Chapter 243: Lightning Bamboo, Hallucinogenic Mushroom, Jungle Leap (12,000)

Liu Tianning had not expected that Zhao Xing would not only develop Pure Origin Soil but also on such a large scale.

Over three thousand square meters—many Fifth-Grade experts of the Self-Nature School could barely achieve as much.

"You've made significant progress," Liu Tianning nodded. "Those 300 million points were well spent."

To have this kind of performance, 300 million points were truly worth it.

Zhao Xing said: "I actually spent resources worth 1 billion. Princess Youruo has also been quite attentive to me, and my Myriad Dharma clones have had some fortuitous encounters while exploring the East Sea."

Liu Tianning mused: "Once you reach the Fifth-Grade realm, I will find you resources on the level of ten billion."

Ten billion level resources? This time, it was Zhao Xing's turn to be stunned.

How is Old Liu so wealthy?

Liu Tianning said indifferently: "After the Pacification War ends, regardless of whether I am promoted to a Third-Grade official, I will become a Vice Dean of the Shangluo Academy."

"Even if it's just in the early stages, the resources I can command will be at least in the trillions. These resources are primarily used to cultivate talented Agricultural Officials of the Self-Nature School."

"As my disciple, it is not difficult for you to enjoy cultivation resources at the ten-billion level."

Zhao Xing pondered for a moment and immediately understood.

Liu Tianning, from the Agricultural Official family of Taihe Commandery, might not be able to casually pull out ten billion for a disciple. Even if he had that much, the Liu family was a massive clan, and he had an older brother; strictly speaking, his brother was the head of the family.

But Liu Tianning, as the leader of the Self-Nature School, was different.

The Dao of the Agricultural Official has been passed down for thousands of years. Places where Agricultural Officials gather, such as the Shangluo Academy and the Lianhua Academy, have long histories and deep foundations; no one can clearly state just how terrifying their reserves are.

But no matter who sits on the throne, it does not affect their farming.

Because Agricultural Officials have no political leanings; their ideal and ambition is to farm and bring great order to the world.

No dynasty or generation would ever slaughter Agricultural Officials; on the contrary, they are the primary targets for a new dynasty to win over.

When conquering the world, the nineteen continents experience many ravages of war, and the weather and geography become chaotic. To recover quickly and stabilize the world, one cannot do without Agricultural Officials.

Whether Liu Tianning becomes a Third-Grade official of the imperial court after this Pacification War ends is irrelevant; as long as he can become the leader of the Self-Nature School, a high-grade official position is guaranteed.

The reason he is a Vice Dean of the Shangluo Academy is mainly because the current leader of the Self-Nature School, 'Xu Xing', is not yet dead.

But Xu Xing cannot hold on much longer. Zhao Xing recalled that this Second-Grade Junior Agricultural Minister was already seven hundred and seventy-five years old.

Xu Xing, this Second-Grade official, possesses First-Grade strength; even if he could live past eight hundred, he doesn't have much time left.

And in his previous life, Xu Xing also passed away in the seventeenth year of Jingxin.

The Self-Nature School could not wait for someone to die before selecting a successor; they had already begun scouting candidates. From the moment Liu Tianning came out of the Military Realm and began to act, this matter had no suspense.

The spell that best represents the Self-Nature School is the Myriad Dharma Grass Man.

Liu Tianning's great-grandfather was the Dean of the Lianhua Academy; although not the leader, he held a very high position.

With such impeccable roots, Liu Tianning also took the Myriad Dharma Grass Man to new heights.

The other Vice Deans simply could not compete with him; they were merely running alongside him.

Liu Tianning himself did not have that much money to give to his disciples.

But after he succeeds, he will shoulder the heavy responsibility of flourishing the Self-Nature School; he does not need to wait for Xu Xing to die to take action.

Cultivating Agricultural Officials of the Self-Nature School is what he must do, just as he did when he gave lectures on the Grass Man Method in the Ten Suns Cave Heaven back then.

Although the Self-Nature School has few people, they are very united. Those who can be called Agricultural Officials of the Self-Nature School are at least at the Fifth-Grade realm.

If Liu himself commands resources at the trillion level, then he was being modest!

Promoting the worthy without avoiding relatives—although Zhao Xing is his disciple, his ability is there. Obtaining ten billion in resources, one would think there would be no objections.

However, this is not given for free.

According to Old Liu's character, his assessment of disciples is very strict.

Sure enough, Zhao Xing heard Liu say again:

"In the first stage, I will give you five hundred million first."

"With these five hundred million, you need to cultivate mainstream Fifth-Grade plants of the 'Family', 'Series', 'Order', 'Species', 'Genus', and 'Sub-genus' categories. You need to dabble in every level of classification."

"Additionally, you need to skillfully use the Pure Origin Projection, master its combat methods, and enter the 【Arena】 to improve your ranking."

"This is the goal for the first stage."

"In the second stage, I will give you at least two billion to cultivate Sixth-Grade plants and Fifth-Level Pure Origin Soil."

"Additionally, you must go to the Arena to temper yourself. Regardless of whether you are Fifth-Grade or Fourth-Grade, you must become the number one Agricultural Official of the Self-Nature School in the Mid-Grade realm of Pinghai Commandery."

"In the third stage, I will give you at least eight billion to cultivate Seventh-Grade plants of six levels. The goal is to be the number one Agricultural Official in the Mid-Grade realm of the entire continent."

Liu Tianning did not speak of what came after, because if Zhao Xing completed these three goals, regardless of his official rank, he would already possess high-grade combat power.

