Chapter 313

Void Zero was a Golden Core cultivator over six meters tall, his entire body composed of golden-jade Dharma bones, his face always bearing an air of arrogance.

When Zhang Yu looked up at him, a low-interest loan application form had already appeared in his bone-vision.

Void Zero said flatly, "I had the materials ready long ago. Actually, you didn't need to make a special trip; remote processing would have been the same."

Tu Lishan chuckled, "I brought him here to get acquainted with the place. We'll be troubling you for your care in the future."

Void Zero nodded slightly and looked at Zhang Yu, saying, "It seems you plan to train this student."

Tu Lishan said from the side, "Zhang Yu, Teacher Void Zero has always been in charge of our Civil Engineering Department's loan business."

"When the project funds for many projects haven't been settled yet, your salaries can be considered as paid by him."

In the midst of the conversation between Tu Lishan and Void Zero, Zhang Yu had already completed the low-interest loan processing.

A total loan of 10 spirit coins, with a monthly interest of 0.01 after it arrives, and the principal to be repaid after ten years.

Looking at the 10 spirit coins that had arrived and his savings that had skyrocketed to 22.6 spirit coins, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, "It's practically charity."

After leaving the teaching floor of the Finance Department, Tu Lishan told Zhang Yu to rest well for the next half month, conserve his energy, and prepare for next month's engineering project.

Feeling the urging of the ritual within his body, Zhang Yu planned to go to 666 to work some overtime and relax.

At the same time, sensing the astonishing potential of the 22.6 spirit coins, Zhang Yu had already begun calculating how to spend these spirit coins.

Thus, in the remaining half of November, Zhang Yu's spending of spirit coins became ever more fierce, and his cultivation level rose accordingly.

The dormitory door was slammed open with a bang.

Le Mulan said somewhat excitedly, "Zhang Yu, I've completed Foundation Establishment."

Zhang Yu, who was taking medicine, looked up at her and became excited too: "Foundation Establishment?"

Zhang Yu was not surprised that Le Mulan could pass the Foundation Establishment exam.

After all, when both are at Qi Refining Peak, from the perspective of a Foundation Establishment elder like Zhang Yu, among these university Qi Refining students... there isn't much difference.

Even in terms of spiritual roots... students who can attend the top ten universities almost all use Heaven-grade spiritual roots, so they can't pull apart much from each other.

And with Zhang Yu's help in recent times, Le Mulan's ability to consume pills had greatly increased.

Especially through Zhang Yu's blood, she enjoyed a large number of semi-finished medicines from pharmaceutical factories, and her physique made a further breakthrough while at Qi Refining Peak.

Plus the support from her brother Le Jingchen, Le Mulan herself had also spent a lot of money.

Of course, in Zhang Yu's view, there was another extremely crucial point: as one of the top ten elite universities, the number of qualification certificates for the Foundation Establishment exam at Wanfa University far exceeded that of ordinary universities.

After passing the Foundation Establishment exam, Le Mulan seized the time to break through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

After all, she had been lingering at Qi Refining Peak for a long time, just waiting for this qualification certificate to arrive so she could break through.

Zhang Yu excitedly pulled her to sit down, holding both of Le Mulan's hands with his left and right, and said somewhat expectantly, "Now that you've established your foundation, we can proceed with what we agreed on earlier."

Le Mulan looked at Zhang Yu's excited expression, recalled what he had once said, and asked, "You... want to do it?"

Zhang Yu smiled, "Of course, we agreed."

He held Le Mulan's hands and sent streams of magic power into her body, precisely to use his high-quality magic power to elevate the quality of her magic power.

Before Le Mulan could even speak, she was pulled by Zhang Yu and had magic power injected, thinking to herself, "But... but we haven't discussed the price yet."

After a moment, Zhang Yu stopped and said, "Alright, let's stop here for today. You digest it first."

Le Mulan was slightly stunned inwardly, "Just this?"

After hearing Xuange talk about dual cultivation, she had gone to the school's grand library to look it up, and she remembered that there was clearly a lot more content afterward.

Zhang Yu said, "You've only just established your foundation; don't rush, we'll take it slowly."

Le Mulan thought to herself, "That's fine. I don't have money to pay him now. Although Zhang Yu is likely willing to do it without pay, I can't keep taking advantage of him."

Recalling her expenses around the Foundation Establishment exam, Le Mulan thought, "Although I don't have much money at the moment,"

"But the second branch of the Le family, after knowing I obtained the Foundation Establishment qualification certificate, has agreed to give me a loan."

"Plus the upcoming pharmacology internship, once I've saved enough money, I'll come back to Zhang Yu to continue..."

Zhang Yu looked at the Dao Seed at Le Mulan's chest and thought to himself, "To replicate this Deep Cold Vein, I need to raise my mana quality to 150%. As things stand, it's not something I can achieve in a short time."

……

At the construction site on the 666th floor.

Zhang Yu's figure flickered as his Gang Qi surged out like a dragon, already laying down large swaths of rebar mesh.

Yu Xinghan sat to the side, facing the camera and said, "Hello, everyone... uh... I'm Yu Xinghan, this year's freshman in the Civil Engineering Department."

