Is His Rate of Earning Merits Even Reasonable?

[Zhao Xing of the Divine Might Army, you have completed the task of planting 'Sand Yuan Fruit' (20,000 fruits), and have gained 10,000 battle merits (this task cannot be submitted again this month)]

[Zhao Xing of the Divine Might Army, you have completed the task of planting 'Golden Radiance Pillar' (1,000 pillars), earning 10,000 battle merits. (This task cannot be submitted again this month.)]

The notification from the Earth Mirror quickly flooded the screen. In the blink of an eye, when the statistics were tallied, Zhao Xing had gained 71,000 battle merits.

"Pati, this is such a wonderful gift from you."

"I'll find a chance to send more Sand Tribe People down there so they can keep you company."

Zhao Xing was deeply moved as he looked at the increasing number of military achievements.

The Sand Tribe People Pati raided two cities, dragging everything out of the inner treasury, including the Shennong Inner Treasury within the cities.

These materials were originally intended for other military garrison Agricultural Official to complete their tasks, but now they've all gone to Zhao Xing.

Seventy-one thousand battle merits!

Even to obtain something, you need to kill 18 people who have reached the peak of the Seventh Grade Earthly Fiend Realm!

If you're going to kill someone at the early stage of the Earth Fiend Realm, you'd have to kill 71 of them!

At this stage, the Seventh Grade is the second tier of combat power. They are either generals or deputy generals. Staying inside the defensive fortress, how easy are they to be killed?

Zhao Xing has made a fortune from this move.

"The robbery came quickly."

Zhao Xing smiled happily as he watched his battle merits rise rapidly.

Normally, raiding the tribes of the Southern Wilderness wouldn't yield much merit now, and killing people wouldn't necessarily be as quick.

In other words, the three Pati brothers had seized two other cities from the Great Zhou, but before they could return to deal with their spoils, they were killed by Zhao Xing.

"Check my ranking."

When the mission notifications from the Earth Mirror stopped refreshing, Zhao Xing immediately opened the battle merit list.

[Zhao Xing Divine Might Army: Official Seventh Rank, Lower]

[Battle Merit: 86000]

Overall Ranking: 65712

"Over 60,000?"

"Before they arrived, there were over five million people; now they've surpassed five million."

"The total number on the list is over 60,000, even surpassing some Sixth Rank. However, the imperial court is constantly increasing its troops, so the competition is fierce," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

When the Pacifying Barbarians Merit List first began, the number of people involved was around seven million.

At that time, Zhao Xing had not yet left the pass.

A month later, that number has doubled to nearly 15 million.

It continued to increase after that, and at its peak, the total number of people exceeded 50 million!

The campaign was successful, the training of troops was efficient, and many more soldiers were added to the Military Realm to expand the results.

Although nominally still the Five Great Grotto Heavens, in reality, many people have been moved into the Five Great Grotto Heavens.

Everyone wants to fight when things are going well, and with various kings and nobles also volunteering to send troops from their own fiefdoms, the situation becomes even more challenging.

This has led to a rapid increase in the number of people.

"It won't be long before the number of Sixth Rank officials increases from 50,000 to over 60,000."

"The number of officials of the Seventh Grade increased from 200,000 to 1.5 million."

"The combined number of Eighth Grade and Ninth Grade exceeds thirty million."

"By the Jingxin Eighteenth Year, this number had exceeded 50 million."

"Ranks Ninth Grade through Seventh Grade are all low-level combat power, only Sixth Rank is considered mid-level combat power, so the increase in Sixth Rank is not much. The Military Realm is intentionally controlling the pace, and even at its peak, it did not exceed 80,000," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Let's take another look at the Seventh Grade list."

[Zhao Xing Divine Might Army: Official Seventh Rank, Lower]

[Battle Merit: 86000]

[Seventh Rank Merit Rankings: 4524]

"He's already broken into the top 5,000," Zhao Xing thought to himself. "Qi Yuan Army, who's number one on the Seventh Rank Merit Rankings, has surpassed 330,000 battle merits. That's incredible. In less than a day, he's gained another 60,000 battle merits."

The strong get stronger. The top-ranking Seventh Grade officials are basically front-line commanders, representing a strong army.

Being on the front lines, winning battles with favorable winds, and reaping credits quickly are all easy goals.

"He dropped twelve places again." In the blink of an eye, Zhao Xing's ranking dropped twelve places.

"Now, thanks to this batch of materials, I've mostly finished my main tasks."

"Next, quickly complete this month's main tasks and accumulate enough basic battle merits. Then, start preparing to complete the 'General Tasks' to obtain extra battle merits. General Tasks are where the difference lies. They are difficult, but you can grind them infinitely."

