Chapter 185: The Third Growth, Fire Demon Clan, Earth Fire Lotus! (6k)

Zhao Xing walked aimlessly on the ground, occasionally pulling out a piece of green grass and putting it in his mouth to taste, occasionally lying in a patch of grass, and suddenly running violently again.

The flying boat above also followed slowly, not disturbing Zhao Xing or waking him up.

The reason why Long Xiao was assigned to Zhao Xing as his protector was also to prevent Zhao Xing from showing any abnormal behavior.

It has never been used before, but it is used now.

"He has been walking for a day and a night, and is almost out of our defense zone." Liao Rulong said, "Is it really okay?"

"No problem." Chen Shijie's tone remained firm.

Liao Rulong didn't know where Chen Shijie got so much confidence from, but Chen Shijie still had a lot of say in his opinion.

"He's almost reached the defense zone of the 88th City of the Lieyang Army. I'll go and tell him."

"Thank you." Chen Shijie said.

Liao Rulong nodded, soared into the air, controlled the Tiangang energy, and flew downwards.

The defense zone of the 88th city of the Lieyang Army.

At this time, a team came out to check the situation.

And the team was led by a Si Nong.

The commotion caused by Zhao Xing was not a big deal in the eyes of other professions.

But in the eyes of Jun Sinong, it is like a beacon in the darkness.

Sun He, the military minister of agriculture, has already reached perfection in the seventh level of the Earthly Demon Realm. In his perception, there is an area between heaven and earth where extremely abnormal plant growth and withering have appeared.

"Brother Sun, do you want to go over and take a look?" A seventh-rank warrior asked Sun He, "He doesn't look like someone from the Great Zhou. He looks like a savage."

Yes, Zhao Xing is like a savage now.

His hair was almost dragging on the ground, his shoes were off, and his body was dirty.

"Don't go over there yet." Sun He said seriously, "They don't look like aliens. How dare they do this in our defense zone?"

"That's not the way to pretend."

"What's going on?" The seventh-rank warrior was a little puzzled. "This person is also a seventh-rank warrior. Could it be that he has gone astray?"

"It could also be the legendary enlightenment." Sun He activated his bright eyes to observe, "Enlightenment or becoming possessed is all a matter of a single thought."

"If it's the former, this person should have a protector following him. We just need to wait here."

Sun He was an old hand, he did not act rashly, he just watched from a distance.

Of course, if Zhao Xing has no protector, or is still approaching and cannot communicate, then Sun He will have no choice but to capture him.

But his judgment was correct. A man in green armor soon flew down from the sky. He was tall and strong, with a beard, a high nose bridge, and prominent cheekbones. He was very recognizable at first glance.

Sun He took a closer look and was immediately surprised, and hurried over to meet him.

"Captain Liao?"

"Sun He from the Lieyang Army, greetings to Captain Liao." Sun He saluted. Liao Rulong is now a powerful figure ranked in the top 300 on the sixth-grade list.

The Shenwei Army performed bravely this time, with Liao Rulong and Wen Shaoyang's troops performing the best.

Originally, the Shenwei Army was at the bottom of the Ten Yang Cave Heavens, but since the Pingman Battle Merit List was opened, the Shenwei Army has jumped into the second echelon, and its military exploits are second only to the Hujiao Army and the Xuanjia Army.

However, the number of the Shenwei Army is far less than that of these two armies.

On the battlefield, the strong will always be respected.

"Sun He." Liao Rulong's voice was as loud as a bell. "Please make way for me. There is a brother in my army who is trying to comprehend the advanced method."

Sun He glanced at Zhao Xing's figure and thought to himself that it was indeed the case.

He was very curious, who was so famous that Liao Rulong personally paved the way for him?
Could it be Chen Shijie?

"Since Captain Liao is guaranteeing it, it's fine." Sun He said quickly, "I wonder if this humble official knows which brother of the Divine Might Army is seeking enlightenment? If it needs to be kept secret, Captain Liao can just pretend I didn't say anything."

Liao Rulong smiled and said, "It's not a secret. He is the Junshuling of my Shenwei Army, the seventh-rank military minister Zhao Xing."

"Zhao Xing?" Sun He vaguely heard this name somewhere, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. It was not a good idea to ask more questions at the moment, so he had to go back and ask.

But he complimented, "So it's Brother Zhao from the Shenwei Army. I've heard of his great name for a long time, but I never thought I'd see him in person today."

