[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-417":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},164286,323,"Chapter 417: Earth and Wood Style, Continuous Offensive","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-417",417,"\u003Cp>As the second round of the military examination officially began, blueprints appeared one after another before Zhang Yu’s eyes, transmitted into his ocular implants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apart from that, of course, there were also the competition procedures and specific rules for this round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To sum it up for Zhang Yu, in fifteen minutes, enemies would attack from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And Zhang Yu’s task was to protect the formation eye before him from being destroyed by the enemy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The assault would last for one hour. During this hour, besides relying on his own power in battle, he could also follow the blueprints before him and use the building materials nearby to construct a defensive line capable of withstanding the assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could either expand the formation beneath his feet, enhancing its effects and range, or build defensive structures such as Blazing Platform, Soul-Condensing Tower, Demon-Sealing Pavilion, and the like.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu glanced at the blueprints provided for the exam but did not rush to start construction; instead, he first surveyed his surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A metal cylinder half a meter thick and over a meter tall stood on the ground before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The surface of the pillar was covered with a multitude of spirit-mechanism circuits, stretching into the earth like dimly glowing wires.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was the formation eye Zhang Yu had to protect, and when he looked at it, a line of text appeared in his ocular implants: Formation Eye Integrity 100%.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Zhang Yu looked around again and thought to himself, \"The surroundings are all plains. How to build the defenses will depend entirely on one's personal skill and imagination.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Before I know what these so-called 'enemies' really are, I should create a defense system with the strongest adaptability, capable of handling as many different situations as possible...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the countdown floating in the air beside him had already reached 14 minutes and 52 seconds.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The flying boat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The three judges and other guests were watching the examinees' performances together, discussing the key aspects of this round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a thought from Perfected Qiyun, the camera feed focused on Su Yanyang's situation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid a series of rumbles, accompanied by a great shower of sand and mud shooting into the air, Su Yanyang had already sunk underground along with the formation eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, all the cameras for the exam livestream were linked to the five examinees' ocular implants.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even though Su Yanyang had already burrowed deep underground, the judges and guests at the scene could still see his condition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Su Yanyang start to expand the formation, build a tomb chamber, and draw in spirit veins, Perfected Qiyun already understood what he intended to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"He's going to build an underground tomb to reinforce the formation and create defensive works, while he himself sits in command at the center?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfected Tianxiang beside him commented, \"It's a conventional approach—the same old method of building tombs underground and commercial structures above ground. Though cliché, it's effective.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But isn't he preparing living sacrifices to create the living piles?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing Perfected Tianxiang's remark, the Fifth-Grade True Deity Gengchen Yi laughed on the other side and said, \"Perfected Tianxiang, qualified living piles aren't cheap. I think Su Yanyang plans to use himself as a blood sacrifice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfected Tianxiang shook his head and said, \"It's still your human race's excessively strict regulations on construction materials. As long as the price of living piles doesn't come down, how can the civil engineering industry develop and grow?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Even if you're unwilling to loosen restrictions yourselves, you could still lower tariffs and import living piles from our Heavenly Demon University.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Gengchen Yi smiled faintly and said, \"The civil engineering world at Wanfa University has always emphasized self-sacrifice in construction and striving to be the first. The saying here is 'One man bears the blood sacrifice, his ashes used for three generations'—that's the local civil engineering custom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfected Tianxiang shook his head upon hearing this, clearly disapproving of the statement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Perfected Qiyun looked over at Xiao Yunjia.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rolling waves of pure qi swept through, clearing away large amounts of rubble, grass, and wood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Xiao Yunjia began building a series of ring roads centered on the formation eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfected Tianxiang asked curiously, \"Is she building roads? On the exam field? What is she trying to do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Perfected Qiyun flipped through Xiao Yunjia's dossier and had already guessed her intention. Smiling slightly, he said, \"She's creating a magnetic channel. She's not sticking to the mold; instead of limiting herself to the defensive structures provided on the blueprints, she's adopting the tactic most suited to herself.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Ping Han's operations also drew the attention of more guests.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His Level 20 Xuanhuang Town-Sovereign Seal, Level 20 Dahuang Mountain-Shifting Force, and Level 20 Earth-Controlling Divine Transformation—three Level 20 techniques activated simultaneously—had pushed the Small Threefold Harmony he had mastered to its limits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But that wasn't all; with each enhancement from the dharma-hulls on his body, the control range of the Small Threefold Harmony expanded further and further.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The earth rose and fell as towering pagodas sprang up from the ground over an area of several hundred meters in radius.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately after, pieces of dharma artifacts shot into the sky, and under the control of a soul cultivator, construction began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A guest said in surprise, \"Is that golden elixir blood? He's using golden elixir blood to draw spirit-mechanism circuits?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Another guest reviewed the information on Ping Han’s ghost cultivator subordinates and sighed, “All elite ghost cultivators with deep yin energy—such domineering Foundation Establishment students.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Director Gao was also reviewing the data on Ping Han’s ghost cultivator subordinates. He knew that many well-prepared ghost cultivators would spend money on death services before their physical bodies could no longer extend their lifespan and their flesh and blood began to decay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more money spent, the more luxurious the death, the higher the level of ritual arrangements, and the more powerful the ghost cultivator after death. It could be said they died at the starting line, gaining a lead over others the moment they died.