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

Chapter 526 Ultimate - The Prodigy of Weapon Forging (1010) (Thanks to '_Traveler_' for the generous donation)
That day, Zhang Yu arrived at Magnetism True Monarch's laboratory and, as usual, participated in the research on the Divine Transformation Body. However, Magnetism True Monarch suddenly asked, "Are you going to compete head-on with Jin Jun for the military certificate of the Heavenly Sun God?"

Clearly, the news had reached her ears.

Zhang Yu nodded: "Yes."

Magnetism True Lord thought for a moment and said, "There are quite a few people watching your master right now."

"After all, I want to be evaluated as a Nascent Soul cultivator, but many people don't want Wanfa University to have another Nascent Soul cultivator."

"Since you are my disciple, you will naturally be under their observation."

"If you participate in the prototype review, you'll likely face a lot of scrutiny, even some difficulties, and the requirements for you will be more stringent..."

Magnetism True Lord carefully considered his words and explained the key points to Zhang Yu.

For her, if Zhang Yu could successfully defeat the Heavenly Sun God, it might be of some help in her evaluation for the God Transformation stage.

However, if Zhang Yu makes any mistakes during the review process that implicate her, it will actually hinder her from being promoted to the Divine Transformation stage.

The worst possible outcome is that Zhang Yu resorts to cheating methods, such as having someone else refine the items or forging them, in order to defeat Jin Jun.

Although he didn't think Zhang Yu was that confused, the matter was of great importance, so Magnetism True Lord still planned to give him a proper reminder.

While listening obediently, Zhang Yu looked at the chest of the Magnetic Pole True Lord, feeling the increasingly clear Dao Seed in the other party. Looking at the four characters "Heavenly Creation of Things," he gradually sensed the information contained within them.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "To replicate this Dao Seed of Heavenly Creation, I need to refine a magic weapon of level 30 or higher together with True Monarch Magnetism?"

He thought to himself that this requirement was higher than that of any other Daoist sect in the past.

After all, with Zhang Yu's current weapon crafting skills, the highest level he can craft is only level 20 magic weapons.

"Magic weapons of level 30 or above can only be crafted by those at the Nascent Soul stage."

"Does this mean I have to wait until I break through to the Nascent Soul realm before I can copy my teacher's Dao Seed?"

Zhang Yu shook his head slightly, thinking to himself that this was too slow.

A thought flashed through his mind, and another idea came to mind: "I wonder if becoming her assistant and participating in her project to refine magical artifacts would count as fulfilling the conditions, and if that would allow me to successfully replicate the Dao Seed?"

Zhang Yu felt it should be counted.

So he began to subtly inquire about the True Lord of Magnetic Pole, only to soon discover that... there was no weapon-refining project for which he could become an assistant.

"The difference in our weapon-refining skills is far too great."

"Sigh, is there any way to participate in weapon crafting projects without needing any crafting skills...?"

Just as Zhang Yu was pondering, he looked at the Nascent Soul Dharma Body not far away, and a sudden inspiration welled up in his heart.

"Unless, as I am now, I become an experimental subject in the project, something that the project needs to use itself..."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu opened his mouth and suddenly said, "Teacher, does this Dharma Body only have Yin organs and no Yang organs?"

Magnetism True Monarch glanced at Zhang Yu: "What do you want to say?"

From the very beginning, she sensed that the boy's eyes were darting around, and she wondered what he was up to.

Zhang Yu said, "I just think that the balance of Yin and Yang is the true path of dual cultivation."

"Wouldn't a phallus be needed to further advance the experiment?"

Magnetism True Lord: "Do you think I haven't tried? Ordinary Dharma Bodies are completely useless."

Zhang Yu stepped forward and said, "That's why we can't use ordinary Dharma Bodies!"

Magnetism True Monarch's eyes flashed: "You mean... to refine the things on your body into a Dharma Body?"

Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback, and quickly said, "That's not what I meant. I meant you can just refer to mine..."

On the other side, Magnetism True Monarch murmured, "Indeed, having only one test subject like you is too few, and it's slowing down the progress of the entire project."

"If we could refine certain parts of your body into Dharma remains and then replicate them, the overall efficiency might be greatly improved."

Thinking of this, Magnetism True Monarch revealed a smile, reached out to grab Zhang Yu, intending to take it down and take a look.

Zhang Yu hurriedly said, "Teacher! What if we fail? What if the changes in my body cause this Nascent Soul Body to no longer recognize me?"

"Let's try to create a new body using biomimetic techniques and materials based on my data."

Magnetism True Lord thought for a moment and said, "That makes sense."

Zhang Yu breathed a slight sigh of relief, thinking to himself, "So... I guess I've managed to refine a magic weapon with my teacher, right?"

……

end of June.

Inside Ye Xingli's laboratory, Zhang Yu's palm crackled with electricity as he used the Five Thunder Refining Technique to draw magical circuits on a secondhand magical artifact before him.

This Five Thunder Refining Technique is the 10th set of techniques that Zhang Yu accumulated as a prodigy in weapon refining.

With the final cycle of the cultivation technique completed, Zhang Yu successfully advanced to level 20, and his weapon-refining prodigy reached the final stage.

Ultimate - Refining Prodigy (10/10): The more refining and production skills you master, and the higher the skill level, the higher your refining efficiency, up to a maximum of double.

