Shennong Dao Master
Chapter 395 - 31: Got the Goods! Ignite a Volcano!

Chapter 395: Chapter 31: Got the Goods! Ignite a Volcano!

Xia Jing? Chen Shijie and Long Xiao were also stunned, he certainly knew who Xia Jing was—that was Xiahou’s most outstanding son.

Yu Ziqi, however, did not recognize Xia Jing, nor had he heard of this prodigy. He was even more engrossed in the Sword Dao than Long Xiao and generally paid no attention to these matters.

Nevertheless, Yu Ziqi’s compliance was indeed high. As soon as he was told to stop, he immediately ceased.

The flying swords hovered at the tip of Xia Jing’s nose, neck, chest, and groin, yet they did not fully penetrate.

Still, this thoroughly frightened Xia Jing, especially the flying sword at his groin—that had already pierced his battle armor and nicked his skin.

If Zhao Xing had called for a halt even a moment later, he would have been destined for the palace to serve there.

"Xia Jing? Are you really Xia Jing?"

"It’s me." With four flying swords pointing at him, Xia Jing didn’t dare to move an inch.

"What was the first food I gave you to eat?"

"Ugh—"

"Alright, no need to say more, it’s indeed you."

"Hurry, let’s find a place to hide and then talk."

Everything had happened too quickly. The clash of seventh-rank fighters was over in the blink of an eye.

This was no place to talk. The six of them immediately retreated to the fourth-rank area and squeezed into an abandoned stone mine.

"Old fellow, how did you end up here?" Zhao Xing handed Xia Jing a plaster. "And to end up in such a state."

"Aren’t you also here?" Xia Jing replied.

"My Divine Might Army has always been on the east side of the Fire Demon Clan, while your Xuanjia Army is to the north, right?"

"It’s a long story." A member of the Fire Demon Clan said, "Actually, this also concerns you, Mr. Zhao."

"Eh? You are...?"

Upon hearing this, Guan Junyang touched his earlobe and reverted to his original appearance.

"Brother Guan?" Zhao Xing realized. "So it was you."

"That’s rather hurtful, Mr. Zhao." Guan Junyang said mournfully, "The moment Brother Xia spoke, you recognized him, but you only just recognized me."

"Ahem, ahem." Zhao Xing tactfully coughed twice. He couldn’t be blamed, after all.

His relationship with Guan Junyang was indeed average. In Ten Suns Cave Heaven, Guan Junyang was at Heavenly Time Institute, so their paths seldom crossed.

"Didn’t you mention the Earth Fire Lotus to me before?" Xia Jing said, "I went back and checked, and found that it’s only available at the Southern Barbarian Flame Mountain."

"Later, when we were about to fight the Fire Demon Clan, we realized that the Earth Fire Lotus had the best cost-performance ratio, so we thought of stealing some fifth-order seeds."

Zhao Xing had indeed talked about Earth Fire Lotus with Xia Jing when he was undertaking his mission to advance in the Military Realm. He had shared some information with Xia Jing, Zhuang Ziqing, Cao Shuang, and others.

Because the advancement missions in the Military Realm required a large quantity that one person couldn’t handle alone.

Giving it away as a favor was quite beneficial.

Ordinary people couldn’t handle a favor from Zhao Xing, because missions were not something everyone could undertake. Without some capabilities, they could only watch from the sidelines.

But Xia Jing was different—not only could he undertake the missions, but he also dared to act on them.

"You came just for this?" Zhao Xing asked. Xuanjia Army having experts capable of cultivating Earth Fire Lotus made sense.

"There are other things as well." Xia Jing thought for a moment and then did not hold back, "My father once planted a spy in Fire Dragon Pass."

"Although my achievements in Xuanjia Army have been coming quickly, in order to have full control over an army, I need notable military exploits."

"The Earth Fire Lotus is secondary. I came to figure out the military defense layout at Fire Dragon Pass."

A military spy?

Zhao Xing glanced at Old Chen.

The latter couldn’t help but shake his head.

The foundation of the Divine Might Army was too shallow; they didn’t even think about infiltrating military spies. Just a few years back, they were scattered in a defeat.

It hadn’t even been two years since they had reformed, where would they find spies to infiltrate? And even if they did, there wouldn’t have been enough time.

"How did you get in here?" Long Xiao asked with curiosity, "Did you guys also infiltrate your way in?"

"Infiltrate?" Xia Jing was momentarily puzzled, "What infiltration, did you actually stealth your way through from the front?"

"No way, with so many Arrays, traps, and secret tunnels beneath Fire Dragon Pass, you managed to stealth through?" Guan Junyang was also taken aback.

"Then how did you get inside?" Yu Ziqi asked.

"Of course, I was brought in by someone. We were at the southwest side of Flame Mountain where a spy assisted my entry, so we hid in the mountain for almost half a month," Xia Jing explained.

"You hid there? How could you stay for so long?"

"I have a fifth-order supreme fireproof suit. Don’t you have one?"

"..."

Chen Shijie, Yu Ziqi, and Long Xiao all felt a bit melancholic.

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Xia Jing was but a seventh-rank practitioner, yet he was already equipped with a fifth-order supreme suit.

And not just one suit.

His versatile disguise was also a complete set, unlike Zhao Xing and company who had only purchased a helmet.

In terms of transformation, a helmet alone lacked only twenty percent of the effect of a complete suit.

Yet Xia Jing had both the financial resources and confidence to strive for perfection.

With the dual identities of the Xuanjia Army genius and Heir Xiahou, infiltrating Fire Dragon Pass became an easy task for Xia Jing.

How to get in? Simply find a spy to bring you in.

He said it so effortlessly.

"Considering they brought you in, the spy must hold a not so low position," Zhao Xing remarked.

"Indeed, he’s not low-level. He’s in charge of personnel transfers," Xia Jing said, "He’s just not that high up. I didn’t expect a passphrase would be needed for the fifth-order area. It was an oversight that nearly got me killed by my own people."

"I didn’t expect you would come either," Zhao Xing said, "And how did you learn to be so sneaky? You weren’t like this before."

"Desperate times call for desperate measures. Who cares about being sneaky or direct?" Xia Jing replied with a light laugh, "Isn’t that what you taught me during training?"

Seeing that the distinguished Princely Heir showed tendencies towards becoming like Old Six, likely influenced by himself, Zhao Xing found his feelings a bit complicated at that moment.

"Alright, enough idle talk, let’s discuss the situation." Chen Shijie said, "You went to the Fifth-rank Earth Fire Spirit Lake. How did it go? Did you gain anything?"

"Nothing," Xia Jing shook his head.

"Nothing?" Yu Ziqi snorted coldly and pointed at the boxes behind them, "Then what are those? We don’t want your loot, just want to ask about the situation."