Chapter 159
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It wasn’t that everyone intended to mock Li Xin. After all, how could one possibly master a spiritual technique after merely watching it being performed three times, without any mental methods or incantations?
However, the way Li Xin wielded his sword while demonstrating the Four Seasons Spiritual Sword Technique was simply too amusing. The gentle, continuous strength of the spring rain seemed like a courtesan weakly waving a fragrant silk handkerchief, beckoning passersby. The startling power of the summer thunder was more like a farmer plowing the field, lacking the imposing might that the Qingyun Academy disciple had displayed earlier.
Throughout the entire sword routine, Li Xin appeared more like a performer of circus tricks, which was incredibly comical. Despite this, Li Xin still completed the demonstration of what he had grasped.
Within the Jiu Tian Yuan Yang Mirror, a line of text soon appeared.
“Inferior talent.”
Seeing the text, Baiyi declared, “Li Xin, inferior talent. You have failed the third stage.”
However, when everyone saw the words “inferior talent” displayed within the Jiu Tian Yuan Yang Mirror, their eyes widened in astonishment and their jaws dropped.
Inferior talent for this?
It had to be a joke!
Li Xin’s demonstration was like a child playing make-believe, with no trace of the power of the Four Seasons Spiritual Sword Technique.
At this moment, Xiao Yuan, Wang Xueqi, and a few others, upon witnessing this scene, brightened their eyes.
Wang Xueqi, looking at Ye Wushuang beside her, whispered, “It seems you were right. The academy’s assessment in this stage is not about whether we can master the technique after watching it three times, but rather how much we can learn.”
This stage tests observation and learning abilities!
The first stage focuses on martial foundation.
The second stage focuses on the martial heart.
The third stage examines talent and the strength of learning ability, which is precisely a reflection of one’s talent, isn’t it?
No wonder the third stage carries the most weight.
Xiao Yuan also asked curiously, “How did you know?”
Ye Wushuang glanced at Xiao Yuan and said with a smile, “I guessed!”
In reality, five hundred years ago, his ninth divine soul, reincarnated as Ye Wentian, had also participated in the Qingyun Academy assessment when he was young.
He just didn’t expect that after more than five hundred years, the Qingyun Academy’s assessment would still be the same.
Moreover, as the former Heavenly Emperor, whose soul was divided into nine parts and experienced nine different lives, he had only recently integrated the ninth divine soul. Many things were temporarily forgotten in his mind.
Arriving at this third stage, he gradually began to remember.
Back then, he had created a miracle: the three stages of testing were rated as a born sage, a born sage, and… the Son of Destiny!
He wondered if anyone had broken the record he set back then in these five hundred years!
However, if he were to recreate that record once again this time, it would be quite interesting.
He wondered what kind of expression Qin Hao would have at that moment.
The assessment continued…
In less than the time it takes to burn an incense stick, twelve people had already demonstrated.
Yet, none had passed.
The best result was merely an upper-class rating.
This undoubtedly put immense pressure on the remaining sixteen individuals.
“The next one, Shi Yan!” Baiyi spoke again.
This caused the somewhat drowsy audience to perk up.
Shi Yan was the son of Shi Wenyao, the city lord of Shanyin City, and had performed very well in the first and second stages of the test.
Shi Yan approached the Jiu Tian Yuan Yang Mirror and said, “I have chosen the Mysterious Yuan Fist.”
With that, Shi Yan clenched his palm and immediately began to perform several moves of the Mysterious Yuan Fist.
At this moment, everyone could see that the power of the Mysterious Yuan Fist that Shi Yan performed was not strong, but the moves were quite presentable.
After completing the entire set of boxing techniques, a flash of light appeared in front of the Jiu Tian Yuan Yang Mirror…
