You dare to cultivate without money?!
Chapter 388 - 337 Superior - Qi Vein Flow (8/8)

Chapter 388: Chapter 337 Superior - Qi Vein Flow (8/8)

Li Xuelian: Do you want to take a few Civil Engineering Department orders? You might run into someone you know.

Yu Xinghan: I’ll take them.

Li Xuelian: You don’t want your classmates to know you’re doing underground massages, do you?

Yu Xinghan: Got it, I’ll conceal my identity.

Looking at the message from Li Xuelian, Yu Xinghan thought that the Civil Engineering Department contained a huge massage market, and there was no way he could easily give it up.

Yu Xinghan recalled that when he was practicing shape-shifting techniques under the guidance of Master Xinghuo with Zhang Yu, he sighed in his heart: "Master really has foresight, knowing we’ll eventually have to do some shady things."

Yu Xinghan speculated in his heart: "Maybe he also started with massage in the past."

As Yu Xinghan looked at the order address sent by Li Xuelian, his figure fluctuated for a moment, already transformed into the appearance of another stranger.

"Alas, too bad Senior Sister doesn’t like massages."

Back when learning the craft at the massage parlor, Yu Xinghan always just wanted Senior Sister to massage him.

Now that he has become an underground masseur, he just wants to massage Senior Sister to repay her.

Yu Xinghan thought that this might be a sign of maturity for a man.

He reached the target location along the way, started work, finished...

Finally, Yu Xinghan smiled and said to the other person: "Bro, if you’re satisfied, call me again."

After finishing his side job, Yu Xinghan hurried to the underground tomb to continue today’s overtime at the construction site.

This time he happened to be assigned to the same area with Zhang Yu, and from afar he saw a humanoid Gang Qi moving back and forth, working.

"Zhang Yu’s Gang Qi manipulation is becoming more exquisite."

Just as Yu Xinghan marveled at it, the humanoid Gang Qi suddenly charged towards him.

Only hearing Zhang Yu say, "It’s rare for us to run into each other, let’s spar for a while, brother."

Yu Xinghan chuckled and said, "You want to fight me with just a single Gang Qi? Isn’t that a bit too arrogant?"

During this time, Yu Xinghan considered that he had made great progress as well. His side job in massage increased his income, Three-Eyed Divine Power greatly enhanced his practice efficiency, and the tomb work allowed him to cultivate in the Spirit Vein for long periods...

At this moment, seeing Zhang Yu’s humanoid Gang Qi attacking, he let out a low shout, his right palm surged with fierce Gang Qi, and he struck with his palm.

With a loud bang, the humanoid Gang Qi shattered explosively.

Just when Yu Xinghan thought that this palm had already destroyed the humanoid Gang Qi, he saw a skeleton exuding chilling cold burst forth from the shattered Gang Qi, delivering a palm strike towards his chest.

"Hmm?"

Watching this scene, Yu Xinghan was slightly surprised.

In his memory, Zhang Yu’s humanoid Gang Qi could leverage force, but it wasn’t sturdy and was often easily shattered, requiring constant Mana to generate new humanoid Gang Qi.

But the humanoid skeleton attacking now showed a different level of sturdiness.

With cracking and explosive sounds, Yu Xinghan collided several times with the skeleton, only feeling that the skeleton was not only extremely hard but also exuded a bone-chilling coldness.

After several moves, the surging Gang Qi was once again infused by Zhang Yu onto the skeleton, restoring it to the original form of the humanoid Gang Qi.

Through this round of testing, Yu Xinghan roughly understood what was going on.

"This kid Zhang Yu freezes the Gang Qi, using it as a ’skeleton’ to increase the overall sturdiness of the humanoid Gang Qi."

"And the outer part of the ’skeleton’ is filled with ordinary Gang Qi, forming another layer resembling ’flesh.’

"Regular attacks, even if they shatter the surface layer of ’flesh,’ can’t break through the ’skeleton’ structure underneath."

"He only needs to refill the ’flesh’ with Gang Qi to restore it."

"His tactics are becoming more and more mature..."

Yu Xinghan immediately realized that to destroy Zhang Yu’s humanoid Gang Qi, he would have to smash both the ’flesh’ and ’bone’ all at once.

"Hey, let’s see how you handle my martial arts recently pushed to Level 15."

Suddenly he exercised his power, already displaying the Dragon Elephant Vajra Palm, inheriting from the same lineage as Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm.

Unlike the Dragon Elephant Mountain Crashing Palm which relies purely on brute force, the Dragon Elephant Vajra Palm assists the explosive release of physical strength with burst Gang Qi.

When the palm is released, the Gang Qi doesn’t burst forth but is retained within, enhancing the body’s strength and power. It’s a purely melee martial art, also one of the Cultivation Techniques planned by Master Xinghuo for Yu Xinghan’s training.

Yu Xinghan let out a low shout, as layers of Gang Qi infused every muscle fiber in his right arm, dyeing the entire arm in gold.

In the next moment, as he swung his palm, a gale roared, and the air in front seemed to be drawn empty by a single swing.

The humanoid Gang Qi also unleashed a palm strike, containing the force of Yu Xinghan’s previous strike.

With a thunderous bang, their palms collided fiercely together.

Under Yu Xinghan’s palm, the "skin and flesh" of the human-shaped Gang Qi shattered inch by inch with the palm as the center, and the whole body exploded with a roar.

And the "skeleton" beneath the "skin and flesh" was also making creaking noises, revealing dense cracks, as if it was about to shatter at any moment.

