Chapter 584: Pre-Match Ad Placement

Originally, Zhang Yu had a huge sum of money in hand and had devoted all his focus to the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor.

So during this last month before the Ten Great Leagues, he had absolutely no interest in coming to work on the construction site.

However, this time it was Director Gao who had sought him out, because Mo Shang Jin had recently been preoccupied with preparing for graduate school, and the large-scale projects on the construction site were increasing, leaving him too busy to handle everything, so he needed Zhang Yu to cover half a day.

Since Director Gao personally came to invite him, Zhang Yu naturally wouldn't refuse.

And because the construction party were demon descendants, and to make the demon descendants cooperate and avoid any demon descendant wasting his time due to some discrimination issue clouding their minds, Zhang Yu decided not to adopt an overly gentle attitude.

According to what some of his demon descendant friends said, to make low-level demon descendants obey, ferocity was far more effective than politeness—the more you scold them, the more they listen.

But to avoid causing any discrimination incidents, Zhang Yu invited Shi Yunxiang to help.

A rat demon glared angrily at Shi Yunxiang and roared, "Lion demon! We are both demon descendants—how can you side with an outsider to bully your own kin?"

"Kin?" Shi Yunxiang sneered coldly, thinking to himself, "Never mind whether a rat demon and a lion demon count as the same kin—even if you were all lion demons, all my kin, even born from the same mother as me…"

"But Zhang Yu and I have pulled off earth-shattering crimes together and fought to the death against demon sect Golden Cores."

"Besides, he even got me a raise!"

Zhang Yu said from the side, "Everyone…"

Shi Yunxiang glared at the demons and then added, "You little beasts!"

Zhang Yu: "Let's start work."

Relying on his two military certificates, the prestige of his top rank in the school, and the assistance of Shi Yunxiang, as Zhang Yu mobilized the divine power of Heaven Kunlun to move mountains, the demon descendants on site all cooperated, and in the end no trouble arose.

After successfully finishing the work, Zhang Yu grabbed the air, and with the activation of Heaven Kunlun's mountain-moving divine power, he swiftly flew with Shi Yunxiang toward the university city.

As they flew without leaving a trace, Zhang Yu looked down at the peaceful land under the cloudless sky and the bustling campus cities they passed one by one, and thought to himself, "The scars left by the last economic crisis are finally being gradually erased."

"The finance department of Ten Thousand Methods University has also been temporarily suppressed by the teachers."

"The demon descendants aren't making as much trouble anymore."

"The conspiracy of the Double Rest Cult failed; joint crackdowns are happening everywhere, and testing for the Double Rest virus is gradually becoming routine."

"Civil engineering projects are increasing, and business is growing bigger and bigger."

"The Ten Great Schools have controlled the intensity of the conflict, preventing another Nascent Soul war."

"The evil gods also have no immediate plans for action; they are all lying low…"

Zhang Yu felt that everything seemed to be developing in a positive direction, and the entire second layer of Kunxu appeared peaceful.

And having experienced the economic crisis triggered by the Nascent Souls, Zhang Yu understood more deeply how important the opportunity for peaceful development was.

"I hope this peace can last a little longer."

…

Time quickly arrived in late August.

A sharp light seemed to flash in Zhang Yu's eyes as he withdrew from the Supreme Clarity realm.

After this period of intense study and refining simulations, he had fully mastered all the knowledge and techniques required to forge the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor.

"Besides enhancing physical performance, the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor's greatest ability is to condense water vapor, generate a water field, create floods, and rapidly breed demon beasts within the flood, producing an aquatic army."

"In ancient times, wearing this Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor would be equivalent to carrying an aquatic army that could fight and run, ready to battle at any time."

"In modern times, the rapidly bred demon beasts are not suitable for combat but rather for selling for money."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor is essentially a portable farm, isn't it?"

"Aquaculture farming—I wonder if it's profitable."

Zhang Yu was not familiar with aquaculture, but he could sense that the techniques contained within the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor were hidden in the technology for rapidly breeding the aquatic army.

Yet he still hadn't been able to extract them into a complete cultivation method.

"Is it because my mastery is insufficient?"

Zhang Yu looked at the contents of the design diagram and deduced silently based on his current knowledge and skills: "Maybe I need to master the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor schematic to level 20, or actually forge the armor and wear it, letting my body participate in the armor's operation… only then might I have a chance to extract the cultivation method from the technique."

"Then let's begin."

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Zhang Yu glanced over at the assistants Liu Xiangqiao and Ziyun Zhen who were ready, walked over, and began the forging of the Azure Water Gold Crystal Armor.

In the following days, Zhang Yu either simulated and practiced the forging techniques of the Azure Water Gold Crystal Armor in the Taiqing Realm or forged the Azure Water Gold Crystal Armor in reality. As his forging skills rapidly improved, a magnificent suit of armor gradually took shape.

……

Early September.

In a certain meeting room in the Spirit Realm.

The school team's advisor, Anzhen Zhenjun, was introducing the contestants of the current school team to the advertisers.

"Zhang Yu, disciple of Ciji Zhenjun, defeated Bei Wufeng, who ranked second in forging, in a sword duel. He cultivates both forging and civil engineering, and excels at using forging techniques to empower civil engineering..."

While introducing, Anzhen Zhenjun could sense that the advertisers had little interest in Zhang Yu.

To him, this was only natural; after all, in the current Ten Grand Leagues, only contestants with higher performance potential would be sought after by advertisers.

Figures like Dao Qiankun, Jiutian Liu, Yan Qianji... were the main targets of the advertisers this time.

"Ye Xingli is ranked third in the Forging Department. She excels in magical skeleton design and live-stream marketing. Currently, through our investment and guidance, she has gained 8 million followers..."

After Anzhen Zhenjun started introducing Ye Xingli, he could feel that the advertisers' attention had noticeably sharpened.

Not to mention Ye Xingli's performance potential this time, those 8 million followers alone could clearly spark a great deal of their interest.

However, after discovering that the 8 million followers were mainly college students and junior school students, the advertisers' interest quickly dissipated considerably.

……

Ye Xingli walked inside the forging factory.

Accompanied by a surge of mana fluctuations, one pillar after another rose up and then burst open, revealing set after set of magical skeletons within.