Chapter 238: Zhao Xing was shocked, a fourth-rank Emperor Crocodile is equal to a slightly larger fish

The Zixiao Islands have five arenas.

The large arena on Zixiao Island will not open for the preliminaries; it will at least wait until the group stage.

The Twin Islands where Zhao Xing is located are in the west of the archipelago, so he was divided into the western competition area to participate in the winter evaluation preliminaries of the western region.

The Zixiao Arena in the western region is located on Tianjing Island.

When Zhao Xing arrived, Tianjing Island had become very lively; people and exotic beasts could be seen everywhere in the sky, on the ground, and in the sea, and there were even aquatic people who had transformed.

"My lord, 7, 30 islands in the western region participated in this winter evaluation preliminary."

"As of noon today, the total number of exotic beasts participating in the war is 357, 54, while there are only one-tenth of the tamers, and nine-tenths are sixth-rank exotic beasts." When docking the ship, Tao Anchun reported the latest data.

Zhao Xing looked at the Earth Mirror and couldn't help but laugh: "It's a grand event; there are so many battle beasts."

"The participating islands all have at least two slots; in fact, it is far more than that; some large islands have mastered hundreds or thousands of slots."

"Like the Dragon Island, Ten Thousand Beast Island, and Zixiao Island. These three large islands have mastered more than 50, 00 slots each," Dong Yuanqiu sighed.

"For this year's winter preliminaries, these three large islands only sent ten or so people to participate; most of those who came now are small and medium-sized islands; even so, some medium-sized islands have mastered hundreds of slots."

Zhao Xing nodded; the gap in strength between islands is too serious.

Like Ten Thousand Beast Island, Dragon Island, and Zixiao Island, they all have a bunch of fourth-rank battle beasts, and there are high-rank battle beasts; people can pick and choose from fourth-rank battle beasts!

Such large islands naturally have more slots, and they don't have to participate in the preliminaries.

They even have guaranteed slots for the group stage, but it's just a matter of how many; if they participate, there are more; if they don't, there are fewer.

Because Zixiao Island, Ten Thousand Beast Island, and Dragon Island are all backed by the top dignitaries of the Great Zhou.

Zixiao Island belongs entirely to Princess Youruo; this is her mother's hometown.

Dragon Island and Ten Thousand Beast Island have shares from many Princes and Marquis.

Like the Mingwu Marquis of the Tiger Dragon Army, he held some shares in Dragon Island because during the Taizu era, his great-grandfather made contributions when expanding Pinghai Prefecture.

350, 00 battle beasts participating in the western region sounds like a lot, but one tamer has multiple pet beasts.

Of course, nine-tenths are sixth-rank, and they are just here to be stepping stones.

Because the competition system for internal selection is very cruel; during the preliminaries, the mortality rate of these sixth-rank exotic beasts is as high as fifty percent.

But there are also many battle beasts that break through, from sixth-rank to fifth-rank, from fifth-rank to fourth-rank.

It depends on who is stepping on whose feet.

"It doesn't matter if the Tiger Dragon and Azure Phoenix die in the preliminaries, but the mountain cat cannot die here; if it encounters a strong enemy, it will withdraw from the competition," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Because there are still many opportunities.

In the next five years, qualifying in any of the four seasonal preliminaries of any year will allow participation in the group stage held in the next five years.

Now is the first year of the preliminaries; if this year doesn't work, there are still four years, totaling sixteen opportunities to participate.

The Aotian Meow is only at the early fifth rank now, and there is still a lot of room for growth; there is no need to fight to the death now.

As for the Tiger Dragon and Azure Phoenix sent by the academy, their growth space is limited, so Master Zhao didn't care.

Let them fight for a glimmer of survival in life-and-death struggles; as battle beasts, dying on the battlefield is better than ending their lives in depression locked in a cage.

Just as Zhao Xing was thinking, the building ship in front suddenly stopped, and the leading flying boat also stagnated.

Faintly, it was accompanied by arguing sounds.

"Is this a traffic jam?" Zhao Xing looked ahead.

"My lord, I'll go take a look." Tao Anchun volunteered.

But before he could go out and see clearly, a burst of fire suddenly erupted from the left side of a Bright Moon building ship in front, spraying toward a seven-sail building ship to the front left.

The seven-sail building ship was not to be outdone, directly turned its direction, accelerated violently, and rammed into the Bright Moon building ship next to it.

"Boom!"

The outer garment of the seven-sail building ship was covered with mysterious iron, and there was a piston ram on the left side.

With this ram, it immediately poked more than a dozen holes in the Bright Moon building ship.

"Fuck your ancestors, you actually dare to attack a military ship!"

"Scoundrel, I am of the Ji surname; you actually dare to utter such slanderous words? Are you going to rebel? Someone, take them down!"

"Grass, who says I'm not of the Ji surname? Wolf God Guard, go up!"

"..."

The two building ships quickly started boarding operations; the number of participants was only a few dozen, but there were as many as a thousand exotic beasts!

The leading flying boat sent by Tianjing Island was also affected and crushed to pieces; the leading ritual official jumped off the boat quickly to save his life.

This scene left everyone around dumbfounded, and Zhao Xing was also a bit speechless; road rage is really everywhere.

"Reverse the ship, increase the altitude," Zhao Xing ordered.

This is a Cloud Rain Building Ship sent by the Farmer Supervisor; it is not a warship and cannot withstand a ram at all; if it were affected, it would be too unjust.

But what he feared came; because the Twin Cloud Rain Building Ship was a hundred meters behind these two ships, and its altitude was lower.

