Chapter 415: Nectar Coin Surge

The examination site for this military certificate was located in the wilderness.

It was on a plain about one hundred kilometers away from Wanfa University City.

Because the exam content and venue were kept confidential in advance, Zhang Yu only arrived there under the guidance of his Eye Skeleton.

When he reached the waiting area, he found that six examinees had already arrived before him; counting Zhang Yu, there were seven examinees in total.

Zhang Yu thought to himself: “There really aren’t many people taking the Military Civil Engineering Certificate exam—after all, you need a recommendation to apply.”

Zhang Yu’s arrival quickly caught the attention of the six examinees in front of him; the way they looked at him all showed a hint of surprise.

Su Yanyang thought: “Zhang Yu? He’s only a junior… What’s he doing here taking the exam?”

Clearly, in Su Yanyang’s eyes, Zhang Yu, who had just started his junior year, was unqualified to compete with them for the military certificate.

On the other side, Xiao Yunjī glanced at Zhang Yu and then paid no further attention; most of the other students did the same. It was obvious that in their view, Zhang Yu posed no competition.

Zhang Yu naturally didn’t care about what the other examinees thought. He just found a spot to sit down, silently sensing the power within his body, preparing for the upcoming exam.

Since the end of the final exams, he had been cultivating hard every day, focusing entirely on the final sprint. After improving his mana and physical strength, he had also pushed his Dao Heart to the Foundation Establishment limit of level 20.

Besides that, his mana quality had reached 197%, getting closer and closer to the Foundation Establishment limit of 200%.

Aside from the improvement in basic stats, Zhang Yu’s greatest progress was naturally in his cultivation techniques.

Appraisal Art, Earth Manipulation Divine Transformation, and Primordial Magnetic Meridian Seal had all reached the peak state of level 20.

The preservation effect of the Green Lotus Sword Embryo on the Chain-Diagram Technique had also improved. Among them, the Great Academic Saint Body and the Earth-Building Saint Body had reached the 10% level, the Martial Saint Body had reached 6%, and only the Qi Vein Continuous Flow maintained a shorter duration, still at the 4% level.

Feeling the abundant power within his body and seeing the various parameters of the Azure Sky Cloud Pocket, Taiyi Liquid Gold Pill, Earth Fiend Bottle, Earth Suppressing Seal, and Gold Silk Jade Wall appearing in his Eye Skeleton, Zhang Yu’s heart surged with immense confidence.

A moment later, all the examinees on site felt a tremor in their Eye Skeletons, and a faint glow seemed to be radiating from a distance.

They instinctively looked up toward the light and saw the eighth examinee, Ping Han.

At that moment, Ping Han’s chest was flashing red, with the number 13.25 constantly jumping—this was the current price of the Nectar Coin.

At the same time, a continuously rising trend chart appeared behind his head; this was the Nectar Coin’s trend for the last six months.

On his back, arms, belly, thighs, and back… images of various men, women, old, and young were projected—these were all avatars of the Nectar Divine Lord from Hehuan University.

Beneath these projections on Ping Han’s body, several students looked at his high-end magical skeleton with immense envy.

Su Yanyang was one of the envious students—not only did he feel envy, he even felt anger.

Especially when he saw the three metal cases floating behind Ping Han, he felt such jealousy that his heart seemed to bleed.

Su Yanyang thought to himself: “That’s the ‘Treasure Box’ smart magical artifact management device—and he needs three of them to store his artifacts?”

Seeing Ping Han armed to the teeth, a few students already felt a hint of retreat in their hearts, thinking that no matter what, they couldn’t compete with him in this exam.

Just then, the number on Ping Han’s chest jumped repeatedly, rising from 13.25 to 13.26.

Ping Han, meanwhile, was looking at the group messages appearing in his Eye Skeleton and laughing.

“Did you all see the news? The Nectar Divine Lord announced a lottery for dual cultivation!”

“Just spend Nectar Coins to enter the lottery, and if you win, you get to dual cultivate with the Nectar Divine Lord for a whole day and night!”

“Teacher Ping Han, how much longer do you think the Nectar Coin will keep rising?”

Ping Han: This is just the beginning

Ping Han: I’ve said it many times—the Nectar Coin will definitely rise to over 1000 spirit coins in the future!

Over these days, more and more friends had joined Ping Han’s group, and just from the entry fees, he had already earned a considerable amount of spirit coins.

Watching his former classmates come one by one to ask about the Nectar Coin—especially those who had previously advised him not to trade coins and refused to lend him money to trade—seeing them swallow their pride and beg him made Ping Han feel incredibly satisfied.

He sighed with emotion: “After years of hard cultivation in the coin path, the time has finally come for me to hold my head high and soar to the sky.”

While Ping Han was chatting with the members of his guidance group, the 13.26 on his chest jumped to 13.27, and then quickly jumped again to 13.28.

Watching the constantly rising Nectar Coin price on Ping Han’s chest, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but feel an impulse to buy coins.

But he quickly suppressed that thought, constantly warning himself not to act impulsively.

On the other side, Su Yanyang stared at Ping Han’s chest and thought: “Damn… it’s going up again?”

"Fortunately, I bought some too."

