The atmosphere then became a little awkward.

Ji Jiayu looked at the chubby boy in front of him, who was eating heavily, and sighed softly. He actually knew that Ye Zihang was serious when he said that, but he wasn't angry and didn't know to sniff it out.

Judging from the wound on Ye Zihang's lip and his gluttony, he must have suffered a lot in the orphanage or wandered around before, so Ji Jiayu understood. He was just waiting for an opportunity and wanted to change and take control of his life as soon as possible.

This was also Ji Jiayu's first consideration. However, as he grew up, Ji Jiayu had experienced both hatred and kindness.

If it weren't for Fang Xing, Ji Jiayu would likely have fallen into a quagmire and not be alive today.

Therefore, that kindness constantly reminded Ji Jiayu that even in a bad situation, he must maintain a kind heart.

And clearly, Ye Zihang didn't feel any good intentions, so he planned to occupy more cultivation resources.

However, Ji Jiayu could also see that this was the first time Ye Zihang had done something like this—no, this was the first time he had ever wanted to do something like this. He still needed to be saved, so Ji Jiayu was willing to give him another chance and help him reform.

Ji Jiayu was thinking about the gods here, and Ye Zihang, who was eating wildly, suddenly showed an embarrassed expression, a little afraid to look him in the eye.

"That... Brother Yu, can I discuss something with you again?"

"What's wrong?"

"You're full of positive energy, I don't feel comfortable living with you..." Ye Zihang said awkwardly, "Can I share a dorm with someone else?"

Ji Jiayu never expected Ye Zihang to bring this up, and he was silent for a long time before saying, "Can you use snacks next time you make excuses? However, it's your freedom."

Ye Zihang didn't want to live with him, and she didn't force him, and she could probably guess that what Ye Zihang had in mind was nothing more than selling his roommate position.

With five observers supporting him, and his roommate position still had some value, he would definitely be able to exchange some resources to improve his cultivation when the time came.

Ye Zihang had this idea, but it couldn't be called selfish; it was completely understandable.

After hearing Ji Jiayu's words, Ye Zihang immediately gushed, "Thank you, Brother Yu. After eating, I'll go tell Grandma He. Then, I'll pack my things and change dorms!"

"Don't be so troublesome. I didn't bring anything. I can change."

"Then thank you, Brother Yu!"

Ji Jiayu happened to be almost finished. After washing the dishes and chopsticks by the pond, he turned to leave. But after taking a few steps, he turned to look at the happy Ye Hang. "I'll keep an eye on you."

After saying that, he pushed the door open.

When Ye Zihang heard this, his expression immediately became dull, and he felt the chicken leg in his hand tasted off. "Staring at me? Why are you staring at me? What am I supposed to be watching?"

Ye Zihang took a few bites of the chicken leg, feeling uncomfortable. After thinking about it, he picked up his rice bowl and walked to the window, looking out at the courtyard.

Although Ji Jiayu promised her that he wouldn't sniff, who knew if he was being perfunctory and lying? Under her gaze, Ji Jiayu walked to He Yi's side.

"What's wrong?" He Yi heard footsteps, opened her eyes, and smiled kindly.

Ji Jiayu said, "Grandma, I want to change dorms."

He Yi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Why?"

Ji Jiayu said, "When we were just chatting, Ye Zihang said that he snores really loudly, and I was afraid I wouldn't be able to sleep."

He Yi hadn't expected this reason, but then she nodded in agreement, "His snoring is quite loud."

"Then you can go to the room at the end of the second floor and stay with Ding Lu."

He Yi looked at Ji Jiayu for a while, then suddenly raised her right hand and pointed to a skinny boy with yellow hair in the yard: "He's Ding Lu."

Ji Jiayu turned to glance at Ding Lu, remembering his new roommate's appearance, and then said, "Thank you, Grandma He."

He Yi smiled and said, "It's okay, it's all a small matter. Then you go back and rest early."

"You too."

Ye Zihang, who was standing by the cafeteria windowsill, saw that He Yi seemed to have calmed down after chatting with Ji Jiayu and breathed a sigh of relief, but he was still a little worried. At this point, he couldn't help it, so he hurriedly went to fill another bowl of rice and gulped it down.

After Ji Jiayu returned to the second floor, he opened the door and entered the room at the end of the corridor.

The house was clean and tidy, with a bunk bed, a desk, two wardrobes, and fresh air.

