Chapter 286: Ultimate University Holy Body (1010)

Chapter 286: Ultimate - University Saint Body (1010)

Watching the University Saint Body in the Chain Law Diagram unlock its first layer, a flicker of delight flashed in Zhang Yu’s eyes.

He casually grabbed a handful of medicine and stuffed it into his mouth. As soon as the medicine entered his stomach, it was instantly refined, transforming into streams of warmth that surged toward his limbs and throughout his body.

Feeling the medicinal potency being absorbed in an instant, taking medicine felt as effortless as drinking water. Zhang Yu thought to himself, “With this University Saint Body, I reckon I could survive for many years even if I had to rely on cheap medicine every day.”

After unlocking the initial University Saint Body, Zhang Yu felt even more motivated and continued cultivating the seventh foundational technique.

...

In the 300th floor of the Ten Thousand Laws University City, the Experimental Floor of the Dao Arts Department.

While Zhang Yu was diligently cultivating foundational techniques, Li Xiao followed Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, and others, learning and training everywhere. While striving to improve his strength, he also tried to integrate into the circles of these upper-class individuals.

Ying Xin smiled at him and said, “Li Xiao, come on, let’s go to the Divine Soul Cloud Sea together.”

Hearing this, a hint of hesitation flickered across Li Xiao’s face.

Most of his savings had already been spent on borrowing money to buy the Heavenly Craft Eye Relic last time.

Even with a 30% discount, the Divine Soul Cloud Sea technique cost 0.063 spirit coins per hour. A four-hour session would amount to 0.252 spirit coins.

Over the past half-month, including several Dao Art services, renting cultivation relics, consuming fasting pills, purchasing the same techniques as Ying Xin, and other miscellaneous expenses, he had already spent over 1.5 spirit coins.

Of course, the benefits were immense. Li Xiao felt that his progress over the past half-month had been rapid, far surpassing his time on the first floor, and his class ranking had steadily improved.

Seeing Li Xiao’s hesitation, Ying Xin impatiently said, “Are you coming or not? You always drag your feet every time I invite you. If you don’t come, don’t bother following us in the future.”

“If it weren’t for the fact that you’re cultivating the same body-refining technique as me, do you think I’d invite you?”

An image of the loan platform appeared in Li Xiao’s Eye Relic. Then, he smiled and said, “Let’s go! Without using Dao Arts to assist cultivation, the efficiency is just too slow.”

Six hours later, Li Xiao walked out of the Dao Arts service area with Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, and the others.

Li Xiao laughed loudly and said, “There are even freshmen working as service staff? What’s the point of attending university then? Did the university bring him here to work? With so much work, how can he improve his ranking?”

After joking around with the group, Li Xiao watched enviously as they headed toward the upper-level dormitory area. He then turned and walked in the direction of the lower-level dormitory floors.

Glancing at his account balance, Li Xiao frowned.

But when he looked at his ranking, he smiled again. “Rank 11 in the class, comprehensive score: 288 points.”

The comprehensive score was an overall evaluation of a student, based on academic credits, exam results, competition achievements, projects, and other aspects. It also included foundational data such as the student’s Dao Heart, mana, and physical strength.

As academic credits increased, grades improved, and achievements in competitions and projects grew, the comprehensive score would rise, potentially reaching thousands or even tens of thousands.

For freshmen in the Foundation Establishment class, who had just started the semester, foundational data temporarily made up the bulk of their comprehensive scores.

Looking at his ranking and comprehensive score, and then at Ji Yuanshu’s 498 points in first place, Li Xiao thought to himself, “As long as I maintain this pace, by the time the semester starts in September, I’ll definitely be in the top 10 of the class, maybe even the top 5.”

He glanced behind him at Zhang Yu, who had already fallen to 18th place, and felt even more elated. “By the time the semester starts, I’ll be far above Zhang Yu, and Teacher Tu will definitely choose me for the construction site.”

