C45

Cold Dew descended.

In these past few days, the trade at the Heavenly Food Plaza was in full swing.

The Xu family was isolated from the outside world all year round. In the past, they had always relied on travelling merchants to supply things that they did not have.

Today, the outside world was in a state of turmoil as all the major powers came to the Xu family to exchange for large amounts of food. In order to guarantee that they could exchange for as much food as possible, they also took out some relatively rare things.

Although the Xu family had certain restrictions on the exchange of food, the people from the Xu family that were targeted at the Heaven's Food Plaza were not their family treasury.

To the Great Zhou Empire, they were aware of the importance of the grain depot.

If there was a huge upheaval and the grain depot was empty, it would be fatal.

Even though the Xu family grew rice grains all year round, they still had to prepare a large amount in case of an emergency.

It was not to prepare for himself, but for the soldiers and horses who were willing to fight for the common people of the world, and for those who had to flee in the midst of war and could not eat.

Therefore, the entire village had an extremely large stock of grain in the Xu family. For countless years, there had been an accumulation of grain. Every year, there would be a certain amount stored.

After all, the ancestor of the Xu family of the farmhouse was fated. When the world was in chaos, the humans would enter the dark era, and the farmhouse would be born.

It flourished and declined, never changing.

Farmers are the foundation, naturally they had to do what was done to prevent the unforeseen. This was their mission.

In the Heavenly Food Plaza, everyone had their own savings and stores of food.

After all, everyone had their own plans. As long as they could make themselves stronger, it wasn't impossible.

For the major powers, they were fighting for the large transaction between the Xu family and the farmers, but they also placed their emphasis on the Heaven's Food Plaza.

One had to know that everyone in the Xu family grew rice grains and herbs.

A person is basically unable to use them all. If these things could be exchanged for something more valuable to them, they would naturally exchange them.

Accumulated small amount of sand into a tower, water into a river, to the end of winter can be exchanged for a lot.

It had to be known that Xu Zongyi was only in the Qi Drawing Realm, but he already had these Bone Ablutionary Grass and Essence Purification Grass, not to mention those who had a higher cultivation realm than him.

Xu Zongyi had harvested the fourth season's grass. He had always been very calm and wasn't in a hurry to exchange for it.

According to Princess Wen Su, when winter came, the various powers would also offer better things to use as incentives to the farmers' and Xu family's disciples to exchange for more food.

They knew that many farmers would have control of the Xu family and would not give large amounts to their forces. Therefore, they could only use this method to squeeze out the rice and herbs from everyone in the Xu family, allowing them to store them to the maximum extent possible.

One time, when he was nurturing a piece of jade, Xu Zongyi held the ring and asked the elder beside Wen Su for confirmation. He said that back then, he had taken the ring to the Duke of Wen, asking him to deduce the identity of the person who had sent Xu Chen here. Was it the ring in his hand?

However, the result was beyond his expectations. It was indeed his ring.

As for people, they weren't.

He had originally thought that he would be a guardian, a hall master, but the answer he had obtained was actually a young man.

Who was that person?

Why did it end up in the hands of the Scripture Hall? What was the purpose of that person's investigation of his father's whereabouts?

During this period of time, there were many things that he did not know. He had yet to meet with the hall master, so there were some things that he could not ask.

The old man wasn't too sure who the young man was.

Xu Zongyi did not continue to pursue this issue.

It was also unlikely for the Duke Wen Mansion to tell them who the other party was.

He also knew from Wen Su that the Duke Wen Palace would keep the identity of the diviner a secret.

No matter what.

Xu Zongyi did not pursue the matter any further. The Wen Family had their principles, so the only thing he could do now was to become stronger. He turned his attention to the female soldier.

These days, she did her best to let them basically master the essence of cooking rice grains.

However, this was not enough for them.

There was still quite a large gap between his control over how he cooked the rice grains as a whole and Xu Zongyi.

However, practice makes perfect. Xu Zongyi no longer felt that there was a need to learn more. He had to observe many minute details on his own, adjusting them time and time again to achieve the best results.

So they were going to teach them how to boil the herbs.

Similar to the Marrow Washing Grass or the Spirit Gathering Grass, there was an extreme amount of attention paid to the cooking process of each of the herbs. Not everyone could fully display the effects of the herbs.

Every year, there would be many people from the Xu family who would be sent away by the major powers to serve as their ministers.

It could be said that the great powers had put in a lot of effort just to invite these people over.

The Xu family of the village would make a rule for these disciples who were invited to leave. They could not go against this rule, or else they would be severely punished by the Winter Court.

Those who became reverends of the major powers would have to sacrifice their status in the future in the family of the peasants. They would never have an important position in power, and at the same time, they would also be under the supervision of the Winter Court. They would not reveal any secrets about the peasants' family, and would have to swear a blood oath.

Therefore, it could be imagined how much the major powers had to pay to hire an expert of the Xu family from the village.

