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

Chapter 561 Betting Contract
After Zhang Yu sent a message that he also planned to participate in the competition, Bei Wufeng on the other side seemed to hesitate for a moment before replying.

Bei Wufeng: Junior, you're not kidding me, are you?
Bei Wufeng: If you feel the price is not enough, we can continue to discuss it.

Bei Wufeng: I am very sincere.

Zhang Yu: Sorry, senior.

Zhang Yu: I really want to participate in the top ten leagues.

Bei Wufeng: A military competition in the top ten leagues?

Zhang Yu: Military Competition in the Top Ten Leagues

Seemingly sensing a serious attitude in Zhang Yu's words, Bei Wufeng's tone also changed.

Bei Wufeng: The school team currently has a total of 10 members, with 3 from the weapon crafting department: Yan Qianji, myself, and Ye Xingli.

Bei Wufeng: If you want to join the team, it seems you want to replace Ye Xingli? Or me?

Bei Wufeng: According to the rules, it's either challenge Ye Xingli or challenge me. If you win, you'll be forced out.

Upon hearing Bei Wufeng's words, Zhang Yu was momentarily at a loss for words.

Bei Wufeng: Haven't you considered this? To represent the school in the military competition of the Top Ten Leagues, you at least need to reach our level.

Bei Wufeng: Although the official competition is in September, the registration deadline is in July. It's February now, which means you have about five months to catch up with us.

Bei Wufeng: Do you think you can reach our level in 5 months?

Zhang Yu knew that Bei Wufeng's words were reasonable and well-founded, and he believed that most students would be persuaded after reading them.

Even Zhang Yu himself, if it weren't for the opportunity of "Choose your own immortal sect techniques", he probably wouldn't be in such a hurry for this year's Top Ten League.

However, in order to increase his chances of joining a sect, Zhang Yu was willing to do his best to try.

Moreover, he knew that he wasn't entirely without a chance.

After years of accumulation on the path to immortality, with various cultivation techniques, chain diagrams, Dao seeds, wealth, connections, etc., his cultivation efficiency is getting higher and higher, and he is getting stronger at an increasingly rapid pace. He has now entered a period of explosive growth.

Faced with Bei Wufeng's interrogation, Zhang Yu replied: I want to try.

Upon seeing Zhang Yu's answer, Bei Wufeng couldn't help but laugh.

"Lying seems unnecessary and too easy to be exposed."

"So... this guy really thinks that way?"

Looking at the message sent by the other party, Bei Wufeng only felt a kind of arrogance and a sense of absurdity.

"It seems that Ye Xingli and I... have been underestimated."

"Does this guy think our achievements are so easy to surpass?"

Shaking his head, Zhang Yu's reputation in Bei Wufeng's mind plummeted at this moment.

However, his words had failed to persuade the other party, and he didn't want to waste any more time arguing about this issue.

But Bei Wufeng did not give up, after all, Tianri Huangshen was a military-grade puppet that he had long planned to rent.

Back when Jin Jun was preparing to refine the Heavenly Sun God last year, Bei Wufeng had already made an agreement with his junior brother to borrow the Heavenly Sun God during the Top Ten Leagues to improve his own system.

During Jin Jun's process of refining the prototype machine, Bei Wufeng also provided a lot of help, such as funds, connections, strategies to help suppress Zhang Yu, and even the news that Zhang Yu had signed up for the review.

After all, as his junior brother, Bei Wufeng would definitely prefer Jin Jun to defeat Zhang Yu and strengthen their faction.

However, such assistance is limited. Now that Jin Jun has failed, Bei Wufeng is unlikely to help him suppress Zhang Yu. Instead, he changed the target of the transaction to Zhang Yu and established a cooperative relationship with him.

Faced with Zhang Yu's perplexing choice, Bei Wufeng decided to try a different approach.

Bei Wufeng: If you fail to make the school team in July, how about you loan Tianri Huangshen to me to participate in the Top Ten League?

Bei Wufeng: If you're not satisfied with the price, we can discuss it later.

Zhang Yu: Yes

Bei Wufeng: I hope we can sign a contract to guarantee that you'll lend it to me first when the time comes.

Just as Zhang Yu was about to agree, Fu Ji reminded him, "Zhang Yu, since we're going to sign a contract, why don't we add some requirements as well?"

Zhang Yu asked, "What are the requirements?"

Fuki said, "Since you can't participate in the Top Ten and have to lend the military-grade magic weapon to the other party, if the other party can't participate in the Top Ten, can they also lend you their magic weapon?"

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu's eyes flashed, and he seemed quite interested in Fu Ji's suggestion.

He hadn't considered this before, but now that he knew students like Bei Wufeng, who participated in the Top Ten Leagues, had the ability to borrow magical artifacts, he could certainly use it too. Borrowing a military-grade magical artifact would obviously be a huge help to his participation in the Top Ten Leagues.

But he still had doubts and said to Fu Ji, "After all, Bei Wufeng just helped me suppress the matter of the Heavenly Demon. Is it not good for me to say this to him? Will I offend him?"

Fu Ji said, "What's good or bad about it? The path to immortality is either you step on others or others step on you. Do you think this is child's play? Everyone can break through realms by being happy and united?"

