No Money to Cultivate Immortality? - Chapter 837 (Patreon)

Chapter 837: I’m Going To Ram Bai Zhenzhen To Death

Bu Yingshu’s anger just now had mainly come from the fact that she felt this little beast Zhang Yu had colluded with the cultivators of the Heavenly Sword Sect to deceive her.

It made her, who had originally believed she already had Zhang Yu under control, feel a deeply unpleasant sensation rising in her heart.

And now that she knew Zhang Yu might not have deceived her, that unpleasant feeling in Bu Yingshu’s heart finally eased slightly. Only a trace of suspicion still remained.

At the same time, the Kill Permit that had been flickering faintly vanished once more.

Bu Yingshu’s earlier thought of “killing these two people three times over” gradually faded away as well. But this emotional shift was only reflected in her reaction to the matter of “deception.”

As for Bai Zhenzhen of the Heavenly Sword Sect standing before her, she still disliked her very much.

Or rather, Bu Yingshu felt a certain aversion toward the entire Heavenly Sword Sect.

So Bu Yingshu’s gaze shifted, and the immortal shuttle shot out like lightning, leaving only one sentence behind for Zhang Yu.

“Clean yourself up and come out to see me. I’ll wait for you outside.”

Seeing the immortal shuttle leave, Zhang Yu finally let out a small breath. “For now, it should be fine.”

He looked at Bai Zhenzhen beside him, only to hear her sigh. “Ah, Yuzi, I originally wanted you to introduce me to Bu Daojun. Then we mother and son could go into battle together, each of us taking one of her legs... and together we’d cling tightly to her thigh.”

“But now it seems this Bu Daojun is moody and unpredictable. This thigh won’t be easy to cling to. You’ve had to accompany such a dangerous Void-Refining cultivator all these days. It must have been rough.”

Fu Ji’s voice rang out in Bai Zhenzhen’s mind. “It really hasn’t been easy. There were several times when Zhang Yu almost couldn’t endure this woman anymore. Good thing I was there cheering him on from the side. But then again, without endurance, how would he have become vice chairman now? You two have to endure.”

At that moment, Bai Zhenzhen deeply felt that the days Zhang Yu had spent at Bu Yingshu’s side were probably no easier than the days she had spent being watched by the mysterious person.

At the same time, she sighed inwardly. “Fu Ji climbed up to the sect with us all the way. She can be considered a comrade-in-arms too.”

Fu Ji laughed wickedly in her heart. “Hahahaha, this is the advantage of me, the Evil God Fu Ji. I can speak directly with Bai Zhenzhen, Yu Xinghan, and the others. Can you do that, Zhanxian? Can you, Desolate Ox? You’re nothing but tool people. I’m the companion who has entered Zhang Yu’s circle of friends.”

Listening to Bai Zhenzhen, Zhang Yu sighed inwardly. In Kunxu, which thigh was ever easy to cling to? Even someone like Dao-ge, although he had no subjective malice, came with a price when you clung to his thigh. You still had to throw yourself into danger.

Zhang Yu said, “I suppose this is how the Immortal Path is. There has never been a smooth road, only thorns everywhere and endless danger...”

Just then, the immortal shuttle shot back like lightning and appeared directly inside the grotto-heaven.

At the same time, a notification appeared before the two of them, and a Road Projection had already pressed down toward Bai Zhenzhen.

“Zhang Yu, move aside.” Bu Yingshu’s cool voice came from the immortal shuttle. “I’m going to ram this sword beast to death.”

“What is this woman going crazy about now?” Zhang Yu’s heart jolted at those words. He immediately pushed Bai Zhenzhen away and transmitted his voice into her mind. “Run!”

Then Zhang Yu blocked the immortal shuttle’s path and urged, “Bu Daojun, we can discuss anything slowly. There must be a misunderstanding here.”

“Hmph... misunderstanding?” Bu Yingshu said coldly. “Do you know who stands behind this Bai Zhenzhen? Do you know who transferred her over from the Heavenly Sword Sect?”

After Bu Yingshu had left the immortal’s grotto-heaven and restored her connection to the Spiritual Realm, out of caution toward the Heavenly Sword Sect, she had looked up some information in the Spiritual Realm.

