Chapter 247: Opening up the Pure Yuan Space, the Effect of Xuan Huang Xi Yuan Technique! ()

"Have you heard my story?"

Faced with the sudden "admiration", Mi Fu looked at Zhao Xing with some suspicion.

He had no impression of Zhao Xing's face, and was not familiar with the name.

"Of course!" Zhao Xing looked like a little fanboy. "Your glorious deeds cannot be described in three days and three nights."

Zhao Xing began to talk about Mi Fu's deeds.

He was well prepared and didn't talk about things too far in the past, so that Mi Fu himself would not be able to remember them.

I didn't say anything too close, lest Mi Fu feel that I was staring at him and become suspicious.

What you want to say cannot be too detailed, nor too brief, and you need to exaggerate slightly when you say it, so that it fits the perspective of the fan.

"In the 259th year of the Dingxin calendar, you served as an official in Longjing County, Guangling Prefecture. During your three years in office, you dug 46 canals, moved seven mountains, and reclaimed 5 million acres of fertile land for the people of Longjing County. Later, because of a disagreement with the local county magistrate, he impeached you, found fault with you, and demoted you and sent you back to your hometown. Such behavior, Longjing County magistrate, is simply unscrupulous!"

Mi Fu raised his chin unconsciously, but then waved his hand and said, "It's not as much as 5 million acres. I'll be demoted and sent back home. That bastard won't have a good life either. He'll be demoted two levels as well."

Zhao Xing bowed and said, "In the 263rd year of the Dingxin calendar, you returned to Guangyuan County, Yuanpin Prefecture, and served as the land register magistrate of Minghu County. You investigated the two million acres of land that were hidden by large households. You also returned farmland to forests, closed the mountains for four years, and regulated the water veins, allowing Minghu Lake to resume its function of storing water and preventing floods. It only took three years for the land tax in Minghu County and the grain stored in the granary to return to the level at the beginning of the Dingxin calendar."

"This is a move that will benefit the people. You are an honest official, and the local dignitaries are extremely hateful, but they can't do anything to you, so they have to buy an official position to transfer you away. It is said that when you left office, the people saw you off for more than ten miles, and they wished they could witness the grand occasion."

Mi Fu straightened his chest unconsciously. Although Zhao Xing's words were still a bit exaggerated and the numbers were not very accurate, these words really touched his heart.

"...In the first year of the Jingxin calendar, I heard that you encountered the Xuantian Sect causing chaos on your way to join the army..."

"I didn't go to join the army, nor was it in the first year, but in the third year of the Jingxin calendar. At that time, I went to assist the Liangshan Army." Mi Fu recalled, "Humph, the Xuantian monsters actually dared to kidnap my subordinates. How could I let them go?"

"You should have made great contributions, why were you demoted?"

Zhao Xing poured wine for Mi Fu. At this time, the two had moved to another place to chat and came to the government office in the city.

"The commander of the Liangshan Army is really useless. He failed to catch the leader of the bandits and actually blamed me, saying that I was incompetent and let the bandits escape."

Mi Fu drank the whole thing and wiped his mouth casually: "How can I tolerate such a villain? Anyway, he was already ostracized by his colleagues at that time. He was either transferred or demoted. I simply hung him up and beat him up."

"Hehe, at that time I had already learned the transformation method and changed it into a dog's nose."

"Hahaha, it's really a dog official, so refreshing, I toast to Lord Mi!"

"Hahaha, drink!"

Mi Fu put down the bowl. At this time, the two of them had been drinking for half an hour.

The atmosphere became more and more relaxed, but Mi Fu was still a little wary. He looked at Zhao Xing and asked:

"Chen An, where are you from?"

"To be honest with you, Lord Mi, I am from Nanyang County, Pinghai Prefecture."

"Oh?" Mi Fu was stunned, "That's a bit far."

He had never been to Pinghaizhou, so how did Zhao Xing know about him?
Zhao Xing was well prepared. He cupped his hands and said, "I have a good friend in Hongxia County, Guangling Prefecture. His name is Wei Wuji, and he is a direct descendant of the Duke of Wei."

"My elders also served in Shangluo Academy. After hearing about Lord Mi's deeds, I admired him and asked around. The more I learned, the more I felt that you were a genius of the time and should not be exiled in a place like Guixu City."

"Hahaha, it doesn't matter to me where I am." Mi Fu didn't care about his situation at all.

After chatting for a while, he completely let down his guard against Zhao Xing.

The main reason is that Mi Fu thought he had nothing worth copying.

If the former enemy had sent an assassin, they would not have targeted a marquis and harmed him so openly.

In fact, Mi Fu was quite famous in several major counties of Guangling Prefecture and Yuanpin Prefecture.

The reason why it couldn’t be found before was mainly because the area of ​​the Nineteen States was too large. Pinghai State alone was larger than the area of ​​the Earth.

In addition, Mi Fu's fame was limited to the county, and he often moved to other places. After a few years or even decades, his fame faded.

Of course, it was also related to the fact that Zhao Xing did not have many connections at the time. Xia Jing was only of the seventh or eighth rank at the time, and he suddenly went across states to look for someone. Zhao Xing did not say what he wanted to do, he just asked around casually, so naturally the search was slow.

"Lord Mi, let me toast you again." Zhao Xing raised his glass.

"Hahaha, good." Mi Fu picked up the wine glass and drank it all, then asked, "What's this cup for?"

Zhao Xing said: "This cup is to honor Lord Mi for not fearing the powerful."

"I heard that Lord Mi's paintings are outstanding, and he was invited by the Sulin Palace in Yuanpin Prefecture to paint. He offered a reward of one million silver, but you refused. Is this true?"

Mi Fu shook his head: "King Sulin didn't offer a reward of one million silver coins, but this has nothing to do with money."

"Oh? Why do you refuse? This can also promote your fame." Zhao Xing asked.

Mi Fu picked up the wine glass and sneered: "Fame? Do you know why the Sulin Palace called me over?"

"Appreciate further details."

Mi Fu drank the wine in one gulp and put the glass down on the table: "That bastard King Sulin wanted me to celebrate the birthday of his grandson."

"Humph, his grandson was only fifteen years old at the time, but he asked officials from all walks of life to celebrate his grandson's birthday. It's ridiculous!"