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And the ghost cultivators Ping Han hired this time were all such post-death elites.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the first death history—those ghost scum who died of old age, illness, or being hit by something—he had eliminated them all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throwing down heavy sums of money in succession like this brought about a soaring leap in construction efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone seemed to see… as the Qiongjiang coins on Ping Han’s chest kept rising, he waved his hand grandly, unleashing earth-shattering power to accelerate the construction site beneath his feet! Accelerate! Accelerate again!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this scene, Director Gao secretly resolved that he must not let such an outstanding talent as Ping Han fall. Then he turned his attention to another student he cared about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the camera view, Zhang Yu’s palms pressed together, already activating his Small Threefold Harmony power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the earth-shaking tremors, a giant formed of soil and rock slowly rose from underground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, as more and more soil and rock converged, the giant’s body rapidly expanded after absorbing vast amounts of silt, growing from five meters to ten meters, then fifteen meters, twenty meters…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching this scene, Director Gao nodded slightly and thought to himself, “Zhang Yu’s foundation is still not as deep as the other examinees.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But relying on his martial arts talent and the power of Small Threefold Harmony to use this earth-and-rock giant to perform martial arts is indeed the best way to maximize his strength and handle various situations.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, the preparation time had passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>2!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>1!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the final countdown ended, the entire examination ground was calm and still, as if nothing had happened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But none of the examinees let down their guard; they nervously observed all directions, waiting for the impending assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than ten seconds later, a violent rumbling came from the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu stood atop the more-than-thirty-meter-tall earth giant, looking toward the horizon, and saw a vast tide of Yellow Turban Warriors surging toward him from all directions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Puppets?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So many puppets?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought in surprise, “How much did this cost? Is this exam really going all out?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the sky, Deng Bingding, overlooking the exam ground, let his consciousness drift between the spirit realm and the material realm, constantly checking the number of puppets around the five examinees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Deng Bingding muttered inwardly, “Hmph, the price for ordering this batch of puppets this time… is several times higher than the market price.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“And they’re all outdated stock from the warehouse—did they treat the exam ground as a dump?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If there’s no hidden trick here… who would believe it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Deng Bingding certainly wasn’t going to investigate the hidden tricks—what if he actually found something?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, facing the onslaught of the massive wave of Yellow Turban Warriors, the examinees each adopted their own countermeasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yanyang created a large-scale collapse of the earth, burying the approaching Yellow Turban Warriors one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiao Yunji’s form flickered as he accelerated through Yuan Magnetic Channels, moving back and forth, relying on his own strength to firmly block the Yellow Turban Warriors attacking from all sides.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ping Han was the first among the five examinees to construct defensive fortifications.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On his Blazing Platform, jets of thunderous fire burst forth, blasting away wave after wave of Yellow Turban Warriors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Combined with the magic tools he personally activated, he easily held off the assault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu controlled the over-thirty-meter-tall earth-and-rock giant. With each step, it shook the ground, sending large numbers of Yellow Turban Warriors toppling over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after the examinees easily fended off this wave, the attacking puppets began to change.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It’s an upgraded version of the Yellow Turban Warriors.” Zhang Yu’s gaze shifted as he saw the originally bare-handed Yellow Turban Warriors now grabbing various weapons.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some wielded melee weapons like sabers, spears, clubs, and staffs, from which layers of condensed Qi burst forth, slashing toward the earth giant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There were also Gangqi cannons capable of long-range attacks; after being aimed by the Yellow Turban Warriors, they bombarded the Earth Giant from afar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the continuous bombardment, one hole after another was torn open on the Earth Giant's surface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qiyun Zhenjun said, \"This hour's offensive will grow stronger with each wave.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we don't focus on construction while resisting the offensive, we will inevitably fail to hold out in the end.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tianxiang Zhenjun watched Su Yanyang's operation and laughed, \"Is he actively opening the entrance to the underground tomb? He figured out that the Yellow Turban Warriors only have rudimentary intelligence and are not controlled by soul cultivators.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Su Yanyang actively opened the tomb passage, a large number of Yellow Turban Warriors poured in, only to be quickly swallowed by traps that had been prepared long ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Chenyi looked at Xiao Yunji on the other side; in the scene, Xiao Yunji's figure swelled abruptly, transforming from her original maiden appearance into a giant over ten meters tall, with three heads and six arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On each arm of the giant, a magic treasure manifested; some struck with lightning to blast apart the Yellow Turban Warriors, others raised force fields to sweep away the enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"In the three-headed, six-armed state, she is not only fighting but also constructing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Geng Chenyi looked at Xiao Yunji's creations, nodded approvingly, and said, \"Besides the Primordial Magnetic Passage, she is also forging other formations and constructs to restore mana, maintain the dharma skeleton, and replenish qi and blood... Truly blazing a new trail; her Dao heart is commendable.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1933,"2026-05-29T04:54:59.518Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","8a1c0160f09e2880a9513be054cbd6ad811f1138187f35af28575336c9d0a297","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-418","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-416",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]