Second Mandatory Training Rankings and Gains
"Boom!"
The martial arts team, who were sparring not far away, suddenly felt the ground shake and stopped what they were doing.
"What's going on? Was it an earthquake?"
"The earth is cracking? Could it be Zhao Shennong's doing?"
"Hey, how come saplings are growing here?"
"The ice, a foot thick, has completely cracked open. Look over there!" Chen Fang pointed to the east, his face full of surprise. "That place was flat just now, but now there's a 30-meter-high hill."
Everyone looked over immediately, and sure enough, a small hill appeared 500 meters to the east. The hill was made up of solidified soil blocks, with the two largest layers of soil appearing to have been squeezed together by a huge force and bulged upwards, forming a human-shaped mound.
"A huge crack has appeared in the direction of the airship!" Hu Bing jumped up, then scanned his surroundings. After landing, he looked surprised. "That crack is ten meters wide and bottomless. There are eight other large cracks like that around it, and hundreds of smaller ones... How did this happen?"
"The Earth Vein here are so fragile?" Zhang Jie looked around in surprise.
Xia Jing shook his head, a strange light flashing in his eyes in the darkness. "It's not that the Earth Vein are weak, but that Zhao Xing's Earth Shatter Art is too powerful."
"Look, the ice and snow have begun to melt. He must have used the Fire Attribute Earth Splitting Art to make the earth fire rise here."
"It really is true." Everyone exclaimed in amazement.
But Xia Jing was wrong, because Zhao Xing did not use a single Earth Splitting Art, but the Five Elements Earth Splitting Art!
However, since it's a different field, Xia Jing could only tell that it was Earth Splitting Art.
"Who told you to stop?!" Liu Yongli ran over and yelled, "We put you in different environments to train so you could adapt to various changes. Now you've all stopped training, everyone gets a 10-point deduction!!"
Swish~
Liu Yongli's gaze fell on Xia Jing: "Xia Jing, as the head of the Azure Dragon Martial Division, and the first to stop, deduct twenty points!"
"Yes, I know I was wrong." Xia Jing accepted the punishment; the twenty points were insignificant to him.
"Keep training! Don't stop!" Liu Yongli shouted. "Even if the sky falls, you have to stay calm! Understand?"
"Clear!"
The ten martial artists began training again.
The middle-aged physician plucked a flower from a piece of ice and exclaimed softly, "How come a seedling of Second Level Ice Lotus has sprouted?"
Liu Yongli turned his head and asked, "What do you mean?"
The middle-aged doctor put the snow lotus in his mouth and bit it. "You wouldn't understand if I explained it in complicated terms. Just know that the kid's spell just now was very strong, unexpectedly strong."
Liu Yongli was somewhat puzzled: How strong could Zhao Xing, an Eighth Grade Agricultural Official, be? Even Sixth Rank physician was saying that?
[You have activated the spell "Five Elements Earth Splitting". This spell has triggered a "Level Derivation Three" Blessing of Luck, doubling the effectiveness of the "Earth Element" effect and Earth Split by a hundred feet.]
[You cast the spell "Five Elements Earth Splitting". This spell triggered a "Derivation Three" Blessing of Luck, doubling the effectiveness of the "Fire Element" effect, causing earth fire to surge upwards.]
[You activated the spell "Five Elements Earth Splitting," which Blessing of Luck "Level Derivation Three" fortune enhancement, tripling the effectiveness of the "Wood Element" and bringing forth renewed vitality.]
[You cast the spell 'Five Elements Earth Splitting'...]
[...]
Zhao Xing smiled as he watched the screen constantly refresh.
He just cast the "Five Elements Earth Splitting" spell forty-five times in a row around the planting area.
Among them, the number of times the Fortune Critical Success was as high as 34 times!
And so, the current explosive situation has come about.
"The subterranean fire surges, life bursts forth... the Gambler's Tactic is awesome!"
