Chapter 46

Letting his sister Zhou Yun change her constitution and successfully complete her bloodline awakening was the best choice.

"One year. If I haven't found the Extreme Cold Ice Lotus by then, I'll perform the Great Sealing Technique on Xiao Yun."

Taking a deep breath, Zhou Yi secretly made a decision.

Although there were still two years left.

He couldn't possibly wait until the very last moment.

One year was the final deadline he had set.

If by then there was still no news of the Extreme Cold Ice Lotus.

Then he could only give up and seal Xiao Yun's bloodline.

Although he hadn't completely cured her, he had learned his sister Zhou Yun's specific situation and method of response from Cui Jianghai.

Zhou Yi could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

Following Cui Jianghai's method, the next day he first gave Zhou Yun a Blood-Nurturing Pill.

Sure enough, that night after taking it, the cold Qi in her body never erupted again.

The searing pain brought on by the cold Qi eruptions had been resolved.

Zhou Yun was overjoyed, clamoring to be discharged from the hospital right away.

After being stuck in the hospital for over half a year, the young girl was going stir-crazy.

But to be on the safe side, Zhou Yi did not choose to let Zhou Yun leave the hospital immediately.

Instead, he had her continue staying in the hospital for observation for a while.

Being a deluxe ward, naturally there was also an attendant's room.

Unlike ordinary attendant's rooms, the configuration of this sixth-floor attendant's room was practically the same as a room in a luxury hotel.

Seeing this, Zhou Yi simply moved in and stayed here directly.

Five days gradually passed.

Living in the hospital, Zhou Yi remained very self-disciplined.

Every day right after waking up: 200 sit-ups, 200 squats, 200 push-ups, plus a twenty-kilometer run along the river.

The daily tasks had to be completed no matter what.

In most cases, he chose the reward of 10 free attribute points.

As a Holy Knight, balancing both melee combat and casting functions, Constitution and Intelligence points were extremely important.

But he hadn't neglected the other attribute points either.

Generally, he would distribute the four-dimensional attributes according to a '2-3-2-3' pattern.

Balanced development meant the fewest openings.

Of course, besides free attribute points, he would also choose skill point rewards.

None of his current skills were still at their initial LV1.

If he were to raise a skill's level again, it would consume quite a lot of skill points.

For example, Spear of Victory at LV3, to raise it to LV4 would require roughly 8 skill points.

And the Spear of Victory's main function was to restrict monster movement.

According to the skill description, the judgment for binding monsters was mainly related to his Strength and Intelligence attributes.

If he spent 8 skill points to raise it to LV4, it would only add some damage without increasing the binding time — not worth the cost.

Among the skills he had mastered, quite a few were in this same situation.

High cost, small gain.

Considering the point-allocation cost and that he was about to head to one of the three top-tier universities, he had temporarily not touched this portion of skill points.

He'd save them, and after entering the school, learn some other new skills.

Besides tasks and training-related matters.

He also often took his sister Zhou Yun out to play and stroll around.

And took the opportunity to re-enroll her in school.

A year ago, when the cold Qi erupted in Zhou Yun's body, it was the summer break of her first year of junior high.

Having been delayed a full year, re-enrolling meant she was supposed to start from the second year of junior high.

But during her hospital stay, Zhou Yun hadn't been idle — she had self-studied all the second-year junior high courses.

After passing the school's simple test and finding that Zhou Yun could completely keep up with the learning progress.

Zhou Yi then enrolled her for the third year of junior high.

When September came, she could report directly for enrollment.

During these five days, there had been no news whatsoever about the release of the college entrance exam results in Suhang Province.

Zhou Yi himself wasn't particularly concerned.

Instead, it was Principal Luo Heng who was anxious beyond measure, yet still pretended to have everything figured out and called to offer comfort.

Besides the principal, the Education Bureau Director Jia Tao and Secretary Zhao Wenbin had also paid successive visits during this period.

For a time, quite a few people in the hospital were spreading rumors that some mysterious big shot was staying in Room 604 on the sixth floor.

This meant that when he went out to train.

He would also occasionally sense glances sneaking over in his direction.

Regarding this, Zhou Yi naturally chose to ignore it.

June 7th, the sixth day after the college entrance exam ended.

Lijiang City First People's Hospital, in the spacious single attendant's room on the sixth floor.

A tall figure with a bare upper body was gripping a battle axe, conducting his training.

Chop, slash, sweep, cut...

The massive battle-axe, weighing over forty kilograms, seemed to impose not the slightest burden on him; each basic swing was perfectly standard.

His muscles slightly bulged with exertion.

Unlike fitness enthusiasts who pushed bulk to extremes, his muscles were not large, but perfectly proportioned.

And as he performed his training motions, they revealed an extreme sense of power.

"Huh—"

After another set of training motions, Zhou Yi stopped and stood holding the axe.

Morning sunlight streamed in through the floor-to-ceiling glass.

Under the sunlight's reflection, waves of heat rose from his body.

Glistening sweat droplets slowly traced down his sharply defined, resolute face.

With the growth of his Strength and Constitution attributes, this bronze Double-Star battle-axe was no longer sufficient.

But performing thousands of extreme axe-swinging drills still yielded considerable training benefits.

As supplementary training after daily tasks, the effect was very good.

"Dingdong~~~"

Suddenly, the phone on the desk emitted a notification sound.

He put down the massive axe, wiped the sweat from his forehead with a towel, and put on his clothes.

Only then did Zhou Yi walk to the desk and pick up the phone.

A text message was clearly displayed on the Lock-screen realm:

"Zhou Yi, examinee of the Second High School of Lijiang City, your ranking in the Jiangsu Province college entrance exam has been released. Please check promptly."

"The college entrance exam ranking has been released!"

Zhou Yi's eyes lit up.

Just as he was about to check carefully, there came a crack—the door opened.

Zhou Yun's figure appeared at the threshold.

She held a phone in her right hand, her cute round face flushed with excitement.

"Brother!! The rankings are out—you're number one in Jiangsu Province! You're the top scorer!!"

Zhou Yun dashed forward with a whoosh and threw herself into Zhou Yi's arms.