Chapter 284: Ultimate - University Sacred Body (10/10)
Seeing the First Layer of the University Sacred Body activate within the Chain Formation Diagram, a flicker of joy flashed in Zhang Yu’s eyes.
He casually grabbed a handful of medicinal pills and tossed them into his mouth. As soon as the pills entered his stomach, they were instantly refined, transforming into warm currents that surged through his limbs and bones.
Zhang Yu marveled at how quickly the medicinal power was absorbed, making pill taking as effortless as drinking water. He thought to himself, “With this University Sacred Body, I could probably keep taking compounded medicine every day for years without any problems.”
Energized by activating the Primary University Sacred Body, Zhang Yu threw himself even more vigorously into cultivating the seventh basic cultivation art.
Myriad Laws University City, 300th floor, Dao Techniques Department Experimental Layer.
While Zhang Yu focused on cultivating his basic cultivation art, Li Xiao followed Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, and the others, studying and practicing everywhere. He worked tirelessly to improve his strength while also trying to integrate into the circles of these upper-class individuals.
Ying Xin turned to him with a smile. “Li Xiao, let’s go to the Divine Soul Cloud Sea together.”
Li Xiao hesitated slightly.
He had already spent most of his savings on the Heavenly Craftsman Bionic Eye.
Even with a 30% discount, the Divine Soul Cloud Sea Technique cost 0.063 Spirit Coins per hour, totaling 0.252 Spirit Coins for a four-hour session.
Over the past half-month, including several daoist arts services, renting Refined Bionics, purchasing Grain-Abstaining Elixirs, and buying the same cultivation arts as Ying Xin, he had spent over 1.5 Spirit Coins.
Of course, the benefits were immense. Li Xiao felt his progress had accelerated dramatically compared to when he was on the First Layer, and his class ranking was steadily improving.
Seeing Li Xiao’s hesitation, Ying Xin grew impatient. “Are you coming or not? You always drag your feet. If you don’t go, don’t bother following us anymore.”
“If it weren’t for the fact that you and I cultivate the same Body Refinement Technique, do you think I’d even bother calling you?”
Li Xiao’s Bionic Eye displayed the lending platform interface. He chuckled, “Let’s go! Cultivating without daoist arts is too slow.”
Six hours later, Li Xiao emerged from the Dao Techniques service area with Gongshu Jin, Ying Xin, and the others.
Li Xiao laughed loudly, “New students working as service staff? What’s the point of even attending university? Is this place just a factory for part-time jobs? How are they supposed to improve their rankings while working so much?”
After chatting and joking with everyone for a while, Li Xiao watched their retreating backs with envy as they headed toward the upper-tier dormitories, while he himself turned and walked in the direction of the lower-tier dorms.
Checking his account balance, Li Xiao frowned.
But when he glanced at his ranking, he grinned again. “11th in class, 288 Comprehensive Points.”
Comprehensive Points represented a student’s overall evaluation score, calculated based on academic credits, exam results, competition achievements, project contributions, and fundamental data such as dao heart, magic power, and physical strength.
As students accumulated more credits, achieved higher grades, and enriched their portfolios with competition wins and project contributions, their Comprehensive Points would steadily increase, potentially reaching thousands or even tens of thousands.
The new students in the Foundation Establishment Class had just started school, so their Comprehensive Points were primarily determined by their foundational scores.
Looking at his ranking and Comprehensive Points, then glancing at Ji Yuanshu’s first-place score of 498, Li Xiao thought to himself, “If I maintain this progress, I’ll definitely be in the top 10 by the time school starts in September, maybe even the top 5.”
He glanced behind him at Zhang Yu, who had already dropped to 18th place, and his spirits soared even higher. “By the time school starts, I’ll be far ahead of Zhang Yu. Teacher Tu will definitely choose me for the construction site.”
“Once I’m working at the construction site, earning more money won’t be a problem. I can finally pay off my online loans.”