Zhao Xing had little interest in this combat technique in his previous life, mainly because his luck level was low back then. He rarely used it, whether farming or fighting, because it was too unpredictable. Nobody wanted to gamble with luck in battle; one loss could cost them their life.
When his luck improved, the Gambler's Tactic became obsolete.
But in this life, he had already reached the "Derivation Three" level of fortune, so the feeling of using it was completely different.
One word: Awesome!
"Phew~"
Zhao Xing descended from the sky and landed on the flying boat.
Then he saw Zhou Ming staring at him with a strange look in his eyes.
"Did I break the rules?" Zhao Xing asked cautiously.
"No."
"Is that out of bounds?"
"No, not at all."
What's the point of staring at me if you're not watching me?
Zhao Xing sat down at the table and began to eat.
The Agricultural Official ate in a separate kitchen, so he ate whatever Zhou Ming ate.
Having expended a lot of energy, Zhao Xing didn't stand on Guest Qi. He cupped his hands in greeting to Zhou Ming and then sat down at the table to eat and drink heartily.
Let the Earth Vein be in disarray for a while.
"How did you do that?" Zhou Ming sat down at the table and poured Zhao Xing a glass of wine.
Zhou Ming is Lower Sub-Sixth Rank Agricultural Master. Although he is from the Celestial Timing Academy, it doesn't mean he doesn't practice Earthly Advantage Spells.
Zhao Xing's Earth Shatter Art completely astonished Zhou Ming.
Forty-five spells, thirty-four of which were highly successful. What does that mean?
Three out of every four times, an additional effect was triggered!
If this probability can be guaranteed, the power of the Five Elements Earth Splitting Art can be completely comparable to high-level techniques!
Even Zhou Ming, Sixth Rank, would be envious!
"Luck."
Zhou Ming's eyes widened, and with a flick of his finger, the poured wine was put back into the wine pot.
Seeing this, Zhao Xing said helplessly, "I'm really lucky I didn't just brush you off."
"As you know, the Five Elements Earth Splitting Art essentially disrupts the Earth Vein's energy in a region."
"It's like trying to hit five other stones that are packed together with a single stone ball. There are six holes in the ground around them. After hitting the other five stones, whether they fall into the holes or bounce off is unpredictable."
"What else could it be but luck?"
Zhou Ming refilled the wine glass and sat down thoughtfully. "Your example is a bit strange. Why are there six holes? Shouldn't the Five Elements Wind-Thunder have seven?"
"Slip of the tongue." Afraid that Zhou Ming would take it back, Zhao Xing quickly took a sip of the Purple Jade Nectar.
"You get the ball in the hole three out of every four times you hit it. Is that just luck?" Zhou Ming asked. "Didn't you figure out some kind of trick yourself?"
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xing laughed and said, "If I had that ability, it wouldn't be difficult for me to pass the exam to become Teaching Dharma Master at the Li Fire Dao Academy. Create my own high-level spell? You really overestimate me."
Zhou Ming nodded, realizing he had been overthinking things.
In the end, they had no choice but to believe Zhao Xing.
Luck cannot be learned.
Although the Great Zhou Dynasty was a dynasty of destiny, it had neither a method for cultivating destiny nor a method for observing the level of destiny, nor even a classification system. The terms "Yan Yi" and "Yan Er" were purely sectarian terms.
It's like the Chinese almanac only releases Evil Aversion Almanac, not versions for attracting good fortune.
When the Great Zhou Emperor established his rule over the world, he drastically reduced the professions related to "fate," "fortune," and "feng shui," and did so by cutting off their very lifeline.
Otherwise, everyone would just go and consult fortune tellers and find powerful figures to cling to, and there would be no point in practicing any Dharma.
Therefore, this is where the conversation must end.
Zhao Xing quickly finished eating, regained his energy, and then disembarked from the flying boat to begin regulating the Earth Vein.
"Tick-tock~ Tick-tock~"
At this time, the ground fire intensified several times, and the accumulated snow began to melt.
