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

Chapter 328 Wang Yin's Dao Heart Shattered
During the time Zhang Yu was working with Tian Yang, thanks to Wang Yin's daily sponsorship, Zhang Yu had food to eat every day to replenish his vital energy and strengthen his constitution.

Professional technicians massaged him to help him repair his body and accelerate the recovery of his bodily functions after each training session.

"As for the side effects from the massage therapists, I naturally overcame them with my supreme will."

With the addition of a large amount of potent medicinal herbs and the rich spiritual energy of the cemetery, his cultivation conditions had never been better, and his cultivation level improved far more rapidly than ever before.

"If Wang Yin knew that Tian Yang and I were just acting to trick him out of his spirit coins, and that we never actually left the construction site after get off work, wouldn't he be even angrier? He would probably hate me even more."

Upon hearing Zhang Yu's statement, Fu Ji remarked, "After learning the truth, he'll probably be the first one to suffer."

Zhang Yu asked in surprise, "Himself?"

Fuki said, "Hehe, the most important thing to do to fool someone is to let them benefit from it."

"Only after people have made a profit and benefited from it will they delve deeper into the scam, becoming more and more entangled, and even unwilling to face the fact that they know it is a scam."

“Wang Yin is a rich man. His hatred for you alone wouldn’t be enough to motivate him to get involved so actively.”

“I think…” Fu Ji speculated, “I’m afraid it’s just as I guessed before. You have become his inner demon. He needs to use you to make up for his flaws and improve his Dao heart.”

"But if he finds out the truth and realizes that you weren't manipulated by him, but instead used the resources he invested to improve your cultivation... then his inner demons will probably intensify, the flaws in his cultivation method will worsen, and his Dao heart might not only fail to recover but could even regress."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu's eyes lit up: "Doesn't that mean... I have an extra card in my hand that can deal with him?"

Fuki said calmly, "But this card isn't just in your hand."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Tian Yang... and his friend from the Netherworld University? Could it be that someone from the Netherworld University is setting a trap for Wang Yin?"

Lacking sufficient information, Zhang Yu's understanding of the whole situation remained like that of a blind man touching an elephant, unable to grasp the full picture.

He decided to put aside these distracting thoughts and continue to focus on his cultivation, since grades, rankings, and cultivation were what he relied on to make a living at the University of Ten Thousand Laws.

He took a deep breath and began practicing his breathing technique again.

In the days that followed, Zhang Yu spent his time cultivating, working, taking online classes, eating, getting massages, and occasionally spending spirit coins to receive various cultivation services. He also took time to help Yu Xinghan and Le Mulan with their cultivation.

Every day, he felt that 24 hours was simply not enough, and he wished he could split himself into several more clones.

Under such circumstances, his cultivation level also improved by leaps and bounds.

More than ten days passed in the blink of an eye. On this day, Zhang Yu was cultivating at the construction site as usual.

His current Dao Heart has reached level 14 (25.3%).

Feeling his increasingly firm will, and with the image of a white ox standing tall and proud, treading on rolling black mud in his mind, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "After reaching level 15 Dao Heart, I can try to circulate the second Heart Technique."

"To be honest, I haven't tested the matchmaking yet."

"I don't know what the most suitable mental cultivation method for me is, or the 'Broken Ox Sacrifice Body and Mind Technique'?"

At the same time, the flow of magic power within Zhang Yu's body became increasingly turbulent, reaching 610.9, with a quality of 165%.

As he made his move, his inner energy surged forth, transforming into a vast sea of ​​clouds that created vortexes that twisted steel mesh, dismantled debris, and cleared away trash...

The next moment, Zhang Yu's body suddenly trembled, and he felt as if his physical body, magic power, and qi were blending together.

"Physical strength has broken through to level 15."

Although Zhang Yu's main training goal during this period was the breathing technique, he would still take the time to train his physical strength whenever he had the opportunity.

Especially with daily meals and massages, coupled with the daily tempering of the Nine Prisons Mountain Suppression system, which has already been enhanced to 30 times the normal gravity...

