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

Chapter 588 Young friend, save me!
In the laboratory.

Liu Xiangqiao was working with three assistants, Zi Yunzhen and Su Yunni.

Although Zhang Yu has completed the forging of the Taihao Sacred Law Sword Formation, he has not yet undertaken any new military-grade projects.

But the assistants didn't rush to leave; instead, they stayed and continued to work for Zhang Yu.

Since Zhang Yu has been gaining popularity recently, he has taken on many small jobs in the maintenance and repair of magical artifacts, which were all completed by Tian Ri Huang Shen and his assistants.

The only reason they were willing to stay was because Zhang Yu had promised them a lucrative deal.

"In a while, I plan to start refining the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor."

Upon hearing Zhang Yu's plan, Liu Xiangqiao and the others were first surprised, then overjoyed.

The Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor is a newly introduced magic weapon in the weapon crafting department. It is also a military-grade armor that the department had not mastered before, making it an extremely rare type. To date, no weapon crafting student has mastered it.

If you can start refining and learning ahead of time, you will definitely be able to take the lead in this field in the future.

With this advantage, they might even have a chance to obtain military-grade certification by refining the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor.

Zhang Yu himself has enough strength to push this matter forward. After all, the achievements he has made in the past year have fully demonstrated to his assistants his strength and potential in the art of weapon forging.

With this in mind, Liu Xiangqiao, Zi Yunzhen, and Su Yunni all decided to stay, just to participate in Zhang Yu's next military-grade project.

Seeing his assistants' hard work, Zhang Yu was very satisfied and couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "Fu Ji is right, being a boss really does require knowing how to make grand promises."

"A well-crafted promise can attract subordinates more effectively than a raise."

After glancing at the employees' condition, Zhang Yu continued to absorb a wisp of calamity energy and continued his cultivation of the Invisible Heart Weapon of Heaven and Earth Calamity.

This military-grade cultivation technique relies on various forms of calamity energy to propel one's progress. Fortunately, Zhang Yu now has the money to buy calamity energy, so he doesn't need to travel the world to collect it himself. Coupled with his unparalleled talent, his cultivation has progressed by leaps and bounds these past few days.

Once again, Zhang Yu gathered the calamity energy and circulated it throughout his body, transforming it into various restrictions and storing it in his dantian. He then felt countless images flash by in his mind, scenes of his diligent practice and serious study of the cultivation techniques.

Heaven and Earth Destruction Formless Heart Weapon Level 5 (0/50)

……

Dark spirit world.

In front of a huge, rustic round table.

The enormous figures of the three evil gods slowly descended.

Fuki casually sat down at the round table, looked at the three figures of evil gods, and asked, "Speak, what is it now?"

Zhang Yu watched this scene with equal curiosity, awaiting the answers from the evil gods.

Since making contact with other evil gods in the Dark Spirit Realm, Zhang Yu and Fu Ji have been exchanging information here every now and then, which has become another channel for them to obtain intelligence.

At this moment, the eyes on the thousand-armed and thousand-footed Xi Shen flashed simultaneously, and he slowly said, "The actions of the Dual Cultivation Cult have seriously affected all aspects."

"We can't let them continue to run rampant."

Fuki's eyes flickered slightly, and she smiled, saying, "The Dual Cultivation Cult is indeed a problem."

“They’ve been stirring up trouble lately, which has provoked a strong reaction from the patrol team and could easily have caused us to be caught in the crossfire.”

"But if they really have the support of the finance department, then it involves the power struggle among the top leaders of Wanfa University. Would it be good for us to get involved?"

On the other side, auspicious deities composed of clusters of colorful light said, "The dual-rest system goes against everyone's interests, and everyone should fight against it."

"Even in the finance department, not everyone supports the two-day weekend doctrine."

"It should just be one person at the top who used the power of the Double Retreat Cult for personal gain."

"We only need to get rid of this one person."

Fuki asked, "Oh? So you know who this person is?"

Xi Shen said, "It's not certain yet, but they made a mistake some time ago."

Xi Shen opened one of her palms, and Zhang Yu's figure appeared within it.

Fu Ji's eyes flickered, but she didn't speak. Instead, she listened quietly as Xi Shen recounted what had happened to Zhang Yu.

Xi Shen finally said, "...It seems that the Finance Department is cooperating with the Dual Cult to set up a trap to deal with Zhang Yu."

Fu Ji asked curiously, "Why are they targeting Zhang Yu?"

Xi Shen said, "This Zhang Yu is the result of the Magnetic Extreme True Lord's transformation into a divine body, and just before the scheme was set up, the project made a new breakthrough."

"They probably want to control and master Zhang Yu in order to obtain more information about the Nascent Soul Relic."

"After the last time the Divine Lord of the Nectar struck, many of the Dharma Bodies flowed out and went to various different forces. The Finance Department of Wanfa University should also have one."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu was startled and carefully recorded the information.

Fuki asked, "Oh? So it seems their goal is the same as yours?"

Xi Shen nodded: "Same, but not exactly the same."

"Our goal is to find the ledger, locate the reincarnations of powerful beings, and control them through the divine remains of the Divine Soup Lord."

