No Money to Cultivate Immortality? - Chapter 829 (Patreon)

Chapter 829: Zhang Yu, Hero of Kunxu

After cutting off communication with Magneto, Xuanji shook his head, his eyes filling with a brief sigh.

“Junior Sister, oh Junior Sister. I never thought that someone as proud as you once were would end up coming to me for help.”

“Back when we cultivated under the same master, you probably never imagined that one day, the gap between us would become a chasm, did you?”

The sentiment only circled once through Xuanji’s mind before he once again turned his attention back to his work.

To him, the time and memories from before he entered the sect were already things of the past. They no longer had much to do with the person he was now.

Work hard. Cultivate hard. Hold his position within the sect, then keep climbing higher. That was Xuanji’s current top priority.

As for the passing clouds of the past...

“It is about time to make a clean break.”

After his earlier exchange with Magneto, Xuanji had become even more certain of one thing.

“Everything from the past is already of no help to me. Instead, it is only a burden.”

“Even talking to the current Magneto is a waste of my time.”

With a thought, Xuanji silently selected Magneto in his contacts, then chose to delete her as a friend.

After doing all this, Xuanji felt as if some burden on his mind had been lifted. The circulation of his mana and the movement of his thoughts both seemed lighter, as though even his work in front of him was being processed a few points faster.

Just then, a flash of light suddenly flickered before Xuanji. A Soul Cultivator under him had sent him a report, saying that important news was currently being broadcast in the Spiritual Realm.

Xuanji opened the news link and looked, and his heart gave a violent jolt.

One item after another, all concerning the handling of the Taizhen Immortal Clan, left his eyes filled with shock.

Especially when he saw one lofty Immortal Clan member after another, figures who had once stood high above others, now being dragged out one by one for public notice, criticism, and punishment, it seemed to let Xuanji glimpse one bloody struggle after another.

“The announcements in the news... these are not the horns of a charge. They are declarations of victory.”

As a sect affairs officer who had long moved around within the sect’s hierarchy, Xuanji understood very well that if news like this could be released, then it meant the matter had already settled. Not only was the struggle over, even the spoils had probably long since been divided cleanly.

“Only, after being hit like this, the Taizhen Immortal Clan is probably badly weakened.”

“Immortal Taizhen barely even acted to protect them... It seems the struggles between immortals are also drawn taut.”

As the shock in Xuanji’s heart gradually settled, another point suddenly occurred to him.

“Wait. That disciple Magneto asked me to help seems to have gotten dragged into this very matter.”

“What was his name again?”

With Xuanji’s cultivation, although he had not taken the other party to heart, it still took him only one ten-thousandth of a second to retrieve everything from his memories.

“Right. Zhang Yu.”

The next moment, Zhang Yu’s image appeared in the news before him.

“A hero of Kunxu, a model for the sect!”

“At the critical moment, when facing anti-Kunxu elements, Zhang Yu stepped forward, disregarding his personal safety, charging at the front and displaying the responsibility and commitment of Kunxu’s new era...”

Looking at the contents of the news, Xuanji was instantly startled. Then he found it somewhat unbelievable.

“A mere lower cultivator who tested up from the lower realm actually received such weighty praise? On what basis?”

“Who exactly is backing him?”

But when he thought of the way Magneto had asked him for help just now, she truly had not seemed like someone with a background.

While Xuanji was shocked and pondering this, another message jumped up before him. It was from the master he and Magneto shared.

Master: Have you seen the news about the Taizhen Immortal Clan and Zhang Yu?

Xuanji: Just saw it.

Master: Magneto accepted a good disciple. This Zhang Yu looks like he is about to soar into the sky. He can also be considered an honor to our lineage.

Master: Right, I heard Magneto came to you for help? She is not someone who easily asks us for favors. Whatever she needs help with, help her if you can.

Looking at the messages his master had sent, then looking at Magneto, whom he had already deleted as a friend, Xuanji silently opened the friend-request page and thought to himself, “What reason should I use to add her back?”

…

Inside the training academy.

“...For many years, Zhang Yu has always fulfilled his duties and worked hard, starting from Kunxu’s first layer and testing upward step by step into the sect, earning the qualification to enter the fourteenth layer...”

Magneto and Old Gao looked at the news, both wearing shocked expressions.

Especially after seeing the various praises about Zhang Yu, they were both startled and delighted.

Old Gao said, “So many people from the Taizhen Immortal Clan have been dealt with, while Zhang Yu is being praised as a model. Looks like the matter has come to an end.”

