Shennong Dao Master

Inside the small tripod, a bright yellow light emerged, invigorating Zhao Xing's spirit.

"Earth Element Spirit Qi!"

Then he performed the Pure Essence Projection, drawing the Earth Element Spirit Qi into the Pure Essence Space.

"Hmm? There's more?"

Zhao Xing noticed that after taking the first portion of Earth Element Spirit Qi, another bright yellow light bundle emerged from the bronze tripod, identical in size and again, it was Earth Element Spirit Qi.

"I'll take it!"

Zhao Xing quickly collected the second bundle of Earth Element Spirit Qi.

Buzz~

Another bright yellow light emerged.

"The third one! The Dragon Court indeed has abundant Spiritual Energy!"

Zhao Xing beamed with joy as he absorbed the third portion of Earth Spirit Qi.

With a slight shake, the small tripod released another bundle of Spirit Qi.

It was slightly smaller than before, only half a portion.

Zhao Xing collected it again and waited for a while.

The small tripod trembled, producing the fifth light bundle.

...

In the next fifteen minutes, the bronze tripod released Earth Spirit Qi twenty times in total.

In the end, ten portions of Spirit Qi were gathered in the Pure Essence Space.

Zhao Xing patted the small bronze tripod, finally realizing there was nothing left, and then he set it down.

"Ten portions of Spirit Qi, this matches the amount I've previously accumulated." Zhao Xing, with a sinking heart, observed the Pure Essence Space.

At this moment, the Pure Essence Soil could be described as vast.

"Go!"

Ten bundles of bright yellow light plunged into the ground.

"Buzzing~"

The earth trembled lightly, and the area began to expand again.

"It remains Level Six soil, but the Earth Element traits are becoming more pronounced." Zhao Xing contemplated.

"The Earth's Thickness can crush an enemy's Pure Essence Projection."

"It can also nurture more plant species for soldiers."

"Continuing the development, I will be able to plant Seventh-rank plant soldiers on a large scale."

Currently, Zhao Xing's Pure Essence Soil is planted with many plants, but most are Sixth-rank, and they're sparsely distributed, as each plant soldier requires a large rooting area.

It's quite challenging to form a dense forest.

"There are twenty-four Seventh-rank plants, corresponding to the twenty-four solar terms, but they're all just in the seedling stage."

"When a earth vein and a small river appear in the Pure Essence Soil, only then will it be truly amazing, and a Seventh-rank soldier can mature in a day."

Now it is just 'Earth's Thickness', and the advancement route is 'Earth's Spirit Vein' —— 'Earth's Spirit Line'.

"Advancing to 'Earth's Spirit Vein' in the Dragon Court has potential." Zhao Xing came to the center of the soil, carefully sensing.

"The space of the Pure Essence Soil, including the land, was originally absolutely flat. One could say the emergence of Earth's Thickness traits from Level Six is the standard line for a spirit vein."

"Here now, there's already a piece of soil elevated higher than the shoe soles."

The change isn't obvious, but this step has already widened the gap with many Self Sect's Ministers of Agriculture.

The heart spirit floated up, and Zhao Xing opened his eyes.

Afterwards, he didn't find any more Spiritual Energy items.

But he gathered a large amount of Dragon Crystals.

Outside the City Lord Mansion, Dragon Turtles pulled dragon ships to the shore.

"Splash~"

A large amount of Dragon Crystals was poured out.

"Collect!"

Zhao Xing picked out all the Dragon Crystals of Sixth Level and above.

"The remaining Dragon Crystals can still be smelted into high-grade ones."

"But I needn't wait here and waste time." Zhao Xing thought to himself. "I'll leave a clone here to oversee the work."

He spent two hours, following the list from the Heavenly Mechanism Pavilion's "Heaven and Earth Treasures Manual", selecting Dragon Wood, Dragon Blood Grass, and other materials or seeds, and brought them into the Pure Essence Space.

"The foundational task assigned by the court, this city is enough to account for it."

Zhao Xing used his near and far technique to find Cao Qianyue.

"Marquis, want a bite?" Cao Qianyue had completed his task, selecting some valuable treasures and piling them up in the arena.

Then, he started eating Dragon Meat.

"Haha, you sure are enjoying your meal." The flesh of Ji Meng's descendant was tough and old, Mr. Zhao didn't like it, and it wasn't much use to him as a Third-rank.

What puzzled him was how Cao Qianyue could get along well with three battle beasts, all of them eating happily together.

"I won't eat, have you had your fill? If so, get ready to hit the road with me." Zhao Xing said.

"Hit the road?" Cao Qianyue was stunned, "Marquis, aren't we developing here?"

"No, this is just for obtaining an identity to enter the Royal City." Zhao Xing replied, "Without the Dragon Clan identity of the Gu Ting Kingdom, I cannot enter the Royal City."

"Royal City?" Cao Qianyue was again taken aback, the marquis's actions seemed different from what he knew of the usual procedure.

Bear in mind that the activation time for the Dragon Court Ancient Land normally ranges from 15 to 20 years.

After entering, one should occupy a place for development, then mine if there are mineral resources, plant treasures if there are any, and pick fruits.

Enslave the Dragon Clan under one's command to mine, search for treasures, and then accumulate merits in the Dragon Court to upgrade the Dragon Rank position.

If one is of Middle Grade and has weaker capabilities, they have to start from Dragon Soldiers and Dragon Generals.

Zhao Xing is now Third-rank, having taken a Dragon City, with surrounding territories possessing Dragon Crystal Mines, producing Dragon Blood Wood, and even having some Dragon Springs, so why leave?

Cao Qianyue couldn't understand, but whatever Zhao Xing decided was final, being Duke Divine Might, was beyond his ability to understand.

"Yes, Marquis." Cao Qianyue wiped his hands on his belt and then said: "Marquis, I've already counted the valuables, they are loaded onto three dragon ships over there."

"If you give me a few more days, I could disassemble some useful parts from the Dragon Clan's heavy weapons."

Zhao Xing waved his hand and said: "You're alone, you can't dismantle much, besides, what you mentioned isn't valuable in the Dragon Court, so it's unnecessary."