"No." Ji Jiayu shook his head without hesitation. "Grandma He asked us to use the holy crystals and beneficial insect jerky. There must be a reason. If you really want to eat more beneficial insect jerky, and exchange it with someone else, I won't say anything. But if you want to occupy more, you can't."

"What?" Ye Zihang was stunned. He hadn't expected Ji Jiayu to react like this.

In his opinion, in the face of latecomer transcendence, a better cultivation environment, more cultivation resources, and a higher chance of being selected, Ji Jiayu would definitely agree, but Ji Jiayu didn't.

"Ji Jiayu, I find you really are a bit stupid!" Ye Zihang couldn't help but say angrily, "You clearly can pass the selection, but the opportunity is right in front of you, but you can't grasp it. What are you trying to do?"

"Imagine not having nightmares when you sleep at night," Ji Jiayu said.

Ye Zihang was instantly speechless, feeling that Ji Jiayu was being careless with him.

However, Ji Jiayu was serious. Ji Jiayu thought that if Fang Xing knew he was bullying the other orphans, he would probably be resurrected from hell and smacked on the back of his head.

After a moment of silence, Ji Jiayu said slowly, "I don't know what you've been through, so I'm not qualified to persuade you to be kind."

He paused, looked Ye Zihang in the eye, and said seriously, "But at least you shouldn't bully others like them. After all, you know that the people here used to be miserable."

Ye Zihang was stared at directly by Ji Jiayu, a little guilty, but even more angry: "I'm different from them! Divide! If you don't divide it equally, I'll deal with you!"

After saying that, he knocked on the doors of the other orphans without looking back, gathered them in the common living room on the second floor, and then threateningly distributed the cultivation resources.

Seeing the saint crystals and beneficial insect jerky that Ye Zihang had forced out, everyone was a little dumbfounded. What kind of atmosphere was this fat man, who usually only ate, coming up with?

But it didn't matter, the important thing was that they were getting their first cultivation resource!

Amidst everyone's excited chatter and discussion, Ji Jiayu also received his own materials, which Ye Zihang had filled for him. Ye Zihang snorted arrogantly as he handed them to him.

Ji Jiayu simply pretended not to hear.

The cultivation resources for one person were two holy crystals and ten pieces of beneficial insect jerky. The former contained divine power and could only be absorbed directly through meditation. The latter were soaked in water and could be digested and absorbed by the body.

"Ding Lu, do you want to go back to your training?"

After receiving them, Ji Jiayu couldn't wait to get back to his training. He walked up to Ding Lu in three strides and two steps and greeted him.

"I've been looking for you." Ding Lu was also very excited.

Then, the two almost ran back to the dormitory, each holding a holy crystal and lying on the bed. Ji Jiayu instantly fell into the underworld, and the Holy Light Emblem and the Holy Bone Emblem quickly appeared. At that moment, the holy crystal in his right palm bloomed with a brilliant white light. But before the white light could shoot out, it was all sucked into his palm, some spreading along his skin to his entire body, and the other part seeping into his bones and blood.

As time passed, the holy crystal's light gradually dimmed until it completely disappeared, and the crystal also turned a blackish gray.

Ji Jiayu opened his eyes, and they were so bright they almost exploded. He placed the gray-black crystal next to the bed, almost without stopping, and held the second holy crystal in his hand and continued meditating.

It wasn't known how long it took, but the divine power within the second holy crystal was also absorbed by him. So, he turned over and got out of bed, took out two pieces of beneficial insect jerky and put them into a cup of water. As soon as the jerky entered the water, it immediately melted into pure holy water.

After Ji Jiayu took a closer look, he picked up the glass of water and poured it into his mouth. Ji Jiayu observed Ding Lu as he drank.

Ding Lu was sleeping in an awkward position, curled up against the wall, holding a still-bright holy crystal in his left hand and clenching his fist outward with his right.

Apparently, he was also alert while sleeping.

"The divine power in the crystal hasn't been used up much..." Looking at the holy crystal in Ding Lu's hand, Ji Jiayu said quietly.

At the same time, his greatly enhanced hearing allowed him to faintly hear voices coming from upstairs. "Ji Jiayu is absorbing divine power too quickly!"

"But the damage is also serious; basically half of his divine power has been consumed."

"What happened to his body?"

"He has a good temperament. If he can stand out, as long as he can absorb it quickly, no matter how much he consumes, Sheng Yao Si can't afford to raise him. But if he isn't selected, he'll probably only be able to cultivate to the third level of the Ming Ling realm at most."

