Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 254 - 32: The Gambling Dog Battle Technique Succeeds_2

Chapter 254: Chapter 32: The Gambling Dog Battle Technique Succeeds_2

Ten martial artists entered the cabin.

As for Liu Yongli, the military doctor, they all came out after a while.

"Why aren’t you staying inside? It’ll be a while." Zhou Ming said.

"Why do you think?" The military doctor covered his nose. "Cast a Wind Technique on me."

"Alright." Zhou Ming glanced at Zhao Xing and, with a smile, conjured a breeze that created a layer of air filtration for the military doctor.

The military doctor took a long breath of relief.

As for Zhao Xing, even before the martial artists boarded the Flying Boat, he’d formed a whirlwind tunnel using a Wind Skill, drawing fresh air from outside to surround himself within half a meter.

It was like putting a layer of protective shield around himself.

No other choice; the ten martial artists all reeked of dead fish.

It was unbearable to get close to them.

"What about me, Brother Zhou, don’t forget me." Liu Yongli was anxious; he’d been holding his breath the entire way.

"Forget it, let’s not make it complicated; I’ll seal the cabin door." Zhou Ming straightforwardly cast a wind wall to block the cabin door.

"Much better." Liu Yongli greedily breathed in the fresh air.

The Cloud Flying Boat flew for an hour, and Zhao Xing felt the air suddenly become chilly.

He saw three bright moons hanging in the distant sky.

"No idea where we’ve ended up." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"We’ve arrived." Zhou Ming called out, manipulating the Flying Boat to begin its descent.

"Creak~" Zhao Xing jumped off the Flying Boat, and there was a crunching sound underfoot. Looking down, he saw it was snow.

He took out the Calendar and saw [Lesser Cold] displayed on it.

The second training environment was actually a frozen land.

"All disembark!" Liu Yongli yelled towards the cabin door.

The ten martial artists hurriedly exited.

"An icy snow environment?"

The wind was blowing outside, and as soon as they got off the boat, a wave of cold struck, making the ten martial artists instinctively rub their shoulders.

They were dressed very lightly, unlike Zhao Xing, who had a protective raincoat.

"This place is near Songxue Lake." Zhou Ming introduced, "The cold level here is three; your primordial energy consumption will double, making training more strenuous."

He then glanced at Zhao Xing: "Your planting area covers a radius of five miles. However, there’s no boundary marker on the southern side; you can draw water from the frozen Songxue Lake if you can manage it. Check out the environment yourself."

"Understood." Zhao Xing nodded and instantly took to the sky to survey the area.

Rising high, the wind and snow grew stronger, enveloping the surroundings in a thick fog, significantly reducing the effectiveness of his Bright Eyes Skill and making visibility extremely low.

It took an hour just to investigate the environment within a five-mile radius.

"Whew~"

Zhao Xing flew back beside the Flying Boat.

He wanted to examine the earth veins.

But for now, he couldn’t use the Xuantu Skill.

The ice layer was an obstacle, so it had to be removed first.

"Whoosh~"

A tornado appeared, and the Gang Wind drilled through the ice layer below like a drill, sending it flying away.

"Drill through a foot of ice to reach the ground?"

"The training just got more intense." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

"Xuantu Protection!"

When Xuantu Protection reached the seventh transition, it allowed one to navigate the earth veins of Gold, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Wind, and Thunder.

Zhao Xing’s Divine Movement Protection had already reached the eighth transition, so, of course, his Xuantu Protection had reached the eighth transition as well.

"Subterranean movement was slower than usual because this was frozen soil, and the Water Element Power in the earth veins transformed into Ice Frost Power."

"If I were below the seventh transition, I wouldn’t even be able to slip through." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

Without the Geographical Advantage Skill, a Minister of Agriculture who hadn’t learned Xuantu Skill would find it difficult to examine the earth veins in such conditions.

Even with the Xuantu Skill, one needed to reach the seventh transition, allowing them to navigate the Five Elements Wind and Thunder, to withstand the interference of the extreme environment.

After moving through the earth veins for an hour, Zhao Xing reappeared on the surface.

"The Fire Element Power within the earth veins was deeply buried, while the Water Element Power was dominant and had mutated."

"Gold and Earth were below normal levels, and the Wood Element Power was significantly below normal."

"This is far worse than the environment at the rocky slope." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

After confirming the environment, he started selecting seeds from the bamboo box.

"In a place with abundant Water Element Power, the first choice for cultivation is aquatic species."

"But the severe cold limited what could be planted."

