Chapter 306: Bai Zhenzhen's Flying Sword

Chapter 306: Bai Zhenzhen’s Flying Sword

Xu Lingzi was a Golden Core cultivator standing over six meters tall, his entire body composed of gold-and-jade-colored dharma bones, with an air of perpetual arrogance etched upon his face.

As Zhang Yu looked up at him, an application for a low-interest loan materialized within his ocular bone vision.

Xu Lingzi said indifferently, “I had everything prepared long ago. Honestly, you didn’t need to make a special trip. Remote processing would have been just as effective.”

Tu Lishan chuckled softly. “I brought him here to familiarize himself with the place. We’ll likely be troubling you with many requests for care in the future.”

Xu Lingzi gave a slight nod, then turned his gaze to Zhang Yu. “It seems you intend to nurture this student.”

Tu Lishan added from the side, “Zhang Yu, Teacher Xu Lingzi has always been in charge of the loan operations for our Civil Engineering Department.”

“When project funds are still pending, you could say your salaries are essentially issued by him.”

During the conversation between Tu Lishan and Xu Lingzi, Zhang Yu had already completed the low-interest loan process.

A loan of ten spirit coins in total, with a monthly interest of 0.01 after disbursement, and the principal to be repaid after ten years.

Looking at the ten spirit coins now in his account and his soaring deposit balance of 22.6 spirit coins, Zhang Yu mused inwardly, “It’s practically charity.”

After leaving the teaching level of the Finance Department, Tu Lishan advised Zhang Yu to rest well over the next half-month, to conserve his energy and prepare for the engineering project next month.

Feeling the urging of the ritual within his body, Zhang Yu decided to head to the 666th level for some overtime work to relax.

Simultaneously, sensing the astonishing potential of his 22.6 spirit coins, Zhang Yu began to contemplate how to spend them.

Thus, in the remaining half-month of November, Zhang Yu’s spirit coin expenditures grew increasingly fierce, and his cultivation level rose accordingly.

…

The dormitory door slammed open with a bang.

Le Mulan said excitedly, “Zhang Yu, I’ve achieved Foundation Establishment.”

Zhang Yu, who had been taking medicine, looked up at her and grew equally excited. “Foundation Establishment?”

He wasn’t surprised that Le Mulan had passed the Foundation Establishment exam.

After all, from the perspective of someone like Zhang Yu, a veteran of Foundation Establishment, the differences among Qi Refinement peak students at the university were… minimal.

Even in terms of spiritual roots… almost every student admitted to the top ten universities possessed Heavenly Spiritual Roots, leaving little gap between them.

With Zhang Yu’s recent assistance, Le Mulan’s ability to consume elixirs had greatly improved.

Especially through Zhang Yu’s blood, she had access to a large quantity of semi-finished products from pharmaceutical factories, allowing her physique to break through further even at the Qi Refinement peak.

Coupled with support from her brother Le Jingchen and her own substantial financial investment…

Of course, in Zhang Yu’s view, a crucial factor was that as one of the top ten prestigious universities, Wanfa University offered far more Foundation Establishment exam qualification slots than ordinary universities.

After passing the Foundation Establishment exam, Le Mulan wasted no time in breaking through to the Foundation Establishment realm.

She had long been lingering at the Qi Refinement peak, waiting only for the qualification certificate to proceed.

Zhang Yu excitedly pulled her to sit down, grasping both of her hands with his own, and said with anticipation, “Now that you’ve established your foundation, we can proceed with what we discussed earlier.”

Seeing Zhang Yu’s excited demeanor, Le Mulan recalled his previous words and asked, “You… want to do it?”

Zhang Yu smiled. “Of course, as agreed.”

Holding Le Mulan’s hands, he channeled streams of spiritual power into her body, intending to elevate the quality of her spiritual power with his own high-grade energy.

Before Le Mulan could utter a word, she was pulled along as Zhang Yu infused his power, thinking inwardly, “But… but we haven’t discussed the price yet.”

A moment later, Zhang Yu stopped and said, “Alright, that’s enough for today. Take some time to assimilate it.”

Le Mulan was slightly taken aback. “That’s all?”

After hearing Xuange discuss dual cultivation, she had gone to the university’s grand library to research the subject. She remembered there being much more to it.

Zhang Yu said, “You’ve just established your foundation. Don’t rush; we’ll take it slow.”

Le Mulan thought to herself, “That’s fine. I can’t afford to pay him right now, and although Zhang Yu might be willing to do it for free, I shouldn’t take advantage of him again.”

Recalling her expenses before and after the Foundation Establishment exam, she mused, “Although I’m temporarily short on funds…”

“The Le family from the second level has agreed to grant me a loan now that I’ve obtained the Foundation Establishment qualification certificate.”

“Plus, with the upcoming pharmacology internship, once I’ve saved enough money, I’ll come back to Zhang Yu to continue…”

Zhang Yu glanced at the Dao Seed in Le Mulan’s chest, thinking, “To replicate this Deep Cold Dharma Vein, I need to elevate the quality of my spiritual power to 150%. It seems this won’t be achievable in a short time.”

…

On the construction site of the 666th level.

Zhang Yu’s figure darted about, his astral energy surging like a dragon as he laid down vast expanses of reinforced mesh.