Looking at the news footage of Zhang Yu confronting Su Lingyou, Magneto also let out a slight breath of relief. “For now, it seems there are no problems.”

“That kid. How did he suddenly manage to climb this high?”

Just then, one avatar after another popped up in Magneto’s originally quiet contact list.

There was Divine Lord Yinquan, who had also come from the lower realm: Congratulations, Magneto. This time, Zhang Yu has gained appreciation from above. He is probably about to rise to wealth and glory.

There were also the outsourced cultivators who had previously trained together with her at the training academy. At this moment, they sent messages one after another, offering congratulations while also indirectly asking who Zhang Yu’s current backer was.

Then one of the academy’s directors suddenly took the initiative to contact Magneto as well.

Teacher: Magneto, do you have time? Grinning emoji.

Looking at this director, who was usually so aloof and had never looked up to lower-realm cultivators, suddenly becoming polite as well, Magneto could not help sighing faintly in her heart. “I never thought that I, Magneto, would one day rise in status through my disciple.”

Director Li: Someone wants to do a series of reports on Zhang Yu. They want to interview you and ask about some of Zhang Yu’s deeds in the lower realm.

Seeing these words, Magneto’s heart stirred slightly. “A series of reports? Looks like letting Zhang Yu take the spotlight this time is not only about attacking the Taizhen Immortal Clan. They also want to use Zhang Yu to promote something?”

After thinking for a moment, Magneto replied: Aside from me, there is also Divine Lord Aoki here. He is also Zhang Yu’s teacher, and his enlightenment teacher from his university days.

Director Li: Good. Have him come for the interview too.

Magneto said: But he is from the Civil Engineering Department. Is that fine?

Director Li: I will ask.

After learning how Magneto had replied, Old Gao could not help saying, “Why did you mention me? I am just a civil engineering teacher. If people find out Zhang Yu came from civil engineering, it will reflect badly on him.”

Magneto said, “Even if you are civil engineering, you were still his first master at Myriad Laws Sect University. Besides...”

Magneto looked at the contents of the news report and slowly analyzed, “Unless I am guessing wrong, the reports on Zhang Yu from here on will probably keep emphasizing his lowly background.”

“The lower his origins are, the happier the people reporting on him, the people who want to promote him... will probably be.”

“Old Gao, you and civil engineering are not stains on him now. You are the road he came from. You are the solid foundation for him to climb higher peaks in the future.”

Just then, Magneto’s gaze shifted as she saw a friend request.

“I am Xuanji. The Soul Cultivators under me accidentally deleted you while cleaning up my friend list. Add me back.”

Magneto: I do not recommend that you do this. Cupped-fist emoji.

Very soon, Xuanji sent another friend request: Kowtowing emoji.

The corners of Magneto’s mouth lifted slightly, and she replied: Xuanji, you have been in the upper realm for a long time and do not understand our situation. This matter has blown up so much that you should avoid getting involved. As a former fellow disciple, I will give you a warning: stay put honestly and do not meddle in other people’s business.

Xuanji: Red packet.

Only then did Magneto approve Xuanji’s request.

Xuanji immediately sent an immortal-coin red packet, then began asking about Zhang Yu: Junior Sister, give me the truth. Which noble patron exactly has taken a liking to this martial nephew of ours?

Looking at what Xuanji had sent, Magneto shook her head and thought, “That kid Zhang Yu is first-rate at latching onto powerful thighs. How would I know whose thigh he has latched onto this time?”

…

Inside a grotto residence of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan.

Bu Yingshu hurriedly found her father and asked right away, “Dad! Was it you who helped Zhang Yu?!”

Bu Yuangui said mildly, “Your father is only an ascended cultivator, a level-ten sect affairs officer, and not yet an immortal. Do you think I could rely on myself to do all this?”

Bu Yuangui spoke rather directly because he was afraid that if he twisted his words too much, the daughter before him would not understand.

Bu Yingshu was even more surprised when she heard this. She said, “Then who did it?”

Bu Yuangui sighed and said, “Who else could it be? Naturally, it was an immortal’s will. But as for which immortal specifically, your father does not know either. Only, from the current situation, there is a certain possibility... that they are using this Zhang Yu to further push Kunxu’s reforms.”

As he spoke, he instructed, “This time, after Zhang Yu comes out, contact him and ask him what plans he has next...”

Before Bu Yuangui could finish, Bu Yingshu frowned and said, “Why should I contact him? Shouldn’t he immediately take the initiative to contact me now that he has an opportunity?”

