Chapter 134

Xia Jing was mute, but his body could still move.

After recovering slightly, he wiped away his tears, stood up, and bowed to Zhao Xing in the sky.

Although he didn't speak, his attitude was very clear: I'm convinced!

Xia Jing was truly driven to the point of having no temper left.

First the third-tier Hemp Fish Fruit, then the fourth-tier Fire-Radiant Green Gold.

Numbing, fishy, and spicy... this sour and refreshing feeling was too hard to bear.

Chen Fang, Hu Bing, and Zhang Jie were right; there were still twenty-seven days of mandatory training left! If this continued, even if his body could hold up, his mind would be left with trauma.

Even if others didn't say it, Xia Jing didn't intend to continue being stiff-mouthed.

Seeing this arrogant Marquis Prefecture heir lower his head, Zhao Xing finally felt comfortable.

He bowed his hands and said: "Brothers, you flatter me. Zhao Xing's knowledge is shallow, and the selection of seeds over these three days was not satisfactory. I will choose carefully in the future to contribute to your Gluttonous Technique training."

Saying this meant he didn't intend to make things difficult for them anymore, and it could be considered as putting the Xia Jing matter behind them.

Originally, it wasn't a big deal anyway.

Zhang Jie, Chen Fang, Hu Bing, and the others were happy and bowed their hands repeatedly: "Thank you, Brother Zhao!"

How is the Gluttonous Technique not practiced?

If Zhao Xing, the military agricultural officer, chose carefully, they could exercise their Gluttonous Technique and suffer less torture.

Just take the Hemp Fish Fruit; the dead-fish smell it brought along had no training effect at all; it was purely to make people miserable.

Zhao Xing could completely choose another type of supply for them, and the training effect would be the same.

Hearing this, Xia Jing also felt a sense of relief.

To be honest, he would rather have a life-and-death battle with Fu Ying than smell the dead-fish smell again.

As for bowing to Zhao Xing, this Marquis Prefecture heir thought about it now and realized it wasn't actually shameful.

One was an agricultural officer, the other a martial artist; they were completely different professions, so what was there to compete about?

Zhao Xing planted three types in three days, not only with astonishing yield but also high quality; Xia Jing was truly somewhat impressed.

Thinking this way, his thoughts became clear.

"I won't disturb your training; farewell."

Once Zhao Xing left, Liu Yongli continued to arrange training for the others.

Zhou Ming watched happily for a while and then ran back.

High in the sky, on the Cloud-Rain Flying Ship.

Lu Bang held the Earth Mirror and watched this scene, unable to help but laugh.

"Hahahaha, this Xia Jing has finally bowed his head."

"I thought he intended to continue being stiff-mouthed."

Zuo Zhizhi put down the Earth Mirror and also smiled: "If he continued to be stiff-mouthed, Zhao Xing definitely wouldn't have let him off."

"Zhao Xing is sharp-eyed and discovered that Xia Jing doesn't like strong-flavored things; if he kept picking like that, he would sooner or later be played into having psychological trauma; it's better to just give in early."

"Still not early enough." Lu Bang said, "If he were smart, he should have given in when eating the Hemp Fish Fruit; not everything needs to be a contest of superiority."

"He is a Marquis Prefecture heir, after all." Zuo Zhizhi smiled, "Marquis Xia has so many sons; if he weren't competitive, how could he be chosen as the heir?"

"Hmm." Lu Bang nodded: "Considering this point, he can be considered as someone who can hold and let go; his character is not bad."

"The third day is about to pass; have the point rankings for the geniuses of the four Agricultural Officer Academies been released?"

"It's almost visible." Zuo Zhizhi tapped on the Earth Mirror, "Among the top twenty-one, Grade A-Upper geniuses occupy seventeen seats."

"Four people have been temporarily surpassed by those below."

"Han Bing and Feng Qiu of the Divine Might Army, these two who were originally Grade A-Middle, have surged up."

