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Yun Fang slowly woke up and found himself in a cave. With the light coming from the gap in the wall, he estimated that it was dusk. He turned around and looked at the walls of the cave. On the walls of the cave, he saw a few wild chickens and goats whose fur had been stripped off. "On the other side of the cave wall, a figure was leaning against the wall, head bowed.

Yun Xing Si swept his gaze over that person's face and discovered that it was actually Zhuge Yan. At this moment, Zhuge Yan was leaning against the mountain wall, sleeping soundly. Yun Xing Si could clearly see the transparent liquid seeping out from the corner of his mouth. Cloudstrings thought to himself, "So Zhuge Yan and Lu Que are already gathered together. What great luck."

Yun Xian wanted to sit up, but he suddenly realized that his entire body was in pain. There was even a sharp pain coming from his arms, legs, and chest. Yun Xin, who had never suffered such a severe injury, couldn't help but moan.

"Brother Yinsi, you're awake?" Zhuge Yan, who did not sleep very deeply in the first place, woke up when he heard the sound. He could not help but rejoice when he saw Yun Yanxue's eyes which were filled with pain but also opened.

It had already been a day and a night since Lu Que and Zhuge Yan rescued Cloud String Si from the tiger's den. Yesterday, when the two of them brought Yun Xing Si back to the cave, they spent a lot of effort to take off his clothes that had already been frozen in blood. Both of them were shocked by Yun Xing's injury.

Aside from his back, Cloudstrings were still in good condition. There were scratches from beasts on his arms, calves, and chest. His left wrist had been bitten by an unknown animal, leaving two rows of deep teeth marks. Moreover, who knew how many times the wounds on his body had been broken, and the blood scabs were formed layer after layer.

He knew what to do, so he found the hemostasis grass and stopped the bleeding. Then, he used a ginseng he found while following the deer herd to stew a pot of chicken soup for Yunxian in order to save his life.

"Where ~ where is this?" What about Lu ~ Lu Que? How long have I been unconscious? " Yun Xing Si tried his best to suppress the pain in his body as he said this.

"Brother Yinsi, you have been unconscious for an entire day and night. Rest assured that this place is safe." As for Lu Que, he went out to look for herbs. He will be back soon. " Zhuge Yan looked at Yun Xin's face, which was twitching from the pain. Who would have thought that the famous heir of the Yun Family would encounter such a miserable situation?

Although Zhuge Yan had yet to ask Yunxian what had happened, when she had helped Lu Que clean and bandaged him up, the different sizes of the scratches on the wild beast had already explained everything. Yun Fang thought that he must have met with some big trouble in the past few days. Otherwise, with his cultivation base at the seventh level of the Blood Enchantment Realm, it would have been impossible for him to receive such heavy injuries.

According to Lu Que, although Cloudstrings's injuries looked severe, he would be fine after a period of rest. If he found the Life Muscle Grass, there wouldn't even be a scar left behind. The main problem now was that he had lost a little too much blood. Although he hadn't used up that ginseng yesterday, if he couldn't find any other herbs to replenish his blood, he could only find a way to send a message to the three experts who had followed him and let them think of a way. Although Yun Xing Si would lose his right to fight for the position of the chief, his life was still more important than the position of the chief.

"Have you been unconscious for a day and a night?" Yun Fang seemed to be lost in thought as he muttered to himself. Then, he seemed to have thought of something. Fear appeared in his eyes as he stared at the ceiling in a daze.

Although the Seven Duke Palaces that existed since the founding of the country did not have political opinions, they still belonged to the same camp. As a member of the younger generation of the Zhuge family and the Yun family, although Zhuge Yan was three years younger than Yun Xian, it could be said that they grew up together. This was the first time he had seen this kind of expression from the elder brother of the Yun family, who had always been indifferent.

Zhuge Yan couldn't understand no matter how hard he tried. Just what had happened that had caused Cloudwing to suffer such a heavy injury and caused him to lose his composure like this? One had to know that among the three experts who had entered this time, the one who stood at the head was Yun Shu of the Yun Family. She was Yun Xian's great-aunt. Although the older generation loved to hone their family's descendants, they should not have ignored Yun Xing Si's injury.

