Chapter 990: Chapter 59: Fire Chi Transformation and Pig Transformation Magic, Third Year of Da Zhi!
Returning to the Dao Yuan Continent, not sure if King Heavenly Destiny did it on purpose, he unexpectedly took the ancient earth tunnel controlled by the Kunyuan Academy.
"Passing by the academy twice without entering, if Meng knew, he’d die of anger." King Heavenly Destiny chuckled.
Zhao Xing felt a bit helpless, as King Heavenly Destiny seemed to have regained a youthful mindset after gaining a hundred years of life.
However, he truly didn’t have the time to write scriptures for the Earth Advantage Sect; his upcoming study of the Heavenly Time Technique also required full concentration.
He needed to cultivate top-level magic from beginner (lower Three Transitions) to small success (middle Three Transitions).
The process was already difficult, and if he got distracted, who knows how many spells he could master.
Additionally, his focus this time was on the Hou Transformation Technique.
External cultivation was manageable, but internal cultivation of the Hou Transformation Technique was somewhat dangerous.
A slight negligence could lead to firewalking demonic, causing body mutations.
If he ended up with a pig’s head unable to revert back, that would be disastrous. How could Zhao Xing dare to lose focus!
"Creak creak creak creak~"
The barrier of the Silver Dragon Flying Boat constantly trembled, emitting sharp friction sounds, as a flame flow layer appeared on the barrier’s exterior.
"The Silver Dragon Flying Boat is still not that great." King Heavenly Destiny glanced over, "Barely flying for two quarters, the mechanical array is operating at its limit, and the ship protection tunneling realm is making such loud noise."
"The ancient earth tunnel was not meant for ordinary use, yet you insisted on taking it." Zhao Xing opened the array box, extracting a smoking magic plate, then inserted another rectangular magic plate filled with a Seventh Rank Elemental Crystal.
The ship protection barrier stabilized once more, though the noise persisted.
The ancient earth tunnel was not meant for a Seventh Rank Flying Boat.
At the very least, a warship of the Seventh Rank was required, as even the tower ship level couldn’t cope with the defense requirements.
The Silver Dragon Flying Boat was considered quite decent, after all, it was meant for a First-class Marquis, categorized as a combat boat among flying vessels.
Traversing the ancient earth tunnel, one had to withstand the pressure of top-level earth veins and the friction caused by the ultra-high-speed earth vein flow.
Of course, the speed was incredibly fast.
Any ancient earth tunnel far exceeded Zhao Xing’s current Roc Transformation speed by dozens of times.
The transport speed of the earth tunnel was slightly below that of the Li Fire Altar and the Biyou Canghai, but its cargo capacity surpassed the two.
The Li Fire Altar could not transport a million-strong army and resources, and the Biyou Canghai was limited to Pinghai State, but the capacity of the ancient earth tunnel was often at a million level.
Three quarters of an hour later, the speed of the flying boat rapidly decreased.
The noise from the barrier gradually faded.
"We’ve arrived at Qianqing County."
King Heavenly Destiny stood up.
The scene outside the flying boat was no longer blurry; three ultra-large entrances appeared on the rock walls on both sides.
The entrances were supported by large, claw-like structures extending outwards; they appeared from the exterior like ultra-large iron barrels embedded in the rock wall.
Zhao Xing’s flying boat was small, so the entrance he entered had a diameter of only three hundred meters.
The other two large entrances both exceeded a kilometer in diameter, meant for warships.
"Buzz~"
The Silver Dragon Flying Boat passed through the entrance barrier and was quickly enveloped by two deep blue, substantial liquid light beams, floating rapidly upward.
"This is the water path, utilizing the power of water veins within the earth vein flow." King Heavenly Destiny explained, assuming Zhao Xing had never seen it before.
"Incredible!" Mr. Zhao marveled cooperatively.
In truth, Zhao Xing had not only seen it, but also worked on it.
In his past life, once he reached a certain level, the task he took on the most from the Earth Advantage Sect was repairing and excavating the ancient earth tunnels.
Especially during the Emperor Wu Period’s war against the Southern Barbarians, it was almost a constant battle and repair.
The task rewards were high, enticing many Earth Advantage Flow players to take on the task, with the soul of industry burning brightly!
But the awe was genuine.
Because by the time they reached the Flame Light Royal Court in his past life, the situation was quite dire.
The Babok Worms were highly destructive to the tunnels.
Numerous mechanical masters and Geographical Advantage Sect Ministers of Agriculture were buried alive multiple times, or even devoured by the worms.
Whenever the Babok Worm appeared, even tunneling through the earth realm was impossible.
It left such an impression that later Mr. Zhao had a phobia of worms, and the enthusiasm for this task rapidly diminished.
During the Jing Emperor Period’s Ping Man War, and the limited contact with the Flame Light Royal Court, since Jing Emperor hadn’t arranged that many routes.
The Earth Advantage Sect wasn’t tasked with digging earth vein passages either, indicating that the true strength of the Flame Light Royal Court had yet to fully manifest.
"Boom!"
The Silver Dragon Spaceship shook, erupting from beneath the earth.
The flying boat spun a few times before stabilizing its direction.
"Whoosh~"
Steadying its course, Zhao Xing piloted the flying boat toward the academic palace of Qianqing County.
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The area of Qianqing County was immense; even tripling the combined area of Kunyuan County and Upper Luo County couldn’t surpass Qianqing County.
The Xuantian Academy occupied only half of the county, yet its scale was still the largest among the three sects.
With so many people in the Heavenly Time Sect and such a broad range of spells, it was natural for them to occupy such a large area, or else they couldn’t perform!
The gate tower of the Xuantian Academy was grand, with eight towering gate towers surrounding the academy in all directions.
Entering the Xuantian Academy, there were nine layered pathways leading upward and downward.
Three cloud paths, three tree paths, and three earth paths.
Inside the Xuantian Academy, there were institutes such as the [Lianhua Court], [Gen Mountain Institute], and [Earth Damp Institute].
There were also sections for the Earth Advantage and Self Sect for Ministers of Agriculture to study.
In fact, since the inclusion of the Seventy-two Taoist Schools into Great Zhou, all institutes embraced inclusivity, even the Martial God Temple had subsidiary institutes like the Mechanical Institute and Minister of Agriculture Institute, Ritual Institute, Music Institute, and others.
Some of these subsidiary institutes became quite famous, even achieving the top spot in their respective states.
The [Xuantian Gen Mountain Institute] of the Xuantian Academy was quite renowned.
Not only had it developed new top-level Earth Advantage Skills, but it also had top-level experts specializing in Mountain Techniques, striving to create the Earth Advantage Sect’s ultimate Mountain Technique.