No Money to Cultivate Immortality? - Chapter 842 (Patreon)

Chapter 842: Bu Daojun, I’m Almost Done For

Inside the immortal grotto-heaven.

A silvery-white sphere, shaped almost like a skull, was floating quietly in midair.

Looking at the World-Casting Furnace before him as it sank into silence, Zhang Yu’s lips curved into a faint smile.

“It’s finally done.”

Gazing at the first Void-Refining-power corpse unit he had subdued, Zhang Yu reached out with one hand and abruptly extracted the Grotto-Heaven Power within it.

Faced with Zhang Yu’s extraction, the World-Casting Furnace, now silent and dormant, naturally had no power to resist. Surging Grotto-Heaven Power instantly poured into Zhang Yu’s body, making the entire immortal grotto-heaven tremble faintly once more.

With wave after wave of subtle tremors, the immortal grotto-heaven seemed to begin growing again. The entire space suddenly expanded, its length, width, and height gradually breaking past eleven kilometers.

Sensing the immortal grotto-heaven’s renewed growth, Zhang Yu nodded in satisfaction. “Subduing one Void-Refining corpse unit really does let me absorb far more Grotto-Heaven Power than subduing ten Divine Transformation corpse units.”

At the same time, Zhang Yu also sensed a faint and wondrous connection between himself and the World-Casting Furnace before him. The furnace was no longer lost in madness. Instead, it now obeyed his commands completely.

“Then… start up.”

“Ignite.”

At that moment, sparks rose one after another within the core of the World-Casting Furnace.

At the same time, all the mana in the immortal grotto-heaven followed the mana circuits and was poured into the World-Casting Furnace.

Even Zhang Yu himself struck out with a palm, pouring his own mana into it.

Once the World-Casting Furnace was operating normally, it possessed extremely high mana-refining efficiency, enough to supply all the equipment currently in the immortal grotto-heaven, with surplus left over.

But this startup and ignition also required a massive expenditure of mana.

As wave after wave of mana was violently poured in, strands of flame gradually surged out of the World-Casting Furnace, like a sun rising above the horizon.

As the World-Casting Furnace gradually started up, surging mana flowed backward along the mana circuits and into piece after piece of equipment and corpse unit within the immortal grotto-heaven, like a true sun illuminating all things in the world.

Boom!

The corpse unit production line let out a rumble. The many berserk corpse units that had just participated in battle also roared one after another. Under the infusion of surging mana, their auras skyrocketed, and every one of them entered full-power mode.

At the same time, the computation pool, which Zhang Yu cared about most, also let out a soft hum. The performance it could bring to bear rose level by level, jumping from ten percent to twenty percent… thirty percent…

In the end, under the increasingly surging mana output of the World-Casting Furnace, the computation pool’s usable performance directly reached one hundred percent.

The eruption of the computation pool’s performance gave Zhang Yu the most direct sensation. He felt his brain suddenly lighten, and his thoughts abruptly accelerated, becoming more than a hundred times faster.

At that moment, the entire world before him seemed to slow down.

Clearly, with the computation pool’s support, Zhang Yu’s efficiency would surge in the future, whether he was studying, working, or fighting.

Aside from Zhang Yu, those who felt it most clearly were Soul Cultivators such as Mo Tianyi, Hu Yuntao, and Che Yufei.

Mo Tianyi said in delight, “Endless computing power is pouring out!”

Hu Yuntao said excitedly, “With an environment like this, if I get a certificate in the future, breaking through to the Gold Core realm probably won’t be a problem.”

The Ying family’s Soul Cultivators said, “If we really can break through, that would also solve the problem of a few people in our family whose lifespans are almost at their limit.”

At the same time, the streams of mana flames surging out of the World-Casting Furnace were also firmly bound by the arrays around it under Zhang Yu’s control, confined within a ten-meter radius of the furnace.

After all, the World-Casting Furnace was currently operating normally. Its mana was being poured into all kinds of equipment and would not be like its previous berserk state, where the mana had nowhere to be used and ultimately accumulated into endless Upper Yang Qi, causing more and more destruction around it even under the restraint of the arrays.