"This move is just King Surin's way of showing off his authority and eliminating dissidents."

Zhao Xing nodded. According to the traditional customs of the Great Zhou Dynasty, birthday wishes are usually given by younger generations to elders.

Mi Fu was already 100 years old at the time. How could it not be absurd for him to write a congratulatory message for a 15-year-old child and ask him to paint a picture as a gift?

This is similar to calling a horse a deer. It is purely an insult to others and a way of showing off one's authority.

After a long time, Mi Fu was still not satisfied.

So he dragged Zhao Xing to another place and said, "It's pitch black here. Let's go drink somewhere else."

swoosh~
The two of them flew into the sky together, from the government office to another place.

Zhao Xing thought Mi Fu was going to take him to his own residence, but unexpectedly he flew to Fan's Mansion in the south of the city.

Mi Fu entered Fan's house and immediately ordered his servants to bring wine and food.

The head of the Fan family seemed to be accustomed to this kind of thing and was obediently preparing the banquet in the hall.

Zhao Xing didn't ask much why Mi Fu brought him here.

Because Mi Fu had a rather strange personality.

"Don't think these guys are well-behaved. They are all tough guys." Mi Fu pointed at the head of the Fan family who was retreating.

"Guixu City is full of criminals and exiled to this place. Before I came here, the local government officials were not as effective as them."

"The temple is not set up in Xingxu Realm, so as to avoid losing its divine power after closing."

"I often send clones to stay in the residences of these guys."

Zhao Xing nodded. The Xingxu Realm was equivalent to a prison. Many officials and nobles were exiled here, and they reproduced and multiplied here, and many descendants of criminals appeared.

They can no longer be considered citizens of the Great Zhou Dynasty, but if they have no criminal records after a few generations, they will have the opportunity to become citizens of the Zhou Dynasty again.

Mi Fu's method was to use the straw man of his ego to act as the supervisor of the Yin spirit. Usually the straw man would stay in the mansion without moving, but if you dared to do bad things, you had to consider whether you could hide it from Mi Fu's eyes.

Zhao Xing also understood why Uncle Mi brought him here, he just wanted to see if he was really a "fellow traveler".

If he did not agree with Mi Fu's approach, the previous communication would be greatly reduced, and he might even be rejected by Mi Fu.

"Master Mi's method is truly amazing. All it takes is a straw man to make these criminal officials behave themselves."

"Hahaha, Chen An understands me." Mi Fu laughed happily.

For the next half month, Zhao Xing stayed in Guixu City.

He did nothing but treat Mi Fu to good food and drinks and then chat with him.

Mi Fu also felt that the more they talked, the happier they became.

It really gave him a wonderful feeling that there was such a junior in Pinghai Prefecture who admired him so much.

In addition, Zhao Xing was very much to his liking.

Whether talking about the way of agriculture, painting, or music, Zhao Xing can always connect the dots and is quite insightful.

Zhao Xing was not just flattering him randomly, but his words really had substance.

After eating and drinking for half a month, Mi Fu actually felt that he had met the couple too late.

And Zhao Xing was not just flattering insincerely.

In fact, he knew more about Mi Fu than he knew about Liu Tianning.

In the original plan, Zhao Xing wanted to take Mi Fu as his teacher, not Liu Tianning.

Mi Fu holds a very high status in the hearts of players.

How tall is it?

Among the Si Nong players, Mi Fu is known as the 'ancestor of the common people'.

Because of Mi Fu's Xuanhuang Xiyuan technique, Si Nong players can open up pure Yuan soil in advance.

In the Yuanqi Era, the spiritual items needed to practice the Xuanhuang Xiyuan Technique were very precious, but after the recovery of spiritual energy, these things became easy to find.

This secret method alone pulled the Si Nong player out of the sewer profession at that time.

Although it is easy for Zhao Xing to obtain the secret techniques now, in later generations, there are few ways to learn magic and it requires huge expenses.

The combat effectiveness of Sinong players was relatively weak at that time. Pure Yuan soil would only appear at the 50th level of Ju Yuan, and the cost of opening it up was extremely high.

Even if it is opened up, the pure element space of many civilian players is not large enough to accommodate a few plant soldiers.

Even now, the combat effectiveness of Si Nong is generally lower than that of other professions.

A military minister like Zhao Xing is an extreme case. How could an ordinary minister of agriculture, even a military minister, have such an experience as him?
An ordinary military minister at this time would not be able to learn the Wanfa Caoren at all, and at most he would only be able to learn one kind of magic.

At the same time, other professions have already defeated everything in their ranks, but agriculture players are still saving money in the fields, asking others to train them, and dare not go out to fight monsters in the wild.

But the development of Xuanhuang Xiyuanshu changed this phenomenon.

In addition, plants that can be grown in pure elemental space are rare and expensive.

In his later years, Mi Fu wrote "Chun Yuan Derivative Species", which listed more than 800 plant species that can be planted in Chun Yuan soil!

These types of soldiers were bred through derivative hybridization. In simple terms, Mi Fu developed many low-cost and good combat-effective substitute plant soldiers.

He also passed down to later generations the book "Plant Army Corps Techniques", which also shone brightly in the era of spiritual energy revival.

Liu Tianning's Wanfa Grass Man is too high-end. In the later period, Liu Banfeng has many plot tasks, high rewards, and a lot of mystery.

But his popularity is still not as high as Mi Fu's, because that is a task that only advanced players can take. In the hearts of most Sinong players, Mi Fu is the real daddy!

"If I were the Minister of Agriculture, I would save military expenses and prohibit waste and extravagance among the nobles. In addition, I would allow all Ministers of Agriculture to have plant soldiers to reduce their cultivation costs..."

After three rounds of drinking, Mi Fu started to brag to Zhao Xing.

"Mr. Mi's ambition is truly admirable." Zhao Xing looked at Mi Fu, also a little drunk.

In fact, Mi Fu actually served as Minister of Agriculture for a few months.

Why is it so short?

Because Mi Fu had a strange temper, he could not get along with the rich and powerful, and he liked to tease them like a naughty boy. He was also very rude and would always call himself "I" or "your grandfather".

