[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-167":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},163516,323,"Chapter 167: Unfathomable Zhang Yu","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-167",167,"\u003Cp>Under the astonished gazes of many students and the gods present, Zhang Yu suddenly stopped the circulation of his magical power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, all the students present were sprinting with all their might, and aside from the first and second places, the data between each student was extremely close.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then... as Zhang Yu paused like this, the bar graph representing him was rapidly left behind, and in the blink of an eye, it was plunging toward last place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his ranking fell step by step, the fighting spirit in Zhang Yu's eyes only grew stronger. The remnant ox visualized in his mind propped itself up on its broken limbs and bellowed toward the sky, the severed horn on its head emanating threads of chilling light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on, seek life in death!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the pressure Zhang Yu actively applied to himself, the amplification of the Remnant Ox Life-Sacrificing Heart Technique in the face of pressure and desperate situations was continuously magnified.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu felt the magical power throughout his entire body become lively—it was like pouring oil on blazing fire, radiating an unprecedented vitality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind raced even faster, beginning to control the magical power as it coursed through every part of his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My control over magical power is very strong, but I've always lacked training in explosive magical power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To make a breakthrough in this exam, I have to fully exploit the advantage of control.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, a flash of inspiration struck Zhang Yu's mind, and he thought of the Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm, a universal martial art that cost him 200,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just like the Back-Dragon Mountain-Flipping Hand before, the reason this purely physical martial art is called a universal martial art is that it can accept any magical power's enhancement and unleash formidable strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm should be my strongest explosive martial art. If I use magical power to drive this technique...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a booming crash, the magical power inside Zhang Yu's body violently slammed into the testing patch on his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he felt a sharp pain in his meridians.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My meridians still aren't strong enough...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In that case, I'll wrap my meridians with Formless Cloud Qi to serve as a new channel...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then use Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm to blast all that damned magical power out!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Strands of Formless Cloud Qi rose from Zhang Yu's dantian, instantly transforming into layers of subcutaneous qi, wrapping around his meridians and constructing a channel from the dantian to the center of his palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, a roar erupted from within Zhang Yu's body, and the explosive magical power blasted out along the channel in an extremely violent manner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the pressure of a desperate situation, amplified by the Remnant Ox Life-Sacrificing Heart Technique, with Formless Cloud Qi acting as tracks, the magical power was released via Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm—each strike violently shook the Formless Cloud Qi inside Zhang Yu's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhang Yu felt as if he had become a cannon, using Formless Cloud Qi as the barrel, Dragon-Elephant Mountain-Crushing Palm as the gunpowder, and his magical power as the bullets, firing shot after shot inside his own body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But with such an operation, as Zhang Yu drove his magical power so roughly and fiercely, his ranking instantly began to accelerate, surging forward rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>30th!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>28th!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>21st!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, Zhang Yu not only charged back to 21st place but was now accelerating toward 20th!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the student standing in 20th place was a student named Li Tongyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When she saw the bar graph representing No. 55 relentlessly catching up to her on the light screen, Li Tongyun felt a tremendous pressure in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it... why?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why am I being pushed to this point?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling her previous rank among the top five in her grade at Xianyun High School, and how she had been slipping for half a year to reach this state...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A fierce unwillingness surged in Li Tongyun's heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half a year ago, her father lost in a corporate struggle, became a scapegoat, and was eventually kicked out of the company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With severance pay迟迟未到, her family faced pressure from various loans, bills, and cultivation expenses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the time, her parents' savings were only enough to cover one month's living costs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And to preserve her status among friends, classmates, and teachers, Li Tongyun dared not reveal this, and instead kept borrowing money, gritting her teeth to maintain her rich persona.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the saying goes, when your bank account has no money, your loan account has money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as of today, Li Tongyun’s bank account was already -1.5 million.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even so, because she lacked the support of wealth, her cultivation couldn’t keep up with the pace of her classmates’ progress, and it instantly plummeted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, on the high school immortal path where everyone advanced at lightning speed, once your progress slowed down, you would be left far behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t lose…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But if it were only that—despite the huge gap, despite being gradually abandoned by her original circle of friends—at least she could still get into a university and find a good job in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet Li Tongyun knew things weren’t that simple, because now she couldn’t afford to lose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back when her family’s annual income was at its peak, when her grades had reached the top five in her grade at Xianyun High School, when she was at the most triumphant and proud moment of her life, considering admission into the Top Ten as inevitable—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had signed a gambling contract with her father’s company.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I must obtain the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, or else… I will become company assets.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Student No. 55, who was getting closer and closer, Li Tongyun felt as if he were an abyss representing endless despair, chasing step by step toward her feet, trying to completely devour her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I can’t lose!