Chapter 398: Lian Tianji

"Sigh, what Yu Xinghan said was indeed true."

"Ever since Lian Tianji turned into Lian Tianji, watching his videos now is not only boring but can even be used to quit lust."

"It's because both Yu Xinghan and I failed to see through the illusion of form, couldn't transcend our own physiological limitations, and cultivate the Dao of Yin and Yang with a pure heart."

Zhang Yu had to admit that from this perspective, he and Yu Xinghan truly had no talent in the Great Path of Dual Cultivation.

With the dissipation of lust in his heart, Zhang Yu felt that the restless urge he had been harboring was temporarily suppressed.

He thought to himself, "Is this a side effect of today's experimental drug?"

"It can actually affect my steel-willed resolve, honed through a thousand temperings."

"If it were an ordinary college student, they would probably be making a fool of themselves by now."

Just as Zhang Yu was thinking this, he suddenly noticed that Le Mulan's face was reddening, and her breathing was becoming heavier.

Zhang Yu's gaze sharpened, and he quickly asked, "Did you also participate in the drug trial?"

Le Mulan nodded slightly and said, "Mm, breaking down the medicinal properties, adjusting them within the body… that's also one of the tasks I came here for…"

Mid-sentence, Le Mulan couldn't help but let out a soft moan, and she bent over completely.

When she raised her head again, her eyes looking at Zhang Yu were already misty with water.

Le Mulan murmured, "Such… a strange feeling."

Zhang Yu was alarmed by the sight: "Isn't Le Mulan sterilized? And this drug still has such a powerful effect?"

Meanwhile, Le Mulan's small lips parted slightly, and bursts of hot breath escaped from her mouth, brushing against Zhang Yu's face.

Smelling the sweet medicinal scent emanating from her body, Zhang Yu's mind went fuzzy, and he felt he was about to lose his composure again.

He quickly projected the video of Lian Tianji and pulled Le Mulan to watch it with him.

Looking at Lian Tianji and others in the video, Le Mulan's breathing grew even heavier, and she thought, "This is a video from the Hehuan Sect, right?"

"Zhang… Zhang Yu… is he trying to get me to learn how to do these things together with him?"

Thinking of this, Le Mulan felt, for some reason, that the blood in her body began to flow faster, and her face became even more flushed.

"I have no experience in this aspect of cultivation. I need to study hard so I can cooperate with Zhang Yu…"

Although her mind was becoming more and more dazed, Le Mulan forced herself to stay a little alert, trying hard to memorize the key movements in the video, unconsciously sticking out her tongue in an attempt to learn.

But just then, Zhang Yu said, "This is Lian Tianji."

Le Mulan was momentarily stunned: "Huh?"

Zhang Yu continued, "This woman is Lian Tianji."

As he spoke, he sent a communication to Lian Tianji.

Then, the screen before them flickered, and Lian Tianji's figure materialized in front of them.

He said, "Zhang Yu, why did you suddenly think of contacting me?"

Zhang Yu shared the screen with Le Mulan and said, "Le Mulan and I are watching your video. She's curious about what you look like now."

Lian Tianji smiled slightly and said, "The Sacred Number One is watching too? Thanks for the support. Hope my video can help you two."

After a brief exchange, Lian said he was busy continuing his cultivation and disconnected the call with Zhang Yu.

Le Mulan, watching from the side, was shocked. Images of Lian Tianji from the past and the Lian Tianji of now flashed repeatedly through her mind, and her previously dazed eyes gradually cleared.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Indeed, Le Mulan also has no talent in this area. She can't transcend the limits of physiological gender, and she can't use this video as nourishment for the Yin-Yang Immortal Dao, but it's perfect for quitting lust."

Le Mulan asked, "Why did he become like this?"

Zhang Yu explained, "Their department's Foundation Establishment class has two options. Only the class top can become a man in one, and only the class top can become a woman in the other. Lian Tianji chose the former."

Le Mulan was shaken by this, then said with some admiration, "Lian Tianji's high school grades were excellent. After entering Hehuan University, it seems he hasn't let up at all and immediately chose a path of transformation."

Le Mulan: "He must have spent a lot of money and put in tremendous effort on this path."

Zhang Yu said, "The side effects of this experimental drug are too strong. Though the mental influence has been erased, the medicinal properties still linger in our bodies."

"Let's use our Ice Cold Mana to suppress the remaining medicinal properties in each other's bodies."

The two of them pressed all four palms together, and streams of ice-cold mana surged into each other's bodies.

…

Hehuan University.

Inside the classroom, many students were cultivating together, contemplating the Great Dao.

Lian Tianji broke off the communication with Zhang Yu and thought with emotion, "Zhang Yu and the top-ranked student… are they watching my video together?"

He still remembered that during his high school days, he had always wanted to study together with Zhang Yu and Le Mulan, but in the end, they never got the chance before graduation.

"But now they're watching my video together, so it's kind of like I'm accompanying them while they study."

Thinking about this, Lian Tianji felt a sense of involvement, and a relieved smile appeared on his face.

Just then, a voice came from behind Lian Tianji: "Senior! You spaced out?"

