You dare to cultivate without money?!
Chapter 370 - 319: The Grand Mansion and Luck

Chapter 370: Chapter 319: The Grand Mansion and Luck

"My future plans?"

Upon hearing Director Gao’s question, many thoughts flashed through Zhang Yu’s mind in an instant, and he finally answered, "I want to participate in the Top Ten League."

Hearing Zhang Yu’s words, not only did Tu Lishan freeze for a moment, but even Director Gao was slightly taken aback.

Director Gao had anticipated many responses from Zhang Yu, such as plainly wanting to make money, or staying above, or even pledging to serve Wanfa University...

But he never expected that the other party actually wanted to join the Top Ten League?

At this moment, Director Gao’s gaze towards Zhang Yu became meaningful, and he thought to himself, "This kid... is even more ambitious than I imagined."

Director Gao had never feared students with ambition and desire, or rather, he thought the more ambitious and desirous the students, the more likely they were to stand out.

Otherwise, without ambition, without desire... why practice immortality? Just live a life as an ordinary person, eating and waiting to die would suffice, wouldn’t it?

Originally, in Director Gao’s eyes, Zhang Yu was just a student who gambled his life for his future, but now knowing that the other party planned to join the Top Ten League, he actually esteemed Zhang Yu more highly. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

Scrutinizing Zhang Yu before him, Director Gao said calmly, "To compete, you must have top-level skills in the department, and you’re still far from that now."

Zhang Yu replied calmly, "I will do my utmost to try."

Seeing the determination in Zhang Yu’s eyes and sensing his unwavering resolve under scrutiny, Director Gao smiled slightly, finding Zhang Yu somewhat more interesting and slightly more excellent than he originally expected.

"Alright, don’t say I didn’t give you a chance," said Director Gao, "From now on, every semester, you must participate in at least one construction project to serve the department; it’s also a chance for you to hone your skills."

"But you can freely choose which project to participate in."

As he spoke, various projects from the Civil Engineering Department were projected through the Spirit Realm into Zhang Yu’s eyes.

There were battlefield fortress constructions, renovations of graves in the deep mountains, transformations of Spirit Realm Network data centers, expansions of Hehuan University amusement parks, construction of Flying Sword Laboratories...

Looking at these projects, a multitude of thoughts immediately rushed into Zhang Yu’s mind, and focusing on one of the projects, he thought to himself, "They even have this? I must go once!!"

"But not now," Zhang Yu thought to himself, "I have to wait until I replenish my physical deficiencies before I go to the construction site to gorge myself."

Director Gao continued, "Of course, the department won’t just make you work."

"Besides salaries, you’ll have access to discounted medicine, and you can directly get discounted drugs from the Pharmacy College."

"There will also be some experimental drugs not available on the market, which will gradually be opened to you." 𝘧𝑟𝑒𝑒𝘸𝘦𝘣𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝓁.𝘤𝘰𝓂

As he spoke, a drug purchasing list and contact information for the Pharmacy College were transformed into a document and sent into Zhang Yu’s eyes.

After saying that, Director Gao paused, as if deliberating on something, and finally said, "Starting today, this 318-story student dorm suite will be temporarily lent to you."

The address, condition, and key permissions of the 318-story dorm were sent before Zhang Yu.

This is a 15 square meter room with 1 living room, 2 bedrooms, 1 bathroom, a ceiling height of 6 meters; it comes with ample spiritual mechanism and data supply every month, and the dormitory floor area offers laundry, cleaning, training rooms, laboratories, and other fee-based services.

Director Gao continued, "I also opened the anti-gravity channel permissions for you, you can use it freely now."

Zhang Yu knew the central anti-gravity channel was a high-speed vertical channel running through the entire Wanfa University City; through it, one could quickly reach any floor of Wanfa University City in seconds.

Whether it’s the 318-story dorm or the anti-gravity channel, they evidently increased Zhang Yu’s life and cultivation convenience considerably, saving him a lot of time.

But that wasn’t all, and Director Gao offered Zhang Yu one last temptation.

Director Gao: "If you can achieve first place in the class at the end of this first semester, I will accept you as my registered disciple."

Hearing this, Tu Lishan was slightly startled, "Director Gao hadn’t mentioned this before, was it a spur-of-the-moment decision?"

Being a disciple of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, even if just a registered one, was a chance countless students dream of.

In Tu Lishan’s view, Director Gao had given so many benefits and such a great opportunity at once, wouldn’t Zhang Yu be spurred to practice like crazy? Not stopping unless he succeeds?

But in the next moment, the pie-in-the-sky alert in Tu Lishan’s mind went off, and he quickly realized, thinking to himself, "No, Director Gao probably doesn’t expect Zhang Yu to really surpass Ji Yuanshu and take first in the class."

"He’s just using the opportunity of being a registered disciple as bait, dangling it before Zhang Yu to urge him to keep working hard and never stop."

But Tu Lishan also understood that for Director Gao to paint such a pie... was evidence enough of Zhang Yu’s excellence, because ordinary students wouldn’t even have this chance.

