Chapter 249: You call this a beast tamer?

"The rules have already been set, so naturally they won't change," Liu Wanliang said.

"That's good," Zhao Xing nodded.

Zhao Xing didn't ask any more questions, and Liu Wanliang didn't speak either. The team waited quietly in front of the Vast Sea Cave Heaven entrance.

Teams walked past the wilderness from time to time, and soon the teams surrounding the entrance became spectacular.

Because although there were only more than 50, 00 beast tamers, the number of war pets of the beast tamers was not limited. You could contract as many as you had the ability to.

However, for beast tamers of the Middle Three Ranks, there is a limit to the number of soul contracts they can conclude.

Because concluding soul contracts also has a burden, and the burden is more serious than practicing the Straw Man Dharma.

The Straw Man Dharma is at least the splitting of one's own Life Soul. Usually, one can choose to 'log off', be in a low-activity dormant state, or recycle the Life Soul power to the main body.

But beast tamers bear the Life Soul of war pets. Imagine hundreds or thousands of mountain cats or Cang Ni dogs barking in your mind all day... the beast tamer would go crazy within a year.

It's not that they can't stop fighting and then lift the contract. Such frequent operations are damaging to both the war pet and oneself.

"Normal beast tamers participate in battle mostly with less than ten war beasts. Soldiers are in quality, not quantity, and they can't have too many."

"Even high-rank beast tamers who reach the Yuan Soul Realm can bear a larger quantity, but they won't do that."

Relying on quantity, unless a certain level is reached, it is better to focus on cultivating a few war beasts.

"Wait until the spiritual energy recovery version, the intelligence of war pets will be greatly improved, and beast tamers and war pets will know how to cultivate the Life Soul, so the upper limit of the number of contracts will become higher."

"However, beast tamers who can explode in quantity are still a minority," Zhao Xing glanced at the surrounding beast taming teams.

Even with spiritual energy recovery, the problem of financial resources cannot be bypassed. The cultivation of war pets costs ten times, or even dozens of times, more than one's own cultivation.

For beast tamers, war pets spend more money than themselves.

Just take Zhao Xing himself as an example. Excluding the special case of the mountain cat, the Spirit Phantom Goat and Cang Ni dog grew to the Fifth Rank, which cost him nearly twenty million in resources.

This is still the cost price, because Zhao Xing himself is a producer of resources and a master of the Startling Thunder Hou Change agricultural official.

If someone else did it, it could be several times higher.

The beast tamer profession is too expensive, second only to the mechanical master. After graduation, they all have to be affiliated with princes and nobles, or they are princes and nobles themselves. Independent beast tamers are very, very rare.

Among the various professions, the cheapest upgrade route is the martial artist, although this is relative to other cultivation professions.

"Nothing to see, now they are all restraining their strength, walking obediently on the ground, and can't see anything," Zhao Xing quickly withdrew his gaze.

Because coming from White Cloud Island, they all had to walk, and flying was forbidden. Even birds had to walk obediently with their claws.

Beast tamers all used spells to suppress the strength of exotic beasts and restrain their aura.

Walking to this step, they were all well-trained, and the movement on the wilderness was very small.

There were still four hours, so Zhao Xing simply put down the bamboo box, leaned against the box, and closed his eyes to rest.

With four hours left, Zhao Xing simply put down his literary bamboo box and leaned against it, closing his eyes to rest.

Zhao Xing's mind sank, looking inside the Pure Yuan space.

At this time, the Pure Yuan soil had expanded from 34, 00 square meters to 68, 00 square meters.

However, this still belongs to the category of Level 3 soil.

The convergence characteristics of the Pure Yuan space are as follows:

First, for life forms, only plant life can be brought in, and it must not be lower than the Fifth Rank, matching the Fifth Rank Pure Yuan Realm.

Second, for non-life forms, only two types can be brought in.

The first is wood-attribute materials, and there is a load limit.

The second is energy-type treasures, such as 'Yuan Crystal', this kind of pure energy crystal, which has no load limit, only depending on the size of the space.

At this time, the Pure Yuan soil was already prosperous.

Except for tree-type plants that had not entered the mature period, the rest of the systems had fully matured.

Zhao Xing divided the Pure Yuan soil into three areas.

One is plant troop types, all planted with plant troop types, such as Lightning Bamboo, Tough Long Vine, Poison Mushroom, and Thousand Sound Bamboo.

This is the largest area, with a quantity of over ten thousand.

Two is recovery-type plants, mainly Yuan Qi recovery and detoxifying medicinal materials.

Three is consumable-type plants, mainly materials needed for the Ten Thousand Dharma clones.

In addition, fifty clones were standing in the center of Zhao Xing's Pure Yuan soil.

Among them were the nine strongest Ten Thousand Dharma clones.

"This time competing for the ranking, beast tamers and war pets are not allowed to carry any divine weapons. But inside, there are equipment supply points. This simulates the situation of the Dragon Court Ancient Land. In the ancient Dragon Court ruins, you can pick up some broken equipment everywhere. Even if it is broken, some can exert very strong power."

"My clones shouldn't count as divine weapons, right?" Zhao Xing thought.

Zhao Xing was not worried about plant troop types.

Because in the unpopular classification of the official Beast Taming Division, there was once a classification of plant beast tamers.

It was later crossed out because the agricultural official profession wouldn't agree.

