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

Chapter 448 Financial Storm
Cang Lanyu is ranked 6th in the Talisman Department of Wanfa University.

His body, hands, feet, and even every strand of his hair... shimmered with dazzling brilliance.

It was a projection from the depths of the spirit world, constantly converging before the eyes of everyone who gazed at Cang Lanyu, and transforming into lines of mysterious characters within their eye sockets.

It was the advertising talisman bestowed by the righteous god that allowed Cang Lanyu to constantly display all sorts of advertisements all over his body.

It can be said that the longer you look at him, the more customized the advertisements you see become, and the more powerful their allure becomes.

He stood on a plain in the wilderness, surrounded by the followers of the Dual Cult whom he had captured.

Feeling the angry gazes of these believers, Cang Lanyu said calmly, "A bunch of idiots, do you think you can find a job with weekends off just by sneaking into the Netherworld University?"

"That's to sell you into underground human trafficking farms..."

Glancing at the even more furious looks from the believers, Cang Lanyu smiled slightly, as if he could see his advertising fees increasing again and his income becoming more substantial.

For him, simply watching him means he's making money and getting stronger.

Just then, Zhang Pianpian established communication with Cang Lanyu and said, "I've got it sorted out on my end."

With a thought, Cang Lanyu descended a projection of the spirit world beside Zhang Pianpian.

After glancing at the underground base in front of him, Cang Lan Yu thought to himself, "This Zhang Pianpian isn't ranked very high, but she's quite fast."

The next moment, Cang Lanyu looked at the subdued believers around him, and suddenly frowned, thinking to himself, "This mark..."

He retrieved the footage from the surrounding surveillance cameras and the eye sockets, and his heart skipped a beat when he saw the contents.

"As expected... she forcibly controlled the spiritual remains, magical artifacts, and even the physical bodies of these believers. This is a Taoist technique from the 'Star Shifting and God Changing Technique.' When did this woman master military-grade Taoist techniques of the talisman system? I don't remember her being among those who obtained military certification..."

Cang Lanyu quickly accessed Zhang Pianpian's information.

At first glance, it seemed quite ordinary, so he deciphered the hidden information within, only to discover that there were still confidential parts.

He was immediately warned after attempting to crack the classified information, which gave him another jolt.

"Is it a military rank?"

Cang Lanyu was incredibly surprised: "Just who is this woman? She actually has a military rank directly awarded by the Heavenly Court? Has she already been successfully selected as a candidate for a divine body?"

Zhang Pianpian looked at Cang Lanyu beside her and asked, "Senior, have you finished reading?"

Cang Lanyu was slightly taken aback. For a moment, he was unsure whether the other party had a hidden meaning in their words or whether they had noticed his probing.

He even had a vague feeling that the other party seemed to be deliberately displaying the power of military-grade Taoist techniques.

Zhang Pianpian continued, "It seems that the Dual Cultivation Cult does have the support of Netherworld University, but it may not be solely supported by Netherworld University."

"In addition, followers of the Double Retreat Church are also buying Qiongjiang Coins."

Cang Lanyu suppressed his doubts and nodded, saying, "How can you have a two-day weekend if you don't have money? Thinking that you can support yourself by investing a little money in Qiongjiang Coins and then having a two-day weekend every month is something that only fools would believe."

"However, I didn't expect that the Dual Cult would also be promoting the Qiongjiang Coin."

Cang Lanyu stroked his chin and analyzed, "Perhaps this scheme involving the Qiongjiang Coin wasn't just orchestrated by Hehuan University; other universities like Youming University... might have also been involved."

Zhang Pianpian thought to herself, "It seems the counterattacks from other universities are just around the corner."

Thinking of this, Zhang Pianpian sent a message to Zhang Yu to warn him, lest her younger brother accidentally get involved.

……

In the time that followed, Zhang Yu spent his days studying, working part-time, and practicing the Dragon Vein Sensing Technique.

Before they knew it, it was late November, and on this day, Zhang Yu was pushing the Dragon Vein Sensing Chapter to level 16.

Just then, a series of exclamations and crashes suddenly came from the construction site on the 669th floor.

Zhang Yu turned his head and saw that a worker was running around the construction site, causing damage everywhere.

"crazy?"

Watching the workers being subdued and dragged away by security guards, Zhang Yu was filled with confusion.

But a moment later, something even more surprising happened to Zhang Yu.

A beam of divine light descended from the sky, instantly imprisoning one of the workers.

Seeing the other person's soul being forcibly extracted, Zhang Yu was shocked and asked, "What happened?"

But then, even more divine light descended from the sky, like pillars of light connecting heaven and earth, directly guiding the souls of the workers to the spirit world.

Zhang Yu opened his mouth and said, "What exactly is this...?"

On his way back to the dormitory, Zhang Yu could see beams of light falling down from time to time, turning people who were just full of life into corpses in an instant.

The corpses were quickly processed and decomposed by the divine light, and then placed into iron coffins that flew towards them.

At the same time, information kept popping up in Zhang Yu's eyes.

[Storm Warning] Urgent! The financial storm triggered by Qiongjiang Coin is expected to be around level 1.3. Small-scale debt collection is anticipated in your area. Please stay away from crowds, minimize outings, and safeguard your account funds. Exercise caution when investing after the disaster and do not believe rumors. —Wanfa University

Fuki sighed, "The financial crisis is here, but thankfully it's only a level 1.3. At most, there will be some riots, but it won't be a catastrophe like the sky falling down."

Zhang Yu asked, "Then what is this warning information?"

Fuki explained, "It's both a reassurance and a deterrent, to prevent people from causing trouble during the chaos."

"But that was a long time ago. Now the efficiency of the gods is getting higher and higher, and they are becoming more and more professional in handling these kinds of things."

