You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 255 - 220: Foundation Establishment Exam Full of Spectators?

Chapter 255: Chapter 220: Foundation Establishment Exam Full of Spectators?

333rd floor of the Central Building in Songyang City.

Zhou Yang’s lower body was empty, and he lay on the hospital bed gazing out the window.

He looked at the Oasis Building, which was under construction in the distance and gradually surpassing the Central Building in height, feeling as if he was witnessing the Oasis Group, in its prime, surpassing all the old aristocratic powers of Songyang.

Zhou Yang thought to himself, "After synthetic foods, even synthetic meat has been commercialized. In this way, the food market on the Kunxu 1st Floor may soon be flooded with related products."

However, Zhou Yang knew that relying solely on technology to monopolize the market was impossible.

Just as the Oasis Group, which mastered more advanced synthetic food technology, also had to cooperate with local companies and families to enter the Songyang City market.

Zhou Yang recalled that half a year ago, the Oasis Group had collaborated with three major high schools and their backing companies in developing three new Body Refinement technologies.

"Going a step further, perhaps it will be the synthesis of human organs."

"It’s said that in Xiandu City, a famous family has already been integrating bloodline technology with the human technology mastered by the Oasis Group."

"In this way, in the future, not only food but even the cultivation and physical refinement of successive generations of major families will be inseparable from the Oasis Group."

But Zhou Yang understood, this doesn’t mean the Oasis Group can monopolize the Kunxu 1st Floor. Instead, all local aristocratic families and companies will inevitably cooperate with the Oasis Group.

Zhou Yang thought to himself, "The open and hidden struggles among current companies and families in Songyang City are all about gaining more shares and power in future cooperation."

"Some companies and families will gradually weaken and ultimately disappear in the river of history."

"But those remaining will become giants running through the whole Kunxu 1st Floor alongside the Oasis Group, further monopolizing food, cultivation, bloodlines, and more..."

"In face of such a tide of the era, if the Zhou Family wishes to survive these changes, and I want to advance, the best way is to enhance the power of the Evil God..."

Zhou Yang could foresee that the ensuing struggle in Songyang City would become more intense, and both the Zhou Family and he would face a more dangerous situation.

At this thought, he felt a growing sense of urgency.

However, the Zhou Family ranks low among the sixteen noble families in Songyang City, making it difficult to compete directly with stronger families like the Song Family and the Le Family.

Especially after the recent blow following the blockade of the Wanxing Group to both the Zhou Family and him.

In contrast...

"Instead of finding ways to compete with other aristocratic families, it’s better to deal with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, these two weak individuals, after the Foundation Establishment exam, and capture the Evil God behind them."

Zhou Yang picked up his phone, looked at the incoming messages, and exhaled slowly, thinking, "Have they already set off?"

"Once the Foundation Establishment exam is over, the True God won’t protect you anymore."

"Considering the wealth gap and information disparity between us..."

Whether acting personally, dispatching someone, or controlling the other party with leverage over Evil God believers, Zhou Yang believed that without the protective layer of the Foundation Establishment exam, things would be straightforward.

"In the ever-changing situation, as soon as the Foundation Establishment exam ends, we’ll need to promptly deal with these two."

As he thought about the current developments, Zhou Yang felt increasingly impatient, as if he could already see Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen at his mercy.

...

Aboard the train heading to Xiandu City.

As the phone vibrated, Zhang Yu was about to check who messaged him when a slip of the hand caused a video to pop up on the screen.

He tried to close the video but ended up opening a shopping platform instead.

Seeing the platform displaying "Recommended for You" kidney tonic capsules, Zhang Yu frowned, clicked close, and finally managed to shut it off.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Damn... as corporate wars grow fiercer, the ads and big data are getting more excessive."

"Was the buzz just now a message from Yu Xinghan?"

Seeing the ’good luck’ message from Yu Xinghan, Zhang Yu smiled slightly, knowing Yu Xinghan was aware he was going for the Foundation Establishment exam and thus sent the message.

Meanwhile, in a classroom at White Dragon High School.

Yu Xinghan looked at the smiley face Zhang Yu sent him and thought, "Zhang Yu is impressive, but he’s still a cohort behind that Xiandu Master, and from the previous Foundation Establishment exam, the gap is considerable."

"However, although he might not pass this Foundation Establishment exam, his chances in the next are quite high."

"At that time, I’ll be in the same cohort as him, so I must maintain a good relationship with this guy, avoid direct competition..."

As Yu Xinghan pondered these things, Zhang Yu on the train thought, "Based on Yu Xinghan’s meaningful hints over the past while..."

"He doesn’t think I’ll secure a Foundation Establishment certificate this time, so he wants to keep good terms with me to cooperate during next year’s exam with me and Azhen to get the certificate together."

Regarding whether he could surpass his opponent, Ye Lingxiao, in this Foundation Establishment exam, Zhang Yu naturally couldn’t guarantee with absolute certainty.

After all, he had no idea what kind of progress Ye Lingxiao had made over the past three months.

