Chapter 283: Ultimate - University Holy Body

Chapter 284: Ultimate University Sacred Body (10/10)

A hint of joy flashed in Zhang Yu's eyes as he watched the first layer of the University Sacred Body activate in the Chain Law Chart.

He casually grabbed a handful of pills, put them in his mouth, and felt them instantly refined the moment they reached his stomach, transforming into warm currents that surged through his limbs and bones. Zhang Yu felt the medicinal power absorbed in an instant, taking pills as effortlessly as drinking water. He thought to himself: "With this University Sacred Body, I reckon I could take potent medications every day for many years without issue."

After activating the Preliminary University Sacred Body, Zhang Yu felt even more motivated and continued practicing the 7th basic cultivation method.

Myriad Dao University City, 300th floor, Daoist Arts Department Experimental Level.

While Zhang Yu was diligently practicing basic cultivation methods, Li Xiao followed Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, and others, learning and cultivating. As he strived to improve his strength, he also continuously tried to integrate into the circles of these upper-class individuals.

Ying Xin smiled at him and said, "Li Xiao, come on, let's go to the Cloud Sea of Spirit together."

Upon hearing this, a hint of hesitation appeared on Li Xiao's face. Most of his savings had already been spent on the previous loan to purchase the Heavenly Craft Eye Relic. Even with a 30% discount, the Cloud Sea of Spirit technique cost 0.063 Spirit Coins per hour, so a 4-hour practice session would be 0.252 Spirit Coins. Over the past half-month or so, including several Daoist arts services, renting cultivation relics, consuming Bigu Pills, and purchasing cultivation methods identical to Ying Xin's... all these miscellaneous expenses added up to over 1.5 Spirit Coins.

Of course, the benefits were immense. Li Xiao felt he had made rapid progress in the past half-month, far surpassing his pace on the 1st floor, and his class ranking was steadily improving.

Seeing Li Xiao's hesitation, Ying Xin impatiently said, "Are you coming or not? You're always so indecisive whenever I call you. If you don't come, then don't follow us anymore."

"Did you think I'd call you if it weren't for the fact that you practice the same body-refining cultivation method as me?"

Images of the lending platform appeared in Li Xiao's eye relic. Then he laughed and said, "Let's go! It's too inefficient to cultivate without the aid of Daoist arts."

Six hours later, Li Xiao, along with Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, and the others, exited the Daoist Arts Service Area. Li Xiao burst into loud laughter, saying, "There are even new students working as servers! What kind of university is this? Is university for them to work? How can they improve their rankings if they're working so much?"

After chatting and laughing with the group, Li Xiao enviously watched them head towards the upper-level dormitory area, while he himself walked towards the lower dormitory floors. Li Xiao frowned as he checked his account balance. However, seeing his ranking, he smiled again: "11th in class, with a total score of 288 points."

The total score is a comprehensive evaluation of a student, comprising academic credits, exam results, competition achievements, project performance, and other aspects, including fundamental data such as the student's Dao heart, magical power, and physical strength. As academic credits increase, grades improve, and contributions to competitions and projects become more substantial, the total score will also rise, potentially reaching thousands or even tens of thousands. For new students in the Foundation Establishment class, fundamental data currently makes up the largest portion of their total score, as the semester has just begun.

Looking at his ranking and total score, and then at Ji Yuanxu's 498 points in first place, Li Xiao thought to himself: "As long as I maintain this progress, by the time school starts in September, I'll definitely be in the top 10 of the class, maybe even the top 5." He then glanced at Zhang Yu behind him, who had dropped to 18th place, and his heart leaped with even more joy: "This way, when school starts, I'll definitely be far ahead of Zhang Yu, and Teacher Tu will choose me for the construction site."

"Then I can earn more money at the construction site, and repaying the online loan won't be a problem."

With light steps, Li Xiao quickly passed the dormitory area on the 125th floor and heard a faint whooshing sound in the air. He turned his head and saw Zhang Yu standing at the dormitory entrance, practicing a basic cultivation method.

"Zhang Yu?"

Seeing the distorted movements and perfunctory stances, Li Xiao smiled: "What is this guy doing?" He initially shook his head, intending to leave, but then he suddenly activated the recording function in his relic. "I'll send this to Gongshu Jin and the others to see what this clown is doing."

A moment later, the video Li Xiao recorded appeared in the small group chat of Gongshu Jin and others.

Ying Xin: Is this... Zhang Yu? What's he doing? Dancing?

Someone said: It looks like a basic cultivation method. Someone saw him practicing; he seems to have been cultivating basic methods for the past half-month or so.

Ying Xin: Even basic cultivation methods are this distorted? How bad is this guy's martial arts talent?

Someone laughed: No wonder he has to practice basic cultivation methods.

Seeing everyone in the group mock Zhang Yu, Li Xiao became even more elated and joined in, feeling that he had become part of their inner circle.

Meanwhile, Gongshu Jin's eyebrows slightly twitched as he watched the video. "I originally thought that since Zhang Yu achieved Foundation Establishment a year before me and is still like this, his aptitude was already quite poor."

"But I never imagined... it could be this bad."

"To be this bad and still be able to attend Myriad Dao University..." Gongshu Jin suddenly felt a bit unnerved.

Seeing the comments from others in the group, he immediately stopped them and warned: "From now on, no more discussions about Zhang Yu in my group." Seeing that everyone had stopped mocking, Gongshu Jin ignored them, instead thinking: "No wonder they need to reform the first floor. If someone like Zhang Yu can get in, I think the selection system on the first floor is already broken."

"But Zhang Yu's aptitude is simply terrible – it's the kind that would bankrupt any family. Who exactly is cultivating him?"