At that time, Zhao Xing would also be a high-level figure, and he would also have to shoulder the responsibility of cultivating the younger generation. As for how to walk the path after that, Liu Tianning had not yet arranged it that far ahead for him.

Zhao Xing listened quietly.

Fifth-Grade plants, he could cultivate them easily.

The only difficulty lay in Liu's requirement, which encompassed all series.

Some growth cycles are relatively long, such as large trees; with his current scale, planting large trees is still relatively difficult.

Of course, the goal for the first stage is generally relatively simple; it is not difficult to accomplish these things with five hundred million.

What is difficult are the second and third stages.

"Come find me once you have completed the first stage goal."

"Yes, thank you for your cultivation, Master," Zhao Xing said respectfully.

Next, Liu Tianning asked some more questions, mainly about his insights into the three great secret scriptures. The master and disciple discussed the Dao across the Earth Mirror for half an hour before ending the chat.

Just as it ended, Zhao Xing received a notification on his Earth Mirror that 500 million points had been credited.

"Elites like Old Liu who come from Agricultural Official families really drop a lot of gold coins."

"Doing one task for him is a hundred or a thousand times better than doing it for others," Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh.

Compared to Liu Tianning, Mi Fu's influence while alive was completely incomparable; perhaps only in his later years would someone compare him to Liu Tianning.

"Old Man Mi's Profound Yellow Analysis Technique is not yet suitable for publication," Zhao Xing thought.

First of all, Old Liu has already embarked on an invincible path. Regardless of strength, family background, prestige in the court and the public, or military and political power... Liu Tianning's rise is already unstoppable; he is destined to become the Grand Agricultural Minister in the future.

Whether or not he has this Profound Yellow Analysis Technique makes no difference.

But Zhao Xing has to rely on this secret technique to complete his own plan; this matter must wait at least until he reaches a high grade.

At the current stage, spiritual energy treasures are hard to find; even in Princess Youruo's treasury, only this piece of willow branch was found, so there is no point in talking about it.

Once more spiritual energy treasures are found, it could be used for both Old Liu and Mi Fu.

"Hooking up with Liu Tianning really is getting on the fast track to leveling up."

"Giving so much... he is truly afraid that I will be greedy," Zhao Xing couldn't help but smile.

Counting the 300 million given before, a total of 800 million has been given now.

Liu Tianning is not yet a Vice Dean; it is estimated that this money still has to come out of Old Liu's own pocket.

"It's possible this money was borrowed from the Princess," Zhao Xing guessed.

Because not long after, Princess Youruo contacted him, asking if he had broken through to the Fifth Grade.

He hadn't told anyone about his breakthrough to the Fifth Grade; it must have been Liu Tianning who told her.

"It is estimated that the Princess took the initiative to provide it. It really makes people envious; earning money just by standing there."

Having obtained 500 million points, Zhao Xing's true self left Twin Island again.

He had to go to the Military Realm to make some purchases, and the nearest entrance to the Military Realm was the Jiujiang Cave Heaven.

Although Old Liu did not set a time limit for him, Zhao Xing himself felt that time was tight.

Mainly because the twenty-ninth year of Jingxin was already approaching a critical node.

First is the thirtieth year of Jingxin, which will be the East Sea group stage of the Ten Thousand Beasts Competition; if he qualifies, he can participate in the Four Seas Competition.

Occupying a seat in the Four Seas Competition will allow him to enter the Dragon Court Ancient Land.

At the same time, in the thirtieth year of Jingxin, Chongming Prefecture will have to promote him to a Fifth-Grade official no matter what.

Because he has had excellent political performance evaluations for ten consecutive years, and it far exceeded the standard for excellent, he must be promoted.

At that time, he will receive another baptism of the national dynasty's destiny.

But at the same time, he will also enter the danger zone of being a Fifth-Grade official.

Whether it is the Prince Zhao faction or external forces, they will all take notice of him.

It is now autumn; after the New Year (the Spring Festival in February), he will have to be promoted, which means there is less than half a year to prepare.

Enemies may be encountered both internally and externally, especially since Prince Zhao must have already begun plotting rebellion at this time. Zhao Xing calculated with the Ten Thousand Year Profound Turtle and the Five Finger Destiny.

He calculated many times, and no matter how he interpreted the hexagram, the thirtieth year of Jingxin would be a year of many troubles for him.

"Worldly affairs change too quickly. If chaos breaks out, farming will inevitably be affected. If plant troops form combat power, I can have one more preparation."

Zhao Xing drove the flying boat, and three days later, on September 26th, he arrived at Jiujiang Commandery in Chongming Prefecture.

The entrance to the Jiujiang Cave Heaven is in the eastern part of the Commandery City.

The reason the Cave Heaven entrance is inside the Commandery City, unlike the Ten Suns Cave Heaven entrance which is located in the mountains in the suburbs, is mainly due to the special nature of the Jiujiang Cave Heaven.

It is also a movable gate entrance, similar to the Star Ruins Realm.

It is just that the Jiujiang Cave Heaven is in the middle stage of a small world, and the interior is very stable.

A thousand years ago, the gate entrance of the Jiujiang Cave Heaven was not in Jiujiang Commandery, and this place was not called Jiujiang Commandery.

It was Emperor Wen who moved the gate entrance from Yuanpin Commandery and deployed it here, with the purpose of increasing the military strength of the eastern part of Pinghai Commandery.

It's just that the period of Emperor Wen was relatively peaceful, and the aquatic tribes all admired Emperor Wen's benevolence, so basically nothing major happened in the East Sea.

The Jiujiang Cave Heaven did not exert its military role; instead, as time passed, it became a rich material storage station.

