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

Chapter 632 Dragon, Spiritual Root, Corpse

At this moment, Ye Xingli lay sprawled on the ground, her body in disarray. Her hands and feet, radiating starlight, were carelessly tossed aside, mixed in with seven or eight other sets of magical artifacts, including the Vacuum Calamity Transformation Diagram, and other magical treasures, resembling a pile of trash.

"Sister."

Zhang Yu immediately picked up the unconscious Ye Xingli and felt the empty meridians in her body. He couldn't even sense a trace of magic power or qi.

"This is……"

The names of Ye Xingli's opponents appeared in Zhang Yu's mind.

At the same time, a voice sounded from behind him: "Hey, is she your senior sister? She's got a lot of tricks up her sleeve, but she's pretty tough to deal with."

"Speaking of which, according to the match list, you're supposed to be my next opponent, right? I didn't expect that you two, my fellow disciples, would both run into me."

Zhang Yu turned his head and saw a tall figure with a dragon's head and a human body standing behind him, looking down at him.

It was Ying Mingchi, the top student of Tianyao University, who possessed the bloodline of a true dragon.

Looking into the other person's dragon eyes, Zhang Yu said coldly, "That's good, it means I don't have to wait too long."

Ying Mingchi's dragon mouth twitched slightly, seemingly revealing an ugly smile: "I also think it's quite good. Sending you into my hands is something that countless demon descendants would like to see."

"Hehe, speaking of which, you two were equally brimming with confidence and equally stubborn before the battle began."

After saying that, he turned around and said indifferently, "See you next week, Ren."

After glancing at the departing figure, Zhang Yu turned around and reattached Ye Xingli's magical body, infusing it with magical power.

A moment later, Ye Xingli suddenly woke up, and was slightly taken aback when she saw Zhang Yu in front of her. Then she smiled bitterly and said, "It seems I lost badly."

"You'll be facing that dragon in your next match, right?"

Seemingly recalling her battle, Ye Xingli sighed, "This guy is kind of my kryptonite, and he seems to be quite your kryptonite too."

"I'll send you the battle logs and videos; take a closer look."

As Zhang Yu reviewed the battle replay, his brows furrowed involuntarily.

Ye Xingli said, "Besides controlling the weather, this guy can also control the spiritual energy within a certain range, which is very troublesome for someone like me who consumes a lot of mana when using the Dharma Body."

"He can also control water and breed a large army of demonic beasts in it. The true dragon bloodline seems to have a special application in controlling demonic beasts. You must be careful..."

Just as Ye Xingli was transmitting information to Zhang Yu, the first round of the competition came to an end as all 15 winners and 15 losers arrived.

Among them, Kuang Tianqing, recognized as the strongest, was the first to defeat his opponent and achieve victory.

Other schools, such as the Netherworld's Yan Xiang, the Vajra's Zang Shen Yu, the Immortal Soldier's Tian Sheng Gong, the Joyful Union's Mu Qian Si, and the Heavenly Demon's Ying Ming Chi, all spent roughly the same amount of time defeating their opponents and arriving one after another.

Next came Jiutianliu, Yan Qianji, Wen Wuyai, Zhang Yu, and others, all of whom took about the same amount of time.

Bai Zhenzhen, however, took much longer than Zhang Yu had anticipated, and was the last to arrive.

Seeing that Bai Zhenzhen's legs seemed a little weak after landing, Zhang Yu rushed over: "Zhenzhen, what's wrong?"

Bai Zhenzhen, her face flushed, clutched her stomach and cried out, "Don't come any closer!"

Zhang Yu stopped in his tracks, thinking to himself, "Is Ah Zhen worried that if she gets too close to me, she'll unleash her sword energy and reveal that I can adapt to some sword energy?"

As Bai Zhenzhen spoke, her eyes were fixed on him, and she thought to herself, "Damn it! Why is Yu Zi's spiritual root so restless! A week has passed, and it's not only getting more and more active, but it also seems to be getting bigger and bigger."

Although the Feather Spirit Root kept causing trouble, making Bai Zhenzhen feel stomach aches and weak legs from time to time, the enhancement brought by the Feather Spirit Root also made Bai Zhenzhen secretly happy.

Over the past week, Bai Zhenzhen has felt that her body's various resistances, breathing efficiency, mana recovery, sword application, and understanding of martial arts have all improved each day.

Although this enhancement is not much, for Bai Zhenzhen, who has already reached the limits in all aspects, every bit of enhancement she applies in battle will bring about huge changes and create a despairing gap in actual combat for her opponents.

"Hmph, if they hadn't started causing trouble while I was fighting, I would have finished off my opponent long ago."

As Zhang Yu approached, the Feather Spirit Root seemed to resonate with Zhang Yu's body and the True Spirit Root within him, causing it to throb even more violently, which caused Bai Zhenzhen's dantian to throb with pain.

At the same time, Zhang Yu observed Bai Zhenzhen's appearance and realized, "Has the influence of my Feather Spirit Root on Zhenzhen not diminished yet?"

Thinking about how the Feather Spirit Root had adapted to various martial arts and Taoist techniques on his body, as well as the accumulation of various set effects, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Is it because of the excessive adaptive modifications that the stimulation is so strong?"

"In comparison, I've adapted much better to Ah Zhen's true spiritual root."

