[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-403":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},164272,323,"Chapter 403: Martial Saint Body, Taiyi Gold Liquid","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-403",403,"\u003Cp>Inside the refining laboratory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the final trace of mana was injected into the Li Fire Furnace, faint lines of mana circuits began to appear on the surface of the Azure Sky Cloud Pouch.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over these past days, through Zhang Yu's repeated refining, the material quality of the Azure Sky Cloud Pouch had continuously improved, and the internal mana circuits had become increasingly complex and refined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The quality of this magical artifact had also risen to the 7th level.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only had the Azure Sand it could release increased from the original distance of over ten meters to several tens of meters, but the speed, scale, and precision of the spray had also greatly increased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If originally it could only supply ten Formless Warriors, now it could stably support over twenty Formless Warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Zhang Yu's production skill in crafting the Azure Sky Cloud Pouch had reached the 10th level just a few days ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although it was a relatively basic magical artifact with simpler techniques, Zhang Yu still smiled slightly as he looked at the Azure Sky Cloud Pouch in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the first magical artifact in his life that he had repeatedly refined, gradually improving its grade little by little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But level 7 is enough for now; I don't have time to refine this artifact anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu's next target was the Foundation Establishment stage magical artifact, the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this time, when facing a Foundation Establishment stage artifact, he planned to change the process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, in the simulation laboratory of the Spirit Realm, push the production skill of the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill to level 20, then come back and refine this artifact in reality, hoping to craft a level 20 Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill in one go.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the simulation laboratory of the Spirit Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"First, purify the Taiyi Essence Gold...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then fix the material with formations...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next is extraction...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Throw it into the reaction vessel...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then engrave the runes...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the Spirit Realm, Zhang Yu was seen forming hand seals and controlling a magical artifact called the Gold-Eating Insect, engraving runes on the target material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that so-called runes were fixed patterns of spiritual mechanism circuits, capable of realizing the operation of mana in the most concise and effective manner, completing various different functions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long time, a dark, dull-looking iron bead appeared before Zhang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It had no extraordinary features whatsoever; even when mana was injected, it dissipated immediately.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at this scene, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly: \"The first time... as expected, refining failed, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Zhang Yu had already mastered the prerequisite skills for the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill, in the end, his refining experience was still far too little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, glancing at the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill skill, which was now at level 1 on the Feather Book, Zhang Yu smiled slightly and began another attempt.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the following days, Zhang Yu shuttled between the construction site and the Spirit Realm simulation laboratory, earning money while burning through it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite the income from the construction site along with the spirit coins sent by Zhang Pianpian and Wen Wuyan, Zhang Yu still watched the number of spirit coins in his account steadily decrease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But because of this, his refining skills also climbed rapidly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, one month passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time reached mid-February.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the pharmaceutical factory's office building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Production manager Qu Lecheng looked toward the construction site, his gaze sweeping over the thick clouds of mist that covered it, a hint of envy in his eyes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That Zhang Yu is living the good life—doing so much work alone, earning five or six spirit coins a month, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And he doesn't have to worry about all this or that, doesn't have to fret over malicious sudden deaths or malicious leaves of absence among the college grads under him, nor worry about the export channels being affected...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qu Lecheng knew that many of the medicines in the factory were sold to the upper layers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But selling to the upper layers didn’t mean high profits; on the contrary, the profit margin on every product in the factory was very thin, relying mainly on volume to make money.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sigh, if the quantity exported upward is insufficient, the factory won't just fail to make a profit—it will struggle just to survive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for raising prices on those above? Qu Lecheng didn't even dare to think about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But if the scale of the University War continues to expand, selling more medicines to the teachers and students on the second level should let me earn a bit more...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, the turbulent clouds and mists that had been churning in the construction site suddenly stopped. Qu Lecheng wondered to himself, \"Isn't it still not time to get off work?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Within the clouds, Zhang Yu finally pushed the tenth technique of the Martial Dao Sacred Body to level 20, unlocking the final tier effect of this linked technique diagram.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ultimate - Martial Dao Sacred Body (10\u002F10): One mastery leads to all mastery. The more techniques of the same type you cultivate, the greater the enhancement in countering, parrying, redirecting, evading, destroying, range, attack speed, attack frequency, and force penetration effects for related martial arts, up to a maximum of the Foundation Establishment limit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Finally...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the effect of this final layer of the Martial Dao Sacred Body, a smile appeared on Zhang Yu's face, and he marveled inwardly, \"Good! Strong!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just from seeing the description of this final layer, Zhang Yu could perceive the power of the Martial Dao Sacred Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as he successively performed techniques such as the Xuanhuang Mountain-Suppressing Seal, Dahuang Mountain-Moving Force, Heaven-Overturning Seal, War Demon Life-Sacrifice Art, Starry Sky Pulse-Charging Method, and others, he increasingly felt the formidable strength of the Martial Dao Sacred Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Similar types of martial arts, as it currently seems, are divided by bare-handed, Qi projectile, weapon, and such categories.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The few martial arts I commonly use have all undergone a qualitative leap when executed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Plus the combat power of the first layer of the Martial Dao Sacred Body and the subtlety of martial arts perception from the second layer...