Bu Yuangui explained, “I have already received word. The former mystic-realm portion of the Graveyard of Old Days will next be established as an industrial development zone jointly rebuilt by multiple sects.”

“As the inheritor of Ying Xintian’s legacy, Zhang Yu will temporarily serve as... vice chair of the management committee of this industrial development zone.”

Seeing Bu Yingshu’s thoughtful expression and the way she nodded repeatedly, Bu Yuangui understood that his daughter had not grasped the details inside this at all. After all, he had watched Bu Yingshu behave like this since she was small, and he had seen it far too many times.

“The construction of the Graveyard of Old Days development zone concerns the rise and fall of multiple industries, including corpse parts and Soul Cultivators. The annual output value involved in the graveyard can reach hundreds of billions of immortal coins.”

“Only by borrowing the opportunity of an immortal legacy can Zhang Yu participate in the development zone’s management work with the status of a level-four sect affairs officer.”

“This is an especially good position for producing achievements. If Zhang Yu can make a name for himself in this position, there will be a place for him among the Void Refinement Dao Lords.”

Bu Yingshu knew that although Divine Transformation and Void Refinement appeared to differ by only one level, the gap between them was like a chasm between heaven and earth.

According to the old way of saying it, the difference in combat power between the two could no longer be measured by reason. A cultivator in the Divine Transformation realm could not possibly defeat a Void Refinement Dao Lord no matter what.

And in the Kunxu of today, with the support of the series of systems involving statutes and Dao lineages, the gap between the two in sect status, authority, assets, and influence was even greater. It marked the true beginning of participating in Kunxu’s ruling class.

Thinking of this, Bu Yingshu’s two elegant brows suddenly shot upward, and she thought, “Zhang Yu can reach Void Refinement? Wouldn’t that mean he is going to catch up with me? How can that be allowed?”

Thinking that a little pet under her might show signs of catching up with her, Bu Yingshu could not help feeling a trace of anxiety and irritation.

Bu Yuangui continued, “In any case, Zhang Yu’s status is different now. You can no longer order him around like before.”

Seeing Bu Yingshu looking absentminded, he knew that this daughter of his had not taken his words too seriously.

But Bu Yuangui did not say much more. He simply continued, “After you contact Zhang Yu, you can ask him to introduce some of the Graveyard of Old Days reconstruction projects. Tell him we can invest money.”

In Bu Yuangui’s eyes, the reconstruction of the Graveyard of Old Days was an inevitable trend and would certainly hold enormous profit potential in the future. Supporting Zhang Yu from behind in this way would be a win-win for both sides.

And if Zhang Yu could successfully use this springboard to charge into the Void Refinement realm, then in the future there would also be a chance to influence the statutes Zhang Yu established, adding some power to their own Dao lineage.

“All right, I know.” Bu Yingshu slapped her chest and said, “I will make him bring out the best projects in the Graveyard of Old Days.”

Looking at Bu Yingshu’s departing back, Bu Yuangui thought to himself, “If Zhang Yu succeeds, it will indeed be an instant leap to the heavens. But that position is full of opportunities, and also full of crises.”

Bu Yuangui understood that above the Graveyard of Old Days development zone, multiple sects would be jointly managing it. In the middle, over a hundred sect enterprises would be eyeing it closely. Below, countless cultivators would be fighting for power and profit, even wanting to drag Zhang Yu, this level-four sect affairs officer in the Divine Transformation realm, down and replace him themselves.

Although there was support from above, whether Zhang Yu himself could survive one difficulty after another in the end was something even Bu Yuangui could not predict.

“But it just so happens that this Zhang Yu has a connection with Yingshu. If I have this daughter of mine step in, any benefits can be eaten, and if there are no benefits, she can block everything instead.”

…

Heavenly Sword Sect.

“Holy crap! What is going on with this Zhang Yu?”

“Huh? He is a hero of Kunxu?”

“This is absurd! A lower-realm person toppled the Taizhen Immortal Clan!”

“Whoa, he is the inheritor of an immortal legacy!”

As Zhang Yu’s news echoed through every corner of the Spiritual Realm, waves of startled cries rose and fell within the Heavenly Sword Sect.

Zhang Yu’s deeds, achievements, and gains this time... along with one report after another, had already become immortal-Dao nourishment for countless shocked sword cultivators of the Heavenly Sword Sect, who repeatedly chewed over, discussed, and explored them.