"As for the other two, one is your student Cai Jin. The other is not from the four major branches; it's Li Feng."

The gap between Grade A-Middle and Grade A-Upper is actually not very large. After two months in the branch, some people have exploded with talent, and some have realized new methods, which might surpass those above.

"Cai Jin is genuinely learning the spells of the Self-Nature School; the environment of the first three days wasn't very harsh, and the requirements for the Heavenly Time and Geographical Advantage methods weren't high; it's not surprising that he surged up." Lu Bang commented on his student.

"Li Feng joined the Late Spring Academy; he also found a good teacher there. His strength was already not bad in the Tiger Jiao Army, and now he can be considered to have returned to his normal level."

"The gap in the front is also relatively small; only the top three have slightly widened the gap." Zuo Zhizhi said, "Shi Yong's score is still firmly in first place, 220 points higher than the second-place Zhuang Ziqing."

"Zhuang Ziqing is 180 points higher than Zhao Xing, and Zhao Xing is 120 points higher than the fourth-place Feng Qiu." Zuo Zhizhi said, "For those behind, the score gap is within 100 points. No matter how powerful Shi Yong is, he hasn't surpassed them by much; as of now, no obvious gap can be seen."

A few hundred points is indeed not a large gap. 1,000 catties of second-tier supplies is 100 points.

"The environment of the first three days has reached its limit with Shi Yong." Lu Bang nodded. "This is not his reason; it's the environment that has reached its limit. He has already condensed twenty-four Solar Term Orders, but I don't know what level they are."

"Regardless of his level, if he wants to widen the gap, it will be these ten days in the middle." Zuo Zhizhi smiled. "He won't be able to widen the gap later; it will be the same for everyone."

"Hmm." Lu Bang nodded, "Condensing twenty-four Solar Term Orders is relatively simple; normally, it takes about a year."

"Before entering the Ten-Sun Cave Heaven, the vast majority of people practiced the 'Solar Term Order'. However, these little guys will know later that the power of their 'Solar Term Order' is only useful outside and cannot shake the Heavenly Time of the Ten-Sun Cave Heaven at all."

"For the next ten days, I estimate they can only stare blankly, hahahaha."

………………

The third day, approaching Zi hour.

Liu Yongli and the middle-aged military physician brought the ten martial artists to the flying ship, preparing to head to the next location.

The ten martial artists all entered the cabin.

As for Liu Yongli and the military physician, they both came out after a while.

"Why aren't you sitting inside? It'll be a while." Zhou Ming said.

"Why do you think?" The military physician covered his nose. "Cast a wind spell on me."

"Fine." Zhou Ming glanced at Zhao Xing and smiled, casting a gust of wind to put an air filter layer on the military physician.

The military physician breathed a long sigh of relief.

As for Zhao Xing, long before the martial artists boarded the flying ship, he had used the wind method to form a whirlwind pipe, drawing fresh air from outside into a half-meter radius around himself.

It was equivalent to putting a protective shield on himself.

There was no other way; the ten martial artists were covered in the smell of dead fish.

He couldn't stand it even when close.

"What about me, Brother Zhou, don't forget me." Liu Yongli was anxious; he had been holding his breath the whole way just now.

"Forget it, don't be so troublesome; I'll seal the cabin door." Zhou Ming simply cast a wind wall to block the cabin door.

"Much more comfortable." Liu Yongli greedily breathed the fresh air.

After the Flowing Cloud Flying Ship flew for half an hour, Zhao Xing felt the air suddenly become cold.

He saw three bright moons hanging in the sky in the distance.

"I don't know where we've run to." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"We've arrived." Zhou Ming shouted and manipulated the flying ship to start descending.

"Crunch~" Zhao Xing jumped off the flying ship, and a friction sound came from under his feet; looking down, it was actually snow.

Taking out the almanac to look, it showed [Minor Cold].

