Spirit Talent Test

Ever since Chen Mochuan's Root-Solidifying Stance and Foundation Building Fist both broke through to the Great Success stage, Han Zhen had begun to pay closer attention to this student.

As the head teacher of the key class, Han Zhen had spent over two years with them day in and day out, and he understood every student in the class thoroughly, especially their progress in martial arts cultivation, which he knew like the back of his hand.

Through his fist technique classes, he discovered that after his breakthrough, Chen Mochuan continued to maintain an extremely rapid pace of improvement. It wasn't very obvious in the first few days, but as time went on, he began to notice the clues.

This level of progress far exceeded the norm Chen Mochuan had displayed over the previous two years, and it clearly couldn't be explained away by the two instances of "Wisdom Heart" he had triggered recently.

He had once suspected that Chen Mochuan was being overly eager for success and had taken some kind of prohibited drug, but such substances usually came with obvious side effects, and he hadn't observed any abnormal signs in Chen Mochuan.

Furthermore, there was another unusual matter that weighed on Han Zhen's mind: whenever Chen Mochuan practiced the Foundation Building Fist with particular intensity, his spirit and posture would make him feel, in a daze, as if he were seeing the shadow of his own son, Han Hao.

If not for the fact that Han Hao often came home to visit and the two of them had daily video calls, he would have almost suspected that his son had met with an accident and his consciousness had attached itself to Chen Mochuan.

"It must be that Chen Mochuan has exceptional comprehension and has grasped some of the essence of Hao'er's Foundation Building Fist from that notebook," Han Zhen speculated.

Relying on his many years of rich teaching experience, he also noticed that whenever Chen Mochuan entered this special state, his control over the Foundation Building Fist would gain a visible improvement.

Martial arts cultivation was inherently a process of subtle influence and accumulation where quantitative changes lead to qualitative ones; unless a "Wisdom Heart" was triggered, it was difficult for ordinary practice to produce such immediate results.

Although the effect of Chen Mochuan's state was not as potent as a "Wisdom Heart," its form was extremely similar.

The most critical point was that this phenomenon appeared almost every day, and its frequency was astonishing compared to the elusive and rare "Wisdom Heart."

Han Zhen also learned from the Stance Training teacher, Lin Hong, that Chen Mochuan was making rapid progress in the Root-Solidifying Stance as well; not only had he completely mastered the fifteenth form, but he had also begun to focus on the sixteenth form yesterday, with progress far exceeding his peers.

Combined with the abnormal blood-Qi growth Chen Mochuan had experienced for nearly a year, a guess began to form in the back of Han Zhen's mind.

Thus, he called Chen Mochuan to his office today and directly voiced the questions in his heart.

In the quiet office, there were only the teacher and the student.

If anyone else had asked, Chen Mochuan might have hidden it, but facing this head teacher who treated him with genuine sincerity, he admitted it frankly, "Yes, Teacher. I awakened my Spirit Talent two weeks ago."

"Why didn't you tell me sooner? The school has special support policies for students who awaken a Spirit Talent."

"I wanted to settle down a bit more and wait until the midterm exams to prove myself with my grades. That would be more effective in dispelling all the doubts."

Han Zhen was silent for a moment. He understood that over the past year or so, Chen Mochuan had endured much criticism at school, and making such a choice was reasonable.

"I respect your decision and will keep it confidential for now... However, this matter still needs to be reported to the school for the record so that you can receive the corresponding special academic resources as soon as possible."

Seeing that Chen Mochuan seemed hesitant, he added, "Don't worry, the school only needs to confirm the fact that you have awakened; they won't probe into the specific abilities of your Spirit Talent. When Jiang Hao awakened, it was handled the same way."

Chen Mochuan remembered how Jiang Hao, who had been an average student in a regular class during his freshman year, had suddenly risen to prominence. Before the end of the semester's expansion for the key class, he had been directly recruited into it, and then he had advanced rapidly to the top of the grade.

However, the specific ability of his Spirit Talent had always remained a mystery, with people only able to roughly guess that it belonged to the physical enhancement type.

With his mind at ease and his concerns gone, he nodded in agreement immediately, "Alright, Teacher, I will follow your arrangements."

While feeling gratified, Han Zhen suddenly remembered a very important matter, "Since you have already awakened your Spirit Talent, then your blood-Qi..."

He didn't finish his sentence, so as not to touch upon a sensitive subject for the student.

"Teacher, don't worry. My blood-Qi growth has returned to normal, and breaking through 4 points within this month shouldn't be a problem." The midterm exams next month would test blood-Qi levels, and Chen Mochuan felt there was no need to hide it anymore.

Seeing Chen Mochuan's certain tone, Han Zhen was secretly shocked.

Based on this student's rapid progress in martial arts techniques, he had originally speculated that his Spirit Talent leaned toward an enhancement in comprehension.

But since the other party's blood-Qi level was only 2.92 in the monthly exam at the beginning of the month, and he would break 4 within this month, that was an increase of over 1 point in a single month. This was clearly a characteristic of a Spirit Talent that directly promoted blood-Qi growth.

"Could it be a composite Spirit Talent, or some other more special, rare Spirit Talent?" he speculated to himself.

However, thinking back to Chen Mochuan's previous physical abnormalities—that Spirit Talent molting period that had lasted for a full year—he immediately suppressed this curiosity.

Some things didn't need to be probed to the bottom; as a teacher, silently supporting a student's growth was enough.

After collecting his thoughts, Han Zhen took Chen Mochuan to the school's medical examination room for a Spirit Talent test.

It was still early, the staff hadn't started work yet, and the examination room was empty.

However, Han Zhen had applied for the relevant permissions in advance. After the verification passed, he brought Chen Mochuan to an instrument that looked like a Virtual Pod.

"This is the Apocalypse Type-III Spirit Talent detector. There is an introduction to it in the martial arts general knowledge textbook; you should be familiar with it, right?"

Chen Mochuan nodded. His martial arts general knowledge score was near perfect, and he was no stranger to this instrument.

With Han Zhen's assistance, he entered the Apocalypse Type-III calmly, not at all worried that the specific ability of "Spirit Devourer" would be exposed.

This was because people who had fully awakened their Spirit Talent would secrete a special biological active marker unique to awakened individuals, known as [Spirit Molting Factor].

The principle of the Apocalypse series of detectors was to determine whether a person had awakened a Spirit Talent by detecting the presence of [Spirit Molting Factor].

However, the structure of [Spirit Molting Factor] was extremely subtle and unstable. With existing technology, one could only confirm its presence but could not analyze its deeper information, and naturally, one could not judge the specific ability of the Spirit Talent based on it.

In fact, the entire Blue Star had not yet developed an instrument capable of accurately interpreting the content of [Spirit Molting Factor].

Precisely because of this, as long as Chen Mochuan didn't say it himself, no one could know the specific ability of his Spirit Talent.

A few minutes later, the Apocalypse Type-III stopped running.

On the external screen, in addition to displaying the most important result—["The examinee has 'Spirit Molting Factor' in their body; Spirit Talent awakened"]—it also displayed some of Chen Mochuan's other physical data, with [Blood-Qi value: 3.66] prominently listed.

Han Zhen's slightly tense mood relaxed accordingly.

"Good. I will report your awakening to the Academic Affairs Office shortly, and the relevant notification should arrive as early as today."