[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-242":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},164111,323,"Chapter 242: Fame Shakes Songyang","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-242",242,"\u003Cp>Looking at the characters formed by the flying swords in the sky, Zhang Bi of the Tianwu Group narrowed her eyes and thought to herself, \"The Oasis Group is actually planning something like this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although while in the Celestial Capital she had occasionally heard intelligence that the Oasis Group had joined hands with the Ye family and several other clans, preparing to push certain technologies down to the first layer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Bi never expected them to be planning to directly make public the high school Foundation Establishment Qualification Exam right now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are they really trying to do? Are they using this Foundation Establishment exam to promote new technology?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Bi understood that the promotion of any new technology often came with attention-grabbing publicity stunts and gimmicks. Clearly, the Oasis Group had now fixed their sights on the Foundation Establishment exam as their gimmick.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the original unwritten rules of the first layer...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They don't care at all.\" Zhang Bi gave a bitter laugh to herself. \"It seems the rumors are true—some big shot from the second layer is coming down to take charge of the Oasis Group's operations.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The representatives from the other companies around her also had varied expressions, clearly all pondering the Oasis Group's actions and the subsequent impact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the principal, accompanied by the school's leadership, had already gone to welcome at the school gate, meeting the representatives sent by the Oasis Group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Chechen followed behind somewhat dazedly, occasionally glancing at the large characters still shimmering with sword light in the sky.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Foundation Establishment Certificate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen passed the Foundation Establishment Qualification Exam?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is that possible?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Chechen's first reaction was disbelief; in the information he had gathered, in his understanding, high school students simply could not pass the Foundation Establishment Qualification Exam.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Lan Ling had somehow come to stand beside him and asked in astonishment, \"Can high school students really pass the Foundation Establishment Qualification Exam?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Isn't that something college students take?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhou Chechen did not answer, only following the school leadership along with Lan Ling to meet the Oasis Group's arrivals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Similar to them, there was also a large crowd of students who had gathered to watch the excitement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, the principal, school leaders, and student council president would have already begun managing campus order, sending them back to study or cultivate, but the Oasis Group had caused such a huge commotion that it deeply distracted everyone, and for a moment no one paid attention to the high school students loitering around to watch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, at the school gate, the principal had just brought a few school leaders to the entrance when they saw several Oasis Group representatives walking up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lead middle-aged man had blood-red eyes, his silver hair meticulously combed, and seemed to perpetually carry a faint scent of blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the bewildered school leaders of Songyang High School, the blood-eyed man smiled and said, \"You must be the school leadership of Songyang High School, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I am the general manager of the Oasis Group's Songyang City branch. My name is Chi He.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The reason we've come is that our company's President Wang, after learning of the deeds of your school's Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, was deeply moved.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To support Songyang's educational endeavors, President Wang has decided to donate 10 million, to be used as a reward for them, hoping that they will continue to strive hard in the future, becoming useful individuals who are grateful to Kunxu, loyal to the company, and responsible to the university...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the figure of ten million, the students around almost collectively gasped in shock, marveling at the lavish generosity of President Wang of the Oasis Group.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Usually, they only heard about using money to buy hands, feet, or muscles, or borrowing and lending money for mortgages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But donating money to reward students? What a niche concept.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The school leaders' faces became even more embarrassed and confused upon hearing these words. On one hand, they were shocked by the Oasis Group's grand gesture; on the other, they had no idea what deeds Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had done to move President Wang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some school leaders also wanted to ask what it meant that the two had suddenly obtained Foundation Establishment Certificates, but they didn't know whether they should ask or not, and for a moment all fell into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, Chi He of the Oasis Group had anticipated this. Seeing the awkwardly silent crowd, he smiled slightly and said, \"The two students from your school, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, recently went to the Celestial Capital to take the high school Foundation Establishment Qualification Exam. With outstanding results, they achieved victory and were granted the Foundation Establishment Certificate by the Heavenly Court, thus obtaining Foundation Establishment qualification.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Chi He briefly introduced the high school Foundation Establishment exam and the significance of obtaining this certificate—for example, entry into the Top Ten was already secured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Chi He was speaking, exclamations kept breaking out among the teachers and students present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone exclaimed, \"Doesn't that mean Zhang Yu already has one foot in the Top Ten, stepping onto the second layer?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone sighed, \"One foot? Didn't you hear him say they can pick any school after the college entrance exam? This isn't just one foot—I'd say most of his body is already squeezed into the second layer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone summarized, \"Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen can be said to be standing on Layer 1.9.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Someone said excitedly, \"Two Foundation Establishments in one school! From now on, Songyang City should be called the city of four great high schools, and our Songyang High School will be number one among the four.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, fellow students nodded one after another, feeling that the school emblem of Songyang High School was more dazzling, and their own high school credentials looked better.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hai, standing not far away, secretly felt relieved that he hadn't participated in Zhou Chechen's plan last time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the teachers who had previously made things difficult for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen all changed expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the female PE teacher who had drugged Zhang Yu was particularly dazed and disoriented.