"If there are two gates, that would be an unexpected delight."
"The likelihood of all three reaching above the seventh level isn’t high."
Comprehension also requires gradual progress; Zhao Xing hadn’t set too rigid a goal for himself.
Sometimes being too impatient can backfire and not yield the desired outcome.
"To enhance the power of the Spell, understanding individual Spells is one aspect; another is to cultivate the ’Seasonal Order,’ ’Earth Return,’ and ’Yin Yang Self Scripture.’"
The Seasonal Order and Earth Return also involve magical comprehension.
The Seasonal Diagram can create a more favorable ’Heavenly Time’ for Spells, and Earth Return can change the ’Earth Advantage,’ essentially amplifying Spells even further.
As for the Yin Yang Self Scripture, which refines one’s self and the ’Inner Five Elements,’ Zhao Xing planned to comprehend it after the division’s end.
On the sixteenth day, at midnight.
Zhao Xing arrived at the Xuantu Prison of the Geography Institute.
Within this prison, numerous subterranean beasts were incarcerated.
The strength of each was extremely formidable, causing onlookers to shudder with fear.
These underground beasts possess innate abilities similar to the Geographical Advantage Technique.
Moreover, many of the Human Clan’s Spells were created through observing these creatures.
At this moment, Zhao Xing stood outside a massive cell, over a dozen meters tall, watching a many-limbed beast inside go berserk.
"The Five-Colored Earthworm thrives in humid and dark marshlands, is highly poisonous, adept at evasion, and wields its tendrils like the wind, with immense power."
"It’s considered one of the more ferocious subterranean beasts, with a lifespan reaching a thousand years and capable of growing into a fifth-tier creature."
"Its innate ability can influence and distort the earth veins, softening even the hardest of rocks; in essence, it utilizes the powers of the Earth Vein’s Earth Element, Water Element, and Gold Element Power without any visible effort."
Zhao Xing quietly observed and cross-referenced with what he had learned from the Divine Movement Protection.
The Five-Colored Earthworm, along with the Green Water Snakelike Worm—one male, one female.
The Five-Colored Earthworm’s frenzy at this moment was because next door, there was a Mirage Pearl that captured the scene of the Green Water Snakelike Worm being killed.
[Upon observing the Five-Colored Earthworm using its innate ability, you gain insight, Divine Movement Guardian Technique progress +25]
[Upon observing the Five-Colored Earthworm using its innate ability, you gain insight, Divine Movement Guardian Technique progress +55]
[Upon observing the Five-Colored Earthworm using its innate ability, you gain insight, Divine Movement Guardian Technique progress +35]
After an hour, the Five-Colored Earthworm finally calmed down.
After all, it couldn’t be allowed to go berserk indefinitely; it needed to be utilized repeatedly.
After tormenting it for half an hour, that was about enough.
Zhao Xing walked down to the next cell.
On the twentieth day.
Zhao Xing left the Xuantu Prison.
[Divine Movement Protection: Intermediate-Level Spell]
[Progress: Sixth turning (6005/18000)]
"Four days’ time, not a small harvest, although only advancing two levels, this Spell combines dual techniques."
"It seems like just two levels, but in reality, both my Divine Movement Palace and Xuantu Protection have improved by two levels, and the Endless Palace is almost reaching the ninth level."
When two techniques are combined, the power is naturally extraordinary, and the profundity of the Spell is also understood more deeply."
"To the Earth Vein Hall."
Zhao Xing flew toward the east.
"In the Earth Vein Hall, there are nineteen Earth Vein Diagrams, outlining tens of thousands of earth veins from the land of the Nineteen States."
"Studying them is equivalent to observing an endlessly-repeatable Preaching Painting."
"Whether I can break through to the seventh level will depend on this."
If one had to choose a Spell to break through to the seventh level, Divine Movement Protection was naturally the more cost-effective one.
It combines offense, defense, and travel, and its power also exceeds that of other intermediate-level Spells.
As Zhao Xing was en route to the Earth Vein Hall,
The Earth Mirror vibrated.
Zhao Xing looked at the Earth Mirror with curiosity.
[Agricultural Commander ’Fan Zhaoqi’ has determined the ’Heavenly Time,’ improved the ’Heavenly Time,’ and transformed wasteland into treasure. Over two years, he has transformed the ’Dao Feng Mountain’ in Ten Suns Cave Heaven, within a three hundred-li radius, into a treasure land.]
[Effective immediately, Dao Feng Mountain will steadily produce eight kinds of Fourth-rank Treasure fruits and one Fifth-tier Treasure of natural origin, the ’Heavenly Snake Fruit.’ Hence, Fan Zhaoqi is awarded 1 billion points! As a reward for his labor! This announcement is issued to congratulate Commander ’Fan Zhaoqi’!]
[Military Department’s arsenal adds a Fifth-tier Treasure ’Heavenly Snake Fruit,’ priced at 400,000 points each.]
"What? Someone transformed a treasure land and received a reward of 1 billion points?" Zhao Xing’s eyebrows lifted.
"Able to steadily produce a fifth-tier Treasure of natural origin, the Heavenly Snake Fruit?"
"The ’Heavenly Time’ and earth veins within a three hundred-li radius have been transformed; quite remarkable indeed."
Zhao Xing knew all too well how rare it was to turn wasteland into treasure land.
Destruction is easy, transformation is hard.
Without doubt, this was a long-term battle.
"Two years’ time, 1 billion points, I reckon these points aren’t solely for Fan Zhaoqi, but for a team," Zhao Xing thought to himself.
As the value of a Treasure increases with each tier, the price jumps considerably.
Fourth-rank Treasures that can be mass-produced are typically no more than ten thousand.
If not mass-produced, their prices are assuredly beyond ten thousand, with the highest possibly reaching several tens of thousands.
Fifth-tier Treasures that can be mass-produced typically all exceed ten thousand, while those that can’t be mass-produced may reach up to a few hundred thousand.
The Heavenly Snake Fruit is a Treasure native to the Ten Suns Cave Heaven, meaning it can only be produced there.
Initially, with production not fully established, a price of four to five hundred thousand per fruit would be normal.
Once mass production is possible, the price will drop.
If mass production is achieved, the merit is significant, and awarding 1 billion points is truly not excessive."
"With so many points, if they belong to Fan Zhaoqi alone, the Military Department might just promote him. At the very least, he would be promoted to Miscellaneous Rank," Zhao Xing speculated.
Zhao Xing put away the Earth Mirror and continued toward the Earth Vein Hall.
For now, he was still far from such matters. The most important thing at present was to prepare for the division’s monthly assessment.