Chapter 356: Four Hearts as One: Director Gao’s Guidance
Bai Zhenzhen asked, “Does Myriad Laws University not teach any battlefield first aid?”
Zhang Yu was surprised, then envious. “You guys have first aid classes?”
Bai Zhenzhen replied, “Probably because all the major insurance companies refuse to insure our department.”
“Seriously? Just let me project over. Give me full-perspective access, and then follow my movements.”
With a flash, Bai Zhenzhen’s projection appeared before Zhang Yu.
With full-perspective access granted, Bai Zhenzhen seemed to be physically present in the dormitory.
She crouched beside Le Mulan and instructed Zhang Yu, “Extend your hands and follow my movements…”
Zhang Yu’s hands overlapped with Bai Zhenzhen’s projected hands, gently sweeping across Le Mulan’s abdomen to assess the damage.
After a moment, Bai Zhenzhen nodded slightly. “Not too bad. Just a minor internal organ rupture.”
“This kind of minor issue is easily fixed. Follow my instructions, and we’ll repair it before she wakes up.”
Zhang Yu aligned his fingertips with Bai Zhenzhen’s again, gently pressing down on several points on Le Mulan’s abdomen.
Bai Zhenzhen continued, “Didn’t you say you now have Ice Magic Power? Inject it to help freeze her wounds.”
As the Ice Magic Power flowed into her, Le Mulan’s eyelids fluttered open. She slowly opened her eyes and felt a wave of coldness surging through her body.
“I… what happened?” Le Mulan frowned slightly.
She only remembered texting her brother when a massive explosion suddenly shook the ground, followed by darkness engulfing her consciousness.
Now, groggy and disoriented, Le Mulan gazed at Zhang Yu’s hands pressing against her stomach. Sensing the constant flow of Magic Power he was channeling into her, she instinctively began absorbing it, just as she had every day during their training sessions.
“Has the Magic Power infusion started?”
The icy chill in her internal organs made her shiver involuntarily. She instinctively reached out and clung to Zhang Yu, pulling him close.
Seeing Le Mulan awake and shivering, clutching Zhang Yu tightly, Bai Zhenzhen circled around the pair, filming them while nodding in satisfaction. “Good, good. Looks like there’s nothing seriously wrong with her body. Yu Zi, you don’t have to worry about paying compensation now.”
Feeling Le Mulan squirm in his arms, her icy-smooth limbs brushing against him, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but shake her gently. “Stop fidgeting,” he said.
Still dazed from the concussion, Le Mulan murmured against Zhang Yu, “Not warm enough.”
Bai Zhenzhen interjected, “Didn’t you hear her? She’s cold! Warm her up quickly before she gets frostbite!”
Zhang Yu sighed helplessly and flexed his muscles to raise his body temperature, trying to warm Le Mulan.
But as Le Mulan continued to writhe in his arms, her sweat gradually mingling with his, Zhang Yu found his focus constantly wavering.
Especially with Fourfold Thinking active, the four layers of thought in his mind spawned countless distractions. It was like pressing down on one gourd only to have another pop up, a blizzard of scattered thoughts that refused to settle.
Bai Zhenzhen, watching from the side, pointed out, “Why are you changing your hand position on the wound?”
“Zhang Yu, I noticed during our fight that your mind is incredibly active right now. Your moves are unpredictable and unconventional, but they lack cohesion, as if there’s no unified strategy guiding them.”
“I don’t know what caused your current state, but you must remember this: no matter how your thoughts jump around, they must be guided by a single, unified will. Otherwise, the more thoughts you have, the more scattered and disorganized they become, ultimately harming rather than helping you…”
As Zhang Yu listened to Bai Zhenzhen’s instruction, a flash of insight struck him like lightning.
“Guided by a single, unified will…”
Memories of his recent battle with Bai Zhenzhen flooded his mind.
“Ah, yes! When using Fourfold Thinking, there must be a clear hierarchy — a primary focus and secondary priorities. Otherwise, the different strands of thought will contradict each other.”