Liao Rulong smiled but said nothing.

"Captain Liao, we won't disturb you anymore. We will retreat now." Seeing this, Sun He bowed and led his men to retreat.

Time passed, Zhao Xing had been gone for another thirteen days, and now it was August 13th.

Liao Rulong's troops had originally planned to come back to rest for only ten days, but seeing Zhao Xing's behavior, they had to stay for two more days.

Zhao Xing ran aimlessly and passed through many cities.

Occasionally, a small team from other armies would discover the situation and run over to check, but they would be stopped by Liao Rulong and others.

A path of flowers and plants appeared behind him.

Looking down from the sky, you can see that Zhao Xing actually walked out of a strange tree-like diagram.

"Ok?"

Chen Shijie looked down and couldn't help but be attracted by the scene.

"He's about to go back to the starting point. This pattern..."

Chen Shijie was touched when he saw it, as if he was observing a preaching painting!
More and more people know that a strange man named Zhao Xing appeared in the southeastern war zone, and the weeds left after he left were all level one or two!
Nowadays, many military soldiers who were resting came over to watch the path Zhao Xing walked in the sky.

However, the vast majority of people return empty-handed and cannot see anything useful.

Because Zhao Xingwu's method is an advanced method of the self-school.

The Self-school is not a well-known school in the world today, mainly because it is difficult. At the current battlefield level, leaving aside the sixth-grade soldiers, there may not be one among ten thousand military ministers who can comprehend the advanced methods of the Self-school.

When Zhao Xing walked back to City No. 92, he suddenly stopped at the city gate.

Everyone was watching quietly, holding their breath, for fear of disturbing this genius.

Chen Shijie, Long Xiao, and Liao Rulong looked at Zhao Xing expectantly.

Suddenly, Zhao Xing squatted down and smiled.

"I understand, hahahaha!"

"I'm really awesome!"

"Jie Jie Jie!"

The sudden laughter stunned everyone, and they all looked at Zhao Xing with strange eyes.

What on earth did you understand? You're laughing so scary!

"He..." Liao Rulong looked at him but stopped talking.

Chen Shijie's eyes also wavered a little.

Zhao Xing, are you really crazy?
"Old Chen!"

At this moment, Zhao Xing suddenly turned around and waved to Chen Shijie in mid-air.

"Come and see!"

Liao Rulong wanted to stop him because he felt that Zhao Xing was in danger at the moment.

But before he could finish his words, Chen Shijie jumped down without hesitation.

Seeing this, Liao Rulong and Long Xiao also jumped down immediately.

"Huh? Everyone jumped down, and there's no one left to drive the flying boat!"

Liao Rulong was speechless. He immediately returned to the flying boat and controlled the tilted flying boat to fall.

"coming."

Chen Shijie ran to Zhao Xing and asked, "What do you want to show me?"

Zhao Xing pointed at a vine under his feet and asked, "What is this?"

"Level 1, Tough Vines, Vine System."

"Look again." Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and pointed, and spots of golden light fell on the tough vines.

"Level 2, tough vines, with double toughness."

Zhao Xing once again cast a golden spell, which landed on the vines. This time, the tough vines climbed along Chen Shijie's ankles and soon covered his waist.

"How about now?" Zhao Xing asked with a smile.

Chen Shijie was surprised and said, "Level 3."

He tried to break free, but found the tough vines unbreakable.

"Grown to the third level? Triple toughness, such amazing toughness!"

Chen Shijie was a little shocked.

The tough vine is just the most common vine plant, and its upper limit of growth is the first level.

However, now, third-level tough vines have appeared!
No, this one is simply the king of vines!
"Hehe, isn't that awesome?" Zhao Xing was showing off like a kid who had discovered a treasure.

Chen Shijie smiled and praised: "Great."

He felt that this time, Zhao Xing's smile was the most sincere and his state was the most relaxed, without the old-fashioned air of a precocious young man.

At this moment, Chen Shijie could feel that Zhao Xing's trust in him had reached its peak, because he had let down his guard and revealed his truest self.

"Old Chen, do you want to learn? I'll teach you." Zhao Xing said.

"Next time." Chen Shijie said with a smile, "You are so dirty and smelly."

"Uh?"

Zhao Xing suddenly came to his senses.

Looking around, I saw many eyes staring at me.

Although he still felt the presence of many gazes before, his attention was now completely withdrawn from "enlightenment".

