Chapter 260: The Crippled Ox Body-Sacrifice is a Castrated Version?

Minor injuries required no treatment. This meant he wouldn’t have to fear getting hurt during cultivation, allowing him to endure higher-intensity training and progress faster.

Furthermore, it meant he wouldn’t have to fear injury in actual combat.

What was the value of not fearing injury in combat? It meant that for the same overtime pay, Zhang Yu’s costs were lower, allowing him to earn several times more than others and thus advance more rapidly on the Immortal Dao…

Truly a holy body made for combat.

Even with the same Immortal Dao potential, Zhang Yu, possessing such a constitution, has a foundation that in reality far exceeds his peers.

The deeper one’s cultivation and the higher one’s realm, the more medical expenses skyrocket. This makes Zhang Yu’s constitution all the more terrifying.

True Person Starfire thought of his own set of bionics.

He recalled a time when he too would fight at a moment’s notice, fighting couriers, delivery drivers, security guards… he dared to fight anyone. Construction site battles, debt collection battles, battles over company seals… he dared to participate in any fight.

He would take on whichever job paid the most, always charging toward the most dangerous and lucrative work.

But after reaching Foundation Establishment, and especially after forming his Golden Core, True Person Starfire would look at the expensive bionics on his body, and the first thing he would consider before a fight was… would this battle damage his bionics?

Did he need to switch to a set of slacking-off gear?

Just as the wealthy often owned multiple sets of bionics, divided into sets for cultivation, combat, and so on.

The poor would also have multiple sets of bionics, like the cheap but weak slacking-off gear, and the expensive exam gear that could unleash their peak performance.

Otherwise, what if his precious bionics got bumped or scraped? Even just a few extra maintenance sessions would cost a fortune.

If Zhang Yu can refine his own flesh and blood into bionics after reaching the Golden Core realm, how powerful would that be?

But he’d never have the money to commission custom personal bionics himself. To achieve that, he’d have to pursue the path of artifact refinement, which would mean considering a change in his major…

True Person Starfire looked at Zhang Yu on the operating table, and a sudden smile crossed his face. He thought to himself, Am I thinking too far ahead? This disciple of mine hasn’t even entered university, and I’m already considering a change of major for him?

But on second thought, he felt it was only appropriate to consider it early.

“The scions of those powerful families from above, which one of them doesn’t have their cultivation path planned out from a young age? Often by their first year of high school, they’ve already chosen their university and major. By their freshman year of university, their master’s and doctoral supervisors are already decided, and their future factional allegiances are all planned out.”

“With Zhang Yu’s talent, he too should have a plan to climb step by step, lest he end up like me, choosing the wrong path back then and wasting his best years.”

True Person Starfire thought of Zhang Yu’s performance on the battlefield just now, and a flicker of excitement rose in his heart.

“In just an hour and a half, he cultivated the Nine Heavens Cloud-Sky Force to such a level.”

“His aptitude for martial arts is so high, so strong, that among all the people I have ever seen, perhaps only one or two can compare.”

“And people like that are all seeds for the Nascent Soul or even Spirit Transformation realms.”

Looking at Zhang Yu on the operating table, True Person Starfire could almost see him advancing by leaps and bounds under his guidance, pursuing his doctorate, forging a Golden Core, transforming his Nascent Soul, and standing on the winners’ podium of the Ten-University League, thanking his master, True Person Starfire.

Zhang Yu looked at the smiling True Person Starfire and asked, “Senior?”

True Person Starfire snapped back to reality. Looking at the now-healed Zhang Yu, he tucked away his smile and nodded with dignity.

“Are your injuries healed?”

Just as True Person Starfire was about to have a serious talk with him, his eye bionic began displaying a constant stream of incoming messages.

Li Xuelian: “Dad, the fighting is so intense today, it’s the best time to make money. Why aren’t you here yet?”

Li Xuelian: “Dad? Where are you?”

Li Xuelian: “Dad! Overtime! It’s double pay right now!”

True Person Starfire sighed and said to Zhang Yu, “I have to work some overtime first. As for your guidance, I’ll come find you after I’m done.”

“You all have had a long day, so get some proper rest for now.”

“But remember, if a righteous god comes to discuss your reward in a couple of days, you must call me over. I’ll help you negotiate. If they don’t seek you out, then wait for me to take you to them.”

With that, True Person Starfire transformed into a streak of fire and shot into the sky. Amidst the vibration of countless phones and the warnings of the Golden Core Domain, he had already leaped into the battlefield, trailing a blaze of fire.

Watching True Person Starfire’s departure, Zhang Yu was about to go find Bai Zhenzhen when he felt a tightness from behind, as a warm body hugged him tightly from the back.

Bai Zhenzhen, hugging Zhang Yu from behind, exclaimed excitedly, “Yu-boy! We won!”

“And our bank accounts have been unfrozen!”

“Yu-boy! We can go to one of the Ten Greats together!”

Zhang Yu turned around and looked Bai Zhenzhen up and down. “Zhen, are you okay?”

Bai Zhenzhen shook her head and said with a grin, “Don’t worry, the doctor gave me a discount, and it was all reimbursed by the righteous gods. I didn’t spend a single cent.”

Just then, a series of explosions sounded from the distance. Looking at the still-expanding battlefield, Zhang Yu said with a weary heart, “Let’s go back.”

