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

Chapter 324 Project Selection
Inside the restaurant, the sound of Zhang Yu eating rice echoed throughout the entire space.

Accompanied by rumbling sounds from his stomach, a thunderous roar continuously emanated from Zhang Yu's belly.

He grabbed the rice bowl, tilted his head back, opened his mouth, and gulped down a whole bowl of rice, which visibly poured into his stomach from his bulging throat and chest.

Then Zhang Yu opened his mouth and spat out streams of martial arts energy, like a cloud of mist carrying a large plate of dragon liver and phoenix gall into his mouth.

With a series of loud thuds, Zhang Yu bit down hard, and chunks of meat and blood exploded in his mouth. The rich aroma of meat, mixed with strange oils, trembled on his tongue, making Zhang Yu's eyebrows involuntarily lift.

With just a bite of rice and a bite of meat, Zhang Yu felt the food he ate transform into streams of vital energy, which flowed wildly through his body and were absorbed frantically by his muscles, organs, bones, and so on.

Gongshu Jin, standing to the side, thought to himself, "This guy... has such a strong digestive ability?"

"But to ask for three bowls of Heavenly Essence Rice and three plates of Dragon Liver and Phoenix Gallbladder right off the bat... isn't that too much? Isn't he afraid of bursting from overeating?"

Meanwhile, the other people in the restaurant also looked at Zhang Yu, who was eating meat and rice with great interest, with amusement.

Among the crowd, everyone started chatting privately.

"Heh, he ordered three more bowls of rice and three more plates of meat? Adding to what he ordered before, that makes a total of five bowls of Heavenly Essence Rice and three plates of Dragon Liver and Phoenix Gallbladder... Isn't this going too far? Let's see how he handles this."

"Could it be that he's just holding it in and planning to throw it up when he gets back?"

"Tianjing Rice is made from highly concentrated food essence. If it is not digested in time after being eaten, it will only aggregate together, and then it can only be removed by cutting open the stomach."

At the same time, Ye Xingli looked at Mo Shangjin beside her and asked, "Your junior is quite interesting. How much do you think he can eat?"

Mo Shangjin felt helpless. He didn't know Zhang Yu at all; he had only brought him over as a newcomer to his faction to meet people.

Little did he know that the other party would be so "high-profile" upon arrival, boasting on the spot and showing off their appetite.

However, as someone from the same faction, Mo Shangjin didn't intend to undermine him, and casually said, "My junior brother has a special constitution, but this is the first time I've seen him eat this much."

Then everyone watched as Zhang Yu devoured the food and meat with great speed.

When Zhang Yu ate a total of three bowls of rice and a plate of meat, the people around him were already slightly surprised.

When Zhang Yu ate a total of four bowls of rice and two plates of meat, even Mo Shangjin, Ye Xingli, and Cang Lanyu showed surprise in their eyes, and students around them began to record the scene using their magic weapons.

When Zhang Yu ate five bowls of rice and three plates of meat, he felt as if his body had turned into a super pressure cooker, with incredibly rich food essence flowing back and forth within him.

His entire body was like a field submerged by a flood, unable to absorb the powerful surge of vital energy.

Zhang Yu could feel that the meal he ate today replenished his body more than the accumulation of the past month. Not only was his physical deficiency directly replenished, but there was also a large surplus flowing in his body, which he would slowly absorb in the days to come.

Patting his stomach, Zhang Yu said contentedly, "That feels good! I haven't eaten this much in a long time."

At the same time, he was slightly surprised: "This dragon liver and phoenix gall, although it tastes delicious, doesn't seem to have anything special about it? Could it be that it's made from other meats instead?"

Fu Ji said, "The dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder at the buffet are definitely farmed. They're probably fast-grown meat dragons and phoenixes, without intelligence or cultivation. Eating them is just a way to replenish your qi and blood. What's so special about them?"

At the same time, Gongshu Jin stared wide-eyed at the empty plate in front of Zhang Yu, feeling even more shocked than when he saw Zhang Yu's performance in the gravity simulation room last time.

"I estimate that I can only eat one bowl of fine rice and one bowl of dragon liver and phoenix gall on this day."

"Zhang Yu actually has such a large appetite?!"

"Could it be that he eats a lot every day? Or has he practiced a technique to enhance his digestion? Or is it due to his constitution?"

"As expected of my friend."

Gongshu Jin knew that while training was important for digesting food, innate factors also had a significant impact; some people were born with a larger appetite.

At this moment, Gongshu Jin also realized that he still knew too little about Zhang Yu.

On the other side, Ye Xingli looked at Zhang Yu with admiration in her eyes and said, "Your appetite is that of a rich person."

"With such an appetite in your freshman year, your future ranking will definitely be good, and you will definitely become a rich person in the future."

"Old Mo, your Civil Engineering department has really produced a prodigy."

Mo Shangjin smiled slightly and said, "If it weren't for the opportunity you provided, Xing Li, I wouldn't have known that Junior Zhang has such a vast knowledge."

Zhang Yu patted his stomach and said, "Senior Mo is right. I don't usually have the chance to eat this much. I have to thank Senior Ye for this. I just hope that you can successfully refine treasures every month from now on."

Ye Xingli chuckled and said, "It's just some food. Add me as a friend, and I'll invite you next time I host a banquet."

Then she added with a sigh, "However, refining treasures is not that easy. The next time will probably be one or two years later."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Sure enough, even a little bit of food that these rich people casually spill out of their mouths can feed a poor guy like me to my heart's content."

Over the next few hours, the guests and hosts enjoyed themselves immensely, toasting each other. Zhang Yu became the target of many students' initiative to approach him. In addition to Mo Shangjin, Ye Xingli, and Cang Lanyu, he also added many friends and was pulled into many groups.

