[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-143":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},163492,323,"Chapter 143: Exam Reform, Foundation Establishment Test (Seeking monthly tickets)","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-143",143,"\u003Cp>A moment later, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had each arrived in the small stalls of the men's and women's restrooms, then opened their phones and tapped the confirmation button on the webpage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then the webpage flashed, and a registration form for the Kunxu First Layer High School Student Foundation Establishment Exam appeared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu silently filled in his information, then clicked \"Log In.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Login fee: 1000 yuan. Please confirm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu cursed inwardly but still clicked \"Confirm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As 1000 yuan was directly deducted from his bank account, waves of divine power rippled through the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, Zhang Yu felt the ground beneath him disappear; a large hole had opened in the restroom floor, causing him to fall through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Holy crap!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhang Yu's figure completely vanished, the floor returned to normal, leaving no trace whatsoever of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu felt as if his body had passed through countless indescribable, inexplicable things.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he came to his senses again, he found himself standing in an office. In front of him, a middle-aged woman looked at him and said calmly, \"Here to register for the Foundation Establishment Exam?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu sensed faint traces of divine power on the woman and thought to himself, \"Human? Or god?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After seeing Zhang Yu nod, the woman handed him a contract and said, \"The registration fee is thirty thousand. And here are the rules that must be followed for the Foundation Establishment Exam.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After paying the registration fee and signing this contract in the presence of the Great God of Heavenly Covenant, you must not violate the exam rules; otherwise, you will never be able to take the Foundation Establishment Exam again in this lifetime.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman added, \"And once you sign the contract, outsiders will not be able to find out that you participated in this exam.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, if you withdraw midway, the registration fee will not be refunded.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking that the registration fee was thirty thousand, Zhang Yu felt his heart bleed a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This way, after counting the train ticket and the login fee just now, his remaining balance was only a little over ten thousand yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wonder if Zhen has enough money; if not, she'll have to take out a loan to register.\" Sighing inwardly, Zhang Yu lowered his head and carefully read the contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were many stipulations in the contract, such as not disclosing any specific information about the exam, not revealing any information about the exam participants, and not recording or photographing the exam site...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides that, there was also a warning in the contract, which the middle-aged woman in front of him mentioned additionally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Foundation Establishment Exam is highly valued by the Heavenly Court and is held by the Ten Great Sects to select talented individuals capable of Foundation Establishment.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don't think about playing tricks or using underhanded methods.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once discovered by the Eight Departments of Righteous Gods, both examinees and related personnel will be severely punished; at the lightest, they will lose everything; at the worst, their path to immortality will be cut off, and all their immortal potential will be stripped away...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu nodded slightly, understanding that this was a warning to examinees not to think about cheating or doing things like eliminating competitors outside the exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carefully reading through all the rules and asking about a few points of confusion, Zhang Yu signed the contract in the presence of the Great God of Heavenly Covenant, and then paid the thirty thousand yuan registration fee, somewhat pained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After confirming that the contract was fine, the middle-aged woman continued, \"Alright, registration is over. Next is the registration test.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We need to test your fundamentals a bit, to screen out some overly weak candidates, so as not to waste exam resources.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, she affixed a test taker number, 55, onto Zhang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But as Zhang Yu listened to what she said, his heart suddenly sank. He had never heard Zhang Pianpian mention that there would be a test during registration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu spoke up and asked, \"Isn't today just for registration?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman said casually, \"The Foundation Establishment Exam has been reformed this year. This is newly added content.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu complained, \"Weren't we told that the first round of exams doesn't start until August?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There are still two months left; I still have a lot of room to grow. Testing me now won't show my true strength at all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman said impatiently, \"Are you going or not? If not, I'll send you off now, but the registration fee is non-refundable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu sighed helplessly. \"Where is the test?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The middle-aged woman pointed at the door behind Zhang Yu and said, \"Go out the door and you'll be at the test location.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu opened the door and walked out. When he turned around, he saw that the door he had just opened was gone, leaving only a pure white wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He walked forward along the corridor and soon arrived at a hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the end of the hall, a large metal door stood, and a group of people were gathered in front of it, seemingly looking at something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu approached a little closer and quickly spotted a familiar face playing on his phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan was replying to Li Xuelian's message on his phone: \"Transfer me 100,000.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xuelian: \"Are you sure you need 100,000?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan: \"I can't disclose the specific expenses, you know how it is, but it will take exactly 100,000 to continue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Xuelian: \"I understand, there's a confidentiality agreement, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching the 100,000 yuan Li Xuelian had transferred, Yu Xinghan couldn't help but laugh: \"The Foundation Establishment exam is really great.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought to himself: \"Besides the art of saving money, if you want to go further on the path of immortality, the most important thing is the art of asking for money. Without that, you won't get far.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan suddenly remembered Zhang Yu: \"Too bad, Zhang Yu. Although I taught you the art of saving money, I can't teach you the art of asking for money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, you don't have a Golden Core master like I do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If anyone's to blame, it's that the master is too poor to support both of us, so he can only choose to nurture the stronger one...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Yu Xinghan looked at the familiar person who had suddenly appeared before him and was momentarily stunned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He rubbed his eyes and looked again, then exclaimed in surprise: \"Zhang Yu? What are you doing here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu glanced at the examinee number on the other person and said with a smile: \"I'm here to take the Foundation Establishment exam. Aren't you?