Chapter 238: Zhang Yu's Foundation Establishment Domain

Chapter 238: Zhang Yu's Foundation Establishment Domain

With this move by the Oasis Group, not only did it cause an uproar at Songyang High School, but as the news continued to spread and diffuse outward, it stirred turmoil throughout the entire city of Songyang.

Back at the company, Chi He, as the representative of the Oasis Group, immediately used the company's dedicated network line to bypass the network barrier between the first and second layers and contact the Oasis Group on the second layer.

Soon, President Wang's voice came from the other end.

Chi He said respectfully, "President Wang, I've handled the matter you assigned, but Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen haven't returned yet. I only announced the news, but the money hasn't been transferred to them yet."

President Wang said calmly, "No matter, it'll be the same when they come back."

Chi He said cautiously, "But... what if they ultimately don't want to cooperate with us?"

He always felt that it was imprudent to start throwing money and advertising before reaching an agreement with the other party.

President Wang laughed heartily upon hearing this and said, "I give them money, I give them opportunities, I give them a future—why wouldn't they want to cooperate with me?"

"I believe there's no one in this world that money can't buy; it's just a matter of how much."

"And I can afford to throw money around on the first layer."

"By the way, I'll be coming down in a few days. The Immortal Capital isn't that interesting, but the three protected areas in Songyang seem quite intriguing. I plan to come and take a look first."

To President Wang, whether it was the Immortal Capital's 1.5th layer or Songyang, they were all just first-layer cities in his eyes, no different.

On the contrary, the natural scenery and resources of the protected areas seemed rarer and more valuable to him.

Chi He quickly replied, "I'll arrange it immediately."

...

Meanwhile, news of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued to spread throughout Songyang.

At the Red Tower Building.

Director Long looked at the test report in his hand and said disdainfully, "Trash, all of it trash."

"Don't accept Zhang Yu's seeds anymore, and dispose of all the inventory. It's a waste of time, manpower, and experimental equipment."

Thinking of how the other party had come here to freeload over the past few months, only to contribute a pile of useless protein waste, Director Long felt disgusted.

But soon, as Director Long saw the news on his phone, he stood up abruptly and asked his secretary, "Where are Zhang Yu's seeds?"

"Thrown away? How could you throw them away?"

"Go retrieve them immediately!"

"Right now! All of them! Every last drop—find them all, and don't let a single drop leak out! Even if you have to lick them up, bring them back to me!"

...

At the White Dragon High School.

Upon hearing the news that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had obtained their Foundation Establishment certificates, Yu Xinghan's face was dazed.

Damn it... This was even harder to bear than failing the Foundation Establishment exam himself.

Then he heard that the Oasis Group was donating ten million to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, which made his heart ache.

"Not like this..."

"Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu, it's not that I don't want my buddy to get ahead, I just don't want to see you lose yourself because of some so-called Foundation Establishment certificate and become a corporate lackey."

"The guy who went to Red Tower with me to have fun shooting, who worked part-time to earn money with his own hands—wasn't that the real you? How did you secretly get the Foundation Establishment certificate? And get so many donations?"

But what hurt Yu Xinghan the most was thinking about how Li Xuelian and Starfire True Person would react when they found out.

"Damn it... How am I supposed to hold my head up in front of Senior Sister from now on?"

"Forget Senior Sister, I feel like I can't even look a puppet in the eye anymore."

Meanwhile, Li Xuelian had already learned what happened at Songyang High School.

She sighed, and in a daze, recalled that day a year ago when she was in her room at the Central Tower, rejecting Zhang Yu.

"Alas, just one step away."

Li Xuelian could imagine that with her father's explosive temper, he would be anxious and distracted, unable to work, and might even lose money or have to pay compensation.

"Better not tell Dad for now, so his income doesn't drop and affect the efficiency of his transfers."

...

Just as Songyang was in an uproar over Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's affairs.

In some nameless small town.

Inside a temporarily rented training ground.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were there, digesting the gains from their Foundation Establishment exam trip.

Bai Zhenzhen hadn't been in a hurry to practice her newly acquired techniques these past few days. Instead, she was savoring the memory of that sword strike from the exam.

That sword strike, accelerated multiple times, surpassing the speed of sound, was the pinnacle of her life. If it weren't for the unlimited medical insurance promised by the True God, she would never have dared to use such a strike.

After that battle, Bai Zhenzhen felt she had gained a new understanding of her own martial arts.

On the other side, Zhang Yu was naturally seizing the time to practice his newly acquired martial arts, striving to complete the final layer of the Martial Dao Sacred Fetus as soon as possible.

The martial art he had chosen from the Foundation Establishment exam's technique reward was called the Earthly Fiend Return Essence Art. It was a technique that, as long as one stood on the ground, allowed them to absorb the earthly fiend magnetic force from the earth through the acupoints on their soles, rapidly recovering stamina.

Over the past few days, Zhang Yu had already cultivated the Earthly Fiend Return Essence Art to level 10. Now, with both feet planted on the ground, even without deliberately activating the technique, he could feel a continuous influx of earthly fiend magnetic force into his body, constantly replenishing his stamina, making him feel as if he had endless energy, capable of training for another day and night without issue.

"At least within the Qi Refining realm, this technique is enough to stretch my stamina to an absurd degree."

Next, Zhang Yu was cultivating the tenth technique needed to complete the Martial Dao Sacred Fetus, the Great Might Heavenly Armor, which he had just bought today for 1.33 million.

