Chapter 578: Little Friend, Save Me!

Inside the laboratory.

Liu Xiangqiao was working alongside three assistants, Zi Yunzhen and Su Yunni.

Although Zhang Yu had completed the forging of the Taihao Sacred Law Sword Formation and was temporarily not undertaking any new military-grade projects,

the assistants had not rushed to leave; instead, they stayed on to continue working for him.

For example, after Zhang Yu's recent rise to prominence, he had taken on many small jobs related to artifact maintenance and repair, all of which Tianri Huangzhen and the assistants had completed.

The reason they were willing to stay was solely because Zhang Yu had painted them a grand vision.

"In a while, I plan to start forging the Bishui Golden Crystal Armor."

Hearing Zhang Yu's plan, Liu Xiangqiao and the others were first startled, then delighted.

The Bishui Golden Crystal Armor, as a newly introduced artifact in the Artifact Refining Department, was a military-grade armor previously unknown to the department—extremely rare, and no student in the department had yet mastered it.

If they could start forging and learning it in advance, they would surely gain an edge in this track.

Moreover, this lead might even give them a chance to obtain a military-grade certification through forging the Bishui Golden Crystal Armor.

And Zhang Yu himself had the strength to drive this forward. After all, the achievements he had made over the past year had fully demonstrated his strength and potential in the art of artifact refining to the assistants.

With that in mind, Liu Xiangqiao, Zi Yunzhen, and Su Yunni all resolved to stay, just to take part in Zhang Yu's next military-grade project.

Seeing the assistants’ diligent attitude, Zhang Yu was quite satisfied and sighed inwardly: "Fuji was right; being a boss really means knowing how to paint a grand vision."

"A well-painted vision attracts subordinates even better than raising salaries."

After scanning his employees' state, Zhang Yu continued to gather a strand of calamity energy, advancing his practice of the Heavenly Earth Calamity Formless Heart Soldier.

This military-grade technique relied on various calamity energies to boost cultivation. Fortunately, Zhang Yu now had the money to purchase calamity energy, sparing him the need to travel the world painstakingly collecting it. Coupled with his peerless talent, his progress in these days of training had been remarkable.

Once again gathering calamity energy and circulating it through his cycles, converting it into layers of restrictions stored in his dantian, Zhang Yu sensed countless flashes of light passing through his mind—scenes of his diligent training and dedicated study of the technique.

Heavenly Earth Calamity Formless Heart Soldier: Level 5 (0/50)

Dark Spirit Realm.

Before the massive, ancient round table.

The towering figures of three evil gods slowly descended.

Fuji sat casually at the round table, looking at the three evil gods' figures and asked, "Speak, what is it this time?"

Zhang Yu was equally curious, watching the scene and awaiting the evil gods' reply.

Ever since connecting with the other evil gods in the Dark Spirit Realm, Zhang Yu and Fuji periodically exchanged information here, making it another channel for intelligence.

At that moment, the thousand hands and thousand feet of the Joy God shimmered simultaneously, and he said slowly, "The actions of the Dual Cultivation Sect have severely impacted all sides."

"We can't let them keep causing chaos."

Fuji's eyes shifted slightly, then she smiled and said, "The Dual Cultivation Sect is indeed a problem."

"Their recent stirrings have provoked intense reactions from the Patrol Team, which can easily cause collateral damage to us."

"But if they truly have the support of the Finance Department behind them, that implicates the internal power struggles among the upper echelons of Wanfa University. Would it be wise for us to intervene?"

On the other side, the Auspicious God, composed of clusters of multicolored light, said, "The Dual Cultivation Sect has gone against everyone's interests. Everyone wants to strike them."

"Even within the Finance Department, not everyone supports the Dual Cultivation Sect."

"It should be just one individual in the upper ranks, borrowing the sect's power for personal gain."

"All we need to do is eliminate that one person."

Fuji asked, "Oh? So it seems you know who that person is?"

The Joy God replied, "We cannot be certain yet, but they made a mistake recently."

The Joy God opened one of his palms, revealing an image of Zhang Yu.

Fuji's eyes flickered, but she said nothing, silently listening as the Joy God recounted what had befallen Zhang Yu.

The Joy God finally concluded, "...As it stands, the Finance Department collaborated with the Dual Cultivation Sect to set up a scheme against this Zhang Yu."

Fuji asked curiously, "Why are they targeting Zhang Yu?"

Xi Shen said, "This Zhang Yu is a result of True Lord Ciji's research on the Divine Transformation Corpse Relic, and not long before the setup, the project achieved a new breakthrough."

"They probably want to control and master this Zhang Yu in order to gain more information about the Divine Transformation Corpse Relic."

"After the previous incident with Divine Lord Qiongjiang's exposure, many corpse relics leaked out and went to various factions. The Finance Department of Wanfa University should also have one in their hands."

Zhang Yu was startled by this and firmly memorized this piece of intelligence.

Fuji asked, "Oh? So it seems their goal is the same as yours?"

Xi Shen nodded, "It's the same, but not entirely the same."

"Our goal is to find the ledger through Divine Lord Qiongjiang's Divine Transformation Corpse Relic, locate the reincarnated great powers, and control them."

"As for the Finance Department's goal, from what we know so far, they might also be looking for the reincarnated great powers, but not to control them—more likely, to eliminate them."