Chapter 402: The Primordial Assembly: Assessment and Preparation

"Alright." Ji Si seemed to have been prepared for this; with a flip of her hand, a deck of cards crafted from mechanisms appeared.

The back of the deck was imprinted with Liu Tianning's likeness.

Zhao Xing: "..."

He had previously created a deck of Green Elm Cards, and Green Elm Child had truly become a big shot.

And he had gone on to accomplish earth-shattering feats.

Now, Ji Si had produced a deck of Tianning Cards?

"You—you aren't trying to scare me, are you..." Zhao Xing said with a bitter smile.

Ji Si paused for a moment, then realized something: "Not at all. I am dual-cultivating as a Fate Master and a Starry Sky Historian. Divination and reconstruction are used to maintain my self-awareness and to denote certain unspeakable matters, a method to remind myself."

"What is the name of this deck?"

"Shangluo Cards."

"Fine, deal the cards." Zhao Xing nodded.

As long as it wasn't a Tianning deck, it was fine.

Ji Si waved her hand, first dealing a card to Zhao Xing from the deck.

The front of the card featured Liu Tianning, while the back had three patterns.

The image was fluid; Liu Tianning sat on a throne, with dancers and singers performing gracefully below.

Then, Ji Si dealt a card to herself, featuring Ji Yun (Ji Si's niece) holding a whip.

Zhao Xing understood immediately; Ji Si was confirming the time and location.

She was also confirming if he still remembered.

These two cards were identity cards; one hinted at himself, the other at Ji Si.

Clearly, Ji Si intended to start from the point where he had been "lazy."

"Grand Minister of Agriculture, do you have any questions?"

"No."

"Then I will continue dealing."

Zhao Xing nodded again.

Next, he received five cards in succession.

The first card showed a yellow-gray planet, with many wrecks beside it and the figure of Ji Si.

The second card depicted someone holding a whip and lashing Liu Tianning.

The third card showed a fairy mountain on the sea.

The fourth card showed Ji Si's back, head bowed as she wrote a letter.

The fifth card showed a battle scene with over a dozen blurred shadows surrounding one person.

Zhao Xing quickly understood; this was a review of his and Ji Si's experiences in the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai.

It was just from Ji Si's perspective.

"Grand Minister of Agriculture, any questions?"

"No." Zhao Xing shook his head.

A look of joy appeared on Ji Si's face, proving that Zhao Xing remembered everything, or at least that his memories matched hers.

When Ji Si began dealing cards for herself, Zhao Xing found them harder to understand.

The first card she dealt for herself was blank.

The second depicted a river.

The third showed a faceless golden figure, one hand hooked behind its shoulder as if carrying something, standing under an endless starry sky.

The fourth still showed this faceless golden figure, but two golden figures had appeared beside it, along with a square stele, though the stele was drawn very small.

Zhao Xing's eyes were filled with confusion, as he had no idea what Ji Si was trying to express.

Aside from the river hinting at the Time Page, what on earth were the other four? How could Ji Si's perspective see so many things?

The fifth card finally offered some clues.

Under a vast starry universe, six golden figures appeared, along with a tiny black dot amidst the golden light.

Zhao Xing recognized the sixth card instantly, as it depicted the Sacred Mountain of the Southern Barbarians, with shadows of mountains amidst clouds—it seemed to be the scene of the Great Zhou attacking the Wuyue Sacred Mountain.

The seventh card was another one depicting a river.

The eighth card was blank.

Zhao Xing: "..."

Ji Si's abstract way of expression had left Master Zhao completely baffled.

And why was it dragging the Xuanhuang World into this again?

"Grand Minister of Agriculture, any questions?"

"Yes!"

Zhao Xing immediately asked a crucial question.

"Do you still remember Wang Tianzhi?"

Ji Si was stunned: "Wang Tianzhi?"

She didn't know why Zhao Xing had suddenly brought him up.

But Ji Si still replied: "Of course I remember. Wang Tianzhi of the Profound Heaven Academy. It was also he who exchanged for the Cloud Heaven Dao and entered the Era House."

"It is a pity that his hometown has already been destroyed; otherwise, he would have had a chance to break through to the Origin Realm and live well."

Zhao Xing took a deep breath: "Alright, Ji Si. You can put them away."

"Grand Minister of Agriculture, we..."

"Next, you should cultivate your Biography Clone. I will find an indigenous world to act as your World of Transmission, and then... you will seal your memories and the Biography Clone within that world."

"Yes." Ji Si nodded.

Zhao Xing had provided a solution; although she didn't know why, at least someone was taking charge now.

"I want to be alone for a while."

"I shall take my leave." Ji Si stood up.