Ji Jiayu climbed onto the empty upper bunk and lay down, but he didn't feel sleepy at all. Although He Yi had just warned him not to spend too much time cultivating, he still couldn't help but enter a meditative state again.

He had just successfully entered the underworld and was awakened by the observation. He hadn't been able to experience the meditative state thoroughly. He didn't know what it felt like to absorb divine power, so he wanted to experience it again.

After closing his eyes for just three seconds, the Sacred Light Emblem and the Sacred Bone Emblem appeared in the darkness of Ji Jiayu's "eyes." Then, divine power floated in the air like fine sand, rapidly converging on the surface of Ji Jiayu's body, some remaining outside his body and some seeping into it.

Ji Jiayu, who was in a meditative state, couldn't see the divine power, but he could feel something clinging to him, burrowing into his body, warm and comfortable, and intoxicating him.

This state lasted for a long time, and by the time Ji Jiayu felt tired and emerged from his meditative state, the light outside the window had already dimmed. This meant he had been meditating for at least ten hours. "It's so noisy."

As soon as he opened his eyes, countless subtle sounds formed into sound waves, making him dizzy.

Immediately afterward, he saw a bee flying.

Different from what he was used to, Ji Jiayu could clearly see its rapidly flapping wings, the yellow rings on the back plates of its abdominal segments, the sharp stinger on its tail, and the black hairs on its body surface.

His eyes seemed to have the ability to magnify and slow down other moving objects out of thin air.

Such a change surprised and excited Ji Jiayu.

Meanwhile, in the leftmost room on the third floor, five observers were chatting.

"In sixteen hours, only one-twentieth of the divine power has been absorbed, which is truly inefficient," Feng Ling said.

"In fact, judging by the amount of divine power he has accumulated, it could reach at least one-tenth of a revolution, but the loss is too great for unknown reasons," Meng Jiu said.

"I look very anxious. I really want to check it out," Xie Ting said.

"We can't cross the boundary; we're just observers." Kong Xue shook her head

Sheng Yao Si replied, "and he will come to check on the day of the primaries."

He stopped, looked at Xie Ting, and said, "Your mother came."

"Well, I asked them to come," Xie Ting said.

"The day of the preliminary selection, it'll be two weeks." Luo Xuan glanced at Xie Ting and asked, "What are they busy with?"

"I don't know, isn't this always the case with Sheng Yao Si?" Xie Ting asked.

Feng Ling pursed her lips, then said excitedly, "Let's bet on how long Jiayu can adapt to her enhanced body."

"She has no knowledge or cultivation base at all. If she just thinks about it on her own, it will take two hours."

"Well, more than two hours."

"I also think it's around two hours."

"There's no guessing."

"It's better to guess how long Ye Zihang can meditate a second time and how much divine power he can absorb!"

"It's a tenth of a round now, and I think I can reach a ninth or eighth."

"It's not impossible to have more, it's just that this personality must be changed, greed, gluttony, both are very dangerous, if compared, although Ji Jiayu's talent is a little worse, but his temperament is much better than Ye Zihang."

For a new cultivator absorbing divine power, the first thing to benefit is physical fitness.

The divine power induced by the priests will cover the surface of the body, first enhancing the hardness and toughness of the skin, followed by vision and hearing.

The divine power induced by the priests seeps into the body, enhancing bone hardness, muscle strength, and overall strength.

The observers chatted about Ye Zihang and observed Ji Jiayu. As the sky gradually darkened, three hours passed.

Ji Jiayu finally adapted to his enhanced vision and hearing, and the observers stopped observing him.

For a cultivator, it takes three hours to adapt to the changes in the first stage, which is not a good outcome.

As everyone knows, Ji Jiayu's current state is completely different from what the observers had imagined.

In fact, Ji Jiayu only needed half an hour to adapt to his enhanced vision and hearing, and in the remaining two and a half hours, he adapted to his skyrocketing strength.

Just as he was about to roll over and get out of bed, he gently grasped the iron guardrail at the edge of the upper bunk with his left hand, leaving five finger-shaped dents in the guardrail.

To prevent the bed from being damaged directly, Ji Jiayu had to get up slowly. He also moved lightly when he climbed down the ladder to the ground, fearing he might step on a hole in the ground.

Ji Jiayu didn't understand his current situation and thought it was a change brought on by normal cultivation. After fully adapting to his enhanced body, he went to the cafeteria on the first floor of the small building for a meal, then returned to his room and began meditating.

