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

Chapter 684 Repairing the Boundary-Breaking Cone, Modulating the Nascent Soul
Kunxu, Level 3.

The expeditionary force, composed of ten universities, gathered and, wave after wave, passed through the great void opened by the Magnetic God and arrived at the third level of Kunxu, where they built defensive fortifications.

Yu Xinghan was also in the team at this moment. As a civil engineer, he participated in the construction and the battle.

At the front of the group of civil engineering students, Tu Lishan said, "The secret of war is actually the same as that of civil engineering; the key lies in the word 'transportation'."

"The only difference is that civil engineering involves moving our own materials to the target location."

"And war... is about taking what the other side has and bringing it to our own side."

"War is not about how many people you can kill or how much destruction you can cause, but about how much you can bring back."

“Look at some of the top students in the security department. No matter how good they are at fighting, they still got dismissed in the end. They only know how to fight, not how to move things. They end up with nothing.”

“Some security captains who had been in service for four or five generations lost their positions in his generation, which is a disgrace to their ancestors.”

"So you all need to remember these key points of war..."

Yu Xinghan glanced at Zhang Yu's grayed-out image in his eyes and wondered to himself, "Where did Zhang Yu go?"

In the past two weeks, he not only couldn't contact Zhang Yu, but also discovered that Zhang Yu's company had been handed over to Ye Xingli for management.

According to Yu Xinghan, the company hasn't paid Zhang Yu any money in a long time.

Is someone trying to suppress Zhang Yu?

Yu Xinghan shook his head, feeling that the whole matter was shrouded in a fog, making it impossible for him to see the truth.

Yu Xinghan could only send another message to Zhang Yu: Are you there?

Yu Xinghan: [10 Spirit Coins]
Yu Xinghan: Just tell me if you need help.
Yu Xinghan: I'm online 24/7.
……

On the battlefield, which was being scorched by bursts of lightning and fire, Kuang Tianqing's figure appeared and disappeared intermittently, constantly piercing through various Taoist attacks and rushing towards the research institute ahead.

After the ten universities organized a team to launch an expedition to the third level of Kunxu, Kuang Tianqing signed up.

Because he really didn't want to stay on the second floor, especially on the territory of the universities of Heavenly Demon, Netherworld, Joyful Union, and White Bone.

He felt like he had encountered a dog demon when he went out here, and that the demon might have even slept with him.

"I have no memory of the past, and I will stop at nothing to cultivate myself."

So he went to the third floor, wanting to start over there.

Kuang Tianqing thought to himself, "At least there aren't so many messy things on the battlefield."

Just then, a group of students from Tianyao University also came to their aid.

Ying Mingchi, the strongest undergraduate student at Tianyao University, glanced at Kuang Tianqing and immediately sent a message: Do you have time?
Seeing that Kuang Tianqing did not return, Ying Mingchi couldn't help but suspect that the other party was discriminating against demons. Otherwise, why would all four schools of the Heavenly Demon Academy accept him, but his Heavenly Demon University did not?
Ying Mingchi then spoke up: Do you think there is a big difference between humans and demons?

Yingmingchi: Look around you. Are many of these people really human? To me, they're no different from dogs, cows, or horses.

Kuang Tianqing: I think there are big differences between men and women.
Ying Mingchi was slightly taken aback. Looking at Kuang Tianqing, who was now in male form, he asked in confusion: Is there a difference?

……

On the third floor of Kunxu, outside a laboratory that had just been captured.

Bai Zhenzhen and Wen Wuyai, along with other students from Tianjian University, were sitting together, looking at the murder manual issued by the school.

The teacher in front said, "Your internship grades for this semester will be calculated based on your murder results over the next two weeks."

"I have observed that when many students kill, they still attack their opponent's weaknesses, pursuing victory and the destructive power of their sword moves, ignoring the benefits of the battle in the pursuit of victory."

"I want to remind everyone that we came to the third floor not to kill people, but to make money."

"What's the difference? The difference is huge."

“Those college students and junior college graduates may resort to any means to defeat us. They will use any dirty trick as long as they can win, without considering the consequences.”

"Can we, the top ten students, do this?"

"Remember this: during the battle, try to attack the least valuable parts of your opponent's body, and make sure to leave the valuable parts behind so that you can get a higher profit after the battle."