This is a school of agricultural officials, how can it be divided into your Beast Taming Division?

But agricultural officials of the True Self School competing for the Dragon Court Ancient Land quota was not without precedent.

It was just very rare.

True Self School agricultural officials were already rare.

Combat-type True Self School agricultural officials were even rarer.

In fact, many True Self School agricultural officials mainly cultivated economic plants.

In mainstream thought, the Heavenly Time School is stronger than the Earth Benefit School, which is stronger than the True Self School.

If you want to fight, why not take the Heavenly Time and Earth Benefit schools?

But it cannot be denied that True Self School agricultural officials who control plant troop types are also beast tamers in a sense, just relatively niche and unpopular, and not recognized by the mainstream beast taming world.

Releasing plant troop types is not against the rules, but Zhao Xing was a bit unsure about the Ten Thousand Dharma clones.

Because in history, there had never been a True Self School agricultural official who practiced the Ten Thousand Dharma clones to participate in the Ten Thousand Beast Competition.

"It is forbidden to carry divine weapons, but the Ten Thousand Dharma clone is a spell school, how can it count as a divine weapon?"

Zhao Xing carefully checked the rules again and confirmed that there were no regulations prohibiting this, so he felt relieved.

…………

Four hours passed in a flash.

Not long after, a golden dragon warship appeared above the giant gate entrance of the Vast Sea Cave Heaven.

Swish swish swish~

Countless gazes immediately looked towards the sky.

Only to see dozens of officials standing on the deck of the warship.

Among them, four people flew out from the warship.

"Junior Agricultural Minister Wang Tianzhi, Grand Servant Ji Shuchang, East Sea General Hong Yuanba, Water Tribe Pacification Envoy Bai Yunwu," Zhao Xing looked at the sky.

These four people were responsible for presiding. On such an occasion, Princess Youruo had to stand aside.

Because she was only noble in status, had her own fief and vassals, and had great power, but officially speaking, she did not have a Second Rank official position.

"Wang Tianzhi is a candidate for the next Grand Minister of Agriculture."

"He should only be two hundred and fifty years old now, which is still very young for a Second Rank. However, although he is 'young', his generation is very high."

"He is the junior fellow apprentice of the contemporary Grand Minister of Agriculture Li Boqian, and also serves as the Vice President of the Profound Heaven Academy," Zhao Xing thought.

There is not only one Junior Agricultural Minister. There are at least nineteen Junior Agricultural Ministers in the nineteen prefectures of Great Zhou. Why say at least? Because sometimes the cave heavens and blessed lands within each prefecture will add Junior Agricultural Ministers.

In order to distinguish them during the Martial Emperor period, the positions in the cave heavens and blessed lands were called Junior Agricultural Minister, and those in the nineteen prefectures were called Junior Agricultural Minister, but there was no difference in power and responsibility in essence. They were just called differently, and they were all subordinates of the Grand Minister of Agriculture.

But being both a Junior Agricultural Minister and the Vice President of the Profound Heaven Academy, Wang Tianzhi's status was relatively special.

Later, he didn't compete with Liu Tianning, but he still became the leader of the Heavenly Time School and was still reused by Old Liu.

Grand Servant Ji Shuchang is a subordinate of the Grand Servant. The Grand Servant manages the world's beast taming, and part of its power and responsibility overlaps with the Junior Agricultural Minister.

Although various professions have different cultivation paths, official agencies are like beams, overlapping and complementing each other.

For example, the Dragon Horse Prison Administrator of Chongming Prefecture can be served by an agricultural official or a beast tamer.

The Administrator of the Divine Selection Office can also be served by a priest, but the name is different. If it is a Divine Selection Office managed by the Grand Servant, it is called a Grand Servant Priest.

Dong Yuanqiu, the Administrator of the Chenghua Prison under Zhao Xing, can also dance the war horse dance and courtship dance. Mi Fu held more official positions than Dong Yuanqiu.

Zhao Xing's military agricultural official training course in the Ten Yang Cave Heaven also learned mechanical arrays, building boat driving, and inviting gods.

Agricultural officials also have the method of inviting gods, but Zhao Xing never practices this path.

Because although the official side says that if used properly, it will not shorten life, and the incense burner bears the price, in fact, there will still be an impact if the Yin god is possessed too many times.

Like the path of mechanical arrays, Zhao Xing simply didn't practice it from the beginning, so as not to be unable to resist using it.

In short, in official positions where functions overlap, versatile officials will appear.

Ji Shuchang spoke first, saying a lot of polite words, mainly about the origin of the Dragon Court Ancient Land and the Ten Thousand Beast Competition.

At the beginning, he flattered Taizu, saying that he opened up Pinghai Prefecture, so Great Zhou could come into contact with the Dragon Court Ancient Land secret realm.

He also relied on the kindness of the Wen Emperor, which made the water tribe Tu Si return, so he obtained the quota to enter the Dragon Court Ancient Land.

Finally, he flattered Emperor Jing, expanding this quota to five thousand.

Among them, three thousand five hundred quotas were allocated by the imperial court long ago, given to beast tamers of the Upper Three Ranks, without the need to participate in the competition. This is also the main force for exploring the Dragon Court Ancient Land.

One thousand five hundred quotas of the Middle Three Ranks, five hundred of which will be decided this time.

