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Xu Zongyi's face was pale white. Just as he stopped bleeding, his clothes were already in tatters. This time, he was truly in danger and had almost lost his life.

Xu Tiandao didn't dare to say anything for fear of angering him.

"Let it go. It's all the blood of the Xu family. It's just a test. It's normal for him to be injured." At the moment, killing Xu Tianyang was of no use to him. It would only increase the number of enemies he had, and was also the head of his clan.

What's more, Xu Yueshen had appeared. If Xu Zhengdao really wanted to kill him, he would have stopped him.

"Isn't this letting him off easy?" Xu Zhengdao had long since predicted that Xu Zongyi was a kind-hearted man who would definitely not want to do anything to him.

"It wouldn't do us any good to kill him. His flesh isn't like those Scaled Snakes' meat. It's not something we can eat." Xu Zongyi shrugged and said helplessly.

"Hahaha, you're right. It's not impossible to release him." Xu Zhengdao laughed and used the Skyfrost Sword to pick out his medallion, "Brother Zongyi, take these medallions. With your original merit points, you should be able to get first place this time. It should be enough to remove the imprint of the sinful blood on your face."

Without waiting for Xu Zongyi to say anything, he received one hundred eighty thousand merit points from Xu Tianyi's token. That added up to three hundred thousand merit points.

Xu Tianyi's heart was bleeding. This was something that he had painstakingly accumulated with all his effort. One hundred and eighty thousand contribution points could be exchanged for quite a few things in the village's Hall of Reward and Punishment.

"In that case, thank you, Righteous Dao brother." Xu Zongyi did not decline and gladly accepted it.

After all, he needed something like merit points to exchange for what he needed. He couldn't always borrow food from Xu Xindie.

"Haha, you're welcome. It's not mine anyway." Xu Zhengdao laughed and walked towards the west entrance of Heartbreak Valley with Xu Zongyi. He did not even glance at Xu Tianyi.

Xu Xindie looked at him with great disappointment in her eyes.

After all, the three of them had grown up together. Their relationship wasn't deep, and they weren't indifferent at all. She never would have thought that Xu Tianyun would be so cruel and do such a thing.

The frost on Xu Tiankong's body had all disappeared. He looked at Xu Zhengdao and the rest with hatred and said, "Watch out. I won't let you go. You want to be number one? That is wishful thinking."

Xu Tianyi laid on the ground for a long time before slowly recovering his mobility. He took a medicine to heal his wounds and quickly recovered.

The Flying Eagle dropped from the sky and brought him back.

The humiliation he had suffered today was unprecedented.

When he returned to the east side of the Heartrest Valley, he immediately ordered, "Everyone, give your merit points to Tian Mu."

Xu Tianmu was rather surprised. He didn't understand why he would do such a thing.

However, he was almost the only one in the entire academy. Everyone could naturally see that Xu Tianyi wouldn't let them suffer a loss. These achievement points weren't enough to trade for anything, so it wasn't bad to be a favor.

Almost all the merit points of everyone in the entire Qiu Battle School added up to at least five hundred thousand. They were all given to Xu Tianmu. At the moment, his achievement points were at least six hundred and fifty thousand, not to mention half a month away.

Even if it was Xu Zhengdao, Xu Xindie's contribution points could only be given to him at most seven hundred thousand.

However, there was still half a month left. There were many Vicious Beasts here, and the entire west entrance of Heart Nurturing Valley was desolate with nothing. Therefore, it was impossible for Xu Zongyi to obtain first place.

"Xu Zongyi, I need you to understand that if I want you to live, you can't even die. If I want you to die, you won't be able to survive no matter what. As long as I'm here, you won't be able to do anything!" Xu Tianyang's face was filled with anger. His injuries had yet to completely recover.

By his side, Xu Tianmu's scheming was deep. He did not say much, but he could already guess that Xikou had definitely been at a disadvantage.

Otherwise, it would be impossible for him to be so baffling.

"Heavenbreak, thank you very much this time. If you need anything in the future, feel free to speak your mind." Xu Tianmu smiled faintly.

"How can you? Do you and I need to talk so much?" Xu Tianyi waved his hand in disapproval, then lightly said, "It's said that this time, the Heavenly Heart Hall has already prepared the top three prizes. They are worth quite a bit."

His father was the clan leader, and he needed a lot of things to grow along the way. Even if he had someone supporting him from behind, it was also very limited, because his grandfather, Xu Zhiyan, was different.

At the west entrance of Heart Nurturing Valley.

In the jungle, Xu Zongyi changed his clothes, not wanting to worry Xiao E.

The wounds on his body had already formed scabs, so stopping the bleeding wouldn't be life-threatening.

Xu Zongyi did not mention this matter.

Xu Zhengdao and Xu Xindie naturally did not care too much about him, as if nothing had happened.

The little black dog remained in Xu Zongyi's embrace, its tongue hanging out of its mouth, a very happy look on its face.

"How is the situation?" Xiao E looked at Xu Zongyi. She had no idea that not long ago, he had sustained serious injuries and was not far from death.

"Nothing much, there are no more fierce beasts within a hundred mile radius. Right now, we can only fully cultivate this Spirit Gathering Grass." Xu Zongyi shook his head.

"Looks like the competition this time will be very suspenseful." Xu Xindie's face was full of worry.

"No rush. Everyone rest well. Use your own methods to nourish these Spirit Gathering Grass and do your best." Xu Zongyi smirked.

