You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 337 - 286: Earthly Sacred Body, Continuous Rise in Ranking
Chapter 337: Chapter 286: Earthly Sacred Body, Continuous Rise in Ranking
Seeing the Dao seed on Zhang Pianpian’s body that appeared and disappeared quickly, Zhang Yu speculated in his heart, "Could it be necessary to gradually understand the other person and see them employ more techniques before you can gradually see their Dao seed clearly?" fɾeewebnoveℓ.co๓
Zhang Yu recalled his interactions with Yu Xinghan and Le Mulan, thinking to himself, "Indeed, Xinghan and I know each other very well, and I’ve had extensive interactions with Mu Lan over a long period with many deep exchanges."
"So it seems that to understand the Dao seed on my sister, I also need to know more about her."
However, thinking that he and his sister were now living in the same dorm room and would have plenty of time to interact, understanding the Dao seed slowly wouldn’t be too difficult, just like seeing the Taiqing Talisman flash by today.
After his sister left, Zhang Yu opened the platform introduced by his mana class teacher, Li Mingbo, called Mana Treasure.
"Selling mana in a single transaction requires at least 1000 units."
"If selling less than 1000 units of mana, you need to sign a weekly or monthly supply contract to provide mana steadily every day."
Zhang Yu checked the price for selling 100 units of this 113% quality mana each day.
Seeing those zeros after the decimal point made his eyes spin, prompting him to curse, "Mana is sold way too cheap here."
Fu Ji laughed, "Hehe, of course, the Spiritual Mechanism is so abundant here, and the dorms are much cheaper than the first layer’s Spirit Vein, showing that many people can sell their low-quality mana."
"So many people selling, how can it be expensive?"
"The more Wanfa University students cultivate, the more mana supply there is, allowing the wealthy to access cheap mana, so students must continue cultivating and constantly improve mana and mana quality to sell at a good price."
Fu Ji sighed, "The students here are like mana engines, continually absorbing Spiritual Mechanism and exhaling mana, paying willingly even."
Zhang Yu thought, "Low-quality and small-quantity mana simply can’t be sold at a good price."
"After enhancing mana, if you can’t sell a lot of it, it’s better to focus on body refinement first, to prepare for making money at the construction site."
Zhang Yu understood that university lasts only ten years, and every step of his plan is crucial, affecting his grade and ranking improvements, demanding caution.
With Zhang Pianpian’s reminder and after some contemplation, he decided to change his cultivation plan.
"Anyway, with the university Sacred Body, cultivating any technique is especially fast, so it doesn’t matter if I focus on Dao Heart, mana, the body, or other directions first."
With this thought, Zhang Yu decided to temporarily abandon the original set he wanted to complete—Qi Vein Flow.
"Qi Vein Flow can only be delayed for now."
"First body refinement, then earn big money on the construction site, and once I have money, further enhance cultivation efficiency."
"At the same time, minimize displaying my strength to avoid being too shocking..."
However, his previous cultivation wasn’t wasted, as the Mixed Element Fetal Breathing Scripture allowed him to constantly absorb Spiritual Mechanism and refine mana, making it essential to focus on the body, as this is a necessary breath control method.
At this moment, Zhang Yu opened the vast library in the eye sockets, scanning through volumes of expert-level body refining techniques.
"Currently, the only Foundation Establishment Stage body refining technique I have mastered is the Spring and Autumn Endless Zen."
"The Level 10 Spring and Autumn Endless Zen is a part of the Martial Arts Saint Fetus."
"And the Level 20 Spring and Autumn Endless Zen is part of the Martial Arts Saint Body."
Zhang Yu speculated in his heart that this Martial Arts Saint Body should be the Foundation Establishment version of the Martial Arts Saint Fetus.
"Referring to the efficacy of the Martial Arts Saint Fetus, it mainly includes resistance to attacks, self-healing, and enhancing martial power."
"But now is the time for me to develop, chasing high attack, high defense, and thick blood doesn’t mean much."
