[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-79":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},163428,323,"Chapter 79: Most Powerful Move","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-79",79,"\u003Cp>In the rest area of Ziyun High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Mulan had already sat back down on Lian Tianji’s back.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Bai Zhenzhen rush over to the arena, holding her phone and explaining the usage rights to the referee, she said, “Bai Zhenzhen actually used Zhang Yu’s phone to shop? She knows the phone password and payment password?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those two must be sworn friends.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Zhang Yu slowly walk back to the rest area, Yue Mulan patted Lian Tianji’s head and said, “I remember you have this Zhang Yu as a friend, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Zhang Yu returned to the rest area, he poured all the potions he had bought before the match for restoring stamina, mana, and energy into his mouth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the rapid recovery of his internal power, he relaxed a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The organizers had given a total of half an hour of rest before the finals began. In Zhang Yu’s view, that was enough to restore eighty to ninety percent of his stamina and mana.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen said from the side, “…Did you remember everything I just told you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Zhang Yu nod, she then continued, “Then I won’t say any more. Rest up and prepare for the upcoming battle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after Bai Zhenzhen left, Zhang Yu felt his phone vibrate slightly. Opening it, he saw that Lian Tianji had recommended a friend for him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Yue Mulan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not understanding why Yue Mulan wanted to add him, Zhang Yu could only accept for now.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he saw Yue Mulan directly send a message: Let’s meet. There’s something I want to discuss with you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu arrived at an empty corridor outside the arena and saw Yue Mulan already waiting there, looking graceful.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This top student from Ziyun High School had a beautiful face and an ice-cold demeanor. Wherever she went, she seemed to be the center of everyone’s attention.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, seeing Zhang Yu arrive, she said bluntly, “200,000. I’ll bet on you losing. How about it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu was slightly stunned. “You want to spend money to buy the championship?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Mulan said indifferently, “Wealth is power. Money is part of strength. The martial arts competition selects the strongest. Why can’t I use money to buy it?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu stared at her and snorted, “You’re not sure you can beat me?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Mulan shook her head. “I just think that fighting you might cost more than 200,000. Spending 200,000 to guarantee victory seems like a good deal to me.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking at the silent Zhang Yu, Yue Mulan added, “If you won’t take 200,000, then 400,000. But that’s my final offer. If you try to raise the price again, I won’t agree.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu swallowed. He had to admit that the 400,000 Yue Mulan was throwing at him right now hit harder than any technique he had encountered in these consecutive arena battles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Four hundred thousand—what kind of cultivation technique could he buy? How long could he rent a spirit root? How much cultivation equipment could he purchase? How much could he improve with talismans?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu even felt that if he had this 400,000, it would do far more for his cultivation than the championship’s 50,000 prize and an expert-level technique.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After all, in Kunxu, as long as you had money, you had potential, you had talent. You could charge forward on the immortal path, even making gods serve you.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said, “Fine. Wire the money directly to my card.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Mulan spread her five fingers, and a purple-jade register appeared in her palm. “Sign a contract with me under the witness of the True God, and I’ll send the money to you immediately.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Zhang Yu hadn’t agreed but instead fell silent, Yue Mulan said in surprise, “You’re hesitating on 400,000?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She found it very strange.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I heard that a few hundred can hire you as a security guard, right?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You poor people normally fight tooth and nail over a few hundred or thousand. So why are you hesitating now that 400,000 is right in front of you?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Given your background, you can’t get into the top ten elite universities anyway. Is being first in the martial arts competition that important?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no hint of mockery in Yue Mulan’s tone. She seemed genuinely, very puzzled by Zhang Yu’s reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shaking her head, she turned and left. “Since you can’t decide right now, I’ll go. But you can come for this 400,000 anytime before the finals start. However, it’s only 400,000—I won’t raise the price again.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Yue Mulan leave, Zhang Yu used his phone to ask Zhang Pianpian: Sis, if I don’t get first in the martial arts competition but only second, how much will that affect my chances of getting into the top ten elite universities?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Pianpian: The path I found for you two requires that the better your freshman year grades and the higher your competition ranking, the more likely you’ll be selected. Naturally, first place is more likely to get into the top ten than second place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu understood. So taking the 400,000 wouldn’t mean he couldn’t get into the top ten—it would just lower the possibility a bit…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But just as a thought of agreeing to Yue Mulan truly arose in his mind, that damned ritual started shrieking at him again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I knew it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You brainless idiot is really afraid I won't make it into the top ten.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Feeling the four hundred thousand drifting away from him, Zhang Yu actually felt a heart-wrenching pain—a pain even greater than when he exchanged blows with Lian Tianji or fought tooth and nail against Song Hailong.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this the heartache of losing a huge sum of money?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Immediately, Zhang Yu activated the Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Art and cut off all distracting thoughts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At that moment, only one thought remained in his mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He wanted to pin that rich bitch Le Mulan down on the arena and beat her ruthlessly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>...As the finals began.