Chapter 394: Mysterious Zhang Yu

The process of Wen Wuyai forcibly descending via the Spirit Realm projection was very conspicuous, almost immediately detected by many in the gathering.

Those who did not know Wen Wuyai showed expressions of curiosity.

Meanwhile, the students who recognized Wen Wuyai and knew he was a Nascent Soul disciple looked surprised.

Ma Xuan's gaze flickered, focusing on Wen Wuyai's figure as he privately messaged Su Yanyang: "This seems to be one of the two Nascent Soul disciples from Tianjian University in the Flying Sword Competition."

Su Yanyang nodded, glanced at Wen Wuyai, then at Mo Shangjin not far away, and remarked with emotion: "Mo Shangjin really has extensive connections—he even managed to invite Wen Wuyai to this gathering."

But as he watched the subtle exchanges between Wen Wuyai and Zhang Yu next, Su Yanyang's face showed surprise, and he thought to himself: "Are these two communicating?"

Ma Xuan beside him privately messaged: "It seems Wen Wuyai... came to find Zhang Yu?"

Su Yanyang nodded slightly: "Maybe there's something going on?"

On the other side, Xiao Yunji was also inwardly astonished: "What is Wen Wuyai discussing with Zhang Yu?"

Xiao Yunji had already stood up; she felt that if Zhang Yu could talk to Wen Wuyai, there was no reason she couldn't.

Ping Han, who had just left in disappointment, was drawn back again, a gleam of light flashing in his eyes as he watched Wen Wuyai, thinking to rope him into trading coins together.

Gong Shu Jin, who was getting a massage, saw Zhang Yu and Wen Wuyai standing together but was already beyond surprise.

After all, at the end of the last Flying Sword Competition, he had already witnessed Wen Wuyai specifically coming to find Zhang Yu.

Watching the puzzled and curious looks of the senior students around him—those with higher rankings and greater status as magical corpse owners—Gong Shu Jin suddenly felt a hint of pride.

Because only he knew about the friendship between Wen Wuyai and Zhang Yu.

"Come to think of it, Zhang Yu is my friend, and Zhang Yu is Wen Wuyai's friend. If I could get Zhang Yu to introduce me, I would also have a Nascent Soul disciple as a friend."

Thinking of this, Gong Shu Jin inexplicably felt a sense of superiority, as if he himself were standing next to Wen Wuyai at that moment.

Meanwhile, on the other side, Yu Xinghan had silently taken dozens of photos of Zhang Yu and Wen Wuyai.

Then he looked regretfully at the mosaics in the photos and said, "Damn rich bastards, they'd rather spend money on evil-repelling talismans than let us poor students get a little advantage."

And the next moment, under everyone's watch, a sudden change occurred in the scene.

"...What audacity!"

Wen Wuyai crushed the eavesdropping information in Feng Tingting's eye-corpse core, then walked step by step toward the other party.

With each step he took, large amounts of talisman information flashed around him—binding talismans, reporting talismans, freezing talismans activated one after another, scaring Feng Tingting into freezing on the spot.

Just then, two figures appeared, one before and one after, blocking Feng Tingting.

Mo Shangjin smiled slightly at Wen Wuyai and said, "Classmate Wen, such a small matter—why bother the true gods?"

Ye Xingli said indifferently: "Wen Wuyai, this is Wanfa University, not your Tianjian University. This is not a place for you to run wild."

Wen Wuyai's gaze paused on Mo Shangjin, and immediately a series of data about the other party jumped into his eyes—Mo Shangjin's ranking, as well as his rankings in various competitions each year.

Then he turned to Ye Xingli, and a large amount of competition rankings, as well as the identity of the other party's master, similarly appeared before him.

Wen Wuyai: "Ye Xingli... I know you, the disciple of True Monarch Magnetic Pole, top five in the Hundred Schools in the previous Magical Corpse Design Competition."

At the same time, Wen Wuyai added inwardly: "True Monarch Magnetic Pole... My master said this person is extremely hidden; perhaps many people in Wanfa University don't even know. If a fourth Nascent Soul appears at Wanfa University in the next twenty years, it will most likely be him."

