Shennong Daojun.

Chapter 568 A New School of Self-Cultivation, the God of War?

Zhao Xing understood what Number Thirteen was talking about. It had taken him too long to get past him, which clearly showed that he was somewhat mediocre in terms of soul and will.

However, he did not heed what Number Thirteen said, because Number Thirteen believed himself to be a god-level being, which was why he said that, when in reality he was only a demigod.

"Senior Thirteen, how long did it take the people who came before you to pass the test?" Zhao Xing asked.

"You mean the one with the pendant?"

"Yes, that's him."

"He's quick; he withstood my sword strike in the blink of an eye," Number Thirteen said.

"Senior, if a demigod were to enter this place, would the difficulty be the same?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Hahaha, a demigod?" Number Thirteen couldn't help but burst into laughter. "How could a demigod possibly be qualified to receive the master's inheritance?"

"The master left behind the test of succession, hoping that the successor would help with some tasks."

"Being merely a demigod is too unpredictable."

"Divine weapons and divine generals are all under the master's consideration, but God Kings will not be considered for anything below the level of a god."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Xing frowned slightly. He had originally hoped that the difficulty would be reduced if a demigod came to challenge him, so that he could voluntarily drop his disguise.

But I didn't expect number 13 to say that.

"The only request from God-King Yuheng is to save Zhangyue. Could it be that he has found a way and is therefore using this method to select candidates?"

Zhao Xing didn't know if the God King Yuheng could discover his disguise.

Since the Ancestral Emperor's tablet deceived the God King Zhangyue, the God King Yuheng should also be unable to see through it.

However, revealing one's demigod level makes it seem hopeless to lower the difficulty.

After resting for a while, Zhao Xing cupped his hands and asked for directions: "Senior Thirteen, do you know which way to go next?"

……

As the ice and snow melted, the fields came alive, and an ancient city appeared before Zhao Xing.

Following the guidance of Number Thirteen, Zhao Xing arrived at the second level—Yan Dou City.

On either side of the city gate stood a metal giant, each with a red gem on its forehead. Except for the gem, which was smooth, the rest of its body surface was rough, with black and yellow interlaced patterns and protrusions, making it look like a rusty mechanical puppet.

"My name is Divine Battle God, and I am the second test left by my master in the world within my body."

As Zhao Xing approached, a rough sound immediately rang out from within the rubies on the foreheads of the two metal giants.

Upon closer inspection, Zhao Xing discovered that it was actually a mechanical puppet, but it was made of many divine-level plants, giving it immense vitality.

Its two feet were deeply embedded in the ground, as if they had taken root and sprouted.

"God of War, what is the content of your test?" Zhao Xing asked.

“Mind and Will.” The voice of the War God was like a thunderclap. “You can enter any of the puppets and control one of them to fight against me. No matter which one you control, as long as you can defeat the other War God, you will pass the test.”

"Mind?" Zhao Xing nodded slightly. The tests of the Self School's Minister of Agriculture included the soul and willpower.

From the Primordial Realm Conference onwards, soul and will have been the most valued aspects of the Primordial Faction's Si Nong, because only in this way can the wild plant soldiers be subdued and the situation of being controlled by the plant soldiers be avoided.

"You have thirty years to familiarize yourself with the two War Gods. During that time, it doesn't matter how many times you fail. Only the battle thirty years from now will count."

After hearing the rules, Zhao Xing immediately understood.

Without further ado, they quickly entered the forehead of the metal giant on the left.

"Gurgle~" It looked like a hard gemstone, but once inside, it felt like being enveloped in liquid.

The giant was enormous, and the interior of the gem was also quite large, like a lake.

The liquid was turbid and contained many roots. When Zhao Xingfei arrived at the center of the liquid, he felt the liquid exerting mental pressure on him.

"The physical body is not affected at all, and even feels somewhat comfortable, but the longer one stays, the greater the pressure on the mind."

As soon as Zhao Xing stood still in the center of the gemstone, thousands of white tentacles floated over and stuck to his body.

"Hmm? These things are roots and stems? They look a bit like symbiotic plants."