If one wants to buy East Sea goods, the Jiujiang Cave Heaven is the most complete.

It is also a large transit station for the Military Realm; basically, anything that can be bought with money can be bought here.

After sitting for a while in the lobby of the Building Boat Division in the east of the Commandery City, he saw a burly martial general wearing light armor and a long sword at his waist walking over quickly.

"Marquis Yu Rang, it is my fault for keeping you waiting," the martial general said, cupping his hands.

"General Fang, please don't be so polite. Actually, I just arrived a while ago," Zhao Xing stood up.

The person who came was Fang Ze of the Jiujiang Army. For eight years, the warhorses cultivated by the Dragon Horse Prison have always been transported to the Profound Armor Army, the Wuluo Army, and the Jiujiang Army.

Among them, the one responsible for liaising with Zhao Xing for the Jiujiang Army is this martial general Fang Ze, who is a proper Fifth-Grade Upper.

"Marquis Yu Rang, please follow me." Fang Ze knew Zhao Xing's character, so he didn't engage in too much pleasantry and took him directly to the Jiujiang Cave Heaven.

"Please."

Zhao Xing is not a soldier now. According to normal procedures, if he wants to enter the Military Realm Cave Heaven, he needs to go through the process and wait for the local government to submit it to the Military Realm for approval.

After all, the Military Realm is equivalent to the entire Great Zhou's military camp, and non-soldiers cannot enter at will.

However, with Fang Ze leading the way, it was different.

He took him directly through the exclusive passage of the Jiujiang Army.

Entering through a hundred-meter-high gate, after going inside, he arrived at the side of a large river.

Not far from the large river was the Jiujiang Military City.

The layout inside was not much different from Yangcheng, because the construction layout of military cities has unified regulations.

The difference from the Ten Suns Cave Heaven is that the weather and geography here are very stable, spring-like all year round, and it is very comfortable after entering.

"Marquis Yu Rang, this is the Longjiang Guest House arranged for you by our army."

"It is very close to the inner treasury of the Military Realm, less than thirty miles away."

"It is also very close to the Arena, less than twenty miles."

"Whether you want to buy things or want to go to the Arena for sparring, it is very convenient."

"If Marquis Yu Rang wants to go to our Jiujiang Military Camp to take a look, you can go anywhere with this token," Fang Ze handed Zhao Xing a token engraved with the word 'Fang', full of hope.

"Thank you, General Fang," Zhao Xing accepted the token.

"The Jiujiang City Agricultural Official Prison also has four courtyards: Weather, Geography, Great Granary, and Pinghuai."

"It also has treasure lands such as the Solar Term Stele, the Primordial Arena, the Seventy-Two Earth Palaces, and the Profound Earth Prison."

"If Marquis Yu Rang has time, you can go to our army's Agricultural Official Training Camp to give some guidance," Fang Ze said expectantly. "If you could give them a lecture, that would be even better."

How could Master Zhao have this leisure time? He took the token, perfunctorily said a few words, and sent Fang Ze away.

After familiarizing himself with the venue a little, Zhao Xing took out the Earth Mirror and purchased Fifth-Grade seeds on it.

Now, he has Third-Level Pure Origin Soil, which can cultivate Seventh-Grade plant life at the highest.

However, the Floating Vine, a resource-hungry giant, has already been planted in the soil, so it is impossible to plant other high-grade plants, otherwise, it will affect the growth of the Floating Vine.

After all, the Floating Vine can naturally grow to the Ninth Grade.

Of course, priority is given to supplying its growth.

Liu Tianning also knows this point, so the goal set for Zhao Xing is Fifth-Grade plant troops.

"Fourth-Grade, Fifth-Grade, and Sixth-Grade plant troops, in terms of life rank alone, are roughly equivalent to the Sixth-Grade, Fifth-Grade, and Fourth-Grade of humans."

"However, there are strong and weak practitioners among the human race, and plant quality classification is more detailed," Zhao Xing browsed on the Earth Mirror.

The Shangluo Academy classifies plant grades into First to Ninth Grade, and Super Grade (rare treasures, peerless wonders).

Quality is classified into 'Ordinary Grade', 'Elite Grade', 'King Grade', 'Emperor Grade', and 'Legendary Grade'.

Among them, the Emperor Grade and Legendary Grade qualities generally only appear in rare treasures and peerless wonders.

If a seedling is of Emperor Grade quality, as long as it can be cultivated to maturity, it has a great possibility of exceeding the Ninth Grade.

The quality of the Floating Vine given by Liu Tianning is only King Grade.

The reason why Old Liu was able to cultivate it to a level exceeding the Ninth Grade later was entirely because he piled up enough resources to break the quality limit.

Of course, there is another sentence after the quality formulated by the Self-Nature School: All plant life has the possibility of becoming a legend.

However, this sentence is just something to look at.

Ordinary quality, growth potential, is at most Third Grade.

Want to cultivate it into a legend? The manpower, material resources, and financial resources consumed are a hundred times harder than directly cultivating a seedling of legendary quality.

"Generally speaking, choosing the corresponding quality is choosing growth potential."

Zhao Xing filtered out the other options and only looked at 'Elite Quality'.

Third-Level Pure Origin Soil, cultivating Elite Quality is a match for him; cultivating King Grade would be overloading it.

"The first stage goal set for me by Liu Tianning includes mainstream plant troops of six classifications: 'Family', 'Series', 'Order', 'Species', 'Genus', and 'Sub-genus'."

"Saying they are mainstream, the total amount is not small," Zhao Xing looked carefully. "First pick those with short growth cycles and easy growth."