"That's right." Zhao Xing restrained his smile. With this restraint, Chen Shijie could no longer sense Zhao Xing's presence. His temperament suddenly changed, as if he had put on a veil, making it difficult to see clearly.

"The wind is coming!"

A gust of wind blew past Zhao Xing.

The strong wind swirled around Zhao Xing's body, and the next moment, Zhao Xing's hair returned to its previous length, and the dust on his face and body disappeared.

"Here comes the rain!"

wow~
A basin of water poured down from overhead.

But it didn't get soaking wet.

But the stains on the clothes disappeared completely.

"Alright." Zhao Xing bowed to the people around him and said, "Sorry to bother you brothers. I have nothing to do now. Please go away."

Seeing this, Han Bing and Wang Ji also dispersed the onlookers.

Wang Ji thoughtfully gave Zhao Xing a pair of cloud-stepping boots.

It had been lost before, so Wang Ji cleaned it and kept it ready.

"Boss, put on your shoes."

Wang Ji squatted down.

"Mr. Wang, you are so polite." Zhao Xing smiled and tried to help him. "I can put it on by myself."

"It's okay. I'll do it." Wang Ji insisted on putting shoes on Zhao Xing regardless of the consequences.

Liao Rulong looked at this scene and nodded secretly in his heart.

Wang Ji also knew that this was a Class A genius from Shiyang Cave Heaven.

He is now also a seventh-rank official.

Such a genius is actually willing to do such a thing for Zhao Xing?

There is absolutely no need for him to put on a show, he just feels from the bottom of his heart that there is nothing wrong with doing so.

This is enough to show the status of Zhao Xing in people's hearts.

"In just two months, he was able to unite the entire City No. 92 and even make it to the top of the list of military merits. No wonder the Marquis and the military advisor value him so much and asked me to take good care of him." Liao Rulong said secretly.

Geniuses are common, but genius-level commanders are rare.

For example, Shi Yong, the number one talent in the reserve of the Tiger Dragon Army's Minister of Agriculture, was thrown into the army and didn't make any waves at all. His performance could only be said to be in line with the level of a seventh-rank military minister of agriculture. Perhaps he could be called excellent, but there were so many excellent people, and he would not be a big difference.

However, no matter where Zhao Xing moved to, Yuncheng or the current City No. 92, he was able to adapt quickly and dominate the situation.

"Your subordinate, I am here to see Captain Liao." After putting on his shoes, Zhao Xing immediately came to pay his respects to Liao Rulong.

In name, Liao Rulong was his superior, and since it was the first time he saw him after waking up, of course he had to pay his respects to him first.

In addition, this sixth-rank warrior has always protected me before, so he deserves respect both publicly and privately.

"Don't be so polite." Liao Rulong smiled and stretched out his hand. The protective Qi of his body gave rise to two Qi palms, which supported Zhao Xing and prevented him from bowing. "We are all brothers. In my camp, as long as we are not fighting, there is no distinction between superiors and subordinates!"

"It's okay for you to call me Lao Liao! Hahahaha."

Zhao Xing also laughed. Every general had his own style of leading a team. Some were strict and had clear superiors and subordinates, while others were friendly and often treated the lower-level soldiers as brothers and lived and ate with them.

Liao Rulong has a generous and righteous spirit.

"Come on, don't just stand here, let's talk in the city!"

Liao Rulong hooked his left hand around Long Xiao's neck, held Chen Shijie's shoulder with his right hand, and tilted his head towards Zhao Xing: "Let's go into the city and drink and chat!"

"I heard them tell me a lot of interesting stories about you in Shiyang Cave Heaven, especially the origins of Ge Wuzhu and Cheng Xiazi. How come two fifth-rank ministers of agriculture have such nicknames? Hahahaha, let's go, let's go back to the city and tell you in detail."

On the evening of August 13, Liao Rulong originally planned to call his other three sixth-rank deputy generals to reunite in City No. 92.

However, when I thought about Li Que's previous experience (Chen Lu's boss), I gave up the idea.

Therefore, the only six-grade people in City No. 92 are Chen Shijie and him.

After such a long time, Chen Shijie also reached the sixth level of Tiangang realm. On the contrary, Long Xiao, the sword cultivator, advanced more slowly.

During the dinner, Zhao Xing also obtained more detailed information through conversations with Liao Rulong and others.

Liao Rulong's army initially consisted of 12,000 people and eight camps, namely the Five Elements Camp, the Shenji Camp, the Nine Sections Camp, and the Longxing Camp.