Lian Tianji said calmly, "I was just communicating with someone and taking the opportunity to hone my Dao heart. The Yin-Yang Great Dao is all about forging one's Dao heart, transcending all externals—flesh, mundane concerns, thoughts… and never being bound by any internal or external things."

The voice behind him asked, "Senior, do you have time tomorrow then?"

Lian Tianji smiled slightly and said, "You still want tutoring? Then bring all your junior college classmates along." Lian Tianji understood very well that at Hehuan University, cultivating only with one's own classmates made it hard to surpass them in results.

If you wanted faster and greater progress, you had to either cultivate upward or cultivate downward!

The so-called upward cultivation meant studying with senior students, or even teachers and school administrators, but this process was too expensive for Lian Tianji to afford.

So he chose downward cultivation, deliberately selecting junior college students and lower-school students as his furnace cauldrons to boost his own cultivation.

"Don't blame me. Blame yourselves for only getting into junior college, for only making it into a lower school. Since you can no longer be true humans, just lend me a hand…"

Lian Tianji silently resolved in his heart: "Help me take back… what I have lost!"

…

Yin Jiurao looked at the drug trial report Le Mulan had sent and thought to herself, "So she took it head-on?"

"Originally I wanted to use Le Mulan to pose as Zhang Yu's seed vessel."

"But as expected… someone short and skinny like Le Mulan probably lacks charm, and ordinary drugs alone won't be enough to make Zhang Yu submit."

"Should I switch to a different drug?"

"Forget it, that would be too obvious."

Yin Jiurao opened a website and thought to herself, "Better to find some professionals who specialize in seed-extraction schemes."

…

Over the next few days, Zhang Yu worked at the construction site and participated in drug trials, but he no longer experienced episodes of boiling blood. He figured the side effects of the experimental drug had probably been adjusted.

"That's fine—at least it won't interfere with my abstention from lust."

Zhang Yu was now not only refusing to sell seeds; he was even unwilling to easily sell other materials from his body.

Apart from what he himself said—that his cultivation state was better after abstaining from lust—the biggest reason was actually the Divine Spirit Root.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The Qinglian Sword Embryo is constantly adjusting my body."

"It's hard to say whether, if someone examined my current body materials, they might detect something unusual."

"If it's not necessary… I'd better not sell. Anyway, I wouldn't get much for it."

That day, after leaving the construction site after work, Zhang Yu returned to his dormitory, logged into the Spirit World, and went to the simulation lab that had been set up for him under the name of Zhang Pianpian.

There, he began the simulated cultivation of the Tianqing Caiyun Dou.

He activated the tenfold speed multiplier, and one by one, refining materials and equipment materialized, operating in conjunction with his true qi and mana.

That day, Zhang Yu pushed the refining skill of the Tianqing Caiyun Dou all the way to level 7 in one go, and the cost was enormous.

The simulation lab charged not by time, but by the resources he consumed from the Spirit World's computation pool during the simulation.

With the tenfold speed, Zhang Yu was able to consume a massive amount of Spirit World computation pool resources in a very short time, which immediately cost him more than 5.6 spirit coins in the simulation lab.

"Refining sure burns through money."

"Good thing I'm not too slow at it."

Zhang Yu thought that ordinary artifact forging students without his Feather Script talent would probably need many more practice sessions and spend more spirit coins in the simulation lab.

Then Zhang Yu looked at his savings again.

Although these days he received 5 spirit coins from Zhang Pianpian each month, 10 spirit coins from Wen Wuya, plus his own income from working at the construction site.

But to speed up the improvement of his basic stats, Zhang Yu spent a lot on various services, added to the continuous investment in artifact forging...

"Savings have dropped to 30.158 spirit coins again."

Zhang Yu thought to himself: "Just hold on a bit longer. Once I master a few more artifact forging skills and raise my levels a bit higher, I'll be able to sell more consumable magical treasures to recover my funds."

"The work at the medicine factory pays well, so I should do more of that too."

……

Yin Jiuyao looked at the resume before her and asked, "You graduated from Qinghe University of the Arts?"

The woman in the spirit realm projection said, "That's right. Qingyi is a subsidiary school of Hehuan University. Although nominally we are the Thirty-Six Upper Schools, the courses we study are actually quite similar to those at Hehuan University's main campus."

"And when it comes to seed collection work, I definitely have richer experience than the current students at Hehuan University."

Yin Jiuyao asked, "What is your primary gender?"

The woman said, "Male."

Yin Jiuyao asked further, "Will the gender transition affect your work?"

The woman said, "You are correct, my primary gender is indeed not female."

"I have 20 years of experience growing up as a male, but it is precisely this experience that allowed me to better comprehend the mysteries of yin-yang transformation, greatly aiding my subsequent 18 years of professional experience as a female, and also making me place more emphasis on practical combat ability."

"My resume contains my practical combat data and case studies. I believe they are more convincing than my primary gender."

Yin Jiuyao said calmly, "You've seen the target's information? What are your chances?"

The woman said, "I am a professional in this area. Just a sophomore student, and a gifted one at that. I will definitely succeed."

Yin Jiuyao: "It must be voluntary."

The woman affirmed, "You can rest assured on that point. We are seed tricksters, not those crude seed robbers without any skill."