Zhao Xing looked closely, and a name appeared on the panel:
【莁蔱】

[Quality: God-tier]

【Type: Soul Symbiotic Species】

[Note: The *Yanmu* is a native species from the *Yanyi* Great World, a derivative species created by the God-King Yuheng based on the *Yanyi* herb. It can greatly enhance the ability to manipulate the soul, but it will exert a powerful oppression on the mind. Prolonged symbiosis can lead to hallucinations and even madness as side effects.]

The surface of the ruby ​​also contained instructions on controlling the metal giant, and Zhao Xing quickly understood what a metal creation was.

"The Divine Warriors are these two metal giants. Their bodies combine mechanical arrays with various techniques from the 'Original Self' school, such as parasitism, symbiosis, and mutation."

"For example, its head, the gem space on its forehead, is actually a spiritual lake created by a World Heart, which contains countless 'Slaying Grass'. It is also the core of the giant, serving as its brain."

"The hands and feet are made of mechanical divine bones, and the bone marrow is composed of a kind of plant life called [Chaos Magic Fungus], which forms a life colony."

"There are a total of 108,000 mechanical divine bones. Each bone is engraved with martial arts secrets, which can be combined in countless ways. By controlling the Qi Sha, one can mobilize the entire Qi Fighting God, which is equivalent to having a martial god's body."

"My god, the highest level of the War God is God King. To have complete control is equivalent to becoming a Martial God King?"

Zhao Xing was shocked. Yu Heng God King had obviously brought the Life Array and Life Mechanism styles to their extreme, which is why he combined plant soldiers with mechanical array diagrams to create the Divine Warrior.

The weakness of the Primal Fellowship of the Farmer is that its divine body is too weak.

The Heavenly Time Faction has a reformer who can transform into a powerful race to deal with close-range attacks.

The Geographical Advantage School excels in defense, and there are two schools in the Arctic: Mustard Seed Mountain and Giant God Peak.

Among them, the giant peak of the polar continent has an extremely powerful divine body, like a divine mountain that cannot be damaged at all.

Zhao Xing had learned the Great Five Finger Mountain technique, the prerequisite for which was the Treasure Mountain Divine Power. That was the path of Wu Sinong, whose physical body was as hard as a mountain. During the Primordial Assembly, Zhao Xing's Treasure Mountain Divine Power was even able to compete with martial artists in defense.

As for the "Egoist" faction, compared to the "Timing" and "Geographical" factions, they don't have many good methods for close-quarters combat.

Only the symbiotic flow can barely make up for some of the deficiencies. It can nurture some plant soldiers to take root in the body, forming a defense to protect the body.

However, it was not as famous as Hou Bianfa and Shan Fa.

“Yuheng God King, based on the symbiosis method, also combined the life array method and the life puppet method. All of his many divine bones contain a set of secret techniques of martial artists. Could they all be bones taken from the bodies of the martial gods he killed?”

Zhao Xing scanned it carefully and found that most of the divine bones inside the metal giant were those of martial gods' weapons, while the bones of martial gods' generals were very few.

The two war gods here can only unleash the peak combat power of a god general at most.

Even so, Zhao Xing was somewhat excited.

Without a doubt, God King Yuheng created a new school of thought called the "Essentialist Style," which not only made up for the weakness of the Essentialist School's Si Nong in close combat, but also created a new combat mode.

"Sure enough, there are no weak professions, only weak people." Zhao Xing let the tentacles stick to his body. Soon, his right hand was completely covered by the tentacles, and the tentacles pierced into his flesh. Zhao Xing felt that his right hand suddenly had powerful strength, and his spirit became excited.

As the monster crawled in, Zhao Xing also had many battle scenes flash through his mind, and subconsciously raised his hand and clenched his fist.

"boom!"

The metal giant outside suddenly raised its hand and clenched its fist. A beam of black light shot out from the fist and pierced the ground like a whirlwind, creating a bottomless hole.

"The move I just used was a fist technique created by a martial god, called the Black Death Fist?"

"It combines the Dao of Destruction with a fist technique from the Dark God Domain, but I clearly haven't comprehended the Dao of Destruction, nor have I ever grasped the Dark God Domain."

Zhao Xing immediately realized the power of the [Fighting God].

If you kill an enemy, seize their divine bones, and fuse them into your Divine God, you can use their moves even without understanding their techniques and principles.

"By mastering the Slaughtering Blade, one can mobilize the entire Slaughtering God through its roots and tentacles!"

