[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-291":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},164160,323,"Chapter 291","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-291",291,"\u003Cp>The Feather Book flipped its pages without wind, and the pages within naturally turned to the second chapter, the Dao Seed Record, following Zhang Yu's will.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the page, a silhouette modeled after Zhang Yu emerged, but the surroundings were completely blank—no text, no other patterns or symbols.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What does this mean?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Staring at the simple silhouette on the page, Zhang Yu sank into thought.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was turning it over and over, unable to figure out how this so-called Dao Seed Record worked or what effects it had,\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu suddenly shifted his gaze and looked at Yu Xinghan beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Earlier, when Zhang Yu was practicing the Seventy-Two Methods of Foundation Building and Body Tempering, he had to go outside to train because the dormitory room was too small.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But ever since he pushed the Seventy-Two Methods to level 20 and began training the Foundation Building Heart-Mind Method, he stayed in the dormitory to train along with the others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And now, looking at Yu Xinghan beside him, Zhang Yu noticed something on the other person that he had never seen before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three-Eyed Divine Ability? What is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Three-Eyed Divine Ability (Spiritual Root)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This line of text, like a label, was stuck on Yu Xinghan's chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when Zhang Yu focused his attention on this label, he sensed from it a mysterious feeling, or rather information, that was difficult to describe in words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So this is a Dao Seed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu tried to describe what he sensed in his mind: \"All living beings under heaven and earth each have different potential and talent along the path of immortality.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The so-called Dao Seed can be said to be the essence of a cultivator's potential, symbolizing one's talent for the immortal path—except it often hasn't been fully awakened yet.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By helping others develop their Dao Seeds, the Dao Seed Record can copy and record them, then apply them to myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself: \"In short, a Dao Seed can be considered a person's talent for the immortal path. If I help develop it, in the end I can copy one to myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With this thought, Zhang Yu suddenly felt a surge of anticipation. While summarizing the function of the Dao Seed Record in his mind, he looked toward Le Mulan and Zhang Pianpian.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What Le Mulan had was: Deep Cold Dharma Vein (Dharma Power)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Pianpian had nothing at all—no trace of Dao Seed information could be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought: \"Given my sister's performance, how could she have no immortal talent? No Dao Seed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It must be that seeing the Dao Seed on someone also requires meeting certain conditions.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And I haven't yet satisfied the requirements to see the Dao Seed on my sister.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For the time being, Zhang Yu couldn't figure out the trick, so he set it aside and focused on studying the Dao Seeds on Yu Xinghan and Le Mulan, sensing the mysterious aura within them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Through this observation, he gradually gleaned more information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dao Seeds have types. Yu Xinghan's Three-Eyed Divine Ability is a Spiritual Root type Dao Seed, while Le Mulan's Deep Cold Dharma Vein is a Dharma Power type.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And Dao Seeds of the same type can only be effective one at a time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking this, Zhang Yu smiled: \"But that also means Dao Seeds of different types can take effect simultaneously.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu continued sensing the mysterious aura from the Dao Seeds on the two others and realized: \"To develop Yu Xinghan's Three-Eyed Divine Ability, I need to help him increase his Spiritual Root fusion rate to at least 90% or more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For Le Mulan's Deep Cold Dharma Vein, I need to breathe the spiritual energy together with her, circulate Dharma Power into her body, and use high-quality Dharma Power to help her improve the quality of her own Dharma Power.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the guidance from the Dharma Power class, Zhang Yu estimated that his own Dharma Power quality would have to be high enough, and then he would need to inject it into Le Mulan's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If I can raise her Dharma Power quality above 150%, I can develop this Deep Cold Dharma Vein.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, though he understood this, Zhang Yu didn't rush to go practice with Yu Xinghan or Le Mulan. Instead, he closed his eyes and first calmed the surging emotions in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The Dao Seed Record essentially adds a new dimension for me to grow stronger, allowing me to collect many immortal talents onto myself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The mere thought of this filled Zhang Yu with an indescribable excitement, as if he could already see his path of immortality broadening and the figure of himself constantly climbing to new heights.