Shennong Dao Master-Chapter 697 - 14: Lightning Bamboo, Hallucinogenic Mushrooms, Jungle Jump (12,000) _7

Chapter 697: Chapter 14: Lightning Bamboo, Hallucinogenic Mushrooms, Jungle Jump (12,000) _7

"Ahem... I still have something to do, won’t accompany you any longer, Brother Zhao."

"Hmm, I also need to go to the Dojo, farewell, Brother Fang."

The two awkward men quickly parted ways.

Zhao Xing then arrived at the Jiujiang Cave Heaven’s Dojo.

"Lao Liu wants me to become the first Self Sect Minister of Agriculture in Pinghai State at the Middle Grade Realm in the second phase."

"I wonder who this ’Cai Tingzhi’ is, his ranking is as high as Seventh Rank Six Stars." Zhao Xing looked at the Dojo’s ranking.

He was checking the Middle Grade Minister of Agriculture list in the Pinghai State Dojo.

The top name, Cai Tingzhi, had a terrifying 75231 points!

His net wins were equally impressive, having participated in only 76081 matches.

A victory rate of 99%!

The Dojo rating: also reaching a terrifying Seventh Rank Six Stars!

What does this mean? Just being at Seventh Rank already indicates high grade strength!

Seventh Rank Six Stars means he had victories even in the Third Grade Realm.

"The top Middle Grade Realm Minister of Agriculture in Pinghai State is likely very close to Second Grade strength."

The ranking indicated Cai Tingzhi was a Fourth Rank Minister of Agriculture. His record must have been achieved by defeating countless Third Grade opponents.

"I wonder which sect Cai Tingzhi belongs to." Zhao Xing thought. "However, if he doesn’t break through, I will eventually have to face him."

After all, Lao Liu’s goal was for him to become the top Middle Grade Realm Minister of Agriculture in Pinghai State.

"The second place is also held by Lan Caiyue with a 99% win rate. Her points are just a hundred less than Cai Tingzhi, also at Seventh Rank Six Stars."

After watching for a while, Zhao Xing closed the ranking.

He had just entered the Fifth Rank and couldn’t compete with these long-established ministers.

The world’s heroes were as numerous as carp in the river, Zhao Xing never underestimated anyone. Not to mention, even Mi Fei, who was also a Fifth Rank, was hard for him to beat now.

Because Mi Fei had been immersed in the Fifth Rank for decades, mastering countless techniques like the Hou Transformation Technique, Ten Thousand Skill Grass Man, Pure Essence Soil...

He was a genius who could develop the Xuanhuang Analysis Technique!

If he had no skills, with his offending nature, he would have been killed long ago.

Zhao Xing, while chatting with Old Man Mi, learned that his Ten Thousand Skill Grass Man was forcefully trained.

There was no way around it, too many people wanted him dead.

Mi Fei also had once defied a prince. When Sulin Prince invited him to bless his junior’s birthday, he had pointed at the man’s nose and cursed him.

...

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, it was October 8th of the 29th year of the Jingxin Calendar.

Zhao Xing had been at the Jiujiang Dojo for ten days.

In a primeval forest.

"Buzz~" Zhao Xing walked out from a willow tree.

He stretched his body and then put his hand on the tree trunk.

The next moment, he emerged from another pine tree a kilometer away.

He was practicing a new advanced Self Sect spell called [Jungle Jump].

It was a wood escape spell, allowing him to travel to another location as long as there was living vegetation.

[Jungle Jump: High Order Spell]

[Progress: High Order Fourth Transformation]

[Effect: Escapes through vegetation, each jump covers four kilometers, must be based on living vegetation.]

"High Order Fourth Transformation, not bad progress." Zhao Xing smiled slightly.

"Compared to other wood escape spells, [Jungle Jump] required living vegetation."

"However, its range is farther, and speed is faster."

"With High Order Fourth Transformation, I can jump four kilometers instantly. At Perfection, it will be ten kilometers in an instant."

"However, it consumes a lot of energy unless I transfer the cost to plant life."

Zhao Xing looked at a willow tree beside him, which was completely dead.

It had consumed all the willow’s life force during his escape.

"If chased in a forest, the path I take will be inaccessible to others."

"As long as it’s a primeval forest, my escape speed can rival Liu Tianning’s constant state Flying Magic in the sky."

Of course, the spell had significant limitations, possible only in large primeval forests.

Perfected, it could instantly cover ten kilometers, but if the next tree was beyond ten kilometers, the escape skill wouldn’t work.

Moreover, the consumption was huge. The willow beside Zhao Xing was Fifth Rank, selected specifically for his training, so he could transfer the burden to the tree.

But in actual combat, where would he find so many Fifth Rank trees to escape to? The cost would be his to bear.

Relying on himself, escaping a thousand miles would require frequent rests.

"Switch to the Fifth Rank target practice training." Zhao Xing jumped onto a floating stone platform, selecting a new training scenario in the Earth Mirror.

"Hoo~" The floating stone platform took Zhao Xing flying through the mist.

Within a minute, it stopped again.

The surrounding mist dispersed, revealing a barren land below.

The wasteland was surrounded by numerous mechanical targets.

Some floated in the sky, others stood on the ground.

There were both moving and fixed targets.

[You have entered the Fifth Rank training target field, which has a total of twelve thousand targets.]

[This training ground charges 500 points every 15 minutes, rounded up to the nearest 15 minutes.]

"So expensive." Zhao Xing couldn’t help but complain, "4,000 points per two hours, 48,000 points for 24 hours."

Spending a day here would consume a month’s salary for a Fifth Ranker.

However, the high cost was justified. The mechanical targets here were all top-quality.

A third of the targets were human-shaped mechanical puppets with Fifth Rank combat ability, with diverse defensive types, including Five Elements Wind and Thunder.

Even if you broke them, there was no need for compensation.

"Pure Essence Projection!"

"Buzz~"

Plants appeared around Zhao Xing, greatly increasing in number compared to ten days ago in his Pure Essence Soil.

Lightning bamboo had reached 100 stalks, tough vines had increased to 30, and hallucinogenic mushrooms had expanded to over 3,000!

"I command all human-shaped mechanical targets to attack me!"

"If they touch me, the training stops." Zhao Xing shouted at the sky.

.....

While he was honing his skills at the Jiujiang Dojo.

Three hundred nautical miles away from Twin Islands, on a piece of sea surface.

"Splash~"

A whirlpool appeared on the sea as a black, ghost-like warship emerged from the depths.

On the ship’s deck stood a man wearing black and gold battle armor, a green fanged helmet, holding a long spear.

Behind him stood soldiers in armor, armed with sharp blades.

Their formation was neat and tidy, with a black aura gathering above their heads.

"Jin Hou General, which island will we attack this time?" the adjutant asked.

Their actions were quite secretive, only learning their mission target just before the operation.

Jin Hou General stretched out his hand, revealing a hairy palm, "Bring the map, let’s see where we have infiltrated."

"Yes." The adjutant quickly presented an ancient and primitive, hand-drawn map with no magical fluctuations.

Additionally, the text on it differed from the Great Zhou’s elegant script; it was crooked. If Zhao Xing saw it, he would realize it was written in the Serpent Script of the East Wasteland nations.

Jin Hou General’s eyes scanned the marked islands on the map. His finger pointed at Twin Islands, "This island, weak in strength, why is it specially marked?"

The adjutant answered, "Master, this map was given by Prince Liang’s party of the Great Zhou. The islands marked with red circles are their political enemies."

"I see." Jin Hou nodded at the map, "Then we will attack this place first."

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