The second training environment was a piece of frozen soil.

"Everyone off the ship!" Liu Yongli shouted toward the cabin door.

The ten martial artists walked out one after another.

"Ice and snow environment?"

At this moment, it was windy outside; after getting off the ship, a chill struck, and the ten martial artists subconsciously rubbed their shoulders.

They were dressed very thinly, unlike Zhao Xing who had straw raincoat protection.

"This is near Pine Snow Lake." Zhou Ming introduced, "The cold level is three; your Yuan Qi consumption will double, and it will be more tiring to train."

Then he looked at Zhao Xing again: "Your planting area is within a five-mile radius, but there is no boundary marker on the south side; you can draw water from the frozen Pine Snow Lake. As long as you can get it, you can check the specific environment yourself."

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded and immediately flew into the sky to start checking.

Rising high into the sky, the wind and snow became heavier, and the surroundings were misty; the Bright Eye spell was also greatly discounted, and visibility was very low.

Just exploring the environment within a five-mile radius took an hour.

"Whew~"

Zhao Xing flew back to the side of the flying ship.

He wanted to check the situation of the earth veins.

But it was not easy to cast the Profound Earth spell at this time.

Because of the ice layer obstruction, he had to remove the ice first.

"Whoo~"

A tornado appeared, the gale acting like a drill, drilling through the ice layer under his feet and rolling it away.

"I only saw the ground after digging a foot of ice?"

"The training is starting to increase in intensity." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Profound Earth Protection!"

When Profound Earth Protection reaches seven turns or more, one can sneak through the seven types of earth veins: metal, wood, water, fire, earth, wind, and thunder.

Zhao Xing's Divine Movement Protection had reached eight turns, and Profound Earth Protection had naturally reached eight turns as well.

"The speed of sneaking is slower than normal because this is frozen soil, and the water element power in the earth veins has become 'Frost Power'."

"If it were lower than seven turns, I wouldn't even be able to escape." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

If an agricultural officer who hasn't learned the Profound Earth spell uses the Geographical Advantage method, it is very difficult to check the situation of the earth veins clearly in this situation.

Even if they have learned the Profound Earth spell, they must raise the level to seven turns, making the five elements, wind, and thunder all escapable, to resist the interference of the abnormal environment.

After sneaking through the earth veins for half an hour, Zhao Xing appeared on the surface.

"The fire element power in the earth veins is deeply hidden, the water element power is flourishing, and it has mutated."

"Metal and earth are lower than normal levels, and the wood element power is significantly lower than normal levels."

"This is much worse than the environment of the gravel slope." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

After determining the environment, he started selecting seeds in the bamboo box.

"Breeding in a place where the water element is flourishing, the first choice is aquatic species."

"But it is bitterly cold here, and there aren't many things that can be planted."

Zhao Xing chose back and forth but didn't find any suitable targets.

It is relatively difficult to grow third or fourth-tier supplies here.

"I must change the environment."

"Otherwise, even if they can survive, the quantity won't come up."

Zhao Xing visualized the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Map.

At this time, in his dantian, there were six phantom images of Solar Term Orders.

Before the second mandatory training, he spent four hours every day going to the Heavenly Time Academy to comprehend the Solar Term Stele.

In half a month, he condensed six Solar Term Orders!

Normally, from first learning the "Solar Term Order" to condensing all twenty-four Solar Term Orders, it takes a year.

Zhao Xing condensed six in half a month; one was the effect of the Dao Embryo Pill's transformation, the second was that his comprehension was already not bad, and coupled with the comprehension of the Solar Term Stele in the Heavenly Time Academy, the speed was naturally much faster than normal.

Now, these six Solar Term Order phantoms in his dantian were [Start of Spring], [Start of Summer], [Start of Autumn], [Start of Winter], [Rain Water], and [Pure Brightness].

"Each Solar Term Order is above the 'Knowledge Realm First Turn'."

