Cultivation? Ain't Got No Money For That!
Chapter 230

Teaching-Grade Dharma Skeleton

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Zhang Yu thought to himself, "The High School Sacred Body gives me a stronger ability to Drug Metabolism than my opponent."

"If the opponent has accumulated a large amount of drug poison, it may damage their body and affect their performance."

"But I won't."

"Relying on the poison accumulated by the High School Sacred Body, then detonating it with the Boundless Spring Autumn Zen, and finally combining it with the explosion of the Martial Dao Sacred Embryo... this is my true full power."

At the same time, Ye Lingxiao sensed the fighting spirit emanating from Zhang Yu and thought to himself, "This person is very strong."

"Given his skill level... his skill level now... if he had been there in the previous competition... and if he's still there now, then his strength is indeed formidable."

"To completely defeat him, I will have to use all my strength and push my limits once again."

Just as Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao were pondering the current situation of the competition and considering their future performance, Huang Zichou also began to have the two remove their Mystic Armor Spirit Root in preparation for the next test.

At the same time, Light Screen flashed before Huang Zichou's eyes, and he saw images of Foundation Establishment Mystic Armor Spirit Root playing out in the screen.

"After all, the two candidates are only at the Qi Refining level, and can only activate the most basic 100% power of the Mystic Armor Spirit Root."

"If this Divine Spiritual Root were activated by Foundation Establishment cultivator, and sufficient mana were injected into it, its power would be more than ten times stronger."

Looking at the hundred-meter-long fire dragon in the scene, resembling a tornado, Zhang Yu couldn't help but lick his lips again, thinking to himself, "This really is an advertisement, isn't it?"

He glanced at the audience. "Is this an advertisement for those universities?"

Then, Zhang Yu reluctantly withdrew the magic power from his combat suit, feeling the fire dragon behind him and the whirlwind beneath his feet gradually dissipate. Watching the surrounding Mystic Armor Magic Shield dissipate, he sighed inwardly, "When will I be able to possess such a Divine Spiritual Root?"

Although it was only a test mode and the Mystic Armor Spirit Root had not been actually used, Zhang Yu could already feel its power.

"The combat power possessed by this Battle Spirit Root is not even in the same league as that of Heavenly Spiritual Root."

"This is still under the condition that my strength is insufficient. If I could use this Mystic Armor Spirit Root to Foundation Establishment, wouldn't that be ridiculously strong?"

"No, no, this Mystic Armor Spirit Root is Battle Spirit Root. My goal is to reach at least the Foundation Establishment, or at least the Golden Core stage, or even the Nascent Soul. I should use Cultivation Spirit Root instead..."

But the next moment, Zhang Yu realized that he had been fantasizing too much. In reality, he couldn't afford even a Heavenly Divine Spiritual Root, let alone Heavenly Spiritual Root.

After Huang Zichou retrieved the Divine Spiritual Root, he began to explain the content of the second test.

"As everyone knows, once your mana reaches 100 units, you can equip a Dharma Skeleton."

"And thereafter, the higher one's magical power, the more Dharma Skeleton one can carry and bear."

"Therefore... the higher the cultivation level and the more abundant the wealth of a cultivator, the more Dharma Skeleton they possess."

"So the second test will examine the adaptation of your physical bodies to the Dharma Skeleton, and see who is better at it..."

As they spoke, they saw Huang Zichou's Divine Power surging as he brought over a series of devices, surrounding Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao, as if setting up an operating table.

"During this exam, I will use the Ministry of Health's Talisman Arts to temporarily sever your connection to your physical bodies and redirect your nerve signals to your Dharma Skeleton."

"This is not about truly giving you Dharma Skeleton, nor does it require you to provide magic power to the Dharma Skeleton. It's just simulating the feeling of your physical body being replaced by a Dharma Skeleton."

"Throughout the process, you will simulate three Dharma Skeleton. The synchronization rate between you and the Dharma Skeleton at the end will determine your performance in this stage..."

According to Huang Zichou, the synchronization rate of the Dharma Skeleton represents the host's control over the Dharma Skeleton.

The higher the synchronization rate, the more the host can unleash the power of the Dharma Skeleton.

However, if the synchronization rate is too low, not only will the power of the Dharma Skeleton not be brought into play, but there is even a risk that the Dharma Skeleton will go out of control and the user will suffer from demonic possession.

Just as Huang Zichou was speaking, Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao had already been laid down on the operating table, surrounded by wires, patches, testing instruments, and so on.

Watching this scene from the audience, the Er Ha Tou remarked, "This level is actually quite well-designed."

"Zhang Yu and Ye Lingxiao must have undergone extensive and brutal training and drug stimulation to acquire such powerful physiques."

"Having acquired such a powerful physique through hellish training, and relying on this formidable body to overcome countless difficulties, has also led to a deep integration of mind and body, making it easy to place too much importance on one's physical body."

"Many freshmen fall behind in their grades because their original physical bodies were too strong and their mind-body connection was too close, making it difficult for them to adapt to the Dharma Skeleton."