Whenever he encountered something he disagreed with, he would criticize it no matter who it was, even the emperor was no exception.

Mi Fu was born in a poor family and knew well how difficult life was for the common people, so he was strongly opposed to extravagance and waging war.

Emperor Wu sent him to power in order to ask him to raise military funds for him.

As a result, the first thing Mi Fu did when he took office as Minister of Agriculture was to reduce military and royal spending.

How could Emperor Wu tolerate this?

He promoted Mi Fu because he saw that he did a good job in cost control in the position of Shaonongling. He didn't expect that the cost control would also affect himself.

So just a few months after Mi Fu took over Liu Tianning's position, he was demoted to the position of Shao Nong Ling.

"Chen An, come here, let me show you my paintings." Mi Fu, a little drunk, pulled Zhao Xing away.

These days, he was also very well treated by Zhao Xing.

The supplies that Zhao Xing brought were not available in Guixu City.

After dinner, Mi Fu took Zhao Xing to his studio.

"Clang~"

Mi Fu kicked the door open.

Zhao Xing couldn't help but laugh or cry when seeing this. This guy set up the magic circle of the door so that it can only be opened by kicking it hard. It's really unconventional.

"Om~"

After the door opened, bursts of light appeared from inside.

When Zhao Xing took a look, he found that all of them were "Preaching Paintings" above level five.

Next, Mi Fu, under the influence of alcohol, casually painted a picture of "Wind-blown Sails and Horses in Formation".

It has actually reached the fifth level, which allows one to comprehend a popular magic spell.

When Mi Fu was painting, he became extremely focused. All the banditry in his body disappeared. The light shining on his face actually gave him a sense of transcendence.

Zhao Xing originally thought that he knew Mi Fu well enough, but now he could not understand him at first. Mi Fu was truly a man that could be appreciated by both the elite and the masses.

"Chen An, how is it?" After Mi Fu finished the painting, he looked up with a smile.

Zhao Xing leaned over to take a look and immediately exclaimed in admiration: "The power of the wind condenses into a group of war horses. When the strong wind blows, it is like thousands of horses galloping."

"Lord Mi's painting skills are truly amazing. Every stroke of his brush is a fifth-level painting." Zhao Xing praised.

"Hahaha, do you like it?"

"like!"

Mi Fu put down his brush, put his arm around Zhao Xing's shoulders, and pointed at the paintings hanging on the wall: "Since you like them, you can choose any of them. Take whichever one you like."

Zhao Xing was about to ask something, but when he turned around, he found Mi Fu sleeping on the chair.

Zhao Xing smiled, then put his hands behind his back and started searching in Mi Fu's studio.

There are tens of thousands of paintings in Mi Fu's studio. He has only been in Guixu City for three years and has been studying painting for only ten years, but he has created so many excellent paintings. He is as productive as a sow.

"The highest level of preaching painting has reached the sixth level." Zhao Xing stared at a framed painting in the center.

The painting is titled "Sunlight on Golden Mountain".

It contains a "mountain method", including the methods of opening and closing mountains.

But when Zhao Xing took a closer look, he could find that it contained the magic of the time and the magic of the self.

Mi Fu had a wide range of interests. He was also a minister of agriculture who was proficient in three schools of thought. This was not surprising to Zhao Xing.

However, he only paused in front of the painting for a short while before looking away.

After a moment, Zhao Xing's gaze fell on the corner and his pupils shrank.

"found it!"

"The legendary painting "The Mysterious Yellow Sea and Mountains"

Zhao Xing could not hide his excitement. He immediately came to the painting and observed it attentively.

"Om~"

There was a sudden change in front of Zhao Xing's eyes, and the next moment he arrived above the sky.

"When Mi Fu broke through the fifth level, he was full of curiosity about the sky. He kept flying upwards, passing through the strong wind layer and reaching above the ninth heaven."

“However, he could not continue after flying over the ninth layer of the strong wind. He looked down at the 19 states from this altitude, and his understanding of the Tao emerged, so he created this painting.”

Zhao Xing comprehended carefully and found that Mi Fu wanted to explore the ultimate truth of time and nature at the beginning, but he did not realize anything about time and nature, but saw the veins of the nineteen states.

Since I had no inspiration for the method of timing, I planned to create a method of location.

In the end, he created a kind of ego magic - Xuanhuang Xiyuanshu.

This spell is only a mid-level spell of the ego school. It has little effect on the growth of plants, but it can make the "Hou Tu Gravel" stronger.

Eventually, it was developed to produce miraculous results.

"Things in the world are unpredictable. I'm afraid even Mi Fu himself could not have imagined it." Zhao Xing looked down at the land of the Nineteen States, and many mysteries emerged before his eyes.

Because it was the original, he could even understand the truth that Mi Fu had realized at this moment.

One can even understand Mi Fu's complicated feelings when he created this method.

"Om~"

After a while, Zhao Xing looked away.

It was just an intermediate secret technique and it only took him a moment to comprehend it.

"This picture of the mysterious sea and mountains was painted when I broke through to the fifth level and wanted to explore the end of the sky." Mi Fu came to Zhao Xing's side without knowing when.

He said helplessly: "I originally wanted to create a Tianshi method, but in the end I found that I was not capable of it."

"So I wanted to create a geomantic spell. I was in the sky observing the mountains, rivers and oceans, and somehow I created a spell of my own self."

Mi Fu pointed at the painting and said, "It's just an intermediate-level secret technique, and the effect is quite poor. It's really embarrassing."

Mi Fu felt ashamed of it, so he naturally would not sell it, and it was even less likely to be collected by the imperial court.

If Zhao Xing had not taken the initiative to look for it, this painting would probably have been included in the imperial collection only after Mi Fu's death.

"Lord Mi, do you know the effect of this painting on Hou Tu gravel?" Zhao Xing asked.

Mi Fu was surprised and asked, "Chen An, what are you talking about? I painted this picture, how could I not know it?"

"It can promote the growth of gravel in the back soil, but the effect is relatively weak."

Zhao Xing asked: "Can its effect be further improved?"

Mi Fu nodded first, then shook his head: "Theoretically, it is possible."

"The essence analysis technique works on plants, mainly extracting the life essence of the plants, using the way of heaven and earth to continuously purify a certain part of them. It's like a person practicing to enter the pure essence realm."

