Chapter 508: Finance Is Finance, Myriad Methods Are Myriad Methods (Thanks to 'Nu')

Chapter 508: Finance is Finance, and the Myriad Laws are the Myriad Laws (Thanks to 'Hardworking Little Mo' for the alliance leader donation)

True Monarch Magnetic Pole: "Loans were originally intended by the university to meet the capital requirements for the expansion of various departments, yet some treat them as their own personal purses..."

True Monarch Chain Pivot let out a cold snort: "Magnetic Pole! Your departments only know how to expand blindly; whenever you lose money, you expect the university to subsidize you. Isn't it our Finance Department that is constantly finding ways to cover your deficits? Who is really the one thinking only of their own purse? And who is thinking of the university, of the Myriad Laws?"

"I simply do not understand. The Finance Department has exhausted itself for the university, pouring out countless spirit coins to subsidize you. Why is it that the more money you spend, the more aggrieved you feel?"

As True Monarch Magnetic Pole and True Monarch Chain Pivot clashed head-on, light and shadow roared within the Spirit Realm.

The Nine Heavens Origin Sun Pagoda suppressed the information of the Spirit Realm, freezing the otherwise unrestrained flow of data like amber.

On the other side, spirit coins roared; vast swaths of the Spirit Realm network were directly contracted, causing traffic costs to skyrocket instantly.

With the brilliance of the Nine Heavens Origin Sun Pagoda and the countless spirit coins echoing each other, it was like ice and fire, each occupying half of the banquet hall.

Caught in the middle, everyone felt their consciousness unable to move a fraction within the Spirit Realm; no matter the message, nothing could be sent or received from the outside world.

The people present dared not offer any resistance.

Watching the conflict between the Artifact Refining Department and the Finance Department, they remained silent as cicadas in winter, terrified that any unnecessary noise might draw the attention of these two titans of the elite majors.

Just then, layers of cloud seas emerged from the Spirit Realm. Everyone felt as if they had been snatched from the banquet hall and pulled tens of thousands of meters into the sky, their feet treading upon the undulating clouds.

At the same time, True Monarch Perched Cloud coughed lightly. In the Spirit Realm projection composed of clouds and mist, his lightning-like gaze roared as it swept toward True Monarch Magnetic Pole and True Monarch Chain Pivot.

True Monarch Perched Cloud: "Enough. This is the Civil Engineering Department's celebration banquet; what kind of decorum is this, you two bickering? If you have something to say, say it, but do not resort to violence."

Looking at his own traffic bill, True Monarch Perched Cloud thought to himself that the aftermath of these two guys' actions had caused his own data costs to surge violently.

After all, the other teachers and students present could temporarily disconnect from the outside world, but as Vice President, and currently a Spirit Realm projection, he could not afford to cut off communication for even a second.

Meanwhile, deep in the Spirit Realm, the old director looked at his disconnected projection and cursed inwardly: "Who raised the internet rates?"

He messaged Su Yanyang: How is the situation at the scene?

On the other side, True Monarch Chain Pivot nodded slightly: "The Vice President is right. Magnetic Pole, I will not lower myself to your level today."

True Monarch Magnetic Pole: "Hmph."

With that, True Monarch Chain Pivot looked at Zhang Yu and said indifferently: "Student Zhang Yu, you need not rush to give me an answer."

He opened his palm, and streams of light and shadow from the Spirit Realm seemed to transmit from afar, coalescing into a shimmering golden card in his hand.

"This is an invitation I just asked the Divine Lord of the Golden Palace to sign, inviting you to visit the Finance Department."

Feeling the piercing gaze of True Monarch Chain Pivot, Zhang Yu wanted to refuse again, but felt a hand press down on his shoulder.

Then, a message from Director Gao appeared in his ocular implant: Do not offend them too deeply; it will be detrimental to your future immortal path at Myriad Laws University.

At the same time, Director Gao sighed in his heart: "If it were purely for Zhang Yu's sake, it wouldn't go this far... So it really is about the God-Transformation Law remains?"

Not far away, True Monarch Perched Cloud saw the invitation, and although he frowned slightly, he said: "Zhang Yu, since it is an invitation signed by a Divine Lord, you should accept it."

The crowd looked at the projection of the invitation in True Monarch Chain Pivot's hand, feeling increasingly surprised; it seemed none of them expected he would actually secure an invitation signed by a Divine Lord.

Everyone sensed True Monarch Chain Pivot's absolute determination to have Zhang Yu.

Watching Zhang Yu accept the invitation through his ocular implant, True Monarch Chain Pivot smiled slightly: "Once you receive the invitation, your consciousness can travel directly through the Spirit Realm to the Finance Department. All costs are covered by the Finance Department; you won't have to pay a single cent..."

As the invitation shattered piece by piece, the world before Zhang Yu’s eyes trembled, and reality itself shifted violently.

The next moment, his consciousness seemed to have darted through the Spirit Realm, arriving at the location of the Finance Department.

...

Zhang Yu opened his eyes, looking at the somewhat familiar surroundings and the floor paved with spirit stones. He thought to himself: "The Finance Department?"

This was not Zhang Yu's first time at the Finance Department, and he recognized some of the scenery.

At the same time, a person appeared before Zhang Yu—none other than the strongest student of the Finance Department, the second-ranked student in the entire university, Nine Heavens Liuli.

