Chapter 243: Zhang Yu's Foundation Establishment Domain

With this move by the Oasis Group, not only did it cause a huge stir at Songyang High School, but as news continued to spread and diffuse outward, it also triggered turmoil throughout the entire Songyang city.

After Red River, the representative of the Oasis Group, returned to the company, he immediately used the company's dedicated network to cross the network barrier between the first and second layers and contacted the Oasis Group on the second layer.

Soon, President Wang's voice appeared on the other end.

Red River said respectfully, "President Wang, I handled the matter you assigned. But Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen haven't returned yet. I just announced the matter, but the money hasn't been transferred to them."

President Wang said indifferently, "It's fine. It'll be the same when they come back."

Red River said cautiously, "But... what if they ultimately don't want to cooperate with us?"

He always felt that starting to spend money and promote directly before reaching an agreement with the other party was a bit imprudent.

President Wang laughed and said, "I give them money, I give them opportunities, I give them a future. Why would they not want to cooperate with me?"

"I believe there is no one in this world that can't be bought with money; it's just a matter of how much money."

"And when it comes to the money on the first layer, I can afford to spend it."

"By the way, I'll be coming down in a few days. The Immortal Capital is boring, but the three protected areas in Songyang are quite interesting. I plan to come here first to have a look."

For President Wang, whether it was the Immortal Capital 1.5 layer or Songyang, in his eyes they were all first-layer cities, no different.

On the contrary, the natural scenery and resources of the protected areas seemed rarer and more valuable to him.

Red River quickly replied, "I'll arrange it immediately."

Meanwhile, news about Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued to spread in Songyang city.

At the Red Tower Building.

Director Long looked at the test report in his hand and said disdainfully, "Rubbish, all of it is rubbish."

"Stop buying Zhang Yu's seeds in the future, and dispose of all the stock. It's a complete waste of time, manpower, and experimental equipment."

Thinking about how the other party had come to freeload from time to time over the past few months while contributing a bunch of useless protein waste, Director Long felt extremely annoyed.

But soon, as Director Long saw the news on his phone, he stood up abruptly and asked his secretary, "Where are Zhang Yu's seeds?"

"Thrown away? How could you throw them away?"

"Recover them immediately!"

"Right now! All of them! Find every single one back, and not a single drop is allowed to leak out! Even if you have to lick them, you lick them back!"

At the White Dragon High School.

Hearing the news that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had obtained the Foundation Establishment Certificate, Yu Xinghan looked dazed.

Damn... this was even more painful than if he himself had been eliminated from the Foundation Establishment Exam.

Then he heard that the Oasis Group was donating ten million to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, which immediately made his heart ache.

"No way..."

"Zhang Yu, oh Zhang Yu, it's not that I, your buddy, don't want my friend to improve. I just don't want to see you lose yourself and become a corporate lackey because of a so-called Foundation Establishment Certificate."

"That person who went with me to Red Tower for a joyful shooting session and earned money by his own hands as a part-timer—wasn't that the real you? How did you secretly get the Foundation Establishment Certificate? And managed to get so many donations?"

But what hurt Yu Xinghan the most was thinking about the results after Li Xuelian and Xinghuo Zhenren learned about this.

"F***... how am I supposed to hold my head high in front of Senior Sister from now on?"

"Forget Senior Sister, I feel like I can't even hold my head up in front of mannequins now."

Meanwhile, Li Xuelian had already learned about what happened at Songyang High School.

She sighed, and in a daze she remembered that day a year ago when she was in the room at the Central Building, rejecting Zhang Yu.

"Alas, just one step off."

Li Xuelian could imagine that with her father's hot temper, he would inevitably be anxious and distracted, unable to work, and would even lose money or have to pay compensation.

"I'd better not tell Dad for now, to avoid reducing his income and affecting the efficiency of the transfer."

……

Just as Songyang City was causing a stir over Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s matters.

Inside an unknown, nameless small town.

Within a temporarily rented training ground.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were right there, digesting what they had gained from this Foundation Establishment exam.

These past few days, Bai Zhenzhen hadn’t been in a hurry to cultivate her newly obtained techniques; instead, she was savoring the memory of that one sword strike she had delivered in the exam hall while the feeling was still fresh.

That sword strike—having undergone multiple accelerations, surpassing the speed of sound all the way—was the peak sword strike of her entire life from birth to now. If it hadn’t been for the unlimited medical insurance promised by the Orthodox Gods, she would never have dared to unleash such a sword.

And through the combat of that sword strike, Bai Zhenzhen felt she had gained a new understanding of her own martial path.

On the other side, Zhang Yu was naturally seizing the time to cultivate his newly acquired martial arts, striving to complete the final layer of effects for the Martial Embryo as soon as possible.

The martial art he had chosen from the technique rewards of the Foundation Establishment exam was called the Earth Sha Hui Yuan Jue, a technique that, as long as one stood on the ground, could absorb the Earth Sha magnetic force from the earth through the acupoints of the soles, rapidly restoring physical strength.

Over the past few days, he had already cultivated Earth Sha Hui Yuan Jue to level 10. At this moment, with Zhang Yu’s feet planted on the ground, even without deliberately activating the technique, he could feel an endless stream of Earth Sha magnetic power surging into his body, continuously replenishing his stamina, making him feel as if he had inexhaustible energy throughout his entire body. He could keep cultivating for another day and night without any problem.

“At least within the Qi Refining realm, this technique is enough to make my stamina reach an absurd level.”

