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Shen Mengyi smiled. "That man's surname is Ma, and he is a Mental coach at the Training Grounds!"

"Wei Shang recommended him to us. His Mental techniques are very impressive, and he is teaching us how to open our Heart Apertures."

"He also said that the Mind is the foundation of a Martial Artist!"

"If the Mind is unstable, it means there are too many distracting thoughts. Only when the Mind becomes powerful can one open the Heart Apertures!"

"And the Heart Apertures are the gates to Cultivation, used to store Qi and blood!"

"If the Heart Apertures are not opened, it is useless no matter how good your talent is, because after Qi and blood enter the body, there is nowhere to contain them, and they will slowly dissipate!"

"This is also the main reason why our Cultivation becomes slow, or even comes to a standstill!"

"So, we have been here all morning Cultivating our Minds!"

"I have already opened two Heart Apertures now. It seems Wei Nan, Zhou Qi, and the others have already opened three, or even four!"

After Shen Mengyi finished speaking, Lin Yi turned his head and glanced inside with some surprise.

He only learned about the concept of Heart Apertures after he established his [Mental Domain].

Currently, Lin Yi has already opened sixteen Heart Apertures.

However, he did not open them voluntarily; they just opened one after another for no apparent reason.

He had thought before that his increased Cultivation speed might be related to the Heart Apertures.

He also wanted to talk to Zhou Qi, Wei Nan, and the others about the Heart Apertures.

However, Lin Yi did not know how to explain it.

The problem is that even his own Heart Apertures opened inexplicably.

This made it impossible for him to explain what exactly Heart Apertures were, or how to open them.

He had heard before that there would be courses specifically teaching about the Mind at the university.

He did not expect it to be inside the Training Grounds.

Lin Yi smiled and nodded. "We really owe it to Wei Shang!"

"Mm-hmm, Senior Lin, I think Wei Shang and Feng Lei and the others... are really great!"

"They are not like those other local students who are hostile toward us. I can feel that they genuinely want to be friends with us..." Shen Mengyi said softly.

Lin Yi glanced at her. "Do you mean that we should accept Feng Lei and Wei Shang?"

Shen Mengyi nodded, but she did not dare to look up at Lin Yi. She looked a bit guilty, like a little girl who had done something wrong.

Lin Yi could not help but smile. "The two of them are roommates with me and Wei Nan!"

"We will have to get along for three years in the future. We can't change roommates for such a long time, so perhaps we will become friends eventually!"

"By the way, how are you? You are alone in the girls' dormitory. Have your roommates bullied you?" Lin Yi asked quickly.

It was fine for him, Wei Nan, Zhou Qi, and Sun Tao.

They were two to a room, and currently, Wei Shang and Feng Lei had shown goodwill.

Zhou Qi and Sun Tao's roommates were not as friendly.

However, it was just verbal sparring; no actual bullying had occurred.

But Shen Mengyi was living alone in the girls' dormitory.

Although she was in the same dormitory area as Qin Zhaoxue, they were not in the same room, and Qin Zhaoxue was about to graduate.

Now, she was dedicating all her energy to the Monster Hunting Bureau. She often went on missions with Chu Zhengxiong and the others and rarely returned to school.

Therefore, Lin Yi was quite worried about Shen Mengyi's situation.

She smiled and shook her head. "I'm fine. I rarely interact with those three roommates!"

"Fortunately, there is a private bathroom in the room, so I don't need to share one with them, which also reduces the chances of seeing them!"

"Senior Lin, ever since I came here, I have realized one thing!"

"Hm? What thing?" Lin Yi asked curiously.

A complex look flashed in Shen Mengyi's eyes, and she whispered, "Growth..."

"Before coming to the New District, I didn't understand what growth meant. I always felt that having my brother's protection and having him by my side was enough, and I didn't need to grow!"

"But after arriving here, I truly realized that so-called growth is not just about inner maturity and strength!"

"In fact, Cultivation Realm and mindset are also part of growth!"

"Whether in the Old District or the New District, only the truly strong can earn respect!"

"Just like in the girls' dormitory, if my Realm reached 3-star, or even 4-star like you!"

"Even if I told them I was a Martial arts examinee from the Old District, they wouldn't dare to look down on me!"

"Perhaps we wouldn't become friends, but it would definitely make them wary of me. Don't you think so?"

After Shen Mengyi finished speaking, Lin Yi looked at her deeply.

It was not hard to guess from her words that things were not going so smoothly for Shen Mengyi in the dormitory.

However, this was not surprising. Discrimination against Martial arts examinees from the Old District by local students seemed to be something they all agreed on, regardless of gender.

That was why Shen Mengyi had so many realizations.

After a long while, Lin Yi nodded. "That's right. Only the truly strong can earn respect!"

"Just like when we were preparing for and participating in the Martial Arts Exam!"

"Before that, we were all the same, striving to get into the New District and come to the Martial Arts University!"

"We could give everything, even exhausting a family's savings of many years, just to fight for a chance!"

"When the Martial Arts Exam actually arrived, when we participated in the exam, or even the moment the results came out, talent and respect were actually already divided!"

"Students with good Martial Arts Exam results walked past the crowd amidst envious gazes!"

"Whether it was students, teachers, or even our parents, their attitudes would change!"

"At that moment, it was like being the center of attention, receiving unprecedented respect!"

"This is a manifestation of being strong. If you want to gain a foothold in the New District, or even earn the wariness or respect of those local students!"

"You must first make yourself strong, surpass them, and leave them behind!"

"Become a powerhouse that local students can only look up to, an existence that makes them prostrate themselves in awe!"

"Only in this way can we change the current situation!"

Lin Yi also spoke these words from the bottom of his heart. It made him involuntarily think of Old Lin.

In fact, Old Lin's change was not a change in himself. Nor was it that he had truly realized his own mistakes.

He was just paying the price for his initial choices.

Before the Martial Arts Exam results came out, he had bet his entire fortune on Lin Yu.

Hoping that one day in the future, he could rely on Lin Yu's Martial Arts talent to bring him to live in the New District.

Until he discovered that Lin Yi's talent was stronger than Lin Yu's, and that he had a better chance of getting into the Martial Arts University.

The hope he had built up in his heart completely collapsed.

Coupled with the fact that Lin Yu had joined Blood Drop at that time and was sinking deeper and deeper.

Lin Dazhi also saw that the person he had chosen could no longer take them out of the Old District.

This was why he gradually began to lean toward Lin Yi.

Even when they met for the last time, when he took out that bank card.

He was also making a final struggle and attempt, hoping to move Lin Yi and break the barrier between them as father and son, to take him to live in the New District...

However, Lin Yi had long since seen through his true nature.

A person like Lin Dazhi could no longer truly change.

The Old Ancestors had long said that mountains and rivers are easy to change, but a person's nature is hard to alter.

Once he achieved his expectations, he would revert to the original Lin Dazhi.

After he came to the New District, he would reveal his true nature and squander recklessly.