Chapter 189: Got the Stuff! Start a Volcano!
Xia Jing? Chen Shijie and Long Xiao were also stunned. Of course he knew Xia Jing, he was Xiahou's most outstanding son.

Yu Ziqi didn't know Xia Jing, nor had he heard of this genius. He was even more obsessed with swordsmanship than Long Xiao, and basically didn't pay attention to these things.

However, Yu Ziqi was very obedient. He stopped immediately when told to stop.

The flying sword hovered over Xia Jing's nose tip, neck, chest, and genitals, but it didn't penetrate completely.

However, this also scared Xia Jing enough, especially the flying sword in his lower body, which had pierced through his armor and scratched his skin.

If Zhao Xing had shouted stop a little later, he would have had to serve in the palace.

"Xia Jing? Are you really Xia Jing?"

"It's me." Xia Jing was held back by four flying swords and didn't dare to move at all.

"What was the first food I gave you?"

"Ugh~"

"Okay, you don't have to say it, it's indeed you."

"Quick, find a place to hide before talking."

Everything happened too fast, the seventh-rank battle happened in a flash.

This was not the place to talk, so the six people immediately retreated to the fourth-level area, found a waste rock mine and drilled in.

"Brother, why are you here?" Zhao Xing handed Xia Jing a plaster. "And you are in such a mess."

"Aren't you here too?" Xia Jing said.

"My Divine Might Army has always been to the east of the Fire Demon Clan, and your Black Armor Army is to the north, right?"

"It's a long story." A member of the Fire Demon tribe said, "Actually, this has something to do with you, Brother Zhao."

"Eh? You are..."

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

"Brother Guan?" Zhao Xing suddenly realized. "It's you."

"I'm sorry, Brother Zhao." Guan Junyang said faintly, "You recognized Brother Xia's voice the moment you heard it, but I didn't recognize you until now."

"Cough cough." Zhao Xing coughed twice tactically, and it was no one's fault.

His relationship with Guan Junyang was indeed average. In the Shiyang Cave, Guan Junyang was in Tianshiyuan, and they did not have many interactions.

"Didn't you mention the Earth Fire Lotus to me before?" Xia Jing said, "I went back and checked, and found that this thing can only be found in the Nanman Flame Mountain."

"Later, when we were going to fight the Fire Demons, we discovered that the most cost-effective one was the Earth Fire Lotus, so we thought about stealing some fifth-level seeds."

Zhao Xing and Xia Jing did talk about the Earth Fire Lotus. When he was doing the advancement mission in the military world, he also shared some information with Xia Jing, Zhuang Ziqing, Cao Shuang and others.

Because the advanced tasks in the military world are in great demand, they cannot be completed by one person.

It's good to use it to show favor.

Most people cannot accept Zhao Xing's favor, because not everyone can do the advanced tasks, and if you don't have some skills, you can only watch.

But Xia Jing is different. Not only can he do it, he also dares to put it into action.

"Are you here just for this?" Zhao Xing asked. It made sense that there was an expert in the Xuanjia Army who could grow Earth Fire Lotus.

"There are other things." Xia Jing thought about it and did not hide it, "My father once planted a disc in Huolong Pass."

"Although I am not slow in making contributions in the Black Armor Army, if I want to lead an army on my own, I must have a record of success."

"The Earth Fire Lotus is only secondary. I came here to find out the military deployment of Fire Dragon Pass."

Military spy?

Zhao Xing glanced at Lao Chen.

The latter couldn't help but shook his head.

The Shenwei Army's foundation is too shallow, let alone the placement of military spies. It was even disbanded once a few years ago.

It has been less than two years since the reorganization, so where can we find spies to plant? Besides, there is not enough time.

"How did you get in?" Long Xiao asked doubtfully, "Did you guys sneak in as well?"

"Escape?" Xia Jing was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean by escape? Did you escape from the front?"

"No way, there are so many magic arrays, mechanisms, and secret passages under the Fire Dragon Pass, how could you escape here?" Guan Junyang was also shocked.

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

"Of course I asked someone to pick me up. We were in the southwest section of Huoyan Mountain. I asked for a secret driver to pick me up. I hid in the mountains for half a month." Xia Jing said.

"Over there? How could you stay so long?"

"I have a fifth-grade, top-grade fireproof suit. Don't you have one?"

"..."

Chen Shijie, Yu Ziqi and Long Xiao were all feeling a little melancholy.

