You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 325 - 276 University Rankings

A seemingly ordinary young man walked in; he was neither tall nor bore any noticeable traces of magic remains.

Yet not one person present dared to underestimate him. It wasn’t just because of the Foundation Establishment Domain he possessed, but also because his entire body was enveloped in a bubble-like aura, shimmering with the radiance of a magic treasure.

The next moment, his voice directly appeared in everyone’s ears: "I am Ji Yuanshu."

Ji Yuanshu: I don’t want to come into contact with the second layer of air, using a Wind Stabilizing Pearl to isolate fluctuations in the surrounding atmosphere, so I’d appreciate it if you all didn’t get too close to me.

Ji Yuanshu: I can hear you speaking and can transmit my voice directly to you.

The crowd was somewhat at a loss as they looked at Ji Yuanshu, until finally, Gongshu Jin stood up, took the initiative to greet him, and then introduced each other.

Gongshu Jin frowned in his heart: "A guy from the sixth layer... why is he coming to the Civil Engineering Department? Tch, this way, he will definitely be the top of the class."

Meanwhile, Ji Yuanshu glanced around and thought to himself: "Except for Gongshu Jin, there’s nothing worth noting. These people are not in the same domain as me anyway."

"As for this Gongshu Jin... to avoid unnecessary consumption, I’d better communicate with him."

Looking at Gongshu Jin, who was surrounded by people, Ji Yuanshu directly transmitted his voice: "I will take the top spot in the Foundation Establishment class in the Civil Engineering Department for three full years before transferring to the Finance Department."

Upon hearing this, Gongshu Jin smiled slightly and nodded a bit.

He knew that once the other left, he would be the number one in the class, monopolizing the annual class leader’s reward.

As for the first three years...

Gongshu Jin thought: "It’s not impossible to lose the first three years, at least it ensures the following seven years, avoiding conflicts with him."

"And once that guy goes to the Finance Department, he might even be able to help me a little..."

Ji Yuanshu for the first three years, Gongshu Jin for the later seven; with just one exchange, the top prize in this Foundation Establishment class seemed to be decided for the next ten years.

As for the other classmates, they certainly weren’t even considered by them.

Zhang Yu was watching the six-layer elders when Yu Xinghan suddenly patted his shoulder, exclaiming in surprise: "Zhang Yu! Look, a sixth-layer Foundation Establishment student just came in!"

Zhang Yu rolled his eyes and whispered: "Damn it... how delayed are you? You’re only seeing it now?"

Elsewhere, as the conversation gradually picked up again, Li Xiao suggested: "After the class meeting ends today, shall we have a gathering?" freewebnσvel.cøm

He truly wanted to build connections with these upper-level students and integrate into their circle.

But Ying Xin just snorted and said: "Wanfa University doesn’t do the whole gathering thing."

Gongshu Jin chuckled as he took out a pill and said: "Besides taking medicine daily, I only consume Fasting Pills."

Ji Yuanshu said flatly: "I can control my body’s digestive system and have no need for external aid, nor any need to eat."

Feeling the surrounding people’s mocking gazes, Li Xiao’s face flushed slightly, knowing he had made yet another joke of himself, and he began to hate even more his identity as someone on the first layer.

At this moment, with the arrival of a Golden Core Domain, the teacher of the Foundation Establishment class arrived.

The Golden Core Cultivator, Master Jiao Lei, is within 10 meters of you, please remain still to avoid accidental injury.

Like the Foundation Establishment Domains of the several individuals before, this Golden Core True Man also contracted the range of his Golden Core Domain voluntarily.

Completely swathed in electric light, the humanoid figure flashed into the classroom and first locked eyes with Ji Yuanshu.

In an instant, friend messages appeared in their eyes.

Master Jiao Lei: Yuan Shu, long time no see, how’s your teacher?

Ji Yuanshu: My master has gained another 100 years of life recently and is in a great mood.

Through their eye contact, amidst everyone’s unawareness, they completed a brief exchange of pleasantries.

