Chapter 407: Mushroom King Zhao Xingbei Lord of He'li's Expectation

Ninety-seven years later, on Beihe Realm Star, within a top-tier cultivation space.

"Zhao Xing.""Zhao Xing."Ripples spread through the cultivation space, coalescing into a man clad in a blue scholar's robe. His voice quickly reached a towering mountain piercing the clouds, at the summit of which stood a black spire.

With a flash, Zhao Xing appeared before the blue-robed scholar."Greetings, Mr. Qiao."

Scholar Qiao Song was a capable commander under King Beihe, a practitioner of the Life-Death Dao Domain realm. Since the end of the first assessment round, Zhao Xing had remained on Beihe Realm Star to cultivate. King Beihe had sent Qiao Song to deliver a bonus to Zhao Xing, and the cultivation space had also been arranged by Qiao Song.

"Zhao Xing, you are truly dedicated. Ninety-seven years, and you haven't emerged once," Qiao Song said with a slight smile. "The second round of the Primordial Grand Assembly assessment will begin in three years. We'll be departing soon."

"So soon." Zhao Xing felt a little disoriented; it was indeed easy to lose track of time when deeply immersed in cultivation. "Please wait a moment, sir. I'll be right out."

"Very well," Qiao Song replied, his tone gentle as he watched Zhao Xing's retreating back with admiration. "Among the 14,821 participants from the Beihe Galaxy, 2,733 are Agriculturists, and over 300 are Great Divine Ability practitioners. Zhao Xing is not a Great Divine Ability practitioner, yet he passed the first stage, and quite easily from what the records show. That's truly commendable."Agriculturists are especially important for the development of a galaxy, and King Beihe highly values such talents. Naturally, Qiao Song was very cordial towards Zhao Xing, personally arranging his cultivation space and even coming to call him out of seclusion himself.

"Rise!" Zhao Xing waved his hand, and the black spire on the majestic mountain rose from the ground. "Roar!" The black spire struggled violently, even sending tendrils bursting from the earth to lash out at Zhao Xing.

"Oh? It's alive... Is this a plant life form?" Qiao Song was somewhat surprised. The black spire had nine stories in total, with many holes emitting green smoke, looking entirely like a tower. The only anomaly was its rounded dome, which seemed somewhat out of place.

"Interesting." Qiao Song was present as an avatar, but it still possessed Dao Domain realm strength. At first glance, he hadn't even realized it was a living creature. Even now, he couldn't identify what type of plant life form it was.Scholars of the Dao were renowned for their vast knowledge, so for something to stump him instantly piqued Qiao Song's curiosity. "Roar, roar, roar," the sounds gradually faded as Zhao Xing put it away. "Zhao Xing, is this a plant soldier of yours?" Qiao Song asked curiously.

"Yes, it takes me a while to put it away. I apologize for amusing you, Mr. Qiao.""What species is it?""It's from the mushroom family, an Illusory Star Mushroom.""An Illusory Star Mushroom?" Qiao Song was even more astonished. "Why does it look like this...? Is it your spell experiment subject?"

"Yes, that's why I need to put it away."When Self-Essence Faction Agriculturists conduct life essence research, some experiment subjects can develop unique traces of the Great Dao that are difficult to replicate, creating life miracles. Such subjects are incredibly precious. Zhao Xing's Essence-Stripping Divine Ability consumed a great deal of his energy during his ninety-seven years of cultivation, and he also obtained a precious and controllable experiment subject. With a reference sample, he could mass-produce powerful and controllable plant soldiers in the future.

"I see," Qiao Song realized. "It seems you've made significant progress in these ninety-seven years."For the Illusory Star Mushroom to have transformed into this state and still maintain its life structure, it must undoubtedly bear precious traces of the Life Great Dao. Otherwise, the plant life would have long since collapsed.

"I've only made a small amount of progress," Zhao Xing said modestly. "Let's go. We can talk more on the way.""Yes, sir."

After Zhao Xing and Qiao Song entered the official realm vessel of the Beihe Galaxy, they found a vast plaza everywhere, adorned with a statue of the Beihe Lord and a colossal star mirror. At the same time, an image of the Beihe Lord played on a loop within the star mirror.

"To all geniuses who pass the second round of the Primordial Realm assessment, the Beihe Galaxy will freely bestow one high-grade realm star, ten medium-grade star continents, and one hundred mineral planets. To all geniuses who pass the third round of the Primordial Realm assessment, the Beihe Galaxy will freely bestow ten high-grade realm stars, one thousand medium-grade star continents, and ten thousand mineral planets. Furthermore, they will be rewarded with a growable Sun Dao Soldier!"

"The Beihe Lord is actually rewarding a growable Sun Dao Soldier?""The lowest grade Sun Dao Soldier starts at 10 billion Red Star Coins. A growable one would cost at least 100 billion.""What a generous offer," King Rahu exclaimed.

"Why isn't there any mention of the fourth round's reward?" Ji Mengjun listened intently.Zhao Xing replied, "Passing the fourth round means entering the Primordial Realm and taking a powerful master as a mentor. By convention, the Beihe Lord won't offer any further rewards, because he can't afford it. If a Sun Dao Soldier is given in the third round, would he then reward an Origin Divine Weapon? Sun Dao Soldiers can be mass-produced, but Origin Divine Weapons cannot. The Primordial Realm opens only once every three millennia. No matter how wealthy the Beihe Lord is, he can't play it this way. Furthermore, the Beihe Lord is in the Reincarnation Realm. If the rewards are too heavy, the karmic repercussions would also be severe. If the Beihe Lord gives too much, what would the masters in the Primordial Realm give? Of course, the Beihe Lord wouldn't be