Chapter 305: University War

Chapter 305: The University War

Zhang Yu: How much do you know about the University War?

Zhang Pianpian: Although each university has its own areas of expertise and focus, and even the main business of the Top Ten varies, overlapping areas are inevitable.

Zhang Pianpian: And once the competition between universities intensifies to a certain point, it evolves into an armed conflict.

Zhang Pianpian: However, under the mediation of the Top Ten, there is basically no all-out war; it is mostly local conflicts.

Zhang Pianpian: As for a top-ten institution like the University of Ten Thousand Laws, it will not personally take the field. Generally, problems are resolved through negotiation and consultation, or competitions are held at the Top Ten League...

Listening to Zhang Pianpian's narrative, Zhang Yu gradually gained his own understanding of the University War.

And when he shared these understandings with Tu Lishan, the other party replied: Not bad, it seems you pay attention to this kind of information in your daily life.

Tu Lishan: Although our University of Ten Thousand Laws does not directly participate in the war, we will provide support when some of our brother institutions encounter armed conflicts.

Tu Lishan: This field engineering project is to build a Dharma Skeleton production line for a brother institution. It is a major project led by the Weapon Refining Department and joint with our Civil Engineering and Architecture Departments, which will take about two to three months.

Tu Lishan: With the frequent occurrence of University Wars in recent years, there will be many such projects in the future. This is precisely the era for our Civil Engineering Department to shine and burn. If you work hard for a few years, staying on top in the future will not be a problem.

Looking at the message sent by Tu Lishan, Fu Ji giggled and said, "It's just using other institutions as thugs, while casually selling Dharma treasures, production lines, and various materials along the way."

Hearing this, Zhang Yu also nodded slightly: "It seems the Civil Engineering Department can really make a lot of money."

Zhang Yu thought of another question: Teacher, what about classes then?

Tu Lishan: Don't worry, the construction site will set up a Spiritual Realm network, and you will take online classes when the time comes.

...

On the other side, after ending his chat with Zhang Yu, Tu Lishan opened the profiles of Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin again in his Eye Skeleton.

Zhang Yu was a very useful, consumable talent, which was something Tu Lishan could already confirm when he saw the other party at the first-level Foundation Establishment examination.

Tu Lishan thought to himself: "With the department's current arrangements, the training of talents like Zhang Yu in all grades tends toward short-term investment, squeezing potential as much as possible, striving to obtain returns within the next few years."

"After all, according to the current situation, the University War is very likely to expand in scale. When that time comes, a batch of talents who do not need a very high realm but dare to do and fight will be needed to implement projects."

In Tu Lishan's view, the more such talents, the better, the more the merrier.

"By contrast, Gongshu Jin is a long-term investment with higher training value."

Tu Lishan knew that Director Gao's side had already decided to treat Gongshu Jin as a long-term training target.

"It is estimated that Gongshu Jin is the next successor to the Mountain-Moving Divine Power of Heavenly Kunlun, since Ji Yuanxu is going to transfer to the Finance Department anyway."

"The current situation indeed requires early preparations to cultivate students who have mastered military-grade power."

"After the current batch of senior students graduates, Gongshu Jin will be the flagship figure of the Civil Engineering Department for the next few years, a person who has the opportunity to participate in the Top Ten League in the future."

After flipping through the information of Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin, Tu Lishan continued to look at the candidates from other grades participating in the project.

Looking at those rows of names, it was obvious that compared to a mere two students from the freshman year, the students selected from other grades were far more numerous.

...

On the construction site of the 666th floor.

Just as the sky was turning pale, Zhang Yu ended today's overtime work and returned to the dormitory area on the 125th floor.

And the moment he entered the door, Zhang Yu sensed a gust of vicious wind blowing in his face, a fist already pressing toward him with a wave of air.

Zhang Yu smiled faintly, casually receiving the fist, and already began to cultivate on the street together with the attacking Yu Xinghan.

