[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-56":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},163405,323,"Chapter 56: Divine Assistant Exam","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-56",56,"\u003Cp>Listening to Zhang Pianpian's explanation, Zhang Yu asked another question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why can A Zhen be protected just because I participate in the assessment?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Pianpian rested her chin on one hand and said lightly, \"I can recommend you as a recommendee to take the assessment for divine assistant personnel.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And once you become a divine assistant, you can bring one intern of your own.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu understood—so it was outsourcing a temp worker to an intern, right.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Pianpian continued, \"After you become an extramural member of the Eight Departments of Regular Gods, I'll take you two to Songyang High School to talk with the student council, to back you up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then for the next half year or so, as long as I'm still in Songyang City and haven't gone to university yet, they probably won't make things difficult for you two for the time being.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Go to Songyang High School to talk? Back us up? What status do you have? What exam score? How much money? Can you really hold up?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As if sensing Zhang Yu's doubts and worries, Zhang Pianpian didn't say much, only said lightly, \"I'm currently the top senior in Bai Long High School, and also the strongest high school student in Songyang City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strongest! High! School! Student! in Songyang City!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it were the Zhang Yu from his previous life hearing these words, he would only have thought, \"Oh, not bad, pretty impressive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But now hearing Zhang Pianpian's words, he only felt that the sister before him seemed to be radiating a blinding light.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Anyone who had attended high school in Songyang City knew the weight of these words.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was absolutely a title earned only after undergoing repeated soul-selling, self-destructive cultivation, paying bucket after bucket of blood and tears, and trampling over the corpses of countless high school students.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So Zhang Yu asked again, \"Then what exactly does the work of a divine assistant involve?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Work?\" Zhang Pianpian tilted her head. \"You don't need to do any specific work. Once you have this status, you just collect your pay on time each month.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu understood again—wasn't this just getting paid for doing nothing? Had such a good deal finally come to him?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu quickly asked again, \"Then what exactly is assessed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Pianpian shook her head. \"The specific content of the exam is randomly generated; I don't know either.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But according to my understanding of divine assistants, the higher the Dao heart, the better; the stronger the willpower, the better.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dao heart and willpower?\" Zhang Yu nodded slightly upon hearing this. \"Is the exam venue in the spirit realm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Correct.\" Zhang Pianpian stood up and walked out as she said, \"The exam venue is in the spirit realm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'll send you the online address for signing up for the assessment in a while.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you sign up today, you should be able to take the assessment tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remember to take a day off from school tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, I'll have someone send you a spirit realm face mask to borrow for the exam.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With that, Zhang Pianpian had already reached the doorway. \"Finally, remember not to reveal to anyone that you and I are siblings. If anyone asks, just say I admire your talent.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Zhang Pianpian's departing back, Zhang Yu thought for a moment, then first sent a message to Su Haifeng to ask for leave.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, regardless of whether the other party agreed, he temporarily put down his phone and began to think about what preparations he should make next.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Dao heart? Willpower? And the exam venue is in the spirit realm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu decided to trust what Zhang Pianpian had said and began to think according to her guidance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To improve the Dao heart and willpower, the Heavenly Martial Heart-Tempering Technique is definitely the most useful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Tonight, I'll push this technique again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But thinking that this matter was important and concerned his and Bai Zhenzhen's future, Zhang Yu planned to add more effort, take a gamble, and push the technique even harder tonight.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He picked up his phone and contacted Wang Hai.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher Wang, I want to buy some medicine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hai was delighted upon hearing this and almost couldn't help but burst out laughing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally! Finally, this body-tempering genius and golden core disciple in his class was willing to buy medicine from him!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, Wang Hai felt an old man's comfort, as if he had seen a lost student finally finding the right path.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thought for a moment and said, \"What medicine do you want?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said, \"A drug that lets me train martial arts all night without rest.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The side effects and damage to the body must be as minimal as possible.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The quality must be good; I don't mind if the price is a bit higher.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I only need it for tonight, so don't prescribe too much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu thought to himself that although his original body had overdosed on drugs before, after recuperating for so long, his physical strength had greatly improved. For tomorrow's assessment, he was willing to take a gamble—one dose of the drug should be fine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other hand, Wang Hai, a gold-medal pharmaceutical salesperson who both used and sold drugs himself, knew his products inside and out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although hearing Zhang Yu only needed it for one night made Wang Hai feel a bit disappointed, it also made him more eager to show Zhang Yu the benefits of drug use, hoping he would buy more in the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait a moment...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wang Hai immediately racked his brains for Zhang Yu, considering the other's physical strength, and eventually drew up a list including painkillers, focus agents, stimulants, and stamina injections.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sent the list to Zhang Yu, then said, \"All top-quality goods, with the smallest side effects you asked for. If you want them, I'll give you a 10% discount.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the list totaling 5,800, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, \"Good drugs really aren't cheap. Good thing I only need them for one night.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After recent expenses on food, transportation, the Heavenly Spirit Root Clock, and the like, plus the new month's loan of 15,000, rent of 1,500, and a few hundred for utilities, Zhang Yu's savings had dropped to just over 45,000.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now deducting another 5,800, he would only have just over 39,000 left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, so poor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu transferred the money to Wang Hai and waited for him to ship the goods. Given the delivery efficiency in Songyang City, he should receive it within an hour.