Chapter 131: Great Sun Qi Circulation, Found a Place (Seeking monthly tickets)

Hearing Bai Zhenzhen's curious question, Zhang Yu immediately told her about Le Mulan and the medicinal liquid.

Finally, he said helplessly, "I wonder if the medicinal liquid Le Mulan secretes has any side effects. I hope the tutoring fees I earn won't be less than the medical bills."

But Bai Zhenzhen's eyes sparkled as she said, "You said her sweat can restore stamina, excite nerves, and stimulate mana. And according to her own words... it can also heal injuries?"

"Is this some kind of universal medicine?"

"Bring some back for me next time. Let me try it. I have high drug resistance, so I'm not afraid of side effects."

Zhang Yu found that although he had been in Kunxu for quite some time, he still felt out of place in many situations.

For example, collecting the sweat of wealthy people—even if he wanted to make up his mind, he ultimately couldn't convince himself to do it.

Seeing that Zhang Yu didn't respond, Bai Zhenzhen said, "Then why don't you ask Le Mulan when she'll invite us both to spar together? Didn't she say during the physical competition that she would consider it?"

Bai Zhenzhen thought to herself that since Zhang Yu wasn't willing, she would collect the sweat herself when the time came.

Zhang Yu casually said, "She said she still needs to adapt a bit before she can take on both of us at once. I don't know what she needs to adapt to."

"I alone can make her drenched in sweat. How does she plan to adapt to fight both of us at once?"

As he spoke, Zhang Yu glanced at Bai Zhenzhen's calves and the exposed skin, noticing that the scars from the martial arts competition had all disappeared.

Looking at the skin, smooth and new like porcelain, Zhang Yu smiled and said, "A'Zhen, did you successfully remove the scars on your body? Then you won't have to worry about the scars splitting when you go all out."

Bai Zhenzhen nodded with a smile, rolled up her sleeve, and showed the newly repaired skin on her arm: "What do you think? I think it's pretty good, basically no different from my old skin."

Zhang Yu looked at the fair and soft skin, about to compliment it, when he suddenly noticed a logo from Heart-Create Medical, and asked in confusion, "What's this?"

Bai Zhenzhen said nonchalantly, "It's an implanted ad from the surgery. Either become a gold member of the hospital to remove ads, or spend an extra two thousand to get rid of it."

"I'm not wasting money on that. My metabolism is fast enough—in a few weeks, this thing will be metabolized away."

Zhang Yu nodded upon hearing this—an ad that would disappear after a while naturally didn't need to be paid to remove.

Zhang Yu then asked, "How much did it cost? I'll send you the money to reimburse you."

Bai Zhenzhen showed the electronic bill and said, "After I joined a discount event, they quoted me 38,888 yuan, and they also gave me a free physical check-up."

After transferring the money to Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu's savings dropped to a little over 170,000, making him sigh that money really didn't last.

Bai Zhenzhen cheered, hugged Zhang Yu from behind, and pressed against him: "That's a reward for you, Yu."

Feeling the true spirit root enter his dantian, and spiritual energy surging from all directions, Zhang Yu couldn't help but let out a comfortable moan.

Bai Zhenzhen went to the side and said, "You cultivate for a while. I'll leave once I finish putting on my makeup."

Bai Zhenzhen began putting on her wig, tattoo stickers, padding... one by one, preparing for the part-time job in the dark tutoring world later today.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu, after the spirit root entered his body, began to circulate the Great Sun Qi Sea again.

At first, nothing happened, but after a moment, he felt that the true spirit root seemed to be adapting to the Great Sun Qi Sea technique, helping him gather and contain radiance subtly.

However, after Zhang Yu completed one cycle of breathing, Bai Zhenzhen finished her disguise. Zhang Yu could only go to the park later to continue experimenting with the true spirit root's assistance to the Great Sun Qi Sea.

Three hours passed in the blink of an eye.

By the small lake in the park.

The lights from the park office buildings, the moonlight spilling from the sky, and the streetlights not far away... strands of light were continuously being absorbed by Zhang Yu, who refined the spiritual essence within them into mana.

The Great Sun Qi Sea had been pushed to Level 2 (11/20) by Zhang Yu.

At this moment, not a trace of radiance could be seen on him; instead, he grew even darker under the night sky.