Bai Zhenzhen watched the news reports several times over and let out a breath of relief. “Yuzi should be fine now, right?”

The mysterious person beside her said, “Heh, this kid won his gamble. Now, in one go, he has won himself an immortal legacy, a grotto-heaven, a position in the development zone... and even immortal bloodline power.”

The mysterious person projected an inconspicuous report: After research and decision, the bloodline power held by Ying Xintian will be transferred to Zhang Yu, with Zhang Yu temporarily holding it on his behalf...

Bai Zhenzhen said, “What does that mean?”

“What does that mean?” The mysterious person laughed. “It means he is now half an Immortal Clan member. Once he produces achievements in his position at the development zone, not only can he be promoted to Void Refinement Dao Lord, he can also become the official holder of Ying Xintian’s bloodline power and become a true Immortal Clan member.”

“How about it, Green Zhenzhen? Do you feel the gap between you and Zhang Yu growing larger and larger?”

Bai Zhenzhen nodded. “Yeah.”

The mysterious person looked at Bai Zhenzhen’s calm appearance and could not help saying, “You are not worried?”

Bai Zhenzhen said, “Why would I be worried?”

The mysterious person said, “Zhang Yu is climbing higher and higher. Think about how carefree and unrestrained he will be in Myriad Laws Sect, and how many cultivators he will be going back and forth with...”

Bai Zhenzhen said, “That is Zhang Yu making up for the regret of never entering Pleasure and Harmony. He has merely returned to his original intention.”

Seeing that Bai Zhenzhen still looked completely unmoved, the mysterious person frowned. “Something is wrong. You are very wrong.”

Bai Zhenzhen said, “What is wrong? Through bitter cultivation day and night in the Heavenly Sword Sect, I have already let go of my original small love and comprehended the sect’s great love.”

“The current me has only one beloved in my heart, and that is the Heavenly Sword Sect.”

The mysterious person said, “The realm of loving the sect? How did your Extreme Sentiment Swordsmanship suddenly enter the realm of loving the sect?”

Inside Bai Zhenzhen’s body, the Exam Sect avatar naturally said, “This was originally a higher realm of Extreme Sentiment Swordsmanship. What is so strange about it?”

The mysterious person laughed. “Very well. I will send you to the Graveyard of Old Days, then. Under the conflict between person and sect, let us see whether you love the person or the sect.”

Thinking of this, the mysterious person seemed to already see one interesting scene after another, and could not help bursting into loud laughter.

…

Inside the Ghost Letter Department dormitory.

Zhao Tianxing had already been standing guard beside Zhang Yu’s Primordial Spirit for some time.

Over these days, he had watched Zhang Yu’s Primordial Spirit gradually transform under the effects of the Divine Transformation Pool, its Divine Light becoming more and more lively, more and more radiant.

But compared to Zhang Yu’s radiant Primordial Spirit, Zhao Tianxing’s heart was gloomy.

With the help of the dormitory’s connection to the Spiritual Realm, Zhao Tianxing could likewise learn all kinds of news from the outside world, circulating throughout the Spiritual Realm.

When he learned that Zhang Yu had been arrested for investigation, Zhao Tianxing’s heart began sinking continuously.

“Zhang Yu has been arrested. What should I do now?”

“If they come to me to cooperate with the investigation, what should I say?”

“With my situation, am I supposed to erase myself as a loose end? No, that will not work. I am too weak. Any extreme move would draw the attention of the Righteous Gods...”

Thinking that he was so weak he could not even take a drastic way out, Zhao Tianxing felt a wave of helplessness.

He could not help looking at Zhang Yu’s Primordial Spirit inside the Divine Transformation Pool and asked, “Zhang Yu, teach me. What exactly should I do?”

Unfortunately, at this moment, the Primordial Spirit that had been completely cut off from Zhang Yu was like an ordinary projection. No reaction could be seen from it at all.

At this moment, he only felt as if a great net had descended from the sky and was sweeping in from every direction, about to bind him until he could no longer breathe.

Not long afterward, Zhao Tianxing discovered that the entire dormitory had been disconnected from the Spiritual Realm, as if it had been completely sealed off.

“They noticed this place. Are they coming to interrogate me?”

“It is over, it is over. This time it is completely over.”

But Zhao Tianxing soon discovered that only the Spiritual Realm connection had been severed. There was no further movement outside.

He spent many days in this state, heart pounding and full of worry. Then one day, the dormitory’s Spiritual Realm connection suddenly recovered.

