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

Chapter 593 The Demon Food Supply is Cut Off
Zhang Yu made a hand seal, and with the push of the level 20 Heaven and Earth Calamity Invisible Heart Weapon, he felt a connection between himself and all the items in the laboratory.

He only needs to inject his magic power to temporarily transform these items into his own magical treasures. He can further inject magic power to unleash a fire calamity, pushing these temporary magical treasures into overload mode. He can also inject spiritual energy to incorporate these temporary magical treasures into the spiritual network.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "If I use the formless mental weapon of the Heaven and Earth Calamity to propel it, and then connect it to the Taihao Sword Realm, all the temporary magical treasures that have been blessed... will become part of my Taihao Sacred Law Sword Formation."

While practicing the level 20 Heaven and Earth Calamity Formless Heart Weapon, Zhang Yu's mind flashed with the military-grade power he currently possessed.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Tian Kunlun and Tian Ri Huangshen are the most effective construction methods in my hands, while the sword formation can unify all forces when it expands into a sword realm. Under this unification, the Heaven and Earth Calamity Formless Heart Weapon can further enhance my various abilities."

"But that's not enough."

"After all, I don't have a divine root that I can use at full strength in battle, so the Azure Lotus Sword Embryo can only be used passively."

"He doesn't have a single military-grade magic artifact on him."

"The number of times a military-grade magic weapon can be operated has not reached its limit."

Zhang Yu knew that the top students in the ten major universities all possessed divine spiritual roots, military-grade magic treasures, military-grade magic bodies, and mastered military-grade cultivation techniques.

"Even with the help of Bei Wufeng during the competition, the sword formation composed of 24 Taihao Sacred Law Flying Swords is still not enough."

"To defeat powerhouses like Dao Qiankun and Kuang Tianqing and take first place in the top ten leagues, I need even greater strength."

Zhang Yu understood that compared to the years of accumulation of knowledge and experience among the top students in the top ten universities, his growth period was still too short.

Especially now that there's only a little over a month left.

After finishing his training in the Formless Heart Weapon of Heaven and Earth's Destruction, Zhang Yu devoted himself wholeheartedly to a new project.

The Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor, the blueprint for the magic weapon won by the first-place winner of the civil engineering competition, has become Zhang Yu's latest research target.

However, the design blueprints for this armor were recently deciphered by the weapon crafting department, and all the crafting steps and processing methods have been made clear.

The reason Zhang Yu chose this armor was that, in addition to being a military-grade armor, it also belonged to the "Great Sage's Successor" of the Chain Magic Diagram, according to his observation.

According to Zhang Yu's guess, this armor likely contains one of the "Great Sage's Successor's" cultivation techniques. Therefore, Zhang Yu ultimately chose the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor, wanting both an additional military-grade power and the cultivation technique it contains—a win-win situation.

Referring to the blueprints, Zhang Yu bought online courses, intending to use the Spirit Realm Acceleration function of Taiqing Realm to quickly learn the relevant basic knowledge.

It wasn't until Zhang Yu saw the detailed design drawings of the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor for the first time that he gained a proper understanding of the armor.

"To be precise, the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor is a biological armor made using demon-simulating technology."

"Once this armor is completed, it will envelop the body like a living organism, and may even become connected to the flesh and blood, becoming an extra organ of the body."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "From this perspective, the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor is actually something between a magic weapon and a magic body."

"But what kind of cultivation technique is contained within it?"

Zhang Yu hadn't found any clues about the technique after his first glance, but he believed that as long as he continued his research, he would eventually unravel its mysteries.

……

August arrived in the blink of an eye.

Just as Zhang Yu was focused on the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor, another major event caused quite a stir on the second floor of Kunxu.

A college under Wanfa University, called Shanhai Vocational College, has been exposed for systemic corruption, with a large number of people, from the principal to the students, found to be members of a religious sect that practices double-weekend worship.

Once the incident was exposed, it attracted the attention of many forces, and several righteous gods even descended directly to seal off the entire school.

When Zhang Yu learned of this, all the members of the Shuangxiu Cult within the college had been detained, the school began to be broken up one by one, and a large number of teachers and students were transferred to other colleges.

"This Shanhai Vocational College... seems to be the school of Shui Haiyu."

Zhang Yu still remembered this student he had met while collecting information on junior college students. After all, it was because the student was involved in the Shuangxiu Cult that Master Xuyang investigated him.

"The entire school was split up because of the two-day weekend teaching policy?"

"Could it be that Shui Haiyu's investigation has yielded results?"

Zhang Yu asked Zhang Pianpian, and her response confirmed his guess.

Zhang Pianpian said, "Shui Haiyu was indeed framed because he sent his investigation video to too many places. In order to resolve the trouble, the Shuangxiu Cult created the illusion that he had joined the cult."

Zhang Yu then said, "But didn't Shui Haiyu commit suicide? Didn't his soul send a message through the spirit world?"

Zhang Pianpian said, "The Dual Cultivation Sect has intercepted his soul."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Yu was startled: "They intercepted the soul? Did the Dual Cultivation Cult discover a loophole in the Spirit Realm? Or have the True Gods also been influenced by the Dual Cultivation Cult?"

