Chapter 363: Bai Zhenzhen Assesses Yue Mulan

In the spiritual world projection, Bai Zhenzhen’s face was covered in sweat, steam was rising from her body, and a trace of killing intent lingered on her features, as if she had just been through a fierce battle.

Zhang Yu asked in surprise, “Did you just finish your exam?”

Bai Zhenzhen nodded and said, “Phew, I’ve only rested for about ten minutes.”

“This last exam went from yesterday morning all the way to late at night, fighting across a few hundred kilometers…”

When she got to that point, Bai Zhenzhen paused slightly, then a helpless expression appeared on her face: “The exam content involves military secrets—I can’t reveal it casually. Let’s drop this topic.”

Zhang Yu’s heart stirred at these words, and he thought to himself, “Heavenly Sword University’s final exam… it seems just like Myriad Methods University’s Civil Engineering Department’s final exam—both are preparing for a possible war, aren’t they?”

Bai Zhenzhen asked expectantly, “How did you do on this final? Did you beat that Ji Yuanshu?”

Zhang Yu immediately sent a screenshot of his ranking over, which made Bai Zhenzhen’s eyes light up, and she smiled with relief, “As expected of my good boy, you did really well.”

A look of anticipation flashed in her eyes: “Now we’re both one step closer to the Top Ten Competition.”

Zhang Yu nodded slightly; he still remembered the promise he had made with Bai Zhenzhen to enter the Top Ten League together.

Bai Zhenzhen said, “Oh right, I’ve sent you some good food again. It should arrive in a couple of days—don’t forget to pick it up.”

“I’ll be coming to Myriad Methods University around November for the Flying Sword Competition. If you have time then, come watch my match.”

“November?” Zhang Yu thought to himself, “The department’s Civil Engineering Competition is in December. Looks like An Zhen won’t be able to watch my match.”

“But I’m still just a substitute player, so thinking about this is useless anyway.”

While Zhang Yu was chatting with Bai Zhenzhen, Le Mulan sat obediently off to the side.

Watching Zhang Yu’s beaming face, she thought to herself, “Zhang Yu is on the phone with Bai Zhenzhen again, isn’t he?”

Having lived together for over a year, Le Mulan knew that every night, whether Zhang Yu was studying or working, in the dormitory or on a construction site, he always set aside some time to talk to Bai Zhenzhen.

She had long been accustomed to this unshakable routine.

She just didn’t understand…

“Can’t Zhang Yu perform Mana Infusion on me while he’s on the phone with Bai Zhenzhen?”

“It would clearly save more time that way.”

Le Mulan shook her head and was about to close her eyes to practice breathing exercises, but a message from her brother Le Jingchen interrupted her action.

Le Jingchen: I asked the professor, it should be fine. She’s very satisfied with your situation. Go for the interview tomorrow.

Le Jingchen: This professor has extensive experience in the high-end pharmaceutical industry and is also a tech expert at the company. Study well under her.

Le Jingchen: Especially the self-made drug technique—your talent is very suited for this area.

Le Mulan knew that the so-called self-made drug technique meant using the body as a furnace, mana as fuel, and refining ingested medicinal herbs into various pills.

Compared to the mass-production route of building pharmaceutical factories and drug production lines, although the self-made drug route had lower output, cultivation and drug-making skill were directly linked—the higher the cultivation, the higher the grade of drugs produced naturally.

Moreover, unlike the mass-production route, it didn’t require building new production lines each time cultivation improved to manufacture higher-grade drugs, which was extremely costly.

After finishing discussing the tutor matter, Le Jingchen then brought up another topic.

Le Jingchen: The company learned about Zhang Yu’s results this time and is very curious about how he managed to defeat Ji Yuanshu.

Le Jingchen: But we’ve used Zhang Yu’s samples many times and never analyzed anything useful from them.

Le Jingchen: The company wants to buy the breeding rights to Zhang Yu and cultivate a batch of his offspring.

Le Jingchen: Sound Zhang Yu out and see if he’s willing.

Looking at her brother’s message, Le Mulan replied: It’s probably going to be tough. He’s always been very protective of his breeding rights. Back on the first level, he didn’t want to sell them.

Le Jingchen: Do your best. If you get a chance, persuade him. It’s useless to hold onto those rights anyway—better to cash them in and use the money to improve his strength.

While Le Mulan was talking with her brother, Zhang Yu stood up, began twisting his waist, and then started stretching his body.

“Fight then,” Zhang Yu said. “An Zhen, do you remember that back in high school you never managed to beat me?”

In front of Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen was also stretching her body, her muscles radiating waves of heat.

She said with a smile, “Yu, your new dormitory’s spiritual world network conditions are pretty good—the spiritual world feedback is very timely and the latency is low.”

“Perfect, let me see what level you’re at now.”

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"Remember to call me 'Mom' after you lose."

The next moment, their figures abruptly overlapped as they engaged in a fierce battle within the small dormitory.

However, because they were separated by the Spirit Network, their physical bodies couldn't actually touch. During the fight, they would clash briefly and then separate, only competing in techniques.

Faced with a situation where he couldn't rely on his powerful physical defense, Zhang Yu instantly fell into a passive state, feeling as though every move he made was seen through by his opponent.