"Mm... I'm making this video because I want to record what real construction site life is like."

"Just worked through another night, and finally it's time to eat."

"Today we're having Number 92 cement..."

Li Xiao watched Yu Xinghan noisily slurping down cement and asked, "Want to go for a massage?"

Yu Xinghan waved his hand and said, "Can't you see I'm busy?"

Li Xiao could only wait off to the side. Ever since the last time he went for a massage with Yu Xinghan, he had discovered that it really worked.

The day after the massage, his muscles and sinews were no longer sore, his bones no longer made strange noises, and he seemed to have more energy for work and cultivation.

Not far away, Ying Xin passed by, looked at Li Xiao, and snorted coldly in her heart.

Ever since Zhang Yu became third in the class, she had noticed that Li Xiao had changed—from hovering around them to hovering around Zhang Yu.

"Work yourselves to death... let's see how many years you two can keep this up."

On the other side, after finishing his video, Yu Xinghan jumped up and said, "Let's go, time for a massage."

He bustled off with Li Xiao toward the massage room, while in his eye implant, projections of Li Xuelian kept flickering as he prepared his choices for the massage session later.

Although he was quite interested in Senior Sister, Yu Xinghan could sense that Li Xuelian had little interest in him.

In the past, Yu Xinghan still felt some resentment, but now he had come to terms with it—after all, in his own eye implant, Senior Sister was at his mercy.

……

In the dormitory.

Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, and Zhang Pianpian each fed Zhang Yu the medicine they had bought.

Then they shared the blood dripping from Zhang Yu's fingertip.

Feeling the three medicinal potencies contained in the blood, Zhang Pianpian thought to herself in surprise, "Such drug metabolism ability... and he's only at the early Foundation Establishment stage?"

Recalling his performance at the pharmaceutical factory, Zhang Pianpian mused, "This younger brother of mine keeps bringing me more and more surprises."

"Maybe in a few more years, he'll be able to help me with a big favor."

Zhang Yu's heart stirred. He glanced at Zhang Pianpian beside him and felt that her Dao Seed, the Taiqing Talisman, had flickered again just now.

……

At the construction site.

As Zhang Yu struck out palm after palm, the templates formed by streams of Gang Qi wrapped around the concrete, accelerating its solidification.

At the same time, his third eye behind his brow was examining every single move and stance he made, then flawlessly copying and reproducing them.

This made every movement of Zhang Yu's appear extremely precise, as if measured by a ruler.

Even during the copying process, he could continuously speed up, his movements becoming faster and faster.

Zhang Yu thought, "Using the Three-Eyed Divine Power for training, copying my own movements—it's actually quite convenient."

He felt that this way, his training was less taxing, and he could both accelerate and maintain the training effect without his form deviating.

"This way, I can meet the number of repetitions required by the technique, and each repetition also provides body-tempering benefits."

Just then, Zhang Yu saw a message in his eye implant from the Songyang Group.

Liu Ben of Jinzhou Academy: Classmate Liu Ben was severely injured in an explosion and temporarily passed away due to insufficient medical expenses. Before his death, he asked us to send a message: Help! I only need 3.2 spirit coins to be resurrected. Please send me some money to bring me back! Once I'm alive, I'll definitely work to pay back the debt!

Lan Ling of Shanhe University: Scammer?

Zhao Tianxing of Fengdu University: Not a scammer. It's temporary physical death, the consciousness is still alive. If enough money is raised, he can indeed be saved.

Looking at the constantly refreshing chat records in the group, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Bombing?"

He recalled the bombing at Ten Thousand Methods University City, and what Zhang Pianpian and Tu Lishan had said about the University War.

Zhang Yu mused inwardly, "Besides the Top Ten, other universities might all be dragged into the University War—they're far less safe than the Top Ten."

…

Inside the dormitory.

Zhang Yu looked at Bai Zhenzhen in the projection and said, "In a few days I'll be heading to the field worksite. I'll probably be gone two or three months, and I'm not sure about the internet connection there. I might not be able to call you every day."

Bai Zhenzhen smiled and said, "I asked my mom. Being able to go to a worksite as a civil engineering student is a good thing. I'll wait for you to come back."

"But where you're going now might be a combat zone. Remember not to leave the worksite."

"Also…"

Bai Zhenzhen leaned in close to Zhang Yu and said, "Hold out your hand."

Zhang Yu extended his hand, and he saw her send a string of characters into his palm.

Zhang Yu said in surprise, "What's this?"

Bai Zhenzhen said, "A flying sword code."

"Son, your mom can't send you money right now, so I've prepared a flying sword for you. It should arrive in a couple of days. Enter this flying sword code, and you'll be able to control the sword spirit."

Zhang Yu was momentarily stunned and quickly said, "Zhen, you should keep the flying sword for yourself. What would a civil engineering student like me do with a flying sword?"

Bai Zhenzhen said, "Your mom has plenty of flying swords. You take this one."

Curious, Zhang Yu asked, "But didn't the Divine Lord forbid you from giving things away casually? This flying sword…"

Bai Zhenzhen smiled faintly: "This flying sword is a little special. You'll understand when you receive it."