Seeing the changes in Zhang Yu’s complexion, Director Gao patted his shoulder with a smile, "Don’t get excited, what I promised you, I will definitely fulfill, just go for it without hesitation."

Zhang Yu was, however, worried about one thing, "Damn it... if I perform too well in the Civil Engineering Department, would they suppress me and not let me transfer to the Artifact Refining Department later? Would they forcibly make me take a master then? I don’t want to spend my life on the construction site!"

Looking at Director Gao’s smile, Zhang Yu finally asked, "Can I live in this dorm with my current roommate?"

This was clearly a trivial matter for Director Gao, and he casually replied, "It’s your dorm, you handle it as you see fit."

Leaving the Civil Engineering Department building, Zhang Yu suddenly realized the agreement hadn’t even been signed.

Fu Ji smiled cunningly, "To a person of that stature, signing a contract with you... is a constraint to himself. Instead, without signing the contract, he has ways to make you abide by the agreement, but if he doesn’t want to abide by it, then you have no recourse."

Taking a deep breath, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "I still need to keep becoming stronger, having more money, and reaching higher."

Then he shared the news of the new dorm in the dormitory group.

Yu Xinghan: A 15-square-meter luxury residence?!

Le Mulan: This is much closer to the classroom.

Zhang Pianpian: The traffic provided by this upper dormitory each month is quite a lot.

That evening, Zhang Yu brought Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, and Zhang Pianpian together to move into the dormitory on the 318th floor.

Looking at the dormitory that changed from 5 square meters to 15 square meters, Zhang Yu felt that standing here, his body finally didn’t have to excessively suppress his muscles, and his hands and feet could finally stretch out a bit.

Then Zhang Yu sent a list of discounted medicines to Le Mulan and asked, "Mulan, help me see which medicines in here are a good deal and suitable for me."

At this moment, someone from the Foundation Establishment class suddenly @mentioned him.

"Is it Ji Yuanshu?"

...

Wanfa University City.

In the 100-square-meter suite on the 450th floor.

Ji Yuanshu’s consciousness returned from the depths of the Spirit Realm, as he concluded his one-on-one financial course.

This past semester, although he was a student in the Civil Engineering Department, he hadn’t paid much attention to the professional courses of the Civil Engineering Department and instead focused on the courses of the Finance Department.

After all, according to the plan, he was just a transient in the Civil Engineering Department, and the Finance Department was his true future.

And those prodigies in the Finance Department were his true competitors for the future.

For Ji Yuanshu, as long as he ensured he could get the first place in the class, he should devote more energy to the courses of the Finance Department, preparing for future competition there.

At this moment, a message floated into his eyes. It was a message from his master, Deputy Director Lin of the Civil Engineering Department.

Director Lin: What’s going on? Why are you only 26 points ahead of the second place in this final ranking?

Feeling the questioning and disappointment in the master’s message, Ji Yuanshu hurriedly explained: Because I spent a considerable amount of time on financial courses.

Director Lin: You mean after learning finance, you’re not doing as well as just learning civil engineering?

Director Lin: Did I ask you to study finance for this reason?

Ji Yuanshu didn’t answer but recalled something his master once said to him.

"Yuan Shu, the Civil Engineering Department... it’s like picking up others’ leftovers in a mud pit."

"If you focus only on engineering in civil, and not on finance, you’ll be eating dirt on construction sites for a lifetime."

"Even if you create revenue during college wars, it would just be struggling to survive, eating scraps and leftovers."

"Only by grasping destiny and relying on humanistic momentum can you go further."

The memories flashed through Ji Yuanshu’s mind.

At this moment, Director Lin continued to send messages: This year, no matter the grade, we have to surpass them and thoroughly lower their stock prices.

Director Lin: Use well the skills you’ve learned in the Finance Department.

Director Lin: At the end of the freshman year, I want you to be more than 100 points ahead of the second place.

Looking at Director Lin’s request, Ji Yuanshu did not refuse.

Because he knew in this route contention of the Civil Engineering Department, where he stood was merely a corner of the struggle; he had no power to refuse.

Besides... he also believed he could do it.

"I’ve indeed mastered the Taoist skills of fortune in the Finance Department."

"In that case, let’s try something out."

Glimpsing the current class rankings, Ji Yuanshu tapped lightly with his fingertip, and the fortune divination service of the Finance Department already floated into his eyes.

The rankings, scores, and even consumption lists, loan lists, working hours, classroom performance, health status, addresses, incomes, savings of Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin all emerged.

Next came predictions of interests, personalities, potential, longevity, and so on, all emerging one by one.

Ji Yuanshu murmured, "According to the ultimate fortune prediction, neither of them has any chance to surpass me."

Then the whole class’s data emerged one by one, helping Ji Yuanshu foresee each individual’s thoughts.

"In the eyes of the vast majority, it is inevitable that the winner will be me."

"Mind and momentum are all in my hands."

Having confirmed the momentum, Ji Yuanshu understood that the next step was to further guide the hearts and utilize the fortune.