Zhao Xing began to sort out the Earth Vein by Earth Veins Synthesis, Earth Treasury Return to Origin, and Boundless Earth Palace.
This made Zhou Ming think twice about him.
The methods of regulating Earth Vein Earth Veins Synthesis and Earth Treasury Return to Origin are conventional.
But those who can still be treated using the Earth Palace Art are definitely experienced Old Sima Nong!
"The Boundless Earth Palace lies beneath the water veins. The Earth Palace Art is used to control the water element of the five elements, in order to nourish the wood Earth Vein."
"The Wood element helped the Fire element, forcibly elevating the originally weak Fire element to the same level as the Water element."
"Hmm? This is Divine Swift Guard?"
Zhou Ming stopped eating and jumped to the ground to sense Zhao Xing's actions underground.
At this moment, in addition to a Boundless Earth Palace, there is another Earth Palace resembling an octagonal cage, which is constantly crashing and colliding underground.
Just like plowing the land, it diverts the overly prosperous Earth Vein and waterways to Pine Snow Lake.
"He used the Boundless Earth Palace as a city wall to block the water power of Pine Snow Lake from spreading to the lakeside... He also used the Devouring Cloud Art to block the Heavy Snow from falling, absorb the water vapor, and then pour it into Pine Snow Lake. If this cycle continues, it will probably take less than a day for the barren land to become Fertile Soil."
"This young man not only has a high level of Earthly Advantage Method, but also a profound understanding of the Five Elements. I even feel like I've learned something from him," Zhou Ming thought with emotion.
His observation of Zhao Xing as a judge was originally just a duty, but as he watched, he actually felt that he had learned something.
Although he is the Agricultural Master of the Celestial Timing Academy, he is Sub-Sixth Rank and is also proficient in Earthly Advantage Faction magic.
How can you make him feel like he's learning something?
"Bah! Ge Jinsong and Cheng Qingming of the Celestial Timing Academy are utterly useless, blind to talent!"
"Worn out."
After Zhao Xing jumped back onto the flying boat, he lay down on the boat with his legs spread wide, not wanting to move at all.
If we were to summarize the characteristics of each school of magic in one word, the Time Faction would be elegant and unrestrained, the True Self Faction would be strange and unconventional, and the Earthly Advantage Faction would be hardworking and dedicated.
That's how the "taking Earthly Advantage Faction" approach works; the workload is never small.
When Zhou Ming heard Zhao Xing complaining, he casually offered a piece of chicken soup for the soul. "Only those who are willing to endure hardship have a future."
"As long as you're willing to endure hardship, there's no end to the hardships you can face."
Zhou Ming chuckled to himself.
Zhao Xing got up and ran to the table to eat and drink voraciously.
Seeing how hungry he was, Zhou Ming poured Zhao Xing another bowl of [Purple Jade Nectar]. After he drank it all in one gulp, Zhou Ming asked with a smile, "Cultivating in the Earthly Advantage Institute must be very hard, right? Why don't you consider changing places? Look, the Celestial Timing Academy is quite comfortable."
"Where does it feel comfortable?" Zhao Xing asked casually.
"The Earthly Advantage Institute handled the rough and heavy work of reclaiming the Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven, while the Great Granary Institute and Tranquil Flood Academy handled the miscellaneous and meticulous work."
"Our Celestial Timing Academy only needs to go and determine the Heavenly Timing, and we might still get the lion's share of the credit. Isn't that great?"
Zhao Xing looked up and blinked. "Is this something I can say?"
Zhou Ming smiled and took a sip of his drink, "Whether I tell you or not, that's the situation."
After eating and drinking his fill, Zhao Xing didn't go down to work anymore, because the seeds had already been planted and all he had to do was wait for them to mature.
Seeing that Zhou Ming was easy to talk to, Zhao Xing casually inquired about the situation at Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven: "I heard that less than 30% of Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven has been developed so far?"
Zhou Ming shook his head and said, "The overall situation hasn't even been explored yet, so how can we talk about 30%?"