People are more infuriating than people.

Xia Jing is only at the seventh rank, but he is already wearing a fifth-rank top-quality suit.

And there is more than one set.

Their Thousand Machine Changes is also a set, unlike Zhao Xing and the others who only bought a headgear.

In terms of changes alone, the headgear is only 20% less effective than the entire suit.

But Xia Jing has the financial resources and confidence to strive for excellence.

The two identities of a genius in the Xuanjia Army and the prince of Xiahou made it easy for Xia Jing to infiltrate Huolong Pass.

How to get in? It's simple, just find a spy to pick it up.

It was said so lightly.

"To be able to get you in, you must be a spy of high status."

"It's not low. He is responsible for personnel transfers." Xia Jing said, "But it's not high either. I didn't expect that the fifth-level area still requires a password. It was a mistake. I almost died at the hands of my own people."

"I didn't expect you to come." Zhao Xing said, "And how did you learn to trick people? You were not like this before."

"In an emergency, we must take the necessary measures. Who cares about whether it is shady or not?" Xia Jing chuckled. "Isn't this what you told me during training?"

The prince actually had the tendency to become the sixth son, and it was probably influenced by himself. Zhao Xing felt complicated for a moment.

"Okay, stop chatting and tell me what happened." Chen Shijie said, "You went to the fifth-level Earth Fire Spirit Lake. How was it? Did you gain anything?"

"No." Xia Jing shook his head.

"No?" Yu Ziqi snorted coldly, pointing at the box behind them and said, "Then what is this? We don't want yours, we just want to ask about the situation."

Xia Jing did not argue and directly opened his and Guan Junyang's boxes.

Zhao Xing and Chen Shijie took a look and found that they were all fourth-level seeds.

"How could this happen? Aren't you going back to the old ways?" Zhao Xing asked.

"I want to know why too." Xia Jing said, "I saw the Earth Fire Lotus, but I just couldn't get it."

"I think it might be the Mountain Sealing Technique." Guan Junyang sighed, "The Level 5 Earth Fire Spirit Lake area is located inside the Flame Mountain and has been imposed the 'Mountain Sealing Technique'."

"The method of closing the mountain?" Zhao Xing recalled the scene of the opening of Donghu Mountain.

One of the passages in the Mountain Closure Law mentioned that "the road is passable without damaging the plants and trees. The mountain is accessible without seeing any beasts."

The general meaning is that if you go into a closed-off area, you won't see any animals or creatures, and naturally you won't be able to hunt them.

Flowers, plants and trees cannot be harmed either, because they are all affected by the advanced mountain sealing method.

The situations of Huoyan Mountain and Donghu Mountain are different.

It didn't seal the whole mountain, nor did it ask the 'Eight Directions True Lords' to protect it; it was sealed purely with magic.

The Great Zhou's opening and closing of mountains were all done with the help of the power of the Yin God.

Therefore, in the Lingshan Mountains of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a ninth-rank Si Nong could open or close the lower-level Lingshan Mountains.

However, the methods of opening mountains and closing mountains are both high-level methods. There is no Yin God system in the Southern Barbarians, so the power of Yin God cannot be borrowed.

So there must be a powerful Taoist master here who has sealed off the planting area of ​​the fifth-level Earth Fire Lotus.

"It's troublesome." Zhao Xing frowned and said, "Old Chen, can you solve it?"

“I don’t know.” Chen Shijie shook his head. “For high-level sealing techniques, everyone’s methods are slightly different. We’ll have to wait and see. But even if we can solve it, it will definitely alert that person.”

"Brother Xia, can your retreat route accommodate four more people?" Zhao Xing asked.

Originally, he planned to get the things and return the same way without alerting the guards at Huolong Pass.

But if you want to get the fifth-level seed, it is impossible not to alert the guards.

Once the guards are alerted, it would be a life-threatening situation to try to return the same way.

Xia Jing fell into deep thought.

If there was a big commotion, the spy his father had planted here might be found out.

Xia Jing also wanted to attack Huolong Pass, and he had already persuaded the commander of the Xuanjia Army to send him an elite force.

He also hoped to use these hidden discs when fighting at Fire Dragon Pass.

If I use it now, is it worth it?

"Brother Zhao, the four of you can retreat with me, but it's best not to alert the guards. The fifth-level Earth Fire Spirit Lake is not necessary, but next time we attack Fire Dragon Pass, these spies will be useful."

