Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 256 - 33: Second Mandatory Training Ranking and Gains (Double-length - )_2

Chapter 256: Chapter 33: Second Mandatory Training Ranking and Gains (Double-length Chapter)_2

"If it’s not luck, then what is it?"

Zhou Ming refilled his cup and sat down pensively, "Your example is a bit strange. Why are there six holes? Shouldn’t Five Elements Wind and Thunder have seven?"

"A slip of the tongue," Zhao Xing hurriedly took a sip of Purple Jade Nectar, fearing Zhou Ming would take back his words.

"Every four collisions, three of your balls land in the holes. Is that really luck?" Zhou Ming asked, "Or have you figured out some technique yourself?"

Zhao Xing replied with a smile, "If I had that skill, it wouldn’t be hard to go to the Li Fire Taoist School and qualify as a Preaching Master. Creating a high-order technique on my own? You’re overestimating me."

Zhou Ming nodded, realizing he had overthought it.

In the end, he could only believe Zhao Xing’s words.

Luck couldn’t be learned.

Though Great Zhou was a Fortune Dynasty, it didn’t have any techniques to cultivate Qi Fortune, neither did it have techniques to observe Qi Fortune levels, not even a classification system. The so-called "Tier One" and "Tier Two" were purely sectarian terms.

It’s like how the Calendar only issued the Calender of Evil, without any versions for seeking good fortune.

When Great Zhou’s Grand Ancestor unified the land, he eradicated professions related to ’Fate’ and ’Fortune’ as well as ’Feng Shui’, cutting them off at the very core.

Otherwise, everyone would just be fortune-telling, seeking luck, and clinging to powerful figures instead of practicing techniques.

Thus the conversation had to end there.

Zhao Xing quickly gulped down food to recover his energy, then stepped off the Flying Boat to begin configuring the earth veins.

"Drip-drip~ Drip-drip~"

At this moment, the earth fire surged several times, beginning to melt the accumulated snow.

Zhao Xing used the Earth Vein Comprehensive Element and Ksitigarbha Returning Origin to start arranging the earth veins in the Endless Palace.

This earned another impressed glance from Zhou Ming.

Using Earth Vein Comprehensive Element and Ksitigarbha Returning Origin to harmonize the earth veins through the relationship of the Five Elements was a conventional method.

But using Earth Palace Skill to do it as well indicated he was indeed an experienced Old Minister of Agriculture!

"Using the Endless Palace as a counterbalance on the water veins, controlling the water element of the Five Elements through Earth Palace Skill to aid the wood element of the earth veins."

"Then using the wood element to assist the fire element, raising the originally weak fire element to a strength equal to the water element."

"Hmm? Is this Divine Movement Protection?"

Zhou Ming stopped eating and jumped to the ground to sense Zhao Xing’s actions underground.

At this time, besides the Endless Palace underground, there was also an octagonal cage-like palace moving back and forth.

It was like plowing the ground, leading the overly prosperous water element from the earth veins into Songxue Lake.

"He used the Endless Palace as a wall to block the spread of the water element near Songxue Lake... then employed Swallowing Cloud Skill to prevent snow from falling, absorbing water vapor and then pouring it back into Songxue Lake. In this cyclical process, it won’t take a day before the barren land turns fertile."

"This kid not only had a high level in Geographical Advantage Skill but also had profound understanding of the Five Elements. I even feel like I’ve learned something." Zhou Ming sighed with emotion.

Observing Zhao Xing was supposed to be his duty as a Judge, but the more he watched, the more he felt he learned something.

Although he was an Agricultural Master from the Heavenly Time Institute, he was also of Secondary Sixth-Rank, he was well-versed in Earth Advantage Sect Magic too.

To make even him feel like he learned something?

"What nonsense! Ge Jingsong and Cheng Qingming from the Heavenly Time Institute are utterly incompetent, blind to talent!"

....

"I’m exhausted."

After Zhao Xing jumped back onto the Flying Boat, he lay down sprawled on the deck, not wanting to move at all.

If one had to summarize the characteristics of various sect techniques in a word, for the Heavenly Time Sect, it would be elegant and carefree; for the Self Sect, quirky and strange; for the Earth Advantage Sect, it would be hardworking and diligent.

Following the Earth Advantage Sect was like this, the workload was never small.

Hearing Zhao Xing’s complaints, Zhou Ming casually offered some encouragement, "It’s through hard work that there’s a future."

"The more you work hard, the more hardships you’ll endure."

Zhou Ming chuckled helplessly.

Zhao Xing got up and ran to the table to eat ravenously.

Seeing how hungry he was, Zhou Ming poured him another bowl of Purple Jade Nectar. Watching him down it in one gulp, Zhou Ming smiled and asked, "Training in the Geography Institute must be tough, have you considered changing places? You see, the Heavenly Time Institute is quite comfortable."

"Comfortable in what way?" Zhao Xing casually asked.

"To cultivate Ten Suns Grotto Heaven, the heavy labor is done by the Geography Institute, the miscellaneous tasks and detailed work are handled by the Taicang Institute and Pinghuai Institute."

"We at the Heavenly Time Institute only need to establish the Heavenly Time, the bulk of the credit is often ours. Isn’t that comfortable?"

Zhao Xing looked up and blinked, "Is that something you can say openly?"

Zhou Ming smiled, taking a sip of his wine, "Whether it’s said or not, that’s the situation."

After eating and drinking his fill, Zhao Xing didn’t go back to work. The seeds were already sown, he just had to wait for them to mature.

Seeing how approachable Zhou Ming was, Zhao Xing casually asked about Ten Suns Grotto Heaven, "I heard Ten Suns Grotto Heaven is only developed to less than thirty percent now?"

Zhou Ming shook his head, "The overall scope hasn’t even been fully explored, how can you speak of thirty percent?"

Zhao Xing asked, "Could you tell me where the boundary markers are?"

"To the north, it’s Extreme Night Sea, to the east, Dao Feng Mountain, to the west, Pengli Swamp, and to the south, Crimson Lake."

"The Extreme Night Sea is perpetually dark, freezing cold; another five thousand miles north of Songxue Lake, we’re already in Extreme Night Sea territory."

"Dao Feng Mountain, recently developed by you and Fan Nongzheng, that area had many mountains hanging upside down in the sky like floating islands, due to the Earth Element earth veins reversing, forming a natural inverted palace. The extent of its influence is still unknown."

"Pengli Swamp is shrouded in thick mist, never dispersing, overrun with exotic beasts. Most of the exotic beasts in the Xuantu Prison are captured there by the nine military branches."

"Crimson Lake is named for its fiery red color caused by volcanic eruptions. It produces the Earth Fire Lotus, an excellent auxiliary material for cultivating Earth Evil, highly sought after by seventh-rank experts."