And the next technique Zhang Yu was cultivating was the tenth one needed to complete the Martial Embryo—the Da Wei Tian Zhou, which he had just bought today for 1.33 million.

“Once I master this technique, my body will naturally generate a force of repulsion; the harder my opponent strikes me, the stronger the shock they receive.”

Zhang Yu recalled the entire series of techniques he had cultivated and thought to himself: “Magic resistance, fire resistance, ice resistance, physical resistance, health regen, self-healing, medicine efficiency, detox… now adding stamina recovery and damage reflection.”

“The more I train, the tankier I get. The more I train, the more I become a walking tank.”

“Could the concept of Martial Embryo simply be about training a person to be incredibly durable and super good at taking hits?”

Of course, besides these two martial arts, Zhang Yu also studied his electronic Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate and indeed found some special services in it.

Head display, font, color, size… as long as you pay, all of it can be modified.

There was even something called a “Foundation Establishment Domain” effect.

Once activated, whenever the domain was turned on, everyone within a hundred meters of him would receive a text message. The basic version’s content was: “Zhang Yu, holder of the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, has entered within one hundred meters of you. Please be polite and do not offend.”

!

Zhang Yu thought to himself: “Who the hell would turn something like this on? That’s too much showing off, too much aggro!”

Thinking about this, he touched his arm, where a piece of red cloth was tied. Underneath that red cloth was his Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate.

As soon as Zhang Yu pulled off the red cloth from his arm, the Qualification Certificate below would be revealed.

Zhang Yu mused: “This way is still cheaper, low-key, and convenient.”

He already envisioned the scene where he would pull back the red cloth, reveal his Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, and stun all the heroes of the world.

……

“Golden Core Grand Cultivator, Sparkfire True Person, has entered within one thousand meters of you. In the past month, he has mistakenly killed 4 people and has paid all fines and compensations. Please watch your words and actions; do not offend.”

Inside the office building, as the employees’ phones vibrated one after another, it was as if an invisible plague was spreading through the building, terrifying all the office workers—their faces pale—who rushed back to their workstations, afraid they might run into this Sparkfire True Person.

A moment later, under the fearful gazes of the crowd, a “person” with a head full of flames, a body like琉璃 (glazed crystal), and eyes burning like two suns, slowly floated past them.

This person, with more than half of his body replaced by a magical skeleton, was exactly the expert the company had recently hired: Sparkfire True Person.

Sensing the fear and awe of the office workers around him, Sparkfire True Person thought to himself that this Golden Core Domain attached to the Golden Core Qualification Certificate was really convenient.

Ever since he had paid extra to activate this domain, no more annoying brats had appeared to anger him into killing anyone.

Sparkfire True Person sighed inwardly, wishing that the Golden Core Domain had worked this well back when he was on the upper levels; then he wouldn’t have ended up descending to the first layer.

At the same time, within Sparkfire True Person’s eyes, streams of messages kept flashing and disappearing, eventually settling on the relevant information that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had obtained their Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificates.

“Zhang Yu?”

“Isn’t he my disciple?”

As for Yu Xinghan? Sorry, someone who spent tens of millions yet still failed to get his Foundation Establishment Certificate—Sparkfire True Person really wasn’t familiar with him.

“It’s been a long time since I last went to see him. Hmm… and there’s Bai Zhenzhen, the other disciple I’ve never met.”

Starfire True Person really wanted to go see his two good disciples right away, but he still had to work overtime this week, and having reached Golden Core cultivation, he wasn't in the habit of taking leave.

"I can only go see them after this week's overtime is over."

In the small town on the other side.

Just as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were each cultivating and improving.

A knock on the door sounded, and a voice came from outside: "Excuse me, may I ask if you are Mr. Zhang Yu and Miss Bai Zhenzhen?"

Hearing this, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were both startled. This place was more than 1,000 kilometers away from Songyang City, yet someone could actually recognize them.

On guard, the two slowly opened the door, and a travel-worn, shabbily dressed middle-aged man walked in.

The middle-aged man introduced himself: "I am Tao Lin from Shengshi Entertainment. I'm sorry to find you so abruptly, but I truly have something very important to tell you."

"You haven't decided which university to apply to yet, right?"

"I know a university with great potential. They are confident they can train you to become Golden Core True Persons. I hope you will consider it."

Tao Lin's company, Shengshi Entertainment, belonged to the Joyous Union sect, one of the ten great sects.

And the university he mentioned was called Qinghe Art Vocational College.

In order to recruit Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen ahead of others, they not only sent people to Songyang City, but also used the company's channels, exploiting a data leak from the True Gods to find Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's whereabouts.

Such information leakage, especially involving location tracking, was naturally illegal and non-compliant.

Generally, for mere recruiting, major companies would scorn such methods—it not only lost face for the company and the university, but also gave competitors an opening to attack.

However, under the strong insistence of Qinghe Art Vocational College, which was a tier-two institution, Shengshi Entertainment reluctantly did so.

But Tao Lin felt that compared to what he was about to do next, this information leak was nothing.

After all, tricking two geniuses who had obtained Foundation Establishment certificates in high school, the strongest high school students in tier one, into enrolling in a vocational college—while not illegal—was even more despicable.

Yes, trickery.

Although on the surface it was called recruitment, in Tao Lin's view, wasn't this fucking trickery?

Otherwise, which good high school student would give up the ten great sects to choose Qinghe Art Vocational College?