And that one search caused the killing intent in her heart, which had only just dissipated, to surge up again.

“It’s the Heavenly Sword Sect’s Hunyuan Dao Lineage...”

“It’s that old ghost who cultivates the Euphoria Sword Path...”

“Has he set his sights on Zhang Yu? Or on me, Zhang Yu’s master?”

When she thought of how Zhang Yu still carried the secrets of her talent breakthrough and her status as the Great Sage’s Heir, the killing intent in Bu Yingshu’s heart was like a wildfire, growing fiercer and stronger by the moment.

Bu Yingshu decided she had to protect her little pet. She could not let the old ghost of the Heavenly Sword Sect set his sights on him.

So she intended to directly ram Bai Zhenzhen, whom the other side had sent, to death as a warning.

And at this very moment, looking at Zhang Yu, who wanted to stop her, Bu Yingshu said flatly, “This Bai Zhenzhen came here to get close to you. She absolutely has bad intentions. I’ll explain after I ram her to death.”

With that, the immortal shuttle drew out a streak of flowing light, bypassed Zhang Yu, and continued forward.

But the next moment, light and shadow flashed before Bu Yingshu’s eyes, and she found that she had been sent out of the immortal’s grotto-heaven.

Seeing this, Bu Yingshu’s expression shook. In the next instant, anger appeared in her eyes.

“He... kicked me out of the immortal’s grotto-heaven?”

“Preposterous! I’m protecting him, yet he drove me out for that woman? This is simply defying the heavens!”

With a thunderous boom, as if thousands upon thousands of thunderbolts had exploded at once, Bu Yingshu’s immortal shuttle once again charged toward the Cave Heaven Bridge where the corpse units had been registered, forcing its way into the immortal’s grotto-heaven again.

At the same time, Shi Huaiyu and Feng Tingting inside the immortal shuttle stared at the scene in shock, as if cold sweat was continuously pouring down their bodies.

The two looked at each other, and fear appeared in both their eyes.

Earlier, when they saw Bu Yingshu run into Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, suspect that the two had not been doing Dual Cultivation, and grow gradually more confrontational in tone, Shi Huaiyu and Feng Tingting had both wished they could come out and shout that the two had definitely been doing Dual Cultivation. After all, everyone had known back in the lower realm that Bai Zhenzhen and Zhang Yu often stayed together in private for a long time. Every time they came out, they looked just like this. What else could it be besides Dual Cultivation?

Then, when Zhang Yu quickly calmed the matter down afterward, the two of them also breathed a sigh of relief.

But for some reason, in the blink of an eye, an even fiercer conflict had broken out between the two sides.

Shi Huaiyu thought, “It’s over, it’s over. Zhang Yu offended Bu Daojun. Are we all going to lose everything? Sigh, if that’s the case, I might as well make one big gamble before going bankrupt.”

Shi Huaiyu had just wanted to take all her funds and make a desperate bet, but then she realized that inside the immortal’s grotto-heaven, the Spiritual Realm was disconnected. Even if she wanted to spend money, she could not spend it. A wave of despair rose in her heart.

Feng Tingting thought, “I need to write this down so other people at least know how we died.”

At the same time, after Bu Yingshu arrived inside the grotto-heaven, she could no longer find Bai Zhenzhen anywhere.

“She ran?”

With a whoosh, the immortal shuttle appeared in front of Zhang Yu. Bu Yingshu said coldly, “Zhang Yu, where did that woman go?”

Feeling the terrifying pressure from the immortal shuttle, as well as the killing intent revealed in the words of Bu Yingshu, this Void-Refining Daojun of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan, Zhang Yu could only bite the bullet and say, “Bu Daojun, Bai Zhenzhen and I really were only doing Dual Cultivation just now.”

“She and I climbed from the first floor of Kunxu up to the sect together. We’re close enough to take loans together, repay debts together, and fight life-and-death battles together. She wouldn’t have bad intentions toward me...”

Bu Yingshu said coldly, “Idiot. So what? Even relationships better than that can betray each other. What use are past relationships? She is now of the Heavenly Sword Sect. She is a cultivator of the Euphoria lineage. She was sent here by them.”