South of the Canglan River lies the Tigron Army's war zone.

One Hundred Sixty-Second City.

Zhuang Ziqing is planting "Spirit Wing Bamboo" in the city. This is one of the main materials for crafting "Silver Wing Battle Armor," which allows martial Silver Wing Battle Armor to have the ability to fly.

A single fourth-tier Spirit Wing Bamboo can bring Zhuang Ziqing a hundred battle merits. He is currently planting a bamboo forest, but only a small portion of the bamboo has reached the fourth tier.

Zhuang Ziqing had previously fought two encirclement battles with the Tigron Army's Wei Hong, but was later sent here as the Agricultural Inspectorate.

The Tigron Army was a powerful force. Zhuang Ziqing was talented, but he was still no match for those veteran Seventh Grade Agricultural Official. Seeing that he couldn't gain any great merit, he took the initiative to apply to return to the city to farm.

"Li Feng, Feng Qiu," Zhuang Ziqing called to his two Assistant Official. "Take a rest first. There's no need to push yourself so hard. You've been working for twenty-four hours straight without sleep."

Li Feng Qiu, both from the Tigron Army, are now serving as Assistant Official to Zhuang Ziqing. As for Shi Yong, he is fighting on the front lines with the Tigron Army.

"I'm still fine," Feng Qiu said calmly.

Li Feng didn't stop; he continued casting spells.

They had all fought in two battles before being sent back.

Unlike Zhuang Ziqing, Li Feng Qiu were persuaded to return.

Because they were on the front lines, they didn't play much of a role at all.

The military is full of talented people. These two, who had just completed their training Agricultural Official, were considered geniuses in the Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven reserve force. However, on the battlefield, their competitiveness weakened compared to those veteran Seventh Grade.

The Tigron Army gave them a chance, but Feng Qiu and Li Feng didn't seize it. So after being sent back, they both put in their best effort.

"You guys can manage," Zhuang Ziqing said helplessly, "But I don't want to be this tired. If none of you are resting, how can I rest alone?"

"I have a way." Feng Qiu took out the Earth Mirror and stuffed it into Zhuang Ziqing's arms.

"What is this?" Zhuang Ziqing took the Earth Mirror with a puzzled look. The Earth Mirror displayed a query page, which showed Zhao Xing's ranking and battle achievements.

"What?! Zhao Xing has 86,000 battle merits?!" Zhuang Ziqing's eyes widened. "Didn't he just emerge from seclusion three days ago?"

"No matter how fast you travel, it should still Heavenly Timing to get there. How long has it been, and he's already in the top 5,000 of the Seventh Grade list?!"

Feng Qiu and Li Feng remained silent, because they also couldn't understand why Zhao Xing was able to move so quickly.

Feng Qiu and Li Feng have one thing in common: they were both abused by Zhao Xing.

Naturally, they were very concerned about Zhao Xing's movements.

You won't believe it until you see it, and what you find will shock you.

Eighty-six thousand merits! More than four thousand!

Feng Qiu is still in the top 70,000, and Li Feng is in the top 100,000. Only Zhuang Ziqing and Shi Yong have broken into the top 10,000.

But Zhao Xing had only just emerged from seclusion, and he had already entered the top five thousand!

Feng Qiu now slaps the Earth Mirror into Zhuang Ziqing's hand, the meaning is clear: Are you still tired?

How do you manage to sleep?

Now you understand why we work so hard!

Zhuang Ziqing was indeed awake. "Damn it, he was so... or as he puts it, he was so cowardly in the Ten Yang Grotto-Heaven, and he's still so cowardly on the battlefield?!"

Zhuang Ziqing slammed the Earth Mirror to Feng Qiu, glaring menacingly, and yelled, "Get to work! Everyone, get to work! I'm not sleeping!"

Tigron Army War Zone, Frontline.

A Military Hall was hidden in the mountains.

Having just finished a battle, Shi Yong dragged his exhausted body back to his tent.

He was just about to rest when he noticed his Earth Mirror trembling slightly.

There is a short message above.

It was sent by Zhuang Ziqing.

[Check Zhao Xing's ranking now!]

"You want me to see Zhao Xing's ranking?" Shi Yong asked, somewhat puzzled. "Zhao Xing has only just emerged from seclusion. What's there to see?"

However, Shi Yong Zhuang Ziqing had already said so, Shi Yong also opened the list and checked it.

After reading it, Shi Yong fell silent.