Following which, Master Jiao Lei turned to the many students present and said: "I am Master Jiao Lei, your future homeroom teacher."

"Among you are those who have been studying at this school for years, as well as freshmen who just graduated from high school."

"I’ll treat you all as newcomers and say everything once."

"Starting tomorrow, the next three months will be a unified Foundation Establishment Stage course."

"After the three-month course, elective courses will begin freely."

"During your 10 years on campus, as long as you complete the credit requirements, you can graduate..."

"But since you have entered the Foundation Establishment class, I think graduation is your minimum requirement. Graduate studies, certifications—these should be your primary goals, and the first year of Foundation Establishment is the most crucial year; you can start planning for the future now..."

Zhang Yu listened intently to Master Jiao Lei’s explanation about credits, course selection, and related matters.

Then he went on to talk about the notice of school ranking details.

"Ranking... is a reflection of your academic achievements at school."

"Rankings are based on a combination of credits from completed courses, grades, and extracurricular competitions, projects, etc."

"Then they are divided by different realms, starting from the most basic... like our Foundation Establishment class’s class ranking."

"Next is the ranking for the entire Civil Engineering Department, which is no longer divided by grade, generally into the domain of senior students; it will take several years for you to compete."

"Then there’s the total ranking of the School of Architecture and Civil Engineering, followed by cross-departmental national rankings."

"Each leaderboard will update daily and be finalized at the end of each academic year, with rewards handed out to the top-ranking students..."

"All of you are in the first year of Foundation Establishment, so don’t worry about the other leaderboards yet. They belong to the domain of seniors; the main focus should be on class ranking."

"Every year, the first in the class ranking can receive a scholarship of 3 spirit coins and one cultivation technique."

"The cultivation technique is chosen from the Seven Extremes of Civil Engineering of our Wanfa University."

Master Jiao Lei said with some pride: "The Seven Extremes of Civil Engineering is the signature cultivation technique of the Civil Engineering Department of our Wanfa University. Each of the Seven Extremes is a top-notch expert-level technique."

"And if you master three of them, you can combine them into one, forming a technique close to military-level."

He said with an encouraging tone: "Moreover, if you can successfully master all seven and pass the military civil engineering certification, you can combine them into one, mastering the military-level technique — Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power."

Although Master Jiao Lei’s words were encouraging, the students he primarily focused on were Ji Yuanshu and Gongshu Jin.

He thought that Ji Yuanshu should have collected the rewards of the first three years and would have enough for the three-in-one to change departments.

Instead, Gongshu Jin had a high probability of mastering the Seven Extremes of Civil Engineering in the remaining seven years.

"I just don’t know if he will have the ability in the future to pass the military civil engineering certification and eventually master the combination of all seven Qi..."

In the corner that Master Jiao Lei did not notice, Zhang Yu’s eyes lit up: "This Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power... sounds awesome."

Fu Ji said: "But seven years is too long, won’t this delay your department transfer? Unless you finish the civil engineering undergraduate and then take the artifact refining master’s program."

"And to get this thing, you’ll have to compete against a sixth-layer and a fourth-layer."

Zhang Yu said: "When coming to the top ten, wasn’t it expected to compete with these people?"

He looked at the half-filled black symbol in his palm, thinking to himself: "Come on Yu Shu, don’t let my talent go to waste."

Then Master Jiao Lei talked about some general matters to pay attention to in the university town.

"...whether you know it or not, I have to reiterate that planting is strictly prohibited in the university town."

"In the past, some students secretly did hydroponics in the dorm and were directly expelled, permanently stripped of university qualifications, no amount of spirit coins could compensate."

"So don’t let me find any leaves in your dorm, no one can save you if caught."

"Also, those eating cement mixed with medicine to save money, remember to eat when the stomach is overfull, if your digestive system feels burdened, vomit it out, a block of cement eaten and vomited like this can maintain the digestive system for a month, don’t just eat without vomiting, otherwise, you might end up blocking your system, causing internal injury."

