Chapter 335: Competition Team

Hearing Zhang Yu's question, Zhang Pian Pian was slightly startled, and said: "Is there anyone in this world who isn't short of money?"

"I am indeed gathering a sum of money. Although I am still short, it shouldn't take too long to gather it."

Hearing Zhang Pian Pian's answer, Zhang Yu thought to himself: "It couldn't be that I'm only short by 50 spirit coins, could it?"

But he wasn't sure if the 50 spirit coins reflected in the Dao Seed were related to the money Zhang Pian Pian was gathering, and he couldn't ask directly, so he could only temporarily bury his doubts deep in his heart.

At the same time, Zhang Yu also felt that the spirit coins he had were becoming increasingly insufficient!

"Hoo, as expected, spirit and flesh united. I'll try it myself first. If I can't manage, then I'll spend money!"

In the next few days, Zhang Yu and the other three studied, cultivated, and worked as usual, as if nothing had happened!

On this day, Zhang Yu, as usual, was cultivating his breath regulation technique in the cemetery!

After these days of arduous cultivation, he had completed the seventh breath regulation technique of the Jade Vein Everflowing, and was cultivating the eighth breath regulation technique – the Spirit Drawing and Body Tempering Art!

He saw that at this moment, his magic power was circulating, and a rich stream of spiritual energy flowed within his meridians, constantly radiating outwards, silently tempering the muscles and bones of his entire body!

During the time he spent working and cultivating in the cemetery, because he spent more time meditating and regulating his breath every day, Zhang Yu specifically chose a breath regulation technique that could temper his muscles and bones during breath regulation, so that his body tempering progress wouldn't fall too far behind!

But when he was cultivating the seventh and eighth breath regulation techniques, he could also feel that his cultivation efficiency was slowing down!

And this slowness wasn't due to the environment, or some change in his state, but simply because the breath regulation techniques Zhang Yu was cultivating were becoming increasingly difficult!

"But there's nothing that can be done!"

Zhang Yu sighed in his heart: "There are only a dozen or so breath regulation techniques belonging to the Jade Vein Everflowing set. I've already completed the simplest ones, and the rest are quite complex. Each set of circulation takes quite a bit of time!"

"In this way, even for me, it will probably take half a month, or even a month, to raise a breath regulation technique to level 20!"

Zhang Yu knew that if someone heard his sigh at this moment, they might wish they could beat him up!

But for him, who was already accustomed to rapid increases in the levels of cultivation methods, reaching level 20 in a month was indeed a bit lacking!

After a long time, Zhang Yu felt that the efficacy of the medicine he had taken earlier had been completely consumed, so he slowly stopped his cultivation and took some time to check the accumulated messages in his eyes!

First, he replied to the medicine pooling information in the dormitory group, followed by some homework information in the class groups. Zhang Yu quickly scanned through them!

Then there were various miscellaneous messages in various groups!

There was a refining group that Ye Xingli from the Artifact Refining Department had added him to, where two groups of people were arguing about whether the leg tendon technique of Vajra Xuanzao or Tiangong was better!

There was also a lament from the Songyang fellow townsmen group. A student from Shuizhou Demon Race Occupational College, in order to save money, didn't take medicine and constantly endured staying up late, leading to a sudden cardiac arrest that nearly killed him. Now he was borrowing money in the group to buy energy capsules, hoping to be able to stay up late with peace of mind!

Chu Qiuhe from Vajra University: No borrowing of money in the group, first warning, second time you'll be kicked out!

Xiong Wenwu from Heavenly Demon University: We are fellow townsmen. He just wants to borrow some money to stay awake. Isn't it a bit too strict?

Chu Qiuhe from Vajra University: If you don't have money, go to sleep!

Another demon race student jumped out and replied: What's the difference between telling him to sleep every day in university and telling him to die? He's a university student. He just doesn't want to sleep and wants to get up and study. What did he do wrong?

Chu Qiuhe from Vajra University: Who knows if it's a scam! If you're so poor you can't even afford to stay up late, why are you cultivating immortality?

After a quick glance at the arguments in the group, Zhang Yu looked at his other accumulated messages!

Then he found a message sent to him by Cong Na from the competition team!

Cong Na: The rest of the team has agreed. I'll send you the competition materials and add you to the group.

Zhang Yu first accepted the competition materials, scanned through them briefly, and then agreed to the other party's invitation to add him to the group!

Zhang Yu: Hello everyone. It's my first time here. Please seniors take care of me in the future.

Cong Na: Welcome

Ma Xuan: Welcome to join

Zhang Yu greeted them, but besides Cong Na and Ma Xuan, no third person welcomed him, and their chat history was quickly pushed up by others!

Zhang Yu took a look and found that there were still three people in the group chatting enthusiastically about Dao techniques as if no one else was there, with lines of text quickly appearing and filling the entire chat box!

Zhang Yu then looked at the information of the other five people in the group besides himself!

He found that besides Cong Na, who only showed her class ranking as fifth, the others also showed their full department ranking besides their class ranking!

Among them, Ma Xuan was ranked 35th in the entire department, and the remaining three were also around 40th to 50th place!

Including Zhang Yu, there were a total of six people, which was the number of members in a competition team!

Zhang Yu also looked at their grades and found that at most they were fifth-year university students!

Zhang Yu understood that being able to reach the top 50 in the entire department at this stage, these few people were obviously elite students of the Civil Engineering Department!

"No wonder no one is paying attention to me!"

Zhang Yu completely understood this. After all, it was normal for high-ranking students to be somewhat arrogant towards low-ranking students, and ignoring low-ranking students was truly very polite!

Just then, one of the students named Bu Ziran sent a short video. The content of the video was a Lung Artifact Framework that had just been unboxed!

