Chapter 302

With the activation of the Wuji Tremor Zen, Zhang Yu felt a buzzing vibration inside his body, his flesh and blood being tempered by each oscillation, while the concrete wrapped in his protective Qi expelled air bubbles through the tremors, making the efficiency several times faster than before.

"Excellent…" Zhang Yu thought to himself. "This way, I can both increase work efficiency and cultivate the Earthwork Sacred Body."

"From now on, I should follow this approach on the construction site."

"A considerable number of techniques in the Earthwork Sacred Body should be compatible with construction site work."

However, as work progressed and the Wuji Tremor Zen continued to circulate, Zhang Yu began to feel his body growing sore and weak.

He recalled the side effects described in the Wuji Tremor Zen.

"Prolonged operation can damage nerve endings, limb joints, and muscles, leading to muscle vibration syndrome."

"In severe cases, it can even cause finger necrosis, limb deformities, and severely impair motor function..."

"But..."

Zhang Yu took a deep breath; while circulating the Wuji Tremor Zen, he made a conscious effort to control his body's vitalization, constantly repairing the damaged areas.

Just as Zhang Yu was working hard, not far away, Yu Xinghan had already lain down on a wooden plank, quietly gazing at the starlight in the night sky.

"Sigh, this work is too tiring. I need to rest, or my body will get damaged."

"In immortal path cultivation, balancing income and health is very important."

"I can't earn money all day only to throw it all into medical expenses."

On the other side, Li Xiao watched the reclining Yu Xinghan and secretly laughed at him for not being able to endure hardship.

"If you can't even take a little hardship like this, how can you work in civil engineering?"

Li Xiao watched the number of spirit coins in his salary display gradually increase and only felt more motivated, as if his sore muscles didn't matter anymore.

Especially looking at the entire huge construction site on Floor 666, Li Xiao felt as if everywhere was mountains of gold and silver, just waiting for him to pick up the money.

Yu Xinghan watched Li Xiao working desperately and thought, "He can still keep going like this? This guy really must be hiding his true strength, just like Zhang Yu said, right?"

Then Yu Xinghan turned his gaze to Zhang Yu and saw that Zhang Yu's body had seemingly swelled slightly, and the power he was unleashing had become even more astonishing.

Zhang Yu circulated his protective Qi, pouring concrete over large swaths of rebar mesh, like a giant dragon rolling back and forth through a river of steel bars.

To increase efficiency, Zhang Yu had already slightly activated the War Demon Life-Sacrificing Art, increasing his physical strength by 0.2.

And with the body vitalization provided by the Remnant Ox Self-Sacrifice Heart Method, he was fully able to withstand the physical damage from the War Demon Life-Sacrificing Art and the Wuji Tremor Zen.

Zhang Yu saw that the spirit coins in his work salary had unknowingly risen to 0.01135 spirit coins, and he couldn't help but intensify the circulation of his techniques a little more.

Seeing Zhang Yu's movements speed up a bit, Yu Xinghan thought, "What a freakish constitution."

He recalled how on Floor 1, Zhang Yu had fallen again and again under the training of Starfire True Person, only to quickly recover and stand up again, and couldn't help but show a look of envy in his eyes.

At the same time, behind the construction site's surveillance cameras, Tu Lishan was also observing the work performance of the newly arrived students.

"Yu Xinghan, that kid... knows how to slack off."

"Li Xiao is steady and willing to work hard—a good seedling for civil engineering."

As he observed, Tu Lishan thought to himself, "And Zhang Yu... truly is the Earthwork Sacred Body. One person is as efficient as twenty Qi Refining laborers, yet his wages are only ten times theirs."

"Poor martial arts aptitude, but steady and willing, can endure hardship, has decent physical fitness, and comes from a rural place like Floor 1, short on money..."

Poor aptitude, good physique, willing to endure hardship, family poor, from the countryside—in Tu Lishan's eyes, if that wasn't the Earthwork Sacred Body, what was? He was practically a born seed for civil engineering.

Meanwhile, Ying Xin and her two companions, following the senior quality inspector, had also patrolled over to Zhang Yu's area.

Seeing this, Yu Xinghan immediately stood up and continued working.

Watching the three of them working so hard, Ying Xin thought to herself, "The work on the construction site wears down the body the most. Even a Foundation Establishment cultivator would eventually fall ill if they kept up this kind of consumption every day."

For instance, Zhang Yu's concrete pouring work—maintaining the circulation of protective Qi and high-frequency vibrations year after year—could easily lead to meridian expansion syndrome.

And long-term maintenance of physical vibrations could also cause muscle vibration syndrome.

Construction workers suffering from all kinds of ailments... she had seen and heard too much of that since she was a child.

So she told herself that once she entered the Civil Engineering Department, she would never do these grueling, exhausting jobs.

She hoped that starting with her generation, none of their future descendants would have to endure this kind of hardship anymore.

"Let the first-layer laborers earn this blood money.

"I still want to be management material.

Ying Xin's biggest goal in coming to this construction site internship was to excel in the upcoming assessment, catch the attention of a leader, and be selected for a field project outside the university town.

"The truly impressive figures in Civil Engineering aren't in the university town—they're out working on external projects.

Ying Xin thought to herself: "Otherwise, how could the engineering work in the university town alone support so many Golden Core and Nascent Soul cultivators in the College of Architecture?"