"This magic of mine, by accident, can make a person's Dantian area undergo deep pure essence transformation, and can affect the growth of Hou Tu's gravel."

"In theory, this essence analysis technique can continue to strengthen Hou Tu gravel and accelerate the birth of pure essence soil. It can even produce pure essence soil without the fifth grade."

"But in reality, this is just wishful thinking."

Zhao Xing asked: "Why?"

"Because we need a lot of high-level rare treasures as auxiliary materials for the magic."

At this point, Mi Fu couldn't help but burst into laughter: "Hahaha, a mere mid-level secret method requires high-level treasures as auxiliary materials, hahahaha..."

Mi Fu seemed to be amused by his own words.

His aim has always been to reduce costs and increase efficiency.

Now there is a spell that requires extremely expensive auxiliary materials, and the final effect is still unknown.

Mi Fu certainly would not conduct in-depth research. He was a little weird, even a little crazy, but he was not really crazy.

"It seems that Mi Fu is not unaware of the purpose of his magic. It's just that he saw that the cost of applying this magic is too high, but the effect is unknown." Zhao Xing said in his heart.

If it were the era of spiritual revival when the ego school dominated, Mi Fu would certainly continue his research, because the expensive auxiliary materials that Mi Fu believed in would be easy to obtain at that time.

The times restricted Mi Fu's development and research.

Zhao Xing asked: "Master Mi, if I provide you with funds, would you be willing to..."

"Do you think I'm short of money?" Mi Fu interrupted with a wave of his hand. "It just doesn't fit my purpose. I won't continue to study this secret method."

Zhao Xing stopped persuading Mi Fu and asked him for the original painting for his collection. Mi Fu readily agreed.

He also handed the manuscript and related ideas to Zhao Xing.

He himself is unwilling to study this, but he will not stop others from doing so.

After obtaining the Xuanhuang Xiyuan Technique, Zhao Xing's purpose of this trip was achieved.

In the twenty-ninth year of the Jingxin calendar, at the beginning of summer, Zhao Xing bid farewell to Mi Fu.

Before leaving, he exchanged the earth mirror code with Mi Fu. Mi Fu had been a military minister and was qualified to use the earth mirror, but at that time he was in the Xingxu Realm and the earth mirror could not be used. If he wanted to communicate in the future, he would have to rely on the most primitive letter writing.

"Master Mi, I will write to you often in the future." Zhao Xing said, "I hope you will give me some advice."

"Hahaha, I may not be able to reply. Maybe I will die in Xingxu Realm someday."

"But if I were dying, I would definitely write to let you know, hahahaha~~"

…………

After bidding farewell to Mi Fu, Zhao Xing left the Xingxu Realm.

He returned to Hongxia County, bid farewell to Chen Xuan, and asked him to take good care of Mi Fu, and at least ensure that Mi Fu had enough supplies in Guixu City so that he could live a better life.

It was such a small matter, so Chen Xuan naturally agreed to it immediately.

Wei Wuji had already gone back to work, so Zhao Xing had no choice but to make an appointment with him through the ground mirror to meet again next time.

Afterwards, he passed the fire pond of the Lihuo Taoist Temple branch and set out on the road back to Pinghaizhou.

In the twenty-ninth year of the Jingxin calendar, it is Grain Full.

Zhao Xing's real body returned to the Gemini Island, one of the Zixiao Islands in the East China Sea.

At this time, the Twin Islands were still the same as usual, except that there were many soldiers patrolling the island.

"In recent years, evil ways have been rampant, and even the coastal waters are a little unsafe." Zhao Xing looked a little gloomy.

"In the past, there was no such situation in the East China Sea. Even if the sects trained some pirates, they were not enough for the East China Sea Legion to defeat."

"But in this life, the situation is completely different."

"The middle-level war is getting more and more intense, with no sign of stopping. Although the imperial court has occupied a lot of land and even opened up four prefectures, it often goes back and forth. Except for Jiutian Yingyuan Prefecture, the other three prefectures are not really occupied at all."

"If the high-quality war is also frustrated, I really don't know what kind of chaos will happen in the border areas and the ocean..."

The border and distant sea areas were originally areas where the Great Zhou had relatively weak control, because the ancient land of Longting and the rich marine resources could not be given up.

If the battle goes smoothly among the Pingman, there won't be so many clowns. But if the battle goes unsuccessfully, all kinds of monsters will pop out.

It's not just foreign enemies. After nearly three hundred years of reforms such as the Dingxin and Jingxin campaigns, many hidden forces are about to fight back.

It won't shake the foundation of the Qiyun Dynasty, but it will still be a turmoil and many people will die.

Princess Youruo and Lao Liu had reconciled a long time ago, but Zhao Xing hadn't seen her for three years.

They are too busy. The evil sect is carrying out terrorist attacks in the East China Sea. The waterways and islands are all targets. Princess Youruo, as one of the largest landowners in the East China Sea, is also annoyed by these things.

Because many evil sects were causing trouble under the name of Bishui Taoist Temple, and this was her base, she not only had to put out the fire, but also had to carry out a purge within the Taoist temple.

Originally, Zhai Zhong was on Gemini Island teaching Zhao Xing how to tame beasts. In the winter of the twenty-seventh year of Jing Xinli, he was transferred back.

"Even farming is not peaceful." Zhao Xing shook his head and returned to the Si Zheng Mansion of Longma Prison.

His trip to Guangling Prefecture did not cause any commotion.

The main reason is that he usually has a clone of Wanfa on the Gemini Island, as if he has never left.

After returning to his residence, Zhao Xing closed his eyes, practiced in his dreams, and made plans for the future.

"The situation today is becoming increasingly complicated. Just in the East China Sea, it is already very different from what I knew in my previous life."

"If you rely on the mountain, the mountain will fall. If you want to stand firm, you have to rely on yourself."

"The most urgent task is to improve my own strength. My upward channel has long been opened. Even if I am a fifth-rank official, I can cultivate to the perfection of the fourth-rank Yuanpo realm through my own cultivation."

"The East China Sea qualification for the Dragon Court Ancient Land will begin next year. I must enter this place. I must do everything I can to improve my strength."

