Chapter 278: Extremely Poor Talent, Relying Solely on Background

"Wang Yin?"Gongshu Jin felt the name Wang Yin sounded familiar.Suddenly, he remembered seeing an advertisement for Oasis Group that seemed to feature someone named Wang Yin. However, he had only glanced at it and hadn't been particularly impressed.When Li Xiao had just mentioned it, he himself wasn't clear on many of the details, speaking rather vaguely. Gongshu Jin decided to investigate it himself.

A moment later, Gongshu Jin was surprised to find that he couldn't find anything."Impossible, I remember seeing an Oasis Group advertisement..."Suddenly, Gongshu Jin realized: "Right, I only recently arrived on the 2nd Floor. That advertisement must have been something I saw when I was on the 4th Floor."After some thought, Gongshu Jin became even more curious about the matter. He decided to use his corporate line's usage quota to temporarily contact an employee on the 4th Floor and ask them to help him investigate.Gongshu Jin thought to himself, "It's a pity my authority isn't high enough, otherwise, why go through such trouble? I could just access the network information of the upper floors directly through the Spirit Realm Network."

A moment later, the person replied with information."There was indeed such an advertisement, but most of it has been taken down now. Even related comments, posts, and videos have been blocked, deleted, or removed one by one.""I had to spend some Spirit Coins to find the live stream video you were looking for."The next moment, a video feed popped up in Gongshu Jin's eye-bone. It showed Zhang Yu straddling Wang Yin, repeatedly punching him in the face.Gongshu Jin's eyes flashed as he watched the scene, a thoughtful expression appearing on his face.

Li Xiao, observing Gongshu Jin, knew that he was likely using his eye-bone to look up information. He quickly added, "President Wang showed immense kindness to Zhang Yu, only to be brutally betrayed. That Zhang Yu is truly an ungrateful dog...""Hmm..." Gongshu Jin nodded, but then said, "Grateful? Why be grateful? We can just be friends."Gongshu Jin paid no mind to Li Xiao's words. Li Xiao, a pauper from the 1st Floor with poor grades and a ranking far behind his own... To Gongshu Jin, could such a person even be considered human? At best, he was a dog vaguely resembling a human, perhaps a dog companion, but certainly not a human friend.Furthermore, Li Xiao didn't even know which floor Wang Yin came from, let alone the true depth of the situation. Gongshu Jin estimated that even on the 2nd Floor, perhaps only companies with trade relations with the 1st Floor, or those who paid close attention to news from the 1st Floor, would be aware of Zhang Yu defeating Wang Yin.

Zhang Yu's defeat of Wang Yin, who had crippled his own cultivation during the battle, indicated Zhang Yu possessed remarkable combat power even as a novice Foundation Establishment cultivator. However, to Gongshu Jin, none of that mattered. He watched the video, not focusing on Zhang Yu's displayed combat prowess, but on the ultimate outcome.In Gongshu Jin's view, the fact that Zhang Yu could straddle Wang Yin, knock him unconscious, and then casually enroll in a university's Foundation Establishment class meant he had an extraordinary background. This was true grace, true presence, true charisma—far more impressive than unparalleled combat power, exceptional talent, or astonishing brilliance.Conversely, no matter how strong Zhang Yu's combat ability or how great his talent, Gongshu Jin wouldn't care. He would merely estimate a price for such a person in his mind.

"I need to find a True God to investigate this. What exactly is Zhang Yu's background? To brutally beat Wang Yin like that and not die on the 1st Floor?"As he thought this, Gongshu Jin naturally abandoned his initial plan of taking Zhang Yu under his wing and instead considered whether he could befriend him.What constituted a friend? To Gongshu Jin, it was someone who was either wealthy, had a strong background, or had exceptionally good grades."And this Zhang Yu obtained his Foundation Establishment qualification certificate in his second year of high school, a year earlier than me, yet his stats are lower than mine by a significant 20 points. It seems his talent is extremely poor, relying purely on his background."Gongshu Jin, of course, couldn't have imagined that Zhang Yu had been delayed for so long after getting his Foundation Establishment qualification due to a lack of funds to purchase a spirit root.He mused, "With such talent, he won't be able to catch up to me in the future; in fact, he'll fall further and further behind. He poses no threat to me securing first place in the class.""Conversely, his background might be able to help me."At this thought, Gongshu Jin became even more convinced that Zhang Yu was suitable as a friend.

Li Xiao, unaware of these details, could still sense Gongshu Jin's favorable impression of Zhang Yu from his words, feeling both surprised and jealous.Gongshu Jin, meanwhile, walked directly over to Zhang Yu, glanced at both Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan, and then employed his usual method of making friends. Without any pleasantries or small talk, Gongshu Jin decided to display his wealth directly. This was Gongshu Jin's tried-and-true rule for making friends, one he had used since childhood. Generally, after he displayed his wealth, the rich would accept him, and the poor would fawn over him.For Gongshu Jin, wealth was like a person's grades or ranking—an absolutely effective and reasonable matching mechanism that allowed him to filter out ineffective social interactions.

"Hello, both of you."Gongshu Jin showed his back, gently stroking his spine with both hands, one above the other, and chuckled, "Look at my Diamond Profound-Forged spinal Dharma bone. How much do you think it cost?"Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback, thinking, "Is this guy here to show off his wealth to me?"Seeing Zhang Yu's silence, Li Xiao chimed in, "It must be at least 15 Spirit Coins, right?"Gongshu Jin calmly replied, "It cost me 20 Spirit Coins.""After all, the raw material for this spine came from a master at Vajra University, crafted from a spine developed through the master's arduous cultivation.""For the same model of spine, it takes professional bone-selling cultivators a year to regrow it. That means there's only one identical spinal Dharma bone available each year at most."Zhang Yu cursed inwardly, "Damn rich people!"

