Let's review this for everyone:
What was the admission threshold for the Provincial Examination?
Pass the third level in all six Heart Arts.
Shi Tiexin stood on the training grounds and swept his gaze around. Mm, Shaluo City really was a higher-tier city. The standard at this Provincial Examination venue was on an entirely different level from Tumubao's. Look at this, look at that—everywhere he looked were talented people who had passed the third level of Heart Arts. There were also plenty of geniuses from Shuren Zhengxue Academy. A country bumpkin like me, coming here... I'm so~~ scared~~.
Old friends from Shuren Zhengxue Academy, how have you been?
"Don't get cocky! What does beating Qiu Huang amount to, you country bumpkin? Qiu Huang was only good at Strength Arts; that doesn't represent Heart Arts!"
"Our Shaluo City is blessed with outstanding people and fertile lands, with geniuses emerging one after another! You dare strut around on our turf? There are plenty of people here who can put you in your place!"
"Don't think you can run wild just because you barely crossed the qualification line. There are plenty here who have cultivated all their Heart Arts to the third level, all outstanding, all profound—some are even all perfect!"
"This is a Heart Arts examination. What matters is your Heart Arts cultivation, while the influence of Strength Arts is greatly reduced. You should have stayed in your own little patch of land. Why come out looking for a beating? Taking the examination here is nothing but asking for humiliation."
"You'd better pray you don't run into me, or I'll make you regret it!"
"I reckon he won't get the chance to meet you. He'll have been eliminated long ago! Hahahaha!"
Oh my, the old friends from Shuren Zhengxue Academy really were