His physical strength has finally reached level 15.

"Just like Wolf Friend Gong said..."

With a flick of his finger, Zhang Yu saw the qi ripple outwards like waves, spreading the power of his flick far and wide, eventually striking the wall more than ten meters away with a soft thud.

As his physical strength reached level 15, Zhang Yu could feel his magic power becoming increasingly integrated with his body, and his inner energy seemed to become an extension of his body.

The power of each of his punches and kicks was transmitted far and wide by the force of his internal energy.

Afterwards, he conducted a test in the teaching area, and his Qi conduction rate was 35%, and the farthest distance of Qi conduction was 38 meters.

In other words, by using martial arts qi, he can only transmit up to 35% of the power in a single punch.

This 35% of the power ripples outwards along the Qi, reaching a maximum distance of 38 meters.

Beyond 38 meters, the power transmitted by the Qi will rapidly decrease.

"To improve the transmission rate of Qi and the maximum transmission distance, it is related to my level of magical power, the quality of magical power, physical strength, and martial arts skills."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "I need comprehensive improvement. Let's take it one step at a time."

Zhang Yu spread his five fingers, slightly activated his power, and the Formless Cloud Gang formed his palm shape more than ten meters away, gently picking up a piece of brick.

The protective energy seemed to have become his new hands and feet, allowing him to transmit power with a mere thought.

"This makes working much easier."

Besides the improvement in his strength, Zhang Yu's biggest gain during this period was spirit coins.

Although he spent a considerable amount of money, the spirit coins he received from Tian Yang several times still kept increasing his balance.

Especially after the last time he staged the scene of failing to apply for overtime, Tian Yang and Wang Yin traded a magical artifact produced by the Netherworld University. Afterwards, Tian Yang paid Zhang Yu a full 22.5 spirit coins, half the market price.

This made Zhang Yu think to himself from time to time, "Wang Yin is really a big fat sheep. How many people and how many jobs does he support all by himself?"

Zhang Yu's current Spirit Coin balance has thus increased to over 29.1.

As for how to spend these spirit coins, Zhang Yu hadn't decided yet because there were so many places where he could spend them.

Just then, two figures walked over excitedly. Yu Xinghan: "Brother!"

Li Xiao: "Brother Yu!"

Yu Xinghan said impatiently, "Let's go, let's go get a massage."

Although Li Xiao didn't speak, he was also staring at Zhang Yu expectantly.

During this period, thanks to Wang Yin's extravagance, not only did Zhang Yu hire many masseuses every day, but even Yu Xinghan and Li Xiao could occasionally take advantage of the free time when Zhang Yu couldn't accommodate too many masseuses, since Wang Yin paid for everything.

Zhang Yu brought up Tian Yang's portrait in the eye capsule and said, "It seems that things haven't been arranged over there yet."

These days, Tian Yang prepares his massages every day and then notifies him to go.

Upon hearing this, Yu Xinghan was slightly disappointed. His third eye turned, and he thought to himself, "Sigh, I've almost finished learning the techniques of those technicians. Will I be unable to arrange anything today?"

Using the mimicry ability of the Three-Eyed Divine Power, Yu Xinghan has been secretly learning the massage techniques of the masseuses.

Just then, Zhang Yu received a message from Tian Yang: the situation might have been exposed.

……

The University of the Underworld.

Wang Yin's face grew increasingly grim as he watched the video appear in his eyes.

In the video, Zhang Yu is seen eating a large bowl of rice, devouring meat, and swallowing bowls of Tianjing rice and plates of dragon liver and phoenix gall.

After finishing five bowls of rice and three plates of meat, Zhang Yu showed no signs of drowsiness, demonstrating an amazing digestive ability.

The video Wang Yin was seeing was a recording of Zhang Yu eating meat at a banquet hosted by Ye Xingli not long ago.

Looking at Zhang Yu in the video, who wasn't even out of breath, Wang Yin thought to himself, "Heh, so... this is the real amount of food this guy can eat?"

In addition, more news about Zhang Yu's recent situation came to his attention.

