What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?.

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The thousand-armed, thousand-footed goddess Xi said calmly, "So what?"

Although Xi Shen was surprised by Zhang Yu's progress, he did not think it was necessary to make a big fuss about it.

Xi Shen: "Xiang Shen, this great battle cannot be controlled by a Golden Core cultivator or a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"Now that the tide is in our favor, we just need to proceed step by step, starting from the fifth level and taking it down one level at a time. At the same time, we should let the Dark Spirit Realm expand like a virus and gradually replace the Spirit Realm. Then, the final victory is only a matter of time."

"Why create unnecessary complications and waste resources on Zhang Yu when victory could be achieved simply by following the established procedures?"

Xi Shen's thousand hands and feet twitched, and at the same time, he advised, "Give up, Xiang Shen."

“Zhang Yu is at Wanfa’s stronghold. If you want to eliminate him now, you need to send out a large number of elite troops to carry out operations deep behind enemy lines.”

"Didn't you see how strong the protection he deployed this time?"

Just as Zhang Yu had intended, the appearance of ten Nascent Soul cultivators severely dampened Xi Shen's enthusiasm for this operation.

Xi Shen said calmly, "To successfully capture Zhang Yu and bring him to the upper levels, we would probably need to deploy more than ten elite Nascent Soul cultivators behind enemy lines, or even Nascent Soul level cultivators."

"If the operation is hampered by setbacks, which in turn affects the major battle above and slows down the entire plan, that would truly impact the outcome of the operation."

Although they can be resurrected with the help of the Dark Spirit Realm, the loss of various materials is still a loss. For the four Nascent Soul cultivators to restore their physical bodies, cultivation levels, physical remains, and magical treasures, a huge amount of resources will be required.

Using such losses to deal with Zhang Yu is clearly an extremely unwise move in Xi Shen's eyes, and it may even affect the entire plan.

Then Xi Shen said calmly, "Xiang Shen, the overall situation is more important."

Despite Xi Shen's admonition, Xiang Shen insisted, "Zhang Yu's progress is too fast, and he also possesses immortal sect techniques... Have you forgotten the scene where he swiftly cultivated Kunlun in his palm in front of Dao Qiankun?"

"If we allow him to grow unchecked, he will inevitably have an increasingly greater impact on the war."

“Especially... he is someone that Dao Qiankun values, which in itself demonstrates his importance.”

"We should resolve this issue as soon as possible."

"If you think that capturing him alive would consume too many resources, then just kill him."

Hearing the murderous voice of the auspicious god, another evil god appeared beside him: "Since you trust Dao Qiankun's judgment, and Dao Qiankun invited him, does that mean he will eventually become one of us? Perhaps we don't need to touch him at all."

Immediately afterward, the aura of another Nascent Soul cultivator came: "Four Nascent Soul cultivators, which together represent a loss of at least tens of thousands of spirit coins for us, but a gain of at least tens of thousands of spirit coins for them."

"If we continue to invest, how much more will we lose? And how much benefit will we bring to the other party?"

"It won't be long before we reach the second floor. Then we can deal with Zhang Yu however we want. Why risk huge losses now?"

Another voice rang out: "The loss of four Nascent Soul cultivators has slowed down our battle. I do not agree to continue dealing with Zhang Yu."

Xi Shen's voice rang out: "In short, let's take down the third and fourth floors first. Once the army is assembled, we can deal with the second floor however we want, and we can handle Zhang Yu however we want."

Listening to the opposing voices from the Dark Spirit Realm, Xiang Shen coldly said, "Is the future that Dao Qiankun desires truly the same as our choices? Does Zhang Yu, whom he values, really pose no threat to us? I don't think so."

After another round of debate, Xiang Shen sighed, "A bunch of short-sighted fools. You want to let go of a huge threat for such a small amount of immediate benefit?"

"You will regret it."

Xi Shen said calmly, "Xiang Shen, if you want to continue dealing with Zhang Yu, I won't object, but we will no longer provide you with funding."

"If you want to deal with him, then rely on your own strength."

The seven-colored radiance surrounding the auspicious deity gradually dissipated, and his figure began to disappear bit by bit, leaving only his last voice echoing in the conference room.

"Do not worry."

“I would have done it even without you telling me.”

"It won't be long before you realize how right my suggestion is today."

……

Just when undercurrents were surging and the great battle was in full swing.

Zhang Yu, however, continued to devote himself entirely to his cultivation.

Two months passed in the blink of an eye. His Dao Heart had grown to level 30, his magic power had increased to 4235 units, and his physical strength had reached level 30.00.

Zhang Yu's Dao heart and physical body are now both perfected, and both basic values ​​have reached the peak of the Golden Core realm.

