During the lull in the video, Huang Zichou, to avoid awkward silence, spoke up, saying, “You two, when you enter university and have your Dharma bones implanted, or purchase flying swords and magical treasures, you must pay attention to similar issues.”

“Every day before going out, check if your equipment has enough balance, if the service has been renewed, if the ads have been skipped cleanly, if the installment payments have been paid…”

Huang Zichou rattled off a list of warnings, “In every annual university exam, there are always students who encounter similar problems on the day of the exam. Due to momentary carelessness, their performance is affected, and their final grades are less than ideal, which in turn affects their university GPA!”

“Consider this an advance lesson for you today!”

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “It certainly is a lesson. I’ll remember this for the rest of my life. From now on, before every exam in university, I’ll definitely double-check!”

Ye Lingxiao, however, thought, “Isn’t everything on auto-renewal and auto-deduction? What’s there to check? Oh, right, poor people probably run out of balance. How pathetic, the poor!”

About a minute later, the Sword Tomb finally returned to normal. Under the control of Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao, it moved again!

But the feeling of unease in Zhang Yu’s heart never disappeared, and even the discomfort in his eyes seemed to intensify!

At the same time, as the Sword Tomb was integrated, the synchronization rate above Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao’s heads changed again!

Zhang Yu: 90, Ye Lingxiao: 95. This synchronization rate represents their overall synchronization rate with all the Dharma bones on their bodies. Obviously, after connecting to the Sword Tomb’s neural signals, both of their synchronization rates decreased!

Zhang Yu frowned, “The gap has widened a bit!”

Meanwhile, in the internal network of the True Gods, Mu Guiyin said, “Besides their foundation, the biggest difference between 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, affecting every aspect. How could it not affect the physical body?”

“The difference in their Dao Hearts determines that Zhang Yu has no chance of winning in this round!”

Another True God sighed, “Ye Lingxiao has had a level 10 Dao Heart for a long time. Every day, he can perfectly control his physical body. His adaptation to changes in the physical body is cultivated with 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 flesh in subsequent cultivation, can he quickly adapt when the physical body undergoes new changes!”

Huang Zichou and the others did not echo, but they had to admit that Mu Guiyin was right. Zhang Yu’s Dao Heart level was too much of a hindrance, 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 that his physical body can match Ye Lingxiao’s. It’s only natural that there’s a gap in Dao Heart!”

“Historically, the physical test in the Foundation Establishment Exam has always been a contest of physical strength and potential between cultivators with a level 10 Dao Heart, 100 points of mana, and a level 10 physical body!”

“Hehe, who would have thought that this year, there would be such a kid who could reach the final round of the Foundation Establishment Exam with a level 8 Dao Heart!”

While pondering, Huang Zichou continued to preside over the exam. With a wave of his divine power, he brought out the third, and final, Dharma bone for this round!

It was a spinal bone shimmering with 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 a corporate-grade Dharma bone manufactured by Dragon Soul Workshop, called the Jiaolong (Flood Dragon) Spiritual Pivot!”

“As a well-known manufacturer specializing in dragon-type Dharma bones, and using various dragon materials to make Dharma bones all year round, the Jiaolong Spiritual Pivot created by Dragon Soul Workshop is a classic work among spinal Dharma bones!”

“After the Jiaolong Spiritual Pivot is implanted into the body, the dragon tendons that extend from it can greatly enhance the cultivator’s physical performance. The effect obtained in the Foundation Establishment stage is roughly equivalent to a level 1 increase in physical strength!”

“Within the Jiaolong Spiritual 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 circulate their cultivation methods…”

Zhang Yu’s heart tightened upon hearing this, and he thought to himself, “Good heavens, a magic-suppression field? No, a technique-suppression field!”

This was the first time Zhang Yu had witnessed the effects of a Dao technique. After all, in high school, the so-called Dao technique class was actually a talisman class, and he had not yet been exposed to real Dao techniques!

Next, as before, Zhang Yu felt his spine being disconnected from the neural connection to his brain!

The impact this time was naturally far greater than the previous two times. After all, the spine is related to the movement of the entire body. Once he lost contact with the spine, Zhang Yu immediately slumped on the operating table, feeling as if he was completely paralyzed, and his heart inexplicably tightened!

A dozen seconds later, Zhang Yu felt the existence of his spine again, but this time the feeling was even stranger, because the spine could not move his body, but only bent back and forth according to his thoughts!