In fact, the greatest credit for Great Zhou's obtaining the quota to enter the Dragon Court Ancient Land lies with the Wen Emperor. There was no such thing during the Taizu period, and it had always been divided by water tribe tribes, sect circles, and East Wilderness forces.

The Taizu period only drove away the water tribes and opened up Pinghai Prefecture.

The Wen Emperor implemented the water tribe Tu Si system in the early period, making many powerful water tribe forces return.

The water tribe tribes returned, and the quotas they belonged to were also offered to Great Zhou. The Wen Emperor obtained one thousand quotas without a single soldier, and by the end of the Wen Emperor period, it slowly grew to four thousand quotas.

So what contribution did Emperor Jing make? He did two things.

One was sleeping with Princess Youruo's mother, which resulted in an extra five hundred quotas.

Two was giving birth to Princess Youruo, and doting on Princess Youruo, which resulted in another five hundred quotas.

The reason for this effect is entirely because Princess Youruo's mother was a member of the water tribe herself, and her grandmother, Your Majesty Yuanjun, was known as the descendant of the God of the Vast Sea, which means Princess Youruo is actually a mixed-race.

When He Wu and Fang Ze chatted privately and mentioned her, they all called her 'East Sea Princess'. This nickname came from her ancestors.

"Long live His Majesty!"

A deafening shout suddenly came to his ears. Zhao Xing looked up and saw that Grand Servant Ji Shuchang and Junior Agricultural Minister Wang Tianzhi in the sky had finished speaking.

Next, it was Bai Yunwu and Hong Yuanba's turn to announce the specific rules.

"From the moment you enter the Vast Sea Cave Heaven, the competition begins."

"This competition has a total of five levels!"

Zhao Xing also listened with full attention.

Because although the rules had already been notified to all places by official documents, the levels inside had to wait until now to be announced, just like the exam questions had to be known when arriving at the exam room.

"The five levels in the Vast Sea Cave Heaven were established by selecting five kinds of tests in the Dragon Court Ancient Land, namely:"

"Great Arena."

"Dragon's Protection."

"Island of Heaven's Choice."

"True Dragon King City."

"Dragon Language Decree."

After Bai Yunwu announced the names of the specific levels, intense discussion broke out below.

"It's over, it's over, why is this test so difficult?"

"Damn, I haven't had any training related to True Dragon King City at all."

"Island of Heaven's Choice? Isn't this a pure luck level? Why is this put in?"

"Charge, charge, charge! Promotion and wealth, right at this moment!"

"Hehe, I've been stuck at the proper Fourth Rank for a long time. The rewards this time are not small. If Dabao and I rank in the top five hundred, we will be promoted to the proper Fourth Rank! Promotion to nobility!"

"Great Arena level, I am invincible!"

"True Dragon King City, hiss..."

"Brother, what are you hissing about? You haven't even heard of this level."

"Everyone says it's difficult."

"..."

Hearing the names of these five levels, Zhao Xing's expression also changed.

Because the difficulty this time was not small. Four of the five simulated levels selected were major difficulties.

"I don't know if it was affected by the War of Pacifying the Barbarians," Zhao Xing closed his eyes and calculated.

The medium-rank war ended in the 35th year of the Jingxin Calendar.

It started three years early in this life. If the time didn't change, it should have ended in the 32nd year of the Jingxin Calendar, but now there is no sign of ending at all, instead, it is getting more and more intense.

"The imperial court wants to obtain benefits from the Dragon Court Ancient Land to gain a greater advantage?"

"The five levels just announced are all places that have rarely been explored before."

"There are signs of this kind of exploration now... Emperor Jing, stop, the outside is full of rebels, leave some foundation for your son."

Zhao Xing opened his eyes and detached from the Memory Palace.

Because at this moment, Hong Yuanba let out a shout: "Silence!"

The voice was like rolling thunder, instantly suppressing all the discussion.

Reaching the Second Rank realm, every word contains the power of heaven and earth.

Everyone quieted down, and Bai Yunwu continued:

"There are dangers in every level!"

"However, if you encounter danger, you can activate the Vast Sea Token. Once activated, the Vast Sea Cave Heaven will immediately exclude you."

"Every level has independent scoring points. The top five hundred in comprehensive points can directly obtain the quota, and the rest will compete for the remaining one thousand quotas later."

"Below, I will repeat the general rules for the competition."

"One, it is forbidden to carry any divine weapons."

"Two, if all war beasts die, it will be regarded as elimination. Even if the total score is in the top five hundred, you will not be able to obtain the quota."

"Three, once you exit, you cannot enter again, but the points are retained."

"Four, if the war beast breaks through to the Third Rank in the Vast Sea Cave Heaven, you will directly obtain the quota and will no longer participate in this competition."

"Five, fighting is forbidden in public rest areas."

"Six..."

…………

There were many rules. Zhao Xing listened carefully and found that they were the same as the official documents notified before.

After Bai Yunwu finished chanting the rules, the sky was quiet for another quarter of an hour.

Until the hour of noon, the blue vortex of the Vast Sea Gate opened its seal.

"Ang!"

A dragon roar sounded, and the first person rode a dragon and flew towards the giant gate.

Swish swish swish~

Countless gazes immediately looked towards the sky.

At this time, the rule of no flying disappeared, and everyone and beasts rushed towards the thousand-meter giant gate.

"Aotian, Huantian, Xiaotian, let's go!"

