Chapter 236: Zhang Yu’s Foundation Establishment Domain
Oasis Group’s actions caused a great stir not only at Songyang High School, but as the news continued to spread, it triggered turmoil throughout all of Songyang City.
Upon returning to the company, Chi He, the representative for Oasis Group, immediately used the company’s dedicated network to bypass the barrier between the first and second layers and contact the Oasis Group headquarters on the second layer.
Soon, Mr. Wang’s voice came through from the other end.
Chi He spoke with a reverent expression, “Mr. Wang, I’ve taken care of the matter you assigned, but Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen haven’t returned yet. I’ve only announced the affair; the money hasn’t been transferred to them.”
Mr. Wang said coolly, “It’s fine. It will be the same when they return.”
Chi He asked cautiously, “But… what if they ultimately refuse to cooperate with us?”
He always felt that directly throwing money and starting the publicity campaign before even properly negotiating with the other party was somewhat reckless.
Hearing this, Mr. Wang laughed heartily and said, “I’m giving them money, opportunity, and a future. Why wouldn’t they want to cooperate with me?”
“I believe there’s no one in this world that money can’t win over; it’s just a matter of how much.”
“And the money on the first layer is something I can still afford to throw around.”
“By the way, I’ll be coming down in a few days. The Immortal Capital side is dull. Songyang’s three conservation areas, on the other hand, seem quite interesting. I plan to come see them first.”
To Mr. Wang, places like the Immortal Capital’s 1.5-layer and Songyang were all just first-layer cities in his eyes, with no real distinction.
Conversely, the natural scenery and resources of the conservation areas were far rarer and more valuable in his view.
Chi He quickly replied, “I’ll make the arrangements immediately.”
Meanwhile, news of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued to circulate through Songyang City.
Atop the Red Pagoda Tower.
Director Long looked at the test report in his hand and said with disgust, “Trash, all of it is trash.”
“Don’t collect any more of Zhang Yu’s seed in the future, and dispose of all the current stock. It’s a complete waste of time, manpower, and lab equipment.”
The thought that the other party had been scrounging off this place for the past few months, only to contribute a pile of useless protein waste, made Director Long feel thoroughly disgusted.
But not long after, upon seeing a message on his phone, Director Long shot to his feet and asked his secretary, “Where is Zhang Yu’s seed?”
“You poured it out? How could you pour it out?”
“Go and recover it immediately!”
“Now! All of it! Find every last drop for me, not a single bit is allowed to leak out! Even if you have to lick it up, you will lick it back for me!”
Within White Dragon High School.
Upon hearing that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen had secured their Foundation Establishment Certificates, Yu Xinghan looked completely dazed.
Damn it… this feels even worse than failing the exam myself.
Then, hearing that Oasis Group was donating ten million to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen sent a pang of heartache through him.
“No, but this…”
“Zhang Yu, oh, Zhang Yu, it’s not that I don’t want to see my friend succeed. I just don’t want to see you lose yourself and become a corporate lapdog over a so-called Foundation Establishment Certificate.”
“The person who went with me to the Red Pagoda for some happy target practice, who worked part-time with me to earn money with his own two hands, isn’t that the real you? How could you secretly obtain the certificate? And get such a large donation?”
But what pained Yu Xinghan the most was thinking about how Li Xuelian and True Person Starfire would react to the news.
“Damn it… How am I supposed to face my senior sister now?”
“Forget my senior sister; I feel like I can’t even face my puppet anymore.”
At the same time, Li Xuelian had already learned what had happened at Songyang High School.
She sighed, her mind drifting back to that day a year ago in the room at the Central Tower when she had rejected Zhang Yu.
“Alas, a single misstep.”
Li Xuelian could just imagine how her hot-tempered father would become anxious and insecure, unable to focus on his work, and probably even get his pay docked or have to pay compensation.
“I’d better not tell Dad for now, lest his income decreases and affects the efficiency of his transfers to me.”
Just as Songyang City was in an uproar over Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s affair.
In some nameless small town.
Inside a temporarily rented training hall.
Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were there, digesting the gains from their trip for the Foundation Establishment exam.
Bai Zhenzhen hadn’t rushed to cultivate her newly acquired technique these past few days, instead taking the opportunity to savor the memory of that sword strike from the examination hall.
That strike, accelerated multiple times to break the sound barrier, was the pinnacle of her swordsmanship from birth until now. If not for the unlimited medical insurance promised by the righteous god, she would never have dared to use such a move.
And through the battle of that one strike, Bai Zhenzhen felt she had gained a new understanding of her own martial Dao.
Zhang Yu, on the other hand, was naturally seizing the time to cultivate his new martial art, striving to complete the final layer effect of the Martial Dao Holy Embryo as soon as possible.
The martial art he had chosen from the exam’s cultivation technique rewards was called the Earthfiend’s Vigor Art, which allowed him to absorb the geomagnetic energy of the Earth Fiends through the acupoints on the soles of his feet to rapidly recover his stamina, as long as he was standing on the ground.
In the past few days, he had already cultivated the Earthfiend’s Vigor Art to level 10.
At this moment, with both feet on the ground, Zhang Yu could feel a continuous stream of geomagnetic energy flowing into his body even without deliberately circulating his technique, constantly replenishing his stamina and making him feel an inexhaustible strength, as if he could train for another full day and night without issue.