Xu Zongyi's strength was currently low, but everything he had taught them was genuine talent. He was able to help these female soldiers establish their foundation, and as such, he was willing to spend his life teaching them how to cook medicinal herbs. The Autumn Hunt was about to begin.

The purpose of this trial was only for those below the Spirit Severing stage.

Wen Su had already reached the peak of the Spirit Condensation Realm. She could not participate with her inner vision.

This day, Xu Zongyi did not camp out at the Communications King Manor. Instead, he gathered at the Great Hall.

The location of the Autumn Hunt was to the west of the village west of the Xu family. No one knew the exact location.

Xu Zongyi had previously searched the surrounding grounds of the Autumn Hunt, but they were all based on the strength of the participating disciples. There was no fixed location.

The strength of the beasts in the Autumn Hunt was also different. This year, they would choose the Qi Drawing Realm to participate in the Autumn Hunt. It was very simple.

He naturally hoped that his son would be able to participate in this Autumn Hunt. Whether or not he would be able to get first place wouldn't matter, and the main issue was that he would be able to improve his relationship with the children of the major powers.

From this, it could be seen that those powers who had brought along Qi Drawing Realm cultivators had often interacted with Xu Chongmu.

Xu Zongyi relied on his many years of accumulation and made his judgement. Many times, things that seemed to be careless and careless, were often carefully planned by others.

This time, Xu Chong Mu, Xu Yang Yan, Xu Yueshen, Xu Fu Xian, and the five great heads would each send their own representatives to stand guard.

Those with cards from the major powers could also come and watch, or those with the strength of Qi Drawing Realm could participate.

Because he was going to participate in the Autumn Hunt, Xu Changping had told him not to worry about the matter of the Scripture Hall.

In order to not cause unnecessary trouble, Xu Zongyi decided to leave the small calamity in the backyard of the Scripture Hall for the care of Xu Changping.

He didn't know when the eyes on his forehead would appear after he left the Earth Fire Crystal.

Xu Changping happily accepted it. After all, he could catch this strange beast and study it for a while.

Looking at Xu Chang's harmless smile, Little Chou was so scared that he was trembling. He used an innocent gaze to beg, continuously using his will to make Xu Zongyi bring him away.

However, this time around, the Autumn Hunt would probably be under the noses of many experts. He didn't want to become the target of public criticism.

At the very least, he would not be able to expose it before he had the strength to do so.

Xu Zongyi knew that with Xu Changping present, it would definitely be fine. It would leave immediately, leaving behind the wails of a small calamity.

In front of the Great Hall, many people had gathered.

The number of outsiders participating this time was not small either.

Xu Tianyang was very close to the bloodlines of these foreign powers. Even the proud eighth princess of the Great Zhou Empire, Ji Xue, was very close to him.

After all, he was the son of Xu Chong Mu, and his status alone was enough for many people to not resist him.

On the contrary, Xu Zhengdao's personality was proud and aloof. None of these rich and powerful children were willing to get close to him because there was nothing they could do for him.

However, they all knew that the winter court had the most strict control over food displacement.

Xu Xindie was naturally amiable, but because she was on good terms with Xu Zhengdao, the others naturally became distant as well.

Of course, to a large extent, Xu Xindie did not intend to take the initiative to get closer to them.

Otherwise, the spring garden would still attract them.

In the three months leading up to the autumnal equinox, Xu Zhengdao and Xu Xindie both went into seclusion and were taught by their respective masters.

Currently, they were all at the peak of the Qi flow, ready to step into the Spirit Severing stage at any moment.

Compared to that day, they had undergone a huge transformation. However, both of them were very low-key.

A few days ago, when they were sparring with the disciples of foreign forces in the academy, Xu Tianyi and Xu Tianmu had both shown themselves.

Xu Xindie, Xu Zhengdao was in no mood. He had only gone through the formalities and left without displaying his strength at all.

In the eyes of many disciples of foreign powers, the two of them were very mysterious.

Especially when they heard from other farmers' disciples that Xu Zhengdao's battle prowess was the best amongst his peers, and as the Autumn Hunt approached, they all regarded him as one of their strongest competitors.

Xu Tianyang wanted Xu Zhengdao to become the target of the direct blood inheritance of these foreign powers.

One had to know that among these bloodlines that had grown up within the great powers, which one of them wasn't able to tell that Xu Tianyi wanted to use them to get rid of Xu Zhengdao?

If it was necessary, they didn't mind doing so. As long as they could get closer to Xu Chongmu, he believed that after the matter was accomplished, Xu Tianliang would definitely give them many benefits, or could even be considered the power backing them.

After all, this Autumn Hunt allowed for death, and no major figures would interfere.

He was like a brother and sister who had been separated for many years. One had to admit that Xu Tianyi had his methods as well, and with Xu Tianmu by his side, he helped Xu Tianyi greatly.

Xu Duan De and Xu Ping could only wait on the side for others to order them around.

If one did not know their identity as the sons of farmers, they would probably think that they were the bloodline of a foreign force.

At this moment, Xu Zongyi arrived.