You dare to cultivate without money?!
Chapter 377 - 326 Wang Yin’s Dao Heart Shattered

Chapter 377: Chapter 326 Wang Yin’s Dao Heart Shattered

During the time Zhang Yu cooperated with Tian Yang, with Wang Yin’s daily sponsorship, Zhang Yu had meals every day to replenish food essence, stabilize his foundation, and nurture his vitality.

Professional technicians provided massages to help him repair his body and accelerate the recovery of his physical functions after each cultivation.

"As for the side effects from the masseurs, I of course overcame them with supreme willpower."

With the combination of a significant amount of tiger and wolf medicine and the rich spiritual mechanism environment of the cemetery, his cultivation conditions had never been better, and the speed of improvement in his cultivation was unprecedented.

"If Wang Yin knew that Tian Yang and I were just acting to deceive him for spirit coins, and we didn’t actually leave the construction site after work every day, he would be even angrier, right? He would probably hate me to the core."

Hearing Zhang Yu’s statement, Fu Ji said, "After knowing the truth, the first unfortunate one might be himself."

Zhang Yu asked in surprise, "Himself?"

Fu Ji said, "Hehe, to deceive someone, the most important point is to let them get benefits."

"Only by getting profits and benefits will people deeply fall into a trap, getting deeper and deeper, even knowing it’s a trap, they will be unwilling to face it in the end."

"Wang Yin is a wealthy person; mere hatred towards you is not enough to make him willingly and actively participate."

"As far as I can see..." Fu Ji speculated, "It might be as I guessed before, you have become his heart demon, and he needs to use you to fill gaps and enhance his Dao Heart."

"And if he learned the truth and understood that you weren’t manipulated by him, but instead used the resources he provided to cultivate better... then his heart demon might intensify, the flaw in his mental method would worsen, and don’t even talk about restoring the Dao Heart... regression is possible."

Zhang Yu’s eyes moved upon hearing this: "Doesn’t that mean... I have an extra card to deal with him?"

Fu Ji said casually, "But this card is not only in your hands."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu thought internally, "Tian Yang... and that friend of his from Nether University? Could it be people from Nether University are setting up a trap for Wang Yin?"

Lacking enough information, Zhang Yu was still like a blind person feeling an elephant, unable to grasp the full picture.

He decided to retract these miscellaneous thoughts and continue focusing on his cultivation, as after all, his grades, rank, and cultivation were his reliance for survival at Wanfa University.

Only seen taking a deep breath, he once again started operating the breathing cultivation technique.

In the days that followed, Zhang Yu cultivated, worked, attended online classes, ate, got massages, occasionally spent spirit coins on various cultivation services, and took time to assist Yu Xinghan and Le Mulan with their cultivation.

Every day, he felt 24 hours were simply not enough and wished he could create multiple clones.

And under such circumstances, his cultivation improved dramatically.

More than ten days passed quickly, and this day Zhang Yu was cultivating at the construction site as usual.

His Dao Heart had now reached Level 14 (25.3%).

Feeling his increasingly firm will, and the White Bull in his mind, striding with pride through the rolling dark mud, Zhang Yu thought, "After reaching Level 15 Dao Heart, I can attempt to operate the second mental method."

"Speaking of which, I haven’t tested for a match yet."

"I also don’t know what mental method is most suitable for me and the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique."

Meanwhile, the flow of mana within Zhang Yu’s body had become more turbulent, his mana had reached 610.9, and the quality of mana had reached 165%.

With a flick of his hand, Gang Qi surged out like a billowing ocean, forming clouds, spinning vortices, twisting rebar nets, disassembling debris, or cleaning garbage...

And in the next moment, Zhang Yu’s whole body suddenly shivered, feeling his flesh merging seamlessly with mana and Gang Qi, like milk and water.

"Body strength breakthrough to Level 15."

Although Zhang Yu’s main cultivation target these days was the breathing technique, whenever he had time and opportunity, he would squeeze in time to train his physical strength.

Especially with daily meals and massages, plus the Nine Prisons Suppressing Mountain Belt with daily thirtyfold gravity training...