At the same time, Zhang Yu felt that his consciousness seemed to be sucked into the spine, controlling the Jiaolong Spiritual Pivot, as if transforming into a white dragon soaring through the sky!

The next moment, Zhang Yu suddenly came back to his senses, secretly saying how dangerous it was. He seemed to have been influenced by the Jiaolong Spiritual Pivot and had hallucinations!

Zhang Yu thought, “This isn’t even the real implantation of Dharma bones, just connecting to the neural signals is already like this. It seems that after Foundation Establishment, implanting various Dharma bones will be a greater burden than I imagined!”

Other than the eye Dharma bone, he might not implant other Dharma bones in the future.

He could just use magic treasures, why must he implant Dharma bones?

Zhang Yu had similar questions before, and Fu Ji answered them for him at the time!

The answer was simple: using magic treasures and implanting Dharma bones is more powerful than simply using magic treasures!

Zhang Yu still remembered what Fu Ji said at the time!

“Dharma bones were originally created by those refiners to form a dimensionality reduction strike in the magic treasure market and initiate industrial reform!”

“If you want to climb up in Kunxu, you have to be better than others, with better grades. When more and more people use Dharma bones to improve their performance and then increase the power of magic treasures, you have to use Dharma bones to catch up with them!”

While Zhang Yu was trying to adapt to the Jiaolong Spiritual Pivot, the Shiba Inu head in the audience said, “This Jiaolong Spiritual Pivot looks good!”

Upon hearing this, the Cat Head next to him frowned and said, “You’re interested? Then I advise you not to buy it!”

The Shiba Inu Head asked curiously, “Do you have inside information?”

He knew that the people in the Finance Department were all deeply rooted, had extensive connections, and were well-informed, possessing all kinds of information!

The Cat Head said indifferently, “No need for any inside information. Didn’t he make it clear himself? Specializing in dragon-type Dharma bones means they are not good at other materials! A classic work means this Jiaolong Spiritual Pivot is already outdated!”

“Also, Dragon Soul Workshop has been exposed for some shady stuff before. The dragon materials in their Dharma bones don’t exceed 5%, and they’re all bone powder!”

“For spinal Dharma bones at this price, I think most of them use monster beast materials. The part that comes from dragons is probably only 3% at best, and I guess it’s still farmed hybrid Jiaolongs!”

“After all, what good materials can be used for this kind of mass-produced stuff? If you have money, you should get a customized Dharma bone.”

Listening to the Cat Head’s comments, the Shiba Inu Head thought, “Isn’t it because I don’t have money?”

However, he also lost interest in the Jiaolong Spiritual Pivot and sighed, “These Dharma bones now love to cut corners and make false advertisements. If you don’t study them carefully before buying, you’ll be fooled…”

Just then, the synchronization rate data of Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao had been updated again!

Zhang Yu: 79, Ye Lingxiao: 86!

Zhang Yu: “Did I lose?”

Zhang Yu wasn’t too surprised by the final result of this round. He thought to himself, “It’s probably because of the Dao Heart!”

Although he lost this round due to the Dao Heart dragging him down, Zhang Yu didn’t dwell on it too much. After all, in the past year, he had exhausted all kinds of methods to improve to the limit he could!

Right now, he just wanted to prepare well for the next round, fight with all his strength 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 paths for the advancement of Dharma bones. One is to refine different parts of one’s own physical body into Dharma bones. The stronger the physical body, the stronger the refined Dharma bones, and they are inherently the most compatible Dharma bones!”

“But this path is too difficult. Personalized customization of Dharma bones is extremely expensive, and it’s a sky-high price for most cultivators!”

“So most people can only choose the second path!”

“That is, with the improvement of cultivation, constantly replacing stronger external Dharma bones 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 bones, your cultivation will regress instead of advancing!”

“This is still humanoid Dharma bones. I heard that the higher levels are already trying out alien Dharma bones!”

A little god interjected, “That thing is quite fierce if used in same-level competitions, but after implantation, there is no basic human form, and the compatibility with the cultivation methods of various immortal sects 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 hasn’t been able to fully control his original physical body, so how can he adapt to a new physical body?”

“On the other hand, judging from Ye Lingxiao’s performance, he can obviously adapt to Dharma bones faster in the later stage of Foundation Establishment, and he has more prospects in the Foundation Establishment stage!”

With the end of the second round and Ye Lingxiao’s victory, Huang Zichou 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 belongs to!