You dare to cultivate without money?!
Chapter 175 - 175 145 Gradually Turning into the Shape of a Traitor

175: Chapter 145 Gradually Turning into the Shape of a Traitor 175: Chapter 145 Gradually Turning into the Shape of a Traitor When Zhang Yu first came to Kunxu, he was quite cautious about the issue of borrowing and lending.

This was partly due to the experiences and memories of his original self, and also due to his own past life’s wariness of borrowing and lending.

However, after more than half a year of living in Kunxu and seeing many people borrow money, his mindset gradually began to change.

“Body refining with potions, making money through loans…” Zhang Yu thought to himself, “I am becoming more and more assimilated into Kunxu, becoming more like a local here.”

But Zhang Yu thought there was nothing wrong with that.

After all, people must adapt to their environment.

If you want to climb higher in Kunxu, you must adapt to its rules.

Body Refinement requires potions!

Cultivation necessitates borrowing!

Before he knew it, Zhang Yu had borrowed money from various platforms one after another.

Currently, Zhang Yu repays his loans on time every month, his bank transactions skyrocketing, and his grades improving significantly.

His cumulative borrowing limit had increased by another one million.

So, in an instant, Zhang Yu’s account had an additional one million.

“Including the original fifteen thousand per month, I need to pay 40,000 in interest every month until the end of my junior year, when I’ll have to repay the 1.7 million principal borrowed from various platforms.”

“Plus, there’s the 5,000 interest-free loan, making a total repayment of 45,000 each month.”

Seeing the cold balance of over 1.3 million in his account, Zhang Yu let out a slow breath, feeling both the heavy pressure on his shoulders and a surge of motivation to work hard.

Beside him, Bai Zhenzhen, who used to borrow less than Zhang Yu, was now fully fired up and had borrowed another 900,000 all at once.

She was also full of motivation, ready to integrate this 900,000 into her flesh to boost her cultivation when she returned.

More than ten hours later, the two finally returned to Songyang City, embarking on another round of their journey on the Immortal Path.

Time flew by quickly as the two charged forward.

…

In the apartment.

Zhang Yu took off the weighted clothing he usually wore for training and retrieved the newly purchased ‘practice skin’.

This practice skin, utilizing some unknown Immortal Technique, looked like a thin layer of human skin and felt almost like real human skin to the touch.

Seeing its lifelike appearance, Zhang Yu said, “Could this actually be made from some expert’s skin?”

From what Zhang Yu knew of Kunxu, such things were not impossible.

Fu Ji sneered, “You really think you could buy real skin with the little money you spent?”

“It’s obviously synthetic leather.

Its compatibility isn’t 100%, at most 99% compatible.”

As Zhang Yu put it on, he felt the practice skin naturally adhere to his body, becoming like a new layer of skin.

This new skin also brought a strong sense of constraint to his body, forcing him to continuously exert power to resist it, like constantly training his muscles all over.

But he couldn’t feel anything unfit; he just thought it was much better than his original weighted clothing.

After a while, Zhang Yu opened his phone, launched the practice skin management software, and chose to turn it off.

The sense of constraint disappeared instantly, and Zhang Yu couldn’t even feel the practice skin’s presence.

“Breathing, sweating, training breath, none of it’s affected.”

“This ten thousand yuan practice skin is certainly worth it.

This way, I can add an extra layer of exercise at all times.”

“And I can turn it off anytime I don’t need it.”

…

In the reservation.

In the hatchery room.

The little panda An An, hugging her big tail, watched Bai Zhenzhen cultivating her breath, thinking to herself that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s time here in the past few days had at least doubled.

“I wonder if the time they spend tutoring Wenwu has also doubled?”

Although seeing them using the spirit machine at the Red Tower, An An felt a pang of heartache for the loss of company assets.

But she tried hard not to show it.

After all, for her, who hadn’t even finished primary school knowledge, high school students were already the cream of the crop.

Facing competition participants like Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen from a top high school, especially after seeing their results, An An felt an inferiority, a sense of inadequacy, every time she stood in front of them.

She deeply understood that compared to Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu, she was just an illiterate.

Especially with Bai Zhenzhen’s cold demeanor, An An felt that her disdain was probably evident.

However, when Bai Zhenzhen left this time, An An quickly waved her short limbs, bouncing in front of Bai Zhenzhen, “This is for you.”

Bai Zhenzhen looked at the piece of demon beast meat with a bow on it and curiously asked, “For me?”

An An said, “Thank you for tutoring Xiong Wenwu.”

Seeing An An’s slightly nervous look, Bai Zhenzhen accepted the demon beast meat and said, “You often have unsold leftover demon beast meat here, right?”

“Why not sell it to me at a discount in private?

It just so happens I plan to purchase more demon beast meat for nourishment recently.”

An An said anxiously, “You want me to betray company interests again?”

Bai Zhenzhen laughed and rubbed An An’s ears, “You wouldn’t want Xiong Wenwu’s grades to drop, right?

Sell it to me cheaper.”

“If you’re uneasy about using the money you earn, you can subsidize Xiong Wenwu with it.”

An An sighed inwardly, feeling that she was gradually becoming a corporate mole from once being the best employee, feeling undeserving of her 2,000 salary.

…

In the apartment.

With Zhang Yu turning on the newly bought lamps one by one, the whole room changed from bright to incandescent, until eventually, almost nothing could be seen as even Zhang Yu’s silhouette was completely enveloped.

Zhang Yu felt the Great Sun Qi Sea passively operating wildly and felt the mana inside his body rolling fiercely like magma.

In such an environment, he began cultivating the Red Marrow Primordial Qi.

…

Late June.

In the apartment.

The cardboard boxes in the corner of the room were filled with various potions brought by Le Mulan for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.

