[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-220":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},164089,323,"Chapter 220: Zhang Yu's Rapid Progress and Gold Medal Trial Lesson","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-220",220,"\u003Cp>Looking at the poster, Zhang Yu said with a hint of skepticism, \"This is the hottest market?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other end, Black Crow had already continued sending messages: The silver economy, senior remedial classes, is currently the most profitable market in the underground tutoring world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: Because the techniques you showed before were more suited to students and construction sites, and not really fitting for this market, so you probably haven't had much exposure to it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: I'm not sure about your current situation either, but since you asked, I'll tell you about this most profitable market right now—it's also the one where our Dark Study Gang is fiercely competing with the Gold Course Gang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: The theoretical maximum lifespan for the Qi Refining stage is 150 years, so there's a huge number of elderly people in the Songyang City tutoring market.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: These elderly people have some savings, and to avoid being eliminated by the market, they need to keep cultivating and constantly learn new versions and updates of techniques to keep up with the times and maintain their jobs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: So the senior tutoring market has always been in short supply and very profitable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: However, the requirements for the senior tutoring market are also very high. After all, those who live to old age and still work are peak Qi Refining cultivators for many years. What they need for tutoring is definitely not basic techniques, but many high-difficulty ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: Apart from the new version techniques needed for work, there are also longevity techniques, techniques to metabolize pill toxins after years of medication, and techniques to repair hidden injuries in the body... all of these are extremely popular.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: After all, only by ensuring good health and overcoming the damage from years of pill abuse and overtime can they remain competitive in the workplace.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reading the messages sent by Black Crow, Zhang Yu basically gained a clear understanding of what was most profitable in the current underground tutoring world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought to himself, \"True. As the number of university, college, and high school graduates increases year by year, the number of elderly Qi Refining cultivators is definitely growing too. These old folks have more savings than the young, and the techniques they need to learn are more expensive. It really is a huge market.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu immediately asked again: Does the \"Spring and Autumn Infinite Zen\" have a market?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: The Spring and Autumn Infinite Zen from the Xianyun Group? Ha, of course it has a market. Teacher Ma, do you know this top-tier technique?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the Dark Study Gang is the Deep Sea Education Group. As a rival of the Xianyun Group, it has always been most fond of cracking and pirating Xianyun Group's techniques.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the Spring and Autumn Infinite Zen, as a top-tier expert-level body-tempering technique that also enhances metabolism and expels pill and elixir toxins, made Black Crow's interest surge like a cat smelling fish the moment he heard Zhang Yu mention it under his alias Ma Yunteng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: Three days from now, the gang plans to arrange trial lessons for several gold-medal teacher candidates. If you're interested, Teacher Ma, I can help set it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu and Black Crow agreed on the trial lesson three days later, but Bai Zhenzhen frowned and said, \"It seems I don't have any techniques suitable for teaching the elderly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuji said, \"Zhen, you have a true spirit root, and with thunder mana infused into your dantian and Qi sea, the path best suited for your growth is ultimately combat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And the current gang war between the Dark Study Gang and the Gold Course Gang is perfect for you. Not only can you make money, but it will also hone your practical combat skills, preparing you for the Foundation Establishment exam three months from now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In my opinion, next Zhang Yu will go teach as a gold-medal teacher, and you should participate in gang battles to train your strength while earning money. That's the best arrangement for the two of you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu frowned and said, \"Gang battles... aren't those dangerous?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuji said, \"Nonsense, how can actual combat be without danger? But compared to true military-level battles, compared to corporate wars, compared to the future life-and-death struggles between you and the evil god cultists behind the Zhou family, the intensity of gang battles is definitely very low.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you can't even take this small risk in actual combat, how do you expect to rise?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen nodded beside him, a hint of determination flashing in her eyes: \"Fuji is right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This path really does suit me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yu, don't worry. With my true spirit root aiding me and my speed as fast as it is, even if I encounter someone I can't beat, can't I just run?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu gave Bai Zhenzhen a deep look, knowing this was the path she had chosen for herself, her own decision, the resolve she had made to pass the Foundation Establishment exam. As her close friend, he could only respect that decision.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Bai Zhenzhen also logged into the Kun Shen World, added Black Crow as a friend, and using her original alias Le Mu Lan, signed up for the Dark Study Gang's gang battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow: Teacher Le, you've come just in time. The gang is in need of an expert like you. There's an operation in four days—would you be interested in joining?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finalizing their arrangements with Black Crow, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen devoted themselves fully to their respective training, preparing for the upcoming lectures and battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three days passed in the blink of an eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During these three days, with the boost from the High School Saint Physique, Zhang Yu first cultivated the Resentful Demon Art to the 10th level, forming a full set of bronze-armored corpse skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reaching the 10th level of this technique, when he circulated his Qi, a bronze hue spread across his skin, as if he were wearing a suit of armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He tried cutting the skin on the back of his hand with a knife—he had to apply over thirty percent of his strength just to leave a faint scratch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It felt like cutting through a thick, hard stratum corneum, even though it was his own skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, after cultivating the Resentful Demon Art, Zhang Yu's skin had gained far greater toughness and defensive capability than before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reaching the 10th level of this technique, he also felt a sense of incompleteness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuji commented from the side, \"This Resentful Demon Art should have a subsequent version.