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But... don't rush, Zhang Yu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In fact, throughout the process of understanding the Dao Seed Record, waves of impulse kept rising in Zhang Yu's heart, making him want to start experimenting on the spot—ideally developing the Dao Seeds on Yu Xinghan and Le Mulan right away and copying them to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But cultivation is something you can't rush.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Besides, with my current ability, I'm not capable of developing their Dao Seeds either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu gradually calmed the surging excitement and impulse in his heart, restoring calm and rationality to his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Right now, my top priority is to first cultivate the foundational techniques, master the Great University Sacred Body, and boost my future cultivation efficiency. After that, everything I do will yield twice the results with half the effort.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhang Yu had first acquired the High School Sacred Body, his greatest regret was that it had come too late.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So this time, he absolutely would not repeat that mistake. He had to master the Great University Sacred Body first, improve his cultivation efficiency, and only then begin training in all other areas.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As the saying goes, sharpening the axe won't delay the woodcutting...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With his resolve made, Zhang Yu set aside all distracting thoughts and devoted himself wholeheartedly once more to cultivating the Foundation Establishment Mind-Refining Method.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, in the days that followed, aside from attending classes daily, Zhang Yu dedicated all his time to cultivating the foundational techniques of the Foundation Establishment stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, as his brought-along synthetic food gradually ran out, his daily meals were slowly replaced with second-layer medications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, mealtime came again, and Yu Xinghan said, \"Who's got a discount today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan said, \"I drew a coupon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Three-month installment payment, with no handling fee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A cascade of shops appeared in Yu Xinghan's eyes: \"So which one do we pick?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Pianpian said from the side, \"How about 'Capsules That Bet on the Pharmacist's Career'? Their medicines are all produced by the original factory, no secondary processing in-store, not hand-mixed on the spot—quality is guaranteed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, a knock came, followed by the delivery rider's shout: \"Your assembled meds are here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan quickly opened the door to get the delivery and saw the rider, moving like lightning, tossing packages of assembled meds at the dormitory doors around them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He didn't think much of it—after all, installment-payment assembled meds were really cheap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan thought to himself, \"College students, right? That's exactly the age to trade the body for money and gobble down assembled meds.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the delivery packaging, he first took out the edible cement sent as a store gift, and then began dividing the meds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu took a handful of Stamina Capsules, Nutrition Capsules, and Energy Capsules and swallowed them all in one gulp.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Among them, the Stamina Capsules restored the physical strength consumed by cultivation, the Nutrition Capsules supplied various nutrients needed by the body, and the Energy Capsules were more comprehensive than nerve fillers, restoring energy while completely eliminating the need for sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After swallowing the meds, Zhang Yu sighed, \"Cheap, indeed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if daily cultivation consumes a huge amount of body resources and requires six doses, for a month it's only about 0.02 spirit coins, and for a year, only 0.24.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, after taking his medication, Yu Xinghan felt the medicinal power gradually dissolving in his stomach, sending warm currents flowing through his limbs and bones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the process, Yu Xinghan felt his gastrointestinal digestion intensify, like a ferocious beast greedily digesting everything inside, and due to the lack of food, it even seemed ready to digest his own stomach and intestines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yu Xinghan quickly shoved a piece of cement into his mouth, swallowed it with a frown, and only then felt his digestive tract gradually calm down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After doing all this, feeling the cement pressing in his stomach, he looked at Zhang Yu beside him with some envy: \"This kid doesn't have to eat cement—how nice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Le Mulan, hearing Zhang Yu's sigh about cheapness, reminded him, \"But if you eat these long-term, the burden on your internal organs increases. It's easy to trigger liver and kidney damage, immune system suppression, and cardiovascular problems. And the longer you eat them... the easier it is to induce cancer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By then, all the money you saved will be lost on medical bills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan knew this had nothing to do with medicine poison or pill poison—it was simply the side effect of long-term medication, as the elders of the Le family on the second layer had told her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Pianpian nodded: \"You guys remember, at most, eat these for 5 years, then switch to Fasting Pills. Otherwise, the risks start to outweigh the benefits.