Just as Yu Xinghan was about to strike again to smash the human-shaped Gang Qi in one blow, he saw the fragmented skeleton raise its right arm. It was about to unleash a Dragon Elephant Vajra Palm on him.

Sensing the explosive Gang Qi contained in that palm, Yu Xinghan hurriedly retreated and shouted, "Stop, stop, stop!"

"This kind of fighting is too damaging. I’m done, I’m done."

Yu Xinghan didn’t want to take a full-force Dragon Elephant Vajra Palm from himself. That would be too much of a loss even with the slightest injury.

He lamented, "Your Nine Heavens Cloud Sky Force was already enough of a cheat."

"Now, combined with this human-shaped Gang Qi tactic, not only can every move be a life-risking attack, but you can also use its strength against it while your real body hides safely to the side."

"It’s a pity you’re not working security."

At the same time, Yu Xinghan could imagine that if someone fought with Zhang Yu, thinking that breaking or bypassing the human-shaped Gang Qi could defeat Zhang Yu...

"They would find that this guy is as hard as hell and would rather go back to confront the Gang Qi head-on."

Yu Xinghan thought to himself, "The only shortcoming is probably that Zhang Yu’s technique... to keep the human-shaped Gang Qi going requires a severe Mana consumption."

He silently concluded, "Attacking the real body is not as effective as attacking the human-shaped Gang Qi. Attacking the human-shaped Gang Qi means not using forceful moves, or else you might get a counterattack and hurt yourself instead."

"So the best way to fight this guy... is to slowly wear down his human-shaped Gang Qi. Any furious attacks will only increase my medical bills and Magic Remain repair costs."

"But over time... he loses Gang Qi Mana, while I’m expending my physical body, so I still have to use Gang Qi to fight, and my Gang Qi depletion is significant too."

"Moreover..." Yu Xinghan thought of another point, "This guy and Le Mulan have done some shady deals, now both can bring a chill whenever they take action."

"If you want to wear this guy down, facing him for too long, you have to worry about the accumulation of chill in the body..."

"Disgusting."

The more Yu Xinghan thought about it, the more troubled he became. With his brows furrowed, he felt that fighting Zhang Yu was always a loss, with various red numbers and fees flashing before his eyes, making him feel uncomfortable just thinking about it, and he lost all interest in fighting with him.

"Luckily, he’s a good brother who I’ve spent money on and borrowed money from."

"In the future, if someone needs to be grossed out, just let them fight Zhang Yu."

Zhang Yu was very satisfied with today’s test, thinking, "Not bad, not bad. My human-shaped Gang Qi, after freezing, can withstand Yu Xinghan’s full-force palm."

From the initial Gang Qi arm to the human-shaped Gang Qi, and now to this frozen Gang Qi forming into a skeleton-like human-shaped Gang Qi, the working efficiency has been continuously increasing, which has been Zhang Yu’s effort over recent days.

Because it is constructed with Formless Cloud Gang, he calls the simple human-shaped Gang Qi Formless Warrior.

On the other hand, using the Deep Cold Power Vessels to create a skeleton-like human-shaped Gang Qi is what Zhang Yu calls Deep Cold Warrior.

The Formless Warrior has faster movement speed, but lower Gang Qi transmission efficiency, poorer strength tolerance, and is easily shattered and dispersed, but can be generated instantly.

The Deep Cold Warrior has higher Gang Qi transmission efficiency, stronger strength tolerance, but slower movement speed and higher Mana consumption and takes time to generate, at least 5 seconds to create.

Zhang Yu thought quietly, "With my current Mana, if I release it all, I can probably create 6 Formless Warriors or 2 Deep Cold Warriors."

"But that’s just a facade. For full functionality, I can maintain at most 1 Deep Cold Warrior or 3 Formless Warriors."

"But once the effect of Qi Vein Flow improves, this number should increase."

As he pondered, Zhang Yu looked at Yu Xinghan and smiled slightly, saying, "If you’re afraid of getting hurt, let’s change the practice method."

"I’ll help you stimulate your Spirit Root. Your Spirit Root hasn’t reached 100% integration yet, has it?"

Then Zhang Yu exhaled Gang Qi, turning it into a Formless Warrior, and was once again sparring with Yu Xinghan.

Except this time, it was like previous practices with Yu Xinghan, continuously stimulating his body and Spirit Root to enhance his cultivation effect.

In the following days, taking advantage of working in the same area with Yu Xinghan, Zhang Yu would seize the time to occasionally help him improve his Spirit Root integration.

One day, Yu Xinghan yelled, and the third eye in his mind trembled, causing his muscles and tendons to ripple throughout his body.

"My Spirit Root integration has reached 100%."

Yu Xinghan felt his body and found his control over his blood and flesh to be unprecedentedly clear, with the gathering of both physical and Mana even 10% faster than before.

Zhang Yu nodded in satisfaction beside him, thinking, "The Three-Eyed Divine Power has advanced to Level 2, besides the 100% Spirit Root integration, the rest requires 500 or more Mana."

"By the end of this semester, Yu Xinghan will definitely achieve it."

The only pity Zhang Yu had was that the accumulation of Mana mainly depended on Yu Xinghan himself, and at most he could feed a bit of blood.

As for giving Yu Xinghan money? No way to give money, since he didn’t have enough for himself. How could he give it to Yu Xinghan?

And as time gradually moved to the end of June.

The cemetery project officially ended, and Zhang Yu’s Qi Vein Flow finally reached the 8th level.

Upper-Level - Qi Vein Flow (8/8): The more breathing techniques mastered, the lower the additional consumption when operating Mana and Mana derivatives.