Chapter 151: Gradually Becoming a Mole's Shape

Regarding borrowing money, Zhang Yu was quite cautious when he first arrived in Kunxu.

This was partly due to the influence of his original body’s experiences and memories, and partly due to the wariness toward borrowing ingrained in him from his previous life.

But after more than half a year of life in Kunxu, having seen many others take out loans, his mindset was gradually changing.

"Taking drugs to refine the body, borrowing money to earn more money..." Zhang Yu sighed inwardly. "I'm being assimilated by Kunxu more and more, becoming more and more like a native of Kunxu."

Yet Zhang Yu didn’t think this was a bad thing; in the end, people have to adapt to their environment. If you want to climb upward in Kunxu, you must adapt to Kunxu’s rules.

Body refinement means taking drugs! Immortal cultivation means borrowing money!

In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yu had already borrowed money from multiple platforms one after another.

Now, Zhang Yu repays his loans on time every month, his bank transaction history has surged, his grades have greatly improved, and the total borrowing limit he can access, scattered across various sources, has increased by another 1,000,000.

So in an instant, Zhang Yu had 1,000,000 arrived in his account.

"Including the original 15,000 per month, from now on I’ll pay 40,000 in interest each month, and by the time I reach senior year, I’ll also have to pay off the 1,700,000 principal across all platforms."

"Adding in the 5,000 interest-free loan, that’s a total monthly payment of 45,000."

Looking at the cold balance of over 1,300,000 in his account, Zhang Yu slowly let out a breath, feeling both a heavy pressure bearing down on him and a surge of drive, eager to go back and make a big push.

Next to him, Bai Zhenzhen, who had previously borrowed less than Zhang Yu, now went all out and took out another 900,000 in loans. She too wore a look of determination, ready to return and merge that 900,000 into her flesh and blood, driving her cultivation.

Over ten hours later, after multiple transfers, the two finally returned to Songyang City, beginning another sprint on the path of immortal cultivation.

And time passed quickly as the two charged forward.

…

Inside the apartment.

Zhang Yu took off the weighted training suit he usually wore for exercise and pulled out the newly purchased "Training Skin."

This Training Skin, made using some unknown immortal cultivation technology, looked like a thin layer of human skin and felt similar to real human skin to the touch.

Seeing how lifelike it was, Zhang Yu said, "This couldn’t have been made from some expert’s actual skin, could it?"

Given Zhang Yu’s understanding of Kunxu, such a thing wasn’t impossible.

Fuji, however, scoffed, "With the paltry amount you spent, you think you could buy real skin?"

"This is obviously synthetic skin; it won’t achieve 100% fit—at most 99%."

As Zhang Yu put it on, he felt the layer of Training Skin naturally conform to his body, as if it had become a new layer of his own skin.

At the same time, this new skin brought a strong sense of constraint to his body, forcing him to constantly exert force to resist it, as if he were training every muscle in his body at all times.

He couldn’t feel any lack of fit; he only felt it was much better to use than his original weighted training suit.

After a moment, Zhang Yu opened his phone, pulled up the management app for the Training Skin, and selected "Off."

The sense of constraint all over his body suddenly vanished, and Zhang Yu couldn’t even feel the presence of the Training Skin anymore.

"Breathing, sweating, and air circulation are all unaffected."

"It really lives up to its 100,000 price tag. This way, I can add an extra layer of training movements at all times."

"And I can turn it off anytime when I don’t need it."

…

In the conservation area.

Inside the incubation room.

The red panda, An’an, was holding her big tail while watching Bai Zhenzhen practicing breathing techniques, thinking to herself that the time Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had spent over the past few days had at least doubled.

"I wonder if the time they spend tutoring Wen and Wu has also doubled?"

Although seeing them mooch off the spiritual essence of the Red Pagoda still made An’an’s heart ache over the company’s asset loss.

But she tried hard to control herself from showing it.