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But the version you bought is only the Qi Refining version's usage rights.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you want to continue cultivating this technique after Foundation Establishment, and push it to level 20, then you'll need to buy the Foundation Establishment version's usage rights.\" Zhang Yu wasn't very interested in this—after all, Fuji didn't know he was cultivating so many techniques to form a Martial Dao Holy Embryo, and he hadn't thought much about what technique he would cultivate during the Foundation Establishment period.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over these three days, besides tempering his skin with the Resentment Demon Art, Zhang Yu also borrowed the Profound Thunder Electroacupuncture Needle Set from Bai Zhenzhen's side to aid his training of the expert-level technique, the Thunderbolt Marrow Cleansing Scripture, which he obtained from Songyang High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This Thunderbolt Marrow Cleansing Scripture is a technique that uses electric shocks to help generate bone marrow and accelerate bone reconstruction, a top-tier body-tempering method that increases bone density.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this Profound Thunder Electroacupuncture Needle Set from Songyang High School can even be said to have been procured by Songyang High School specifically to complement this technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu was covered head to toe with 999 silver needles, and bolts of lightning pierced through his marrow, reshaping his bones according to the method of the Thunderbolt Marrow Cleansing Scripture.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During the process of Zhang Yu pushing the Thunderbolt Marrow Cleansing Scripture from level 1 to level 9, all the bones in his body except his skull had been completely renewed, emitting a silver-frost luster beneath his skin and flesh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And at this very moment, when Zhang Yu finally pushed the Thunderbolt Marrow Cleansing Scripture to level 10, his skull seemed to undergo thousands of temperings in an instant, also turning into a sheet of silver frost.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as the bones throughout his body were renewed, his bone density and bone strength soared dramatically. Zhang Yu's weight also increased with the growth of his bone mass, suddenly reaching over 300 kilograms despite his physique not changing much.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The level 10 effect of the Thunderbolt Marrow Cleansing Scripture allowed him to slowly repair damage to his bones by circulating this technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Patting his own chest, Zhang Yu felt that his skin and flesh, tempered by the Resentment Demon Art, combined with his ribs tempered by the Thunderbolt Marrow Cleansing Scripture, wrapped around his internal organs like a double layer of armor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Zhang Yu's physical strength had finally taken the final step, reaching the maximum level 10 physical strength of the Qi Refining stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Although physical strength only increased by about 0.06 levels.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But these two body-protecting techniques have made my strength far surpass what it was before.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, after reaching the limits of Dao heart, mana, and physical strength in the Qi Refining stage, cultivating more techniques is the best means to increase strength.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Glancing at A Zhen, who was still cultivating nearby, Zhang Yu said to the Profound Thunder Electroacupuncture Needle Set: \"Artifact Spirit, stop the training mode.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The voice of the artifact spirit came from the needle box: \"Stopping training mode. Starting standby, waiting for user commands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The 999 silver needles flickered with streaks of lightning, shooting out from Zhang Yu's body and returning to the needle box.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Cracking his neck, listening to the crackling sounds from his new bones, Zhang Yu smiled slightly and said, \"A Zhen, keep cultivating. I'm going to the trial lesson.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen waved her hand and said, \"Good luck, earn a lot.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The meeting place Zhang Yu had arranged with Black Crow was at an abandoned underground transit platform.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu had changed his appearance, and not long after arriving at the platform, he saw a young girl standing in front of Black Crow, discussing something with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu had no intention of eavesdropping on gossip; he turned his head and intended to wait aside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But he heard the girl say angrily: \"Teacher! Every time my grandpa starts class, he secretly watches porn videos, secretly watches porn videos! Whenever I open his phone, it's full of porn videos—there's no room left for the teaching materials!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl's words made Zhang Yu stop immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The girl continued: \"Because he doesn't pay attention in class, his cultivation progress lags behind, and his work performance has been declining for months!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My grandpa has never been self-disciplined since he was young. My dad said that when grandpa worked back then, he refused to work overtime, never got promoted by age 50, and couldn't even afford the tutoring fees for my dad and me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So please, I beg you, please help keep an eye on him so that his cultivation can keep up and he can earn a bit more money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We won't waste this money. We'll save it all for you, and later we'll come to your place for tutoring.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow said helplessly: \"Our teachers here are very busy and generally don't handle classroom discipline.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the two sides argued for a long time, the class in the nearby classroom finally ended, and the girl had to go pick up her grandpa from school.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow finally breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Zhang Yu standing to the side, smiled, and said, \"Teacher Ma, you're here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu asked curiously: \"Just now that...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow casually explained: \"Oh, it's a student whose intelligence decreased in old age due to long-term medication. His family's education is poor, their income is low, and they all hope this intellectually disabled student can continue to earn money, so they sent him here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Black Crow continued: \"Just a reminder, today's trial lessons are real classes, and you'll be dealing with real elderly clients.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder which course you plan to teach?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said indifferently: \"The Spring and Autumn Boundless Zen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2069,"2026-05-29T04:54:42.391Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","a58f25bb12c0a8eef615d9f0f89554ec1ad64ad3c5bcffe6c4a6446e69fc7c83","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-221","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-219",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]