Cultivation? Ain't Got No Money For That!
Chapter 163

Mysterious Zhang Yu

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When Zhang Yu came to his senses again, he found himself in an underground passage.

"Has the teleportation completed?"

He walked forward along the underground passage and soon saw a figure.

Zhang Yu quickly went up to see if Bai Zhenzhen had come down with him, but found it was a boy in a school uniform.

Hearing footsteps, the boy turned around and looked at Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu nodded to the other person and greeted them, "Hello, are you here to take the exam too?"

The boy's name was Dai Xingzhi. He didn't immediately respond to Zhang Yu's greeting, but instead looked Zhang Yu up and down to confirm something.

The other party is not a student from Immortal Capital City.

Dai Xingzhi was able to confirm this mainly for two reasons.

On the one hand, he was very unfamiliar with the other person's appearance, and he remembered all the high school students in Immortal Capital City who were academically excellent and wealthy very clearly, and there was absolutely no such person in front of him.

Secondly, judging from the other person's accent, speech, clothing, and so on... this person is from out of town.

As a Immortal Capital People of Immortal Capital whose ancestors have lived there for ten generations, Dai Xingzhi believes that Immortal Capital People are completely different from outsiders; they are practically two different species.

He could tell the difference between the two at a Dai Xingzhi.

"Out-of-towners are just out-of-towners; they don't have the temperament of us Immortal Capital People."

Realizing that Zhang Yu was most likely from out of town, he unconsciously straightened his back.

Because he, Dai Xingzhi, was a supporter of the Immortal Capital Supremacy movement.

Immortal Capital the center of the Kunxu First Layer, and it is the concentration of the strongest, smartest, and richest people in the Kunxu First Layer. The Upper City of Immortal Capital can even be called the 1.5th Layer 5 of Kunxu.

"Theoretically speaking, I'm not actually from the Kunxu First Layer; I should be considered someone from the 1.5th Layer 5 of Kunxu."

As for the other cities on the first floor? In Dai Xingzhi's mind, weren't they all just rural areas?

Looking at Zhang Yu in front of him, Dai Xingzhi thought to himself, "That stinking outsider, trying to steal our Foundation Establishment Certificate from the Immortal Capital?"

After glancing at Zhang Yu twice, Dai Xingzhi said nothing, turned around and left. He walked quickly forward for a while, and soon saw the back of another person.

"Ye Lingxiao..."

Dai Xingzhi had heard a great deal about this top student who had recently become obsessed with Red Envelope Talisman, because the other party lived within the Upper City.

In Dai Xingzhi's understanding, Immortal Capital was the center of the Kunxu First Layer.

The Floating City above Immortal Capital, which has always been called the Upper City, is the very center of the center.

Within this Upper City, there are ten rings from the outside in, with the innermost ring being the very center of the center.

Ye Lingxiao, born in the second ring, comes from one of the wealthiest Lineage in the Immortal Capital City.

According to Dai Xingzhi's understanding, people living within the Second Ring Road only befriend other people within the Second Ring Road, only marry other people within the Second Ring Road, and only have children with other people within the Second Ring Road. Some people within the Second Ring Road will never even leave the area.

Upon seeing Ye Lingxiao, Dai Xingzhi had just straightened his back, immediately bent down again and said ingratiatingly, "Lingxiao, hello."

"Do you remember me? I'm Dai Xingzhi, from the same school as you. My family lives near the North Sixth Ring Road."

After saying that, he added, "It's within the Sixth Ring Road, not outside the Sixth Ring Road."

Ye Lingxiao nodded without looking up and continued to practice the Red Envelope Talisman with all his might.

After the previous Dao Heart Test, his curiosity about the Red Envelope Talisman and the Goodwill Talisman deepened, and he was now 90% certain that they contained incredible benefits.

Unfortunately, because the secrets involved were so great, he dared not tell anyone and could only study them on his own.

Just then, a shout came from behind, "Hey! Why are you throwing Red Envelope Talisman around again?"

Zhang Yu dodged the Red Envelope Talisman scattered on the ground as he followed, saying with displeasure, "You're just littering these filthy things; isn't that endangering public safety?"

Ye Lingxiao glanced at Zhang Yu with some surprise, seemingly not expecting that this student from out of town hadn't been eliminated in the last test.

Ye Lingxiao said calmly, "If no one picks up the Red Envelope Talisman, it will disappear after a while. Besides, if you don't want the money inside, just return it immediately..."

As the two were talking, Zhang Yu had already followed them into an underground hall.

From afar, one could see examiners Deng Bingding and others standing in the center of the hall, surrounded by more than a dozen contestants who had arrived earlier.

However, at this moment, these contestants seemed to be discussing something with the examiners.

One of the students said, "Examiner, please announce the rankings from the last test."

Another student said, "Yeah, what kind of test doesn't publish the rankings?"

Someone loudly defended it, saying, "If there's no ranking, is it still a test? Can it be considered a normal exam?"

After listening for a few moments, Zhang Yu understood: this was a group of Immortal Capital Master demanding the release of the rankings from the previous round of testing.

Moreover, judging from their demeanor and the information they revealed, it seemed that in Immortal Capital, it was considered extremely immoral for local schools not to publish rankings after exams, and both teachers and schools would be reported.

