Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement

Heavenly Martial Heart Refinement

Seeing these words, many of the students present were startled, thinking Bai Zhenzhen had succeeded.

Instead, Li Xuelian sighed, looked at Bai Zhenzhen, and said, "To be able to learn the moves of these nine martial arts in such a short time with your own strength, your talent and aptitude are already one in a million."

"It's just a pity that you still fall a bit short of my father's requirements."

Hearing this, many of the students present breathed sighs of relief, while others were secretly shocked.

Neither did this meet the requirements? Zhao Tianxing thought to himself. Just how incredible of a disciple is this Spark True Person looking for?

Bai Zhenzhen, on the other hand, let out a silent sigh of relief.

She hadn't expected to trigger a change in the martial arts diagram in one go, and she thought she had actually succeeded. She had almost panicked and wanted to refuse Spark True Person taking her on as a disciple.

Good thing I didn't say it, or I would have made a complete fool of myself, Bai Zhenzhen thought to herself. I knew something still felt missing.

After Bai Zhenzhen's attempt, someone else stepped forward to try practicing the nine sets of martial arts separately, but none of them could trigger any further changes in the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram.

Even Lian Tianji, who had been brimming with confidence the entire time, hesitated to try again for a long time, seemingly pondering the reason for Bai Zhenzhen's failure and what exactly they were all still lacking.

For a moment, the entire scene fell silent, and before anyone realized it, no one else was stepping forward to try.

Just as Li Xuelian was sighing that it was coming to an end, she saw Zhang Yu walk up with his phone in hand.

"Oh?" Li Xuelian instantly grew interested, thinking to herself, After seeing so many people fail, he still has the confidence to go up. It seems he has some kind of assurance.

The next moment, however, she couldn't help frowning.

Because Zhang Yu actually started playing a video on his phone, mimicking the martial arts as he watched Bai Zhenzhen's performance in the recording.

Clearly, he had recorded Bai Zhenzhen practicing the martial arts earlier.

Seeing Zhang Yu follow the video and execute the techniques move by move, Li Xuelian's frown deepened even further.

Obviously, aside from the fist techniques he had comprehended himself, Zhang Yu was quite unfamiliar with the other eight sets of martial arts. Right now, he was just blindly copying Bai Zhenzhen's movements from the video, which only highlighted the gap in their respective understandings of these eight sets of martial arts.

In the distance, Zhao Tianxing watched Zhang Yu wearing a security guard uniform and blindly imitating Bai Zhenzhen's movements under everyone's gaze. He felt his scalp tingle so much that his toes curled up hard enough to scrape out a three-bedroom apartment.

Just watching this, he felt as though the looks everyone cast at Zhang Yu were filled with contempt and mockery. He couldn't imagine what it would feel like to actually stand in that position and do such a thing.

Stop already, Zhang Yu! Zhao Tianxing couldn't bear to watch any longer, shouting inwardly, It's too humiliating! You've already been treated like a clown!

Naturally, Zhang Yu couldn't hear Zhao Tianxing's thoughts, nor did he care what these people at the exhibition venue thought of him right now.

He simply practiced the nine martial arts earnestly, one move at a time, following Bai Zhenzhen's actions in the video.

As he finished his final movement, countless experiences and sensations suddenly flooded into his mind, instantly giving Zhang Yu a completely different understanding of the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram, as if he had practiced it tens of thousands of times.

At that moment, the moves of the nine martial arts gradually faded from his mind, replaced by nine different intents that hovered indistinctly in his consciousness.

At this very moment, Zhang Yu suddenly understood: the nine martial arts on the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram focused on intent rather than moves.

What a practitioner needed to do was ponder the artistic conception within every single move while practicing the martial arts.

The killing intent to shatter ten thousand armies, the fighting spirit to never yield through nine deaths, the unstoppable momentum... The nine martial arts cultivated martial Dao intent, using it to strengthen one's Dao heart.

This is not a combat or body tempering martial art, but rather a martial Dao mental cultivation method used to temper the Dao heart through martial Dao intent.

This was a martial Dao mental cultivation method used to raise one's Dao heart level!

Martial Dao intent was the collective term used by the Ten Great Sects after sorting through sword intent, fist intent, blade intent, and other martial Dao powers.

The most basic function of martial Dao intent was to strengthen the spirit and fortify one's willpower, thereby raising the practitioner's Dao heart level.

As for Golden Core True Persons like Spark True Person, their martial Dao intent could even linger within paintings, influencing other people's spiritual consciousness.

At the same time, Zhang Yu's aura underwent a drastic and intense change.

Killing intent, fighting spirit, momentum, valor... Extremely formidable strands of aura emerged from within him, seeming as though they were about to condense into his martial Dao intent in one go at this very moment.

Simultaneously, the male figure on the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram became clearer and clearer, gradually even taking on vibrant colors. Looking as though he had turned into a real person, he stared intently at the changes happening to Zhang Yu.

The people present who noticed this were also shocked. This was definitely the strongest reaction the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram had shown all day.

Lian Tianji, Qian Shen, Bai Zhenzhen... They all stared fixedly at Zhang Yu. They, too, felt the changes in Zhang Yu, and an incredible thought arose in all their minds.

Is he actually going to pull it off?

Yet the very next moment, the changes in Zhang Yu were abruptly and completely cut short, and the martial Dao intent that had seemed on the verge of condensing dissipated into nothingness.

"What a pity, what a pity," a sentence appeared on the painting. "Heaven-defying talent, falling short by a single move."

There was no look of surprise on Zhang Yu's face, however.

Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art Level 0 (1/1, 8.3/8 magical power, 0.85/0.8 physical strength, Level 1/3 Dao heart)

A martial art called the Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art flickered into view on the Feather Scroll.

This was a martial art that only appeared on the Feather Scroll after Zhang Yu repeatedly contemplated the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram, carefully watched the performances of numerous students, and recorded Bai Zhenzhen's video to study over and over again.

Unlike the martial arts Zhang Yu had learned previously, this Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art had strict requirements for magical power, physical strength, and Dao heart. "Aside from having to practice all these fist techniques, palm techniques, leg techniques, and other moves from start to finish, it also requires 8 points of magical power, 0.8 levels of physical strength, and a Level 3 Dao heart."

"I've already met the requirements for everything else, except for this Level 3 Dao heart..."

Zhang Yu's own Dao heart was only at Level 1, after all.

After trying it out like this, he naturally got stuck at the very last step.

"For now, this Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art seems to be a martial art used to condense martial Dao intent once your Dao heart reaches Level 3, utilizing martial Dao intent to fortify willpower and temper the Dao heart."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, With a requirement as high as a Level 3 Dao heart, this is simply not something a high school freshman who's only been in school for three months can achieve, right?

Li Xuelian watched the failed Zhang Yu, but her eyes were sparkling with brilliant colors.

Her original plan flashed through her mind—she had never expected any of these high school freshmen present to succeed anyway.

Judging from the information sent over by the security company just now, this person is Zhang Yu, a high school freshman at Songyang High School.

For this person to be able to reach this step, he truly deserves to be called a talent of heaven-defying aptitude.

Recalling Zhang Yu's performance just now, she sighed emotionally in her mind, Incredible. I almost misjudged him.

The fact that this person looked stiff in his moves, with every punch and kick all crooked, yet ultimately managed to comprehend the intent contained within them...

...shows that he values intent over moves and grasped the profound mysteries of the Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art early on.

Splendid, splendid, splendid. My father's sect will be able to add another top-tier disciple.

In fact, ever since Li Xuelian checked the background information of the participants at the scene, she had a feeling that probably no one would succeed in this test.

After all, students who could instantly master the martial arts within the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram on the spot either came from prominent families or were already high school juniors and seniors who had long since signed contracts. It was practically impossible for them to come and apprentice under Spark True Person.

The probability of finding a genius who could master the Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art on the spot was already extremely small to begin with.

That didn't mean no one could apprentice under her father, however.

If any of the high school freshmen present could withstand the impact of the martial Dao intent, learn all the moves on the spot, and comprehend the profound mysteries of the martial Dao intent from them, then even if they ultimately failed to master the technique, they were absolute geniuses of extraordinary talent.

If such a person came a year later, they would definitely be able to master the Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art, which would likewise meet her father's requirements. Now, it was equivalent to finding them a year early, seizing the opportunity to lock down a contract before the other party had even grown into their full potential.

She believed her father would definitely be willing to take in such an outstanding disciple.

In that case, this high school freshman failing to master the Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art would not be a flaw at all; instead, it would be even more advantageous for Li Xuelian to slightly squeeze down the price when signing the contract later on.

Thinking of this, she was already smiling toward Zhang Yu.

"This classmate, although you didn't truly manage to master the Heavenly Human Heart Refinement Art, you have already penetrated its profound mysteries. Given time, mastering this martial art is only a matter of time."

"I will ask my father shortly to see if he is willing to take you on as a disciple."

Hearing this, everyone present was struck by another wave of shock.

Lian Tianji looked in Zhang Yu's direction, opened his phone, and secretly snapped a photo of Zhang Yu. He was going to ask around and find out just where in the world this security guard was as a fierce powerhouse springing out of nowhere.

Qian Shen looked at Zhang Yu with disbelief, screaming madly in his heart, Impossible! How could someone with a score of 550 be taken in as a disciple by a Golden Core True Person? I must be dreaming! Is the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram still testing me?

Is Yu Zi... cheating? Bai Zhenzhen thought.

Discovering that the good buddy who used to be inferior to her in every way and shared a life of everywhere-owing-debts had suddenly soared straight up into the sky, Bai Zhenzhen instantly felt a strong sense of maladjustment.

Yu Zi, my friend, it's not that I don't wish you well. If you ranked in the top ten or top five of the grade, scoring higher than before but lower than me, then this bro would definitely bless you.

Who asked you to suppress all the heroes and even surpass me?

Still, watching the people all around step forward to cozy up to Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen thought to herself, Once Zhang Yu signs under a Golden Core True Person, he'll definitely be able to pull in plenty of investments. When that time comes, I must fleece him hard and borrow money from him.

The next moment, however, she had a second thought and her brow furrowed. But this Golden Core cultivation base was halved, and he was even optimized by a major sect. He has no resources and no background. If Zhang Yu really apprentices under him, he's truly going to be a beast of burden for life.

Forget it, forget it. Since we're brothers, I'd better remind him not to let the two words 'Golden Core' dazzle his eyes, and tell him he absolutely must reject the other party.

On the other side, Zhao Tianxing widened his eyes even further, his mind a blank slate. Soon, however, he thought of how he had tried to advise Zhang Yu just moments ago, and a wave of awkwardness washed over him. How humiliating.

He's a genuine genius. When I said those things to him earlier, he must have regarded me as a clown.

Just as Bai Zhenzhen walked toward Zhang Yu, many students all around also swarmed over.

Some wanted to add Zhang Yu's contact information, some wanted to ask him about the profound mysteries within the Heavenly Human Martial Arts Diagram, and others wanted to take photos with him as a memento.

Meanwhile, Li Xuelian had stepped aside and placed a call to her father.

"Dad, I've found a good sapling here in Songyang City..."