Chapter 432

Kunxu Layer 1.

Songyang City.

Songyang High School.

These past few days, sponsored by Ziyun Corporation and Ziyun High School, a lecture was held at Songyang High School.

And at the school gate, a statue of Zhang Yu had been erected, said to have been donated by Ziyun High School alumnus Le Jingchen through the company's special line.

At this moment on the training ground, the first-year freshmen were sitting obediently below, along with many school leaders, physical education teachers... all seated below, listening together to Special Grade Gold Medal PE Teacher Wang Hai as he shared advanced experience in body refinement.

"The Top Ten—that's the pinnacle of all universities."

"Wanfa University is the pinnacle of the Top Ten."

"It's said that at Wanfa University, a low-ranking student walking on the street has a certain chance of being beaten to death by patrols."

"Students with poor grades have no way to survive at Wanfa University."

"And my student, your senior, Zhang Yu, got into Wanfa University."

"After entering Wanfa University, he still didn't stop moving forward; not only did he become first in his class, but he also entered the top hundred in his department, and not long ago he obtained his military certificate."

"It's said he now makes several million a day."

Listening to Wang Hai's account, the students below let out gasps in unison.

The many school leaders, listening to Wang Hai's account, though they had already learned something of the news Le Jingchen had sent through Ziyun, still felt deeply moved upon hearing it again.

The other PE teachers looked at Wang Hai with envy; he had already become the highest-paid PE teacher in Songyang City.

Only then did Wang Hai on stage continue: "When Zhang Yu was in his first year, I already saw his extraordinary qualities."

"Not only did he seek my advice on body refinement techniques every day, but he also insisted on not using medicine to temper his willpower."

"Of course, don't imitate that—if you don't use medicine, you won't be able to keep up..."

Kunxu Layer 2.

Wanfa University.

Le Jingchen looked at the message sent from Layer 1 through the company's special line, and thought to himself: "Let's leave it at that for now."

"No need to actively mention these trivial matters. Anyway, next year when new students from Songyang join the hometown group, they'll naturally talk about these things for me. Just let it ferment on its own."

Le Jingchen didn't know if doing this would be useful; he just felt that based on what he'd heard about Zhang Yu from Le Mulan, this approach might have some effect.

Anyway, it didn't cost him many resources, so he did it casually.

"If there's an opportunity later, maybe I can have Ziyun High School merge into Songyang High School."

"That way, Zhang Yu and I would be alumni of the same high school."

Spirit Realm.

Li Xuelian flicked her finger, and many chat records from the Songyang hometown group appeared, along with Zhang Yu's friend circle photos, various rumors spreading locally, and so on.

After a moment, she looked at Starfire True Person before her and said, "Father, the situation is like this..."

"I told you back then, if you had listened to me and signed Zhang Yu..."

Starfire True Person's projection in the Spirit Realm waved his hand, helplessly saying, "Alright, alright, I'm getting calluses in my ears from hearing that."

"I rarely take a spirit journey into the Spirit Realm to hear news up here, not to listen to you repeat yourself."

Seeing that Li Xuelian was about to continue, Starfire True Person quickly pointed at the chat records before them and said, "Did Yu Xinghan post this? Why is he always discussing dual cultivation with this Lian Tianji? Does he want to dual cultivate with this woman?"

A strange look appeared in Li Xuelian's eyes as she said, "Maybe."

"Sigh, this kid really is..." Starfire True Person shook his head, then continued looking over various intelligence about Zhang Yu, a smile forming on his face.

Watching Starfire True Person keep smiling and smiling, until he was just frozen in that smile, Li Xuelian asked, "Father, if Zhang Yu advances to Golden Core, can he help you return?"

Seeing Starfire True Person not react, Li Xuelian frowned, looked closely, and a hint of helplessness flashed in her eyes: "Sigh, so he froze."

"Did his spirit journey bandwidth run out?"

……

Youming University.

Wang Yin, who had successfully become a graduate student, casually opened the video in his visual implant as usual.

It was playing the content of Zhang Yu's competition video from last year.

Over the past year, Wang Yin had watched this video constantly—daytime, nighttime, while breathing, while taking medicine—he had long memorized every step in it.

Originally, watching it made his heart bleed and his whole body ache, but now his face was calm, his heart undisturbed.

He said flatly, "Mom, now I've not only regained my peak Foundation Establishment strength, but my Dao heart is as solid and vast as the boundless earth. No matter what failure, what humiliation, what disgrace, it can no longer cause even a ripple in this Dao heart of mine."

"Even any failure or insult will only turn into nourishment for my immortal path, helping me go further on the road of immortality."

His mother said flatly, "You said the same thing last time."

"A Dao heart is forged through practice."

"Not through words."

"Do you know what people outside are saying about you now?"

Wang Yin said calmly, "What do they say? Mom, you can tell me freely. The more they insult me, the more they will temper my Dao heart."