After a full day of successive battles, breakthroughs, cultivation, and life-and-death struggles, all Zhang Yu wanted now was a good rest.

Bai Zhenzhen nodded repeatedly at his words. Having finally defeated Wang Yin, she had no desire to continue risking her life by getting involved in the remaining battles.

But on the way back to the apartment, the two quickly discovered that the entire route was fraught with conflict.

They occasionally saw company employees fighting, and even the subway had shut down after its operator joined the corporate war.

Zhang Yu had no choice but to activate his Foundation Establishment Domain.

Two cultivators who had been in hot pursuit of one another saw the message, their expressions changing slightly as they quickly left the street block.

An employee of Oasis Group who was in hiding also felt a jolt upon seeing the message and promptly left his current position to find another hiding spot.

The outsourced personnel leading a team to search for Oasis Group employees all snapped to attention with solemn respect upon seeing the message, giving Zhang Yu a salute as he passed before resuming their operations.

The respect everyone showed Zhang Yu was not only due to his own formidable strength but more so because he had defeated Wang Yin.

“That Wang Yin is a noble from the upper layers. To beat him in front of so many people is a slap in the face to those above! How could Zhang Yu’s background be insignificant?”

“Even if he has no background, he must be someone chosen by those above. Otherwise, how could he have won?”

“Formidable strength, a powerful background… can’t afford to provoke him, can’t afford to provoke him…”

With the activation of his Foundation Establishment Domain, Zhang Yu could feel a sense of peace and calm wherever he went. Even those who were already fighting would quickly depart at the reminders of their companions.

Chi He, the general manager of Oasis Group, was the first to flee after Wang Yin’s defeat.

At this moment, a large group of pursuers was hot on his heels.

Suddenly, he felt the assault from his pursuers cease.

He paused for a moment, looked at his constantly vibrating phone, and a strange expression crossed his face. “Is it because Zhang Yu is passing by?”

“To think his mere passing would grant me a moment’s respite…”

A bitter smile flashed across Chi He’s face. Recalling the moment the other party defeated Wang Yin, he was still filled with disbelief and couldn’t comprehend it. All that remained was a heart full of regret.

“Sigh, if only I had lent Zhang Yu the money back then.”

“Or perhaps… I shouldn’t have taken this assignment and led the team to hunt them down in the first place…”

On the other side, as soon as Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen returned to the apartment, they went to shower and change. After the day’s exhaustion, both were covered in blood and sweat, mixed with all sorts of grime. It would be a lie to say it wasn’t uncomfortable.

“Zhen, didn’t we agree I’d shower first? What are you doing in here!”

Bai Zhenzhen said impatiently, “I feel disgusting. Let’s just wash up together and get it over with. We know everything about each other, what’s there to be shy about? You’re always making things complicated.”

Just then, Fu Ji also awoke. “What are you two doing? Did you win?”

Due to the attention of so many righteous gods earlier, Fu Ji had proactively hidden herself and fallen into a deep sleep, setting a rough time for herself to awaken.

Zhang Yu said, “…in the end, I used the Soul-Wounding Brick to…”

After hearing Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s account, Fu Ji repeatedly expressed her approval.

Bai Zhenzhen said, “But we still have to pay back the money we borrowed at 1.3 times the amount. That’s no small sum.”

Fu Ji said, “It’s just debt. Which person in Kunxu isn’t in debt? As long as the three of us live well, that’s better than anything.”

When Zhang Yu came out after changing, he found Bai Zhenzhen already lying on the sofa, fast asleep.

Ever since she had set foot on the path of cultivation, it had been a very, very long time since Bai Zhenzhen had slept.

Especially in preparation for the Foundation Establishment exam, she had been under constant high pressure. Later, facing the oppression from Wang Yin, it was even harder to find a moment of relaxation.

Now, after a series of major battles, she had finally overcome the great mountain that was Wang Yin.

Suddenly relaxed, Bai Zhenzhen had unknowingly drifted off to sleep.

Zhang Yu smiled at the sight and lay down on the adjacent sofa, intending to get some sleep himself.

But a few seconds after he stopped circulating his heart art, Zhang Yu’s eyes snapped open and he sat back up.

Feeling the chill brought by the ritual’s power, Zhang Yu shook his head helplessly and sighed, With all the non-stop death matches, I almost forgot about you… I really can’t relax for a single moment.

However, after he resumed circulating his heart art, Zhang Yu felt a sense of reassurance.

Or rather, when he had stopped circulating it just now, he had felt an emptiness in his heart, and even a trace of guilt for slacking off had surfaced.

Sigh, I’ve become the very thing I used to hate.

But there’s nothing to be done. Kunxu… is just like this.

Wang Yin’s final words surfaced in Zhang Yu’s mind, and he thought, I still need to become stronger, to become richer.

While circulating his heart art, he once again looked at the blood-red mantra on the back of the crippled ox in his visualization.

But unlike when he had read this mantra before, as Zhang Yu read it now, he found a faint sense of enlightenment dawning in his mind.

This mantra seems to be able to complete the Crippled Ox Body-Sacrifice Heart Art?

The Crippled Ox Body-Sacrifice Heart Art I’ve been cultivating… was actually a castrated version?

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