And under the influence of the true spirit root, this darkness gradually spread from his body surface to a range of dozens of centimeters around him, as if a formless shadow covered the area.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Indeed, the true spirit root is adapting to the new technique, helping me improve the efficiency of absorbing radiance and collecting spiritual essence."

Seeing this, Fuji was even more impressed: "This evolvable spirit root of Bai Zhenzhen's is so useful. It can adaptively evolve with the user's cultivation technique and direction changes. It's practically a universal spirit root."

"Right now, this spirit root has improved the absorption efficiency of the Great Sun Qi Sea by at least ten percent. If it continues to adapt, I wonder how much further it can go."

At the same time, a trace of curiosity arose in her heart: "This spirit root is currently at the level of a heavenly spirit root. Will it evolve into a godly spirit root... or even an immortal spirit root in the future?"

Fuji couldn't be sure, but her curiosity grew even stronger.

After all, above the Heavenly Spirit Root is the Divine Spirit Root, which is military-grade, and above the Divine Spirit Root is the Immortal Spirit Root, which is exclusively supplied to the ten great sects.

Fuji thought to herself: "If Bai Zhenzhen's spirit root could evolve into an Immortal Spirit Root, that would be an unimaginable fortune... but also an unimaginable disaster."

……

In the blink of an eye, one night passed.

Bathed in the morning sunlight, Zhang Yu carried Bai Zhenzhen on his back and ran from the distant suburbs toward the city center.

However, Zhang Yu had already pushed his Great Sun Qi Sea to level 3 (14/30). Even without deliberately circulating his energy, his passive breathing technique was operating on its own.

With passive breathing at level 3, Zhang Yu felt that its effect was about thirty percent of the Great Sun Qi Sea's active breathing.

He guessed that this technique, like the Circadian Qi Absorption Method, would eventually reach level 10, at which point the difference between passive and active breathing would be negligible.

At that moment, as the morning sun rose, Zhang Yu felt wisps of sunlight being violently infused into his body like sparks, accompanying the endless cycle of Great Sun mana, constantly being absorbed into his dantian and finally refined into his own mana.

As the morning sunlight grew brighter, Zhang Yu felt the Great Sun Qi Sea within him churning even more fiercely.

The golden Great Sun mana carried rolling waves of heat, traveling up and down Zhang Yu's body like flames, frantically craving and devouring the solar radiance he had absorbed.

Zhang Yu felt his dantian had become a small furnace. As radiance was drawn in, it was like adding oil to the fire, burning ever stronger and constantly emitting increasingly abundant Great Sun mana.

Yet Zhang Yu felt no discomfort. Instead, it was like basking in the sun on a winter day—a warm and cozy feeling. He thought to himself that the Great Sun Qi Sea was indeed more effective for cultivation during the day, with efficiency vastly different from last night.

Bai Zhenzhen, on Zhang Yu's back, asked in surprise, "Yu, you're getting darker and darker."

They could see that with the fierce operation of the Great Sun Qi Sea, Zhang Yu seemed to be shrouded in shadow, looking several shades darker than before.

Zhang Yu quickly looked at his own body and immediately realized this.

Damn! Did I turn into a black guy?

He thought to himself, good thing I'm in Kunxu. If I were somewhere else, practicing this technique would get me shot every day, right?

However, the Great Sun Qi Sea had its own way to eliminate such phenomena. With a thought from Zhang Yu, he slightly suppressed the Great Sun mana, reducing the passive breathing effect a little, and the shadow on his body instantly disappeared.

Bai Zhenzhen asked curiously, "If you keep leveling up your Great Sun Qi Sea, absorbing more radiance, will you eventually become pitch black? Wouldn't that be useful for hiding your identity?"

"Then once you turn black, try skipping tickets, evading surveillance, or even stealing and robbing..."

Azhen, you're going too far! Who told you that turning black makes it easier to commit crimes?

Zhang Yu was about to scold her when Bai Zhenzhen continued, "Ah, forget it. Doing those things doesn't even pay as well as underground tutoring, and you'd have to figure out how to pay taxes. Too much trouble."

Zhang Yu couldn't help but sigh, thinking that taxation was definitely an important factor in maintaining public order in Kunxu.

Looking one by one

On the way back to the city, Zhang Yu's phone vibrated. When he opened it, it was a message from Yu Xinghan.

Yu Xinghan: Are you looking to rent a place?

Zhang Yu's heart stirred. The other party must have seen his message about renting on his Moments and came to ask.