After all, to someone who hadn’t even finished elementary school, high school students were already favored children of heaven.

And when facing Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen—competition contestants from a top high school—especially after learning about their grades, every time An’an stood before them, she felt a sense of inferiority, a feeling of being utterly unworthy.

Because she deeply understood that compared to Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu, she was a complete illiterate.

Especially Bai Zhenzhen's cold demeanor every time made An'an feel that the other probably looked down on her.

But when Bai Zhenzhen was leaving this time, An'an still quickly waved her short limbs, hopped and skipped to block Bai Zhenzhen's path, and said, "This is for you."

Bai Zhenzhen looked at the piece of demon beast meat tied with a bow and asked curiously, "For me?"

An'an said, "Thank you for giving Xiong Wenwu tutoring."

Seeing An'an's slightly nervous gaze, Bai Zhenzhen took the demon beast meat and said, "You guys often have unsold leftover demon beast meat here, right?"

"How about you privately sell it to me at a discount? I happen to be planning to stock up on more demon beast meat for dietary supplement recently."

An'an said urgently, "You're asking me to betray the company's interests again?"

Bai Zhenzhen chuckled, rubbed An'an's ear and said, "You don't want Xiong Wenwu's grades to drop, do you? Just sell it to me cheaper."

"If you feel uneasy about spending the money you earn, you can subsidize Xiong Wenwu."

An'an sighed inwardly, feeling that she had gradually gone from the best employee to a company traitor, and the 2000 yuan salary was undeserved.

Inside the apartment.

As Zhang Yu lit up the newly purchased searchlights one by one, the entire room gradually turned from its original brightness into a blank incandescent color, until it was so bright that nothing could be seen, and even Zhang Yu's figure was completely swallowed up.

Zhang Yu felt the frantic passive operation of the Great Sun Qi Sea, felt the Great Sun mana in his body churning violently like magma, and thus began to cultivate the Crimson Marrow Chaotic Qi in this environment.

Late June.

Inside the apartment.

Inside a cardboard box placed in a corner of the room were all kinds of potions that Le Mulan had brought for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.

Le Mulan casually threw her tattered clothes into the trash can nearby.

Because she had sweated an especially large amount today, her skin had become a bit dry. While changing clothes, she said, "You've been much stronger lately."

Zhang Yu smiled: "I have to thank your medicine. Every time I use it, I feel especially strong."

Le Mulan glanced slightly, seeing Zhang Yu staring at the potion on the ground, and reminded, "The Bone and Muscle Enhancement Tonic is most effective when taken orally."

In the end, Zhang Yu still couldn't bring himself to do that. He abruptly stood up, seized the time to absorb the potion, and began cultivating the Crimson Marrow Chaotic Qi.

A hint of surprise flashed in Le Mulan's eyes. As she walked out of the room, she couldn't help saying, "Next time, if you want me to inject some medicine before I come, you can tell me in advance."

After returning to Ziyun High School, because she had just sweated too much, Le Mulan drank several cups of water.

After finishing another cup, Le Mulan said to Lian nearby, "Pour me another cup of water."

"Next time before I leave school, you remember to prepare a bucket of water for me too."

Lian Tianji nodded slightly, thinking to himself, "What kind of combat training is this, to make her sweat so much?"

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Songyang High School.

Inside the spirit root rental office.

The administrator Wei Xin looked at Zhang Yu in surprise and said, "You said how long do you want to borrow it for?"

Zhang Yu said boldly, "If I rent by the month, what discount price can I get?"

Although he had Bai Zhenzhen's true spirit root to use in rotation, and even though the true spirit root had some residual effects, in the end it was still two people sharing it.

Now with a huge sum in hand, what Zhang Yu thought of was renting a muscle-enhancing spirit root, so that while Bai Zhenzhen used the spirit root, he could use the muscle-enhancing spirit root, allowing both of them to use a spirit root for cultivation 24 hours a day.

