Chapter 427

Director Gao: [Magnetic Pole True Lord]

Director Gao: This is the teacher from the Artifact Refining Department

Director Gao: Didn’t I invite him to guide you during the last civil engineering competition?

Zhang Yu: Oh, it’s him? So he’s from the Artifact Refining Department? I had no idea if you hadn’t told me.

Zhang Yu: After all, he’s not a teacher from our Civil Engineering Department. We didn’t keep in touch after that guidance session, and I don’t even remember his name.

Director Gao: So, what do you think about artifact refining?

Zhang Yu: I’m quite interested in artifact refining.

Feeling Zhang Yu stirring slightly in his arms, Magnetic Pole True Lord smiled and said, “Be a good boy, don’t move around.”

“Or is it uncomfortable being held by me?”

Zhang Yu: “No… it’s not.”

Magnetic Pole True Lord smirked slightly: “Then it must be very comfortable?”

Seeing Zhang Yu stunned, Magnetic Pole True Lord asked again: “Is it more comfortable in Teacher Gao’s arms, or in mine?”

Zhang Yu: “Huh?”

Watching Zhang Yu’s dazed expression, Fuji sighed: “Zhang Yu, you’re done for. I think this guy is a natural counter to you civil engineering folks; both you and your master can’t handle her.”

Zhang Yu responded to Fuji in his mind: “I just didn’t react in time and didn’t know how to reply.”

Fuji said: “Anyway, be careful. This one clearly stops at nothing. The way she talks to you now is very targeted; she’s definitely studied your personality and habits in detail.”

Meanwhile, on the other side, Director Gao had already replied: You want to learn artifact refining?

Zhang Yu: I think dharma bodies and dharma treasures are both indispensable on the path of immortal cultivation.

Zhang Yu: Learning more about artifact refining can only be beneficial, even when buying dharma treasures you’ll be less likely to get scammed.

Zhang Yu: But as for truly learning artifact refining techniques, how could I have the conditions for that?

Zhang Yu: Teacher, right now I just want to focus wholeheartedly and steadily on mastering what our Civil Engineering Department teaches, and quickly cultivate the divine power of Moving Mountains of Tiankunlun, so I can make a big impact on construction sites later.

Director Gao: [Chuckling] Don’t rush; you’ll have your chance to learn.

Zhang Yu: Teacher, so once the military certificate comes through this time, can I try the Seven Civil Engineering Tasks?

Director Gao: See, you’re in a hurry again.

Director Gao: As long as the Heavenly Court hasn’t announced the result, nothing is set in stone yet.

Director Gao: Before that, be careful about your influence and don’t spread news about the military certificate everywhere, understand?

Zhang Yu: I understand, teacher.

Zhang Yu: I’m just too eager to learn the divine power of Moving Mountains of Tiankunlun.

Watching the exchange between Magnetic Pole True Lord and Director Gao, Zhang Yu thought to himself: “Is this Magnetic Pole True Lord making Director Gao think… that I’m wholeheartedly committed to staying in the Civil Engineering Department to learn the divine power of Moving Mountains of Tiankunlun?”

Meanwhile, after a few more exchanges, Director Gao asked: Has Director Lin come looking for you?

Magnetic Pole True Lord looked at Zhang Yu and asked: “Has he come looking for you?”

So Zhang Yu immediately recounted everything about Director Lin and the old director coming to find him and their offers.

Magnetic Pole True Lord relayed everything to Director Gao.

After a moment, Magnetic Pole True Lord closed the chat window and said to Zhang Yu: “Next, Old Gao will probably quickly ask you to sign a contract and officially take you as a disciple.”

“Just sign with him when the time comes.”

Seeming to sense the doubt in Zhang Yu’s eyes, Magnetic Pole True Lord said calmly: “Don’t worry, this contract will be relatively loose and won’t bind you too much.”

“As for the relationship between you and me…”

Magnetic Pole True Lord smirked slightly, looking at Zhang Yu in her arms, revealing a smile that showed everything was under control: “Compared to titles, I care more about actual results.”

“Next, until you master the divine power of Moving Mountains of Tiankunlun, just be a good disciple of Old Gao.”

“My civil engineering genius, classmate Zhang Yu.”

Zhang Yu asked, "Then if I master the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Strength by my junior year..."

Magnetic Pole True Lord said dismissively, "Let's talk after you've actually mastered it."

Although he judged it was possible, clearly in Magnetic Pole True Lord's view, that possibility wasn't very high.

Meanwhile, Ye Xingli had been following Magnetic Pole True Lord the whole way, and as she saw they were getting closer and closer to the floor where Zhang Yu's dormitory was, her heart began to grow anxious.

"We're about to reach where Zhang Yu lives."

"Why are they still chatting?"

"Should I give a reminder?"

But seeing that Magnetic Pole True Lord and Zhang Yu seemed to be happily in the middle of their conversation, Ye Xingli hesitated over whether she should interrupt.

At a deserted street corner.

With a heavy thud, Zhang Yu landed heavily on the ground like a truckload of cargo.

Magnetic Pole True Lord smiled and said, "Kid, you ate pretty well in the exam this time."

Zhang Yu gave an awkward smile—he really had picked up some things to eat on the side during the exam.

Zhang Yu said, "True Lord, then I'll head back first."

Magnetic Pole True Lord said indifferently, "Mm, go ahead."

