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

Chapter 413 The Big Deal

It would be impossible for Zhang Yu not to be tempted by Yin Jiu Rao's offer of 30 spirit coins.

But even he couldn't sell with complete peace of mind.

"The divine root is of great importance; if anything goes wrong, it will be a huge problem."

Therefore, the first person Zhang Yu thought of was Bai Zhenzhen.

That night, during another routine phone call with Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu asked, seemingly casually, "Zhenzhen, if you hadn't exposed your divine root back then, do you think it would have been exposed after you came to the second floor?"

Bai Zhenzhen casually replied, "Probably not..."

Thus, through Zhang Yu's deliberate probing, Bai Zhenzhen's powerful ability to conceal her divine spiritual root was once again confirmed; ordinary physical examinations could not detect the existence of the divine spiritual root at all.

However, the enhancement that the divine root brings to the body is real, so the various changes in the physical body caused by the divine root cannot be completely hidden.

After listening to Bai Zhenzhen's story, Zhang Yu gradually gained a better understanding of the situation.

So the next day, he dragged Le Mulan along to rent a laboratory, intending to personally test his materials to see if there was anything unusual about them.

Of course, this was under the condition that Zhang Yu switched the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo into the Three-Eyed Divine Power.

……

In the laboratory.

As Le Mulan channeled her magic power, the mirror, suspended in mid-air, revealed Zhang Yu's image magnified countless times.

Zhang Yu said somewhat awkwardly, "How was it?"

Le Mulan tilted her head and said, "It seems... a little different from before."

She picked up the measuring cup, shook it, and said, "This is my first time doing something so novel. It feels so lively, and the temperature has been consistently high. Is it related to your technique?"

Zhang Yu said, "I didn't invite you here to play!"

Le Mulan turned her head and looked at Zhang Yu, saying, "I wasn't playing. What's so fun about this?"

Zhang Yu turned his head away: "Anyway... did you find any results using the methods you learned?"

Le Mulan continued testing, pursed her lips, and said, "The quality has improved; the strength and activity of all the materials are higher than before..."

Looking at Le Mulan's test results, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "As expected, the characteristics of a divine root will not be reflected in my physical material."

"However, after being strengthened from top to bottom by the divine root, my body is indeed different from before."

Zhang Yu then asked, "Your mentor's methods must be more sophisticated than yours, and he must be able to glean more insights from them, right?"

Le Mulan nodded: "Teacher Yin is an expert in self-produced drug technology. Her body itself is equivalent to a complete pharmaceutical factory and laboratory."

“Even without these devices, she could analyze over two hundred pages of data simply by absorbing your material into her body. In that respect, she's far superior to me, but…”

Although Yin Jiu Rao's mastery of immortal techniques far surpasses that of Le Mu Lan, in Le Mu Lan's view, Zhang Yu's materials have not undergone any fundamental changes. Even if Professor Yin can analyze more data, Le Mu Lan does not think there will be any special conclusions.

"What she probably wants more is the right to reproduce."

Le Mulan turned to Zhang Yu and said, "She might secretly breed your bloodline in hopes of gaining more research results. Are you sure you don't want to sell the breeding rights?"

……

Faced with the possibility proposed by Le Mulan, Zhang Yu knew that it would be difficult to negotiate with Yin Jiurao on his own. He needed someone of sufficient influence to endorse the deal.

So Zhang Yu went to see Director Gao.

Upon hearing what Zhang Yu said, Director Gao's eyes flickered, and he exclaimed in surprise, "30 spirit coins?"

"Does she only want yours?"

Director Gao thought to himself that if the professors in the Department of Pharmacology had this need, he could organize the students from the Department of Civil Engineering to sell it in groups.

This kind of scientific research work pays much more than working on a construction site, and it's also much more respectable.

Zhang Yu shook his head: "She only wants mine."

Director Gao nodded slightly, thinking that Zhang Yu's performance might have caught the other party's attention.

However, Director Gao had previously consulted a professor friend in the Department of Breeding at Tianyao University and knew that Zhang Yu's special physique could not be simply studied from the perspective of physical body and bloodline.

"Yin Jiu Rao will definitely regret paying such a high price after she studies it."

Looking at Zhang Yu in front of him, Director Gao felt proud of his disciple's ability to sell garbage for exorbitant prices.

"You did a good job. With this kind of sales ability, bring it into the civil engineering industry and make good use of it."

As for breeding rights, Director Gao believes there's no need to sell them.

After all, Zhang Yu was no longer an ordinary student. In Director Gao's eyes, he had great potential, so there was no need to leave his bloodline on the second floor, lest it leave loopholes for him to overcome in the future and hinder his cultivation.

"I'll help you negotiate the contract with her."

……

Yin Jiu Rao looked at Director Gao in front of her and frowned, saying, "A contract witnessed by a righteous god?"

Director Gao said, "Professor Yin, let's not beat around the bush. Zhang Yu is a very promising student in our Civil Engineering Department. I don't want him to leave behind any bloodline descendants too early and get involved in unnecessary karma."

After some negotiation, Yin Jiu Rao finally agreed to sign the contract, but the price was reduced from 30 spirit coins to 25 spirit coins, and she had to pick up the goods herself.

