[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-286":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},164155,323,"Chapter 286","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-286",286,"\u003Cp>Foundation Establishment Mind Refining Method, Foundation Establishment Breathing Method, Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Establishment Body Forging, Martial Arts Strength Guide...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu’s gaze swept over one basic-level technique after another from the Foundation Establishment stage. As he read the introductions to these basic techniques, images of their corresponding chain-method sets surfaced in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Great Sage Physique! There really is a Great Sage Physique!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing those four characters, Zhang Yu grew excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he lifted his head to look at the remaining rows of Foundation Establishment techniques, and boundless fighting spirit ignited in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Compared to Kunxu Layer 1, the Foundation Establishment techniques here on Layer 2 are absolutely abundant.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Plus, with my exchange discount…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu glanced at the prices of the techniques: “Basic techniques are already cheap to begin with.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And with my discount for exchanging basic techniques—getting them at twenty percent off—they become even cheaper.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“For example, this Foundation Establishment Breathing Method, originally priced at 0.01 spirit coins, after the discount is 0.002 spirit coins.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Yu didn’t impulsively spend right away. First, he picked out the techniques that could form the Great Sage Physique, sorted them by price, and planned to buy only the ten cheapest ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“After all, I don’t have any income here on Layer 2 yet; saving wherever I can counts.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After bookmarking the ten cheapest techniques, he first purchased one of them: the Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Establishment Body Forging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the electronic version of the technique appeared before him, flipping and zooming in response to his gestures, displaying the content in detail.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Humanoid figures also materialized right in front of him, like technique models, demonstrating each of the Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Establishment Body Forging one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Just the teaching effect from this eye-implant combined with the Spirit World Network is so much better than on Layer 1.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But for someone like me, there’s not much difference.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Zhang Yu was studying the Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Establishment Body Forging, Fuji watched him somewhat listlessly as he gestured at the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She glanced around at the classroom with its gray walls and thought, “Without the Spirit World Network, it’s like being blind here.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Fortunately, I’ve already become a Level 2 Evil God. I need to have Zhang Yu find some time to set up a ritual so I can access the network too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Zhang Yu had already begun practicing the Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Establishment Body Forging.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After entering the Foundation Establishment stage, as his physical strength continued to increase, he could feel the bond between his body and his mana growing tighter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>According to Spark True Person, body forging in the Foundation Establishment stage... cannot rely solely on pure physical force like some body-forging techniques in the Qi Refining stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instead, it requires the cooperation of mana and the body to gradually break through the original limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhang Yu practiced the Foundation Establishment version of the Spring and Autumn Infinite Meditation, he had already noticed this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, as he ran the Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Establishment Body Forging, he could feel even more strongly that each form required a different mana circulation route to achieve the body-forging effect.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While Zhang Yu was practicing, the classroom’s surveillance camera turned slightly, already aimed at his location.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunderclap True Person was looking at Zhang Yu through the camera: “Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Establishment Body Forging?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Why would he exchange for a basic-level technique like that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And... why is his practice so terrible?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Thunderclap True Person’s view, Zhang Yu’s technique training was utterly senseless—every movement was as careless as possible, each form extremely off, as if driven by something behind him, only seeking speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“What’s the use of just chasing speed? Practicing like that a hundred times is worse than practicing properly once.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunderclap True Person shook his head, his voice coming through the surveillance camera: “Zhang Yu, stop practicing in the classroom.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The classroom manager says you’ve been occupying it, and others need to use it later. Find a place of your own to practice.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu immediately stopped and left the classroom, thinking to himself, “Where should I go to practice?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a search, many training grounds appeared in Zhang Yu’s eye-implant, but they were either full or charged a fee. Finally, he had a brainwave: “Why not try going back to the dormitory layer?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Layer 125, Dormitory District.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu stood at the dormitory door, practicing the Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Establishment Body Forging, form by form.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, during his practice, not only were his movements often deformed, but he also exerted almost no effort, simply aiming to complete each form as quickly as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This also made his training process quiet, without any commotion, and even less likely to attract attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Foundation Building Body Refining Seventy-Two Forms Level 1 (3\u002F20)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And by cultivating like this, Zhang Yu's progress in the Foundation Building Body Refining Seventy-Two Forms was also swift, and in the blink of an eye he had already practiced the technique several times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The only downside should be that this kind of perfunctory refinement, which only seeks quick completion, has... no body refining effect during the training process.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Yu didn't care about this, because if he really wanted to refine his body, he also had the expert-level body refining technique, Spring and Autumn Endless Zen, at level 20.