Zhao Xing immediately rode the clouds and mist.

Beside him, a cat, a dog, and a sheep also flew up quickly, rushing forward with their master.

"His speed? Why is it so fast?" Lin Ziyue was riding a flying divine elephant and preparing to accelerate, but only saw Zhao Xing rush out fiercely, and in the blink of an eye, only a shadow could be seen.

"Flying so fast, the person is fast, and the war pets are also fast." Wang Zhaozhao next to her was also surprised. Just in terms of speed, Zhao Xing was faster than these Fourth Rank beast tamers.

"Could it be that he is pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger?" Zhang Mo also glanced at him, feeling suspicious in his heart.

However, there was no time to think about it now, and the beast tamers of the Princess Mansion rushed towards the Vast Sea Gate one after another.

"Hum~"

Zhao Xing followed many streams of light and rushed into the giant gate. At least ten thousand streams of light were rushing in together, and their speed was not weaker than his.

Like the feeling of entering all cave heavens, after rushing in, he felt a vague resistance.

Until half a quarter of an hour later, the world spun, heaven and earth turned upside down, and he became head down and feet up.

"Stop!"

Zhao Xing called to stop, and the three war pets also stopped immediately.

"Heavenly Eye Dharma!"

Zhao Xing activated the Heavenly Eye Dharma and immediately scanned the surroundings.

There were many people together when rushing, but now, only sporadic streams of light could be seen crossing the sky.

"The Vast Sea Cave Heaven is really big, I'm afraid people are scattered."

"Let's see where I am now." Zhao Xing immediately took out the Earth Mirror from his arms.

The official side forbids carrying equipment, but the Earth Mirror is not in this category, and Dharma clothes below the Fourth Rank don't count either.

"Hum~" The Earth Mirror projected a three-dimensional image, with a total of five layers of continents floating, which is the map of the entire Vast Sea Cave Heaven.

"The Vast Sea Nine Heavens actually refers to nine major continents floating in the

"I have consumed the Dragon Whale Heart. Within the scope of this Fifth Rank official position, my lifespan should be increased to the limit," Zhao Xing thought.

Because the Life Soul and his own realm exceeded the Fifth Rank official position, this promotion and national destiny baptism would only be added to destiny and lifespan.

"Subtracting the two hundred years brought by the Dragon Whale, plus my own age, I can at most fish for 762 years of lifespan in Great Zhou's destiny system, thus reaching the limit of 999."

"Reaching this limit, it cannot be increased by destiny dynasties and ordinary treasures. At that time, I will have to think of other ways."

As for the limit of self-cultivation, according to convention, it is still Fourth Rank perfection.

In terms of spells, high-rank Dharma is basically full level.

Heavenly Time Dharma: 【Five Elements Mist Concealment】, 【Thunder Breaking Delusion Finger】, 【Nine Heavens Gale】, 【Dripping Rain】, 【Heavenly Fire Evil】, 【Ice Sealing Ten Thousand Miles】, 【Cloud Swallowing Domain】

Among them, 【Five Elements Mist Concealment】 has practiced 'Five Elements Poison Miasma', which can be used to block enemies in a large range.

Dripping Rain Dharma has practiced 'Dripping Rain Domain'.

High-rank Hou Change Dharma: 【Teng Snake Change】, 【Startling Thunder Hou Change】

High-rank Earth Benefit Dharma: 【Yin Wind Evil】, 【Earth Evil Thunder】, 【Volcano Dharma】, 【Boundless Earth Palace】, 【Divine Protection】

High-rank True Self Dharma: 【Instant Primordial】, 【Ten Thousand Dharma Clones】, 【Nine Dragons Bending】, 【Wild Growth】, 【Wasteland Condensation Technique】

【Jungle Jump: Seven Turns】, 【Grass and Trees as Soldiers: Seven Turns】

Destiny-type spells: 【Great Expansion Qi Observation Technique】, 【Five-Finger Destiny】, 【Hou Observation Dharma】

【Turtle Divination Dharma】, the Coin Divination Dharma in the Turtle Divination Dharma is still medium-rank perfection.

Life Soul spells:

【Heavenly Eye Dharma: Can see through Yin souls, scout subtle movements around】

【Sleepy Bug Dharma: Collects sleep parasites in the Life Soul】

【Dream Storage Dharma: Build a Memory Palace, seal memories】

【Three Gods Convergence: Life Soul connects to Earth Soul, knows causal connection】

Ten Thousand Dharma Dao Body: A pure Yuan body condensed from the Dao of Five Elements, Wind, and Thunder.

Pure Yuan Soil: Level 3 (Area: 34, 00 square meters, projection reality is 10 to 1)

Three Major Secret Classics:

Solar Term Token: Fixed Realm Three Turns (Start of Spring Solar Term Token, because the treasure exists, it is Fixed Realm perfection)

Earth Returning Yuan: Second Layer perfection (level of opening Pure Yuan space)

Yin Yang True Self Scripture: Second Layer perfection (thousands of threads, deep control of Yuan Qi)

Possessed treasures:

【Primordial Spirit Fruit (one and a half): Can improve Life Soul power after consumption, can treat Life Soul splitting injuries】

【Void Seed: Unknown type】

【Divine Court Solar Term Token (Start of Spring): One of the Eighth Rank set treasures created by the ancient Divine Dynasty 'Xia'. After entering the dantian, the Start of Spring solar term reaches Fixed Realm perfection.】