But he believed that as long as he gave it his all, his chances of success were definitely not small.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu instinctively glanced at his Yu Shu again.

The Chain Technique Map could host a total of ten cultivation techniques. After Zhang Yu replaced eight of them, the original high school Sacred Body transformed into a Martial Arts Sacred Embryo.

Since a maximum of ten cultivation techniques could be hosted, and combinations like the high school Sacred Body and Martial Arts Sacred Embryo require six techniques to be effective, only one of them could be active at any given time.

Primary - Martial Arts Sacred Embryo (6/6): The embryonic form has started, greatly enhancing resistance to impact and self-healing from external injuries.

Advanced - Martial Arts Sacred Embryo (8/8): The embryonic form is developing, greatly enhancing bodily capacity and self-healing from internal injuries, granting the body overload ability.

The second-level effect of the Martial Arts Sacred Embryo caused a significant increase in Zhang Yu’s physical capacity and self-healing from internal injuries.

Zhang Yu thought, "The spike in capacity enables me to unleash my physical strength beyond limits without worrying about damage to muscles and bones, increasing my burst limit and endurance."

"Paired with this overload ability... the burst will be even more terrifying."

"The surge in self-healing from internal injuries, combined with the previous boost in self-healing from external injuries, adds an extra layer of insurance to my medical coverage."

"No, it’s not right, I can’t afford medical insurance now."

The reason Zhang Yu couldn’t afford medical insurance, aside from spending all his money on purchasing cultivation techniques, was that his insurance premiums had risen too high.

As his cultivation advanced and his body refinement strength increased, the cost needed to treat his injuries also grew, leading insurance companies to continually raise his premiums upon assessment, making insurance even more unaffordable for him.

Previously, Zhang Yu had heard from Fu Ji that some Foundation Establishment and even Golden Core experts couldn’t afford insurance, living timidly and fearing to speak loudly to anyone.

Once a conflict arises, they can’t afford the medical costs for themselves or the opposition.

Such Immortal Path experts were mockingly called ’fragile experts,’ meaning one touch could bankrupt them due to their shaky foundation in the Immortal Path.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "However, with the Martial Arts Sacred Embryo, even without insurance, most injuries won’t scare me."

"If there’s a biggest weakness I have now..."

Zhang Yu glanced at the data on his Yu Shu.

Dao Heart: Level 8 (89.5%)

Though there’s been a leap in advancement, compared to Zhang Yu’s mana and physical strength, which had reached the Qi Refinement limit, his Dao Heart still seemed somewhat lacking.

But it couldn’t be helped; recently he had earned several million from tutoring, most of which was spent on purchasing cultivation techniques, only managing to assemble the eight techniques needed for the Martial Arts Sacred Embryo.

The extra means to enhance Dao Heart relied on the Spirit Root of resentment and school’s Spirit Realm quotas, reaching Level 8 (89.5%) seemed already to be an extreme.

However, Zhang Yu understood he needn’t dwell on these matters; he had done all the preparations he could, and what he needed to do next was simply give his all in the examination.

Speaking of Dao Heart levels, Bai Zhenzhen beside him had already elevated her Dao Heart to Level 10, achieving Qi Refinement limits in Dao Heart, mana, and physical strength altogether.

Zhang Yu thought, "After all, Azhen didn’t have to, like me, purchase so many strategies to achieve Chain Technique Map set effects, allowing her to invest more in Dao Heart."

Though Zhang Yu knew that despite Bai Zhenzhen not mastering as many techniques, only learning two new techniques over the past three months, the True Spirit Root’s deduction ability granted her techniques more powerful Level 10 effects.

For the Infinite Sword Technique learned during the Foundation Establishment exam, post-deduction Level 10 effects accelerated it with thunderous mana, each sword strike faster than the last, breaking the sonic barrier by the twelfth strike, unleashing supersonic sword moves.

The two newly learned techniques post-deduction were also particularly adept in arena battles, prepared by Bai Zhenzhen to compete for the Foundation Establishment certificate.

Looking at the distant floating city gradually emerging in his vision, Zhang Yu thought, "Finally it’s here."

"The last round of the Foundation Establishment exam."

Thinking of the past year of struggle and multiple attempts and now approaching the final result, Zhang Yu felt an unprecedented excitement and tension, as if his blood was rushing.

...

After getting off at Xiandu City’s station.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen dared not visit any restaurants or drink shops.

They couldn’t use massage chairs that would emit piercing alarms if unpaid.

Only to casually rest in a vacant space within the station, awaiting the start time of the Foundation Establishment exam.

The same familiar restroom, familiar webpage, when Zhang Yu clicked ’participate,’ he felt his body suddenly drop, and when he regained senses, he was already in a vast square.

What surprised him most was that, besides the five True God examiners around the square, there appeared rows of audience seating, with figures on them now looking toward him.

"Audience?!"

Zhang Yu, shocked, looked at the surrounding stands, thinking, "The last round of the Foundation Establishment exam... actually has an audience? And so many?!"

"What is happening?"

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