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a roar in her heart, Li Tongyun already pushed her mana to full capacity, and accompanied by waves of pain like her meridians were tearing, she blasted her mana out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But no matter how hard she tried, how desperately she struggled, even as she bled from all seven orifices, she could only watch helplessly as Zhang Yu step by step surpassed her number, squeezing her down to the 21st place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he reached 20, Zhang Yu breathed a huge sigh of relief: “Finally made it up.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the pressure decreased, Zhang Yu also proactively slowed down his mana output.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, his current crude methods couldn’t possibly be harmless to his body. While maintaining his position in the top 20, he also needed to ensure his physical health.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But soon Zhang Yu discovered that No. 21 was still chasing him. As the other person got closer and closer, the pressure grew greater and greater, so Zhang Yu had no choice but to increase his mana output again, trying to shake the other off once more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with the protection of Formless Cloud Qi, such crude mana blasting still gradually injured his body from the shock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Damn it, is this guy so persistent?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu rubbed his slightly aching belly, looked at No. 21 who was still chasing him… and noted that the other’s number was 36.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Tongyun, bleeding from all seven orifices and with tearing pain throughout her meridians, was also staring fixedly at No. 55 on the light screen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every time she got close to him, No. 55 would speed up again, leaving her far behind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after shaking her off, he would slow down a little, as if waiting for her to catch up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Tongyun felt unwilling in her heart: “No. 55, is that super rich out-of-towner?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is he deliberately teasing me? Mocking me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She seemed to already be able to see him wearing a nasty smile, watching her struggle repeatedly but never catch up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No mistake in every sentence, every release — content — all — in — one look!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, on the other side, Dai Xingzhi was also constantly observing No. 55’s performance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw No. 55 actively stop his mana circulation and jump all the way to last place, he felt extremely puzzled.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he saw No. 55 accelerate all the way to 20th place, he thought the other was about to start charging for the top three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he saw No. 55 just stop at 20th place like that, he felt confused again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Until he watched No. 55 stay at 20th place like that, watching No. 36 chase up again and again, only to be shaken off each time…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A glimmer of understanding flashed in Dai Xingzhi’s eyes: “He… is playing around, isn’t he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that the other still steadily maintained the 20th place ranking until the end of this round of exams, Dai Xingzhi became more and more certain of this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Deliberately staying at 20th place, not surpassing the one above, but also controlling so that no one surpasses him.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Actually deliberately controlling his rank in the Foundation Establishment exam?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That’s something only someone with absolute confidence in themselves could do.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dai Xingzhi looked toward Zhang Yu’s direction and thought to himself: “This guy… just how rich is he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And on site, there was more than one person with thoughts similar to Dai Xingzhi’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Yun Jing, who had taken second place, stared at Ye Lingxiao for a long time, then turned his head and swept a glance at Zhang Yu: \"Hmph, hiding in the back and pulling this kind of trick. Showing off your control? Or deliberately hiding your strength?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Ye Lingxiao took first place, a trace of helplessness appeared on his face, and he thought to himself: \"I couldn't help but snatch first place after being provoked just a little.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure enough, I still can't keep my cool sometimes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced in Zhang Yu's direction and thought to himself: \"But that guy, he actually managed to maintain a playful attitude even in the exam hall.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Zhang Yu became even more unfathomable in Ye Lingxiao's eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In particular, in this round, Ye Lingxiao believed Zhang Yu must have hidden his strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An opponent of unknown depth made him feel even more threatened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That guy is probably more dangerous than Yun Jing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Ye Lingxiao had already greeted Zhang Yu: \"Not bad, that was fun.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huh?\" Zhang Yu heard the greeting, a look of confusion in his eyes: \"What was fun?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this kid trying to provoke me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Seeing me struggling for dear life at 20th place, so he's come to mock me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to describe this feeling... Zhang Yu decided that after returning, he would never again praise Zhao Tianxing's punches as being good in class.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, it turns out this kind of talk hurts so much, dripping with sarcasm and snideness.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen beside him comforted him: \"Yu, being looked down on has its benefits too. That way, when you surpass them later, you'll steal the spotlight even more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surpassing these rich folks—that's our privilege as the poor! These top-tier immortal young masters have never experienced that since birth!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, in Bai Zhenzhen's eyes, Ye Lingxiao's words and actions just now were also full of provocation, mockery, disdain, and contempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Yu didn't feel comforted at all by Bai Zhenzhen's words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn, there are still two more exams. That guy isn't going to keep being sarcastic with me, is he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't it just because I criticized him for randomly throwing red envelopes? Does he really have to hold such a grudge?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the magic exam ended, the many students next faced the physical exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deng Bingding said: \"A person's body cultivation level can be reflected in many aspects.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And one thing that everyone deals with every day and cannot be faked—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"—is appetite.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The stronger one is, the more they eat; the more they eat, the stronger they are. Appetite is one of the indicators of a person's body cultivation strength, testing one's overall metabolism, digestion, and gut recruitment ability.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today's second exam is the Gluttony Competition!\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2022,"2026-05-29T04:54:22.303Z","2026-06-01T04:29:11.989Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","793c737acee23a5682c1e5e8780866abcf5fdead88c79ee5197f0f293e6f40ac","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-168","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-166",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]