"The fifth level of Si Nong is the key node. Now that I have reached the Pure Yuan Realm, my first task is to open up Pure Yuan soil as soon as possible to accelerate the growth of the floating vine."

"To open up pure essence soil, one must first reach the fifth-grade pure essence realm, which I have already achieved."

"But there are still three conditions required. The first is to fully comprehend the second level of "Hou Tu Gui Yuan"."

"The second is the solar term order to enter the second level of 'fixed solar terms'."

“The third is the perfection of the second level of the Yin-Yang Self Sutra.”

Why is it difficult to open up pure soil? Because it has certain requirements for the classics of the three factions.

"Hou Tu Gui Yuan" is the foundation, and "Jie Qi Ling" and "Yin Yang Ben I Jing" provide favorable conditions for the plants to grow in pure Yuan soil.

The inner heaven and earth are called the inner heaven and earth. It will not work if there is only heaven or only earth.

If plants want to grow in the pure soil of the inner world, they need the four methods of folding joints, strengthening roots, analyzing essence and condensing essence to accelerate their growth.

"Even if the above three points are met, the pure soil that is opened up is only ten meters in radius, and it is impossible to grow any powerful plant soldiers."

“It will take ten years to grow slowly, unless you throw a lot of money at it.”

This is why few people from the ego faction leave in the Yuanqi era.

Liu Tianning's pure essence space is large enough to grow big trees, but he has stayed at the fifth level for nearly a hundred years! He is also very wealthy and has eaten all the treasures that can be eaten and used, which is why he has the ability to fight against the sky.

How could a normal Si Nong of the Id Faction have the same experience as Liu Tianning when he was at the fifth rank?

Theoretically, the fifth-grade limit can live 400 years, but how many resources are needed to reach this limit? It doesn't mean that you can live 400 years when you reach the fifth-grade. Theory and reality are far apart. Many people cannot live to the theoretical lifespan. Not surprisingly, they die in less than 300 years on average.

"Buzz~" Zhao Xing opened the barrier of a secret room and then walked in.

There were many cabinets, boxes, medicine bottles, and other things piled up like mountains. "All the resources accumulated over the past few years are here." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "It's worth 1 billion points."

Where did the treasure worth one billion points come from?

Of course it depends on Mr. Zhao’s own efforts!
He worked hard to lick the old witch, and in eight years he licked treasures worth 400 million points from her.

He practiced the Straw Man Method diligently and received Liu Tianning's training resource incentive, which was worth 300 million points.

He also took the 10 million start-up funds given by Tian Hou, and, using his foresight, invested in Pinghai Prefecture, Bingjie, and Donghai, earning more than 200 million points.

As for the treasure worth another 100 million, they relied on divination and treasure hunting on the seabed. The forty-nine clones searched the seabed day and night.

He worked hard on the Twin Islands and cultivated cash crops with the original instant, but he earned the least, only 20 million in eight years.

Orders and the like cannot go into his pocket, they all have to go into the Longma Prison treasury. That money is not his in the first place, otherwise it would be considered corruption and favoritism.

After doing the math, I found that the money I earned from farming was actually the least.

There are countless Si Nong in the world, but they can't sell cash crops at a high price. He is not the best Si Nong in the world. No matter what he does, there will always be someone who can grow crops better than him, on a larger scale, and at a lower cost.

“You can’t get rich by farming.” Zhao Xing sighed, sealed the barrier of the secret room, and then came to a Guiyuan magic circle in the center of the secret room.

"Om~"

At the eight corners of the magic circle, seventh-order crystals gradually lit up.

Each elemental crystal emitted a beam of light as strong as a substance, pointing towards the center.

Zhao Xing sat cross-legged in the center, and eight beams of energy and light focused on him.

"The fourth most expensive Guiyuan Formation in the military world, this set of Guiyuan Formation alone is worth 120 million." Zhao Xing sat in the center.

In the past eight years, not only had his magic skills reached a high level of perfection, but he had also met the requirements of the three secret books.

The second level of the Yin-Yang Self Sutra was entered as early as the barbarian period. At that time, I had just entered it, but now, I have fully understood the second level.

The five elements are intricately connected. The next step is to master the 'five elements particles'.

As for the solar term orders, they have all reached the third level of the second realm, 'fixing the solar terms'.

Hou Tu Gui Yuan is the secret book that has been revised in recent years, because Zhao Xing has never practiced this secret book.

There are only nine grains of "Hou Tu gravel" in Dantian, because it does not affect anything else and is just the foundation of pure Yuan soil.

Before the Pure Yuan Dantian appeared, it was useless.

But now it is the top priority.

"Om~"

The pure Yuan Dantian started to operate at high speed, and Zhao Xing continued to practice the Yuan Condensation Method of the secret book "Hou Tu Gui Yuan".

In the first breath, the tenth 'Hou Tu Gravel' appeared.

Ten spots of light spun in the cyclone of the Pure Yuan Dantian, followed by the eleventh, the twelfth...

With sufficient preparation, Zhao Xing gathered his thoughts quickly.

A new grain of 'Hou Tu gravel' appears almost every second.

An hour later, there were already thousands of them.

One day later, the number of light spots in the Dantian cyclone exceeded 86400!
"These are the most basic entities that constitute the pure soil." Zhao Xing looked inward at his dantian.

At this time, the pure energy cyclone was no longer gray because there were many more light spots, and it already looked like a nebula.

"continue."

Zhao Xing remained calm and continued to spend money.

Yes, now is the time to burn money!
Normally, a fifth-rank Si Nong who just met the requirements could condense ten 'Pure Yuan Grains' in one day purely through self-study without using any resources.

Now, 86,400 can be condensed in one day!
Zhao Xing's current speed is eight thousand six hundred and forty times faster than the normal Si Nong practice!
With such an exaggerated gap, it has nothing to do with whether Zhao Xing has talent or not.

It's just a waste of money.

Zhao Xing's current income, due to his good performance in Longmajian, bonuses + honors + basic salary of the sixth rank, is about 95 military points per year.

This is already more than what most fifth-rank officials earn. If they are not greedy or robbed, they would have to save money for more than a hundred years without eating or drinking to be able to buy such a set of Guiyuan Formation for cultivation.