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fuji chimed in, \"If you can't earn enough money while young to afford Fasting Pills, you'll gradually get a body full of ailments. The money saved will be used for treatment, and to treat the illness you'll have to save money and keep taking meds... Heh heh, these pharmaceutical companies on the second layer really eat from both sides. That's why people on the first layer can't stay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She said to Zhang Yu, \"Once you've made progress in cultivation, you still need to earn money quickly and aim to get on Fasting Pills as soon as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking the meds, Zhang Yu immediately continued his cultivation without pause.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A few days later, he had not only raised the Foundation Establishment Mind-Refining Method to level 20, but also the Foundation Establishment Breath Technique to level 20, and pushed the Martial Force Guidelines to level 12.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself, \"Once I finish this set of Martial Force Guidelines, that'll be 4 techniques complete for the Great University Sacred Body requirement—still 6 more to go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zhang Yu so immersed in foundational techniques, Yu Xinghan couldn't help reminding him, \"It's been over a week since classes started—why are you still only cultivating foundational techniques?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your stats haven't gone up much, your comprehensive score hasn't budged, and your ranking has dropped by one place.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called comprehensive score was an overall evaluation score for a student at Wanfa University, composed of credits, exam scores, competition results, projects, and so on, and also included basic data like the student’s Dao Heart, mana, and physical strength.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For freshmen in the Foundation Establishment class, since school had just started, basic data made up the bulk of their comprehensive scores.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu glanced at his ranking, which had dropped to 14th in the class, but didn't mind: \"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought to himself: \"If I can't even accept temporarily falling behind for the sake of accumulation, then what am I cultivating immortality for? What am I refining my Dao heart for?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I saw him standing outside the dormitory, his hands and feet twitching rapidly, leaving afterimages as he made twisted, deformed movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was as if any technique in his hands would become distorted and off-model, giving an extremely perfunctory and lazy feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fast... but this is way too careless.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuxing Han, watching this scene, shook his head inwardly, truly unable to understand what Zhang Yu was doing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The fact that he was so focused on basic techniques was already hard for him to understand, and practicing so perfunctorily made it even more incomprehensible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Forget it, do whatever you want.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Pianpian also observed Zhang Yu's cultivation, but she didn't interfere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought to herself: \"My younger brother's mysterious talent cannot be underestimated. Such behavior must have its reason.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only did Zhang Pianpian not interfere with Zhang Yu's thoughts, but she became curious about what the result of his cultivation would be.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other side, Le Mulan had not yet reached Qi Foundation, so he had even less opinion on the cultivation arrangements of the Qi Foundation elder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And that very night, Bai Zhenzhen's package finally arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Zhang Yu opened the package and smelled the strong meat aroma emanating from it, he noticed that Yuxing Han, Le Mulan, and Zhang Pianpian all turned their heads.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuxing Han exclaimed excitedly: \"Is that the jerky Bai Zhenzhen sent you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu nodded slightly and said to the three, \"Come have some together.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After taking the jerky and swallowing, a trace of happiness and joy appeared on the faces of the three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhang Yu ate it, he also felt an indescribable happy emotion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That night, when he contacted Bai Zhenzhen again, he curiously asked about the origin of the jerky. Bai Zhenzhen just smiled and said, \"If you like it, I'll send you more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is Happy Jerky. Eating it can boost your mood, offset negative emotions, and make you more positive in studying and cultivating.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is a good thing. Just the four of you eat it yourselves. Make sure no one else sees it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the following days, Zhang Yu continued to immerse himself in the basic techniques. In the blink of an eye, several more days passed, and the techniques of the University Sacred Body finally accumulated to six at level 20.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Beginner - University Sacred Body (6\u002F6): Drug load, absorption, and metabolism abilities enhanced to the peak of Qi Foundation.\u003C\u002Fp>",2320,"2026-05-29T04:54:42.391Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","f31d991c11ad6440d482cece88add5fb456027a849ecf429cf3c9c5e66173960","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-292","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-290",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]