Thinking that the other party was a Golden Core disciple who probably had no idea how much wealth he controlled, he likely had a spare house to rent to him.

So Zhang Yu immediately replied: Yes.

Yu Xinghan: My rental is a bit big. Want to share it?

Zhang Yu frowned and replied: A Golden Core disciple still rents?

Yu Xinghan: Never buying a house is the principle my sect has always upheld. Rather than spending money on a house, it's better to invest in yourself.

Zhang Yu thought to himself that this Starfire True Person was indeed a poor Golden Core, a genuine Golden Core cultivator who couldn't even afford a house in Songyang City on Kunxu's first layer. Good thing he hadn't joined the other's sect back then.

But when he asked about the rent—over a hundred thousand per month—Zhang Yu felt he had been too presumptuous.

So Zhang Yu replied: I don't like sharing a rental.

He thought that declining Yu Xinghan would end the conversation there.

Unexpectedly, the other party sent a link to a shopping platform.

Yu Xinghan: Go in and click on it for me.

Zhang Yu was slightly stunned. He looked closely and felt a wave of speechlessness.

Holy crap, Kunxu's "slash once" trick, huh?

Isn't Yuxing Han just a Core Formation disciple? Does he have to nickel-and-dime this much?

Zhang Yu couldn't be bothered to deal with him anymore.

Over the next day, Zhang Yu kept receiving more messages asking about renting the apartment.

While Zhang Yu was sunbathing on the rooftop and training in the Great Sun Qi Sea, he received a rental message from Qian Shen.

It was a small apartment over twenty square meters under Qian Shen's father's name, with a monthly rent of 6000.

Zhang Yu was slightly tempted, because that price in the city center was definitely cheap — a friendship price from Qian Shen.

While eating in the cafeteria, Zhang Yu got another message from Song Hailong.

He directly sent photos of the room, which looked way bigger than Qian Shen's little twenty-square-meter apartment, had good lighting, and even a large balcony outside — perfect for training the Great Sun Qi Sea.

But there were too many washing machines — why were there four of them in the room?

Hearing Zhang Yu's question, Song Hailong replied: "I haven't even finished sending all the photos yet. That's just the maid's room."

After seeing the subsequent photos — including the whole set for the two-hundred-square-meter big apartment and the rent price of over one hundred thousand — Zhang Yu silently replied: "Too empty, don't like it."

On the rooftop after school, Zhang Yu received another rental message from Le Mulan.

He opened the room photos and saw... hmm, no bed, no sofa, no kitchen, and certainly no TV or anything like that — there were medicine cabinets, a meditation room, body-training equipment, a washing machine...

It was about sixty square meters, and with standard cultivation-style decoration, it perfectly met Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's needs.

The only thing was that the "Quick Pure" disinfectant spray from Ziyun Pharmaceutical at the entrance made Zhang Yu feel a bit uncomfortable.

Also, the sixty-square-meter apartment actually had two bathrooms, which struck Zhang Yu as a bit odd.

Le Mulan: "This apartment is across the street from Ziyun High School, a place I used for a while. You only need to pay 2000 a month."

Le Mulan: "But if you move in, from now on our sparring sessions will be done here."

Le Mulan: "After all, changing and washing at school is still pretty inconvenient."

Le Mulan: "Oh right, this apartment has two bathrooms — one of them is for my exclusive use, and you can't get in."

Zhang Yu did the math: Le Mulan's private bathroom was about thirty square meters, taking up half the apartment.

Zhang Yu cursed inwardly: "Damn... the real point of this apartment is just your off-campus bathroom, isn't it? How many private bathrooms do you need? Are you just marking territory everywhere?"

Zhang Yu: "No problem, I'll rent this apartment."

Looking at the rental info he received today, Zhang Yu felt like he'd made a new discovery.

Although the backers behind Yuxing Han, Song Hailong, Le Mulan — all these filthy rich kids — should all have plenty of money.

But he had a feeling... Le Mulan seemed to have fewer qualms when spending money.

Just then, Bai Zhenzhen on the other side of the rooftop said, "Yu Zi, it's about time — we need to head to White Dragon."

Today was the day to go to White Dragon High School for the sparring training with Yuxing Han and Song Hailong.

And thinking about going into actual combat with that Core Formation disciple, a hint of anticipation couldn't help but appear in Zhang Yu's eyes.