Two days later, the amount of pure Yuan gravel, also known as Hou Tu gravel, exceeded 170,000.

Three days later, the amount of pure sand and gravel reached 260,000.

……

Time passed day by day, and half a month later, during the Grain Full solar term, the number of pure Yuan sand in Zhao Xing's Dantian had exceeded 1.3 million.

After breaking through one million, the speed of condensation slowed down.

"It's almost reaching the upper limit." Zhao Xing thought to himself, "In the early stage of the fifth level, the capacity of the pure essence elixir field is about one million pure essence gravels."

A million particles may sound like a lot, but in reality they are still very few and not enough to form soil.

"This is because my comprehension of the secret realm has just reached the threshold, and I am only at the initial stage of the fifth rank."

Zhao Xing closed the seventh-level Guiyuan formation to stop wasting its power.

Then he stretched out his hand.

wow~
Two cabinets and ten chests opened.

For a moment, the secret room was filled with fragrance, and all kinds of pills and fruits flew over.

"I eat!"

Zhao Xing opened his mouth and began to devour this combination of vital energy treasures.

The advancement to the fifth level of pure essence realm is relatively easy, as it only requires the accumulation of vital energy.

Unlike the fourth-grade Yuanpo realm, one has to train the seven souls of the physical body.

At the Pure Yuan realm, one can directly purchase upgrade resources from the military world to skip the arduous training process.

From the initial stage of the fifth level, directly to the perfection of the fifth level.

"This is the ninth Juyuan combination in the military world, with a total value of eight million points. It has no side effects and is not expensive."

In fact, it is relatively speaking that it is not expensive. To exchange it for an ordinary sixth-rank civil servant position without any honors and relying only on basic salary, it will take a hundred years to accumulate eight million military points.

Otherwise, Song Shiyang from Nanyang County wanted to be promoted so much that he, a fifth-rank official, came to curry favor with Zhao Xing, who was a sixth-rank official.

Because he has average talent and is busy with official duties, where would he find the time to practice on his own?
Since there is no time, when it comes to the fourth level, there are only two choices: use money to buy precious resources, or cultivate yourself to the fourth level of Yuanpo realm.

In this way, as long as your political performance is not too bad and you are already a fourth-rank official, the court will give you priority for promotion. Because you are already a fourth-rank official, the cost of promoting you will be lower for the country's fortune.

But as he held a fifth-rank official position, it would be difficult for him to save up that much money without engaging in corruption.

Then there is only the second option: promotion.

He could not reach the fourth rank in his lifetime, so he could only hope for promotion and rely on the baptism of the imperial court's luck to forcibly improve himself.

Once he got the official position, he naturally entered the fourth level of Yuanpo realm.

When you reach the fourth level, and continue to polish your spells and bring your spell levels up to par, you will then possess true fourth-level strength.

In the Yuanqi era, the vast majority of officials who came from poor backgrounds could only rely on promotion to improve their realm.

Leaving work to practice cultivation and relying on self-study to upgrade oneself is something that only the powerful and wealthy families can do. They don't need to go to work or make a living, and they have titles and ranks, so the path to upward mobility has been opened, and they have family businesses accumulated by dozens of generations, so they can do this.

But ordinary officials cannot do that. You are not allowed to practice cultivation during working hours. You have to do your work. If you do your work well, the court will promote you. Why do you need to practice cultivation?

After taking the ninth Ju Yuan combination for a full half month, Zhao Xing was able to advance from the early stage of Pure Yuan Realm to the perfect stage of Pure Yuan Realm.

It was already the summer solstice of the 29th year of the Jingxin calendar.

"Hou Tu Gui Yuan formation, activate!"

Zhao Xing once again activated the seventh-level magic circle, and under the light of the Yuan Crystal, he began to condense pure Yuan sand again.

This time, the speed was even faster, with more than 200,000 added in one day.

Forty days later, the amount of pure Yuan sand in Zhao Xing's body had exceeded 'tens of millions'.

At this time, the Dantian cyclone was already dotted with stars and looked extremely bright.

"Tens of millions of pure elemental gravel are enough for me to condense pure elemental soil."

"However, this is still just the beginning. The area is only ten meters in radius, and the energy level is only level one."

"First-level pure elemental soil, ten meters in radius, can only grow a few plant species, and can only support the growth of plankton. If it is cultivated, there will be no space for other plants to survive."

Zhao Xing took a look at the Hou Tu Gui Yuan Formation. At this time, the eight seventh-level Yuan Crystals had dimmed.

"The first phase, the 200 million upgrade plan, has come to an end."

"The effect will get worse in the future, but it has allowed me to complete a journey that would take others decades or even hundreds of years in just three months."

Zhao Xing sighed that the cost of quickly condensing pure Yuan soil in the Yuanqi Era was too high.

In the Yuanqi era, the ego school really relied on the accumulation of generations to dare to take this path.

But once you succeed, even if it's just a small achievement, the rewards will be huge.

For example, Qin Hongying from Bishui Taoist Academy gave herself a sky-high order and was even willing to offer the position of vice-president to bind herself.

"The next step is to start using the second plan, which is worth 400 million yuan."

Zhao Xing walked away from the Guiyuan Formation and then went to a specially made crystal pool nearby.

"Gulong~"

The crystal pool was filled with an extremely sticky dark yellow substance.

"The second upgrade plan is called 'Shangluo Kaiyuan Method'."

"The upgrade plan provided by Shangluo College."

"The Kaiyuan Method opens up a pure Yuan space. Even though my understanding of the three secret books has just reached the standard, this combination can still expand the range of my Dantian and increase its capacity again. This is a transformation of the Dantian and has nothing to do with my understanding of the Tao."

"The second plan is expected to be used for three months, and it can increase my pure elemental gravel from tens of millions to hundreds of millions."

"The minimum is hundreds of millions, and the specific amount varies from person to person."

Zhao Xing took off all his clothes and jumped into the crystal pool.

"Kakakaka~"

The mechanism was locked, and the entire pool began to emit a fragrance of earth and grass.

Zhao Xing felt his vitality growing stronger. Half a month later, he felt that his body had grown three centimeters taller.

…………

Three months later, it was the twenty-ninth year of the Jingxin calendar, on the eve of the autumnal equinox.

