[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-no-money-what-cultivation":3,"chapter-no-money-what-cultivation-no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-84":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},163433,323,"Chapter 84","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-84",84,"\u003Cp>In the small garden behind the teaching building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Accompanied by the vigorous sounds of his movements, Zhang Yu was practicing the Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand move by move.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just then, a teacher suddenly rushed out from the side, looked at Zhang Yu and said, \"What grade and class are you in? What's your name? Why are you here during class time? Are you skipping class?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu replied calmly, \"I'm Zhang Yu from Class 1, Grade 10. I took the opportunity during math class to come out and practice some martial arts.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Upon hearing the name Zhang Yu, the teacher's imposing manner immediately weakened.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After learning that it was math class he was skipping, his face didn't even have a trace of seriousness left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Skipping math class counts as skipping class?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If you've never skipped a general education class like math to cultivate the immortal path, can you even be called a top student at Songyang High School?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So after checking that Class 1, Grade 10 was indeed having math class at this time, the teacher nodded and said, \"There are still 27 minutes until class ends. Remember to go back quickly after class, don't be late for the next period.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After the teacher left, Zhang Yu silently resumed cultivating the Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand Level 9 (89\u002F90)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The reason he didn't cultivate the Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand in the math classroom was simply because the progress speed of this martial art was too fast, and he didn't want to attract attention in the classroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he completed the final move, the Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand immediately advanced to Level 10.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Instantly, countless martial arts experiences and practice memories surged forth from Zhang Yu's mind, bringing his understanding of the Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand, grappling, and throws to a peak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, he also felt the Level 10 effect of the Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When he performed this martial art again, he could accurately sense the location of his own center of gravity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu realized that if he wished, he could also sense his opponent's center of gravity, and even instantly break the opponent's center of gravity using techniques from the Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand, throwing the opponent to the ground.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I get it, trip whoever and they fall, right.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Truly a pure practical combat martial art.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And it feels quite compatible with my Wuji Cloud Hand and Imperishable Seal Technique?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As streams of white qi burst forth from his palms, with his mastery of Level 10 Wuji Cloud Hand and Level 10 Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand, Zhang Yu vaguely felt he could combine these two martial arts together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"By using Formless Cloud Qi to replace the explosive power of the hands, one can then perform grappling and throwing techniques from a distance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sudden insight flashed through Zhang Yu's mind: \"Although the Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand is driven by pure physical force, this is actually not a flaw but an advantage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Because this means the practitioner can later integrate all kinds of powerful forces, whether qi or palm power, fist power, into the Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This martial art is like a large framework that can incorporate many combat techniques...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, Zhang Yu perceived the far-sightedness of Song Hailong in cultivating this set of Back-Dragon Rolling Mountain Hand; not only was it suitable for Song Hailong now, allowing him to use it immediately, but it also prepared for future combat power growth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I wonder if he thought of this himself, or if it was designed for him by the family and tutors behind him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dinner time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every student was earnestly wolfing down their food; after all, whether it's the three prestigious schools, key high schools, or ordinary high schools, there wasn't a single high school student who wasn't enthusiastic about eating.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, faintly, one could feel a wave of resentment hovering over the cafeteria today.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was resentment towards the cafeteria's food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen walked through the cafeteria hall carrying her tray. Although she had outstanding looks, her icy demeanor made many students feel she was hard to approach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as she sat down, Bai Zhenzhen complained, \"Half the counters have switched to selling synthetic food, and the remaining pre-made dishes have all raised prices. Those bastards!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Obviously, with the momentum of the Oasis Group, synthetic food was being continuously promoted in Songyang City and had imperceptibly entered the high school cafeteria.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen looked at Zhao Tianxing and Qian Shen and said, \"We absolutely must not buy synthetic food. We have to firmly boycott it and make them lose their shirts!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is synthetic food something for humans to eat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And who knows what they're adding into it...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Bai Zhenzhen was speaking, they saw Zhang Yu carrying a large plate of mushy stuff and sitting down under the stunned gazes of the three.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen exclaimed, \"Yu-zi! Why are you eating this stuff? Didn't you say you were against synthetic food?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said matter-of-factly, \"The cafeteria's running a promotion today—free samples of synthetic food.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen immediately stood up: \"I have to see just how awful this synthetic food tastes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She went to the synthetic food counter and heard the cafeteria auntie ahead introducing: \"This is meat paste, this is vegetable paste, this is rice paste. After you pick, you choose the flavor—Mapo Tofu flavor, Kung Pao Chicken flavor, Seafood Platter flavor...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, Bai Zhenzhen returned to her seat with the free synthetic food she'd picked up. She took a bite and her face showed shock: \"This is synthetic food?