Chapter 416: Artifact Refining Examination

In the dorm room.

Le Mulan instructed, "Wait, I haven't squeezed it all out yet."

Zhang Yu said, "Isn't that enough?"

Le Mulan replied, "No, every drop is money. I have to squeeze it dry."

Zhang Yu asked, "Is it good now?" Le Mulan said, "Let me try to squeeze a bit more."

As Le Mulan exerted a little force, a few more streams of blood shot from her fingertips, flowing into Zhang Yu's mouth.

Le Mulan then nodded, "The medicinal fluid should all be out. How do you feel?"

Zhang Yu pursed his lips and said, "It's not bad. The medicinal properties feel gentler than before!"

Ever since Le Mulan began learning self-produced medicine techniques, she started manufacturing medicines within her own body. From then on, Le Mulan's blood, sweat, saliva, and even her spiritual power gradually acquired traces of the newly produced medicinal properties. Especially after Zhang Yu cultivated with Le Mulan's Deep Cold Law Vein, using his Fiery Sun Law Vein, the medicinal power contained within Le Mulan's body underwent various marvelous changes.

During this period, Le Mulan began experimenting with the production of various medicinal agents within her body. And Zhang Yu, with his robust physique and strong drug-carrying capacity, became Le Mulan's best experimental subject. Of course, Zhang Yu didn't lose out. After all, Le Mulan had to spend a lot of money on raw materials for each batch of medicine, and most of the final products ended up in his stomach.

While Zhang Yu was testing the medicine, a message from Yu Xinghan appeared in his eye-socket display.

Yu Xinghan: Someone is offering 3 spirit coins to cultivate together!Yu Xinghan: Are you interested?

Zhang Yu had to admit, upon hearing the number "3 spirit coins," he felt a momentary flicker of temptation. But this brief temptation was quickly replaced by anger.

"Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu, how could you be so corrupted by Kunxu?" he thought. "Not everything can be sold for money!"

Zhang Yu: Don't ask. I'm not selling it, no matter how many spirit coins.Yu Xinghan: Understood. At least 50 spirit coins, right?Zhang Yu: What the hell? Can't you understand? I'm not selling it, no matter how many spirit coins!

Yu Xinghan truly didn't understand, because he couldn't imagine anything that wouldn't be sold for any amount of spirit coins. Was there anything in this world that expensive? Turning to look at the group chat, Yu Xinghan decided to first promote the massage services on his own platform.

At the construction site on the 668th floor!

With the completion of the 667th floor's construction, the entire Myriad Law University City had now reached the 668th floor. Zhang Yu's Earth-Stabilizing Seal floated in mid-air, emitting an invisible aura. Wherever the aura passed, large areas of ground were vibrated and leveled. The swirling dust and sand that had risen into the sky were layered and solidified within this invisible field, as if frozen in mid-air.

Simultaneously, Mo Tianyi's voice came from within the Earth-Stabilizing Seal: "What a powerful magical artifact!"Mo Tianyi: "Zhang Yu, you're really rich now. Can you even afford to use a Level 20 magical artifact?"

Zhang Yu smiled faintly, "It's alright."

"How's the control?"

Mo Tianyi: "No problem!"Mo Tianyi: "Zhang Yu, rest assured. Since you've given me the chance to be your artifact spirit, I won't let you down, even if I have to exhaust my spiritual realm's calculation pool!"

Zhang Yu said, "No, no, no, there's no need to push yourself to the limit. How will we make money if you do that?"

Mo Tianyi: "You're right. We soul cultivators have no more lives to risk. The more we push, the more we lose!"

Meanwhile, the Azure Cloud Pouch floated nearby in mid-air, injecting Azure Sand into the Formless Warrior. Zhao Tianxing thought to himself, "Did Zhang Yu really give the Level 20 Earth-Stabilizing Seal to Old Mo to operate? Sure enough, in Zhang Yu's heart, I'm still a novice, not as good as a true soul cultivator." Zhao Tianxing, who had originally been very excited and proud to become the Azure Cloud Pouch's artifact spirit, felt a pang of disappointment. But now, seeing Mo Tianyi operating the Level 20 Earth-Stabilizing Seal, he instantly felt that the Azure Cloud Pouch he controlled seemed rather shabby.

Just then, Zhang Yu extended his hand and tossed out the Level 20 Earth Fiend Bottle.

"Old Zhao, try this one!"