And after all, Wen Wuyai was only a projection, at most capable of using talisman techniques, so he was already one step behind Ye Xingli in presence.

He gave Ye Xingli a deep look and said: "Where is Yan Qianji? As the disciple of Lord Wanhua, he should be the one in charge among the students in the Artifact Refining Department, right?"

"Does he know you're covering up students' illegal activities?"

Ye Xingli also looked back at Wen Wuyai without backing down, saying coolly: "Such a trivial matter, why trouble Senior Qianji? Besides, it's not up to you to decide whether it's illegal or not. The true gods will gather evidence and judge."

The next moment, their gazes clashed, as if an invisible aura was contending.

The many students around them looked at the two, feeling as if an invisible confrontation had begun.

And before Ye Xingli's eyes, Wen Wuyai projected a string of nearly indiscernible characters, visible only to her, dancing back and forth like flying insects.

Wen Wuyai: "This is the eavesdropping record. I've saved it."

Ye Xingli responded with a similar projection of characters: "Are you sure you're not mistaken?"

Wen Wuyai's mind moved; he scanned the eavesdropping information he had taken and found that its contents had been completely erased.

The look in his eyes toward Ye Xingli suddenly brimmed with much greater interest. He thought: "No fluctuation of divine power—so he erased information using a Dharma Relic? Has Ye Xingli's skill with intelligent Dharma Relics really reached this level?"

Just then, Wen Wuya received a message from Bai Zhenzhen.

Bai Zhenzhen: Wen Wuya, where are you?

Wen Wuya: Busy with some small matters.

Bai Zhenzhen: Start a voice call. I have something to tell you.

Wen Wuya: Fine.

Wen Wuya: Wait for me.

Wen Wuya: Coming right away.

Wen Wuya glanced at Ye Xingli and Feng Tingting, gave a cold snort, and projected to Ye Xingli: "Today I have other important business. When my true body meets you in the future, we'll have a proper exchange."

He then quickly turned his head toward Zhang Yu and sent a private message: "What kind of neutering does Bai Zhenzhen like?" Zhang Yu: "Zhen likes the extreme kind."

Wen Wuya: "For example, gender conversion?"

Wen Wuya: "Or merging man and sword?"

Zhang Yu thought: "Huh? Bro... isn't that too extreme?"

Wen Wuya: "Forget it. Both are easy enough. I'll try them all."

So after exchanging a few glances with Zhang Yu, Wen Wuya's figure flickered slightly and vanished from the scene.

But just as he eagerly initiated a call request, the other party hung up directly.

Bai Zhenzhen: "Why are you so late? I've already started sword practice. Say whatever you need to say by message."

Wen Wuya sighed inwardly, thinking he should have taken back the projection the first moment he knew.

At the gathering on the other side, Zhang Yu looked at the chat log between "Bai Zhenzhen" and Wen Wuya and thought: "That Wen Wuya is too troublesome. I still need to use Zhen to keep him in check for now."

Having witnessed the whole thing, Su Yanyang thought: "Even with a mere projection separated by thousands of mountains and rivers, he carries such authority—truly a disciple of a Nascent Soul cultivator."

"Just now, he and Ye Xingli might have had a secret clash in the Spirit Realm; otherwise, he wouldn't have left so decisively."

"Judging by the outcome, since he only descended as a projection, he must have lost a step against Ye Xingli."

Ma Xuan, on the side, privately messaged: "Senior, I get the feeling that Wen Wuya and Zhang Yu are on pretty good terms?"

Su Yanyang frowned upon hearing this, recalling the meaningful glances between Wen Wuya and Zhang Yu, and his own heart was full of doubt.

Meanwhile, Ping Han had come back to Zhang Yu's side, pulling him to get to know Wen Wuya so they could speculate in crypto together.

Many students from the Civil Engineering Department looked up to Mo Shangjin with reverence, passing around news of how Mo Shangjin single-handedly mediated the conflict between the Nascent Soul disciple and the Artifact Refining Department.

