Inside the network of the True God.
Huang Zichou looked at the many students choosing their examination techniques and said with a smile, "Choosing the right technique is also very important in this exam."
"If you choose a technique that's too difficult and ultimately fail to master it, you'll get zero points."
"It's better to choose a slightly easier technique that you have a better chance of mastering."
Another minor god said, "This is part of the exam—having a clear understanding of your own talent, your limits, your potential…"
"However, since most of the students here have made it this far, choosing a five-star difficulty technique shouldn't be too difficult for them to master."
"Starting at six stars, there's a possibility of failure."
"Seven-star difficulty is quite risky."
"Eight or nine stars have a very high probability of failure."
"As for the most difficult ten-star techniques, probably only Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao have the guts to choose them."
Just then, Huang Zichou said in surprise, "There are actually three people who chose ten-star techniques?"
"There's also one person who chose a nine-star difficulty technique? And another who chose an eight-star technique?"
Huang Zichou laughed, "There are quite a few arrogant people among this year's examinees."
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Bai Zhenzhen looked at the Myriad Swords Without End Technique she had chosen, and couldn't help but feel nervous.
The Foundation Establishment Exam is divided into three rounds. Apart from the first round's comprehensive exam, the following two rounds will be based on four tracks: Dao Heart, Mana, Physique, and Martial Arts. Ultimately, a champion will be determined in each track, earning a Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate.
"Yu Zi is taking the physical exam, and I'm taking the martial arts exam."
"Right now, I'm just lacking a sword technique that's powerful enough."
Looking at the Myriad Swords Without End Technique, a practical martial art worth million and with a ten-star difficulty, Bai Zhenzhen thought, "If I miss this opportunity… I might not have another chance to learn this kind of sword technique for a very long time."
After searching repeatedly, Bai Zhenzhen knew that this Myriad Swords Without End Technique was the most suitable and most powerful technique among this batch.
"And on the martial arts stage, the immortal capital guys I have to face… they probably all have mastered this kind of top-tier, expert-level martial art to some extent, right?"
"If I want to defeat them, I must seize this free opportunity and learn this martial art within 2 hours."
But despite what she said, Bai Zhenzhen didn't have much confidence, because she had never learned such an expensive martial art, let alone personally experienced how difficult a ten-star technique really was.
But there was no choice. As a poor person, if she wanted to compete with the wealthy students here, she had no choice but to go all out, bet all her chips, and gamble.
At the same time, Li Tongyun on the other side was trembling nervously, simply because she had just chosen a nine-star technique.
She kept telling herself in her heart, "I must master it! I must master it!"
Li Tongyun had fallen behind in the first two exams, ranking below twentieth place. Especially in the second round's Gluttony Competition, she had dropped to thirty-something place due to constant vomiting.
So, if she wanted her final total score to be in the top 20, she calculated that… she had to master the nine-star technique in this round.
On the other side, Zhang Yu had chosen the eight-star difficulty, million-worth Spring Autumn Endless Zen.
Although it wasn't the highest ten-star difficulty, Zhang Yu knew that this technique was definitely one of the strongest among this batch.
"Alas, the Titanium Body Refining Secret and the Great Heavenly Dragon Divine Power are both very strong, but the alloys and dragon blood needed to upgrade their levels later are too expensive."
"On the other hand, the Spring Autumn Endless Zen doesn't require any external objects to upgrade its level."
After figuring this out, Zhang Yu knew that he could only choose Spring Autumn Endless Zen.
As a poor person, he didn't have many choices. Having such a rare opportunity to practice Spring Autumn Endless Zen for free was already a godsend.
With the 10-minute technique selection period over, the exam officially began.
Each student's chosen technique information and required cultivation items were sent to them.
What was sent to Zhang Yu was very simple: a physical book with the five characters "Spring Autumn Endless Zen" printed on it. This was his exam paper for this round.
After scanning through the entire Spring Autumn Endless Zen book, Zhang Yu began to condense the Eternal Life Mana described in it.
Only by successfully condensing the Eternal Life Mana and then using it in conjunction with the forty-nine body refining movements in Spring Autumn Endless Zen would he be considered to have entered the door of this body refining martial art.
While Zhang Yu was practicing Spring Autumn Endless Zen.
The other students were also making rapid progress in their respective techniques.
While Yun Jing was practicing the Myriad Manifestations Palm, his star-like eyes could see everything inside his body, clearly seeing the circulation of muscles and mana, achieving an internal vision effect.
After memorizing the contents of the Myriad Manifestations Palm, he could even see a figure performing the technique overlapping with himself while practicing, constantly grasping the mistakes in his practice and constantly adjusting and improving.
This was one of the effects of his Eye Bone, allowing him to have internal vision, quickly imitate various techniques, and automatically detect any errors during the practice process.
And when Yun Jing glanced slightly at other people who were practicing martial arts, various numbers popped up in his vision.
"500,000… 450,000… 700,000…"
These were the prices of the martial arts that many people around him were practicing, marked by his Eye Bone.
Through this comparison of prices, Yun Jing constructed an impression of the strength of these people in his mind.
At the same time, Ye Lingxiao on the other side glanced at the Myriad Swords Without End Technique, but did not choose to practice the sword moves. Instead, he sat down on the spot and began to rehearse in his mind.
