Chapter 93

In the unfinished building.

Zhang Yu stood silently in the empty hall, his mind repeatedly reflecting on the effects of the Excavation Palm having reached level 10, just as he had released the palm strike earlier.

"With that single palm strike, my control over Shovel Force has deepened; the area I can shovel has roughly doubled?"

Zhang Yu struck out another palm, the Shovel Force carrying a series of whooshing sounds through the air as it slowly blasted forward.

"Although this Excavation Palm can unleash very strong power, its startup lag is too big, its movements too slow and lacking in agility—it really isn't suitable for combat."

"If I'm not going to a construction site, it's not very useful."

Shaking his head helplessly, he knew that these beast-of-burden techniques wouldn't help much with his college entrance exam scores.

"Whatever, sharpening the axe doesn't delay the woodcutting."

"As long as it helps me earn a bit more money, it's fine to waste some time cultivating these martial arts."

But since he had already cultivated Excavation Palm to level 10 today, Zhang Yu naturally wouldn't continue cultivating this technique next.

And because the cooldown time for the Feather Book hadn't passed yet, he continued cultivating level 10 Red Marrow Primordial Qi, striving to improve his physical strength.

In the blink of an eye, another five days passed.

During these five days, Zhang Yu not only trained Excavation Palm and Sports Car Legs all the way to level 10, but he also bought Crane Claw and Elevator Jump, cultivating each to level 10.

Added to the expenses for meals, transportation, and such over these five days, Zhang Yu's savings kept dropping; fortunately, he gave Song Hailong two more tutoring sessions, which allowed him to maintain his savings at just over 15,000.

At this moment, after asking Zhang Pianpian for another concealment talisman, Zhang Yu changed his physique using Red Marrow Primordial Qi, then set out on the road to the trial lesson.

Unlike the last time when he only relied on running to get there, this time Zhang Yu used the Sports Car Legs technique while traveling.

One could see the mana within his body roaring, emitting a series of buzzing sounds like a car engine.

Under the infusion of mana, his feet swung at high speed, and his whole body carried a string of afterimages as he dashed away.

"Compared to Excavation Palm and Crane Claw, Sports Car Legs and Elevator Jump are much more useful."

Thinking that Excavation Palm at level 10 could shovel double the amount of material, and Crane Claw at level 10 could lift heavy objects with both claws... Zhang Yu felt utterly speechless.

"Just like Excavation Palm, big startup lag, slow movements—unsuitable for combat, only suitable for work—a beast-of-burden technique."

In comparison, Sports Car Legs and Elevator Jump had much better cost-performance.

As often-used techniques by couriers, Sports Car Legs infused the legs with mana to accelerate movement, running like the wind; without needing a small car or an e-bike, it allowed couriers to swiftly traverse the city and arrive at their destinations on time.

Elevator Jump could use mana to contract muscles, making the human body explode with tremendous jumping power like a spring, so couriers facing buildings without elevators wouldn't be frustrated or troubled; after a series of leaps, they could directly reach the target floor—person arrives, goods arrive.

"Speaking of which, this is the first time I've cultivated a lightness skill; this thing really makes daily life a lot more convenient."

And thinking about the level-10 effects of these two techniques, Zhang Yu couldn't help but smile slightly, marveling at their practicality.

Level 10 Sports Car Legs could use mana to protect the soles of shoes, reducing wear and lowering the frequency of shoe replacement.

Level 10 Elevator Jump could even convert vertical jumping height into horizontal jumping distance, having helped countless couriers leap over traffic lights and congested traffic to deliver goods on time.

At this moment, Zhang Yu's mana rose from his dantian, infused his legs and waist area; with a contraction of muscles, his whole body suddenly leaped up, spanning over twenty meters, jumping over the traffic light ahead.

"With these Sports Car Legs and Elevator Jump, every time I go for tutoring, I can probably reach my destination in about thirty or forty minutes."

"As my mana becomes more abundant and my physical strength increases, my movement speed and jumping distance will also become greater, and then I'll be even faster..."

The doll hanging below Zhang Yu's neck watched this scene, still finding it utterly mind-boggling in its heart.

The doll thought to itself: "Wait... these four martial arts are simple, but in such a short time, they've all risen to level 10?"

"Is this kid really the potential I awakened?"

"Then goddammit, I want to give myself a shot too—how the hell did he do this?"

During these five days, apart from practicing these four new martial arts, Zhang Yu spent most of his time diligently cultivating Red Marrow Primordial Qi.

Unfortunately, without the boost from the Primordial Pill and having to split attention among other things, his physical strength only increased to level 1.98 over the five days.

"I really want to eat a Primordial Pill; training without eating pills feels like I'm losing out the more I train."

……

Arriving again at the small building within the compound.

The middle-aged man who had previously received Zhang Yu was already waiting. He looked at Zhang Yu before him and smiled, saying, "You've come?"

"Speaking of which, I still don't know what to call you, sir."

Zhang Yu casually replied, "Just call me Ma Yunteng. And you? What should I call you?"

The other party said, "Just call me Heiya. Then please follow me; the teachers are already waiting for you." Zhang Yu followed him to a hidden door and entered the underground tutoring base, where he saw that there was almost one person every five steps and a guard post every ten steps, with security guards everywhere.