"Start of Spring and Start of Summer have reached the Knowledge Realm Second Turn."

"In the current situation, it is too difficult to jump to [Start of Summer] all at once; let's see if I can establish 'Spring' first."

"Heavenly Time Edict, appear!"

Zhao Xing pointed with his hand, and the [Start of Spring] Solar Term Order in his dantian trembled gently; golden light emerged from his fingertips, forming a small, pointed, wide and thin token.

Looking closely, there was a blurred miniature pattern inside this token, with some tender green branches emerging, depicting a scene of early spring.

The golden light edict rose into the high sky, and then spread with it, merging into the void.

But it only lasted for a quarter of an hour before it started to tremble.

Zhao Xing gritted his teeth and persisted, but after two quarters of an hour, this golden edict still collapsed.

"It can't be established."

"The power of the celestial phenomena is too powerful; outside, it can be done easily, but this is the Ten-Sun Cave Heaven small world." Zhao Xing shook his head.

If the [Start of Spring] solar term doesn't work, then the others won't work even more, because the span of change is larger, and the difficulty is naturally greater.

Zhou Ming watched Zhao Xing shaking his head there and couldn't help but smile slightly; if it were easy for agricultural officers to borrow the advantage of Heavenly Time, then this training wouldn't have much effect.

"You kid, this Heavenly Time method still needs more practice." Zhou Ming lit the stove and started warming the wine.

At this time, Zhao Xing was not discouraged.

Since the Heavenly Time method doesn't work, then change to something else.

"I can only try the Geographical Advantage method."

"Even if I cast Earth-Hidden Returning Yuan now, the effect is not ideal; I can only use the gambler's tactic."

Zhao Xing thought back and forth and determined the spell he would cast next—Five Elements Earth-Splitting Method.

"Now the water element is flourishing, the fire element is deeply hidden, and metal, earth, and wood cannot be used, so I will use the gambler's tactic to reshuffle this place first."

"No matter how chaotic it is, it won't be worse than it is now. As long as it's better than now, I will then use Earth-Hidden Returning Yuan to condition the earth veins."

Zhao Xing drove the gale to rise into the sky.

"Five Elements Earth-Splitting! Open!"

Whoosh whoosh whoosh~

Streaks of golden light sank into the ground.

Zhao Xing started bombing the ground crazily.

The effect of the Five Elements Earth-Splitting Method is unknown and random; at this time, he was like a gambler who had lost his mind, crazily smashing the gambling table.

"Crack crack crack~" Zhou Ming looked at the ice cracks opening in front of the flying ship and couldn't help but be puzzled: "Is this the Water Element Earth-Splitting Method?"

"That's not right... Wood Element Earth-Splitting Method?" Zhou Ming saw a tender sprout emerge from the ground and changed his mind.

"Rumble rumble~"

The flying ship started to shake, and the earth cracked open.

Caught off guard, Zhou Ming almost couldn't stand steady, and even the wine pot he had just warmed spilled.

"Hmm? Is this the Five Elements Earth-Splitting Method?!"

Zhou Ming saw that the flying ship was about to fall into the crack, and immediately pulled the flying ship up while swaying.

"Crack crack crack crack~"

The ice layer cracks started to spread to the surroundings from this crack; soon, this crack became larger and larger, and the surroundings even started to have an earthquake.

"Damn, why is this kid's Five Elements Earth-Splitting Method so strong?!" Zhou Ming was splashed all over and stared at the ground with wide eyes.

Woke up at 5:30 AM by a centipede bite.

Posted a single chapter at six o'clock, was in pain for half an hour, treated it with medicinal wine, and thought it was nothing, so I deleted it.

As a result, I didn't sleep well all day, my foot was aching faintly, and my head was dizzy.

It took until now to get one chapter out.

Sorry everyone.

There will still be no break in updates today; it's just that the update will be later, so you don't need to wait.