"The path of physical cultivation requires the ability to take things on and let them go, constantly strengthening oneself while also receiving newer and stronger Dharma Skeleton entities. This is the Righteous Path of the immortal sects..."

The cat-headed Mao Mao Tou didn't respond to the Er Ha Tou's comment, but after seeing the first Dharma Skeleton Huang Zichou took out, it finally spoke up, saying, "Is it the Eye Skeleton from Tianyan Company?"

"Tch, it really is an ad targeting us."

"You want more universities to purchase their Teaching Grade Eye Skeleton, right?"

Meanwhile, two crystal-clear eyeballs, like two gemstones, floated before Huang Zichou in the examination hall. He introduced them, saying, "These are the Eye Skeleton recently developed by Tianyan Company — Farsight..."

Listening to Huang Zichou's introduction, Zhang Yu learned that the levels of the Dharma Skeleton are divided into Teaching Grade, Professional Grade, and Enterprise Grade.

Above the Enterprise Grade are the Military Grade and Immortal Sect Grade, which are similar to Law Treasure and Cultivation Method.

What Huang Zichou was holding at that moment was a Teaching Grade Eye Skeleton.

After this Dharma Skeleton is implanted, it can not only retrieve various information visually, but the spirit within it also possesses simple intelligent recognition, intelligent search, marking, and other functions.

Of course, besides these most basic functions, its most important functions are connecting to the network and observing the Spirit Realm.

Huang Zichou said, "... In daily university life, using the Eye Skeleton to connect to the internet for payments, communication, inquiries, and other functions is commonplace."

"And the Spirit Realm is even more common in universities. Without Eye Skeleton, one is no different from a blind person in a university..."

At the same time, Huang Zichou thought to himself, "That's why all students are given Eye Skeleton by their respective universities after enrollment, so that they won't have trouble living on them."

"These Eye Skeleton are procured centrally by various universities, who then charge students for them."

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"Students either have to pay in installments or temporarily mortgage their eyesight."

"However, Eye Skeleton aren't expensive, and most people can pay them off before graduation. But unless you stay on the Second Layer, Eye Skeleton are useless on the first floor. Most of the returning university graduates have exchanged their eyes for their own physical eyes and sold the Eye Skeleton they used in university to recoup their losses."

But Huang Zichou understood that although a single Teaching Grade Eye Skeleton was not valuable, the sheer volume purchased by various universities in bulk was a significant factor.

Tianyan Company, a company Specialization Eye Skeleton, has clearly set its sights on this market, which is why it's investing money in advertising here.

Looking at the representatives in the audience, Huang Zichou thought to himself that he hadn't paid enough for the advertisement.

Just after Huang Zichou finished his introduction, as the Ministry of Health activated its Talisman Arts, Zhang Yu felt his eyes being pierced by a scorching Divine Power.

The next moment, he felt everything go black before his eyes, and he lost all his sight.

Not only did he lose his sight, but with Zhang Yu's control over his body, he couldn't even feel the existence of his eyeballs, as if the scorching light had gouged them out.

This feeling made Zhang Yu very uncomfortable, and even gave him a strange sense of tension.

At the same time, Huang Zichou said, "Don't panic. It's just that your connection with your eyes has been temporarily severed. Your eyes are still intact."

"Now I will transfer your neural signals to the Tianyan Brand Eye Magic Skeleton — Farsight."

"This is Eye Skeleton any Qi Refining Period student can adapt to with just 100 points of mana. The process is very simple and the burden is light, so you don't need to be nervous..."

Before Huang Zichou could finish speaking, Zhang Yu felt a sharp pain in his eyes, followed by a blurry vision.

Huang Zichou continued, "The Farsight will automatically adapt to your visual system. It may be a little blurry at first, but it will be fine in a while."

Just like the focusing process of a camera, at first Zhang Yu only felt that everything he saw was blurry, as if it were covered with mosaic.

But soon he felt his eyeballs shrinking and expanding, and everything around him becoming clearer and clearer.

But the scene before me was completely different from the examination room I had just been in.

"This is..."

Looking up, there is a vast, boundless, cloudless azure sky.

Looking down, one sees a vast and boundless sea, stretching out like an endless blue ribbon.

At the same time, Huang Zichou's voice came again. "We have temporarily set up a Spirit Realm in the examination room. You should all be able to see the scene of this Spirit Realm now, right?"

The next moment, with a sweep of Huang Zichou's Divine Power, the vast expanse of sea and sky before them vanished without a trace.

But the once cold examination ground was now filled with advertisements for various Spirit Root and Dharma Skeleton, promotional videos, and information about discounts and offers.

Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback, thinking to himself, "Is this the Orthodox God, the examination hall in the eyes of those Second Layer university representatives?"

"Information that can only be seen after Eye Skeleton is placed."

At this moment, Zhang Yu seemed to be deep in thought, "If... the Spirit Realm entered through the Spirit Realm Mask is a virtual world..."

"The so-called Spirit Realm unfolding in reality is like AR technology, which integrates the virtual environment with reality, creating a real world that can only be seen with the aid of the Eye Skeleton."

"Without Eye Skeleton, are you not even allowed to watch the ads on it?"

(End of this chapter)

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