He had actually broken through?
Countless astonished gazes from all around converged on the area shrouded in smoke and dust.
After being defeated, not only had he not fallen into despair.
His strength had instead risen to another level.
Such a situation was rarely seen.
Even the old man and Headmaster Liu, who had been watching from the high platform, looked at each other, unable to hide the astonishment in their eyes.
"Very good. It is rare to find such a state of mind. Zhou Wu, it seems you will need to pay more attention to this child in the future."
"With such an unyielding state of mind, coupled with that solid and profound foundation, if he does not perish midway, he will surely become another pillar of our Cloud Water Sect!"
Perhaps Zhang Qingyuan's talent had seemed ordinary in the past.
But on the road of cultivation.
A cultivator's aptitude was important, yet also not important.
Talent that was too exceptional could instead easily lead to problems with one's state of mind, making it difficult to break through to higher realms.
But as for one's state of mind.
If one harbored a firm Dao Heart, remained unbending through a hundred trials, and even treated failure and setbacks as nourishment, continually drawing experience and lessons from defeat.
Then even if such a person's aptitude was ordinary, their future achievements would not be low.
Zhang Qingyuan's state of mind undoubtedly made the old man value him even more.
If Zhang Qingyuan's solid foundation had previously carried, in the old man's eyes, the same weight as an Outer Sect genius disciple around Spirit Essence Realm Ninth Level.
Then now.
Zhang Qingyuan, having displayed such a resilient and indomitable state of mind, had undoubtedly entered the topmost rank in the old man's heart.