In Zhang Yu’s mind, ever since his Immeasurable Heart Inner Dharma Body had reached Level 20, the original Double-Headed White Ox had transformed into a Four-Headed White Ox.
Now, at Zhang Yu’s command, one of the bull heads suddenly swelled in size, becoming the central brain, while the remaining three heads contracted, forming a protective ring around it.
ROAR!
With a thunderous roar, the primary head bellowed: “You! Control the hand and compress the wound!”
“You! Circulate Magic Power and maintain the energy infusion!”
“You! Activate the muscles and heat the body!”
“And me? I’ll suppress all extraneous thoughts.”
Though the shifts in the mental cultivation technique seemed complex, the entire sequence of changes within Zhang Yu’s mind occurred in an instant relative to the outside world.
In that instant, Zhang Yu’s Fourfold Thinking underwent a qualitative transformation. No longer were his four minds collaborating as equals; instead, one central mind now orchestrated the others, assigning tasks to the remaining three.
Moments later, though stray thoughts still occasionally surfaced, Zhang Yu’s large hand pressed firmly on Le Mulan’s back remained remarkably steady. The flow of his Magic Power and the heating of his body remained completely unaffected.
Feeling Zhang Yu’s body radiating heat like a furnace, Le Mulan gradually calmed down.
A flash of insight struck Zhang Yu: “This is how multiple minds should truly be used. There must be a hierarchy among them; otherwise, they interfere with each other, actually hindering progress.”
Zhang Yu sighed in gratitude: “A-Zhen, thank you. You helped me overcome a significant obstacle.”
Bai Zhenzhen smiled faintly and waved her hand. “Isn’t it natural to guide one’s own son?”
“Also, remember the damage assessment process I taught you today. Make sure you memorize it.”
“I’ll send you the video recording later. Study it carefully. Next time you hit someone, you can refer to it.”
“It’s getting late. I should go now.”
As Zhang Yu listened to Bai Zhenzhen’s words and watched her figure fade away, he replayed the day’s recordings in his mind, cursing inwardly, “These Kunxu people are truly… What do they think people are? They’ve completely dehumanized them.”
“So hot,” Le Mulan gasped, jolted fully awake by the scalding heat radiating from Zhang Yu’s body.
Seeing that Le Mulan seemed to be fine, Zhang Yu said, “Are you alright now? Get up if you are.”
Le Mulan stood up, looking puzzled. “What happened just now?”
Zhang Yu’s face flushed crimson. “I accidentally knocked you unconscious.”
“But I checked you over — you’re perfectly healthy, nothing to worry about.”
Le Mulan’s gaze flickered downward, noticing her sweat-soaked body and her discarded outer garments and trousers lying on the floor nearby.
Sensing the condition of her internal organs, she realized Zhang Yu had used his Ice Magic Power to treat her.
She sighed inwardly, “Zhang Yu checked me over and urgently treated my wounds. Logically, I should be grateful.”
“But he’s the one who knocked me out in the first place…”
Le Mulan pouted helplessly. “Don’t move around so recklessly in the dormitory anymore.”
Zhang Yu nodded casually, promising, but his mind was already racing: “Now that I’ve grasped the true application of Fourfold Thinking, I’ll always have one stream of consciousness overseeing everything. I won’t make such careless mistakes again.”
The next day after school, Zhang Yu arrived early at a training hall within the Civil Engineering Department, as arranged with Director Gao.
“True Monarch Greenwood, a Nascent Soul Great Power, has entered your vicinity within 10 meters. Please remain silent and refrain from projecting advertisements randomly.”
Soon after, as the Nascent Soul Domain materialized, Director Gao appeared before Zhang Yu, clad in Daoist robes.
Without any formalities or small talk, Director Gao immediately wasted no time and began teaching Zhang Yu directly.
“Today, I will impart to you the first of the Seven Absolutes of Civil Engineering: the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal.”
“This seal serves as the foundation of the Seven Absolutes and provides immense assistance to our department’s numerous large-scale construction techniques.”
Director Gao extended a finger, and a ball of black-gold Magic Power abruptly materialized at his fingertip.