"Don’t laugh, do you think nobody went bankrupt from this with cement? Even a layer-one Qi Refining student, even though you’ve reached Foundation Establishment, take this as a warning, don’t make such jokes."

After going over various precautions, Master Jiao Lei continued: "By the way, the scholarship for new students who established the foundation in high school will be credited today or tomorrow, in addition to another reward..."

Zhang Yu felt a stir in his heart, as the recruitment agreement he discussed with Wanfa University’s representatives included a scholarship of 2.5 spirit coins.

Master Jiao Lei announced several names, including Ji Yuanshu, Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, Li Xiao, and Yu Xinghan.

Together with Zhang Yu, these five were all the Foundation Establishment students from high school in this class.

Master Jiao Lei said: "You all passed the Foundation Establishment exam in high school, in the Foundation Establishment class, you enjoy discounts on cultivation techniques, basic techniques at 40%, advanced techniques at 60%, expert techniques at 80%."

"And then... Zhang Yu."

Master Jiao Lei announced just this one name: "You did very well, taking the Foundation Establishment exam in the first year and obtaining the Foundation Establishment certification in the second year, the first in high school to succeed in the first attempt of the Foundation Establishment exam."

"If you go to the Great Library to exchange for techniques, basic techniques are 20%, advanced techniques are 40%, expert techniques are 60%."

Hearing this, Zhang Yu was delighted and thought to himself that his effort in the Foundation Establishment exam was not in vain.

After all, all Foundation Establishment stage techniques at Wanfa University are sold in spirit coins, and every extra discount saved is a significant reduction.

Upon hearing Master Jiao Lei’s words, all the students present turned to look at Zhang Yu with a hint of surprise on their faces.

Even Gongshu Jin, who hadn’t paid much attention to Zhang Yu, raised an eyebrow: "Getting the Foundation Establishment certification in the second year? So he defeated the third-year students in his second year?"

"However, based on his basic stats, he hasn’t shown an advantage over me for starting a year earlier... Is it because the first layer’s cultivation conditions are too poor?"

"It seems buying him might be quite cheap."

In Gongshu Jin’s impression, people from the first layer were those who could be made grateful with a little spirit coin and would go all out for him.

On the other side, Ji Yuanshu also sized up Zhang Yu seriously for once, his eyes scanning Zhang Yu’s body, revealing the model of Time Residual Demon Pupil.

"He established a foundation a year earlier than me, but his basic stats are 30% lower."

"Indicating insufficient cultivation conditions, yet equipped with top-notch eye remains?"

"What a peculiar guy."

Thinking this, Ji Yuanshu slightly searched for Zhang Yu’s information on the Spirit Realm Network, quickly finding a historical record of a delisted item on an Oasis Group shopping platform.

Then, Master Jiao Lei pointed to Ji Yuanshu: "Ji Yuanshu, you will be the class monitor from now on, set up a group and add everyone to it."

Master Jiao Lei thought to himself: "Ji Yuanshu, after all, is a sixth layer person, steady in his actions and able to command respect. Not as unreliable as those from the first or second layer."

Then he added: "There won’t be any more class meetings in the future, address any issues through the Spirit Realm Network."

Saying that, Master Jiao Lei transformed into a bolt of lightning and disappeared into the air, coming and going swiftly, having spent just over ten minutes speaking with the students.

After this teacher left, the students present were pulled into the group set up by Ji Yuanshu.

Gongshu Jin suddenly remembered something, turned to Li Xiao, and asked: "You’re from the first layer, right? Are you familiar with Zhang Yu? He must be quite famous there, don’t you think?"

Seeing Gongshu Jin’s apparent interest in Zhang Yu, a hint of jealousy crossed Li Xiao’s mind, and he quickly said: "He’s from a small place and is indeed quite famous there because he beat up his boss, who even gave him a billion in funds..."

Li Xiao exaggerated the story about Wang Yin a bit, causing Gongshu Jin to frown slightly: "So ungrateful?"

Li Xiao promptly added: "The fight between Wang Yin and him was broadcast to higher-ups, you might still be able to find it if you search."

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