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"No," Zhou Yu narrowed his eyes, "What did you just say?"

Liu Bei repeated what he had said.

This time Zhou Yu heard clearly and said incredulously, "What a joke! How could I possibly do something that would betray my dignity!"

Liu Bei: "First of all, this has absolutely nothing to do with selling out one's dignity; it's simply a contribution to scientific experiments. Secondly, you're constantly introducing your unreliable investment projects to other students; what dignity do you have left?"

Zhou Yu slammed his fist on the table and stood up abruptly. "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would abandon all principles for money? What a joke! You think I'd sell my precious dignity for a little bit of dirty money? My dignity isn't that cheap. I absolutely cannot agree to your absurd idea..."

"I heard it can cost tens of thousands of yuan at once."

"Really?" Zhou Yu immediately sat down, his expression serious. "Then approximately how much?"

Liu Bei: "..."

Liu Bei: "Where is your dignity?"

"Dignity? What's that?" Zhou Yu took out his phone, opened the browser, and searched for "dignity" on Baidu. "Oh... originally it referred to a noble, dignified, or inviolable status. In modern usage, the word has a dual meaning... Is it often linked to basic human rights...?"

After saying that, Zhou Yu put away his phone, slammed his hand on the table again, and stood up, "I don't have anything that cheap!"

Now Liu Bei finally understood what it meant to "bow down for five pecks of rice"; this guy's change of heart was faster than flipping through a book.

However, for Zhou Yu, this was a helpless move. After all, he had a daily mystery shop to support, and even if he didn't buy the automatic cultivation technique voucher, he still had to spend a minimum of one thousand yuan every day.

He only has a few thousand yuan left, which is enough for now, but he has to make plans for the future.

Furthermore, the daily shop will continue to upgrade, and the minimum daily expense will only increase over time, so planning ahead is the right thing to do.

After taking a sip of the meat soup, Liu Bei said, "Don't be so happy yet. This isn't a job that just anyone can do. It has to be an adult between 20 and 45 years old, and you can only do it once."

"But what I'm going to introduce to you... is a path specifically for cultivators."

"Huh?" Zhou Yu immediately became interested. "Is there any difference?"

Liu Bei replied, "The difference is that the pay is higher, there are basically no age restrictions, and it can be repeated multiple times, but..."

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu's body tensed immediately. "But what?"

"However, the requirements for donors are also very high," Liu Bei glanced at Zhou Yu sideways, "and not everyone can meet the requirements."

Zhou Yu became somewhat interested. "In what specific ways is it superior?"

"The total amount of spiritual energy, the quality of spiritual energy, physical fitness, and so on, all have requirements. The better your conditions, the better the rewards you will receive."

After a pause, Liu Bei continued, "But if you haven't awakened your spiritual energy, going there will be a waste of time, and they won't even reimburse your travel expenses, so you'd better think this through."

"Go ahead, why not?" Zhou Yu asked, looking puzzled. "Before, if I collected things at home, I could only find a place to throw them away. Now I can even make money from them, so why not?"

Liu Bei was a little doubtful whether Zhou Yu had understood what he was saying, but the guy's confidence made Liu Bei curious whether Zhou Yu had awakened his spiritual energy.

After all, detecting spiritual energy requires very precise instruments, and often even the person involved cannot be sure whether they have reached the standard for awakening spiritual energy. Therefore, Liu Bei did not ask Zhou Yu about his feelings.

Everything will be clear when the school entrance exams start.

For Zhou Yu, this was a great opportunity.

After all, in the eyes of the school, he is not even considered a person. As soon as morning self-study ends, Zhou Yu enters a state of being unsupervised.

Originally, Zhou Yu had nothing to do except cultivate and attract investment and sponsorship during this time. Liu Bei introduced him to a way to make money, so he definitely had to seize this opportunity!

If the news of his awakened spiritual energy is revealed during the school entrance exam and the school starts arranging classes for him, it will be too late to research these fancy ways to make money.

While you're still young, you have to squeeze every last drop of potential out of your body!

Including one's own children and grandchildren!

"I hesitate," Liu Bei lowered his head and began to eat, "I will introduce you to her later and give you an answer before tomorrow morning."

Zhou Yu then grabbed Liu Bei's hand that was holding the chopsticks and looked at him with deep affection.

Liu Bei: "W-what are you doing...?"

Zhou Yu knelt on one knee, "Lu Bu has wandered for half his life, only regretting that he has never met a wise ruler. If you do not abandon me, I am willing to become your godfather!"

"If you want to kill me, just say so. Besides, my name is Liu Bei, not Dong Zhuo."

"It's alright, my name isn't Lü Bu either, it's Zhou Yu."

Just as they got up to eat, outside the cafeteria, Gao Ying and Liang Yanbo, their faces full of worry, finally finished class and entered the cafeteria.

"Hey, Yu-ge," Gao Ying greeted Zhou Yu first, as usual, "Are you guys still eating?"

Seeing that the two looked completely lost, Zhou Yu quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Liang Yanbo plopped down next to Zhou Yu. "That old woman in the spiritual energy class gave us a thorough overhaul, and I'm completely exhausted. Could you get me some food?"

As he spoke, he shakily took his meal card out of his pocket and handed it to Zhou Yu.

Gao Ying was the same, "Daddy Yu, food, I'm hungry..."

"Okay." Zhou Yu took the two meal cards without hesitation and walked towards the window reserved for students who had awakened their spiritual energy.

"Auntie," Zhou Yu said to the auntie at the cafeteria window, "I'll get three meals."

As he spoke, he handed over Liang Yanbo's card, "This card can be used for three transactions."

The aunt nodded. "Show me your student ID."

Zhou Yu: "? What certificate?"

"Student ID," the cafeteria lady said. "The school has registered all students who have awakened their spiritual energy. Only by showing your student ID to prove you've awakened spiritual energy can you get food from this window. You didn't know that... Did you just awaken your spiritual energy?"

Zhou Yu: "..."

Damn, I always saw Liu Bei and Liang Yanbo getting my meals for me, I never thought I'd need a student ID to prove I'd awakened spiritual energy.

Damn it, are you afraid I'll sneak a bite?

Although I did steal some food, doesn't your cafeteria bear any responsibility at all?

Zhou Yu pointed in the direction of Gao Ying and the other two, "Auntie, I haven't awakened my spiritual energy. I'm just getting their meals for them. They're too tired after class, so I'm just getting their meals for them. I'm not trying to steal any food."

"Oh?" The aunt turned her head and glanced in the direction of Gao Ying and the other two. She saw Gao Ying and Liang Yanbo waving towards the window.

"Oh... Xiaoying, it's alright then," the cafeteria lady seemed to recognize Gao Ying and nodded. "Since you were too tired from class and had no choice but to ask someone to get your food for you, that's not surprising."

After the cafeteria worker entered the prices of three meals into the machine, Zhou Yu swiped Liang Yanbo's card.

Insufficient balance

Zhou Yu: "..."

Cafeteria worker: "Do you have anything to say?"

Zhou Yu: "..."

Zhou Yu: "Can we use WeChat Pay?"