Zhang Yu said, “Daojun, those cultivators of the Euphoria Sword Path lineage you’re talking about have always only wanted to amuse themselves with Ah-Zhen. Ah-Zhen isn’t one of them...”

Bu Yingshu said, “The cultivators of the Euphoria Sword Path lineage are the best at deceiving people. She has already stayed in the Heavenly Sword Sect for two years. You think she won’t lie to you?”

Zhang Yu said, “She’s different. I trust her.”

Bu Yingshu was so angry she laughed. “Good, good, good. You still want to protect her, don’t you? You think just because you protect her, I won’t be able to find her?”

“I’ll take you with me and let you watch how I ram her to death.”

The next moment, the immortal shuttle swept out and pulled Zhang Yu aboard as well. Then, with a faint flash, it charged toward the Cave Heaven Bridge again.

But in the next instant, after the immortal shuttle passed through the Cave Heaven Bridge, it still remained inside the immortal’s grotto-heaven.

Bu Yingshu suddenly realized that the Cave Heaven Bridge before her had already been closed.

She abruptly turned her head toward Zhang Yu beside her and said, “You closed the Cave Heaven Bridge and locked me in here?”

Just then, Fu Ji’s voice rang out in Zhang Yu’s mind, beginning a lightning-fast mental exchange that belonged only to them.

Fu Ji said, “Zhang Yu, if you want to stop Bu Yingshu from killing Bai Zhenzhen, you can’t just resist her head-on like this. You have to consider this problem from Bu Yingshu’s perspective.”

“And to consider it from Bu Yingshu’s perspective, the first thing we need to understand is why she hates the Heavenly Sword Sect, and why she hates the Euphoria Sword Path behind Bai Zhenzhen...”

Before Fu Ji finished speaking, Zhanxian, who had once been a sect cultivator, said, “The Heavenly Sword Sect is the one among the Ten Major Sects most skilled in flying sword technology, Spiritual Realm communication technology, logistics and transportation technology, and all kinds of ultra-long-range strike technology.”

“And before I left the sect, the Heavenly Sword Sect was also launching a new technological revolution. They wanted to condense sword intent and Sword Aura from all kinds of emotions. Looking at it now, through this new technology, they have probably even made up their original shortcomings in energy and provisions one by one. Their strength has greatly increased.”

Zhang Yu asked, “Then why would Bu Daojun be hostile to them? Is there a conflict of interest in this area?”

Zhanxian said, “It may be a conflict over Dao lineages. The Myriad Laws Immortal Clan supports the Hunyuan Dao Lineage. And the Euphoria lineage of the Heavenly Sword Sect should also support the Hunyuan Dao Lineage.”

Fu Ji asked in confusion, “If they’re all part of the same Dao lineage, shouldn’t they count as allies?”

Just then, Desolate Ox, who had not spoken for a long time, said, “A Dao lineage, if it has not been completely controlled by one cultivator and instead has multiple controllers, can be operated by them together. They can expand the Dao lineage’s coverage and make it grow stronger.”

“But they can also compete with each other, devour each other, and seize from each other, ultimately determining the sole controller of the Dao lineage.”

Zhanxian said, “For Dao lineages that can cross sects but are not controlled by one person, some controllers become allies with each other, but others become opponents. It all depends on the specific circumstances. As for the Hunyuan Dao Lineage, its fundamental ideals encourage competition, chaos, and war... so it naturally tends to trigger internal struggles within the Dao lineage.”

The Exam Sect avatar said, “Then what else is there to say? We are loyal to Myriad Laws and loyal to the Immortal Clan. Naturally, we must obey Bu Daojun’s orders! Let’s go trick Bai Zhenzhen out right now and let Bu Daojun flatten her!”

Fu Ji added, “Aside from the Dao lineage competition factor, I think this Bu Yingshu... may have suffered a loss at the hands of the Euphoria lineage before. There’s probably a private grudge too. Also...”

Fu Ji said confidently, “Zhang Yu, don’t we still hold the secret of Bu Yingshu’s talent improvement, and the secret of her being the Great Sage’s Heir? Could her being in such a hurry have a lot to do with that?”