“This is the Profound Yellow Qi you must condense to cultivate the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal.”
“This Qi simulates Earthly Fiend Gravity. When attached to objects, it can alter their weight, making gold and iron as light as goose feathers or cotton as heavy as mountains.”
Zhang Yu’s heart stirred at these words, recalling Mo Shangjin’s Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power. That technique directly controlled Earthly Fiend Gravity, allowing him to seize all the people and objects on an entire flying boat and hurl them to the ground in a single move.
“Although the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal cannot directly control Earthly Fiend Gravity, its simulated version allows for precise weight manipulation. It truly deserves its reputation as the foundation of the Seven Absolutes of Civil Engineering.”
As Director Gao continued his explanation, Zhang Yu gained a deeper understanding of the differences between the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal and the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power.
The Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power could be applied remotely to people and objects, allowing the user to freely drag, lift, and tear materials apart from a distance.
In contrast, the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal required physical attachment via Profound Yellow Qi before weight manipulation could be applied.
Furthermore, if a target resisted with Magic Power after the Profound Yellow Qi had attached, the Qi could be dispelled, rendering the seal ineffective.
Though significantly weaker than the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power, the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal remained the cornerstone of the Seven Absolutes of Civil Engineering, which Zhang Yu studied with utmost diligence.
The weight adjustment aspect, in particular, promised immense practical benefits for construction site operations, potentially boosting his work efficiency and, consequently, his salary. This prospect naturally motivated him to study even more intently.
Director Gao patiently guided Zhang Yu through the energy circulation pathways of the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal. He then added, “If the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal is the foundation of the Seven Absolutes of Civil Engineering, then Profound Yellow Qi is the foundation of the seal itself.”
“However, the Profound Yellow Qi can only be refined by harmonizing the Yin-Yang balance and mastering the transformations of the Five Elements within one’s body. It requires painstaking, gradual cultivation.”
“Ordinary students can’t even begin to grasp it in a few weeks. Even the top student of each class usually needs several days to enter the threshold…”
A few minutes later, Zhang Yu completed his first flawed and error-riddled execution of the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal’s cultivation route. He immediately realized he had already learned the technique.
But of course, he wouldn’t brazenly declare his accomplishment.
“If I just blurt it out, who knows what Director Gao will think of me?”
“Besides, what’s wrong with getting to spend more time with the leader?”
So, following the cultivation insights that surfaced in his mind, Zhang Yu began making slow, steady progress, refining his technique bit by bit.
After all, for him, as long as each practice run resulted in improvement on his Feather Book, whether his execution was clumsy or excellent made no difference.
An hour later.
Zhang Yu asked, “Master, this Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal is indeed difficult to grasp. I wonder, what’s the shortest time any practitioner in history has taken to master it?”
Director Gao said calmly, “I told you this cultivation art is profound and intricate, difficult to learn and master. It’s perfectly normal to spend several days cultivating it.”
“As for the fastest recorded entry time, the absolute quickest was half an hour.”
“Even when I learned this art myself, it took me roughly an hour.”
Fifteen minutes later, Zhang Yu condensed his first wisp of Profound Yellow Qi.
After a total of one hour and fifteen minutes, Zhang Yu had officially learned the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal.
Seeing the wisp of black-gold Magic Power at Zhang Yu’s fingertip, Director Gao knew that his earlier claim of one hour had been a slight exaggeration. Zhang Yu’s one hour and fifteen minutes, however, were undeniably genuine.
He thought to himself, “How long did it take me? …Closer to two hours, wasn’t it?”
“This kid…”
As Zhang Yu looked over, Director Gao nodded slowly and said, “Not bad. The Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal requires steady accumulation. Go back and cultivate diligently, and don’t slack off for even a moment.”
Watching Zhang Yu’s departing figure, Director Gao took a deep breath and sent a message to True Monarch Magnetic Pole.
Director Gao: “Guess how long my new disciple took to learn the Profound Yellow Mountain-Suppressing Seal?”
Director Gao: “One hour and fifteen minutes!”
True Monarch Magnetic Pole: “Your disciple is truly remarkable! [smiling emoji]”