Zhao Xing asked, "Could you tell me where the Boundary Marker are located?"
"From the North Eternal Night Sea the north to Inverted Peak Mountain in the east, from Pengli Marsh in the west to Scarlet Lake in the south."
"The Eternal Night Sea is perpetually dark and extremely cold. If we go another 5,000 miles north from where we are now at Pine Snow Lake, we will enter the territory of the Eternal Night Sea."
"Inverted Peak Mountain, which is the place that Fan Nongzheng recently developed, has many mountains hanging upside down in the sky, like islands in the air. That's because the earth's Earth Vein have been reversed, forming a natural Anti-Dipper Earth Palace. We don't know how far its influence extends yet."
"The Pengli Marsh is shrouded in thick, persistent miasma, and strange beasts roam freely. Most of the strange beasts in the Mystic Earth Prison were captured from there by the nine garrison units."
"Scarlet Lake got its name from the crimson color caused by the eruption of magma due to the raging fire. This place produces the Original Seed 'Earth Fire Lotus,' which can help people cultivate Earthly Fiend and is the best auxiliary cultivation item for the Seventh Grade."
Zhao Xing poured Zhou Ming a glass of wine.
After finishing his drink, Zhou Ming spoke eloquently, "Currently, the Earthly Advantage Institute is mainly targeting the Inverted Peak Mountain and Scarlet Lake area, while the Celestial Timing Academy is mainly targeting the Pengli Marsh and the Eternal Night Sea."
"As for the known territories, such as the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool, the Earth Fire Plain, the Astral Wind Mountain Range, and the Skyfire Path, there are still quite a few point-earning missions to be completed."
"Of course, for Fifth Grade official, those are just minor skirmishes, and they don't even bother to search for them. It's much more comfortable for someone like Fan Nongzheng to get a billion points in Inverted Peak Mountain."
Zhao Xing pondered for a moment and asked, "I've heard that Single Sun in the Sky, Heavenly Spirit Essence phenomena are sure to arise, while Ten Suns in the Sky are in the sky, it's devastating, even Fifth Grade cultivator can't withstand it. I wonder how many times these two phenomena have occurred? In which year was the last one?"
Zhou Ming recalled, "In March of the Jingxin Eleventh Year, there was a Single Sun in the Sky, and in October, there was Ten Suns in the Sky, but the range was not large and did not affect Yang City. Why are you asking about this?"
"I've never seen such a terrifying phenomenon before, so I'm asking out of curiosity."
"You still have a chance to see it Single Sun in the Sky, but you'll never get to see it Ten Suns in the Sky."
"Why?"
"Because it can no longer appear. With the efforts of the Agricultural Supervisorate, the Favorable Timing and Location of the Ten Suns in the Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven have been continuously modified, and the Ten Suns in the Sky no longer exist," Zhou Ming. "Look at the sky above Yang City, the timing of the ten Heavenly Timing is consistently below three years old."
Zhao Xing nodded, but he knew that the Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven would appear again in the Ten Suns Grotto-Heaven, seven years after the first appearance.
That is, the Jingxin Eighteenth Year.
The second Ten Suns in the Sky was devastating, with a larger scale and greater power, bringing severe disaster and causing the deaths of many powerful individuals.
Because before its appearance, a large-scale Heavenly Spirit Essence had taken place. This led to a misjudgment by the Agricultural Supervisorate, who believed that the transformation had been successfully completed and the Grotto-Heaven had been turned into a blessed land.
"It's June of the Jingxin Sixteenth Year, there are still two years left. I haven't heard of Old Chen. Could it be that he died in the disaster of the Jingxin Eighteenth Year?"
"There's still time; we can make some changes later," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
The training of Military Sima Nong normally takes a year and a half, and may be delayed, but it will not be shorter than that.
In other words, he would stay until at least the second half of the Jingxin Seventeenth Year.
If the Divine Might Army has any overseas missions, he will leave, the timing of which is uncertain. If not, he will stay at this Grotto-Heaven encampment.