"Especially now, with university wars breaking out frequently, it's the perfect time for Civil Engineering to shine. This is a golden period for countless civil engineering talents to rise and develop. How could I stay in the university town just to earn this pittance?"

"If I can get selected by the deputy director of Civil Engineering for that project this time..."

Ying Xin's mind turned to the intelligence on the Seven Wonders of Civil Engineering.

She knew she was no match for Gongshu Jin or Ji Yuanqu, and couldn't compete with them in the rankings.

"But who says that only those who place first in class for seven consecutive years can get the chance to claim all Seven Wonders of Civil Engineering, ultimately unify the seven energies, and master the Divine Strength of Moving Mountains of the Heavenly Kunlun?"

As a sixth-generation civil engineering person, Ying Xin understood that much of the information she held might be the key to her skyrocketing future.

Before he knew it, Zhang Yu had worked straight through the night.

But under the effect of bodily activation, he was still full of vigor and looked highly energetic.

Wu Ji Zhen Chan — Level 4

Compensation Received: 0.038 Spirit Coins

Zhang Yu thought: "At this rate, that's 1.14 Spirit Coins a month, 13.68 Spirit Coins a year..." The Starfire Real Man didn't lie to me; civil engineering really pays well."

Not far away, Li Xiao watched Zhang Yu and thought to himself: "Zhang Yu’s workload today feels way heavier than mine. Truly my rival—he can endure even more hardship than I can."

On the other side, Ying Xin shook her head inwardly: "If Zhang Yu keeps pushing like this, he'll break down within six months at most."

Just then, a Yellow-Turbaned Warrior named Huang Yun saw the three students finishing their shift and reminded them: "If you don’t mind me saying so, you three..."

"Our line of work pays well, but it also wears down the body. You need to take good care of yourselves after a day's work."

"There's a massage parlor at the entrance to the construction site. The therapists there have skillful hands and exceptional service—they can relieve a lot of the body’s wear and tear."

With that, Huang Yun left. After all, as a Yellow-Turbaned Warrior, he could no longer maintain his body through massage.

Hearing what Huang Yun said, Zhang Yu wasn’t concerned. With his Crippled Ox Body Sacrifice Art, even if bodily activation wasn’t enough, he could switch to the Martial Dao Sacred Fetus for self-healing.

At least for tonight’s work, he hadn’t even exerted his full strength, so as not to draw too much attention.

More importantly, he had already decided what to do with the money he earned from the site.

"Buy high-quality mana."

"Not only can I use it later to improve Le Mulan's mana quality,"

"I can also sell my own high-quality mana in the future and make money."

Zhang Yu was extremely envious of those who made money selling mana—it was far, far easier than working at the construction site.

On the other side, Li Xiao dismissed Huang Yun’s suggestion with contempt. He would rather spend the money for a massage on studying and cultivation.

"Body wear and tear is something we need to take seriously," Yu Xinghan said gravely. "I'll go try the massage parlor for you first. If it’s fine, we can go together after work from now on."

Zhang Yu waved his hand and said, "Not interested. Go by yourself."

Inside the massage parlor.

Yu Xinghan waited nervously for a few minutes. When he saw the massage master, whose muscles and physique were even stronger than his own, his voice came out dry: "You..."

The other party flashed a grin, patted his chest, and produced a loud pounding sound. "Brother, don’t worry. We've been serving the construction site for a long time. We know exactly how to help you maintain your muscles."

Yu Xinghan wanted to stand up and leave, but thinking of the Spirit Coins he had already paid, he held back.

He asked, "Are there any female therapists?"

The other party laughed and said, "I am female, you know."

Yu Xinghan took a deep breath and said, "Let's do it."

……

In the following week, Zhang Yu was busy every day, working nonstop.

After finishing his morning medicine, he would start classes, learning formation, engineering, force, and other immortal cultivation knowledge, as well as training the basic techniques of the Earth and Wood system.

After a full day of classes, he would receive an infusion of high-quality mana. After digesting the high-quality mana, he would work overnight at the construction site, pouring concrete while cultivating the Ultimate Shock Meditation.

By morning, he would go receive another infusion of high-quality mana, then head straight to the classroom without any rest.

For this reason… he had also invested an additional 0.5 Spirit Coins per month in high-quality mana. This month's Spirit Coins earned at the construction site were, so to speak, spent half before even arriving.

Before he knew it, a week had passed. His Dao Heart reached level 11 (93.6%), his mana increased to 320.5, his physical strength to level 11.367, and his mana quality reached 115%.

The Ultimate Shock Meditation was also continuously pushed forward by him, and had now reached level 13.

And when it broke through level 10, he obtained the level 10 effect, allowing his physical body and Gang Qi to vibrate at the same frequency, unleashing an even higher vibration frequency.

At the same time, this also increased the burden of the Ultimate Shock Meditation on the body, raising the degree of bodily wear and tear, and increasing the probability of illness.

Whenever Zhang Yu had free time these days, he would read the introductions to the various techniques under the Earth and Wood Saint Body, and he became increasingly certain of one thing.

"The techniques of the Earth and Wood Saint Body either have enormous side effects themselves, or there are issues with the work environment they are suited for—pneumoconiosis, vibration disease, cancer... each one worse than the last."