Lurking Minions, Waiting for the Right Moment

Training Field of Songyang High School.

As Zhou Chechen took a deep breath, the surrounding chill quickly subsided, and his Frost Heaven Freezing Qi Field slowly dissipated.

In front of Zhou Chechen, Lan Ling, whose face was blue and purple from the cold, shivered. As her Qi and Blood and qi circulated throughout her body, waves of heat surged out, and she finally felt a little better.

But Lan Ling didn't seem to care about the frostbite on his body. Instead, he said with some satisfaction, "President, you've finally gotten serious. You even used the Zhou Family's power, haven't you?"

In Lan Ling's view, the fact that Zhou Chechen could mobilize the Zhou Family's power to retaliate against Zhang Yu meant that the other party's status in the Zhou Family was much higher than Lan Ling had previously expected.

Lan Ling continued, "Let's go all out and find a way to fire Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen..."

Seeing Lan Ling's somewhat excited expression, Zhou Chechen thought to himself, "Lan Ling, Lan Ling, if only my opponent were you..."

He certainly couldn't agree to Lan Ling's suggestion. After all, according to Zhou Yang's instructions, what he needed to do was to put pressure on Zhang Yu little by little, making Zhang Yu increasingly breathless, but not so much that he would crush Zhang Yu all at once.

Zhou Chechen thought to himself, "The real challenge of this operation is to step on the opponent without killing them with one blow."

"Now the Martial Dao course is leading him down the dead end of Basic Cultivation Method."

"Through physical education classes, he gradually became addicted to drugs."

"Dao Arts tutoring is cutting into the time he could spend earning money and practicing after school..."

Zhou Chechen could imagine that as Zhang Yu continued to lack time for cultivation and earning money, his strength and achievements would inevitably decline.

After all, even the Immortal Dao is like most skills in the world in this respect. If you don't practice enough, you will not only fail to maintain your original level, but you may even start to regress.

The muscles and bones throughout the body will deteriorate as exercise decreases, leading to a decline in Physical Strength.

Mana will gradually decline as Breath Circulation decreases, eventually affecting one's control over mana.

The Dao Heart can be weakened by insufficient time spent cultivating, leading to self-doubt, self-examination, and a gradual loss of control.

"Not to mention, if you don't have money, you won't have money for pesticides."

"If you suddenly stop taking medication after a long period of treatment... your cultivation level will decline even more significantly."

Although Zhou Chechen knew that Zhang Yu had no chance of getting into the top 10 universities, there were still huge differences between universities that were not among the top 10.

"The gap between the 36 Upper Schools, the 72 Lower Schools, and those bunch of miscellaneous Junior College colleges and other low-tier universities is quite significant."

"What would it feel like to watch your academic level gradually decline from the level required for a colonel's exam to that of Junior College 36 Upper Schools?"

Zhou Chechen couldn't imagine it, but he could guess that it must feel terrible.

After all, he had seen many similar examples. Every year, Songyang High School had no shortage of poor but talented students whose grades had declined due to bullying.

A drop in grades... is the easiest thing to break a student's heart for those in Key High School.

Shuang Youpeng, who was once the top student in his grade, also watched helplessly as his grades continued to decline until he broke down.

In Zhou Chechen's eyes, Zhang Yu was more talented and had better grades, but if you didn't consider the people behind him, dealing with him would just require more manpower and money than dealing with Shuang Youpeng.

Besides, as the other party gradually gets used to and becomes addicted to the Mad Dragon Formulation, Zhou Chechen can imagine the despair they would feel if the supply of this addictive drug were to be stopped.

"If that doesn't work, lure this guy into gambling, or set up some other scam..."

"And then there's Bai Zhenzhen. Even if she's unwilling to betray Zhang Yu now, as the difference in their treatment becomes more apparent, they're bound to clash..."

Zhou Chechen had witnessed many poor people being exploited to the point of mental and physical breakdown, ultimately becoming subservient dogs.

Although those poor people may not have achieved the same level of success as Zhang Yu, Zhou Chechen believed that human nature was the same for them.

"As Zhang Yu's grades continue to decline, and he sees Bai Zhenzhen not being targeted like him... what will he think?"

"When poor people are in dire straits, it is often a fatal blow if they find that even their best friends can no longer be relied upon."

Zhou Chechen sighed inwardly. With the power of the Zhou Family, it seemed far too easy for them to push such a poor student step by step into the abyss.

His biggest problem now is the potential backlash from Zhang Yu's backers, and the potential consequences he might suffer.

After all, according to Zhou Yang, the intention was to gradually force Zhang Yu to seek help from others.

Zhou Chechen thought to himself, "I need to figure out a way to protect myself."

Just then, Lan Ling's call interrupted Zhou Chechen's thoughts.

"President? President?"

