[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-698":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},164567,323,"Chapter 698: Zhang Yu's Plan","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-698",698,"\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhang Yu continued his design work while diverting a strand of awareness to keep an eye on the matter. Upon hearing Wen Wuyu’s words, a trace of doubt rose in his heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu: If they wanted to forcibly take it, why not just break through directly? Why sign a transfer agreement?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wuyu: After Zhenzhen refused to hand over the key to the Sword Vault, they indeed planned to force their way in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wuyu: But when they forcibly broke open the Sword Vault, they discovered that all the swords had already been awakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wuyu: Without the authority granted by the Seven Emotions Divine Lord, if they tried to seize these swords by force, the swords would self-destruct directly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wuyu: In particular, there was one flying sword at the Divine Transformation level—if it resolved to self-destruct, not even a Divine Transformation Lord could stop it. All the swords in the vault would be destroyed in an instant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wen Wuyu: So they wanted Zhenzhen to sign a transfer agreement, handing over the authority of the Sword Vault.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu asked again: Tell me more about the specific situation at Celestial Sword University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From Wen Wuyu’s account, Zhang Yu gradually learned that since the war began, Celestial Sword University had suffered enormous losses on one hand, while on the other hand, the five Divine Transformation Lords had consumed a massive amount of assets to advance their cultivation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In addition, Celestial Sword University had gained no advantage in the competition for spatial technology, yet had to continuously invest funds into research societies and the import of spatial products, resulting in ongoing losses and a worsening financial situation for the university as a whole.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, to alleviate this situation, the Yufeng Divine Lord proposed taking out the contents of the Seven Emotions Divine Lord’s Sword Vault and liquidating them to cover the university’s current deficit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The other four Divine Transformation Lords remained neutral and did not directly intervene, but once the vault was broken open, they would not miss out on the benefits either.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Inside Celestial Sword University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen sat cross-legged in a quiet chamber, and a projection appeared before her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen looked at the other party, knowing that this cultivator called the Cloudcleaving True Lord was a disciple of the Yufeng Divine Lord and a figure of real power within Celestial Sword University.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cloudcleaving True Lord spoke: “Bai Zhenzhen, are you still going to put up a desperate resistance?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He glared at her coldly, thinking to himself: “Bai Zhenzhen, you still think you’re a disciple of a Divine Lord, with the Seven Emotions Divine Lord watching over you, and that you can just act like before? Times have changed. Now I am the Divine Lord’s disciple, while you’re nothing but a Golden Core.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen said through gritted teeth: “The Sword Vault was entrusted to me by my master. If she returns and finds the vault gone, how am I supposed to explain it to her?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cloudcleaving True Lord thought to himself: “Trying to use the old Divine Lord to pressure me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But in the eyes of the Cloudcleaving True Lord—or rather, in the eyes of the vast majority of cultivators in the Ten Great Schools now—the old Divine Transformation Lords had vanished along with the sixth layer of the Kunxu, and no one even knew if they would ever return alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And even if they did return alive, the assets of each school had long been carved up and digested by the Ten Great Schools and the Alliance of Righteous Qi. How much strength could the old Divine Lords still have? They were no longer a threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It could be said that as time passed, as the new Divine Transformation Lords’ cultivation grew and they digested various assets, their fear of the old Divine Transformation Lords had dwindled more and more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing the Cloudcleaving True Lord’s unconcerned expression, Bai Zhenzhen continued: “The swords in the Sword Vault range from Qi Refining level to Divine Transformation level—their value is incalculable. For you to take them all with just a few words, isn’t that going too far?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although the Yufeng Divine Lord initially promised Bai Zhenzhen that she could choose three swords, three became two, two became one, and finally it was only swords below the Foundation Establishment level, causing Bai Zhenzhen to curse inwardly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cloudcleaving True Lord’s gaze sharpened, streaks of sword-light flickering in his eyes: “With the great changes in heaven and earth, at a time when the school is facing survival or extinction, everyone should contribute their share. And you still haggle with me over this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If the Seven Emotions Divine Lord were still here, I believe she would have personally opened the vault and donated the swords long ago to alleviate the school’s difficulties.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cloudcleaving True Lord said coolly: “Bai Zhenzhen, the school’s handling of the Sword Vault is the will of everyone. Don’t cling to illusions, thinking that you alone can occupy the assets left by the Divine Lord for the entire school’s faculty and students.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen suppressed the anger in her heart and said: “I can cooperate with the school, allowing the swords in the vault to be dispatched and hired by the school—at least don’t sell them…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cloudcleaving True Lord waved his hand and interrupted Bai Zhenzhen again: “They are all school assets. What do you mean by ‘dispatch and hire’?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The school has already signed a contract with Netherworld University. This batch of swords will be sold to them. You had better cooperate as soon as possible. If you delay the school’s business, no one can protect you. No amount of money would be enough for you to compensate.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen’s heart sank upon hearing this: “Sold to Netherworld University? They will dismantle the swords and rip out their sinews, and the lingering souls within will be…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Cloudcleaving True Lord snorted coldly, cutting off Bai Zhenzhen’s words, then continued: “That is no longer your concern.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Bai Zhenzhen, we have given you the opportunity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“If you continue to resist stubbornly, foolishly trying to monopolize the Divine Lord’s assets, this won’t be just house arrest. Your accounts will be frozen, your assets audited, and if you’re unlucky, you’ll be fined into bankruptcy, burdened with a debt you can never repay in your lifetime.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Think it over carefully.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Bai Zhenzhen, once a Divine Lord’s disciple, now biting her lip in silence with no more retorts, the Cloudcleaving True Lord chuckled to himself in satisfaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“In the next period, I can keep applying pressure to see if Seven Emotions left any other things with Bai Zhenzhen—make her spit it all out at once.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, the Cloudcleaving True Lord’s spiritual projection vanished before Bai Zhenzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shortly after, in his office, the Cloudcleaving True Lord’s gaze shifted as he saw the message from Wen Wuyu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[None]\u003C\u002Fp>",1153,"2026-05-29T04:55:10.865Z","2026-06-01T04:29:12.818Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","79671f3373507fcd98a25af5383eab67da3f473b016bfd86abd1b2f509d726b9","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-699","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-697",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]