She simply said, "I don't trust him to do it himself. I want to get the things myself." In Director Gao's view, this was naturally no problem. After all, the other party had paid 25 spirit coins, and doing it himself was like picking the fruit he had bought... It was perfectly reasonable.

However, he also said, "I will supervise the entire process to prevent you from excessively harvesting Zhang Yu's human body material."

Under Director Gao's supervision, Yin Jiu Rao grabbed Zhang Yu...

Throughout the process, Zhang Yu felt like a piece of meat on a chopping board, being harvested by Yin Jiu Rao from different parts of his body under the supervision of Director Gao.

Blood, saliva, urine, skin tissue, hair, seeds...

After each material is removed and confirmed by Director Gao, Yin Jiu Rao will pay a sum of spirit coins and transfer it to Zhang Yu's account.

At that moment, Zhang Yu suddenly felt with unparalleled clarity the price at which his body was being bought and sold.

However, once everything was completed and Zhang Yu's savings balance suddenly reached over 55 spirit coins, looking at the numbers in his bank account, the strange feeling in his heart completely disappeared, leaving only boundless joy and pleasure.

He was already looking forward to using the money to go on a spending spree in weapon forging and further improve his skills.

On the way out, Director Gao said, "If you encounter something like this in the future, remember to sign a contract with the witness of the true god, just like today."

"Otherwise, if the benefits are big enough, the other party will inevitably take the risk."

"How's the construction project going lately? After the pharmaceutical factory project is finished, I plan to put you in charge of another project. I'll send you the relevant documents then, so remember to prepare in advance..."

"Alright, you can go back to the construction site and get back to work."

After parting ways with Zhang Yu, who had returned to the construction site, Director Gao hummed a tune softly and couldn't help but send another message to Magnetism True Lord.

Director Gao: Zhang Yu's materials sold for 25 spirit coins.
Magnet Lord: Your disciple is truly amazing.

Director Gao smiled slightly.

Magnet Lord: [Screenshot of weapon crafting]
The screenshot shows a person refining azure sand, but only the blurry upper half of the person is visible, and their true appearance is unclear.

Judging from the camera angle, it appears to have been filmed from the other side of the laboratory, behind the other person.

Director Gao: What is this?

Magnet Lord: Didn't I tell you I took in a student who got in through connections?
Magnet Lord: He's recently started refining weapons too, and I had another student mentor him.

Magnet Lord: Although his progress is slow, he does have some talent.
Director Gao: So it seems it still has educational value.
Magnet Lord: Yes, I plan to give him more chances.
Magnet Lord: If he ever forges any usable magical artifacts in the future, I'll let you try them out too.
Director Gao: It's a deal.
Shortly after Zhang Yu and Director Gao left.

Yin Jiu Rao picked up the measuring cup...

With a swallow, she licked her lips, and as her internal energy circulated, a large amount of data from Zhang Yu's blood surfaced in her eyes.

The next moment, her pupils suddenly dilated.

"This is……"

After a long while, Yin Jiu Rao smiled slightly: "Heh, it seems there won't be any problems with this year's thesis."

……

Zhang Yu returned to the pharmaceutical factory and went to the workshop of the drug production line to measure data.

With the expansion of the basic operator assembly line completed, he will now be responsible for the construction of the pharmaceutical assembly line workshop.

Upon seeing Zhang Yu's appearance, the previously numb and bored operators on the assembly line stirred slightly and all looked towards Zhang Yu.

"Is he a Foundation Establishment student from Wanfa University?"

"A Foundation Establishment cultivator from the top ten, I wonder how much money he could earn working here."

"I estimate at least 0.1 spirit coins a day."

"So that means you can get acupuncture every day without any data usage? And you won't even have to worry about data usage when watching videos?"

"Sigh, it's true that you still need to study hard and get into one of the top ten universities to have a bright future."

On the other side, after measuring and recording the data, Zhang Yu arrived at the target construction site. He was shocked to see rolling energy shooting out in all directions.

As the Azure Cloud Gathering Pouch soared into the sky, countless Formless Warriors, carrying Azure Sand, began their work.

As the spirit Zhao Tianxing manipulated the level 3 Azure Cloud Gathering Pouch, he felt that the amount of azure sand it absorbed and exhaled had increased significantly, making it much easier to operate and further enhancing the power of the Formless Warrior.

Zhang Yu watched this scene with satisfaction, thinking to himself, "With the blessing of the magic weapon, my work efficiency has indeed greatly improved recently."

Zhang Yu calculated that he had earned more than 5 spirit coins in the past half month by working at the pharmaceutical factory construction site.

"I'll use the money I earn from construction sites to improve my weapon-refining skills."

"Refine magical artifacts, and then use that to increase the earning efficiency of the construction site."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This is indeed a good way for a poor person like me to learn weapon crafting."

Zhang Yu understood that, at least until he achieved some success in weapon crafting and was able to earn money by selling magical artifacts, the income from the construction site was very important to him.

The next moment, the formless cloud aura, like a sky full of mist, completely enveloped Zhang Yu's body, and he began to cultivate the 9th technique of the Martial Saint Body.

He thought to himself, "Once I've mastered all 10 techniques of the Martial Arts Saint Body to level 20, I won't need to continue cultivating on the construction site."

"Then I'll use the Martial Saint Body to enhance my work, earn more spirit coins, and then..."

"Go all out and burn money to refine equipment!"

(End of this chapter)