Just as Zhuge Yan was about to inquire about what exactly had happened, the sound of someone landing on the ground came from the platform outside. Soon, Lu Que walked in with a few herbs in his arms.

"Brother Yun, how do you feel?" Lu Que hurriedly asked when he saw that Yun Xin had woken up.

"Not bad ~ Not bad." As Yun Fang regained her senses, she looked at Lu Que with a complicated expression as the corners of her mouth twitched. According to his original intention, he would rather be eliminated than be saved by Lu Que. However, looking at Lu Que's worn out appearance, and the herb in his hands, he sighed in his heart. Regardless of whether he was willing to or not, he still owed him a big favor.

With his progress, he would be able to finish his studies in one year's time. The reason why he was involved was to compete with Lu Que, and if even an eighteen year old like him could not compare to a fifteen year old like Lu Que, then it would also prove that Lu Que was indeed stronger than him. He could at least give himself a reason to not be involved in the matter between him and Gu Qingcheng.

However, before he and Lu Que could determine victory or defeat, he had already been severely injured and had even been saved by Lu Que. Yun Xing was already wondering if fate was playing a trick on him. With Yun Xing's character, he naturally would not do something so ungrateful as to do something so ungrateful. Therefore, the pain and depression in his heart right now was far more painful than the pain in his body.

When Lu Que saw Yun Fang Si's twitching expression, he thought it was the pain and said shyly, "Brother Yun, you know that it's not easy to find useful herbs in this place. Yesterday, when I was helping you stop the bleeding, I added some Spirit Accumulating Flowers into the hemostatic powder, but you don't have to worry, the Spirit Accumulation Flowers can speed up the healing of your wounds."

Hearing Lu Que mention the Spirit Accumulation Flowers in the medicinal mud on her wounds, Yun Xing Si suddenly felt even more pain all over her body. Having stayed in the Imperial Court for three years, although he didn't specialize in medicine, how could he not know what Spirit Accumulation Flowers were?

Spirit Accumulation Flowers, just as the name implied, was a type of herb that contained the spiritual Qi of the weather. They were at the yellow level of the heaven and earth level 4 heaven and heaven, earth treasures. Shattering the Spirit Accumulation Flower into the medicinal mud did indeed speed up the healing process, but there was also a side effect, which was that after the Spirit Accumulation Flower's medicinal energy entered the body, it could increase the sensitivity of the body.

"I … I can endure it, thank you very much." She didn't know if it was because of her mental state, but the pain in her voice made her quiver. However, he had to thank Lu Que because as long as it was called a treasure of heaven and earth, even a Yellow Rank treasure was extremely rare. This Spirit Accumulation Grass was definitely found by Lu Que in the mountains.

Moreover, although Spirit Accumulation Grass had the ability to speed up the healing of wounds, it was not its main use. Spirit Accumulation Grass was a breakthrough spiritual medicine in the Blood Enchantment Realm. This was because it had the ability to increase the sensitivity of the body. When stuck at a certain stage in the Blood Meridian Realm, there was a Spirit Accumulation Grass that could allow one to more clearly sense the location of the blood Meridians in the body, thus increasing the chances of breaking through.

Yun Xing Si had been stuck at the seventh level of the Blood Cave for quite some time. Although his body was in pain, he could feel the blood vessels in his body loosening. As long as he recovered from his injuries and recuperated, he could make another breakthrough. In this way, he would have to thank Lu Que even more. However, his heart was truly tangled up. He could only feel fate teasing him. After speaking up, he pretended to be tired as he closed his eyes and pretended to fall asleep.

Lu Que and Zhuge Yan exchanged a glance before shaking their heads and smiling.

"Zhuge, I got another pheasant and put it on the outside platform. Take out the other half of the mountain ginseng from yesterday and cook a pot of ginseng chicken soup to replenish Brother Yun's body."

"No problem." He took out a few brown fruits about the size of a fingernail and handed them over to him. Zhuge Yan took over the fruits and looked at them in astonishment, saying, "These are the fruits of the Deer Heart Vine, right?"