Ji Jiayu, still in his teens, had little knowledge of improving his physical fitness through meditation, and he began meditating without sleeping or eating.

Thus, for the next two days, Ji Jiayu meditated every day except for eating, drinking, and Lhasa, and his physical fitness improved significantly.

The free, high-quality ingredients in the cafeteria provided him with ample nutrition, making up for his deficiencies from previous years, and his height and weight also increased.

Within two days, thirteen more electors successfully entered the underworld and began their cultivation journey, including Ji Jiayu's roommate, Ding Lu. After the two met, they hit it off well.

Furthermore, a boy named Hu Jie also became Ye Zihang's roommate through an offering. Most of them had successfully entered the underworld, so naturally, they would begin distributing cultivation resources.

That afternoon, Ji Jiayu was lying in bed meditating and practicing. Ding Lu's voice suddenly rang out: "Jiayu, Grandma He asked you to go to her office."

Ji Jiayu opened his eyes, glanced at him, and said, "Okay."

Ding Lu was much thinner than his peers. His clothes were loose, his hair was slightly dry and yellow from malnutrition. His entire body was tightly wrapped, and even his neck was covered with a scarf. Except for his palms and face, there was almost no bare skin. However, there were numerous slender scars on the only exposed skin, and they were likely cut by sharp objects.

Clearly, he also had a sad past.

If you look closely, you'll also notice that his right hand, which he often deliberately hides, has six fingers and an extra pinky.

This doesn't surprise Ji Jiayu anymore. The most needed thing in an orphanage is abandoned children with physical disabilities.

As soon as he changes his mind, Ji Jiayu feels a little heavy, and immediately turns over and gets out of bed. He yawns and greets Ding Lu. Then, he pushes open the dormitory door and turns right.

At this moment, Ye Zihang happened to push open the door. The two exchanged glances. Ye Zihang quickly averted his gaze, turned his head with a guilty conscience, and left.

However, they were both headed in the same direction and the same destination: He Yi's office.

He Yi's office wasn't an office, but a library. Inside, except for the red solid wood desk, there were books everywhere.

At this moment, He Yi was sitting behind the desk reading a book. On the desk was a pile of polygonal crystals blooming with dazzling brilliance, and there were several bags of dried goods that looked like food next to the crystals.

Ji Jiayu and Ye Zihang had both begun cultivating. Naturally, they could sense the divine power contained within the pile of crystals and dried goods. But Ji Jiayu's eyes were more focused on the crystals, while Ye Zihang's were more focused on the bags of food, his eyes a little fanatical.

"Here it is!" He Yi looked at the two of them, put the book down gently, smiled slightly, and said, "This is a holy crystal to help you cultivate. This is beneficial insect jerky containing divine power, you can take it back and distribute it to everyone."

"Guaranteed to complete the task!" Ye Zihang said firmly.

"We will guarantee justice." Ji Jiayu glanced at Ye Zihang.

"Go." He Yi said.

After saying this, Ye Zihang immediately walked to the table and took out a bag of auspicious insect jerky.

Seeing this, Ji Jiayu also walked forward, holding a pile of holy crystals in his arms, and then the two said goodbye to He Yi one after another, turned and went out.

After the two went out, they returned to the second floor in silence.

At this moment, Ye Zihang stopped in front of Ji Jiayu. He was tall and fat, like a huge rock blocking the corridor.

Ji Jiayu looked at him and asked, "What are you doing?"

"Brother Yu, have you really stopped thinking about my previous proposal?" Ye Zihang's eyes were filled with excitement because of Ji Jiayu. Ye Zihang had already decided to abandon his previous idea, but the beneficial insect jerky in his arms was so fragrant that every pore in his body yearned for it. Tempted by that irresistible desire, he decided to take another risk.

"I heard you've only gathered the seventh round of divine power now, which is too slow! I've gathered a quarter of a round, and even Hu Jie has reached the sixth round, much slower than you, but she entered the underworld a day and a half later than you!" Do you know why? Cultivating around me is fast, which is equivalent to using holy crystals all the time!

"Grandma He told me that my meditation level is very deep now, and the divine power drawn is too much for my body to absorb, so these crystals are useless to me. Can I give them to you? But I want to take more of this beneficial insect jerky. If you agree, I'll let you come back to live with me, okay?"

After Ye Zihang finished speaking, he looked at Ji Jiayu expectantly.