Chapter 32: Mana and Physical Education

## The Spirit Realm

Li Xingyu, standing nearby, had been observing Zhang Yu's condition closely.

When he saw Zhang Yu's pain level reach 37, he sensed that the other was reaching his limit.

"He won't be able to hold on at this rate."

He glanced at the top of Zhang Yu's head. In Li Xingyu's view, parameters such as the other's heartbeat and breathing were displayed.

"He's already reached his limit of endurance; the pain level should be reduced."

"This level seems to still be within the realm of a Grade 1 Dao Heart, right? Nothing special, yet he was able to comprehend the mysteries of the Celestial Martial Arts Diagram?"

Just as Li Xingyu was thinking this, he felt the aura around the other suddenly shift. The twisted expression on his face gradually returned to normal, even revealing a hint of a ferocious smile.

"Hmm? He endured it?"

"This kind of aura... it feels like the martial arts from the Celestial Martial Arts Diagram?"

Li Xingyu looked at Zhang Yu's state with some surprise, watching as he held on minute by minute, all the way until the 60 minutes were up.

He was even more astonished, calculating, "With this level of willpower, his Dao Heart is about to reach Grade 2."

"Although he hasn't mastered the martial arts from the Celestial Martial Arts Diagram, it seems he can use some of the profound insights he gained from it to improve his willpower."

"This guy is a bit impressive. This information should fetch some money."

With this thought, Li Xingyu had already described Zhang Yu's information in words and posted it on the information website, setting a price of 1000 yuan.

But after thinking about it, he changed the price of 1000 yuan to 10,000 yuan.

Then, he wrote in the title, "Shocking! Peerless Martial Arts Genius Emerges from Songyang High School!"

……

Taking off the Spirit Realm mask, Zhang Yu stood up shakily. Even though he had left the Spirit Realm, he still had a tingling sensation all over his body.

On the bunk next to him, a student was about to stand up but collapsed back down with weak legs.

And similar scenes were happening all around on the surrounding beds, clearly all lingering effects from the Spirit Realm that had not yet subsided.

Some students immediately opened their medicine bottles and took a pill.

Zhang Yu guessed that it was probably a Dao Heart Buffer.

Although one could gradually improve one's Dao Heart level by relying on techniques like the Basic Heart Tempering Method and the Celestial Martial Heart Tempering Technique, combined with compatible ideologies, many students still chose to take Dao Heart Buffers.

These drugs could adjust neurotransmitters and brain secretions, increasing mood and motivation, and more effectively enhance willpower, thereby raising the Dao Heart level.

However, Dao Heart Buffers were not without side effects. The higher the quality of the drug, the stronger the effect, then not only was the price more expensive, but the addiction was also stronger, and the side effects after stopping the drug were even more terrifying.

Often, once taken, it needed to be maintained long-term, otherwise, once the drug was stopped, it would lead to a regression in Dao Heart.

The original Zhang Yu had his Dao Heart level, which was close to Grade 2, gradually regress because he couldn't afford to continue taking the drug.

Until recently, after a series of trials and tribulations, coupled with the comprehension of the Celestial Martial Heart Tempering Technique, Zhang Yu felt that he had returned to that near-Grade 2 Dao Heart level.

And the current Zhang Yu didn't plan to touch Dao Heart Buffers again.

Compared to taking medicine, he now had more faith in his potential and self-discipline.

But at this moment, there was no more time for everyone to rest.

There was a second exam in the morning, and many students could only quickly pull themselves together and head towards the next examination hall.

……

Arriving at the examination hall for the Mana Test, Zhang Yu saw that many assistant teachers and testers were already prepared.

When it was Zhang Yu's turn, detection patches were applied to his arms, chest, and lower abdomen. Then, according to the teachers' instructions, he began to circulate his mana, transporting it from the dantian position to the palm of his hand.

The current Mana Test was clearly more refined and accurate than usual, to avoid problems with the monthly exam results.

The patches would not only be used to detect the total amount of mana running within Zhang Yu's body but also to detect the efficiency of each of Zhang Yu's mana circulations.

This was also to prevent examinees from having a quantity of mana in their bodies that was purely bought with money, lacking in quality.

Zhang Yu could clearly feel that compared to the torment of the Dao Heart Exam, many students were obviously less nervous during the Mana Test.

After all, each person's mana level had already been determined before the exam, and it had nothing to do with on-the-spot performance.

Mana either existed or it didn't; one either knew how to use it or one didn't.

Just as Zhang Yu finished the check, the assistant teacher responsible for recording the data exclaimed in surprise and couldn't help but take a few more glances at Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu asked, "Teacher, is there something wrong?"

The assistant teacher quickly shook her head: "Nothing."

But she secretly muttered in her heart: "Such high mana circulation efficiency, he must be a rich kid again."

……

Lunchtime.

The cafeteria was filled with zombie-like students.

Some had not yet recovered from the after-effects of the Dao Heart Exam, some were worried about not doing well on the exam, and some were thinking about whether they should commit suicide…

Bai Zhenzhen also sat down with a sigh: "Fucking hell!"

"The one who created the Dao Heart Exam questions this time doesn't even want his mother anymore. Is he also going to open a question evaluation online and then put his phone on vibrate mode and stick it in his crotch…"

Accompanied by more than two minutes of non-repeating abuse, Bai Zhenzhen finally stopped and took a bite of food when Zhou Tianyi walked over.