"En ~" Lu Que nodded his head, "It's a fruit from the Heart Deer Vine. It's rather cold in nature, and has a beneficial effect on the marrow and blood. It can neutralize the ginseng's yang energy, and it can also be used as medicine. Put two or three of it into the chicken soup."

Zhuge Yan looked at Lu Que, then looked at Cloudstrings who was lying on the sheepskin. She nodded her head, picked up a few bamboo tubes that were filled with water, and walked out.

Lu Que tidied up the herbs in his hand, took out a few stalks and mashed them into a paste in a stone bowl. Today, he had spent an entire afternoon searching for the Life Muscle Grass. He estimated the time, and in a few hours, the herbal medicine would have all been absorbed by him. When the medicinal paste was put back in place, his wounds would recover faster. Even though the effect of the medicine was a little overbearing, with the current condition, there was no other way.

Yesterday, Lu Que had used that inkstone to make two stone pots, one big and one small. Zhuge Yan had built an extra fire, one to stew the chicken soup, one to cook the lamb, and the other to smell the fragrance wafting out from the pot. Zhuge Yan's throat was heaving; when he came back yesterday, he had been busy taking care of Yun Xing Si. This morning, Lu Que mentioned that he wanted to go out to look for herbs. The two of them cut a few pieces of mutton from the goat's body and ate it after it was roasted.

Although he and Lu Que had shared the rest of the chicken soup fed to Yunxian last night, the fragrance of the cooked meat still made Zhuge Yan salivate.

After the three of them had dinner, Lu Que and Zhuge Yan changed the medicine for Cloud String Si. As soon as the Life Muscle Grass was applied to her body, the pain on her wounds immediately lessened significantly. A refreshing breath flowed from the herbs into the wounds and was instead somewhat comfortable.

"Brother Yun, there's no need to change the medicine for this Life Muscle Grass. After it completely heals in two days, you can go and take a bath in the river." After Lu Que had changed Yun Xian's medicine and bandaged him up with a piece of cloth, he finally spoke up.

Looking at Lu Que's sincere eyes, Yun Xin nodded her head and thought to herself that perhaps it was better for Qingcheng to be together with Lu Que than with herself. Moreover, it was obvious that Qingcheng was interested in Lu Que. Otherwise, she wouldn't have gone to the Duke of Wei's estate so why would she insist on this?

"Thank you so much for your help this time." Letting go of the grudges in his heart, Yun Xin felt good about Lu Que and thanked him once more.

"We entered the Phoenix's Cry Palace together and are considered to be from the same sect. We have done our duty, so Brother Yun need not worry about us." Lu Que felt a little embarrassed after being thanked by Yun Xin over and over again and hurriedly said.

"Brother Yun, with your cultivation, protecting yourself shouldn't be a problem, why are you suffering such heavy injuries. Just what happened?" Seeing that Cloudstrings' complexion had improved, Zhuge Yan finally asked the question that had been bothering him for the entire afternoon.

Yun Xianxin looked at Zhuge, then at Lu Que, frowned and said, "This is how it happened."

It turned out that Yunyinsi and Su Duo had the same agreement. They were about the same as Lu Que and the rest of them. If they split up, they would meet up at the lake in the middle. It was because the two of them had once researched that the flat-backed mountain by the lake was close to the water. As long as they could set up a small camp there, they would be able to survive for fifteen days without a problem.

So after he entered, he went straight to the top of a mountain, and after determining the direction, he found a way to follow the river and reach the lake. In the last three days, he had been quite well off. Although he had met some ferocious beasts and suffered some minor injuries, they were not a threat to him with Yun Xian Si's cultivation level.

Moreover, every time he made a fire and finished roasting something, he would leave quickly and only when he was in a safe place would he be able to eat. It could be said that he was being cautious.

But on the fourth day, he realized something was wrong.

As he said that, he paused for a moment, and his eyes revealed shock, "It's hard for me to describe that scene. Thousands of different kinds of animals ran around desperately, as if they were all moving together for an unknown reason. Both the deer and the leopard are shoulder to shoulder, while the wolf and the horse are at the same level. No, migration is not accurate, it should be a beast tide. "

"What?" Beast tide? " Lu Que and Zhuge Yan looked at each other, feeling great shock in their hearts.