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Suddenly, as if remembering something, she ran over to Wang Hai and asked, \"Teacher Wang, I heard you also had a conflict with Zhang Yu back then, but later you made up. How did you do it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hai raised an eyebrow, rubbed his fingers, and said, \"Such an important matter, and you just ask like that?\" After the female teacher transferred 10,000 yuan, Wang Hai said, \"Exactly like what you just did.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's how I made up with him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I gave 66,000 back then. You now... tsk tsk.\" Wang Hai shook his head. \"Hard to say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Jun stood among the crowd. Hearing Chi He's words hit him like a thunderbolt; his heart was both shocked and utterly bewildered: \"Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The two of them... got their Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate in high school?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling that he himself had failed to obtain the certificate even after ten years in university, while his two students had gotten it in their sophomore year of high school, a mix of complex emotions surged in Lei Jun's heart, nearly bringing him to tears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was absolutely impossible not to feel jealous, but even more so, it was a sense of helplessness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lei Jun sighed inwardly: \"There really is no comparison between people. They're only in high school and have already completely surpassed me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Zhou Chechen swayed, and barely managed to stay upright thanks to Lan Ling supporting him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate for high school students? That actually exists? Why have none of the elders in my family ever mentioned this to me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lan Ling beside him grumbled, \"I told you, back when they were weak, we should have just hired a delivery driver to run them over and be done with it. Look at this... look at this...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He kept saying \"look at this,\" not really sure what he wanted Zhou Chechen to see.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhou Chechen shoved Lan Ling, who was supporting him, away and gave him a contemptuous look.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Run them over again? You forgot what happened last time with the Righteous God? Half a year ago, if you dared to hit him, we'd probably all be finished. Do you think someone without a background could pass an exam like this? This kind of Foundation Establishment Certificate that we didn't even know existed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying that, he couldn't be bothered to glance at Lan Ling again, thinking to himself, \"Why am I stuck with an idiot like Lan Ling, while Zhang Yu has someone like Bai Zhenzhen, a prodigy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the noisy crowd, Zhao Tianxing said, trembling, \"Fo—Foundation Establishment Certificate! Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen... as long as they pass the college entrance exam, they can coast into the Top Ten with this certificate?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Shen nodded slightly and said, \"It appears so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Qian Shen's gaze was solemn, thinking: \"So that's how it is. So there really is such a thing as a high school Foundation Establishment Certificate.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had already exceeded what the six-subject scores and competition rankings could measure—that they were super-evolved beings that couldn't be quantified by scores.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But it turns out I just didn't understand the entire college entrance examination system well enough. Beyond the six subjects and competitions, there is also this high school Foundation Establishment exam score, which fully encompasses Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Qian Shen breathed a deep sigh of relief and murmured to himself: \"Indeed... the entire college entrance examination system has no loopholes. It has indeed been verified and adjusted by countless experts and strong individuals. It is the optimal, most scientific, and most immortal-path system for evaluating a person.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the street outside the school gate, Le Mulan had earlier seen the formation of flying swords in the sky, and then heard what Chi He from Oasis Group had said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan thought to herself: \"As poor people, have they actually surpassed the results of all the rich people in Songyang City?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt that the impression she had of poor people had been constantly changed by Zhang Yu over the past year, and now it was completely shattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then she thought: \"That means... will Zhang Yu also attend the Top Ten like me? I wonder which of the Top Ten he'll choose?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if that's the case, booking Zhang Yu's sessions in the future probably won't be so easy. Even if I can book him, it definitely won't be as cheap as now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking about how his worth was about to skyrocket, a subtle emotion stirred within her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to put it... The feeling that arose in Le Mulan's heart at this moment was a bit like when someone suddenly discovers that their favorite masseuse has quit, become a streamer, and blown up in popularity. They both sigh over having had sessions with that person before, and regret that they won't be able to have sessions with them anymore.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan shook her head, pushed aside the stray thoughts, and first informed Le Jingchen of the news.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the news from his sister, Le Jingchen was first startled, then after a moment of contemplation, he said, \"When he comes back, try your best to get in touch with him. Try to obtain his sweat, saliva, urine... any bodily fluids will do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, and make sure to get the original samples. Don't let your own bodily fluids contaminate them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anyway, do your best. Contact me if you need any support.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After hanging up the phone, Le Jingchen thought to himself: \"It must be the Oasis Group's immortal-path technology that elevated Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen to this level.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No wonder, no wonder these two poor kids' grades skyrocketed all the way. No wonder they had a sixth-rank god backing them. So Oasis Group is the real mastermind behind it all.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I could get some samples from Zhang Yu and study something out of them...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other end of the phone, Le Mulan stared blankly at the phone she had hung up, falling into deep thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Booking his sessions is definitely going to be very hard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I have the electronic key to the apartment. What if I hide under their bed...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, there's no bed in the apartment. Then maybe hide in the closet?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan was lost in confusion. She felt that her family had given her an impossible task.\u003C\u002Fp>",2118,"2026-05-29T04:54:42.391Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","7e36fdca74dcc376488af9d44a050a16bf7128c1ac5100db70857ff83b0368eb","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-243","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-241",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]