Chapter 289

In the body cultivation class, Zhang Yu was practicing the Spring and Autumn Endless Meditation at level 20, move by move, while in his eye prosthesis he was slowly replaying the guidance just given by Lang Yougong.

Relying on the super performance of the Time Remnant Demon Pupil, every moment of Lang Yougong's guidance had been clearly recorded, allowing Zhang Yu to replay, re-understand, and compare his own movements repeatedly.

“You must cultivate the body together with your spiritual root…”

“After breaking through to Foundation Establishment, the spiritual root becomes a part of my body.”

As Zhang Yu practiced, he felt that the spiritual root in his Qi Sea seemed to pulse once, becoming slightly more active.

“It really works.”

Zhang Yu’s Spring and Autumn Endless Meditation had already been raised to level 20, reaching the limit of what a Foundation Establishment cultivator could achieve with that technique.

His understanding of this body cultivation technique was already extremely profound; it was just that he had previously not known about cultivating the body with the spiritual root.

Now, awakened by Lang Yougong’s advice, he immediately made rapid progress. Every time he tempered his body and spiritual root, he felt the Qi Sea spiritual root slowly growing within him, further merging with his flesh.

While Zhang Yu was diligently absorbing Lang Yougong’s guidance and continuously tempering his flesh and spiritual root, Lang Yougong continued to instruct other students. But by the end of class, several people like Yu Xinghan and Li Xiao had not yet received this body cultivation teacher’s guidance.

Lang Yougong looked at them and said calmly, “Students who haven’t been guided yet, don’t worry. Body cultivation isn’t something that happens overnight. There will be plenty of time; we’ll continue next class.”

Watching Lang Yougong vanish in a flash, Li Xiao sighed inwardly, “With Gongshu Jin and Ji Hengshu’s cultivation conditions and immortal potential, they simply don’t lack this bit of guidance.”

“But for us poor people who really need help, getting his guidance is so hard.”

“Truly, some die of thirst while others drown…”

“If I want these teachers to think highly of me, I must get a better eye prosthesis.”

Thinking of this, Li Xiao’s eye prosthesis displayed his contact list. He selected his uncle, who had climbed to the second layer years ago, and sent him a message.

Li Xiao: Uncle, can you lend me some spirit coins?

Li Xiao: I want to buy an eye prosthesis, a real Heavenly Eye.

Uncle: Don’t you already have an eye prosthesis?

Li Xiao: Everyone else uses either high-end Heavenly Eyes or Celestial Works. With this cheap junk, classmates look down on me and teachers ignore me; it’s really affecting my studies.

The other party shared a link with you: [Borrow and repay anytime, credited in 3 minutes]

Uncle: Just go in and say my name, no need to thank me.

Li Xiao: Uncle, the platform interest rate is too high. Can I just borrow directly from you?

Uncle: If you ask me, aren’t I still borrowing from the platform?

Uncle: Besides, if you’re in college and don’t even dare take out an online loan, what’s the point of college? You might as well go back to the first layer and farm. Staying is just a waste of money.

Looking at the reply, Li Xiao sighed softly and thought to himself, “Yeah, if I can’t handle the pressure of online loan interest rates, how can I climb the immortal path courageously?”

Recalling the barely hidden sneers of Gongshu Jin and Ying Xin, and the obvious or subtle disregard of various teachers, Li Xiao steeled himself and clicked into the loan platform his uncle had given him.

In another corner, Zhang Yu was absorbing Lang Yougong’s teachings while hurrying to the next classroom.

Time passed quickly through one class after another. Zhang Yu reveled in the pleasure of a constant stream of immortal knowledge flooding his mind, feeling his immortal cultivation improve almost every moment.

Unity of spirit and flesh, second cultivation method, mana quality, spiritual root fusion… and the Foundation Establishment technique, plus the university saint body—Zhang Yu felt he had an endless list of things to do, with immense room for progress.

That evening, after returning to the dorm again, Zhang Yu continued practicing the Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Establishment Body Cultivation at the doorway.

Shortly after Zhang Yu raised the Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Establishment Body Cultivation to level 13, Bai Zhenzhen’s avatar flickered in his eye prosthesis.

“Yu Zi.” Bai Zhenzhen said with a smile, “Did that Gongshu Jin bully you again today?”

“No.” Zhang Yu shook his head and said, “Actually, the classmates and teachers are pretty friendly. It’s just that the customs here are a bit special.”

Bai Zhenzhen: “Oh, I met a guy from the tenth layer over here. He also has a friend studying in the Arcane Arts department at Ten Thousand Laws University. I’ll introduce you when I get the chance…”

“You’re still planning to switch from Civil Engineering to Artifact Refining, right? Then you need to choose an advisor from the Artifact Refining department. Since you’re in Civil Engineering, it’ll be hard to get to know Artifact Refining advisors, so don’t rush your decision. I’ll ask around for you…”

“Also, remember to send me your dorm address. I’ll send you some stuff…”

Zhang Yu said, “Won’t that upset the Seven Emotions Divine Lord?”

“Oh, don’t worry, would I upset my mom?” Bai Zhenzhen said. “It’s just some snacks. Sending snacks between friends is perfectly normal. It cultivates feelings, and that’s part of cultivation.”

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen chatted for a while, but mostly Bai Zhenzhen did the talking while Zhang Yu listened.

