Just You Fucking Call Yourself Xia Jing?! (Third Update)
In "Lawless Training", Zhao Xing's most memorable character was "Xia Jing".
The first time he was knocked down was by Xia Jing, whose Shattering Xia Jing Shattering Yuan Finger broke four of his ribs.
During subsequent training sessions, he was knocked down by Xia Jing four more times!
Such an experience naturally left Zhao Xing with a deep impression of this genius from the Azure Dragon Martial Division.
He also remembered Chen Fang. He had swatted the guy away during their first training session, and the second time Chen Fang brought Hu Bing to cause trouble, but they were scared away.
As for Zhang Jie, all I can remember is his name; he was from the Black Tortoise Division.
Xia Jing, it's fate that we meet again in this second round. I will definitely treat you well... Zhao Xing walked into the cabin with a smile.
Although he was smiling, the ten martial artists inside the cabin couldn't help but shiver.
Why do I have this feeling that something's not right?
The Flowing Cloud Flying Boat is a small flying Divine Soldier with only ten seats inside. When Zhao Xing came in and found there was nowhere to sit, he immediately stood in the middle of the aisle and scanned everyone.
Zhang Jie immediately understood the look in his eyes and quickly stood up. "Zhao Shennong, please sit down. I'm going out for some fresh air."
Hu Bing also stood up, with a smile, "Zhao Shennong, sit here, I'm by the window."
Zhang Jie glared angrily at Hu Bing, "You want to steal this too?"
Chen Fang was a step too late; he had already moved his buttocks, but someone beat him to it.
"Thank you, you're too Guest Qi."
He spoke Guest Qi, but his actions Guest Qi. He brazenly sat down in the seat Zhang Jie had offered, and then closed his eyes to rest.
The other six martial artists were also somewhat bewildered by this scene.
One of them nudged Chen Fang quietly and whispered, "Hey bro, who's this guy? He seems pretty cocky."
Chen Fang said in a low voice, "His name is Zhao Xing."
"Zhao Xing? Never heard of him. Is he very powerful?" The martial artist who asked the question was somewhat puzzled.
"It's normal that you didn't participate in the team training with the Agricultural Supervisorate last month and haven't heard of it."
Last time, three thousand people were selected for training, but many martial artists went to train in other places. What is mandatory training for the Agricultural Official is merely optional training for martial artists.
This time it's different. One Agricultural Official is paired with ten men, and almost all the reserve warriors from the nine armies have been brought over.
So some of the faces were unfamiliar; they had never seen or heard of Zhao Xing before.
Chen Fang looked at Zhao Xing, who was resting with his eyes closed, and explained in a low voice, "Zhao Xing is Grade A genius from the Earthly Advantage Institute. This guy is incredibly strong. Once during a selection training session, we were almost wiped out by the Agricultural Official team he led!"
"You mean the time Fu Ying was eliminated?" the martial artist asked, looking surprised. "I remember now, it was him?"
"Mm." Chen Fang nodded.
"What grudge does he have against Xia Jing? I don't get the feeling their conversation is friendly; there's something more to it," another person asked.
"Xia Jing has knocked him down multiple times," Chen Fang said. "Now that he's been assigned to this group again, do you think we'll have a good time?"
"Hiss, it can't be that bad... My Gluttony Art is only at level two, how did I run into such a powerful character?" The other martial artists' expressions changed.
If they encounter a shrewd and incompetent Agricultural Official, they will go hungry.
However, encountering an overly powerful Agricultural Official is equally unpleasant.
They have a sharp eye; they can sabotage you to the point of ruin while ensuring their own grades don't suffer. Like Chen Fang said, if you really offend them, do you think you'll get away with it?
"It must contain some poison." Chen Fang sighed softly.
The other martial artists were all uneasy after hearing what Chen Fang said.
Meanwhile, on a flying boat that took off from the Celestial Timing Academy.
Shi Yong crawled into the cabin and ran into an acquaintance.
"Fu Ying".
"Shi Yong, come and sit down." Fu Ying smiled and beckoned. A martial artist next to him then obediently made way for him.
Shi Yong was a member of the Tigron Army, as was Fu Ying.
They knew each other.
"How were we assigned to be in the same group?" Shi Yong asked with a smile. "Was this intentional on their part?"
"How would I know?" Fu Ying had a rugged appearance, Shi Yong was sunny and handsome; both possessed remarkable bearing. "Perhaps it was intentional. After all, assigning me a weak Agricultural Official wouldn't provide any real training."
"If you're so confident, how many levels of the Gluttony Art have you reached?" Shi Yong asked.
Fu Ying held up four fingers.
"Not bad." Shi Yong nodded slightly. "It's already top-notch."
The Gluttony Art is too difficult to master. The first three levels are relatively easy, as the food is fairly normal, but you need to eat a lot and it requires a balance of the five elements.
Starting from the fourth level, poisons are involved!
Starting from the seventh floor, what you eat is no longer food, but gold and silver!
