[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-137":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","No Money, What Cultivation?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},163486,323,"Chapter 137: Lv 10 Crippled Ox, Undercurrents (Thanks to Prince Logut for Alliance Leader)","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-137",137,"\u003Cp>Listening to Bai Zhenzhen and Miaoyun's conversation, Zhang Yu's eyes flickered. Although he had been in Kunxu for nearly half a year, a lot of knowledge and information was still buried deep in his mind, not yet fully integrated into his consciousness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing their exchange, Zhang Yu gradually recalled that in Kunxu, one's face could also be sold; being good-looking was itself quantifiable in money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He quickly took out his phone and logged into the face model website, wanting to see how much his face was worth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after the facial recognition finished, he got a result that the face model had already been sold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he checked the transaction record: only sold for 2,000 yuan, and it was a one-time buyout for 20 years of copyright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was also a user review: \"Handsome but utterly unremarkable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself, \"I knew it. The original body already sold it long ago.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, it was sold too cheap. If I'd waited until I was more famous, the copyright for this face model would definitely have been worth more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He casually searched for valuable face models and found that even the faces of celebrities, stars, and internet influencers were only moderately valuable, because they were all purely cosmetic face models.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The most valuable ones were functional face models, like the faces of the Eight Righteous Gods, which even had enhancement effects on talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another example was face models with a charm effect, which were production tools for certain specialized industries.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also all kinds of bizarre non-human face models, which were also expensive because they involved surgery and body modification.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Miaoyun approached Zhang Yu. When she pointed at his body, Zhang Yu felt a cold surge of mana being injected into him, but it quickly triggered the Great Sun mana that was continuously circulating throughout his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the Great Sun mana surged back, Miaoyun abruptly withdrew her hand, thinking to herself, \"Is it a mana cycle built through passive breathing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was in my junior year of high school before I first mastered passive breathing, wasn't I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, another rich kid, right? So jealous.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She blew on her fingertip and said, \"Handsome, you burned me. Why don't you hold back your mana a bit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu immediately stopped the passive breathing of the Great Sun Qi Sea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few hours later, after the ad shoot was complete, the first installment of the endorsement fee—200,000 yuan after tax—arrived. Zhang Yu looked at his savings, which had skyrocketed to over 480,000 yuan, and his heart leaped with joy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days later.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time came to the end of April.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Without realizing it, with the promotion of new body refinement technology, a few purple-skinned people, dark-skinned people, and beastmen had begun to appear on the campus of Songyang High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, in the first-year demonstration class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The homeroom teacher, Su Haifeng, with electricity flickering in his eyes, was promoting the \"Super Metabolism\" surgery from Ziyun Pharmaceutical to the students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In order to improve the students' performance, Ziyun Pharmaceutical has partnered with the school to launch a discounted package for Super Metabolism surgery, so that all students can take drugs comfortably, safely, and without worry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If your family is struggling and can't afford the surgery, you can come to me to apply for a loan...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below, Zhao Tianxing looked at the surgery application form that had been handed out, and began to hesitate in his mind: \"Which is better: imitation demon muscles or Super Metabolism?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen both use imitation demon muscles, but Super Metabolism doesn't just require the surgery; afterward you have to spend even more money on drugs, which will be an increasing burden on my family.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Around him, the other students were also discussing, clearly many of them were just as undecided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Tianxing asked Qian Shen, \"Which one are you choosing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Shen glanced at Zhao Tianxing, thinking that although this guy had low scores, his moral character was passable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Qian Shen said frankly, \"I was originally thinking of getting imitation demon muscles first, then Super Metabolism surgery, and finally the Black Dragon bloodline, since they're all ways to steadily improve scores...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, Zhao Tianxing couldn't help but curse the rich bastard in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Shen continued, \"But unfortunately, after consulting, I found out that these full-body modifications conflict with each other, so I ended up having to go with Super Metabolism.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Su Haifeng on the podium continued: \"...Other new body refinement techniques are just shortcuts, giving you a temporary boost in physical power. Only Super Metabolism surgery improves your cultivation speed for a lifetime and expands the ceiling of your future cultivation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you don't get this surgery done now, you'll only be left further and further behind, eventually becoming useless, and probably won't stay in the demonstration class...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Tianxing watched as more and more classmates signed the surgery application, like seeing groups of purple-skinned people sprinting ahead, leaving him farther and farther behind. Before he knew it, he had one foot out the door of the demonstration class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking a deep breath, Zhao Tianxing finally abandoned his original idea of saving money for his family to lighten their burden, and signed his name on the Super Metabolism surgery application.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Haifeng stood at the podium, watching the students below begin to sign one by one, as if seeing the future Songyang High School, and even countless high school students across all of Songyang, turning into groups of purple-skinned, dark-skinned, and beastmen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought to himself: \"Green Oasis, Immortal Charm, Purple Cloud, Red Tower... what exactly are they trying to do? Could it really be, as Master said, that they’re planning something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, his gaze swept over to the two empty seats, and he asked, \"Where did Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He Dayou quickly replied, \"They skipped class!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A faint flash of electricity sparked in Su Haifeng’s eyes. If any other student dared to do this, he would make them understand how the paper \"On the Prospects of Applying Electric Shocks in High School Teaching\" came to be written.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They would just pull out competition prize certificates and name-drops from their Magic Power class teacher, Martial Arts class teacher, or PE teacher. Even Su Haifeng would have a hard time dealing with that. \"Forget it, Zhang Pianpian will leave in another month and a half. Then someone will naturally deal with those two.