In any case, Zhao Xing could not sit idly by. After all, he had now joined the Divine Might Army, and he couldn't just watch Old Chen die.
"Buzz~"
Just then, the Earth Mirror trembled, interrupting Zhao Xing's train of thought.
He took out the Earth Mirror and saw that it was a ranking list. It listed the scores of more than 10,000 people in the Agricultural Supervisorate.
"The points tally for the first three days is out." Zhou Ming also took out the Earth Mirror. "Not bad, kid, you're in third place."
"Third?" Zhao Xing opened the list and looked at it.
[First Place: Shi Yong, Training Points: 35550]
Second place: Zhuang Ziqing, training points: 35330
[Third place, Zhao Xing, training points: 35150]
[Fourth place, Feng Qiu, Training points: 35030]
[Fifth place, Cao Shuang, training points: 34980]
[Sixth place, Jiang Tianming, training points: 34920]
[Seventh place, Han Bing, training points: 34850]
[Eighth place, Guan Junyang, training points: 34770]
[21st place, Meng Song, training points: 33280]
"Shi Yong is 400 points ahead of me, and Zhuang Ziqing is 180 points ahead." Zhao Xing looked at the rankings. Although the difference wasn't huge, it was still a reflection of their abilities.
This proves that there is still a gap between how well we utilize the environment to its fullest potential.
"Cao Shuang and Jiang Tianming from the same department had some issues with their performance, Han Bing Grade B actually managed to get seventh place, and Feng Qiu is even more unbelievable, he actually got fourth place?"
Zhao Xing was somewhat surprised. Feng Qiu was from the Celestial Timing Academy and was only Grade B resource, yet he had risen to fourth place this time.
Besides the two of them, Li Feng and Cai Jin were also added to the top 21.
"The gap between the top 21 teams is not very large. Only the top three teams have a gap of over 100 points. The gap between the rest is less than 100 points."
"The environment in the first three days is indeed easy to get high scores," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
Second Level Supplies: 1,000 jin (500 kg), 100 points.
Tier 3 supplies, 1000 jin, 1000 points.
Tier 4 supplies, 1000 jin, 10000 points.
Zhao Xing planted 5,000 catties of Tier 3 Numbfish Fruit, 1,500 catties of Second Level Supplies, and 3,000 catties of Fire Radiance Azure Gold, earning 35,150.
He estimated that he was on par with Shi Yong in the third and fourth tiers, and that 400 points were probably due to the amount of Second Level Supplies.
"Shi Yong and Zhuang Ziqing have done an even better job with extreme supply," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "In just over two months, everyone has made progress, and some have even caught up."
"I need to work harder too."
After putting away the Earth Mirror, Zhao Xing jumped off the flying boat and began to focus on Supply Training.
June 26th, the fourth day of Supply Training, at Chen Shi (7-9 AM).
The sky over Pine Snow Lake remained a hazy gray, with three bright moons still hanging in the sky.
This is because it is near the Eternal Night Sea, where the light level remains consistently low.
Zhao Xing arrived at Pine Snow Lake at Rat Hour, and using the Gambler's Tactic, he finally secured the Earthly Advantage Institute terrain at 3:45 Yin Hour.
Sow seeds at the fourth quarter of the Yin Hour, and cast the spells [Savage Growth] and [Wasteland Essence Condensation] every quarter of an hour.
At 7:45 AM, the third batch of replacements was produced.
A total of 10,000 jin (5,000 kg) were collected, earning 10,000 points.
At 9:00 AM, Zhao Xing delivered the third-tier supplies.
Liu Yongli also called a halt to training.
When Xia Jing, Chen Fang, Hu Bing, and Zhang Jie saw the 10,000 jin of Tier 3 supplies, they were speechless.
We hadn't even finished eating yesterday's Fire Radiance Azure Gold, and another 10,000 jin (5,000 kg) arrived.
"We can't finish it all, we simply can't finish it all..." Zhang Jie muttered. "I'm afraid we'll have to spend the whole month eating our fill."
