Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 373 - 25: Instant Primordial, Blood Essence Fruit, and Heart Worm Grass! (6K)

Chapter 373: Chapter 25: Instant Primordial, Blood Essence Fruit, and Heart Worm Grass! (6K)

King Lingde had a reason for such doubt.

The Military Realm assigned two main tasks to the Military Minister of Agriculture Officer: the first, basic tasks, also known as primary duties.

The second, general tasks, also known as advanced tasks.

Basic tasks had a limit, calculated monthly.

Completing basic tasks alone was already quite challenging.

Because they were divided into two tiers.

The first tier was primary duty.

It required providing the army’s monthly food and Primordial Energy supplies.

The court gave eighth-grade and ninth-grade officials monthly salaries; thus, they had to accomplish a certain amount of work.

If done well, it was primary duty; if not done well, there would be penalties and demotions.

This was the first tier, primary duty, with little war merit to speak of; of course, if the frontline won a victory, some team merits could be shared.

Think it’s hard? If you don’t do it, there are plenty of people eager to take the job!

For instance, a seventh-rank official completing the first tier of basic tasks would earn at most ten thousand war merits per month.

It simply required you to ensure the army’s basic food and drink needs were met.

If this couldn’t be done, then what was the point of being a Military Minister of Agriculture?

Better return to the rear echelon for more training.

The second tier of basic tasks, in addition to satisfying the army’s food needs, also required meeting the following conditions:

Grow medicinal herbs for doctors; manufacture materials for the Engineering Department; provide weaving materials for the Weaving Bureau; offer incense-making materials for priests.

The requirements were more comprehensive, and the basic quota doubled.

For instance, if the Divine Might Army needed ten thousand stones of third-rank supplies in a month, this was the first tier of basics; the second tier required twenty thousand stones.

Such primary tasks had a limit, three to five times, after which no additional war merits were granted.

Typically, a seventh-rank Minister of Agriculture could just barely meet the needs of various departments.

Aiming to fully accomplish basic tasks was already quite demanding.

Because the court wasn’t doing charity work; salary and benefits could be slightly raised, but war merits involved land grants and titles; granting too many war merits would be detrimental to the country.

Additionally, Emperor Jing’s policies made acquiring war merits very stringent.

Furthermore, the battlefield’s unpredictable nature meant unexpected events could occur at any moment.

The need to prepare for enemy raids, Heavenly Time, and Earth Advantage among other factors.

Zhao Xing deposited part of the loot into the inner treasury for emergencies, ensuring City 92 could complete its basic tasks.

If one could fully achieve basic war merit tasks, they were already outstanding among the Minister of Agriculture Officers!

Advanced tasks were even more difficult.

Basic tasks supplied the ’local battalion’s’ military needs, which were not ’difficult’.

Because the needs of one’s own army were planned years in advance, with seeds and seedlings readily available.

Advanced tasks involved the logistics of the entire Pacifying Barbarian Army.

Thus, the war merits were also greater.

Because advanced tasks aimed to make exceptional talents stand out.

At such a difficulty level, Zhao Xing submitted an advanced task every two hours, earning ten thousand war merits in four hours.

This speed naturally astonished King Lingde.

Someone like Chen Lu, an ordinary seventh-rank, had accumulated just over thirty thousand war merits since the Pacifying Barbarian Battle began.

Wang Ji and Han Bing, such top-tier talents, struggled for over twenty days to earn five or six thousand war merits.

King Lingde considered such speed to be astonishing.

Even a sixth-rank Minister of Agriculture might not be as efficient!

"That kid wasted the most time in the Primordial Dojo; could it be he broke through with the Self Sect’s spell?" King Heavenly Destiny speculated, "The Self Sect’s high-level spells are extremely rare among seventh-ranks."

Heavenly Time Technique, Geographical Advantage Skill, and high-level spells among seventh-ranks were nothing significant in the eyes of the three kings.

Guan Junyang and Cao Shuang had achieved Fourth Transition of the Knowledge Realm and comprehended high-level spells a year ago.

But until now, none of the talents from Ten Suns Cave Heaven had comprehended high-level spells.

"Across the five grotto heavens, fewer than fifty out of nearly twenty thousand seventh-rank Military Ministers of Agriculture have mastered high-level spells of the Self Sect, most of them are elderly with years of diligent study," King Lingde remarked, "If that is indeed the case, Zhao Xing’s future is indeed limitless."

The Self Sect’s spells were notoriously difficult, claiming that mastering them was a fifth-rank accomplishment.

"We don’t need to keep guessing," Luo Hou King suggested, "We can call Lu Bang here and ask."

Lu Bang, one of the justices of the Taicang Institute, would surely know.

Luo Hou King took out the Earth Mirror and tossed it into the sky.

"Buzz~" The Earth Mirror spun a few times, emitting a faint green light, projecting a three-dimensional image of Lu Bang.

"Greetings to Luo Hou King, King Lingde, and King Heavenly Destiny." Lu Bang saluted the three kings.

"No need for formalities, Mr. Lu," King Lingde spoke.

Lu Bang, a fifth-rank official, held real power and was relatively young, marking him as a promising junior.

"What business does Luo Hou King have with me?" Lu Bang asked curiously; he knew these three kings were above worldly affairs, and the fifteen supervisors of the Pacifying Barbarian training were all princes.

"Lu Bang," Luo Hou King inquired, "do you know about Zhao Xing’s situation in the Primordial Dojo? Did he comprehend the Self Sect’s high-level spell?"

Asking about Zhao Xing? Lu Bang was momentarily stunned.

"Yes."

Lu Bang nodded.

"The reason he was twenty days late to the battlefield was because he was comprehending in the Primordial Dojo."

"However, I can only confirm that he mastered a high-level spell, but the specific spell is unknown to me."

"I see, that’s all then," Luo Hou King nodded, "You may go."

"Yes." Lu Bang saluted again and severed the communication.