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

Chapter 396 Receiving the Seven Absolutes
The spirit world.

Inside a completely dark room.

Suddenly, a subtitle appeared: "Old Zhao, are you going to Wanfa University this time?"

In the darkness, to save spirit coins, Zhao Tianxing, whose spirit realm projection displayed the three characters "Zhao Tianxing," smiled slightly.

He also displayed a line of text: "Yes, I participated in the top ten competition of the Civil Engineering Department of Wanfa University and helped the team get seventh place."

Suddenly, a series of "Oh!" "Wow!" "Heh!" appeared in the darkness.

Zhao Tianxing: You guys haven't been to the University of Ten Thousand Laws. You have no idea how wide the psionic circuits are there, how good the Dharma Bodies they use are, and how complex the work they do is...

Students: Oh! Wow! Ho! (⊙o⊙)!

Sensing the envy and shock of his classmates, Zhao Tianxing felt an indescribable sense of pride.

Another line of text appeared: Lao Zhao, did you get a good review?

A college student: If you get another good review, won't you be working overtime every day? And your salary will skyrocket?
Zhao Tianxing glanced at his stats and thought to himself, "Should I ask Zhang Yu for a good review?"

"If I keep pushing him like this, will he stop asking me to do chores in the future?"

"Should we wait a few more days and see?"

Just then, Zhao Tianxing saw that he had received a positive review, and he was immediately delighted.

A moment later, with a suction force, Zhao Tianxing knew he had been assigned work again.

……

Mo Tianyi: Thanks
Mo Tianyi: If you need any work in the future, contact me again, and I'll give you a discount.

Zhang Yu: Okay, I'll look for you if there's any work in the future.
After giving Zhao Tianxing and Mo Tianyi positive reviews, Zhang Yu checked his bank account balance.

With the 5 spirit coins his sister repaid this month, plus Wen Wuyai's new 10 spirit coin monthly fee, and the 10 spirit coins for treatment given by Director Gao, his spirit coin savings had already exceeded 40.

However, in the previous match, Zhang Yu used the Taoist technique of photographic memory to provide services, shared the costs of preparing materials such as discarded eye remains, hiring soul cultivators, and purchasing earth-evil energy pollutants with his teammates, and then sent money to Zhao Tianxing, Mo Tianyi, and his teammates in the group chat.

In the blink of an eye, my bank savings have dwindled to just over 17.

"This competition is really expensive," Zhang Yu thought to himself. "I hope I'll get more money after the rankings are confirmed."

Just then, Xiao Qingxuan walked over, looked at Zhang Yu and said, "We are the winners. How do you plan to use your challenge right in the next round?"

Zhang Yu asked, "If we fight higher up, we'll lose no matter who we fight, right? Can we sell these challenge rights?"

Xiao Qingxuan smiled faintly and said, "That depends on how you sell it."

"Currently, the teams with the right to challenge are the first, second, third, fifth, and us."

"The order of the challenges will start with us, who are seventh, followed by fifth, third, and second, each taking turns using the challenge right. The first-place team will not be able to use the challenge right."

"According to my information, the third group is the neutral faction, and they have decided to give up their right to challenge."

"Second is Mo Shangjin, they will definitely challenge the number one Xuan Liangtian."

"The fifth faction is also a pacifist. They will likely choose to challenge Mo Shangjin in order to assist Xuan Liangtian and weaken him."

"Director Gao's idea is that he hopes we can challenge the fifth-place team, just to wear them down, and if there's any danger, we can just forfeit."

Zhang Yu's heart skipped a beat: "How much compensation?"

Xiao Qingxuan said calmly, "Each official team member will receive 5 spirit coins."

Zhang Yu smiled sheepishly: "Could you give me a little more?"

Xiao Qingxuan asked Director Gao and sighed, "5.5 spirit coins is the most we can get. That's the most Director Gao can give us here."

So in the next match, Zhang Yu led his team to challenge the team ranked fifth.

Not long after entering the arena, looking at Xiao Yunji, who was over ten meters tall, had three heads and six arms, and was carrying six magical treasures, reciting advertising slogans while charging around recklessly, Zhang Yu couldn't help but curse: "Is this a civil engineering competition?"

Xiao Qingxuan explained, "Xiao Yunji is the descendant of a leader of a construction company. Although she came to the Civil Engineering Department, she will basically not go to construction sites in the future."

After fighting for more than ten minutes, Zhang Yu and the others could no longer withstand Xiao Yunji's relentless bombardment and chose to withdraw from the competition one after another, fearing that they would get injured in this unnecessary competition and have to spend money on medical expenses.

Next, Xiao Yunji's team challenged Mo Shangjin. After being suppressed by Mo Shangjin alone, they surrendered after five or six minutes.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Xiao Yunji is a real idiot. He beat us so badly, but when he met Mo Shangjin, he just threw a few plays and surrendered."

The final battle unfolded between Mo Shangjin and Xuan Liangtian's forces.

Both sides possessed military-grade techniques with the divine power of Kunlun Mountain Moving, and when the battle began, the entire arena seemed to be upside down, with gravity reversed.

In the arena, everyone had to resist the Earthly Fiend Gravity emitted by Mo Shangjin and Xuan Liangtian while carrying out construction and combat at high speed in mid-air.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Is this a three-dimensional air-space formation? It's like turning a ground bunker into a space station."

Moments later, the simulated spiritual vein underground was forcibly pulled out by the two, torn apart like a giant dragon, and finally turned into countless fragments, which were then fought over, repaired, and destroyed by various forces...