Le Mulan casually threw her ragged clothes into the trash can beside her.

These made her skin feel a bit dry today due to the excessive sweating.

As she changed clothes, she said, “Your strength has improved a lot recently.”

Zhang Yu smiled, “Thanks to your potions, every time I use them, I feel especially strong.”

Le Mulan glanced around, noticing Zhang Yu’s gaze fixed on the potion on the ground and reminded him, “The Bone and Flesh Strengthening Serum is most effective orally.”

Ultimately, Zhang Yu couldn’t bring himself to do such a thing.

He got up quickly, seizing the time to absorb the potion, and began cultivating the Red Marrow Primordial Qi.

A flicker of surprise appeared in Le Mulan’s eyes.

As she left the room, she couldn’t help but say, “Next time, if you want me to administer any potions in advance, just let me know.”

After returning to Purple Cloud High School, because of the excessive sweating, Le Mulan drank several glasses of water.

Having finished yet another glass, Le Mulan said to Lian Tianji by her side, “Get me another glass of water.”

“Next time before I leave school, make sure to prepare a barrel of water for me.”

Lian Tianji nodded slightly, thinking to himself, “What kind of combat training causes such a large amount of sweat?”

…

Songyang High School.

In the office for renting Spirit Roots.

The administrator Wei Xin looked at Zhang Yu in surprise, “How long do you want to rent for?”

Zhang Yu replied arrogantly, “If it’s for a month, what’s the discount?”

Although having Bai Zhenzhen’s True Spirit Root allowed them to rotate its use, even with some residual effects, ultimately, it was split between two people.

With a large sum of money on hand, what occurred to Zhang Yu was to rent an enhancement Spirit Root, allowing him to use it while Bai Zhenzhen used her Spirit Root so they could both cultivate with Spirit Roots 24/7.

Administrator Wei Xin nodded repeatedly, eyes glowing, “Of course there’s a discount, for the enhancement Spirit Root, monthly rental can be discounted to two million per month.”

In an instant, Zhang Yu fell into silence, feeling he had just been a bit hasty.

“Forget it, better to go by the hour, seems more flexible this way.”

…

End of June.

White Dragon High School.

Yu Xinghan and Zhang Yu brought forth a flurry of afterimages, engaged in fierce combat.

Noticing the tremendous power behind each of his opponent’s moves, Yu Xinghan asked, “Did you master the Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm?”

Zhang Yu delivered a strike accompanied by the roars of dragons and elephants, responding, “Because of you, I had to spend twenty thousand on this technique, shouldn’t you sponsor a bit?”

Yu Xinghan countered with a palm, laughing heartily, “Blame yourself for having such a strong martial talent that’s costly to maintain.”

Having studied Zhang Yu’s data, Yu Xinghan had actually anticipated this: when performing martial arts like the Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm reliant purely on physical prowess, Zhang Yu was likely to learn it.

But that was precisely his intention.

For when the opponent used the same technique as him, it became more convenient to use his third eye to absorb and mimic Zhang Yu’s physical strength techniques.

Yet he didn’t want to explicitly guide Zhang Yu to do this, for then Zhang Yu would certainly demand extra money.

“Luckily…

luckily he learned the technique during our training, forcing him to purchase it.”

“Heh, saved me a bit of money.”

Nevertheless, knowing that Zhang Yu was in such financial straits yet spent twenty thousand on it, a slight pang of guilt passed through Yu Xinghan’s mind: “Sorry Zhang Yu, but in the struggle for the Immortal Road, if it isn’t you spending more, it’s me spending more.”

“To go further on the immortal path, I must hold my ground without yielding an inch.”

“I must pass next year’s Foundation Establishment Exam!

For that goal, I will spare no means to save money!

To earn money!”

As for Zhang Yu’s participation in the Foundation Establishment Exam, Yu Xinghan had no intention of taking it to heart.

After all, in Yu Xinghan’s view, constrained by finances, the gap between them next year would only widen, removing Zhang Yu as a serious competitor in the exams.

On the other side, while executing a level 1 Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm, Zhang Yu glanced at the Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm 3 level (5/30) on his Yu Shu, feeling the added technical advantages this martial art provided.

Since his usual cultivation time was fully taken up by Red Marrow Primordial Qi, he could only practice other martial arts during real combat training.

So Zhang Yu straightforwardly bought the rights to use the Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm, practicing it during his combat training sessions with Yu Xinghan.

He inwardly thought, “Sorry Yu Xinghan…

for me, using a level 1 versus my highest level Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm yields similar training effects.”

“But I can’t reveal such a terrifying talent.”

“I can only use the level 1 Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm to train with you, sacrificing your training quality somewhat.”

“After all, to pass the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate this year, I must be unscrupulous, seizing every opportunity to grow stronger.”

…

Time continued to pass amidst Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s frantic spending and intense cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, it was early July.

The first round of the Foundation Establishment Exam was just a month and a half away, taking place in mid-August.

One day in Songyang High School.

Lanling led a group of sophomore students towards the freshman area.

He thought to himself, “Zhang Pianpian has been gone for half a month, and the contracts concerning Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen don’t seem to have been assigned by Zhang Pianpian.”

“Were they just left on the first level?”

“Let’s test it out, see if Zhang Pianpian left any arrangements for these two broke souls.”

Lanling planned to give them a slight lesson during practical class, just like he had done a few months prior.

Remembering their once arrogant demeanor, where as poor juniors they dared to challenge him, their affluent senior, Lanling felt a wave of discomfort.

Of course, his actions weren’t solely his own decisions.

Lanling thought of Zhou Chechen and Le Jingchen from Purple Cloud who had contacted him that morning.

Lanling mused, “After all, letting two broke students sit in on the competition of a top ten school… has provoked many grievances.”