However, from the various tattoos on these security guards, such as 'Class Every Day,' 'Sneaky Study,' and 'Everyone Gets Tutored,' it was clear they were all members of the Dark Study Gang.

But what struck Zhang Yu as strange was... each of these gang members had a number 0 displayed above their heads, making him wonder what that number 0 meant.

Suddenly, a security guard with -122 on his head trotted past, and that -122 kept changing, from -122 to -123, and then to -124.

Zhang Yu finally couldn't hold back his curiosity and asked, "What exactly do those numbers on their heads mean?"

Heiya, upon hearing this, smiled cheerfully and said, "This is a position monitoring system developed in collaboration with the Orthodox God after the gang adopted corporate management. If you leave your post for too long, your wages get docked. He's been docked that much... maybe he had diarrhea?"

Zhang Yu twitched the corner of his mouth. "Isn't that too strict?"

Heiya smiled faintly and said, "Nowadays, anyone with a bit of ambition is up to their ears in debt. Docking a little pay for being away from work is just a trial every young person has to go through."

Zhang Yu gave an awkward laugh. "Heh heh, running this gang really is just like going to work."

Heiya's eyes lit up as he said, "Thank you for the compliment. The gang leader has always been committed to regularizing and corporatizing the Dark Study Gang, hoping it can become a new company in the future and expand into the city."

!.

As he spoke, he sighed, "After all, if it weren't for being unable to find a good job, how many people would willingly join a gang? Once you've been in a gang, your resume is completely tarnished, and you'll never have a chance to get into a big company again."

Good grief... Zhang Yu finally understood—so gang members were all people who couldn't find jobs? Is this place some kind of unemployed support group?

Heiya pointed ahead and said, "Up ahead is the tutoring classroom. To the left and right are the restrooms. Continuing down the stairs are the training room, bathhouse, cafeteria..."

Just as Heiya was introducing the facilities, a commotion came from a classroom door not far away.

Zhang Yu turned to look and first saw a poster that read: Sign up for the White Dragon Teaching Class, enjoy the teaching life of the top high school all night long. By day you might just be an ordinary student at an ordinary high school, but by night you can be a White Dragon person, experiencing the thrill of soaring grades.

Below the poster, a student was complaining, "The teacher is so gentle that even the failing students don't have to kneel. What kind of White Dragon class is this? I paid money to experience the teaching quality of a prestigious school, and doing it this way, what's the difference from studying at my ordinary high school during the day..."

Zhang Yu was shocked—people actually pay money to experience the teaching life of White Dragon High? But the next moment, he felt ridiculous for being shocked.

"Isn't that obvious? From what I know of these obsessive students and obsessive parents in Songyang City... if paying money could let you experience the teaching life of White Dragon High, even if it's just an advertising gimmick, there'd definitely be people lining up to pay."

…

At the same time.

Inside another classroom.

Several teachers were smoking and chatting at the same time.

An old man with white hair and the tattoo 'One Lesson a Day' on his arm took a deep breath and then exhaled the smoke from the Dao Heart Buffer.

The Dao Heart Buffer, as an important medicine for improving the Dao Heart and due to its strong addictiveness, had been widely circulated in Kunxu and was made into different forms such as cigarettes, alcohol, and beverages for use.

After taking a few more puffs, the old man finally said, "What about this new teacher? I heard he might be from a key high school."

Across from the old man, a middle-aged woman with a scar on her face said coldly, "What kind of top students do key high schools take? Those students are both rich and smart. A teacher who's used to teaching those kinds of students—can he teach academic dregs? Has he ever dealt with waste who score below 450?"

"Given the grades of most students here, if they were thrown into a key high school... that'd be at the school-traitor level. Can he really teach them?"

Another middle-aged man, over three meters tall, was practicing martial arts methodically, his exaggerated muscles covered in needle marks, clearly a body-tempering expert.

This three-meter-plus man gave a snort. "A key high school teacher wants to teach Excavation Palm and Sportscar Leg?"

"Has he ever worked on a construction site? Delivered food delivery? Does he have the ability to teach?"

"I've been working cement on construction sites for 11 years, and Che Nü, you have 8 years of delivery experience. Can he know these two martial arts better than we do?"

The old man, however, wasn't so opposed and said with a smile, "After all, he's an expert who has cultivated the Wuji Cloud Hand to level 10. Let's wait and see."

A moment later, Heiya brought Zhang Yu in and introduced him to everyone: "This is Ma Yunteng, Teacher Ma, who is doing a trial lesson today."

Heiya pointed to the old man and said, "This is Cai Tou, who taught the Wuji Cloud Hand."

"And this is Che Nü, who has leveled the Sportscar Leg to 10."

"This is Big Shovel, a level 10 Digging Palm."

Zhang Yu heard this and immediately understood that these three, like him, were using aliases, obviously also hiding their identities, and even their current appearances might not be real.

Zhang Yu nodded slightly and said, "I appreciate the three of you taking the trouble."

Big Shovel, who was over three meters tall, curled his lips and said, "Everyone's time is precious, so let's start the lesson quickly."

Zhang Yu agreed wholeheartedly and immediately activated the Formless Cloud Qi, and in an instant, clouds and mist swirled around him, making him seem like an immortal.

"Then let me first talk about the Ultimate Cloud Hand."