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

Chapter 531 Soul Rings and the Exploitation of the Heavenly Crafts (Thanks to 'Water Over Cavities' for the generous donation)
Within the territory of Taiqing.

As everything accelerated its operation, Zhang Yu, in his four transformations, was constantly refining one magical artifact after another within the illusion.

20th level of Blessing Relic

Seeing that his magic weapon had finally reached level 20, Zhang Yu breathed a slight sigh of relief and began learning and practicing for the next magic weapon.

Regardless of how tumultuous the outside world is due to the conflict between the Nascent Soul Divine Lords, Zhang Yu spends his days hiding in his dormitory, immersed in the Taiqing Realm, quietly honing his weapon-refining skills.

The matter of becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator is too far removed from him. Even if they were to fight to the point of the heavens and earth collapsing and rebuilding the feng shui and earth fire, it would still be beyond his control.

All Zhang Yu can do at this moment is to silently accumulate his strength, so that no matter what happens in the future, he can increase his chances of success.

In the dormitory, Zhang Yu, who had just emerged from the Taiqing Realm, removed his spiritual barrier, twisted his body which hadn't moved for over ten hours, and circulated his qi and blood.

At the same time, Yu Xinghan tossed a bottle of pills over: "The medicine has arrived, this is your dose."

Yu Xinghan complained, "The price of medicine has gone up again. These unscrupulous merchants really know how to make a fortune off school disasters. I heard that even shit has gone up in price now. Damn it... It's a pity I didn't join the dark world of shit thieves."

Zhang Yu poured the entire bottle of pills into his mouth, feeling the medicinal power surge through his body, and thought to himself, "Sigh, I'm about 70% full."

Unsure of how things will unfold in the future, Zhang Yu is now consciously saving his spirit coins every day to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances.

A moment later, Le Mulan returned to her dormitory with a large bag of medicine and said, "The department is going to start controlling medicines. This is the last time I'll get so many discounted medicines from the department."

After taking the medicine, Zhang Yu did not rush back to Taiqing Realm to continue practicing his weapon-refining skills.

While digesting the effects of the medicine, he checked the messages that appeared in his eyes, gathering information about the current situation.

Although he spends all his time in Taiqing Realm now, he still spends some time each day learning about the situation so as not to be completely unaware of what's happening outside.

Are the Nascent Soul cultivators still in conflict?

"In addition to Wanfa University, Tianjian University, Hehuan University, and Baigu University, the Nascent Soul cultivators from Youming University and Jingang University have also entered the fray one after another."

"It's a complete mess."

Zhang Yu shook his head helplessly, then saw that the hometown group had been flooded with messages.

Looking at the row of dimmed profile pictures in the fellow villagers' group chat, Zhang Yu sighed.

Logically speaking, as long as the eyeball is kept functioning, the user should be online 24/7.

Although many people in the group no longer speak, most of their avatars are still lit up.

At this moment, many soul cultivators are unable to find work due to the wave of unemployment. With their income insufficient to cover their expenses, they have temporarily frozen themselves to maintain the basic survival of their minds at the lowest possible cost, and their avatars have all turned gray and offline.

Song Hailong from Immortal Soldier University: Selling a used high-end Extreme Tiger Body, 90% new. DM me if interested.
Tianyao University's Xiong Wenwu: Anyone need a mount? I have work experience, my body has undergone mount modification surgery, and I even have a spinal-interactive saddle.

Hu Yuntao: You lost your job?
Tianyao University Xiong Wenwu: (╯▽╰) The boss's assets shrank, so he cut half of his mounts.

Lanling University of Shanhe: Sigh, when will this crisis end?

Blue Ridge: [Photo]
Lanling: I just lost my job and came back to find that my school dormitory had been demolished.

Lanling: If this continues, I'll commit suicide. I won't even let the righteous gods take my soul, and I won't pay back a single penny of my debts.