The Five Elements Camp is a group of sorcerers of the five elements of gold, wood, water, fire and earth. The sorcerers also practice Taoism, and they were all recruited from the 72 Taoist temples and 360 academies of the Great Zhou.

The Shenji Camp is composed of mechanical divisions, the Jiujie Camp is composed of all Si Nong, and the Longxing Camp is composed of all warriors.

They coordinate with each other when taking action.

"So far, our force has grown to more than 23,000 people."

"The main thing is to keep replenishing our manpower. The number of brothers killed or injured is not that large."

"It is expected that there will be about 7,000 additional people in the future, and the maximum number will not exceed 50,000."

After eating and drinking, Liao Rulong and Zhao Xing talked about the current situation of the army.

"So I took a longer time to recuperate here. It's been almost a month since I came back. I'm just waiting for the general to send someone over."

"The more soldiers a captain commands, the better. More is no problem." Zhao Xing said with a smile.

Liao Rulong said there was no distinction between superiors and subordinates, but when it came to serious matters, Zhao Xing would call him Lord Liao or Captain Liao.

"That's not true." Liao Rulong shook his head and said, "Fifty thousand troops is the limit of my ability to command an army. If there are more, I won't be able to command them."

"The military advisor has trained me many times, and finally concluded that I am suitable for the route of elite soldiers and strong generals."

"Thirty thousand is the best, fifty thousand is the limit."

"If there are more, we won't be able to command them all, and we won't be able to bring out the full potential of the army."

Zhao Xing didn't say anything. Not everyone is Han Xin, and the more the better.

The battlefield changes rapidly and when the fighting starts, the general has to process an unknown amount of information in one second. Some of these information streams are true and some are false, some are important and some are not.

Beyond a certain limit, the brain stops functioning.

Just like the straw man method, some people raise one straw man, and the combat effectiveness is very high. But when they raise more than ten straw men, the combat effectiveness of the straw men becomes weaker.

"After defeating the Wolf God Tribe, the Marquis and the Military Advisor said that Wen Shaoyang and I were advancing too fast and ordered us to slow down our vertical advance, so I plan to advance horizontally to the southeast to defeat the Fire Demon Tribe."

"That was our plan when we went from Machang City to Zhiyou City."

Listening to Liao Rulong's words, Han Bing and Wang Ji looked at each other with strange expressions.

"Huh? What's wrong with you two? But what I said is wrong?" Liao Rulong asked puzzledly.

"Captain, that's not the case." Han Bing and Wang Ji shook their heads. "I just thought of something."

"You don't seem surprised that I want to fight the Fire Demon Tribe?" Liao Rulong said, "I heard that your various departments are preparing equipment, medicinal materials and other military supplies to fight against the Fire Demon Tribe?"

After returning to the supply city, Liao Rulong naturally asked Chen Shijie to check the inner warehouse.

He could tell at a glance that something was wrong with the numbers.

It’s too much, too much to prepare!

It is impossible that this is the amount produced in the last few days.

He had wanted to ask for a long time but had been preoccupied with Zhao Xing's matter, so he suddenly remembered to ask today.

"Reporting to the commander." Wang Ji said, "About two months ago, when Lord Zhao first arrived here, they asked the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Works to change the direction of military supply manufacturing. They also said that you would fight the Fire Demon Clan sooner or later."

Liao Rulong looked at Zhao Xing in surprise: "Two months ago? I was still fighting the Wolf God Tribe at that time. How could you figure it out?"

Zhao Xing said modestly: "It's not as mysterious as they say. Even a fool may make many mistakes, but he will eventually make some good ones. Anyway, our agricultural supervision has overflowing planting capacity, so there is no harm in planting more here."

"Oh?" Liao Rulong became interested. "Then what suggestions do you have?"

Zhao Xing thought about it for a moment, and finally stopped pretending. He waved his hand and spread out a map: "Captain, please take a look. Now the Fire Demon Tribe's territory is approaching from the east, west, and north."

"Because the Golden Feather King's Court has to guard the Qinggang Mining Area, which is one of the few precious lands in the Southern Barbarians and can be compared with the blessed lands of our Great Zhou."

"The most powerful one among them is Lv Yuanwei's Divine Thunder Army in the west. There are 500,000 of them. He has many people and has already set up his stall. No one in the west can compete with him. He only has one army."

