Chapter 941: Chapter 52: Promotion and Title Advancement, Departure for Shangluo Academy! (12,000 Words)
Water Flower Cave Heaven, a massive Kun, ten thousand meters long, surged up as the sea glacier suddenly split open.
Its massive mouth opened, and a rainbow-colored blue beam of light shot towards the east.
The mixed and mottled primordial energy, interspersed with a large amount of water vapor, scattered towards various places in the east.
After the final inhale and exhale, the violent Sea Eye deep beneath the sea gradually disappeared.
Whoosh~
The Kun suddenly vanished, and a figure appeared above the ice field.
Zhao Xing’s true self took out the Earth Realm.
"It’s Wang Tianzhi’s order for me to return to Tianyuan Prefecture, has the Imperial Decree arrived?"
"The result of the rewards and recognition has been issued, a bit fast indeed."
Looking at this message, Zhao Xing pondered.
The rewards were too fast, he worried that some things hadn’t been properly accounted for by the court.
But since it had come, he could only go to accept the decree.
Someone was already coming to Water Flower Cave Heaven to fetch him.
"Roc Transformation!"
In Zhao Xing’s Inner Five Elements Heaven and Earth, the illusion of a Roc spread its wings.
A divine light arose in his acupoints and flesh.
His body instantly transformed with a single breath.
He transformed into a white Roc with a wingspan of one hundred meters.
In the ancient mythologies, most of the Rocs were pure white.
Zhao Xing was the same now, except his beak and claws were light golden.
From the start of executing the mission until now, it had been over four months.
Continuously training the Marquis Transformation Method in various harsh environments, after consuming a drop of Kunpeng Essence Blood, Zhao Xing’s true self finally broke through to the fourth transition, mastering the Roc Transformation.
At the same time, he had also roughly mastered one of the talent secret techniques of Roc Transformation: Roc Wingspan.
"Kun Transformation, strong in defense, Kun Swallowing Heaven and Earth can devour a massive amount of primordial energy, fearless of harsh environments."
"Roc Transformation, fast in speed, Roc Wingspan can stir up top-level Gentle Wind, capable of both attack and flight."
The two stages of Kunpeng Transformation contained endless mysteries, and multiple comprehension directions for talent secret techniques.
Swish~
With Roc Wingspan, his figure instantly disappeared from the original place.
The Roc Transformation that Zhao Xing mastered could make his wingspan reach a thousand meters, but in terms of fastest speed, it was still at the hundred-meter level.
Compared to Near and Far, Roc Wingspan was more suited for long-distance travel and could withstand harsh environments.
Near and Far was more suited for short-distance teleportation, with less resistance to harsh environments.
Of course, the relative short distance and resistance were all compared to the Roc Transformation, as the Marquis Transformation Method had an innate trait of resisting harsh environments.
The task area on the sea glacier Zhao Xing was executing was about fifty thousand li away from Hua City.
Using Roc Wingspan to travel, it only took two hours to arrive.
This already surpassed the vast majority of seventh-tier ships and compared with many top-grade seventh-tier military warships in speed.
The key point was that it wasn’t very consuming, because the Roc was the favored child of the wind, able to control the wind, completely blending into it.
"Screech——"
A loud and sharp sound pierced through Hua City’s sky.
Soon, many people looked up.
"Zhao Xing has returned."
"Zhao Chen’an mastering Roc Transformation is truly enviable."
"In the storm eye region of the Water Flower Cave Heaven, Zhao Xing single-handedly quelled nine of them."
"This talent secret technique is too powerful; using Roc Wingspan and controlling top-level Gentle Wind, it’s equivalent to automatically mastering the Five Elements True Intent of ’Gentle Wind True Intent’."
"His prospects are limitless; no wonder Dean Ling did that at the time."
"..."
Among those executing missions in Water Flower Cave Heaven, many high grades were from the Marquis Transformation Sect, and they were always envious when seeing the Roc.
If Roc Transformation could be perfected to its utmost, one could master the fastest speed under heaven.
Hua City Government.
King Heavenly Destiny rubbed his forehead, glanced up, and couldn’t help but smile: "Good kid, only two hours and he’s back, really fast."
Swish~
The white Roc disappeared, then Zhao Xing used Near and Far, instantly appearing in the Hua City Government office.
"Zhao Xing."
"Prince, sorry to keep you waiting." Zhao Xing cupped his hands. The order was conveyed by Wang Tianzhi, but the one who came to fetch him was King Heavenly Destiny.
"You don’t need to worry about the handover work; I’ve already informed the people here. Talk on the way, let’s go."
"Yes."
Zhao Xing immediately boarded King Heavenly Destiny’s dragon boat, flying toward the entrance of the Water Flower Cave Heaven.
In the cabin.
Zhao Xing took a glance at King Heavenly Destiny, noticing his stable aura. Although his appearance hadn’t changed much, his demeanor was different, emanating a flourishing life force.
"What are you looking at?"
"Has the Prince..."
"Hahaha, you figured it out?" King Heavenly Destiny immediately smiled.
"Is it true? I thought..." Zhao Xing showed joy.
He guessed that King Heavenly Destiny had already received his reward. After all, even such a small reward for a small shrimp like him had come; King Heavenly Destiny must have definitely received his earlier.
"Did Liu Tianning and Luo Hou King tell you I was dying?"
"Yes." Zhao Xing nodded, as Liu Tianning and Luo Hou King had both hinted at this direction at the time.
At that time, both of them believed that King Heavenly Destiny could not gain the reward to extend his life again.
Because King Heavenly Destiny was already six hundred and eighty-three years old, and he had lost fifty years of his life in the turmoil with Prince Liang.
King Heavenly Destiny himself had said he only had three good years left to live.
For someone at King Heavenly Destiny’s level, he was already reaching the limit of Second Grade’s lifespan. If he wanted to live, aside from Emperor Jing granting him a First Grade official position to extend his life, there was no other way.
Privately seeking life-extending treasures? Let’s not even discuss whether they existed, even if they did, no one dared to provide them to King Heavenly Destiny.
Because if Emperor Jing didn’t bestow longevity, it meant he didn’t permit King Heavenly Destiny to continue living!
Who would dare present treasures to King Heavenly Destiny? Setting aside the emperor-subject relationship, this was still a matter of the Ji Family, which no one could interfere with.
Whether it was Zhao Xing, Liu Tianning, Luo Hou King, or even King Heavenly Destiny himself, they all knew the only way to survive was by observing Emperor Jing’s attitude.