You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 55 - 42 The Legal Race Lineup

55: Chapter 42: The Legal Race Lineup

55 -42: The Legal Race Lineup

On the bus.

Because the law competition times for seniors, juniors, and sophomores are different, on the rented bus for Songyang High School, only Zhang Yu and his fellow contestants from his year were present.

He Dayou looked in Zhang Yu’s direction, contemplating the effort Zhang Yu had put in recently, a thoughtful look in his eyes.

Lately, as Zhang Yu’s mana surged to 15.4, he had already reached first place in their grade ranking.

However, considering Zhang Yu must have spent all his time increasing his mana, He Dayou was somewhat dismissive.

“Is it for the law competition?”

“The law competition isn’t just about the level of mana.”

He Dayou thought that if it weren’t for laying a solid foundation to master control over mana, and if his family was willing to spend more money, he would have reached first in the grade in mana values long ago.

This is why in Songyang High School, the mana of wealthy students only truly starts to outpace that of poorer students in junior year.

The experience from their families taught them that freshman year is primarily about building a foundation.

Excessive pursuit of high mana values, on the contrary, could lead to insufficient control and could even take a long time to overcome.

He Dayou thought further: “In mana competitions, while the level of mana is merely a baseline, what truly determines ranking is the control over mana…”

Reflecting on this, he sighed internally: “In essence, unless it’s a sports competition, which is indeed Songyang’s strong suit, in mana competitions, we’re just there to be part of the atmosphere for the weirdos from the three prestigious schools.”

On the other side of the bus.

Zhang Yu looked at Bai Zhenzhen, who was resting with her eyes closed, and asked: “How is it?

Can you tell me now whom you plan to meet?”

Bai Zhenzhen rolled her eyes at him and pulled out her phone to show him a message on the screen.

Zhang Yu saw a line of text: “There’s an ear to the seat, talk on the phone.”

Zhang Yu quickly typed a question: “So who exactly are you taking me to meet for this law competition?”

Bai Zhenzhen: “Poor folks from other schools.”

Zhang Yu’s eyes lit up: “You mean…

there are poor students from other schools with similar thoughts to ours?”

Bai Zhenzhen: “Yes.”

Zhang Yu curiously asked: “Which school?”

Bai Zhenzhen sent a female symbol ☥, then a ☻~

Zhang Yu’s eyes widened in surprise: “Black woman?”

He was surprised, wondering if there were also blacks in Kunxu.

Bai Zhenzhen rolled her eyes again, not understanding what Zhang Yu meant by black woman, and directly replied on her phone: “I meant female students and soul cultivators.”

Upon hearing these two answers, Zhang Yu instantly got it.

Indeed, how many rich people would change gender or even abandon their bodies just to enter high school?

Mangshan High School and Holy Girls’ Academy, these two high schools are naturally the strongholds for the poor.

The top students there are necessarily also poor.

How could they not want to break through the shackles and get into top universities after struggling to graduate from high school with excellent grades?

Wait a minute.

Zhang Yu suddenly asked curiously: “Soul cultivators can also compete?”

Bai Zhenzhen shook her head: “They’re probably not here to compete.

They seem to be here to help the referees and to report on the events while being spectators.”

…

The bus slowly drove into a high school.

This was the location for the current law competition, one of the three prestigious schools in Songyang City, Red Tower High School.

The group of students from Songyang High School followed Teacher Yan to an indoor stadium and saw many students already waiting inside.

Various colorful and differently shaped school uniforms indicated that they came from different high schools in Songyang City.

When the group from Songyang High School stepped into the stadium, numerous gazes instantly swept towards them.

Someone sighed internally: “Songyang has come too?

Another strong school.”

Some were observing the crowd carefully, thinking: “Such a strong aura, is this the school tyrants from a key high school?”

Others gloated internally: “So what if it’s a key high school, they still have to come and be background extras with us.”

In the designated preparation area for Songyang High School, Teacher Yan began reminding everyone of the key points to watch out for.

“Today’s competition has three events.

Pay attention to the distribution of mana, don’t get nervous, just treat it as normal practice…”

After Teacher Yan allowed everyone to rest and use the bathroom, Qian Shen hurriedly went to check the list of participants.

He took out his phone, checking the names on the list and starting to look up scores.

“White Dragon High School, Song Halong, 682 points in the last monthly exam.”

“Purple Cloud High School, Le Mulan, 678 points in the last monthly exam.”

“Hiss…”

The more scores Qian Shen looked up, the more he gasped, feeling: “These are all monsters.”

On the other side, Zhang Yu was dragging Bai Zhenzhen to the restroom, when he suddenly sensed a heavy pressure in the air.

Spirit machines…

were stirring!

It felt as if they had jumped from shallow water into deep water.

The two instantly turned around, looking toward the source of this pressure.

A group of people dressed in white school uniforms were slowly entering the stadium.

Every person wore a white uniform with different numbers, ranging from 1 to 10.

Zhang Yu was puzzled: “What’s this?

The Ten Blades?”

What he didn’t know was that this was the characteristic uniform of White Dragon High School, where each person’s clothes displayed numbers.

