Chapter 521

Within the Taiqing Realm.

As all things accelerated their movement, Zhang Yu, split into four, continuously refined one magic artifact after another within the illusion.

Blessing Relic, Level 20

Seeing the artifact had finally reached Level 20, Zhang Yu breathed a slight sigh of relief and began learning and practicing the next artifact.

No matter how cataclysmic the conflicts among the Nascent Soul Lords were in the outside world, Zhang Yu now spent every day hiding in his dormitory, immersing himself in the Taiqing Realm, silently honing his artifact-refining skills.

The matters of Nascent Soul were far too distant from him; even if a truly earth-shattering battle erupted, one that reforged the fundamental elements, it was beyond his ability to manage.

All Zhang Yu could do now was silently accumulate his strength, increasing his own chances no matter what situation he might face in the future.

In the dormitory, Zhang Yu, after exiting the Taiqing Realm, took off his spirit mask interface, twisted his body that had not moved for over ten hours, and activated his blood and Qi.

At the same time, a bottle of pills was tossed over by Yu Xinghan: "The medicine has arrived. This is your share."

Yu Xinghan complained, "The price of medicine has gone up again. Those profiteers really know how to cash in on a crisis. I've heard even shit is getting more expensive now. Damn... too bad I didn't join the Dark Nightsoil Guild."

Zhang Yu poured the entire bottle of pills into his mouth, feeling the medicinal energy surge inside him, and thought to himself, "Sigh, only seventy percent full."

Uncertain of the future direction of the situation, Zhang Yu now intentionally saved spirit coins every day to deal with any unexpected circumstances that might arise.

A moment later, Le Mulan returned to the dormitory with a large bag of medicine, saying, "The faculty is starting to control the distribution of medicine. This is the last time I can get this many discounted pills from the faculty."

After taking the medicine, Zhang Yu did not immediately return to the Taiqing Realm to continue practicing his artifact-refining skills.

While digesting the medicinal power in his body, he checked the messages floating in his ocular projection, gathering information on the current situation.

Although he now spent all day soaking in the Taiqing Realm, he still took some time each day to understand the situation, so as not to be completely unaware of what was happening outside.

"Are the Nascent Souls still in conflict?"

"Apart from Wanfa University, Tianjian University, Hehuan University, and Baigu University, the Nascent Souls from Youming University and Jingang University have also entered the fray."

"It's really... a complete mess."

Zhang Yu shook his head helplessly and noticed that the fellow townsman group had quite a few new messages.

Looking at the row of darkened avatars in the fellow townsman group, Zhang Yu sighed.

Under normal circumstances, as long as the ocular projection was maintained, users should be online 24 hours a day.

Although many people in the group had stopped speaking long ago, the vast majority of their avatars were still lit.

But at this moment, many Soul Cultivators, having lost their jobs due to the wave of unemployment and unable to make ends meet, had temporarily frozen themselves, maintaining only the basic continuation of their consciousness at the lowest cost, so their avatars had also turned gray, indicating they were offline.

Song Hailong of Xianbing University: Selling a second-hand high-end Extreme Tiger Dharma Skeleton, 90% new, DM if interested.

Xiong Wenwu of Tianyao University: Anyone need a mount? I have work experience, I've undergone a mount modification surgery, and I'm equipped with a spinal interactive saddle Dharma Skeleton.

Hu Yuntao: You lost your job?

Xiong Wenwu of Tianyao University: (╯▽╰) The boss's assets shrank, so he laid off half the mounts.

Lan Ling of Shanhe University: Sigh, when will this crisis end?

Lan Ling: [Photo]

Lan Ling: Just lost my job, and when I got back, I found the school dormitory had been demolished.

Lan Ling: If this keeps up, I'll just kill myself, not letting even the righteous gods take my soul, and I won't pay back a single cent of debt.

Lian Tianji of Hehuan University: Don't talk nonsense, you want to get the group shut down?

Zhang Yu saw that the photo showed Lan Ling living among ruins.

Suddenly he frowned, noticing that Lian Tianji's avatar looked strange. He clicked on it and discovered that the Lian Tianji in the avatar photo had gained a lot of weight.

Zhang Yu: Are you okay?

Lian Tianji: What could be wrong with me?

Lian Tianji: Oh, you mean the pregnancy thing?

Lian Tianji: I passed the selection and was chosen for the school's pregnancy experiment. Now I get free medicine every day, plus a lot of monetary subsidies. The crisis doesn't affect me much (∩_∩).

Feeling the cheerfulness in Lian Tianji's tone, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "These fellow townsmen of mine in the first layer... are really becoming more and more like the second-layer locals."

At the same time, Lan Ling, who had just been complaining in the group chat, received a message from Zhou Chechen of Tianhai University.

Zhou Chechen: Lan Ling, what do you think about Shuangxiu?

Lan Ling looked at the message from his high school student council president and angrily rebuked him: Are you fucking crazy? You dare to touch Shuangxiu?

Zhou Chechen: A little bit is fine.

Lan Ling: Old Zhou, just endure a bit longer. The Top Ten Tournament will be over soon, and then the Nascent Soul cultivators will stop.

Lan Ling: If you get involved with Shuangxiu, your whole life will be ruined.

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After scanning the messages in the group chat, Zhang Yu also checked the message from Director Gao.

Director Gao: Xiao Qingxuan has nowhere to stay recently. Can you arrange for him to squeeze into your dorm for a while?

Zhang Yu naturally had no objection to this.

After all, the 30-square-meter luxury dormitory he currently lived in was arranged by Director Gao.

The other party did not cancel this dormitory because he transferred to the Artifact Refining Department. Now that he wanted to temporarily arrange for someone to come, Zhang Yu naturally would not object.

The next day, Xiao Qingxuan, travel-worn and weary, arrived at the dormitory.