The Gluttony Art can be practiced even if Unranked, but it's very difficult to master even the fourth level and the Eighth Grade.
As for the seventh level? Only those who start practicing Earthly Fiend at the Seventh Grade have a chance to master it. The eighth and ninth levels require those at the Sixth-Rank Heavenly Dipper Realm.
Fu Ying can reach the fourth level, he is already considered a first-rate practitioner.
"Shi Yong, how are things at the Celestial Timing Academy? Zhuang Ziqing seems to be constantly chasing you." Fu Ying also inquired about Shi Yong's situation. "And Zhao Xing of the Divine Might Army is also a rising star... Is your first place secure?"
"I don't know." Shi Yong smiled warmly. "I only compare myself to myself; I don't care about others."
"You have a good attitude," Fu Ying said. "I really want to test my skills against Xia Jing. I heard that Xia Jing's Gluttony Art only has three levels. I'm determined to beat him this time!"
"He only has three floors?" Shi Yong, somewhat surprised. "Why is it so low?"
"Hmph, he's the Marquis Manor Heir, it's normal for him to be a little spoiled."
The Cloud Rain Tower Ship weaved through the clouds, and Lu Bang, holding a famous list, revealed a sinister smile.
"Shi Yong was assigned to Fu Ying's group."
"Zhuang Ziqing has been assigned to Ye Feng's group."
"Zhao Xing has been assigned to Xia Jing's group."
"..."
"The seeds supplied by Great Granary Institute are all carefully selected exotic varieties. Wonderful, wonderful indeed."
Looking at his friend's appearance, Zuo Zizhi couldn't help but ask, "Brother Lu, what kind of seeds did you put in there? You look a bit creepy."
Lu Bang tossed the list aside. "Don't worry, they're all edible. To train the martial artists' Gluttony Art, of course we need to be selective. I'm doing this for their own good, Zizhi, how could you say that to me? By the way, are the doctors and pharmacists ready?"
Zuo Zizhi: "..."
Two suns shone brightly in the sky, below the Gravel Slope.
The flying boat carrying Zhao Xing slowly descended.
"Everyone, get down, we've arrived."
The officials outside were shouting.
Zhao Xing stepped out of the cabin and saw three people standing there.
Besides the judge who piloted the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat, there were two other officials.
Judging from their attire, one was a military officer and the other a physician.
Military officers are responsible for training martial artists, which makes perfect sense.
What's the purpose of bringing a doctor here?
The warriors who stepped out of the cabin had a vague sense of foreboding.
"Follow me." The military officer waved to the ten martial artists. "Your training grounds are nearby."
"Yes." The ten martial artists obediently followed the military officer and the physician.
"Zhao Xing, your farming area is in this Gravel Slope area. As long as you don't leave the Boundary Marker, you can farm wherever you want."
"In addition, these are the seeds and seedlings distributed from above."
The judge pointed to three Wen Bamboo Box.
"Whether you plant them or not, the quantity is limited. Once you've used them all, no new ones will be sent for three days. Understand?"
"Understood." Zhao Xing nodded and used his Wind Art to carry the box off the flying boat.
"I'll call you when it's time to eat. Don't bother me unless it's absolutely necessary." The judge lay on the airship. "Remember, don't wander off. If you go out of the designated area, your score will be invalidated."
"Yes."
Zhao Xing cupped his hands in greeting, then used the Lesser Nine Heavens Gale Wind Art to fly into the sky.
He didn't rush to select a seed; he first observed the surrounding environment.
After flying around the Boundary Marker in the sky, Zhao Xing had a general understanding of the Heavenly Timing and terrain before landing.
"The first day of training wasn't too demanding."
"The Heavenly Timing will be fine for only two days, with a slightly higher temperature, but not particularly hot. It's roughly equivalent to the start of Start of Summer in the outside world."
"There is also a water source; there is a small pond about 1 kilometer away."
"Assess the Earthly Advantage Institute, and let the Divine Swift Guard!"
With a thought, Zhao Xing was enveloped in a layer of pale yellow light and then slowly sank into the ground.
Judge Zhou Ming, who was reclining on his side drinking on the flying boat, raised an eyebrow upon seeing this scene. "The Mystic Earth Art is quite something."
After Zhao Xing sank into the ground, his body plummeted rapidly. The Mystic Earth Guard, allowing him to move underground. Of course, if he wanted to travel by the Earth Vein, it would be best to combine the two methods.
Right now, we're just checking the Earth Vein; there's no need to combine the two methods.
"Of the five Earth Vein, fire is slightly strong, metal is moderately strong, water is balanced, earth is parched and dry, and wood is not prominent."
"Fortunately, the Earth Vein conditions are just average, neither good nor bad."
Zhao Xing quickly surfaced from the ground again.
"If we were to rank the Heavenly Timing and Earthly Advantage Institute, this is just the simple model."
"Then the difficulty must lie in the seeds."