But as the World-Casting Furnace operated, Zhang Yu could sense the spiritual energy inside the immortal grotto-heaven suddenly decreasing.

“The speed of mana refinement has increased, but spiritual energy is going to become insufficient again.”

“I need to produce more breathing machines and draw spiritual energy into the immortal grotto-heaven from outside.”

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Thankfully, with the World-Casting Furnace running, the two breathing machine production lines I collected can both operate at full power. Add in the materials Teacher Gao picked up, and we should be able to manufacture a large number of breathing machines, slowing down the shortage of spiritual energy inside the grotto-heaven.”

As thoughts flashed rapidly through his mind, Zhang Yu looked again at the many Soul Cultivators currently in peak condition.

“Mo Tianyi, Che Yufei, Hu Yuntao, help me write a report. I want to send it to the chairman of the Administrative Committee.”

“The specific content will be a report about Vice Chairman Xie Lanyin suddenly making a move and causing the development zone’s Spiritual Realm to disconnect…”

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Compared with asking Tianwen Xing to help write all kinds of documents, sure enough… having trusted Soul Cultivators under my command write them makes me feel more at ease.”

Zhang Yu knew that although he had successfully subdued the Void-Refining corpse unit, the matter before him was still far from over.

After all, the entire mystic realm was still in a state where its Spiritual Realm connection had been cut off.

The whole development zone had probably descended into chaos because of it.

…

On the battlefield in the Experimental Zone.

Zhang Yu’s figure appeared once more. He raised a finger, and threads of Upper Yang Qi abruptly rose from his fingertip, bursting with dazzling radiance.

This was Zhang Yu relying on the power of grotto-heaven manifestation to directly release a wisp of Upper Yang Qi from the blazing World-Casting Furnace.

Sensing the astonishing heat contained within that wisp of Upper Yang Qi, Zhang Yu smiled in satisfaction, then withdrew it back into the World-Casting Furnace.

With this Void-Refining-level Upper Yang Qi available for use, for Zhang Yu, who was currently at the Divine Transformation realm, it was equivalent to possessing a powerful ability that surpassed his own realm.

The many Divine Transformation cultivators around him, including Tu Mu, looked at Zhang Yu as he walked out of the grotto-heaven again. Seeing the Upper Yang Qi that flashed and vanished at Zhang Yu’s fingertip, they all felt a chill in their hearts.

After the fierce series of battles just now, everyone had also noticed that Zhang Yu seemed capable of controlling berserk corpse units to participate in battle.

But they had not expected that Zhang Yu could even control the Void-Refining-power World-Casting Furnace.

“Ah, an immortal inheritance…” Tu Mu thought to himself. “As expected, these are the methods of immortals, not something people like us can fathom.”

If Zhang Yu’s initial act of withstanding the World-Casting Furnace head-on had already left everyone amazed at his strength, then Zhang Yu later blocking one strike from Xie Lanyin made them feel incomparable admiration and trust.

And now, as Zhang Yu displayed the ability to control a Void-Refining corpse unit as well, his prestige in the eyes of the many Divine Transformation cultivators could be said to soar instantly.

As Zhang Yu’s strength and abilities grew, some people’s thoughts were also quietly changing.

Previously, when Zhang Yu, as the leader, fought on the front line, many Divine Transformation cultivators had been very confused. Some had even felt that Zhang Yu had gone mentally unstable under the influence of the World-Casting Furnace.

But now, their thoughts all changed in unison.

“Vice Chairman Zhang is this powerful. He even blocked Vice Chairman Xie Lanyin’s strike. How could he possibly be affected by a mere corpse unit?”

“He must have done this because he wanted to. It’s just that our level is too low to understand it. There must be some deeper meaning. We’re better off obediently doing as he says.”

At the same time, Zhang Yu waved his right hand. Under the power of grotto-heaven manifestation, he had already brought everyone into the immortal grotto-heaven and was walking toward the Cave Heaven Bridge.