"You should be content with just the Numbfish Fruit and the Fire Radiance Azure Gold," Xia Jing said. "What more could you ask for?"
"That's true, we'll just have to tough it out." Hu Bing glanced at the army doctor's face. "At least we won't have to suffer any extra torment."
Zhao Xing put down the supplies and left in a hurry.
The martial artists began to eat, and this time the supplies were indeed much more normal.
June 27th, the fifth day of Supply Training.
Zhao Xing successfully cultivated a Tier 3 supply once again, yielding 5,000 jin and earning 5,000 points.
June 28th, the sixth day of Supply Training.
Tier 4 supplies, 4,500 jin, yielding 45,000 points.
On June 29th, the group headed to a new location.
Around 5 AM, the standings changed.
[First Place: Shi Yong, Training Points: 95450]
[Second place: Zhao Xing, training points: 95150]
[Third place: Zhuang Ziqing, training points: 85330]
[Fourth place, Feng Qiu, Training points: 80200]
"I've scored 60,000 points in Pine Snow Lake, for a total of 95,150." Zhao Xing was quite satisfied. "The gap between me and Shi Yong has narrowed, and I've overtaken Zhuang Ziqing."
His Gambler's Tactic worked; otherwise, he wouldn't have scored so many points in this second location.
"Starting from the second place, the gap gradually becomes apparent, and the scores begin to differ by tens of thousands of points," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
On the other side, Zhuo Li was also looking at the rankings.
"How did he get 60,000 points in one go?!"
"He got over 90,000 points in total, while I only have 60,000 points now."
"Is the gap between him and me really that big?"
Zhuo Li's hand holding the Earth Mirror turned slightly white.
"I've reached thirteenth place, a rise of five places," Li Feng thought to himself. He was initially ranked eighteenth. "But the gap between me and those ahead of me is still widening."
"Shi Yong, Zhuang Ziqing, and Zhao Xing all improved their scores by such a large margin?"
"This Zhao Xing has actually gotten second place! He's even surpassed Zhuang Ziqing by nearly ten thousand points!"
Seeing this jarring name Li Feng looked displeased.
"In the third place, I need to work even harder to trample them all under my feet!"
Zhuang Ziqing was also looking at the rankings with the Earth Mirror.
"In the second place, I got 50,000 points, Shi Yong got 59,900 points, and Zhao Xing actually got 60,000 points?" Zhuang Ziqing looked at the rankings and was somewhat surprised.
"He got 10,000 more points than me in the second place?"
"What's the difference?"
Zhuang Ziqing's summary.
Since everyone's environment is the same, Zhao Xing is at Pine Snow Lake, then everyone else must also be at Pine Snow Lake. The place is big enough that they just haven't met yet.
Zhuang Ziqing thought he could shake off Zhao Xing, but unexpectedly, he was outmaneuvered by Zhao Xing at the second place.
"Interesting! Zhao Xing actually scored ten thousand more points than me." A flame ignited in Zhuang Ziqing's eyes. "Hmph, I'll overtake him in this third place!"
"How about it, still in first place?" Fu Ying asked her friend.
"I didn't look." Shi Yong squatted on the ground, the wind from his fingertips turning over the soil as he carefully observed it.
"Didn't you see it?" Fu Ying asked. "You really don't pay any attention at all?"
"I only compare myself to myself," Shi Yong said calmly without looking up. "And there's no need to look."
"Haha, you're quite confident," Fu Ying said. "Saying you're comparing yourself to yourself, does that mean you think no one can catch up to you?"
"You should go to training."
June 29th, Twin Suns in the Sky.
When Zhao Xing got off the flying boat, he saw that there were seven mountain peaks around them, and the basin in the middle of these seven mountain peaks was their training area.
The almanac showed that it was the Minor Heat solar term. Zhao Xing sank into the ground and circled around, speechless.
"Wow!" Zhao Xing exclaimed.
