Chapter 156: Zhang Yu's Connections (Thanks to 'sfqk' for Silver Alliance Leader)

Zhang Yu didn't wait for Le Mulan's reply and sent the same message to Xiong Wenwu and Yu Xinghan.

The content he sent was more or less the same—asking them to contact someone with authority in their respective schools and secure funds for him and Bai Zhenzhen to skip the upcoming competition.

Meanwhile, at Ziyun High School.

Le Jingchen looked at the message his sister had sent, smiled, and said, "So he came to negotiate the price himself?"

"It seems Zhou Chechen can no longer control him."

After a moment's thought, Le Jingchen didn't contact Zhang Yu right away but instead asked Le Mulan, "What do you think of Zhang Yu?"

Le Mulan was slightly startled when she saw her brother's message and replied, "In what aspect?"

Le Jingchen: How much has his strength improved since the sports competition ended?

Le Jingchen: If he participates in the upcoming Dao Heart Competition, can he place?

Le Jingchen: I know you've been hiring him as a training partner recently; you should be able to tell how he's doing, right?

Looking at Le Jingchen's messages, Le Mulan recalled the scenes from her training sessions with Zhang Yu.

His strong physique, powerful muscles, and skilled techniques… every time, Le Mulan felt her money was well spent.

But she knew her brother wasn't asking about that.

After all, what was coming next was the Dao Heart Competition.

"Regarding the Dao heart…"

Le Mulan immediately thought of how after every training session, Zhang Yu would squat on the ground, staring at the potions on the floor.

She thought to herself, "If it were any other high school student, they would have drunk all the potions by now, right?"

So Le Mulan replied: Zhang Yu is someone who can firmly resist even the most tempting offers.

Le Jingchen asked: Any specific examples?

Le Mulan: He can hold back from licking my sweat that drips on the ground…

After hearing what Le Mulan said about the training, Le Jingchen replied: How could you do something like that?!

Le Jingchen: You've consumed quite a few lab drugs—what if Zhang Yu collected your sweat and sold it to other pharmaceutical companies for drug analysis?

Le Mulan: That was my oversight. Next time, I'll make sure he cleans up all the sweat on the floor in front of me.

Le Jingchen: That's more like it.

Le Mulan: Anyway, what I'm saying is that Zhang Yu's willpower is indeed very strong. Even if Bai Zhenzhen is a bit weaker than him, there's not much difference.

Le Mulan: If they participate in the Dao Heart Competition, they'll probably get good rankings. If spending a little money can buy them out, it's a good deal.

Le Mulan put away her phone and suddenly recalled how during the martial arts competition, she had offered 400,000 to bribe Zhang Yu into withdrawing, only to be rejected.

Le Mulan thought to herself, "In the end, you really have changed, haven't you?"

Inside the Red Tower protected area.

A massive demon beast lay sprawled on the ground, its head as if a hole had been bored into it by some giant creature.

A rough-looking, bare-chested man was lying on the ground, tearing at the beast's flesh with his mouth.

Opening his bloodstained mouth, he looked at Xiong Wenwu beside him and said, "What do you want with me?"

Xiong Wenwu relayed what Zhang Yu had mentioned.

The man gnawing on the demon beast asked, "I remember this Zhang Yu… you've competed with him, right? What do you think? Can he still get a good ranking in the upcoming Dao Heart Competition?"

Xiong Wenwu recalled the situation with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen. The first things that came to mind were their recent rental transaction for his hatchery room, Bai Zhenzhen buying demon beast meat for An'an's dietary supplements, and An'an subsidizing him with that money.

Before coming, Xiong Wenwu had already thought about this matter in his mind.

"Selling out their competition slots? These two are really short on cash, huh?"

"But given their status, compared to competing… it's indeed better to just take the money outright."

Xiong Wenwu also considered one more point—whether Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's lack of money was because they had spent so much on him.

Especially since he heard from An An that those two guys have been spending more and more time training in the incubation room lately.

"If they had a bit more money, they'd probably patronize my business more, right?"

Many thoughts raced through his mind, but in reality it was only an instant. Xiong Wenwu replied respectfully, "Although I haven't had much contact with these two, I could tell on the competition field that their will is like iron and their Dao heart is like steel."

"After all, anyone who managed to climb out from among the poor can't have weak willpower."

"Judging from the control they showed in the martial and physical competitions, these two's Dao hearts cannot be weak."

"If they were to participate in the Dao heart competition, they would indeed have a good chance of placing."

"If I could spend seven or eight hundred thousand to make them not participate, I think it would be well worth it."

……

White Dragon High School.

Yu Xinghan knocked on the door and said, "Senior, why aren't you replying to my messages?"

A voice came from inside: "Stop bothering me!"

"I've had enough of this damned student council!"

"As high school students, our most important tasks are studying, scores, and competitions!"

"Damn it... I have to deal with all sorts of trivial, petty matters all day, how can I study properly?!"

Yu Xinghan said, "But aren't these things supposed to be your responsibility?"

