Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 100 - 81: Yin God Classification, Tallying the Gains!

Chapter 100: Chapter 81: Yin God Classification, Tallying the Gains!

[Name: Zhao Xing]

[Realm: Secondary Ninth Rank (Cannot be elevated)]

[Occupation: None]

[Qi Luck: Derivative Three]

[Gathering Essence: Thirteenth Rank (6/10000)]

[Additional Lifespan: 53 years]

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"Additional lifespan increased by fifty-three years, and Qi Luck ascended to Derivative Three?!" Zhao Xing felt extremely surprised in his heart.

Although he knew that he had gained significantly this time, as he had already entered the Gathering Essence stage, thinking that his lifespan should have increased considerably... but he hadn’t expected the harvest to be this immense!

What he didn’t know was that, actually on the day he descended the mountain, he hadn’t even entered the Gathering Essence stage yet.

But after his Qi Luck ascended to Derivative Three, on his way down, he discovered several places filled with Pure Essence Spirit, which led to his breakthrough.

Thus, he had delayed for some time.

"Compared to additional lifespan and Qi Luck, entering the Gathering Essence stage is merely the smallest gain," Zhao Xing thought to himself.

As for why the realm column on the panel showed ’Cannot be elevated,’ this had to be traced back to the Fortune Dynasty System and Great Zhou’s Grand Ancestor.

Great Zhou’s Grand Ancestor spread the cultivation technique to the masses, "Gathering Essence" was the technique summarized by countless sages, to absorb primordial energy and strengthen the body.

The rank of Gathering Essence represented the strength of primordial energy and the physical body.

Entering the realm not only included the rank of Gathering Essence but also encompassed the comprehension of ’Dao’, ’Magic’, and ’Techniques’.

The martial arts profession, among them, focused more on improving the rank of Gathering Essence.

Other professions, such as the Minister of Agriculture, Dance Master, musician, Mechanical Master, Ritual Repairer, etc., leaned more towards the comprehension of Dao.

The Fortune Dynasty could help people enhance their Gathering Essence and comprehension of Dao.

Conversely, it could also prevent people from advancing! Even causing them to downgrade their realms!

Of course, the official explanation was: The subjects of the world originally had a slow cultivation speed, with layers of shackles.

It was to Great Zhou’s Grand Ancestor’s immense merit, with his boundless divine skills, that he found a way for the people of the Zhou Dynasty to cultivate, using primordial energy to drive spells.

Want to increase your lifespan? Join the government!

Want to learn spells? Become an official in our dynasty!

Want to quickly improve your cultivation? Join the government!

Want to break through cultivation bottlenecks? Become an official!

The core idea of the Fortune Dynasty System could be summarized in four characters: Serve Heaven by Acting Justly!

Zhao Xing was currently an official, and through self-cultivation alone, the highest realm he could reach was ’Secondary Ninth Rank’, which was equivalent to the ’Mid Ninth Grade’ in the ancient cultivation system.

If he became an official, this limitation would disappear, and if he was talented enough, his power could even surpass his official rank.

If he didn’t want to be an official, in the territory of the Great Zhou, he could never reach the ’Late Stage of Nine Ranks’ or ’Perfection’ in his lifetime.

There were several cases where people could cultivate without becoming officials:

First, descendants of nobility or those who benefited the nation would typically be granted ’Loose Rank’, ’Merit Rank’, or ’Noble Title.’

You wouldn’t need to be an official or handle affairs, but you could still cultivate.

Of course, this still fell under the ’Fortune Dynasty System’.

Second, a special decree could permit even those who weren’t officials of the Zhou Dynasty, or even subjects, to cultivate. Generally, this was applied to foreign subjects who contributed to the Zhou Dynasty, allowing them to cultivate in the Nineteen States and enjoy various benefits under the Fortune Dynasty System.

Third, leave the Great Zhou territory, and you naturally wouldn’t be under jurisdiction, but you also wouldn’t enjoy accelerated cultivation, breaking bottlenecks, or increased fortune and lifespan. Leaving the Nineteen States, ordinary people would find it extremely difficult to reach the Ninth Grade.

What? Don’t want to become an official?

Then why do you need such high cultivation?

Bestow you a loose rank, join the fortune system, and you’re still unwilling... Do you intend to rebel?

The Fortune Dynasty System wasn’t unique to the Great Zhou, but it reached its pinnacle under Great Zhou’s Grand Ancestor.

Previous Fortune Dynasties hadn’t been so highly centralized; they hadn’t even regulated people’s cultivation levels.

Since the Grand Ancestor, there had been no completely free and immensely powerful individuals, reducing the instability of the Fortune Dynasty.

Thus, sects like the Xuantian Sect, which admired the primitive Heaven’s Path and pursued free cultivation, deeply detested Great Zhou’s Grand Ancestor. They cursed him eight hundred times a day, stabbed grassmen representing him eight hundred times, and always sought to overthrow the Zhou Dynasty.

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[Basic Spell: Cultivation]

[Initial Stage Spells:]

[Vigorous Growth, Walking on Clouds, Summoning Wind, Summoning Thunder, Bringing Rain, Clear Vision]

All of the above had reached Initial Stage Perfection and could serve as a foundation for new spells, or breakthroughs to comprehend new spells at any time.

As Mid Stage Spells were comprehended, the importance of Initial Stage Spells decreased, and spell progression was no longer displayed on the panel.

Zhao Xing continued to read.

[Grass and Trees are Soldiers Skill: Fifth Transition]

[Liu’s Technique of Weaving·Fragment (Six Types)]

[Repeating Grassman (Sixth Transition); Entwining Grassman (Fifth Transition); Divine Movement Grassman (Fifth Transition); Thorny Grassman (Third Transition); Powerful Grassman (Seventh Transition); Reconnaissance Grassman (Fourth Transition)]

[Five Elements Observation (Seventh Transition)]

[Earth Vein Comprehensive Element (Sixth Transition)]

[Mid Stage Spells:]

[Savage Growth: Seventh Transition (7245/9999)]

[Lightning Induction: Ninth Transition (9955/9999)]

[Yin Wind: Ninth Transition (9978/9999)]

[Ice Rain: Ninth Transition (Perfection)]

[Mid Stage Spells (self-created):]

[Thunderbolt Noose: Eighth Transition (8214/9999)]

[Thunder Palm: Seventh Transition (7854/9999)]

[Secondary Occupation: Talisman Maker]

[Soul Calming Talisman (Basic Max Level)]

[Guiding Talisman (Basic Max Level)]

[Third-rank Treasures: Calendar of Evil, Thousand-Mile Token, Bamboo Horse, Sparrow Feather Robe, Tiger Spirit Blade X4, Ming Tower Soft Armor X3]

[Fourth-rank Treasure: Cold Ice Pearl (Low Grade)]

[Pet: Mountain Cat (Late Stage of Nine Ranks, Exotic Beast not within the Fortune system, equivalent to human Ninth Grade Lower.)]

[Plant: Tianyuan Pear Tree (Seedling Stage)]

The Four Heavenly Time Techniques and spell progress had increased significantly; not only had the Initial Stage Spells reached perfection, but the Mid Stage Spells had also reached the Ninth Transition, with Ice Rain having already achieved Perfection.