The fastest growing are undoubtedly the vine series, bamboo series, and herbaceous plants.

However, for this type of plant, there are relatively few of Elite quality.

There are even fewer that can be used in combat.

Because it must possess 'active' effects.

"Buy these three types first as practice."

【You purchased Lightning Bamboo Seedlings X30, Quality: Elite Second Grade】

【You purchased Tough Long Vine Seedlings X10, Quality: Elite Second Grade】

【You purchased Hallucinogenic Mushroom Seeds X30, Quality: Elite Second Grade】

All are Elite Second Grade, which means they will be Fifth Grade when they reach maturity; in terms of life level alone, they correspond to the Fifth Grade of humans.

Take 【Hallucinogenic Mushroom】 for example, its toxicity can take effect on Fifth Grade.

But if it were only Elite First Grade (commonly known as Fourth Grade), it wouldn't be able to poison a Fifth Grade.

The mushroom family is the type of plant troop Zhao Xing likes the most; this thing has many application scenarios and high operability.

After the purchase was completed, 5, 00 points were deducted from Zhao Xing's balance.

Seeds and seedlings are actually quite cheap; the main cost is the significant expense required during the cultivation process.

If you just put the seeds and seedlings into the Pure Origin Soil and ignore them, that is equivalent to purely consuming the energy of the Pure Origin Soil.

The energy level of the Pure Origin Soil will drop.

In serious cases, it will regress to First-Level soil, or even decompose back into gravel.

This will cause permanent damage; even if it is condensed into Pure Origin Soil again, it will be weaker than before.

So Zhao Xing also needs to buy other resources to bring in together.

"Purchase 10 Sixth-Grade Origin Crystals."

【You purchased 10 Sixth-Grade Origin Crystals, 600, 00 points deducted.】

Not long after placing the order, he heard a clattering sound outside the courtyard.

Zhao Xing walked out to take a look and was stunned. Why is it popular for Mechanists to ride bamboo horses to deliver goods now?

For a moment, he even thought he had returned to the Eighteen Sophora Willow Courtyard and met Gao Ming delivering goods.

"My lord, the things you wanted have arrived," the delivery Mechanist brought Zhao Xing back to reality.

"Hmm," Zhao Xing waved his hand and rolled the bamboo box scroll in from the courtyard gate.

In the three bamboo boxes were 【Hallucinogenic Mushroom】, 【Tough Long Vine】, and 【Lightning Bamboo】 respectively.

Opening the boxes, Zhao Xing's mind moved.

Hum~

The Pure Origin Projection appeared immediately, covering the seeds and seedlings in the boxes.

"Collect!"

The boxes were still in place, but the seeds and seedlings had disappeared.

Zhao Xing's mind sank, introspecting the Pure Origin Soil.

At this time, the seeds and seedlings of the three types of plants and the 10 Origin Crystals all appeared in the Pure Origin Soil.

As soon as they were planted, the seedlings and seeds grew crazily, crossing the seedling stage at a speed visible to the naked eye and entering the growth stage.

"The Pure Origin Soil has the Dao method I comprehended inscribed on it, and the Origin Crystals provide sufficient energy, which is equivalent to automatically casting Wasteland Condensation and Savage Growth."

Zhao Xing's mind floated up; next, he didn't need to do anything, just wait for maturity.

Previously, cultivating plants required constant spellcasting; after having Pure Origin Soil, it became fully automatic, which was simply too easy.

"Next is to master the control spells of the Self-Nature School."

Learning spells costs no money; Zhao Xing flew directly to the Agricultural Official Prison of Jiujiang City.

After taking out the token given by Fang Ze, Zhao Xing arrived at the Jiujiang Great Granary Courtyard.

What he wants to learn now is a spell he had touched upon long ago—【Grass and Trees as Soldiers】.

"【Grass and Trees as Soldiers】 is a spell for controlling plant troops."

"If you want to use plants to fight, you cannot do without this spell of the Self-Nature School."

The Grass and Trees as Soldiers spell was learned during the clerk period, but at that time, it was just using the characteristics of grass and trees to draft grass men, which could not be counted as the real 【Grass and Trees as Soldiers】.

The real Grass and Trees as Soldiers spell is a high-level spell.

Zhao Xing came to a mural corridor in the Great Granary Courtyard to observe.

At this time, many reserve military Agricultural Officials cast their gazes over.

However, they just took a look and continued doing their own things; they regarded Zhao Xing as some teacher in the Great Granary Courtyard.

Zhao Xing sat in front of the mural, looking up quietly.

"Hum~"

Zhao Xing closed his eyes, and then found himself in front of a bamboo forest.

At this time, an Agricultural Official wearing a coir raincoat, a bamboo hat, and waving a staff stood in front of the bamboo forest.

"The Grass and Trees as Soldiers spell is the top priority for Agricultural Officials of the Self-Nature School."

"If you want to make plants become troops and use them like your own arms, you must deeply understand the Yin-Yang Self-Nature Sutra."

"Look, this is an Elite Second-Grade firecracker bamboo," this nameless Agricultural Official pointed to a firecracker bamboo.

"It has fully matured and already possesses the characteristic of 'explosion'."

"Even if no one interferes, when the time comes, it will naturally explode."

Then this Agricultural Official pointed to one of the firecracker bamboos:

"In about a quarter of an hour, it will explode naturally. Observe its state of natural explosion carefully."

Zhao Xing stared with full concentration.

Sure enough, a quarter of an hour later, the eighteenth node of one of the firecracker bamboos exploded.

Following this explosion, it immediately ignited the other parts, and all thirty-eight nodes of the entire firecracker bamboo were ignited, and the powerful fire-element force splashed in all directions.

