still use the Calamity Annihilation Heavenly Origin Steps!
A cultivator at the Spiritual Law Realm can use this footwork to reach speeds exceeding two hundred times the speed of sound, making them impossible for a hydrogen bomb to catch up with, so how could it possibly harm them?
However, the hydrogen bomb is unbeatable when it comes to crushing weaker opponents. Since inventing the hydrogen bomb, Yang Ning has never stopped manufacturing it.
He manufactured 40,000 coins in three months. Now, thirty years later, how many do he have in stock?
Let alone the Taiheng Sect, they could easily plow through the entire Tai Heng Star.
Hydrogen bombs can easily defeat weaklings, and so can cultivators at the Spiritual Law Realm. Cultivators at the Spiritual Law Realm are essentially human Nuclear Bomb, possessing high mobility and stealth capabilities. However, Great Xia is currently focused on economic development and education, and its defense capabilities have indeed lagged behind.
Once cultivators at the Spiritual Law Realm storm into Great Xia, the destructive power they cause will be no less than that of a hydrogen bomb exploding within the city.
Therefore, once the war breaks out, the likely scenario is that Yang Ning will wipe out all the cultivators at the Taiheng Qi Refining Stage and below, while the Taiheng Spiritual Law Realm cultivators will slaughter all the ordinary people within the Great Xia territory, resulting in mutual destruction!
After pondering for a long time, Yang Ning said, "Since that's the case, let's just forget about it."
He may have shortcomings, but the Earth Book Particles are not lacking in Spiritual Qi.
Those who desire Taiheng's Spiritual Qi are merely trying to cut off its source of wealth.
After all, Yang Ning knew very well that as long as a country, city, or even a sect still had an economy, it was impossible for it to collapse.
No matter how many people die in war, no matter how scattered the morale is, generous rewards can turn around the fighting spirit.
But if the economy collapses, no matter how powerful your country is, how capable your army is, or how many hydrogen bombs you have, it's useless; it will still collapse.
Of course, letting it go now doesn't mean it's really over. When poor, use tactical maneuvers; when rich, use firepower; when weak, shelve disputes; when strong, he's naturally adept at the age-old principle.
More importantly, he understood Hengming's attitude.
Then next time you want Spiritual Qi, you won't need to ask; you can just take action.