You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 259 - 224 Victory and Defeat (Thanks to ’Zao Guang Ren’ for transferring money to Zhang Yu and sending Bai Zhenzhen 8 pairs of stockings to become an alliance leader)

Chapter 259: Chapter 224 Victory and Defeat (Thanks to ’Zao Guang Ren’ for transferring money to Zhang Yu and sending Bai Zhenzhen 8 pairs of stockings to become an alliance leader)

The first test is to assess whose physical body, Zhang Yu or Ye Lingxiao, is stronger and more potential through the testing mode of the Mystic Armor Spirit Root.

Originally, the winner was to be decided by the maximum power achieved by the Mystic Armor Spirit Root, but unexpectedly, both Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao raised the power of the God Spirit Root to 100% during the testing mode,

which caused a lively discussion within the internal communication network of the five True God examiners.

A Little God said, "I initially thought the Heavenly Spirit Root’s limit was too low to discern their superiority, so we brought in the God Spirit Root. But now, to our surprise, both these individuals have pushed the Mystic Armor Spirit Root’s power to 100%."

Another Little God said, "Both have reached 100% power on the Mystic Armor Spirit Root; how should we determine the winner of this round?"

"Surely we can’t ask for the Immortal Spirit Root, right? That’s reserved for personnel of the top ten sects, and I doubt the higher-ups would approve its use in the Foundation Establishment exam..."

While several Little Gods were feeling unsure, one God sighed and said, "Based on Ye Lingxiao’s performance in the previous round, I thought even with more progress, he could only raise the God Spirit Root’s power to eighty or ninety percent at most."

"I didn’t expect, after three months, he could further improve and develop his physical body to such an extent."

Huang Zichou nodded slightly in agreement, analyzing, "Developing the physical body to Ye Lingxiao’s level in the Qi Refinement Realm, it’s logically... as if attempting to climb the heavens to advance further by even a tiny bit."

At this moment, Chief Examiner Deng Bingding calmly said, "If it’s merely about developing muscles, fascia, bones, or internal organs, indeed, the closer to the Qi Refinement limit, the harder it is to progress."

"But this boy Ye Lingxiao... this time, the progress is in his brain."

Huang Zichou was astonished, "Brain?"

In his mind, he recalled Ye Lingxiao’s previous incoherent speech, thinking, "Is this what you call brain improvement?"

Deng Bingding looked in Ye Lingxiao’s direction and continued in their internal network, "Ye Lingxiao has a perfect bloodline and learns any cultivation technique particularly fast."

"But no matter how many techniques, one can only execute a limited number at any one time."

"Yet just now, the number of techniques he executed at the same time was indeed far beyond before, about doubled."

"This indicates that his brainpower and thinking have been further developed, leading to an increased number of techniques being activated simultaneously."

"It’s precisely because most of his brainpower is used to activate these techniques that other aspects, such as language organization skills, deteriorate..."

The other True Gods had their eyes shifted upon hearing this, as naturally, the physical body includes the brain.

But at the Qi Refinement stage, it’s exceedingly rare to develop the brain and enhance thinking in Kunxu’s first level; they didn’t expect it to happen to Ye Lingxiao.

A Little God said, "Even though both are at 100% power, the fact that Ye Lingxiao can enhance brainpower and thinking at the Qi Refinement stage shows his development of the physical body is obviously more superior, and his future in Foundation Establishment is more promising."

Another Little God agreed, "I think this round should be considered his win."

However, Huang Zichou had a different opinion, "Didn’t you notice that Ye Lingxiao achieved this with the help of medication?"

"And as for Zhang Yu’s series of explosive bursts, couldn’t you see the gold content in them?"

Reflecting on Zhang Yu’s surge from 2.8 meters to 3.3 meters, Huang Zichou remarked, "He had clearly performed the Whale Tendon Nine Changes cultivation technique."

"With his physique and bodily strength, the first increase in size should’ve been his limit."

"But then he broke through this limit, what does that indicate?"

"Moreover, he performed several other cultivation techniques, each one without exception showing similar results."

"Clearly, the same techniques, when in his hands, have a higher upper limit."

As True Gods having lived through long ages, the examiners present had either heard of or seen similar cases.

Some techniques, when handled by certain individuals, break the norm, making application more powerful and effective than others.

And Zhang Yu clearly possesses this exceedingly rare physical body talent.

Huang Zichou continued, "Furthermore, from the first time Zhang Yu registered until now, during the final round of examination, you could all see the amount of progress he made."

"With such talent and potential, I believe that if he successfully establishes his foundation, his future prospects are grander than Ye Lingxiao’s."

Immediately someone retorted, "It’s merely innate physical talent; aren’t the students who can establish their foundation lacking such a talent? On the contrary, Ye Lingxiao, who can explore methods on the first level to enhance his brainpower, shows more potential in intelligence."

Another True God added, "Zhang Yu can still try next year, while this is Ye Lingxiao’s last chance."

As the True Gods debated over the outcome of this test, the audience seats filled with numerous university representatives were also watching Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao, commenting one after another.