Sun Shizhao suddenly came to Lu Island from Wan Island and sent an urgent report.

Zhao Xing quickly created an incarnation of Wanfa to welcome him.

"Marquis Yuan Rang, a murder occurred yesterday 150 nautical miles from our Gemini Island."

"A ship belonging to the Municipal Order Department was attacked."

"All 196 people on the ship died of dehydration and turned into mummies."

"All the goods were looted."

Zhao Xing's face was solemn. One hundred and fifty nautical miles was already a very close distance.

It only takes two or three quarters of an hour to get to the Twin Islands.

"Have you found out who did it?" Zhao Xing asked.

"The temple of Chongming Prefecture has already sent a fourth-rank priest to the scene of the incident and asked the True Lord Wangsheng to transform a fifth-rank chief official of the Municipal Order Department into a Yin God body."

"We have not yet heard the official conclusion, but I expect this to be the same as before."

"You, you mean..." Zhao Xing spoke in a halting manner.

"Yes." Sun Shizhao nodded, "Bishui Sect."

"According to gossip... this time the fifth-rank official saw the leader of the attacking team, and he actually said it was Zhai Zhong!"

Zhao Xing shook his head: "In the past few years, there have been more than 50 murders. The murderers all wore the robes of the Bishui Daoyuan. It is obvious that they are trying to confuse the public and frame someone."

"How could someone who was able to kill so many people in an instant and leave so quickly allow the ghosts of others to see his true face?"

"It's even more impossible to say it was Zhai Zhong."

Sun Shizhao frowned and said, "But it is a bad influence after all. Otherwise, let's first..."

"Do you mean to stop cooperating with the Taoist Academy first?"

Sun Shizhao whispered, "I'm just suggesting a temporary separation. The details will still be decided by you, Marquis Yuan Rang."

It can be seen that Sun Shizhao is very anxious.

Thanks to his previous investment in Zhao Xing, which he gambled his entire fortune on, Sun Shizhao would be transferred back to the inland to serve as an official in another year. Even if he could not be promoted to the fourth rank immediately, he would be promoted to the fourth rank if he worked in an important position for a few more years.

At this critical moment, Sun Shizhao didn't want any accidents to happen.

Because his administration on the Twin Islands has been going smoothly in recent years, with no unexpected events and his political achievements have also been very impressive.

From the fourth rank, once promoted, he will not only have power and status, but also increase his lifespan by a hundred years. When the time comes, he can seek for the fourth rank and find some treasures to prolong his life. Theoretically, he can live another two hundred years.

Staying young forever and living for another 200 years, how tempting is that? It's like living another lifetime.

Of course, he hopes to temporarily cut ties with the Taoist temple to prevent the Twin Islands from being targeted by demons and monsters.

"Lord Sun," Zhao Xing said in a deep voice, "You should be well prepared. Ask the Restoration Army to increase patrols. As for the Taoist temple, everything will remain the same."

"It's too late to cut it now. If you notice it earlier, I will instruct Longma Prison to seal off Tuoquan Palace and not to go out to the wild or the sea for a walk."

In fact, in the past few months, the war horses and beasts in Tuquan Palace have been locked up and have not been allowed to go out for a stroll.

Sun Shizhao actually knew that he just came to Zhao Xing to seek peace of mind.

"Okay, I'll listen to you then."

…………

The twenty-ninth year of the Jingxin calendar, the fifth day after the autumnal equinox.

"Kakaka~"

The mechanism of the crystal pool opened, Zhao Xing flew out and put on his clothes.

At this time, the viscous substance in the crystal pool disappeared and turned into turbid liquid.

Zhao Xing looked inward at his Dantian: "The pure Yuan sand has reached 200 million. This effect is beyond expectations."

"Now if I open up a pure element space, it can become a second-level pure element soil, with a range of up to 20 meters in radius."

“I can already grow a lot of things.”

"From April to September now, in less than half a year, I have gone through the life journey of many Si Nong."

Zhao Xing looked at the empty secret room.

He also consumed more than 600 million resources.

As for the remaining resources worth 400 million points, there is actually only one thing.

A willow branch sealed in a secret box.

Zhao Xing walked over and stroked the box.

Because this is the auxiliary material of the Xuanhuang Xiyuan Technique.

It was taken out from the old witch's warehouse.

"The willow branch is just an ordinary one, but it contains spiritual energy. It is not an item of this era. The old witch valued it at 400 million points, but its value is actually inestimable."

"However, this thing is completely useless in her hands. In this era, almost no one has ever seen a spiritual object, and even if they have seen it, it is difficult to use it."

"And the Xuan Huang Xi Yuan Technique can just extract the spiritual energy from the willow branches to strengthen my pure Yuan soil!"

Zhao Xing's eyes were burning with excitement. Most of the auxiliary materials needed for the Xuanhuang Xiyuan Technique needed to contain wood-attributed spiritual energy.

What grade should this willow branch be considered? There is no way to calculate it. If it is called a super grade, it does not seem appropriate, because once it is opened, the spiritual energy inside will quickly dissipate and eventually return to the world and fall to the level of Yuan Qi.

Princess Youruo had no use for it because it was too weak, but she could feel that the power inside it was higher than that of Yuan Qi. At this point, it could only be classified as a "strange object".

"Let's open up the pure Yuan space first." Zhao Xing sat cross-legged.

He practiced the three secret books, and his mind continued to sink.

"Om~"

Soon he arrived above the nebula, with countless spots of light below.

However, there was a layer of fog in front of his eyes, making it difficult for him to see clearly.

"Pure Yuan Wuji, creating the world!"

As soon as Zhao Xing thought about it, the nebula began to spin wildly.

In Hou Tu Gui Yuan, there are two secret methods, Kai Yuan Method and Gui Yuan Method. The former opens up the pure Yuan space, and the latter summarizes the pure Yuan sand and gravel to condense it into pure Yuan soil.

Since there was enough pure sand and gravel accumulated, Zhao Xing was very successful in these two steps. After all, he had been preparing for a long time and spent so much money, so how could there be any difficulty?

"Om~"

The fog in front of me dissipated, and the starlight gathered together to form a miniature piece of land.

The land was about twenty meters in radius, and it flashed twice before receding.