Zhao Xing was left alone in the private room.

A moment later, Zhao Xing drank a cup of wine.

"Xuanhuang World..." Zhao Xing muttered to himself.

Ji Si did not know that the Xuanhuang World still existed.

When he broke the illusion, he had only told Cloud Heaven Dao and Ji Che.

The matter of retrieving Wang Tianzhi in three thousand years was known only to Ji Che and himself.

Zhao Xing had learned of Ji Si's experiences during his conversation with Green Elm Child.

After delivering the letter to Emperor Yuanding, she had fallen into a coma, was placed in a treasure to recover, and was finally requested by Green Elm Child and thrown to Meng Wu.

In other words, it was impossible for Ji Si to know what happened afterward. So, had she seen this in a dream?

What kind of dream could reveal a scene where Divine Realm experts were deliberating?

And why would she suddenly dream of the Xuanhuang World?

Connecting this to Green Elm Child's warning, Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh.

The Xuanhuang World likely had Divine Realm experts.

They might have even participated in the resurrection of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai.

"Wang Tianzhi was scheduled to be retrieved in three thousand years; that time is almost here."

"But how could I dare go now? Someone is likely still investigating the Chenluo Desolate Domain. A past that has preserved its memories is too conspicuous."

"Sigh, I can only wrong old Wang... Seal!"

Zhao Xing faded the memories regarding the Xuanhuang World and the Divine Realm.

Thinking about this now was useless.

He was too weak; there were definitely Divine Realm experts with their eyes on the Chenluo Desolate Domain.

It was dangerous enough to retrieve Wang Tianzhi, let alone explore any secrets.

After fading these memories, Zhao Xing walked out of the private room, immediately putting on a cheerful face.

"Come, everyone, let's keep drinking."

"We won't leave until we're drunk today."

"Drink!"

With the legend's return, the capital of the Fengdu World Star held a celebratory banquet that lasted for a long time.

For several years, Zhao Xing did nothing but eat and drink with people in his social network.

His own memories hadn't changed, but others' memories had been altered, and now he had to adapt to how these people perceived him.

"Zhao Xing, sorry, I only just arrived this year. Don't say anything, I'll punish myself with three jars of 'Spirit Heaven Brew'." As soon as Jing Yan sat down, he deliberately moved to lift the large wine jar placed amidst the rockery.

"In your dreams. This 'Spirit Heaven Brew' costs a million Red Star Coins a jar. If you drink it all, what will the Captain and I drink?" Chen Xuan pulled Jing Yan away. "If you want to be punished, just watch us drink."

When it came to strength, Jing Yan couldn't compare to the Great Divine Ability Qi-cultivator Chen Xuan in a million years. With a light tug, Chen Xuan pressed Jing Yan into his seat.

"Hahaha, Captain, Brother Chen, Jing Yan, Tianqing, please, sit." Zhao Xing smiled and invited the four to take their seats.

Beside Chen Xuan was Bai Yang (Yang Baihe); both were members of Starfire.

Zhao Xing had originally invited Yue Nu as well, but she was busy, so only Bai Yang and Chen Xuan came.

With the destruction of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai, Zhao Xing estimated that Starfire had suffered heavy losses, but he discovered that Chen Xuan, Bai Yang, and Yue Nu were all still alive.

Jing Yan and Yu Tianqing had arrived at the Red Star Empire earlier, so naturally, he had to see them.

Thus, he invited them all together.

The memories of the two Starfire members regarding Zhao Xing had hardly changed.

It was just that in their impression, Zhao Xing had become a rogue cultivator, and the Starfire organization had been in the Phantom God Star System for seven thousand years, not in the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai.

Consequently, the part where Zhao Xing faked his death to deceive Marquis Heyin through communication channels no longer existed.

As for Jing Yan, his first meeting with Zhao Xing was still at Nanluo No. 88, in front of that tomb of the Self-Nature Sect.

It was just that there were discrepancies regarding the identities of Zhao Xing and Lu Yuehan.

Zhao Xing was a rogue cultivator, while Lu Yuehan had become a descendant of a great family from the Ancient Kingdom of Yanyue.

Likewise, everything related to the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai had been automatically replaced with the Ancient Kingdom of Yanyue.

This included Du Yun in Jing Yan's cognition; the Purple God Mansion still had two mansions, one being the Purple Moon Mansion and the other the Yellow Sand Mansion. Both were forces of the Ancient Kingdom of Yanyue.

As for Yu Tianqing, his experiences had also remained unchanged.

He still remembered being locked in prison, only it wasn't the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai that imprisoned him, but a military prison of the Ancient Kingdom of Yanyue.

