Chapter 2 Clouds and Rain
After the little episode, Zhao Xing continued to plant rice seedlings and finished sowing the last acre of public land he was responsible for before sunset.

Basic and primary spells upgrade very quickly in the early stage, and the proficiency of the primary spell "Thriving Growth" has accumulated to 200 points.

Looking at the neatly lined, green fields, Zhao Xing stood up and clapped his hands in satisfaction.

When I finished work, I took a look at the panel out of habit.

【Name: Zhao Xing】

[Realm: Unqualified]

【Qi Luck: Yan Yi】

[Spell: Basic Cultivation (Maximum Level)]

【Growing Strong: Beginner (201/9999)】

[Xingyun: Beginner (352/9999)]

[Ju Yuan: Level 58 (100/)]

Since there is no job change, the panel data is quite simple.

These will change when you obtain a profession or when the version is updated, but even from these limited data, Zhao Xing was able to recall a lot of additional information.

"After the Great Zhou Taizu unified the 19 states, he made a great wish that all the talents in the world would be in my urn, and my law would be the law for all ages."

"He unified the realm of cultivation and set the 'Ninth Grade and Thirty Levels'"

"Below the fourth rank, there are Zheng, Cong, Shang, and Xia. Above the fourth rank, there are only Zheng and Cong."

"Then, with great magical power, I bound the dynasty's destiny and set a rule: Only the people of the Zhou Dynasty can practice."

"And build temples and spread the Dharma in 19 states."

"This system has been used until the revival version, or it can be updated only when the player breaks through the level limit."

In the early days, this system was often complained by players on the forum: This is not as good as the 'half-step peak perfection'!

Since he has not changed his job yet, his realm is "low quality".

The Qiyun system is divided into forty-nine levels.

It means that Dayan is fifty and Tianyan is forty-nine.

To have good fortune is basically the standard for hundreds of millions of ordinary people.

It also affects the effectiveness and success rate of certain spells. For example, the [Walking Clouds] that I just cast has a "great success" effect, which is purely a matter of luck.

The three kinds of magic are called "Shu" and the gathering of Yuan is called "Gong".

Billions of people can gather their energy, strengthen their bodies, increase their lifespan and happiness. This is another achievement of Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Under the premise that spiritual energy has not recovered on a large scale, civil and military officials can use the weaker level of vitality to drive powerful spells.

"Practicing cultivation is like building a towering building. The dynasty luck of the Great Zhou can help people build the foundation and add bricks and tiles. An imperial decree can make them rise to the top, increase their lifespan and change their fate, and directly reach the first-class realm."

"If you don't become an official, you will be limited by your qualifications and stuck at a bottleneck until you die of old age, while others will rise straight up. The unified Qiyun Dynasty, relying on this official-oriented cultivation system, has truly achieved the goal of attracting all the talents in the world."

"However, the disadvantages are also obvious. The same imperial decree can also send them into the abyss, depriving them of their cultivation and returning their luck to the court."

"I remember there is a way to eat the sugar coating and shoot the shell back...but it's too early to think about this now."

"In this era, the Great Zhou is in an invincible mode. Now is the reign of Emperor Jing. After Emperor Wu, the invincible Great Zhou will begin to decline. By then, this model of a dynasty of destiny will have more and more flaws..."

Thinking of this, Zhao Xing couldn't help but shake his head and smile. It was not because he felt sorry for the Great Zhou, but a self-deprecating smile.

He didn’t even know if he could survive the Emperor Wu period, and now he hadn’t even received a job transfer mission.

The Zhao family of Gucheng was a wealthy family in Nanyang County and had a long-standing reputation for their virtue.

Every few years, they would fund the imperial institution "Charity Home" and even send clan members to personally adopt orphans displaced by natural disasters. Zhao Xing was one example.

The Zhao family's businesses cover food, clothing, housing, transportation, as well as highly profitable industries such as machinery and forging.

As a big family, donating money to other government agencies would be suspected of collusion between officials and businessmen and would easily be criticized.

But when it comes to charity, the voices of doubt are much smaller.

Zhao Xing's adoptive father was Zhao Ruide, from the Donghu branch. In his early years, he worked as an escort and guard in a caravan and lived a very comfortable life.

Unexpectedly, he lost his father at the age of 45. His wife and only son fell into the water and died while on a boat trip.

Due to the hidden injuries accumulated from traveling all over the country, the doctor diagnosed that it would be difficult for him to have children, so with the arrangement and persuasion of his family, Zhao Ruide took the 6-year-old Zhao Xing back from the charity home and adopted him as his son.

Originally, he was quite fond of Zhao Xing, but unexpectedly, things have changed in recent years.

Because six years after Zhao Ruide adopted his adopted son, his concubine actually gave birth to a boy for him!
Zhao Ruide, who was an old man, was overjoyed and immediately promoted his concubine to be his wife. At the same time, he gave all his love to his biological son and gradually became estranged from Zhao Xing in the past few years.

Looking at the Zhao family compound in front of him and recalling his original experience, Zhao Xing felt a little emotional and pushed the door open.

Zhao Ruide was enjoying the cool under a willow tree and fanning a child who was napping on the mat. When he saw Zhao Xing come in, he quickly gestured to keep quiet and just pointed to the kitchen, telling him to go eat by himself.

Zhao Xing didn't care that his family hadn't waited for him to eat. He bowed and went to the kitchen.