After the inspection was completed, Zhao Xing opened the Wen Bamboo Box marked as Grade 3.
He naturally wouldn't plant [Second Level Supplies], as it doesn't offer extra points and isn't something a genius like him should choose.
The three Wen Bamboo Box are all quite large. The ones I used to carry were smaller, while these are military versions.
If used in military campaigns, it would be Wen Bamboo Box for a team of twenty men.
Four people were responsible for lifting it, while the remaining sixteen were responsible for protection.
It required four martial artists to lift it, so you can imagine how big and heavy it was.
"Seeds account for 70%, and seedlings account for 30%."
"But why are there so many unfamiliar ones? And so many Derived Seed?"
Zhao Xing was also somewhat surprised when he inspected the Wen Bamboo Box.
Derived Seed are new varieties cultivated by humans.
Many of them do not appear in "Grand View of Trees" or "Compendium of Materia Medica".
Seedlings are all trees, with long growth cycles, and most seeds are unfamiliar, which creates the challenge.
If you don't grow anything to eat within a day, you won't get the base score, and you'll also lose points.
"Sure enough, this is the difficult part, but it's a piece of cake for me. Let's go!"
Zhao Xing quickly chose one from them.
[Numbfish Fruit (seeds)]
[Species: Aquatic Thorns]
[Upper Third Tier]
[Effects: Short growth cycle; can be eaten to fill the stomach; absorbs the vital energy from the Numbfish Fruit, resulting in a sour and numbing sensation; tastes fishy and unpleasant; contains slight toxicity, but in small doses.]
Overall rating: Tier 3 Supply.
"Great, you're the one."
Zhao Xing pointed, and a batch of seeds immediately floated out.
He then rode the Astral Wind, carrying the batch of seeds towards a pond 1 kilometer away.
"It's started." On a flat area in the distance, Chen Fang watched Zhao Xing fly away, enveloped in Astral Wind. "I wonder what he's planting."
"Chen Fang, you dare to get distracted? Take this punch!" Hu Bing immediately punched Chen Fang in the eye.
"Damn it, you ambushed me! Take this!"
Zhao Xing flew to the side of the pond and landed slowly.
"Phew~"
Astral Wind blew by, sending nearby pebbles flying.
They scraped the ground layer by layer until all the rock layers were removed, exposing the soil, and then they stopped.
The area within a kilometer radius around the pond was all shoveled down by a layer.
"Earth Treasury Return to Origin!"
Zhao Xing pointed, Golden Light flashed before disappearing into the ground.
A complex and mysterious cage-like structure appeared in the Earth Vein, instantly harmonizing the power of the five elements, and all the primordial energy gathered here.
"Go!"
Zhao Xing planted this batch of seeds; there were so many that he had cleared out all the Numbfish Fruit seeds.
"Swallowing Clouds!"
"Rainmaking!"
Clouds quickly covered the pond, draining the water from it, and then it began to rain.
At first, it was a heavy rain, but after the ditches were sufficiently irrigated, Zhao Xing changed the Rainmaking to a drizzle.
The gentle rain warms the seeds in the soil.
"Savage Growth!"
The seeds of the Upper Third Tier are very durable. Zhao Xing wants to accelerate their ripening, so he will first use the Savage Growth.
"Shh~"
Subtle movements occurred in the soil, and in the blink of an eye, patches of green appeared all around.
The seed broke through the soil and sprouted a tender shoot.
Fifteen minutes later, it was half a meter tall.
Zhao Xing then changed the spell again.
"Barren Condense Essence Art!"
At this moment, his vital energy was already very abundant, because Zhao Xing's Earth Treasury Return to Origin Plant Edition had reached the Eighth-Turn level.
Its roots, due to the previous "Savage Growth", have already penetrated deep into the ground.
Once the plant enters its growth stage, the most suitable method is no longer the "Savage Growth" Strengthen Root, but rather the Condensation Art.
"Splash splash~"
The green leaves swayed and began to spread out wildly, cycling and growing along the optimal path.
"The Condensation Art has already reached the Seventh-Turn; that's incredibly fast."
"It has already crossed the maturity stage in just half an hour."
"The results will be ready in another half hour."
Zhao Xing estimated the time.
The Upper Third Tier can be harvested in about an hour.
However, Zhao Xing insisted on waiting for an extra half hour.
Why?
Because it waited an extra half hour, it accumulated more vital energy and grew larger.
It's absolutely not because it has a stronger numbing sensation, is more toxic, has a stronger fishy smell, or tastes worse... Absolutely not!
"I've already cleared out the seeds of the Numbfish Fruit."
"With this coverage area, at the very least, I can harvest 5,000 catties of Numbfish Fruit, reaching the standard for Tier 3 supply."
A slight smile appeared on Zhao Xing's lips.
Look in the direction where the martial artists are training.
"So your name is Xia Jing?!"
This is the third update. Everyone, get some rest and see you tomorrow!