But the next moment, Zhang Yu also felt the True Spirit Root in his abdomen throbbing, as if it were trying to pull him closer to Bai Zhenzhen, causing Zhang Yu's brows to furrow suddenly. As Zhang Yu retreated continuously, the commotion in his dantian finally subsided slightly.

Zhang Yu glanced at Bai Zhenzhen, thinking to himself, "It seems that during this period of exchanging spiritual roots..."

Bai Zhenzhen's gaze met Zhang Yu's, and the two nodded slightly. Without needing to say anything more, they both understood what the other meant: "Keep your distance for now."

……

On his way back, Zhang Yu could see that the Spirit Realm was filled with announcements of Kuang Tianqing's victory in this battle.

In fact, ever since Kuang Tianqing mentioned the matter of extending lifespan in the last interview, Zhang Yu could feel that public opinion in the spirit world had almost unanimously sided with Kuang Tianqing.

It wasn't just the Nascent Soul cultivators from the Four Heavenly Demon Schools who stood up to support Kuang Tianqing.

Even the Nascent Soul and Golden Core level experts from various schools, as well as various Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining cultivators, all stood up to express their support for Kuang Tianqing.

"I want to live a few more years, so of course I support Kuang Tianqing!"

"Kuang Tianqing won the championship and said he would let us live for hundreds of years longer! I support Kuang Tianqing in taking the immortal sect's cultivation technique."

"Kuang Tianqing is not fighting for himself, but for all living beings. I want to donate to Kuang Tianqing!"

Various titles praising Kuang Tianqing for benefiting Kunxu, the masses, and caring for the common people were bestowed upon him, leaving Zhang Yu with mixed feelings.

Although some people have expressed their opposition, arguing that a significant increase in life expectancy may not be entirely a good thing, expressing such a viewpoint is met with a barrage of attacks.

Zhang Yu didn't know how many of the people besieging him were real people and how many were just trolls from the Nascent Soul stage, but in just a few days, there was almost no one in the spirit world criticizing the idea of ​​increasing the lifespan of the entire population.

Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, "It seems like everyone, from heaven to earth, is supporting Kuang Tianqing."

Fuki laughed and said, "Hey, it's not that no one has thought about the downsides of increasing lifespan for everyone, but the downsides are a matter for the future. Let's live a few more years first."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Even the Four Schools of Ten Thousand Laws haven't launched a counterattack in public opinion... Are they also planning to support Kuang Tianqing? In that case, if I win the championship, I can only choose the Longevity-Enhancing Technique?"

Fu Ji said, "You haven't shown much hope of winning the championship yet. After you win one or two more rounds, leaders from Wanfa University should come to talk to you. At that time, we will be able to find out what arrangements were made for the Nascent Soul cultivators of Wanfa University after Dao Qiankun's death."

Zhang Yu shook his head. He had no way of knowing about the idea of ​​becoming a Nascent Soul cultivator, so he didn't care about these things anymore. After returning to the laboratory, he continued to bury himself in studying the "Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Divine Skill".

This dark technique, which relied on the resonance of the Azure Water Golden Crystal Armor and the Remnant Ox Body-Slaying Technique and the Boundless Inner Body Technique, was ultimately extracted from the bloodline of the demon race. Today, Zhang Yu only used it slightly, but he already felt its infinite wonders.

It is particularly suitable for the monster breeding function hidden in the Azure Crystal Armor, and for Zhang Yu, it is currently the most suitable way to improve his strength.

After a period of arduous training that evening, Zhang Yu received news that Dao Ge's body had been placed on the flying boat, so he decided to go there to see Dao Ge's body one last time.

Before going, however, he consumed a lot of demon blood, intending to keep Dao Ge company while secretly continuing his cultivation of the "Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Divine Skill".

As he swallowed mouthfuls of demon blood, Zhang Yu couldn't help but sigh, "The blood of low-level demons is alright, but the blood of high-level demons is really expensive, especially since the 'Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Technique' requires a considerable amount. I've spent over a hundred spirit coins to cultivate this technique."

However, considering the amount he had spent on the Daoist technique "Invisible Heart Weapon of Heaven and Earth's Destruction," Zhang Yu felt relieved.

"That's how Taoist cultivation works; it all costs money. Compared to that, this Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Divine Skill is actually quite cheap."

……

Inside the flying boat that embodies the Dao of Heaven and Earth.

As soon as Zhang Yu entered the mourning hall, he saw Dao Qiankun sitting cross-legged, his body still as lifelike as when he last saw him.

Sitting down in front of Dao Qiankun, Zhang Yu looked at the man's chest and thought to himself, "Brother Dao, are you alive or really dead?"

After glancing at the surrounding cameras, Zhang Yu did not do anything extra to Dao Qiankun. Instead, he sat cross-legged, watching Dao Qiankun while secretly practicing the "Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Divine Skill".

He thought to himself, "Will the Dao Seed... reappear?"

Several hours later, just as Zhang Yu was refining demon blood and upgrading the "Demon Saint's Myriad Transformations Manual" to level 13, a figure suddenly landed in front of Dao Qiankun.

"Kuang Tianqing?" Zhang Yu's gaze sharpened as he looked at the projection before him. "What are you doing here?"

Kuang Tianqing glanced at Zhang Yu and said indifferently, "Is it not allowed for me to come and take a look?"

At the same time, Kuang Tianqing stared at Dao Qiankun in front of him, recalling the words he had spoken to him that night.

(End of this chapter)