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

Chapter 521 Solving the Thunder Extreme
Startled by the shout from the Magnet Pole True Lord, the Thunder Pole True Lord truly began to feel fear.

In his memory, his senior sister was always someone who never showed her emotions, and it was extremely rare for her to curse and even resort to violence like this.

After all, it would be undignified to take action lightly in Kunxu now.

In Lei Ji Zhenjun's memories, after his senior sister's rare outbursts of rage, many people would disappear each time.

Some of them left the university town, some left the entire Wanfa University, and some left the university community altogether.

Every outburst of rage is an emotional release. After the emotions are released, all that remains is the weighing of gains and losses, sacrificing what needs to be sacrificed, giving up what needs to be given up, and disappearing what needs to disappear.

And this time, the person who disappeared seems to be his apprentice.

Hearing Magnet Lord's words, Thunder Lord weakly replied, "Ghost? Who is the ghost?"

Magnet Master continued, "Is the person in the video your disciple? Did you know he was doing these things? Isn't the problem with you?"

Lei Ji Zhenjun said with difficulty, "He...he signed a master-disciple contract with me."

Magnetism True Monarch coldly said, "So what if we signed a contract? Which of the top ten didn't tear up a bunch of contracts on their way to rise?"

"If contracts could control everything, what would be the point of having a Heavenly Court?"

"It's not him, and it's not you, so could it be me? Is there something wrong with me? Am I a ghost?"

Lei Ji Zhenjun lowered his head and remained silent. His projection shrank, making it appear even smaller and more helpless.

Magnetism True Monarch then pointed at Zhang Yu and said, "Or is there something wrong with him? Did my disciple betray you?"

Lei Ji Zhenjun said in a low voice, "How could it be your disciple, Senior Sister? He's just a civil engineer on the construction site, and he's only at the Foundation Establishment stage. How could it be him?"

Magnetism True Monarch glared coldly at Thunder True Monarch: "You think you can handle civil engineering? But you can't handle Foundation Establishment? I've already dealt with Nascent Soul cultivators when I was at Foundation Establishment!"

After saying that, Magnetism True Lord took a deep breath, and the entire office fell silent. No one spoke again.

Just as the air grew increasingly heavy, Magnetism True Lord said expressionlessly again, "Besides your disciple, write down the names of five more of your subordinates and pin all the blame on them."

"Give back half of how much money you've taken over the years."

“Now everyone’s watching this matter, so we must settle it today.”

Upon hearing Magnetism True Lord's words, Thunder True Lord felt another pang in his heart.

Sending out five more people... It wouldn't be too bad for him, but the thought of having to give away half of the hard-earned money he had saved up over the years made Lei Ji Zhenjun feel as if the magical circuits in his body were about to break down.

Lei Ji Zhenjun said with difficulty, "Senior Sister, that's my retirement and life-extending money."

Upon hearing this, True Monarch Magnetism laughed: "Do you know how many people, both inside and outside the school, don't want your senior sister to achieve the Nascent Soul stage?"

"You don't want to pay? No problem, then you come out and take responsibility for this."

Lei Ji Zhenjun lowered his head and remained silent, his figure shrinking again until he was even shorter than Zhang Yu.

Magnetism True Monarch said coldly, "Alright, I'll give you an hour to get this done."

"From now on, get back to the lab and don't get involved in departmental matters."

As the projection of Thunder Primal True Monarch gradually disappeared from the spirit world, Magnetic Primal True Monarch sighed with a complicated expression.

As she rubbed Zhang Yu's head, she said casually, "My junior brother is getting more and more confused as he gets older."

"When he was young, he was also a well-known genius, and he didn't take much longer than me to break through to the Nascent Soul stage."

"But ever since he reached the Nascent Soul stage, he has gradually become lax."

"Although he was excited for a while after entering university, after failing in competitions time and time again, the school gave him fewer and fewer resources, and he gradually became disheartened. He stopped learning the latest weapon-refining techniques, stopped going to the laboratory, and spent his days scheming and making a fuss, which eventually led to his current state."

"He's relieved, but did he ever consider how difficult it was for me?"

Magnetism True Lord sighed, "But if we deal with him, what will the other old-timers who have fought alongside me all this way think?"

“If I don’t protect him even if something minor happens, then many people will think that I have lost power and that I am no good.”

"Even when I put him in the least likely place, he still manages to cause me trouble..."

Hearing Magnet True Lord's sigh, Zhang Yu said earnestly, "Teacher, I will definitely not slack off, I will definitely work hard to climb up and closely follow behind you."

"Alright." Magnetism True Monarch smiled upon hearing this, patted Zhang Yu's head, and pulled him into his arms: "Remember what happened today, and don't follow your uncle's example in the future."

At the same time, the video footage kept flashing through Magnetism True Monarch's mind.

The video was shot from an extremely tricky angle, as if it were being followed closely by the crowd.

However, subsequent investigations failed to find any trace left by the photographer at the scene.

All of this demonstrates the photographer's skill.

"Whose person?"

Names surged through Magnetism True Monarch's mind, some from within the school and some from outside.

"The Golden Palace God?"

"Immortal Soldier University? Vajra University?"

