You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 260 - 225 Teaching-Level Magic Remains

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The High School Sacred Body grants me a stronger drug metabolism ability than the opponent."

"If the opponent accumulates a large amount of drug toxins, it might harm the body and affect performance."

"But that won’t happen to me."

"Relying on the drug toxins accumulated by the High School Sacred Body, then detonate them using the Spring and Autumn Endless Zen, and finally combine the Martial Arts Sacred Fetus’s explosion... this is my true full power."

Meanwhile, Ye Lingxiao felt the battle intent emanating from Zhang Yu and thought, "This person’s strength is formidable."

"With his capability... if he had been present last year... if he’s present now, his strength is indeed impressive."

"To completely surpass him, I have to exert my full strength and push beyond my limits once again."

While Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao were contemplating the current match situation and considering their subsequent performance, Huang Zichou began instructing the two to remove the Mystic Armor Spirit Root, preparing for the next round of exams.

At the same time, the light screen before Huang Zichou flickered, displaying scenes of Foundation Establishment Cultivators utilizing the Mystic Armor Spirit Root.

"After all, the two examinees are only at the Qi Refinement level, merely able to activate the Mystic Armor Spirit Root at its most basic 100% power."

"If this divine spirit root were activated by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator with enough mana injected, its power would be more than ten times as formidable."

Zhang Yu looked at the hundred-meter-long fire dragon and whirlwind on the screen, and couldn’t help but lick his lips, thinking, "Is this really an advertisement?"

He glanced at the audience, "Is it an advertisement for those universities?"

Then, Zhang Yu reluctantly withdrew the mana in his combat suit, feeling the gradual dispersal of the fire dragon behind him and the whirlwind beneath his feet. Watching the Mystic Armor Barrier around him dissipate, he sighed inwardly, "When will I ever have such a divine spirit root?"

Though merely in test mode and without actual use of the Mystic Armor Spirit Root, Zhang Yu could already feel its strength.

"The combat ability of this battle spirit root is simply on a different scale compared to the Heavenly Spirit Root."

"This is despite my inadequate strength. If I could use the Mystic Armor Spirit Root to establish my foundation, wouldn’t I be ridiculously powerful?"

"No, no, this Mystic Armor Spirit Root is a battle spirit root, but my goal is beyond foundation establishment, at least Golden Core, or Nascent Soul. I should be using a cultivation spirit root..."

But the next moment, Zhang Yu realized he seemed to be daydreaming too much, as in reality, he couldn’t even afford the Heavenly Spirit Root, let alone the divine spirit root.

After Huang Zichou collected the divine spirit root, he began explaining the content of the second round of exams.

"As everyone knows, once mana reaches 100 units, one can wear a piece of Magic Remains."

"And as the mana increases, the number of Magic Remains that can be equipped and supported increases as well."

"Therefore... the higher the cultivation level, the more affluent the cultivator is, the more Magic Remains they have."

"So the content of the next round is to see how well your physical body adapts to the Magic Remains, and who fares better."

While speaking, Huang Zichou’s Divine Power fluctuated as he brought over various devices that surrounded Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao, as if setting up an operating table.

"In this examination, I will use the Ministry of Health’s talisman to temporarily sever your connection with your own body, transferring your neural signals temporarily to the Magic Remains."

"This won’t truly grant you Magic Remains, nor require you to provide mana to them, but instead simulate the feeling of a physical body replaced with Magic Remains."

"Throughout the process, you will simulate a total of three Magic Remains, and at the end, your synchronization rates with the Magic Remains will represent your scores for this round..."

According to Huang Zichou’s explanation, the synchronization rate indicates the host’s control over the Magic Remains.

The higher the synchronization rate, the more the host can utilize the power of the Magic Remains.

If the synchronization rate is too low, not only can the Magic Remains’ power not be exerted, but there is also a risk of the Magic Remains going out of control, leading to madness.

While Huang Zichou spoke, Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao had already lain on the operating tables, surrounded by circuits, patches, and detectors...

Er Ha in the audience watched this scene and commented, "This round is well designed."

"Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao must have gained such powerful bodies through extensive rigorous training and drug stimulation."

"To acquire such a robust physique through hellish training, breaking through countless barriers with it, they tend to place excessive importance on their physical bodies."

"Many freshmen face challenges adapting to Magic Remains due to the original body’s strength and the deep connection between mind and body, leading to poor performance."

"The path of physical cultivation is about carrying forward and letting go, continuously strengthening oneself while constantly accepting newer and stronger Magic Remains. This is the righteous path of the Immortal Sect."