When the seven-sail warship rammed the Bright Moon building ship over, this large ship, which was more than two thousand meters long, fell toward the direction of the building ship where Zhao Xing was.

"Quickly reverse! Quickly reverse the ship!"

"Open the barrier!"

"The leading flying boat of Tianjing Island hasn't unhooked yet!"

"Why care about it; the leading official will jump down himself."

"..."

On the Twin Cloud Rain Building Ship, there was a flurry of activity; Tao Anchun, Dong Yuanqiu, and others immediately ordered the mechanism masters below to quickly control the warship to retreat.

"I'm really convinced." Seeing this, Zhao Xing immediately flew out of the warship. The officials of Twin Islands were not soldiers after all, and their reaction speed was too slow; Zhao Xing calculated that if he didn't intervene, the Bright Moon building ship would definitely hit his ship.

There were still ships above, below, left, right, and behind him; he couldn't retreat very far.

"Nine Heavens Gale Technique, rise!"

Zhao Xing flashed outside the ship, and nine green gale winds appeared out of thin air around the Bright Moon building ship.

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While extinguishing the fire, he lifted the tilted ship body upright, stopping its falling momentum.

"Good wind technique! Who is your excellency?!" someone on the Bright Moon building ship shouted.

If Zhao Xing didn't support this ship, the sixth and seventh-rankers on the ship could fly away, but those eighth and ninth-rank mechanism masters who controlled the mechanisms in the cabin would probably die with the ship.

Zhao Xing hadn't spoken yet, when a young man in gorgeous clothes on the seven-sail warship cursed: "Which scoundrel is meddling? Are you looking for death? My father is the Golden Marquis! My mother is the Yuanyao County Princess; I am..."

He couldn't speak anymore because Zhao Xing performed the wind technique again, locking the seven-sail building ship he was on.

The Nine Heavens Gale Technique was like two spherical barriers, separating the two ships.

The seven-sail building ship exerted all its horsepower, but still couldn't break free from the gale barrier.

Zhao Xing's Nine Heavens Gale Technique had already been practiced to the high-rank perfection!

How could the spell field formed by the gale be something this fifth-tier top-grade building ship could break free from?

"Boom crack~"

Inside the gale barrier, nine gale green dragons swam, and with a sound of thunder, thunder beads emerged.

Both the attacker and the attacked immediately became honest.

Another high-rank spell reached perfection, and with extremely high spell control, a thunder spell field was formed.

"Hiss, encountered a master." The Golden Marquis's son's eyes suddenly became clear, and his reason returned.

And on the other ship, the Count of Wen Ce, Ji An, also secretly clicked his tongue: "Whose subordinate is this, actually so brave. Hmm? Just a sixth-rank official; how did such a powerful figure emerge in the Zixiao Islands?"

A sixth-rank official mastering high-rank perfection spells and having a double field is very rare, at least outside the military.

Zhao Xing didn't pay attention to them either, just held the two ships like this, waiting for the Patrol Office on Tianjing Island to come.

The reaction of the Tianjing Island Patrol Office was not slow; Zhao Xing cast the spell on the front foot, and they arrived on the back foot.

A patrol team rode a flying boat and appeared above the two warships.

The fifth-rank Patrol Inspector Liang Hongyu saw this scene and was also quite surprised.

"What's going on?" Liang Hongyu summoned the leading official to inquire.

The three leading officials who jumped off the ship belonged to the seven-sail ship, the Bright Moon ship, and the Cloud Rain ship respectively.

Liang Hongyu asked, and after a while, she knew the ins and outs.

Liang Hongyu activated her Bright Light Armor, flew in front of Zhao Xing, cupped her hands, and her voice was crisp: "Many thanks to this lord for stepping in to maintain order; may I ask your name?"

She is a fifth-rank official, and Zhao Xing is a sixth-rank official, but Liang Hongyu was very polite because Zhao Xing's strength might not even be possessed by an average fifth-ranker; how could this be an ordinary sixth-rank official?

"Twin Dragon Horse Prison Director Zhao Xing."

A Farmer? Liang Hongyu was a bit surprised: "Please, Master Zhao, withdraw the spell field on the seven-sail warship."

"Good." Zhao Xing waved his hand, and the spell field on the seven-sail ship immediately disappeared.

"Lock up everyone on this ship, except for the mechanism masters who control the warship, and take them back for questioning!"

Although Liang Hongyu is a female patrol inspector, she acted very decisively; after confirming the guilt, she immediately arrested people.

"Scoundrel, my father is..."

"Shut up!" Liang Hongyu shouted. "The seven-sail ship dares to be modified into a warship? Is your father a Duke or a Prince? Lock them up!"

The Golden Marquis's son was handcuffed, and the warship was towed to an outer island to be parked.

Ji An on the Bright Moon building ship also had to be taken away, but his ship was broken, and he couldn't move for a while; he had to wait for the Heavenly Work Division on Tianjing Island to repair it.

Zhao Xing saw that they were always blocking here, which was not a solution; people behind were cursing!

So he transmitted his voice to Liang Hongyu: "Master Liang, why don't I take them to the island together with the ship."

Liang Hongyu hesitated: "Master Zhao, it's still an hour and a half away... Why don't I guide them and let this ship land on the spot."

She doubted whether Zhao Xing could persist for so long.

Zhao Xing said: "No need for such trouble; after you finish guiding the cloud path, you still have to adjust the entry array, which will delay time again. Rest assured, I won't drop them to their deaths."