Hehuan University Love Fairy: Don't talk nonsense, do you want to destroy the group?
Zhang Yu saw in the photo how Lanling lived amidst ruins.

Suddenly, he frowned and noticed that Lian Tianji's profile picture looked a bit strange. He clicked on it and found that Lian Tianji in the profile picture had gained a lot of weight.

Zhang Yu: Are you alright?
Love Fairy: What could possibly happen to me?

Lian Tianji: Oh, you mean the pregnancy?

Love Fairy: I passed the selection and was chosen to participate in the school's pregnancy experiment. Now I can get free medicine every day, and I also receive a considerable amount of subsidies. This crisis hasn't affected me much (∩_∩).
Sensing the joy in Lian Tianji's tone, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "My fellow villagers on the first floor... are really becoming more and more like locals on the second floor."

At the same time, Lanling, who had just been complaining in the group, received a message from Zhou Chechen of Tianhai University.

Zhou Chechen: Lanling, what do you think of the two-day weekend?
Lanling, looking at the speech of her former high school student council president, angrily rebuked him: "Are you fucking crazy? You dare to have a two-day weekend?"

Zhou Chechen: It's okay if it's just a little bit.

Lanling: Old Zhou, hang in there a little longer. The Top Ten Leagues will be over soon, and then the Nascent Soul cultivators will stop.
Lanling: If you take weekends off, your life is over.

……

After scanning the messages in the group, Zhang Yu looked at the message sent by Director Gao.

Director Gao: Xiao Qingxuan has nowhere to stay recently. Could you arrange for him to stay in your dormitory for a while?
Zhang Yu naturally had no objection to this.

The 30-square-meter luxury dormitory he is currently living in was originally arranged by Director Gao.

Since the other party didn't remove the dormitory because he transferred to the weapon crafting department, and now they want to temporarily arrange for someone to come over, Zhang Yu naturally won't object.

The next day, Xiao Qingxuan, looking travel-worn, arrived at the dormitory. Seeing the amount of debt on Xiao Qingxuan's person, Zhang Yu was shocked and asked, "15000? How did your debt increase so much?"

Xiao Qingxuan said nonchalantly, "It's an economic crisis right now. It's a minor calamity that has swept through five layers of Kunxu: layers 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6. Many companies in the Civil Engineering Department have run into problems, so they arranged for me to take on the debts."

Xiao Qingxuan sat cross-legged, took a few deep breaths, and felt the restoration of his magical power, feeling a great sense of relief.

Hearing what the other party said, Zhang Yu was extremely curious. He was curious about how Xiao Qingxuan had taken on this debt and what benefits he had received for being a debtor.
Or rather, what kind of benefits would Xiao Qingxuan need to be willing to become such a debtor?

From Zhang Yu's perspective, at least, he didn't see any amazing benefits from Xiao Qingxuan. In fact, he was currently facing an economic crisis and didn't even have a place to live.

In the following days, Zhang Yu also discovered that Xiao Qingxuan had been looking for a job.

Xiao Qingxuan: "After all, I have already graduated. If I can't find a job after graduation, it will be a huge stain on my resume."

Xiao Qingxuan frowned and said, "Then I guess I'll never be able to find a permanent job again."

Zhang Yu glanced at the amount of debt the other person had and thought that it was probably difficult for him to find a job to begin with, and now that there was an unemployment wave, it would be even more difficult.

Zhang Yu casually said, "Why don't you take a position at my company first? But I'll only pay you 0.0001 spirit coins as a token of my appreciation."

Xiao Qingxuan said happily, "Okay, as long as there are no blanks on the resume."

After thinking for a moment, Xiao Qingxuan looked at Zhang Yu seriously and said, "There's not much I can do to help you. If your company needs to take on debt in the future, you can come to me. I'm just a worthless person, so it doesn't matter if I owe more."

Shortly after Xiao Qingxuan moved in, Zhang Yu received another message from Tu Lishan.