In addition, with each injection of the medicine, a total of ten Dao foundations were completed. A large number of physical expression factors became active in his body, making his body stronger than ever before. His resistance in all aspects increased dramatically. The so-called invulnerability to water and fire and the invulnerability to lightning were no longer a problem.

Zhang Yu was confident that even a fellow Golden Core Realm expert would find it difficult to kill him.

If we add the abilities of Kunlun in his palm and the descendant of immortals, then there are probably very few people in the Golden Core realm who can harm him.

This is still not Zhang Yu's limit, after all, the Purple Mansion Golden Core allows him to establish 12 layers of Dao foundation, and the Golden Core Sacred Body gives him an additional layer of Dao foundation that he can establish.

Once he completes all 13 stages of his Dao foundation, his physical body's defensive capabilities will reach the peak of the Golden Core realm.

"After breaking through to the Nascent Soul realm, the Dao Foundation can be refined into a physical divine ability. I wonder what kind of physical divine ability I can refine with my 13th level Dao Foundation?"

However, with the large-scale injection of the drug, the physical expression factors become more and more active, making it increasingly difficult to complete the new Dao foundation.

It was as if he was trying to squeeze more words into a paper already filled with words. Zhang Yu felt that the dosage of medicine needed to complete the remaining three Dao foundations had increased exponentially.

And Zhang Yu's response to this...

"Just throw money at it."

Zhang Yu contacted Le Mulan and said, "Tell Yin Jiurao to scan as many potions as she has, and I'll take them all regardless of the price."

Drug prices have nearly doubled since two months ago, but for Zhang Yu, any problem that can be solved by spending money is fine.

Especially with his powerful background and the connections of Le Mulan and Yin Jiurao, he has been able to meet his daily medication needs for the past two months.

Zhang Yu's income has now increased significantly.

First, there's the company's revenue.

Now, besides Yu Xinghan and Le Mulan, whose strength is improving by leaps and bounds every day, Shi Huaiyu, Xiao Qingxuan, and Shi Yunxiang have also obtained Golden Core certificates one after another, officially stepping into the Golden Core realm.

There were a total of five Golden Core employees. In addition, Yu Xinghan obtained a military civil engineering certificate and quickly mastered the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power with his Three-Eyed Divine Power, becoming another employee besides Shi Huaiyu who had mastered military-grade power.

The rapid growth of employees, coupled with the large-scale expansion of civil engineering and infrastructure, led to a surge in the company's revenue. With employees working overtime 24 hours a day, Zhang Yu was able to earn more than 200 spirit coins every month.

Zhang Yu: Director Tu, how's the new military certificate situation going?

Tu Lishan, who had become the deputy director of the Civil Engineering Department, replied with difficulty: Zhang Yu, Yu Xinghan's military certificate was only issued to you last month, right?
Zhang Yu: My employees work so hard, I can't let them down.

Tu Lishan: Xiao Qingxuan has already graduated; it's not in accordance with procedure for him to still be obtaining a military certificate.

Zhang Yu: I understand, I understand [500 Spirit Coins]
Zhang Yu: Thank you, Teacher Tu.
Tulishan: Oh, you! You've really gotten me into trouble.

Tulishan has accepted the red envelope.
Tulishan: It's not that I want your money, it's just that this kind of thing involves everyone from top to bottom.

Zhang Yu: I understand. After this is done, I will repay you handsomely, teacher.

After doing all this, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "With more military certificates, power is also being delegated. What used to be a decision made by higher-ups about the ownership of military certificates can now be decided by the department."

Shortly after speaking with Tu Lishan, Zhang Yu sent a message to Director Lin: Director Lin, why is the Yuan Magnetic Channel project stuck again?

Director Lin: Something went wrong with the project; the relevant personnel were investigated and punished for corruption, which puts us in a very passive position.
Zhang Yu: There aren't that many corrupt officials. Aren't they just fighting amongst themselves to grab projects?
Zhang Yu: I went to talk to the principal and said, how can we delay the school's construction over such a small matter?

After ending his call with Director Lin, Zhang Yu heard Fu Ji's voice again.

"The Heavenly Slaughter True Lord of the Security Department, the Heavenly Chapter True Lord of the Talisman Department, the Miraculous Hands True Lord of the Medical Department, and the Great Harmony True Lord of the Investment Management Department—all of them have received their dues for this month." Zhang Yu glanced at the more than five hundred spirit coins in the account and nodded slightly in his heart: "Sigh, they are all good True Lords who are trying to break through to the Nascent Soul stage. They are the pride of our Wanfa University."

In the past two months, in addition to Qingming Zhenjun, other Nascent Soul Zhenjuns from other factions have also formed interest-transferring relationships with Zhang Yu.

