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

Chapter 12: Valiant and Vigorous Progress (Thanks to Alliance Leader 'Water_Ripple' for the reward)

A moment later, Zhang Yu, who walked out of the Xianyun Group's office building, looked pale, hunched over, and weak.

However, a few kilometers away from the skyscraper, after he got on the subway, his complexion gradually returned to normal.

As he circulated the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method, the mana in his body surged forward like streams, instantly permeating the flesh and blood all over his body.

The previously out-of-control and overflowing mana also returned to the right track with the surging mana, merging into the complex mana circulation within his body, and naturally running endlessly within Zhang Yu's body.

Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method Level 1 (0/20)

Looking at the Taoist technique that appeared on the feather book, a smile appeared on the corner of Zhang Yu's mouth.

"As expected, it can be cultivated."

"If I hadn't mastered this Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method, this out-of-control mana would probably take one or two weeks to dissipate."

The reason why he dared to take the job of trying out the technique was because of the feather book.

However, when he was in Xianyun Group, he did not reveal his ability to cultivate the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method.

"Although this technique is just a breathing method for beginners, it can run on its own 24 hours a day after it is mastered."

"Even if you don't actively circulate the energy, it has 30% of the breathing efficiency of actively circulating the energy. After mastering it... even if you do nothing every day, it is equivalent to others breathing for more than seven hours."

"This is just the effect at level 1."

"If this technique is really successfully developed, it might immediately become one of the best-selling breathing methods on the market."

Zhang Yu knew that, apart from the various techniques taught in schools, the techniques of other large companies and sects were all copyrighted and had to be purchased with money, which contained great benefits.

It was precisely because this Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method was too powerful, and in Zhang Yu's opinion, it was definitely a development project that Xianyun Group valued extremely, that he was unwilling to reveal that he had mastered the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method, so as to avoid unnecessary complications.

Especially since the difficulty of cultivating this technique was so high, in Zhang Yu's opinion, if a high school student did not have the auxiliary equipment to guide them, let alone mastering this technique, it would be impossible to complete even one more complete circulation.

This made him even more reluctant to reveal that he had mastered the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method.

In order to master the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method, Zhang Yu also switched the feather book's specialization from the Thirty-Six Body Strengthening Exercises to this breathing method.

Although in this way, the Thirty-Six Body Strengthening Exercises could not be quickly improved for the time being, the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method was on the fast track.

"Level 3 Thirty-Six Body Strengthening Exercises are enough for the time being."

"In the following time, I will focus on improving this Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method."

In addition to the harvest of the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method, the biggest gain from this trial work was the reward from Xianyun Group.

Ten thousand yuan plus the additional three thousand, a total of 13,000 yuan.

At this moment, Zhang Yu's savings suddenly increased to 13,700 yuan.

It was a pity that as Zhang Yu took out 10,000 yuan to repay the loan on multiple platforms, his savings instantly dropped to 3,700 yuan.

Fortunately, after repaying this 10,000 yuan, the frequency of collection has decreased a lot, and the methods should not be upgraded in a short time.

Then, the countdown that sounded in his mind quickly interrupted Zhang Yu's reverie, and made him concentrate again and circulate the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method.

...

In the blink of an eye, a night passed.

At the gate of Songyang High School, Zhang Yu was walking and looking at the changes on the feather book.

Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method Level 1 (0/20) → Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method Level 1 (11/20)

And the mana, with the original hard work and the effort of this Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method, also improved.

Mana 7.7 → 7.8

"It's really running passively. Yesterday, I only circulated it 5 times before going to bed, counting as 5 times."

"As a result, after getting up in the morning, it has increased to 8 times. On the way to school, after my active circulation, it has increased to the 11th time."

Zhang Yu was secretly happy when he calculated this. Compared to the 13,000 yuan, this Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method was the biggest gain yesterday.

At this moment, he was determined to push the level of this Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method up.

Including the feather book's specialization, he naturally decided to continue to set it on the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method.

It was a pity that there were two consecutive physical education classes this morning.

Walking on the road to the training ground, Zhang Yu felt a little regretful.

"Alas, I have to practice the Thirty-Six Body Strengthening Exercises again."

"My specialization is now the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method, and it should be most suitable for cultivating this breathing method."

As soon as Zhang Yu entered the training ground, he saw statues of little giants whose muscles were bulging like marble, sticking needles into their bodies one by one.

Then, accompanied by bursts of crackling sounds, as well as various beast-like roars and the sound of equipment colliding, the students in the demonstration class were already training enthusiastically.

At this moment, a student looked at Wang Hai in surprise: "No... it's impossible, my cousin sold this to me..."

Wang Hai shook his head and crushed the syringe in his hand with a snap, scattering it into the trash can.

"Have you seen any changes in your weight in the past two weeks? Whether it's muscles or organs, there is no sign of growth. In two weeks, the strength of your body has only increased by 0.03, a look of natural body refining decline. It's obvious that you bought fake medicine."

Speaking of this, he stopped looking at the disheartened student in front of him, but amplified his voice and said: "How many times have I told you, you must buy medicine through formal channels. The safest is definitely the supply from the school teachers."

"If you buy fake or expired medicine to save money, it will be a small loss, and you will waste your own time."

After teaching the students a lesson, Wang Hai's eyes swept over Zhang Yu, who was refining his body in the corner.

Looking at Zhang Yu, Wang Hai's mind flashed the other party's physical strength data tested today: "Level 0.85? In three days, the physical strength increased by 0.02 levels?"