Zhao Xing was thoughtful.

And the nameless Agricultural Official pointed to another one and said: "This firecracker bamboo is far from the time for natural explosion."

"But now, I will cast Grass and Trees as Soldiers on it. Observe the explosion state under my control carefully."

"Grass and Trees as Soldiers · Explode!"

As the nameless Agricultural Official waved his staff, the thirty-eight-node firecracker bamboo began to turn red starting from the first node at the root.

Layers of fire-element force were transmitted from the root to the thirty-eighth node at the very top.

At this time, the top node was already burned red, emitting a scorching light.

"Boom!"

The top bamboo node exploded, and a red beam of light shot forward.

"Bang!" A hundred meters ahead, a ten-meter-high boulder was instantly blown to pieces.

The direction of its explosion was exactly the direction pointed by the nameless Agricultural Official's staff!

"The timing, direction, and even the power of the firecracker bamboo explosion have become controllable!"

"This is Grass and Trees as Soldiers!"

"It is not just firecracker bamboo; other plant life is the same."

"They are born with innate secret skills similar to exotic beasts, but plant life has extremely low intelligence and cannot actively cast them at all, so they are uncontrollable."

"Exerting characteristics, guiding characteristics, and grasping timing is only the first level of control."

"The second level is control, replacing these plant lives and becoming their brain."

"Please look."

The nameless Agricultural Official waved his hand, the bamboo forest behind him disappeared, and a large patch of vines appeared.

His staff waved forward, and all the vines that were lying on the ground raised their heads like snakes.

Even after seeing similar scenes countless times, Zhao Xing still had a feeling of scalp-tingling excitement.

Because these vines were actually moving.

"Rustle~"

Vines and vine leaves rubbed against the ground.

And in front, there was a wild boar lowering its head to eat grass, completely unaware that vines from all directions were surrounding it.

"This vine has extremely strong toughness; it can stretch and contract."

"So I named this move 'Death Entanglement'."

Grass and Trees as Soldiers · Death Entanglement!

Zhao Xing was excited again, because this is a classic skill of the vine series.

In this life, he finally saw such a scene again.

Hundreds of vine branches instantly entangled the wild boar tightly.

"Whoosh~"

The thousand-jin wild boar was instantly dragged away, coming from a hundred meters away to the front of the nameless Agricultural Official.

"Crack, crack, crack, crack~"

As the nameless Agricultural Official's palm clenched into a fist, the vine branches tightened continuously, and the wild boar was instantly strangled into dozens of pieces, even its bones were broken!

After the demonstration, the nameless Agricultural Official continued: "The first level of Grass and Trees as Soldiers, guidance."

"The second level, control."

"Both cannot do without the cultivation of the Yin-Yang Self-Nature Sutra."

The nameless Agricultural Official waved his hand, and at this time, the world became transparent and illusory.

The wild boar and the land disappeared, leaving only one vine.

A certain connection was formed between it and the nameless Agricultural Official.

Looking closely, Zhao Xing could see wisps of five-element energy flowing in the vine.

"Five-element energy like silk and wisps, thousands of threads and wisps, so that's it," Zhao Xing suddenly realized.

No wonder one of the necessary conditions for Pure Origin Soil is that the second level of the Yin-Yang Self-Nature Sutra is comprehended.

Five-element force like silk and wisps permeates into the plant life body; in this way, one can control the plant life and fully exert its characteristics.

Thus, control is achieved.

"Its principle is similar to the Grass Man Method, but the Grass Man Method is more complex and more inclined to the spell."

"And plant troops are more inclined to the innate talent of the plant life itself."

Zhao Xing himself has learned the Myriad Dharma Grass Man, and at this time, he understood why the Grass Man Method was placed in the 【Grass and Trees as Soldiers】 category.

"The third level of Grass and Trees as Soldiers is also the ultimate goal of the Self-Nature School."

The nameless Agricultural Official waved his hand, and another scene appeared around him.

Another phantom appeared beside him.

Beside the phantom was a field of golden beans.

It walked into the bean field, plucked a handful of bean seeds, then opened its palm and blew a breath.

Whoosh~

Dozens of bean seeds instantly turned into dozens of soldiers wearing golden armor.

"What is presented before you now is an image passed down from ancient times."

"It records the legendary divine ability—Scattering Beans to Become Soldiers."

"It is also the third level of Grass and Trees as Soldiers, Bestowing Spirit."

"We should study hard and practice diligently to reproduce the supreme divine ability of the Self-Nature School in ancient times."

The picture ends here.

Zhao Xing opened his eyes again.

"I didn't expect that the Self-Nature School already had the concept of divine ability in this period, and even preserved images passed down from the last spiritual energy era. This is really not easy," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Things passed down from the last spiritual energy era are very, very few; the time interval is too long, and they cannot be cultivated, so they gradually became legends.

"The Grass Man Method and the Mountain Method all need the spiritual energy era to reproduce their true glory. As the era changes, the power of these spells will be further strengthened."

"I just need to learn to the second level," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

It is impossible to reproduce the spiritual energy era.

Unless he can find a large amount of spiritual energy, but if there is a large amount of spiritual energy, he will also use it to improve the grade of the Pure Origin Soil; it is impossible to use it to practice the third level of Grass and Trees as Soldiers.

The third level is called Bestowing Spirit; without spiritual energy, how can one bestow it?

Cultivating mountain spirits and wild monsters all need the spiritual energy era to have a chance.

How much spiritual energy is left in the Profound Yellow World?

Zhao Xing shook his head: "That rain was the last glory, and it will also be the last spiritual energy recovery of the Profound Yellow World."