"The Black Armor Army can cooperate with the Divine Might Army." Xia Jing said, "After taking down Fire Dragon Pass, including continuing to fight afterwards, the credit will be enough for our two families to share."

After Xia Jing finished speaking, Zhao Xing also fell into deep thought.

He exchanged opinions with Lao Chen via voice transmission.

"I think what Xia Jing said makes sense. What do you think?"

"Things that are mutually beneficial can indeed be done." Chen Shijie said, "I can convince the general to cooperate." The general here, of course, does not refer to Liao Rulong, but Jia Pu, who is temporarily taking over the position of General Shenwei.

Only if he gives the order will Wen Shaoyang and Liao Rulong cooperate.

Otherwise, problems will easily arise when the two armies cooperate.

"As for whether to take the fifth-level seeds or not, that depends on your opinion." Chen Shijie said, "You know the high-level essence analysis technique, but you have to grow the earth fire lotus first."

"I don't think it's necessary to take this risk." Zhao Xing said, "If we really open this mountain, we might not be able to leave. Only powerful people can use high-level mountain-opening methods."

"Then retreat."

In a few words, the plan was changed.

Zhao Xing said to Xia Jing, "Brother Xia, we have cancelled our plan to steal the fifth-level seeds and will retreat now. As for cooperation, you can come to Zhiyou City to find us later."

"Aren't you going to retreat with us?" Xia Jing asked.

"No, with four more people, it will be difficult to arrange your plates. It will be safer for us to return the way we came without alerting the guards." Zhao Xing said, "Brother Guan, do you know how to escape? If you do, you can consider retreating with us."

Leaving Xia Jing's spy behind will be of great help in conquering Huolong Pass.

The Shenwei Army does not have this kind of help.

"I can't." Guan Junyang was a little embarrassed.

He is from Tianshi Academy, and his escape skills are just average. Chen Shijie and Zhao Xing both use high-level escape skills, so how could Guan Junyang know that?

It is not impossible to carry one more person with you when using the escape technique, but if you do so, the consumption will increase exponentially.

To be on the safe side, everyone should retreat in their own way and not go together.

"Brother Xia, take care."

"You too."

Without much chatting, the six people quickly separated.

Zhao Xing and his four companions began to return along the original route.

They first came out of the lava cave and came to the ruins outside.

Then escape into the cave space.

The Thousand Machine Transformations were activated, and they transformed into Loba, Xuba, Howe, and Lah.

After swaggering back to the cave to change shifts.

He used his escape technique again, returned the same way and left Fire Dragon Pass.

When they reached thirty miles away, Zhang Ying and Xu Quan, two groups of five elements magicians, were still waiting in the cave.

"Shu~"

The Five Elements Warlock immediately became alert.

"Don't do anything, we are all on the same side." Chen Shijie said.

"Brother Chen, you're back!" Zhang Ying and Xu Quan smiled. "What was the result?"

"It's hard to say yet." Chen Shijie said, "Let's go back first."

"Zhao Xing and I have almost exhausted our energy. Please lead the way."

"no problem."

Zhang Ying and Xu Quan immediately used their escape skills. Several groups of people took turns casting spells and took turns to carefully escape underground.

It was not until they were a hundred miles away from Huolong Pass that they returned to the ground and took the flying boat back.

"Whoo~"

Everyone in the group breathed a sigh of relief.

This mission is quite dangerous, after all, it is the Fire Dragon Pass.

It is not easy to sneak in, and it is not easy to get out.

Once alarmed, they will be outnumbered and find it difficult to escape.

However, Zhang Ying and Xu Quan had no idea that they had Zhao Xing, who understood the mechanism, to lead the way.

They had no trouble at all on this trip.

The biggest trouble was actually caused by Xia Jing and Guan Junyang. They almost killed their own people, and who knows what kind of people will come to spy on them by then.

Naoyuki Castle.

"Whoo~"

The flying boat descended from the sky, and Liao Rulong and Pu Zhong had been waiting for a long time.

"Old Chen, how is it?"

Liao Rulong ran over, full of anticipation.

"It's not complete yet, but it's almost there." Chen Shijie said.

"What do you mean?" Liao Rulong asked anxiously, "Is it possible?"

"It depends on whether Zhao Xing can grow a fifth-level Earth Fire Lotus." Chen Shijie said, "If he can grow even one, we will be considered successful, but we only found fourth-level seeds."

