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

Chapter 788 One Day Equals Two Months
Hearing what Yang Kaitai said, Zhang Yuxin thought to himself that this was troublesome; the thing he had been most worried about had finally come to pass.

"Although Bu Yingshu, a member of the Immortal Clan, has been trying to push for the 'Blood Tide Essence Sacred View' to pass the review, the higher-ups at the Imperial Law Pavilion clearly have the opposite idea..."

Zhang Yu felt as if he were caught in the midst of a fierce battle between two giant beasts. Compared to the behemoths in this fight, he seemed incredibly small. If he made the slightest mistake, he could be crushed into dust by the two combatants.

"Yang Kaitai came to see me... does he want me to take sides? But..."

At least at this moment, Zhang Yu was unwilling to be enemies with Bu Yingshu.

It wasn't just because this noble lady from the immortal clan had a powerful background and could crush his years of hard work with a stomp of her foot, but also because Bu Yingshu possessed an opportunity that he couldn't bear to part with.

Whether it's the advancement of the Dao Seed of the [Myriad Laws Immortal Clan] or the opportunity to enter the [Blood Tide Essence Holy View], Zhang Yu is unwilling to give up easily.

"and……"

Zhang Yu looked at Yang Kaitai, who was completely calm, and thought to himself, "Even if I help you, even if I get closer to you, what will I get in return?"

"Even... if you were to ask me to betray Bu Yingshu, wouldn't you ultimately use me as a pawn to be discarded?"

Zhang Yu had previously heard Gu Qingya explain the factional divisions within the Imperial Law Pavilion, and he knew that Yang Kaitai in front of him was a cultivator from the Innate Dao Unified faction.

Zhang Yu understood that in the eyes of these cultivators from the innate lineage, it was normal and natural for a cultivator like him, who had come from the lower realm through examinations, to be obedient and subservient to them, and to be forever trampled underfoot.

"As it stands, there is ultimately no basis for cooperation between me and the innate Daoist lineage."

Fu Ji said, "Indeed! Rather than being trampled underfoot by the innate lineage, it's better to cling to Bu Ying Shu's coattails."

In response to Yang Kaitai's inquiry, Zhang Yu said, "Sir, if you want to know about Bu Daojun's research progress, you can send an official document to inquire."

"The process will proceed naturally," Yang Kaitai said calmly. "You've done a good job in the martial arts group this past year, and the organization will give you priority consideration in this year's selection of outstanding individuals."

Faced with this tempting offer, Zhang Yu remained unmoved.

Seeing Zhang Yu's appearance, Yang Kaitai's eyes also flashed with a hint of surprise.

He had noticed Bu Yingshu's confident demeanor during the meeting and decided to inquire about the situation through Zhang Yu.

Before his arrival, Yang Kaitai had never considered the possibility of being rejected.

With his status as the deputy head of the Imperial Law Pavilion, a 6th-rank official, and a Dao Lord of Refining Emptiness, he should have been able to make a nobody like Zhang Yu confess everything he knew with just a few words.

Inside this Imperial Law Pavilion, in his presence, the other party should have no power to resist and no way out but to kneel and submit.

Unexpectedly, this nobody whom Yang Kaitai had previously disregarded dared to refuse his request to his face.

He thought to himself, "Do you really think Bu Yingshu can protect you forever?"

As Yang Kaitai looked at Zhang Yu, his figure slowly disappeared, leaving only one sentence that lingered in Zhang Yu's ears.

"You'd better watch yourself, and don't forget where you're standing."

……

"A bunch of bastards! Is this still the law of the universe? Whose land do they think they're standing on?"

Inside the laboratory, Bu Yingshu felt a surge of anger, simply because she had faced unanimous opposition from others at the meeting that had just ended.

Seeing that these guys, who usually treated her with utmost respect and dared not offend her in the slightest, actually dared to speak rudely to her in the meeting and nitpick her project plan from every angle, Bu Yingshu was both shocked and furious.

Unfortunately, during this period, Bu Yingshu devoted all her energy to improving her own talent and had no time to explore the contents of the "Blood Tide Essence Holy View".