Tulishan: Zhang Yu, could you provide some financial assistance to Shi Huaiyu for a while?
Tulishan: She lost a lot of money trading cryptocurrencies and then faced rent increases, so she's been homeless for almost a week now.

Tu Lishan had also taken good care of him, and Shi Huaiyu was his former competition teammate, so Zhang Yu naturally wouldn't refuse him.

He followed the directions from Tulishan down to the underground and walked to the entrance of Huilongyuan.

From afar, one could see a crowd of people, resembling refugees, gathered outside the cemetery. They huddled together, breathing heavily, hoping to catch a whiff of the spiritual energy emanating from the cemetery.

"Zhang Yu?" Shi Huaiyu looked up at Zhang Yu: "You don't have anywhere to stay either?"

She pushed aside the people next to her and said, "Come on, I have an empty seat here."

Seeing Shi Huaiyu's disheveled appearance, Zhang Yu felt as if he were seeing a stray cat that had been wandering outside for a long time. He said, "Teacher Tu Lishan asked me to come and pick you up. If you don't mind, you can squeeze into my dormitory."

Shi Huaiyu immediately jumped up and happily followed behind Zhang Yu.

She said, "Zhang Yu, don't worry, once the value of the coins I bought recovers, I'll break even, and then I'll pay you back the rent."

Zhang Yu casually replied, "It's alright, no rent required. The situation is tough right now, so let's help each other out if we can, and get through this together."

Shi Huaiyu looked at Zhang Yu with some shock, seemingly surprised that there were people in the world who didn't want to pay rent.

Fu Ji said with dissatisfaction, "It's one thing that Xiao Qingxuan is so poor he can't even poop, but why didn't you accept the rent that Shi Huaiyu offered?"

Looking at Shi Huaiyu's badly worn arms, with paint peeling everywhere, Zhang Yu thought to Fu Ji, "Forget it, the rent isn't much anyway."

Fuki: "That's because you haven't raised the price! If you were to collect rent now, you would definitely have to charge the current price. Even if you didn't charge, you could at least write an IOU."

Zhang Yu ignored Fu Ji, which infuriated Fu Ji, who was extremely disappointed in him.

After Shi Huaiyu returned to her dormitory with Zhang Yu, she immediately sat cross-legged and began to practice breathing exercises. As she felt her magical power gradually recover, a look of relief slowly appeared on her face.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu had already put on his spiritual barrier and continued his cultivation.

Within the illusion, Zhang Yu's four figures flickered back and forth, refining a soul ring called "Hehua Zizai".

This magical artifact comes from the Heavenly Demon University and is a commonly used artifact in the human body rental market.

Once this "Transformation Freedom Soul Ring" is implanted into a human body, it can remotely manipulate the physical body of others through the spirit world and accurately perceive the senses transmitted through the physical body, such as sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and thought.

It is said that many soul cultivators use this treasure to create temporary physical bodies, and many cultivation technique laboratories also use this method to conduct cultivation technique experiments on experimental subjects.

The Soul Ring of Transformation itself was of little use to Zhang Yu, but the spirit world communication technology it contained, especially the technology involving remote magic control and communication of the five senses, was essential for the Heavenly Sun God.

With the support of these technologies, it becomes possible to control the Heavenly Sun God from an extremely long distance through the spirit world network, and even manipulate him as if he were an external avatar.

Just as Zhang Yu was diligently cultivating, he suddenly sensed a strange movement coming from the Dao Seed Manual of the Feather Book.

Zhang Yu's gaze sharpened, and he immediately began to examine the Dao Seed Spectrum, only to discover that he had just copied the Dao Seed of the True Lord of the Magnetic Pole, the Heavenly Craftsmanship.

Zhang Yu was overjoyed: "It's done!"

"Did our master finally upgrade the magic weapon we crafted together to level 31?"

(End of this chapter)