Chapter 315

Zhang Yu continued listening and discovered that besides the Three-Worm Sinew-Strengthening Pills, the daily six meals of medicinal supplies were almost all drugs that enhanced strength at the cost of damaging health and consuming lifespan.

The project also offered a variety of cultivation techniques to choose from, all of which were earth-and-wood system techniques with severe side effects that could rapidly boost a cultivator's power in a short time.

Of course, what made Zhang Yu feel fortunate was that several of these techniques belonged to the Earth-Wood Sacred Body.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Looking at it this way, I can learn the remaining three techniques of my Earth-Wood Sacred Body for free."

Fuji listened to Tu Lishan's introduction and sighed, "This is completely treating you as consumables—stimulating your potential recklessly in a short time without considering the consequences, then making you work on their projects to earn money, with no long-term consideration for your future, right?"

"But for poor people, this is indeed an opportunity. At least you earn money, and have a chance to make up for the damage to your body."

"If you can't even earn money, what's the use of having a longer lifespan?"

Fuji sighed again, "It's still because there are too many college students. With so many geniuses recruited every year, Eternal Law University can afford to play this kind of game."

After Tu Lishan had finished a long introduction about the training, he began to introduce the several physicians beside him: "These are the accompanying doctors. They will monitor your physical condition at all times and provide treatment. Of course, the expenses will be paid by yourselves."

Hearing Tu Lishan's words, everyone present looked tense, as if they had seen something terrifying.

Listening to Tu Lishan's series of speeches, Zhang Yu also realized that the training for their batch of students in the Earth-Wood Department, in short, was to use the strongest medicine, the harshest environment, the most high-pressure work, making them work overtime constantly, squeezing out all their potential step by step.

The accompanying doctors were like demon beasts following closely behind them, ready at any moment to swallow those whose bodies could no longer bear the strain, turning them into medical bills and completely eliminating them from this project.

Tu Lishan looked at the many students in the conference room and sighed inwardly, "Although as individuals, they do not have the ability to regenerate."

"But the entire student body is a renewable group."

"Some of them may not live to graduate from university."

"But the entire Earth-Wood Department will inevitably grow stronger year by year."

"Especially in the next few years, as the scale of war expands, the market for earth and wood will only grow larger. The resources invested in them will be recouped many times over in no time."

After finishing his work in the conference room, Tu Lishan went to another conference room to take a look.

He saw a young man in a Daoist robe standing on the stage. On the robe were written four large characters: "Build the World." The whole person looked like he had traveled through time from the ancient world.

But Tu Lishan knew that saying Director Gao was an ancient person wasn't wrong either, since he was over 800 years old, a true ancient from 800 years ago.

Because of this, Director Gao had some aesthetic preferences from ancient times.

Although he had over three hundred magical prosthetics on his body, they were all custom-made from his own flesh and blood, making Director Gao look as if he didn't have a single magical prosthetic.

Then Tu Lishan looked at the six students below the stage.

Unlike the situation with Zhang Yu's group, Tu Lishan knew that the six students here, including Gongshu Jin, had each paid a registration fee of 10 spirit coins, and their specific training fees were even higher.

They would receive hands-on training from Director Gao, eat the most expensive medicines, cultivate the most expensive techniques, and learn project management, control, and advanced immortal-path construction techniques.

Tu Lishan knew that if Zhang Yu's group, after training, were aimed to become elite construction workers on the project, then the six students here were aimed to become project managers and masters of advanced immortal-path construction techniques.

Standing at the bow of the flying boat.

As Zhang Yu walked along, he could see students from all grades already seizing the time to begin cultivation.

Zhang Yu looked at the earth rapidly passing beneath his feet, then lowered his head to look at his right index finger, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

He saw that a black ring had somehow appeared on his index finger.

But if one looked closely, they would notice the ring was made of strands of thread-like material.

This was the Green Silk Flying Sword gifted to Zhang Yu by Bai Zhenzhen, a flying sword refined from seven strands of Bai Zhenzhen's hair.

Each strand of hair contained a sword intent, capable of temporarily erasing one of the opponent's emotions when the sword was drawn.

This Green Silk Flying Sword did not require Zhang Yu to expend mana; it automatically absorbed spiritual energy to recharge every day, allowing each of the seven green strands to deliver one slash per day.

Besides its use for self-defense, the greatest function of this Green Silk Flying Sword was to connect to the Spirit World Network.

It was said that Tian Sword University had deployed a total of 84,000 Sky-Patrolling Flying Swords in the high air of the second layer of Kunxu, building a Spirit World Network covering the entire second layer of Kunxu.

By using this Green Silk Flying Sword, one could connect to the Spirit World Network through the Sky-Patrolling Flying Swords at any time.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Ah Zhen was worried I might encounter danger in the wilderness work site, so she gave me this Green Silk Flying Sword that can both protect me and connect to the network, right?"

After glancing at the Green Silk Flying Sword coiled around his index finger, Zhang Yu immediately seized the time to cultivate.

…

Before long, as the flying boat gradually came to a stop, a patch of ruins billowing with thick smoke appeared before everyone.

