Night fell.

Thick smoke billowed out, straight into the starry sky.

Xu Zongyi stood at the highest point, looking at the dense forest in the distance. All he could see was pitch-black darkness, as though he was looking at an invisible future.

This was the first time since he was young that he went out, the first time during his experiential learning, and the first time he slept out in the open.

Previously, he had relied on his physique to gain the upper hand in the Great Earth Hall, but now he was much weaker in terms of actual combat.

The disciples from the four courtyards were spread out on the ground near the Perfection Grass.

Only after Xiao E had helped everyone take care of everything did she come to Xu Zongyi's side. "Zong Yi, do you feel a little discouraged?"

"Not at all." Xu Zongyi shook his head. There was only admiration in his heart, he was indeed different from Xu Zhengdao.

"Don't take it to heart, Miss Xin Die, righteous path young master, they have been taught from a young age." Don't take it to heart, Miss Xin Die, righteous path young master, they have been taught from a young age. Xiao E smiled sweetly as she encouraged Xu Zongyi.

After all, Xiao E had watched him grow up. How could Xu Zongyi, who especially wanted to break away from his sinful descendants, not care about his own strength? After all, if he wanted to obtain first place, he needed merit points.

"I will. Sister Xiao E, you've been busy all day, hurry up and rest." Xu Zongyi nodded with a faint smile. Right now, he was only a step away from entering the Qi Drawing Realm.

In the past few months, he would drink water from the four-sided jar every day, and all the impurities in its skin would be expelled. Now, it was no longer the same as before, he had to take a shower several times a day.

Before he left, he discovered that the water in the four-sided jar was related to his own strength. The water in it now weighed 1500 Jin.

If it was used for normal drinking, it would last for over 49 days.

Xu Zongyi pondered over what he was going to do next as he kept watch. Xu Zhengdao and Xu Xindie's methods had brought quite a bit of shock to his heart today.

It was important to have his own magic tool.

As he thought about it, he would occasionally throw the torch into the wall of flames so that it would continue to burn.

In a blink of an eye, it was about to become ugly. Suddenly, at least three meter long Fire Scale Snakes broke out from the wall of fire.

These Fiery-Scaled Snakes had already reached the Qi Drawing Realm and possessed a strength of a thousand.

One must know that even an ordinary human being who had stepped into the Qi Drawing Realm only had a strength of five hundred.

Xu Zongyi said in a stern voice, "There's a Flaming Snake, wake up!"

Holding the foolish sword in his hand, he smashed a ten-foot-long Flaming Scaled Snake that was approaching him until it was snapped at the waist, and a miserable hissing sound echoed out.

All the disciples from the various academies woke up at the first possible moment and guarded the entrance to the valley.

It was at this moment that a four Zhang long Flaming Scaled Snake pounced over from the other side of the wall of fire, swinging its tail horizontally at Xu Zongyi.

Two thousand.

Xu Zongyi frowned as a whistling sound echoed through the air like the sound of a long whip being pulled out.

He used the foolish sword in his hand to block, and almost instinctively, both he and his sword were sent flying.

The hand holding the sword was on the verge of spasming. The bones of his hands were almost broken, and the vibration of his strength almost caused him to spit out a mouthful of blood.

He flipped over and retreated a few steps as he landed, only then did he manage to stop the Flaming Snake.

"You're courting death!" Xu Zhengdao appeared out of thin air and threw out a horizontal slash from the Skyfrost Sword in his hand.

Under the gazes of everyone present, a cold light flashed by.

The Flaming Snake that had drawn the Qi into its bones and the nearby Flaming Snake were cut in half. The other five Winter Court's male disciples and Xu Xindie attacked at the same time.

Nearly a hundred of the Fire Scale Snakes that wanted to ambush had all been killed. Their movements were extremely fast and swift.

However, there was still an unending stream of Flaming Scale Snakes that passed through the wall of fire and headed straight for him.

Xu Zongyi felt as if his flesh and blood were boiling as he rapidly charged forward. The fool sword danced in his hand as he breathed in and out through his pores. Boundless amounts of spiritual energy of heaven and earth gathered over him.

