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

Inside the unfinished building.

Zhang Yu, wearing a weighted suit, threw a punch. His foot stomped on the concrete floor, and a muffled boom echoed through the building.

Already drenched in sweat, Zhang Yu didn't stop, continuing to practice each move of the Thirty-Six Styles of Body Strengthening.

His entire body was burning hot, emitting faint wisps of white steam in the cold night.

Since he was able to maintain the Desolate Bull Soul Calming Heart Sutra while practicing Limitless Cloud Hand to level 10 a week ago, Zhang Yu began to challenge himself with a higher difficulty: practicing level 10 Body Strengthening Thirty-Six Styles.

Initially, it was indeed difficult, a double torment both physically and mentally.

Fortunately, as long as he could maintain the Heart Sutra, the Desolate Bull Soul Calming Heart Sutra always brought Zhang Yu a trace of joy and satisfaction born from anticipation.

As for when he couldn't maintain the Heart Sutra?

The power of the ritual would guide Zhang Yu back on track to maintain the Heart Sutra.

For example, at this moment, when Zhang Yu's mind relaxed slightly and the visualized diagram in his mind began to blur, he knew that the ritual was about to nag him again.

"Please abide by the ritual agreement, strive to fulfill your wish, and do not deliberately slack off or procrastinate, 10."

Zhang Yu quickly focused his mind, trying to maintain the state of the Desolate Bull Soul Calming Heart Sutra, and the visualized diagram in his mind gradually became clear again.

Damn it!

Although the coldness dissipated again, Zhang Yu couldn't help but curse.

Just then, a phone ringtone echoed in the dark, unfinished building.

Hearing this sound, Zhang Yu felt like he was hearing celestial music.

Fortunately, this moronic ritual had a little bit of judgment, allowing him to rest a little while answering the phone.

Picking up the phone, Zhang Yu found that it was a message from Zhou Chechen, the vice president of the student council.

Zhou Chechen: Zhang Yu, how are you considering it?

Zhang Yu glanced at the time.

Well, a student council message sent at four in the morning is normal for us Songyang people.

Zhang Yu: I want to focus on preparing for the monthly exam first. We can talk about signing after the monthly exam.

Zhou Chechen: Haha, it's okay, then we'll wait until after the monthly exam to talk. I've prepared a contract that you'll definitely be satisfied with. I look forward to the day we sign.

Although Zhang Yu knew that Zhou Chechen probably said this to all potential signees, he couldn't deny that it felt good to be licked like this from time to time over the past month.

"Unfortunately, it's not pure friendship without any benefits, just wanting to lick me."

Thinking that he had to continue to feign civility with the other party, Zhang Yu felt a little uncomfortable.

"I wonder if this guy will change his face if I reject him again after this monthly exam?"

Zhang Yu looked up at his Feather Book.

Dao Heart Level 2 (93%)

Mana 18.7

Physical Strength Level 1.33

After these days of rigorous training, his strength had greatly improved.

In particular, he was getting closer and closer to Dao Heart Level 3, and his mana level was already the undisputed number one in Songyang High School's first grade, even Bai Zhenzhen couldn't compare to him.

Only his physical strength had dropped back to 7th or 8th place because he had stopped for more than half a month and had only recently started training again.

However, Zhang Yu estimated that if he continued to cultivate diligently in his current state, it wouldn't be long before his physical strength would inevitably be the dominant force in Songyang High School's first grade.

But even so, he was still far from being admitted to the top ten prestigious universities.

Thinking of this, he took a deep breath and threw himself back into hard training.

...

The day of the monthly exam.

An atmosphere of solemnity permeated the high school campus.

But for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, the monthly exam itself was no longer a major concern.

After smoothly completing the morning's theory exam, Zhang Yu, having eaten lunch and cultivated during the break, came to the computer room for the Taoist Arts exam, completing the test with a sweaty brow.

Then came the final exam of the day: Martial Arts Combat.

This time, his opponent was Qian Shen.

Qian Shen's gaze towards Zhang Yu was complex.

Because his opponent was someone who scored six points lower than him in last month's monthly exam, but whose total score in the mana competition was dozens of points higher.

So it was possible that Zhang Yu's score was lower than his, but it was also somewhat unlikely that Zhang Yu's score was lower than his, which made Zhang Yu even more complex and unpredictable in Qian Shen's eyes, and also the first guy who made him extremely cautious despite scoring lower than him in the monthly exam.

Looking at Qian Shen's cautious appearance, Zhang Yu smiled slightly and said, "Then I'm coming."

The next moment, he slapped out a palm, and his whole body had already arrived in front of Qian Shen with a whoosh.

Although Qian Shen was cautious enough, after a dozen moves, he gradually fell into a disadvantage.

Finally, with a gust of wind blowing towards his face, he looked at the fist stopping in front of his head and said helplessly, "I lost."

But before the second match started, he stared at Zhang Yu and suddenly said seriously, "You didn't use your full strength, did you? You didn't even use Limitless Cloud Hand."

Qian Shen had watched Zhang Yu learn Limitless Cloud Hand at the competition that day, so he naturally knew that the other party had obtained the right to use the martial art.

What's more, Zhang Yu had used Limitless Cloud Hand every time he fought Bai Zhenzhen in the past two weeks of martial arts class.

Qian Shen said seriously, "Use Limitless Cloud Hand, fight me with your full strength."

"We are now in the monthly exam, not in class practice."

"I don't want to get every point I get in the exam through fraud."

"Use your full strength, don't insult my score."

Zhang Yu took a deep breath: "I understand."

He sighed in his heart: "Is my rare joy during this hard training about to end again?"

Zhang Yu once again rushed towards Qian Shen with a whoosh, and then his palm, carrying the Formless Cloud Force, slammed towards Qian Shen.