After all, in Zhang Yu’s view, what good does it do to be able to fight at the beginning of Foundation Establishment? Making money is more important.
Zhang Yu’s gaze skimmed over the brief descriptions of the expert-level techniques in the vast library, noticing a series of chain technique map sets through these briefings.
"Volcanic Bone Melting, Kunpeng Embryo, Blood Burning..."
Zhang Yu curled his lips; though he could see the names of sets through expert-level techniques, he didn’t know their specific effects unless he genuinely practiced them.
"Can only guess from the names."
After some frantic perusal and selection, Zhang Yu eventually chose a set—Earthwood Sacred Body
Though other sets all seemed very good, for Zhang Yu, it always came down to this...
"What’s the use of being able to fight? We college students compete over who has the most money."
And after listing the prices of the body refining techniques under the Earthwood Sacred Body from low to high, Zhang Yu first chose the cheapest Foundation Establishment Stage expert-level technique, called Earth Eating Divine Skill.
This Earth Eating Divine Skill refines a gluttonous mana, then breaks down consumed materials to temper the flesh and enhance body strength.
As the technique improves, the materials consumed increase in level, starting from the most basic dirt, to cement, to concrete, even to steel bars, alloys... The stronger the materials broken down, the stronger the body’s tempering effect.
Of course, this Foundation Establishment Stage technique’s method of strengthening the body by consuming materials is different from true eating; relying solely on eating rebar and cement can strengthen the body, but one can’t survive without eating real food, real meals must still be had.
However, upon just browsing the technique’s introduction, Zhang Yu noticed a line of scarlet warning below.
"This technique is a legitimate body refining technique and does not encourage any construction site theft behaviors. Cultivators should purchase practice materials through regular channels."
Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback, looked below, and saw a series of construction site theft news stories involving stealing and eating cables, rebar, concrete, and even demon offspring...
"Is this warning cultivators of this technique not to steal things from the construction site to eat?"
After spending 0.3 spirit coins, Zhang Yu obtained the electronic copyright for this technique.
Skimming it briefly, he remembered Zhang Pianpian’s reminder and, this time, didn’t practice at the dormitory entrance but headed towards the area below the 100th floor of Wanfa University City.
...
Zhang Yu crossed the Magnetic Channel, and the first feeling upon reaching the 99th floor... was silence.
No one was in sight on the streets, only the gray cement ground.
There were no advertisements, projections, or signs in the air...
The entire 99th floor was unusually quiet, whether observed with the naked eye or through the eye sockets, as if there was no one on this floor.
Scanning the houses lining the streets, Zhang Yu noticed that most windows were dark.
He thought to himself, "Is it because there are particularly few people on this floor?"
Although feeling a bit strange, Zhang Yu was not interested in investigating what was happening at the moment. Utilizing the power of the detection ritual within his body, he noticed that the surveillance cameras on this level were indeed fewer.
All the way down to the 95th floor, Zhang Yu found a corner without surveillance cameras.
And on this journey, from the 99th floor to the 95th, it was completely silent, and Zhang Yu didn’t even encounter a single person.
"Could it be that the mortals are concentrated on the lower levels? Are there fewer people on these levels?"
Shaking his head to suppress the doubts in his heart, Zhang Yu refocused on cultivation.
He took a piece of concrete that had been prepared earlier, and then began to cultivate the Earth Eating Divine Skill by condensing his gluttonous mana.
During the cultivation of this technique, Zhang Yu immediately felt an incredible burst of power erupt in his stomach, which, combined with the decomposition of the gluttonous mana, crushed the concrete to powder in an instant.
Witnessing this scene, Zhang Yu was shocked and thought to himself, "The university’s Sacred Body has endowed me with peak Foundation Establishment digestion ability."
"In such a situation, the power my stomach can unleash might be even stronger than the force of my hands."
Thinking about this, Zhang Yu suddenly realized that the digestion power granted by the university’s Sacred Body complemented the Earth Eating Divine Skill well.
