Chapter 209

【Name: Zhao Xing】

【Realm: Sixth-rank upper (Early stage of Heaven Fiend realm)】

【Profession: Agricultural Official】

【Fortune: Fourth Derivation】

【Yuan Gathering: 43rd level】

【Life Soul: Sixth-rank middle stage】

【Extra Lifespan: 160 years】

"The extra lifespan only increased by 10 years, but the fortune finally climbed to the Fourth Derivation!"

Zhao Xing pondered this change, and then realized something.

"Last time I was promoted before the war, my lifespan increased a lot, by sixty years, but this time it only increased by 10 years."

"Perhaps it is because my extra lifespan is already quite a lot, and my life soul has reached the sixth rank."

"Heavenly mandate and heavenly fortune need to be improved accordingly."

"According to the sixth-rank status, my destiny is already high and hard enough, but the fortune is still Third Derivation, so this baptism, the Fortune Golden Dragon first strengthened my fortune."

"If I am promoted to sixth-rank proper next time, I am afraid that lifespan will exceed fortune."

How long should a sixth-rank official live? Two hundred years is about enough. Zhao Xing estimated that his lifespan was already close to the sixth-rank limit.

But fortune still has a lot of room for improvement, so the increased fortune is more than lifespan.

Of course, there are many possibilities. Perhaps Emperor Jing strengthened the fortune of talents from civilian backgrounds, which is also in line with Emperor Jing’s policy of wanting to replace the army with fresh blood.

With strong fortune, the official career will naturally go more smoothly. If the fortune is ordinary, like the old agricultural official Xue Wenzhong, who spent sixty years to become a ninth-rank official, a long life is useless.

"Emperor Jing was generous this time. Last time lifespan increased a lot, this time fortune increased a lot."

"Both exceed the increase level in non-wartime." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

In non-wartime, many fifth-rank officials are also Third Derivation fortune.

Now, sixth-rank may also reach Third Derivation fortune! Like himself, who is relatively unique, he even reached Fourth Derivation.

Even if he didn't inherit part of the fortune of Dali, Zhao Xing estimated that he could reach Third Derivation!

Because he participated in the Battle of Fire Dragon Pass and Soul-Severing Pass, he has not tasted defeat, and his military merit is outstanding! Put on the sixth-rank list, he also belongs to the top 3,000.

Of course, others can't see these. Without reaching high grade, one doesn't know how strong one’s fortune is, and one doesn't know how Emperor Jing arranged it.

"In terms of realm, my upward channel has been opened."

"According to the convention, if I have the ability, I will encounter the threshold of the fortune dynasty when I cultivate to the fifth-rank proper, and the words (cannot be improved) will appear on the panel."

"Entering the mid-grade realm, the difficulty of self-cultivation also becomes greater. The 50th level of Yuan Gathering is the first hurdle. To give birth to pure Yuan soil, the three major secret classics must all have breakthroughs, which can be said to be pulling one hair and moving the whole body."

"After passing this hurdle, there is another hurdle that is relatively difficult, which is the fourth-rank Yuan Soul realm."

The fourth rank needs to strengthen the seven souls of the flesh. For the agricultural official profession, after getting used to being a spell caster, suddenly wanting to practice body? It is equivalent to letting the delicate city master go to the countryside to bend down and farm in the scorching summer.

In terms of spells, Zhao Xing already has twelve high-grade methods.

High-grade weather methods:

【Five Elements Fog Concealment: 5th turn】【Thunder Breaking Delusion Finger: 4th turn】【Nine Heavens Gale: High-grade 3rd turn】【Drip Rain: 7th turn】

In the days of seclusion and cultivation at Soul-Severing Pass, breaking through the 'Heaven Fiend realm', leading the Nine Heavens Gale into the body, the former 'Small Nine Heavens Gale Technique' also successfully broke through to the high-grade level.

Mid-grade methods Heaven Frost and Heaven Fire are still mid-grade, with no new changes.

Among them, 【Five Elements Fog Concealment】 has practiced 'Five Elements Poison Miasma', which can be used for large-scale enemy blocking.

The Drip Rain Method has reached 'Ten Thousand Line Flow'. The talent of the Rain Method and the Grass Man Method are the two strongest spell talents of Zhao Xing.

As for the Cloud Method, the Cloud Swallowing Method is still mid-grade perfection, and he has not practiced high-grade cloud methods at Soul-Severing Pass.

High-grade weather change methods:

【Teng Snake Change: 4th turn】【Startling Thunder Weather Change: 3rd turn】

Teng Snake Change external practice is a pure enemy-killing spell. Internal practice eventually makes oneself change into the divine beast Teng Snake. To practice internally, one must at least reach the 7th turn.