"Damn it, another bunch of exam kings..." Zhang Yu thought to himself. "Wherever I go in Kunxu, there are always these guys who love to manipulate rankings. They don't care about the privacy of the examinees at all."

Just then, Bai Zhenzhen walked up to Zhang Yu and asked curiously, "What's all that commotion up there?" Zhang Yu replied dismissively, "A bunch of score-obsessed people are making a fuss about announcing the rankings from the last test."

Bai Zhenzhen recalled her performance in the last test, "Well, the strongest Immortal Capital Master took half a second to open the door, while I took less than three seconds, so I'm definitely ranked low."

Thinking that her own Dao Heart Test was probably not as good as these Immortal Capital Master, she shook her head and sighed, "It's just a pre-exam test. These people still value empty fame too much."

Zhang Yu agreed, saying, "The true Immortal Dao to immortality cannot be defined by temporary scores and rankings."

Upon hearing this, Ye Lingxiao, a supporter of the exam ranking theory, felt he couldn't pretend he hadn't heard it.

But before he could speak, Dai Xingzhi couldn't help but say, "What nonsense are you two from out of town spouting? Scores are everything! Ranking is the standard by which a person is qualified to continue on the path of Immortal Dao!"

"If people only care about scores and not rankings... what's the difference between that and being born that way?"

Although Ye Lingxiao didn't say anything, his frequent nodding showed that he strongly supported this view.

Dai Xingzhi looked at Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, but there was still something he didn't say.

He thought to himself, "Hmph, only those who know they're lagging behind are afraid of rankings."

In his mind, how could these two outsiders compare to the top students from Immortal Capital? They must be lagging behind in the rankings.

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"I've seen plenty of uncivilized outsiders like you. If you two were ranked first or second, I'd probably be eager to announce the rankings."

At this moment, faced with the numerous students' requests, Deng Bingding, who was standing at the forefront of the examiners, said, "I understand everyone's desire to know the rankings. There are no rules here that prohibit revealing the previous rankings."

"We just felt it wouldn't be very useful for reference, so we originally didn't plan to release it."

"Now that everyone wants to know, I will show you the rankings."

The previous test consisted of two stages.

The first challenge is to push open the metal door, and the second challenge Dao Heart Test.

However, most of the students present were not particularly concerned about their scores in the first stage, pushing open the metal door; they just glanced at it and put it aside.

After all, the requirements for this round are not high; it is purely designed to eliminate first-year high school students who are not strong enough, and many contestants did not give it their all.

On the contrary, the second Dao Heart Test, in everyone's opinion, not only demonstrated willpower but also reflected the contestant's worth, which was what the students present were most concerned about.

Therefore, everyone was quite concerned about the ranking in this Dao Heart Test.

First place, No. 55, valuation unknown.

Second place, number 23, valued at 5.5 billion.

Third place, number 11, valued at 5 billion.

Upon seeing the rankings, everyone immediately fell silent, quietly searching for their own numbers and clarifying their position in the audience, much like finding their seats in a movie theater.

After confirming their own ranking and their approximate level in the exam, the next step was naturally to confirm the rankings of others.

Generally, people will first identify their friends, or first identify the people they dislike.

For Dai Xingzhi, the first thing he confirmed was the top three.

When he arrives at a group of people, his first habit is to identify who has the highest score and is the richest. This is also one of the ancestral precepts of the Dai Family.

At the same time, Dai Xingzhi was also recalling the content of the last Dao Heart Test.

"Does this valuation mean it can ultimately resist the temptation of certain values?"

"Those who are valued higher on this ranking are not only resolute in their Dao Heart, but are also extremely wealthy."

"Is number 11 Yun Jing, in third place, valued at 5 billion?"

Dai Xingzhi looked at the boy who was surrounded by several students from Immortal Cloud High School.

What was most captivating about the other person was their pair of eyes, as bright as stars; Dai Xingzhi knew that those were Dharma Skeleton's.

"Yun Jing... is known by Purple Cloud Pharmaceutical as ' the Strongest High School Student on the Kunxu First Layer '."

Dai Xingzhi heard that a month ago, the other party had reached the Qi Refining Limit, not only in terms of magical power, but also in terms of Dao Heart and Physical Strength.

"Sigh, one of these four Foundation Establishment Certificate should belong to Yun Jing."

Ye Lingxiao, who was standing to the side, also glanced at Yun Jing. He remembered that the other party had been able to pick up his Red Envelope Talisman without any damage last time.

Dai Xingzhi thought to himself, "The second place, number 23, is Ye Lingxiao, who is standing next to me. His estimated value is 5.5 billion. Did he manage to hold out for 5.5 billion in the Illusion Realm? No wonder he's a rich guy from the second ring."

"His stats must have reached the Qi Refining Limit two or three months ago, right? After all, he was evaluated by the Oasis Group as having the most perfect physique and the most perfect bloodline among contemporary high school students."

"He should have one of the four Foundation Establishment Certificate."

But when he saw number 55, who ranked first, Dai Xingzhi realized he couldn't find anyone else around the room, and he became increasingly puzzled. "In this Foundation Establishment Exam, are there people stronger and richer than Yun Jing and Ye Lingxiao?"

(End of this chapter)

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