“At least within the Qi Refinement realm, this technique is enough to extend my stamina to a monstrous degree.”
Next, Zhang Yu was cultivating the tenth technique needed to complete the Martial Dao Holy Embryo, the Great Might Heavenly Helm, which he had just purchased today for 1.33 million.
“Once I master this technique, my body will naturally possess a counter-shock force. The harder my opponent hits me, the heavier the shock they will receive in return.”
Zhang Yu reflected on the series of techniques he had cultivated and thought to himself, Magic resistance, fire resistance, ice resistance, physical resistance, health regeneration, self-healing, potion use, detoxification… and now stamina recovery and damage reflection.
The more I train, the tougher I get, the more I become like a tank.
Could the concept of the Martial Dao Holy Embryo be to train a person to be incredibly resilient and super durable?
Of course, besides these two martial arts, Zhang Yu also studied his electronic Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate and, as expected, found some special services within it.
Head-up display, font, color, size… as long as you paid, everything could be modified.
There was even something called a Foundation Establishment Domain effect.
Once activated, as long as the domain was open, anyone who came within a hundred meters of him would receive a text message. The basic version read:
Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate holder Zhang Yu has entered within one hundred meters of your position. Please be polite and do not cause offense.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, Who the hell would activate something like this? It’s too pretentious, too much of a magnet for hate!
Thinking of this, he touched his arm, where a strip of red cloth was tied. Underneath the cloth was his Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate.
All Zhang Yu had to do was pull away the red cloth on his arm to reveal the certificate beneath.
This way is still more economical, low-key, and convenient.
He was already imagining the scene where he would pull back the red cloth, reveal his Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate, and awe all the heroes of the world.
“Golden Core Grand Cultivator True Person Starfire has entered within one thousand meters of your position. He has accidentally killed 4 people in the last month and paid all fines and compensation. Please be cautious with your words and actions, and do not cause offense.”
Inside the office building, as the employees’ phones began to vibrate one by one, it was as if an invisible plague was spreading through the building, scaring the company workers so pale that they scurried back to their desks, terrified of bumping into this True Person Starfire.
A moment later, under the awestruck gazes of the crowd, a “person” with a head of flames, a body like colored glass, and eyes burning like two suns slowly floated past them.
This man, with over half of his flesh replaced by bionics, was none other than the company’s newly hired expert, True Person Starfire.
Sensing the fear and awe from the company employees around him, True Person Starfire thought to himself that the Golden Core Domain that came with the Golden Core certificate was truly useful.
Ever since he paid extra to activate this domain, no more unpleasant fellows had appeared to anger him to the point of killing them.
True Person Starfire sighed inwardly; if only this Golden Core Domain were this effective up above, he wouldn’t have ended up on the first layer.
At the same time, streams of messages were constantly appearing and flashing past in True Person Starfire’s eyes, finally settling on the information regarding Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen obtaining their Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificates.
“Zhang Yu?”
“Isn’t that my disciple?”
As for Yu Xinghan? Sorry, but True Person Starfire was really not familiar with someone who had spent tens of millions and still failed to get a Foundation Establishment Certificate.
“It’s been a long time since I’ve seen him. Hmm… and there’s also my disciple Bai Zhenzhen, whom I’ve never met.”
True Person Starfire was eager to see his two fine disciples right away, but he had to work overtime this week, and a Golden Core cultivator like him was not in the habit of taking leave.
“I’ll have to wait until this week’s overtime is over before I can go see them.”
In the small town on the other side.
Just as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were each cultivating and improving themselves.
A knock sounded on the door, and a voice came from outside, “Excuse me, sorry to bother you. Are you Mr. Zhang Yu and Miss Bai Zhenzhen?”
Hearing these words, both Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were startled. This place was over 1,000 kilometers from Songyang City, yet someone here knew them.
Under their wary watch, the door slowly opened, and a travel-worn, shabbily dressed middle-aged man walked in.
The middle-aged man introduced himself, “I am Tao Lin from Golden Age Entertainment. I apologize for finding you so abruptly, but I have come here because I have something very important to tell you.”
“You haven’t decided which university to apply to yet, have you?”
“I know of a university with immense potential. They are confident they can cultivate you into Golden Core True Persons, and I hope you will consider it.”
Golden Age Entertainment, where Tao Lin worked, was under the banner of the Joyful Union Sect, one of the Ten Great Sects.
And the university he spoke of was called Azure River Art Vocational College.
In order to recruit Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen one step ahead of the competition, they not only sent people to Songyang City but also used the company’s channels to find their whereabouts through an information leak from a righteous god.
Information leaks, especially those involving location data, were naturally neither legal nor compliant.
And typically, for a mere matter of recruitment, the major corporations disdained such methods, as it diminished the prestige of both the company and the university and made it easy for competitors to seize upon and attack them for it.
But at the strong insistence of Azure River Art Vocational College on the second layer, Golden Age Entertainment had reluctantly done so.
However, Tao Lin believed that compared to what he was about to do next, this information leak was nothing.
After all, trying to trick two high school geniuses who had obtained their Foundation Establishment Certificates, the two strongest high school students on the first layer, into a vocational college, while not illegal, was far more despicable.
Yes, trick them.
Although his superiors called it recruiting, in Tao Lin’s view, what the hell was this if not a trick?
Otherwise, what good high school student would pass up the Ten Greats to choose some Azure River Art Vocational College?