Le Yao and Cen Qionghua were also still alive, having become rogue cultivators of the Ancient Kingdom of Yanyue.

"The Ancient Kingdom of Yanyue really won big this time. Every remaining citizen of the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai has become their person, including great geniuses like Du Yun."

"And Old Qing's roots have also been set in the Ancient Kingdom of Yanyue."

"Modifying memories like this is the minimal impact, not changing the original life course or the karma owed," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Yu Tianqing still owed him a favor, and he still owed Jing Yan a favor.

Although Du Yun didn't come, Zhao Xing still had his contact information, and he still remembered Zhao Xing asking him to open the tomb, just not the matter of the Three God Fate Palace resolving the trouble.

"In other words, a world where only the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai got hurt has been achieved." Zhao Xing thought. "Oh, and those Reincarnation Realm experts who died."

From Zhao Xing's understanding, except for the small portion of Reincarnation Realm experts whose true spirits were destroyed, the rest had actively reincarnated to escape. They had lost a lifetime of cultivation for nothing.

They wouldn't remember losing treasures or secret techniques... this lifetime was as if it had never existed.

"That means there are now tens of thousands of Reincarnation Realm experts reincarnating in the Xuanling Star Domain... I wonder how many monstrous geniuses will emerge."

Reincarnation Realm experts cultivating again would naturally be fast, and some might even recover to Reincarnation Realm strength in less than a thousand years.

It was just that having a lifetime of cultivation interrupted so inexplicably, without prior preparation, would certainly lead to some errors.

"I wonder how that Wang Zhiyong is doing," Zhao Xing thought.

He didn't know if Wang Zhiyong was still alive, and as for the other nine Great Emperors, Zhao Xing didn't bother to confirm either.

The reason was simple: there was no need to look for trouble.

"Zhao Xing, now that you've come to the Empire, what are your plans?" Bai Yang raised his wine cup from afar.

Zhao Xing's thoughts were pulled back to reality: "I want to enter the Primordial World, but the channels to enter seem to be few and far between."

"The Primordial World?" Bai Yang was slightly stunned. "You want to follow the Self-Nature School?"

"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded.

The Primordial World was the sacred ground for Agricultural Ministers in the Red Star Empire, bar none.

In the Red Star Empire, there were many other Agricultural Minister forces of the Heavenly Timing School and Geographical Advantage School that could also be called top-tier.

However, what Zhao Xing sought in the Empire was the Dao of Self-Nature. If he were cultivating other paths, such as the sacred ground of the Geographical Advantage School, he would have gone to the Primeval Mound.

As for the sacred ground of the Heavenly Timing School? The Xuanling Star Domain had no universally recognized strongest Heavenly Timing sacred ground; several top forces were arguing endlessly over the top spot, fighting until they were at each other's throats.

The reason for this situation was that, theoretically, the Self-Nature School had the Primordial World and the Primeval Mound, with cultivation techniques like "Extreme Land".

But the "Extreme Star" and "Dead Domain" in the theories of the Heavenly Timing School had never been seen, nor were there corresponding supreme methods.

The Primeval Mound had methods like "Extreme Land" and was recognized as the strongest.

The Primordial World was recognized as the strongest sacred ground for cultivating the internal world of the Self-Nature School.

Zhao Xing had a plan for every stage of his life. Since he had come to the Red Star Empire, he would naturally try every means to enter the Primordial World and focus on the Self-Nature School path, not wasting too much time or effort on other paths.

"It will be difficult for you to enter the Primordial World," Bai Yang pondered. "You have to wait for the easier channels, and going through the back door is even harder. The Primordial World is where the Empire cultivates its elite; even Reincarnation Realm experts find it difficult to squeeze people in."

"It is difficult." Zhao Xing nodded. "But I still want to try."

"If you ask me, you should just switch to being a martial artist." Chen Xuan ate a large piece of fish meat: "Zhao Xing, I think highly of you."

"Don't give such reckless advice, just eat." Bai Yang glanced at Chen Xuan.

"Alright." Chen Xuan began to feast.

Yu Tianqing asked curiously: "Captain, how many channels are there to enter the Primordial World?"

Bai Yang held up his fingers: "Three."

"The first is the 'Primordial Assembly'."

"The Primordial World opens once every three thousand years. At that time, assessments and selections will be held within the Primordial World, not just for Agricultural Ministers, but for other professions as well."

"The Red Star Empire has a million star systems and countless life planets. Anyone who has reached the Origin Realm can sign up to participate."

"Then you study inside for about three thousand years."

"There are 125 years left until the next Primordial Assembly."

"And the second?" Yu Tianqing asked.