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this Foundation Building Body Refining Seventy-Two Forms was relatively too weak in terms of body refining effect for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I had cultivated like this back when I was in the rental house, the commotion would have been small enough that I probably wouldn't have been yelled at and kicked out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But back then, I needed the body refining effect provided by the technique, so it was impossible to cultivate so lazily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself: \"From what I've seen so far, cultivating so quietly in the dormitory layer without any commotion, no one has come to drive me away...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So in the time that followed, Zhang Yu pushed the Foundation Building Body Refining Seventy-Two Forms all the way to level 8 in one go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And during this time, Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, and Zhang Pianpian also returned to the dormitory one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zhang Yu cultivating at the door, the three of them weren't bothered by it, greeted him, and went back into the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Zhang Pianpian returned to the dormitory, she began to breathe in spiritual energy, seizing every second to refine her magical power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as Zhang Pianpian began to breathe, the spiritual energy in the room started to increase.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan and Le Mulan felt the spiritual energy in the dormitory continuously growing, and both showed expressions of surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan exclaimed in surprise: \"This concentration of spiritual energy feels like it's almost reaching the level of a spirit vein.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does every dormitory here have this level?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan also asked curiously: \"Is the spiritual energy on the second floor so abundant?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Pianpian explained from the side: \"When you came, you should have already seen that most of the land outside the university city is private property.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Unlike the first floor, which needs to accommodate large-scale urban construction, these private lands are almost all used for growing herbs and maintaining spirit veins, which leads to the particularly high concentration of spiritual energy on the second floor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing this, Yu Xinghan said: \"So because the spiritual energy is too abundant, it's provided cheaply to so many people?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Pianpian smiled slightly upon hearing this: \"Maybe, but the bigger reason is probably that the universities and companies want everyone to be able to refine more magical power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having said that, Zhang Pianpian didn't say anything more and continued to cultivate with her eyes closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan also quickly sat down cross-legged and began to breathe in spiritual energy to refine her magical power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having attended the first class meeting today, Le Mulan also felt tremendous pressure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally ranking among the top in her high school on the first floor, she had now suddenly dropped to the bottom level after starting university, which stirred a trace of anxiety in her heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Yu Xinghan touched his newly replaced eye prosthetic and looked at the world that had finally regained its color, thinking to himself: \"Sigh, I should have bought a better eye prosthetic down below.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The eye prosthetics up here are too expensive...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a feeling of hunger came from his stomach, so Yu Xinghan took out the remaining synthetic food and started eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Calculating that the remaining synthetic food would only last a few days, Yu Xinghan couldn't help but sigh.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to relax, he looked at Zhang Pianpian and Le Mulan, who were still breathing in spiritual energy, and sighed again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, just like Old Deng said, university is harder than high school.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Zhang Yu, who was cultivating the Foundation Building Body Refining Seventy-Two Forms outside, saw Bai Zhenzhen's avatar flashing repeatedly and thought to himself: \"2 a.m.? Is it time for the scheduled contact with Azhen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the scenery around him, which showed no change, Zhang Yu thought: \"In this university city, it's really hard to tell day from night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a flicker of Zhang Yu's thought, light and shadow flashed before his eyes, and he saw Bai Zhenzhen, full of energy, appear in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen said: \"Yuzi, have you finished checking in?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu nodded and said: \"I've even finished the first class meeting, and I ran into a Sixth Floor Lord and a Fourth Floor Lord...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen said: \"I also saw several Tenth Floor Lords in my class, but they were all quite polite and even elected me as the class monitor...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And hearing that Bai Zhenzhen was chatting and laughing with Tenth Floor Lords, Zhang Yu couldn't help but show an envious expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu then asked: \"How big is the place you're living in now? My sister, Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, and I are renting a 5-square-meter dorm room together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen exclaimed, \"Ah? Is Wanfa University that cramped? I thought my 50-square-meter dorm was small enough, but you guys can actually live in 5 square meters?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Next, the two continued to exchange interesting stories. Although they hadn't seen each other for just a day, it was as if they had endless things to talk about, each sharing the new things they encountered on the first day of registration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing that Zhang Yu had been shown off to by Gongshu Jin, Bai Zhenzhen raised an eyebrow and said, \"Gongshu Jin, is it? He didn't bully you, did he?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuzi, remember this: if he bullies you, Mom will teach him a good lesson.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right, not just him. In the future, if anyone bullies you, just use my real mom Seven Emotions Divine Lord's reputation! If he's not convinced, tell him to add me as a friend, and I'll voice chat with him directly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing these words, Zhang Yu's eyes suddenly lit up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's right, although I'm a first-layer person, my good brother is a disciple of a Divine Lord, so I also have connections with a Deity Transformation ancestor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Zhang Yu felt the sky was vast and the earth was wide, and boundless confidence surged in his heart: \"Damn, my background is so strong, yet I've been so low-key.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the future, if some fourth-layer lord or sixth-layer lord dares to provoke me, I'll have A'Zhen add them as friends and give them a good scolding!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I should create a group chat and watch A'Zhen teach them a lesson properly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this thought, Zhang Yu couldn't help but puff out his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>",1974,"2026-05-29T04:54:42.391Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","50dcfd0b291c5d4efb0fed24bb5c6068a62cf03adbe253fa8a904010211d4a55","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-287","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-285",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]