Regardless of the reason, Zhang Yu sensed that the waters here were deeper than he had originally imagined.

Zhang Pianpian didn't explain the inside story, but continued, "Junior, I estimate that I will be going to the third floor of Kunxu to pursue my master's degree in September."

"What's next for you..."

In truth, Zhang Pianpian did not want Zhang Yu to participate in the upcoming Top Ten Leagues.

During her investigation of the Shuangxiu Cult, Zhang Pianpian could sense the undercurrents swirling within the second level of Kunxu. It was as if several invisible hands were manipulating things behind the scenes of the top ten universities, preparing to do something earth-shattering.

This undercurrent gradually subsided as the ten major leagues approached.

But Zhang Pianpian understood that this was not the end of the matter, but the calm before the storm, and that an even more turbulent tide was about to arrive.

Zhang Pianpian had a premonition that something earth-shattering was about to happen during the Top Ten League, among the top ten universities.

As the most watched stage, the top ten leagues will inevitably be the places where conflicts are most intense.

"Zhang Yu, maybe you shouldn't participate in the Top Ten Leagues anymore."

Zhang Pianpian ultimately didn't say these words, because she knew that Zhang Yu had already paid too much for this battle and had made up his mind, and it was not something that could be persuaded with a few words.

"Fortunately, Zhang Yu is in one of the top ten leagues, so he shouldn't be the focus of attention."

Thinking of this, Zhang Pianpian reminded you, "Be careful during the Top Ten Leagues. This competition has attracted too much attention because of the reward of choosing your own immortal cultivation technique, and conflicts are very likely to occur on site."

"Remember, if you encounter a dangerous situation, run immediately. It doesn't matter if you have to give up the race."

"Remember to contact your teacher if anything happens."

"If it's inconvenient for you to contact your teacher, just send me a message."

"I will get back to you as soon as I receive the transfer message on the 3rd floor."

After receiving some instructions from Zhang Pianpian, Zhang Yu ended the call and resumed his studies of the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor.

Soon after, another story began to circulate widely within Wanfa University.

Unlike the upheavals caused by the splitting of junior colleges, this matter was almost entirely passed around by word of mouth among teachers and students, consisting mainly of gossip, with no news reports or official responses.

Feng Tingting: Jin Guangyuan, the second-ranked student in the Finance Department, has been kicked out of the school team and expelled from the school!
Zhang Yu was shocked when he saw the news: fired? What did he do wrong?
Feng Tingting: Nobody knows. I heard she was taken away by the righteous god as soon as she got off work.

Feng Tingting: No one has seen him since.

Zhang Yu suddenly had a thought and remembered what Master Xuyang had said.

"Could the finance student who contacted Xu Yang Zhenren be this Jin Guangyuan?"

Zhang Yu opened the school team group chat and found that Jin Guangyuan, who used to be in it, was indeed no longer there.

He then opened the group chat for the top 50 students in the entire school, but Jin Guangyuan was no longer in it.

However, Shan Congning, who was removed from the group last time because Zhang Yu squeezed into the top 50 and then became 51st, reappeared.

Shan Congning: I'm back.

Seeing this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but sigh: "Top 50 in the whole school, second in the finance department, just like that, he was expelled?"

He sent a message to Master Xuyang to inquire, but the other party replied: Young friend, this matter cannot be discussed at the moment.

Looking at this reply, Zhang Yu seemed thoughtful, thinking to himself, "It seems... it's probably really related to the matter of Master Xuyang."

With Jin Guangyuan's dismissal, and perhaps it was just Zhang Yu's imagination, the demonic descendants' condemnation of him suddenly diminished.

The most noticeable change is the rapid decrease in the number of comments in his comment section; the number of comments from the demon race is less than one-tenth of what it used to be.

Fuki laughed and said, "Hehe, the second place in the Finance Department was expelled. That must mean the Finance Department was at a disadvantage in the competition and was suppressed by Magnetism and the others."

"And the fact that the demon descendants who came to Wanfa University are supported by the Department of Finance."

"It's probably because the finance department has stopped paying, the demon food supply has dried up, and those demon descendants who were leading the charge to collect money have naturally stopped working, so their momentum has weakened considerably."

Zhang Yu thought Fu Ji's guess made a lot of sense. However, although the leader of the demon race was gone, the demon race still held a lot of prejudice against Zhang Yu.

For example, at this very moment, Zhang Yu, who rarely comes to the construction site, felt the hostility in the eyes of many demon descendants.

After all, in the spiritual realm of the demon race, Zhang Yu's head was so red it was almost purple, making him one of the top 100 on the demon race's discrimination list.

Zhang Yu, however, did not care about this.

Two military badges lit up behind Zhang Yu, whose head displayed his ranking of 18th in the entire school. He said calmly, "You guys..."

"You beast!" Lion Cloud Soaring stood beside Zhang Yu and shouted amidst the shocked gazes of the many demon descendants.

Zhang Yu: "I hate rework the most. You all had better cooperate with me from now on, otherwise..."

Shi Yunxiang: "I'll eat you all up."

Zhang Yu: "Did you hear that, everyone...?"

Shi Yunxiang: "You little beasts!"

(End of this chapter)