"The second is merit exchange," Bai Yang said. "Assuming you missed the assessment, you can still cut in line. For example, at the border where the Empire borders the demon race, killing enemies and performing meritorious deeds can be exchanged for a chance to enter."

"However, such channels are generally open to those in the Dao Domain Realm in the military; it is very difficult for those in the Origin Realm to accumulate such merit."

"The quota is also limited, and to exchange, you must first join the military."

"Chen Xuan and I are members of Starfire, and our merit is enough, but that took over five thousand years."

Zhao Xing knew this clearly. The resources of the Primordial World could only be enjoyed by a small number of people, so the principle of entry was simple: either be a genius or a meritorious official.

"And the third channel?" Yu Tianqing asked.

Bai Yang glanced at Jing Yan.

The latter wiped his mouth and revealed a dignified smile: "This brings us to the Royal Family."

"As a Prince, I have the right to enter the Primordial World, and my grandfather also has recommendation quotas."

Yu Tianqing immediately cast an envious look.

But aside from him, the others didn't take it seriously.

"Your grandfather won't do; it has to be your great-grandfather," Chen Xuan sneered. "You are one of over ten thousand princes; your grandfather, the Prince of Beiye, might not even remember you, let alone your great-grandfather... have you even met your great-grandfather?"

Zhao Xing didn't even ask; Jing Yan couldn't possibly move his great-grandfather. Jing Yan had been born over four thousand years ago, and he might not have even met his great-grandfather yet.

"This, I should have met him..." Jing Yan immediately deflated. "I just didn't see him very clearly."

"It seems Brother Zhao can only choose the first method." Yu Tianqing said with some regret. "125 years, that's fast."

"What's the use of it being fast?" Chen Xuan shook his head: "Whether you can pass is the problem."

"The competition in the Primordial Assembly is too fierce; even the first round is very difficult." Chen Xuan began to make up for it: "Take the Beihe Star System, for example; last time, only a little over ten thousand people passed the first round."

"I don't know how many Agricultural Ministers were among those ten thousand, but in any case, very few."

"What about the Beiye Star System?" Zhao Xing asked.

"The Beiye Star System is slightly better; seven or eight hundred thousand people passed the first round," Jing Yan said. "But the population of my Beiye Star System is a hundred times that of the Beihe Star System, so the probability is actually about the same."

"Some life planets don't even have a single person."

"The Primordial World doesn't want those over ten thousand years old either."

In other words, if an Imperial citizen wants to enter the Primordial World through this channel, they only have at most three chances in their lifetime.

Zhao Xing was already over four thousand years old, so he didn't even have a second chance.

"Let's try it; if it doesn't work, we'll look for something else," Zhao Xing said.

If he made a wish to Old Qing and used up his last wish, he would definitely get in, but that wouldn't be worth it.

Bai Yang had originally wanted to pull Zhao Xing into Starfire. Seeing that Zhao Xing had made a decision, he said no more.

Waiting 125 years, it wouldn't be too late to bring it up again if Zhao Xing failed.

The group soon changed the subject:

"Jing Yan, when will you inherit the throne?"

"Oh, I forgot, you are over the 18, 00th in line; if you want to inherit, you have to surpass the ten thousand brothers and sisters ahead of you first."

"Captain, do you think we can live to see the day Jing Yan inherits?"

"Don't know how many lifetimes we'd have to wait."

"Hahahaha."

Chen Xuan and Yu Tianqing weren't very familiar, and Zhao Xing couldn't tease them, so he could only make fun of Jing Yan.

Over the course of the drinking session, Jing Yan was teased no less than twenty times, which was quite depressing for him.

"Damn it, Zhao Xing, when I inherit the throne in the future, I will definitely slaughter these two unruly subjects!" Jing Yan said viciously.

"What?! You want to behead the Captain and Brother Chen after you inherit the throne?" Zhao Xing exclaimed.

Bai Yang and Chen Xuan immediately cast unkind looks.

At this time, the five had already started a new project—mental battle.

Hearing this, Chen Xuan immediately jumped off the field.

"You, you, you..." Jing Yan looked at Zhao Xing, filled with grief and indignation. Before he could finish speaking, he was thrown onto the field by Chen Xuan to be beaten up.

"Captain, please go easy on... ah!"

"Hahahaha." Joyful laughter erupted outside the field.

Happy times are always short, and soon Zhao Xing threw himself into cultivation, preparing for the Primordial Assembly. "I have now learned seven divine abilities."

"Soul Heaven Vision, Divine Fire Turtle Transformation, Essence-Removing Divine Ability, Purple Light Eight Eras, Killing Thought Blade, Three God Fate Palace, Giant Yang Straw Man."