Seeing Zhang Yu appear, Nine Heavens Liuli smiled slightly: "Student Zhang Yu, long time no see. Today, I will be the one to show you around the Finance Department."

Without waiting for Zhang Yu's reaction, Nine Heavens Liuli led him deep into the department.

"This is the Virtual Currency Trading Center. Want to play a few rounds?"

"Here, I'll lend you 10 spirit coins. If you lose, it's on me; if you win, it's yours. There’s a market trend right now; if you follow my instructions, earning a few spirit coins in ten minutes shouldn't be difficult."

Although Zhang Yu did not participate, watching Nine Heavens Liuli earn several spirit coins with a few simple operations made his heart surge.

And when he saw the traders around them dealing with hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of spirit coins with ease, he felt an indescribable complexity.

Sensing the change in Zhang Yu's expression, Nine Heavens Liuli smiled slightly: "When I first visited Myriad Laws University in high school, what left the deepest impression on me was the trading center."

"You understand that feeling, right?" "Especially when someone works hard every month just to earn a dozen or a few dozen spirit coins, and then they come here and see traders casually operating, generating hundreds or thousands of spirit coins in profit or loss every day—one gets a certain feeling... that money is not money."

Nine Heavens Liuli sighed: "It even makes one wonder: is working hard really meaningful? A lifetime of toil might not equal the fluctuation of someone else's investment."

"If you ask me, that feeling is not wrong."

"On the path of immortality, there are two types of people."

"One type relies on working overtime and working honestly, hoping to advance step by step on the immortal path."

"The other type doesn't need to toil, doesn't need to pinch those meager monthly wages; they just need to use their brains to let spirit coins beget spirit coins, running faster and faster on the immortal path."

"The former are called fools; the latter are called smart people."

Then, Nine Heavens Liuli led Zhang Yu to another hall.

"This is the Luck Monitoring Center. Throughout Myriad Laws University, and even across most of the second layer of Kunxu, countless pieces of intelligence and news intersect here. The big data of everyone with profound luck can be monitored here."

"If we wish, we can concentrate luck onto any person, allowing a junior college student to rise step by step, eventually becoming the noblest and most gifted student among the Top Ten."

"We can also extract the luck from certain prodigies, causing them to fall from grace and become the most useless, lowly junior college students."

At the same time, images of various cases appeared beside Nine Heavens Liuli.

They were the rising and falling lives of various students.

But their lives, in Nine Heavens Liuli's hands, were like fluctuating stock prices, rising or falling with every operation of the Finance Department, creating wave after wave of profit for them.

Then, Nine Heavens Liuli brought Zhang Yu to an exhibition hall.

The outer side of the hall consisted of massive floor-to-ceiling windows, revealing vast, boundless medicinal fields that stretched from the horizon to the very edge of the world.

In the university city of Myriad Laws, it is difficult to see the true outside world; even Zhang Yu had only seen it when he was on the top-floor construction site.

This was his first time standing inside the university city, looking out at the vast earth beyond.

Nine Heavens Liuli smiled faintly: "How is it? The world seen from here—doesn't it look a bit different?"

Zhang Yu replied calmly: "It's about the same as what I saw from the rooftop."

Nine Heavens Liuli smiled indifferently and continued to lead Zhang Yu through the exhibition hall.

He introduced: "Actually, the history of our Finance Department is even older than Myriad Laws University itself."

"And the Finance Department is not just the Finance Department of Myriad Laws University; it is not even just a department."

"Long before the university was founded, the various financial companies that were the predecessors of this department had existed for a long time."

"In even earlier history, we were noble families, officials, hermits, and could even be royalty."

"In the ancient era, we manipulated sects, toyed with luck, and witnessed the fall and rise of countless factions."

"In the feudal era, we invested in promising forces, controlled the course of wars and history, and decided the rise and fall of countless dynasties."

Now, we span every industry and every academy; our influence is omnipresent, dictating the future trajectory of countless souls in Kunxu.

Jiutian Liu led Zhang Yu before a colossal portrait, gesturing toward the majestic figures depicted within: "This is the Kunlun Industrial Research Institute, established collectively by the finance departments of all academies, known simply as the Kunlun Society."

"Beyond our own Golden Palace Divine Lord, seven other Divine Lords from rival institutions participate in this endeavor."

"Zhang Yu, perhaps you once believed that a school is merely a school, and that at Wanfa University, the academy reigns supreme."

"But I can tell you that the power of spirit coins transcends the barriers of schools, and even the divides between sects."

"Finance is finance, and Wanfa is Wanfa."

Jiutian Liu turned to look at Zhang Yu, a faint smile playing on his lips: "Are you a fool who wishes to toil on a construction site or slave away in the alchemy laboratory for a lifetime? Or will you learn to use your mind, become a clever man, and let money beget money, earning more spirit coins than you could ever amass in the alchemy or civil engineering departments?"

Sensing Zhang Yu’s gaze, Jiutian Liu shook his head and remarked: "Your desire to transfer into the alchemy department is no grand secret; I can know it, and Director Gao can know it as well."

Zhang Yu suddenly asked: "If you are all so powerful, can you get me into a sect?"

Observing the silent Jiutian Liu before him, Zhang Yu chuckled: "It seems the finance department isn't as formidable as you boast."

Jiutian Liu replied coldly: "It is not the finance department that fails, but you. The affairs of the sects are not for one of your station to contemplate."

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