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

Chapter 345 The Second Inner Cultivation Technique, The Exam Begins

The end of April.

Zhang Yu sat cross-legged in his dormitory, reflecting on his current state.

Since arriving at the Wanfa University City on the second floor last June, he first spent three months laying the foundation, and then made great strides after the start of the semester last September. Now, he has finally reaped abundant rewards on the path to immortality.

His Dao Heart reached level 15 (55.1%), and his mental cultivation technique successfully achieved the state of unity of spirit and body. It operated smoothly every moment, just like breathing, and he also unlocked his second mental cultivation technique.

His mana surged to 752.8 units through tireless breathing day and night.

After the quality of mana continued to increase, although the rate of increase began to slow down, it still reached a level of 173%.

Although he focused mainly on breathing techniques in the second semester, through the services of various Taoist arts, the replenishment of food essence, various potent medicines, the constant gravity tempering from the Nine Prisons Mountain-Suppressing Belt, and Zhang Yu's continuous overtime work at the construction site... his physical strength has now reached level 15.88.

With the steady improvement of his cultivation in all aspects, Zhang Yu's Qi transmission rate has now reached 53%, and the farthest distance of Qi transmission has exceeded 50 meters.

Feeling the surging power within him, Zhang Yu couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

Then he checked his bank balance.

Although Zhang Yu had to spend money every month on spirit stones, pills, spirit realm traffic, Taoist services, and spirit realm services, he still made a fortune.

Later, he also got a free trip to achieve the union of body and spirit, and with his work efficiency constantly improving, plus the occasional sale of magic power... his account balance finally increased instead of decreasing, reaching 46 spirit coins.

Looking at the 46 spirit coins in his account, Zhang Yu felt an immense sense of fulfillment.

"This feeling of having extremely solid potential for immortality... is truly wonderful."

At the same time, a white bull roared in his mind, and a new change was about to occur.

This change came from the second cultivation method Zhang Yu obtained from the spirit world... a dark cultivation technique.

This technique is called "Boundless Inner Dharma Body". When Zhang Yu was looking at the content of the technique, he realized that this mental method was compatible with the "Remnant Ox Sheds Body and Mind Technique".

When Zhang Yu first comprehended the complete version of the "Broken Ox's Selfless Body and Mind Technique," he understood that this mental cultivation method required fighting to the very last moment. Even if one was severely injured or had severed limbs, one should fight on, sacrificing oneself rather than surrendering.

To achieve this, the "Remnant Ox's Self-Sacrifice Technique" activates the body, giving the practitioner a powerful self-healing ability. This allows them to survive near-death experiences in each self-sacrificing battle, preparing for the next one.

Otherwise, their bodies would be damaged after a few battles, leaving them unable to fight again.

Even with the blessing of the "Broken Ox's Body and Mind Technique," it doesn't mean you're completely safe. In each life-risking battle, there's always the possibility of being seriously injured or killed.

The existence of the immeasurable inner Dharmakaya is precisely to compensate for this.

The cultivation method Zhang Yu obtained directly points to level 80 Dao Heart, which means that... this cultivation method can be practiced from level 1 of Qi Refining stage to level 20 of Foundation Establishment stage, level 30 of Golden Core stage... and finally can be pushed all the way to level 80.

This was also the first time Zhang Yu had obtained a complete set of cultivation techniques covering subsequent realms.

In the past, when he bought cultivation techniques, he could only usually buy versions for the Qi Refining or Foundation Establishment stages at most.

As for the description of the final realm of the mental cultivation method, it is said that every bit of flesh and blood contains intention. If combined with the level 80 Crippled Ox Body and Mind Technique, one can be reborn from a drop of blood, immortal and indestructible. In fact, every drop of blood, every hair... can create an external incarnation, which can be said to be thousands of incarnations.

The concept represented by this immeasurable inner Dharma body is to fight to the very end! It is the resolute determination to fight until every bit of flesh and bone is completely obliterated.

After Zhang Yu began practicing this technique, he felt that with each level that his Boundless Mind Dharma Body advanced, the speed of his thinking increased, until this moment when a qualitative change occurred...

"Never surrender even at the cost of nine lives, never regret sacrificing oneself, only then can one's primordial spirit return to the physical realm."

The mantra of the mental cultivation method flowed through Zhang Yu's mind once again, and Zhang Yu's Boundless Inner Dharma Body was finally pushed to level 10 at this moment.

Zhang Yu felt as if his thoughts and ideas had split in two at that moment.

The white bull roared in his mind, its head splitting in two, transforming into a two-headed white bull.

Accompanied by the roar of the two-headed white bull, Zhang Yu felt that he was multitasking and able to operate two thoughts simultaneously.

This is the level 10 effect of the Boundless Mind Dharma Body, which allows Zhang Yu to simultaneously operate two kinds of thoughts.

Next, as long as he continues to raise the level of the Boundless Mind Dharma Body, not only will his thinking speed increase, but the number of parallel thoughts he can generate will also increase.

Every 10 levels can further increase the number of parallel thoughts, gradually enabling one to use ten things at once, then a hundred things at once... until every wisp of flesh and blood can be assigned a thought, combined with the Remnant Ox's Body and Mind Technique, to reach the realm of rebirth from a drop of blood, immortality, external avatars, and countless avatars.