Senior Brother Tianmu has a green cane, and he's much more adept than us at farming. If they slaughtered enough beasts and formed a formation to cultivate Mystic Grass, it's very likely that they would break through to the Orange Rank. It would be very difficult for us to win, and we might not even have the advantage of being in the Orange Rank." Xu Yudan came from Xia Xiayuan, so she naturally knew the strength of the people who stayed in the hospital. "Now that they know they are going to participate in the training, I'm afraid their backers have given them a lot of nourishment for the grass!

"…" Xu Zongyi furrowed his brows. It seemed like this test wasn't entirely based on his abilities, but rather on the power behind him.

"It doesn't matter. As long as everyone tries their best, it's fine. If we don't give it a try, how will we know the result?" Although Xu Xindie knew that this match was likely to be lost, she still encouraged the crowd.

"You're right. Miss Xindie and Zong Yi both have the 'Water Melting Ceremony' in their hands, and they're not one bit inferior to the Xia Nurturing Courtyard." Xiao E, who was at the side, also gave her encouragement.

"That's true." Xu Yudan stuck out her tongue, "Wherever the righteous path lies, that is where the right path lies. We will definitely win."

Xu Zhengdao was embarrassed. Facing so many admirers, he did not know what to do. His head hurt.

"Where did this little guy come from?" Xiao E looked curiously at the little black dog in Xu Zongyi's arms.

"It probably escaped by a fluke in the jungle. Sister Xiao E, you're our chef, so I'll give it to you to take care of first. Remember to give it more snake meat, it's still growing now." Xu Zongyi chuckled. No matter what, he had already brought him back, so he naturally had to take good care of him.

"So pitiful, I'm afraid my kin have already died." Xiao E sighed lightly as she received it from Xu Zongyi's embrace, her eyes filled with pity.

Night gradually descended.

At night, it was the best time to water the vegetation.

Xu Zongyi sat by the side of a nearby ditch that was filled with Memory Condensation Grass as he quietly pondered.

Xu Xindie came to his side and said, "Actually, I can feel that our Spirit Gathering Grass is still growing."

"Yes, they have already absorbed almost all of the water they used to water in the past. There's hope for them to break through to the yellow level." Xu Zongyi could also sense it. However, he thought that if he wanted to maintain his position of first, he would need to at least help these Mind Gathering Grass break through to the green rank. It might not be enough.

Upon breaking through Yellow Rank, the number of achievement points one would obtain would be 200,000. Upon stepping into Green Rank, one would receive 400,000 achievement points.

In half a month's time, if there were endless vicious beasts at the eastern entrance of Heartbreak Valley, especially when Xu Tianyi knew that he wanted to take first place, he would definitely stop him with everything he had.

"It should be about right now. I should be watering them." Xu Xindie also understood a lot about the Water Melting Ceremony, so she had a good grasp of the timing.

"It's time. The Water Melting Ceremony said that the blood of a vicious beast may have a great effect in watering the plants, but in the end, it's too overbearing and requires some gentle water sources to dilute and dissolve its dryness. But right now, I only have this snake blood with me, so I'm afraid that it might harm the roots of the Spirit Gathering Grass and break the path that leads to higher quality." After the snake blood had been transformed by the terrines, its purity was even higher. Sometimes, it couldn't be too excessive and quickly stimulated, or else, even though it would be able to awaken the potency of the Mind Gathering Grass in advance, it would still cause them to lose the opportunity to grow later.

"I happen to have brought quite a bit of Spring Water with me. This water temperature is especially suitable for dilution purposes." Xu Xindie, who had also read the Water Melting Ceremony, understood in an instant. After thinking for a moment, she decided to reveal her trump card.

"Do you have spring water for the dead trees? This is very precious water. " Xu Zongyi couldn't help but take a deep breath as his eyes stared straight ahead, "If there's spring water, it'll be easy!"

"Don't worry, this is diluted Spring Water, but it's enough to grow Spirit Gathering Grass." Xu Xindie smiled.

"Alright, let's give it a try first." Xu Zongyi held the jar in his hand and poured a portion of the snake blood into the ditch.

At the side, Xu Xindie had also brought spring water and was watering it with the snake blood.

The inexhaustible snake blood emitted a faint fragrance. When mixed with the Spring Water, both of them were filled with anticipation.

The bright blood was diluted, carried by the water to the whole land, and absorbed evenly by every stalk of grass.

On this night, Xu Zongyi vomited 4500 jin of snake blood.

One had to know that these were all the blood essences of the Fiery-Scaled Serpent at the Spirit Condensation realm. Taking the best parts of its body and transforming them into clay pots for a period of time, its current state was even purer and stronger.

Diluted spring water can be well neutralized.

The sky had just begun to brighten.

In the field where the Spirit Gathering Grass was located, a faint yellow light flowed out.

"He broke through!" Xu Zongyi had been standing guard at the edge of the field the entire time. He opened his eyes as he exclaimed in his heart, "Yellow Rank Spirit Gathering Grass!"

Many achievement points were distributed to everyone present.

With a total of 200,000 contribution points, 120,000 of them directly entered Xu Zongyi's command medallion. Without a doubt, his contribution was the greatest if he was able to break through to the Yellow Rank.

Within the command medallion, there were 420,000 contribution points.

Xu Zhengdao had received five thousand, Xu Xindie had received seventy-five thousand, and the rest had been distributed to nearly thirty people.

The Spirit Gathering Grass in the field continued to grow and transform, and its entire body glowed with a bright light.

However, this was far from enough. If he wanted to secure first place, he would need to make these Spirit Gathering Grasses further improve. However, he only had half a month left.