"The financial department's goal, as far as we know, may also be to find the reincarnations of powerful beings, but not to control them, but more likely to eliminate them." Fuki asked curiously, "Eliminate them?"

Xi Shen pointed upwards with his thousand hands and said, "There are people above who also want to find the reincarnation of a great being, but they want to block this path of smuggling the Five Taxes of Heaven and Man, and completely suppress the reincarnated person below, so that they can no longer enter the sect."

Zhang Yu's heart skipped a beat: "Doesn't this involve the sect's struggle again?"

Thinking about this, he couldn't help but sigh. Kunxu was truly a place where people fought from top to bottom and from bottom to top. Everywhere he looked, there was no place where they weren't competing and struggling.

Xi Shen seemed unwilling to reveal too much information about this matter. After giving a brief account, he continued, "In short, their scheme to deal with Zhang Yu failed."

"Therefore, they left a loophole."

Xi Shen gently opened his other palm, and the figure of Xu Yang Zhenren appeared within it.

Xi Shen said, "This Golden Core cultivator was used to deal with Zhang Yu, so he must have some clues about the financial system."

The auspicious god beside him said coldly, "Find him, dig out the clues on him, find a way to expose them to Wanfa University, and then just sit back and watch the internal power struggle within Wanfa University."

Watching the evil gods discuss their case, Fuki suddenly said, "It would be too obvious for us to take action. It would be easy for the righteous gods to see through us, and we would be more likely to be implicated."

Xiang Shen said, "Is now the time to consider such things? If we let the Dual Cultivation Cult and the Finance Department continue to cause trouble, not only will our lives be difficult, but they might also get their hands on the list of reincarnated powerful beings first."

Fuki smiled slightly and said, "I'm not saying we should give up, but rather that we can try another approach."

"If we make Master Xuyang think that the Finance Department is trying to silence him, would that make him turn against us and ignite a power struggle within Wanfa University? Would it lead to the higher-ups at Wanfa University targeting the Finance Department?"

"Or perhaps the financial department has intervened to protect him, or maybe they want to silence him? In any case, this makes it easier to ignite his connection with the financial department."

Upon hearing what Fuki said, Xi Shen nodded slightly: "That is indeed a good idea."

At this moment, Zhang Yu and Fu Ji were one in the Dark Spirit Realm. Listening to Fu Ji and the three evil gods' discussion, he thought to himself, "The struggle above will affect the below, affect me, and affect True Person Xuyang."

"But on the other hand, my struggle with Master Xuyang will also have an impact on those above."

After communicating with the evil god, Zhang Yu and Fu Ji did not get involved in the matter any further, nor did they personally participate in the actual front lines of the battle.

It was as if they gave it a gentle push from behind, and then quietly waited for the result.

After leaving the Dark Spirit Realm, Zhang Yu threw himself back into cultivating his martial arts, as if everything he had just experienced in the Dark Spirit Realm was just a dream.

……

For Master Xuyang, the recent events have felt like a dream, a nightmare.

Since entering college, his income has plummeted, and he has had to take on part-time jobs to pay off his previous loans.

If he hadn't held onto hope for the future, his resolve might have wavered.

After arriving at college, no one contacted him anymore, which gradually made Xu Yang feel a sense of loneliness, as if he had been abandoned by the whole world.

Soon, he discovered that someone seemed to be watching him in the dark.

Just as Master Xuyang was trying to counter-track him, he was assassinated for the first time...

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Late September

In the laboratory.

Zhang Yu, who was cultivating, had a slight glint in his eyes as the name of True Person Xuyang flashed in his mind's eye—it was a friend request from that person.
Master Xuyang: I have something I'd like to talk to you about.

After waiting for several hours without receiving a reply from Zhang Yu, Xu Yang Zhenren sent another friend request.

Master Xuyang: Young friend, I have urgent business.
Master Xuyang: It's extremely urgent, a matter of life and death!
Xuyang Zhenren: Urgent! Urgent! Urgent! Add me as a friend quickly!
Master Xuyang: Add me as a friend, and I'll transfer some spirit coins to you.

You have added the other person as a friend.

Master Xuyang: I wish to request an audience with Master Ciji.
Zhang Yu: Hmm?

Master Xuyang: [1 Spirit Coin]
Master Xuyang: Please help me introduce me to Master Magnetism.

half an hour later

Master Xuyang: Young friend?
Xuyang Zhenren sent a communication request.

Zhang Yu: Let me finish what I'm doing first.

after an hour.

Master Xuyang: [1 Spirit Coin]
Xuyang Zhenren sent a communication request.

As the projection of Master Xuyang landed in front of Zhang Yu, he immediately knelt down and cried out, "Please save me, young friend!"

Zhang Yu quickly said, "Alas, why must you perform such a grand ceremony, Master?"

Master Xuyang quickly said, "Young friend, the reason we investigated you last time was because someone was stirring up trouble behind the scenes and deliberately trying to smear you, causing us heroes to investigate each other."

Seeing that Master Xuyang went straight to the point, Zhang Yu's lips curled up slightly: "Interesting."

Zhang Yu asked, "Who is behind this? Why are they so wicked?"

(End of this chapter)