Zhao Tianxing joyfully replied, "Alright!"

With a gentle sweep, the Earth Fiend Bottle sucked in all the swirling dust and sand, then refined it into concrete, which was then poured into the designated target location nearby. Zhang Yu thought to himself, "With Old Zhao and Old Mo as the artifact spirits for the Earth Fiend Bottle and Earth-Stabilizing Seal, I can focus on wielding the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill and the Formless Warrior myself. At most, I'll only need to slightly control the Azure Cloud Pouch."

With September drawing to a close and the sophomore final exams approaching, Zhang Yu's mind wasn't on them because he was completely confident and had no need to worry.

"If I continue to take first place in the final exams, I'll be able to cultivate the third wonder of the Seven Wonders of Earth & Wood, mastering the Lesser Triad!" he thought. "Then next month is the military certificate exam! Given my current accumulation, will it be enough to pass the military certificate exam after mastering the Lesser Triad?"

Zhang Yu turned his gaze to his Yu Shu. Nearing his third year, he was incredibly powerful. In terms of basic stats, besides his Level 20 physical strength and 1000 units of spiritual power, both of which had reached the Foundation Establishment limit, his Dao Heart had also reached Level 19 (55.3) and would certainly reach Level 20 before the military certificate exam. Furthermore, his spiritual power quality had steadily risen, now reaching a full 195, just 5 points short of the Foundation Establishment limit. His Gang Qi conductivity had reached 99%, and the maximum transmission distance for Gang Qi had reached 100 meters, both hitting the Foundation Establishment limit.

Beyond these basic stats, there was also Zhang Yu's unique progress related to the Green Lotus Sword Embryo.

"The Green Lotus Sword Embryo's bonus to the Law Chain Diagram Set is related to subtle adjustments and the time distribution of my usual use of various sets!" he mused. Through his own repeated tests, Zhang Yu had a mental estimation of the Green Lotus Sword Embryo's ability to retain the effects of the Law Chain Diagram in its normal state.

"The University Saint Body and Earth & Wood Saint Body were used the most in the first half of this year. The Green Lotus Sword Embryo can currently retain nearly 90% of their effects!" he thought. "Although the Martial Dao Saint Body was the last to be completed, it has been used quite a lot in recent months, and the Green Lotus Sword Embryo can now retain 50% of its effects! The Flowing Vein of Tai is only used during spiritual power recovery, so its usage time should be the shortest. The Green Lotus Sword Embryo can only retain 40% of its effects!"

Zhang Yu clenched his fist, looking at the Formless Cloud Gang in his palm, which gathered and dispersed at will, constantly changing. He thought to himself, "I am very strong now!" After once again confirming his strength, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "I must ace next month's military certificate exam!" His confidence grew increasingly abundant and assured with each improvement and confirmation of his strength.

However, the first assessment Zhang Yu faced was neither the final exams nor anything related to the military certificate, but rather Magneto True Monarch's artifact refining assessment.

Inside the artifact refining laboratory!

Ye Xingli was grading Zhang Yu's exam papers. The papers were the final exams for all subjects of the third-year artifact refining students this year. After Magneto True Monarch brought them out, they were given to Zhang Yu to complete and to Ye Xingli to grade. The more Ye Xingli graded, the more surprised she became.

"Zhang Yu is studying in the Earth & Wood Department while also studying the first three years of the Artifact Refining Department's curriculum?" she wondered. "Could Master be planning for him to transfer departments in his third year? This..." Ye Xingli seemed to envision ominous future scenarios: "Director Gao will go crazy!"

Thinking of this, Ye Xingli couldn't help but wish Zhang Yu's exam scores would be worse. But things didn't go as she wished. The more Ye Xingli graded, the more she discovered that Zhang Yu's mastery of the first three years of the Artifact Refining Department's curriculum had already surpassed most third-year students.

"He must have spent a lot of money on spiritual realm acceleration, Daoist spell multitasking, and memory enhancement!" Ye Xingli thought to herself. "Then what's left is to see his practical ability!" She understood that theory was theory and skill was skill. What the Artifact Refining Department valued most was, naturally, the students' actual artifact refining proficiency. The third-year final exam content naturally included various topics such as material refinement, rune etching, and artifact forging. Today, this laboratory was booked for the entire night by Magneto True Monarch. Ye Xingli would supervise Zhang Yu as he completed each part of the final exam.