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Sword Casting Manor.

The management team was panicking, with people rushing everywhere.

"The crowd is overflowing again? Quick, quick, quick, continue issuing daily tasks: expand Chongshan Market! Get some Immortals to help with the construction and brick-laying!"

"And the Online Game Golden Core, the production isn’t keeping up? We have too many logins already, issue tasks, keep expanding!"

"The Resurrection Point is also full, come deal with it!"

"This is madness, get another batch of NPCs, have Jiucai Rong, Su Yuniang, and the Medical Fairy, that NPC trio, jump into the Forging Furnace like crazy, jump 300 times today or they’re not allowed off shift."

...

Ning Zheng watched a group of blacksmiths go crazy with work, acting as a behind-the-scenes coordinator, frantically dispatching manpower to keep the entire force running.

The blacksmiths throughout the manor felt they were caught in a happiness dilemma.

I, Xi Rong, Daoist Civilization, officially rise!

As long as we don’t keep getting beaten or attacked, this huge population, countless clients, this neutral platform is profiting massively.

No inheritance from Bottle-Storage Immortal Venerate, but by stepping up above that Immortal Venerate, the reputation I gain is the greatest legacy.

Today alone, just within half a day, the logged-in population reached three hundred thousand!

Although in the Immortal Realm, over a hundred civilization world walls in a local civilization battlefield, the army population exceeds a million.

These three hundred thousand logged-in characters, a mixed bunch from various civilization races, male and female, mechanical race, immortal race, demon race, dragon race...

Diverse in purpose, far from able to affect large-scale battles...

But this was already very profitable for Ning Zheng.

Moreover, with the increasing population, Ning Zheng discovered that his Immortal Artifact reached its load limit, which is only thirty thousand people!

After all, "Sword Casting Manor" is essentially a growth-type Immortal Venerable Supreme Treasure, not very strong currently. It appears to fuse several Immortal Venerable Supreme Treasures, but actually, it merges the less valuable ones like furniture...

It’s normal to have a load limit.

Rumor has it some Immortal Venerable Supreme Treasures can easily accommodate a small world or a war fortress, holding a million Immortal Weapons...

But mine looks very weak!

"There’s a long way to go."

Ning Zheng decided to let things slide, leisurely reclining on the rocking chair in the courtyard, "They can come however they want, visit? Tour? Lurk? Spy? Heaven’s Chosen can do whatever, worst case, just run away directly."

"Back then, the blacksmiths developed by themselves, now these Heaven’s Chosen people will also thrive by themselves."

Moreover.

A large number of mysterious people logged in today.

Ning Zheng suspected many Immortal Venerates, with good intentions, came to Chongshan Town to stir things up!

"These people treat my place like their amusement park, in and out, out and in."

Ning Zheng’s emotions fluctuated with shock, speechlessness, admiration, surrender, leading him to want to let things slide even more.

Can’t resist, just lie down.

Anyway, they’re not going to team up to divine me... let them do whatever they want.

At least, no one’s smashed Chongshan Town yet.

First, the population is too large, these Heaven’s Chosen, even Immortal Venerates undercover, are naturally reluctant to smash Chongshan Town...

It would easily provoke public wrath.

Second, they probably know Chongshan Town is just a surface shell, a resurrection point, attacking there is futile.

Along with Bottle-Storage Immortal Venerate’s tragic situation, it indeed frightened some Immortal Venerates.

They’re not keen on social suicides.

While many want to take down Xi Rong, they’re unlikely to repeat the bottle-storage Immortal Venerate’s folly, openly provoking Chongshan Town.

A biting dog doesn’t bark.

They remain silent, inconspicuous, plotting, bypassing Chongshan Town to find your true headquarters, preparing a lethal strike.

About this, Ning Zheng felt quite alright, as long as Chongshan Town remains unharmed.

But Ning Zheng couldn’t determine some Immortal Venerates’ identities because these big shots have multiple shielding methods, making tracking impossible...

Ning Zheng decided to ignore those secretly eyeing him, focusing on enhancing his own strength.

"This wave of reputation turned my place into an amusement park, a blessing and a curse."

"Endure it, and I’ll become the largest neutral city in this Immortal Realm’s war, with ten thousand races consuming, fencing goods!"

"Fail to endure, and I’ll drop dead."

"The previous population is almost absorbed, I need to buy more population, increase daily destiny output."

"Now, with war in Immortal Realm, I can stuff my grave world full, more population, more benefits."

Ning Zheng previously didn’t dare randomly buy population, but now these folks are coming here to sell, they treat my place like a black market, even selling population...

Ning Zheng renting at his own place, as a regular customer, buying some goods feels quite nice!

Considering this, Ning Zheng felt quite happy, no need to leave home and easily buy various resources, silently cultivating is indeed very enjoyable.

The potential of the current grave world is still huge!

Ground level is full, we can build skyscrapers, when towers fall short, occupy the ceiling.

Compact the living space, accommodation will be found!

Worst case, the entire world becomes an onion, layered spherical land, like pigeon cages, maximizing living space efficiency.

Two days passed.

These days remain fiery without incident.

But Ning Zheng still dared not go out, not even to Chongshan Town, sensing this was the calm before the storm.

The civilizations planning attacks would certainly not leave traces!

Anyway, Ning Zheng remained indoors.

However, Chongshan Town’s population grew more, Ning Zheng’s neutral market reputation spread widely.

Even the name Xi Rong gradually became known as: the Master of Xirong Market.

Allegedly the largest neutral platform currently.

About this, Ning Zheng knew they were hyping him up, continued being cautious! As long as I remain cautious, regardless of all scheming!

Ning Zheng waited further, while quietly buying billions more population daily, continuing cultivation, even the blacksmiths didn’t venture out!

Moreover, the Chongshan Town NPC Embers, had all undergone memory removal treatment at the [Medical Pavilion], deleting some memories prior to NPC duty.

Though the Embers NPC potential is reduced, it prevents getting caught and having memory read, exposing Sword Casting Manor’s location.

With major memory removed, Embers simply fulfills NPC duties.

Now, Chongshan Town officially decided to go easy, handling only one task, issuing daily tasks for Heaven’s Chosen, a little show of our sovereignty.

Mainly promoting Dragon King’s forbearance!

The blacksmith’s strategic plan is: comprehensive defense contraction, enduring is victory! As long as enduring continues, Chongshan Town will keep developing, day by day, Chongshan Town will evolve.

Nonetheless, Ning Zheng hid in Sword Casting Manor, regularly observing Chongshan Town, yet unexpectedly traced a familiar person.

"Bottle-Storage Immortal Venerate, didn’t this guy die, only a Law Fragment Soul Avatar remained? How did he return?"

Ning Zheng’s expression turned peculiarly odd:

"This Old Deng, could it be some Immortal Venerate covertly influenced him, using some technique to cloud his mind, dropping judgment, failing to recognize kings, thinking I wouldn’t notice him?"