Although the people in Zhang Yu’s mind exchanged quite a lot of information, they did so with incredible speed. From the outside, it seemed to take only an instant.

And in that instant, they had gradually discussed a way to stop Bu Yingshu.

Just then, Bu Yingshu looked at the silent Zhang Yu and shouted, “Zhang Yu! Are you going to oppose me again and again for this Bai Zhenzhen?”

Beside them, under the pressure of Void-Refining might, Shi Huaiyu and Feng Tingting were sent flying with a boom and pinned tightly against the wall.

As Zhang Yu felt Bu Yingshu’s gaze grow increasingly oppressive, his body could not help being forced back step by step.

At that moment, struggle and helplessness flashed across Zhang Yu’s face. In the end, he sighed. “Zhang Yu would not dare. Daojun, please calm your anger... You showed me the grace of raising my job rank. Without you, there would be no me today. Whatever you want to do, even if it costs me everything, I won’t so much as furrow my brow.”

“Since you want to ram Bai Zhenzhen to death, I’ll help you trick her out.”

Hearing Zhang Yu’s words, Bu Yingshu finally nodded slightly and thought, “That’s more like it. It seems this brat Zhang Yu is still under my control. He was merely bewitched by that sword beast from the Heavenly Sword Sect for a moment.”

Zhang Yu then said, “But Daojun... one Bai Zhenzhen dying is nothing. I’m only afraid it may delay your affairs.”

Bu Yingshu frowned. “What affair of mine could it delay? Are you still trying to protect that Bai Zhenzhen?”

Zhang Yu explained, “Daojun, if Bai Zhenzhen had offended you in ordinary times and you casually rammed her to death, then naturally it would be nothing.”

“But right now, she has probably already returned to the Safety Supervision Bureau. If we make a big fuss by tricking her out and then ramming her to death, it will inevitably make people speculate.”

Bu Yingshu said proudly, “So what? If I ram someone to death, do I still need to fear speculation?”

Zhang Yu said, “What I fear is that this was the Heavenly Sword Sect’s purpose in sending Bai Zhenzhen here.”

At those words, Bu Yingshu’s brows tightened. She said, “Go on.”

Zhang Yu said, “These days, there have often been rumors around the Old Days Graveyard, making up stories about the relationship between you and me, Daojun. They say I gave birth to a child for you and came to the Old Days Graveyard to nurture the pregnancy.”

Bu Yingshu snorted coldly. “Nonsense. What is there to care about?”

Zhang Yu said, “It is indeed nonsense. But it explains one thing: everyone is guessing why you value me so much.”

Bu Yingshu’s heart stirred. In her mind, scenes of herself and Zhang Yu reviewing the sect-suppressing technique appeared one after another. She recalled the scene of her talent rising step by step until she finally became the Great Sage’s Heir.

These were precisely the important reasons she valued Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu continued, “A mere Bai Zhenzhen is not worth pitying if she dies. In the Heavenly Sword Sect, she certainly isn’t some important figure either.”

“But if the Heavenly Sword Sect learns that Bai Zhenzhen only met me once, and you chased after her, determined to kill her no matter what, would that make the Heavenly Sword Sect think your reaction was too intense? Would it make them think... is there something on me that is very important to you, something that makes you terrified of Heavenly Sword Sect cultivators coming into contact with me?”

Bu Yingshu’s heart sank at those words. “I... reacted too strongly?”

Thinking back on what she had done today, Bu Yingshu thought to herself, “It seems... my reaction really was too strong. Aside from people like Ying Aikun... I usually wouldn’t chase after a minor figure like Bai Zhenzhen just to kill her.”

“Damn it. It’s all because they’re people from the Heavenly Sword Sect, and because this concerns the secrets of my talent and the Great Sage’s Heir. That’s why I became anxious.”

As Zhang Yu observed the changes in Bu Yingshu’s expression, he continued, “Daojun, Bai Zhenzhen currently knows nothing. But if you insist on ramming her, the director of the Safety Supervision Bureau, to death, it will instead easily draw more attention from the Heavenly Sword Sect, and may even easily arouse other people’s suspicions.”

“Rather than that, it would be better to frighten her away like this.”