"Zhang Yu didn't get this fast when he used to inject medicine every day, right?"

From Wang Hai's years of teaching experience, with such a rapid increase in physical strength, it was impossible for Zhang Yu to not take medicine or injections purely naturally as he said. He must have secretly injected medicine before class.

"Not only is he not naturally refining his body, the medicine he injected must be very strong to achieve this effect. The damage to his body is probably also very great."

As for Zhang Yu being able to reach the third level of the Thirty-Six Body Strengthening Exercises and conduct devil training under extreme conditions on his own, Wang Hai never thought about it.

But in any case, Zhang Yu at this moment increasingly challenged his classroom authority in Wang Hai's eyes.

Especially since it contained a question, where did Zhang Yu buy the medicine from?

Would any students see the good effect on Zhang Yu and also find this way to buy medicine?

In this way, wouldn't it affect his sales performance?

At the thought of the bloody storm in the body refining drug market, Wang Hai's vigilance nerves instantly tensed up.

"Second year of high school? Third year of high school teacher?"

"Or did an after-school tutoring teacher guide him?"

"Is he trying to sell goods in my territory?"

As for Zhang Yu himself, Wang Hai saw him as just a pawn. What he wanted to find out most now was the person behind Zhang Yu.

But the impact in the class still had to be erased.

So a moment later, Wang Hai instructed a student named Zhao Tianxing a few words.

Then Zhao Tianxing came to Zhang Yu and said, "Zhang Yu, Teacher Wang asked me to ask you, are you sure you won't buy medicine anymore?"

After seeing Zhang Yu nod, Zhao Tianxing scratched his head and said with an embarrassed face: "Well... the teacher asked me to tell you that in order not to affect other people's training, he wants you to practice alone in the small room next to you. Do you think it's okay?"

After being instructed by Wang Hai, Zhao Tianxing understood that Wang Hai wanted to further isolate Zhang Yu.

He looked at Zhang Yu with a trace of pity in his eyes, but his movements did not hesitate at all.

As a good student and obedient student in Wang Hai's mouth, Zhao Tianxing broke through the level of 1.00 in physical strength step by step by fully accepting Wang Hai's guidance, purchasing all the drugs he recommended, and adding his own efforts, becoming one of the top ten students in the class in physical strength.

So he had always been obedient to the physical education teacher Wang Hai.

But worried that Zhang Yu would have emotions, he spoke very politely, and added after speaking: "Or you should buy some medicine? Teacher Wang's medicine is of particularly good quality. Natural body refining is really not good..."

But to Zhao Tianxing's surprise, Zhang Yu did not hesitate at all and directly agreed to go out to exercise.

Looking at the other party's leaving back, Zhao Tianxing scratched his head and thought to himself: "Alas, Zhang Yu is a bit stubborn. Can't he apologize to the teacher, admit his mistake, and continue to attend class properly? Such an impulse will ruin his future."

On the other side, Zhang Yu came to the small room, smiled, sat down, and directly practiced the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method.

Strands of spiritual energy poured into the dantian qi sea, and were refined into mana by Zhang Yu bit by bit.

Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method Level 1 (11/20) → Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method Level 1 (16/20)

In the blink of an eye, five circulations were completed, and two physical education classes had passed.

But in the following Chinese and mathematics classes, Zhang Yu in the classroom was still concentrating on running the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method.

It is naturally a very boring thing to breathe in spiritual energy and refine mana for a long time.

The waist, abdomen, and shoulders will be sore, the skin will be itchy, and the spirit will feel dry.

Even the previous Zhang Yu would often relax after breathing for one or two hours, stand up and walk around, or scratch his itch and head.

But at this moment, under the pressure of the ritual power and the encouragement of the feather book's changing numbers, Zhang Yu persevered in his cultivation, and finally practiced the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method to the 20th time in one breath.

Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method Level 2 (0/40)

Countless experiences of circulating the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method bloomed in Zhang Yu's mind. He could feel that the mana circulation in his body had become more complex, more exquisite, and more surging.

When Zhang Yu stopped, the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method was still running continuously, but the speed was a little faster than before.

"The level 1 Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method has only 30% of the speed of active breathing for passive breathing."

"But after reaching level 2, the speed of passive breathing has increased to 35% of the speed of active breathing."

"As for actively running the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method, the efficiency of breathing has also increased a lot, which is much stronger than my original level 1 basic breathing method."

Zhang Yu nodded slightly, feeling slightly satisfied. This is a long-term and continuous improvement day and night.

So after eating lunch, he worked harder and continued to improve the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method.

Even in the following time, he spent almost all the time he could use on the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method.

The immortal cultivation learning in high school is both boring and hard. Especially Zhang Yu, under the pressure of the ritual power, has no time to relax. Only by watching the numbers after the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method increase little by little, and imagining the long-term benefits brought by the passive effect of this technique, can his spirit feel a little more comfortable.

The so-called unable to resist, then only enjoy.

So he was cultivating the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method during physical education class.

He was cultivating the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method in Chinese class.

He was still cultivating the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method during lunch break.

When he was waiting for work in the square at night, he was still cultivating the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method. It was a pity that he did not find a job in these three days.

As for going home to sleep, needless to say, the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method was still running on its own.

In just three days, the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method was raised to level 4 (5/80).

The mana also made valiant and vigorous progress with Zhang Yu's efforts, from 7.8 to 8.3.

At this moment, the passive breathing speed of the Zhoutian Qi Gathering Method has reached 45% of the active breathing speed.