"The Primordial Assembly doesn't rely on equipment, so it only looks at individual cultivation."

"The Primordial Assembly has a total of four rounds of selection. It's nothing more than spells, Dao fields, soul, and mental willpower."

"Its registration has multiple zones, mainly divided into auxiliary and combat types."

"I won't sign up for the auxiliary zone; it will only be more competitive," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

The Empire is quite safe and peaceful, so there are far more auxiliary Agricultural Ministers than combat-type ones.

Competing in that direction, he probably wouldn't be able to win.

"This 125 years of cultivation will focus on the Giant Yang Straw Man, Soul Heaven Vision, Three God Fate Palace, Willpower Divine Ability, and Dao field cultivation."

As for combat-type divine abilities, Zhao Xing really didn't have any for Heavenly Timing or Geographical Advantage; even Purple Light Eight Eras was auxiliary.

Please... you.... collect_(!)

In terms of foundation, Zhao Xing certainly couldn't compare to those geniuses from great families.

However, Zhao Xing also had an advantage that no one else could match.

"Before the Primordial Assembly screening begins, no one knows the content of the assessment."

"But, I know!"

"I remember that the first test of this session is willpower-based, so the first priority is to cultivate the Killing Thought Blade divine ability," Zhao Xing recalled.

"To be fully prepared, I also need to practice another defensive willpower divine ability."

The Killing Thought Blade belongs to the offensive type among willpower divine abilities.

Preparing an extra defensive divine ability is never a bad thing.

"I still have two or three billion Red Star Coins; it's more than enough to buy a mental defense divine ability."

Zhao Xing immediately began to choose, and soon locked onto a defensive mental divine ability.

"This is it: 'Mental Bell' sold by Ten Thousand Heart Island. It has multiple directions for follow-up and can be practiced into a Great Divine Ability."

Ten Thousand Heart Island is a very famous force in the Red Star Empire, producing many mental illusionists, soul controllers, and other professions.

"There is a branch in the Beihe Star System. Inviting a Dao Domain Realm scholar from Ten Thousand Heart Island costs at least 100 million Red Star Coins. After the sermon, it will be directly at the level of the first to third stage of the divine ability."

"Spending 1 billion, after the sermon, it will be at the fourth to sixth stage level."

"Spending 10 billion, after the sermon, it will be at the seventh to ninth stage level."

"Guaranteed to teach and learn, saving time and effort, as long as you have money."

"Mental divine abilities are really expensive; other divine abilities can be as cheap as ten million Red Star Coins."

Zhao Xing chose the 1 billion service, placed an order through the Star Mirror, and soon a member of Ten Thousand Heart Island appeared in the Star Mirror.

"Please provide the location for the sermon. Within the Beihe Star System, Ten Thousand Heart Island will arrange for the corresponding scholar to come to your door within ten years."

"If it is outside the Beihe Star System, it will take longer, depending on the distance."

"Beihe Star System, Wuye Constellation, Fengdu World Star, Zhao King City."

"Please confirm again."

After repeating the confirmation, the Ten Thousand Heart Island member replied: "The sermon scholar 'Xia Wenyuan' has been confirmed for you, and it is expected to take nine years and eight months to arrive."

Zhao Xing nodded and put away the Star Mirror.

In fact, Ten Thousand Heart Island had branches on the top-tier world stars in the Beihe Star System, and it would take at most a few months to get there.

However, the sermon scholar also had to do preparatory work and wait in line, so it would ultimately take over nine years to arrive at Fengdu World Star.

"I can't be idle for nine years; let me practice the Killing Thought Blade first," Zhao Xing pondered.

With a thought, he appeared in the Agricultural Minister Supervision Office of the Great Zhou.

"Greetings, Grand Minister of Agriculture." Meng Kun immediately stood up.

Because Ji Che had promised that Wang Tianzhi would be Zhao Xing's successor as Grand Minister of Agriculture.

So Zhao Xing was still the Grand Minister of Agriculture in name, but the actual affairs were managed by several Agricultural Minister Ministers.

"Lord Meng, no need for formalities." Zhao Xing bowed his hands, "I came to ask, does the Great Zhou currently raise any fierce beasts?"

"We have raised quite a few for food, but there are only three types of fierce beasts: Phantom Void Snakes, Silver-Backed Spiny Dragons, and Maga Giant Beasts."

"How many are in the third stage?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Not many, only a few hundred," Meng Kun said. "The cost of urging these fierce beasts into the growth stage is very high. It is a business that the Great Zhou has only had for the last five hundred years, and we dare not be too aggressive."