Faced with the doubts of the crowd, and under the guidance of the Pavilion Master of the Imperial Law Pavilion, she was unable to present sufficiently convincing evidence to prove her point of view, and could only watch helplessly as the situation became increasingly unfavorable to her.

Although the task force was able to continue due to her strong insistence, an additional time limit was added.

"If there are no results within two months, we will have to report to the Hall of Myriad Laws and suspend the review of this immortal cultivation technique."

In order to gain this time, Bu Yingshu has already made a contract in front of everyone: if no substantial results are achieved within two months, she will bear all the expenses, personnel salaries and losses of the entire project team.

Bu Yingshu knew that this was a gamble involving a large portion of her assets and the prestige of her immortal clan.

"Hmph, do you all think I can't prove it? Do you all think I, Bu Yingshu, am still the same Bu Yingshu as before?"

"I will show you what the immortal race is and what a prodigy is."

"Zhang Yu! Where are you? I'll count to 10, and you'd better get here right now!"

A message was sent to Zhang Yu, and Bu Yingshu then sent the numbers one by one to the other party: 1, 2, 3...

"1!"

"2!"

Seeing Zhang Yu arrive at the lab when she counted to 8, Bu Yingshu slowly asked, "Where did you go? Didn't I tell you to wait for me in the lab?"

Zhang Yu said, "Just now, Vice Pavilion Master Yang's Dharma Realm projection descended, and I went out to chat with him for a few minutes."

Bu Yingshu frowned and asked, "What did he say to you?"

After listening to Zhang Yu's retelling, Bu Yingshu snorted coldly, then looked at Zhang Yu and said, "You did very well. Remember, everything that happened in the lab, especially what you and I did, don't tell anyone. Do you understand?"

Zhang Yu firmly replied, "Daojun, rest assured, even if the Pavilion Master asks me, I will not tell you."

Bu Yingshu was very satisfied with Zhang Yu's attitude and said, "Within two months, I want to achieve a substantial breakthrough in the verification of the Blood Tide Essence Holy View."

"So from then on, there were no more breaks."

"Work 24 hours a day until the job is done."

"I'll pay your overtime pay and give you an extra 8000 coins per day."

With a wave of his hand, Bu Yingshu transferred another 8000 immortal coins to Zhang Yu's account.

Fu Ji said happily, "Great, Zhang Yu, one day in this special task force is equivalent to two months of work outside."

Zhanxian sighed, "As the saying goes, a day in heaven is a year on earth. The higher you climb in a sect, the greater the income gap becomes. It's not uncommon for the income on the last day to be equivalent to the income of a whole year before."

Zhang Yu glanced at his savings account and realized that it had reached 22 coins. He only needed 1 more coins to pay off his loan.

In the time that followed, Bu Yingshu continued to work with Zhang Yu to refine the immortal techniques of expert-level cultivation methods.

In her view, now is the time to sharpen the axe before chopping wood. She wants to further unleash her unparalleled talent and then verify the "Blood Tide Essence Holy View," a sect-level immortal technique.

Zheng Meng was stopped at the door as soon as she arrived at the laboratory.

Bu Yingshu: "Zheng Meng, you stay outside the door and remember not to let anyone in."

Upon hearing Bu Yingshu's words, Zheng Meng's heart tightened.

She recalled the question that Vice Pavilion Master Yang Kaitai had just asked her.

Facing this high-ranking official of the Imperial Law Pavilion, Zheng Meng naturally said whatever came to mind and dared not disobey in any way.

After all, in Zheng Meng's view, the other party was a high-ranking leader of the special task force, so it was normal for him to inquire about the situation.

Moreover, Zheng Meng felt that she could no longer curry favor with Bu Yingshu, so she dared not offend the leaders of the Imperial Law Pavilion.

"Is Daojun unhappy with me? Is that why she won't let me into the lab?" Looking at the tightly closed lab door, and thinking of Zhang Yu and Bu Yingshu bustling about behind it, Zheng Meng thought to herself that she would never be able to fit in.

At the same time, Zhang Yu and Bu Yingshu devoted themselves to refining immortal techniques, and finally extracted another immortal technique from an expert-level cultivation method.