His physical strength had finally reached Level 15.

"Just like Lang You Gong said..."

With a light flick of Zhang Yu’s fingertip, Gang Qi rippled out like water waves, spreading the power of this flick far away, finally hitting the wall more than ten meters away, making a soft popping sound.

With body strength reaching Level 15, Zhang Yu could feel mana and body merging more, Gang Qi seemed to become an extension of his body.

Each punch and kick of his, under the transmission of Gang Qi, blasted far away.

Afterward, he conducted a test at the teaching area, his Gang Qi transmission rate was 35%, and the farthest transmission distance of Gang Qi was 38 meters.

Meaning, through martial Gang Qi, one punch could transmit up to 35% of its strength.

And this 35% of strength, rippling far through Gang Qi, could be transmitted as far as 38 meters.

Beyond 38 meters, the transmission power of Gang Qi would rapidly weaken.

"To increase Gang Qi transmission rate and the farthest transmission distance, it is related to my mana level, mana quality, body strength, and martial arts techniques."

Zhang Yu thought, "Improvement is needed in all areas, let’s take it slowly."

Only seen as Zhang Yu spread his fingers, lightly activating power, Formless Cloud Gang formed the shape of his palm more than ten meters away and gently lifted a piece of brick and stone.

Gang Qi seemed to be his new hands and feet, transmitting power with a thought.

"This makes working much more convenient."

Aside from strength improvement, Zhang Yu’s greatest gain during this period was spirit coins.

Although he spent a considerable amount as well, through a few transfers from Tian Yang, his balance continued to grow.

Especially after playing out an unsuccessful overtime request stint last time, Tian Yang and Wang Yin traded regarding a magic treasure produced by Nether University, afterward, Tian Yang transferred to Zhang Yu, according to half of the market price, a total of 22.5 spirit coins.

This constantly left Zhang Yu feeling: "Wang Yin really is a big fat sheep, how many people, how many jobs did this single person sustain?"

Zhang Yu’s spirit coin balance thus grew to over 29.1.

As for how to spend this spirit coin next, because there are so many places where it can be spent, Zhang Yu hasn’t yet made up his mind.

Just at this moment, two figures walked over excitedly.

Yu Xinghan: "Brother!"

Li Xiao: "Brother Yu!"

Yu Xinghan couldn’t wait to say: "Let’s go, let’s go, time for a massage."

Although Li Xiao didn’t speak, he was also looking eagerly at Zhang Yu.

During this period, thanks to Wang Yin’s extravagance, not only did Zhang Yu invite many therapists for massages every day, but even Yu Xinghan and Li Xiao could occasionally take advantage of the free therapists when Zhang Yu had too many engaged, since it was Wang Yin who paid anyway.

Zhang Yu called up Tian Yang’s avatar from his eye socket, and said, "It seems like things over there aren’t arranged yet."

Nowadays, Zhang Yu’s daily massages are scheduled by Tian Yang, who would notify him when ready.

Upon hearing this, Yu Xinghan was slightly disappointed as his third eye spun, thinking to himself, "Sigh, I’ve almost learned all the therapists’ techniques, could it be that there’s no arrangement today?"

Through the mimic function of the Three-Eyed Divine Power, Yu Xinghan had been secretly learning the massage techniques of the therapists.

Just then, Zhang Yu received a message from Tian Yang: Situation might be exposed

...

Nether University.

Wang Yin watched the video appearing in his eye socket, his face growing increasingly somber.

In the video, Zhang Yu was eating voraciously, devouring bowl after bowl of celestial rice and plate after plate of dragon liver and phoenix gall with gusto.

After finishing five bowls of rice and three plates of meat, Zhang Yu showed no sign of sleepiness, demonstrating an astonishing digestive ability.

The video Wang Yin was watching was taken not long ago when Zhang Yu attended a banquet hosted by Ye Xingli, capturing him eating meat and rice.

Seeing Zhang Yu in the video not flushed or breathless, Wang Yin thought, "Ha ha, so... this must be this guy’s true appetite?"