After repeatedly watching Ping Han earn more and more, with the Qiongjiang Coin rising continuously, Su Yanyang thoroughly studied all aspects of the Qiongjiang Coin's intelligence and eventually came to a conclusion.

"The rise of the Qiongjiang Coin is not merely a manipulation, but a superposition and resonance of a series of structural favorable factors—the starting point of a long-term uptrend."

After buying the Qiongjiang Coin and watching the profits in his account grow, Su Yanyang could only regret buying so late.

"Alas, my Dao Heart is still not sensitive enough; I missed some opportunities. Otherwise, my immortal path potential could have accumulated even more."

Just as Su Yanyang was secretly regretting, Xiao Yunji on the other side frowned slightly and turned her head away, no longer letting the numbers on Ping Han's chest disturb her mind. After seeing so many profit screenshots Ping Han had posted, she naturally had also considered investing in the Qiongjiang Coin.

But after consulting Director Lin and her family elders, all gave her a negative answer.

However, watching the Qiongjiang Coin skyrocket afterward, Xiao Yunji couldn't help but feel a hint of hesitation: "Could Director Lin and the others be too cautious? Could they be making a mistake?"

"After all, the Qiongjiang Coin is a currency established by a Nascent Soul Divine Lord—how could a Golden Core or Infant True Lord presume to fathom it?"

"No, the urgent task now is still to obtain the military certificate."

Xiao Yunji suppressed her distracting thoughts and told herself that she must wholeheartedly focus on passing the military certificate exam first.

Though Ping Han's strength had skyrocketed, Xiao Yunji still had confidence in competing for the military certificate, especially since she had prepared for years. How could she give up so easily?

Meanwhile, after finishing his conversation with the group members, Ping Han's gaze swept over to Zhang Yu.

Looking at Zhang Yu, Ping Han said in surprise, "Why are you here?"

Zhang Yu said calmly, "Director Gao recommended me to participate in this military certificate exam."

Hearing these words, Ping Han was slightly stunned, a strange light flickering in his eyes, but he said nothing.

Yet a surge of resentment rose in his heart.

He remembered how he had barely grasped an immortal opportunity back then, only lacking a few Spirit Coins to soar to the sky.

He remembered kneeling in front of Director Gao, begging for a loan of Spirit Coins but failing, ultimately missing the wave of coin speculation and becoming a waste in the eyes of many.

And now Zhang Yu was only a junior, yet Director Gao had freely given him the recommendation for the military certificate exam, possibly letting it go to waste.

A feeling of injustice rose in Ping Han's heart: "Gao Chongguang, are you watching today?"

"I'll make you realize—you misjudged me."

Just then, thunder rumbled across the sky.

Everyone looked up and saw an airship arriving above the exam venue.

…

On the airship.

Director Gao stood silently on one side of the deck, his gaze sweeping over the exam venue below, his eyes flickering with an unfathomable light.

He had come today as a guest from Wanfa University for this military certificate exam, adding authority to the exam as a witness.

There were many other guests like him, including experts and professors from the Civil Engineering departments of other universities, in addition to those from Wanfa University.

After all, Director Gao was no stranger to similar events. He knew that for an important exam like the military certificate exam, the result could not be determined solely within Wanfa University.

On-site, besides the expert professors from different universities acting as witnesses, there would also be three judging lead gods overseeing the fairness of the entire exam and providing professional evaluation.

In addition, the judging results had to be uploaded to the Heavenly Court. Only after approval and recording by the Heavenly Court could a result be considered truly finalized.

Just as Director Gao was scanning the exam venue, Director Lin somehow came behind him, smiled slightly, and said, "Ping Han has been quite the show-off lately."

Director Gao's gaze sharpened slightly and he said flatly, "What are you trying to say?"

Director Lin sneered, "In the end, aren't your War Faction students still relying on coin speculation, on finance? Old Gao, don't you think you're too old-fashioned?"

Director Gao said casually, "That's none of your business."

But thinking of Ping Han, a trace of helplessness still appeared in Director Gao's heart.

Looking purely at the present military certificate exam, Ping Han, as a War Faction student, was obviously the one most likely to win the military certificate among the students present.

This should have been a good thing, meaning that after Mo Shangjin, the War Faction could gain another student with the divine strength of Mount Kunlun, completely outmatching the Peace Faction and Neutral Faction in terms of students.

But of all things… Ping Han had achieved this by speculating in coins.

Director Gao did not completely dismiss the idea of trading crypto; he himself would hold onto some currencies created by the Hua Shen Divine Lord for long-term investment to make profits.

But in his view, Ping Han's operations were not investment at all—they were gambling.

Director Gao had personally witnessed many cases of sudden wealth gained through such gambling, and every single one ended in bankruptcy.

"Ping Han is very likely to seize this session's Military Certificate."

"But it's even more likely that shortly after mastering the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power, he'll go broke..."

Director Gao sighed inwardly: "Instead, the peace faction and neutral faction's seeded contestants have all been forced into the next Military Certificate exam, where they'll compete against Zhang Yu, the senior who's in his fifth year."

Just then, three figures emerged from the flying boat's cabin—they were the three judges for this Military Certificate exam.