Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 375 - 25: Instant Primordial, Blood Essence Fruit, and Heart Worm Grass! (6K)_3

Chapter 375: Chapter 25: Instant Primordial, Blood Essence Fruit, and Heart Worm Grass! (6K)_3

"Besides, you may curse me now, but you might end up thanking me later."

"Fine, I’ll go handle it."

Just as Han Bing flew away, riding the clouds, Priest Song Fang arrived.

"Mr. Zhao."

Song Fang was of the Secondary Seventh Rank, the Main Temple Priest of City No. 92. He was already sixty years old and a long-standing veteran of the military, but in front of Zhao Xing, Song Fang didn’t dare to show off and respectfully performed his courtesies.

"Mr. Song," Zhao Xing returned the salute. "In recent days, you must fully cooperate with the Minister of Agriculture Supervision’s work. All priests who can summon the Minister of Agriculture God are to be transferred to the Minister of Agriculture Supervision for duties."

"The rest of them should be assigned to summoning souls, to assist Wang Ji’s Engineering Department with the extension of the outer city."

Priests in the Supply City were also handling logistics duties.

Of course, if there were any human or ghost attacks, the priests were also responsible for defense and guarding the city.

One clear benefit of being a priest was that even if they did nothing but lie down, as long as the city didn’t fall, they would still earn merits for protection.

Clerical duties were not for ordinary people, but those who could do them enjoyed excellent benefits.

Today, as long as the city stood, a crisp sound would ring, and eight hundred battle merits would be credited to their accounts.

Song Fang clasped his hands together and asked, "Do you also want to recall the Ghost Guards who patrol the outskirts day and night?"

Zhao Xing nodded, "Yes."

"But, if the enemy arrives, they might do so without us knowing."

Zhao Xing replied calmly, "With me here, just carry out the orders without worry."

"Yes," Song Fang quickly responded.

He didn’t know Zhao Xing before and hadn’t heard of him.

But once Zhao Xing took office, he was quite imposing.

The impact of that Netherflame Warship he brought was too overwhelming.

Being able to capture such a war trophy indicated he was not ordinary, and it likely wouldn’t be long before he was promoted to the Sixth Rank.

Currently, Zhao Xing had high battle merits and strong abilities. Moreover, both main officers Wang Ji and Han Bing respected him, and Wang Ji praised Zhao Xing to everyone.

Therefore, although Song Fang had never seen or heard of Zhao Xing’s abilities, he dared not oppose any of Zhao Xing’s opinions.

The chief officer of the military department, "Gao Li," needed no further mention.

This person used to be a subordinate of Long Xiao, and since Long Xiao treated Zhao Xing as a brother, Gao Li wouldn’t dare disrespect Zhao Xing.

There was also a strategist named Yang Da in the city, but in the logistics of the Supply City, Yang Da didn’t have any say because there were only five Ritual Repairers in City No. 92.

Strategists could only be effective during battles; they were useless in regular logistics work.

How could they earn battle merits? They could only earn some guardian merits, accumulating a few points daily. They didn’t have much work to do either.

"Now, I’m just a city lord with merely five thousand men, and the responsibilities aren’t too much..."

"In the future, when commanding an army of a million, there will be much more to consider."

"I need to master the Self Grassman as soon as possible," Zhao Xing thought.

For now, all departments were very cooperative, but this might not always be the case in the future.

Besides, this was just one city; if there were three cities or ten cities?

By then, the Self Grassman would be of great use.

"However, the Self Grassman is a high-order spell, involving the principles of the Five Elements Yin-Yang Mechanism. It requires the fusion of the five methods into one in the grassman, and mastering it is perhaps even more difficult than comprehending the Instant Primordial," Zhao Xing looked down at the grass.

Instant Primordial was a high-order spell comprehended from the Primordial Dojo.

It belonged to the high-order "Elemental Analysis Skill" and could break the shackles of life’s growth.

It was precisely because of this spell that he could so quickly submit a task for advancement.

Currently, in the left field, he planted Fourth-tier plants [Heart Worm Grass], the main medicinal material for the "Heart-Protecting Pill."

On the right side, there was a shrubbery called [Blood Essence Tree], capable of producing Fourth-tier [Blood Essence Fruit], which could quickly allow a martial artist to undergo a blood exchange.

"The reason Heart Worm Grass and Blood Essence Fruit appeared in the advancement tasks of the Military Realm..."

"Is likely because the Pacifying Barbarian Army had encountered more Insect Witches and Blood Witches."

Zhao Xing squatted down, examining these seedlings and young trees.

"However, with the foundation of Great Zhou, once such a task is released, countless brilliant Ministers of Agriculture would come to plant these treasures."

"Under mass planting, tasks related to these two plants would soon decrease in value or be completely canceled."

"I need to earn as many battle merits as possible while there’s time."

Zhao Xing began casting spells on this area of grassland.

Advancement tasks had time limits; if you missed one, there wouldn’t be another.

It could be a month or even shorter before the battle merits awarded for these two advancement tasks would drop or be canceled altogether.

"Whoosh!"

Zhao Xing pointed, and a golden spell light fell on the Heart Worm Grass.

"Heart Worm Grass is a Fourth-tier medicinal material, but it’s very difficult to grow it to Fourth-rank Middle Grade."

"Generally, even if a Minister of Agriculture cultivated it, it would only be Fourth-rank Lower Grade."

"The advancement tasks released by the Military Realm this time require Fourth-rank Superior and Fourth-tier Supreme Heart Worm Grass."

"The same goes for Blood Essence Fruit. A tree might produce fifty or sixty Blood Essence Fruits, but none may reach Fourth-rank Middle Grade."

Zhao Xing used the Five Elements Observation, focusing on the Heart Worm Grass.

Under the microscopic view, the Heart Worm Grass grew rapidly. Two hours later, the Heart Worm Grass had already reached maturity and was ready for harvest.

"I have altered the Heavenly Time of this plot of land, and additionally used Ksitigarbha Returning Origin, Wild Growth, Nine Dragons Bending Technique, and Wilderness Condensation for cultivation."

"But even so, only one percent of the Heart Worm Grass in this field reached Fourth-rank Middle Grade."

"The shackles of life are so unbreakable; unless grown in the Cave Heaven Blessed Land, the cost would be even higher."

If the Military Realm planted these extensively in the Cave Heaven Blessed Land at the rear, not only would the cultivation costs rise, but so would the transportation costs. Moreover, it would lose the training significance for soldiers.