The Great Zhou was doing better now, but in terms of foundation, it was still not as good as the original Daye Dynasty.

Ji Che had always wanted to develop in a big way, but the high officials wanted to be steady.

So even though there were over ten billion Red Star Coins in the national treasury, they were quite cautious in developing many businesses.

"Only a few hundred..." Zhao Xing thought for a moment. "Forget it... who found this business?"

The three types raised by the Great Zhou were all locked in their life structure, and ordinary people were not qualified to raise them.

"Lord Jing Yan pulled the strings, and the seller is the 'Tianhe Ranch' under the 'Green Field Chamber of Commerce'."

"I see."

"Why do you want to buy so many giant beasts?" Jing Yan asked with some confusion.

"To practice divine abilities," Zhao Xing said.

"What kind of divine ability?"

"Willpower divine ability."

"Oh, I understand," Jing Yan said: "I'll ask the Green Field Chamber of Commerce."

"Fine."

Zhao Xing could be sure that the Green Field Chamber of Commerce had this business.

The Red Star Empire and many ancient kingdoms were relatively safe, prohibiting internal personnel from killing each other.

But practitioners needed combat experience; they couldn't kill people, so what could they use to practice?

Dao fields were one way, but Dao fields couldn't satisfy everyone, and they couldn't kill people.

Thus, forces specialized in raising demon beasts to provide combat experience for practitioners.

The Green Field Chamber of Commerce even divided them into many levels: fierce beasts, fighting beasts, intelligent types, spell types, physical types...

The highest-level fighting beasts were usually sent to the Starry Sky Fighting Arena to hold events; in large Starry Sky Fighting Arenas, Dao Domain Realm levels were very common.

A long time ago, there were even Reincarnation Realm ones, but those were relatively rare.

"Asked, take a look." Before long, Jing Yan sent a list over.

"Purple Flame Heart-Burning Bat, Green Wood Spirit Vine Python, Thousand-Eyed Star Spider, Star Phantom Heaven Ghost Fox, Ice Wave Phantom Beast, Ghost Shadow Blood Worm, Eight-Horned Demon Turtle..."

Since Zhao Xing wanted to practice willpower divine abilities, Jing Yan also asked for fierce beasts with illusion-type talents.

"My willpower divine ability is now at the seventh stage. If I want to improve it further, I can only kill these corresponding starry sky fierce beasts."

Zhao Xing looked at the introductions of each fierce beast.

The Green Field Chamber of Commerce was indeed professional; each fierce beast was marked with type, divine ability level, habits, training duration, number of battles, combat power, etc.

"Buy a little of everything, see which ones have the best training effects, and then buy in bulk."

Zhao Xing bought over a hundred varieties in one go, all of which were third-stage demon beasts, and at least possessed fourth-stage illusion-type divine ability talents.

Buying 3 of each, he ordered over three hundred third-stage fierce beasts in one go.

"Order successful, paid 630 million Red Star Coins. The price is still quite fair." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

The purchasing power of Red Star Coins was still relatively strong.

Taking people as a reference, the pension given by the Ancient Kingdom of Yuanhai to the first stage was only 400, 600, 800, or 10 million.

Converted into Red Star Coins, the lowest first stage only required 11, 00 Red Star Coins!

The pension for the third stage, converted into Red Star Coins, was only a little over 1 million.

The ones sold by the Green Field Chamber of Commerce were all high-quality goods, each starting at 2 million. Large breeding bases like the Green Field Chamber of Commerce would compress costs to the extreme, and they still made a profit.

Of course, there was a difference between people and fierce beasts.

Many starry sky fierce beasts were innately powerful; as long as they were provided with a spiritual energy environment and inferior food, they could grow up, whereas it was much more difficult for human practitioners to reach the third stage.

It was precisely because of this innate advantage of the demon race that the demon race in the Xuanling Star Domain could occupy half the territory.

"My private account and the Great Zhou's national treasury combined have a cash flow of 10 billion Red Star Coins. As long as I can raise my willpower divine ability to the ninth stage within 5 billion Red Star Coins, it counts as a profit."

The scholar Zhuo En who once taught him the divine ability had already died, and this divine ability was already out of print; it could be said that he couldn't even invite a scholar to improve it.

How could a scholar teach what they didn't know themselves?

Of course, if the cost exceeded 10 billion, it wouldn't be worth it.

10 billion could completely invite a scholar to directly teach a new willpower divine ability, at least at the seventh stage level.

One year later, 124 years until the Primordial Assembly opens.

Over three hundred third-stage mental fierce beasts appeared at Fengdu World Star.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, here are the fighting beasts you wanted. 275 are four-star, and 38 are five-star."