Zhang Yu believed that similar abuse must be floating in the sky above various high schools in Songyang City at this moment.

As soon as Zhou Tianyi sat down, he couldn't help but say, "Have you guys heard? Several high schools have had people jump off buildings."

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's gazes froze, and they instantly looked at Zhou Tianyi.

Zhou Tianyi continued, "Because the rules of this Dao Heart Exam were too strict."

"For example, some students wanted to get high scores during the exam, and accidentally adjusted the pain level beyond their limits and fainted. They were directly kicked out of the Spirit Realm, and the exam was counted as zero points."

He shook his head with a look of emotion: "Some people couldn't stand it after waking up and directly jumped off the building."

"Zero points." Bai Zhenzhen said sadly in her heart: "It's simply the supreme humiliation of high school, and from then on, they completely lose the right to survive in school."

"I would jump too, and smash the bastard who created the questions to death."

Zhang Yu asked, "Then, in this case, the question setter won't have an easy time, right? If there's a rich person among those who jumped, wouldn't their parents retaliate wildly against the question setter?"

Zhou Tianyi looked at Zhang Yu as if he were an idiot: "How is that possible?"

Zhang Yu: "You mean rich people's parents can't take revenge either? Does the question setter this time have a very strong background?"

Zhou Tianyi shook his head: "I mean, how can rich people die from jumping off buildings in school?"

"Everyone has paid a security fee."

"As soon as they jump down, there's a school-wide alarm, and the security guards or teachers will immediately save them."

"Even if they really hit the ground, they will definitely be rescued by the emergency team."

He said with a matter-of-fact look: "Even if rich people want to die, there must be other ways. You can't die from jumping off buildings in school."

Looking at Zhou Tianyi's knowing look, Zhang Yu had to admit that in this broken Kunxu, the situation might really be like this.

After eating, Zhang Yu took advantage of the end of the specialization cooldown time and readjusted the specialization of the Feather Book to the Zhou Tian Qi Gathering Method, and also practiced a few more repetitions of breathing.

Zhou Tian Qi Gathering Method 8th Level (3/160) → (6/160)

……

In the blink of an eye, it was time for the last exam in the afternoon.

Physical Education Exam.

Inside the huge training ground, Wang Hai was sitting on the judge's seat.

During the upcoming exam, he and several other high school PE teachers would score all the high school freshmen.

He lowered his head and glanced at the list of candidates, his gaze gradually stopping on Zhang Yu's name.

Zhang Yu, in his original impression, was a good student who exercised hard every day, took his medicine properly, and got acupuncture regularly.

His attitude was serious, and his drug tolerance was also good. Last month, he had become his observation target.

If he could continue to persevere, he wouldn't mind training him into Zhao Tianxing the Second. After getting good results in the future, he could become another one of his signature students.

But starting this month, for some reason, he began to repeatedly challenge his authority in class, and even put forward the heretical slogan of natural body refining.

At first, he suspected that he had other supply channels, and someone behind the scenes wanted to compete with him for the market of the Songyang High School's first-year demonstration class.

But after Zhao Tianxing's observation and report, he gradually denied this possibility.

Then he heard the news that Zhang Yu was accepted as a disciple by a Golden Core True Person spread everywhere.

Although Wang Hai was one of the ace PE teachers in Songyang High School, he was not qualified to come into contact with the level of Golden Core True Person.

He couldn't be sure whether Zhang Yu was really accepted as a disciple by a Golden Core True Person.

Just as Wang Hai was thinking about these things, ten students walked onto the stage in front.

The students showed off their muscles, and their bodies were covered with various detection patches.

Roar! Roar! Roar!

Then, accompanied by beast-like roars, the muscles of the ten students suddenly swelled up, and amazing power erupted from the bulging muscles.

The data obtained by the detection patches was quickly displayed on the screens in front of the PE teachers, informing them of the power that each piece of flesh on these examinees had just erupted.

This was different from the rough whole-body detection of physical strength in the past. Instead, it was a detailed test of the physical strength of each part of the body while the examinee exerted force.

At the same time, Wang Hai and others quickly swept their gazes over the examinees' bodies, and combined with the data they just obtained, they scored the examinees on the spot based on the shape of the flesh, the structure of the body, and the state of the eruption.

Physical strength was not the only indicator of score in the PE monthly exam.

The dimensions, size, structure… of every piece of flesh on the body were very important.

Which structure was more suitable for exerting force? Which muscle was more useful in actual combat? Which was a living muscle? Which was a dead muscle? All of these required experienced judges to evaluate in combination with the data.

After all, even when the physical strength was comparable, differences in body structure and size would make a huge difference in the power, speed, and even combat performance of the body.

Wang Hai was already familiar with this. As an ace PE teacher, he had seen countless white flesh blocks weighing two or three hundred pounds in the past few decades, and even giants weighing five hundred pounds many times.

He took a glance, recorded his scores, and thought of Zhang Yu again.

"Then let's see your score."

"If your score has dropped a lot after being isolated for three weeks, then it shows that you must not be a Golden Core disciple."

"Then when…"

Thinking of this, a hint of coldness flashed in Wang Hai's eyes.

Everyone who interfered with his deliveries should be expelled.