On the other side, Li Xiao saw Gongshu Jin's message, subtly clenched his fists, and a hint of unwillingness appeared on his face. Despite his rapid progress over the past half-month, far surpassing Zhang Yu, Gongshu Jin's attitude towards Zhang Yu versus him was like night and day.

"Just you wait, I'll continue to improve and leave Zhang Yu far behind."

Over the next few days, Li Xiao continued to cultivate alongside Gongshu Jin and the others. Spirit Coins in his account were constantly being spent, and his strength grew steadily. Every day at dawn, when the rankings were updated, Li Xiao would refresh them immediately. That day, seeing his ranking rise to 10th place, he let out a long breath, a look of exhilaration on his face. Scrolling further down, he couldn't help but laugh when he saw Zhang Yu had dropped to 19th place.

125th floor, outside the dormitory.

Zhang Yu exhaled slowly and looked at his Chain Law Chart.

Advanced University Sacred Body (8/8): Digestion, absorption, and metabolism of food enhanced to Foundation Establishment Peak.

Zhang Yu thought to himself: "Eight basic cultivation methods done, and the University Sacred Body has finally unlocked its second layer."

"But in this rundown university city, this food digestion ability is temporarily useless, apart from eating some dried meat sent by A-Zhen." Zhang Yu shook his head, not dwelling on it, and instead turned to practice the 9th basic cultivation method again.

As for his ranking? He was currently focused on practicing basic cultivation methods, so his various stats had barely increased. After all, when cultivating basic methods, he only pursued speed, not quality; the effects of level 10 or level 20 basic methods were minimal. Zhang Yu thought: "My ranking must be plummeting. What's there to see?"

So, over the next four days, Zhang Yu diligently cultivated, pushing the last two basic cultivation methods to Level 20 in one go. With this, the University Sacred Body was finally completed. More than twenty days had passed since his first class at Myriad Dao University.

Ultimate University Sacred Body (10/10): Cultivation efficiency for all Foundation Establishment cultivation methods increased by 2 times, and cultivation effects increased by 2 times.

Seeing the effects of this Ultimate University Sacred Body, Zhang Yu took a deep breath, a surge of excitement rising within him. He thought to himself: "Just like the High School Sacred Body before, the University Sacred Body can indeed improve the cultivation efficiency and effects of Foundation Establishment period cultivation methods."

"With this University Sacred Body, how fast will my development be in the university from now on? How terrifying?"

At this moment, Zhang Yu felt incredibly fortunate that he hadn't wasted time cultivating other things, nor had he squandered money on various immortal cultivation services. Instead, he had wholeheartedly focused on completing the University Sacred Body first.

"Now that the University Sacred Body is complete, what should I cultivate next?" University information he had gathered over the past few days surfaced in Zhang Yu's mind, and he quickly formed a plan.

"First, focus on increasing magical power." Magical power is the foundation of immortal cultivation, and even more so, an economic foundation. "If my magical power is high enough, not only will my cultivation methods be more potent, but I can also sell excess magical power for Spirit Coins."

"While increasing my magical power, I can also improve its quality. That way, in the future, I can help Le Mulan develop her Dao Seed and replicate her Deep Cold Spiritual Veins."

"So, how can I increase my magical power most quickly?" Zhang Yu looked at his Feather Scroll. "The advantage of the University Sacred Body is that it allows for faster cultivation of methods, and the effects of those methods are also stronger."

"To leverage this, I need to cultivate stronger breathing techniques, and..." Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the Chain Law Chart in the first chapter, pausing on Jade Vortex Qi Cultivation. This was the only Foundation Establishment period breathing technique he had mastered. As his gaze lingered on this cultivation method, he immediately saw its set on the Chain Law Chart: Qi Meridian Everflow.

"This set looks like it... should be very helpful for increasing magical power, right?"

Then, Zhang Yu's eye relic opened the Great Library, listing Foundation Establishment period expert-level breathing techniques one by one. Looking at his discount, Zhang Yu chuckled to himself: "Conveniently, I also get a 40% discount when exchanging expert-level cultivation methods in the Great Library. It perfectly suits my advantage." Zhang Yu's gaze scanned the descriptions of each breathing technique, listing out all the cultivation methods belonging to Qi Meridian Everflow.

"Besides the set effect, there are also the breathing techniques themselves... I need more types to complement me."

"I need ones that can operate automatically 24 hours a day, like the Universal Qi Gathering Method."

"Also ones that can better improve the quality of my magical power."

"And ones focused on magical power recovery speed, convenient for me to sell magical power later..."

According to the various requirements in his mind, Zhang Yu collected a list of breathing techniques.

The first expert-level breathing technique Zhang Yu decided to purchase was called the Primordial Embryonic Breathing Scripture. It involved replacing normal breathing with specialized exhalation and inhalation, allowing for a continuous intake of spiritual energy and constant refinement of magical power once mastered.

"First, I'll master this method to continuously refine magical power 24 hours a day."

Then he looked at the price of the Primordial Embryonic Breathing Scripture: "Original price 1 Spirit Coin, 0.6 Spirit Coins after the 40% discount." Zhang Yu then checked his current Spirit Coin balance. During this time, besides daily meals and purchasing basic cultivation methods, he had saved money every day, daring not to spend too much. He now had over 12.3 Spirit Coins.

"Good thing... good thing I didn't squander my money."

Upon purchasing the Primordial Embryonic Breathing Scripture, lines of text and images instantly appeared in Zhang Yu's eye relic. Zhang Yu was seen sitting cross-legged, having already begun cultivating this breathing technique according to the energy circulation routes displayed in his eye relic.