A college teacher said, "Take note of these two students, as soon as the Foundation Establishment exam ends, find a way to contact them. If we can recruit either one of them, our school will have another Foundation Establishment graduate!"

His colleague, however, expressed doubt, saying, "How could a student like that possibly get into college?"

The college teacher replied, "What’s wrong with college? College students can also transfer to universities! It doesn’t affect their chances of getting into a good university!"

The colleague thought to himself, "If they enter our college, their academic record will be tarnished, affecting their future education and job prospects, right?"

The teacher continued, "Especially this Zhang Yu, have you seen his profile? He’s poor, probably even more likely to be persuaded than Ye Lingxiao."

"Our college indeed has some gap compared to other universities, but we can offer better conditions for him, like a scholarship of 10 spirit coins per year during his time at school, and he can choose any major."

"Betting all our recruitment budget on getting him is more worthwhile than recruiting a hundred mediocre students, isn’t it?"

Meanwhile, elsewhere, Er Ha at Wanfa University said, "Not bad, not bad. If you don’t want these two people, our Civil Engineering Department is planning to take them. Such potential in their physical bodies would be wasted if not used to align the earth meridians."

Mao Mao Tou said indifferently, "Although they are not yet qualified for the Finance Department, they are indeed good enough for our university."

Despite Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao showing extraordinary potential, in Mao Mao Tou’s eyes, Ye Lingxiao was still a bit poor, and Zhang Yu was practically a super poor person, which meant a lack of Immortal Path potential and foundation.

He thought to himself, "How can poor people qualify for Wanfa University’s Finance Department?"

Mao Mao Tou continued, "However, I see that other universities are also quite interested in them. What conditions are you planning to offer?"

Er Ha replied, "A scholarship of 1.25 spirit coins per year, which should be enough for them to temporarily avoid borrowing mana to dig for spirit coins and focus on their studies for a while."

Mao Mao Tou nodded slightly, "1.25 spirit coins is indeed enough for daily life at the university."

On the other side of the audience seats.

"Crying Laughing Emoji" looked at the entrance exam and said, "Mom, this Zhang Yu seems to have potential. After I go down there, I want to recruit him too, to assist me along with Ye Lingxiao."

"Smiling Emoji" heard this and slightly furrowed her brows, advising in a knowing tone, "Son, your mom was once young too and appreciated and promoted some poor people."

"You can use this Zhang Yu, but remember this: people from below are ultimately different from us. If you treat them too much like people, you’ll eventually only be hurting them."

"Spoiling a dog is like killing a dog. If you truly want to use these poor people well, you have to temper them well. You can’t be too kind from the start..."

"Crying Laughing Emoji" was indifferent to this, having his own principles for employing people, which was to throw money at the problem. He didn’t believe there was anything in this world that couldn’t be solved by throwing enough money. If throwing money didn’t work, it just meant not enough money was being thrown.

While the representatives in the audience were commenting on the two candidates on the field, elsewhere on the intranet, four Little Gods couldn’t agree and ultimately looked to the chief examiner, Deng Bingding.

Deng Bingding said calmly, "For now, let’s call it a tie."

"After all, these two kids haven’t used their full strength yet."

Upon hearing Deng Bingding’s words, the four Little Gods were slightly taken aback, showing a look of surprise toward Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao.

Huang Zichou thought to himself, "This isn’t even their full strength yet?"

The five True Gods communicated rapidly on the intranet, exchanging a lot of information which, to the outside, seemed to occur in just an instant.

Huang Zichou soon announced the result of the first round, with neither side gaining an advantage, and the scores temporarily tied.

Ultimately, who would earn the Foundation Establishment qualification would depend on the scores from the second and third rounds, calculated based on the total score.

Meanwhile, standing in the center of the examination site, Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao exchanged glances, both sensing an increasingly intense fighting spirit from the other.

Zhang Yu licked his lips as his expanded muscles slowly began to contract, returning to a regular physique.

The previously blazing body temperature gradually cooled down, and under the effect of the Kan Bing Li Fire Body Tempering Technique, transitioned into a low-temperature state, relieving inflammation and swelling, aiding the body’s recovery.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "I still hadn’t used the toxic explosion of the Spring and Autumn Endless Zen at the last moment, not at my true full strength."

"I wonder how much strength that opponent hasn’t revealed yet?"

A moment later, feeling the internal injuries from the earlier outburst were almost healed, Zhang Yu focused his mind on the Chain Technique Map of Yu Shu, beginning to switch one cultivation technique after another to high school basic techniques, transitioning the effects of the Martial Sacred Embryo to the High School Sacred Body.

This process of swapping techniques and switching sacred bodies took Zhang Yu about 2-3 seconds.

After the switch, the original blessings of the Martial Sacred Embryo completely changed to the digestion capacity and drug absorption and metabolism abilities brought by the High School Sacred Body.

This made Zhang Yu feel a wave of comfort after consuming a large amount of medicine.

Feeling the medicinal toxins gather at the ’Zen’ character in his chest, Zhang Yu felt a sense of satisfaction.

The reason he took so much medicine just now was not merely to freeload medicine but also to enhance his chances of victory in this Foundation Establishment exam.

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