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

Wang Yin gritted his teeth and said, "You're playing me?"

The thought that someone as wealthy as himself had been so easily fooled by Zhang Yu, and that the money he had spent had not only failed to manipulate Zhang Yu but had instead greatly aided Zhang Yu's cultivation, caused Wang Yin's anger to erupt like a volcano.

As his anger erupted, Wang Yin felt that the Emperor's Heart cultivation technique in his mind was about to stop operating, and his Dao Heart, which had already recovered to level 16, was on the verge of collapse.

As his face turned pale and then flushed, Wang Yin felt his internal energy and flesh spiral out of control, and a sharp pain shot through his internal organs...

puff!
He suddenly coughed up a mouthful of blood and felt his Dao Heart regress to level 15, with a tendency to continue regressing.

"Damn it... That beast Tian Yang actually teamed up with Zhang Yu to deceive me?"

"And Mo Xingzi, he's the one who introduced Tian Yang to me. Was he doing this on purpose? Trying to set a trap for me and ruin my Dao heart?"

Wang Yin knew that he shouldn't be thinking nonsense, especially at times like these, but he couldn't control the thoughts that kept flashing through his mind.

Instead, thinking about how he had been manipulated and Zhang Yu's secret smugness these past few days, Wang Yin felt his Dao heart becoming increasingly unstable, and the power within his body at risk of continuing to spiral out of control.

But just then, a woman's voice entered his ears: "My son, you don't need to think too much. I asked Mo Xingzi to do this."

"Mom?" Wang Yin was slightly taken aback, both shocked and angry, and asked in confusion, "Did you have Mo Xingzi deceive me?"

The woman said calmly, "I only asked him to point out the flaw in your heart, but I didn't expect him to actually be able to find Zhang Yu to provoke you."

Before Wang Yin could speak, the woman continued quickly, "My son, since your birth you have had a smooth life, and later you even mastered the Heart Sutra of the Emperor... I have always been worried about one thing."

"This mental cultivation method originated from the mental cultivation method practiced by the emperors of ancient dynasties. If you follow it, you will succeed; if you go against it, you will fail. But in this world, even immortals have times when things don't go their way, let alone us?"

As the saying goes, human strength has its limits; even if you have countless riches, you will eventually fail.

"The key is not to avoid failure, but to know how to get back up after failure."

"Zhang Yu, who defeated you this time, is a penniless wretch, so you can retaliate by spending money. But what if the person who defeats you next time is someone richer and more powerful than you?"

Wang Yin murmured, "Mom, do you want me to change my mind and fix the flaws in my heart myself?"

“That’s right.” The other party said calmly, “The cultivation method is meant to assist cultivators, not to bind their actions.”

"You must master the mental techniques, not let them bind your thoughts."

Wang Yin still couldn't let it go, and gritted his teeth, saying, "But Zhang Yu..."

The woman said calmly, "Zhang Yu, that ant-like thing, is destined to scavenge for food on construction sites. From beginning to end, he's just someone else's tool. Think about it carefully, was it this tool that ruined your plans, or the person who wielded it?"

"Zhang Yu doesn't care about me at all."

"I value the flaws in your heart more than him."

"Although your Dao heart has regressed this time, it has also completely exposed the flaws in your heart. This is the best opportunity for you to improve your thinking and make up for the flaws in your heart. If you can't make up for them, you will never have hope of reaching the Golden Core stage. It means that you are nothing special and there is no need to waste spirit coins."

"If you can catch up, I will arrange a tutor for you, and you can prepare for the postgraduate entrance examination for the next year."

"When he breaks through to the Golden Core stage and attempts to reach the Nascent Soul stage in the future, he will look back at this mere Zhang Yu and see him as nothing more than a skeleton in a tomb."

……

Ever since he learned that the information had been leaked, Zhang Yu had been on high alert, guarding against any possible retaliation from Wang Yin.

But a few days passed in the blink of an eye, and May was just around the corner. Zhang Yu felt that everything was calm and peaceful, as if nothing had happened.

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

(End of this chapter)