Lan Ling looked at Zhou Chechen and said, "President, did you hear what I said? Find an opportunity to expel them directly." Although he quickly went through the matter in his mind again, Zhou Chechen knew that he couldn't tell Lan Ling these things, especially since Zhou Yang had asked him to force Zhou Chechen Zhang Yu to seek help in his own name. How could he tell outsiders about this?

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Chechen finally said quietly, "Instead of expelling him and letting him go out to work and earn money, I think it's better to let him stay at school and have some fun."

Lan Ling's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and she smiled, "Indeed, you really know how to play this game, President. Let's take our time to torment him."

Looking at Lan Ling, who was now completely convinced and eager to try, Zhou Chechen sighed inwardly, "Sigh, if all the senior high school students in Songyang City were like you, I could easily get into one of the top ten universities."

Meanwhile, at the entrance of Songyang High School.

Zhang Yu, who had spent four hours working on the test, frowned, constantly thinking about the current situation.

When he saw Bai Zhenzhen, he saw her pick up her phone and send him a message.

Bai Zhenzhen: Be careful, someone is watching us.

Zhang Yu's brows furrowed even more deeply, and after activating the power of the Detection Ritual, he indeed sensed the presence of the camera.

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Zhang Yu replied with a message: Let's see if we can shake them off.

The next moment, the two accelerated and shot off like lightning, leaving behind a series of whooshing sounds as they disappeared into the distance.

But the two soon discovered that no matter how fast they sped up, how sharply they turned, or how they changed direction, they could not shake off the pursuers in the shadows.

Even after sneaking into the subway, they can be detected by cameras again shortly after exiting the station.

Bai Zhenzhen took out her phone and sent a message: Very strong. The people following us are far stronger than us.

Bai Zhenzhen recounted how she searched for Zhou Chechen and was repelled by a security guard named Zhou Hao, and then sent another message: The guy who's following us now is probably a master like Zhou Hao, who has reached the Qi Refining Peak for many years.

Bai Zhenzhen: She's probably still Specialization secretly filming, stalking, and surveillance.

Zhang Yu understood that if they continued to be followed, it would mean they couldn't make money in the Dark Tutoring World, nor could they use the Spirit Vein to cultivate with An An in the Protected Area.

Just as Zhang Yu was pondering a countermeasure, Fu Ji spoke in their minds, "Let's be patient for now."

Bai Zhenzhen sent a message: "Zhou Chechen is gradually reducing our time for cultivation and making money. Are we just going to sit here and wait to die?"

Looking at Zhang Yu's phone screen and the message Bai Zhenzhen had sent, Fu Ji continued, "The reason we were able to deal with Huo Shan and Song Xu so smoothly was because we controlled the information gap and had intelligence they didn't know."

"This time, Zhou Chechen and the Zhou Family behind him are able to continuously monitor you, investigate you, and constantly gather information about you. The bigger your actions, the more information will be exposed."

"But you know far too little about Zhou Chechen and the Zhou Family, you know absolutely nothing about Zhou Chechen's ultimate goal."

"Besides, the resources and energy they possess are unmatched by you."

"In my experience, in such situations, acting blindly or retaliating blindly often leads to bad results."

Fu Ji sighed and said, "So... let's be patient for now. In life, we often encounter opponents we can't overcome at this stage, and that's when we must learn to lie low."

"Especially in times like these, it's crucial to remain calm and patient, focusing on personal growth while quietly searching for weaknesses and waiting for an opportunity to strike back."

"Moreover, judging from the current situation, you have the means to endure."

"After all, the methods they used didn't really hurt you; in some ways, you could even take advantage of them."

"Your own abilities and potential, along with the Ritual Power I have given you, are the information gaps you possess when facing them. Only by leveraging these information gaps can you persevere in your confrontation with them until you find an opportunity to win."

So in the days that followed, Zhang Yu seemed to have returned to the life of an ordinary Key High School, going back and forth between the school and the apartment every day, living a life of going to school and going home.

During the General Knowledge Class, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen worked together to practice their inner cultivation techniques, Breathing Spiritual Opportunity and gradually improving their Dao Heart and magical power.

During physical education class, under the watchful eye of teacher Lin Hui, Zhang Yu injected the Mad Dragon Formulation into his body in one go. Feeling the fierce medicinal power pumping out of his body, he began to cultivate the Scarlet Marrow Primordial Qi.

On the other side, Bai Zhenzhen was crackling with electricity. After being injected with the Dragon Elephant Formulation, she frantically pushed her Thunderclap True Body forward with the help of the medicine, Thunder Magical Power, and True Spirit Root.

In particular, the Thunder Magical Power she possessed after unleashing her potential made her cultivation of the Thunderclap True Body even more effective, and with the addition of her True Spirit Root, her progress was rapid.

In addition, her frequent trips to the bathroom to take a few sips from Power Bank accelerated her Body Tempering progress.

Fortunately, lightning had already appeared when she was cultivating the Thunderclap True Body, so even though she now had an additional layer of Thunder Magical Power, it didn't attract much attention.

(End of this chapter)