A flash of surprise flashed in Liang Hongyu's eyes, and she immediately cupped her fists: "Then I will trouble Master Zhao for your help."

Thus, Zhao Xing controlled this broken building ship and flew toward the front together.

This scene attracted many eyes around; being able to support a fifth-tier building ship to fly with a gale spell field is not something an ordinary person can do.

After landing on the island, they flew at low altitude for another hour and a half, arriving at the Building Ship Division on Tianjing Island.

Originally, Zhao Xing planned to leave, but at this time, Ji An, who was handcuffed, insisted on coming over to greet Zhao Xing.

He was escorted by Liang Hongyu and came over to cup his hands: "Ji An, courtesy name Mingzhi, County Magistrate of Kaiyang County, Seven Star Island; thank you, Master Zhao, for your help just now."

Seven Star Island is a medium-sized island, which is seven islands combined together, with seven counties set up on it.

As for why it was the County Magistrate who led the team instead of the Prison Supervisor of the Dragon Horse Prison, it was mainly because the situation of each island was different.

Some County Magistrates are more aggressive, and the Dragon Horse Prison has to listen to the County Magistrate's command, and even the Right Director is concurrently held by the County Magistrate.

"Zhao Xing, courtesy name Chenan, Director of the Dragon Horse Prison of Twin County." Zhao Xing cupped his hands. "It was just a casual act; Master Ji should move less anger in the future."

Ji An laughed: "Master Zhao is right; I don't know where Master Zhao will stay on the island? After I pay the fine, I will come to visit and thank you."

Zhao Xing tilted his head to look at Tao Anchun, who looked embarrassed and transmitted his voice in a low voice: "My lord, our Twin Islands haven't participated in the arena competition for many years; this time it is also a special slot; Tianjing Island hasn't arranged a post house in advance, so we have to find a place to stay ourselves..."

Zhao Xing nodded and said to Ji An: "Master Ji, please forgive me; we haven't found a place to stay yet."

Ji An was a bit surprised; as a Farmer official as strong as Zhao Xing, shouldn't he be in charge of a medium-sized island? Why didn't Tianjing Island arrange a place to stay?

Strange as it was, Ji An still didn't give up the idea of thanking him: "If Master Zhao doesn't mind, my Seven Star Island has an exclusive pavilion, which can be arranged for Master Zhao."

Zhao Xing thought for a moment and said: "Good, then I will trouble you."

"Hahaha, this is the first time I've greeted guests while handcuffed; Master Zhao, don't be surprised." Ji An's laughter was hearty: "Master Zhao, wait here; I'll be back soon."

After Ji An finished speaking, he went down the ship with Liang Hongyu.

"My lord, this person is quite hearty; Seven Star Island is a medium-sized island; we don't have to rent a place." Tao Anchun looked at Ji An's back and couldn't help but laugh.

The government post house was already full; if you want to find a place to stay, you have to pay for it yourself to rent, or simply buy a piece of land.

Tianjing Island is an inch of land and an inch of gold; buying or renting at this time is a significant expense.

Seven Star Island hadn't fallen out of the preliminaries for decades, so naturally, they had their own residence on the island and didn't have to squeeze in with others.

In fact, it was just as Tao Anchun guessed; when Ji An returned after paying the fine, Zhao Xing chatted with him and learned that he had bought a manor in Tianjing City, and it was quite large, covering a thousand acres.

"A thousand acres? Master Ji is really a big spender." Tao Anchun next to him couldn't help but praise.

"Haha, actually I also benefited from the former County Magistrate," Ji An laughed. "Before I took office, Kaiyang County had already set up public property here early on."

"Master Ji is really lucky." Zhao Xing sighed. "To be able to encounter such a good thing; my former Prison Supervisor didn't leave us anything."

Ji An waved his hand: "It has nothing to do with luck; the former County Magistrate of Kaiyang County was my own brother."

Tao Anchun: "..."

Damn, there are really nepotists everywhere.

Zhao Xing was used to it; he himself was also a nepotist.

In fact, in the East Sea Islands, this situation is not uncommon; the grandfather finishes being the County Magistrate, the son does it, and after the son finishes, the grandson does it.

Because many islands in the East Sea implement a system similar to the Tusi system.

The object Long Xiao is messing with, Bai Ling, her grandfather Bai Yunwu is one of the biggest Tusi in the East Sea.

Of course, Ji An is not in this situation; he is not a hybrid or aquatic race, purely an operation in officialdom.

"It's not easy to mix in recent years," Ji An suddenly sighed while chatting.

"How so, Master Ji?" Zhao Xing acted as a foil.

"Once the Great War against the Barbarians started, the policies in various parts of the East Sea became tighter and tighter; in previous years, I would operate, and I wouldn't even have to participate in the preliminaries; I could directly get a group stage slot in the Zixiao western region."

"Now that this fight has started, even the preliminaries have to be fought for," Ji An said. "Especially after the Liang Prince took office, the exploitation of the East Sea was too heavy; originally, my brother only needed to raise ten fifth-rank battle beasts in Kaiyang County every three years; now it's good, he has to raise fifteen every year!"

"If it can't be completed in a year, we have to reduce the scale, not only the salary of people but also the resources of beasts have to be halved."

"If we fight for another ten years, I'm afraid I won't even be able to afford tamers and feeders." Ji An sighed.

"Isn't Master Ji a tamer himself?"

Ji An was stunned and asked back: "Why, is Master Zhao a tamer himself?"

Zhao Xing nodded: "I am one myself."