Zhang Yu looked at the Dao Seed Genealogy in the "Feather Book" and saw that the [Myriad Laws Immortal Clan] had stepped into the level 3 barrier.

On the other side, feeling the rapid improvement of her talent, Bu Yingshu suddenly let out a series of cheerful laughs.

At this moment, Bu Yingshu had a new understanding of the various expert-level techniques she had been cultivating. The expert-level techniques she had analyzed in the past few days had brought her wave after wave of enlightenment, which greatly enhanced her martial arts foundation.

“Basic, advanced, expert…” Bu Yingshu thought to himself, “Next should be military grade, right? I’ll use military grade techniques to further hone my talent.”

Zhang Yu, on the other hand, had already activated the power of the [Myriad Laws Immortal Clan] and directly drew 10 rewards.

The majority of these rewards are still the +1 level of the selected expert-level skill, with another reward being the beginner level of the selected expert-level skill and a random mutation of the expert-level skill.

"Random? Mutation?" Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback when he first saw this reward, thinking to himself, "What kind of mutation could it be?"

"It seems that the prize pool hidden in this passage is more unfathomable than I imagined."

"I wonder what other rewards there are."

Although Zhang Yu was extremely curious, he was with Bu Yingshu almost 24 hours a day, and any abnormality on his body would be easily discovered.

Therefore, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Zhang Yu did not try the reward of this mutated cultivation technique, but silently suppressed his curiosity and decided to leave it for later.

……

Just as Zhang Yu and Bu Yingshu were fully immersed in their work, more and more rumors began to circulate within the task force.

There was news that Yang Kaitai and Bu Yingshu had a heated argument at the meeting, which was eventually stopped by the Pavilion Master.

After the meeting, Yu Bu Yingshu pulled Zhang Yu into a 24-hour work session, claiming that he would make a breakthrough in the "Blood Tide Essence Holy View" within two months.

There are also allegations that Zhang Yu smeared Vice Minister Lu Hengzhang and stirred up conflict between Qi Yingshu and Lu Hengzhang.

Hearing all sorts of news, Chen Xingxuan felt that the seemingly calm task force was like a giant powder keg, ready to explode at any moment.

As a high-level user of Tianwen Star who had previously participated in the adaptive test with Zhang Yu, competing for the position of leader of the martial arts group, and was later recommended to the special project group, Chen Xingxuan was extremely fortunate at this moment.

"It's a good thing I wasn't chosen to be Bu Daojun's subordinate back then."

"Otherwise, given the situation of the struggle between these two sides, if I were to be swept away by the aftershocks even slightly, all my efforts over the years would probably be evaporated."

Chen Xingxuan actually understood Zhang Yu's choice.

"After all... that's the Immortal Clan. What right do we low-ranking clan officials have to defy them?"

Chen Xingxuan felt that if he were in Zhang Yu's position, he might also choose to cling to Bu Yingshu's coattails.

But understanding is one thing, it doesn't change Chen Xingxuan's current attitude towards Zhang Yu.

“Zhang Yu is finished.” Chen Xingxuan thought to himself, “After Bu Daojun fails and the special task force is disbanded, he will be dealt with by Vice Pavilion Master Yang Kaitai.”

“Zhang Yu’s support for Bu Daojun’s actions is tantamount to going against the wishes of the higher-ups of the Imperial Law Pavilion. He will be isolated by the entire Imperial Law Pavilion. At that time, Bu Daojun will simply walk away, and all the blame will likely fall on Zhang Yu.”

As for successfully verifying the "Blood Tide Essence and Qi Sacred View"?
“Absolutely impossible.” Chen Xingxuan looked at the Tianwen Star interface in front of him and asked, “Tianwen Star, analyze this report.”

The user has repeatedly inquired about the disassembly and verification methods for the "Blood Tide Essence Holy View," indicating that he truly values ​​this cultivation technique. He might be a researcher or reviewer of the technique, so ordinary analysis is no longer sufficient for him...