Bu Yingshu nodded, then looked at Zhang Yu and said, “Then we’ll do that. But remember this: from now on, you are not allowed to contact Bai Zhenzhen again.”

“Also, delete her as a friend, then block her. From now on, cut off all contact with her completely.”

“Not just her. I dislike the Heavenly Sword Sect, especially cultivators of the Euphoria lineage. Remember that you are not allowed to contact any of them in the future. Understand?”

After watching Zhang Yu go through the operations, Bu Yingshu finally nodded in satisfaction. Then she instructed, “Fine. That’s all for today. I came this time to invest on behalf of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan. Prepare the materials and show them to me in a few days.”

With that, Bu Yingshu released Zhang Yu, Shi Huaiyu, and Feng Tingting from the immortal shuttle.

“Still not opening the immortal’s grotto-heaven?”

Watching the flowing light of the immortal shuttle depart, Zhang Yu let out a breath and thought, “For now, I suppose I’ve covered it up...”

He touched his lower abdomen, feeling the Zhen Spirit Root belonging to Bai Zhenzhen that was still operating inside his dantian, and thought inwardly, “Good thing I have Fu Ji’s Evil God power. If Ah-Zhen and I find the chance, we can still complete long-distance communication.”

“But if we’re going to continue contacting each other and continue exchanging spirit roots... I absolutely cannot let Bu Yingshu discover it again.”

As he thought, Zhang Yu looked at Shi Huaiyu and Feng Tingting beside him and said, “If there’s nothing else, go back to work.”

“Remember, today’s events must never be revealed to outsiders.”

Feng Tingting thought inwardly, “Sigh, Vice Chairman Zhang has always had to deal with Bu Daojun. It isn’t easy for him either.”

Meanwhile, news that Bu Yingshu had come to the Old Days Graveyard, entered the grotto-heaven, and met Zhang Yu soon spread through the Old Days Graveyard as well.

As for the news that Bai Zhenzhen had been pursued by Bu Yingshu, because almost everything had happened inside the grotto-heaven and no one spread the word, not many people knew about it.

…

Inside the Safety Supervision Bureau office.

The mysterious person said, “Oh? You weren’t casually rammed to death by Bu Yingshu?”

“Then you should at least have been driven away, right? How does it feel?”

Bai Zhenzhen looked at the mysterious person before her and said through gritted teeth, “You did it on purpose?”

“You knew that behind Zhang Yu stood Bu Yingshu and the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan. You knew about the conflict between both sides, so you openly arranged for me to come here?”

“And this position at the Safety Supervision Bureau is meant to check and balance Zhang Yu’s side...”

The mysterious person chuckled. “Aren’t you in the Love Sect realm? Isn’t fighting Myriad Laws for the sake of the sect exactly what you should do?”

“Besides, don’t you want to contend with Bu Yingshu?”

“Do you still want to be driven out like a dog by her, just like this time?”

Bai Zhenzhen touched the Feather Spirit Root in her belly and felt the stimulation it brought her, but did not answer.

Only, in her mind, the scene of Bu Yingshu driving her away kept resurfacing, along with Zhang Yu’s avatar that had already gone gray.

“Bu Yingshu... this woman relies on the power of the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan to keep bullying Zhang Yu. She even wants Zhang Yu, who climbed up to the sect with me, to completely cut off all contact with me.”

“Damn it... if I were a little stronger, if I were an ascended cultivator, or even an Immortal, how could I let something like this happen?”

And as the mysterious person sensed the Extreme Sentiment Sword Intent and Grief Sword Intent continuously surging out from Bai Zhenzhen, they began to laugh. “Now this is starting to get interesting.”

…

With news of Bu Yingshu’s arrival, Zhang Yu’s work of cleaning up and collecting corpse units became even smoother. At the very least, the cultivators under him, including Tu Mu, as well as every search team, became increasingly cooperative.

Yu Xinghan said, “At present, all the search teams are sending the corpse units they capture each day to us immediately. The corpse units in the office district have almost been cleared out...”

Zhang Yu nodded. Next, it was indeed time for him to open the factory district.

And as corpse unit after corpse unit was suppressed and contained, Zhang Yu also specially selected the ones whose power had reached the Divine Transformation level.