"This murder manual introduces the prices of various parts of a person's body at the Qi Refining, Foundation Establishment, and Golden Core stages, as well as the market prices of various common Dharma Bodies. You must read it repeatedly and memorize it by tomorrow."

After casually flipping through the murder manual, Bai Zhenzhen saw Zhang Yu's gray portrait in her mind's eye.

"Feather..."

Although Zhang Yu had been out of contact for more than a month, Bai Zhenzhen still remembered the last words he said.

Bai Zhenzhen thought to himself, "I believe you, but I still want to help you."

So Bai Zhenzhen sent a message: [50 Spirit Coins]
Bai Zhenzhen: I've made a lot of money from killing people lately.

Bai Zhenzhen: You can take it and use it.

Bai Zhenzhen: Study hard, I make a lot of money here.

……

On the other side, on the third floor of the battlefield.

As Tian Sheng Gong from the Immortal Soldier University was about to collect supplies from the battlefield, he saw a notification appear in his eye.

"Combat recorder?"

Tian Shenggong cursed inwardly, "From now on, when we come to the 3rd floor, we'll have to keep the combat recorder running 24/7? To record every piece of spoils of war so that the soul cultivators can do tax statistics."

"Isn't this a sign of distrust, a fear that we'll steal things?"

Despite his grumbling, Tian Shenggong still activated the combat recorder as instructed.

Just as he was about to collect all the supplies on the battlefield, he felt a tremendous force descend from the sky.

A giant dragon flew across the battlefield, and all sorts of supplies soared into the sky, rushing towards the clouds beneath the dragon's claws.

Upon witnessing this scene, Tian Shenggong exclaimed in surprise, "The Cangshi Divine Lord of the Heavenly Demon University?"

"She stole our spoils?"

"A dignified Nascent Soul cultivator is even trying to steal things from Foundation Establishment and Golden Core cultivators?!"

Although Tian Shenggong was far away from Cangshi Shenjun, the mother dragon still heard Tian Shenggong's voice and then showed a hint of disdain on her face.

"Nonsense, how much does it cost me to run through level 3 once? How could I not return with a full load?"

Seeing that the weight gain displayed in his eyes was still at 298.8%, Cang Shi Shen Jun swept his dragon eyes across the area and immediately decided to increase his own burden.

"With my abilities, being three times overweight is no problem, and I can even add some more."

Seeing the group of Qi Refining students picking up trash in the distance, she immediately stretched out her dragon claw and snatched the trash from the ground.

……

"Make money! Make money! Make money!"

"Get rich! Get rich! Get rich!"

Looking at the juniors and students before him, who were full of vigor, Shi Huaiyu nodded inwardly.

The original two-story buildings had gradually lost their profitability due to the war, and there was even a possibility of losses from further fighting, so everyone avoided the war.

But now, as more and more people make money in the expedition to the third floor, the number of people signing up to participate is also increasing. Almost every student from the top ten universities is eager to sign up, just wanting to go up and legally rob.

Shi Huaiyu reminded the younger students in front of him: "Remember, after you kill people and rob things, don't forget to pay taxes. War tax, plunder tax, and death penalty tax—missing any one of them will result in huge fines that will leave you with no money to rob anything again."

One student couldn't help but say, "We have to pay taxes even if we work ourselves to the bone? And aren't the true gods gone now?"

Shi Huaiyu said coldly, "Since the righteous god has disappeared, the school is naturally taking care of him for now."

After a short while, having finished communicating with her juniors, Shi Huaiyu looked at Zhang Yu in her contacts again.

"Zhang Yu hasn't shown up for two months."

Shi Huaiyu thought to himself, "Could those rumors be true? Did the principal copy Zhang Yu's immortal cultivation techniques, so he wants to suppress Zhang Yu and hide him away?"

Shi Huaiyu sighed, then remembered Zhang Yu's words that he was going into seclusion for a while.

In the end, she decided to believe Zhang Yu.

Shi Huaiyu: [5 Spirit Coins]
Shi Huaiyu: Zhang Yu, keep up your training, we're waiting for you to come back.
……

King Kong University.

Aoki, who had been waiting in the reception room for hours, suddenly noticed that the person he had been waiting for had finally arrived.

"The Wise and Powerful God".

Looking at the divine light before him, Lord Qingmu smiled slightly and said, "You've made me look for you quite a bit."