At this moment, each Cave Heaven Bridge inside the immortal grotto-heaven led to various parts of the mystic realm, as well as the entrance to the mystic realm.

By using the immortal grotto-heaven as a transfer point, Zhang Yu could take them out of the mystic realm at the fastest speed and arrive at the mystic realm’s entrance.

Once they arrived there, Zhang Yu and the others would be able to restore their Spiritual Realm connection.

“After you get out, release the videos you just recorded. The video of my fight with Vice Chairman Xie Lanyin, the video of Vice Chairman Xie Lanyin losing control of her power and causing the Spiritual Realm connection to cut off, and the video of me taking the initiative to resist her attack in order to protect sect assets… release all of them.”

Hearing Zhang Yu’s words, Tu Mu asked, “Leader, what name should we release them under? Should we say anything?”

“Release them however they’ll go viral,” Zhang Yu said calmly. “I only have one requirement.”

“I want this matter to become as big as possible.”

Thus, next, everyone crossed the Cave Heaven Bridge, returned to the entrance of the mystic realm, and arrived outside the mystic realm.

The Divine Transformation cultivators under Zhang Yu reconnected to the Spiritual Realm one after another, then began editing videos and posting them on the Spiritual Realm.

And this was not unfamiliar work to them. After all, in the Kunxu sects, doing a good job was often worse than filming well, writing well, or speaking well.

How to film videos for publicity, how to hype up news—for these experienced Divine Transformation cultivators, it was not their first time doing such things. Each of them had their own channels.

After arranging their tasks, Zhang Yu contacted Yu Xinghan.

Zhang Yu said, “Xinghan, help me contact Manager Lin. I have something I want to discuss with him in person.”

Zhang Yu looked at the images that appeared before him. They were exactly the scenes Teacher Gao had filmed during his repeated strolls through the Experimental Zone over the past few days, showing various high-end pieces of equipment.

Many of these high-end devices were not very useful to Zhang Yu.

But Zhang Yu believed that Netherworld Palace’s sect enterprises would definitely be interested in the Whitebone Cult’s sect enterprise equipment, and Whitebone Cult’s sect enterprises would also certainly be curious about the Heavenly Demon Sect’s sect enterprise laboratory.

And Zhang Yu did not ask for much. He only hoped these enterprises would say a few fair words in the days to come.

Seeing this scene, Fu Ji chuckled and said, “This Xie Lanyin is responsible for investment attraction. Last time, she even used companies to pressure us. But she doesn’t know that while investment attraction is her strength, it can also become her weakness and vital point.”

Zhanxian sighed. “Ever since our last confrontation with Xie Lanyin at the meeting, we’ve been thinking about what card to play against her. We never expected she would actually make a move in person. This card of ours can be played so quickly.”

Just as Zhang Yu was busy contacting the heads of various sect enterprises, Bai Zhenzhen, who had been hiding inside the immortal grotto-heaven, walked out.

She looked at Zhang Yu, whose entire body was covered in injuries and who was almost no longer human-shaped, and worry involuntarily rose in her heart.

Although Bai Zhenzhen had seen Zhang Yu heavily injured again and again ever since the first floor, this time was absolutely the worst his injuries had ever been.

Especially under her observation, Zhang Yu’s life aura was almost nonexistent, and the injuries on his body showed not the slightest sign of regeneration or self-healing.

Bai Zhenzhen said, “Yuzi, your injuries…”

“It’s fine, Ah-Zhen,” Zhang Yu said with a faint smile. “I just want… these injuries not to heal too quickly.”

At this very moment, Zhang Yu was doing his utmost to suppress the self-healing power inside his body, preventing all his injuries from recovering and closing.

“Ah-Zhen, I’ll return the spirit root to you first. Next, Bu Yingshu will probably be coming very soon…”

Although Zhang Yu did not continue speaking, Bai Zhenzhen already understood what he meant.

After returning to the immortal grotto-heaven and taking back the spirit root from Zhang Yu’s body, Bai Zhenzhen said, “Then I’ll leave first. You… be careful.”