Among them were Road-Clearing corpse units used to repair roads, capable of moving mountains and splitting the earth.

There were Prison corpse units that could be used to monitor offices and prevent employees from secretly working overtime without pay.

There were also Office Building corpse units that could transform into office buildings and change the office environment at any time...

Just like that, a total of seven Divine Transformation-level corpse units were selected by Zhang Yu and designated as combat power for subduing Void-Refining corpse units next.

Aside from his gains in corpse units, the directors under Zhang Yu, along with the leaders of the various search teams, also sent him a large amount of immortal crystals.

Looking at the rows and rows of immortal crystals stacked up inside the immortal’s grotto-heaven, Yan Qianji, who was in charge of the tally, said excitedly, “Divine Lord, all these immortal crystals add up to more than one million immortal coins.”

Zhang Yu said, “Qianji, from now on, don’t talk about immortal coins outside. When have I ever collected any immortal coins? Remember, these are all immortal crystals everyone voluntarily donated to the sect.”

Looking at the list of immortal crystals, Zhang Yu nodded and sighed inwardly. “Sigh, this is so much faster than when I used to earn a dead salary as a sect affairs officer...”

Fu Ji said, “One million immortal coins, Zhang Yu! What are you planning to buy?”

Fu Ji wanted to conveniently have Zhang Yu buy something for her too. Ideally, it would be valuable sect antiques. Those cheap antiques Zhang Yu bought for her every month were nowhere near enough.

But Zhanxian said, “These immortal crystals need to stay in the grotto-heaven and be used slowly. They can’t be liquidated.”

Fu Ji said angrily, “What’s wrong with secretly liquidating some? Zhang Yu is currently at a time when he needs money. If he liquidates just a little, how much could it help him increase his strength?”

Zhanxian said, “The origins of these immortal crystals are improper. If we leave them in the immortal’s grotto-heaven, we can still say they were donated to the sect’s assets and that we’re merely absorbing a bit of immortal qi along the way. But what would liquidating them count as?”

Fu Ji said, “As if few people have liquidated this kind of thing before.”

Zhanxian said, “Zhang Yu is different from them. Since the higher-ups want us to become the banner of reform, who knows how many eyes will be watching us in the future?”

“To other people, these immortal crystals may only be a minor matter. But for us, they may become a handle others use to attack us in the future.”

Fu Ji sighed. “Then just a little should be fine, right?”

Zhanxian said, “Small amounts accumulate into large ones. The more greed now, the more weaknesses in the future. When that time comes, victory or defeat may be decided by just that little bit.”

Zhang Yu stopped their argument and said, “We won’t liquidate them. We’ll just leave them in the grotto-heaven and use them directly.”

“It just so happens that I broke through to Divine Transformation not long ago, and I’m still at a stage where I need my mana to grow. With these immortal crystals here, I can greatly accelerate the speed at which I refine mana.”

With so many immortal crystals, Zhang Yu’s speed of accumulating mana could increase severalfold, helping him reach the Divine Transformation stage’s upper limit of one million mana faster.

And Zhang Yu knew that whether it was the Blood-Tide Essence Saint Visualization and other techniques he had mastered, or the immortal’s grotto-heaven itself, all of them required his mana to drive their operation.

Especially now that he was going to subdue Void-Refining corpse units next, profound mana was even more indispensable.

“It is a bit of a pity that I can’t liquidate them, but using them to rapidly increase my mana and strengthen my work capabilities doesn’t count as a waste.”

Just then, a notification appeared. It was the chairman of the Management Committee convening a meeting and inviting Zhang Yu and the other vice chairmen to attend together.

Zhang Yu frowned slightly. “Why is there suddenly an emergency meeting?”

Zhang Yu looked at the message Yu Xinghan had sent him not long ago. “Right now, people outside are all saying that the other vice chairmen of the Management Committee are very dissatisfied with us. I’m worried they’ll try to trip us up.”

As the representative of Myriad Laws, Zhang Yu knew that once he gradually grasped the power of a vice chairman and was no longer treated as a mascot because of his realm, he would definitely be guarded against. Even more, he would be... targeted by those upper-level members of the Management Committee who represented the interests of other sects.

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