He wanted to send a message to Zhuang Ziqing, but couldn't think of what to send. In the end, he could only silently put away the Earth Mirror, give up his plan to rest, and start running to the Military Hall to practice his internal energy.

One tells ten, ten tell a hundred.

Soon, Zhao Xing's unusually high number of battle merits attracted the attention of Xia Jing, Cao Shuang, Jiang Tianming, Feng Qi and others.

"He just arrived on the battlefield and already ranked over 4,000?" Xia Jing looked at the ranking and wondered if he was seeing things. "I'm only ranked over 3,000, but I've been fighting for more than half a month."

"Brother Xia, why are you looking at me like that?" Guan Junyang said helplessly. "How can I understand such things? Maybe it's just luck?"

"Luck?" Xia Jing laughed. "You've never been to Cloud City, you don't understand Zhao Xing."

"Even if you had the same luck as others and faced a Seventh Grade alien army, laden with spoils, you might not be able to kill them."

"Or rather, it might not be discovered."

"Eighty-six thousand battle merits, that's seventy or eighty Seventh Grade. Such a force must be traveling on highly stealthy warships." Guan Junyang shook his head. "I would have a hard time spotting them. If I were in the Divine Might Army and not with you, I would have to run away from such a force."

Xia Jing didn't say anything more; saying anything more would be a blow to Guan Junyang.

But he still fondly remembers his time working with Zhao Xing in Cloud City.

Why didn't the Black Armor Army recruit him back then?

"I'd trade ten Guan Junyang for Zhao Xing, I'd do it..." Xia Jing thought to himself, but smiled and patted Guan Junyang on the shoulder.

"Hahaha, what are you saying, Brother Guan? You're no ordinary person; you can definitely do it! Your potential is limitless. Even ten Zhao Xing Xinglais might not be able to match you."

In the Military Realm, Heaven Derivation King and Ling De King are meditating Hundred Soldiers Pagoda.

"Buzz~"

Suddenly, Rahu King appeared on the top floor.

When he appeared, the surrounding air seemed to turn icy cold, and the expression on Rahu King's face was as cold as a thousand-year-old ice.

"Hmm? Luo Hou, what's wrong?" Ling De King looked at Rahu King with suspicion. "Why do you have such a murderous aura? Who offended you?"

"Hmph, who else could it be?" Rahu King said coldly, "It's none other than our beloved Liang King."

"Luo Hou, has the Liang King come to see you?" Heaven Derivation King asked. "Is he trying to use your connections to get someone into the government through you?"

"Yes," Rahu King nodded. "He wants to send two hundred Sixth Rank generals into the armies of the Five Great Grotto Heavens."

"He told me there were five hundred," Heaven Derivation King laughed. "Looks like he thinks you, Luo Hou, are not to be trifled with, so he even underestimated the number."

"He told me about a thousand." Ling De King gave a bitter smile. He was the Prince of the County among the three, and his status among the nobles was one level lower than Luo Hou and Tian Yan.

"So you gave it to me?" Heaven Derivation King asked.

"No," Ling De King shook his head. "It took a lot of persuasion to convince them to go back."

"What more can I say?" Rahu King slumped down, "If you don't agree, you don't agree. The rules of the Military Realm are these; what else is there to say?"

It was clear that Luo Hou and Liang King had a falling out, as Rahu spoke of Liang King in a very curt tone.

"Alright, let's not talk about him anymore," Heaven Derivation King said with a smile. "Let's talk about something happy, like the bet from last time."

Heaven Derivation King and Rahu King once used Xia Jing and Zhao Xing's performance as a wager, setting the stakes as Seventh Order Divine Soldier.

Heaven Derivation King bet that the two of them would be among the first to be granted the title of Marquis, and even that they would be second-class Marquises, while Rahu King bet that they would not.

"Zhao Xing has emerged from seclusion," Heaven Derivation King said with a smile. "Moreover, he gained over 80,000 battle merits in a single day, and he has now entered the top 5,000 on the Seventh Grade list."

Rahu King was speechless.

The happy things that Heaven Derivation King mentioned were only for his own sake.

However, Luo Hou wasn't angry. He had a very good relationship with Heaven Derivation King, and this interruption made the unpleasantness he had just had with Liang King fade away.

"Zhao Xing only came out of seclusion after so long, yet he gained more than 80,000 battle merits in just one day?" Rahu King asked. "How did he get that? Seventh Grade Military Sima Nong couldn't possibly complete his monthly duties so quickly."

"According to the battle report, it was this kid and Divine Might Army's Long Xiao who discovered a group of Sand Tribe People on their way to the military town, who were about to launch a surprise attack on a supply town of the Sea Pacifying Army."