Startling Thunder Weather Change is a cultivation-type spell. Although it can use side effects to kill enemies, its main role is to cultivate exotic beasts.

High-grade earth profit methods:

【Yin Wind Evil: 5th turn】【Earth Fiend Thunder: 5th turn】【Volcano Method: 3rd turn】

Yin Wind Evil is a soul-damaging spell, and Earth Fiend Thunder is 'Yin Thunder'. Both have the greatest lethality on the ground and underground. They can also be cast in the sky, but the power will be reduced by one or two turns.

The Volcano Method is a spell with a range second only to the Cloud Method, and it is also a gambling tactic that fights for fortune.

【High-grade spell: True Self Method】

【Instant Primordial: 6th turn】【Ten Thousand Method Grass Man: 4th turn】

Instant Primordial is a high-grade analysis method. Among the four True Self methods, only this one is a high-grade method.

Nine Dragon Folding Method, Foundation Strengthening Method (Savage Growth), Condensation Method (Wasteland Condensation Technique) are all mid-grade perfection, none of which have reached the high-grade level.

"The Ten Thousand Method Grass Man can already raise the fourth one. When I see Old Liu in a while, I can have an explanation," Zhao Xing looked at the panel.

The Ten Thousand Method Grass Man reaches the 4th turn, which is considered a small achievement. The first three turns are just getting started.

Liu Tianning has very high requirements for his disciples. He didn't fight or do anything for two months at Soul-Severing Pass. If there is no progress, Old Liu might be furious.

【Great Derivation Qi Watching Technique: High-grade 5th turn】

High-grade method, derived from the *Great Derivation Sutra*, can watch other people’s fortune and judge some simple changes in luck from fortune.

【Heaven Eye Method: High-grade 4th turn】

This method improves with the improvement of the life soul realm. After taking the Life Soul Pill, the life soul climbed from the early stage to the middle stage in the two months at Soul-Severing Pass, and the Heaven Eye Method naturally broke through to the 4th turn.

【Sleepy Bug Method: High-grade 4th turn】

The Sleepy Bug Method reaches high grade, not only increasing the range and power, but also can be considered an alternative self-cultivation method for the life soul. It can catch parasitic bugs in the life soul, which can also promote the growth of the life soul.

In Soul-Severing Pass, Zhao Xing basically didn't sleep, but he could persist, which was thanks to this spell.

"Five-Finger Heaven Mandate, Turtle Coin Divination Method, Divination Method, although they are all advanced secret methods, I only learned the mid-grade secret techniques in the secret methods."

"Destiny-type spells are hard to practice in the Great Zhou era, but I have also practiced them to the mid-grade perfection level," Zhao Xing looked at these three spells and showed a smile.

In the two months at Soul-Severing Pass, the number of turtles he killed reached 32,000!

A proper 'turtle-killing maniac', the nemesis of turtles.

Jiang Ming of the Town-Sea Army was scared while sending them.

He thought Zhao Xing had some special hobby, liking to slaughter turtles to satisfy his abnormal psychology.

It made him run away after sending the turtles every time, and he didn't even want to say a word more.

Xia Jing, Liao Rulong, Chen Shijie, Long Xiao, and Wen Shaoyang also had big opinions.

More than 32,000 turtles!

Zhao Xing only wanted blood and turtle shells, so what about the meat?

Of course, eat it!

How can the meat of the seventh, eighth, and ninth-rank spiritual turtles be wasted?

Meat is rare on the front line. Agricultural officials can plant plants, but there is no way for meat, all relying on transport.

Zhao Xing, the logistics supervisor, ordered the turtle meat to be sent to the officers to eat.

At first, the officers were very happy.

But they couldn't stand eating it every day!

So they complained to their superiors one after another.

Xia Jing even found Zhao Xing and asked if he had any opinions on him, otherwise why would he bring turtle meat to eat every day?

The priest 'Zhang Yi' also couldn't help but complain, saying that there were turtle ghosts calling in the city every day, and the soldiers often dreamed of the wronged souls of turtles. If this continues, it won't work. He, the priest, can't even appease the souls!

Finally, under the protest of these high-ranking officers, the supply of turtle meat to high-ranking officers was stopped, and Zhao Xing no longer let Jiang Ming send turtles.

At this point, Jiang Ming finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the rest of the soldiers were finally liberated.

It’s not that Master Zhao is soft-hearted, but that he finally practiced the 【Turtle Coin Divination】 in the *Turtle Coin Divination* method to the mid-grade perfection level.