Tao Anchun asked suspiciously: "Is it very common to hire tamers?"

Ji An nodded: "Of course. The Dragon Horse Prison only raises them; beast-taming masters are hired separately; you can't rely on the Farmers of the Cheng-Hua Division to go into battle; the Farmers of the Cheng-Hua Division are trash; they can only help with the excitement during sacrifices."

Dong Yuanqiu was a bit embarrassed because he was the Prefect of the Cheng-Hua Division.

Ji An was also strange because he found that although Zhao Xing's strength was good, his subordinates didn't seem to be familiar with these rules and market conditions.

At a glance, they didn't look like a strong team.

Master Zhao naturally understood these things: "Some not only hire tamers, but also hire veterinarians, Farmers, dancers, musicians, priests, and martial artists with heavy money."

Tao Anchun was surprised: "Need to hire so many people?"

"Of course," Ji An said. "For example, the Medical Division and Farmer Division of Dragon Island only recruit military doctors, military Farmers, or doctoral students who have retired from the academy."

"The competition of battle beasts is very fierce, and the duration is long; if they are injured today, they have to go on the field to fight tomorrow. Only military doctors can restore the combat power of battle beasts in a short time."

"Military Farmers are the same; battle beasts have to adapt to fighting in different weather and geography, because the ultimate goal of the Ten Thousand Beast Competition is to enter the Ancient Land of the Dragon Court."

"The environment inside is more complex, and survival is more difficult."

"Therefore, the training intensity of battle beasts is usually very high; perhaps the training environment required today is great cold, and tomorrow it will be great heat."

"How can ordinary Civil Farmers have this ability? Even if they can reverse the solar terms, they can't last for a long time."

"And food; those who eat meat are fine, but for vegetarian battle beasts, their nutritional matching also needs to be carefully selected."

"Herbivorous exotic beasts usually have huge bodies, and the refined food required is massive."

"To be self-sufficient, the planting speed and planting scale must be increased, and some precious plants are not something ordinary Farmers can raise."

Dong Yuanqiu, Tao Anchun, Cao Jiang, and others heard this and couldn't help but sigh; they didn't expect there to be so many particulars here.

It seems that the failure of the previous Prison Supervisor was not luck.

Zhao Xing took over Ji An's words: "In addition to military doctors and military Farmers, large islands will also recruit musicians and dancers to play music to soothe the emotions of battle beasts and perform dances to stimulate the fighting spirit of battle beasts; martial artists and priests act as sparring partners."

"Beast-taming masters are infinitely glorious during the competition, but in reality, this is not the credit of one person; any powerful beast-taming master has a strong logistics team behind them, silently paying huge efforts."

Ji An said: "Yes, my Seven Star Island dug a fifth-rank Farmer of the Self-Identity School from Shangluo Academy ten years ago; thanks to him, we maintained the 【Medium-sized Island】 specification of Seven Star Island."

"Master Zhao, your Twin Prison, since you didn't hire a tamer, are you also responsible for the duties of the God-Feeding Division?"

Zhao Xing shook his head: "No, Master Tao is responsible."

Tao Anchun was a bit ashamed; he was indeed responsible for the God-Feeding Division, but in reality, the cultivation of many precious plants was done by Zhao Xing.

He had never raised the mountain cat, Tiger Dragon, or Azure Phoenix at all.

It can be said that Zhao Xing brought the Twin Dragon Horse Prison to the preliminaries with his own strength, and next, he has to rely on Zhao Xing and his battle beasts to conquer the arena.

In addition, the Twin Prison doesn't even have a decent veterinarian; the physician Wen Mujin brought this time is still a guest veterinarian!

After chatting for a while, the officials of the Twin Prison all looked a bit dispirited.

The excitement of participating in the competition hadn't started yet, but it had already faded.

Because compared to Ji An's configuration, their side, except for Zhao Xing, had nothing worth mentioning.

It could even be said to be pitifully weak.

Ji An seemed to see the embarrassment of the Twin Dragon Horse Prison and didn't mention it anymore.

The building ship was quiet for a while, and Ji An pointed to the front: "Master Zhao, ahead is Tianjing City; fly to the foot of Jiannan Mountain in the southwest, and that is my Kaiyang Pavilion."

"Good."

…………

The building ship landed at Kaiyang Pavilion in Tianjing City.

Kaiyang Pavilion covers a thousand acres, and four manors are close together, all belonging to Seven Star Island.

There is an artificial lake in the manor; this is to facilitate the activities of water-traveling battle beasts.

The houses gradually became tall; Zhao Xing locked the Tiger Dragon and Azure Phoenix into the Tuo-Quan Palace here to live with the exotic beasts of Kaiyang County, while the mountain cat lived in the side room with him.

Arrived on December 2nd, competition started on December 4th.

There were still two days, and Zhao Xing didn't go out to walk around, just stayed in Kaiyang Manor.

The theme of the preliminaries is 'Winter,' lasting for a whole month.

The competition system has multiple parts, not purely fighting.

"December 4th to 11th, these seven days are the 'Flag Snatching Competition'."

"350, 00 exotic beasts leave the venue area and go to the island to snatch 10, 00 flags."

"Snatching one flag is enough to pass the next level."

"The Flag Snatching Competition ends on the 11th, and the next day is the 'Survival Competition'."

"There will be third-rank Farmers who will take action to stir up the weather and geography of Tianjing Island."

"It lasts for another seven days; during this period, all things on the island are withered and silent; except for the areas where humans are active, other places cannot get supplies; only a few locations store food supplies."

