Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 344 - 17: Five Grotto Heavens, Four Royal Courts, Zhao Xing Receives Title (Double Major - )_3

Chapter 344: Chapter 17: Five Grotto Heavens, Four Royal Courts, Zhao Xing Receives Title (Double Major Chapter)_3

"Thanks to Cloud City, my third ring task was the fastest and smoothest, just a bit tiring," Che Shihai sighed. "I have a friend in Jiangbei County, he already died in the third ring task."

"Yes, I have a friend in Fan City, his third ring task also ended, but it was a failure. He himself was at the Eighth Grade Spirit Bridge Realm, but he only got a ninth-rank official."

"Fan City? Tsk tsk, your friend being alive is already fortunate, I heard Fan City was attacked by a genius under the Purple Dragon Royal Court. Of Fan City’s three thousand martial artists and two hundred Military Ministers of Agriculture, seventy percent of the martial artists died, and half of the Military Ministers of Agriculture also perished. Only a hundred-man alien race troop attacked them."

"What? That exaggerated?"

"Not exaggerated. The Southern Barbarians also have geniuses, the geniuses trained under the Purple Dragon Royal Court are also formidable."

A group of people were discussing fervently.

While staying in Cloud City, everyone paid attention to the situations in other regions, whether through military intelligence reports, Earth Mirror contacts, or the published death list, they could see external situations.

Not everyone was as fortunate. Only those of them who stayed in Cloud City successfully completed the third ring task and got promoted!

Elsewhere, in the campaign against the Southern Barbarians, there were also mutual losses.

"My third ring task is completed. There’s no more certain task afterward. If I want a promotion next, I’ll have to achieve war merits," said a Ninth Grade Minister of Agriculture. "It’s even harder to get promoted."

"Indeed," another Minister of Agriculture said. "The chain tasks in the Military Realm are a continuation of the Ten Suns Cave Heaven training. It’s relatively easier compared to normal promotions. Without this task, we’d be competing with everyone in the Pacifying Barbarian Army."

"You guys make it sound like it’s easier for us," Cao Shuang chuckled. "Our fourth ring task also involves killing enemies."

"Yes, that’s not the point," Che Shihai said. "The tasks of top-tier geniuses may be specific, but their difficulty isn’t low either."

"Brother Cao, Brother Che, you’re wrong," said an Eighth Grade Minister of Agriculture. "Without the Military Realm tasks, our promotions would go through the Jiutian Yingyuan Mansion’s Ministry of War for statistical evaluation. Who knows if there will be any changes in that? But those with ring tasks can get promoted immediately. The Military Realm is absolutely fair."

Cao Shuang and Che Shihai fell silent. Indeed, those top-tier geniuses enjoyed better treatment.

Their positions were directly granted by the Military Realm. Without the chain tasks, their merits would go through the Jiutian Yingyuan Mansion’s Ministry of War for statistical evaluation, making the process more cumbersome and possibly leading to merit disputes.

Upon hearing this, Xia Jing spoke up, "Everyone, don’t worry, this time’s Pacifying Barbarian action is very different from previous minor skirmishes."

"The court will soon activate the Pacifying Barbarian Battle Merit List!"

"Once activated, no matter if you’re in a strong or weak army, or what your background is, as long as you have war merits, there will be no corruption or distortion."

"The Pacifying Barbarian Battle Merit List?" Chen Fang said in surprise. "Is it true that it will start so soon?"

"Yes." Xia Jing nodded. "I estimate it’ll be soon. The court’s determination this time is not to be underestimated."

"The Young Master is right, I’ve heard that small-scale battles have already broken out in many places. This time, the border army is being reorganized, and large-scale deployment of Military Realm reservists is happening. The training standards are unlike anything seen in the past hundred years."

"Oh my, is there a real big battle?!"

"I don’t ask for much; if I can get promoted to a regular Eighth Grade before the main army arrives, I’ll be content."

"Such low ambition, you’re already Secondary Eighth Rank Lower. You should aim for at least Seventh Rank."

"Who knows how the battle will evolve? I’m just lucky to be assigned under Zhao Xing, with the Young Master and others leading."

"The ability matches the position; even if I were promoted to Seventh Rank, I couldn’t immediately display the combat power of a Seventh Rank. I haven’t even mastered a single high-order magic technique."

"True enough..."

On the way back, many people were discussing the recent military intelligence reports and the court’s determination in this Pacifying Barbarian campaign.

As time went on, even the lower-ranking personnel could feel that the court was likely preparing for a significant action against the Southern Barbarians.

No longer would it be the previous small skirmishes, because stronger tribes were appearing on the Southern Barbarian side as well.

If it were the usual small-scale training, even sending out Lower Third Ranks, they would just be ordinary Lower Third Ranks.

When would there have been such a large scale?

Although Zhao Xing knew that Great Zhou was determined to pacify the barbarians this time, he couldn’t recall exactly when the Pacifying Barbarian Battle Merit List would be activated.

To avoid any information discrepancies, he immediately searched for all kinds of intelligence after returning, including information about Zhuang Ziqing, the legitimate grandson of Marquis Meng.

In the Marching Hall of the Doushui Bureau, an illusion was projected in front of Zhao Xing, it was Zhuang Ziqing.

"This time, the Military Realm dispatched five Grotto Heavens, with a total of forty-nine armies for training. The Southern Barbarians also dispatched the four royal courts and one hundred and eight large tribes to counter us."

"The five Grotto Heavens, aside from the Ten Suns Cave Heaven, the others are Illusion Cave Heaven, Danxia Cave Heaven, Zhao Shi Cave Heaven, and Yuanhua Cave Heaven."

"The four Southern Barbarian royal courts are the Golden Feather Royal Court, Purple Dragon Royal Court, Holy Spirit Royal Court, and Flame Light Royal Court."

Zhuang Ziqing said, "The four royal courts of the Southern Barbarians also dispatched a lot of geniuses. I almost suffered a big loss in the past few days."

"I estimate that my third ring task will also be delayed for some time."

"Shi Yong and I have both suffered considerable losses, but fortunately, we didn’t let the Insect Witch succeed. You be careful, don’t be too careless."