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She had no idea what immortal path technology was used, but as soon as she swallowed, she found that not only the taste and aroma, but even the texture was seventy to eighty percent similar to real pre-prepared meals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen clearly remembered the cafeteria auntie scooping out all kinds of pastes, but once mixed with various flavor seasonings, they produced different textures—some like fatty meat, some like vegetable leaves, some like fish...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was nothing like the synthetic food she had eaten before. Bai Zhenzhen exclaimed, \"Has the relevant immortal path technology made a breakthrough?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu sighed beside her, \"As expected, these big companies don't do unprofitable business. The fact that they dare to put this up in competition with pre-prepared meals shows they have the confidence.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This stuff tastes fine, it's convenient and cheap. In the future, there'll probably be fewer and fewer places selling pre-prepared meals in Songyang City.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Tianxing sighed, \"Doesn't that mean a lot of pre-prepared food factories will go under? And many people will lose their jobs.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they ate and talked, Zhang Yu noticed that Qian Shen and Zhao Tianxing seemed preoccupied, so he asked them about it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Shen sighed and told them how he and Zhao Tianxing, along with two other first-year students, had been recruited into the competition team.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Qian Shen said with a look of shame, \"Ah, we scored lower than you, yet we got into the sports competition team first. I feel like I don't deserve it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Tianxing also looked nervously at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Normally, between classmates, whether or not you got into the competition team was just another layer of campus class distinction, enough to turn brothers into enemies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If low-scoring students snatched competition spots from high-scoring ones, that was a grudge that could spark a full-blown campus bullying incident, often ending with someone jumping off a building.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>!.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhao Tianxing had been worried ever since PE class that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen might hold a grudge about this.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Especially as someone who really cared about what others thought, Zhao Tianxing was worried that people might mistakenly think he'd used some underhanded means to steal the competition spot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But Zhang Yu listened to them and just smiled, \"It's fine, we already know about this. It's all the work of those rats in the student council.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he told them about the competition coming up in a month.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu continued, \"From now on, let's each train on our own. In a month, we'll compare our sports scores and see who gets to go to the competition.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing this, knowing that it would finally come down to scores to determine the outcome, both Qian Shen and Zhao Tianxing felt much more at ease.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They both thought, \"As expected, us high school students still need to be judged by our scores.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>…\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After dinner, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen left school together to take the subway to White Dragon High School.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the way, Bai Zhenzhen said, \"I've arranged with Song Hailong—two days a week, two hours each day. For each session, he'll pay you 5,000 and me 2,000.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu's spirits lifted when he heard this: \"5,000 per session, two a week makes 10,000, so a month is 40,000? Damn, these rich people are really loaded.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen added, \"But he did set a condition: if on any day during our training sparring, he beats us in every match during the two hours, then he won't need us anymore.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After saying this, Bai Zhenzhen looked at Zhang Yu and said, \"Yu-zi, can you handle it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Zhang Yu had beaten Song Hailong in the martial arts competition, that had relied on the out-of-bounds rule.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if his physical strength couldn't catch up to Song Hailong's, or if the gap widened even more, then winning would be even harder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I can handle it,\" Zhang Yu said. \"Little Song just relies on his thick skin, brute force, and ability to take a beating. Once I gradually catch up to him in physical strength, he won't win a single match.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But A-Zhen, can you handle it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen snorted, touched her lower abdomen, and said, \"I asked my adopted mother to lend me some money so I can rent a spiritual root every day to cultivate. My rate of progress from now on... you might be surprised, Yu-zi.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing about renting a spiritual root, Zhang Yu became curious: \"What kind of spiritual root did you rent? When can I borrow it and give it a try?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen subconsciously touched her stomach: \"Borrow it and try it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said matter-of-factly, \"We're brothers at heart—can't you let me borrow the spiritual root you rented?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen frowned and said, \"Let me think about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She thought to herself: \"Can my spirit root be lent to Yuzi? Is it possible? It doesn't seem entirely impossible...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said beside her, \"So stingy. I've let you play with my talisman book worth 100,000 countless times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen said indignantly, \"You dare say that? Every time you just let me touch it, not even letting me tap it a few times.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu said helplessly, \"I'm afraid you'll accidentally bankrupt me by tapping. How about I let you play with it on the road today, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two got on the subway, and this time they luckily grabbed two seats.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zhang Yu, still urged by the ritual, raced against time to cultivate the heart method, enhancing his Dao heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bai Zhenzhen leaned back against him and curiously began exploring the talisman book.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More than half an hour later, the two arrived at White Dragon High School, showed the monthly pass that Song Hailong had helped them get, and headed to the agreed-upon training room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuzi, look, so many of them are kneeling in class. What are they doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who knows, maybe it's a White Dragon custom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Opening the door to the agreed training room, they saw Song Hailong already warming up inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Song Hailong saw Zhang Yu arrive, his eyes lit up, and he pointed at the ground, saying, \"Lie down.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1968,"2026-05-29T04:54:22.303Z","2026-06-01T04:29:11.989Z",1,"deepseek-v4-flash","03084ae35826571c5c3b0121f6e086c2edb2428e69367f84bf7ee5387eecdf24","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-85","no-money-what-cultivation-chapter-83",711,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fno-money-what-cultivation-cover.jpg"]