"To the north, there are the Tiger Dragon Army, the Black Armor Army, the Zhaoyuan Army, and the Danxia Army. These four powerful armies are stationed on the northern defense line of the Fire Demon Clan. The vanguard forces add up to more than one million people."

"To the east, there are eighteen armies including our Divine Might Army, the Navy Army, and the Fiery Sun Army. However, although there are many armies, the number of people is smaller, only 200,000. This is because the east of the Fire Demon Clan is an extremely cruel environment with the 'Flame Mountains' stretching across the ground."

"There is also a ten thousand meter strong wind layer blocking the way above. The only easy section to pass is the Fire Dragon Pass."

"This place is easy to defend but difficult to attack. We only need to send a small number of barbarian soldiers and generals to stop a million-strong army."

"It's very unlikely that you can get through here."

"But if we can get through, we can march straight into the Qinggang mining area. This is because the main forces of the Nanman tribe are in the west and north."

Liao Rulong asked: "How should we live?"

Zhao Xing said: "Climb the mountain."

Liao Rulong frowned and said, "This is probably difficult. Our army cannot popularize the fifth-level robes on a large scale. Without the fifth-level top-grade fire-proof robes, the soldiers will not be able to get through at all."

"The building ship can't get through either. The strong winds in that area are too strong. It's too difficult to control the building ship to fly at an altitude of one thousand meters. If we force our way through, we will be making the people of Huolong Pass a living target."

"They also have large-scale magical weapons."

Zhao Xing said: "Yes, the fifth-grade top-grade fire-proof robes are enough to equip the entire army of 40,000 to 50,000 people. With such a luxurious family foundation, we can also attack the Fire Dragon Pass directly."

"However, there are many rare objects in the world. To pass through the Fire Demon Clan's Flame Mountain Range, one does not need a fifth-grade top-grade Fire-Repelling Garment. A fifth-grade lower-grade one can also do it."

"Oh?" Liao Rulong looked at Chen Shijie.

The latter thought for a moment and asked, "I really can't remember any kind of plant that can be made into vestments with such an effect."

Zhao Xing said: "Earth Fire Lotus."

"Earth Fire Lotus?" Chen Shijie was stunned. "Is there really such a thing? I have only seen it in books."

"Yes." Zhao Xing said confidently, "The Records of Strange Things in the Southern Barbarians records that it grows in the magma river under the Flame Mountain."

"Are there any seeds of it in the military world?" Liao Rulong asked.

"I'm not sure, maybe there is, maybe not." Zhao Xing said, "But even if there is in the military, there must not be many, and the price must not be low. When it first comes out, the price must be very high, and it will be supplied to the strong army first."

"Because the environment of the Fire Demon Clan is quite harsh, two branches of the Flame Mountain were artificially guided to the west and north of the Qinggang Mining Area for protection. This is a major project created by the Heavenly Witch of the Golden Feather King's Court."

Long Xiao asked, "In other words, if the Shenwei Army can buy it, then the other powerful armies already have it?"

"If we wait until the armies from the west and north reach the Qinggang mining area, we won't even be able to drink soup."

"Buying is very expensive, but if we have the raw materials ourselves, the cost will be much lower." Zhao Xing said, "So, we must seize this time difference as soon as possible."

Chen Shijie looked at Zhao Xing and said, "Don't tell me that you have already prepared the Earth Fire Lotus seeds. They cannot be exchanged in the military world."

"You think too highly of me. I really don't have it." Zhao Xing said with a smile, "But you do."

"I have?" Chen Shijie was stunned, "How come I don't know."

Zhao Xing said: "Why don't you go to Fire Dragon Pass and steal some from the earth veins? You are good at Fire Prison Underground Palace, so you also know the Fire Escape Technique, right?"

"But this is a bit dangerous. There must be someone guarding there."

"If it's too difficult, we can also wait for the Soldier Realm to release the seeds or seedlings of the Earth Fire Lotus."

Chen Shijie looked at Zhao Xing and asked, "How do we grow it after stealing it? It has very demanding growing conditions, right?"

Zhao Xing said: "I can plant it. I know high-level volcanic techniques. Now my [Momentary Primordial] has reached the fifth level, can grow three times, and can act on fifth-level plants."

"If you can get it, I can grow it!"

"You... also know the Fire Mountain Method?" Chen Shijie suddenly remembered Zhao Xing's enlightenment these days, and his heart was shocked. "Have you already planned to take the Fire Lotus?"

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