Chapter 294: Construction Site

Li Xiao's shout interrupted Zhang Yu's thoughts, making him stop gazing at the starry sky and instead look at the construction site before him. A quick glance revealed that the entire 666th floor was a construction zone, with roads and buildings being built everywhere, accompanied by continuous vibrations and pounding sounds.

"The entire 666th floor is under construction?" Zhang Yu asked, surprised.

Yu Xinghan, who had already inquired about this, understood the situation. Hearing Zhang Yu's question, he explained, "Myriad Spells University City didn't start with 666 floors. As the population grew and through successive urban renewal projects, Myriad Spells University City has been continuously building new floors upwards each year. For instance, what used to be the mortal zone, below the 50th floor, now extends to below the 100th floor. And teaching floors for departments like finance and civil engineering, as well as student dormitories, are constantly moving upwards."

Zhang Yu nodded slightly, thinking, 'Doesn't that mean there's always a huge demand for construction within Myriad Spells University City? Civil engineering must be an easy field to find work in.'

Just then, Tu Lishan arrived with three students and approached Zhang Yu and his companions. Tu Lishan greeted them with a smile, then began assigning tasks for the construction site. Zhang Yu's group was assigned to work with the construction team, while Ying Xin's group would participate in quality inspection internships.

Li Xiao looked at Ying Xin and the others behind Tu Lishan in surprise, thinking, 'Ying Xin is here at the construction site too? Why didn't anyone mention this to me?'

Meanwhile, Tu Lishan continued, "The six of you will form an intern group from now on. Ying Xin will be the provisional leader..." After giving a few more instructions, Tu Lishan led everyone through the registration, onboarding, and other procedures.

Along the way, Tu Lishan's eye-bone vision flickered, and he saw a message from Li Xiao.

Li Xiao: Teacher, weren't you saying the spots were limited? Why are there so many students?

Tu Lishan: Xiao Li, Zhang Yu's grades are better than yours, so it's perfectly reasonable for him to be here, isn't it?

Tu Lishan: And don't even get me started on Ying Xin. Her family has six generations of civil engineers; she's a prodigy who grew up on construction sites, and she even has a Golden Core cultivator as an elder in her family. Besides, she's excellent herself. After reaching the Foundation Establishment realm in high school, she began cultivating various civil engineering cultivation methods. As you know, her current academic ranking is third in the class.

According to Tu Lishan's explanation, these students either had better grades than Li Xiao or had elders working in the civil engineering field, giving them unparalleled advantages over Li Xiao. The more Li Xiao listened, the more he felt the gap between himself and the other students, and his mood grew increasingly low.

But suddenly, he thought of someone...

Li Xiao: What about Yu Xinghan? He's from the first floor, isn't he? His grades aren't as good as mine either...

Tu Lishan: He also knows people, and he spent a lot of money. Compared to Yu Xinghan, you paid a lot fewer Spirit Coins. I gave you this opportunity because I have high hopes for you. Just keep the amount to yourself and don't tell anyone else, or you'll put me in a difficult position. Work hard. In our Civil Engineering department, as long as you're willing to endure hardship, there'll be no end to the Spirit Coins you can earn.

Li Xiao looked at the message from Teacher Tu and thought, 'I must seize this opportunity, work hard, earn more Spirit Coins, pay off my loans properly, and strive to improve my grades.'

After completing the onboarding process, Spirit Realm projections appeared above the heads of the six students, adding a layer of radiance. A red radiance appeared above Ying Xin's group, signifying their status as quality inspectors. A blue radiance appeared above Zhang Yu, Yu Xinghan, and Li Xiao, signifying their status as skilled technicians.

Tu Lishan looked at the students and instructed, "Once on the construction site, the color of the light signifies your status. Gold and silver lights indicate leaders. You absolutely must not show any disrespect when you see them. You should also be careful to control your physical size, ideally not growing larger than the leaders, and remember to retract your Foundation Establishment domains. You already know about red and blue. Yellow indicates the most common Qi Refining realm laborers. If you kill or injure them, you'll have to pay compensation, so be careful when you're working."

As he spoke, a Qi Refining realm laborer happened to pass by. Tu Lishan pointed at the number above the person's head and said, "See that? According to the latest construction site safety regulations, every Qi Refining realm laborer has a compensation price marked above their head. Since implementing this, casualties on the site have significantly decreased." Zhang Yu cursed inwardly, 'Damn it... So the main casualties on the site are from Foundation Establishment realm workers? It's not about us being careful not to get injured, it's about us being careful not to injure others, right?'

Just then, a voice called out, "Manager Tu, you're here." Zhang Yu looked over and saw that the voice came from a Yellow Turban Warrior puppet. Tu Lishan nodded at the puppet without replying, and the Yellow Turban Warrior puppet quickly departed, carrying a large pile of steel materials.

Yu Xinghan asked curiously, "Does that Yellow Turban Warrior have sentience? Is there a tool spirit inside?"

Tu Lishan chuckled, "How could that be? Don't you know how expensive high-tier tool spirits are? This Yellow Turban Warrior simply has a person's soul inside." Tu Lishan continued to explain, "This person is named Huang Yun, a university graduate from this year. He rented a Yellow Turban Warrior and put his soul into it to work on the construction site."

