[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-504":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},164373,323,"Chapter 504","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-504",504,"\u003Cp>With a flicker of light and shadow before his eyes, a black-gold scroll slowly unfurled in Zhang Yu's visual field—ancient in aura, noble in color, as if a mysterious world had just been opened before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome to Golden Core Direct Pointer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Golden Core Direct Pointer is a well-known free Golden Core guidance tool, offering free Golden Core benchmarking, cultivation guidance, cultivation vulnerability detection, Dharma Body testing, artifact spirit optimization, energy saving and cooling, smart upgrades, and more.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Would you like to use Golden Core Direct Pointer Premium?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the two options below—one for direct login with an existing premium account, the other for purchasing a premium license—Zhang Yu could only tap the × in the upper right corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the ancient aura and noble colors from before vanished completely, and the original black-gold scroll turned into something like a homework notebook, with vaguely some functions apparently disappearing as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>How to describe the feeling to Zhang Yu? It was like a secret manual that had turned from the Nine Yang Divine Art into an ordinary long fist technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Yu didn't mind; ugly was ugly, fewer functions were fewer functions—there was no way he was going to pay.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he opened the notebook, a notification popped up in his vision: \"External service requests detection permissions. Do you agree? Yes\u002FNo.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden Core Direct Pointer: \"Detected that the Dharma Body has not yet obtained detection permissions. Please agree to permissions for a more accurate benchmark.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu naturally didn't want to let it detect his Dharma Body, so he directly chose No, then tapped the largest button on the notebook to start the Golden Core simulated benchmark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>During this detection process, the Golden Core Direct Pointer kept jumping with notifications, requesting detection permissions for various parts of Zhang Yu's body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu naturally tapped No to each one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then a series of registration forms popped up, requiring Zhang Yu to fill in detailed information about his own body, including Dharma Body, techniques, and basic stats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if he could present relevant proof from school, those data could also be validated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Zhang Yu slowly filled them in one by one. Of course, he had mastered far too many techniques, so he only filled in a small portion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In particular, dark techniques like the Immeasurable Heart Inner Dharma Body definitely could not be included.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also, things like the Chain Method Diagram and the Dao Seed Manifesto naturally could not be recorded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After Zhang Yu finished filling everything in, his final result emerged: \"You achieved a high score of 81,372 in the Golden Core simulated benchmark, surpassing 86% of students [Tap to Share].\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden Core Direct Pointer: \"During benchmarking, 37 cultivation defects were found. Please remedy them as soon as possible [Tap for One-Click Fix].\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu curiously tapped in and discovered issues such as missing Dharma Body in the hands, missing Dharma Body in the organs, missing Dharma Body in the spine—each followed by a list of recommended Dharma Bodies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Apparently, due to Zhang Yu's lack of Dharma Bodies, he had lost many points in this area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, there were recommendations for meridian surgery to improve mana circulation speed, dantian configuration optimization, muscle response speed optimization, and a whole set of recommended surgical modifications, drug modifications, and Dao technique stabilization plans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then came technique optimization, technique updates, technique upgrades, and a bunch of other issues, each followed by recommendations to use updated versions of techniques, use upgraded techniques, or cultivate different types of techniques to compensate for certain deficiencies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at these cultivation vulnerabilities, Zhang Yu, who had originally felt fine, suddenly got the sense that his whole body was full of flaws.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But I really do have a lot of room for improvement.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself: \"Military-grade techniques, military-grade Dharma Bodies, military-grade artifacts… I need them not just to win the Top Ten League, but also to forge my Golden Core in the future.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Once I win the Top Ten League, I'll definitely finish my credits early and graduate a few years ahead of schedule.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The sooner I accomplish these things and win the Top Ten League, the sooner I graduate and break through to Golden Core…\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as he closed the benchmark results, another ranking list appeared on the Golden Core Direct Pointer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Golden Core Seed Ranking? Updated daily?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at this list, Zhang Yu's heart stirred: \"This is the current Golden Core simulated benchmark ranking for the Foundation Establishment stage?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glanced over and noticed there was also a real Golden Core Ranking, which was a score list for the Golden Core stage, but that was still far off for Zhang Yu, and he wasn't interested in it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It probably knows I'm a Foundation Establishment university student and automatically showed me the Golden Core Seed Ranking.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu instinctively looked at first place: \"First place is actually from Demon Heaven University? 510,000 points?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Second place is from Myriad Methods? Dao Technique Department, Dao Qiankun, 509,881 points—that's just a little behind first place, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu continued scrolling and saw that the Golden Core Seed Ranking was almost completely taken over by students from the Top Ten universities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to click into second-place Dao Qiankun's profile to see if he could view the other person's info.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when he clicked in, all he could see was basic information like that the person belonged to Myriad Methods University's Undergraduate Dao Technique Department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And below the avatar, there were items like \"Cultivation Defects: 3,\" \"Cultivation Change Notifications: 1,233,\" \"Technique Exercises: 99+,\" \"Equipped Dharma Bodies: 7,\" \"Spiritual Root Details,\" \"News & Consultations,\" etc.—none of which could be viewed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Golden Core Direct Point: Please purchase the premium service to view more information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself, \"I won't buy it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu then scrolled down, and soon saw himself after the 500th place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Of course, it wasn't because he was ranked 500-something, but because the Golden Core Seed Ranking only recorded the top 500, and then below it displayed Zhang Yu's rank as 500+, indicating he had not yet entered the Golden Core Seed Ranking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Zhang Yu's actual rank, it was obviously not visible at the moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Zhang Yu was checking the ranking, notifications kept popping up in his eye display.\u003C\u002Fp>",1050,"2026-05-29T04:54:59.518Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","0ac5920bee287b0f145665695b18f09383a72e841649eb9c2d2a8e2dd50c42dc","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-505","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-503",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]