Return to the City

Faced with Qin the Bald's question, Song Zijun's heart tightened. He really didn't know how to bring up Yi Yun's whereabouts.

Originally, Song Zijun wanted to go to the training ground with Yi Yun for today's assessment, but Yi Yun wasn't in the room at all. After asking around, Song Zijun found out where Yi Yun had gone, which left him speechless.

The members of the Black Tortoise Legion around Song Zijun, seeing that Yi Yun hadn't come, all had a hint of schadenfreude on their faces.

They knew all too well how strict Qin the Bald was; anyone who disobeyed Qin the Bald orders would be in deep trouble. Yi Yun was in for it.

Yi Yun was so outstanding that he outshone them all, so they were naturally happy to see Yi Yun suffer a setback.

"This Yi Yun is really something. When we were choosing the menial tasks, we all went to be sparring partners or blacksmiths, but he was the only one who chose herb gathering as his main job—something only women would choose. And today, on the day Instructor Qin organized the assessment, he actually dared not to come..."

A member of the Black Tortoise Legion whispered to his companion.

"Heh heh, if you don't court death, you won't die. I don't know what Yi Yun is thinking. He clearly has a good foundation, and as long as he works hard, he will achieve good results, but he insists on giving up on himself! How much strength can he gain by gathering herbs for a month? Back then, he couldn't even get a Primordial Arrow in, and he's probably still the same now."

The members of the Black Tortoise Legion were discussing among themselves. Qin the Bald had asked them to insert three Primordial Arrow, which they couldn't do, but it was still possible for the strongest among them to manage to insert just one.

Over the past month, they've been relentlessly tormented by the senior students, practically training for their lives, and have grown tremendously as a result!

"I'm asking you a question, where did Yi Yun go?"

Seeing Song Zijun's hesitation, Qin the Bald's brows slowly furrowed, like a lion about to erupt in anger.

Song Zijun sighed and replied truthfully, "Instructor, Yi Yun applied to the herb-gathering clerk's office three days ago for a seven-day continuous herb-gathering period. Right now... uh... he should still be on the herb mountain."

Everyone present was stunned by Song Zijun's words.

Have you applied for a seven-day continuous herb-collecting period?

Qin the Bald had set the assessment date a month ago, but Yi Yun completely ignored it and went to the Medicine Mountain to collect herbs!

Gathering herbs in the medicinal mountain...

People were left feeling both amused and exasperated.

Yi Yun really loves this job!

I spent seven days picking crops, disregarding everything else!

Is it possible to become addicted to gathering medicinal herbs?

People were at a loss for words. According to Yi Yun himself, he had been collecting herbs since he was a child. He continued to collect herbs even after coming to the Divine Desolation Army Camp. Before, they teased Yi Yun, saying that he had developed a habit of being a peasant.

This was originally just a joke, but now it seems that Yi Yun probably really meant it!

They're truly talented; they've come to Tai'a Divine City to become farmers.

Upon hearing Song Zijun's words, a bulging vein throbbed on Qin the Bald's forehead, which bore a long, winding scar.

Qin the Bald appreciated Yi Yun. He considered Yi Yun to be the most outstanding among his new recruits. Although Yi Yun was not as good as Qiu Niu and Chu Xiaoran, he believed that Yi Yun would have no problem entering the top 1,000 of the Heaven Ranking and Earthly Rankings within the next three years.

While this result may not be considered amazing, it is definitely among the best.

Previously, Yi Yun went to gather herbs, Qin the Bald didn't interfere. But now, for this assessment, he made a promise: whoever could stick three Primordial Arrow into the Purple Tungsten Steel Wall would have a chance to enter the Desolate God Hall for another hour!

This reward is quite substantial!

Qin the Bald thought Yi Yun might have his reasons for choosing to gather herbs, but if he couldn't even seize the opportunity to enter the Desolate God Hall, what was the point of him staying in Tai'a Divine City?

Qin the Bald ignored Yi Yun. To him, Yi Yun was just a decent recruit, nothing more. There were far more outstanding geniuses than Yi Yun in Tai'a Divine City, so losing one of them was actually insignificant.

"Everyone, listen up! I said a month ago that if any of you could manage to plant three Primordial Arrow in the Purple Tungsten Steel Wall within this month, I would reward you with an hour of cultivation time in the Desolate God Hall. I keep my word. The assessment begins today. Let me see the results of your month-long trial!"

Qin the Bald's words immediately made the teenagers present eager to fight!

Their month-long experience in Tai'a Divine City was truly extraordinary.

A month ago, these teenagers were mostly young masters from wealthy Lineage, and they were very arrogant. But after arriving at the Divine Desolation Army Camp, their lives consisted of being beaten, beaten, and beaten again, until they were beaten until their bones were broken, their tendons were fractured, and they were seriously injured and vomited blood!

He was beaten up like this, took some medicine to heal his injuries, and then got up to be beaten again!

As sparring partners, they were actually able to fight back. At first, they were unconvinced and thought of rebelling against the senior trial participants who recruited them as sparring partners, but the result was only that they were beaten even more badly!

Through constant beatings, they grow and hone their skills. At the same time, the hardships of this month have smoothed out their original rough edges.

They have now truly grown, and today is the moment to test the results of their hard work.

As this group of passionate young people eagerly stepped onto the training ground, Yi Yun also returned to Tai'a Divine City via the teleportation array.

According to the rules of the herb gathering area in Tai'a Divine City, after returning to the city from gathering herbs, the trial participants cannot go anywhere and must immediately hand in the herbs.

This is to prevent trial participants from trading herbs privately and engaging in fraudulent activities.

So Yi Yun naturally headed towards the servants' quarters.

It was still noon. Usually, those who gathered herbs would come to deliver them in the evening. After all, the rent of twenty-five Dragon Scale Rune runes per day was fixed. Whether they came to deliver the herbs at noon or in the evening, the same amount would be deducted. Gathering herbs for an extra hour meant an extra hour of income.

The herb-gathering errand area was already quite deserted, and it was even more empty at noon.

The Woman surnamed Wang lay listlessly in a chair, flipping through a pharmacology book page by page.

This Woman surnamed Wang was actually an alchemist. Back when she was undergoing trials in Tai'a Divine City, she had a good ranking on the Dragon Scale Ranking.

Hearing footsteps at the door, the Woman surnamed Wang peeked out from behind her books and looked towards the entrance. Upon seeing what she saw, Woman surnamed Wang frowned.

The person who entered was Yi Yun.

"Didn't you apply for a seven-day herb-gathering period? It's only been three and a half days. Why did you come back early?"

The Woman surnamed Wang now finds Yi Yun annoying.

This kid clearly has keen senses and extraordinary talent, but he only goes about gathering herbs sporadically, and the amount of herbs he brings in is getting smaller and smaller.

The Woman surnamed Wang had already anticipated that Yi Yun would only go through the motions of gathering herbs during his seven-day application period.

To her surprise, Yi Yun was even worse than she had imagined. He couldn't stand the loneliness and returned home after only three and a half days!

This is rotten wood that can't be carved!

[This is considered the third update, probably because I overexerted myself by writing four updates yesterday, which made writing today very difficult. I barely managed to finish before midnight after a whole day of writing.]

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