Besides, more news about Zhang Yu’s recent situation appeared before him.

"Tian Yang... Zhang Yu..."

Wang Yin gritted his teeth, saying: "Playing me?"

Thinking that someone as wealthy as himself was being toyed with in this way, and that the money he threw down not only failed to manipulate Zhang Yu but instead significantly boosted his cultivation, Wang Yin’s anger erupted like a volcanic explosion within him.

As the anger erupted, Wang Yin further felt the mental method of the Emperor’s Imperial Heart in his mind almost coming to a halt, and his Dao Heart, which had returned to Level 16, was precarious.

With his face turning shades of blue and white, Wang Yin felt his mana and flesh running out of control, along with a wrenching pain from his organs...

Puh!

He suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, feeling his Dao Heart retreat to Level 15, with a continuing trend of regression.

"Damn it... Tian Yang, that beast, really joined hands with Zhang Yu to deceive me?"

"And Mo Xingzi, he’s the one who introduced Tian Yang to me, did he do it on purpose? Trying to dig a pit to ruin my Dao Heart?"

Wang Yin knew that at such a time, he shouldn’t be overthinking, but he couldn’t control the thoughts that continuously flashed through his mind.

And thinking of being played, thinking of Zhang Yu’s secret glee these days, Wang Yin felt his Dao Heart becoming increasingly unstable, with a risk of further loss of control over his internal power.

But just then, a woman’s voice entered his ears: "My son, there’s no need to overthink, I asked Mo Xingzi to do this."

"Mom?" Wang Yin was slightly stunned, both surprised and angry, yet puzzled, "You let Mo Xingzi deceive me?"

The woman said calmly: "I merely asked him to point out the flaw in your heart, but I didn’t expect he could truly find someone like Zhang Yu to provoke you."

Without giving Wang Yin a chance to speak, the woman continued rapidly: "My son, since your birth, everything has been smooth for you, and later you even mastered the mental method of the Emperor’s Imperial Heart... I’ve always worried about one thing."

"This mental method, after all, originates from the cultivation techniques of ancient imperial dynasties. If things go smoothly, you succeed, if not, you fail. But in life, even Immortals have moments of disappointment, let alone us?"

"As they say, human effort is sometimes exhausted, even if you hold endless wealth, you will ultimately face failure at times."

"The key is not to avoid failure, but to know how to stand up again from it."

"This time Zhang Yu, who defeated you, is a penniless fellow, you can throw money to take revenge. But if the next defeat comes from someone richer and more powerful, what would you do?"

Wang Yin muttered: "Mom, do you hope I change my mindset and fill the gap in my heart by myself?"

"Exactly." She said calmly: "The mental method is to assist cultivators, not to bind their behaviors."

"You need to harness the mental method, not be constrained by it."

Wang Yin was still struggling to let go, gritting his teeth: "But Zhang Yu..."

The woman said calmly: "Zhang Yu, that ant-like thing, is destined to scrape by on construction sites, merely a weapon in others’ hands from beginning to end. Think carefully, was it the knife that ruined your great affair? Or the person wielding it then?"

"Zhang Yu is not even worth my attention."

"Compared to him, I am more concerned about the flaw in your heart."

"Although your Dao Heart regressed this time, it also thoroughly exposed the flaw in your heart, presenting you the best opportunity to perfect your thought and fill the gap in your heart. If you can’t, you’ll never hope for a Golden Core, indicating you are just so, no need to waste spirit coins."

"If you can, I’ll arrange a mentor for you, and you’ll prepare well for your graduate exam next year."

"In the future, breaking through to Golden Core, pushing on to Nascent Soul, and looking back at this mere Zhang Yu, he’ll already be a remnant among decaying bones."

...

Ever since he learned about the exposure, Zhang Yu had been on alert, wary of Wang Yin’s potential revenge.

But in a flash, several days passed, and as May approached, Zhang Yu felt everything was calm, as if nothing had happened.

At the same time, he finally mastered his sixth regulated breathing method, and the first level effect of Qi Vein Flow was activated.