"In a harsh environment, the consumption of origin energy is huge, and they also have to face the attacks of competitors; it is very difficult to persist for seven days."

"However, if they feel they can't hold on, the tamer can recall the battle beast and return to the venue."

"The survival competition ends on the 18th, and the 'Ice Sealing Training' starts immediately on the 19th; the competition venue is on the seabed; they have to start from the outer sea north of Tianjing Island, swim around the island to the east, south, and west, and return to the starting point."

"It lasts for ten days; after ten days, a large-scale aerial melee will be conducted immediately."

"Exotic beasts cannot land and must fight continuously in the air; this is another competition item that tests endurance and combat power."

"Finally, only the top three thousand will be considered to have passed the preliminaries."

"Sigh." Zhao Xing looked at the competition system and couldn't help but sigh.

The elimination rate is really high.

350, 00 exotic beasts, and finally only three thousand are left to pass the preliminaries.

The preliminaries are one in a hundred, and these exotic beasts participating in the competition had already been screened once by the 【God Selection Division】 before.

"Aotian, with your small body, can you hold on?" Zhao Xing looked at the mountain cat gnawing on a fish and couldn't help but worry.

"Meow~" Feeling the master's emotions, the mountain cat put down the fish and walked over, rubbing against Zhao Xing's shoulder.

"Good, I believe in you," Zhao Xing smiled. "But if you can't hold on, you must listen to my orders and run back, do you hear me?"

"Meow~"

…………

Tianjing City, Dragon Lion Pavilion, this is the station of Dragon Lion Island, the largest island in the west of the Zixiao Islands.

At this time, the Dragon Horse Prison Director Tong Wanyang is chatting with his adjutant Yu Pengcheng.

"The islands in the top ten last time are all hiding their strength this time and haven't sent any powerful battle beasts," Yu Pengcheng analyzed. "Although they are all fourth-rank, there are only four types of divine bloodlines, all of which are divine level one to three."

"They are the fourth-rank early stage sent by Nine Dragon Bay, divine level one bloodline, Emperor Crocodile."

"The fourth-rank middle stage sent by Dragon Spring Island, divine level one bloodline, Spirit Rhinoceros."

"The fourth-rank middle stage sent by Bear Island, divine level two bloodline, Frost Howling Giant Bear."

"The fourth-rank middle stage sent by Heart Rock Island, divine level three bloodline, Evil Soul Dragon."

Tong Wanyang flipped through the list and threw it aside with a smile: "It seems that everyone wants to develop peacefully this time and doesn't dare to fight as fiercely as before."

Yu Pengcheng said: "Yes, it is said that the Great War against the Barbarians will enter the medium-rank stage next year; at that time, I don't know how many battle beasts will be conscripted; everyone has to tighten their belts to live."

In this special period, the Ten Thousand Beast Competition has to take a back seat; everything is prioritized for the Great War against the Barbarians.

At least in Pinghai Prefecture and the East Sea, this is the case.

Under this special period, all islands are intentionally reducing internal consumption in the preliminaries and group stages.

Lest they fail to complete the dispatch tasks from above and cannot hand over so many battle beasts to the military.

"Has Wang Xuanyi arrived in Tianjing City?" Tong Wanyang asked.

"Arrived," Yu Pengcheng nodded. "I am planning to go and pay a visit."

"By the way, probe the situation," Tong Wanyang thought. "Ask what the situation will be next year."

"Oh, right." Tong Wanyang suddenly remembered one thing. "I remember that Zhao Xing's materials for the Twin Dragon Horse Prison were approved by Wang Xuanyi; you should also go and inquire to see what the relationship is between this Wang Xuanyi and Zhao Xing."

"I heard that this Yuanrang Marquis was exiled because he offended the Liang Prince; there is no reason for him to be valued by Wang Xuanyi, except for Princess Youruo, are there other reasons?"

"I'll go and inquire."

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Tianjing City, the Great Agricultural Minister of Chongming Prefecture, Wang Xuanyi, descended to the government office.

"Subordinate Yu Hong, pay respects to Master Wang."

"Hmm." Wang Xuanyi nodded. "Are all the preliminary matters ready?"

"My lord, the island has been blocked, and the four rounds of checkpoints are all ready."

"The four armies of the East Sea Legion, totaling 120, 00 people, are all on standby inside and outside the island," Yu Hong said respectfully.

"How is the situation of the participating personnel?"

"The actual number of people and battle beasts is 1, 46 fewer than the pre-registration list, and there are 7, 46 fewer battle beasts."

Wang Xuanyi nodded and sat down after entering the main hall.

"Hum~" Above the main hall, Earth Mirrors hung down, monitoring the movements inside and outside Tianjing Island.

At the same time, a ranking list appeared next to it, but it hadn't been opened yet.

Wang Xuanyi scanned it and scanned the list of all participating personnel.

Then his gaze stayed on the column of Zhao Xing of the Twin Dragon Horse Prison.

"Came in the first year? Tiger Dragon and Azure Phoenix, and a mountain cat... I don't know if it can pass the first level," Wang Xuanyi thought, and soon ignored it.

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December 2nd, evening.

Zhao Xing sat by the lake, watching the Azure Phoenix and Tiger Dragon playing in the lake.

The mountain cat was quietly squatting aside; seeing Zhao Xing sitting cross-legged, it actually sat in meditation like a human.

Learning from Zhao Xing to inhale and exhale, but after a while, the mountain cat's eyelids drooped, and it became drowsy.