"It's done, second-level pure soil, about 1256 square meters." Zhao Xing smiled slightly.

As for thickness, in pure elemental space, there is no concept of thickness, or it can be said to be infinite thickness.

The level of pure soil represents the depth at which roots can be taken, as well as the number and rank of plant species that can be cultivated.

The unfolding of pure element space in the real world is called pure element projection, which scales 10 to 1 with the area of ​​pure element soil.

Because it is suppressed by the universe, the actual projection only occupies 1 square meters. This suppression will gradually become equal to 1: as the pure soil is upgraded and the perception of the Tao is improved.
After the opening up, many mysteries emerged in Zhao Xing's mind.

From today on, he has truly entered the door of the ego school.

It can be said that I am an egoist Si Nong.

"Om~"

Zhao Xing opened his eyes, and then an idea came to his mind.

A layer of soil appeared on the ground in front of me. It was originally 1,200 square meters, but when it actually appeared in reality, there were only 120 square meters left.

"It's been a long time since I last saw the Pure Yuan Projection." Zhao Xing missed it.

Then he cut his skin and pulled out the floating vine.

"go with!"

The floating vines suddenly swam and took root in the glowing soil on the ground.

The floating vine was originally only three feet long, but after taking root, it doubled in size to six feet!
Then it slowly grew to twelve feet at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Although the floating vine is still a seedling at this time, it is already four meters long and has two tender green vine leaves.

"receive!"

Zhao Xing's mind moved, the Chunyuan projection disappeared, and the floating vine also returned to the Chunyuan space.

In the Dantian, a tender green vine took root in the center of the land, emitting a little light, which was very magical.

"Originally, the floating vine parasitized my blood and it took fifty years for it to grow out of the seedling stage, but now, it can enter the growth stage in one year."

"However, it will take at least thirty years for the floating vine to mature with the second-level pure soil, and it can only support the growth of one plant." Zhao Xing set his eyes on the box containing the willow branches.

"Old Mi, now it depends on whether your Xuanhuang Xiyuan Technique is reliable. This is a priceless treasure." Zhao Xing rubbed his hands.

Then he slowly opened the seal of the box.

There is a seal inside the box.

There are nine levels in total, and only in this way can a wisp of spiritual energy in the willow branches be locked.

"I don't know how many years this willow branch has been around, but it looks like it was just picked." Zhao Xing thought.

When was the last time there was a small-scale spiritual revival? It has been at least a million years.

There are very few spiritual things that have survived to this day.

"After millions of years, a willow branch is still fresh and green, purely because it contains a trace of spiritual energy."

Zhao Xing carefully removed the seal layer by layer, and when the last layer was removed.

He immediately performed the Xuanhuang Xiyuan Technique.

"Om~"

A hint of spiritual energy in the willow branches was immediately captured, and a green light appeared in front of Zhao Xing.

"Wood-attributed spiritual energy." Zhao Xing controlled the light spot and used a spell driven by vital energy to restrain the spiritual energy, which was equivalent to using a sieve to scoop water.

Even with the Xuanhuang Xiyuan Technique, Zhao Xing had a feeling that this light spot would go out at any time.

However, it ultimately didn’t leak at all.

"receive!"

Zhao Xing took the green light spot into his dantian.

At the same time, the Xuanhuang Xiyuan technique is used to purify the soil in the Dantian.

"Boom~"

The green light looked like a drop of water falling into the soil.

It was obviously insignificant, but the entire pure space began to tremble.

The soil also seemed to have an earthquake and cracks appeared. Zhao Xing quickly focused his mind and practiced the Guiyuan Method and Kaiyuan Method in Hou Tu Guiyuan.

"Boom~"

The radius of pure soil increased from 20 meters to 100 meters!
The light flashed three times and leapt to the third level pure soil.

"Uncle Mi is awesome!"

Looking at this scene, Zhao Xing couldn't stop smiling.

The area has been widened from 20 meters to 100 meters, which is a significant increase in area.

Now the area of ​​his pure soil has reached 31,400 square meters!

It has expanded nearly 30 times!
Pure elemental soil has also reached level three, and the plant rank that can be planted can reach up to level seven! The number will also be greatly increased, and the tolerance will become stronger.

"It's time to report my achievements to Old Liu," Zhao Xing took out the ground mirror, "I'm a pauper now. I don't even have the money to train plant soldiers."

It costs a lot to raise plant soldiers, and Zhao Xing doesn't have a family support like Liu Tianning. His foundation is too weak now, so he can only take advantage of Liu Tianning and his wife.

"Om~"

Liu Tianning's shadow was projected from the ground mirror.

"what's up."

"Teacher, I'm short of money." Zhao Xing went straight to the point.

Liu Tianning was stunned: "You have already spent all the resources worth 300 million points?"

He gave it to Zhao Xing in the twenty-seventh year of Jingxinli, because at that time Zhao Xing reported to him that he was 100% sure of breaking through to the fifth level.

Three hundred million points, all wasted in two years?
After hearing this, Liu Tianning called him a spendthrift.

"Did you invest the money in a bank?" Liu Tianning asked, "Didn't I tell you not to do these things?"

At the beginning, Liu Tianning discovered that Zhao Xing was actually wasting his time on business, so he gave him a little more at one time.

According to Liu Tianning, Zhao Xing had hundreds of millions of dollars, and as long as he didn't invest, he would not be able to spend it all within ten years.

Now, less than three years have passed, and the money is gone. It is hard for Liu Tianning not to think about this.

"Teacher, you misunderstood. I have reached the fifth level and have already created pure soil." Zhao Xing said. "I am currently lacking the right plant soldiers."

Liu Tianning nodded. If that was the case, then it was pretty good.

"How much do you need?"

Zhao Xing didn't waste any time and directly launched the Pure Yuan Projection.

He fully unfolded his pure energy projection, with floating vines swaying in the center.

Afraid that Liu Tianning couldn't see clearly in the ground mirror, Zhao Xing controlled the ground mirror to fly and circled around his pure Yuan projection range.

Then it flew back into my hand.

"Teacher, look at my range. How much should I need?"

Liu Tianning was stunned again.

　The estimate failed, it was already seven o'clock... Go to sleep, my life is more important.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)