It’s just that since then, Zhao Xing has had the nickname of turtle-killing maniac.

"My turtle divination method can reach perfection, these turtles have made great contributions," Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh.

The Turtle Coin Divination Method is derived from the *Six Yao Sutra*. The deepening of the understanding of this spell, the meaning of the sutra is clear, then everything is clear, and the progress of the *Five-Finger Heaven Mandate* and *Divination Method* has also increased greatly.

In the end, all three high-grade secret classics have spells that have reached the mid-grade perfection level.

After coming out of the temple and returning to the Eighteen Locust Willow Courtyard, Chen Shijie, Long Xiao, and Xia Jing also completed the promotion process.

Zhao Xing took a look at Old Chen with the Great Derivation Qi Watching Technique.

"The gray-white fortune pillar has disappeared and is undetectable. Although the red pillar is still not as solid as Long Xiao’s, after this promotion, it has finally reached the level of Third Derivation elementary."

"Long Xiao’s red light pillar is deeper. If fortune also has elementary, middle, high, and peak, he is Third Derivation middle fortune."

At this time, Old Chen is already sixth-rank proper lower, one grade higher than Zhao Xing’s official position.

This grade is the watershed between proper and lower. Logically speaking, this promotion mainly adds fortune. Old Chen doesn't say Fourth Derivation, but should be Third Derivation middle.

The result is Third Derivation elementary. Although the gray-white color is small, there are still mixed colors.

"According to the *Great Derivation Sutra*, this is unstable luck. If you encounter a big disaster, you can't turn bad luck into good luck, you can't carry it in a dangerous situation, and it is easy to return to the original shape, and there is still great volatility."

"Old Chen is really congenitally deficient," Zhao Xing sighed secretly.

In this situation, I don't know if he can carry the wave of disaster in the Ten Yang Cave Heaven.

But, it is much better than before.

If Zhao Xing hadn't gone to Liao Rulong’s unit, Chen Shijie would definitely not have been able to obtain a million military merits. I am afraid he would still be hesitating before Fire Dragon Pass. "Xia Jing’s fortune is very strong," Zhao Xing looked at Xia Jing again. "His red is mixed with green, and occasionally purple star light comes from the east, embellishing the top of his head. This is a sign of Fourth Derivation, and it is a Fourth Derivation as stable as an old dog."

Zhao Xing cannot see his own fortune pillar, but he speculated that Xia Jing’s fortune might be even stronger than his own.

Leaving aside the fact that he has the foresight, from the beginning of the Ten Yang Cave Heaven, Xia Jing’s luck has been rising all the way!

First, he met Zhao Xing in collective training. Originally, he had a conflict with Zhao Xing. In the 【Impossible Training】, he beat Zhao Xing off the field many times, beating out Master Zhao’s anger.

When it came to 【Supply Training】, Xia Jing was assigned to Zhao Xing’s group. After a lot of torture, he took the opportunity to get to know Zhao Xing.

After that, the large-scale 'actual combat training' and Yuncheng internship were all assigned to Zhao Xing’s group!

Especially the key Yuncheng, if not assigned to the same group as Zhao Xing, changing to another agricultural official, it would be difficult for Xia Jing to complete the internship with the highest evaluation.

Even if completed, it is impossible to save time to prepare for the barbarian-pacification battlefield.

Later, he was able to meet Zhao Xing at Fire Dragon Pass, form an alliance, eat the two pieces of fat meat of Fire Dragon Pass and Soul-Severing Pass, and consolidate his position in the Profound Armor Army.

Xia Jing’s fortune itself was strong, and after meeting Zhao Xing, it was further consolidated.

His current official grade is the same as Zhao Xing’s, both sixth-rank upper, but he also reached Fourth Derivation, and even approached Fifth Derivation.

Viewing with the *Great Derivation Sutra*, if Xia Jing’s luck is a curve, the trough period is very few. No matter how unlucky he is, he won't be unlucky anywhere, but there are many peaks of fortune explosion.

"Why do you keep staring at me? Did I become handsome after promotion?" Xia Jing joked. "If I knew this, I should have asked the imperial court for the title of 'Handsome Marquis' instead of 'Xuan Ying Marquis'."

"Heir, you are a bit too narcissistic," Long Xiao despised, "He is looking at your luck."

"Oh?" Xia Jing was a bit surprised, "You also understand this way?"

Zhao Xing slaughtered turtles in Soul-Severing Pass, and Xia Jing didn't even come to take a look. The reason is nothing else, he couldn't smell the fishy smell of the sea ship.

