Shennong Daojun

Endless thick clouds cover the left, right and rear, and only the road ahead is visible.

A doorway dozens of feet high has four words carved in ancient Chinese characters: Dameng Academy

"Coming in this time, it feels different."

"It seems like I can see farther and perceive things more clearly."

"There should be something I can reach this time, right? It's best to just give the treasure instead of asking for help..."

Thinking silently in his heart, Zhao Xing walked among the clouds and crossed the gate of the academy.

Just like the first time, many treasures still flashed before my eyes.

[Reincarnation Hall], [Questioning Platform], [Martial God Tower], [Secret Secret of Magic], [Tianji Pavilion], [Holy Beast Palace], [Fate Palace]... Pavilions, palace complexes, verandahs and overpasses are scattered all over the place. There are layers of mountains and clouds and mist, making you feel like you are in a fairyland.

But as we got closer, these places were submerged in the clouds one by one.

Wait, wait quietly.

In anticipation, a palace enlarged in his eyes, with golden light shining brightly, and finally stabilized completely.

"Huh? It's not the Questioning Platform, this is... the Tiangong Palace?"

Zhao Xing looked at the palace. He did not expect that after entering the palace, what would appear was not the Asking Heart Platform, but the Tiangong Hall.

"There are many treasures in Tiangong Palace, but they can be found in many places. It depends on which side hall I enter."

Zhao Xing secretly thought, and then stepped into the palace.

As soon as we entered, a burst of clouds and mist spewed out from the surroundings, and then dispersed, slowly revealing the real scene.

"Student Zhao Xing, welcome to the Xuanji Hall."

A low voice came from the clouds in front, and then a strange beast slowly walked out.

It is as big as a bull, similar to a unicorn, with thick black hair all over its body, bright eyes, a silver horn on its forehead, and it speaks human language.

After Zhao Xing saw the appearance of the strange beast clearly, he was slightly stunned.

The mechanism beast Haechi? He actually came to Xuanji Pavilion?

"I've seen the guardian." Zhao Xing quickly saluted with his hands in hand.

He is no stranger to Xuanji Pavilion. This Xie Zhi is the guardian. It also has another name: Dharma Beast.

Haechi is very intelligent and understands people's speech and human nature. The national treasures of many dynasties have changed, sometimes it is a unicorn, sometimes a black bird, sometimes a real dragon, sometimes a phoenix. But the status of Haezhi has always remained unchanged. It has been a national treasure in every dynasty.

It is also the guardian of the country. Although it is not the real magical beast Haechi in front of it, it is just a machine beast, but it contains the spirituality of the magical beast inside, and the body made of it is made of ninth-level materials, which is no different from the real thing.

The magic beast Xie Zhi looked at Zhao Xing and said, "You are only in the middle stage of Ju Yuan. The only thing suitable for you to break through is this Xuanji Pavilion."

Zhao Xing listened quietly.

"The way of heaven is multiplication and division, and the source of creation. The mechanism array inside mainly tests the students' wisdom and deduction and calculation ability. The mechanism array combines the five elements, heavenly stems and earthly branches."

"Each level, the difficulty will be doubled, but the rewards will also be doubled."

"If you can reach the end of Xuanji Pavilion, you can get a 'rare treasure'."

The magic beast Xie Zhi introduced.

Zhao Xing couldn't help but his heart was beating fast.

A rare treasure!

In addition to the grades one to nine of the treasures, there are also 'rare treasures' and 'unparalleled treasures' above.

The so-called rare treasures are treasures that are rare within a dynasty for thousands of years. The quantity will not be too many, at most multiple digits.

As for the unique treasures, they cannot be found in the world today and have been passed down from ancient times.

Why is Zhao Xing excited?

Because during this period, the Dameng Academy had not yet been raided by Emperor Wu, but these levels had not changed much!

He had passed these levels in his previous life!

"Ahead is the first level, the Mysterious Gate."

Haechi breathed softly, and then the fog in front of him dissipated, revealing a strange-shaped wooden door.

"The mysterious door has three mechanical locks on it. If you open the lock, you will pass the first level."

Zhao Xing suppressed his inner excitement, cupped his hands, and walked over.

The wooden door is five meters high and eight meters wide. The reason why it is unique in shape is that it is completely embedded in the wall and fits perfectly.

Everything else is extremely smooth, and the cracks in the door cannot be seen at all. There are three parts at a height of one meter.

Two of them stand out.

One is shaped like a bull's head, and the other is shaped like a snake.

One is embedded in the door, forming a plum blossom pattern.