Having seen the power of Limitless Cloud Hand in the combat class, Qian Shen naturally did not choose to clash head-on.

While dodging, he kicked fiercely towards Zhang Yu's lower body.

But Zhang Yu's other palm, carrying layers of cloud energy, blocked the leg he kicked.

Qian Shen's leg kicked on the cloud energy, only feeling like he was kicking on a mass of light and weightless cloud, but the next moment a violent force rebounded from it, blasting his whole body out of bounds.

The second match ended.

The third match began.

After the battle just now, Qian Shen really wanted to take back what he had just said.

Although he looked handsome when he shouted just now, it was really uncomfortable to get a low score in the combat exam.

Not far away, Lei Jun withdrew his gaze from Zhang Yu and Qian Shen, and looked at Bai Zhenzhen and He Dayou on the other side.

Looking at He Dayou, who was knocked down to the ground by Bai Zhenzhen in a few moves, Lei Jun thought to himself, "The level is too different. Next monthly exam, I simply won't let Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen draw lots. I'll just arrange for them to be in a group for the combat exam."

...

The next morning was the Dao Heart and Mana exam.

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Stepping into the Spirit Realm again.

This time, Zhang Yu found himself tied to a hospital bed, with a syringe on the left and a button on the right.

A female voice came from the broadcast: Good medicine, choose Ziyun, Ziyun medicine for all ages with all your heart, one bite to eliminate all diseases, thank you Ziyun Company for jointly sponsoring this monthly exam...

Listening to the rules described in the broadcast, Zhang Yu realized that the content of this Dao Heart exam was: Happiness.

Each time the button was pressed, the syringe would inject a drug called Happiness Powder into his body.

After the exam started, a shot of Happiness Powder would be automatically injected into the examinee.

The requirement for the examinees was to press the button as little as possible and inject as little medicine as possible. The less medicine injected, the higher the ranking and the higher the score.

Only because this drug, newly developed by Ziyun Company, could relax the spirit, stimulate the brain, and make people feel supreme happiness.

Of course, according to Ziyun Company's own propaganda, it was claimed that this drug had no side effects and no addictive properties, and had passed clinical trials...

Zhang Yu certainly didn't dare to believe this.

"A bunch of bastards."

"You're doing this kind of advertising during the monthly exam."

"The examiner of this Dao Heart exam is getting more and more excessive. One day I will smash him..."

Although he was currently in the virtual world of the Spirit Realm, and the Happiness Powder injected later was just a virtual pleasure, Zhang Yu still couldn't help but burst into a torrent of abuse, and finally helplessly felt the Happiness Powder being injected into his body.

The intense pleasure constantly impacted Zhang Yu's brain. Even with his will and Heart Sutra cultivation, he still couldn't help but press the button twice before the end of the exam, which showed how powerful the Happiness Powder was.

...

Compared to the stimulation of the Dao Heart exam, the Mana exam and the Physical Education exam seemed ordinary.

But when Wang Hai once again applied to the school leaders to allow Zhang Yu to join the competition team after the Physical Education exam, he was once again rejected.

And the reason for the rejection was that Zhang Yu's sports performance had declined and he still needed to settle down.

But what he told Wang Hai privately was that all of this was related to the student council.

After thinking about it, Wang Hai sent a message to Zhang Yu the next day.

"Do you have any conflicts with the student council? They don't seem to want you to join the sports competition school team."

...

Inside the unfinished building.

Zhang Yu, wearing a weighted suit, stood quietly in place, feeling the changes in his sea of consciousness at this moment.

At this moment, he finally reached level 3 Dao Heart.

The control over the physical body became more detailed, the mana in the dantian became more lively and controllable, and even every piece of flesh and blood and every trace of power throughout his body became more coordinated and comfortable in his perception.

Even the mental fatigue of these many days seemed to be swept away at this moment, feeling extremely comfortable.

Dao Heart Level 3 (0%)

This was the feeling Zhang Yu had after reaching Dao Heart Level 3, a stronger control over himself and his own power.

"Finally Dao Heart level 3."

"Now I can cultivate the Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Art, right?"

Zhang Yu had long been looking forward to this expert-level technique passed down by a Golden Core True Person.

Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Art! Let me see where your limit is!

Almost as soon as his Dao Heart reached level 3, he couldn't wait to switch the Feather Book's specialization to this technique.

The Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Art is a martial arts Heart Sutra that includes nine sets of martial arts: fist, palm, leg, finger, claw, knife, sword, spear, and staff.

These nine sets of martial arts have fighting styles for combat and training methods for body refining, but they are not the key.

The real key to the Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Art lies in comprehending the artistic conception contained in these nine sets of martial arts, so as to condense one's own martial arts will.

At this moment, Zhang Yu once again began to practice the nine sets of martial arts of fist, palm, leg, finger, claw, knife, sword, spear, and staff from beginning to end, just like that time at the art exhibition.

With Zhang Yu's every move, the surrounding wind vibrated, and the concrete floor was stomped by him with a roar.

After Zhang Yu raised the basic-level Freehand Combat to level 5, cultivated the basic-level Body Strengthening Thirty-Six Styles and the advanced-level Limitless Cloud Hand to level 10, and fought Bai Zhenzhen in more than a hundred actual combats, his vision was now completely different from the past.

The more he cultivated, the more he could feel that it had both fighting methods and body refining methods, covering a very comprehensive range. After learning it, it could be used to temper the physical body and to fight against enemies.

"...It just takes a little long."

Heavenly Martial Heart Refining Art Level 1 (0/10)

Zhang Yu spent nearly 14 minutes finishing the nine sets of martial arts while wearing a weighted suit.

Realizing this, Zhang Yu vaguely felt a pain in his liver.

He knew that this set of techniques would take a lot of practice.