(This is a note from the author to the readers and not part of the story.)
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Zhaang Wu casually recalled some past stories about the competition, finally saying, "This Gathering Flower Fruit competition is just too brutal. Each time, over a thousand Martial Artists participate, but in the end, only a dozen or so manage to walk out with the fruit. The rest... they all become nutrients for the Cyan Mulberry Tree..."
Zhaang Ye sighed. "Over a thousand people, and only a dozen or so survive. That's a death rate of ninety-nine percent. It's a little too terrifying."
Zhaang Yitong, who had been silent all this time, spoke up. "We Martial Artists walk a path that defies the heavens, fighting for that one sliver of opportunity. For the sake of a breakthrough in Cultivation, no matter how great the risk, it is worth it."