Yu Xinghan sat to the side, speaking into a camera. “Hello, everyone… I’m Yu Xinghan, a first-year student in the Civil Engineering Department this year.”

“Um… I’m making this video to document the real life on a construction site.”

“We’ve been busy all night again, and it’s finally time to eat.”

“Today’s meal is Grade 92 cement…”

Li Xiao watched Yu Xinghan noisily devouring the cement and asked, “Going for a massage?”

Yu Xinghan waved a hand. “Can’t you see I’m busy?” Li Xiao could only wait nearby. Ever since his first massage with Yu Xinghan, he had discovered how truly beneficial it was.

The day after the massage, his muscles no longer ached, his bones ceased making strange noises, and he felt more energetic both at work and in cultivation.

Not far away, Ying Xin passed by, glancing at Li Xiao with a cold snort.

Since Zhang Yu had become the third-ranked in their class, she noticed Li Xiao had changed—from orbiting their group to orbiting Zhang Yu.

“Working yourselves to the bone… let’s see how many years you can keep it up.”

On the other side, Yu Xinghan finished recording his video and jumped up. “Let’s go, time for a massage.”

He eagerly led Li Xiao toward the massage room, projections of Li Xuelian flickering incessantly in his ocular bones, ready for selection during the massage.

Although he was quite interested in his senior sister, Yu Xinghan could sense that Li Xuelian had no interest in him.

He used to feel somewhat resentful, but now he had come to terms with it. After all, within his ocular bones, his senior sister was entirely at his mercy.

…

In the dormitory.

Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, and Zhang Pianpian each fed Zhang Yu the medicines they had purchased.

Then they shared the drops of blood from Zhang Yu’s fingertips.

Sensing the threefold medicinal potency contained within the blood, Zhang Pianpian thought in amazement, “Such drug metabolism ability… and he’s only at the early Foundation Establishment stage?”

Recalling his previous performance at the pharmaceutical factory, she mused, “This younger brother of mine continues to surprise me more and more.”

“Perhaps in a few years, he’ll be able to help me with a significant matter.”

Zhang Yu’s heart stirred as he glanced at Zhang Pianpian beside him, sensing that her Dao Seed, the Taiqing Talisman, had flickered once again.

…

On the construction site.

With each successive palm strike from Zhang Yu, templates formed by astral energy enveloped the concrete, accelerating its solidification.

At the same time, the third eye behind his brow was scrutinizing Zhang Yu's every move and stance, then perfectly replicating and reproducing them.

This made each of Zhang Yu's movements appear incredibly precise, as if measured with a ruler.

Even in the process of replication, he could continuously accelerate, his movements growing faster and faster.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Using this Three-Eyes Divine Power for cultivation, replicating my own movements, is actually quite useful."

He felt that this way, his cultivation became more effortless, allowing him to accelerate while maintaining the effectiveness of his training without distorting his movements.

"In this way, I can meet the repetition requirements of the technique, and each exercise session can still achieve the effect of body refinement."

Just then, Zhang Yu saw a message from the Songyang group in his eye socket.

Liu Ben from Jinzhou Academy: Classmate Liu Ben was severely injured in an explosion incident and temporarily passed away due to insufficient medical funds. Before his death, he hoped we could send this message for him: Help! I’m only 3.2 spirit coins short of being revived. Please, everyone, send some money to bring me back to life! I’ll work to repay the debt once I’m alive!

Lan Ling from Shanhe University: Scammer?

Zhao Tianxing from Fengdu University: Not a scammer. His body is temporarily dead, but his consciousness is still alive. If there’s enough money, he can indeed be revived.

Looking at the constantly refreshing chat records in the group, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "An explosion incident?"

He recalled the explosion incident at the Wanfa University City earlier, and what Zhang Pianpian and Tu Lishan had mentioned about the university wars.

Zhang Yu silently mused, "Apart from the top ten universities, all others could be dragged into the university wars. Their safety is far inferior to the top ten."

...

In the dormitory.

Zhang Yu looked at Bai Zhenzhen in the projection and said, "In a few days, I’ll be heading to the wilderness construction site. It’ll probably take two or three months before I return. I’m not sure if the internet connection there will be good, so I might not be able to talk to you every day."

Bai Zhenzhen smiled and said, "I asked my mom. It’s a good thing for civil engineering students to go to construction sites. I’ll wait for you to come back."

"But the area you’re going to might be a conflict zone. Remember not to leave the construction site."

"And..."

Bai Zhenzhen leaned closer to Zhang Yu and said, "Hold out your hand."

Zhang Yu extended his hand, and the other party placed a string of characters into his palm.

Zhang Yu asked in surprise, "What is this?"

Bai Zhenzhen replied, "A flying sword code."

"Son, I can’t send you money right now, but I’ve prepared a flying sword for you. It should arrive in a couple of days. Input this flying sword code, and you’ll be able to control the sword spirit."

Hearing this, Zhang Yu was momentarily stunned and quickly said, "Ah Zhen, you should keep the flying sword for yourself. What would a civil engineering student like me need a flying sword for?"

Bai Zhenzhen said, "I have plenty of flying swords. Take this one."

Zhang Yu then asked curiously, "But didn’t the Divine Lord forbid you from casually giving things away? This flying sword..."

Bai Zhenzhen smiled faintly. "This flying sword is a bit special. You’ll understand when you receive it."

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