Take, for example, the head of the Security Department, Tian Sha Zhen Jun, who was once a well-known good-natured person at Wanfa University. It is said that after becoming the head of the Security Department, he never laid a hand on anyone or killed a single person. He always greeted everyone with a smile, and even when scolded by a Golden Core cultivator, he would not get angry but would still laugh and joke.

However, since the start of this great war, it is said that more than 10 Nascent Soul cultivators, hundreds of Golden Core cultivators, and countless others at the Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining stages have died at his hands. Slaughtering college students and massacring demon descendants is commonplace for him.

It is said that his favorite thing to do is to surround the chaotic army, surround them without killing them, use terrifying pressure to force them to break through without authorization, and then collect their corpses one by one to create the greatest profit.

There's also Tianzhang Zhenjun from the Talisman system, who once participated in the Yin Artifact project of Ciji Zhenjun alongside Zhang Yu. Now, he's in charge of the spirit world protection work at various campuses. It's said that he's collected spirit world traffic fees from some campuses for 500 years, and he's once again a key figure supporting Wanfa University.

The remaining medical school's "Master of Healing" wielded considerable influence in the corpse industry, leading to a mini-boom in the corpse economy. Meanwhile, the Investment Department's "Master of Harmony" reopened the financial sector, greatly assisting Wanfa University in integrating resources, resolving debts, and streamlining its population.

It can be said that each of these Nascent Soul True Monarchs possesses extraordinary abilities and amazing skills. Since the start of the war, they have extracted considerable benefits for the University of Ten Thousand Laws and provided a large amount of resources for the four Nascent Soul cultivators' secluded cultivation. They are also all competitors of True Monarch Qingming.

Seeing this scene, Fu Ji couldn't help but sigh, "Alas, corruption is rampant in Kunxu nowadays, and networks of interests are everywhere. Fortunately, we have already become a part of it."

"Zhang Yu, take this opportunity to build up your strength."

At this moment, Zhang Yu was sitting cross-legged in the underground cemetery of Huilong Garden, frantically circulating his breathing technique, trying his best to gather the spiritual energy from all directions.

With his Dao Heart and physical strength reaching the peak of the Golden Core stage, Zhang Yu's next goal was to improve his mana and mana quality, as well as to open up extraordinary meridians.

The primary way to increase magical power is naturally to absorb more spiritual energy.

So Zhang Yu spent money to come to this underground spiritual vein and spent his days immersing himself in it, constantly breathing and exhaling, rapidly increasing his magical power.

Besides the environment, Zhang Yu is also practicing a new breathing technique, preparing to assemble a new chain diagram called "Boundless Magic Power".

"This chain magic diagram consists of ten expert-level breathing techniques. Judging from its composition and its name, which suggests immeasurable magical power, it should be able to effectively increase the speed at which my magical power grows."

While practicing the breathing technique, Zhang Yu did not forget to purchase high-quality mana to absorb, gradually increasing the quality of his mana.

However, he encountered trouble in developing the extraordinary meridians.

"Ordinary Golden Core cultivators can open up to eight extraordinary meridians at most, but I was able to open up nine extraordinary meridians when I broke through my realm with the Purple Mansion Golden Core. With the added effect of the Golden Core Sacred Body, I can open up a total of 10 extraordinary meridians."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The Extraordinary Meridians can enhance specific techniques, and each Extraordinary Meridian has the effect of being combined and matched with others."

"The combination of eight extraordinary meridians is not hard to find. Although the combination of nine extraordinary meridians is rare, it can still be found in the vast library of all laws."

"But this combination of 10 extraordinary scriptures isn't even in the Great Archives?"

After his search yielded no results, Zhang Yu returned to Taiqing Realm.

In the Soul-Guiding Pool, bubbles rose and fell, within which countless pieces of information surged.

When Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the document, he saw that it contained the following titles: "True Explanation of Thunder Talisman," "Nine-fold Palm Technique," "Processing Technology of Three-Harmony True Fire," and "Design Drawings for the Mountain-Stabilizing Pearl"...

"A few more courses have been added, but none of them are very useful to me."

Zhang Yu knew that Zhang Pianpian had collected knowledge, techniques, blueprints, and other such things from the spirits of the dead while on a business trip.

Over the past two months, although Zhang Yu has been in seclusion in the university town cultivating, Zhang Pianpian has been going out frequently, which has led to frequent encounters with battles, conflicts, and deaths.

So Zhang Yu would occasionally come to the Soul-Guiding Pool to take a look, and he would find that there were several new cultivation techniques and knowledge inside.

However, most of these techniques were useless to Zhang Yu. The very few that were useful were not worth him abandoning his current cultivation to specifically practice. Zhang Yu simply saved them for the future.

