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

Chapter 500 Breeding Tax and Bonds (Thanks to 'Wanqisen' for the generous donation)
Just as Mo Shangjin was reminding everyone, he and Zhang Yu had already activated the Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power, taking their companions into the air to avoid too much contact with the demon descendants. Following the navigation that appeared in their eye fragments, they headed deeper into the Heavenly Demon University.

Even while flying in mid-air, it was still impossible to avoid the figures of demons flashing past all around.

The skyscrapers of Tianyao University were so densely packed that they resembled an impenetrable jungle, with only tiny gaps between them for people to pass through.

Meanwhile, various strange-looking insect demons, rat demons, and other small demonic creatures occupy many gaps, making this jungle increasingly crowded.

Just then, a cloud of blood mist exploded not far away. Zhang Yu looked up and saw that the body of a bull demon was torn to pieces by dozens of demons, who then took it to different places.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Murder in the street?"

Mo Shangjin said, "Not a person, just an animal."

He explained, "These demon descendants in the outer area of ​​Tianyao University are not considered human; they are merely animals that the university raises outside."

"Animal killing each other, do you think we need to interfere?"

"The Heavenly Demon University is too lazy to continuously manage and register these animals; it only ensures control over the general direction."

"If the quantity is too small, increase the breeding quota."

"If the quantity is too large, reduce the amount of food provided."

"This is their laboratory, breeding farm, material production site, and reserve demon material warehouse..."

As they spoke, Zhang Yu and his group had already crossed the outer area of ​​Tianyao University and arrived at the inner area.

To be honest... Zhang Yu felt that apart from being a bit quieter and more disciplined, the environment here didn't seem to have changed much from the outside.

At the boundary between the inner and outer layers, streams of divine power swept back and forth, crushing any stray outer demons into dust.

But Zhang Yu quickly frowned because he discovered that many of the students here were pregnant.

Mo Shangjin explained from the side: "This is the breeding tax of Tianyao University. Every student of Tianyao University has a certain breeding quota every year and needs to hand over their bloodline descendants to the school."

"I'm not too clear on the specific details, but I've heard that, apart from the Nascent Soul stage, the higher the cultivation level, the more descendants one needs to hand over. A Nascent Soul stage True Monarch might need to have dozens of offspring a year."

"However, in addition to paying the breeding tax to the offspring, it is also acceptable to give money directly."

Zhang Yu gasped and asked, "What about the male demon offspring?"

Mo Shangjin casually said, "The Heavenly Demon University naturally overcame these technical problems long ago..."

As they spoke, the group arrived outside a huge arena.

Even before getting close, Zhang Yu could feel the clamor of voices inside, and from the outside, it looked like a flood of demon students were constantly pushing their way into the venue.

"So many people?" Zhang Yu asked in surprise. "Do the students from Tianyao University really value this civil engineering competition final?"

Mo Shangjin seemed somewhat surprised: "Although the Civil Engineering Department of Tianyao University has always been a strong point, there shouldn't be that many people paying attention to it in the finals."

"Perhaps something happened that we don't know about."

……

Just as Zhang Yu and his group were heading to the competition venue.

In an underground space somewhere at Tianyao University.

Xiangshan walked step by step along the tunnel in front of him.

Before his eyes appeared a series of majestic pillars, like towering giants supporting the foundation of Tianyao University.

Xiangshan knew that the density of demon descendants at Tianyao University was too high, as was the density of buildings, so a large number of underground structures had always been needed to support the earth.

These imposing pillars are among the important supports for the lower levels of the Heavenly Demon University.

These pillars were built by countless ancestors of the Elephant Demon Clan.

After a lifetime of struggle and accumulating massive debts, they ultimately sacrificed their hard-won physical bodies, which, even in death, became the foundation, supporting the entire Heavenly Demon University day after day, forever.

"We've been the ones who supported the entire Tianyao University."

Looking at the pillars before him, feeling the lingering resentment and fierce fighting spirit within each one, Xiangshan murmured, "Now, it's our turn to break through the soil and stand on the ground of Tianyao University."

As Xiangshan turned his head, he saw a series of elephant demons, large and small, appearing in his eyes.

His brother is in there.

As the older brother of a local demon, he evaded the breeding tax during his three years of high school in order to study. As a result, he was reported in his senior year of high school, caught, and fined ten times the amount.

In the short span of his senior year of high school, his older brother had 30 children in a row to pay the breeding fine, which ultimately led to a severe decline in his blood and energy, and he failed to get into university.

Then Xiangshan looked at his younger brother in elementary school, his son in middle school, and his younger sister in high school... Seeing their protruding bellies, he became even more determined.

"Breeding tax..."

With its trunk turned upside down, Xiangshan's eyes blazed with boundless fighting spirit.

And in his eyes, even more figures emerged.

Those were the bloodline descendants of countless elephant demons, their figures flashing before him like stars in the sky.

"Ten thousand?"

"One hundred thousand?"