Ultimately, Team Mo Shang Jin won with an 8% advantage.

...Inside the spirit realm.

With Mo Shangjin ultimately taking first place, this intra-departmental competition ended with the War faction having a slight advantage.

The teachers from the war faction all wore smiles.

Director Gao smiled slightly and discussed the awarding of prizes with Director Lin and Lingyue Zhenjun.

Tu Lishan said, "Director, isn't there a loan reward for outstanding contestants in this departmental competition? I think Zhang Yu should get one."

Lingyue Zhenjun remembered very clearly that when Zhang Yu's team defeated Ma Xuan, Tulishan had mentioned it once, but he had rejected it with a reason.

Seeing Tulishan bring up the old issue again, Lingyue Zhenjun smiled slightly, knowing there was no reason to reject the proposal anymore. He then looked at Director Lin beside him and asked, "Director Lin, what do you think?"

Director Lin said calmly, "Teacher Tu, the department always only looks at grades, rankings and data. Students who are eligible for scholarships and loans will naturally receive them. Everything is done according to procedure. There is no need for you to single one out."

Director Gao chuckled and said, "Professor Tu is also concerned about the talented people in the department, but what you said, Lao Lin, is also right. We should follow the procedures."

“Let’s talk about first place this time. Mo Shangjin won first place. Although he is my disciple, I will not avoid suspicion, after all, he will be representing the department in the inter-school league.”

"The situation is changing rapidly these days. All schools are developing military-grade capabilities. Although Mo Shangjin has mastered the Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power, it may not be enough for this league."

“I think… it’s time to make some changes to the military-grade magic remains.”

Director Lin's gaze sharpened, and he thought to himself, "What an outrageous demand..."

Meanwhile, Lang Yougong, standing on the edge, felt the increasingly tense atmosphere in the spirit world and thought to himself, "Sigh, after this competition, the conflict between the two sides has become more public."

……

Shortly after, Zhang Yu, who was in class, received news about the competition rewards.

First, there's the prize money for being a formal member of the seventh-placed team, a total of 8 spirit coins.

Next came the low-interest loan for outstanding players, with 12 spirit coins credited to my account.

Zhang Yu's savings suddenly surged to 42.5 spirit coins.

Then came the overall score increase: a base score of 1800 and a performance bonus of 194, for a total of 1994 points, which suddenly boosted Zhang Yu's overall score to nearly 5000.

With such an improvement in scores, Zhang Yu also earned his own departmental ranking.

Ranked 95th in the Foundation Building Realm of the Civil Engineering Department

Inside the classroom, the students who were quietly attending class gradually noticed the change in Zhang Yu's head. Looking at his ranking of 95th in the Civil Engineering Department, some were surprised, some were envious, and some were incredulous.

The departmental rankings only appear when you're in the top 100. 95th place may seem insignificant, but it's only been three months since the start of the sophomore year.

Zhang Yu's ranking was extremely eye-catching in the classroom, and even the magic teacher Li Mingbo, who was giving the lesson, couldn't help but take a few more glances.

"This kid on the first floor, I heard he got seventh place in the Civil Engineering Department competition this time." Li Mingbo thought to himself, "Impressive, far beyond my expectations."

Zhang Yu knew that with this ranking of 95 across the entire department, there would be an additional scholarship loan at the end of each academic year.

"However, the reward for ranking 95th is too little. Before the end of my sophomore year, after I have completed all the exams for my courses, I should be able to improve it further."

Just then, Zhang Yu received a message from his sister.

Zhang Pianpian: Congratulations on making it into the top 100!

Zhang Yu couldn't help but glance a few more times at the opponent's ranking of 44th in the Foundation Establishment realm of the talisman system.

At this moment, Zhang Yu felt even more keenly the power of his sister's ranking.

But each time, Zhang Pianpian's explanation was simply that the spellcasting department was much better at learning quickly than slowly, and that the lower-ranked students were far superior to those in other departments, so Zhang Yu didn't need to compare himself to her.

Besides the changes in department rankings, the final reward is the transmission of the Seven Wonders.

Meanwhile, the competition group was also discussing the two spots for the Seven Wonders inheritance.

Shi Huaiyu: One copy is for Zhang Yu, the remaining copy can be auctioned off.
Zhang Yu: How much money should I give?
Shi Huaiyu: You made the biggest contribution, so just take it.
Che Yufei: If you hadn't spent money during the competition, I wouldn't even have enough for my medical treatment. You don't need to give me any more.

Yu Xinghan: I think it's still okay to give a little something as a token gesture.
Shi Huaiyu: I'll mute you, the substitute player, first.
Yu Xinghan: I spent money too!

Yu Xinghan: [Transfer Record]
Gongshu Jin: Can substitute players also participate in the auction?
Shi Huaiyu: Of course.
Che Yufei: Please
Everyone in the group showed utmost respect to Gongshu Jin, who spent 20 spirit coins at the end of the competition.

A moment later, the auction was over, and Gongshu Jin won the other spot in the Seven Wonders for 26 spirit coins.

Soon Zhang Yu received the transfer from Gongshu Jin, and his savings suddenly increased to over 46.8.

Upon seeing so many spirit coins, Zhang Yu, like most of the Kunxu people, felt an urge to quickly spend them and convert them into his own immortal strength.

At the same time, Director Gao sent a message.

Director Gao: Same place tomorrow, I'll teach you the second secret technique.
Director Gao: By the way, could you also tell me about your plans to take the military certification exam in the future?

Upon seeing the message, Zhang Yu was startled and became even more excited for tomorrow.

(End of this chapter)