【Soul Armor (Sixth Rank perfection): Dream God Sect inheritance soul-type defensive treasure】

【Dragon Soul Jade Pendant (Sixth Rank perfection): Has the effect of stabilizing the Life Soul and reducing the probability of Qi deviation】

【Eight Heavenly Maidens: Mechanical puppets】

【Cloud-Stepping Boots: Fifth Rank perfection (standard for agricultural officials)】

【Golden Raincoat: Fifth Rank perfection (standard for agricultural officials)】

【Hundred Flower Hat: Fifth Rank perfection (standard for agricultural officials)】

【Cloud-Rain Pearl: Fifth Rank perfection (standard for agricultural officials)】

【Military Protection Scepter: Fifth Rank perfection (rewarded)】

【Qilin Flying Boat: Fifth Rank perfection (rewarded)】

"The spells I learned, except for Jungle Jump and Grass and Trees as Soldiers in the True Self Dharma, which were learned relatively late and are not yet perfect, the rest have reached the high-rank perfection level."

"Only the Coin Divination Dharma in the destiny-type spells is not perfect."

"The latter lacks conditions and has been shelved."

"It's time to change this set of equipment," Zhao Xing thought.

The Dragon Soul Jade Pendant and Soul Armor can still be used.

However, the rest of the agricultural official standards are a bit mismatched with Zhao Xing's strength.

They are not even qualified for the Ten Thousand Dharma clones!

Because the nine most important clones among the Ten Thousand Dharma clones are all made of Sixth Rank materials.

"My strength improved very quickly before, and I haven't built equipment for myself. Before going to the Dragon Court Ancient Land, I must prepare well," Zhao Xing pondered.

"My Lord, Lord Zhao!"

Just then, a voice entered his ears.

It was Sun Shizhao, Tao Anchun, Dong Yuanqiu, Cao Jiang, and others waiting outside for a long time.

"Lord Sun, congratulations," Zhao Xing walked over with a smile.

Little Sun finally got his wish. Now that he is an official in an important position, if he grinds for another thirty or fifty years, he will have a chance to be promoted to a Fourth Rank official.

If he were still in the original position, there would be no hope at all.

"Thank you, Marquis Yuanrang, for your guidance," Sun Shizhao bowed. Although he was not promoted, being transferred to a key county in Chongming Prefecture to be a Judicial Assistant was much better than being a County Magistrate in Twin Islands County.

"Don't do that," Zhao Xing hurriedly helped him up: "It's all Lord Sun's own ability, what does it have to do with me."

Sun Shizhao dared to bet his family's life at that time. This kind of courage and boldness is really not something ordinary people have.

Zhao Xing really didn't say anything about Sun Shizhao's transfer this time. Just the ten years of political achievements in the Twin Islands Dragon Horse Prison were enough for Sun Shizhao to benefit.

"In any case, I will keep the kindness of Marquis Yuanrang in my heart," Sun Shizhao believed that he could be transferred because Zhao Xing spoke up above.

Even if not, his political achievements also relied on the light of the Dragon Horse Prison.

Otherwise, why couldn't he be transferred before, but just because Zhao Xing came, he could be transferred to a good place to work?

After Sun Shizhao thanked him again and again, he said goodbye: "Marquis Yuanrang, take care."

"Lord Sun, take care, come back to Twin Islands often when you have time," Zhao Xing smiled.

He had a very pleasant ten years of cooperation with this Sun Shizhao. At least this nominal superior, Little Sun, didn't cause him any trouble, and his cooperation was full.

"Old Tao, after Sun Shizhao is transferred, who will take over as the County Magistrate of Twin Islands County?" Zhao Xing asked.

"My Lord, the new County Magistrate is named Qi Ming," Tao Anchun said.

"What background?"

"Prince of Liang's party," Tao Anchun only said three words, which made Zhao Xing's face sink.

"Who recommended him?"

"Fourth Rank Censor Yin Qiquan, the one who came to Twin Islands to investigate last time."

"Qi Ming turned from martial to literary. He also has another recommender, the Ship-Master Commandant of the Qingyang Army of the East Sea Legion, a proper Fourth Rank Upper martial general, Ren Di."

Zhao Xing turned his head and asked: "Is this also from the Prince of Liang's party?"

Tao Anchun whispered: "Yes, he is a vassal who came out of the Prince of Liang's Mansion and came to the East Sea as a general in the 270th year of the Dingxin Calendar."

"My Lord, this person may not be easy to get along with," Cao Jiang worried.

Zhao Xing said indifferently: "Qi Ming is only Fifth Rank, he can't make any waves. Let the songs be sung and the dances be danced, prepare for the upcoming competition,"

"Yes."

…………

After the promotion in April, May is the competition for the Dragon Court Ancient Land quota in the East Sea.

The competition for the East Sea quota is held in the Vast Sea Cave Heaven.

The Vast Sea Cave Heaven is managed by the Tu Si clan. It is 200, 00 miles out to sea. Fearing that Zhao Xing would be killed on the way, Princess Youruo specially ordered Zhao Xing to take her Biyou Building Boat together.

This is a grand event in the East Sea, and the specifications are very high. Not only will Princess Youruo go, but many high-rank officials will also be present.