Zhang Yu exited the spirit root fusion state, and the vigorous self-healing power that had originally been inside him abruptly dropped by a large margin.

A wave of weakness rose within him, making Zhang Yu feel a series of discomforts.

He could not help thinking, “This fusion state of the Feather-Zhen Spirit Root… the boost it brings is too great. After fusion, I’m probably strong enough to fight ten of myself before fusion.”

Zhang Yu looked at Bai Zhenzhen’s departing figure and thought to himself, “If Ah-Zhen enters the fusion state, her strength will probably surge as well. Even if I don’t say she’d be nearly unmatched at the same level, she should still be able to hold out for a while against Void-Refining. Especially given that she belongs to security-related departments. Running fast and taking hits well are tremendous advantages in sect competition.”

“But she doesn’t have an immortal inheritance. I’ll have to think of a way to help her find an excuse too…”

The thoughts flashed through his mind and vanished. Zhang Yu knew this was not the urgent priority right now, so he could only temporarily set it aside and focus on the matters at hand.

He once again arrived outside the immortal grotto-heaven, then directly contacted Bu Yingshu, sending his projection over.

“Bu… Bu Daojun, I’m almost done for.”

On the other side, Bai Zhenzhen had not been gone for long before she saw a stream of light tear across the sky, triggering a series of Spiritual Realm warnings and panic.

Bai Zhenzhen knew that this was Bu Yingshu, piloting an immortal shuttle, rushing to Zhang Yu’s side.

…

Deep within the Spiritual Realm, Xie Lanyin’s main body’s will trembled faintly. She had already sensed that her connection to the mystic realm’s direction had been cut off.

“Hm? Is there a problem with the Spirit-Network Signal?”

At first, Xie Lanyin thought it was a problem on her end, so she rapidly checked her own condition and discovered that aside from the mystic realm, she could connect to the Spiritual Realm everywhere else.

Thus, Xie Lanyin instantly understood. There was a problem on the mystic realm’s side.

“The mystic realm’s Spiritual Realm connection cut off again?”

Xie Lanyin recalled the situation on-site before she disconnected and thought, “There should be no problem.”

Xie Lanyin was very confident. With her cultivation as a Void-Refining cultivator, once that finger descended, absolutely no one on the scene could receive it.

“The World-Casting Furnace will definitely be thoroughly destroyed by my strike.”

As a cultivator at the Void-Refining realm, Xie Lanyin was also very measured in her attacks.

“Once that finger descends, the World-Casting Furnace’s main structure will be completely damaged. Without several major repairs, it probably won’t be able to restart.”

“But it absolutely won’t injure anyone on-site.”

Thinking of this, Xie Lanyin felt that no mistake had occurred, and she relaxed slightly.

At the same time, she also sighed inwardly. “In this way, Zhang Yu’s failure to subdue his first Void-Refining corpse unit means he can only start over from the beginning and keep leading people to subdue the next Void-Refining corpse unit.”

“He also won’t be able to control the World-Casting Furnace after subduing it and use the World-Casting Furnace to help him subdue other corpse units.”

“Good thing I found out he could control all sorts of berserk corpse units to fight. That was how I seized the opportunity to make a direct move and completely disrupt his plan.”

“Otherwise, if he could control Void-Refining corpse units one after another, he really might have completed the task within twenty days.”

Although Xie Lanyin was not certain whether Zhang Yu could completely control a Void-Refining-level corpse unit, what stood behind him was, after all, an immortal inheritance. She had no choice but to guard against it. This was the steadiness of an experienced sect official like her.

However, this sudden Spiritual Realm disconnection felt far too coincidental, and unease and suspicion could not help rising in her heart.

As she pondered, Xie Lanyin watched the various messages appearing in the Spiritual Realm. Very quickly, she saw more and more people discussing the mystic realm’s Spiritual Realm disconnection.

In particular, the various teams that had previously been responsible for cleanup in the Office Zone.

There were also the construction teams that had entered one after another over the past few days and begun rebuilding in the cleared Office Zone.