Walking with a light step, Li Xiao quickly passed the 125th floor dormitory area when he heard a faint whooshing sound in the air.
He turned to see Zhang Yu standing at the dormitory entrance, practicing basic cultivation arts.
“Zhang Yu?”
Seeing Zhang Yu’s sloppy movements and perfunctory techniques, Li Xiao chuckled. “What’s this guy even doing?”
He shook his head, ready to leave, but then suddenly decided to activate the Bionic’s recording function.
“I’ll send this to Gongshu Jin and the others. They need to see what this clown is up to.”
A moment later, Li Xiao’s video appeared in Gongshu Jin’s small group chat.
Ying Xin: “Is that… Zhang Yu? What’s he doing? Dancing?”
Someone replied: “It’s probably a basic cultivation art. I’ve seen him practicing it lately. He’s been at it for over half a month now.”
Ying Xin: “Basic cultivation arts look like this? Just how terrible is his martial dao innate talent?”
Someone laughed: “No wonder he’s stuck practicing the basics.”
Seeing the group’s mockery of Zhang Yu, Li Xiao grew even more elated and joined in, feeling like he finally belonged.
Meanwhile, Gongshu Jin watched the video, his brow slightly furrowed.
“I thought Zhang Yu’s talent was already poor, considering he’s still at this level even though he reached Foundation Establishment a year before me.”
“But I never imagined… it could be this bad.”
“How can someone this inept even get into Myriad Laws University?”
Gongshu Jin suddenly felt a chill run down his spine.
Seeing the group’s continued mockery, he immediately silenced them, warning: “From now on, no more talk about Zhang Yu in this group.”
Seeing the others had stopped mocking, Gongshu Jin ignored them and thought to himself, “No wonder they need to reform the First Layer. If they’re letting someone like Zhang Yu through, the selection system there is clearly broken.”
“But Zhang Yu’s aptitude is utterly abysmal. Even the wealthiest families should have given up on him by now. Who exactly is backing him?”
Across the room, Li Xiao read Gongshu Jin’s message and clenched his fist, a hint of resentment flickering across his face.
Despite his rapid progress over the past two weeks, far surpassing Zhang Yu’s, Gongshu Jin treated them with starkly different attitudes, like comparing clouds to mud.
“Just wait,” Li Xiao vowed silently. “I’ll keep improving and leave Zhang Yu far behind.”
Over the following days, Li Xiao continued training alongside Gongshu Jin and the others, steadily depleting his Spirit Coin reserves as his strength surged.
Every morning at dawn, when the rankings updated, Li Xiao would refresh the list immediately.
One day, seeing his rank had climbed to 10th place, he exhaled in relief, his face lighting up with elation.
Scrolling further down, he couldn’t help but laugh when he saw Zhang Yu had plummeted to 19th place.
Floor 125, outside the dormitory door.
Zhang Yu exhaled deeply and glanced at his Chain Formation Diagram.
Superior - University Sacred Body (8/8): Digestive, absorption, and metabolic abilities enhanced to Foundation Establishment Peak.
Zhang Yu thought, “With eight basic cultivation arts mastered, the University Sacred Body has finally unlocked its second tier effect.”
“But in this desolate University City, this enhanced digestive ability is only useful for eating A-Zhen’s jerky for now.”
He shook his head, dismissing the thought, and turned back to practicing the ninth basic cultivation art.
As for his ranking? He was currently focused on mastering the basic cultivation arts, so his overall stats had barely improved.
After all, he prioritized speed over quality in his training, and the effects of reaching Level 10 or 20 in these arts were negligible.
Zhang Yu thought, “My ranking must be plummeting. There’s no point in even checking it.”
Over the next four days, Zhang Yu devoted himself to cultivation, pushing the final two basic cultivation arts to Level 20 in one go.
With this, the University Sacred Body was finally complete, more than twenty days after his first class at Myriad Laws University.
