[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-378":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},164247,323,"Chapter 378: Desperate Genius Zhang Yu","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-378",378,"\u003Cp>Above the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One after another, projections from the Spirit Realm appeared, standing in the void in a state imperceptible to the students, observing the situation in the arena below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These Spirit Realm projections came from Civil Engineering Department Director Gao, Director Lin, and many teachers and professors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their true bodies were elsewhere continuing various different tasks, some not even in this University City, but at this moment each had diverted a thought to watch the outcome of this competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Lingyue True Lord, the Civil Engineering Department director who had just been speaking on stage, descended a Spirit Realm projection here to facilitate communication with his colleagues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, though these projections stood separately, they vaguely formed three factions—the Civil Engineering Department's War Faction, Peace Faction, and Neutral Faction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But seeing the Neutral Faction leaning slightly toward the Peace Faction's position caused Tulishan's brows to furrow unconsciously.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought to himself: \"A bunch of fence-sitters. When the project was handed over to you, you were as obedient as dogs. Now that the Finance Department approved more loans, you're running back over there again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tulishan looked down at the arena and thought: \"If the Peace Faction gains the upper hand in this competition, even more Neutral Faction teachers and students will probably lean toward the Peace Faction.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interface of his stock holdings popped up in his field of vision, and he thought: \"In that case, the stock price will drop, right? Should I sell now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after glancing at Director Gao beside him, he realized that if he dumped his shares now, he would definitely catch Director Gao's attention, so he silently abandoned the idea.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And… it's not necessarily a loss either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tulishan thought to himself: \"At least Mo Shangjin has a high probability of taking first place. Director Gao has tilted most of the resources used to train students toward him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If first place is secured, even if we fall a bit behind in other rankings, it's not a big problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, only by winning first place in the department competition can you represent the school in the inter-school tournament.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tulishan knew that the inter-school league would earn more composite points, allowing Mo Shangjin to surpass his rivals faster and become the department's top student.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, other teachers were also commenting on the situation in the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mo Shangjin's mastery of the Tiankunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power is becoming increasingly refined.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think Xuánliàng Tiān's Mountain-Moving Divine Power is more profound and takes less time.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm… Is that a sophomore? A sophomore is already this fast?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tulishan looked in the direction a teacher was pointing and saw Zhang Yu charging into the gravity field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a low roar from Zhang Yu, accompanied by the circulation of his internal mana, all his muscles bulged with veins bursting forth, and his body temperature rapidly increased, continuously emitting steam that slowly made his skin flush crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the activation of the War Demon Calamity-Life Devouring Art, Zhang Yu's physical strength surged by 0.5 levels in an instant, reaching a level above 17.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for Zhang Yu, this was only the beginning. This time, he had decided to display the power of the 20th level of the War Demon Calamity-Life Devouring Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"After all, I've been practicing this technique for over ten months. Having a level 20 standard now shouldn't be a problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before making this decision, Zhang Yu had checked online in the Spirit Realm. There were indeed people who had trained the War Demon Calamity-Life Devouring Art to level 20 within a year. At least several people at Wanfa University had done so in the past twenty years, and that was despite many geniuses not practicing this technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Given the talent I've shown so far, revealing a level 20 War Demon Calamity-Life Devouring Art now shouldn't be a problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This technique can temporarily enhance my physical strength, exactly making up for my gap with the upperclassmen in this aspect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Zhang Yu took a slow breath, then swung his arms and shook his legs, doing a simple warm-up before pushing the War Demon Calamity-Life Devouring Art further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the veins on his forehead bulged, sweat continuously poured from his body, and his heart pounded violently, as if a giant hammer were beating a drum inside his chest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Physical Strength +1.0 Level!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Physical Strength +1.5 Level!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Physical Strength +2.0 Level!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In one breath, he pushed the War Demon Calamity-Life Devouring Art to the limit of its second-stage burst.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a move Zhang Yu had never used lightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Precisely because this move inflicted heavy damage on the body, it was too uneconomical to use during normal study or overtime work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this knockout competition only required a momentary burst, and Zhang Yu felt he could withstand it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the second-stage burst of the War Demon Calamity-Life Devouring Art, Zhang Yu's physical strength temporarily skyrocketed to above level 18.5, his skin crimson as if dripping blood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Huff…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu let out a slight breath, and the scorching stream of air caused the surrounding air to distort.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling his body operating beyond its limits, Zhang Yu thought to himself that it was lucky he had activated the Earth and Wood Saint Body, along with the Remnant Bull Self-Sacrifice Heart Technique's bodily vitality constantly healing his frame—otherwise, the lifespan reduction would have been too severe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although he could still use the pill poison burst of the Spring and Autumn Infinite Zen, Zhang Yu decided to save the accumulated pill poison in his body for the subsequent competition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, with a flicker of his form and an explosion-like roar beneath his feet, Zhang Yu tore through the atmosphere, accompanied by the sound of the sound barrier breaking, and charged headlong into the gravity field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The instant he rushed into the gravity field, Zhang Yu felt as if countless invisible hands were pressing against him from all directions, some dragging him upward, some pulling him downward, and some shoving him in every which way...