"Or perhaps the Netherworld University?" There are simply too many people who could prevent her from achieving the Nascent Soul stage. Even the Magnetism True Monarch couldn't be sure which faction was involved in this matter. He only became more and more wary and felt the difficulties and obstacles on the path to Nascent Soul.

In the following days, Lei Ji Zhenjun voluntarily resigned from his original management position, and his disciple Bian Hao and the five people under his command all disappeared.

The weapon crafting department remained completely undisturbed, and the students were utterly unaware of all this.

If Zhang Yu hadn't been observing all of this the whole time, he probably would have thought that nothing had happened.

On that day, he had just stepped out of the laboratory when he received a message from Lei Ji Zhenjun.

Lei Ji Zhenjun: Nephew, how have you been lately?
Zhang Yu: True Lord, it's best if we don't address each other as master and disciple at school. I'm afraid Master will think it's inappropriate.

Upon seeing Zhang Yu's reply, Lei Ji Zhenjun's internal magical energy circuits experienced a violent tremor.

"The villain succeeds."

Lei Ji Zhenjun ultimately suppressed his anger, after all, his current situation was already extremely bad.

The money he spit out greatly affected his life extension plan, significantly shortening his original lifespan.

The loss of his position and the loss of his disciples meant that he saw no possibility of income growth in the coming years, and his life expectancy was decreasing day by day.

Through what he had seen and heard in the laboratory last time, Thunder Primal Lord realized that Zhang Yu was currently favored by Magnetic Primal Lord.

“My senior sister is buried in the laboratory all day long. She knows the laboratory better than her own cave. She studies her experimental disciples every day, so naturally there is a sense of closeness between us.”

"If Zhang Yu is willing to help me by blowing some breeze on the lab bench, it might make my senior sister speak well of me as her junior brother."

Thinking of this, True Monarch Lei Ji suppressed his anger and continued to communicate with Zhang Yu.

Lei Ji Zhenjun: Zhang Yu, you mean...

After exchanging a few words with the other party, Zhang Yu understood their intentions.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "You want me to put in a good word for you without paying you?"

"The old man is getting more and more confused as he gets older."

Zhang Yu casually set the other party to receive messages but not to receive notifications, and then went to attend to his own business.

Not long after, Zhang Yu received another message from Juxing Zhenren.

Master Juxing: Zhang Yu, hello. I will temporarily take over Master Leiji's work.
Juxing Zhenren: If there are any problems with the project in the future, just hand them over to me.
After Zhang Yu greeted the other party, he was added to the work group by this Juxing Zhenren.

The other person then spoke in the group: "Everyone, I'm a bit different from Lei Ji Zhenjun. I only focus on work and hate messing around."

Juxing Zhenren: As long as everyone works hard on the project, there won't be any shady practices here.

Juxing Zhenren: Also, don't even think about sending me money.
Master Juxing: I hate this kind of thing the most. If anyone tries to play this game with me, don't blame me for being ruthless.

Someone immediately replied: "When Master Juxing arrives, Qingtian will arrive too."

After reading the messages in the group for a while, just as Zhang Yu was secretly wondering if the other party was really as righteous as they claimed, he was added as a friend by a disciple of Master Juxing.

Only then did he realize that if he was willing to spend 1 spirit coin to buy something at a designated online store, his project payment would arrive in his account very quickly.

"One spirit coin? Only one spirit coin?"

Zhang Yu exclaimed, "He truly is an honest official."

Fu Ji said, "That's how it is at the beginning. After all, Lord Lei Ji has only just gone down, so how could he dare to charge more money?"

"But we can't refuse to accept it either. If he doesn't accept it, how will his superior accept it? If the superior doesn't accept it, how will Magnetism True Lord accept it?"

"But given enough time, after a few years, he'll probably eat more and more."

Zhang Yu said, "We'll talk about the future later. In a few years, when he's collected a lot more, we won't even know what the situation will be like."

Zhang Yu knew that he was aiming for a spot in one of the top ten leagues, so he was looking at the next few years and didn't have time to think too far ahead.

With the arrival of the first payment for the project, Zhang Yu's account balance immediately exceeded 30 spirit coins.

Although there will be a lot of money to be spent on salaries, taxes, etc., this represents a positive growth in funds.

As the days went by and the project ran smoothly, Zhang Yu not only had to personally go to the construction site a few days each month, but his company employees also generated passive income for him every day.

As Zhang Yu continued to spend money to improve his weapon-refining skills, he gradually became able to take on more and more weapon-refining orders.

With weapon crafting and construction progressing simultaneously, Zhang Yu gradually accumulated 20 to 30 spirit coins per month, preparing for the construction of the prototype of a military-grade magic weapon.

……

Mid November

In the dormitory that day, Zhang Yu, unusually, infused Yu Xinghan with his magic power, improving the level and quality of her magic power.

With the breakthrough of the final barrier, Yu Xinghan's mana finally reached the 1000 mark, the limit of the Foundation Establishment stage.

Feeling the powerful magic within his body, Yu Xinghan suddenly had a thought and discovered that the third eye in his mind was vibrating, as if it had begun another development.

Zhang Yu then discovered that Yu Xinghan's Dao Seed Three-Eyed Divine Power had been upgraded from level 2 to level 3.

(End of this chapter)