During this break while watching the video, Huang Zichou, to avoid any awkward silence, deliberately said, "Both of you, when you enter university in the future, after implanting Dharma Vessels, or purchasing flying swords and magical treasures, you must pay attention to similar things."
"Every day before going out, check if there's enough balance in your equipment, whether the services have been renewed, whether the ads have been skipped, whether the installment payments have been made…"
Huang Zichou, as if reciting a list of treasures, warned, "In the various exams at university every year, you'll always encounter students who run into these kinds of problems on the day of the exam, and their performance suffers due to momentary carelessness, ultimately leading to unsatisfactory grades, which in turn affects their university GPA."
"Today can be considered a lesson for you in advance…"
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "It really was a lesson. I'll remember this for the rest of my life. In the future, before every exam in university, I'll definitely check repeatedly."
Ye Lingxiao, however, thought in his heart, "Isn't it all about enabling automatic renewal and automatic deduction? What's there to check… Oh, right, it seems poor people might have insufficient balance, right? How miserable, those poor people."
About a minute later, the Sword Mound finally returned to normal, and under the control of Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao, it moved again.
However, the uncomfortable feeling in Zhang Yu's heart never disappeared, and even the discomfort in his eyes intensified.
At the same time, with the connection to the Sword Mound, the synchronization rate above Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao's heads changed again.
Zhang Yu frowned: "The gap is getting bigger again…"
At the same time, within the internal network of the True Gods, Mu Guiyin said, "Besides the foundation, the biggest difference between the two of them lies in their Dao hearts."
"Ye Lingxiao's Dao heart reached level 10 last year, while Zhang Yu's is only at level 8 now."
"Although this exam tests the physical body, the Dao heart is the foundation of a cultivator's cultivation, and its influence is reflected in all aspects. How could it not affect the physical body?"
"The difference in Dao heart between them determines that Zhang Yu has no chance of winning in this round."
Another True God sighed: "Ye Lingxiao has had a Dao heart of level 10 for long enough. Every day, he can perfectly control his physical body. His adaptation to changes in the physical body is cultivated under the blessing of a level 10 Dao heart."
"Only through this day-and-night adaptation to the physical body, constantly pondering the limits of the physical body in subsequent cultivation, can one quickly adapt when the physical body undergoes new changes."
Huang Zichou didn't chime in, but in his heart, he had to admit that Mu Guiyin was right. Zhang Yu's Dao heart level was too much of a drag, and his cultivation time was too short.
He thought to himself, "Zhang Yu has been cultivating for a year less than Ye Lingxiao after all. It's already not easy for his physical body to match Ye Lingxiao's. It's only natural that there's a difference in Dao heart."
"Throughout the history of the Foundation Establishment Exam's physical fitness track, the final competition has always been between contestants with a level 10 Dao heart, 100 points of magic power, and a level 10 physical strength, to compete in physical strength and potential."
"Heh heh, who would have thought that such a kid would appear this year, with a Dao heart level of 8, and still make it to the final round of the Foundation Establishment Exam."
While thinking, Huang Zichou was not affected in continuing to host the exam. With a wave of his divine power, he took out the third, and also the last, Dharma Vessel for this round.
It was a spine shimmering with strands of eerie blood light, yet it resembled a white dragon, circling around Huang Zichou in mid-air, like a living creature.
Huang Zichou introduced: "This is an enterprise-grade Dharma Vessel manufactured by Dragon Soul Workshop, named 'Azure Dragon Spirit Pivot.'"
"As an old manufacturer specializing in dragon-type Dharma Vessels, using various dragon materials to create Dharma Vessels year-round, this Azure Dragon Spirit Pivot created by Dragon Soul Workshop can be called a classic among spinal Dharma Vessels."
"After the Azure Dragon Spirit Pivot is implanted into the body, the dragon tendons extending from it can greatly increase the cultivator's physical performance. The effect gained during the Foundation Establishment stage is roughly equivalent to a physical strength +1 level."
"Within the Azure Dragon Spirit Pivot, there is also a dragon-type Dao technique sealed, called Dragon's Might. Once activated, it can shock the spirit, making it difficult for cultivators within a hundred meters with a Dao heart level below 20 to operate their cultivation methods…"
Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu's heart tightened, and he thought to himself, "Good heavens, a magic-forbidden area? No, it's a cultivation method-forbidden area."
This was the first time Zhang Yu had witnessed the effect of a Dao technique. After all, in high school, the so-called Dao Technique class was actually just a talisman class, and he had not yet come into contact with a real Dao technique.
Next, as before, Zhang Yu felt the nerve connection between his spine and brain being severed.
This naturally had a far greater impact than the previous two times. After all, the spine is related to the movement of the whole body. Losing contact with the spine immediately made Zhang Yu collapse on the operating table, feeling as if he was completely paralyzed, and his heart couldn't help but tighten slightly.
A dozen seconds later, Zhang Yu felt the existence of his spine again, but this time it felt even stranger, because this spine could not drive his body. It only bent back and forth according to his will.