\" Having thoroughly read the rules and consulted on the spot, Zhang Yu knew that the exam rules restrict only external disclosure and external interference with the exam order. But just like other competitions, they don't prohibit understanding among participants. In fact, judging from this setup, Zhang Yu strongly suspected the exam encouraged participants to learn about each other and increase the intensity of competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You!\" Yu Xinghan stared at Zhang Yu in shock. At first he was startled, worried that an acquaintance had discovered he was taking the Foundation Establishment exam. But he quickly realized Zhang Yu was also an examinee and relaxed. However, he couldn't figure out how the other had ended up here—how could he be here?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the gathering of the top high school students on the first layer, the competition of the strongest high schoolers, a channel only known to Golden Core disciples like him. And yet this poor bastard had also come?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his talent was excellent and his grades were great... in the end, he was still a poor bastard! A poor bastard whose backer, Zhang Pianpian, had also left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Bai Zhenzhen also walked up to Zhang Yu. She patted him on the shoulder, then looked at Yu Xinghan in surprise, saying: \"Hey? You came too?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why is Bai Zhenzhen here too?\" Yu Xinghan even began to doubt whether he had come to the wrong place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, a red envelope drifted down and landed at the feet of the three people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Yu Xinghan hesitated for 0.1 seconds, Zhang Yu had already stepped on the red envelope, crouched down, and reached out...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the red envelope was like a phantom; as Zhang Yu moved, it directly dissipated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan laughed: \"That red envelope was obviously fake...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu took out his vibrating phone and said in surprise: \"A thousand yuan just appeared in my account! Did the red envelope transfer directly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan's face stiffened, and he immediately regretted hesitating for that moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen pursed her lips toward the front and said: \"That person over there is the one sending out red envelopes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man with his upper body bare was seen continuously practicing talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as he practiced, from time to time a red envelope would jump out of the talisman book and land around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The man was named Ye Lingxiao. For the past half month, he had neither cultivated his body, nor breathed mana, nor tempered his dao heart. Instead, he had been silently studying talismans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he devoted most of his energy to talismans was partly because, after witnessing a woman's talisman arts, he developed a great interest in them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, his physique, mana, and dao heart had already reached a point where they could no longer advance, so he didn't need to spend time cultivating them. He also had absolute confidence that he could pass the Foundation Establishment exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Lingxiao was considered to have the most perfect physique and the most perfect bloodline among all high school students in the entire first layer of Kunxu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was both his own self-perception and the evaluation given to him by the Oasis Group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The talisman he was currently practicing was a red envelope talisman that a woman had guided him to learn. Only by mastering this red envelope talisman could he learn the advanced favorability talisman.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was focusing on his practice, a figure suddenly came to his side and said to him: \"I've picked up all your red envelopes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Lingxiao raised his head, looked at the Zhang Yu before him, and asked in confusion: \"Huh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said: \"Are you throwing away money? How about just transferring it directly into my bank account?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Lingxiao shook his head upon hearing this and said: \"I'm practicing the red envelope talisman, but unfortunately I haven't been able to break through yet. The red envelopes only contain at most 1,000 yuan.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu's eyes lit up as he looked at Ye Lingxiao. He thought: Is this what a top-tier rich second-generation from Kunxu looks like? Practicing talismans by throwing money like this?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Yu Xinghan, Song Hailong, me and... this good brother whose name I still don't know are the real friends.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu quickly patted his chest and said, \"It's fine, just practice on me, do whatever you want!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan, watching from the side, felt a moment of admiration in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It seems I was wrong. Zhang Yu's skill at asking for money has already reached perfection, no worse than mine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he spoke, Yu Xinghan also walked up with a smile: \"A-Yu, who is this good friend? Aren't you going to introduce him?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I heard you want to practice talismans? Just practice on me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Lingxiao looked at the two in front of him with some surprise and asked, \"Are you sure?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: \"Sure, sure!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan pushed Zhang Yu away with effort and whispered to him, \"You just picked up a few thousand, right? Now it's my turn!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Lingxiao said calmly, \"You two are really strange. No one has ever been willing to accept my red envelope talisman, and yet you're scrambling to take it. Don't you think the interest rate is too high?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the alarming word 'interest rate', Yu Xinghan's movements gradually slowed down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu asked doubtfully, \"Interest rate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Lingxiao said, \"The red envelope talisman is the precursor talisman to the likability talisman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Those who receive this talisman are taking from your reserve fund at the Ministry of Finance Bank.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What the fuck...\" Zhang Yu said angrily, \"Why are you carelessly throwing this crappy thing? Do you have any public morality? Practicing such a vicious thing in public? What if it hits a poor person?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Eh? Can you still see poor people here?\" Ye Lingxiao said in surprise, \"I thought no one would ever pick up money from the ground.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu was furious, feeling that he had been insulted by the other party again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen reminded from the side, \"Yu-zi, hurry up and return the money! If you're late, there will be interest!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu quickly stepped aside, opened his phone to log in, and immediately went to the Ministry of Finance Bank's website to return the money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And with Ye Lingxiao's just-spoken words, the surrounding examinees who hadn't cared much before all silently moved away from Ye Lingxiao, leaving a large empty circle around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Lingxiao, however, continued drawing talismans unconcernedly, and soon another red envelope jumped out and landed on the ground around him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But at that moment, another palm gently picked up the red envelope, but no matter how hard the palm squeezed or rubbed, the red envelope did not disappear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Ye Lingxiao's eyes showed surprise: \"The red envelope talisman is ineffective against you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2268,"2026-05-29T04:54:22.303Z","2026-06-01T04:29:11.989Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","bc2de600b7c18c0cf7ffaa62757584cb31f5b11630c52a8dd55c91b29e40f260","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-144","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-142",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]