"What does it matter if we offend people, as long as it increases our chances of winning?"

"Besides, he's right about one thing: if you want to join the school team in the future, the most likely thing is... to squeeze him or Ye Xingli out."

"After all, Yan Qianji is the strongest in the weapon crafting category, and the challenge is the most difficult. The second and third ranked Bei Wufeng and Ye Xingli are of similar strength, so the success rate of challenging them is the highest."

Fuki spoke eloquently: "And what he said is the same as what we heard. We will have to compete against one of them, and if we beat them, we can replace them and join the school team."

"Do you want to oust him? Or oust Ye Xingli? With your personality, you'll definitely go and challenge Bei Wufeng, whom you're not very familiar with. Won't you still offend him then?"

"Since we're going to offend him anyway, we might as well make things clear now. We can arrange for his military-grade magic weapon in advance, and take advantage of his current contempt to finalize a contract that's more favorable to us."

"To avoid having to borrow military-grade magic weapons from him after you've defeated him, he might not actually lend them to you."

Fu Ji concluded, "Zhang Yu, it's not that you want to offend him, but that a conflict between you is inevitable, and the reason is simple... he's blocking your way."

Zhang Yu had to admit that Fu Ji's words made a lot of sense, leaving him with no reason to refuse.

"In order to increase my chances of joining a sect, I can only ask you to make this difficult, senior."

However, Zhang Yu did not reply to the other party immediately. Instead, he went to ask Magnetism True Monarch and Night Star Li about some issues concerning the Top Ten Leagues and the school team, especially the matter of renting military-grade magic weapons.

Only by understanding the situation clearly can he continue his conversation with Bei Wufeng.

Magnet True Lord: Bei Wufeng asks to borrow a military-grade magic weapon from you?

Magnet Master: You can ask your senior sister again if she wants to borrow it.

Magnet Lord: Why do you have to lend it to your senior sister? Of course, you should lend it to whoever gives you more money and offers better terms.

Ye Xingli: Junior brother, I've gathered enough military-grade magic weapons for the Top Ten Leagues.
Ye Xingli: Lending me more would exceed my weapon-controlling limit. Besides, your Heavenly Sun God doesn't quite fit the system I'm planning to build.
Ye Xingli (Poor Man Simulator): Thank you for your concern, Junior Brother [flowers]. If you want to rent out the Heavenly Sun God, don't worry about me.

After talking with his master and senior sister, Zhang Yu had a better understanding of the matter.

"Indeed, even with the assistance of soul cultivators, there is a limit to the number of magical artifacts a person can control."

“The control of military-grade magical artifacts is even more difficult, and the number that one person can use at the same time is even smaller.”

"Once the quantity exceeds the operational limit, it becomes difficult to control and even more difficult to unleash the full potential of the magic weapon. In the end, it is better to have nothing than to focus on controlling a few military-grade magic weapons."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "If I were to rent them... the teachers' military-grade magic weapons are all over level 20, which are not only difficult to control, but also extremely expensive."

"In previous years, students who obtained military certificates went to study for a master's degree on the third floor of Kunxu after graduating from university. Not only is it difficult to borrow them, but many of them have probably already passed the Golden Core qualification exam. The magic weapons in their hands have also been upgraded to level 20 or above after they entered the Golden Core stage."

"As for military-grade magical artifacts obtained through military channels, they are even more difficult to obtain."

"Therefore, in comparison, military-grade magical artifacts crafted by students in the university town are more suitable for renting and use in the competition..."

After some investigation, Zhang Yu had a good understanding of the situation and replied to Bei Wufeng: "Senior, if I participate in the Top Ten Leagues and you lose your qualification, can I borrow your military-grade magic weapon to participate?"

Upon seeing Zhang Yu's reply, Bei Wufeng couldn't help but laugh again.

"This kid... is he determined to challenge me?"

But Bei Wufeng wasn't angry; instead, he saw an opportunity to profit from it.

"This Zhang Yu is even more arrogant than I originally expected."

"That's perfect... Let's see if we can take advantage of his arrogance."

"Hmm, we could also try provoking him a bit."

So Bei Wufeng replied: Yes.
Bei Wufeng: If you can challenge me and kick me out of the school team, I'll lend you my military-grade magic weapon for free.
Bei Wufeng: But conversely, if you ultimately lose and fail to participate in the Top Ten Leagues, you'll have to lend me your Heavenly Sun God for free.

Bei Wufeng: Do you dare?
Upon seeing Bei Wufeng's reply, Zhang Yu hesitated for a moment, thinking to himself, "If I want to win in the Top Ten Leagues and defeat the prodigies from all the schools, how can I do it without giving it my all?"

"Fight."

Zhang Yu replied: Okay, let's sign the contract.

After signing the contract, Bei Wufeng smiled with satisfaction, thinking to himself, "Hehe, the result is even better than I expected. The waiver of the lease fee frees up some budget for me, which I can use for other things, increasing my chances of winning in the top ten leagues."

Looking at the contract, Zhang Yu's fighting spirit ignited: "I must win! If I lose, it'll be a loss of 50 spirit coins a day!"

(End of this chapter)