"A level 1.3 financial crisis is far below their capacity to cope with the situation and will not cause any major problems."

"But what about that Qiongjiang coin? Take a look and see what happened."

Zhang Yu nodded and quickly looked at the situation of the Qiongjiang Coin through the Spirit Realm. He saw that the price of the coin was plummeting like a waterfall.

"What happened? Why did it suddenly drop so much?" Zhang Yu clicked on a related news article and read: "A highly intelligent spirit riot occurred at Hehuan University, with a large number of spirits escaping."

He wondered what the escape of the artifact spirit had to do with the plummeting value of the Qiongjiang coin.
Zhang Yu continued to look and discovered that the escaped highly intelligent artifact spirits all seemed to be disciples of the Jade Nectar God.

He thought to himself, "Is this some kind of machine crisis?"

Just as Zhang Yu was filled with doubt, Feng Tingting sent a message: Did you see that? The Dharma Body of the Jade Nectar God has rebelled and run away.
Zhang Yu: What Dharma Body?
Feng Tingting: The most important Dharma Body in the Great Path of Dual Cultivation!

Feng Tingting: The Yin Artifacts and Dharma Bodies of the Divine Lord of Jade Nectar are all made using highly intelligent artifact spirits.

Feng Tingting: This time, these highly intelligent artifact spirits rebelled and ran away with the Yin artifact of the Jade Nectar God!
Zhang Yu: Huh?

Feng Tingting: Yin Qi is at Hehuan University, which is one of the most important production tools. With the God of Qiongjiang suddenly losing a large number of production tools, Qiongjiang coins are going to plummet.

"What the hell...?" Zhang Yu thought to himself. "What is this? The Divine Lord's demon has become a spirit and run away?"

Fuki said, "These highly intelligent artifact spirits can only escape through the spirit world at most. How could they possibly take the Yin artifacts with them?"

"There must be someone else behind this to help these evil artifacts escape."

In the following period of time, Zhang Yu would occasionally glance at the news and soon saw more and more messy rumors.

Some say that these highly intelligent genitals joined the Double Rest Cult and ran away for the sake of Double Rest.

Some say that these highly intelligent spirit artifacts have joined a spirit protection organization.

Some say these yin organs were bewitched by the Unemployed Demonic Cult and became disciples of the Unemployed Old Man.

Zhang Yu was engrossed in reading, but soon he noticed that related news was becoming increasingly scarce, and eventually, it all disappeared.

Fuki sighed, "Hehuan University has activated its spirit realm spell and begun to suppress information."

Zhang Yu glanced at the news window that was just viewable but could no longer be refreshed, and remarked, "They acted really fast."

"I remember there's another gathering of a thousand fellow practitioners in a few days, right? Now that all the Yin organs have run away, what are we going to do?"

A moment later, Zhang Yu searched for related news and found that the Divine Lord of the Jade Nectar announced that the gathering of a thousand fellow cultivators would proceed as scheduled. She had a large reserve of dual cultivation tools, which could fully support the holding of the gathering.

Zhang Yu suddenly remembered that Ping Han was going to participate in this conference.

He glanced at the other person's WeChat Moments and saw that the other person had posted a lot of pictures of male genitalia and physical remains.

The accompanying text reads: "Don't panic, everyone! If you've lost your genitals, you still have your yang organs! I've tried it! The effect is no worse than genitals! This conference is well-prepared, the lucky draw will continue, and the Qiongjiang coins will continue to rise!"

……

Within the spirit realm.

Magnetism True Monarch said with a gleam in his eyes, "Excellent, excellent, excellent! As expected of a Dharma Body refined by a Nascent Soul cultivator, it is indeed exquisite."

Feng Jiu said, "True Lord Magnetism, the principal asked me to ask you how long it will take to complete?"

Magnet True Monarch snorted coldly: "The Nascent Soul Dharma Body is not so easy to break. Especially the highly intelligent artifact spirit inside, it can escape as soon as it gets the slightest chance."

"These few samples are still too few. What about the rest of the goods?"

Feng Jiu said helplessly, "We can't possibly swallow all the goods."

Magnetism True Lord said, "Then I can only try my best."

"I need help from people with spellcasting skills."

……

Director Gao looked at the news of students being swept up in the financial crisis and ultimately suffering heavy losses, a hint of helplessness flashing across his face.

"Ugh."

"During the financial crisis, we civil engineering students didn't get much soup, but we lost a lot of money."

Just then, a message flashed in his eyes.

Pinghan: Teacher, save me!

Director Gao shook his head and silently blocked Ping Han.

……

Pinghan: Junior brother, please lend me some spirit coins.

Ping Han: Hehuan University has been deeply involved in the field of dual cultivation for many years and will soon be able to produce a new batch of yin organs.

Ping Han: Qiongjiang Coin will rise back to its original value eventually.
Pinghan: Once the price of Qiongjiang Coin recovers, I'll be able to earn it back, and I'll definitely pay you back immediately.
Looking at the continuous stream of messages from Ping Han, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This guy is sending them so fast? Could it be a mass message?"

Pinghan: Junior brother! Please!

Ping Han: As long as I catch my breath, I'll repay you double the loan!

Zhang Yu: Senior brother, I really have no money.

Pinghan: This is the most difficult time for me right now. I wouldn't beg you like this unless I had no other choice.
Pinghan: Are you just going to stand by and watch someone die?

Pinghan: If you help me now, I will repay you tenfold or a hundredfold in the future.

Zhang Yu shook his head and immediately blocked Ping Han.

Then he received another message from Ji Yuanshu.

Ji Yuanshu: Senior Brother, can you lend me some spirit coins?

Zhang Yu thought about what to say, but in the end he didn't say a word and just silently closed the chat window.

　Asking for monthly ticket
　　
　
(End of this chapter)