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The chaotic, ever-changing gravity field wrenched at his body, as if trying to tear him limb from limb.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Only then did Zhang Yu understand why all the other students, once they charged in, began to stagger and wobble as if they had forgotten how to walk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because you have to constantly adjust your posture to resist this chaotic gravity field...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, with a low growl, Zhang Yu contracted his form, reducing his height and volume to minimize the area affected by the chaotic gravity field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, the Four-Headed White Bull roared in his mind, and Zhang Yu's quadruple thinking abruptly activated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With one stream of thinking as the master, the remaining three streams respectively controlled his torso, hands, and feet to adapt to the shifting gravity field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ever since Bai Zhenzhen's guidance and his own conscious training, Zhang Yu had become increasingly adept at using multiple streams of thinking to control his body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now that he employed it, not only could he smoothly adapt his entire body to the changes in the gravity field and quickly adjust his force output, but he could also coordinate all parts of his body to propel himself forward with increasing speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thus, Zhang Yu's form paused for a mere moment before he surged ahead, swiftly overtaking one student after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Above the competition field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The teachers' spiritual realm projections let out sounds of admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This Zhang Yu is only a sophomore, yet he has such high physical strength?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Look carefully—this isn't his true physical power; he's activated the War Demon Life-Reduction Art.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But judging by the commotion of his War Demon Life-Reduction Art activation, hasn't he pushed it to level twenty?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A teacher checked the time when Zhang Yu purchased the technique and remarked in surprise, \"He only started cultivating it last August? That shows he has great talent in this art.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another teacher said, \"The key point is his body control is also very strong. He was hardly affected after entering the gravity field and is still accelerating steadily, meaning he can fully adapt to this sudden surge in physical strength. That represents exceptional martial talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, another teacher from the Peace Faction said flatly, \"What use is practicing the War Demon Life-Reduction Art well? The better you use it, the faster you die. The more you train, the poorer you get; the poorer you get, the more you train.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tu Lishan glanced at the speaker and saw it was Wei Huai, the geology teacher.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked over at Director Gao beside him, only to see the faint upward curl of the director's lips suddenly droop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tu Lishan knew that Wei Huai was ostensibly talking about Zhang Yu, but in reality, he was referring to the conflict between the two factions' paths.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He immediately stepped forward and said, \"That's not right. People's constitutions differ— how can you lump everyone together?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Zhang Yu was born with a formidable physique; as a freshman, he already took several times the normal dose of life-draining medicine daily.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is a heavy burden for others, the War Demon Life-Reduction Art, is nothing to him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Going all out is exactly his best way forward. By exerting himself, he could achieve the top rank in his class at the end of his freshman year while consuming fewer resources...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Tu Lishan was halfway through his speech, a streak of red shot across the field below.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu felt a flash at the edge of his vision, and a red projection appeared before him, like a racetrack traversing the entire gravity field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a male voice reached everyone's ears.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is my forward path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When I pass through at five times the speed of sound, please everyone stay still to avoid being hit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, accompanied by a blaze of light soaring to the sky, a crimson figure pierced through like a meteor streaking across the sun, crashing into the gravity field with surging airwaves, leaving behind only a red afterimage. In the blink of an eye, it had already reached the end of the gravity field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Reaching out to push aside the incoming blast of air, Zhang Yu looked at the figure who had stopped and thought to himself, \"Su Yanyang? That's the guy who injured Shi Huaiyu.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This person is really a bit arrogant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And this set of Dharma Remains on him isn't cheap, right? Such a rich guy, yet he's unwilling to pay Shi Huaiyu back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yanyang didn't care about others' opinions. He just glanced at the time he had spent and thought to himself, \"Not bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he raised his hand and summoned, and an iron coffin from afar flew straight towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the iron coffin opened, several rectangular streams of light flew out, click-clacking as they transformed into Dharma Remains for various parts of the body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the Dharma Remains on Su Yanyang suddenly contracted and deformed. After being replaced by the new Dharma Remains, they automatically flew back into the iron coffin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an instant, he had completed the switch from speed-type Dharma Remains to a daily Dharma Remains set. He turned his head slightly to get used to it, then walked toward his teammates nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the iron coffin carrying the Dharma Remains, it floated quietly beside him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Su Yanyang's eye-remains vision, lines of text appeared, which were the soul cultivators he had recruited into the Dharma Remains to perform auxiliary work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Su Yanyang's view, this thing was much cheaper than an artifact spirit of the same intelligence level, and also much more useful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The soul cultivator assisting the hand Dharma Remains asked, \"Boss, how is it? Our auxiliary operation is not bad, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yanyang replied, \"Not bad. Perform well. Among the five of you, I'll keep at most one as a regular employee.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, the five soul cultivators controlling the auxiliary Dharma Remains all worked even harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yanyang smiled slightly as he sensed this scene, but he knew... in fact, he wouldn't keep any of the five soul cultivators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Compared to hiring soul cultivators as regular employees, he preferred soul cultivators in the probation period.\u003C\u002Fp>",2038,"2026-05-29T04:54:42.391Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","af8428d34bd82a650fa39220987c1f331f280874a0a0bfcf166ab7cc5ff540ef","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-379","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-377",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]