"The Earth Fire Lotus is a rare item among the fifth rank, and its growth conditions are rather harsh. If it doesn't work, please don't blame me, Captain."

Chen Shijie was giving a warning, telling Liao Rulong not to have too high expectations.

If it fails it's normal, if it succeeds it's a surprise.

"Of course, of course." Liao Rulong rubbed his hands and looked at Zhao Xing. "Xiao Zhao, just do it. If you have any needs, just let me know. I will transfer all of Lao Chen's Nine Section Camps to you."

"If it's not enough, I'll transfer Si Nong to you from the supply city in the rear."

"That's enough." Zhao Xing said, "Captain, there's no need to mobilize any more people. I'll plant the crops first."

"Okay, okay, then I'll wait for your good news." Liao Rulong gave a few simple instructions and left expectantly, so as not to waste Zhao Xing's time.

"Is there an active volcano near Naoyu Castle?"

"No, the Flame Mountain Range in the Fire Demon Tribe's territory has produced a ground-vein aggregation effect. There are no active volcanoes within a hundred miles, including the Wolf God's territory."

"Where?"

"There is an active volcano near the 32nd city of the Lieyang Army." Chen Shijie thought. "But our army has a mediocre relationship with the Lieyang Army. I wonder if they are willing to lend us the place."

To grow fire lotus in large quantities, you first need a volcano, so as to reduce the difficulty of growth and speed up the process.

Zhao Xing didn't need that. His Moment of Origin, even when combined with ordinary Earth Fire, could make a fourth-order Earth Fire Lotus seed evolve into a fifth-order one after it matured.

When the fifth-level Earth Fire Lotus matures, the seeds it produces will be of the fifth level.

At this time, other farmers can also start planting.

They no longer have to break the shackles of growth because the seeds are already at level five.

But if there are not enough growth conditions, it may degenerate back to the third or fourth stage.

So, volcanoes are necessary, otherwise others won’t be able to survive!

The robes made of the Earth Fire Lotus need to be equipped for the entire army. It is impossible for Zhao Xing alone to supply equipment for tens of thousands of troops in a short period of time.

"Who is the commander of City No. 32?" Zhao Xing asked, "You won't refuse me just to borrow a volcano, right?"

"Look at the advanced and basic tasks that are now available in the military world of the ground mirror. They are all related to fire attribute plants."

“Active volcanoes were not necessarily taken seriously before, but now they have become a resource.”

"Can we choose another place?" Zhao Xing asked.

"If it's any further, we'll have to retreat to the border of Yingyuan Prefecture and plant it in the Fengming Mountains."

"But now the whole army is occupying space, so it may be difficult to borrow the volcano." Chen Shijie said, "Let's see how Captain Liao communicates."

"If all else fails, we can find a dead volcano." Zhao Xing said, "I know volcanic magic. If there is a dead volcano, I can also create an active volcano."

"If there isn't even an extinct volcano, the delay will be longer."

It is true that the Volcano Method is a high-level method, but Zhao Xing's Volcano Method is only at the third level, which is the entry level, not even a small Chengdu.

Building a volcano is not something that can be done in ten days or half a month.

Half a day later.

Liao Rulong hurriedly found Zhao Xing.

"Yes, yes, I found one!"

"There is a volcano in Dongsang City of the Wolf God Tribe."

"Captain, what's the situation?" Zhao Xing asked.

"It hasn't erupted in a hundred years, but there's still smoke and gas coming out." Liao Rulong asked, "Can this work?"

"Captain, I can only say I'll give it a try," said Zhao Xing.

"You can try." Liao Rulong felt a little ashamed, "It's my fault for not thinking carefully enough to occupy a volcano."

In fact, it’s not Liao Rulong’s fault. Before this, who would have thought of occupying a volcano as a resource?

When Zhao Xing started his plan, volcanoes had already become a scarce resource.

The quick hand will get the quick hand, after all, the Fire Demon Clan has so many troops, and the demand for resources in this area has increased sharply.

"Dongsang City is guarded by Jiang Ming of the Zhenhai Army, but I have already informed him." Liao Rulong said, "He is willing to give it up, but after you succeed, you must also allow their Si Nong to grow crops there."

"No problem." Zhao Xing nodded. "Let's set off now without further delay."

　The 10,000-word update is complete. I’ll come back another day to calculate how much I owe.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)