Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 386 - 28: Preparations Before the Plan and Bad News_2

Chapter 386: Chapter 28: Preparations Before the Plan and Bad News_2

It could even allow Chen Shijie to reach the sixth or even fifth-rank faster.

Holding a high position and accumulating high military merits made it harder to die.

If Chen Shijie’s fate could be changed and he did not die in the end, then Zhao Xing could make more adjustments to his future plans.

If Chen Shijie’s fate could not be changed, Zhao Xing would also be more cautious and prudent afterward.

Of course, Zhao Xing would never share these thoughts with Chen Shijie. Even Pu Zhong only thought Zhao Xing wanted Chen Shijie to make meritorious contributions.

Who could have imagined that Zhao Xing was so well-versed in Fire Dragon Pass? Hiding so many thoughts.

.....

Days continued as usual, not much different from before.

However, more people kept arriving at the frontline army cities.

The Divine Might Army provided him and Wen Shaoyang’s division with a large number of Fire Element mages.

Liao Rulong’s unit expanded to 38,000 people on August 20.

August 21.

Liao Rulong’s unit set off for Zhixiu City with a batch of machinery and supplies, aboard the Dragon Head Tower Ship.

Zhao Xing remained in City No. 92, continuing to complete his main tasks and progression tasks.

.....

"Last month’s fourth, my ’Instant Primordial’ progression reached High Order Third Transition."

"My military merits broke through 250,000 and reached the top thousand."

"By July 20, although I wasn’t fully focused on tasks, my military merits reached 430,000, ranking 431st."

"Since then, I haven’t been doing tasks and have been studying the Self Sect spells and the Yin Yang Self Scripture, which caused my rank to fall outside the top 500 by August 1."

"On August 13, I resumed doing tasks."

"As of today, August 21, my military merits increased by 50,000, reaching 480,000."

"Now, my rank is back within the top 500 of the seventh-rank list."

"However, the speed at which I gain military merits has noticeably slowed." Zhao Xing looked at the ranking and military merits within the Earth Realm.

Due to Liao Rulong’s unit deciding to rest, the military merits for his main tasks dropped to the lowest.

Without battles, there wasn’t a need for many military supplies, hence the merits given were low.

While progression tasks still existed, Zhao Xing wasn’t the first to follow up on them, so his growth wasn’t particularly exaggerated.

Nevertheless, gaining 50,000 military merits in 8 days was still very fast.

Because in the Southern Battle Zone, many armies had their eyes on the ’Fire Demon Territory,’ preparing for a major battle.

The Southern Desolate had been retreating for over two months while being pushed back over 10,000 miles by Great Zhou, and finally couldn’t wait to counterattack.

The Golden Feather Royal Court and Holy Spirit Royal Court had deployed many troops to the Fire Demon Territory.

This was the first time Southern Desolate had mobilized more than 300,000 troops for confrontation.

Southern Desolate needed a victory to curb Great Zhou’s momentum.

Otherwise, continuous retreating would turn into an actual collapse.

With the two major royal courts of Southern Desolate in action, Great Zhou naturally paid attention, most troops restrained their forces, began reinforcing and resting, preparing for a big battle.

Thus, in the past month, only small-scale skirmishes of hundred-man scout teams happened.

Not many gained significant military merits, and Zhao Xing was no exception.

.....

On August 22, Wen Shaoyang’s division of the Divine Might Army and Liao Rulong’s unit started sending out vanguard troops to search eastward from the Wolf God Tribe.

At the same time, Chen Shijie continually refined the action plan for Fire Dragon Pass.

With Zhao Xing’s advice, Liao Rulong purchased many Mechanical School’s equipment from the Military Realm.

According to Zhao Xing’s list, many items were bought, which cost a lot of money, but Liao Rulong purchased them without hesitation, trusting Chen Shijie, and Chen Shijie trusted Zhao Xing.

Thus, it meant Liao Rulong could also trust Zhao Xing’s judgment.

The list mixed some useful and some useless items, true and false together.

But as long as Zhao Xing joined the action team, they would surely use the useful equipment.

Besides, Zhao Xing made his own preparations too.

"Infiltrating the enemy, the Grassman Skill and Hou Transformation Technique, are very useful spells."

"Currently, I can combine three spells; if I manage to combine five spells, I’ll be able to comprehend the Self Grassman Skill."

"The invisibility Grassman in the Grassman Skill, its invisibility spell, is also a high-order spell, essential for stealth."