"Or even more?" Xiangshan murmured, "Over the years, our clan of elephant demons has been constantly paying tribute to our bloodline descendants and bearing the breeding tax. How many of our bloodline descendants have been sent to schools?"

"How many spirit coins are they worth combined?!"

"We've lost so much money!"

Xiangshan's fangs bulged, his blood surged, and his body seemed to grow larger: "It's time to change all of this."

"I'm going to lead you all out of the construction site and out of the civil engineering department!"

"I want to make it so that race and profession can no longer limit us!"

All around, illusory figures rushed toward Xiangshan's body. These demonic soul cultivators merged into his physical form, as if they had become part of his body.

At the same time, Xiangshan felt the power of his Dharma Body continuously increasing, and a large amount of resources from the Spirit Realm Calculation Pool were mobilized.

The next moment, he took a thud and walked outside.

……

thump.

As Xiang Shan stepped onto the field with a resounding thud, a deafening roar erupted from the stands.

Rat demons, insect demons, cat demons, plant spirits... all sorts of low-status demons in the Heavenly Demon University were now cheering excitedly from the audience, cheering for Xiangshan.

The entire arena and the whole land seemed to tremble violently with the howls of the demon horde.

An intense, fishy stench rose into the sky, as if demonic energy was being poured into the entire heavens.

Zhang Yu even saw demon descendants in the stands getting so excited that they defecated and urinated on the spot, and even engaged in dual cultivation and procreation.

Shi Huaiyu, standing to the side, asked in confusion, "What's going on with these demon descendants? Why are they so excited about a match?"

As Mo Shangjin flipped through the information in his eye, he said, "Hmm... we may have gotten caught up in the internal strife at Tianyao University."

"It seems that someone at Tianyao University is using this Civil Engineering competition to carry out reforms, wanting to send Xiangshan to the school team to participate in the future Top Ten League, thereby changing the problem of racial and professional rigidity within Tianyao University."

"Many of the demons in the stands might have been paid to stir up trouble."

Zhang Yu's eyes flickered: "Then it seems that Xiangshan might be stronger than we previously expected?"

Mo Shangjin nodded and said solemnly, "It's fortunate that you guys helped me drag this out until this match. If I had bought back earlier, the cost would have been too high, and if I had been missing any of my Dharma Bodies, I probably would have lost today."

After thinking for a moment, Mo Shangjin instructed, "I will confront him head-on in a while. You will provide support from the side and try to disrupt his teammates and distract Xiangshan."

Looking at the Seven Absolute Laws on Mo Shangjin's body, Zhang Yu nodded to indicate his understanding.

At the same time, the figure of the Celestial Phenomenon True Lord appeared in the eye of Elephant Mountain on the other side.

This Celestial True Lord was none other than the judge who supported Zhang Yu in obtaining his military certificate during the military certificate exam at the Civil Engineering Department of Wanfa University, and a well-known expert and professor in the field of civil engineering.

The Celestial Phenomenon True Lord said, "It's a pity. I never thought that Zhang Yu, who obtained the military certificate back then, would become your formidable rival today."

Xiangshan said calmly, "It's alright, teacher."

"How can we win over the masses and change the situation at Tianyao University without defeating truly powerful enemies and demonstrating our true strength and wealth?"

"Defeating Zhang Yu and Mo Shangjin is my best achievement and resource for breaking through the Civil Engineering Department and entering the school team."

As they spoke, Xiangshan and his teammates walked up to the group from Wanfa University.

Looking at Zhang Yu and Mo Shangjin in front of him, Xiangshan's long nose drooped slightly, and his small eyes looked calm and serene.

“Zhang Yu, Mo Shangjin,” Xiangshan said, looking at the two of them. “You two must have put in countless efforts and spent countless spirit coins to get to this point.”

"Even without me, you would have truly deserved to be this year's civil engineering competition champions."

"But I'm sorry, I absolutely have to win this final match."

Xiangshan exhaled, and thick white vapor carrying his body heat surged out, seemingly raising the temperature of the surrounding area.

Xiangshan continued, "Once the battle begins, I will go all out."

"If you don't want to suffer heavy losses, put in all your strength, put up a desperate fight, and then surrender as soon as possible."

After speaking, Xiangshan closed his eyes, seemingly no longer paying attention to any outside information, and patiently waiting for the start of the match.

With both teams entering the field, the match officially began.

Mo Shangjin soared into the sky, unleashing the Seven Absolute Laws. The Heavenly Kunlun Mountain-Moving Divine Power swept across the entire arena, and with a deafening roar, the entire arena was turned upside down.

Whether it was the competitors, the mud and sand, the building materials, or the earth itself... everything seemed to be falling into an abyss, hurtling rapidly towards the sky.

Just then, amidst this dizzying chaos, a figure tore through the air and suddenly appeared in front of Mo Shangjin, then threw a punch.

The entire arena seemed to pause for a moment.

"Get down here."

The next moment, with Xiangshan's roar, as his fist was thrown out, the entire flipped arena seemed to be flipped back up, and mud, materials, and earth... crashed down from mid-air with a loud bang.

(End of this chapter)