"Hey, this cat of yours..." Ji An walked over, looking at the mountain cat in surprise. "Actually so spiritual?"

"Get up, a cat should have a cat's appearance." Zhao Xing patted Aotian.

"Ah-ha~" The mountain cat yawned and opened its eyes.

"Master Ji, why haven't you slept yet?"

"Nothing, just out for a walk," Ji An laughed. "Master Zhao, did you only bring two pet beasts to participate in the war?"

"Three."

"Is it also participating?" Ji An pointed to the mountain cat.

"Hmm, let it see the world."

Ji An looked at the mountain cat curiously: "Is it okay? Isn't this just an ordinary mountain cat bloodline? Can it hold up through four levels?"

"Meow!" Aotian stood up straight and gave Ji An a lightning strike with its claws.

"Zzzzz~" Ji An's hair immediately stood up.

"Aotian, what are you doing!" Zhao Xing was startled and quickly ran over to help Ji An up. "Old brother, are you okay?"

"I, I'm fine... cough cough." Ji An is a fifth-rank official; he didn't expect to be knocked down by a mountain cat.

He climbed up, looking at the mountain cat with bright eyes: "Master Zhao, do you want to sell this cat?"

Zhao Xing shook his head with a smile.

"I'll pay a high price!" Ji An said.

"Not for sale, cheap or expensive."

"You don't even ask how much I'm offering?"

Zhao Xing laughed: "Even if I wanted to sell, Master Ji, you wouldn't dare to take it; it still has a father; are you afraid that a sword immortal will chase you and hack you in the future?"

Ji An looked puzzled, not knowing what Zhao Xing was babbling about, only thinking he didn't want to sell.

December 4th, early morning.

Many people came to Kaiyang Pavilion, mainly the other six counties on Seven Star Island.

But no one noticed Zhao Xing, a sixth-rank Farmer.

As soon as they arrived, they started discussing strategies with Ji An.

After discussing for two hours.

Ji An said something off-topic: "Brothers, on the way here, I had a conflict with someone and was fortunately helped by Zhao Xing, the Prison Supervisor of the Dragon Horse Prison of Twin Islands."

"He only has three pet beasts, all fifth-rank, but his team is newly created and doesn't have much decent logistics."

"I want to pull him into our Seven Star Island team to share intelligence and medical resources, to repay the personal favor; what do you think?"

"Can."

"I have no problem."

A young man frowned, "Master Ji, you want to repay the favor, why repay it now? He is just a sixth-rank Farmer, and he only has three beasts; even if your dragon pet helps him pass a level, can you protect him all the way to pass?"

"By doing this, you are not helping him, but harming him."

"Master Gu." Ji An looked at Gu Yi, the County Magistrate of Yaoguang County next to him, his eyes narrowed slightly: "Do you disagree, Master Gu?"

Gu Yi said: "I don't approve of you doing this."

"I also feel that Master Gu's words make sense," another fifth-ranker said. "We are not familiar with him; if we let our pets act with his pets, it will be very inconvenient."

"Fine," Ji An said. "It was my lack of consideration; then I won't share intelligence, only share my own medical staff with him."

Ji An also knew they were afraid that Zhao Xing would become a burden; acting together, they were also afraid of leaking the weaknesses of their pets; in fact, this was what they were most worried about.

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December 4th, 5: 5 AM.

Zhao Xing walked out of Kaiyang Pavilion.

At the same time, Ji An, Gu Yi, and other County Magistrates and Farmers of Seven Star Island, a total of fourteen fifth-rankers, forty-eight sixth-rankers, and 182 pet beasts, also gathered outside the venue.

As a medium-sized island, the strength of Ji An and others cannot be underestimated; half of these 182 pet beasts are fifth-rank battle beasts.

"Master Zhao." Ji An walked over, looking ashamed. "Originally, I wanted to invite Master Zhao's battle pets to act together, but this time it is not my county acting alone; forgive me for not being able to invite you to accompany me."

"No matter," Zhao Xing smiled. "It was I who disturbed you; Master Ji, arrange it yourself."

"If your pets are injured and lack medical staff, be sure to notify me." Ji An said.

"Good." Zhao Xing nodded.

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After the two met, Zhao Xing returned to his residence and closed his eyes, calling the Tiger Dragon and Azure Phoenix.

"Awoo~" "Screech~"

The Tiger Dragon and Azure Phoenix immediately flew back from the lakeside and landed in front of Zhao Xing.

"Aotian, go up."

"Meow~" The mountain cat immediately jumped onto the back of the Azure Phoenix.

Zhao Xing ordered Tao Anchun: "Master Tao, Master Cao, you watch the Earth Mirror; if there is any sudden situation, notify me immediately."

"Yes, my lord, rest assured."

"Master Wen, trouble you to boil medicine; if you don't have enough, or if you are missing anything, tell me immediately."

"Yes."

Tao Anchun and others immediately started doing their own things.

Zhao Xing closed his eyes and started the 'Soul Contract Connection.'

When he opened his eyes again, three perspectives appeared before him.

One is the mountain cat, and the other two are the Azure Phoenix and Tiger Dragon.

"Whoosh~"

The Azure Phoenix and Tiger Dragon, carrying the mountain cat on their backs, soared into the sky.

According to the rules, they must leave the city before 5: 5 AM and snatch three flags within seven days to be qualified to break into the next level.

December 4th, 5: 5 AM.

Countless exotic beasts flew out of Tianjing City; Tianjing City sits north and faces south.

After leaving the barrier, the exotic beasts flew toward the east, west, south, and north of the island.