Zhang Yu's heart stirred: "It just so happens that I need to learn a lot of magic weapon blueprints for the upcoming Tianri Huangshen project."

"The more blueprints I learn, the faster I can forge weapons, further accelerating the speed of forging prototype machines in the future." Looking back at the layers of enhancements from the weapon-forging prodigy, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "With the first layer added, my ability to learn blueprints has doubled."

"The second effect is to improve the quality of the crafted items while effectively reducing costs."

Zhang Yu glanced at the laboratory in front of him and thought to himself, "It's time to leave this place and start learning about the Heavenly Sun God."

Meanwhile, not far away, Ye Xingli finished another set of experiments and handed her hands to Zi Yunzhen.

This is a replacement hand fragment that Ye Xingli used for safety reasons, specifically during the research process of this evil energy purification artifact.

Zi Yunzhen, standing to the side, took Ye Xingli's hands and looked at them as if they were works of art, feeling their unparalleled beauty.

After all, as the prodigies of the weapon-refining department, the magical remains on Ye Xingli's body were objects of study and observation for them, and they could feel the charm contained within them every time they looked at them.

After Ye Xingli switched hands, she took a piece of cement during a break in the experiment and took a bite of it with some disgust.

Zhang Yu asked, "Senior sister, are you filming a video?"

After taking two more bites of cement, Ye Xingli nodded and said, "Well, my fans are mainly junior college students and college students who like to watch me eat cement."

Then Ye Xingli started patting her legs, showing off her legs that shimmered with starlight, highlighting the expensiveness and charm of her body, which is what her fans love to see.

After spending time together, Zhang Yu learned that Ye Xingli had over 300 million followers on the Spirit Realm network, making her a veritable internet celebrity.

In the past, if cultivators wanted to be sword cultivators, alchemists, or talisman masters...

In modern times, the profession that most monks would want to be is an internet celebrity.

Because this line of work is so lucrative and easy.

According to Ye Xingli, she didn't know why her fans were so stupid. She just posted a video of herself with her magical body, and those idiots started liking, promoting, and advertising it on their own.

Ye Xingli said, "In reality, it's best to avoid people who are college dropouts or junior college students."

"But if you want to become an internet celebrity, then it's all about having a college diploma."

"After all, junior college students are the largest group in universities, and they are also the group that most likes to idolize rich people and needs some kind of spiritual or moral sustenance."

After saying a few casual words, Ye Xingli looked at her eye sockets.

Ye Xingli's high regard for Zhang Yu stemmed entirely from the high regard that Magnetism True Lord held for him.

After hearing Magnetism True Lord's assessment that Zhang Yu was sentimental, she tried to adjust the way she could talk to Zhang Yu in the most suitable way.

Looking at the Poor Man Simulator that popped up in her eyes, Ye Xingli only needed to input what Zhang Yu and she had said, as well as the current scene, and the Poor Man Simulator would pop up many suitable dialogues.

Poor Man Simulator: Give the cement to the other person and ask if they want to try a bite.

Poor Man Simulator: A reminder that this simulator is intended for entertainment and research purposes only, simulating the mindset, language, and reactions of the poor. Please do not accept it entirely, lest you actually become poor.
Poor Man Simulator: A word of warning: once you become poor, there's no going back.
Ye Xingli handed over the cement: "Want to try a bite?"

Zhang Yu shook his head and said, "Senior sister, I plan to leave the laboratory for a while. I'm going to start studying the design blueprints for the Heavenly Sun God."

To learn the design blueprints and master the techniques involved, Zhang Yu chose to learn the blueprints for different magical artifacts in order to acquire all the techniques required by the Heavenly Sun God.

Unlike cultivation techniques, practice diagrams can be simulated more quickly in the spirit world.

Therefore, Zhang Yu naturally planned to go to Taiqing Realm to expedite the completion of this matter.

As he said goodbye to Ye Xingli, Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the fleeting spiritual energy artifact core on her chest.

He thought to himself, "Spending almost every day with my senior sister for the past two months has finally paid off."

However, Zhang Yu knew that he probably wouldn't be able to spend every day with Ye Xingli for the foreseeable future.

There are three main steps to refining the prototype of the Heavenly Sun God.

The first step is to learn the blueprints for the magical artifacts and master all the techniques.

The second step is to refine a level 1 prototype machine.

The third step is to upgrade the prototype machine step by step, level by level.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "If I want to get the military certificate, I need to upgrade the prototype to level 11, or better yet, level 15 or above, so that I have a higher chance of passing the review."

"In addition, the time required for application review must also be taken into account."

“If Jin Jun applies for review before me, then I will have to apply for review with him.”

"Otherwise, if he gets through the review first, he'll take the military certificate spot for Tianri Huangshen next academic year, and I'll have to wait until the year after next."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but quicken his pace. After saying goodbye to Ye Xingli, he left the laboratory.

Watching this scene from the other side, Zi Yunzhen thought to herself, "Is Zhang Yu really going to compete with Jin Jun?"

"It's been two months since I last met Jin Jun, and he's only now starting to learn blueprints? Is that too late?"

A few days later, Jin Jun thought of Zhang Yu again: "That kid still hasn't come over."

He asked Zi Yunzhen: Is Zhang Yu still in your laboratory?

Zi Yunzhen: She just left a few days ago, saying she was going to study the blueprints of the Heavenly Sun God.

Jin Jun chuckled upon seeing the reply: "You're only starting to learn now?"

(End of this chapter)