"Internal practice of the Hou Transformation Technique can directly transform into the form of Barbarians."

"Unfortunately, I haven’t mastered the above techniques yet."

"You realize the scarcity of techniques when they are actually needed."

"For now, I still need to rely on external items for disguise."

Zhao Xing looked at one box after another, filled with multi-colored divine weapons, all ordered by Chen Shijie.

At this moment, he was examining the quality of these treasures.

But Long Xiao couldn’t stand it: "Enough already! Stop showing off."

Even though Zhao Xing didn’t intend to, to Long Xiao, it felt like pure bragging!

Wang Ji immediately defended: "If I could use nine high-order spells, I’d talk about it every day too."

Long Xiao had no answer to this and pulled out something resembling a mask from the box: "How do you use this?"

Zhao Xing glanced over: "Mr. Wang, show him how to use it."

Wang Ji nodded, took the mask, and placed it on Long Xiao’s head: "Thousand Mechanism Transformation Headpiece, Fifth Order Supreme."

"The head divine weapon of the Thousand Mechanism Transformation Set."

"Once you wear it, your head will transform into the appearance of an alien race."

Buzz~

When Long Xiao put it on, the mask immediately covered his entire head, extending down to his neck.

Then, two demon horns grew on Long Xiao’s head, his cheeks turned crimson, his eyes doubled in size, looking like they were cut wider.

But the top of his head had no hair, only layers of wrinkled skin, resembling exposed brain tissue.

"Whoa~" Long Xiao looked at the copper mirror, "It looks so real! Can even feel the blood flow under my cheeks."

"If someone could tell it’s fake, every person involved in the production line of the Thousand Mechanism Transformation Set, from the Mechanical Master to the Weaver, would be jailed." Wang Ji proudly said. "Generally, only those of the fifth-rank can spot its flaws."

"Impressive." Long Xiao touched his cheeks and the horns on his head, playing happily. "By the way, isn’t it called Thousand Transformations? Can it only turn into a Fire Demon Clan?"

Wang Ji handed over the instruction manual: "Touch the ear lobe to change. A total of eighteen transformations, memorize the sequence before using, and never transform incorrectly."

"Otherwise, your infiltration mission might turn into a frontal assault."

Long Xiao nodded, heading to the side to practice.

Turning his head, he saw Zhao Xing stepping out with two demon horns.

He also equipped the Thousand Mechanism Transformation.

"Huh?" Long Xiao scrutinized Zhao Xing, "Mr. Wang, why does he look more handsome in this form?"

Wang Ji explained: "The Thousand Mechanism Transformation’s headpiece adjusts based on the wearer’s face, perfectly aligning with facial meridians and blood flow."

"What do you mean?"

"It means Zhao Xing is more handsome than you, even after wearing the headpiece."

"..."

Long Xiao fell silent and sullenly went to the side.

...

After familiarizing themselves for a day,

on August 23, Liao Rulong’s unit arrived at Zhixiu City.

Zhao Xing received a deployment order, preparing to leave City No. 92.

Once he left, the main position would fall to Wang Ji.

However, no one wanted Zhao Xing to leave.

The farewell lasted for two hours.

"He is truly popular." Long Xiao pouted, "Even people like Song Fang, an old seventh-rank, are reluctant to see him go."

"Do you not see what Zhao Xing brought them?" Chen Shijie smiled, "In over two months since he arrived at City No. 92, everyone’s military merits have doubled."

"Those of the Minister of Agriculture Supervision have even more than doubled."

"The Minister of Agriculture is the source of industry, as their efficiency increases, the military merits of tasks for other departments also increase accordingly."

"Zhao Xing’s task adjustments benefitted everyone, it’s not surprising they’d kneel and bow to send him off."

Military merits are the pathway to future prospects, land grants, and noble titles, bringing glory to one’s ancestors.

"Phew~"

After boarding the Dragon Head Tower Ship, Zhao Xing sighed in relief.

Their enthusiasm was overwhelming, even for him.

"Set off." Chen Shijie ordered.

Rumble~

The Dragon Head Tower Ship took off, zooming into the Gang Wind Layer, heading towards Zhixiu City.

....

The Dragon Head Tower Ship moved faster than the Swordfish Flying Boat and Netherflame Warship.

It only took three hours to fly over Zhixiu City.

Rumble~

The tower ship landed inside Zhixiu City.

At that moment, Liao Rulong was already standing in the landing plaza of Zhixiu City to greet them.

Upon meeting, Liao Rulong delivered bad news.