On the imperial court side, they sent Second Rank Grand Servant Ji Shuchang, Second Rank Junior Agricultural Minister Wang Tianzhi, and Second Rank East Sea General Hong Yuanba as representatives.

Together with the Azure Dragon Army Commander, Pacification Envoy Bai Yunwu, and Black Tortoise Army Commander Ji Canghai from the aquatic tribe side, they presided over the quota competition.

There will be four proper Third Rank Prefecture Lords present, because there are four prefecture cities along the East Sea coast.

They are Chongming Prefecture, Haiyuan Prefecture, Cangyuan Prefecture, and Daming Prefecture.

In addition, Academy forces appeared, such as Qin Hongying of the Azure Water Academy.

A total of more than two hundred Second and Third Rank officials will appear!

As for the Fifth and Fourth Ranks, there are more than 50, 00 people in total.

"Four prefectures of the East Sea, a total of 57, 42 people participating in the competition."

"The aquatic tribes of the East Sea, Academy experts, military forces, nobles, and officials all have their eyes on the quota for the Dragon Court Ancient Land."

"Out of more than 50, 00 people, only the top two hundred beast tamers can obtain the qualification to directly enter the Dragon Court Ancient Land."

"The rest enter the elimination round, and then three hundred people are selected. Even so, the total quota is only five hundred, which can be called one in a hundred."

"You only have three war beasts, do you really want to compete for this ranking?"

On the building boat, Princess Youruo looked at Zhao Xing and his three war pets.

She didn't think Zhao Xing could stand out at all.

After all, Zhao Xing is not a proper beast tamer, and the ranking Zhao Xing got when he killed his way out of the Purple Firmament Islands was not high, obviously quite reluctant.

"Teacher's Wife, I want to try," Zhao Xing said.

"The Dragon Court Ancient Land is extremely dangerous. Your teacher only has you as a successor, don't you want to think about it again?"

"Teacher didn't ask, I want to go myself. I finally qualified from the Purple Firmament Islands, how can I give it up?"

"You are not a proper beast tamer. Even if you go, you won't be able to compete for any good ranking."

"The Dragon Court Ancient Land has been developed by our dynasty for many years, and there are so many experts. Even if you go, you may not gain anything. Just ask me for whatever you lack." Princess Youruo was in an intimate period with Liu Tianning at this time and was very tolerant of Zhao Xing.

Zhao Xing understood that Princess Youruo was well-intentioned, but he was not an ordinary person.

He knew the secrets of the Dragon Court Ancient Land. He could find treasures that others couldn't find, and he could pass levels that others couldn't.

The cultivation of Void Seeds and the acquisition of spiritual energy items were inseparable from this place.

Seeing Zhao Xing not speaking, Princess Youruo said: "Alright, alright, I can't beat you. I'll tell Liu Wanliang to go take a trip."

"Thank you, Teacher's Wife!"

"Big brother, you must have a way to win, right?" On the viewing platform of the building boat, Ji Zixuan came to Zhao Xing's side.

"Oh? The Princess doesn't have confidence in me, but you think highly of me," Zhao Xing smiled.

"How could big brother fight a battle without certainty?" Ji Zixuan smiled. "You are the one who can take down the Fire Dragon Pass. Looking at big brother's military experience, you have never lost a battle."

Seeing Zhao Xing not speaking, Ji Zixuan said firmly: "Big brother must have certainty!"

Zhao Xing glanced at Ji Zixuan: "You are so smart, then guess where my certainty lies."

Ji Zixuan pondered slightly, then took out an official document from her arms: "Big brother, this is the latest published competition rules, and it does not restrict the performance of beast tamers."

"If I guessed correctly, big brother's certainty comes from his own strength."

"In your previous competitions, you never did it yourself. You relied on Aotian, Xiaotian, and Huantian to kill your way out of the Purple Firmament Arena."

"Others only think big brother is a half-baked person who doesn't know any beast taming methods, but in fact, big brother only needs to master the Pure Yuan Fusion of the beast taming method to kill his way out."

"What Teacher Liu can do at the Fifth Rank, big brother can definitely do too!"

Zhao Xing glanced at Ji Zixuan, a bit surprised. This girl actually saw through his intention.

That's right, he competes in beast taming methods, compares the number of war pets, and even compares the strength of war beasts, he might not be able to beat those genius experts from beast taming families.

But the competition rules don't say that beast tamers cannot use other spells. It doesn't matter if the beast tamer is also a martial artist, a priest, an agricultural official, or a dancer.

Being able to exert strength in the Dragon Court Ancient Land, no matter if it's a black cat or a white cat, as long as it can catch a mouse, it's a good cat.

Zhao Xing just wants to rely on his own strength to get the quota. He is completely fine fighting the Fourth Rank now.

Then the question comes, since that's the case, why must he tame beasts? Can't he just put people in?

It really doesn't work, because the Dragon Court Ancient Land is the residence of the Dragon Clan in ancient times. Its internal world has its own rules, and the status of humans and beasts is reversed.

In the eyes of the Dragon Clan, the human race has a humble bloodline and a low status, and will be restricted everywhere inside. But if they have signed a contract with a war beast of a divine bloodline, it will be convenient to go in.

"Big brother, is that so?" Ji Zixuan looked at Zhao Xing, revealing a trace of expectation. "Are you planning like this?"

"You guessed it, but there is no prize," Zhao Xing flicked his fingers and turned to leave.