"Once I master this technique, my body will naturally possess a counter-shock force. The harder my opponent hits me, the stronger the backlash they'll feel."

Zhang Yu reflected on the series of techniques he had practiced and thought to himself, "Magic resistance, fire resistance, ice resistance, physical resistance, health regeneration, self-healing, medicine efficiency, poison resistance... now add stamina recovery and damage reflection."

"I'm getting tankier and tankier, more and more like a meat shield."

"Is the concept of the Martial Dao Sacred Fetus just about making a person incredibly durable, super capable of taking hits?"

Besides these two techniques, Zhang Yu also studied his electronic Foundation Establishment certificate and indeed found some special services in it.

Header display, font, color, size... as long as you paid, everything could be modified.

There was even something called a Foundation Establishment Domain effect.

Once activated, as long as the domain was turned on, everyone within a hundred meters of him would receive a text message. Its basic version read: "Foundation Establishment certificate holder Zhang Yu has entered within one hundred meters of you. Please be polite and do not offend."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Who the hell would turn something like that on? It's too showy, too likely to draw hatred!"

Thinking this, he touched his arm, where a piece of red cloth was tied, and beneath the red cloth was his Foundation Establishment certificate.

All Zhang Yu had to do was pull off the red cloth on his arm to reveal the certificate underneath.

Zhang Yu thought, "This way is cheaper, low-key, and convenient."

He was already imagining the scene where he pulled off the red cloth, revealed his Foundation Establishment certificate, and stunned all the heroes under heaven.

...

"Golden Core Grand Cultivator Starfire True Person has entered within one thousand meters of you. In the past month, he has accidentally killed 4 people and paid all fines and compensation. Please speak and act cautiously, and do not offend."

Inside the office building, as employees' phones vibrated one after another, it was as if an invisible plague was spreading through the building, terrifying the office workers until their faces turned pale. They scurried back to their workstations, afraid of bumping into this Starfire True Person.

A moment later, amid the awe-filled gazes of the crowd, a "person" with a head of flame, a body like crystal, and eyes blazing like twin suns drifted slowly past them.

This man, more than half of whose flesh had been replaced with Dharma Skeleton, was none other than the company's newest hired expert, the Starfire True Person.

Sensing the fear and reverence of the company men around him, the Starfire True Person mused to himself that the Golden Core domain attached to the Golden Core qualification certificate was indeed quite useful.

Ever since he had paid extra to activate this domain, no more displeasing fellows had appeared to provoke his anger and make him kill.

The Starfire True Person sighed inwardly, thinking that if only this Golden Core domain had worked so well back up above, he wouldn't have ended up falling to the First Layer.

At the same time, within the Starfire True Person's eyes, streams of messages kept flashing by, flickering past, until finally they settled on information regarding Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen having obtained their Foundation Establishment qualification certificates.

"Zhang Yu?"

"Isn't that my disciple?"

As for Yu Xinghan? Apologies—someone who had spent tens of millions and still failed to pass the Foundation Establishment exam was someone the Starfire True Person simply didn't know well.

"It's been a long time since I last visited him. Hmm... and there's also that other disciple I've never met, Bai Zhenzhen."

The Starfire True Person longed to go see his two good disciples right away, but he still had to work overtime this week, and as someone who had reached Golden Core cultivation, he wasn't in the habit of taking leave.

"I'll just have to wait until after this week's overtime is done before going to see them."

...

On the other side, in the small town.

Just as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were each cultivating and improving themselves.

A knock sounded, and a voice came from outside the door: "Excuse me, sorry to disturb you. Are you Mr. Zhang Yu and Miss Bai Zhenzhen?"

Hearing this, both Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were startled—this place was over a thousand kilometers from Songyang City, yet someone actually recognized them.

On guard, the two watched as the door slowly opened, and a middle-aged man walked in, travel-worn and shabbily dressed.

The middle-aged man introduced himself: "I am Tao Lin from Shengshi Entertainment. I'm sorry to find you so abruptly, but I've come because there is indeed something very important I need to tell you."

"You haven't decided which university to apply for yet, have you?"

"I know of a university with tremendous potential. They are confident they can train you to become Golden Core True Persons. I hope you will consider it."

The Shengshi Entertainment company that Tao Lin belonged to was under the Joyful Union Sect, one of the Ten Great Sects.

And the university he spoke of was called Qinghe Art Vocational College.

In order to get a head start in recruiting Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, they had not only sent people to Songyang City but also used the company's channels to exploit a leak of information from the Orthodox Gods to track down Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's whereabouts.

Such information leaks, especially when they involved location tracking, were naturally illegal and against regulations.

And for something as trivial as student recruitment, the major companies generally disdained such methods—it not only tarnished the prestige of both the company and the university but also left them vulnerable to attacks from competitors.

Yet, under the insistent demands of Qinghe Art Vocational College from the Second Layer, Shengshi Entertainment had no choice but to comply.

But Tao Lin felt that compared to what he was about to do next, this information leak was nothing.

After all, trying to trick two geniuses who had passed the Foundation Establishment exam in high school—the two strongest high school students of the First Layer—into enrolling in a vocational college, while not illegal, was far more despicable.

Yes, trick.

Though the official line called it recruitment, in Tao Lin's eyes, wasn't this just a damn scam?

Otherwise, what good high school student would pass up the Ten Great Sects to choose some Qinghe Art Vocational College?

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(End of this chapter)