“Once I earn more money on the construction site, repaying the online loan won’t be a problem anymore.”

Walking with light steps, Li Xiao soon passed the 125th-floor dormitory area and heard a faint whistling sound in the air.

Turning his head, he saw Zhang Yu practicing foundational techniques outside his dormitory door.

“Zhang Yu?”

Seeing Zhang Yu’s distorted movements and perfunctory techniques, Li Xiao chuckled. “What is this guy doing?”

He was about to shake his head and leave when he suddenly activated the recording function in his Eye Relic.

“I’ll send this to Gongshu Jin and the others to see what this clown is up to.”

A moment later, the video Li Xiao recorded appeared in the small group chat with Gongshu Jin and the others.

Ying Xin: Is that… Zhang Yu? What is he doing? Dancing?

Someone said: It’s foundational techniques. Someone saw him practicing recently. It seems he’s been cultivating foundational techniques for over half a month.

Ying Xin: His foundational techniques are this distorted? How terrible is his martial arts talent?

Someone laughed: No wonder he’s practicing foundational techniques.

Seeing everyone in the group mocking Zhang Yu, Li Xiao felt even more elated and joined in, feeling like he had become part of the circle.

Meanwhile, Gongshu Jin frowned slightly as he watched the video.

“I originally thought Zhang Yu’s talent was poor, given that he established his foundation a year earlier than me and still ended up like this.”

“But I never expected… it could be this bad.”

“How could someone this terrible even get into Ten Thousand Laws University…”

Gongshu Jin suddenly felt a bit unnerved.

Seeing the others’ comments in the group, he immediately stopped them and warned, “From now on, no one is allowed to discuss Zhang Yu in my group.”

After everyone stopped mocking Zhang Yu, Gongshu Jin ignored them and thought to himself, “No wonder they’re reforming the first floor. If someone like Zhang Yu can be admitted, the selection system on the first floor must be completely useless.”

“But Zhang Yu’s talent is practically a disaster. Even the wealthiest families should have given up on him. Who on earth is supporting him?”

On the other side, Li Xiao clenched his fist slightly as he read Gongshu Jin’s message, a trace of unwillingness appearing on his face.

Even though he had made rapid progress over the past half-month, far surpassing Zhang Yu, Gongshu Jin’s attitude toward Zhang Yu and him was like night and day.

“Just wait. I’ll keep improving and leave Zhang Yu far behind.”

Over the next few days, Li Xiao continued cultivating with Gongshu Jin and the others. The spirit coins in his account were constantly spent, and his strength grew steadily. Every day at midnight when the rankings updated, Li Xiao would refresh the page immediately.

On this day, seeing his ranking rise to 10th place, he let out a long sigh of relief, a look of excitement on his face.

Scrolling further down, when he saw Zhang Yu had fallen to 19th place, he couldn’t help but laugh.

...

125th Floor, Outside the Dormitory.

Zhang Yu took a deep breath and looked at his Chain Law Diagram.

Advanced - University Saint Body (8/8): Digestion, absorption, and metabolism of food enhanced to the peak of Foundation Establishment.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “With eight foundational techniques, the University Saint Body has finally unlocked its second layer.”

“But in this broken university city, aside from eating the dried meat A’zhen sent, this food digestion ability is practically useless for now.”

Zhang Yu shook his head and didn’t dwell on it further. Instead, he turned around and began practicing the ninth foundational technique.

As for his ranking? He was currently focused on cultivating foundational techniques, so his various stats had barely improved.

After all, he practiced foundational techniques for speed rather than quality, and the effects of reaching levels 10 or 20 in foundational techniques were minimal.

Zhang Yu thought, “My ranking is definitely plummeting. What’s the point of checking it?”

Over the next four days, Zhang Yu diligently cultivated, pushing the final two foundational techniques to level 20 in one go.

With this, the University Saint Body was finally complete. More than twenty days had passed since his first class at Ten Thousand Laws University.