10, 00 flags are distributed throughout the island.

As long as you snatch one flag, you can pass the level.

"Roar!"

Just after flying out of the east gate, Zhao Xing saw a huge head appearing on the city wall a thousand meters west of the east gate of Tianjing City.

"Emperor Crocodile, divine bloodline; with this momentum, it must be a fourth-rank Emperor Crocodile."

Zhao Xing controlled the Azure Phoenix to look back; the huge Emperor Crocodile was a thousand meters long, with sharp thorns on its back and dark golden secret patterns circling its whole body.

"A total of nine Emperor Crocodiles are lying outside the east city." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "It seems these Emperor Crocodiles don't intend to look for flags."

Seven days, find the flag, and have to bring the flag back to the city to count.

The strength of the Emperor Crocodile is arrogant; why would it need to?

Directly block an entrance to the city, wait for the other small shrimps to find them, and then snatch them.

"Awoo!"

Sounds also came from the west, south, and north.

Shadows shrouded the city gates.

Zhao Xing saw the shadow of an Evil Soul Dragon dancing its huge body in the sky.

There was also a Frost Howling Giant Bear, actually holding a huge mace, wearing armor, guarding the south city gate.

"In this way, if you want to enter the city, you have to take one more flag," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Otherwise, you can't get in at all."

The fourth-rank exotic beasts with divine bloodlines are transcendent; they don't need to snatch at all.

They all belong to the top ten forces in the west; they can have as many flags as they want.

Of course, the top ten forces didn't send many people this time; feeding the top ten forces doesn't require many slots.

It is estimated that a thousand flags are about enough.

If you are lucky, perhaps these forces have already eaten their fill, and when you return, you won't encounter those guarding the gate.

"Aotian, we..." Zhao Xing was about to exhort Aotian Meow, but suddenly saw a flag embroidered with a golden dragon going out to sea through the Azure Phoenix's perspective, inserted on a pile of rubble in a valley below.

"My luck... this distance is only ten miles out of the city, and I found a flag?"

Zhao Xing immediately ordered the Azure Phoenix to go down and pick up the flag and come back.

The tamer will play a guiding role; if there is no tamer, relying on the exotic beast alone, it is impossible to perform complex behaviors.

If Zhao Xing said to let the mountain cat find the flag, without using the soul contract connection method, and constantly guiding it.

Perhaps the mountain cat would be confused after leaving the city.

Find the flag? What is a flag, can it be eaten?

The Azure Phoenix and Tiger Dragon are the same; perhaps they understood it was a flag this time, but if they had to find something else next time, they would be just as confused.

"Screech~"

As the Azure Phoenix descended, a sound came from the left.

Zhao Xing saw a flash of gold from the Azure Phoenix's pupils, actually surpassing the Azure Phoenix's descent speed.

"Fifth-rank golden falcon? This speed is too fast; Azure Phoenix, come back, don't chase."

Zhao Xing could only watch helplessly as the flag below was snatched away by a flash of gold.

In terms of speed, the speed of the golden falcon has almost no opponent among the fifth rank.

Of course, its stamina is a big problem; it can fly for at most an hour before it has to rest and eat.

While the Azure Phoenix can fly at full speed for more than six hours continuously.

"Meow?" The mountain cat was a bit puzzled.

"Can't catch up," Zhao Xing's voice sounded in the mountain cat's mind.

"Meow!" The mountain cat expressed dissatisfaction; that's because you didn't call me just now!

Zhao Xing ignored the mountain cat and ordered the Azure Phoenix and Tiger Dragon to avoid places with many beasts and cruise in the high altitude.

The advantage of birds and beasts is that they fly high and see far; the Tiger Dragon can also fly, but at this time, it only acts as a guard role because the Tiger Dragon's eyesight is not good.

At the altitude the Azure Phoenix flies, the Tiger Dragon looks down, and the perspective is a blur.

350, 00 battle beasts were very dense when flying out of Tianjing City.

The moment they flew out, many places fell into battle.

The Azure Phoenix pulled up for the first time, avoiding chaotic battles.

But there were still many battle beasts flying in the sky.

However, the combination of three fifth-rankers was not something anyone dared to provoke easily, especially with a cat standing on the back of the Azure Phoenix.

It looked strange no matter how you looked at it; since it was strange, out of caution, no one provoked it actively.

If they encountered a flag, that would be another matter.

"Found the flag again, one, two, three, four, there are four golden dragon flags going out to sea!" Zhao Xing's luck was really good; flying for two quarters of an hour, he saw the flag again, this time there were four of them, inserted in a pond below.

"Go down!" Zhao Xing immediately let the Azure Phoenix and Tiger Dragon land.

Whoosh~

The Azure Phoenix and Tiger Dragon rushed down with the gale, and the sixth-rank exotic beasts around all gave way.

"There is a flag, charge!" In a venue in Tianjing City, a beast-taming master Huang Biao, who was driving four fifth-rank golden-winged lions, discovered the flag in the pond at the same time as Zhao Xing.

He immediately ordered the golden-winged lion, while also observing the competitors around him.

"The secret techniques of the Azure Phoenix include Frost Assault, Cold Feather Flying Thorn, Ice Sealing Wall, Ice Cone Impact, and Frost Mist."

"The secret techniques of the Tiger Dragon include Sea Realm Building Void, Tiger Roar Dragon Chant, Flood Dragon Devour, and Inverse Scale Explosion Technique."

Beast-taming master Huang Biao stared closely at Zhao Xing's combination.