Ji Zixuan looked at Zhao Xing's departing back, revealing a trace of excitement: "Big brother, he, he really can fight the Fourth Rank."

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Princess Youruo's building boat was very fast, and it only took half a day to reach an external entrance of the Vast Sea Cave Heaven—White Cloud Island.

This is the fief of the Tu Si clan, Bai Yunwu. When Princess Youruo descended on the island, she was welcomed by Bai Yunwu's eldest son, Bai Mingchuan.

Bai Yunwu's status is high enough, and he is a water tribe enfeoffed king, and an old friend of Princess Youruo's mother. Publicly and privately, it is not his turn to welcome her.

So the one welcoming her can only be the heir, Bai Mingchuan.

Bai Mingchuan is a Martial Marquis enfeoffed by Great Zhou. His generation is equivalent to Princess Youruo, and he is also Bai Ling's father.

The Vast Sea Cave Heaven is nominally one of Great Zhou's Soldier Realm Cave Heavens, but in fact, it has always been managed by the water tribe Tu Si.

The largest force among them is the Bai Yunwu family.

Going east from the East Sea to the high seas, Bai Yunwu's words are more useful than the Emperor's words.

"Subject, pays respects to the Princess," Bai Mingchuan led the clan to pay respectful homage under the building boat.

Below were honor guards, and on the periphery was the Azure Dragon Army.

Most of them were in human form with dragon horns on their heads, which could be called half-dragon people, but there were also pure humans.

Thousands of years of cultivation, including many water tribes like the Bai clan, already had a 'strong sense of Great Zhou identity'.

Zhao Xing was observing from not far away when he suddenly found a gaze staring at himself.

"Hmm?" Following this gaze, Zhao Xing looked towards the army formation in the southeast.

Only to see a sword-carrying general in one of the army formations winking at himself.

"Long Xiao?" Zhao Xing was stunned, then immediately transmitted his voice: "You, why are you here?"

He knew Long Xiao joined the Azure Dragon Army, but what kind of occasion is this? The soldiers who can come here are either Bai Mingchuan's personal guards or major generals with heavy power on White Cloud Island.

Long Xiao's position was also very forward.

"What do you mean why am I here? I joined the Azure Dragon Army in the 29th year," Long Xiao said.

"Then you are not a proper Fifth Rank, what's with this soldier outfit?"

"Don't mention it," Long Xiao's voice was a bit depressed. "I was originally a proper Fifth Rank Cloud Sky Dragon General, commanding an army by myself, but this year I was transferred by Bai Mingchuan, that old... transferred to be a Dragon Sharp Guard."

"Dragon Sharp Guard?" Zhao Xing asked suspiciously, "Is it specifically for charging into battle?"

"Exactly."

"That shouldn't be right. You are a genius sword cultivator, how could you be reduced to charging into battle... Wait, did you sleep with Bai Ling? And then her father found out?"

"No, that's not right. How could he be so ruthless to you just for that."

"Hiss... you didn't get her pregnant, did you?"

Long Xiao didn't speak, obviously tacitly agreeing.

Well, his own cabbage was arched by a pig. As a father, he was definitely unhappy. The two didn't even have a name, and the belly was already big. Bai Mingchuan didn't kill Long Xiao after knowing it, which was already his restraint.

"Talk later, I have to go on patrol again." Long Xiao's formation began to move.

"I guess it won't work later, I have to enter the Vast Sea Cave Heaven to prepare for battle."

"Oh? Are you really here to compete for the Dragon Court Ancient Land quota?" Long Xiao asked in surprise.

"Do you think I ran 200, 00 miles to play?"

"I thought you came specifically to see me."

"You still have the face to mention this. How long has it been since you returned to Dongyang County to see me and Old Chen?"

"Cough cough... I'll go first, talk when free." Long Xiao knew he was in the wrong and immediately left with the formation.

Zhao Xing also went down the building boat. Princess Youruo's team was going to live in the palace prepared by Bai Yunwu.

He followed a group of beast tamers and, under the leadership of Liu Wanliang, went to the Vast Sea Cave Heaven to prepare for battle.

Accompanied by many beast tamers belonging to the Purple Firmament Islands.

Those who were qualified to take Princess Youruo's building boat were all elites among elites, almost all of them Fourth Rank.

Zhao Xing, a Fifth Rank, carrying such a combination of a cat, a dog, and a sheep, was very conspicuous.

He wasn't noticed when he got on the boat, but now that he was acting uniformly after getting off the boat, he attracted the eyes of many people.

"Hmm? When did the Princess's subordinates have an extra Fifth Rank beast tamer? And he followed behind Administrator Liu." A woman in a purple robe looked suspiciously at Zhao Xing's back.

"Zhaozhao, do you know him?"

"Don't know, haven't seen him either." Another woman holding a staff and riding a big tiger, Wang Zhaozhao, shook her head.

"Strange, we are all Fourth Rank beast tamers, how did he, a Fifth Rank, mix in." Lin Ziyue was a bit suspicious. "Could it be Administrator Liu's person?"

"I seem to have seen him entering and leaving the Princess's Yonghua Palace. Could he be a relative of the Princess, here to open his eyes?" A bald man next to him rode his horse and leaned over.

"Doesn't look like it. Look, he even brought war beasts. Should he be here to compete for the ranking?" Lin Ziyue was puzzled.