"Zhaoyang Plum Blossom Lock, Chongguang Bull Head Lock, and Wild Camelot Snake Lock." Zhao Xing looked at these three machine locks and couldn't help but smile.

Although he is not proficient in the art of institutions, he knows the answer.

Even know more than one solution.

I remembered it when I was a player, but it can still be used now, because this type of machine lock does not involve the use of its own vitality.

Haezhi also said that the test is the student's wisdom and calculation ability, as well as the understanding of the knowledge of the five elements and heavenly stems.

"The Zhaoyang plum blossom lock and the Chongguang ox head lock are both heavenly stem locks, while the wild luo snake lock is an earthly branch lock."

"These most basic parts are combined into a lock in a unique way. Each part needs to be moved to the corresponding position to unlock it."

Zhao Xing unbuttoned the bull head first.

He pushed with his left hand and adjusted the position of the bull's head buckle so that one bull's head moved downwards and the other bull's head faced him.

The wall seems to be soft, and the bull head buckle can move inside without any restrictions, but it is impossible to pull it open with force.

Zhao Xing kept his left hand motionless and only used his right hand to operate. Pull back the bull's head held in your right hand until the bull's head reaches the 'upper chapter' position, which is one-third of the Kun position.

Then let the bull head on the right hand turn upwards slightly, and the bull head in the lower position will rotate accordingly, forming an up-and-down layout.

At this time, the bull head in the lower Kun position has been detached, but it is still not unlocked.

The bull head in the upper Zhang position must also be moved to the ‘re-light’ position, which is the ‘Zhen position. ’

Then rotate downward to two-thirds of the Zhen position and try to pull it outward.

“Ka-ka-ka-ka~”

The two bull heads immediately retracted into the door, and a faint blue light lit up, which means that one of the locks has been unlocked.

“It’s still fastest to use the Ganzhi method to unlock it, and get one done!”

Clapping his hands, Zhao Xing walked to the Huangluo Snake Lock on the other side.

The snake lock is horizontal on the door, about three feet long, and is composed of secret round beads.

“The Huangluo Snake Lock has 146 live beads and nine fixed beads. There are not many ways to combine them. Half of them are hidden in the door. The difficulty is here.” Zhao Xing began to explore and find the location of the fixed beads.

The key to unlocking the snake lock is to find the nine beads and restore them to their original positions.

"Fortunately, I'm the only one here, and no one is causing trouble for me." Zhao Xing remembered some interesting things when he was unlocking the lock.

It's very interesting to pass this level. The snake lock will be restored at zero o'clock, ensuring that four fixed beads are exposed.

This is the initial difficulty of the first level.

But if the first person of the day deliberately makes trouble and hides the fixed beads, or if there is a fool who is incompetent and furious at the snake lock and moves the live beads randomly, then the difficulty of unlocking for the people behind will increase, and it will definitely cause trouble for others.

So every time at zero o'clock, there will be a queue here, striving to be the first to unlock, so that others will not cause trouble for themselves, and then cause some trouble for others.

"Done!" After groping for a while, Zhao Xing reset the nine fixed beads.

Hiss~ The snake lock quickly retracted into the door, and a blue light appeared at the original position.

"Not bad, quite talented." Xiezhi looked at Zhao Xing's actions and nodded slightly. "It seems that the first level is not difficult for him."

The first two locks were solved so quickly, so the last one is obviously not a problem.

Only the last one is left, the Zhaoyang plum blossom lock.

It is also the most difficult one among the three locks.

"All nine petals of the plum blossom need to be restored once. Fortunately, there is only the Zhaoyang position in the heavenly stems, which is much easier. If it is more difficult, the inner part should correspond to the heavenly stems and the outer part should correspond to the time, which will be troublesome." Zhao Xing thought for a moment, and then gently pressed one of the petals of the plum blossom.

After pressing it, a sound came from inside. Zhao Xing listened carefully and then continued with the second one.

The first step is to select.

There must be one petal in the nine petals of the plum blossom that is in the Zhaoyang position.

Since each petal must be restored, the first petal must be found and moved away, but it cannot be moved randomly. The direction of the move must be remembered in order, otherwise it is possible that only one petal will be restored after many attempts.

After finding the position, Zhao Xing began to unlock it.

After ten breaths.

"Buzz~"

The plum blossoms light up blue light one by one, then expand and bloom.

"Ka-ka-ka~"

The gate began to shrink to both sides.

First level, passed!