Ling De King explained, "As a result, Zhao Xing and Long Xiao caught us off guard and followed us."

Rahu King waved his hand, and an Earth Mirror floated in front of him, on which Zhao Xing's record of meritorious service quickly appeared.

The Arrowfish Flying Boat has a recording function similar to that of the Mirage Pearl.

Even outside the Great Zhou territory, outside the Military Realm's monitoring range, the methods for recording battle achievements were still very comprehensive.

"Hmm? A fifth-tier Netherflame Warship, hidden in the Astral Wind Layer, and he can actually detect the residual flames left by the Netherflame Warship?" Rahu King looked at the Earth Mirror.

"After he emerged from seclusion, his strength was far greater than it had been during his time in Cloud City."

"There was also an element of luck involved," Heaven Derivation King. "If it had been a quarter of an hour later, no matter how powerful he was, he wouldn't have been able to detect the Netherflame Warship's presence from within the Astral Wind layer."

"Luck is also a part of strength," Rahu King. "There are three kinds of people in the world. One kind is the mediocre person who can't seize opportunities even when they are right in front of him. When he is lucky, his life doesn't change much, and he has no idea how many opportunities he has missed. When he is unlucky, he will encounter major setbacks."

"The other type is the genius, who seizes the opportunity as soon as it arises and creates a great situation."

"Zhao Xing is the second type."

Ling De King laughed and asked, "Luo Hou, what about the third type of person?"

Rahu King, "The third type is the peerless genius who can create opportunities even when there are none."

Heaven Derivation King, "Luo Hou, look at the Seventh Grade list. Who can be called a peerless genius?"

Rahu King shook his head and said, "There isn't a single one among the Seventh Grade, but Lu Yuanwei, who is at the Sixth Rank, can be considered a peerless genius."

"He achieved a million victories in just twenty days. Judging from his expansion route, it was impossible for the Divine Thunder Army to achieve such great results."

"The Golden Feather Royal Court retreated quickly, and there weren't many enemies in his direction."

"However, Lu Yuanwei led his men across the Extreme Flame Desert and managed to lure the royal family member 'Har' of the Golden Feather Royal Court into a trap to hunt him down with a small force."

"As a result, Har jumped into his encirclement, and 200,000 people were killed. Even Har couldn't escape."

Ling De King nodded. "Indeed, he not only made a great contribution by beheading Har, but also disrupted the plans of the Golden Feather Royal Court."

"Three thousand miles further on is the mining area that produces 'Azure Gang Crystal'. Before we could even dig through it, we were threatened by Lu Yuanwei."

"Now the Golden Feather Royal Court is moving its troops over there, trying to slow down Lu Yuanwei's advance."

"There was originally no opportunity to gain merit on the Western Commandery Route, but Lu Yuanwei managed to open up the situation. Now he has no shortage of heads to cut off."

Heaven Derivation King said, "I said, why are you talking about Lu Yuanwei when you're at the Seventh Grade? Aren't Qi Yuan Army and Pang Zheng from the Inception Grotto Heaven, and Yi Rong from the Primal Splendor Grotto Heaven, peerless geniuses? They also have impressive achievements."

Luo Hou shook his head. "They are a strong and powerful army, they just seized the opportunity. Although they are geniuses, they cannot be called peerless geniuses."

"How do they compare to Zhao Xing?" Ling De King also joined the discussion.

"In terms of talent and strength, these people are naturally stronger," Rahu King. "In terms of military strength, the Beginning Origin Army and the Primal Glory Army are also stronger than the Divine Might Army."

"Zhao Xing has few opportunities to gain military merits while staying in Ninety-Second City."

"Unless he's incredibly lucky and encounters this situation every time, and manages to seize the opportunity each time, he'll have no chance of surpassing the geniuses among these powerful armies."

Heaven Derivation King nodded. Although he bet that Zhao Xing would be among the first to be granted a marquisate, he still agreed with Rahu King's analysis.

"That's not necessarily true," Ling De King suddenly said. "Look, this kid's battle merits are starting to rise again."

"The Military Realm Earth Mirror just showed that two hours ago, he submitted a general mission and received 5,000 battle merits."

"Two hours have passed, and he's submitted it again, another five thousand battle merits!"

Rahu King and Heaven Derivation King looked at the Earth Mirror in surprise. Sure enough, Zhao Xing's battle merits had become 96,000!

Ling De King was somewhat puzzled. "Isn't it said that the general tasks assigned by the Military Realm to the Military Sima Nong are usually very difficult? Is his speed... reasonable?"

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