Recalling the contents of the project file, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "So this is the factory where Shanhe University was attacked? Our next task is to clear these ruins within three months and then rebuild a Dharma Corpse Factory."

"But what was this factory originally producing? I wonder if there's any good stuff left."

Zhang Yu looked at the ruins below, feeling as if he were gazing at a treasure trove.

Just then, a senior student stepped forward. With each stride, his figure grew several feet taller as his magical power swelled, and in the blink of an eye, he reached a height of ten meters.

"This guy… is from Gongshu Jin's conference room, right?" Zhang Yu thought to himself. "The technique he's using is… Mountain and River True Form?"

Zhang Yu knew of this technique because it was also one of the techniques belonging to the Earth and Wood Sacred Body.

Unlike the temporary tendon-stretching and bone-elongating techniques of the Qi Refining stage, this Mountain and River True Form relied on the body's transcendence to temporarily expand its size far beyond the limits of flesh.

The over-ten-meter-tall senior student laughed heartily and said, "Some of you may know me, some may not. I'm Mo Shan Jin from the seventh-year Foundation Establishment class."

"The flying boat can't easily dock below, so let me send everyone down."

Under Zhang Yu's curious gaze, as Mo Shan Jin spread his arms, an invisible wave radiated outward in all directions from his body.

The next moment, everyone's luggage floated into the air one by one.

Zhang Yu also felt a lightness in his body, and he actually lifted off the ground.

Just as he marveled inwardly, uncertain of what was happening,

Che Yufei beside him shouted, "Controlling earthly evil gravity — this is Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power?!"

Mo Shan Jin smiled slightly and said, "Indeed, it's Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power. Everyone, don't move. I'll send you down first."

The next moment, Zhang Yu felt invisible forces in the air tugging at him, and his whole body flew outward.

Not just him, but all the students present and their luggage soared into the air under Mo Shan Jin's Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power, accompanied by successive sounds of tearing air as they descended toward the ground.

Gazing at the ruins below, Mo Shan Jin gently supported with one hand, keeping everyone floating in midair, while his other hand grabbed at empty space. A massive section of the ruins shot upward and was blasted by his palm strike over a hundred meters away.

Zhang Yu, watching this scene, was secretly stunned: "This is Foundation Establishment?!"

But after repeatedly confirming the other's information, Mo Shan Jin was indeed still at the Foundation Establishment stage.

On the other side, Che Yufei sighed inwardly: "Military-grade techniques… too insane. How many times my workload could Mo Shan Jin alone replace?"

Gongshu Jin, watching this, also had eyes full of anticipation and excitement: "Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power — I must master this technique. Just moving mountains, toppling buildings, and altering spirit meridians alone would earn me a fortune."

As everyone landed on the cleared open space, they immediately began clearing the site according to their assigned tasks, first building a simple camp.

In Zhang Yu's ocular prosthetic, the contents of the Mountain and River True Form technique materialized — this was the technique he had chosen from the project's provided technique resources.

The main reason was naturally that this technique also belonged to the Earth and Wood Sacred Body; another reason was that this technique allowed one to cultivate while working.

"First, train Mountain and River True Form to level 20, unlocking the second-tier effect of the Earth and Wood techniques."

Zhang Yu circulated his magical power through his body. His entire figure swelled slightly, but after he completed a full cycle of the technique, the slight swelling subsided.

His first attempt at Mountain and River True Form ended in failure.

Yet he had already learned Mountain and River True Form.

Mountain and River True Form: Level 1

On his second cycle, Zhang Yu felt his flesh and blood, infused with magical power, seem to change in nature, transforming into a highly elastic substance. If he exerted force violently, he could blow his body up several sizes like a balloon.

But Zhang Yu naturally did not do that; he simply maintained the operation of Mountain and River True Form while carrying out the miscellaneous tasks assigned to him.

On the other side, Gongshu Jin scanned Zhang Yu, who was digging earth, and felt a slight sense of oddness: "Why is my friend hanging out with those short-lived types?"

"I heard he's been obsessively working at the construction site, and now he's not even attending Senior Gao's lessons… Someone who can use the Time-Damaged Demon Eye — why would he be like this?"

In his view, no matter how hard one worked at such miscellaneous labor, all one gained was the skill of doing labor. It wore down the body and offered mediocre improvement in strength. It was nowhere near as effective as spending more money on Dao arts services.

Just then, Senior Gao's voice came from the side: "Those miscellaneous tasks have nothing to do with you. Look over here. The first step of construction is to find the formation anchor points."

"And the key to the formation anchor points lies in locating the right spirit veins, completing the guidance of spiritual impetus, and laying down the first loop of spiritual impetus conduits…"

Upon hearing Director Gao's words, Gongshu Jin immediately looked over and listened with full attention.

Although curious about Zhang Yu's situation, what Gongshu Jin cared about most in the end was his own affairs.

Being selected by Director Gao as a key training target greatly boosted Gongshu Jin's confidence. His next goal was to first defeat Ji Yuanshu and become the top student in the Foundation Establishment class when he returned three months later.