Having gained nothing from the Taiqing Realm, Zhang Yu then went to the Dark Spirit Realm.

Upon entering the Dark Spirit Realm, Zhang Yu first completed his daily check-in and gained some Righteousness Points. Then, a notification appeared in his eyes regarding the Military-Grade Cultivation Technique Selection Pack.

Then he saw something like a book floating in front of him, with the names of various military-grade martial arts techniques flashing and changing, waiting for Zhang Yu to choose.

This is the military-grade martial arts manual selection pack that Zhang Yu received last month for participating in a sign-in event.

However, Zhang Yu has been hesitant to open the custom pack since obtaining it.

The reason is simply that he currently has no time to cultivate other military-grade techniques, nor is he sure what kind of military-grade technique he needs most, or is most suitable for him to choose.

So Zhang Yu simply kept the self-selection package for later use when needed.

After closing the custom pack, Zhang Yu looked at the messages from the various Dark Spirit Realm sub-districts. As he saw more and more sub-districts and organizations, he could feel that after two months of vigorous development, the entire Dark Spirit Realm was becoming more and more prosperous.

"Although for the past two months, the school has been sealing off all connections to the spirit world, prohibiting students from connecting to the external spirit world, and preventing them from coming into contact with the dark spirit world."

Zhang Yu knew that most areas of the university town were currently in a local area network state, and ordinary students had very little chance to access outside information unless they left the university town.

"But this is just a temporary fix, and it will never stop the Dark Spirit Realm from spreading further."

After completing the check-in, Zhang Yu began searching for the combination method of the Ten Extraordinary Meridians that he needed.

The constant check-ins over the past two months have accumulated a lot of righteousness points for Zhang Yu. He used some of them to exchange for evil god power for Fu Ji to improve his strength, and kept the rest, which amounted to about 800 righteousness points.

Suddenly, his eyes lit up: "I've got it, the method for opening the Ten Great Scriptures... Did this come from the Heavenly Demon University?"

Zhang Yu's heart stirred: "Is it because the structure of demon descendants and the human body is different that the method of opening the 10 extraordinary meridians exists?"

Zhang Yu wanted to exchange for it, but found that it actually cost 2000 Righteousness Points.

So Zhang Yu withdrew from the Dark Spirit Realm and wanted to contact the Heavenly Demon University to see if he could buy it directly.

However, he did not give up on the path of the Dark Spirit Realm, and continued to log in every day to accumulate righteousness points.

During this process, he would also take the opportunity to check what the daily tasks were.

Through two months of observation, Zhang Yu discovered that the daily tasks in the Dark Spirit Realm were quite simple. Sometimes it was about observing the flow of people at intersections, sometimes it was about inquiring about how long the Nascent Soul cultivators had been in seclusion, and sometimes it was about whether anyone had starved to death somewhere...

Zhang Yu could sense that the Righteous Alliance was using each Dark Spirit Realm user as a tentacle, collecting massive amounts of information through countless tentacles in order to gain an understanding of the University of Ten Thousand Laws.

"This kind of intelligence is too superficial, and it is almost impossible to prevent it from being leaked."

During this process, Zhang Yu was able to sense the deterioration of the situation through the descriptions of these daily tasks and the many things he observed.

"Please do not consume excessive amounts of cement..."

Seeing the image of a pregnant woman dying on the warning sign, Zhang Yu knew that during the medicine shortage, some Qi Refining students couldn't afford stamina potions and, in their desperation, ate too much cement, exceeding their physical limits, and ultimately died from overeating.

After all, ordinary cement can only increase the feeling of fullness, but it does not actually contain nutrients, and it is easy to overload a Qi-refining student.

"The price of cemetery plots in Huilongyuan has increased again, making it a good time to invest!"

Looking at the advertisement, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Old Gao's private cemetery plots seem to have increased in value quite a bit. I heard that Shi Huaiyu is also thinking of investing in cemetery plots recently."

Time passed by day by day.

A month later, Zhang Yu still hadn't accumulated enough Righteous Qi, but through Ying Mingchi's channels, he successfully purchased the methods for opening the Ten Great Scriptures.

Yingmingchi was extremely curious about this: You want to open up 10 great scriptures?
Zhang Yu simply sent a smiling emoji and did not reply.

Ying Mingchi thought to himself, "As expected, he has awakened the bloodline of a demon. Otherwise, how could an ordinary human open up 10 extraordinary meridians?"

Another month later, just as Zhang Yu was engrossed in cultivation, a piece of news broke like a thunderbolt, sweeping across the entire realm.

More than eight months after the heavens and earth were connected, the Magnetic God officially emerged from seclusion and announced that he would attack the Long Night Jade Palace in three days, and a war over the moon was about to begin.

(End of this chapter)