The administrator Wei Xin nodded repeatedly, eyes shining, and said, "Of course there's a discount. For a muscle-enhancing spirit root, a monthly rental can be discounted to 2 million per month."

For a moment, Zhang Yu fell silent, feeling that he had been a bit rash just now.

"Forget it, let's just go by the hour. It feels more flexible this way."

……

End of June.

White Dragon High School.

Yu Xinghan and Zhang Yu stirred up streaks of afterimages, locked in fierce combat.

Sensing the ferocious force in his opponent's attacks, Yu Xinghan asked, "Did you learn the Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm?"

Zhang Yu's palm strike carried the roar of dragons and the trumpeting of elephants. He shouted, "Because of you, buying this technique cost me a full 200,000. Shouldn't you chip in a little?"

Yu Xinghan replied with a palm strike of his own, laughing heartily. "Blame your own incredible martial talent—it costs too much money."

Yu Xinghan, who had checked Zhang Yu's information... had actually long anticipated this point—that when he used a pure physical martial art like the Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm, Zhang Yu would likely learn it.

But that was precisely his goal.

Because when his opponent used the same martial art as him, it made it easier for him to use his third eye to absorb and copy Zhang Yu's physical strength techniques.

But he didn't want to explicitly point out that Zhang Yu was doing this, because Zhang Yu would definitely ask him for more money.

"Good thing... good thing he picked up this technique on his own during our training, and then had to buy it."

"Hehe, saved another chunk of money."

Yet thinking of Zhang Yu's impoverished state still spending 200,000 like that, a trace of guilt flickered in Yu Xinghan's heart. "Sorry, Zhang Yu, but on the Immortal Path contest, either you spend more or I spend more."

"To go further on the path of immortal cultivation, I can't yield an inch."

"I have to pass the Foundation Establishment exam next year! For that goal, I will save money by any means necessary! I need money!"

As for Zhang Yu also taking the Foundation Establishment exam, Yu Xinghan didn't care at all.

After all, in Yu Xinghan's view, limited by funds, the gap between them next year would only widen; Zhang Yu was no competitor in the exam.

On the other side, Zhang Yu, while executing the Level 1 Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm, glanced at his Featherbook where it showed Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm Level 3 (5/30), feeling the new improvements this martial art brought to his technique.

Because his usual cultivation time was already occupied by Crimson Marrow Primordial Qi, he could only practice other martial arts during combat training.

So Zhang Yu simply bought the usage rights to the Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm, and practiced it while doing combat training with Yu Xinghan.

He thought to himself, "Sorry, Yu Xinghan... to me, using Level 1 Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm or my highest level Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm, the training effect is about the same."

"But I can't expose my terrifying talent."

"I have to use only Level 1 Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm to train with you, sacrificing your training quality a bit."

"After all, to pass the Foundation Establishment qualification exam this year, I'll stop at nothing and seize every chance to get stronger."

……

Time passed continuously amidst Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's frantic spending and frantic cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, it was already early July.

There was only a month and a half left until the first round of the Foundation Establishment exam in mid-August.

And on this day, inside Songyang High School.

Lan Ling led a group of second-year students toward the first-year campus.

He muttered inwardly, "Zhang Pianpian has been gone for half a month. The contracts on Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen don't seem to have been transferred to anyone else by Zhang Pianpian."

"Just leaving them at the first level like that?"

"Let's test it out, see if Zhang Pianpian made any arrangements for these two paupers."

Lan Ling planned, just like a few months ago, to take advantage of combat class to teach the two a lesson.

And thinking of their rebellious attitude back then—as paupers and juniors, daring to challenge him, a wealthy senior—Lan Ling felt a wave of discomfort.

Of course, this time his actions were not solely motivated by his own thoughts.

Lan Ling recalled that this morning, Zhou Chechen and Le Jingchen of Ziyun had contacted him.

Lan Ling muttered inwardly, "After all, letting a couple of paupers who can't get into the top ten academies keep high positions in the competition... that makes many people unhappy."