Although these past few months had been very busy, Zhang Yu still tried his best to squeeze out time to cultivate with Yu Xinghan, cooperating with each other in body refining, and according to the teachings of the Wolf Companion Skill, cooperating with Yu Xinghan to stimulate the integration rate of the spiritual roots.

And with Zhang Yu's assistance, Yu Xinghan's spiritual root integration rate had improved significantly.

Particularly in these recent days, Zhang Yu had taken many medicines, some of which were semi-finished drug products that had the effect of improving the integration rate of spiritual roots.

Therefore, after Yu Xinghan consumed Zhang Yu's blood, he also felt that the spiritual root integration rate had improved considerably, gradually reaching a bottleneck.

And after returning from the massage yesterday, Yu Xinghan felt that his spiritual root was increasingly stimulated, seemingly reaching the moment of breakthrough.

Yes, the reason why Yu Xinghan had to go for a massage every time after work, besides the massage room being able to help relieve his physical wear and tear, was that he discovered the technicians could also provide services to promote spiritual root integration.

So after a night of brewing, he faintly sensed something in his heart and sat cross-legged in silence in the dormitory for a long time.

Until Zhang Yu returned, he leapt up and felt a burst of rhythm throughout his body, as if he was connected through his entire being by something.

Immediately afterward, Yu Xinghan and Zhang Yu's fists and feet collided. Every strike of force and every shock of astral qi made that feeling in his heart clearer and clearer.

Finally, Yu Xinghan let out a long howl, and felt the third eye in his brain twist, already growing to the position between his eyebrows.

This third eye was precisely the spiritual root he had possessed since childhood, and also the spiritual root he used for Foundation Establishment.

At the same time, a tiny scar emerged on the surface of Yu Xinghan's brow, looking from a distance like a closed eye.

At this moment, Yu Xinghan finally, with Zhang Yu's assistance, raised his spiritual root integration rate to 90%.

With the blessing of this third eye, Yu Xinghan had always... not only been able to see a 360-degree perspective around his body, but also been able to better mobilize his muscles and quickly learn the movements of others.

And when the spiritual root integration rate reached 90%, Yu Xinghan could feel that this spiritual root seemed capable of doing even more. He smiled faintly, looked at Zhang Yu with full confidence, and said, "Let's continue, but you'd better be careful, the current me might be terrifyingly strong."

The next moment, the figures of the two collided again.

And as every fist and every palm of Zhang Yu struck out, Yu Xinghan could execute them identically without any difference, colliding with Zhang Yu fist against fist and palm against palm, as if facing another self in a mirror.

At this moment, Yu Xinghan discovered that he could almost perfectly replicate every single move and style of Zhang Yu.

In the subsequent attempts, Yu Xinghan further discovered that he could see the strength of the spiritual power and astral qi around Zhang Yu's body, perceiving the truth and falsehood between the opponent's moves.

In addition, the flow of spiritual opportunity around him was also clearly seen in his eyes, through which he could perceive every cultivator who was respiring spiritual opportunity on the street.

He could also sense the surging spiritual opportunity in the surrounding buildings, flowing to all directions through the spiritual opportunity circuits.

"Haha," Yu Xinghan smiled in his heart, "With this ability to replicate moves and see through truth and falsehood, in battles of the same rank, I will stand invincible in the competition of moves."

"But... what's the use of being able to fight?"

The next moment, Yu Xinghan thought again in his heart: "Replicating other people's movements and moves should be used for learning and cultivation."

After trying a bit and understanding the progress of his spiritual root, Yu Xinghan stopped his movements and greeted Zhang Yu to go to class together.

And in Zhang Yu's vision, he personally witnessed the change of the Dao Seed on the other party's body, transforming from the original Three-Eyed Divine Power (Spiritual Root) into Three-Eyed Divine Power (Spiritual Root) Level 1.

Walking on the road to the classroom, Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the Feather Book floating to the side. As the Feather Book turned past the prologue and the first chapter, arriving at the Dao Seed Registry in the second chapter, he saw the Three-Eyed Divine Power (Spiritual Root) Level 1 emerge on the originally blank Dao Seed Registry.