Ultimate - University Saint Body (10/10): Efficiency and effectiveness of all Foundation Establishment techniques increased by twofold.

Seeing the effects of the Ultimate University Saint Body, Zhang Yu took a deep breath, feeling a surge of excitement welling up inside him.

He thought to himself, “Just like the High School Saint Body before, the University Saint Body also enhances the cultivation efficiency and effectiveness of Foundation Establishment techniques.”

“With this University Saint Body, how fast and terrifying will my growth be in the university from now on?”

At this moment, Zhang Yu felt immensely grateful in his heart that he had not wasted time cultivating other things, nor had he recklessly spent money on various immortal path services. Instead, he had wholeheartedly completed the Great Learning Sacred Body first.

"After completing the Great Learning Sacred Body, what should I cultivate next?"

In Zhang Yu's mind, the information about the Great Learning he had collected over these days surfaced, and he quickly formed a plan.

"First, focus on enhancing my magical power."

Magical power is the foundation of the immortal path, and even more so, the economic foundation.

"With sufficiently high magical power, not only will the power of techniques be greater, but excess magical power can also be sold for spirit coins."

"While enhancing my magical power, I can also improve its quality. That way, in the future, I can help Le Mulan develop her Dao Seed and replicate her Deep Cold Dharma Vein."

"But how can I enhance my magical power the fastest?"

Zhang Yu looked at his Feather Book.

"The advantage of the Great Learning Sacred Body is that it allows for faster cultivation of techniques, and the effects brought by those techniques are also stronger."

"To make use of this, I need to cultivate a stronger breathing technique, and..."

Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the Chain Dharma Diagram in the first chapter, lingering on the Jade Vortex Qi Gong.

This was the only Foundation Establishment stage breathing technique he had mastered.

When his gaze rested on this technique, he could immediately see its set in the Chain Dharma Diagram: Qi Vein Long Flow.

"This set seems... like it should be very helpful for increasing magical power, right?"

Then, Zhang Yu's Eye Core opened the Great Book Repository, listing out the expert-level breathing techniques of the Foundation Establishment stage one by one.

Looking at his discount, Zhang Yu chuckled inwardly, "It just so happens that I can get a 40% discount when exchanging for expert-level techniques in the Great Book Repository. This suits my advantage perfectly."

Zhang Yu's eyes scanned the introductions of each breathing technique, listing out those belonging to the Qi Vein Long Flow set one by one.

"Aside from the set effects, there's also the breathing technique itself... I need more types to suit my needs."

"It must be able to operate automatically 24 hours a day, just like the Zhou Tian Qi Gathering Method."

"It should also be better at improving the quality of magical power."

"It needs to focus on the recovery speed of magical power, making it convenient for me to sell magical power in the future..."

Following the various requirements in his heart, Zhang Yu bookmarked each breathing technique one by one.

The first expert-level breathing technique Zhang Yu decided to purchase was called the Primordial Chaos Embryonic Breathing Sutra. It replaced breathing with inhalation and exhalation. Once mastered, with every breath, it would continuously draw in spiritual energy, refining magical power at all times.

"First, master this technique to maintain 24-hour magical power refinement every day."

Then he looked at the price of the Primordial Chaos Embryonic Breathing Sutra: "Original price: 1 spirit coin. After a 40% discount, it's 0.6 spirit coins."

Zhang Yu checked his current spirit coin balance.

During this period, aside from daily meals and the purchase of basic techniques, he had been saving money every day, not daring to spend too much. Now, he still had a full 12.3 spirit coins.

"Thank goodness... thank goodness I didn't spend recklessly."

After purchasing the Primordial Chaos Embryonic Breathing Sutra, lines of text and images instantly appeared in Zhang Yu's Eye Core.

Zhang Yu sat cross-legged, already following the energy circulation path displayed in his Eye Core, and began cultivating this breathing technique.

(End of Chapter)