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan and Zhang Yu stepped onto the arena at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This martial competition had finally reached its final stage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A torrent of blue-white sword qi surged from Le Mulan's body, like a sky-covering tide, and slashed fiercely toward Zhang Yu.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Once Le Mulan executed her Star Sword Art, it became continuous and solemn, like troops arrayed in formation, making it extremely difficult to break through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching Zhang Yu dart left and right under her sword qi, occasionally using Formless Cloud Qi to block the attacks, Le Mulan felt as if she were watching a rat scurrying in panic.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you trying to drain my mana?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan laughed: \"Do you think you can drain it all?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, as Le Mulan's sword qi erupted, the mana inside her surged more and more violently, like surging rivers and seas, unceasing, and her mana level had already surpassed all other contestants present.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a female voice came from within her body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome to the Ziyun Replaceable Inner Core.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Remaining mana amount in inner core: 8 million.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan touched her lower abdomen, then looked at Zhang Yu in front of her: \"I've charged a total of 8 million yuan worth of mana into the replaceable inner core inside me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, a line of numbers appeared on her wrist—a figure that started at 8 million and kept decreasing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, as she continuously unleashed mana and sword qi, the charged mana in the inner core was being consumed, but it was only dropping by a few thousand yuan per second. There was still an extremely long way to go before the full 8 million was exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this also meant that every second Le Mulan fought, she spent thousands of yuan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Le Mulan flicked her finger lightly, and waves of sword qi blasted toward Zhang Yu like storms. Forget getting close—she was gradually pushing Zhang Yu off the arena.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If you're worried that my meridians can't handle this surging mana, don't be.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My battle spirit root, 'Mana Network,' has already protected all my meridians, allowing me to maintain a high mana output without worrying about wear and tear.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, seeing Le Mulan bombarding the arena with such abandon, spending money like water with that 8-million-yuan mana pool, the audience grew excited.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This impressed them even more than Song Hailong's 10-million insurance earlier, because that insurance was from the insurance company, while every bit Le Mulan was throwing out here was real money from her own family.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some audience members admired the way Le Mulan threw money around: \"So beautiful—the way she spends money as if it's nothing is just beautiful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some were endlessly envious: \"Having money is really awesome, really blissful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some had an epiphany: \"If you want to go far on the path of immortality, you really have to throw money at it. When I get home today, I'm going to milk the old man dry and push forward on the immortal path.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Amid the clamor from the audience, Le Mulan frowned slightly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>While shooting sword qi, she looked at Zhang Yu and said, \"Hear that? Though they're noisy, they're not wrong—money is the foundation of cultivation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"As a poor person, if you had taken that forty thousand today, you could have gotten a little closer to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too bad you voluntarily gave up that chance to grow stronger.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She looked in Zhang Yu's direction and asked with genuine curiosity: \"I'm very curious—you're so poor, yet you're unwilling to earn money. Why is that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It seemed that all the things Le Mulan had said were just to ask this question that puzzled her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu looked at her sincere expression and suddenly felt a bit amused despite his anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Damn, a rich heiress coming to observe the life of a poor wretch, is that it?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He snorted and said, \"Pricing it at 400,000 because you think you can beat me for at most 400,000?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Mulan nodded: \"Correct. I calculated that your defeat is worth at most 400,000; spending even a single coin more would be a waste.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, as the sword qi continued to bombard, the Formless Cloud Aegis finally had an opening cut into it, slashing a sword wound on Zhang Yu's palm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said coolly, \"What if I add the blood of this poor wretch?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Blood dripped into the aegis, staining the Formless Cloud Aegis with strands of crimson.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But facing the wound on his hand, Zhang Yu showed no panic; instead, as if prepared, he flung the blood from his hand toward where Yue Mulan stood.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yue Mulan, who had not moved at all from start to finish and had always pressed her opponents with sword qi, actually shifted her steps slightly, deliberately dodging the blood that was flung.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Yue Mulan's evasive movement, a clear flaw immediately appeared in her Star Sword Art.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu's figure shot out like lightning, intending to break through the layers of sword qi and get close to Yue Mulan.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, Bai Zhenzhen's words flashed through Zhang Yu's mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yue Mulan's first flaw is that she… seems to have a cleanliness obsession.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I suggest you directly spit on her, preferably phlegm. Not only will she dodge, but she certainly won't want to use her sword qi to catch the spit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1891,"2026-05-29T04:54:22.303Z","2026-06-01T04:29:11.989Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","5f438c2e50e9e5409fac14736751d8e07947cf162bf598841f9e14b8397b27b3","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-80","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-78",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]