Because of the extremely stable Five Elements Wind-Thunder in this Earth Vein, the seven mountain peaks completely suppress the Earth Vein.
In other words, the Earthly Advantage Institute here cannot be changed.
This is definitely terrain suitable for the "Counter-Gambler's Tactic.
"Trying to target me, huh?" Zhao Xing muttered.
He had a good time using the Gambler's Tactic, but was punished just three days later.
However, Zhao Xing could only complain in his heart. It was impossible for the higher-ups to change the training location for him. In other words, the Seven Peaks Basin was a location that had already been set up.
"To reduce the impact of Earthly Advantage Spells, we'll have to rely on spells from the True Self Faction and Time Faction."
After figuring out the terrain, Zhao Xing used the Time Law to replace the Heavenly Timing of the Seven Peaks Basin with the Solar Terms Decree "Start of Start of Summer".
Then select suitable seeds for planting.
During his Heavenly Timing in the Seven Peaks Basin, Zhao Xing earned 50,000 points.
July 3rd, the tenth day of training.
The leaderboard has been updated.
Zhao Xing took out the Earth Mirror and looked at it.
[First place: Shi Yong, training points: 155450]
[Second place: Zhao Xing, training points: 145150]
[Third place: Zhuang Ziqing, training points: 140330]
[Fourth place, Feng Qiu, training points: 120200]
"Shi Yong has widened the gap to 10,000 points," Zhao Xing summarized. " In the Seven Peaks Basin, I only got 50,000 points, Shi Yong got 60,000."
"Zhuang Ziqing received 55,000, which should be due to the difference in cultivation level under the Solar Terms Decree."
[Barren Condense Essence Art] Seventh-Turn, [Savage Growth] Perfected.
Zhao Xing has a slight advantage in the True Self Faction.
However, with the reduced influence of Earthly Advantage Institute factors and the absence of the Gambler's Tactic, his performance in cultivating the Solar Terms Decree became more noticeable.
Because Zhuang Ziqing and Shi Yong had entered the army early on and served Military Sima Nong for several years, the Solar Terms Decree were revised for several more years.
He only began cultivating after entering the Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven. The influence of the Time Law still has a significant impact on production and supply. The mainstream schools of thought are not to be trifled with.
Zhao Xing briefly summarized the situation before focusing on the present moment.
July 3rd to 13th.
During this period, the training locations were changed three times.
The Heavenly Timing and Earthly Advantage Institute also change accordingly.
There were Three Suns in the Sky, and relentless, fierce winds.
In arid desert areas with little water, there are even strange animals interfering with planting.
Over Heavenly Timing, he and Zhuang Ziqing took turns rising in rank, sometimes second, sometimes third.
But Zhao Xing no longer paid attention to the rankings, instead immersing himself in the various environments of the Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven.
Supply Training helps one understand which direction to strive in, how to rationally combine one's spells, and thus make corrections and adjustments to one's own cultivation.
The first two months of spell training were all theoretical, while this Supply Training is the practical application.
In this competitive atmosphere and different training environments, Zhao Xing is also growing rapidly.
The training difficulty increased dramatically on July 14th.
The "Solar Terms Decree" is completely invalid because the lowest level of Heavenly Timing is Three Suns in the Sky.
The Time Law is greatly diminished, and the same applies to the Earthly Advantage Method.
Because the last ten days of Supply Training, from July 14th to 24th, took place in three locations: the outer perimeter of the Astral Wind Mountain Range, the outer perimeter of the Earth Fire Plain, and the outer perimeter of the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool.
The planting difficulty is not actually very high on the outskirts of the Astral Wind Mountain Range, but the problem is how to protect the plants after they are planted.
Because the winds of the Astral Wind Mountain Range blow not only from the surface but also from underground.
Twelve hours without stopping, providing comprehensive coverage of the "wind disaster".
All the Agricultural Official had to stay up all night to buy time for the plants they planted to survive.