In response to Er Ha’s comment, Cat Head did not reply but spoke after seeing the first Magic Remains brought out by Huang Zichou, "Is it the eye Magic Remains from Heavenly Eye Company?"

"Ha, indeed an advertisement directed at us."

"Trying to get more universities to procure their teaching-grade eye Magic Remains, huh?"

Meanwhile, two crystal-clear, gem-like eyeballs floated in front of Huang Zichou in the examination hall.

You could hear him introducing: "This is the latest eye augmentation developed by Heavenly Eye Company—Far Sight..."

Listening to Huang Zichou’s introduction, Zhang Yu then knew that eye augmentations are classified into educational, professional, and enterprise levels.

Above the enterprise level are the military and Immortal Sect levels, similar to Magic Treasures and Cultivation Techniques.

At this moment, what Huang Zichou was holding was an educational-level eye augmentation.

Once this augmentation is implanted, it not only allows you to visually search for various materials but also contains Artifact Spirits with simple intelligent recognition, intelligent search, marking, and other functions.

Of course, apart from these basic functions, its most important feature is connecting to the network and observing the Spirit Realm.

Huang Zichou said: "...In daily university life, using eye augmentation to connect to the internet for payments, communication, consultations, etc., is commonplace."

"And the Spirit Realm is even more common in universities. Without eye augmentation, you would be no different from a blind person at university..."

At the same time, Huang Zichou thought to himself: "That’s why once all students enroll, their universities will uniformly distribute eye augmentations, so students can live seamlessly."

"These eye augmentations are uniformly procured by various universities and then charged to students."

"Students either pay in installments or temporarily mortgage their own eyes."

"However, eye augmentations are not expensive, and most can pay them off before graduation. Unless they stay on the secondary level, having augmentation on the primary becomes useless; returning graduates usually switch back to their own eyes and sell the augments used at university to recoup costs."

Yet Huang Zichou realizes that although a single educational-level eye augmentation isn’t worth much, universities’ bulk purchasing amounts are substantial.

Heavenly Eye Company, specialized in eye augmentations, is evidently aiming for this market, investing heavily in advertising here.

Looking at the representatives seated in the audience, Huang Zichou thinks they charged too little for all this advertising.

Just after Huang Zichou finished introducing, with the deployment of talismans from the Ministry of Health, Zhang Yu felt a searing Divine Power pierce through his eyes.

The next moment, his vision went dark, losing complete visual perception.

Not only did he lose vision, but with his control over his physical body, Zhang Yu couldn’t even sense the presence of his eyeballs, as if the searing light had just dug out both his eyeballs.

This feeling made Zhang Yu quite uncomfortable, eliciting a nameless tension.

Meanwhile, Huang Zichou said: "Don’t panic, we just temporarily disconnected you from your eyes; your eyes are completely intact."

"Now I’m going to transfer your neural signals to the Heavenly Eye brand eye augmentation—Far Sight."

"This requires only 100 units of Mana, and Qi Refinement Realm students can adapt easily. The process is simple and lightweight, so don’t be nervous..."

Before Huang Zichou finished his words, Zhang Yu felt a stabbing pain in his eyes, followed by blurry light.

Huang Zichou continued, "The Far Sight will automatically adjust to your visual system—it might be blurry initially, but it’s temporary."

Just like the camera focusing process, Zhang Yu initially felt everything in view was blurry, like covered in a mosaic.

But quickly, he sensed his eyeballs were constantly contracting and expanding, as everything around progressively became clearer.

Yet the scene before him was entirely different from the previous examination hall.

"Is this..."

Looking up, there was an infinite, cloudless azure sky.

Looking down, it was a vast and boundless expanse like an endless blue silk unfolding as the sea.

Meanwhile, Huang Zichou’s voice came again: "We temporarily laid out a layer of Spirit Realm in the examination hall; you should see its scenery now?"

The next moment, alongside a sweep of Huang Zichou’s Divine Power, the vast sea and sky vanished without a trace.

But the previously cold examination hall floor now appeared to them filled with advertisements for various Spirit Roots, augmentations, promotional videos, and discount information.

Zhang Yu hesitated slightly, thinking: "This is the True God, the perspective of second-tier university representatives on the examination hall?"

"Information visible only after the eye augmentations are implanted."

At this moment, Zhang Yu reflected: "If entering the Spirit Realm through spiritual interfaces is like entering a virtual world."

"Then the so-called unfold of the Spirit Realm in reality, like AR technology, integrates virtual environments with reality, and is a real world only discernible via eye augmentations."

"Without eye augmentations, am I even unworthy of seeing advertisements above?"

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