"Student Zhao Xing, congratulations on passing the first level of Xuanji Hall." The magic beast Xiezhi came over, "You have been rewarded with a fourth-level 'Five Organs Eliminating Evil Pill'."

"The Five Organs Eliminating Evil Pill can enhance your internal training skills, strengthen your organs, and recover faster, while casting spells more smoothly."

"If you practice a technique that absorbs evil spirits, you can also enhance the resistance of the five organs to evil fire."

After saying that, Xiezhi opened his mouth and a five-color pill flew out of his stomach.

Zhao Xing took it with both hands: "Thank you."

Looking at this Five Organs Pill, he couldn't help but sigh, the Dameng Academy is so high-end, and the small first level actually directly rewards a fourth-level pill.

If it became the 'Yunmeng Academy' during the Emperor Wu period, then this first level would at most give out a first or second-level treasure as a reward.

One is elite, and the other is civilian, so the rewards are naturally not comparable.

"Do you want to continue?" Xiezhi asked.

"Yes, I want to continue." Zhao Xing nodded.

"Huh~" Xiezhi blew a breath forward, and it seemed that a strong wind was blowing around, and the clouds and fog rolled.

Zhao Xing was also blown by the wind and moved quickly. When he settled down and looked, the scene had changed drastically.

"The second level, the Heavenly Secret Box."

"There are four Heavenly Secret Boxes in front of you, divided into four levels of A, B, C, and D. There are treasures of different qualities inside."

"The Heavenly Secret Box has no lock or buckle, and it is sealed with formation text. If you are a mechanical master, you can try to unlock it with formation text."

"If you want to break it violently, the four Heavenly Secret Boxes A, B, C, and D require your magic and martial arts power to reach the initial stage of the Spirit Bridge, the middle stage of the Spirit Bridge, the late stage of the Spirit Bridge, and the perfect Spirit Bridge."

The magic beast Xiezhi was talking about the practice realm of the Great Li Dynasty, that is, the ancient realm.

The Juyuan realm corresponds to the ninth grade, and the Spirit Bridge realm corresponds to the eighth grade.

Ju Yuan is easy to understand, absorbing the Yuan Qi of heaven and earth, condensing the Yuan Qi to cultivate oneself.

Lingqiao Realm, is to build a spiritual bridge between heaven and earth from Dantian, connecting heaven and earth, and can more clearly perceive the five elements between heaven and earth, while also speeding up the absorption of Yuan Qi, so that the Yuan Qi circulates endlessly.

The characteristics of the realm are the same, but they are called differently in different dynasties.

"Brutal cracking, the first-class box requires the perfect attack standard of the Lingqiao Realm." Zhao Xing said secretly, "It's a bit more difficult."

In his previous life, he broke through this level, and the first-class box only required the standard of the middle stage of the Lingqiao Realm.

However, whether it is the Dameng Academy or the Yunmeng Academy, the requirements are not combat power, as long as the single value of "attack power" meets the standard.

That is to say, the lethality of a single spell can only break the defense of the box, and it does not need to be comparable to the "Spirit Bridge Realm".

According to the standards of the Great Zhou cultivation system, a single intermediate spell or martial art that reaches the ninth level is a sign of the eighth level.

The eighth level is just expanding the scope of intermediate spells.

The eighth level (Spirit Bridge Perfection) generally has multiple intermediate perfect spells or secrets, or even self-created spells, breaking through the limit of the ninth level, and matching each other, which is more comprehensive and naturally has higher combat effectiveness.

The eighth level (the late stage of the Spirit Bridge) has multiple intermediate ninth level spells or secrets.

From the ninth level to the eighth level, the vitality has not changed qualitatively, but the physical body will be stronger. Of course, the difference between the eighth and ninth levels of warriors is very large, but the difference between spell professions is smaller.

As for whether a single spell with the ninth level can be considered as the eighth level combat power, it depends on the facts.

For example, now, the four boxes A, B, C, and D are all made of special wood. If you only know the "earth magic", you can only stare blankly.

Because the five elements wood overcomes earth, you can't break it by brute force even if you know seven or eight kinds of earth magic and all reach the level of intermediate perfection.

"My thunder magic has only nine turns, and it is not perfect yet. I don't know if it can be broken." Zhao Xing said secretly. In terms of attack power, thunder magic is of course the most powerful. Although Bingyu is at the maximum level, in this case, what is needed is an explosive attack, and Bingyu is estimated to not reach the critical value.

Moreover, the systems of Dali and Dazhou are different, and he doesn't know if it will work.

The so-called formation text is the password to unlock the box.

The formation text is a more advanced application skill in the way of mechanism.