His mother said flatly, "They say that Wang Yin can't even mooch off his parents properly. His achievements in this life will be limited, and he might not even reach the Golden Core in the future." Wang Yin's brow furrowed slightly; he certainly understood how insulting those words were.

Every descendant of a wealthy family inevitably has long-lived elders.

And as a descendant of the rich, mooching off parents—or learning to use the resources of elders to grow strong—is an important ability, a key skill, a tradition passed down through generations, and one of the criteria for judging the strength of descendants.

"They dare to say my mooching ability is poor? How is that different from calling me unfilial?"

Wang Yin sneered, his Dao heart churning with boundless fighting spirit: "I'll show these people just how strong my mooching can be."

His mother nodded slightly: "It seems you really have made progress."

"Then next, I'll talk about Zhang Yu, consider it a few questions for you. Do you want to hear them?"

A sharp gleam flashed in Wang Yin's eyes, his fighting spirit even stronger: "Bring it on, Mom. My Emperor's Heart has been yearning for this day for a year."

"This past year, I've been looking forward to this day every moment, turning Zhang Yu's victory into nourishment for my own progress. This is my Yin learning!"

"Mom, I'm not afraid to tell you," Wang Yin said with a confident smile. "If someone defeats me, I'll even give them money—directly ten spirit coins."

His mother said, "Zhang Yu is now among the top thirty in the Civil Engineering Department of Wanfa University."

Wang Yin smiled slightly and said, "As expected of my opponent. He's really improved a lot in the past year."

"If he's in the top thirty of Civil Engineering, then in the future he'll have a chance to come to Youming University. That gives me the opportunity to defeat him personally."

"That's really great."

His mother continued, "Zhang Yu became the dual cultivation partner of a Nascent Soul disciple."

Wang Yin paused slightly, then laughed: "He actually managed to dual cultivate with a Nascent Soul disciple? That shows he has talent in that area."

"Then the value of my future defeat of him is even higher."

His mother continued, "He passed the military certificate in the cultivation method direction."

"Pfft!"

Wang Yin laughed loudly: "Mom, I know you make up fake news to test me."

"But you say Zhang Yu got a military certificate in his junior year?"

"That's too fake; it doesn't even have the effect of a test..."

Seeing her indifferent expression, Wang Yin slowly stopped smiling: "It's true?"

His mother tapped her fingertip, and the school news of Wanfa University appeared, which included a photo of Zhang Yu being awarded a military certificate.

Under his mother's gaze, Wang Yin was silent for a moment, then murmured, "I can't solve this problem! I can't! It's too hard!"

His mother shook her head and said coldly, "Wang Yin, you really can't even mooch off your parents properly anymore."

Just as his mother was about to turn and leave, she suddenly sensed an astonishing fighting spirit emanating from Wang Yin's body.

"Mom, I've said it long ago: the more failures, the more insults, the more setbacks, the more they will ignite the fighting spirit within me now."

"I am no longer the me of the past."

Mother smiled. "Good."

"Then do you still need to use the Avoidance Talisman to block all news about Zhang Yu for you?"

Around Wang Yin, spiritual energy surged; the surging energy seemed to turn into his ministers, bowing to his will, continuously gathering and emitting a faint radiance.

Wang Yin then spoke: "No need. Now, even if I witness Zhang Yu's victory every day, I will only become better."

"I can even personally add him as a friend!"

Mother said happily: "Good. Over this past year, you have indeed made great progress. You have truly mastered the heart method of the Emperor's Heart."

……

"Hm?"

Zhang Yu's eyes flickered. "Wang Yin? He actually added me as a friend? Didn't he block me long ago? Could it be a scammer?"

After adding Wang Yin as a friend, Zhang Yu confirmed with Tian Yang and found that the other party was indeed Wang Yin.

However, after accepting his friend request, Zhang Yu didn't have time to chat and hastily closed the conversation window.

Only because he had more important things to do at the moment.

Today was the intra-department competition for the Civil Engineering Contest, a battle between their contest team and Ping Han's contest team.

Outside the massive simulated battlefield, there was no one, but many civil engineering students were watching this match through the livestream.

"It's starting, it's starting, it's about to start."

"Zhang Yu and Ping Han—who is truly the most qualified to obtain the military certificate?"

"Who cares about that? I'm here to see which of them is better at trading Nectar Coins."

"Definitely Zhang Yu. It's said he is proficient in dual cultivation and can become dual cultivation partners with Nascent Soul disciples. His research on Nectar Coins is far stronger than Ping Han's."

In front of the simulated battlefield, the members of the two contest teams stood facing each other.

Ping Han coldly looked at Zhang Yu before him, his eyes burning with fierce fighting intent.

He said: "You also bought Nectar Coins?"

Zhang Yu shook his head. "I don't trade coins."

Ping Han snorted coldly: "Those who don't trade coins are destined to be eliminated by the times. What qualifications do they have to obtain the military certificate?"