And as Zhang Yu activated this Dao Seed, he could feel as if an eye had faintly appeared behind the center of his eyebrows.

Under the blessing of this Three-Eyed Divine Power, he instantly possessed a 360-degree vision, able to see the scenes in front, behind, left, right, and in all directions around himself.

Zhang Yu's heart stirred: "No wonder this kid Yu Xinghan was so good at dodging before, it turns out he really can see clearly behind his own back."

Immediately afterward, when Zhang Yu turned his vision toward the other people around, he felt that everyone's movements became clearer than ever before. He could even feel that with just a thought, he could replicate the movements of the person he saw.

Recalling the way Yu Xinghan imitated him just now, Zhang Yu secretly thought to himself: "So that's how it is, it can actually replicate others' movements?"

"Then if combined with the technique specialization of the Feather Book, doesn't that mean... I can learn any external technique move with just a single glance?"

"Pity, I can't see the flow of spiritual power inside other people's bodies."

"However, the strength of spiritual power can be distinguished, allowing me to judge the changes between truth and falsehood in an opponent's moves."

"Mhm, I can also see the flow of spiritual opportunity."

Experiencing the various abilities brought by the Three-Eyed Divine Power, Zhang Yu smiled in his heart: "Not a bad talent, now it's mine."

"But this Three-Eyed Divine Ability is only at level 1 right now, which means it can still be upgraded further, right?"

Zhang Yu looked toward Yu Xinghan nearby, striving to perceive the Dao seed within the other man's body.

Just as Yu Xinghan, feeling somewhat peculiar under the intense gaze, began to wonder if Zhang Yu was secretly recording him with some magical construct, Zhang Yu thought to himself: "I can feel it. For the Three-Eyed Divine Ability to advance further, Yu Xinghan needs to raise his spiritual root fusion rate to one hundred percent, and simultaneously push his magical power past five hundred."

Zhang Yu had already begun to look forward to what new capabilities this Three-Eyed Divine Ability would possess once it reached level 2.

Aside from the Three-Eyed Divine Ability, his thoughts drifted to Le Mulan, who had been preparing for the Foundation Establishment Examination over the past few days.

"I hope Le Mulan passes the Foundation Establishment smoothly."

Zhang Yu was also eagerly anticipating what potential lay within the other's Profound Frost Dharma Lineage.

...

After school that day, Zhang Yu followed Tu Lishan to the teaching pavilion of the Department of Finance.

Walking through the corridors of the finance department's academic building, Zhang Yu’s foremost impression was one of sheer, towering grandeur.

The vertical expanse of the entire Department of Finance was an unprecedented one hundred meters, and each individual floor of the building boasted a ceiling height of at least eight meters.

For Zhang Yu, who had already grown accustomed to shrinking his posture within the Myriad Dharma University City to adapt to various cramped spaces, this vastness felt so immense it was almost unsettling.

The second impression the Department of Finance impressed upon him... was a profound silence, for all advertisements had been completely blocked throughout the building, ensuring Zhang Yu's eyes were no longer subjected to any chaotic projections of the spiritual realm.

Then, sensing the gentle, warm essence of spiritual energy constantly radiating from beneath his feet, he felt an even greater surge of astonishment in his heart: "The things on this floor... are spirit stones?"

Although spirit stones had long been phased out as currency, witnessing the Department of Finance using spirit stones as floor tiles still made Zhang Yu feel as though he were watching someone pave the ground with cold, hard cash to use as a carpet.

At this very moment, Zhang Yu felt a sudden, powerful urge to squat down and pry up the spirit stones.

Beside him, Tu Lishan spoke: "The Finance Department professor I am taking you to meet this time is named Xu Lingzi. He previously watched your performance in the Foundation Establishment Examination, and he will be the one assisting you with the low-interest loan this time..."

As they spoke, the two of them had already stepped inside an office.

Gratitude to 'Glazed Memories' for the ten-thousand-point reward

Gratitude to 'Gabriel It Is' for the fourteen-thousand-point reward

(End of Chapter)