……

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

Ji Yuanshu's eyes flickered, and he saw a notification from the Qi Luck Monitoring system pop up in his eye.

Just now, the tide of fortune turned, and Zhang Yu's chances of winning actually increased slightly.

Ji Yuanshu investigated the source of this slight change in fortune and came across a video of Zhang Yu eating, uploaded by a student. The video had no plot or description; it simply showed Zhang Yu continuously eating meat, and had extremely low view count.

Ji Yuanshu understood that if he hadn't been notified by the Qi Yun monitoring system, he probably wouldn't have seen it.

"Is your appetite amazing?"

"But in the end, it's just a little bit more of a chance."

……

On the way back, Zhang Yu felt a surge of energy coursing through his body. He thought that if he continued taking medication and working overtime for three months, he probably wouldn't need to rest.

"Then it's time to go to the construction site to cultivate oneself."

As Zhang Yu looked through the available options, he hesitated for a moment.

"Hehuan University's amusement park is indeed nice, but the project is still a long way from starting."

"Hehuan Amusement Park is also good, but it's a bit far away, so we'll miss Yu Xinghan and Le Mulan's improvement."

"Hehuan University Amusement Park is also a good option, but I'm worried that local prices might be too high..."

Fuki couldn't help but say, "You little brat... all you want to do is go to the amusement park, right? Don't you even think about why it's listed as a high-risk attraction? Is it a place you can go?"

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Alas, it's a pity I don't have the Joyful Union Body."

After hesitating for a while, Zhang Yu decided to ask his sister for advice regarding the project selection.

A moment later, Zhang Pianpian replied: Let's go to the tenth underground level to repair the tomb.

Zhang Pianpian said: "The cemetery is located at a node of a spiritual vein, containing a massive amount of spiritual energy. The spiritual energy is so dense that it is almost tangible, making it very suitable for you to absorb spiritual energy, improve the quality of your magical power, nourish your physical body, and strengthen your foundation."
When Zhang Yu saw the cemetery project, he felt quite strange.

"Wanfa University City is so expensive, how can there be empty space to build a tomb?"

In response to Zhang Yu's question, Zhang Pianpian explained: "Gravesites are for the poor, because only the poor lose ownership of their physical bodies after death."
Zhang Pianpian: These bodies were sent into the tomb and used as breathing vessels.
Zhang Pianpian: Every moment, a massive amount of low-quality mana is being consumed in the university town. A large portion of this mana is produced by the clusters of corpse parts in the cemetery.
Upon hearing this, a realization flashed through Zhang Yu's mind. No wonder the price of low-quality magic power was incredibly cheap when he first joined the Magic Power Treasure Platform.

It turns out that every moment, a large number of corpses in the underground of the university town are under control, absorbing spiritual energy and producing magical power.

Zhang Yu then asked: When a poor person dies, their body is sent to a cemetery to become a corpse. But when a rich person dies, their body is not sent to a cemetery?

Zhang Pianpian: The Rich Die Twice

Zhang Pianpian: The first death is the death of the physical body, but as long as you have money, your soul can be transferred to the spirit world, and your physical body will still belong to you. You won't lose ownership, so naturally you won't be sent to the cemetery.
Zhang Pianpian: The second death was the death of having exhausted all her wealth.

Zhang Pianpian: The longer a soul has existed, the higher the cost of maintaining it in the spirit world. Once the money runs out, it truly dies.
Zhang Yu: There will still be... in the cemetery.

But the next moment, Zhang Yu realized that when the rich man's body was sent to the cemetery, the rich man had become a poor man.

"So the cemetery only contains the corpses of the poor..."

Zhang Yu shook his head with a sigh, and after reviewing the cemetery project information one last time, he felt that the project was indeed very suitable for him.

In particular, he also needs to practice breathing techniques to complete the Qi Meridian Flow Set.

"Moreover, this way they can continue to stay in the university town and continue to incubate the Dao Seeds in Yu Xinghan and Le Mulan."

"Yes, there are two more weeks until the project officially starts, which is a good time."

After reviewing the requirements for the cemetery project, I discovered that the top ten students in the foundation class were eligible to apply.

Zhang Yu thought he might as well call Yu Xinghan over as well.

……

Feeling the profound foundation, intense essence, and spirit within his body, Zhang Yu began taking life-shortening drugs to cultivate again over the next two weeks.

However, this time, he used his own spirit coins to take the medicine.

As Zhang Yu swallowed the Blood-Exploding Pill, the Life-Eating Heaven-Seizing Powder, the Hundred Tribulations Heart-Eating Gu, and the Life-Loss-Draining Heavenly Secret Powder, that familiar feeling surged into his heart once again.

"Wow! This is what cultivation should be like!"

Adding in other daily expenses and various services, his spirit coins also decreased again, quickly dropping below 7 spirit coins.

On this day, with the completion of the 666th floor, Zhang Yu arrived at the new construction site of the 667th floor in the University Town.

He sat cross-legged, and streaks of white qi appeared on his body, expanding and contracting with his breath.

While he was practicing the breathing technique, he was also releasing streams of formless cloud energy that crossed several meters, creating spiraling energies that penetrated the steel mesh in front of him.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The efficiency is a bit slow, but if I can work with my internal energy like this, I can focus more on cultivating my breathing technique."

"And the subsequent cultivation will mainly focus on breathing techniques."

As the days passed, and Zhang Yu pushed his 'External Circulation Breathing Technique' to level 20, the day arrived for the cemetery construction to begin.

(End of this chapter)