These Tianji boxes now are not the Tianji boxes of the Wudi period that he is familiar with, and the "password" is naturally not the same.

"Xingyun!" Zhao Xing stretched out his hand and pointed, and the clouds suddenly appeared above his head.

Because the perception of spells is rooted in the soul, spells can also be cast in the Dameng Academy.

If the vitality undergoes a qualitative change in the future, you can also use more advanced guiding talismans and soul-soothing talismans to bring your own combat power into the level.

"Attract thunder!"

A thunderbolt fell from the clouds.

Knowing that his thunder method was not perfect, Zhao Xing could only work hard on the control method.

"Boom boom boom boom boom boom boom!"

Nine thunderbolts in a row hit the same place of the mystery box, trying to break the box.

"Did it break?"

Zhao Xing looked closely and found that the secret box only had a charred point, and it was still a long way from breaking.

"Forget it, there is no need to waste time on this level."

Zhao Xing quickly gave up cracking the A-level box.

Even if the second level did not get the highest reward now, you can try it again later.

"Boom boom!"

Two thunderbolts easily broke the C and D boxes.

As for the B-level mystery box, it took some more time.

"What's in the box?"

The Mysterious Box is not big, only half a meter long. The ankle is thick, so it is impossible to put anything big in it. Three small items came out of it.

However, the treasure is not judged by size, but by grade.

When Zhao Xing broke it, three light balls immediately floated in front of him.

"Wind Crystal Earrings, third-grade top-grade, made of Fengjing jade, a specialty of Fenghe Cave Heaven. Wearing it can enhance hearing."

"Earth Evil Pill, third-grade top-grade, contains a wisp of Earth Evil, which can be used to cleanse the internal organs."

"Giant Whale Pill, fourth-grade middle-grade, made of the flesh and blood of deep-sea giant whales and third-grade herbs. After taking it, it can enhance the body and make it extremely powerful. Especially the lungs. After taking the Giant Whale Pill in the Juyuan Realm, the body can dive a thousand meters in the water with only the flesh."

The voice of Xiezhi sounded, introducing the three treasures one by one.

I don't know if it's because of the violent cracking, these three are basically things used by warriors.

Zhao Xing heard this and started to wonder: They are all physical training, but Si Nong, who is good enough, is going to take the route of physical strength?

But the things they gave were really good. They were given such good things for the second level.

Zhao Xing couldn't help but sigh that the elites of Dali were really well fed.

You should know that these three things have relatively unique functions in the third and fourth levels, and they are not ordinary goods.

The Earthly Evil physical training and the giant whale strength increase also have an underwater effect. As for the wind crystal earrings, they can enhance hearing, which can be said to be quite practical.

"Student Zhao Xing, do you want to continue to the third level?"

"Yes, the student wants to continue." Zhao Xing broke the box of level B and also obtained the qualification to continue to break through.

If you only break level C and level D, you can't continue to break through the third level.

"Buzz~"

The clouds and mist rolled again, and Zhao Xing felt that he was blown away by a gust of wind again. The next moment, he came between the two walls.

"The third level is called the Mechanical Labyrinth."

"There are many mechanical devices in the labyrinth, some are visible and some are hidden, and they are movable. You need to find the rules yourself to deal with those mechanical devices and then move in the labyrinth."

Xiezhi introduced: "If you walk into the labyrinth from the entrance and come out within four hours, you can get a fourth-level treasure reward."

"If you come out within two hours, you can get a fifth-level treasure reward."

"If you come out within one hour, you can get a sixth-level treasure reward."

"If you haven't come out within four hours, it will be considered a failure."

Zhao Xing blinked his eyes. The mechanical labyrinth actually gives a sixth-level treasure reward? !

This is much stronger than the Yunmeng Academy during the Emperor Wu period!

The highest reward during the Emperor Wu period was only a fourth-level treasure!

I just don’t know if the maze has been simplified. If it hasn’t been simplified, it means the difficulty is the same, so this time I’ll really make a fortune... Zhao Xing was a little excited.

Xiezhi looked at Zhao Xing with some confusion in his eyes. He didn’t know what he was excited about. Was he afraid?

For this reason, Xiezhi also explained: "The maze is not dangerous. You can go ahead with confidence. If you fail, you will sleep for three days at most. You don’t have to worry about your own safety."

Zhao Xing bowed and said: "Thank you for the reminder, Guardian."

"Go in."

"Yes." Zhao Xing stepped into the maze.

Xiezhi blew a breath, and the maze suddenly moved.