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Chapter 360 - 309 Senior - Earthwood Sacred Body (8/8)

Chapter 360: Chapter 309 Senior - Earthwood Sacred Body (8/8)

Zhang Yu is a freshman in the Civil Engineering Department and a master of survival on construction sites. For the past few months, he has been on a quest for wild gourmet foods, risking his life to eat the freshest, most delicious, and most expensive ingredients.

Several days ago, he took a flying boat and crossed thousands of miles to reach this perilous post-war wasteland.

In this expansive land of over a thousand acres, there are remnants of Golden Core mana, array forces still in operation, and various invisible polluting materials... an unimaginable assortment of dangers.

High temperatures, explosions, diseases... all threaten his life, trying to break down the defenses in his heart.

And once Zhang Yu is severely injured by these dangers, he will be delivered into the hands of the team doctor, ending his adventure.

However, the greatest threat he faces isn’t these lethal dangers from the wilderness, but the other predators searching for targets like him.

Those who are stronger, older, and more experienced senior students from the Civil Engineering Department can easily snatch food away from him.

To avoid competition with his peers, Zhang Yu has no choice but to travel further distances to seek the precious ingredients growing in uninhabited places.

At this moment, he carefully walks through the ruins, his Three-Eyed Divine Power fully engaged, vigilant of every movement around him.

Carrying a swirling cloud sea, he sweeps over the shattered building materials, unknown parts, and burst equipment.

From time to time, he picks up some metallic materials or some tools of unknown use, examines and identifies them, then casually tosses them to the ground.

In these treacherous ruins, food always hides in unknown corners.

Suddenly, Zhang Yu’s eyes narrowed slightly, seemingly having discovered something.

He watched as the Formless Cloud Gang transformed into spiraling air currents, capturing a cylindrical object before him.

This seems to be a module from a puppet production line.

Containing corroding abyss membrane with acid-resistant, high-temperature resistant, and impact-resistant qualities, it is the factory delicacy Zhang Yu has long sought after.

Zhang Yu stroked the cylinder’s inner chamber, using the knowledge and experience he had gained over the days to identify it, soon smiling as he began carefully processing this gift from nature.

He gently flicked his forefinger, activating the Green Silk Flying Sword wrapped around his finger, slicing the cylinder into dozens of pieces with a sword light.

After one swing, the Green Silk coiled back onto Zhang Yu’s finger, no longer possessing its mystic abilities, needing a full day and night to recover its spiritual mechanism.

Picking up the fragments from the ground, Zhang Yu thought, "Luckily I have the Green Silk Flying Sword Azhen gave me. Otherwise, even if I found these materials, hiding or ingesting them myself would take a lot of processing time."

Zhang Yu opened his mouth, swallowing the fragments of the corroding abyss membrane whole.

Though the hunger inside him was difficult to bear, Zhang Yu didn’t switch to the Sacred Body of the University or activate the Earth Eating Divine Skill to digest the food in his stomach immediately.

He understood that fully digesting here in the dangerous wilderness would leave him extremely weak.

So Zhang Yu temporarily stored the corroding abyss membrane in his stomach, intending to process the day’s harvest after he got off work.

A moment later, Zhang Yu found another segment of pipeline, using three Green Silk Flying Swords to open it.

"It’s 15-grade spirit law secret steel, a weakened version of 20-grade secret steel, but it still takes three swords to cut through."

"Indeed, I’m still far from being able to digest 20-grade secret steel now."

Zhang Yu swallowed the fragments of 15-grade secret steel, thinking, "Like 20-grade secret steel, I’ll store them first. After I strengthen my stomach and intestines with the corroding abyss membrane, I’ll use this 15-grade secret steel to strengthen them, then attempt digesting the 20-grade secret steel..."

Clearing debris while collecting and processing ingredients, Zhang Yu soon reached the end of his workday.

Taking advantage of classmates running off for massages, he buried the collected ingredients in a large pit he had prepared.

Then he took out some corroding abyss membrane, switched to the Sacred Body of the University, activated the Earth Eating Divine Skill, and started digesting this rare food with full force.

"It’s a pity, vegetables without medicine."

But Zhang Yu also knew he couldn’t be too particular in the wild construction site, shaking his head as he activated his mana to digest the food in his stomach diligently.

Strands of corroding abyss membrane were refined into his stomach, enhancing its toughness and resistance bit by bit, as if gradually armoring his stomach.

With each refinement of the corroding abyss membrane, his digestive ability grew stronger, slowly becoming like a giant millstone, grinding down the food entering his stomach.

In the days that followed, Zhang Yu focused on collecting, refining ingredients, and clearing debris.

In just over a week, utilizing the Foundation peak digestion power brought by his University Sacred Body and the Level 20 Earth Eating Holy Skill, he refined over 10 spirit coins’ worth of corroding abyss membrane into his esophagus, stomach, and intestines, strengthening them like impenetrable fortresses.

Finally, in the days before the ruins were completely cleared out, he began attempting to digest the 15-grade secret steel.

He first used up seven Green Silk Flying Swords, slicing dozens of metal pieces into hundreds of tiny fragments.

Then Zhang Yu ingested the fragments, and the gluttonous mana condensed by the Earth Eating Divine Skill burst out, attempting to decompose the 15-grade secret steel with the collaborative digestion power at the Foundation peak.

Feeling the 15-grade secret steel being arduously digested, shrinking bit by bit, Zhang Yu activated the War Demon Life-Extending Technique, temporarily boosting his physical strength level by a full 1.0 level.

His internal organs erupted like a volcano, unleashing incredibly violent power, like a massive millstone, grinding furiously at the 15-grade secret steel under the boost of gluttonous mana.