Bu Ziran: The latest Lung Artifact Framework from Myriad Dao Craftsman Sect! You can accumulate and condense Lung Metal Sword Qi by breathing!

Bu Ziran: Subscribe to Myriad Dao Craftsman Sect's monthly service, and there are 23 kinds of sword qi that can be changed!

Bu Ziran: Got it for 18.88 spirit coins.

Seeing this price, Zhang Yu wanted to say how expensive it was, but another student named Yang Yan replied: This price is cheap, you got a discount.

Bu Ziran: I have an uncle who works at Myriad Dao Craftsman Sect. This time I bought it at an internal price.

Looking at the various conversations in the group about artifact frameworks, medicine, Dao techniques, and magic treasures, Zhang Yu thought about the flour brick he had fought so hard to snatch not long ago and felt increasingly out of place in this group, unable to participate in these topics even if he wanted to!

And looking at these fourth-year and fifth-year student elites in the group, who weren't even ranked in the top 20 in the entire department, Zhang Yu sighed slightly in his heart: "Realist Xinghuo, that old guy, even told me to transfer to the Artifact Refining Department after entering the Civil Engineering Department. Does he know how difficult it is to transfer departments in university now?"

"To climb to the top 20 in the entire department before the end of the third year is difficult!"

Zhang Yu knew that to surpass the students of the middle and upper years in overall score at a young age, one needed to study the courses of the middle and upper years in advance!

This not only required terrifying talent, but also required a lot of money!

And someone like Ji Yuanzhu from their class was a prodigy who aimed to transfer departments!

Zhang Yu had gradually figured out the regular cultivation plan of those who were aiming to transfer departments!

"In the first and second years, they are basically building their foundation, pushing their basic stats to the peak of Foundation Establishment!"

"In the third year, they start to study ahead, accelerating through the spirit world to finish a large number of advanced courses in their own department in advance and pass the exams!"

"Finally, in this third year, they accumulate a large amount of overall score! Pushing their ranking to the top 50 level so they can transfer departments!"

"And if you want to transfer from Civil Engineering to Artifact Refining, the requirements are even more stringent. You have to at least push into the top 20!"

Zhang Yu thought to himself: "Old man Xinghuo might have been out of university for too long!"

"And sister thinks that even if I can't do it, I can still transfer to Artifact Refining by taking graduate school!"

"But!" Zhang Yu's gaze sharpened, and he made a firm resolution: "I want to enter the Ten Great Sects. I must seize the time and enter the Ten Great Sects before the entry channels of the Ten Great Sects close!"

"And the Ten Great Sects do not accept those from the Civil Engineering Department!"

Zhang Yu thought to himself: "I must join the Artifact Refining Department earlier and start cultivating the content of the Artifact Refining Department earlier!"

"Transferring to the Artifact Refining Department after graduate school is slow, far too slow!"

Looking at the rankings of Ma Xuan and the others, Zhang Yu's sense of urgency surged again, and he quickly continued to cultivate!

However, the effect of the previous dose of medicine had worn off, and the efficiency of his breath regulation was much lower at this moment!

Zhang Yu decided to take advantage of this time, before taking the next dose of medicine, to try the state of spirit and flesh united!

"According to Teacher Feng Jiu in the Dao Heart class, the state of mind method circulation is basic when it runs for 24 hours!"

"Above that is reaching the semi-instinctive state!"

"And above the semi-instinctive state is the completely instinctive state of spirit and flesh united!"

Zhang Yu felt the circulation of the mind method in his mind at this moment, recalling the feeling he had when he entered a state of suspended animation in the first floor, as the building collapsed and his body was buried!

"At that time, to the outside world, I was completely unconscious, but in reality, I still had a last shred of a will to survive!"

At that time, I didn't think about anything, I didn't consider anything, I just felt myself in a dark world of consciousness, exerting all my might to vitalize my body and maintain the growth of flesh and blood!

"This state where there is only a last shred of clarity in the mind is roughly the level of semi-instinct!"

"And the state of spirit and flesh united is when, even if you truly lose consciousness and are completely unconscious, the mind method continues to circulate like breathing!"

Zhang Yu tried to activate the suspended animation state of the Boundless Spring and Autumn Zen, constantly erasing the雜念 in his heart!

But no matter how he eliminated the numerous thoughts in his heart, there would always be that last thought remaining, maintaining his last shred of clarity!

"It's really hard!" Zhang Yu thought to himself: "To maintain the circulation of the mind method even when unconscious!

This is truly something that humans shouldn't do!

"In the following time, whenever Zhang Yu had time during his cultivation, he would try the state of spirit and flesh united!"

Although he never succeeded, he could feel the circulation of the mind method becoming slightly smoother.

Especially every time he was about to enter that state where there was only a last shred of thought left in his mind, the speed of entering that state became faster and faster!

As time flew by, in the blink of an eye, it was early June!

More than a month had passed since Zhang Yu first set foot in the cemetery project!

In this past month, he had been funded by President Wang in the early stages, and although he didn't have that support later, relying on potent medicine every day and the unique environment of the cemetery, Zhang Yu still made great strides in terms of magic power, soaring to a level of 661.3!

The quality of his magic power increased at a slower rate as the value grew, but it still reached 168!

His Dao Heart, under the constant circulation of the mind method, also steadily improved, reaching level 14 (64.8)!

His physical strength only increased to level 15.18 due to the lack of training time as he focused on breath regulation these days!

And his罡 Qi conduction rate and farthest conduction distance also steadily increased with the improvement of his basic stats, reaching 42 and 44 meters!

On this day, Ma Xuan contacted Zhang Yu again, inviting him to participate in the competition team's coordination training!