Before Zhao Tianxing could figure out what was going on, he heard knocking from outside the door.

His heart jolted at the knocking. “Are they here to arrest me?”

Just then, a voice came from outside the door. “Is anyone there? I am Jiang Xunyi. I brought some local specialties for Deputy Minister Zhang.”

“I will just leave them at the door first.”

Then a second voice rang out.

“Little Jiang? Why are you here?”

“Minister Qin, I came to bring some local specialties for Deputy Minister Zhang. What about you?”

“What a coincidence. I also came to bring some local specialties.”

As one Ghost Letter Department cultivator after another brought Zhang Yu local specialties, Zhao Tianxing was filled with surprise. “What happened?”

And when he looked through the Spiritual Realm connection and saw one report after another about Zhang Yu, only then did he say in shock, “Zhang Yu... became a hero of Kunxu?”

Just as Zhao Tianxing was feeling shocked, he discovered that someone had actually added him as a friend.

The other party said, “Hello, may I ask if you are Zhao Tianxing, the Soul Cultivator under Zhang Yu?”

Zhao Tianxing thought, “They must have wanted to contact Zhang Yu but could not reach him, so they came to me instead.”

Just as Zhao Tianxing made up his mind that he would absolutely not reveal any information about Zhang Yu, he heard the other party say, “We would like to interview you. May I ask if you have time?”

Zhao Tianxing was stunned. “Interview me?”

The other party said, “According to your registration information, Mr. Zhao, you graduated from a Soul Cultivator school on the first layer. During your junior college years, you earned excellent grades and upgraded to an undergraduate program, then followed Zhang Yu all the way to the sect to participate in work. From the first layer to the eleventh layer, Mr. Zhao, your journey symbolizes the success of Kunxu’s reforms...”

Listening to the other party speak, Zhao Tianxing gradually grew excited as well.

“I never thought that I, Zhao Tianxing, would one day be interviewed inside the sect too, and even appear in the news?”

…

Lower-Realm Mutual Aid Association.

During the period right after Zhang Yu had been arrested, messages had been flying everywhere in the Mutual Aid Association group.

Tian Shenggong, who had graduated from Immortal Soldier University; Ying Mingchi from Demon-Beast University; Wang Yin from Netherworld University... one cultivator after another from lower-realm universities were all paying attention to Zhang Yu’s situation.

Only, as the days passed one by one and Zhang Yu continued to have no news, the group gradually quieted down.

Until today, when the news about the Taizhen Immortal Clan and Zhang Yu exploded through the Spiritual Realm like one thunderbolt after another. The entire group seemed like boiling water, violently seething.

Tian Shenggong: Did you see it? Did all of you see Zhang Yu’s news?

Tian Shenggong: As expected of the strongest university student! Divine Lord Zhuyi! You are the glory of our Ten Great Academies! Fire emoji.

Wang Yin: Does that even need to be said? Divine Lord Zhuyi defeated me on the first layer. This time, he dug out pests for the sect. His future will definitely be vast.

Wang Yin: Photo of Divine Lord Zhuyi defeating me on the first layer.

Ying Mingchi: Divine Lord Zhuyi used my demon blood to win the Ten Major League back then.

Ying Mingchi: Live breeding photo of Divine Lord Zhuyi during the competition.

Tian Shenggong looked at the recording of himself and Zhang Yu trading insults in the livestream room, then looked at all the discussions between the two sides about Extreme Tiger... After thinking it over, he still did not dare send them.

True Lord Wuxiang looked at the chatting of these lower-realm people in the group and could not help shaking his head. “A bunch of ignorant fellows.”

As a reincarnated student who had reincarnated from the sect into the lower realm, then tested back up again, Wuxiang considered his own understanding of the sect far more thorough than these lower-realm people’s.

Wuxiang: What do you understand? A vast future? Divine Lord Zhang has now become the legal inheritor of an immortal bloodline. What does that mean? It means that before long, he will be a legal Immortal Clan member!

After Wuxiang said this, the entire group fell faintly silent. Then even more messages burst out in an endless stream.

Yu Xinghan was also called out again and again as people asked him about Zhang Yu’s recent situation.

Yu Xinghan ignored the commotion in the group and instead looked at the message Zhang Yu had sent not long ago.

Zhang Yu: Next, I will be working in the Graveyard of Old Days development zone. The higher-ups have agreed to let me pick some people to come help.

Zhang Yu: Xinghan, I cannot trust anyone else. Come help me.

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