Then Zhang Yu activated the Level 20 Infinite Shock Zen, accelerating his digestion process with high-frequency oscillations.

Feeling strands of 15-grade secret steel enhancing his stomach together with the corroding abyss membrane, Zhang Yu finally felt a sense of satisfaction.

"This No. 15 secret steel already requires me to use all my strength to barely digest it."

"What level of strength will I reach after refining No. 20 secret steel into my bones?"

A few days later, with the cleanup of the ruins completed, the construction site entered the second phase, beginning the construction of the Law Corpse Factory’s buildings.

As the construction of the buildings began, teachers and students from the Artifact Refining Academy, as well as those from the Civil Engineering Department, started to appear one after another.

However, unlike the Civil Engineering Department’s goal of training students, this field project of the Law Corpse Factory was merely a profit-oriented endeavor for the Artifact Refining Academy and the Civil Engineering Department. Moreover, their primary roles were design, supervision, and quality inspection, so not many people participated.

Without the dangerous ruins, Zhang Yu activated his university-level Sacred Body every day, working diligently while striving to cultivate the Earth Eating Holy Skill.

Previously, due to constantly using the Earth Eating Holy Skill to ensure safety, the cultivation of the Mountain True Form Chapter had been delayed, but now the cultivation progress was advancing rapidly.

With the operation of the Mountain True Form Chapter, Zhang Yu’s body expanded, and he struck down on the steel bars one by one, securing them in place.

Looking at the departing seniors around him, Zhang Yu noticed the dimensions in his mind’s eye, reminding them: "Here, 1.3 millimeters won’t do, it should be less than 1 millimeter."

On this day, he also advanced the Mountain True Form Chapter to Level 10.

After the cultivation technique reached Level 10, Zhang Yu felt his body expanding, not just overall, but also capable of localized muscle expansion.

"After Level 10, I can locally expand muscles?"

After sensing the new power of the cultivation technique, Zhang Yu checked the group chat messages and urged helplessly: "Are the construction blueprints from the Civil Engineering Department not here yet? Can we hurry it up? We’ve been waiting for almost an hour."

After a busy day and night, it was finally time to clock off.

Zhang Yu was usually reluctant to use the Spirit Realm Network casually, nor did he want to use the equally expensive Heavenly Patrol Flying Sword’s network casually.

But at this moment, Zhang Yu held the Xuanzao Relic, inhaling and exhaling its high-quality mana.

At the same time, he connected to the Spirit Realm Network at the construction site, reporting safety to Zhang Yu and Zhang Pianpian, asked Yu Xinghan for class videos, and greeted Le Mulan...

"Azhen, my seniors went for massages again. Of course, I didn’t go, there are only six therapists, working overtime every day, not even having time to shower, I think it’s dirty."

The fulfilling life at the construction site made Zhang Yu feel like he was a piece of steel being repeatedly forged, constantly tempered in high temperature and pressure, every second progressing on the Immortal Path.

And half a month later, not only had his cultivation significantly advanced, but he also became increasingly familiar with the construction site, with increasingly rich construction experience.

Looking at the dimensions of the steel bars ahead, Zhang Yu said to Che Yufei beside him: "Just short by 2 millimeters, I think it’s close enough, it’s not like we’re making an Immortal Artifact."

Che Yufei frowned, about to say something, but seeing the No. 20 secret steel handed to him, he slightly raised his brow and discreetly put it into his sleeve: "Let’s just leave it this time, but not next time."

After sending Che Yufei away, Shi Yunxiang beside him said: "Did Mr. Tu mention that the blueprints have been sent out in the group?"

Zhang Yu replied: "What blueprints? I’ve already finished that layer, those designing people don’t know the on-site situation like we do."

"It’s time to clock out, I’m leaving first."

Shi Yunxiang returned to the room, only to find Che Yufei and others were there, he asked suspiciously: "Didn’t everyone go for massages?"

Che Yufei replied helplessly: "Those few therapists haven’t showered in a long time, we all think it’s dirty, only Zhang Yu went."

...

Accompanied by a soft rumble.

Zhang Yu opened the earthen pit he buried, retrieving a piece of No. 20 secret steel.

With Che Yufei and others not going for massages these days, Zhang Yu used the massage as an excuse to sneak out for daily meals.

"The therapists will shower tomorrow, Che Yufei and the others should continue going for massages."

Zhang Yu looked at the No. 20 secret steel in his hand.

After enhancing his gastrointestinal system with No. 15 secret steel, it was finally time to digest this No. 20 secret steel.

This precious material, used to protect the core parts of puppets, had a strength comparable to some body parts of peak Foundation Establishment Stage body-refining experts.

It was not only explosion and impact-resistant but could also evenly absorb martial arts energy.

Previously, Zhang Yu used the Green Silk Flying Sword to cut it, consuming the power of seven strands of silk a day, barely able to cut off a palm-sized piece.

At this moment, Zhang Yu’s mouth, stomach, and chest suddenly expanded.

He had pushed the Mountain True Form Chapter to Level 20, and when using the technique, he gained temporary ability to expand his esophagus, stomach, and other internal organs.

With the cultivation of the Mountain True Form Chapter reaching Level 20 a few days ago, his Earth Eating Sacred Body finally reached the second level.

Upper Level - Earth Eating Sacred Body (8/8): During Foundation Establishment Stage operation, eating, and medication consumption, the life cost is greatly reduced. The Earth Eating Sacred Body lets you live long and keep working, always on the path of labor.

"What a great Sacred Body, with this Earth Eating Sacred Body, I can recklessly operate some cultivation techniques and consume some life-shortening drugs."

"Fortunately, during this period, I’ve only spent at most a year of lifespan, plenty of life left to burn."