"These 38 five-star ones are a gift for you to experience." The person in charge of the escort from the Green Field Chamber of Commerce was only in the Newborn Realm.

After all, transportation was just manual labor; as long as you could fly a world boat, there was no technical content. Once the goods were delivered, you just recited the data to the customer.

"Next, let me introduce these varieties to you..."

"No need," Zhao Xing interrupted. "Fellow Daoist, just leave the things here."

"Alright." The Newborn Realm escort personnel wisely shut their mouth.

Zhao Xing checked the goods, then had someone drive the world boat to a cave world to unload.

Then he signed for receipt and let the Green Field Chamber of Commerce people leave.

Fengdu World Star had replicated many features of the Xuanhuang World, such as cave worlds.

Zhao Xing had now arrived at the "Wind River Cave Heaven," and the entrance to this cave heaven was opened in his Zhao King Mansion.

After entering the Wind River Cave Heaven, over three hundred giant beasts lay quietly on the grass, like mountains.

On each giant beast, there was a "Yuan Law Seal Talisman."

As long as Zhao Xing wanted to wake them up, he just had to tear off the magic power talisman.

"Let's start with this bat monster."

Zhao Xing flew in front of the Purple Flame Heart-Burning Bat.

The Purple Flame Heart-Burning Bat looked like a bat, surrounded by mysterious purple flames, the flames dancing and flickering as if they had spirituality.

It was just that at this time, the purple flames were dull.

It was very small, only a thousand feet long; among starry sky fierce beasts, a thousand-foot size could be considered a small fierce beast.

The Purple Flame Heart-Burning Bat had sharp ears, a wide mouth, sharp teeth inside, and curved, powerful claws.

When Zhao Xing tore off the talisman, it immediately opened its eyes.

"Buzz~" The eyes were blood-red, emitting the light of flames, as if a sun was burning in its pupils.

The moment the Purple Flame Heart-Burning Bat saw Zhao Xing, it immediately attacked.

"Human, damn human!"

The cruel gaze revealed monstrous anger, and a terrifying willpower rushed toward Zhao Xing.

"It really has something; it lives up to the training of the Green Field Chamber of Commerce." Zhao Xing did not retreat a single step.

Mental giant beasts had relatively fragile bodies and no other means.

He was not afraid of close-range attacks at all; was the sixth-stage Giant Yang clone just for show? A few slaps would be enough to kill these mental fierce beasts.

"Die die die die!!!"

The Purple Flame Heart-Burning Bat attacked crazily because the magic power talisman in Zhao Xing's hand, once torn off, would stimulate it to fight.

Many demon beasts were full of wisdom and would rather die than be sparring partners; the Green Field Chamber of Commerce naturally considered this point.

"Killing Thought Blade!"

Zhao Xing controlled his strength and began to resist the attack of the Purple Flame Heart-Burning Bat.

Two days later.

"Pfft!"

The Purple Flame Heart-Burning Bat was killed by Zhao Xing.

"Next."

There were three of each variety, and it took Zhao Xing about ten days on average to test one variety.

Green Wood Spirit Vine Python, Thousand-Eyed Star Spider, Star Phantom Heaven Ghost Fox, Ice Wave Phantom Beast, Ghost Shadow Blood Worm, Eight-Horned Demon Turtle...

Testing variety after variety, it was two and a half years later after testing all varieties.

Inside the Wind River Cave Heaven, Zhao Xing killed the last fierce beast.

"The test results are out."

"Of the 105 varieties, four had the best effect on me."

"First, Thousand-Eyed Star Spider."

"Second, Ice Wave Phantom Beast."

"Third, Purple Flame Heart-Burning Bat."

"Fourth, Eight-Horned Demon Turtle."

"The effects of the others were significantly weaker."

Since the effects were about the same, it just depended on the price.

Zhao Xing looked at the price list and found that the Eight-Horned Demon Turtle was the cheapest of the four.

"Each one is 100, 00 Red Star Coins cheaper; if I buy in bulk, I can save 100 million easily."

Master Zhao didn't care about 100 million Red Star Coins.

But now that he had to use money from the Great Zhou national treasury, he had to be frugal.

"It's you, Eight-Horned Demon Turtle."

Zhao Xing left the Wind River Cave Heaven and began to look for Ji Che to report.

"Big Brother, why did you wake me up?"

"Your Majesty, I want to withdraw some money from the national treasury, about 3 billion Red Star Coins."

"Big Brother has to ask me about such a small matter," Ji Che said with dissatisfaction. "If Big Brother hadn't gifted 5 billion Red Star Coins back then, where would the national treasury have so much money now, and where would the Great Zhou be today?"