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu believed that with the three-layer effects of his Martial Dao Sacred Body at this moment, he could defeat a version of himself without the Martial Dao Sacred Body within dozens of moves.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, the premise is that the version without the Martial Dao Sacred Body also hasn't activated the Earth and Wood Sacred Body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But combat was secondary. With the empowerment of this final layer of the Martial Dao Sacred Body, Zhang Yu believed his construction site income would rise again. Yet Zhang Yu also understood that his expenses would become even greater.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let's leave technique cultivation at that for now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For the time ahead, I'll just hang the Martial Dao Sacred Body at the construction site to earn money.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The money I earn... go all out on tool forging!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye it was mid-March.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the dormitory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu's palm left Xuange's vest, sensing the Dao Seed he had copied from the other person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although his daily studies, work, and cultivation were already very busy, Zhang Yu still occasionally took some time to improve the mana quality of Le Mulan's classmate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, on this day, he raised the other's mana quality to 150% and successfully copied the other's Dao Seed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself, \"The Blazing Sun Mana Vein?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Xuange before him, feeling the surging fire force within his body, exclaimed joyfully, \"My mana... feels like it's undergone a qualitative change?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu nodded casually, glanced at the Dao Seed on the other person, and thought, \"To reach level 2 of the Blazing Sun Mana Vein, I need 200% mana quality?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He knew that the higher the mana quality, the harder it was to improve. Reaching 200% mana quality was impossible in a short time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after perfunctorily sending Xuange away, Zhang Yu began to carefully sense the effects of the Blazing Sun Mana Vein.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Enhances Qi projectile circulation efficiency, improves physical movement efficiency, and has a destructive heating effect...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu spread his palm, looking at the invisible Qi flames surging from his palm, and thought to himself, \"I wonder if this will help me with tool forging.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He looked at his Feather Book; the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill skill on it had reached level 12.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, his savings had reached 45 Spirit Coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the field cultivation building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the pharmaceutical factory project, Zhang Yu was assigned here for construction work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called cultivation building was one of the rare places where the company grew Heavenly Essence Rice and Earthly Qi Wheat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Because most of the land had to be used as medicinal fields to meet the demands of the upper levels, the cultivation of Heavenly Essence Rice and Earthly Qi Wheat was confined to the cultivation building, occupying as little space as possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the area was small, as Zhang Yu walked along, he noticed that the cultivation building was heavily guarded inside and out, giving him the feeling not of a farming site but of a vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Che Yufei explained beside him, \"The staff who can enter and exit the cultivation building are either upper-level students or students from the Top Ten.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s rare to see even a lower secondary student, let alone a junior college student.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu asked curiously, \"Why don't they let junior college students do the farming?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Che Yufei looked at Zhang Yu with a strange expression and said, \"Are junior college students even worthy of farming? With just a handful of Celestial Essence Rice, how many junior college students could you hire? They're so poor—do they even know how to farm properly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A high-value job like farming requires at least upper secondary students to be qualified to operate, and the key techniques must be controlled by us students from the Top Ten universities.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu helplessly pursed his lips. \"Fine, where do I start repairing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the reward for this project was higher than the pharmaceutical factory’s, the field data consumption was also higher, forcing Zhang Yu to temporarily pause his forging simulation training in the Spirit Realm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let me save up some money here, then go back and continue training.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill on the Feather Script had now reached level 17.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Zhang Yu’s savings had dropped to 35 spirit coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Time arrived in April.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside the forging laboratory.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cultivation tower project had ended.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after finally returning to University City, he finally trained the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill technique to level 20.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, his Gangqi flowed freely, and he skillfully operated all kinds of equipment and apparatus in the lab, beginning his first real-world refinement of the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the main ingredient, Taiyi Essence Gold, was quenched, purified, and shaped...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Zhang Yu added various precious materials into the reactor.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, just the basic materials for refining the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill had cost him 18 spirit coins.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Having gone through the refining process of the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill over and over, Zhang Yu now reproduced it in reality.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself, \"In reality, relying on the Blazing Sun Meridian does make it easier for me to purify the Taiyi Essence Gold and control the firepower of the Li Fire Furnace.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, as a perfectly round golden bead gradually took shape under the high heat of the Li Fire, Zhang Yu’s mana surged from his fingertip.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The interior of the golden bead flashed with layers of mana circuit light, then all subsided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Level 20 Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After testing the effects of the golden bead, Zhang Yu felt a surge of excitement: \"Success!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Zhang Yu injected mana into it, the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill seemed to come alive, expanding sharply and, following Zhang Yu’s will, transforming into a shifting, formless golden liquid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Zhang Yu’s Gangqi rolled around, and the golden liquid enveloped the Gangqi, changing with the Gangqi’s transformations—sometimes into a long sword, sometimes into a giant palm, and sometimes flowing down like a great river.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, under Zhang Yu’s control, the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill coated the Formless Guardian, turning it into a golden-armored divine general.\u003C\u002Fp>",2062,"2026-05-29T04:54:59.518Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","570cd706e454cf3a194a3e2bafda7b0c572f5c8167fdde4978f9cbbeba390663","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-404","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-402",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]