[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-509":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},164378,323,"Chapter 509","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-509",509,"\u003Cp>Thunder Extremity True Lord was a being whose body resembled glass, without a trace of flesh or blood anywhere on it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was because nearly ninety-nine percent of his flesh and blood had been replaced with magical treasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless spiritual energy circuits from the ground and walls were connected to Thunder Extremity True Lord’s body, transmitting vast amounts of spiritual energy and information.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Layers of formation light shrouded his body, making the details of his form difficult to discern.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was said that the True Lord’s true body sat upright in his office for years on end, rarely ever going out, roaming the spirit world only with his mind and projecting himself to various places.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Zhang Yu’s eyes, the motionless figure before him seemed more like a statue in a temple than a living person.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu knew that Thunder Extremity True Lord followed the artifact-centric school of artifact refining, the same antique school that Feng Tingting had mentioned before, viewing flesh and blood as backward, considering magical bone bodies heterodox, and insisting that human artifact transformation should be the future advancement path of the immortal arts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu refrained from commenting on this doctrine, as his own level in immortal arts and artifact refining was not sufficient to evaluate its merits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What worried Zhang Yu at the moment was: “This Thunder Extremity True Lord isn’t biased against human bodies, is he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu recalled several incidents of discrimination he had encountered since arriving at the Artifact Refining Department, either because of his original civil engineering background or because of his original natural body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the Artifact Refining Department, the magical bone faction discriminates against natural bodies, those with more magical bones look down on those with fewer, those with expensive magical bones despise those with cheap ones, and the artifact faction discriminates against both magical bones and natural bodies.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“This Thunder Extremity True Lord isn’t delaying my project payment just because he discriminates against me, is he?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as all these thoughts were churning in Zhang Yu’s mind, Thunder Extremity True Lord spoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glass-like face showed no sign of his mouth moving, but the vibrations in the air formed a voice that sounded in Zhang Yu’s ear.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Zhang Yu, is it? What business do you have?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu gave a polite smile and said, “It’s about the project payment…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder Extremity True Lord said coldly, “Didn’t I tell you not to come and press me again?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu explained, “True Lord, our company is small and has cash flow difficulties. Right now, I’m even covering the salaries of the employees out of my own pocket…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder Extremity True Lord said flatly, “Which engineering contractor doesn’t put up some money upfront? You can’t handle it? If you can do the work, do it. If not, leave.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu was taken aback, and was just thinking about how to reveal his identity as Magnetic Extremity True Lord’s disciple, to avoid a case of “a great flood washing over the Dragon King’s temple,” when Thunder Extremity True Lord continued, “I know you are the new disciple of Magnetic Extremity True Lord.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“But whoever comes here must follow the same rules.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said, “Uncle Master…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder Extremity True Lord snapped, “Who told you to call me uncle master? I don’t entertain these personal relationships here. The Ten Thousand Laws University is ruined precisely because of this sort of thing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, a cold snort rang in Zhang Yu’s ear like a thunderclap, leaving Zhang Yu’s head dizzy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thunder Extremity True Lord continued, “Everything here follows the procedure. The project payment that is owed to you will naturally not be less.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Alright, if you have nothing else, go. Don’t stay here and affect my work.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu walked out of the office with a gloomy expression, thinking to himself, “Is what Thunder Extremity True Lord said real or fake? Are there really such impartial leaders in Kunxu?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Should I go ask my master for help?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu shook his head. Before he had a full picture of the situation, he decided not to act rashly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, he didn’t know the extent of the relationship between Magnetic Extremity True Lord and Thunder Extremity True Lord, nor whether there might be interests of Magnetic Extremity True Lord involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And when it came to finding out information, the first person who came to Zhang Yu’s mind was naturally Zhang Pianpian, followed by Artifact Refining Department student Feng Tingting, and finally his senior sister Ye Xingli.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after Zhang Yu sent his inquiry, a response popped up on his eye-visual interface.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first to reply was Feng Tingting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Tingting: You didn’t go wearing your original natural body, did you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: Yeah, you know I only have this one body. If not this, what should I wear?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Tingting: Thunder Extremity True Lord is the famous old stubborn in the department, part of the bunch who insist on artifact-ism.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Tingting: In his class, even a passing dog would have to be fitted with an artifact collar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Tingting: You show up in the flesh—would he look favorably on you?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After reading Feng Tingting’s reply, Zhang Yu thought to himself that Thunder Extremity True Lord was indeed a body discriminator.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And just as Zhang Yu thanked Feng Tingting for telling him this, she added: Zhang Yu, how about we rent a lab together sometime and refine artifacts?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feng Tingting: Sigh, ever since I went to study civil engineering, fewer and fewer people from the Artifact Refining Department are willing to talk to me...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at Feng Tingting's reply, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly. He and Feng Tingting were probably the ones most likely to be looked at through colored glasses in the Artifact Refining Department.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, Ye Xingli also sent a message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Xingli: Did you pay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: Pay?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ye Xingli: I really don't know if the Civil Engineering Department used to spoil you too much, or if you're just too naive.\u003C\u002Fp>",1001,"2026-05-29T04:54:59.518Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","714062daf903bcfec10c066e1e3ce0b22f863627be04369b3c6f84b423f045c6","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-510","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-508",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]