Chapter 27 Breeding
Zhao Xing was very particular about the plants he selected.
The qualities of Green Ivy, Fragrant Lotus, and Diamond Bamboo are lower, middle, and upper second level respectively.
If the grade is too low, the points given will be too few; if it is too high, three days will be too short and it will be difficult to reach the scoring points.
There is also a saying about the effectiveness. Three days is too short for plants, but too long for candidates.
During the assessment process, players are not given food or water, and they have to consume their energy to cultivate plants, which is a great test of their endurance.
The green vine that Zhao Xing selected would bear green vine fruit when grown to maturity, which could fill his stomach and restore his vitality.
The fragrant lotus is an aquatic species. Both the lotus seeds and lotus roots are edible, and it occupies springs and wells, which gives it great advantages in cultivation.
The first two can ensure Zhao Xing's health for three days and also get a good ranking, which can be said to be a guarantee. The second-grade high-quality Vajra Bamboo is used to increase points.
If you can cultivate second-grade high-quality plants, you can stand out and compete for the top spot.
In addition, the diamond bamboo itself is an excellent material for performing [Every Tree and Grass Sees Enemies]. If there are still blind people who come to cause trouble in the second half, there will be more countermeasures.
The soil in the planting area has been cultivated, but it is quite dry. If you want to absorb the soil's fertility, you have to dig deeper.
Zhao Xing once again cast the wind spell, and under his fine manipulation, the wind connected with the clouds above his head, forming two small tornadoes as tall as a person.
"Whoosh~" The tornado moved close to the ground, plowing the gullies deeper with precision.
"Huh?" Wen Nanxing, who had just returned to his territory, was stunned when he saw this scene. "This guy has such a wonderful control method!"
For the same level of spells, some people can perform them more exquisitely, just like some people's moving clouds look like a pile of cotton wool, but Wen Nanxing can [Moving Clouds into Swords], and Xiao Ze can [Moving Clouds into Tigers]. Not only are they more powerful, but they also have more magical uses.
The study of skills depends entirely on personal understanding. At this stage, the Si Nong Xiaoli is like a child who has just started school. Some people memorize by rote, some cannot memorize at all, but some have already mastered it and can draw inferences from one example.
There is no doubt that Zhao Xing is the last type. Wen Nanxing watched and became fascinated!
It was not until Zhao Xing collected the tornado that he came to his senses.
"Next year, this person will be my strongest competitor!"
Wen Nanxing calmed his mind and began to focus on the matter at hand.
Zhao Xing had no idea that Wen Nanxing had already regarded him as the top competitor. What seemed like sophisticated control methods to others were just basic operations to him. He did not think that was anything special at all. At any rate, he had to be at the level of old Si Nong's 'Clouds Walking on the Palm' and 'Three-foot Sky Thunder' to be worth mentioning.
"Why is the damn well dug so deep?"
It is easy to plant ivy seedlings and golden bamboo seedlings, just bury them and you are done.
But the fragrant lotus is an aquatic species and must take root in water.
Zhao Xing ran to the well and found that the well was at least 60 meters deep!
If you don't have any tools nearby and want to get water, you have to find a way yourself!
"Chen Shijie, you are such a fool. You always find ways to torture people." Seeing this, Zhao Xing had to give up the idea of planting the fragrant lotus seeds directly in the well.
How to get water without tools?
Of course, it is absorbed through moving clouds.
Zhao Xing moved the clouds down, bringing them closer to the ground. At this point, the clouds could already begin to absorb the moisture from the springs.
Chen Shijie just wanted the officials to take a detour to get water.
Zhao Xing thought it was too slow, so he used the tornado again. This time, the tornado was much bigger.
It connects to the clouds above and springs below.
Water vapor continued to surge up and quickly injected into the clouds.
"What a dragon sucking water!" Chen Shijie had been staring at the officials who occupied the spring and found that Zhao Xing was the first to solve the water problem again, and he was very efficient!
"What Mr. Xue said is false. He is more than just a talented person. He is simply a precious gem! You taught him well!" "I haven't even taught him this move." Xue Wenzhong was also quite surprised, because he really had never taught Zhao Xing this move, at least he had never taught him the technique of [Raising the Wind].
"Could it be that he just looked at my 'Three-foot Sky Thunder' and 'Clouds Moving in the Palm' and was able to draw inferences from it and figure it out on his own?" At this moment, Xue Wenzhong was more certain of an idea in his mind.
On the day of the Beginning of Autumn, the heat is even hotter than during the Great Heat.
The sky is clear, how difficult it is to make it rain?
Many officials found that after they moved the clouds, they continued to [cast rain], but it had no effect at all. The spell was below the third level and was greatly affected by extreme weather!
Many officials sighed.
"Without water and in such a hot weather, the cultivation spells will be greatly reduced."
"It seems we have to wait until dark before planting."
"Why are you still planting eggs? Tomorrow it will be the same. Whatever you plant will die!"
"Alas, my strength is not good enough. If I can cast the third level of rain..."
"Fuck, I won't take the exam anymore. I'll go home and wait for the make-up exam."
Within less than an hour of the exam starting, many officials gave up. One reason was that they had not won the territory, and the other was that they found that they would not be able to farm the land even if they won it.
Just these two things screened out one-third of the people. People gradually withdrew early and gave up on the assessment. There was no punishment anyway, and they could not be converted to regular employees anyway, so why bother suffering here and being someone else's background board?
"Drip, drip~"
Rain began to fall across the planting area.
But everyone controlled it very well, not letting the water flow to other places, only in the area where the seedlings were planted. The examiner was already dead, and if you help others at this time, you will inevitably be dragged down.
In addition, those who are capable do not need help, and it will be useless for those who are incapable to help this time.
Zhao Xing separated a small cloud, which was only five meters in diameter and two meters high.
When we got to the spring, we saw a small hole he had dug to plant fragrant lotus.
"Wow~"
The small dark clouds, as thick as ink, were not raining, but pouring water!
In a short while, the small pit was filled up.
There was a layer of straw ash inside. When the water rushed in, the soil and straw ash mixed together and became turbid immediately, forming silt.
"20 portions of fragrant lotus seeds, that's about enough."
Zhao Xing took out the seed bag and sowed the seeds at regular intervals.
The lotus seeds were fragile and could not be 'grown wildly' at the moment, so Zhao Xing first used the spell 'thriving growth'.
The vital energy continued to flow, and after half an hour, the fragrant lotus seeds took root, sprouted, and broke through the soil.
"The survival rate is one hundred percent, huh~" Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief. The seedlings and seeds are the most fragile and cannot be taken lightly for even a moment.
But once you get through this period, things will be much better.
"Drink some water first." Zhao Xing summoned dark clouds, stuck his head into the clouds, and drank in big gulps.
"In two more hours, when the three plants have almost taken root, we can use the Wild Growth skill. But we cannot rest yet."
Zhao Xing looked around and found that the planting area, which was originally gray and yellow, was now full of green.
"If you want to get an A rating, you have to be prepared." Looking at his colleagues around him, Zhao Xing smiled sinisterly: "Sorry, the nutrients in your land are mine."
(End of this chapter)