People from these teams ran out of the mystic realm’s Office Zone one after another and began complaining about the Spiritual Realm disconnection.

After all, in this era, the vast majority of magical treasures, Law Husks, and all kinds of other equipment in Kunxu almost all had functions connected to the Spiritual Realm. Only when connected to the Spiritual Realm could various Soul Cultivators and cultivators operate them remotely, and only then could they use all kinds of remote services from enterprises.

Once the Spiritual Realm disconnected, it directly caused the vast majority of people in the entire mystic realm’s Office Zone… to stop work on the spot.

Of course, in Kunxu, there were also teams and equipment capable of working without the Spiritual Realm.

But the teams arranged to carry out construction in the development zone this time had clearly made no such preparations. After all, before they came, it had already been confirmed that the development zone was once again covered by the Spiritual Realm and that spiritual energy was operating normally. Their preparations had all assumed the presence of the Spiritual Realm.

And if they wanted to temporarily replace all kinds of magical treasures, Law Husks, and other equipment, they would require large-scale personnel transfers and material transfers, which meant they would require immortal coins and time.

The large-scale work stoppage directly led one company after another to contact Xie Lanyin, the vice chairwoman in charge of investment attraction.

Xie Lanyin could only placate them one by one. At the same time, she immediately sent a message to Zhang Yu, copying the chairman and the other vice chairmen.

She wanted to question Zhang Yu. He was responsible for the development zone’s infrastructure, and he was also the person who had restored the Spiritual Realm connection back then, so why had he failed to maintain the Spiritual Realm properly?

But not long after Xie Lanyin sent out her inquiry, she noticed that some news about her had suddenly started going viral in the Spiritual Realm.

“Divine Transformation Overthrows Void-Refining! Is This an Individual Exception, or Is There a Problem with Our Education and Cultivation System?”

“Cross-Realm Combat! How Did a Divine Transformation Cultivator Repel a Void-Refining Cultivator in One Move?”

Zhang Yu had instructed the Divine Transformation cultivators to publicize the video content, and everyone displayed their own abilities. There were many ways to break the news.

Among them, there were not no normal reports, but clearly, titles about overthrowing Void-Refining were more likely to attract attention and more likely to go viral and spread.

After all, in Kunxu, especially among the Ten Major Sects, it was almost impossible for a lower cultivator to overthrow a higher cultivator.

And if that gap in realm was limited to Divine Transformation and Void-Refining, then the difference between them was even more like a heavenly chasm.

It could be said that among the sects, no one knew how many years it had been since such a thing had appeared.

In many cultivators’ impressions, this was a phenomenon that only appeared in ancient times, when immortal cultivation technology was underdeveloped, ancient cultivators did not study enough, and their understanding of the world and the immortal dao was not profound enough.

A Void-Refining cultivator could actually still be overthrown in this day and age? I have to see which Void-Refining cultivator is this useless.

And beneath these increasingly explosive headlines was precisely the scene of Xie Lanyin pointing out a finger, only for Zhang Yu to forcibly block it.

Of course, a simple video clearly could not express the process of Xie Lanyin already being offline at the time, or of Zhang Yu sacrificing over a dozen avatars in a row inside the immortal grotto-heaven to exhaust the power of that finger.

As a result, the entire video gave people the impression that Zhang Yu had scattered the power Xie Lanyin pointed out with one punch.

Under this kind of publicity, some people felt Zhang Yu was powerful, but even more people questioned Xie Lanyin’s strength and performance.

“How is this possible? How did that lowly beast block my finger?”

Seeing this, Xie Lanyin was first shocked, then furious. “Absurd. Overthrowing Void-Refining? This is naked slander and defamation!”

In modern Kunxu, strength was not merely a reflection of ability. It was also related to a cultivator’s assets.

A major scandal like Divine Transformation overthrowing Void-Refining would not only affect her prestige in the Administrative Committee, but would directly affect the stock price of the company Xie Lanyin belonged to.

After all, if even your company’s Void-Refining cultivator could be overthrown by Divine Transformation, could the quality of your products be up to standard?