"What a pity!"

"Ye Zihang's absorption speed is also very fast, and there's almost no loss. If this trend continues, he'll be able to accumulate one round of divine power in two days."

"Breaking through to the first rank of Ming Ling in a week, this talent is truly extraordinary!"

"Speaking of Ye Zihang, Shengyao Si temporarily sent someone over, saying he wanted to assess Ye Zihang's talent again, and Ji Jiayu's assessment became incidental."

"Shengyao Si is more optimistic about Ye Zihang, which is also normal." During the conversation, Xie Ting pursed her lips and said nothing.

Listening to the four observers' discussions, Ji Jiayu's expression remained unchanged.

As he learned more about cultivation, he also understood the meaning of excessive consumption when absorbing divine power.

Others would need to consume fifty saint crystals to accumulate a round of divine power, and if he wanted to consume one hundred, he would consume twice as many resources as others.

If he didn't consume resources, it would take time. However, how could he have so many resources and time to consume?

Unless he could pass the selection! But he was indeed not as good as Ye Zihang. Even so, he never considered agreeing to Ye Zihang's plan.

Although he had a goal he must achieve, there were some things that shouldn't be done this way. After drinking the holy water, Ji Jiayu lay back on the bed and began meditating and cultivating, digesting and absorbing the divine power contained in the water.

By the time he finished his cultivation, Ding Lu on the lower bunk had left, and the sky outside was dark.

"Coo."

Ji Jiayu must have been cultivating for too long, and his stomach couldn't help but growl.

So he stood up, lightly jumped over the guardrail, landed on the ground, then pushed open the door and walked from the second floor to the public cafeteria on the first floor.

He had just arrived at the first floor when he heard a deliberately lowered voice coming from downstairs.

"As long as you listen to Uncle Ben and obediently give me the beneficial insect jerky, the next time I allocate cultivation resources to you, I won't shake my hand and make any accidental mistakes, you know? Don't even think about sniffing! I'm much better than you, understand?!"

"Boom!" It sounded like the sound of flesh colliding with wood.

Ji Jiayu listened and couldn't help but frown. This voice clearly belonged to Ye Hang; this guy still wouldn't give up!

With almost no hesitation, Ji Jiayu turned around, found the basement door, and walked down shamelessly.

He had just walked down the last step when Ding Lu suddenly bumped into him, his face pale and his demeanor hurried. Ding Lu looked up and saw Ji Jiayu, and was even more frightened. Perhaps in his eyes, Ji Jiayu and Ye Zihang, who jointly controlled the power to allocate resources, were in the same group.

"Don't go, follow me."

Ji Jiayu didn't ask what happened, he immediately grabbed Ding Lu's wrist and pulled him in the direction he was running. He happened to see Ye Zihang stuffing something into his arms.

Ye Zihang looked up and saw Ji Jiayu. A flash of panic flashed across his face. He quickly packed his things and pretended nothing had happened.

Although he was a little nervous, he remained calm on the surface. He wasn't a fool. The reason he knew Ding Lu was Ji Jiayu's roommate and deliberately sought Ding Lu out was because he liked Ding Lu's cowardice, and he was betting that Ding Lu wouldn't dare reveal the truth.

He didn't know the inside story. Just relying on Ding Lu's attitude, what could Ji Jiayu possibly know?

Thinking of this, Ye Zihang glanced at Ding Lu without a trace. Ding Lu was so frightened that he shrank back and couldn't help but want to break free from Ji Jiayu's hand.

Ji Jiayu grabbed Ding Lu's wrist, walked to Ye Zihang's side, and said, "Give it back to him."

"What are you talking about? I don't understand," Ye Zihang said stubbornly.

"Give him back the beneficial insect jerky," Ji Jiayu said.

Ye Zihang didn't expect Ji Jiayu to tell him the truth so directly. His heart suddenly became uneasy, but he couldn't let it go. "What beneficial insect jerky? What are you talking about? I don't understand at all!" I didn't take his things, I didn't take his things, you just ask him."

Ji Jiayu turned to look at Ding Lu, and Ding Lu shook his head quickly.

Ye Zihang was overjoyed when he saw this, and immediately said: "Look, it's nothing, so don't interfere in other people's affairs!"

After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave, but Ji Jiayu's hand was on his shoulder.

"It's fine for you to fall into your own path, but I hope you don't hurt anyone." Ji Jiayu said seriously: "I will say it one last time, give it back to him!"