He had been close to absorbing Qi into his body, but after receiving the attack from the Flaming Snake, his blood and flesh had been greatly shaken. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he borrowed the external force to vibrate his muscles, allowing the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth to quickly enter his body and break through the shackles.

In that instant, Xu Zongyi realized the essence of the technique and focused all of his attention to the point where the muscles in his body could breathe on their own. It was as if his pores were opening up layer after layer.

When the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth drills into one's muscles, it will cause quite a bit of pain. Gradually, it will be replaced by an increase in strength because the muscles will always receive the baptism of the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.

On the surface of his body, there were a lot of impurities being washed out.

"1600 jins!"

"1700 jins!"

"1800 jins!"

"Nineteen hundred kilograms!"

"2000 jins!"

Xu Zongyi had smashed all the Flaming Snake into a bloody pulp along the way. Although the stupid sword was only three feet long, he had danced it repeatedly.

It was at this moment that another Flaming Scaled Snake, in the realm of Qi Drawing, shot over from the other side of the wall of fire. It opened its bloody mouth, intending to swallow Xu Zongyi whole.

Xu Zhengdao felt a chill in his heart and wanted to make his move.

Xu Zongyi let out a loud shout, "I'll do it!"

The stupid sword in his hand slanted upwards and smashed into the jaw of this Flaming Snake with all his might.

A miserable hiss rang out. Its lower jaw had been smashed, and blood was gushing out.

The snake tail twitched in the air.

Sweeping his gaze at Xu Zongyi's waist, he immediately leaped lightly and stomped on the snake's tail. With a flip of his body, he pulled away from this Flaming Snake.

"Zong Yi, be careful." Xiao E was extremely nervous.

"Don't worry." With the fool sword in hand, Xu Zongyi flew up and met the Flaming Snake head on.

The scales on its body were as hard as iron and copper.

Although the stupid sword was not sharp, the force produced by it was not small.

The power of the collision between the two powers would be extremely strong. Every time it vibrated, a large amount of the spirit energy of heaven and earth would gush into Xu Zongyi's muscles.

Many impurities were squeezed out from his muscles, causing the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth to permeate deeper, causing his power to increase once again.

"2100 jins!"

"2200 jins!"

"2300 jins!"

Only when his strength reached 2500 jins did he abruptly stop.

Although the Flaming Scaled Snake had already reached the realm of Qi Drawing, possessing two thousand points of strength and the scales on its body were sturdy, after being smashed by Xu Zongyi, there was still blood seeping out of the scales.

Breaking through to the Qi Drawing Realm, Xu Zongyi's strength had increased by a thousand jin. Even though he had fought the Flaming Snake head on, causing all the muscles in his body to feel numb and sore, he still suffered from severe injuries. His muscles, which had been baptized with the spirit energy of heaven and earth for quite a while, had finally been cleared, allowing the spirit energy of heaven and earth to be introduced into them.

This Flaming Scaled Snake had also been crushed to death by Xu Zongyi.

Seeing this scene, everyone present was very surprised.

One must know that Xu Zongyi had only just stepped into the Qi Drawing Realm, yet he was already on par with the person who had drawn the Qi to his bones.

The five brothers of Winter Court, everyone has been in Qi Drawing, and have only reached two thousand.

Xu Tianyi sucked in a deep breath, feeling that the gap between him and Xu Tianyi had narrowed.

"So powerful!" Xu Xindie's eyes were filled with praise, looking forward to see how far Xu Zongyi would grow.

"Good boy, not bad." Xu Zhengdao patted his shoulder and laughed heartily.

"Gu gu gu .." Xu Zongyi's entire body was covered in sweat. He immediately felt extremely hungry as his stomach rumbled like thunder, "Ah, I'm so hungry."

"Quick, pour some water into the pot." Xu Zhengdao took the Fiery-Scaled Snake that he had killed earlier and sliced it into pieces. He threw it into the pot.