Zhipan Divine Lord said calmly, "Qingmu, I've already said I don't have much time to work on the Nascent Soul stage."

"It won't do you any good even if you beg me for another ten years."

Aoki God-King gave a wry smile, bowed, and said, "Please do me a favor, Zhipan, just to give me face."

"What face do you have?" Zhipan Divine Lord said coldly, "If it weren't for the Magnetic Pole, do you think I would have come to see you? Even the Magnetic Pole itself, how much energy do you have to deal with this trivial matter right now?"

Aoki God-King still smiled and said, "I've prepared all the materials and expenses for you. Consider it a favor I owe you. You can come to me if you need anything in the future."

Zhi Pan Divine Lord said, "There are plenty of people who can modify Nascent Souls, why do you need to find a Nascent Soul cultivator to do this?"

Qingmu Shenjun sighed and said, "You are the top Nascent Soul crafting master among the ten schools. I am looking for you because I want to get the strongest Nascent Soul that I can find."

Zhipan Divine Lord said, "Qingmu, I'm getting more and more curious... just who is it that wants to break through to the Nascent Soul stage, and that would make you swallow your pride and come to beg me like this?"

Aoki Shinjun: "Then I'll take that as a yes?"

Lord Zhipan said, "After this is done, you must do three things for me for free."

……

On the battlefield of Kunxu Level 3.

Li Xuelian casually smoothed her long silver hair that was fluttering in the wind, and looked at Xinghuo Zhenren, or Xinghuo Zhenjun, who was sitting on the ground to the side and had already advanced to the Nascent Soul stage.

Li Xuelian spoke up, "Father, there seems to be a problem ahead."

Starfire True Monarch looked at the fortress in front of him, which was emitting layers of distorted ripples, and said, "Hmm, it's a spatial blockade."

He sighed, "The enemy has begun a scorched-earth policy, setting up spatial blockades around each of their strongholds."

"No wonder the other side has been keeping a low profile for the past three months, giving up a large area of ​​territory. They are probably waiting for a breakthrough in immortal techniques."

"If the attacking teams on the top ten sides can't break through this defense, they'll likely fall into a disadvantageous position again." ...

As the war progressed, almost every moment, the top ten universities and the Righteous Alliance were pushing forward the development of various related technologies.

Whether it's the reconstruction and management of the spirit world, the vigorous development of the dark spirit world, or the rapid advancement of various killing and treasure-stealing techniques on both sides... all of this is solely for the purpose of eliminating the opponent and gaining greater profits in the war.

Of the many technologies being promoted, the most crucial ones are clearly related to space blockade.

When layers 2, 3, 4, and 5 are sealed off and isolated by space, and when the moon on layer 2 is protected by space, the top ten universities fall into a disadvantageous position, suffering a series of defeats in both momentum and strategy.

However, when the Magnetic God broke through the sun and moon and created a large hole in the space barrier between the 2nd and 3rd floors, the situation changed drastically, and wave after wave of the ten schools' armies that ventured to the 3rd floor reaped huge profits.

At this very moment, the war situation has changed once again due to the changes in immortal techniques.

On the three-story land, more and more research institutes, laboratories, and outposts surrounded by spatial barriers began to appear.

Surrounded by spatial barriers, the defensive capabilities of these Righteous Alliance strongholds are greatly enhanced, making them like nails driven firmly into the earth.

……

Within the spirit realm.

The Demon Lord of Tianmo University sneered and said, "Now, every time we break through one of the enemy's strongholds, we have to spend a lot of resources. The more we fight, the more we lose. How can we continue the war?"

Bloodfall God nodded in agreement: "If we don't solve the problem of the spatial barrier, our battle space will be compressed little by little, and we will eventually be forced to retreat from the territory we currently occupy, or even retreat from the third floor to the second floor... and if we keep retreating, we might as well retreat to our respective schools."

As the various Nascent Soul cultivators from the top ten universities spoke up one after another, everyone's attention seemed to be drawn to the Magnetic Extreme God.

The Magnetic God could naturally sense all of this, but he remained silent, as if he hadn't heard a word.

At the same time, she recalled the events of the past four months.

When she broke the spatial barrier between the second and third layers, all the Nascent Soul cultivators showed her great respect. When she said she wanted to repair the Boundary-Breaking Cone, although the Nascent Soul cultivators secretly grumbled, no one objected.