After going through his options, Zhao Xing couldn’t find a suitable seed.

Trying to cultivate third or fourth rank supplies here was quite challenging.

"The environment must be changed."

"Otherwise, even if they could survive, the quantity would not be sufficient."

Zhao Xing visualized the Twenty-four Solar Terms diagram.

Inside his dantian, there were six Seasonal Order illusions.

Before the second mandatory training, he spent four two-hours sessions every day at the Heavenly Time Institute, comprehending the Jieqi Stele.

In half a month, he’d condensed six Seasonal Orders!

Typically, from learning the Seasonal Order to fully condensing all twenty-four, it took a year.

Zhao Xing condensed six in half a month partially due to the transformative effect of the Tao Embryo Pill, combined with his excellent comprehension, and the aid of the Jieqi Stele at the Heavenly Time Institute, sped up the process considerably.

Now, his dantian contained six Seasonal Order illusions: [Start of Spring], [Beginning of Summer], [Start of Autumn], [Start of Winter], [Rain Water], [Qingming]

"Each Seasonal Order was above the Knowledge Realm First Transition."

"Start of Spring and Beginning of Summer reached the Knowledge Realm Second Transition."

"Given the current situation, jumping directly to [Beginning of Summer] was too difficult; see if we can establish ’Spring’ first."

"Heavenly Time Decree, manifest!"

Zhao Xing extended a finger, and the [Start of Spring] Seasonal Order in his dantian trembled lightly. A golden light emerged from his fingertip, forming a small, delicate, and detailed token.

Upon close inspection, the interior of the token had a blurry miniature scene, with some tender green buds, depicting early spring.

The golden decree ascended to the sky and then dispersed, merging into the void.

But it only lasted for fifteen minutes before it began to tremble.

Zhao Xing gritted his teeth and persisted, but after two quarters, the golden decree still collapsed.

"Can’t establish it."

"The power of the celestial phenomena is too overwhelming. Outside, it would be easy, but this is in the Pocket World of Ten Suns Cave Heaven." Zhao Xing shook his head.

If [Start of Spring] failed, the others would be even more impossible, as they involved larger changes and greater difficulty.

Zhou Ming saw Zhao Xing shaking his head and couldn’t help but smile slightly. If the Ministers of Agriculture could easily leverage the advantage of Heavenly Time, this training would be ineffective.

"Kid, you still need to practice your Heavenly Time Technique more." Zhou Ming lit the stove and began warming some wine.

But Zhao Xing was not discouraged.

If the Heavenly Time Technique didn’t work, he’d try something else.

"I can only try the Geographical Advantage Skill."

"Even if I use Ksitigarbha Returning Origin now, the results won’t be ideal; I’ll have to use the Gambling Dog Battle Technique."

After some consideration, Zhao Xing decided on the spell he would cast next—the Five Elements Earth Splitting Skill.

"The Water Element is abundant now, Fire Element deeply hidden, Gold, Earth, and Wood unusable. I’ll use the Gambling Dog Battle Technique to reshuffle the elements here."

"No matter how chaotic it gets, it can’t be worse than it is now. Anything better, and I can use Ksitigarbha Returning Origin to harmonize the earth veins afterward."

Zhao Xing controlled the Gang Wind to rise into the sky.

"Five Elements Earth Splitting! Open!"

Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh~

Golden lights shot into the ground.

Zhao Xing began bombarding the ground furiously.

The Five Elements Earth Splitting Skill had unpredictable and random effects, and at this moment, Zhao Xing was like a desperate gambler, madly pounding the table.

"Crack, crack, crack~" Zhou Ming watched the cracking ice seam in front of the Flying Boat, feeling puzzled: "Is this the Water Element Splitting Earth Technique?"

"No, wait, Wood Element Splitting Earth Technique?" Zhou Ming saw a bud sprouting from the ground and changed his mind again.

"Boom, boom, boom~"

The Flying Boat began to tremble, and the ground cracked open.

Caught off guard, Zhou Ming nearly lost his balance, spilling the wine he had just warmed.

"Hmm? Is this the Five Elements Earth Splitting Skill?!"

Zhou Ming saw the Flying Boat about to fall into the crack and hurriedly steadied it, pulling it up.

"Crack, crack, crack, crack~"

Ice layer crevices started spreading from this crack, quickly enlarging, and even triggering an earthquake around them.

"Damn, how did this kid’s Five Elements Earth Splitting Skill become so powerful?!" Zhou Ming, covered in spilled wine, widened his eyes as he looked at the ground.