Locking the thoughts in his heart into the memory palace, Zhao Xing looked at the panel.

【Grass and Trees as Soldiers: High-Level Spell】

【Effect: Use your own Dao insights to guide and control plant troops to release their self-nature characteristics.】

【Progress: High-Grade Sixth Turn】

"The Yin-Yang Self-Nature Sutra reached the second level, and the Grass and Trees as Soldiers spell was comprehended to the sixth turn."

However, this spell also needs to adapt according to the characteristics of the plant life itself.

How powerful it is depends entirely on the plant troops.

The first two levels of this spell focus on troops, not people.

After learning the high-grade version of Grass and Trees as Soldiers, the rest is waiting for the plant troops to mature and conduct actual combat drills.

"Besides that, it is the cultivation of derivative species; wait until I am proficient before cultivating them."

"The cultivation of derivative species is also the top priority for Agricultural Officials of the Self-Nature School."

"The Grass Man Method can combine multiple methods into one, and derivative species are to fuse the characteristics of multiple plant lives."

Zhao Xing couldn't help but think of the mushroom seeds he chose.

Firecracker bamboo + Hallucinogenic Mushroom, and then put on a layer of invisibility spell, it is simply a must-have for sneaking up on people.

"Step on it and it explodes, and then it sprays hallucinogenic poison gas; it is simply invincible in positional warfare. It's just that I don't know if it can be used during the Ten Thousand Beasts Competition."

Zhao Xing felt that he would be beaten if he did this, but it didn't say that Agricultural Officials are not allowed to use their own professional spells when acting as beast tamers.

…………

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, three days passed.

At this time, the three types of plants had all matured on the first day, but Zhao Xing was delayed by practicing 【Grass and Trees as Soldiers】.

"Pure Origin Projection!"

Hum~ A soil phantom descended, and the surrounding ground, covering more than three thousand square meters, was shrouded by the phantom.

30 Lightning Bamboos, 10 Tough Long Vines, and thirty Hallucinogenic Mushrooms appeared.

Zhao Xing took the plant version of the Shangheng Instrument and scanned the three plants.

Detailed information was obtained quickly.

【Name: Lightning Bamboo】

【Quality: Elite Second Grade】

【Status: Maturity Period】

【Characteristic: Thunder Force; every node of the Lightning Bamboo stores thunder. The minimum standard for a mature Lightning Bamboo is thirty-six nodes; this Lightning Bamboo has forty-five nodes.】

【Comprehensive Evaluation: Fifth-Grade Top Quality】

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【Name: Tough Long Vine】

【Quality: Elite Second Grade】

【Status: Maturity Period】

【Characteristic: Double Toughness, Free Stretching; the Tough Long Vine has great toughness, and even a Fifth-Grade divine weapon cannot cut it off with one slash. Its natural length is one thousand meters, it can stretch up to two times, and can contract to a minimum of one hundred meters. This Tough Long Vine reaches a maximum of one thousand five hundred meters, and its stretchability exceeds the average value by one time.】

【Comprehensive Evaluation: Fifth-Grade Top Quality】

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【Name: Hallucinogenic Mushroom】

【Quality: Elite Second Grade】

【Status: Maturity Period】

【Characteristic: Hallucinogenic Toxin; Hallucinogenic Mushroom can explode and splash, emitting poison gas. Ingesting or sticking to the skin will produce a poisoning effect on the target, producing severe hallucinations. The toxin of this mushroom exceeds the average value by eighty percent.】

【Comprehensive Evaluation: Fifth-Grade Top Quality】

"The characteristics of the three types of plant troops all exceed the average value by a lot."

"This is because my Instant Primordial made their characteristic limits higher," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

However, he also consumed an Origin Crystal, worth 60, 00, and more than half of a month's salary was gone.

Of course, he could also not use Origin Crystals and wait for the Pure Origin Soil to recover naturally.

The rich have the rich's way of practicing, and the poor have the poor's way of practicing.

Now Zhao Xing is a proper rich man, so he naturally doesn't care about a mere 60, 00.

"Grass and Trees as Soldiers · Lightning!"

Zhao Xing pointed, and the twenty-meter-high Lightning Bamboo fired a total of forty-five lightning bolts in the direction he pointed!

Each lightning bolt was equivalent to a full-strength strike of a Fifth-Grade late-stage Thunder Element Warlock.

Thirty Lightning Bamboos released all the energy in their bodies in an instant.

1, 50 thunder forces instantly shrouded the area of a thousand meters ahead.

Thunder washing the ground!

A large pit was blasted out a thousand meters away!

Zhao Xing sensed the state of the Lightning Bamboo, pondered slightly, and obtained the calculation result.

"It will take about half a day to re-accumulate the thunder force."

The power is great, but the flaws are also very obvious.

With 1, 50 thunder bolts concentrated and blasted down, Zhao Xing's Myriad Dharma Dao Body would feel pain.

A martial artist's defense is strong enough; in the case of Fifth-Grade Golden Bone Great Completion, this wave is estimated to cause serious injury.

Of course, the flaw is that the cooling time is too long, and it takes half a day to recover, which means that after this wave, the Lightning Bamboo has to withdraw from the battlefield.

"This problem will be solved after the Pure Origin Soil is continuously upgraded and the scale is expanded."

"If it is Fourth-Level Pure Origin Soil, the recovery speed of this batch of Lightning Bamboo will be reduced to within two quarters of an hour, and the quality will be increased by one level, and its nourishing power will increase by dozens of times."

