What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?.

Chapter 321 Mansion and Luck
What are my plans for the future?

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 Leagues."

Upon hearing Zhang Yu's words, not only was Tu Lishan stunned, but even Director Gao was slightly taken aback.

Director Gao had anticipated many of Zhang Yu's responses, such as bluntly wanting to make money, staying in his position, or saying something about serving Wanfa University...

But he never expected that the other party would want to participate in the top ten leagues.
At this moment, Director Gao's gaze toward Zhang Yu became meaningful, and he thought to himself, "This kid... is even more ambitious than I imagined."

But Director Gao was never afraid of students with ambition and desire; in fact, he believed that the more ambitious and desire-driven a student was, the more likely they were to succeed.

Otherwise, without ambition and desire... why bother cultivating immortality? Wouldn't it be better to just be a mortal, eating and waiting to die for the rest of your life?

Originally, Director Gao thought Zhang Yu was just a first-year student risking his life for his future, but now that he knew that Zhang Yu actually planned to participate in the Top Ten League, he actually thought more highly of Zhang Yu.

Looking at Zhang Yu in front of him, Director Gao said calmly, "To participate in the competition, you must be among the top in the entire department. You are still far from that level."

Zhang Yu calmly replied, "I will try my best."

Looking at the determination in Zhang Yu's eyes and feeling the unwavering resolve under his scrutiny, Director Gao smiled slightly. This Zhang Yu was even more interesting and outstanding than he had originally expected.

"Alright, don't say I didn't give you a chance." Director Gao said calmly, "From now on, you will participate in at least one construction site project every semester. Since it's for the department, it's also an opportunity for you to hone your skills."

"However, you are free to choose which project to participate in."

As he spoke, one civil engineering project after another appeared in Zhang Yu's eyes through the projection of the spirit world.

There's the construction of war fortresses on the front lines, the restoration of cemeteries deep in the mountains, the renovation of the spirit world network data center, the expansion of the Hehuan University amusement park, and the construction of the flying sword laboratory...

Looking at these projects, Zhang Yu's mind immediately raced with various thoughts. Staring at one of them, he thought to himself, "They even have this? I definitely have to go!"

"But not now," Zhang Yu thought to himself. "I have to wait until I've recovered from my physical exhaustion before I go to the construction site to freeload."

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

"In addition to your salary, you will be given access to medication discounts, and you will be able to directly ask the School of Pharmacy for discounted medications in the future."

"We will gradually make some experimental drugs that are not available on the market available to you."

As they spoke, a list of medicines to purchase, along with the contact information for the School of Pharmacy, was sent to Zhang Yu's eye socket as a file.

After saying this, Director Gao paused, as if considering something, and finally said, "Starting today, this student dormitory suite on the 318th floor will be temporarily lent to you."

The address and status of the dormitory on the 318th floor, along with the access key, were sent to Zhang Yu.

This is a 15-square-meter room with one living room, two bedrooms, one bathroom, and a 6-meter-high ceiling. It comes with a large supply of spiritual energy and internet traffic every month. The dormitory floor also provides paid services such as laundry, cleaning, practice rooms, and laboratories.

Director Gao continued, "I've also granted you access to the anti-gravity channel; you can use it freely from now on."

Zhang Yu knew that the central anti-gravity passage was a high-speed vertical passage that ran through the entire Wanfa University City. Through the anti-gravity passage, one could quickly reach any floor of Wanfa University City in a few seconds.

Whether it's the dormitory on the 318th floor or the anti-gravity passage, both have obviously greatly increased the convenience of Zhang Yu's life and cultivation, saving him a lot of time.

But that wasn't all. Director Gao looked at Zhang Yu and offered one last temptation.

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

Upon hearing this, Tu Lishan was slightly taken aback: "Director Gao didn't mention this before, did he? Could it be a spur-of-the-moment decision?"

Being a disciple of a Nascent Soul True Monarch, even if only a nominal disciple, is an opportunity that countless students dream of.

In Tu Lishan's view, with Director Gao giving so many benefits and such a great opportunity, wouldn't Zhang Yu be motivated to cultivate desperately? He wouldn't stop until he died.

However, the next moment, the alarm bells in Tu Lishan's mind went off, and he immediately realized what was going on. He thought to himself, "No, Director Gao probably didn't expect Zhang Yu to be able to beat Ji Yuanshu and take first place in the class."

"He was just using this opportunity as bait to lure Zhang Yu in, so that Zhang Yu would keep fighting desperately without stopping."

But Tu Lishan also understood that the fact that Director Gao could make such promises was enough to demonstrate Zhang Yu's excellence. After all, ordinary students wouldn't even have the chance to get Director Gao to make such promises.