The next moment, he was once again fully absorbed in cultivation.
Earth Eating Divine Skill Level 1
Fu Ji looked at the surrounding environment and thought to herself, "There isn’t a single soul here, and there are blind spots without surveillance. It’s quite suitable for setting up rituals."
"Since upgrading to Level 2 Evil God, I’ve entered Wanfa University City but haven’t had the opportunity to establish a new ritual. Perhaps this place is an opportunity..."
Considering it for a while, Fu Ji decided to observe a little longer and suggest Zhang Yu prepare the ritual only after confirming the place was safe enough.
In the following days, outside of attending classes, Zhang Yu would come below the 100th floor to cultivate the Earth Eating Divine Skill.
The Residual Bull Sacrifice Technique and the Mixed Element Fetal Breathing Scripture operated 24/7, continuously enhancing his Dao Heart and mana with the assistance of the university’s Sacred Body.
As for his performance in class and the monitoring of basic metrics, he used reverse detection rituals to slightly hide it, making his progress appear less astonishing.
...
Outside the magic remains rental center.
Li Xiao, along with Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, and others, walked out chatting and laughing.
"I’ll head out first then."
"Yeah, continue tomorrow."
"No problem, can I not have this amount of spirit coins?"
After a bout of jokes with classmates, Li Xiao walked toward the dormitory in high spirits. Meanwhile, his magic remains displayed the current class ranking.
Seeing himself still at the 10th position with 295 points, his smile grew wider.
Looking down, he was somewhat surprised: "Zhang Yu has moved from 19th to 18th place? 272 points, is he starting to make progress?"
But Li Xiao just shook his head. Half of the three-month basic course period had passed, and there was no way the opponent could catch up with him.
A few days later, early in the morning, Li Xiao checked the class ranking again. Seeing himself still at the 10th rank with 296 points, he noticed Zhang Yu had risen to 16th with 275 points, causing his brow to furrow slightly.
"He’s increasing his scores so fast?" Li Xiao pondered internally, "Seems like he’s not randomly practicing basic cultivation techniques anymore."
If Zhang Yu were to suddenly surpass Li Xiao in one go, rapidly climbing up the ranks, Li Xiao might consider abandoning the competition plan.
But seeing Zhang Yu climb up bit by bit over the past few days, Li Xiao was driven to work harder and invest more spirit coins to fiercely suppress Zhang Yu.
Just then, Ying Xin’s message popped up in his magic remains: Want to go to the Soul Sea of Clouds together today?
Li Xiao immediately replied: "Sure! Let’s practice for ten hours today."
In the coming days, Li Xiao cultivated even more diligently. His account balance decreased by the day, while loan platform bills increased, along with daily cultivation improvements.
Every morning, his first task was to check his ranking and Zhang Yu’s.
Rank 14, Zhang Yu, 279 points
Li Xiao thought: "How much is this guy spending?"
Rank 12, Zhang Yu, 284 points
"His loans probably aren’t less than mine."
Rank 11, Zhang Yu, 296 points
Rank 10, Li Xiao, 301 points
"With one month left until official classes start, I cannot lose here..."
Watching Zhang Yu slowly catch up with him over these days, Li Xiao felt increasingly anxious as the comprehensive score gap closed.
"Once I enter the construction site... Only then I can repay the loan!"
"The competition on the Immortal Path is about gaining an early advantage! Otherwise, a single step behind means being behind at every step."
"If I cannot enter the construction site first, just the pressure from loans will severely slow down my cultivation efficiency."
"Zhang Yu... Want to compete in Immortal Path potential?"
"Then bring it on!"
"Mr. Tu will definitely bring me to the construction site first!"
Thinking this, a ruthless expression flashed across Li Xiao’s face as he opened the collateral feature of the loan platform.
Several days later, Li Xiao checked the nightly updated ranking again.
He stared intently at the ranking shown.
Rank 9, Li Xiao, 308 points
Rank 8, Zhang Yu, 309 points
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