What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?

Looking at the cultivation methods on the recommendation list, Zhang Yu became curious: "My friend is looking at these? Which friend is looking at these martial arts?"

Unfortunately, after logging in with his real name, most of Zhang Yu's classmates he knew in real life were almost all friends on shopping websites. There were so many of them that he couldn't pinpoint who was looking at them.

"Nine Heavens Quick Mastery Eight Talisman Scriptures?"

Thinking of his 60-point Dao Arts exam score, Zhang Yu immediately clicked on it, but was immediately deterred by the price of 98,000.

"Talismans have too low a cost-performance ratio, so I won't consider them for now."

Zhang Yu simply clicked on the leaderboard to see what the most popular cultivation methods were right now.

"Longevity and Health Enhancement Art Deluxe Newly Revised Edition, Health Preservation and Disease Removal Art, Detailed Explanation of Brick Moving King Excavation Palm Crane Claw, Uncensored Version of Sports Car Legs, Practical Guide to Elevator Vertical Movement…"

Seeing these Qi Refining stage cultivation methods being sold, Zhang Yu was slightly stunned.

The bestsellers were primarily longevity and health-strengthening cultivation methods. Zhang Yu understood this very well. Who wouldn't want to live a few more years? As for curing diseases, it was even more reasonable. After all, hospitals were too expensive, and it was more cost-effective to endure illnesses by practicing cultivation.

But the next bestsellers were either power-based martial arts that imitated excavators and cranes, or lightness techniques based on sports cars and elevators… In short, they all looked like martial arts that laborers would learn.

However, after a second thought, Zhang Yu understood.

Compared to high school students like them, the majority of people in the Qi Refining stage were still working-class people, especially those high-income groups who did the work of dozens of people in various construction sites, factories, delivery services, and security jobs.

For them, these Excavation Palms, Crane Claws, and Sports Car Legs were tools for making money, cultivation methods for establishing themselves in Kunxu.

For them, these were truly useful cultivation methods, much more reliable than breaking through realms or improving cultivation.

After understanding this, Zhang Yu changed his filtering criteria, changing the suitable age to 18 to 20 years old.

The cultivation methods that immediately popped up were Strategies for Increasing Mana, Common Dictionary of Basic Eight Talismans, Simplified Version of Thirty-Six Body Strengthening Exercises…

Looking at these, Zhang Yu felt that the best-selling cultivation methods were too basic and too simple.

"It seems like ordinary high school students are buying them."

So Zhang Yu added a new filtering criterion—cultivation method level.

According to the knowledge Zhang Yu learned in school, cultivation methods were divided into five levels: Basic, Advanced, Expert, Military, and Immortal.

It was said that Immortal-level cultivation methods had even more detailed divisions internally, but Zhang Yu didn't know what they were specifically.

After all, Military-level and Immortal-level cultivation methods were not something ordinary people could cultivate. One required joining the military or political departments to have cultivation rights, and the other required joining a major sect.

As for the Zhou Tian Qi Gathering Method in Zhang Yu's hands, he estimated it was probably Advanced level.

As for the Tianwu Heart Refining Art, he estimated it was probably Expert level.

"Immovable Mountain Scripture, Heart Yuan Great Handprint, Zhou Tian Star Sword, Light Heart Sutra…"

Zhang Yu's gaze swept over these Expert-level cultivation methods. After a burst of envy, he could only shake his head helplessly: "Expert-level cultivation methods not only have higher cultivation thresholds and more requirements… the cheapest usage rights cost tens of thousands, I really can't afford them."

"Unless the school's contract can really offer me a high price."

Zhang Yu's gaze swept over the Advanced-level cultivation methods again, and he thought to himself: "As for the Advanced-level ones, I can consider buying a few after the contract is negotiated."

"Especially the mental cultivation methods that suit me, which can allow me to quickly improve to Dao Heart Level 3 and start practicing the Tianwu Heart Refining Art."

After browsing the shopping platform for a while and adding a few cultivation methods that looked good to his shopping cart, Zhang Yu planned to exit temporarily.

Just then, he suddenly noticed that the recommendation column had changed again.

Your competitor is placing an order: Strategies for Increasing Mana, Common Dictionary of Basic Eight Talismans, Heavenly Demon Parasitic Art…

Damn it!

"So you abuse big data like this, creating a cultivation arms race between users to stimulate user consumption?"

"Wait… what is this Heavenly Demon Parasitic Art?"

Your competitor is placing an order for the Heavenly Demon Parasitic Art… who wouldn't click on that? Even a dog passing by would have to click in to take a look.

Zhang Yu clicked on it and discovered that the Heavenly Demon Parasitic Art was an Expert-level cultivation method that combined flesh and blood self-healing, organ transplantation, flesh and blood devouring, Qi and blood adaptation, human body parasitism, and other abilities.

In short, it was a martial art that could plunder the bodies of others.

As a genuine user of Qidian novels in his previous life, Zhang Yu had a feeling when he saw the name and introduction.

Could the person buying this cultivation method be a good person?

"My opponent? Which demon is going to practice the Heavenly Demon Parasitic Art?"

"Is there really this opponent? Could this website be talking nonsense?"

Zhang Yu was a little suspicious, but when he thought of the various magical powers and styles of doing things in the Kunxu world, he felt that it didn't seem impossible.

Zhang Yu looked at the price. The usage rights for the Heavenly Demon Parasitic Art were a full 300,000. Among the people he knew, there were only a few who were qualified to practice this cultivation method, plus the qualifier of competitor…

"Qian Shen?"