At the same time, Zhang Yu felt that his consciousness seemed to be sucked into the spine, manipulating this Azure Dragon Spirit Pivot, as if turning into a white dragon soaring through the sky…
The next moment, Zhang Yu suddenly came back to his senses, and thought to himself, "That was close." He seemed to have been affected by this Azure Dragon Spirit Pivot just now, and had hallucinations.
Zhang Yu thought, "This is not a real Dharma Vessel implantation yet, and just connecting to the neural signals is already like this. It seems that the burden of implanting various Dharma Vessels after Foundation Establishment is greater than I imagined."
Then, besides the eye Dharma Vessel, would he not implant other Dharma Vessels in the future?
At worst, he would just use magical treasures. Why must he implant Dharma Vessels?
Zhang Yu had similar questions before, and Fu Ji answered them for him at the time.
In fact, the answer is very simple, that is, using both magical treasures and implanted Dharma Vessels is more powerful than simply using magical treasures.
Zhang Yu still remembered what Fu Ji said at the time.
"Dharma Vessels were originally created by those people who refine weapons, in order to form a dimensional strike in the magic treasure market and start an industrial reform."
"In Kunxu, if you want to climb up, you have to be better than others, with better grades. When more and more people use Dharma Vessels to improve their performance, and then increase the power of magic treasures, if you want to catch up with them, you have to use Dharma Vessels even if you don't want to."
Just as Zhang Yu was trying to adapt to the Azure Dragon Spirit Pivot, the Husky Head in the audience said, "This Azure Dragon Spirit Pivot looks good."
Hearing this, the Cat Head next to him frowned and said, "Are you interested? Then I advise you not to buy it."
The Husky Head curiously asked, "Do you have inside information?"
He knew that the people in the Finance Department had deep roots and extensive connections, and they were well-informed people who had access to all kinds of information.
The Cat Head said lightly, "You don't need any inside information. Didn't he make it clear himself? Focusing on dragon-type Dharma Vessels means they are not good at other materials. A classic means that this Azure Dragon Spirit Pivot is already outdated."
"Also, Dragon Soul Workshop has been exposed to black material before. The dragon materials contained in their Dharma Vessels do not exceed 5%, and they are all bone powder."
"For this price of spinal Dharma Vessel… I think most of them are using monster materials. The part that comes from dragons can have about 3% at best, and it's probably still farmed hybrid dragons."
"After all, what good materials can be used for this kind of mass-produced thing? If you have money, you should get customized Dharma Vessels."
Listening to the Cat Head's comments, the Husky Head thought, don't I not have money?
However, he also lost interest in the Azure Dragon Spirit Pivot, and sighed: "Now these Dharma Vessels always cut corners and make false advertisements. If you don't study them carefully before buying, you'll be fooled…"
At this moment, the synchronization rate data of Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao has been updated again.
Zhang Yu 79%
Ye Lingxiao 86%
Zhang Yu: "Did I lose?"
Zhang Yu was not too surprised by the final result of this round. He thought to himself, "I'm afraid it's because of the Dao heart, right?"
Although he lost this round due to the burden of the Dao heart, Zhang Yu did not dwell on it too much. After all, in the past year, he had used all kinds of means to improve to the limit he could.
Right now, he just wanted to prepare well for the next round, do his best to defeat his opponent, and win the final Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate.
At the same time, in the True God internal network, Mu Guiyin spoke eloquently: "There are two advancement routes for Dharma Vessels. One is to refine different parts of one's own physical body into Dharma Vessels. The stronger the physical body, the stronger the refined Dharma Vessels, and they are naturally the most suitable Dharma Vessels."
"But this path is too difficult, and the personalized customization of Dharma Vessels is incredibly expensive, which is sky-high for most cultivators."
"Therefore, most people can only choose the second path."
"That is, with the improvement of cultivation, constantly replacing external, stronger Dharma Vessels, and slowly refining them into a part of themselves, to improve their strength."
"And in this process, once you can't adapt to the newly implanted Dharma Vessel, your cultivation will not advance but retreat."
"This is still a humanoid Dharma Vessel. I heard that the higher-ups are already trying alien Dharma Vessels."
A minor god interjected: "That thing is quite fierce when used in same-level competitions, but after implantation, it doesn't even have a basic human form anymore, and its compatibility with the various immortal cultivation methods is too low. After implantation, you can't cultivate anymore, which is completely putting the cart before the horse."
Mu Guiyin brought the topic back: "In short, Zhang Yu's physical body is too strong, and his Dao heart is too weak. He has not yet been able to fully control his original physical body, so how can he adapt to a new physical body?"
"Looking at Ye Lingxiao, judging from his performance, it is obvious that he can adapt to Dharma Vessels faster after Foundation Establishment, and he has more potential in the Foundation Establishment stage."
With the end of the second round and Ye Lingxiao's victory, Huang Zichou also began to announce the content of the third round of the exam.
The result of this round will completely determine who the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate will go to.