Various speculations about the mysterious relationship between Zhang Yu and Wen Wuya also appeared in student group chats, becoming one of the many pieces of gossip at Ten Thousand Laws University.

Mo Shangjin smiled at Ye Xingli beside him and said, "Junior Ye, thanks to you being here today, we managed to resolve this. If I had been alone, that Nascent Soul disciple probably wouldn't have been so accommodating."

Feng Tingting also said, "Senior, did you force him back in the Spirit Realm just now?"

Ye Xingli frowned and said, "That man is a personal disciple of a Nascent Soul cultivator, with deep financial resources. Even if he could only use talismans, causing trouble would be very troublesome. In particular, there was a fighting intent in his mind just now, but he suddenly left... I feel the main reason wasn't me."

Hearing this, Feng Tingting's heart suddenly trembled.

Recalling the content of Zhang Yu and Wen Wuya's chat, as well as the meaningful glances between Wen Wuya and Zhang Yu before he left, she thought to herself: "Could it be that Zhang Yu talked Wen Wuya into leaving?"

"If that's the case, then Zhang Yu's status in Wen Wuya's eyes is probably higher than I just thought."

Seeing the change in Feng Tingting's expression, Ye Xingli asked, "What's wrong?"

Seeing Feng Tingting's hesitant expression and Mo Shangjin's curious look, Ye Xingli created a group chat and asked: "Tingting, what do you know?"

Feng Tingting: "Wen Wuya and Zhang Yu seem to have a dual cultivation relationship. Could it be that Zhang Yu persuaded him to leave just now?"

Hearing what Feng Tingting said, Ye Xingli was shaken: "Is that so?"

She couldn't help turning her head to look at Zhang Yu, thinking: "What merits does this person have? What benefit is there in dual cultivating with him, that he attracted Wen Wuya, a Nascent Soul disciple?"

The thought that even Wen Wuya coveted the advantages of dual cultivation with Zhang Yu made Ye Xingli unable to suppress her curiosity.

Then she recalled Director Gao's arrangement to transfer Zhang Yu to the Artifact Refining Department and began to wonder if there was any connection between the two matters, her doubts and curiosity growing ever stronger.

Mo Shuangjin, standing by, thought in alarm: "So that's it. There was a rumor before that Teacher Gao had ties to the Nascent Soul of the Celestial Sword. Could it be that Zhang Yu is the channel of communication between the two sides?"

For a moment, the looks Ye Xingli and Mo Shuangjin gave Zhang Yu became different.

As the gathering ended, Zhang Yu returned to his daily hustle and bustle.

Time flew by in the blink of an eye, and it was already the end of December.

Zhang Yu's Dao Heart level reached level 16 (65.5%), his mana reached 891.3, mana quality reached 181%, and physical strength reached level 16.95.

With this all-around improvement, his Gangqi conduction rate also rose to 68%, and the maximum distance for Gangqi conduction increased to 69 meters.

Zhang Yu also made considerable progress in martial arts—the second ultimate technique of the Seven Earth-Wood Ultimates, the Great Wilderness Moving Mountain Force, he pushed to level 20.

The seventh martial art of the Martial Dao Sacred Body also reached level 20, allowing him to begin cultivating the eighth martial art.

Aside from these improvements in his own cultivation, what delighted Zhang Yu the most was the progress brought by the Green Lotus Sword Embryo.

After multiple tests and sensations, Zhang Yu could feel that as this Divine Spiritual Root continuously adjusted his body, his commonly used Great Learning Sacred Body, Earth-Wood Sacred Body, and Qi Pulse Eternal Flow could all retain about 1% of their effect in his normal state without the Chain Diagram Set.

Although it was only 1%, Zhang Yu hadn't forgotten that the adaptive enhancement of the Green Lotus Sword Embryo was a gradually growing process.

"In just one month, it actually grew to 1%..." Thinking this, Zhang Yu grew more and more expectant of the Green Lotus Sword Embryo's adaptive enhancement.

As for actively using it in combat like Bai Zhenzhen did, Zhang Yu currently didn't dare to try that.

And when time crossed December into the new year of January, Director Gao's work site arrangements for him had already come down.