Ultimate - University Sacred Body (10/10): Cultivation efficiency and effectiveness of all Foundation Establishment Cultivation Arts doubled.
Seeing the effects of the Ultimate University Sacred Body, Zhang Yu took a deep breath, a surge of excitement welling up within him.
He thought to himself, “Just like the High School Sacred Body, the University Sacred Body also enhances the efficiency and effectiveness of Foundation Establishment Stage cultivation arts.”
“With this University Sacred Body, how rapidly and terrifyingly will my growth accelerate in university?”
At that moment, Zhang Yu felt immensely grateful that he hadn’t wasted time cultivating other things or squandered money on various Immortal Dao services. Instead, he had focused single-mindedly on completing the University Sacred Body first.
“Now that the University Sacred Body is complete, what should I cultivate next?”
As Zhang Yu reviewed the university information he had gathered recently, a plan quickly formed in his mind.
“First, I’ll focus on enhancing my magic power.”
Magic power was the foundation of the Immortal Path, and also its economic basis.
“With sufficient magic power, not only will my cultivation arts become more potent, but I can also sell the excess for Spirit Coins.”
“While enhancing my magic power, I’ll also improve its quality. This will further assist Le Mulan in developing her Dao Seed and replicating her Profound Cold Meridian.”
“But how can I enhance my magic power most efficiently?”
Zhang Yu glanced at his Feather Book.
“The advantage of the University Sacred Body is its ability to cultivate cultivation arts faster and achieve more potent effects.”
“To leverage this, I need to cultivate more powerful breathing techniques, and…”
Zhang Yu’s gaze swept across the Chain Formation Diagram in the first chapter, settling on the Azure Vortex Qi Technique.
This was the only Foundation Establishment Stage breathing technique he had mastered.
As his gaze lingered on the technique, he immediately saw its set bonus on the Chain Formation Diagram: Qi Meridian Everflow.
“This set bonus… it should greatly enhance my magic power, right?”
Next, Zhang Yu’s Bionic Eye opened the Great Library, listing all the Expert-Grade Breathing Techniques for the Foundation Establishment Stage.
Seeing his discount, Zhang Yu chuckled inwardly. “Perfect! I can exchange for Expert-Grade Techniques in the Great Library at a 60% discount. This perfectly suits my advantages.”
Zhang Yu’s gaze scanned the descriptions of each breathing technique, compiling a list of those belonging to the Qi Meridian Everflow set.
“Beyond the set bonus, there’s the breathing technique itself… I need more types to complement my abilities.”
“It needs to operate automatically 24/7, like the Celestial Circulation Qi Gathering Technique.”
“It also needs to enhance the quality of my magic power.”
“And it should focus on accelerating magic power recovery, so I can sell magic power more efficiently later…”
Based on these requirements, Zhang Yu carefully selected and saved several breathing techniques.
The first expert-grade breathing technique he decided to purchase was the Primordial Chaos Fetal Breath Sutra. This technique replaced normal breathing with a specialized breathing technique, allowing practitioners to continuously absorb spiritual energy with each inhale and exhale, constantly refining their magic power.
“First, I’ll master this technique to maintain 24-hour magic power refinement.”
He checked the price of the Primordial Chaos Fetal Breath Sutra: “Original price: 1 Spirit Coin. With a 60% discount, it’s 0.6 Spirit Coins.”
Zhang Yu then checked his current Spirit Coin balance.
Over the past few months, aside from daily meals and purchasing basic cultivation arts, he had been diligently saving money, avoiding unnecessary expenses. His current balance stood at a substantial 12.3 Spirit Coins.
“Good thing… good thing I didn’t waste any money.”
Upon purchasing the Primordial Chaos Fetal Breath Sutra, lines of text and images instantly appeared within Zhang Yu’s Bionic Eye.
He sat cross-legged, immediately following the cultivation path displayed in his Bionic Eye to begin practicing the breathing technique.