Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 380 - 26: Over a month later, the merit rankings - has Zhao Xing gone mad? (6K)_4

Chapter 380: Chapter 26: Over a month later, the merit rankings - has Zhao Xing gone mad? (6K)_4

After a few days, he began to feel drowsy, and both his cultivation efficiency and work efficiency greatly decreased.

.....

On July 4th, the progress of [Instant Primordial] reached High Order Third Transition.

Zhao Xing had already surpassed 250,000 battle merits.

He settled the accumulated advancement task materials and surged into the top thousand of the seventh-rank battle merit list.

At this time, Instant Primordial reached the bottleneck of High Order Third Transition.

On July 20th, Zhao Xing submitted an advancement task, ranking 431st in battle merits!

For the first time, he entered the top five hundred!

[Instant Primordial] had not broken through for a long time, but a ray of inspiration continued to linger in his heart.

So from this moment, he entered a state of self-forgetfulness, focusing solely on seeking a breakthrough.

From July 20th to July 30th, Zhao Xing did not submit any advancement tasks, and when settled on August 1st, he fell back outside the top five hundred again.

....

From August 1st to August 10th, Zhao Xing was no longer within City 92.

He found himself walking outside the city unknowingly, strolling in the wilderness.

He walked barefoot, his hair disheveled, looking at the flowers, plants, and trees in the barren soil, while many Grassman guards were in the distance.

"The shackles of life’s growth, how can they be further broken?"

"The Path of Self, how difficult it is!"

Zhao Xing mumbled to himself. He had never been stuck at a small checkpoint for so long.

Whenever he devoted himself entirely to a spell, such small checkpoints were quickly broken through.

But this time, he could not break through no matter what.

He finally experienced the frustration of mediocrity.

Stuck in front of a checkpoint, unable to find the entrance.

Clearly seeing the scenery inside the door, but unable to enter.

"Instant Primordial, breaking the shackles of life... how exactly can it be broken?"

Zhao Xing walked and pondered.

Whenever he took a step, grass grew under his feet.

But when he left, the grass quickly withered.

In the distant sky.

Chen Shijie and Long Xiao stood on the Arrowfish Flying Boat, quietly watching Zhao Xing below.

"Old Chen, is this kid all right? Why does he look like he’s lost his mind?"

"He’s fine, he’s just entered a state of self-forgetfulness," Chen Shijie said calmly, "Don’t worry about him, he can break through himself."

"Really?" Long Xiao looked at the anxious Aotian Cat beside him, "Why do I feel something’s not right."

"You people from the Minister of Agriculture’s Self Sect, really odd, even understanding a small checkpoint looks like going mad."

In early August, Liao Rulong’s army returned to the three supply cities in the rear to rest, as the Wolf God Tribe had essentially been defeated.

Chen Shijie and Long Xiao also returned to City 92.

At this time, there was another person sitting in the cabin—Liao Rulong.

Zhao Xing’s surge into the top five hundred of the seventh-rank battle merit list had also attracted the attention of this sixth-rank Captain.

He wanted to see what this genius Minister of Agriculture was all about.

Other seventh-rank martial artists fought to the death on the front line, yet they still didn’t earn as much as Zhao Xing, a Minister of Agriculture. He was extremely curious!

But when he arrived in City 92, Zhao Xing had already entered this strange state.

"Small checkpoint?" Chen Shijie shook his head, "How much did the power of your Sword technique improve from Third Transition to Fourth Transition?"

"What he’s comprehending is a High Order spell, with every step being a massive improvement, much more so between Third and Fourth Transition, which is a threshold."

"That’s the leap from entry-level to minor achievement for a spell!"

"The spells of the Self Sect aren’t strange, just hard to cultivate."

"It’s this spell that allows him to farm in the rear and still overshadow seventh-rank warriors in battle merits."

"If it were you, would you cultivate it?"

Long Xiao still murmured, "But he looks like he’s gone mad. Look, he’s even chewing grass."

"Shut your crow’s beak!" Chen Shijie shouted, "I said it again, he’s not gone mad!"

"Fine." Long Xiao turned to walk into the cabin, mumbling softly, "Hmph, not letting anyone speak, you have more faith in him than in me..."