Yu Xinghan asked, "What about his physical body?"

Tu Lishan replied, "It's rented out to the Pharmacology department for pill-testing."

Zhang Yu was also shocked to hear this: "His body is used for pill-testing? And his soul works on a construction site?" Sensing the surprise in Zhang Yu's tone, Tu Lishan remarked, "Indeed, it's quite impressive to find two jobs right after graduation. Although your cultivation levels are higher than Huang Yun's, you should learn more from his hardworking spirit. The construction site offers magical skeleton rentals, which can greatly improve your work efficiency. It doesn't matter if you don't have enough money; we offer preferential rates for work-related loans here."

Seeing Tu Lishan's meaningful gaze directed at them, Zhang Yu and Yu Xinghan immediately looked away, pretending not to notice. Zhang Yu thought, 'Damn it, I haven't even earned any money yet and he's already recommending loans...' Yu Xinghan thought, 'Senior Sister said that a student's first work-related loan is very important and shouldn't be decided lightly.' Behind them, Li Xiao thought, 'Is Teacher Tu hinting at me? When I have time... I'll go see what magical skeletons are available on the site.'

Tu Lishan continued, "Oh, and by the way, there are surveillance cameras everywhere on the site. Don't just pick up materials from the ground. If you're caught stealing materials... the fine will be severe." Zhang Yu nodded secretly, thinking, 'There really are surveillance cameras everywhere on this site. It looks like it won't be easy to pick up any stray materials here.'

After briefly introducing the general situation of the construction site, Tu Lishan pointed to his eye and said, "You should now be able to see your tasks through the Spirit Realm Network. After onboarding, all construction site tasks are directly issued via the Spirit Realm Network. You just follow them. Salaries will also be settled through it. Alright everyone, work hard! In our Civil Engineering department, as long as you're willing to work your hardest, there's plenty of money waiting for you to pick up."

After Tu Lishan left, Zhang Yu looked through his eye-bone vision and saw a line of text:

Today's Task: Pour concreteSalary Earned: 0 Spirit CoinsPlease arrive at the work location immediately. Countdown: 23 seconds

Zhang Yu also saw dotted lines from Spirit Realm projections, guiding him to the specific work location. Watching the continuously ticking countdown, Zhang Yu's figure flickered, and he shot out like lightning, following the dotted lines in his eye-bone vision until he arrived at a concrete mixing tower.

Standing at the collection point, as Zhang Yu circulated his Muddy Elemental Qi, he effortlessly took hold of more than ten tons of concrete. The next line of text appeared in his eye-bone vision: Please arrive at the pouring location immediately. Countdown: 15 seconds. The concrete, wrapped in elemental qi, followed Zhang Yu like a dark grey dragon, rushing along until it reached the pouring location in an instant.

Following what he learned in class, Zhang Yu vibrated his elemental qi to agitate the concrete, expelling air bubbles, and then poured it into the molds before him. At the same time, the surrounding formation diagrams appeared in Zhang Yu's eye-bone vision. Zhang Yu recalled what he had learned in his Engineering Formation Diagramming class, thinking, 'I need to pay attention to the locations of the elemental pathways marked on the formation diagrams. These are reserved for the formation nodes. Only by forming elemental pathways within the structure, making it part of Myriad Spells City's grand formation, can it easily be imbued with functions like load-bearing enhancement, reinforcement, geomagnetism, anti-gravity, air circulation, and temperature regulation...'

As Zhang Yu continued to pour the concrete, guided by his elemental qi, it cascaded like a waterfall, and the numbers in his eye-bone vision gradually changed:

Today's Task: Pour concreteSalary Earned: 0.000001 Spirit CoinsSalary Earned: 0.000002 Spirit CoinsSalary Earned: 0.000003 Spirit Coins

Watching the Spirit Coins continuously increase as the concrete poured, even though it was only a tiny increment with so many zeros after the decimal point, Zhang Yu still felt a thrill. "I finally earned some money." This was Zhang Yu's first time earning a salary through his own abilities at university, giving him a sense of security, as if he was no longer a rootless duckweed.

As Zhang Yu continued to use his elemental qi to vibrate the concrete, he thought, 'This process... seems perfectly suited for cultivating a martial art.' His eye-bone vision flickered, bringing up the Grand Library, which then quickly jumped to a cultivation method he had long saved:

Foundation Establishment Expert-level Cultivation Method – Limitless Vibration Zen

This was a martial art that refined the body by vibrating the physical form and elemental qi, and could unleash astonishing destructive power through high-frequency vibrations in actual combat. However, it was now widely used in the civil engineering industry for various vibrating tasks. For example, Zhang Yu could use this Limitless Vibration Zen to vibrate concrete as he was doing now.

"I happen to be cultivating my third Civil Engineering Sacred Body, so I'll practice this Limitless Vibration Zen." Zhang Yu bought the Limitless Vibration Zen, originally 0.8 Spirit Coins, now 0.48 Spirit Coins after a 40% discount, in one go. After quickly browsing the electronic secret manual, Zhang Yu circulated his elemental qi, gradually causing his body and elemental qi to vibrate.

A moment later... Limitless Vibration Zen Level 1.