Chapter 499

Watching the expression change on the person in front of him, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Anxious?"

Jiutianliu really couldn't understand how Zhang Yu could bring up the sect matter.

Entering a sect… is that something you can even think about? Is that something you deserve to think about?

But the next moment, Jiutianliu realized: "This guy… is probably using the sect as a banner to drive up his price."

Thinking this, Jiutianliu sneered to himself. Still leading Zhang Yu forward, he said quietly, "Every proud son of heaven who can enter the sect is a true Chosen One. The matter of joining the sect was decided even before they were born."

Hearing this, Zhang Yu was surprised: "Before birth?"

Originally, Zhang Yu thought that some wealthy people surpassing countless others at the moment of birth was already impressive enough, but now this Jiutianliu was telling him that some people had their entry into the sect decided before they were even born?

Jiutianliu said flatly, "Some people are born bearing the heaven's and earth's qi. From their parents' generation onward, it was already decided that they would be taken into the sect in the future. A single strand of their hair is ten thousand times more noble than you."

"Some have undergone two lifetimes of arduous cultivation, their foundation already a thousand or ten thousand times greater than yours. They enter the sect by virtue of skills that transcend the mundane."

"Others… are born absorbing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and taking the essence of yin and yang, and their master's seat was decided long ago."

Jiutianliu turned his head and looked at Zhang Yu as if he were a child who had said something wrong. He said calmly, "If it were the ancient times two hundred years earlier, with your current level you could have entered the sect. But with the immortal cultivation techniques of that time, could you have reached your current level at this age?"

"Nowadays, whether or not one can join the sect is already decided before birth. What makes you think you can compete?"

Having said this, Jiutianliu changed his tone and comforted him, "But not entering the sect isn't necessarily a bad thing. Staying down here has its own freedom…"

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "If staying down here is so free, why don't you go to the first level?"

Jiutianliu, of course, didn't know what Zhang Yu was thinking. He continued, "Moreover, with the help of the Finance Department, the heights you can reach in the future are already beyond your imagination."

"After you join, we will gather fortune for you—at least one hundred trending searches per year, daily exposure of over a million. We'll let all of Wanfa, and even all university students, know your name. You'll become the top influencer in your vertical field, with fortune soaring to the sky."

"With the support of the Finance Department's network, countless businesses will partner with you, allowing you to receive massive advertising placements and monetize your fortune. We guarantee that you will face no financial obstacles in your cultivation all the way to the Nascent Soul stage."

"There will also be traffic-boosting support. Even if the Qiongjiang Shenjun suppresses and limits your traffic, we can use the Eight Bu Righteous Gods to inquire about the situation and even lift the restrictions…"

Zhang Yu asked, "Really no way to enter the sect?"

Jiutianliu laughed in exasperation. He pointed at Zhang Yu and said, "Stop using the sect to bargain. The conditions we are offering you today are higher than any other department can give. Not the Artifact Refining Department, and certainly not the Civil Engineering Department."

"If anyone says they can help you enter the sect, there's only one possibility: they are deceiving you."

"Because aside from a liar, no one can meet your demands."

But no matter what Jiutianliu said, Zhang Yu knew he could not join the Finance Department.

After all, the Finance Department's tactics—playing with finance, fortune, traffic, high leverage, insider trading—this whole set of methods simply didn't match him and couldn't leverage his strengths at all.

On the contrary, the Artifact Refining Department not only better utilized his strengths, allowing him to achieve better results, but Ciji Zhenjun had also shown him favor in training him. Moreover, his current experimental project on the Huashen Dharma Body was still under Ciji Zhenjun's authority.

Whether from a rational perspective, a long-term view, or personal feelings… in Zhang Yu's eyes, the Finance Department's appeal was far inferior to that of the Artifact Refining Department.

Overall, joining the Artifact Refining Department would give him a higher chance of entering the sect in the future.

Seeing that Zhang Yu was impervious to persuasion, Jiutianliu thought of the task his senior had entrusted him with and that it was about to fail in his hands. His expression could not help but turn a little grim.

He said coldly, "Zhang Yu, I advise you to think carefully about your reply today."

"Your loans, your fortune trends, the projects of your company… all of them are tied to the Finance Department."

"As far as I know, there isn't much money left in your and your company's accounts, right?"

Zhang Yu understood that this Jiutianliu was clearly threatening him.

Maybe after rejecting the Finance Department, he would be stuck with loan issues, or even have his fortune plundered? The company's operations might also run into trouble?

But Zhang Yu still shook his head: "Sorry, I really have no interest in the Finance Department."

Watching Zhang Yu's retreating figure, Jiutianliu's eyes carried both a trace of disbelief and the anger of being rejected.

Ever since he joined the Finance Department, as a member of it, wherever he went he was the center of attention. Countless people surrounded him, flattering him, just to get a little resource from the Finance Department.

It had always been him representing the Finance Department to reject others. When had he ever been rejected by someone seeking their department's investment?

"Zhang Yu…"

Jiutianliu shook his head and murmured, "Fool."

Not long after Zhang Yu left the Finance Department, messages began to appear in his visual interface.

All were messages about issues with the company's projects and that partners wanted to temporarily suspend cooperation.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Has it already begun?"

He knew that many construction companies in the Civil Engineering Department either took loans from the Finance Department or took projects from the Finance Department's real estate companies.

A small fluctuation in funds, a change in workflow, a delay in project payments from the Finance Department... could all cause huge losses for construction companies.

Zhang Yu understood that for the construction companies in the Civil Engineering Department to suspend cooperation with him was just a word from the Finance Department, and even Director Gao would find it hard to stop.

At the same time, a message also came from Ying Xin's side.