He threw a few more herbs to the snake and said, "Recuperate your body well. You have reached the level of a Flaming Snake that can draw Qi into your bones. The strength contained in the meat is not much less than that of a Purple-rank Body Strengthening Rice."

At dawn, the snake meat was cooked.

Xu Zhengdao put some ingredients into the pot. He had managed to master the fire perfectly, causing the snake meat to become soft and the fishy smell to dissipate.

Xu Zongyi was also going crazy with hunger, and he could not care less as he began to gobble down the food.

Once down, the snake meat was quickly converted into rich essence energy and sent throughout his body, soothing his numbing and aching muscles and combining with the spirit energy of heaven and earth that he was breathing in and out of his body, it gradually strengthened his muscles.

"Sure." Xu Zongyi was extremely excited. The feeling of his strength increasing bit by bit made him feel extremely satisfied.

The impurities in his muscles were squeezed out through his pores and gave off a terrible stench.

He had lost weight again, but the nature of his muscles was different.

Xu Xindie and Xu Zhengdao were astonished. Xu Zongyi's ability to expel impurities was too strong, and he hadn't even used Essence Purification Grass yet.

"I'm going to take a bath first." Xu Zongyi's strength had broken through, his muscles had been tempered, and he was extremely excited. Even though he hadn't slept all night, he was still extremely spirited.

He came to the stream and gulped down the water in the terracotta pot, drawing a large amount of the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth into his muscles and began polishing them.

However, if it was not activated quickly and used up, it would accumulate in the body and become poison. Only by channeling this essence into every part of the body could it be used to its full potential.

Xu Zongyi circulated his muscles, swallowing and releasing the spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth. Every muscle was violently rubbing against each other, causing the impurities in his muscles to be removed as if they were being forged. At the same time, he also absorbed the essence of the Flaming Snake's meat and strengthened himself.

Large amounts of viscous impurities were forced out of his pores. The stench was unusual, and it was a mess.

The Qi Drawing Realm meant to open up all the impurities in the skin, muscles, blood, bones, limbs, and bones of the human body through layers and layers of the Spiritual Qi of Heaven and Earth.

He almost fainted from this smell as he jumped into the stream. Layers upon layers of black, oily filth floated down along the stream, and only after he scrubbed the filth off his body did he feel refreshed. He felt like he could throw away the clothes he wore earlier, and that some of the filth was on top of them; it was impossible to wash them all.

The deeper they went into the human body, the more stubborn and difficult it was to remove the impurities inside, and the greater the damage to the human body.

He had changed into a clean set of clothes. After some polishing, his strength had now reached two thousand eight hundred jin. He could draw air into his body and achieve a lot of strength. Right now, even he could not be certain.

Xu Zongyi returned to where the snake corpses at the entrance to the valley were.

"Bro, you can't be so wasteful in the future." Xu Zhengdao pointed at the Flaming Snake that had been smashed into a bloody mess and sighed, "Your flesh has already been cooked into pulp by your strike. It doesn't taste good. Clean and clean, kill with a single blow!"

Xu Zongyi rolled his eyes and said, "That will take a while. Not everyone can compete with you."

After all, his attack power was incomparable to Xu Zhengdao's.

"Zong Yi, take a good rest. The sky is already bright. We'll just have to guard it." Xiao E saw that he had become stronger again. She was happy in her heart, but she also felt pain in her heart. She originally didn't like to place Xu Zongyi in danger.

"Go, listen to Xiao E." Xu Xindie said.

"Alright." Xu Zongyi knew that he had to properly replenish his energy and build up his strength. The tempering of the Heart Nurturing Valley had only just begun. Only by replenishing his spirit would he be able to better defend himself.

Many female disciples were busy cleaning up the battlefield, mixing the ashes of the rotten ants, the meat of the Flaming Snake, and some medicinal herbs, using them as nourishment and sprinkling them in the water. They hoped that before they left, the quality of the grass would increase by a level.

On a nearby mountain, Xu Yueshen saw this scene. Her eyes narrowed, "It looks like I'll have to add some information to your story. The good show hasn't even started yet!"