Observing Zhang Yu's unperturbed expression, Gongshu Jin thought, "Could it be that even Diamond Profound-Forged items don't impress him?"Slightly frowning, Gongshu Jin said, "Add me as a friend, both of you."Although he only wanted to add Zhang Yu, seeing that Yu Xinghan was with him, Gongshu Jin decided to add both of them at once, also taking the opportunity to gauge their backgrounds.As the friend requests were accepted, Gongshu Jin activated the unique ability of his eye-bone, revealing the eye-bone models of his new friends in his vision. Using the friend list to observe someone's eye-bone model was another one of his little tricks for making friends.

"Temporal Remnant Demon Eyes? Such a top-tier eye-bone?""This Zhang Yu... is a friend."At that moment, Gongshu Jin knew he hadn't been wrong after all; Zhang Yu was certainly no ordinary person."However, it seems my friend isn't very talkative, and doesn't even show off his eye-bone. Is he the low-key type, like Ji Yuanxu?""But after knowing my financial standing, he should understand that we can be friends, right?""For today, let's just add each other as friends. There'll be plenty of time for more later."With that thought, Gongshu Jin nodded at Zhang Yu, said nothing further, and simply turned and walked away.

Li Xiao watched Zhang Yu's indifferent reaction and Gongshu Jin's departure, secretly chuckling to himself, "Heh, that Zhang Yu really has a terrible temper. Now he's offended Gongshu Jin too, hasn't he?"Just then, Yu Xinghan nodded, "Okay, let's add each other as friends."On the other side, Gongshu Jin, seeing the friend request that had just been accepted, slightly frowned, "Extreme Tiger? Still such an old model.""This is not a friend."With a thought, Gongshu Jin silently deleted Yu Xinghan from his friends list.

Ji Yuanxu, observing the scene with cold eyes, thought to himself, "Based on my recent investigation, it seems the Oasis Group has already made a move against this Zhang Yu.""This Zhang Yu might be involved in the conflict between the Myriad Laws and the Netherworld factions...""But in any case, it has nothing to do with me. Students from the Civil Engineering department are ultimately just passersby to me. Currently, Zhang Yu's stats are too far below mine, and his ranking poses no threat whatsoever.""So, I don't need to worry about any of it.""I just need to focus on securing first place in class for three years, then transfer to finance in the future, and break into the top 30 in the entire university.""That is my master's arrangement for me."

After class, the students in the classroom dispersed quickly.Zhang Yu patted Yu Xinghan's shoulder and asked, "Where are you going next?"Yu Xinghan exclaimed in annoyance, "Damn it! How did that Gongshu Jin delete me?"Recalling Gongshu Jin's behavior, Zhang Yu said, "He must look down on us."As the crowd dispersed, Yu Xinghan felt his eye-bone function much more smoothly. He nodded and said, "It's normal for people from the 4th Floor to look down on us from the 1st Floor. If I were them, I'd look down on us too."Yu Xinghan recalled True Person Xinghuo's warning and said, "In short, we need to work hard to improve our grades and rankings.""For us people from the 1st Floor, socializing in university is a dead end.""Only grades and rankings... are our only leverage.""But I need to go and replace this damned eye-bone first. Where are you heading?"

Zhang Yu's gaze shifted slightly, and he said, "I want to go to the Grand Library first, to check out and exchange for some cultivation techniques."Zhang Yu used his eye-bone to look up directions to the Grand Library. Upon checking, he realized that the Grand Library wasn't a physical location but a website.At the same time, True Person Jiaolei, the teacher in their Foundation Establishment class group, sent a message.True Person Jiaolei: [Link] This is the latest class ranking, ordered by everyone's basic data upon entering the class. Future rankings will be continuously updated based on comprehensive performance. You can all take a look to see your current standing in the class.

"Class ranking?"Zhang Yu clicked on it and found that it contained rankings for the entire 2nd Floor campus of Myriad Laws University, including university-wide lists, departmental lists, and class lists. The sub-page sent by True Person Jiaolei was specifically their Foundation Establishment class ranking.Number 13, Zhang Yu."Not bad," Zhang Yu nodded. "I'll slowly improve from here."The next moment, as Zhang Yu actively connected to the Grand Library, and after his identity and permissions were confirmed, Zhang Yu felt a shift in light and shadow before his eyes. Countless bookshelves suddenly appeared, filling every corner of his vision.

Row after row, an endless expanse of bookshelves projected before him through his eye-bone. This was Myriad Laws University's Grand Library.With a light tap of Zhang Yu's finger, the rows of bookshelves were categorized and arranged according to his specifications."The cultivation techniques I'm looking for..."Even before coming to Myriad Laws University, Zhang Yu had already planned his cultivation path for university life. Specifically, combining it with his high school cultivation experience, Zhang Yu felt that the first thing he should do upon entering university was to confirm whether the Chain Law Diagram contained any "University Sacred Bodies" similar to the "High School Sacred Body.""The High School Sacred Body was so suitable for development. If I had obtained it earlier, my cultivation progress during high school would have been at least two or three times faster.""I hope there's a University Sacred Body too."The next moment, with a thought from Zhang Yu, a series of basic-level Foundation Establishment stage cultivation techniques appeared before his eyes.