Zhang Yu could clearly tell that this was because Bai Zhenzhen now knew more things and had more ways to help him.

Zhang Yu wasn't one to be coy about it either; given their friendship, they had even shared a single spirit root by taking turns using it. Now that Bai Zhenzhen had come into her own and was looking out for him, and later when he succeeded he would help her in return—this was perfectly normal.

But this time, Bai Zhenzhen was the one who actively ended the call.

"No more talk, no more talk. I need to focus on my cultivation now. Yu, you study hard and train hard too..."

After hanging up, Bai Zhenzhen helplessly sighed.

Just then, a female voice sounded in her ear: "Heh? Why aren't you keeping the line open like you did yesterday?"

"Hmm... Could it be that you're trying to save him some communication fees?"

Hearing the woman's light laugh, Bai Zhenzhen pursed her lips and said, "Yu just arrived on the second layer, he doesn't have many spirit coins, and he's at a time when he needs to spend..."

The female voice chuckled faintly: "When it comes down to it, isn't it just that he's poor?"

"Good disciple, being able to value relationships while you're poor is a fine talent, and I appreciate it."

"But if this kind of talent isn't shielded by money, it's destined to wither away with time."

"Because feelings—that sort of thing—need money to be maintained. So a poor person's feelings are destined to be temporary."

"Your friend is so poor that even communication fees are a strain, living like a rat. What right does he have to talk about feelings? How long can your relationship last before it sours?"

Listening to the other's words, Bai Zhenzhen thought to herself: "This old codger... sure enough, he made Yu and me keep the line open just so he could use the communication fee to pressure Zhang Yu."

Faced with the other's words, Bai Zhenzhen didn't reply, because she knew the other was right. If Zhang Yu were just an ordinary poor person, before long, under the enormous gap between them, estrangement would gradually appear, and their feelings would slowly change.

But Bai Zhenzhen understood even more that Zhang Yu wasn't an ordinary poor person—he was an ultra-poor person, a world-class poor person, a poor person with heaven-defying talent.

Bai Zhenzhen thought to herself: "With Yu's talent, plus Fuji's assistance, he won't stay poor forever. He's sure to catch up to me."

However, she naturally didn't voice these thoughts or the secrets about Zhang Yu.

Bai Zhenzhen only said calmly: "I believe in Zhang Yu."

The female voice laughed: "Very well."

"Then let your friend become your whetstone and add one more piece of nourishment for your future achievement of the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao."

Wanfa University City, 125th Layer, Dormitory Area.

Zhang Yu watched Bai Zhenzhen's voluntarily disappearing figure and thought to himself: "Zhen... her speech today seemed a bit fast."

"And she hung up so early..."

"Could she have thought about the communication fee and wanted to save me money?"

Thinking of this, a surge of even fiercer determination welled up in Zhang Yu's heart.

"Damn it, I can't even have the freedom to call my good brother..."

In the next instant, Zhang Yu began cultivating the Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Building Body Refinement even more diligently.

His body traced afterimages as he completed the technique over and over in the most crude, lazy, yet fastest way.

At this moment, Zhang Yu's heart surged with boundless fighting spirit, and within him erupted an overwhelming domineering ambition. He had to become stronger! He had to earn money! He had to have free communication fees, able to chat with Bai Zhenzhen for 24 hours straight without any worries!

Under this unprecedented focus and drive for speed, by the time the first lesson of the next day arrived, Zhang Yu had already pushed the Seventy-Two Forms of Foundation Building Body Refinement to the 17th level.

He thought to himself: "At this rate, I'll be able to train one basic Foundation Establishment technique to level 20 in about 2 to 3 days."

"Then in at most a month, I'll have fully mastered the University Saint Body."

Today's first lesson was called Engineering Array Drafting, a basic civil engineering course.

The classroom for this lesson was especially large, accommodating several hundred people. Besides Zhang Yu's class of Foundation Establishment students, there were also a large number of Qi Refining students.

A teacher whose entire body was radiant gold, with no trace of flesh and blood left, stood on the platform and said, "My name is Tu Lishan. I'm the teacher for this course."

"This course mainly teaches the drawing and interpretation of engineering array diagrams."

Looking at the teacher's expensive magic prosthetics, many students present, especially the Qi Refining students, revealed envious expressions.

In Wanfa University, the richer the student, the more potential they have, and the more the teachers appreciate them.

But the reverse is also true: the richer the teacher, the more authoritative they are, and the more students trust and worship them.

"Teacher Tu is so rich—how could he be wrong?"

"A teacher who can earn this much must be amazing!"

"Civil engineering really has a future; you can earn so much money doing this!"

Thoughts like these flashed through the minds of countless students in the classroom at that moment, making their attitude toward learning more focused and earnest.

Tu Lishan continued, "You will all be pillars of the civil engineering world in the future. The school's requirements for you are to understand the immortal Dao, to be able to do construction, to manage, and to hold certifications to work—these are the core competencies of our Civil Engineering Department."

"And to achieve this, to possess construction ability and quality inspection skills, and to obtain the builder's qualification certificate, you must put in 120% of your focus in this course."

"After all, building a building begins with building the array—whether it's the university city under your feet or the medicinal fields outside the city, every one of them contains exquisite arrays..."