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, he received a message from Zhang Pianpian, who sent him the link for the assessment application.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Songyang City Patrol Department Divine Assistant Recruitment Application...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Patrol Department was one of the eight divine duty departments.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu saw that it also listed the recruitment requirements, job description, and benefits.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He met all the recruitment requirements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The job description said something about patrol inspections and maintaining public order—vague stuff, so Zhang Yu had no idea what it really involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And as for the benefits...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Weekly work hours required: 18 hours, salary: 1,000 per month?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That's less than 14 per hour. And they need an exam for this job? Zhang Yu sighed, glad that he was the one getting paid for doing nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hmph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from his understanding of Kunxu, a job's status could be judged entirely by its hourly wage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A job with an hourly wage under 14... could it really protect him from the student council? The hourly wage itself exuded a sense of weakness and lowliness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afraid Zhang Pianpian had given him the wrong link, he couldn't help but send her a message to voice his doubts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Pianpian merely replied, \"No matter how low the status, it's still under the Eight Departments of True Deities. And whether a status is useful depends on who wields it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The monthly pay is a bit low, but there are some hidden good benefits not written in the recruitment notice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"For example, after joining, you get a free work-issue talisman book.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, once you become a divine assistant, you get a discount if you study talismans.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, Zhang Yu's eyes lit up, and he fell into thought. If these perks were included, the job was indeed quite special.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So he submitted his application on the website and wrote Zhang Pianpian's name in the recommender field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moments later, Zhang Yu received a notification to attend the assessment at 9 AM the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After doing all this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but sigh inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The channels, jobs, statuses, and information Zhang Pianpian had told him about today—all of it was something he had been completely unaware of in the past.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This reminded him of the original Zhang Yu's memories: going into the high school interview almost completely clueless, only to discover that there was a huge gap not only in wealth, talent, and ability but also in information and intelligence compared to city-center students—he hadn't even understood the direction he should be working toward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Pulling his thoughts together, Zhang Yu next began to sit in meditation, practicing the Desolate Ox Soul-Calming Heart Technique, while waiting for the delivery.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since the Heaven Martial Heart-Forge Technique required practicing punches while circulating the heart method to cultivate, he mainly practiced the Desolate Ox Soul-Calming Heart Technique for his heart method in the rental room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the blink of an eye, over forty minutes had passed. The spiritual interface mask that Zhang Pianpian had sent someone to deliver, along with the medicines Wang Hai had packed over, all arrived one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu grabbed that bundle of medicine and wanted to run straight to the unfinished building to train.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But after thinking about how precious the spiritual interface mask was, he decided to bring it along with him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Arriving at the unfinished building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu took the painkillers, focus agents, and stimulants that Wang Hai had prepared for him one by one, then jabbed a tube of stamina injection into his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A moment later, Zhang Yu felt his entire body begin to burn and heat up. The blood and Qi inside him erupted like rolling magma, making him feel as though his physical strength was now inexhaustible, with an endless supply of power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Boom!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a single punch thrown, he had already started wildly practicing the Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Originally, it took him 14 minutes to complete one full set of the Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Technique, but now, under the urging of the drugs, Zhang Yu’s hands and feet left afterimages, finishing all nine sets of martial forms in just 6 minutes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, throughout this process, his muscles felt no trace of soreness, and his breathing showed no signs of panting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Throughout the cultivation process, Zhang Yu had only one feeling.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Too powerful! Wang Hai’s medicine was really too powerful! That 5800 was money well spent!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Teacher Wang! Medicinal doping is really better than natural body tempering!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For one hour, Zhang Yu trained wildly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After two hours, Zhang Yu was still training.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After five hours, Zhang Yu still hadn’t stopped.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He trained with such vigor and vitality, without any pause, for an entire night. It wasn’t until 7 a.m. that Zhang Yu suddenly felt a wave of exhaustion and could no longer hold on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He thudded down onto the ground, feeling his heart beating as if it were about to fly out of his chest. His internal organs ached with a dull pain until, after more than ten minutes, he slowly recovered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The drug’s effect has worn off.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Recalling the painful sensation his body had just experienced, Zhang Yu thought to himself, “This stuff is too strong, and my internal organs haven’t fully healed yet. No wonder I can’t take too much of this medicine.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, the fruits of that entire night of crazy training were still substantial.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only had his physical strength increased from 1.33 to 1.35, and his Dao Heart level risen to Level 3 (5%), but most crucially, the Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Technique had been raised to Level 6 (3\u002F60).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, when Zhang Yu again activated his Heavenly Martial intent, he felt all fear and hesitation leave him. No matter how dangerous the road ahead, he was determined to charge through it all, tearing open a path with his own hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After breakfast, he returned to his rented room and rested until 8:50.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu put on the spiritual interface mask, activated the Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Technique, and then connected to the examination website.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the time reached 9 o’clock, Zhang Yu only felt a flash of light in the darkness, and he had already arrived in another world.\u003C\u002Fp>",2119,"2026-05-29T04:54:22.303Z","2026-06-01T04:29:11.989Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","f901d59ef9401cb9f58c0d26d5b41e56369f83519485029336a872a4e0b4164b","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-57","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-55",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]