"In addition, if the scale of Lightning Bamboo is expanded and the quantity is large enough, rotating batch by batch, when the last group finishes bombing, the first group has recovered, which can fully achieve uninterrupted attacks."

"Moreover, I can make their positions move," Zhao Xing's mind moved.

Thirty Lightning Bamboos appeared a hundred meters away.

It is not that the Lightning Bamboo is moving, but the characteristic of the Pure Origin Soil, which can move like quicksand, and the speed is very fast.

"In this way, it is equivalent to bringing a mobile plant legion by my side, and it absolutely obeys commands, because the general of these legions is me, and how much combat power the legion can exert depends entirely on whether I, the general, can control so many troop combinations."

The deep pit blasted out revealed many stones; he controlled the Tough Long Vine to stretch and drag the boulders back, building a stone wall in front of the Lightning Bamboo.

Zhao Xing smiled slightly when he saw this: "The Self-Nature School either cannot practice it, or if it is practiced, it is an existence against the sky."

"Now it is only 30, if there are 30, 00, 300, 00... or even a million bombarding together, that is thunder washing the ground, possessing the power to destroy the world; with a wave of the hand, a city is razed to the ground."

Of course, it is still very difficult to reach the million-level scale.

If there is no Profound Yellow Analysis Technique, in the spiritual energy era, don't even think about building a plant legion; the Pure Origin Soil simply cannot withstand this burden and will be crushed directly.

"Bang!" The Hallucinogenic Mushroom exploded.

Zhao Xing walked over, inhaled some poison gas, and then his face turned a little green.

"Hiss, it's better not to test it on myself. I actually saw Fang Ze come out without clothes on. It's really eye-stinging..." Zhao Xing muttered to himself.

Fang Ze flew to Zhao Xing with a strange face: "Brother, what are you doing? Why is your look at me so strange? Is there something on my face?"

"No," Zhao Xing glanced elsewhere, "What is the matter, Brother Fang?"

"I came over after hearing the movement," Fang Ze pointed to the large pit around. "Brother, if you want to practice, you still have to go to the Arena. This is a place to live after all, and it is public property."

He wouldn't make Zhao Xing pay for the damage, but the impact of disturbing the neighbors is not good.

The thunder just now scared the Sixth and Seventh Grade guests around, thinking that an evil sect had sneaked into the Jiujiang Cave Heaven to cause destruction.

"Okay, it was my lack of consideration, making Brother Fang laugh."

"Actually, if it were in the past, these are all small things, you can practice as you like," Fang Ze said. "But you also know that after the Ten Suns Cave Heaven incident, the control within the Cave Heaven has become stricter."

"I understand," Zhao Xing has experienced that incident, so he naturally understands.

"However, it is amazing that you can make such a big movement," Fang Ze looked at the large pit and took two steps forward. "Even the stone base was blasted out by you. The foundation of the Jiujiang Hall has been specially reinforced by array masters."

"Eh, why is there a beauty coming out of this ground? Hmm? Why does it still have the face of Jiang Wuhou... Damn, what kind of monster are you!"

Zhao Xing: "..."

Watching Fang Ze draw his sword and slash at the air, Zhao Xing couldn't help but cry and laugh.

Did this brother see Jiang Wuhou in women's clothing or what? No wonder the reaction was so big.

He quickly put away the Pure Origin Projection to avoid this brother stepping on a few more mushrooms.

After a period of chaos, Fang Ze and Zhao Xing both sobered up, and the two looked at each other, feeling very embarrassed.

"Cough, cough... I have something else to do, so I won't accompany Brother Zhao."

"Hmm, I also have to go to the Arena, see you later, Brother Fang."

The two embarrassed people separated quickly.

Zhao Xing came to the Arena of the Jiujiang Cave Heaven.

"Old Liu asked me to become the number one Agricultural Official of the Self-Nature School in the Mid-Grade realm of Pinghai Commandery in the second stage."

"I don't know who this 'Cai Tingzhi' is, his score is as high as Seventh Grade Six Stars," Zhao Xing looked at the ranking of the Arena.

What he is checking is the Mid-Grade Agricultural Official list of the Pinghai Commandery Arena.

The first place, Cai Tingzhi, has an Arena score as high as a terrifying 75, 31!

The number of net wins is also the same, but his total number of matches is only 76, 81.

A winning rate as high as 99%!

Arena rating: also reached a terrifying Seventh Grade Six Stars!

What is this concept? Seventh Grade is already high-grade strength!

Seventh Grade Six Stars means that he has won many matches among Third-Grade realms.

"The number one Mid-Grade Agricultural Official in Pinghai Commandery is probably infinitely close to Second-Grade strength."

It shows above that Cai Tingzhi is a Fourth-Grade Agricultural Official; his record should have been obtained by defeating countless Third-Grade ones.

"I don't know which faction this Cai Tingzhi belongs to," Zhao Xing thought. "However, if he doesn't break through, I will have to fight him sooner or later."

After all, the goal set by Old Liu is to let himself become the number one Agricultural Official in the Mid-Grade realm of Pinghai Commandery.

"The second place, Lan Caiyue, also has a 99% winning rate. Her score is slightly lower than Cai Tingzhi's, only by a hundred, and she is also Seventh Grade Six Stars."

Zhao Xing watched for a while and then closed the ranking.

He just entered the Fifth Grade and simply cannot beat these old-fashioned Agricultural Officials who have been famous for a long time.

Heroes in the world are like carp crossing the river; Zhao Xing never underestimates others. Not to mention the distant ones, Mi Fu is also Fifth Grade, and it is hard for him to beat him now.

