The Benefits of Mental Power

Lin Mu slowly opened his eyes. Seeing that the vast blood pool now held only him, he didn't linger there.

The energy in the blood pool had grown much thinner than before.

Besides, as long as he didn't leave, the competition wouldn't end.

He didn't want to hold everyone up just for his own sake.

With a shift of his body, Lin Mu left the blood pool.

He had realized that training in the same way for too long yielded diminishing returns over time.

Even with his system providing amplification, that fact remained unchanged.

It was like a person using the same medicine repeatedly—their body developed some resistance, and to achieve the same effect later, they had to increase the dosage.

The system's amplification would raise the resistance threshold without reducing the effect, but the diminishing returns from his own cultivation were unavoidable.

When he reached the shore, everyone's eyes were on him.

Some looked envious, some surprised, some curious, and some jealous!

Bai Fan had a faint smile on his face and gave him a thumbs-up. "Not bad!"

Lin Mu smiled a little, not knowing what to say.

At that moment, the old man stepped forward and said calmly, "This round of the Blood Qi Medicine Pool is over. Everyone, return to your places!"

The heads of the various schools nodded slightly and led their groups away one after another.

Lin Mu's gaze met Zhao Shun's, hostility flickering between them.

In Lin Mu's heart, this man was as good as dead!

Zhao Shun felt the same way.

After leaving the Blood Qi Medicine Pool, Lin Mu and the others boarded the bus.

Bai Mo sat beside him, a smile on her face.

"You're really something!"

"Just lucky."

"Come on! Luck alone couldn't pull that off. And Principal Bai himself said you should join the training camp—that alone shows how much he values you. There were a few people with Blood Qi Values above 4.0, and he didn't even let them in!" Bai Mo said.

"I'm pretty surprised myself."

"The training camp should start in about half a month. In the meantime, you still need to improve yourself. There are a lot of geniuses in the camp, and some nominal students—those are monsters raised by the major families with everything they've got. They're way stronger than the students at school."

Bai Mo explained.

Lin Mu understood what she meant. Those people had such high talent that studying at school would only waste it.

So their families just registered them at school in name, making it easier for them to take the Martial Arts Exam later.

These people wouldn't show up on any school rankings, but their strength was no weaker than those on the leaderboards.

And the fact that even they were joining this training camp showed just how tough it would be.

"There are plenty of geniuses in this world. I just never had the qualifications to come into contact with them before," Lin Mu thought to himself.

In the past, he might not even have had the right to know.

He only knew the famous names in the Top Class.

He had no idea that what people called the Top Class meant nothing in the eyes of some.

The rest of the ride was silent, and the bus soon returned to school.

Lin Mu got off and left the campus.

Bai Fan headed to the principal's office.

He sat down casually, reported Lin Mu's results, and shared his thoughts.

Principal Gu Fei looked at him, a hint of hesitation on his face.

"This kid does have talent, but is it really appropriate to let him join the training camp?"

"He came first in this Blood Qi Medicine Pool competition!"

"That only means his body is special and absorbs medicine well."

"You saw his actual combat performance last time."

"It was indeed good. He's a promising seedling. But this is the training camp, and our school doesn't have many slots."

"His Mental Strength has already reached 1.0."

"Even if he's a good seedling, we still need to... what did you say!" Gu Fei was talking to himself.

But when he clearly heard Bai Fan say that the Mental Strength had reached 1.0, his voice shot up a notch.

That was something even many Third-Order Martial Artists couldn't achieve.

Moreover, Mental Strength is the key to advancing to the Fifth Order in the future.

This is the reason many Fourth Tier Martial Artists remain stuck for life, unable to break through.

"I said, his Mental Strength has already reached 1.0!" Bai Fan said lazily.

"You're not joking?" Gu Fei found it hard to believe.

"Absolutely true!" Bai Fan said.

Gu Fei took a deep breath, his eyes filled with excitement.

Although there were plenty of geniuses within the school, that didn't mean they would all become Fifth Order experts in the future.

Because the Mental Cultivation Method was rather mysterious, many people never got to access it in their lifetime.

For that very reason, the Fourth Tier was the ceiling most geniuses could reach.

For Lin Mu to have a Mental Strength of 1.0 at his age was enough to prove his talent.

That made him more precious than any genius in the academy.

"I never thought our Third High School could produce someone like this!" Gu Fei's face was full of smiles.

"What do you think of my proposal just now?"

"Support! Our Third High School may not be as good as Second High School or First High School, but we still value talent. However, this Training Camp is dangerous—you need to warn him about the relevant matters!"

"Also, this fifty thousand is from me personally. Help me pass it on to him!" Gu Fei said.

"That's all?" Bai Fan asked.

Gu Fei was momentarily stunned.

"With his current talent, applying for an A-grade Subsidy shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Gu Fei snapped out of it: "Look at my memory, forgetting something so important! But the A-grade Subsidy application is quite difficult. Let's apply for the B-grade Subsidy first, issue it according to the A-grade Subsidy standards, and make up the difference later!"

Bai Fan nodded slightly, stood up, and walked outside.

That evening, not long after Lin Mu got home, a knock came at the door.

He opened it to find Bai Fan standing outside.

"Principal Bai!" Lin Mu said.

"Came by to bring you some things!" Bai Fan said with a smile.

"Please, come in!" Lin Mu said.

The two sat down in the living room, and Bai Fan took out the items one by one.

"This is the Blood Qi Pill, the reward for first place in the Blood Qi Medicine Pool!"

"This is one hundred thousand, pooled together by me and the principal—a little token of our appreciation!"

"And these: thirty B-grade Supply Exchange Vouchers, which you can use to freely exchange for the supplies you need; one Tier 3 Martial Skill Exchange Voucher, redeemable at any martial arts hall; and one B-grade Weapon Exchange Voucher!"

Lin Mu's expression shifted noticeably as he looked at these items. He understood the first two, but the latter ones left him a bit confused.

"This is the B-grade Subsidy the school helped you apply for!"

Lin Mu was taken aback: "The B-grade Subsidy comes with this much stuff?"

"It's being issued according to the A-grade Subsidy standards. We'll need to add the relevant documentation later, but you don't need to worry about that—we'll handle it."

"You've brought honor to the school this time, so it's only right that you get these!" Bai Fan said with a smile.

Lin Mu looked at Bai Fan, grateful: "Thank you, Principal!"

"No need to be so polite. We're all counting on you! If you can earn a place in the Training Camp, we'll be bragging about it for the rest of our lives!"

"Besides, with your Mental Strength, reaching the Fourth Tier in the future shouldn't be a problem!" Bai Fan said.

A hint of confusion appeared on Lin Mu's face.

It seemed that ever since his Mental Strength had increased, Bai Fan and the others had placed more importance on him. He was curious—what exactly was the use of Mental Strength?