Zhao Xing, relying on the Lesser Nine Heavens Astral Wind and Dark Wind Method, focused intently on defending against the wind disaster and ultimately scored 20,000 points in the Astral Wind Mountain Range.
On the Earth Fire Plain, the Gambler's Tactic failed once again.
Because fire is yang and governs rising, while water is yin and governs descending.
While the Gambler's Tactic is powerful and effective for both blocking and killing enemies, it is not suitable for farming.
In the end, Zhao Xing only managed to score 10,000 points.
The situation was even more difficult in the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool.
The Favorable Timing and Location are factors that cannot be changed.
Zhao Xing could only try his luck and planted all the seeds in the Wen Bamboo Box.
Ultimately, only two types of seeds survived.
I barely managed to get 3,000 points.
The last day of the Supply Training ended, and Zhao Xing's group embarked on their return journey.
The assigned group of martial artists were lying inside the airship cabin, completely unwilling to speak.
For a whole month, no one knew how many times they vomited.
After the fourth day, Zhao Xing stopped torturing people, but he was still producing a large quantity!
We can't finish it, we simply can't finish it.
From the fourth to the seventeenth day, the ten martial artists would eat as soon as they woke up. After eating, they would practice the Gluttony Art, and then combine it with exercise and military medicine to aid digestion.
After finally making it to the eighteenth day, the environment became increasingly harsh, and everyone hoped that Zhao Xing's output would decrease.
It has indeed decreased, but the reduced output is still a heavy burden that is difficult for everyone to bear.
In the final nine days and at three training locations, Zhao Xing earned 20,000, 10,000, and 3,000 points respectively.
Moreover, later on, Zhao Xing had no choice but to start eating some strange and unusual foods...
When everyone saw the city walls of Yang City again.
Finally, someone inside the cabin couldn't help but speak up.
"It's finally over, sob sob sob." Wang Meng leaned against the window, tears streaming down his face.
"I've never thought Yang City was so lovely; it's practically my second home!" a martial artist exclaimed.
"What I've eaten in this month is equivalent to what I've eaten in two years," a short martial artist sniffed his hands. "I don't think I'll eat fish again this year."
"Ugh~" Xia Jing, who was next to her, immediately reacted.
"Shut up! Don't mention that word!" Xia Jing grabbed the short man. "If you say it again, I'll chop you up!"
"Hiccup~" The martial artist being choked burped, and an unpleasant smell emanated from him.
"Ugh~" Now it wasn't just Xia Jing, everyone in the cabin started to feel nauseous.
"..."
Standing at the cabin door, Liu Yongli looked at these people and couldn't help but show a look of sympathy.
Even as an observer, he felt sorry for these people, having encountered such a madman as Zhao Xing Agricultural Official.
"The Earth Fire Plain and the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool, are those places where you can grow food? For a whole month, they didn't take a break, did nothing but practice the Gluttony Art... What a waste."
Whew~
The Flowing Cloud Flying Boat returned to the Agricultural Supervisorate.
Zhao Xing jumped off the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat and waved to the ten martial artists inside the cabin.
"Brothers, come visit often!"
"Goodbye!"
With a whoosh, the Flowing Cloud Flying Boat sped away.
"Why are you running so fast? You can't even stay for a cup of tea." Zhao Xing still misses these ten people, especially Xia Jing, who can eat a lot.
Most of what he grows ends up in his stomach.
The other nine people combined didn't eat as much as Xia Jing alone.
"At the last three training sites, we still couldn't grow too many crops, and we didn't have a choice of flavors. Sigh, no wonder they ran away so quickly." Zhao Xing shook his head and walked into the Earthly Advantage Institute.
The moment I stepped through the door, the Earth Mirror began to tremble.
When Zhao Xing took it out, he saw that the final rankings for the second mandatory training session had been released.
The second and third updates have been combined, so at least there's nothing missing.
Also, thank you for your concern, everyone. I'll go see a doctor when I get up.
As long as there are no major problems, updates will continue!
The extra chapters for monthly pass holders will be paid out this month!
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