Tianwen Star (Internal Dharma Realm Exclusive Version of the Imperial Dharma Pavilion): Currently, even after being split, the "Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred View" still cannot be fully verified. The entire technique has huge flaws and its requirements for cultivators are extraordinary...

On the other side, Lu Hengzhang, the deputy director of the audit department, was also looking at the report provided by Tianwenxing and nodded in satisfaction.

Since joining the special task force, they have never stopped dissecting and verifying the "Blood Tide Essence Holy View".

With the help of Tianwen Star, their work efficiency increased dramatically.

However, regardless of whether it was the elites of each group, or him, the deputy minister of the review department, or the deputy pavilion master of the Imperial Law Pavilion, or Yang Kaitai, the Refining Void Dao Lord, personally leading the team, none of them were able to simulate this technique, let alone successfully cultivate it.

Even during the dismantling of cultivation techniques personally overseen by Yang Kaitai, many cultivators discovered numerous flaws in the techniques.

Lu Hengzhang thought to himself, "This 'Blood Tide Essence Qi Sacred View' is a technique that is extremely imaginative, full of conjecture, and exists only in the design."

"No one can actually complete the cultivation process, so how can it be verified?"

In Lu Hengzhang's view, Bu Yingshu's failure was a foregone conclusion, and after Bu Yingshu left, it would be time to settle accounts with Zhang Yu, at which time he would also be involved.

"Heh... Zhang Yu, you're spending all your time and energy serving Bu Daojun these days, going to great lengths to please him. I wonder what you'll think when you find out in two months that everything has come to nothing, and you can't even keep your position as acting team leader?"

However, to Lu Hengzhang's surprise, perhaps stimulated by Bu Yingshu's confidence, Yang Kaitai has been assigning him tasks again these past few days.

"While further dissecting the technique, we should also search for techniques with similar effects to prove that this 'Blood Tide Essence and Qi Sacred View' lacks novelty and creativity..."

Lu Hengzhang thought to himself, "Is this a complete and utter destruction of the 'Blood Tide Essence Holy Temple,' leaving no chance whatsoever? Fine."

However, a trace of curiosity still welled up in Lu Hengzhang's heart. He wondered why the higher-ups were so strict in guarding against such a book as "Blood Tide Essence and Qi Sacred View" that no one could refine.

……

Inside the laboratory, as the immortal techniques from a military-grade cultivation method were refined, Zhang Yu saw that the progress of the level 3 Dao Seed [Myriad Laws Immortal Clan] had reached 3/10.

However, unlike the previous period of time when the basic, advanced and expert level cultivation techniques were all refined, Zhang Yu discovered that a military-grade cultivation technique could extract a variety of immortal techniques recorded by the Dao Seed.

Just like right now, what enabled the Level 3 [Myriad Laws Immortal Clan] to reach 3/10 progress was merely a military-grade cultivation technique.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "If we calculate it this way, if we can extract 3 effective techniques from each military-grade cultivation technique, then to upgrade the [Myriad Laws Immortal Clan] from level 3 to level 4, we only need to extract 4 military-grade cultivation techniques."

"but……"

Zhang Yu then looked at the military-grade martial arts technique that had appeared before him.

"Among the derived techniques, if we remove the one we just refined, there is only one left that has reached the military-grade level..."

"If all else fails, we'll have to refine some other military-grade techniques."

"Given Bu Yingshu's current state, he should agree to do so."

Just as Zhang Yu was pondering this, he saw Bu Yingshu wave his hand, and two military-grade martial arts techniques appeared in front of him.

Bu Yingshu said, "These two derivative cultivation techniques were originally under review by other special groups, but I just asked someone to bring them over. Next, we will learn them and refine the immortal techniques within them."

Upon seeing these two military-grade martial arts manuals, Zhang Yu's gaze sharpened slightly.

"The Great Sage Researcher..."

Under his gaze, these two military-grade techniques were none other than the two missing techniques from the Chain Technique Diagram Set [Great Sage Researcher].

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "So it hasn't been approved yet? It's still with another special task force."

Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, thinking that if it weren't for Bu Yingshu, these two cultivation techniques probably wouldn't have come to him so easily.

(End of this chapter)