Not far from the Great Jiang River lay Jiujiang Military City.
The layout inside was not much different from Yang City, because the construction and layout of the military cities all followed unified regulations.
The difference from Ten Suns Cave Heaven was that the Heavenly Time and Earth Advantage here were very stable, feeling like eternal spring after stepping inside.
"Marquis Yuan Rang, this is the Dragon River Guest House that our army arranged for you."
"It is very close to the Military Realm Internal Warehouse, less than thirty miles away."
"It is also very close to the dojo, less than twenty miles."
"Whether you want to go shopping or spar at the dojo, it is very convenient."
"If Marquis Yuan Rang wishes to visit our Jiujiang Military Camp, holding this token will allow you to go anywhere." Fang Ze handed Zhao Xing a token engraved with the character ’Fang,’ filled with hope.
"Thank you, General Fang." Zhao Xing accepted the token.
"The Jiujiang City Minister of Agriculture Supervision also has the Heavenly Time, Earth Advantage, Taicang, and Pinghuai four courtyards."
"It also has treasures like Jieqi Stele, Primordial Dojo, Seventy-Two Earth Palaces, Xuantu Prison, and others."
"If Marquis Yuan Rang has time, you can visit our army’s agricultural training camp to give some pointers." Fang Ze hoped eagerly. "If you could even give a lesson, that would be even better."
Mr. Zhao had no such leisure time, casually acknowledging as he accepted the token, and then dismissed Fang Ze.
After becoming somewhat familiar with the venue, Zhao Xing took out the Earth Mirror to purchase Fifth-order seeds.
Currently, he had Third-level Pure Essence Soil, capable of growing up to Seventh-rank plant life.
However, the soil already had a resource-hungry Floating Vine planted, making it impossible to plant another high-level plant, lest it affect the Floating Vine’s growth.
After all, the Floating Vine could naturally grow to Ninth Rank.
Of course, priority was given to its growth.
Liu Tianning knew this too and set Zhao Xing’s target on Fifth Order Plant Soldiers.
"Fourth-rank, Fifth-rank, Sixth-rank Plant Soldiers, in terms of life rank, roughly correspond to human Sixth-rank, Fifth-rank, and Fourth-rank."
"However, the cultivators within the Human Clan vary in strength, and the classification of plant quality is even more detailed." Zhao Xing browsed the Earth Mirror.
The Shangluo Academy divided the plant ranks from one to nine, plus Superior (Unparalleled Treasures and Rare Treasures).
The qualities were divided into Ordinary, Elite, King-level, Emperor-level, and Legendary.
Among them, Emperor-level and Legendary qualities generally only appeared in rare and unparalleled treasures.
If a seedling had Emperor-level quality, as long as it was nurtured to maturity, it had a very high chance of surpassing Ninth Rank.
The Floating Vine given by Liu Tianning was only King-level in quality.
The reason Lao Liu later managed to cultivate it beyond Ninth Rank was entirely due to a sufficient amount of resources, breaking the quality limit.
Of course, the Self Sect’s classification of quality included the phrase: All plant life has the potential to become a legend.
This phrase was just for show.
Ordinary quality had a maximum growth potential of Third Rank.
To cultivate it into a legend would require spending manpower, material resources, and financial resources a hundred times more difficult than starting with a legendary quality seedling.
"Generally speaking, choosing the corresponding quality is selecting growth potential."
Zhao Xing filtered out the other options, looking only at ’Elite quality.’
Third-level Pure Essence Soil suited him for cultivating Elite quality; anything at King-level would be overwhelming.
"The first stage target set by Liu Tianning included mainstream plant soldiers with six classifications: Family, Order, Class, Species, Phylum, and Genus."
"There were quite a lot called mainstream." Zhao Xing looked carefully. "Start with those with short growth cycles and easy to grow."
The fastest-growing were undoubtedly the Vine species, Bamboo species, and Herbaceous plants.
However, elite quality in these plants was rather rare.
Even rarer were those useful in combat.
Because they needed to have ’active’ effects.
"First, buy these three to practice."
[You purchased 30 Lightning Bamboo seedlings, quality: Elite Second Order]
[You purchased 10 Tough Long Vine seedlings, quality: Elite Second Order]
[You purchased 30 Hallucinogenic Mushroom seeds, quality: Elite Second Order]
All were Elite Second Order, meaning they would mature to Fifth Rank, equivalent to human Fifth-rank in terms of life level.
Take the [Hallucinogenic Mushroom], for instance, its toxins would be effective on Fifth-rank.
If it were only Elite First Order (commonly known as Fourth Rank), its toxins wouldn’t affect Fifth-rank.
Mushroom species were Zhao Xing’s favorite kind of plant soldiers; their applications were many and highly operable.
After purchasing, Zhao Xing’s balance reduced by 5,000 points.
Seeds and seedlings were relatively cheap; the main expense was in the cultivation process.
Simply putting seeds and seedlings into Pure Essence Soil without further care meant purely consuming the soil’s energy.
The energy rank of Pure Essence Soil would decrease.
Severely, it could regress to First-level soil or even decompose back to gravel.
This would cause permanent damage, and even if recondensed into Pure Essence Soil, it would be weaker than before.
Hence, Zhao Xing needed to purchase additional resources to include in the process.
"Purchase 10 Sixth-Order Elemental Crystals."
[You purchased 10 Sixth-Order Elemental Crystals, costing 600,000 points.]
Shortly after placing the order, a da-da-da sound came from outside the courtyard.
Zhao Xing walked out to see, and was taken aback. Was it now widespread for Mechanical Masters to ride bamboo horses to deliver goods?
For a moment, he thought he had returned to the Eighteen locust and willow courtyard, encountering Gao Ming delivering goods.
"Sir, your items have arrived." The delivery Mechanical Master pulled Zhao Xing back to reality.
"Hmm." Zhao Xing waved his hand and rolled the bamboo box into the courtyard from the gate.