After being restrained by Ji Jiayu, Ye Zihang's face was blue and white.

"Forget it, he didn't rob me." Ding Lu saw that the situation was not good and whispered.

"What are you afraid of!" Ji Jiayu turned his head and said, "He doesn't dare to do anything to you, Grandma He is on the second floor."

As soon as he heard Ji Jiayu mention He Yi, Ye Zihang suddenly wilted, he turned around and raised his hand: "Okay, I will admit it!"

"Back to you! Back to you! I'll give it all back to you!"

Ye Zihang stuffed the beneficial insect jerky in his arms back into Ding Lu's arms, then said to Ji Jiayu, "I was wrong. I won't do it again in the future. Don't tell Grandma He if that's okay?"

"Not this time," Ji Jiayu said.

He had already given Ye Zihang two chances, and giving him a third time was a conspiracy.

Ye Zihang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and then his face gradually turned red. "When I beg you, okay?"

"No." Ji Jiayu shook his head.

"Ji Jiayu, don't force me!" Ye Zihang suddenly became angry. Why can they hide things privately when they distribute them, but I can't?

"They aren't human, and you aren't human?" Ji Jiayu said.

"You aren't human!" Ye Zihang roared.

It was at this moment that Ji Jiayu heard the bystanders' conversation again. "Look at this posture, it's about to fight."

"Ji Jiayu should know the gap between himself and Ye Zihang, right? I know I still have to fight. I have a strong sense of justice, and I'm also very brave. I like that."

"But it's not enough to have courage and a sense of justice. You also need to have wisdom, know how to measure yourself, and know how to advance and retreat. In this case, Aunt He is the right answer, right?"

"I think she's thinking more deeply than you. When facing bullies, it's actually not very useful to find an adult. You have to stand up and say 'no' yourself. She wants to give Ding Lu courage, so that Ding Lu can learn to be brave and resist."

"Cowardice is indeed Ding Lu's weakness, and he must change this. Otherwise, let alone the selection process, he won't be able to live a good life in the future."

"Then let's see if Ding Lu will have the courage."

"Huh? Let Ding Lu learn to be brave and resist, and I still have this idea?" Ji Jiayu was a little dumbfounded.

But he thought about it, it didn't matter. What mattered was that the bystanders didn't seem ready to help them!

This... How could there be such unreliable adults!

Just as he was listening intently and feeling speechless, he suddenly heard a scream. The scream was Ding Lu's.

Ji Jiayu looked up and saw Ye Zihang's large body crashing towards him like a car with a meat hopper.

Despite Ye Zihang's size, he was incredibly fast, running wildly in the narrow basement, causing the wind to whistle.

The distance was too close, and seeing that Ji Jiayu couldn't avoid him, Ding Lu couldn't help but close his eyes.

"Snap!"

A low sound of flesh colliding rang out, and Ding Lu's heart trembled. However, after waiting for two seconds, he didn't hear Ji Jiayu's body hit the wall, nor did he hear his scream. He couldn't help but be slightly confused. Then he slowly opened his eyes, and the sight before him made his mouth wide open in shock.

He saw Ji Jiayu supporting him. He pressed his hands on Ye Zihang's left and right shoulders, and Ye Zihang, who was rushing forward like a rhinoceros, was unable to move at all.

Clearly, Ji Jiayu was too strong.

Ji Jiayu suddenly let go, and Ye Zihang, who had been rushing forward, suddenly fell straight to the ground.

After lying on the ground for two seconds, the furious Ye Zihang screamed and slammed into Ji Jiayu again. Perhaps it was a subconscious induction from anger, and the surface of his body bloomed with white light.

Seeing this, Ji Jiayu said to Ding Lu, "Help me!" After that, he crossed his arms in a "ten" shape, defensively.

"Huh?" Ding Lu's entire body froze in place.

The next second, Ye Zihang appeared before his eyes.

"Boom!" There was another dull sound of flesh and blood colliding.

Ye Zihang's body slammed into Ji Jiayu's arm. Ji Jiayu stood there, unmoving, as if it wasn't a "meat mountain" that had hit him, but a lightly fluttering cat.

"Ahhhh, it hurts!" Ye Zihang screamed. Zihang.

"It's so small." Ji Jiayu was shocked.

Clearly, Ye Zihang had run over to hit him, and he'd used divine power, but why was his strength so small, like a sponge? Ye Hang was clearly tall, heavy, and strong.

"This... What's going on?" Upstairs, the five bystanders were also stunned.