The other person angrily said, "That's because the previous president dumped all kinds of messy stuff on me."

"But now the previous batch has all left, and I'm the top here!" "I don't want to stay in this student council for even one more day."

"From now until the university interviews, I will focus wholeheartedly on my own cultivation."

"If you have any issues, go find Song Hailong of the Song family."

"He has already taken over as vice president of the student council."

So next, Yu Xinghan called Song Hailong over and explained the situation to him.

Yu Xinghan: "Xiao Song, that's how it is."

After hearing this, Song Hailong said indifferently, "Isn't it just the upcoming Dao heart competition? In all future competitions, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen will probably do the same."

"After all, they're different from us. Since they have no chance of getting into the Top Ten, what's the use of winning more competition rankings or having a better resume? Might as well exchange it for some money."

As the ace son of the Song family, Song Hailong had also heard some wealthy people's dissatisfaction with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen taking up competition spots.

Song Hailong said calmly, "I just feel it's a pity. In the future, I'll never have the chance to surpass them in competitions."

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Yu Xinghan: "Stop nagging. Just tell me how much money you plan to approve for them?"

"You know the current strength of those two. If they participate in the Dao heart competition, they'll definitely place."

"I think spending a million to make sure they don't compete is a very good deal."

Song Hailong gave Yu Xinghan a strange look, feeling that the other party was a bit too eager about this matter.

Yu Xinghan coughed and said, "I'm also doing this for White Dragon High School's results. Among the three high schools, we are the strongest. If Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen withdraw from the competition, the ones who snatch the rankings will most likely be our people."

Song Hailong frowned. He had just become vice president of the student council and was handling this kind of thing for the first time: "Isn't a million too much?"

Yu Xinghan quickly said, "Too much? After they're gone, your competition ranking will go up by at least one or two places, right? Spending a million to improve your ranking by that much, do you think it's too much?"

"Besides, it's not our money being spent; it's all the school committee's money."

Yu Xinghan pressed on Song Hailong's shoulder and said with a pressuring tone, "We've been competing with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen for so long. Who in the school knows them better than we do?"

"This is my opinion as the top student of the first year. I hope you'll consider it seriously."

Seeing Yu Xinghan like this, Song Hailong thought to himself, "After Zhang Yu stops competing, Yu Xinghan will probably be able to secure first place steadily, right? He really values this competition ranking."

But on second thought, since this stuff relates to university interviews, it's only normal for Yu Xinghan to be so concerned.

And after seeing Song Hailong nod, Yu Xinghan smiled slightly and left leisurely.

Turning around the corner, Yu Xinghan pulled out his phone and replied to Zhang Yu: "Deal, 1 million."

Zhang Yu: [Thumbs up] "Don't worry, I won't treat you unfairly."

…

Songyang High School.

Fuji looked at Yu Xinghan's reply and laughed. "Didn't I tell you that kid would take a kickback? With all my years of experience roaming Kunxu, can I ever be wrong about people?"

Zhang Yu looked at the other replies: "Ziyun agreed to pay 600,000 after tax, Hongta is 700,000 after tax, and Bailong is 1 million after tax. As expected of the top three high schools—truly generous, they even prepaid my taxes for me."

"That's 2.3 million total. Minus the 100,000 kickback to Yu Xinghan, that leaves 2.2 million."

"If I split it evenly with A-Zhen, that's 1.1 million each after tax."

Thinking of that number, Zhang Yu felt a slight relief in his heart.

Lately, he had been spending money freely on the path of immortality, and his bank balance was dwindling, soon down to just over 300,000.

With this injection of 1.1 million, he would have enough to get by for a while again.

"At least until next month's first round of Foundation Establishment exams, there shouldn't be any problems."

Then Zhang Yu sighed somewhat regretfully. "Too bad we definitely won't be able to sell any money from the upcoming Dao Arts competition."

"After this, the next competition won't be until next year."

Although Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen wanted to sell off all of high school's competitions in one go, the three big high schools weren't willing to buy.

On one hand, the amount was too large and the process too long; on the other hand, many naturally doubted that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen would still be as competitive next year or the year after.

Then Zhang Yu opened a contact number on his phone.

Bai Zhenzhen said from the side, "Yu, you want to use the talisman your foster mother left behind?"

Zhang Yu nodded. "Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling—those two suffered a loss this time, so they definitely won't let it go."

Bai Zhenzhen nodded. "When it comes to true strength, we really are still a bit inferior to those two."

"Even if they came every day to spar with us, it would be a huge hassle, disturbing us so we couldn't study in peace."

Zhang Yu said, "So I'm thinking maybe we can bluff them again."

Recalling what Zhou Chechen had said today, Zhang Yu continued, "That guy seems to suspect someone's backing us, and he's very cautious."

"If we scare him, it might buy us some more time."

The next moment, Zhang Yu pulled up a screenshot of the Freeze Talisman from his phone.

The Freeze Talisman was one of the talismans Zhang Pianpian had left for Zhang Yu. It could freeze another person's bank account; the higher the target's faith level, the shorter the freeze duration.