"Don't feel, that is a mountain cat... Oh, I remember, isn't this Zhao Xing, the Administrator of the Twin Islands Dragon Horse Prison?" The bald man slapped his head. "Yes, it's him!"

"Brother Zhang, do you know him?" Lin Ziyue and Wang Zhaozhao both looked over.

"This mountain cat of his once killed an Emperor Crocodile nine years ago. In the later division competition, he relied on this cat to kill his way out of the west of the Purple Firmament Arena."

"I seem to have some impression." Lin Ziyue's face revealed a trace of disdain: "Every time he barely passed, he could actually walk to this step, tsk tsk, a relationship household."

"Hiss, Your Highness wouldn't still let us take this guy to the competition, right?"

"Damn, if it's really like this, whoever is assigned this task will be unlucky."

"Sigh, Your Highness is confused..."

In any competition, no one looks down on relationship households. This group of Fourth Rank beast tamers all killed their way to this step by their own ability.

After hearing that Zhao Xing was a relationship household, they all disdained to interact with him.

Zhao Xing had also been very low-key these years, and almost no one in this group of beast tamers knew him.

Very few people knew about the relationship between the Princess and Liu Tianning, and even fewer knew about the relationship between Liu Tianning and Zhao Xing.

They only vaguely knew that this person was quite valued by the Princess.

Fourth Rank beast tamers mostly wouldn't pay attention to the preliminary and group stages.

So this group of beast tamer teams, others were talking and laughing, while Zhao Xing was left alone behind Liu Wanliang.

"Chenan, you don't have to worry about those voices of discussion," Liu Wanliang, the Administrator of the Wang Mansion, whispered.

"You participated in the competition, and you walked all the way here by yourself. Except for giving you a preliminary quota at the beginning, the Princess did not help you cheat in the competition."

"They don't know these things, so it's normal to think crookedly."

"Sir, I understand," Zhao Xing smiled. "It's normal for a half-baked person like me to appear in the elite team of the Princess Mansion, and it would be abnormal if there were no discussion."

His personal ranking as a half-baked beast tamer among more than 50, 00 people was at the bottom, while Lin Ziyue and Wang Zhaozhao and the others were elites and had long been famous.

Mixing a Fifth Rank into a group of Fourth Rank beast tamers in the Princess Mansion, they naturally felt strange and might have regarded Zhao Xing as a mixer.

After walking for another two quarters of an hour in silence, a giant gate a thousand meters high appeared in front, with blue light flickering in the vortex inside the gate.

Around the giant gate was a vast plain. At this time, many teams were waiting outside the gate with their war beasts.

"Look, that is the entrance to the Vast Sea Cave Heaven, and it is also a venue specifically used to hold the Ten Thousand Beast Competition," Liu Wanliang introduced to Zhao Xing.

"The internal weather and terrain of the Vast Sea Cave Heaven, as well as the large venues, are all simulated classic levels for entering the Dragon Court Ancient Land."

"57, 42 beast tamers will compete for the top five hundred spots inside."

"If you can get one of these spots, you will be qualified to enter the Dragon Court Ancient Land."

"In the future, as long as you bring out any item on the high-level mission list from the Dragon Court Ancient Land, you can become a proper Fourth Rank official."

"Your war beasts will also be rewarded."

Liu Wanliang looked at the sky and then said, "The competition for the quota has not officially started yet. We need to wait for the Grand Servant and the Azure Dragon General to come over. It will take about four hours."

"Four hours..." Zhao Xing nodded, then suddenly asked a question that confused Liu Wanliang: "Sir, at this time, the rules of the competition shouldn't change anymore, right?"

However, Zhao Xing's brows were still tightly furrowed.

Because he hadn't taken action himself during the fight just now; he had been observing the surroundings the whole time.

He was looking for that hidden guy.

But to his surprise, he still couldn't determine the specific location.

"It seems there are quite a few experts this time. My Heavenly Eye Method actually couldn't find where he was; I only vaguely knew the general direction," Zhao Xing felt his vigilance increase.

But he didn't know that the reason he couldn't find Ming Dan was entirely because Ming Dan was a Fourth Rank Late Stage expert and was wearing special equipment that could conceal his aura.

The fact that Zhao Xing could sense Ming Dan's existence was entirely due to his Life Soul being too powerful.

At this moment, Ming Dan was plunged into deep shock.

Zhao Xing, a Fifth Ranker, had actually instantly killed both Li Tao and his Fourth Rank battle beast.

It was simply terrifyingly strong!

What shocked Ming Dan even more was that Zhao Xing hadn't relied on his battle beasts at all, but on his own strength.

Especially the appearance of those thirty Ten Thousand Method Clones, which completely exceeded his cognition.

"What is going on? Why are there so many identical people? Clone technique? Illusion body? That's not right, he can cast spells, how could it be an illusion body..."

Just at this moment, the voice of the puppet assistant rang in Ming Dan's ears.

"Master, upon investigation, this person is named Zhao Xing."

"He has three battle pets, which are a wildcat, a Cang Ni, and a Spirit Illusion Goat."

"He serves as the Director of the Twin Islands Dragon Horse Inspectorate."

"Registered as a Fifth Rank beast tamer in strength."

Listening to the information reported by the puppet assistant, Ming Dan pointed at the scene below in disbelief: "You call this a beast tamer? Where is he taming beasts?"