"Understand a little bit."

"Then what did you see?" Xia Jing smiled. "How is our luck?"

After pondering for a moment, Zhao Xing pondered: "I really saw something. There is great luck, and there is also great disaster. I just don't know if you believe it or not."

Long Xiao smiled: "I believe. Last time you said I had good luck, I broke through in a few days. I feel that you have really practiced some ways."

Xia Jing said: "Why don't I believe this? My family also has physiognomists who can physiognomize exotic beasts, picking out the few that will grow best in the future from millions of cubs. It is said that they can also physiognomize people, seeing other people’s destiny. I don't know much about it, but this way is not false. The imperial court has a group of magical 'destiny officials'."

"You may not know that the almanac not only has the ominous almanac, but also the auspicious almanac. I once saw one at my aunt’s place."

Xia Jing’s aunt married into the royal family, so he can be considered half a royal relative.

Chen Shijie didn't speak, but since the trip to Flame Mountain, he felt that Zhao Xing was extraordinary.

Obviously, when he led the team forward, everything went wrong, but after Zhao Xing stood over, the trip to Flame Mountain went smoothly.

Chen Shijie had a rough life since he was a child, and he changed his luck after becoming an official. In fact, he believed in these things very much.

"I saw that the three of you will have signs of great luck in the near future, mainly in wealth and personal growth."

"But it is also accompanied by great disaster. After the luck rises greatly, there will be a great fall. I don't know the specifics, and I don't know if you have any feelings yourself?"

Zhao Xing said it relatively vaguely and generally, and could not say it clearly. He could only use a speculative tone to guide the three people to guess for themselves.

After reaching the sixth rank, the life soul and heaven and earth intersect, and there can be some touches. He let the three people guess for themselves, and then he could follow the trend.

"I don't have it." Chen Shijie shook his head.

"You said so, I really have it," Long Xiao said, "I also feel that I am going to have great luck this year, hahaha."

Although it was a joke, Zhao Xing knew that Long Xiao would really have great luck. The future Marquis of Shenxiao would definitely not die in the disaster of the Ten Yang Cave Heaven.

Xia Jing pondered: "Mainly wealth and personal growth? We don't have any transfer orders next, so we will stay in the Ten Yang Cave Heaven. Does it respond to this place? I might go back and ask my aunt and the physiognomist in my family."

Zhao Xing nodded: "That’s good, I’m just a half-baked person, it’s best for you to go back and ask."

After Xia Jing and the others left, Zhao Xing stayed in the Locust Willow Courtyard to take a nap, sorting out memories in his dreams.

He said these things, not afraid of being suspected, because the explosion of spiritual essence in the Ten Yang Cave Heaven was anticipated by many dignitaries in advance.

Dignitaries have auspicious almanacs and raise physiognomists and destiny masters at home. Many people will find that the Ten Yang Cave Heaven will have great benefits.

The Creation Plate of the military realm also calculated the explosion of spiritual essence of heaven and earth in the Ten Yang Cave Heaven early.

It’s just that they only calculated great luck, but great disaster was not calculated, or rather, it was ignored.

Because after the explosion of spiritual essence of heaven and earth, many agricultural officials in the military realm believed that the Ten Yang Cave Heaven had been successfully stabilized after more than ten years of transformation and had truly become a blessed land.

After that, an official announcement was issued. The Prince of Liang even used this matter to report to Emperor Jing, roughly meaning: Your Majesty, the Ten Yang Cave Heaven has been upgraded to a blessed land after fighting the Southern Barbarians. Such auspiciousness is that heaven and earth are helping Your Majesty.

Once it carried political factors, the small part of the signs of great disaster deduced from the Creation Plate was ignored.

"After the Ten Yang Cave Heaven explodes with spiritual essence of heaven and earth, several important areas will be enclosed. It will be as difficult as ascending to heaven for people later to want to enter, unless they are there from the beginning."

After confirming that this is a great opportunity, the imperial court quickly enclosed the land.

All resources in the cave heaven belong to the country. How to distribute them is naturally up to the imperial court.

How can small soldiers and generals get such benefits?

Even if it is an unimportant area, if low-grade officials find treasures, they must hand them over to the country, and then only give a little symbolic reward.

"I want to seize the opportunity, one person definitely can't do it."

"The Polar Night Sea in the north, the Inverted Peak Mountains in the east, the Pengli Marsh in the west, the Crimson Lake in the south, these important areas must be visited, because the spiritual essence born in these places is either lifespan or fortune!"