Normally, the relationship between adoptive father and son wouldn't be so estranged, but Zhao Xing was a latecomer. He didn't experience the years when Zhao Ruide loved the original owner the most. So, being superficially respectful was a comfortable way of getting along for him.

What about Zhao Ruide? He was not interested in Zhao Xing. He had a disagreement over Zhao Xing's employment before. He wanted Zhao Xing to learn martial arts or do business, but Zhao Xing insisted on joining the Sinong Supervisor. How much money could one make as a Sinong official? How promising was his career?
In the end, they couldn't help but acquiesced, but their relationship became more distant.

If the relationship with his adoptive father was distant, then the relationship with his second wife, Mrs. Cai, was indifferent.

As soon as he entered the kitchen, Zhao Xing heard a sharp voice coming from outside the door.

"Is his nose a dog's? It's really sharp! He came back as soon as the meat was stewed at home. Could it be that the smell of the stewed meat drifted to the Ministry of Agriculture?"

"Shh, stop talking. Zheng'er is tired from playing and just fell asleep... Eating a few pieces of meat is not a big deal. It's not like our family can't afford it."

"I don't feel bad about the money, but he's already 18 or 19 years old, and he doesn't give any money to his family. Which other family doesn't know how to respect their family?"

"Master, you raised him, but he never listened to you and insisted on entering the Ministry of Agriculture. That would be fine, but it's been almost a year and he still hasn't been admitted. I'm afraid he will come to compete with Zheng'er for the family in the future..."

"Are you done yet? Why are you saying this? I'm not dead yet!"

"Woooo..."

"Oh, crying again, it's really annoying. Look, you woke Zheng'er up..."

Then came the crying of children and the wailing of women.

"Madam Cai, Madam Cai, I have already said clearly that I will not share Zheng'er's property in the future. Why don't you believe me? I am ashamed of your crying."

Zhao Xing was thinking in his mind, but his body was very honest. He quickly opened the lid of the pot and started eating quickly and with big mouthfuls.

Zhao Ruide had some savings and was also a martial artist. There were four big pots on the kitchen stove, three of which were filled with meat.

The Minister of Agriculture did not provide breakfast or dinner, and the minor officials had no salary to speak of, only some subsidies.

To improve the proficiency of the [Ju Yuan] technique, to put it simply, you need to do everything you can to absorb the vital energy of heaven and earth, strengthen your own energy, qi and blood, and first of all, you cannot eat too badly.

It is only natural for a son to eat his father! Even if he is an adopted son!

Sinong players are all pragmatic and shamelessly try to get something for free, so Zhao Xing has to get it first!

The louder the crying outside, the faster Zhao Xing ate.

By the time the sound died down, he was full.

Seeing that the progress of the Juyuan column had increased by another 3 points, Zhao Xing touched his mouth and walked out of the kitchen with satisfaction.

When the person involved came out, Mrs. Cai stopped making a fuss. After all, she had to give the master some face.

Zhao Xing was used to it, so he bowed to the two of them and said, "Greetings to my foster father and madam. I'm going back to my room to rest."

Zhao Ruide nodded slightly, signaling Zhao Xing to leave quickly as he wanted to have some peace and quiet.

Mrs. Cai began to mutter again: "Every time he comes home, he eats and goes to sleep, and never plays with Zheng'er for a while. Are all the people recruited by the Ministry of Agriculture a bunch of gluttons?..."

"..."

This is really unfair to Zhao Xing.

He went back to his room, but he didn't really intend to sleep.

Close the door, light three incense sticks, and grind special materials into ink.

There was a wastebasket next to the desk, filled with a lot of crumpled yellow paper.

What Zhao Xing needs to do now is to obtain a secondary profession - talisman maker.

"Fortunately, in this period, the skills are complete, the materials are cheap, and there are many ways to obtain them, so it doesn't take much effort."

Zhao Xing picked up his brush, dipped it in ink, and began to draw talismans on the yellow paper.

Maybe it was because I had tried it too many times, or maybe it was because my energy was growing day by day, this time it went unusually smoothly.

When the brushstrokes were about to finish, Ju Yuan was activated, and a ray of light was transmitted from the fingertips to the pen, and then extended to the yellow paper. The entire yellow paper then emitted a faint light, and then was completely absorbed by it.

[You have successfully comprehended the art of talisman making and created a guiding talisman]

[You obtain the secondary job 'Talisman Maker']

[Basic Guiding Talisman (1/1000): Stick it on your body to speed up the absorption of the vitality of heaven and earth]

"There are more than 500 people in the Sino-Agricultural Supervisory Office, but less than five people are eligible for regular employment each year. If you want to compete with the wealthy children of a wealthy family like Li Chengfeng, you have to overtake them."

Can he make a lot of money by becoming a talisman maker? Can you help him get ashore?
Obviously not. Zhao Xing thought that if he went out to sell his products at this level, customers would overthrow him and he would never be able to outsell other talisman makers.

Therefore, his goal was not to be a deputy position at all.

Taking advantage of the good feel, Zhao Xing began to try to draw the second talisman.

Soon he obtained a second basic talisman.

[You have successfully mastered the art of talisman making and created a soul-soothing talisman]

[Soul-soothing Talisman: has the effect of calming the soul and calming the mind]

"It's done!"

Zhao Xing put the Guiding Talisman on his abdomen and the Soul-Calming Talisman on his forehead, then lay on the bed in a strange posture, muttering to himself:
"Student Zhao Xing, begs Dameng Academy to open the door to study."

(End of this chapter)