There were also the important assets under Xie Lanyin’s name. The mine transformed from her main body would also be affected.

After all, if you, a Void-Refining cultivator, could not even handle a Divine Transformation cultivator, could the materials you produced be reliable?

Thus, the first thing Xie Lanyin thought of upon seeing these scandals was covering them up.

She abruptly mobilized the Soul Cultivator troll army under her command, having them argue everywhere, steer the rhythm, and change the topic. At the same time, she pushed up the popularity of other events, trying to bury her own scandal. She also issued quite a few warning letters, threatening some low-realm cultivators to stop spreading rumors.

In an instant, Xie Lanyin’s funds were consumed like flowing water.

But news of overthrowing Void-Refining was simply too eye-catching and attracted too much attention. Xie Lanyin discovered that no matter how desperately she tried to suppress it, she could not hold it down.

As the news of overthrowing Void-Refining exploded in popularity, the statements of the many Divine Transformation cultivators present also gradually spread through the Spiritual Realm. More cultivators began paying attention to the inside story of the battle.

On Tu Mu’s social platform, he posted: The Spiritual Realm connection in the Old Graveyard mystic realm had only recently been repaired and was already not very stable. For some unknown reason, Vice Chairwoman Xie Lanyin suddenly made a move, using the Spiritual Realm as a bridge to launch the power of her primordial spirit from afar, causing the mystic realm’s Spiritual Realm connection to cut off…

Riding on the popularity of the news, similar statements spread widely, and Xie Lanyin immediately sniffed out the crisis within them.

“That lowly beast… wants to pin the blame for the Spiritual Realm disconnection on me?”

Xie Lanyin sneered inwardly and immediately planned to contact the major investment-attraction enterprises, jointly pressuring Zhang Yu with them.

But she soon discovered that one responsible person after another had either gone offline, failed to respond, or said they were busy with something.

At that moment, Xie Lanyin, who had spent many years moving through the sects, sensed increasingly dangerous signals. It was as if an incomparably sharp divine blade was descending from the void toward her neck, inch by inch.

Of course, she would not sit and wait for death. She immediately moved to contact the other vice chairmen inside the Administrative Committee, as well as the chairman.

But at that moment, red warnings suddenly flashed inside the Spiritual Realm cave residence.

In the next instant, a figure violently tore through layer after layer of Spiritual Realm barriers and descended before Xie Lanyin.

“You…” Xie Lanyin looked at Bu Yingshu before her and was slightly stunned. “Bu Daojun, what are you trying to do?”

Bu Yingshu snorted coldly. “You dared hurt my person? And you still have the nerve to ask me?”

Thinking of how Zhang Yu, who could help her talent break through, had almost been beaten to death, Bu Yingshu felt as if the internet-famous cat she had raised, one with tens of millions of fans, had almost been killed by someone. Killing intent overflowed through her heart at this moment.

Seeing one innate certificate after another emerge in the Spiritual Realm, Xie Lanyin immediately warned, “I did not attack Zhang Yu. And Bu Daojun! I am a vice chairwoman of the Administrative Committee, a Level Six sect official…”

Bu Yingshu directly gripped an innate murder certificate and punched toward Xie Lanyin.

“A Level Six sect official, are you? I’ll give you every slot on this certificate.”

“Is that enough?”

Xie Lanyin said indifferently, “Bu Yingshu, don’t think I’m afraid of you just because you’re from the Myriad Laws Immortal Clan. The Myriad Laws Immortal Clan has no authority over the Whitebone Cult.”

Just as the two were about to exchange blows, another will descended. It was the Administrative Committee’s chairman, Xiao Yunhe, a Tribulation cultivator of the seventh rank.

He reached out and blocked the space between the two. At the same time, he sighed and sent Xie Lanyin a message. “Why did you attack Zhang Yu? And why did you beat him into that state? No matter what, he is still a vice chairman of the Administrative Committee.”

Xie Lanyin said, “I didn’t hit Zhang Yu!”

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