"The Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool, the Earth Fire Plain, the Heaven Fire Path, and the Gale Mountain Range, these four places are mainly for breeding treasures, but there is very little spiritual essence, but the value of the treasures is very high."

"There are several other areas that will give birth to seventh-tier 'native species'. Such seventh-tier native species are only produced in the Ten Yang Cave Heaven."

"There are too many benefits, I can't eat them alone," Zhao Xing woke up from his dream. "I have to find someone."

"And I have to find someone with strong strength and strong fortune to enter those important areas together."

Don't look at himself as sixth-rank now, but in the face of such an opportunity, if he finds something, he has to hand it over. If he has no connections, he will be kicked out.

This is still a 'safe area'.

What are the unsafe areas?

In some places, in order to squeeze those dignitaries, Emperor Jing deliberately set the 'ticket' for entry very high and set up a Forget-Worry Stele, just to let the dignitaries and families enter and kill each other.

Even so, there are a bunch of descendants of big families rushing to enter.

Why? Because many big families face some embarrassing situations after several generations of inheritance: to maintain certain rights and interests, there must be a certain number of up-and-coming stars in the family.

Here we have to mention the particularity of the noble title inheritance system: many noble titles do not inherit 'fortune', nor do they increase lifespan, nor do they help improve the realm.

Noble title is not equal to official position (except Martial Marquis). Take Xia Jing as an example, his father is a first-rank Marquis.

If he inherits, he will be demoted to a second-rank Marquis. At this time, he is still a Martial Marquis, and the imperial court will arrange corresponding official positions for Xia Jing and send him to be an official.

Under normal circumstances, even if Xia Jing is an ordinary person, he will become a fifth-rank official, possessing the strength and corresponding fortune of a fifth-rank official.

But, if Xia Jing does not make contributions and passes it on to his son, the second-rank Marquis will become a third-rank Marquis.

At this time, the noble title does not include official position, and the inheritance of fortune only includes property, fief, and land.

The problem lies here. Having a lot of family property and noble title, but no corresponding strength and official position, this is proper fat meat.

But at this time, the upward channel is still open, because there is a noble title, self-cultivation, not being an official, can also cultivate to the fifth-rank realm. Having this strength and realm, planning for an official position or protecting the interests of one’s own family, the hope is very great, and there is no need to roll through the Daoist system and official system.

From this point of view, families and nobles are still much better than civilians.

It’s just that it’s really hard to be a dignitary under Emperor Jing. Not only is the ticket for the Ten Yang Cave Heaven very expensive, but there is no restriction on life and death when fighting for benefits inside.

But if they win the fight, those big family descendants can sit on the noble title, protect the family interests, and even get appointed.

Originally, making contributions on the battlefield was a channel, but fighting the Southern Barbarians didn't need so many people, so they had to find ways from other places.

"If there is a great opportunity in the Ten Yang Cave Heaven, it will inevitably attract many dignitaries’ descendants to fight for it."

"Which thigh should I find?" Zhao Xing pondered.

Tian Shan is not suitable. Teacher Tian is already old. He doesn't have a good official position. He is just a teacher in the Earth Profit Institute. Although he has connections, in this case, connections are not the most critical.

Not to mention the strength, Tian Shan is estimated to have no heart to fight for victory.

Yang An? He is already a fourth-rank general, and many places cannot participate, and the relationship has not reached that step.

Fan Zhaoli? This dean of the Earth Profit Institute, the combat power is okay, but the position is still a bit short, and the last time he took action was for Tian Shan’s sake. This time, facing many dignitaries coming to fight, he may not be willing to help himself vigorously.

Master Zhao thought about it, and finally fell on Liu Tianning.

Liu Tianning is fifth-rank, he basically goes everywhere, and he is a member of the Supervisory Department of the military realm. He doesn't need to find spiritual essence of heaven and earth, the imperial court will send him.

Liu Tianning’s strength is strong, as for fortune? Zhao Xing didn't spy on Liu Tianning’s fortune. The grass man doesn't carry fortune, and the retreat time was not seen in time.

But I think it won't be bad. A man who can become a first-rank Great Agricultural Official, how bad can his fortune be?

"Forget it, I said I wouldn't get involved with him, now it’s getting deeper and deeper," Zhao Xing was a little melancholy, "Now Old Liu brings how many benefits, later he will bring how much hatred."

But the later things, talk about them later.

In front of this opportunity, Zhao Xing still has to grasp it.

Immediately, Zhao Xing packed up and took out the Earth Mirror to ask to see Liu Tianning.

After getting the other party’s permission, he flew towards the Ten Thousand Method Palace.