"Hmm? Why is there a cat?"

"What are the secret techniques of the mountain cat again?"

Huang Biao immediately racked his brains.

Whether it is the arena or the battlefield, this kind of battle beast, the mountain cat, is really rare.

Because most cats are stubborn and it is difficult to make them do this or that, let alone train them.

"There is something strange; must be on guard."

Huang Biao immediately reduced his speed, letting the four golden-winged lions set up a defensive posture in the air.

As a result, the Azure Phoenix didn't cast any secret techniques at all and just rushed down.

Then, it picked up the four flags and flew away straight.

"What?" Huang Biao stared at the Azure Phoenix's distant back and couldn't help but be stunned.

"This is a master; he actually doesn't cast secret techniques at all, deliberately exposing his back to me?"

"Not making a move, but making it difficult for me to respond; what a brilliant tactic, winning without a move; he really holds the secret technique well," Huang Biao muttered to himself.

He didn't know that Master Zhao didn't know these things at all.

The Azure Phoenix and Tiger Dragon had only been in his hands for two or three days; he hadn't even learned how to guide the Azure Phoenix to release skills; he was here to practice this time.

As for tactics, it goes without saying; Master Zhao is just a part-time beast-taming master; how could he think of these?

He can be said to be a pure rookie now.

It was entirely Huang Biao's overthinking, fighting wits with the air.

"Four flags in hand." In the venue, Zhao Xing smiled. "If there were no guards of divine bloodlines, I could let the Tiger Dragon and Azure Phoenix return to the city now."

"Now it won't work; still have to find two more."

"Hmm? Seems like someone followed?"

Zhao Xing discovered from the Azure Phoenix's perception that someone seemed to be staring at his battle beasts.

Looking back, he found it was still those four golden-winged lions.

"This person is so strange; he didn't snatch it just now; I thought he was afraid of me; why is he chasing again now?"

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind; it's not played like this either." Zhao Xing was a bit puzzled; if you had snatched it at the beginning, I would have given it up.

After all, his luck was good, and it had just started; there was no need to fight to the death.

"Roar!" The roar of the golden-winged lion sounded a bit exasperated.

It was Huang Biao who had observed Zhao Xing's three pet beasts for a while and reacted afterward.

"This flight posture, fuck, he is not a master at all, but a pure rookie!"

"I was bluffed by him!"

Huang Biao cursed in exasperation.

Too shameful; if people knew that he, a high-achieving student from the Wanhua Academy, was played like this, where would he put his face!

"Aotian, try these big cats." Zhao Xing ordered the mountain cat, and then realized his order was too complex.

What is trying? The mountain cat was puzzled.

"They want to snatch your food; beat them up." Zhao Xing re-issued the instruction.

"Meow!!!" The mountain cat immediately exploded.

Snatching food? How could this be!

"Zzzzzzz~"

In the mountain cat's eyes, blue and purple colors flashed.

Purple and blue colors, secret patterns in circles, quickly circled from the head to the tail.

When the light flashed, the mountain cat entered the second form.

It was covered with a layer of purple-blue scale armor, its fangs and claws became longer, and between breaths, thunder and gale flowed around its body.

In an instant, a mountain cat with thick limbs, developed muscles, wearing purple-blue battle armor, and full of metallic texture appeared on the back of the Azure Phoenix.

"Hmm? What is this secret technique?" Huang Biao was stunned. "A mountain cat with the gold element? That's not right."

It was just such a moment of daze, and the mountain cat had disappeared from the back of the Azure Phoenix.

"Pfft~"

Huang Biao felt pain in his ribs, and a sense of weightlessness came from his mind.

"What?"

Huang Biao was stunned; the perspective in front of him turned upside down and pulled closer to the ground extremely quickly.

His four golden-winged lions actually entered a paralyzed state in an instant, and their wings were torn off!

"What the hell is going on, what kind of cat can be so powerful?" Huang Biao felt terrible.

First suspected it was a master, then thought it was a rookie, and now looking at it, this is a peerless master!

Both are fifth-rank, and the golden-winged lion is a mid-fifth-rank, famous-level sixth-rank bloodline, actually killed by a cat in seconds?

Not to mention Huang Biao, Zhao Xing was also a bit surprised now.

"Is Aotian Meow strong? Or are those golden-winged lions weak?"

"A mountain cat that has taken countless spiritual rarities, how high is its combat power; this really touches my knowledge blind spot..." Zhao Xing thought silently.

He hadn't seen such a cat in his previous life; who would feed so many spiritual rarities to a cat? That would be too extravagant.

In the Twin Dragon Horse Prison, Zhao Xing rarely sparred with the mountain cat because the clone couldn't beat it, and the true self had too many things to do.

"Aotian, I seem to have seriously underestimated your combat power." Zhao Xing discovered this point.

"Meow~" The mountain cat lay on the back of the Azure Phoenix, licking its claws.

Zhao Xing changed the way of asking: "Aotian, when we left the city just now, those big guys lying on the city wall, are you afraid?"

Aotian stood up straight, looked back at the city wall; at this time, it could only see the blurred shadow of the Emperor Crocodile.

A light shone in Aotian's eyes, reflecting the appearance of the Emperor Crocodile.

Its emotions also became excited.

Are you talking about this big fish? Are we going to eat it?

"Eat?"

Zhao Xing in the Kaiyang venue was shocked.

The mountain cat was not only not afraid, but also wanted to eat the Emperor Crocodile?

"You are so awesome, why are you looking for a flag; go, go, go, let's return to the city and eat fish!"