"Or He Dayou?"

Zhang Yu immediately felt that He Dayou was highly suspected. After all, Teacher Lei Jun played the video of his fight with He Dayou repeatedly. He remembered that He Dayou's gaze towards him was very unkind.

"Anyway, I have to be careful of these rich people nearby."

"To actually cultivate the Heavenly Demon Parasitic Art, they are beasts in human skin."

But soon he saw in the recommendation column below the purchase page… People who viewed this cultivation method also viewed: Anti-Parasitic Art, Purification Divine Art, Demon Slaying Magic…

Seeing these highly targeted names, Zhang Yu immediately doubted his previous judgment.

"Could it be that this platform is just messing around, trying to trick me into placing an order?"

Based on Zhang Yu's understanding of the Kunxu world, the companies in this world could definitely do such a thing.

He could only keep the matter in his heart for now, but before exiting the platform, he thought about it and added the Anti-Parasitic Art, Purification Divine Art, Demon Slaying Magic, and other cultivation methods to his favorites.

After a while, he simply opened the platform again and added the Heavenly Demon Parasitic Art to his favorites as well.

"Hehe, it's best if that person who placed the order can also see that your opponent is viewing the Heavenly Demon Parasitic Art, Anti-Parasitic Art, Purification Divine Art, Demon Slaying Magic…"

In the blink of an eye, another night passed.

Zhang Yu's Zhou Tian Qi Gathering Method made further progress, increasing to Level 8 (95/160).

And his mana, after this day of hard work, also rose to a level of 12.1.

……

The next day.

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In Songyang High School.

Zhang Yu received a friend request with a barbell icon.

"Hello Zhang Yu, I am Lan Ling from the Senior Year Demonstration Class, and also the Minister of the Sports Department of the Student Union. I have something I want to discuss with you. Please add me as a friend."

After Zhang Yu agreed, the other party quickly sent a new message.

"Hello Zhang Yu, in order to promote the development of social immortality and help the students of our school climb to the peak of the immortal path and achieve better results, based on the principles of mutual voluntariness, cooperation, and win-win situation, we are very honored to invite you to discuss the signing matters in order to achieve a deeper value-added cooperation…"

The other party invited him to meet at the Student Union office at 12 noon today to discuss the signing matters.

"Is it finally here?"

So at noon that day, Zhang Yu washed his face, combed his hair, and tidied up his clothes before arriving at the Student Union office.

He had just knocked on the door when he saw that after the door opened, another door appeared.

Oh… it wasn't that another door appeared behind the door, but that a person who looked very much like a door appeared.

A student with a door-panel body opened the door for Zhang Yu, smiling and stepping back: "Are you Zhang Yu?"

Zhang Yu glanced at the dumbbell still held in the door-panel man's hand and greeted, "Student Lan Ling?"

Just as the two were greeting each other, a burst of laughter came from behind the door-panel man, followed by the sound of running.

"Is Zhang Yu here?"

A young man who didn't even have time to put on his shoes jumped off the sofa and ran a short distance to Zhang Yu, grabbing his hands excitedly: "Hahaha, I heard yesterday that Songyang High School has produced another peerless genius. Today I have finally waited for you."

With that, he grabbed Zhang Yu and walked inside.

Lan Ling followed up and introduced: "Student Zhang Yu, this is the Vice President of our Student Union, Zhou Chechen."

Zhang Yu remembered that this person seemed to be the top student of the Senior Year.

After the monthly exam, his name, like his own, was often seen everywhere in the school.

Zhou Chechen pulled Zhang Yu to the sofa, and the two sat on the sofa together.

Feeling the other party's tightly gripped hand and the look in his eyes that contained admiration, excitement, and agitation, Zhang Yu's heart froze.

Damn, is he a fencer?

Zhou Chechen reached out and grabbed a stack of documents that flew over from the desk and grabbed them in his hand.

"After seeing your grades, I immediately checked your information."

"Then I found out that there were debt collection calls to the school regarding you."

Zhang Yu's heart sank when he heard this, and he thought: "Are they going to use the debt to lower the price?"

But Zhou Chechen waved the document in his hand and smiled: "After hearing about it, I immediately had someone buy your debt."

"A total of 700,000 debts from more than a dozen platforms are all here."

"How can our school's genius be burdened by debt? If word gets out, other high schools will think that Songyang High School is so poor that it doesn't even have money to invest in its own students."

As he spoke, he spat out mana from his hand and turned all the debt documents into ashes.

In Zhang Yu's shocked gaze, Zhou Chechen continued: "You don't have to pay off the debt every month from now on."

"This debt of 700,000 will be recorded on my account first. No interest will be calculated, and you don't have to rush to pay it back."

"Next, you can study and cultivate in Songyang High School with peace of mind. After you graduate from university and enter a major sect, you can slowly pay me back when you earn money in the future."

Zhang Yu looked at the other party in surprise. He didn't expect that this Vice President of the Student Union would temporarily suppress his most pressing loan problem with one move.

Then Zhou Chechen picked up another document and accepted it: "This is the Grade A contract that I set for you after discussing it with the President."

"50,000 cultivation fees per month, the school's spirit roots, quiet rooms, spirit world, talismans, cafeteria, potions… all get a 20% discount… the school dormitory also prepared a single room for you…"

Listening to the preferential conditions reported by the other party, Zhang Yu's heart couldn't help but beat faster, and he had the urge to sign the document immediately.