"You can just withdraw it yourself; don't ask me again!"

"I am very busy right now!"

He didn't know what Ji Che was busy with, but after saying two sentences, the clone closed its eyes again.

Zhao Xing was speechless.

Speaking of which, he really hadn't contributed much to the money in the Great Zhou national treasury now.

Back then, after Cloud Heaven Dao worshipped Duke Ruohai as his master, he took 10 billion Red Star Coins, gave half to himself, and half to the Great Zhou.

After a thousand years of development, Jing Yan's social network's care, and the efforts of the Great Zhou's monarchs and ministers... the 5 billion Red Star Coins had already multiplied several times!

Of course, the Great Zhou's expenditures were also high; one must know that even Meng Kun was now in the second stage, and the number of third-stage people in the entire Great Zhou had exceeded five hundred, and various infrastructure developments were booming.

So there was only about 11. billion left in the national treasury.

It was just that after the memories were modified, the initial 5 billion became the harvest from his tomb-digging in the Yueluo Mausoleum.

"Old Yun's credit has become mine; I am truly ashamed..."

"But Old Yun is already in the Dao Domain Realm, so even if he knew, he wouldn't care."

"I just don't know what Ji Che is busy with; how can he not even have the time to say a few words."

"He wouldn't really be planning to open up a second territory, would he?"

Zhao Xing felt it was very possible!

"After that disaster, many Reincarnation Realm experts reincarnated. Although the Divine Realm modified memories to minimize the impact, it ultimately affected the pattern of the Xuanling Star Domain."

"It seems I have to work hard too," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "I can't be a parasite of the Great Zhou."

Zhao Xing had to work hard, and the Eight-Horned Demon Turtle suffered.

At the Green Field Chamber of Commerce, he spent 3. billion to buy a total of two thousand Eight-Horned Demon Turtles for cultivation.

Since then, the roar of the Eight-Horned Demon Turtle had echoed in the Wind River Cave Heaven.

Seven years later.

"Pfft~"

Zhao Xing beheaded the turtle-like fierce beast with an eight-cornered shell and a black-purple appearance.

The Killing Thought Blade in his eyes became even more solid.

"Halfway through the eighth stage of the divine ability; this Eight-Horned Demon Turtle has only used less than half, and the effect is really good." Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh.

If Wu Tian were here, he would probably laugh his head off.

He sent a portion of power with the Divine Lamp, and Zhao Xing's cultivation talent in this area had been strengthened, but Zhao Xing was unaware.

In fact, his divine ability cultivation was so fast that the role of the Eight-Horned Demon Turtle was just a side dish; the main part was the divine power of the Heart Lamp!

However, Zhao Xing just felt that he had an unbreakable bond with the turtle race.

In the process of killing the Eight-Horned Demon Turtle, not only did the willpower divine ability become stronger.

Even the Hou Bian Law "Divine Fire Turtle Transformation" had transformed from the third stage of the divine ability to the fifth stage.

Zhao Xing was in a good mood and hummed a song as he left the cave heaven.

Because the Star Mirror had a reminder, the Ten Thousand Heart Island scholar "Xia Wenyuan" would arrive in only half a day.

"My name is Xia Wenyuan, a scholar sent by Ten Thousand Heart Island to preach."

"Please enter my 【Realm of Enlightenment】, and I will perform a direct transmission to teach you the 'Mental Bell' divine ability."

"You spent 1 billion Red Star Coins, so you will definitely learn this divine ability and skip the introductory time."

"Whether it is the fourth stage or the sixth stage of the divine ability depends on your comprehension."

Zhao Xing walked out of Xia Wenyuan's Realm of Enlightenment.

"The Realm of Enlightenment lasted for a full 15 years, consuming six of my Dao Fruits; I lost, I lost," Xia Wenyuan thought to himself.

The Realm of Enlightenment required the Dao Tree within the scholar to maintain it and the Dao Fruit to consume it.

If Zhao Xing only comprehended the fourth-stage method, he would only need to consume four Dao Fruits, and Xia Wenyuan would have made a profit.

He didn't expect Zhao Xing to comprehend directly to the sixth stage.

"Thank you." Since this was a business, Zhao Xing just nodded, which counted as thanks.

Seeing that the customer didn't intend to tip, Xia Wenyuan didn't stay long and soon flew away from Fengdu World Star.

Zhao Xing didn't see him off either; he went straight into the Tianhe Cave Heaven, continued to kill turtles to practice according to the plan, and spent money to buy resources to improve himself.

... 【401】 Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was 3 years until the Primordial Assembly opened.

Time passed, and in the blink of an eye, it was three years until the start of the Primal Assembly.