Zhang Hao pushed the door open and looked at Zhang Jianfeng, who had been helped up by Zhang Xiaomin, asking excitedly, "Jianfeng, are you finally better?"
Zhang Jianfeng also looked at Zhang Hao and said excitedly, "Boss, I feel my body has regained its strength. Before, I had no sensation at all, but now I feel strong all over."
"Haha, it's good to recover, it's good to recover." Zhang Hao was very excited.
Seeing that Zhang Jianfeng could finally recover, he was even more excited than winning the Martial Arts Assembly himself.
"Rest well, and tell me if you need anything. Looking at you, ten or eight days should be no problem." Zhang Hao patted Zhang Jianfeng's shoulder, very happy.
"Yeah, Boss, thank you. I know you must have gone through a lot of trouble to get this Bone-Breaking Life-Renewing Pill." Zhang Jianfeng looked at Zhang Hao gratefully.
Zhang Hao pretended to be angry and said, "What are you saying? You call me Boss, isn't it only right for a Boss to do these things for his younger brother?"
Zhang Jianfeng smiled sheepishly and said, "Boss, I'm not good with words, but Jianfeng promises to always follow behind you, Boss."
"Hahaha!"
Zhang Hao subconsciously used the System to check Zhang Jianfeng's information. He found that his favorability towards him was 88. Don't look at this value, it doesn't seem high. But you should know that even Murong Ziqian's favorability towards him is only 95. It can be said that a value of 88 is definitely very high, only 12 points away from the maximum. Zhang Hao was very satisfied with this.
After saying a few more words to Zhang Jianfeng, Zhang Hao instructed him to rest well. Zhang Hao then left Zhang Jianfeng's room.
Thinking that he hadn't seen Ning Xue all day, he went to the outside of Ning Xue's room. He didn't know if it was telepathy, but just as Zhang Hao arrived outside Ning Xue's guest room, the door opened.
"Sneaky, are you trying to do something bad?" Ning Xue looked at Zhang Hao teasingly.
"Ahem, this is my house, what's sneaky about it?" Zhang Hao was displeased.
"What's so great about your house? Show off."
After a long silence, Ning Xue looked at Zhang Hao and said, "I have something to tell you."
"What is it?" Zhang Hao was a little curious. He felt the atmosphere was a bit off.
"I'm leaving."
Ning Xue's voice was a little low.
"Ah! You're leaving?" Zhang Hao felt an immense sense of loss in his heart.
He didn't know if he was used to her being by his side, but suddenly hearing that Ning Xue was leaving, his heart felt empty. It felt like he had lost something.
"I've been out for too long this time, and Father has been looking for me everywhere. More importantly, I have to go back to the College to report this time. If I'm away from the College for too long without a special reason, I will be punished by the College tutors. This time, I took leave to return to Wushuang City to negotiate with Father about the engagement. As a result, I left in a huff and accidentally ran into you." Ning Xue smiled.
"So you are also a College student?" Zhang Hao was a little surprised.
"What's so surprising about that? If you want to go further in the Martial Way, the Three Great Academies are a necessary step." Ning Xue said casually.
Zhang Hao really hadn't expected that Ning Xue was also a College student. However, to complete the C-level System task, Zhang Hao was bound to become a College student as well, and it had to be one of the Three Great Academies.
The next day, outside Ninghai City,
"What? You can't bear to part with me? If you beg me, this Miss might stay for a couple more days if I'm in a good mood." Ning Xue looked at Zhang Hao with a half-smile.
"You? This Young Master wishes you would roll as far away as possible." Zhang Hao said unhappily.
"Can't you say something nice? This Miss is leaving."
"Alright, alright, I'm leaving, no need to see me off."
"Wait. I want to know which College you are in?" Zhang Hao quickly asked.
"Me? I won't tell you. You'll know in the future."
As the sound of hooves gradually disappeared, Ning Xue's back view had vanished from Zhang Hao's sight.
"She's gone, why do I feel a little uncomfortable? Could it be that I'm interested in her?"
Thinking of this, Zhang Hao couldn't help but be startled. Soon, he denied it. He said, "Impossible. It's probably just that I got used to it, and now that she's suddenly gone, I'm not used to it."
After a self-deprecating smile, as soon as Zhang Hao returned home, a servant announced that Grandpa was waiting for him in the living room.
"Grandpa is here?"
Zhang Hao was a little strange, why would Grandpa suddenly come to visit. While guessing the reason for Grandpa's visit, he strode towards the living room.
Upon reaching the living room, he found Grandpa standing in front of a calligraphy scroll with the four characters 'Ning Jing Zhi Yuan' (Peaceful and Profound), deep in thought.
"Grandpa!" Zhang Hao called out.
"Hmm, Zhang Hao, you're back? I heard you won first place in the Martial Arts Assembly? Good! Our Zhang Family has been at the bottom of the Martial Arts Assembly for many years. Although the Martial Arts Assembly is not held by the few major families, it is spontaneously organized by the younger generation of various families. But its significance is still very profound. You won first place for our Family. What reward do you want from Grandpa?" Zhang Yaobang looked at his grandson, becoming more and more satisfied, his face full of smiles.
"Grandpa, that was just luck." Zhang Hao smiled.
Zhang Yaobang waved his hand and said, "Alas, no need to be so humble with Grandpa."
Speaking, he paused, then Zhang Yaobang looked at Zhang Hao and said, "This time, Grandpa is indeed here to find you for something."
"What is it, Grandpa?"
Zhang Hao was a little curious. For Grandpa to specifically come to visit, it must be something important.
"Yaobang, do you know why Kuang Long awakened the Rising Sun Heavenly Yang Bloodline?"
"This grandson does not know!"
"Alas, although Kuang Long is a jealous person, he is indeed a Genius. During last year's Family competition, he got a chance for Blood Pool Refining, and that's how he awakened his Bloodline." Zhang Yaobang's eyes showed a hint of regret.
"Blood Pool Refining?" Zhang Hao heard this term for the first time.
"It's no wonder you don't know. Originally, after you turned sixteen, your Father should have told you these things. It's just a pity..." Zhang Yaobang sighed.
"Grandpa, it's the same if you tell me." Zhang Hao knew that Grandpa was thinking of Father again.
"Actually, our Zhang Family in Watt Country is just a branch of the Zhang Family Main Clan. Every year, our branches in various places submit a certain tribute to the Zhang Family Main Clan. This is for the quota of Blood Pool Refining allocated each year. Although there is only one, it is a hope for the branches of the Zhang Family in various places."
Zhang Yaobang's words revealed the secret of the Zhang Family all along.
The Zhang Family in Watt Country turned out to be just a branch of the Zhang Family Main Clan. More importantly, each Blood Pool Refining was an opportunity to awaken the Bloodline within the body.
In the True Martial Continent, during the ancient times, there were countless races, and that was a true golden age of the Martial Way. It was not a legend that various great powers could pluck stars with a wave of their hand and break mountains and rivers with a stomp of their foot. However, today, the Martial Way in the True Martial Continent has declined. But after countless years of reproduction, human Martial Warriors, more or less, possess the Bloodlines of the strong individuals from the myriad races in the ancient times. As long as they can awaken their ancestral Bloodline, a mediocre Martial Warrior can even instantly become a peerless Genius.
Zhang Hao finally understood why the quota for Blood Pool Refining was so precious. No wonder the competition in the Zhang Family's Family competition was so fierce every time.