Because people have been immersed in the Fifth Grade for decades, Hou Bian Method, Myriad Dharma Grass Man, Pure Origin Soil... Mi Fu is proficient in everything.

He is a genius who can create the Profound Yellow Analysis Technique!

If he didn't have some ability, with his personality of offending people, he would have been killed long ago.

Zhao Xing chatted with Old Man Mi and knew that his Myriad Dharma Grass Man was forced to be practiced.

No way, there are too many people who want him dead.

Mi Fu is also a man who has fought hard against a prince. When Prince Sulin asked him to wish the younger generation a long life, he pointed at people's noses and scolded them.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was October 8th of the twenty-ninth year of Jingxin.

Zhao Xing has been in the Jiujiang Arena for ten days.

In a primeval forest.

"Hum~" Zhao Xing walked out of a willow tree.

He moved his body and then put his hand on the trunk.

The next moment, he walked out of another pine tree a thousand meters away.

The spell he is practicing now is a new high-level spell of the Self-Nature School, named 【Jungle Leap】.

This is a wood escape method; as long as there is living grass and trees, he can escape to another location.

【Jungle Leap: High-Level Spell】

【Progress: High-Grade Fourth Turn】

【Effect: Escape in grass and trees, each escape distance is four thousand meters, escape must be based on living grass and tree life.】

"High-Grade Fourth Turn, the progress is not bad," Zhao Xing smiled slightly.

"Compared to other wood escape methods, 【Jungle Leap】 requires living grass and tree life."

"However, its distance is farther and its speed is faster."

"High-Grade Fourth Turn, you can escape four thousand meters in an instant; when it is complete, you can escape ten thousand meters in an instant."

"However, the consumption is quite large, unless I am willing to transfer the cost to plant life."

Zhao Xing looked at the willow tree beside him; it had completely withered and died.

This was because he consumed all the vitality of the willow tree when he escaped just now.

"If it is in a forest environment and someone is chasing behind, others cannot escape on the path I escaped."

"As long as there is a primeval forest, my escape speed is comparable to Liu Tianning driving a normal Floating Vine flying in the sky."

Of course, the limitation of this spell is relatively large; it can only be cast in a large primeval forest.

Practicing to completion can escape ten thousand meters in an instant, but a single escape can only be ten thousand meters. If the next tree is ten thousand meters away, the escape method will not hold.

Another thing is that the consumption is too large. Now the willow tree beside Zhao Xing is Fifth Grade; this is a training ground he specially selected, so he can transfer the cost to the willow tree.

However, in actual combat, where are there so many Fifth-Grade trees for him to escape? The consumption has to be borne by himself.

Relying entirely on himself, he has to stop and rest after escaping a thousand miles.

"Switch to Fifth-Grade target practice," Zhao Xing jumped onto the floating stone platform and selected a new training scene on the Earth Mirror.

"Whoosh~" The floating stone platform took Zhao Xing flying in the fog.

In less than a minute, it stopped again.

The fog around dissipated, revealing a piece of wasteland below.

There are many mechanism targets around the wasteland.

There are those floating in the sky and those standing on the ground.

There are moving targets and fixed target positions.

【You have entered the Fifth-Grade training target range, which has a total of 12, 00 target positions.】

【This training ground charges 500 points per quarter of an hour; less than a quarter of an hour is calculated as a quarter of an hour.】

"Really expensive," Zhao Xing couldn't help but complain. Four thousand points for an hour, forty-eight thousand points for twelve hours.

A Fifth Grade training in here for a day, and a month's salary is gone.

However, there is a reason for being expensive. The mechanism targets in the target range are all high-quality goods.

Thirty percent of the target positions inside are humanoid mechanism puppets, all possessing Fifth-Grade combat power, and the defense types are very rich, with five elements, wind, and thunder all present.

Even if you break it, you don't have to pay for it.

"Pure Origin Projection!"

"Hum~"

Around Zhao Xing, plants appeared immediately. Compared to ten days ago, the quantity in his Pure Origin Soil had increased greatly.

Among them, Lightning Bamboo increased to 100, Tough Long Vine increased to 30, and Hallucinogenic Mushrooms were the most, having expanded to more than three thousand!

"I order all humanoid mechanism targets to attack me!"

"If you touch me, the training stops," Zhao Xing shouted to the sky.

Just as he was tempering himself in the Jiujiang Arena.

On the sea three hundred nautical miles away from Twin Island.

"Splash~"

A whirlpool appeared on the sea, and a black warship that looked like a ghost drilled out from under the sea.

On the deck of the warship stood a man wearing black-gold armor, a cyan fang helmet, and holding a long spear.

Behind him were martial artists holding sharp blades and wearing armor.

The team was neat and uniform, with a black aura condensing on their heads.

"General Jin Hou, which island are we attacking this time?" the adjutant beside him asked.

Their actions were quite secretive; they would only know who the target of the action was when they were close to the action.

General Jin Hou stretched out his hand, revealing a palm full of hair: "Bring the map and see where we have sneaked to."

"Yes," the adjutant immediately sent the map. The map was simple and primitive, completely hand-drawn without any spell fluctuations.

In addition, the characters on it were also different from the elegant script of Great Zhou, crooked and slanted. If Zhao Xing saw it, he would find that this was actually the snake script of the Eastern Wilderness countries.

General Jin Hou's gaze swept across the islands marked on the map, and his finger pointed at Twin Island: "This island has weak strength, why is it specially marked?"

The adjutant replied: "My lord, this map was given to us by the Prince Zhao faction of Great Zhou. The islands marked with red circles are their political enemies."

"So that's it," Jin Hou pointed at the map, "Then let's go and attack this place first."