Seeing Zhang Yu's expression change repeatedly, Director Gao patted him on the shoulder and smiled, "Don't get excited. I promised you, and I will definitely keep my word. Just go for it."

Zhang Yu, however, began to worry about something: "Damn it... if I perform too well in the Civil Engineering department, will they try to stop me from transferring to the Weapon Forging department? Will they force me to find a master? I don't want to spend my whole life on construction sites!"

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

This was obviously a minor matter for Director Gao, who casually said, "You can decide what to do with the dormitory you're assigned."

After leaving the Civil Engineering building, Zhang Yu suddenly realized that they hadn't even signed a contract for this agreement.

Fuki chuckled and said, "For such an important person, signing a contract with you... is a constraint on himself. On the contrary, if you don't sign a contract, he has plenty of ways to make you abide by the agreement, but if he doesn't want to abide by the agreement, there's nothing you can do."

Zhang Yu took a deep breath and thought to himself, "I still need to become stronger and richer, and keep climbing the ladder."

He then sent the news about the new dormitory to the dormitory group chat. Yu Xinghan: A 15-square-meter mansion?!
Le Mulan: This place is much closer to the classroom.

Zhang Pianpian: This dormitory provides a lot of data each month.

That evening, Zhang Yu moved into the dormitory on the 318th floor with Yu Xinghan, Le Mulan, and Zhang Pianpian.

Looking at the dormitory room, which had expanded from 5 square meters to 15 square meters, Zhang Yu felt that standing here, his body no longer needed to suppress his muscles so much, and his hands and feet could finally stretch out a little.

Then Zhang Yu sent a list of discounted medicines to Le Mulan and asked, "Mulan, can you help me see which medicines are the best deal and most suitable for me?"

Just then, someone tagged him in the Foundation Establishment class group chat.

"Is it Ji Yuanshu?"

……

Wanfa University City.

Inside a 100-square-meter suite on the 450th floor.

Ji Yuanshu's consciousness returned from the depths of the spirit world, concluding his one-on-one finance course.

Although he was a civil engineering student this past semester, he didn't pay much attention to the civil engineering courses, but instead focused on the finance courses.

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

Those top students in the finance department will be his real competitors in the future.

For Ji Yuanshu, as long as he can maintain his position as the top student in his class, he should focus more on his finance courses and prepare for future competition within the finance department.

Just then, a message caught his eye—it was from his mentor, Deputy Director Lin of the Civil Engineering Department.

Director Lin: What happened? Why are we only 26 points ahead of second place in the final rankings this time?
Sensing the reproach and disappointment in his master's message, Ji Yuanshu quickly explained: "It's because I've spent a lot of time on finance-related professional courses."

Director Lin: You mean that studying finance actually results in worse grades than studying only civil engineering?
Director Lin: Is this what I meant when I asked you to study finance?

Ji Yuanshu did not answer, but instead recalled the words his master had once told him.

“Yuan Shu, the Civil Engineering Department… is like picking up leftovers from a mud pit.”

"If you only think about building projects and don't want to get into finance, you'll spend your whole life eating dirt on construction sites."

"Even if we make a profit by taking advantage of the university war, it will only be enough to prolong our lives and eat scraps."

"Only by grasping the tide of fortune and relying on the general trend of humanity can we go further."

Memories flashed through Ji Yuanshu's mind.

At that moment, Director Lin sent another message saying: "This year, regardless of the grade, we must surpass them and completely crush their stock price."

Director Lin: Make good use of the skills you learned in the Finance Department
Director Lin: For your final overall score in your first year, I want you to be more than 100 points ahead of the second-place student.

Seeing Director Lin's request, Ji Yuanshu did not refuse.

Because he knew that in this struggle over the civil engineering department's direction, he was only at one corner of the battle, and he had no right to refuse.

Moreover... he also felt that he could do it.

"I have indeed mastered the basics of the Qi Luck Techniques in the Finance Department."

"In that case, let's give it a try."

After glancing at the current class rankings, Ji Yuanshu lightly tapped his fingertip, and the fortune-telling service of the Finance Department appeared in his eyes.

Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin's rankings, grades, and even their spending lists, loan lists, working hours, classroom performance, health status, address, income, savings, and other data all surfaced.

Next came predictions about interests, personality, potential, lifespan, and so on, all of which emerged one by one.

Ji Yuanshu murmured, "According to the final fortune prediction, neither of these two has any chance of defeating me."

Then the data of all the students in the class appeared one by one, helping Ji Yuanshu to predict each person's thoughts.

"In the eyes of most people, I was bound to win."

"The hearts and minds of the people, and the overall situation, are all in my hands."

Having confirmed the general trend, Ji Yuanshu understood that the next step was to further guide people's hearts and minds and make use of the prevailing fortune.

(End of this chapter)