As Zhang Yu gradually grasped the power of this technique, he understood why his sister believed that even if it wasn't military-grade, it was at least pre-military-grade.

"Perhaps this was a military-grade martial art when it was created?"

"It's just that as time goes by, military-grade techniques become more and more powerful, so this technique will gradually fall into the category of a former military-grade technique, right? Just like the Nine Heavens Cloud Void Force?"

Of course, Zhang Yu is still far from the legendary realm of being reborn from a drop of blood and transforming into countless forms. In his view, the greatest effect of the Boundless Heart Dharma Body on him is not reflected in his physical body, but in his manipulation of Qi.

Two formless warriors emerged from behind him and collided with a loud crack.

Two humanoid qi energies clashed back and forth, their fists and feet exchanging blows. Under Zhang Yu's dual mental control, it was as if two different people were truly fighting.

Zhang Yu secretly estimated: "With the blessing of the level 10 Boundless Mind Dharma Body, I have dual thinking... At my current level, I can probably control 9 Formless Warriors quite perfectly."

"However, the mana consumption per unit of time will inevitably increase accordingly."

Just then, Yu Xinghan's voice came from the side: "Zhang Yu, let's go, it's time for the exam." Yu Xinghan clenched his fist and said with a fighting spirit: "After so much hard work, it's finally time for us to make a name for ourselves."

On their way to the exam venue, the two encountered many students rushing to take the exam.

After all, it was the end of the academic year, and many students were taking exams during this time. Students like Zhang Pianpian and Le Mulan left their dormitories early to start their exams.

When Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan arrived at the examination hall, they saw many students already waiting there, their faces showing tension, anticipation, or excitement...

The first test of Daoist heart has officially begun.

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Deep within the spirit world.

Dao Xin Teacher Feng Jiu's spirit is observing the situation in the Spirit Realm examination hall.

Images of the students appeared before her, and she recorded all the details.

The content of this Dao Heart Examination was randomly selected for each student, combined with some publicly available data.

Although the content varies, matching different refined scoring rules can accurately assess a student's moral character to the greatest extent.

In one scene, Li Xiao is seen walking aimlessly down the street.

His test question was about death.

At that moment, he suddenly realized that his death certificate had been mistakenly issued in the data of the spirit world network.

Therefore, he was defined as dead in every field.

His spiritual network was disconnected, and all he could see in his eyes was a gray city.

His bank account was frozen, and he couldn't use a single spirit coin.

He even lost access to the Magnetic Channel.

All his titles, rankings, and domains vanished, leaving him like a phantom in the eyes of others.

Even after he was hit by a car, he was unable to receive any compensation or medical treatment because he was already dead.

He wandered through this gray urban jungle like a lost soul, suffering mental anguish.

The artifact spirit recorded Li Xiao's condition: "Emotional autonomy 76 points, inner stability 72 points, inner abundance 71 points... lacks resistance to solitary cultivation, and is highly dependent on social recognition..."

After giving Li Xiao his score, the spirit noticed another student.

The situation facing Yingxin... is called bankruptcy.

Bankruptcy is considered by countless Kunxu people to be the beginning of death and the end of one's spiritual path. In the eyes of many, it is a more terrifying thing than going astray or being infected by evil energy.

But Yingxin showed a calm and composed demeanor in the face of this situation.

"It's time to showcase the heritage of my family, spanning six generations of civil engineers."

"Come out! Father! Grandfather! Great-grandfather! Great-great-grandfather! Great-great-grandfather!"

With a single palm strike, Ying Xin unleashed a level 20 excavation palm technique, tearing open a large area of ​​the ground and causing six coffins to rise with a roar.

Immediately above each coffin, a number appeared, representing the price of the corpse inside. The numbers increased from the father to the ancestor, each displaying an increasingly terrifying pressure.

"The legacy of six generations! May it help me rise up and mend the heavens!"

Seeing Ying Xin's high spirits, the artifact spirit recorded: "The family has a high degree of socialization and has been cultivated with strong psychological resilience, which once again confirms the theory that the richer one is, the stronger one's emotional capacity."

"Money is indeed the most important factor for human beings. I still can't understand why the amount of wealth is not included in the data for university rankings."

At the same time, more student data flooded into the artifact spirit's view.

Yu Xinghan is currently facing the annulment of her engagement.

The daughter of a wealthy family with assets of tens of thousands of spirit coins presented him with a letter announcing the annulment of the engagement.

Faced with the humiliation of the wealthy, the sarcasm of relatives, the ridicule of classmates, and the overt or covert threats from the heiress, a heavy mental pressure was released onto his head.

"Yu Xinghan, if you have any backbone, accept it. Then we can still be friends."

"Spirit?" Yu Xinghan felt a surge of anger; he had never felt so wronged before.

Feeling wronged and aggrieved, he tore up the annulment agreement and shouted at the other party, "I won't cancel it!"

"At worst, he can be the head son-in-law, and I'll be the concubine! I'm determined to be his son-in-law, and nobody can stop me! Unless you go bankrupt today."

The spirit of the artifact shook its head as it watched this scene and noted, "This test question is too old; the question bank needs to be updated. These days, what psychological pressure can integrity and dignity bring... Hmm, let's give him a different question."

(End of this chapter)