At the same time, in the Phoenix Cry School's Wutong Valley, Yu Tian Xiang and Gu Qingcheng, who had just returned to their courtyard from the Godly Doctor Yao Yi An's residence, had somewhat serious expressions. Due to different reasons, the two ladies both hoped that Lu Que would participate in this time's fight for the top spot. They even hoped that he would be the champion, but after entering the painting from Lu Que, the two of them could not hide their worries. After all, it was the Mountain Sea Painting that had been banned for a hundred years.

The reason they went to Yao Yi's place was because a large number of students who participated in the fight for the top seat were sent back the day before yesterday. They wanted to go over and ask about the news. However, when they saw the miserable state those students were in, the two girls sucked in a breath of cold air. Of the forty students, one of them had been eliminated due to hunger, while the rest were either seriously injured or poisoned.

It had already been two days since he was sent back, and with a medical saint like Yao Yi An helping hand, there still wasn't a single person who could stand up. According to these people's descriptions, the Mountain Sea Painting was much more dangerous than what was written in books. Not only was the mountain forest slippery and difficult to traverse, but there were also countless large ferocious beasts.

Compared to Gu Qingcheng, Yun Tianxiang, who had recently flipped through the royal family's secret scriptures, undoubtedly needed to know more. The reason why the scroll painting of the Mountain Sea had been sealed was because twelve students from the Zhongyang Academy had died in one go. Furthermore, Yu Tian Xiang also knew that the twelve students from the Zhongyang Academy had participated in the battle for the top position. Not a single one of them had managed to survive after being wiped out.

There were also quite a few teachers from the academy who had entered the painting to protect the students at that time. Only one elder of the same cultivation level had escaped, but he was still on the verge of death and was only left with the subtle eight words' beast suppressing riot, beast tide attacking '. From then on, the Nine University Palace unanimously decided to ban the Mountain Sea Painting Scroll.

"Tian Xiang, why is your face so ugly?" Although Gu Qingcheng was slightly worried after hearing the words of the people who had returned, she was still confused by Yu Tian Xiang's extremely serious expression.

In the Empire's Nine University Palace, there were students who went out to gain experience every year on their own. In the end, they did not return to the Academy and disappeared from the world. Although the injuries of those students who were eliminated were very serious, they were still alive. This meant that with three powerful people following them, they could protect the students who were participating in the fight for the top seat. Gu Qingcheng really couldn't understand why Yu Tian Xiang had such a serious expression on her face.

"Qingcheng ~" Yu Tianxiang hesitated for a moment before revealing the information recorded on the Royal Secret Scroll.

"What did you say?" Beast tide? " Gu Qingcheng was filled with disbelief after listening to Yu Tian Xiang's story. She had never imagined that there would be such a secret hidden behind the seal placed on the Mountain and Sea Painting back then.

"I don't know if my feeling is wrong or not. Hopefully not." Even though she said this, Yu Tian Xiang still frowned. She had a feeling that something unknown had happened in the Mountain Sea Painting. The 40 people that had already been eliminated might be the luckiest ones.

However, when Yu Tian Xiang thought of the people who were still in the Mountain and Sea Realm's painting scroll, she felt extremely worried. The remaining twenty-four were all the quintessence of the Phoenix Cry Palace, and could even be considered a great future. If anything happened to any of them, it would be a huge loss to Da Gan.

Lu Que, Zhuge Yan, Yunxian, Su Duo, Bai Shuguo, and the heirs of the Wisdom Sect were all present in the Eight Great Guilds' mansion. If something happened to any of them, it would bring chaos to the government.

"So what can we do?" Gu Qingcheng was also getting worried.

Yu Tian Xiang glanced at Gu Qingcheng as she shook her head. What she could think of — her royal father, aunt, and first lady — they naturally wouldn't think of it. Now, he could only hope that the person inside was a blessed person.

"Beast tide?" Gu Qingcheng tilted her head as a glint of light flickered in her eyes. She was somewhat worried for Lu Que, but she also felt somewhat regretful. If she had known that such a thing would happen, she would have definitely participated in the fight for the top spot.