Chapter 23 Beginning of Autumn Assessment
By giving students additional training, you can also convince yourself that you value talent.

Using a fourth-level "preaching painting" to help Zhao Xing pass the exam was purely out of selfish motives.

This was the first time that the old Minister of Agriculture had used his power for personal gain, so he was still a little reluctant. He did not say a word during the entire meal, and after the meal, he told Zhao Xing to get out.

Zhao Xing also tacitly did not mention it, bowed and said goodbye and went home.

With the help of old Si Nong this time, the primary spell has grown to the maximum level.

While observing the rubbings of the growth diagram of all things, he comprehended an intermediate spell [Wild Growth].

Farm spells are divided into 'practical' and 'super practical'.

This intermediate spell is a super practical spell.

[Wild Growth: Intermediate Spell]

【Progress: 0/9999】

[Effect: After casting, the destructive power exceeds the bearing capacity of the environment and affects the survival of other species. ]

The proficiency of intermediate spells still increases by 1000 points per turn, and the upper limit is the same, but the difficulty of improvement has increased accordingly.

Why is Wild Growth super practical? Because it is a strong confrontation spell!
In the process of shortening the plant's maturity cycle, it will frantically grab the surrounding nutrients in an extremely destructive manner, exceeding the environment's own carrying capacity.

Most importantly, it will squeeze the living space of other plant life and even extract the vitality of other plants as nutrients.

The subsequent advancement route of this spell, after the resurrection version, has a very cool name - "I am the only one who can do it!"

It is also praised by Sinong players as the 'civil war magic skill'. My plants can survive, but yours cannot. It is extremely domineering!

As for the other basic spell obtained from the rubbing of the diagram of the growth of all things, it is also very practical.

[Earth Vein Comprehensive Element: Primary Spell]

【Progress: 0/9999】

[Effect: Draw the power of the earth veins, integrate the earth vein vitality]

The earth veins are the foundation of the world, and any place is connected to the spiritual veins deep underground, but the strength varies.

Earth Vein Synthesis is an auxiliary spell that can capture the essence of the earth veins to make the land in a certain area fertile.

Based on [Earth Vein Comprehensive Element], the ultimate goal is to advance to [Five Elements Blessed Land].

This is a spell from the Geely School. This series of spells has a nickname called 'stealing magic'.

Unlike [Wild Growth], it is not easy to detect and is highly concealed.

Many masters like to upgrade this spell to a very high level, and then go to other people’s paradises to secretly cast spells and enrich themselves.

What's stealing vegetables? I just stole the earth's vitality!

"It's hard to change one's nature... Why is it that I have only realized this kind of Old Six magic?" Everyone gains different insights from observing the diagram of the growth of all things, just like the randomness of the teachings in the temple. Zhao Xing guessed that he had been Old Six too many times in his previous life.

It was already dark when I got home, but it was not too late.

Zhao Xing planned to go to his own vegetable garden to practice his two newly acquired spells.

Not long after entering the vegetable garden, the little brother came running over with a lantern in his hand, very excited.

"Brother, what the hell are you doing? Are you making a midnight snack?"

Zhao Xing was a little speechless: "Didn't your mother give you dinner? It's just getting dark and you want a midnight snack."

"I ate it, hehe, but it's not as delicious as what my brother made." Zhao Zheng seemed to have thought of something and slurped it.

Although this eldest brother liked to beat him, he also had his merits. He could cook delicious meals and could always make some delicious preserved fruits.

"Brother, I'll hold the lamp for you! I'll light the fire for you when you cook." "Go away, go away." Zhao Xing said with some disgust, "There's a box of snacks under my bedside table, go find some and don't bother me here."

"Thank you, big brother!!!" The younger brother hung the lamp on the fence next to him and ran away.

After tinkering with it for about two hours, Zhao Xing saw that both spells had reached the first level, so he stopped working on them.

Tomorrow we will start the Beginning of Autumn exam, so we still need to maintain our energy.

Early the next morning, Zhao Xing got up, washed and prepared to go out. His adoptive father Zhao Ruide was already practicing boxing in the yard. His movements were very slow and it was a health-preserving style of boxing.

"Foster father, I'm going to the office." Zhao Xing greeted.

Seeing that Zhao Xing was empty-handed, Zhao Ruide asked, "Why don't you bring a lantern? The family doesn't need your money."

"I can now see at night." Zhao Xing's mind moved, and in the dark night, his pupils suddenly turned yellow-green.

"Oh?" Zhao Ruide took a look and nodded slightly: "Then before you leave, go and help me wake up Zheng'er."

"Okay." Zhao Xing ran to another room and kicked the door open without any hesitation.

Since last year, Zhao Zheng has been sleeping separately from Madam Cai. It was Zhao Xing who forced him to do this. Otherwise, Madam Cai, who loves her baby so much, would have to sleep with the baby for a few more years.

"Who the hell dares to disturb me..." He cursed before even opening his eyelids, but after opening them, he immediately swallowed the words back.

"Get up! Put on your clothes." Zhao Xing pulled aside the thin blanket and picked up Zhao Zheng. The boy was actually sleeping with the candied fruit jar in his arms.

"Brother, brother, what's wrong?" Zhao Zheng was confused, but he still put on his clothes obediently.

"Go out and practice martial arts."

"Ah?" Zhao Zheng frowned, "The chicken didn't even crow..."

"Ok?"

"Yes, big brother! I'm dressed!" Zhao Zheng quickly backed off. Anyway, his big brother would leave soon, and if he resisted, he would be beaten. But he could go out to practice martial arts, act cute with his parents, and even take a nap.

After waking up Zhao Zheng, Zhao Xing went out to the Sinong Supervisor.

Mrs. Cai woke up after a while because she heard the child crying for food.

She quickly got up and ran to the vegetable garden, only to find it flourishing. She couldn't help but exclaimed, "Ah! How come the seedlings I planted a few days ago have already..."

"…The Beginning of Autumn test will be held in the Baicao Garden."

"It starts at si hour on August 6 and ends at xu hour on August 9."

When I was just a thousand meters away from the Sinongjian, I heard a voice circling in my ears. It was Chen Shijie's voice.

"The sound can be carried by the wind over several miles and is clear and audible. The ninth-rank Minister of Agriculture is indeed extraordinary in strength." Zhao Xing thought to himself.

This is an advanced application of the [Wind Raising] spell, and the control over the vital energy is far beyond the reach of a petty official.

But there are even more exaggerated ones, such as Li Wenzhen, the Lord of Gucheng County. When he issued a "recruitment order", he demonstrated his ability of "golden voice and jade voice, which can be heard a hundred miles away", but that was also with the help of some external forces.

Zhao Xing listened carefully for a while, then rushed to the Sinong Bureau and almost understood the rules.

It starts at Si time on August 6th and ends at Xu time on August 9th, which is about four days and three nights.

Each official can select any number of plants in the "seedling area" of the Baicao Garden, and then cultivate them in the "planting area".

Officials can enter at any time during these three days, but once they enter, they are not allowed to leave.

It ended at exactly 10:00 p.m. on August 9th, and people sent by the county government witnessed, counted the results, and kept the records for archiving.

There are three criteria for judging, which are to be based on the quality of the seeds or seedlings selected by the officials, the number of plants that survive, and the condition of the plants after they survive.

(End of this chapter)