For Ye Lingxiao, who could completely control his body and mana, as long as there were no problems in the rehearsal in his mind, then there would be no problems.
And the speed of rehearsing in his mind was obviously much faster than rehearsing with his body.
So, when he practiced most techniques, he would often scan through the secret manual, then sit down on the spot, rehearse in his mind, and then master it when he started to practice.
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But for Bai Zhenzhen, who also chose the Myriad Swords Without End Technique, everything was not so simple.
She held a practice sword, and as her figure flickered, accompanied by the flow of electric light, she had already displayed one move after another from the Myriad Swords Without End Technique.
But this Myriad Swords Without End Technique was a top-tier sword technique among expert-level techniques, claiming to have exhausted all the changes in sword moves in the Qi Refining stage, reaching the end of sword move changes in the Qi Refining realm.
After all, in the Qi Refining stage, supernatural powers were not obvious, and the sword moves driven by pure strength, speed, and mana were still limited.
But even so, this Myriad Swords Without End Technique was said to have tens of thousands of sword moves.
Bai Zhenzhen flipped through the thousands of pages of the Myriad Swords Without End Technique, and while practicing the sword moves quickly, she felt more and more that something was wrong.
"This won't work."
"If I practice these moves one by one, how can I possibly learn this Myriad Swords Without End Technique in two hours?"
With the operation of her mind technique, Bai Zhenzhen did not continue to practice blindly, but once again flipped through the general outline of the Myriad Swords Without End Technique and began to think.
"Practice the sword ten thousand times, and its meaning will appear."
"The normal practice method of the Myriad Swords Without End Technique is indeed to practice these sword moves one by one. After mastering the various changes in sword moves, one will eventually condense sword intent, and with a single strike, one can break all kinds of external martial arts moves in the world."
"But there is obviously no time for that now."
"But since the True God put this technique here, it means that it is theoretically possible to master this sword technique in two hours."
As time passed, Bai Zhenzhen became more and more calm, constantly thinking about the key to the Myriad Swords Without End Technique.
"Is there any rule that can connect these sword moves? As long as I comprehend it, I can master it instantly?"
Just then, Bai Zhenzhen saw Ye Lingxiao, who was meditating with his eyes closed.
Although she didn't know what Ye Lingxiao was doing, Bai Zhenzhen had a flash of inspiration.
"Rehearsing ten thousand sword moves in two hours is impossible for me now."
"Although my body can't do it, what if I rehearse in my mind?"
Bai Zhenzhen closed her eyes and began to rehearse the moves of the Myriad Swords Without End Technique in her mind, but she always felt that something was still wrong.
"No, what I think in my mind is different from my body actually making the moves. It can't be considered mastery, right?"
"But since the Myriad Swords Without End Technique is about condensing sword intent… does it have to be accurate?"
Bai Zhenzhen thought of when Zhang Yu comprehended the Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Technique. It seemed that it didn't matter much if the moves were crooked.
Thinking of this, Bai Zhenzhen closed her eyes again and began to rehearse the sword moves in her mind, while also having a new idea.
"The Myriad Swords Without End Technique is a practical martial art after all. What if I think of an opponent in my mind?"
Speaking of opponents, Bai Zhenzhen first thought of Zhang Yu.
As the opponent she had sparred with the most times and was most familiar with, Bai Zhenzhen quickly simulated the scene of Zhang Yu fighting her in her mind.
In many past spars, her memory had long recorded Zhang Yu's various performances in actual combat.
So at this moment, in her mind, Zhang Yu's full force attack was like an invisible cloud blocking in front of her, seeming impeccable, and difficult for her to break through no matter how she attacked.
"Yu Zi is really hard to fight."
And in this mental sparring, Bai Zhenzhen constantly noticed the flaws in her sword moves.
In the past, she would try these things on her opponents, to see through the flaws in their moves.
At this moment, with her own rehearsal in her mind, she was constantly seeing through the flaws in her own Myriad Swords Without End Technique.
At this moment, Bai Zhenzhen felt that she was doing the right thing.
"That's right… the Myriad Swords Without End Technique is the limit of sword move changes. Why do sword moves need to change? Naturally, it is to break moves."
"Rehearsing ten thousand times is rote memorization. Comprehending sword intent in breaking moves should be the superior practice method of this martial art."
Next, she simply flipped through the Myriad Swords Without End Technique while sparring with Zhang Yu in her mind. In this practical training, Bai Zhenzhen felt as if she was about to transform into a thunderbolt, tearing apart the heavy fog in front of her, and a sword intent gradually rose in her heart.
And in the following time, other students were also making rapid progress.
Yu Xinghan came out of the temporary operating room with a tragic expression. The third eye in his mind opened, carrying the hatred of being born in reverse, and he was making rapid progress in his technique practice.
Yun Jing's speed was faster and more standard each time, and he was getting closer and closer to success.
Ye Lingxiao was even further ahead, with hundreds of him rehearsing different sword moves in his mind, quickly pushing the progress of the Myriad Swords Without End Technique.
But just when Ye Lingxiao felt that he could take first place.
"Examiner, I'm done."
Ye Lingxiao suddenly opened his eyes and saw Zhang Yu raising his hand and saying, "I've mastered it."
