[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-536":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},164405,323,"Chapter 536","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-536",536,"\u003Cp>After Ziyun Zhen turned down Zhang Yu, she saw that he had sent another message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: If you’re willing to join the project, you can ask me anything about the technical issues related to the Tianri Huangshen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: If your magic tools have problems, I can also repair and maintain them for you for free.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ziyun Zhen wasn’t very interested in the first benefit Zhang Yu offered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Sure, his artifact-refining ability was impressive, but how long had he even been in the Artifact Refining Department? And how long had he studied the Tianri Huangshen technology?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ziyun Zhen had previously watched Zhang Yu practice all sorts of messy artifact-refining techniques in the lab.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She didn’t believe that in just a few months he could have mastered the relevant technology of the Tianri Huangshen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the later offer of free maintenance and repairs for magic tools did spark some interest in Ziyun Zhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought to herself, “I’ll join temporarily, let Zhang Yu fix a few of my worn-out magic tools, and then find an excuse to quit.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that thought, Ziyun Zhen agreed to Zhang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They agreed on a one-week trial period, during which Ziyun Zhen would participate in the project as Zhang Yu’s assistant and evaluate each other. If it didn’t work out, she could withdraw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One day, Ziyun Zhen had just arrived at the lab when she received a file sent by Zhang Yu through her eye-implant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said, “You have experience handling alloy materials, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Follow the requirements in the file I sent you—help me with the initial screening and then refine out the impurities. That’s your work for today.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ziyun Zhen looked at the workload specified in the file and exclaimed, “You want me to refine this much in one day?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu nodded. “This is just the beginning. I have high expectations for you. Your work efficiency affects the progress of our entire project team. I hope you’ll push yourself and grow quickly…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ziyun Zhen watched him turn and walk away, thinking to herself, “Having me prepare so much material… can you even use it all?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She then glanced at the few completed bones on the lab table next to her and thought, “Only this much finished? That’s far behind Jin Jun’s side.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ziyun Zhen shook her head. Though she grumbled inwardly, she obediently started preparing the materials, planning to find an excuse to leave once Zhang Yu finished repairing her magic tools.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Half an hour later, Ziyun Zhen had just prepared the second batch of materials when she noticed that the first batch she had prepared was already more than half gone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Huh?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Using them that fast?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She paused for a moment and couldn’t help frowning. “Could it all be wasted?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In Ziyun Zhen’s view, Zhang Yu had only started refining with the Tianri Huangshen technique not long ago, so using materials this quickly meant he had to be failing repeatedly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So she turned to look at Zhang Yu’s workbench and saw tendrils of true fire rising as a lump of milky-white material gradually took shape within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, the artifact-refining devices around him continuously shot out bolts of thunder-fire, which Zhang Yu manipulated to carve mana circuits into the material.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Zhang Yu’s extremely skillful movements, Ziyun Zhen felt that in the blink of an eye, he was almost done refining this section of bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“That fast?!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shocked by the sight, Ziyun Zhen looked at the new finished product beside it. “Already made? How can it be this fast?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She remembered hearing Su Yunni talk in the small group about the prototype’s bone-refining process.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“It didn’t seem that fast on Jin Jun’s side, did it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Ziyun Zhen couldn’t help sending Su Yunni a message: How long did it usually take you to completely refine a bone back then?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the reply, Ziyun Zhen thought to herself, “Two or three hours?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She raised her head again to look at Zhang Yu’s workbench. “Over here it’s several times faster, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that normal?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn’t help wondering if the puppet bones Zhang Yu was refining had quality issues.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Over the next few days, Ziyun Zhen was even more shocked to discover that as her own proficiency increased and her material preparation speed grew faster, Zhang Yu’s refining speed also continued to accelerate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So the earlier speed hadn’t been Zhang Yu’s limit—it was her own slow material washing that had been holding him back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Ziyun Zhen, are you not done yet?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Next batch, faster.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm almost done here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zi Yunzhen felt that Zhang Yu was like holding a whip behind her, constantly spurring her on. Whenever she felt that her speed in preparing materials barely met his requirements, his artifact-refining speed would increase a little more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then Zi Yunzhen could only gasp for breath, vigorously circulate her spiritual power, and again try her best to increase her speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She felt that once she entered the laboratory, it was as if Zhang Yu had drained all her strength and thoughts. Aside from the materials in front of her, she had no time to think about anything else in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After working in such a hectic manner for over a week, Zi Yunzhen looked incredulously at the humanoid skeleton in front of her and said, \"This... is finished?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu nodded and said, \"Mm, a bit slower than I expected, but still not bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Slow?\" Zi Yunzhen thought to herself, \"This is considered slow?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She couldn't help but look again at the chat record between herself and Su Yunni inside the skeleton's eye.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zi Yunzhen asked: \"Back then, how long did it take you to complete the refinement of the skeletal system?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yunni: \"About a month or so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Yunni: \"The speed was so fast mainly because Senior Jin Jun hired several upperclassmen to assist.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",980,"2026-05-29T04:54:59.518Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","cf65465a97161587ce8f385754362454d97df2e6b9b17bfe713f17f6335ad3f0","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-537","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-535",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]