However, as time went by, some people in the spirit world began to call on the Magnetic God to make the space technology public, so that the schools could attack the third floor from multiple points, instead of focusing on entering and exiting the large void.

Two months later, the voices in the spirit world grew louder and louder, and even deities who had transformed into gods began to visit, intentionally or unintentionally bringing up the matter of space technology.

Starting a month ago, at every meeting, a Nascent Soul cultivator proposed a shared space technology. Although it was directly rejected by the Magnetic God, she could feel the growing dissatisfaction among the Nascent Soul cultivators.

At this very moment, as the space technology of the Righteous Alliance began to spread, the dissatisfaction of the Nascent Soul cultivators accumulated to a new stage, and they all launched attacks against the magnetic poles at the very beginning of today's meeting.

Listening to the speeches of the various deities in the spirit realm, the Magnetic Extreme Deity did not even lift his eyelids, but simply said indifferently: "The Boundary-Breaking Cone is still under repair. Once the magic weapon is repaired, I will begin to take action and break through various spatial barriers."

Lord Nielen roared, "Magnetic pole! You've been saying that for four months now!"

Bloodfall God said, "The battle situation is critical now. How much longer must we wait?"

Cangshi Divine Lord said quietly, "How many people are losing money every day? If this continues, I think all the top ten will go bankrupt."

The Thousand Puppet God of Immortal Soldier University also chimed in, "Magnetic pole, it's a small matter if we lose some money, but this battle concerns the safety of all schools and the future of millions of people. We can't afford not to be anxious."

Looking at Thousand Puppet God Lord, the former head of the weapon-refining department of Immortal Soldier University, who was involved in more than two thousand copyright disputes in three years and was known as one of the plagiarism kings of Immortal Soldier University, Magnet couldn't help but laugh.

The Magnetic God Lord laughed and said, "Billions of living beings? Don't make me laugh, Thousand Puppet."

"I bet you're just waiting to copy my Boundary-Breaking Cone, aren't you? Even if I let you copy it, would you even understand it?"

Magnetism God suddenly stood up, and nine Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Towers shone brightly behind him, forming a great array to suppress the spirit realm space in front of him.

The gods who witnessed this scene felt a jolt in their hearts.

The Evil Lotus God thought to himself, "This guy stored so many Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Towers on the third floor? And he can even form a grand formation..."

The Magnetic God said coldly, "Billions of living beings... you can be anxious if you want, I'm too lazy to be anxious."

“I said the Boundary-Breaking Cone is under repair, and that means it is under repair.”

Whether you believe it or not is none of my business.

"At worst, I'll just go back to Wanfa University and leave the entire third floor to you to continue fighting."

The Divine Lord of King Kong University advised, "Magnetic Pole, of course we believe what you say. But the situation is tense, and everyone is anxious."

"Could you give me a number? How much longer will it take?"

With a wave of his sleeve, the Magnetic God turned and left, saying, "It'll be soon, no more than a month or two. Just wait and see."

Watching the departing figure of the Magnetic God, the Thousand Puppet God of Immortal Soldier University said angrily, "Look at her attitude! Anyone who didn't know better would think she conquered the third floor all by herself."

The meeting ended unhappily, and the many Nascent Soul cultivators exchanged glances, their dissatisfaction growing stronger.

The departing Magnetic God thought to himself, "Luckily, I managed to pull through."

"If they had known back then that it was Zhang Yu who broke through the spatial barrier, he probably would have been borrowed to various battlefields over the past few months and would not have had time to make his own breakthrough."

"but……"

Magnetism God looked in the direction of the great void and thought to himself, "The Righteous Alliance has been accumulating strength for so long, and it seems they are about to launch a major counterattack."

"The pressure will likely increase over the next month."

……

On the 3rd level battlefield.

The Heavenly Slaughter True Monarch looked at the enemy stronghold before him, his heart filled with immense anger.

Seeing so many enemies hiding behind the spatial barrier, yet being able to watch but not kill them, made him feel even more uncomfortable.

"These are all turtle shells... If we want to get through, we can only go through the narrow passage at the main entrance."

"But they can attack from all angles and directions."

"Go out and fight, then you can immediately retreat..."

The Heavenly Slaughter True Lord circled the stronghold, much like a lion circling its prey.

“What used to take a place in a few hours, now even I… it would take several days to take it down.”

"The resources, time, and mana consumed... were all too much."