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Below the stage, He Dayou looked at Su Haifeng with disappointment. Even this grade director, the \"kingpin of freshmen,\" turned a blind eye to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen skipping class, making the school board chairman’s son feel a sense of injustice. Could those with good grades really do whatever they wanted?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the rooftop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zhang Yu’s mind, the visualization of the Crippled Ox let out a long howl toward the sky. His Crippled Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Method had finally broken through to level 10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the Crippled Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Method reached level 10, a surge of determination welled up in Zhang Yu’s heart—an unyielding resolve, even through nine deaths without regret, a hundred defeats without bending, advancing despite covering his body in wounds! Advance! Advance!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This aligned perfectly with Zhang Yu’s current determination to go all out and pass the Foundation Establishment Exam to break into the Top Ten. It made him circulate the Crippled Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Method more smoothly, and his Dao heart became more rounded and stable. He felt his willpower had grown stronger than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the moment the Crippled Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Method reached level 10, waves of insight from tempering the mental method merged into his memory, giving him a new degree of control over his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was exactly the effect of the level-10 Crippled Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Method. He felt that at any moment he could empty his mind, temporarily reduce mental energy consumption, and then boost the metabolism of his flesh and blood, accelerating wound recovery and improving the efficiency of body refinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Breathing technique and heart method—finally both at level 10...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the Crippled Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Method constantly cycling in his mind, and the mana circulating naturally through the Great Sun Sea of Qi within his body, he sensed he was one step closer to the Foundation Establishment Exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking over one by one\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his stats on the Feather Book. Lately, his Dao heart and mana had been steadily improving.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dao Heart Level 4 (89%)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Mana 48.1\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Body Strength Level 4.96\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"These past few days, I’ve been focusing entirely on practicing the breathing technique and heart method, but I haven’t had a chance to train my body.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now that the Great Sun Sea of Qi and the Crippled Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Method have finally reached level 10, I can spend most of my time on body refinement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, Zhang Yu planned to take the Sports track for the Foundation Establishment Exam, so his training focus would naturally be on body strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he also knew that in Kunxu, just hard training alone wouldn’t work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, he already had a comprehensive plan and preparations for body refinement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After school, in the rental room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen leaned against the door, hearing the thumping sounds from inside the room, and thought to herself, \"It’ll take two hours, so I might as well find a quiet spot to train.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the room, Zhang Yu and Le Mulan wore serious expressions as they engaged in dangerous close-quarters combat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cold legs kept twisting and strangling toward Zhang Yu, the tight contact of skin and flesh transmitting terrifying force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan could now feel the heat from the other’s body transmitted through her legs. Though it was still scalding, she had managed to control her face so that it no longer showed such a disgusted expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She tried to focus entirely on the physical strength contest, learning Zhang Yu’s techniques through the confrontation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu was also very serious about this training. While sparring with Le Mulan, he rubbed against the medicinal liquid on her body with a solemn expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this process, Zhang Yu clearly noticed that the fiercer the fight, the more the medicine inside Le Mulan’s body absorbed, and the more medicinal liquid would be released.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, her thigh, which showed a hint of fleshiness under his tremendous strength, gave a cool, smooth, and slippery sensation. The more he rubbed, the more medicinal liquid he felt being forced out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Though sometimes the strange sensation from her legs would distract him, he immediately focused on the Crippled Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Method, concentrating on self-improvement, and cast aside all distracting thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two hours ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen knocked on the door and asked, \"Are you done?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A-Zhen, wait,\" Zhang Yu said. \"Le Mulan is still bathing and changing clothes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment, Le Mulan finished bathing, changed clothes, and came out. She glanced at Zhang Yu, who was still lying on the ground soaking in the medicinal liquid, and said flatly, \"Looks like you're getting used to it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhang Yu's entire body was evenly coated in a medicinal liquid that emitted a strange fragrance. As he felt the liquid being absorbed through his skin, his muscles, mana, and brain grew increasingly active under the nourishment of the medicine's power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing Le Mulan's question, Zhang Yu replied, \"Drinking it or anything like that... I absolutely won't do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But going out of my way to wash it off or anything... I won't do that either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To save money, to improve the efficiency of body refinement, and to pass the Foundation Establishment exam, Zhang Yu decided to make use of Le Mulan's medicinal liquid to accelerate his cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan smiled faintly at his words, and a sudden curiosity welled up in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought especially of how, for the sake of her grades, to advance further on the immortal path, and to be worthy of the money invested in her, she had to choose to adapt and change herself proactively.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Could this poor man before her really persist in being himself without changing? Would he rather leave her high-value medicinal liquid undrunk?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were those lower-class students at Ziyun High School, they would already be licking the floor by now, right?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought to herself, \"Can he really persist in not drinking it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What if the value were even higher?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2095,"2026-05-29T04:54:22.303Z","2026-06-01T04:29:11.989Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","185e532a0bab3d22303ca119cec364a32e8f0a1b1bfa36264b1516c6b37f2394","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-138","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-136",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]