Zhao Xing was ecstatic. He unleashed over a hundred punches in a row, the sheer power of which was utterly captivating.

He planned to go and see what the difference was between the other Divine Warrior and the other Divine Warrior, but as soon as he stepped out, a strong sense of reluctance welled up inside him, and an extreme emptiness arose in his heart.

Watching the talisman leave his arm, Zhao Xing had an impulse: don't take it off, keep wearing it forever.

Unconsciously, Zhao Xing wanted to return to the Gem Space, but alarm bells quickly rang in his mind.

"Huh? I've been influenced?!" "I completely ignored my own thoughts and only wanted to coexist with the monster."

A glint of lightning flashed in Zhao Xing's eyes, and he immediately used his left hand to tear at the scorpion. At this moment, the scorpion had turned into black, slimy strips, and seemed to be alive, howling incessantly.

These howls caused Zhao Xing's soul to ache, and his reluctance to part grew stronger.

"cut!"

Zhao Xing immediately used the Golden Cicada True Form Double Body technique. His arm suddenly pulled back, and a new hand was pulled out, while the original arm was only covered by a thin layer of skin.

Having lost its life, the demon quickly devoured the thin layer, leaving behind some residue which was expelled from the gem space.

"Gulong~"

A figure rushed out.

"Siha~ Siha~"

Zhao Xing was panting heavily, and at the same time, he felt a bit more wary of the metal giant.

This is terrifying. It feels like I've become addicted to Dao Xuan Pills. How long have I been here? Less than a quarter of an hour, and my mind has already developed a sense of dependence.

Furthermore, it caused hallucinations of 'howling'.

"Now, do you understand the difficulty in controlling the God of War?" Another metal giant jumped out, revealing a human figure with a youthful face, like a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy, with red lips and white teeth.

He just called himself the God of War, which means he is a spirit-like being among the Gods of War. However, Zhao Xing could sense that this boy seemed to be some kind of aggregate, because he had many obscure consciousnesses.

"This isn't even the highest-level War God." The boy's voice changed, and his expression turned cold. "If it were the highest-level War God, it could unleash the combat power of a Martial God King!"

"At the same time, it also demands a higher level of mental will. If you stay there for even a second, you will be completely captivated and eventually become a part of me."

"It's not too late for you to give up now."

To become part of the consciousness?

Zhao Xing's expression changed.

He always believed that God King Yuheng was a person of deep affection, unlike the ego-driven, stubborn, and perverted Si Nong he had seen before. But who says that a person of deep affection can't be perverted?

"I won't give up." Zhao Xing shook his head.

"Suit yourself." The spirit spoke calmly, its voice seemingly echoing: "I've already warned you for the sake of the token, but you insisted on going ahead. Dying will only give me more nourishment."

After saying that, the spirit stopped talking and ignored Zhao Xing's questions.

“Thirty years, only thirty years. Not only do I have to control the Divine Battle God, but I also have to defeat this weapon spirit. Obviously, I am not as proficient in controlling the Divine Battle God as he is. It’s really difficult.” Zhao Xing frowned.

"I wonder which level Old Qing is in."

He scanned the two metal giants but did not sense Qing Yuzi's presence. Clearly, the place where Lao Qing was trapped was not this level.

"Senior, may I withdraw and then come back?" Zhao Xing wanted to exploit a loophole. If withdrawing allowed him to re-enter, then withdrawing in the twenty-ninth year and re-entering would give him more time to prepare.

"Heh, what do you think?" A merciless sneer echoed from within the giant's ranks.

Zhao Xing pursed his lips, it seemed that he could only overcome this hurdle within thirty years.

Instead of immediately entering the metal giant's body, Zhao Xing opened his inner world and entered it.

Suddenly, only a single, smooth boundary core remained in front of the two metal giants.

Zhao Xing entered his inner world, quickly traversing the boundless continent and the primeval ocean, and arrived at the Twin Star System.

The Keyang Divine Tree remains in its sapling form, hovering in the center of the Nine Stars, while the Flower Li Divine General continues to guard this place.

"Zhao Xing, you've arrived."

"Hmm, I've run into a bit of trouble." Zhao Xing looked at his native species, the Keyang Divine Tree, which was both a sun species and a time species.