Just then, the sky gradually darkened.

When Tian Sha Zhenjun looked up, he saw a thick darkness descending like an abyss, covering the entire stronghold along with the spatial barrier.

"Qingming... Divine Lord." Tian Sha Zhenjun looked at Qingming Divine Lord, who was descending from the sky using the Northern Darkness Devouring Star Technique, gritted his teeth, and a trace of unwillingness appeared in his eyes.

He thought to himself with a hint of sourness, "What's so great about him? He just broke through and is already drowning in debt. He's still poorer than me, a Nascent Soul cultivator."

Knowing that the war had reached a stalemate, the Heavenly Killing True Lord finally issued the last Transformation Certificate in his hand, allowing the Azure Netherworld God Lord to break through to the Transformation Realm.

However, according to Tian Sha Zhenjun, the requirements for breaking through to the Nascent Soul stage this time are even more stringent.

Besides the materials needed for the breakthrough, which Qingming Shenjun had to purchase himself, Wanfa University did not provide any subsequent materials; Qingming Shenjun had to go up to the 3rd floor to grab them himself.

Therefore, Qingming was already heavily indebted after his breakthrough.

However... even though the conditions are harsh, if it were up to True Monarch Tiansha to choose, he would definitely agree.

At this moment, Qingming Divine Lord, who was using the immortal techniques, felt extremely proud and unleashed his magical power like never before, making him almost invincible on the battlefield.

However, his appearance quickly attracted the attention of the opposing Nascent Soul cultivator, and the two sides engaged in a fierce battle that swept across thousands of miles.

Qingming Divine Lord sneered and said, "Trash, so what if you broke through a year earlier than me? I will still defeat you today."

……

On the other side of the battlefield.

As the battle situation worsened, Yu Xinghan could sense that the universities were becoming increasingly aggressive in their approach.

He looked at the battlefield slaughterhouse jointly established by the two great academies, Tianmo and Youming, and saw people being sent in one by one, and then being made into various corpse parts and transported out.

Some body parts were thrown into the blood pool of the Netherworld University, some were used to build fortifications, and others were reprocessed into magical artifacts used by students in war.

Yu Xinghan knew that the people who were sent there were supposed to be prisoners of war, but some of them were not.

He even suspected that if the battle continued to turn against them, the actions of the Four Heavenly Demon Schools might become even more aggressive.

After all, he had recently heard students from Tianmo University say that the school's higher-ups had proposed building large-scale human breeding farms to raise prefabricated humans with a lifespan of 3 months, as well as tactics such as releasing earth evil energy and causing irreversible damage and permanent pollution to the third floor.

Looking at Zhang Yu's still-ghosted profile picture in her contacts, Yu Xinghan thought to herself, "It's been four months..."

The next moment, a notification from his superior appeared in Yu Xinghan's eyes.

"Build defensive fortifications?" Yu Xing thought to himself, "If the enemy builds defensive fortifications, should we build them too?"

In the time that followed, the three-story terrain resembled jagged teeth, with both sides constructing long defensive lines that, like meat grinders, turned countless resources and assets into ashes.

……

Above Wanfa University.

A bolt of lightning suddenly fell from the sky.

With a deafening roar, the entire Wanfa University was filled with piercing alarm sounds.

Le Mulan looked up in surprise and asked, "Didn't we attack the third floor? How come there's an air raid here?"

At the same time, not only Wanfa University was attacked, but also the territories of the top ten universities on the second floor were attacked.

A large number of Righteous Alliance cultivators broke through the second and third layers of spatial blockade and began attacking the rear of the ten major universities.

Throughout this process, Xiang Shen kept observing the actions of each school over the next few days.

He finally made up his mind about one thing.

"As expected, the magnetic poles were simply unable to break through the spatial blockade, so they could only passively take hits in the face of the air attack."

"Hmph, all that preparation we've put in to guard against her before launching our final attack was for nothing."

"If we had known this would happen, we should have attacked much earlier."

At the same time, the auspicious god's gaze shifted, and he saw a message sent by a believer.

"Oh? We've finally found a clue about Zhang Yu?"

Meanwhile, within Wanfa University, in a space that is difficult to detect, difficult to enter, and almost unknown to anyone.

Zhang Yu slowly opened his eyes, and an aura belonging to the Nascent Soul realm gradually surged out from his body.

(End of this chapter)