So he continuously pushed the power within his body, growing faster and faster. Not only did he create sounds of breaking air, but as his fists and palms exploded with force, he gradually triggered sonic booms.

Yet no matter how fast Zhang Yu became, Bai Zhenzhen could always keep up with his speed with ease.

Moreover, Zhang Yu often hadn't even finished one move before Bai Zhenzhen spotted a flaw, forcing him to constantly change his techniques, remaining suppressed the entire time.

"If one of me isn't enough, I'll fight with two."

Utilizing the Boundless Heart Inner Dharma Body to split his mind in two, Zhang Yu wielded different martial arts with his left and right hands, pressing the attack against Bai Zhenzhen simultaneously.

At first, Bai Zhenzhen was caught off guard, but she quickly adapted. Her sword fingers swept up arcs of lightning, breaking through Zhang Yu's dual-mind attacks one after another.

So Zhang Yu activated a third layer of thought, then a fourth.

His hands, feet, elbows, knees... every part of his body became a deadly weapon.

Moreover, his movements shifted unpredictably, without any fixed pattern, as if four people were using his body at once, leaving Bai Zhenzhen momentarily unable to read his techniques.

But with the empowerment of four layers of thought, each with different ideas, their moves interfered with each other.

For example, one controlled the right hand to strike a palm forward, while another controlled the right foot to stamp hard and dodge backward...

The contradictory, dragging tactics gradually caused Zhang Yu to become flustered himself.

Just as Zhang Yu was fully focused on his fierce battle with Bai Zhenzhen, his strikes breaking layer after layer of sound barriers—suddenly, with a bang... he felt himself collide with something soft and cold.

Bai Zhenzhen asked in confusion, "Yu Zi, what are you doing? Why did you stop?"

Because of the battle setup, from Bai Zhenzhen's perspective, she could only see Zhang Yu's humanoid projection in front of her, unable to see his dormitory or his surroundings.

But soon, as Zhang Yu cut the projection and turned on the camera... Le Mulan's unconscious figure on the floor appeared before Bai Zhenzhen.

Bai Zhenzhen asked doubtfully, "Is Le Mulan sleeping?"

Zhang Yu said helplessly, "I accidentally knocked her out."

Bai Zhenzhen urged, "Then what are you standing there for? Hurry up and check her body."

Zhang Yu said, "I took a look. Her forehead is a bit swollen. I've already used ice mana to reduce the swelling."

"Her breathing is very steady now. She's probably just knocked unconscious—nothing serious."

Bai Zhenzhen said, "That's not what I meant. You crashed into someone—why aren't you taking photos for evidence and then assessing the damage to the person you hit?"

"Hurry up and figure out her condition before she wakes up, so she doesn't try to frame you."

Zhang Yu knew Bai Zhenzhen and Le Mulan weren't close, but he felt he had a good relationship with Le Mulan, so he couldn't help saying, "That can't be, right?"

Bai Zhenzhen said, "Haven't you heard about that college student who accidentally injured a classmate and ended up being blackmailed for a huge sum of money by the classmate who faked their injuries?"

Fuji also said, "Zhang Yu, what Bai Zhenzhen said does make some sense."

"After all, you're now a Foundation Establishment cultivator. When you move at high speed, you often exceed the speed of sound. In the future, you're bound to run into people. You really should learn the process of gathering evidence and assessing damages."

Bai Zhenzhen said dissatisfiedly, "Take off her clothes and check if she has any external or internal injuries."

"Even if she doesn't try to frame you, if she does have internal injuries now, every moment of delay will increase the medical expenses. Won't it all end up on you?"

Zhang Yu nodded slightly upon hearing this, thinking that what Bai Zhenzhen said really made sense. If he had indeed caused internal injuries to Le Mulan, he needed to treat her as soon as possible.

So, urged by Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu first took off Le Mulan's outer clothes and pants, checking whether her arms and legs were injured.

Bai Zhenzhen: "Left arm."

"Right arm."

"And over by the thigh."

"Turn up the light! Point the big light at her—otherwise, you can't see clearly."

"Don't worry, I've recorded everything for you. All four limbs look fine, not a single scrape."

"Take another wide shot and capture all the impact marks around."

Zhang Yu looked at Le Mulan, who was lying on the ground fair and tender, and couldn't help saying, "Isn't this a bit disrespectful to her?"

Bai Zhenzhen said, "This is the normal procedure for assessing damage after a collision. What's there to be disrespectful about? Can respect heal her injuries? Can respect save a few treatment fees?"

Bai Zhenzhen continued, "Turn her over and check her stomach and back for any damaged areas."

So under Bai Zhenzhen's guidance, Zhang Yu flipped Le Mulan over.

Bai Zhenzhen said, "Do you see that small bruise on her stomach? That should be the point of impact."

"Let me take a close-up first."

"Okay, reach out and feel it."

"What does it feel like?"

Zhang Yu said, "Very cold."

Bai Zhenzhen asked again, "And what else?"

Zhang Yu: "Very smooth."

Bai Zhenzhen said, "What I fucking want you to check is whether her internal organs are injured!"