If thirty years was too short, Zhao Xing's solution was to use the Time Tree's innate ability to alter the flow of time in a certain area of ​​his inner world, thus gaining more time for cultivation.

With a "whoosh," Zhao Xing flipped his hand, and a wriggling white root appeared in his palm. "General Hua Li, I would like to ask you to help cultivate this derivative species and see if it can be propagated."

"Hmm? This is a parasitic plant?" Hua Li Shenjiang took the [莁蔱] and immediately determined that it was a parasitic plant because it was constantly burrowing under his skin.

"So powerful." Hua Li Shenjiang tore open her skin to let the parasite burrow inside, and immediately sensed the special nature of this parasitic species.

"Where did you get this parasitic plant? It's a treasure!"

Zhao Xing was somewhat intimidated by this thing, but Hua Li, the Divine General, looked excited and her eyes softened, filled with love.

Seeing Hua Li Shenjiang's appearance, Zhao Xing suddenly felt that his own "true self" was still not pure enough.

"Can you cultivate it?" Zhao Xing asked.

“We can give it a try.” Hua Li, the Divine General, pondered, “I see that this parasitic plant has absorbed the characteristics of the Soul Tree, but its nature is more extreme than that of the Soul Tree. The True Spirit amplification brought by the Soul Tree is relatively mild and has no side effects, but this one has strong side effects. Do you need to remove its side effects?”

“No, I need to resist its oppression on my mind,” Zhao Xing said. “This is a test.”

“That’s a bit difficult. Perhaps you should give me more samples.” Hua Li said with difficulty, “Because it is a parasitic species that has mutated. Its life origin partition has been modified after birth. This method is even more powerful than that of the ancient Luo River. I cannot guarantee that I can successfully cultivate a single plant.”

"How much do you think is enough?" Zhao Xing asked.

"Of course the more the better."

"Alright, I'll go get some more." Zhao Xing gritted his teeth, left his inner world again, and then entered the metal giant's gem space.

Gulong~
After another period of mental torment, Zhao Xing brought out another plant.

He discovered that it took at least an arm-wrap and a lot of pain to bring out a single plant.

To obtain something multiple times, one can only repeatedly experience mental anguish.

Moreover, the longer each additional plant is brought out, the longer it needs to stay, and the deeper the psychological pressure and infection it suffers.

In a short period of time, Zhao Xing harvested fifteen plants, reaching his limit.

"He's a little out of it."

"If this continues, I'm afraid I won't be able to get out."

Zhao Xing shook his head, his face pale. Thanks to Bowei's Golden Cicada True Form Double Body, once activated in advance, it was able to slightly reduce the impact of the demon on his mind.

Even a doppelganger couldn't withstand fifteen consecutive repetitions.

"Fifteen plants should be enough for the Flower Goddess."

Zhao Xing re-entered his inner world and handed her the fifteen stalks of ginseng.

"Okay, I will cultivate the finished product as soon as possible so that you can clearly see the Dao Diagram of Life."

Within the inner world, the influence of the 莁蔱 is controllable. If the Flower God General can cultivate a patch of 莁蔱, then he can control its strength and train it step by step.

"We still need to accelerate time with the Divine Tree." Zhao Xing looked at his native species.

wow~
A large number of Earth God Crystals were summoned, all of which were obtained from the Space Ship.

"Little guy, it's up to you. Help me change the flow of time in this area."

"Eat as much of the Earth God Crystals here as you like!"

Zhao Xing was going all out. These Earth God Crystals were very difficult to obtain, and he had prepared them to break through the Earth Advantage Sect's divine techniques.

However, it can only be used on the Keyang Divine Tree for now, since activating a time-based talent consumes a lot of resources, and it is only in its seedling stage.

"Om~"

The leaves of the Keyang Divine Tree trembled slightly, and a faint but dependent thought connected with Zhao Xing's mind.

The surrounding space-time suddenly changed, and Zhao Xing carefully examined it.

There is now a tenfold time difference between the external world and one's own internal world.

"Thirty years have passed in the outside world, and three hundred years have passed in the inner world. Although three hundred years is still not a long time, it is much more abundant than before."

The flow of time quickly stabilized, and Zhao Xing and Hua Li began to go about their respective tasks.

(End of this chapter)