After each monthly exam, the numbers on their chests and backs were updated to show their monthly exam rankings.

At this moment, the numbers 1 to 10 on the ten people represented their place in the top ten of their grade.

However, Zhang Yu knew that the source of the spirit machine disturbance came from the leader of this group.

A giant standing at two and a half meters, like a Titan Giant, with hair rising to the sky atop his head.

Upon seeing the eyes all looking toward him, the giant smiled shyly, rubbing his towering hair, and said: “Sorry everyone, just got a Heavenly Spirit Root, not quite used to it, I’ll try to control it…”

As he let out a low shout, the pressure in the air gradually subsided, returning to normal.

Bai Zhenzhen watched this scene, exasperatedly saying: “Showing off wealth right off the bat, such a despisable filthy rich.”

But thinking about the upcoming competition where she might lose to these people, Bai Zhenzhen felt a sense of helplessness.

After the recent supplement lessons and practice, Bai Zhenzhen already confirmed one thing: in pure mana control, her talent is still far inferior to Zhang Yu.

This competition was destined to be just a walk-on for her.

On the other side, Qian Shen looked at the uniforms of the White Dragon High School group, and the scores he had just checked immediately surfaced in his eyes.

Aligning them one by one with the numbers on their uniforms, he looked at the giant and thought: “Is that Song Halong?

The leader of this year’s White Dragon High School, a 682-point ultimate monster, possibly a super species that has reproductively isolated from us.”

He Dayou looked in Song Halong’s direction, raising an eyebrow: “Show-off, but bringing Heavenly Spirit Root to compete?

His mana easily explodes, shouldn’t it be hard to control?”

Not long after the arrival of the White Dragon High School, there was a sudden roar of air outside the stadium, as a massive flying boat stopped in the air above the venue.

Seeing this, countless impoverished folks from ordinary high schools inside the stadium held their breath, feeling a wave of wealth symbolizing whelming over them.

Then a group of students in purple uniforms disembarked from the flying boat, among whom Zhang Yu recognized one, who had also attended the art exhibition with him – Lian Tianji.

Afterwards, Zhang Yu added him as a contact, often seeing him in the top three of daily step count leaderboards.

Lian Tianji seemed to have noticed Zhang Yu, smiling and waving at him, apparently saying something to the girl next to him before pointing in Zhang Yu’s direction.

The girl appeared icy, and following the direction Lian Tianji was pointing, nodded remotely towards Zhang Yu. freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Zhang Yu thought to himself: “She truly looks like an ice-cold beauty, unlike Azhen’s counterfeit icy demeanor.”

Qian Shen also looked toward the Purple Cloud High School team, searching online for photos of Le Mulan and making comparisons, eventually locking his eyes on the cold girl beside Lian Tianji.

“This should be Le Mulan from Purple Cloud High School, a high-caste entity with 678 points, for whom beings scoring below 650 may seem as trivial as dirt!”

Following the arrival of the teams from White Dragon High School and Purple Cloud High School, the host Red Tower High School team finally showed up fashionably late.

But when Zhang Yu saw the most conspicuous person among them, he exclaimed in surprise: “Monster?”

Bai Zhenzhen jumped aside immediately, pointing at Zhang Yu and saying: “Hey hey hey!

Mind your words, it’s demon descendants, Songyang City resident.”

Though that student wore a school uniform, his red glossy fur, thick tail, and round face completely resembled a panda.

Looking at this panda-like student, Zhang Yu felt a very weak aura emanating.

He curiously asked: “But how did this panda get into Red Tower High School?

Surely it wasn’t just because of a pure-hearted smile?”

Though the panda’s smile indeed seemed pure, Zhang Yu believed that there must be some special talent that allowed it to enter a prestigious high school and compete in the competition.

Bai Zhenzhen shrugged from the side: “Demon descendants from Songyang City typically have talent in physical strength, but looking at him…

I feel I could punch out three.”

“So he likely has unique talent in mana?”

The two chatted as they headed to separate bathrooms.

After finishing up, Zhang Yu was pulled by Bai Zhenzhen around, following phone messages to a booth on the second floor of the venue.

There, two girls were already waiting, among whom Zhang Yu recognized one, who had also attended the art exhibition, a girl from the Holy Girls’ Academy, Wu Qingqing.

Zhang Yu’s eyes shifted slightly as he looked at another girl, thinking: “Then this must also be a big shot from Holy Girls’ Academy?”

“Hehe, long time no see.” Wu Qingqing walked over, greeting Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, while the girl following her seemed completely oblivious to the outside world, holding a book in one hand, reading with her head down, and clutching Wu Qingqing’s clothes with her other hand, following along.

It felt as if, even if Wu Qingqing led her to the road to crash into a truck, she would still silently keep reading while following.

“These two are Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu, the impoverished geniuses of Songyang High School.”

After Wu Qingqing’s introduction, she pushed forward the book-reading girl beside her, saying: “This is Ye Xianyun, ranked first in year one at Holy Girls’ Academy.”

She proudly added: “Also the only girl in our elite class who hasn’t gone through surgery.”

Zhang Yu: No, what are you even proud of.

Ye Xianyun lifted her head, nodded silently towards them, and then continued reading her book.