: Psychic Talent?

As the sun sets, it dyes the sky orange-red, and the clouds look as if they have been scorched by flames, with a golden halo around their edges.

The wind, carrying the lingering warmth of the day, blew the skirts of the girls after school, revealing their fair and slender legs.

"Hiccup~~~"

This made Li Xijun, who had just taken a big gulp of sparkling water and burped, finally feel a bit of the youthful feeling of being on campus when he looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him.

It also eased his feelings that he was still not valued by his teacher after demonstrating his talent.

"The road ahead is long and arduous; we must persevere."

As she spoke, Li Xijun, having adjusted her mindset, precisely tossed the bottle into the trash can.

"If a genius like you can be so sentimental, then we mediocre people who have practiced all afternoon without making any progress should just jump into the river and end it all."

Zhou Yibai, who was also secretly glancing at the girl's thighs out of the corner of his eye, spoke with a slightly sour tone.

As the two crossed the stone bridge over the stream in the school, they imitated Li Xijun and threw their empty beverage bottles into the trash can.

However, the beverage bottle bumped against the edge of the trash can, flew up again, flew over the stone bridge railing, and crashed into the river, startling the ducks swimming there into making an unpleasant "quack" sound.

"Damn, the school's new trash cans are disgusting. They should have used that money to give the students bottles of qi-boosting potions instead."

Seeing that he hadn't managed to score, Zhou Yibai complained unhappily, ignoring even the JK girl's legs, and walked sullenly toward the school gate.

Li Xijun, on the other hand, acted as if she hadn't seen anything and continued walking at a leisurely pace.

He was quite clear about Zhou Yibai's feelings at that moment.

It's simply that the parents themselves place too many expectations and pressures on them.

However, during such a crucial time as senior year of high school...

Not only was there no obvious progress, but classmates with similar grades suddenly showed obvious talent, which made me quite anxious.

In fact, Zhou Yibai's family situation is quite similar to that of the protagonist in some urban fantasy novels.

Zhou Yibai actually took his mother's surname.

His mother's family is a branch of the well-known Zhou family in Shanghai.

The family has seven or eight warriors, most of whom work in government agencies. In a small city like Bo City, they are considered to be of the Brahmin class.

Originally, she was the youngest daughter in the family and was very favored, but she fell in love with her father, who was just an ordinary poor boy. This caused a falling out with her family, and their relationship has been strained for more than ten years.

Similarly, compared to other members of her generation in the family, she lived a very ordinary life.

Zhou's mother, who was once the pride of her family, naturally refused to admit that she had made the wrong choice, nor did she acknowledge that her life was not good.

Therefore, they placed all their hopes on Zhou Yibai.

Zhou Yibai's performance has been quite good all along.

In previous exams, he was at the level of a goalkeeper for a martial arts high school, ranking around 167th.

If the "Ten Years to Cultivate Talent" training program hadn't been introduced, he would probably have been more likely to be admitted to a martial arts high school than Li Xijun.

However, with the emergence of the "Ten Years to Cultivate a Person" training program, Zhou Yibai may not be able to get into a martial arts academy now. It's not surprising that he has this mentality after encountering some things.

"His mentality is still lacking. It's a pity there aren't any top-tier players like A in this world, otherwise I would really recommend he spend more time honing his character."

Silently lamenting the lack of a stock market in the world, Li Xijun went home after the two parted ways and opened an online shopping app, searching for items such as drones and nano-integrated clothing.

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at the same time,

In the martial arts teacher's private classroom,

Zhang Haifeng, however, kept watching the video replay from the afternoon classroom in slow motion or at double speed.

In particular, he had watched Li Xijun's three consecutive punches after learning the True Martial Killing Move - Sky-Piercing Hammer for more than an hour.

"After I helped him execute it once, he instantly grasped the meaning and mastered that killing move, as if it were imprinted on his soul."

"Generally speaking, this situation only occurs when martial artists with very high mental levels practice martial arts."

"Judging from this kid's performance in martial arts, could it be that he is...."

At this moment, Zhang Haifeng still felt a dizzying sense of unreality, as if he had unearthed gold while plowing the field.

He couldn't help but pick up Li Xijun's file again and look at it carefully.

"Although there have been some ups and downs, the overall situation is still good."

Most importantly:

"According to his records, although he learned martial arts very quickly in his second year of high school, it was definitely not as outrageous as it is today."

"In other words, this is definitely a talent he's recently developed!"

"Could this really be an early sign of the awakening of [psychic power]?"

"After teaching for so many years, have I really struck gold?"

Zhang Haifeng's heart was pounding uncontrollably, and his breathing had become extremely rapid and heavy.

The reason is simple: those with the talent for [mental power] are even more precious geniuses than those who awaken martial arts spirituality!

The so-called martial arts spirituality is ultimately nothing more than the degree of compatibility with the seven advanced cultivation methods.

In the populous Federation and Great Yan, a batch of people emerge every year. As long as they don't die or suffer any accidents, they will basically become martial artists who have reached the Great Perfection of the Transcendent Realm.

Such geniuses are indeed precious, but compared to spiritual masters who have awakened their spiritual power, they are no different from roadside stones.

The reason is simple: anyone who awakens their mental power will be extremely talented and incredibly powerful in terms of mental strength.

The essence of the third realm of martial arts, the realm of intent, is to cultivate martial arts such as external sword techniques and knife techniques, comprehend intent, and hone and improve spiritual power until the spiritual level reaches the standard. When the spirit and intent break through the limitations of the physical body, they undergo the baptism of the outer world, reveal the prototype of the domain, and thus break through to become an external realm.

Countless people are stuck for their entire lives due to insufficient mental strength, inability to comprehend external techniques, and the inability of their spirit to overcome the limitations of their physical body.

However, for a spiritual master who has awakened their spiritual power, this is not a difficult hurdle at all. Almost every awakened genius smoothly comprehends the artistic conception, breaks through the limitations of the physical body, and becomes an outer realm martial artist.

"Calm down, calm down... This behavior is consistent with the characteristics of early awakening of a genius in [psychic power]."

"But ultimately, those who haven't awakened their spiritual power are treated very differently."

"Some people may show signs of awakening, but they just fall short of that final step and may never become a spiritual master in their lifetime."

Years of experience and trials had gradually calmed Zhang Haifeng's mindset, and he stopped indulging in fantasies.

"No rush, it's only the first day of school."

"At worst, I'll secretly reward him with a box of Qi and Blood potions tomorrow, just to test the waters and make a good connection first."

"We'll increase our investment based on his performance in a couple of days."

After all, Li Xijun did show great talent in martial arts today. Investing tens of thousands of yuan in advance is nothing to Li Haifeng, a martial artist, and he won't lose money either way.