Watching Zhang Yu's retreating figure, Magnetic Pole True Lord's form flickered slightly and then vanished without a trace.

"Xingli, you can still continue to guide this kid in artifact refining techniques from now on."

Hearing what Magnetic Pole True Lord said, Ye Xingli couldn't help asking, "Master, you seem to treat him... differently from the other students."

Magnetic Pole True Lord said calmly, "Different students naturally require different methods of instruction. This is called teaching according to aptitude."

"Do you know about Zhang Yu's roommates?" Zhang Yu's roommates?

Ye Xingli had never really looked into them, nor did she think there was anything worth knowing.

Magnetic Pole True Lord continued, "All of Zhang Yu's roommates are his fellow townsmen from the First Layer."

Ye Xingli said in surprise, "Ah? They're all from the First Layer?"

Ye Xingli considered herself free of prejudice and discrimination against people from the First Layer; it was just that she thought most of them were poor, foolish, and had extremely weak potential in the immortal path.

The fact that Zhang Yu had climbed all the way up from the First Layer as a genius had already surprised Ye Xingli greatly.

She hadn't expected Zhang Yu to still be living with fellow townsmen from the First Layer... Could he even stand living like that?

Magnetic Pole True Lord said, "Overall, based on all kinds of information, Zhang Yu is someone who values old ties."

As if recalling something, Magnetic Pole True Lord sighed, "Heh, cherishing old ties... How long has it been since I last said that word?"

After returning to the dormitory, Zhang Yu flopped down onto his bed with a thud.

His severely injured body had long been unable to bear the strain, and now that all sorts of matters had finally come to a close, every part of him couldn't help but relax.

Tu Li Shan: How did the exam go?

Looking at the message from Tu Li Shan and recalling the waves of concern he'd received after the military certification exam ended today, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Who says Kunxu lacks human warmth? The better my grades get, the warmer Wanfa University becomes."

Not long after Zhang Yu lay down, the icy power of the ritual surged again. Zhang Yu sighed helplessly and simply went to the Taiqing Realm to begin studying the subsequent artifact refining courses.

A few hours later, Zhang Yu received a message from Director Gao, who intended to take him on as an official disciple and sign a supplementary contract.

Glancing at the content of the contract, Zhang Yu thought that Magnetic Pole True Lord had been right—the terms were relatively loose and didn't impose too many restrictions on him.

"But... am I signing with a company?"

"Is this company Director Gao's company?"

Zhang Yu read on. Generally speaking, according to the contract, the company would reimburse him 30 spirit coins per month for training expenses until he passed the Golden Core certification.

Once Zhang Yu broke through to the Golden Core stage, he needed to take on a certain amount of work as required, with profits split 50/50 between him and the company.

As for many other details, they are also based on this.

Zhang Yu sighed with emotion: "30 spirit coins a month, that's 360 spirit coins a year. I never thought that before I knew it, I'd become a student who could spend so much money in a year."

Fuji commented: "A rare conscientious contract in Kunxu. According to the terms of this contract, after you break through to the Golden Core stage, Director Gao will only make a small profit."

"But once you break through to the Nascent Soul stage, you'll make a huge profit."

"It seems Director Gao is really betting that you can reach the Nascent Soul stage."

"As for when you reach the Divine Transformation stage, this contract will probably have to be renegotiated."

So the next day, under the witness of the Orthodox Gods, Zhang Yu and Director Gao completed the signing of the contract, and Zhang Yu became Director Gao's official disciple.

Director Gao looked at Zhang Yu before him, nodded with satisfaction, and then asked, "I told you to get proper treatment yesterday—why did you run out of the hospital on your own?"

Zhang Yu said, "Teacher, you know my constitution—there's no need to waste money in the hospital."

"You little rascal." Director Gao scolded with a laugh, "Do I need you to save money for me?"

As he spoke, he reached out and pulled Zhang Yu over, letting his spiritual power circulate through Zhang Yu's body for a while.

With this, Director Gao could sense that the injuries inside Zhang Yu had indeed improved a lot.

Especially feeling the vigorous vitality within his flesh and blood, he became even more satisfied with this disciple Zhang Yu in his heart.

But on the surface, he remained impassive, only saying, "The Civil Engineering Competition is coming up soon. You need to hurry and recover your health, understand?"

Zhang Yu said in surprise, "Huh? Isn't the Civil Engineering Competition in December? It's only October now, right?"

Director Gao said, "Starting from this term, the competition format is going to change again."

"After all, in recent years, students' practical combat levels have been getting higher and higher, and the intensity of the competition has also been increasing."

"Under these circumstances, finishing the competition in one or two days makes it too easy to get injured, which both increases the cost of the competition and makes it hard for students' strength to be perfectly displayed."

"Regarding the cross-school competition, some schools have been filing protests all along. This year's cross-school league of the Civil Engineering Competition has been changed to having several matches at intervals, spreading the entire tournament over several months."

"For our university, the intra-department competition is also planning to change that way."

"Starting from late October, the matches will continue all the way until December."

Hearing Director Gao's words, Zhang Yu thought this change was pretty good—at least it was great news for him, giving him more time to recover from his injuries and improve his strength.

Director Gao looked at Zhang Yu and continued, "There's another thing I'll give you a heads-up about in advance."

"In the intra-department competition, just have your current team advance to the top seven and secure the Seven Supremes spots."

"When the cross-school league starts, I'll add you to Mo Shangjin's team, and you can go with him to see the world."