Cultivation? Ain't Got No Money For That!
Chapter 523

Maintenance of a Personal Brand

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After reviewing the parameters of the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill several times, Zi Yun Zhen felt her breathing become heavy.

She couldn't help but reply: Did you really do this all by yourself?

She wondered to herself, "Did Senior Ye Xingli lead him to do this?"

"How could a Civil Engineering student possibly achieve this?"

Faced with Zi Yun Zhen's question, Zhang Yu calmly replied, "Didn't you see the name of the maker on the Law Treasure?"

Zhang Yu: So I did it independently, or are you saying I faked it?

In the world of weapon crafting, accusing someone of counterfeiting is a grave enmity that could lead to death or bankruptcy. Naturally, Zi Yun Zhen would not dare to easily make such a grudge against the materials that the Magnetic Extremes True Lord had his eye on!

Zi Yun Zhen: That's not what I meant.

Zi Jiaozhen: I was just too surprised.

Zi Yun Zhen: I never imagined that someone in the Civil Engineering Department could refine the Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill so well.

Zi Yun Zhen: She also pushed the Dragon Vein Treasure Forging Manual to level Level 20.

Zhang Yu replied matter-of-factly, "Without some extraordinary talent, how could the Magnetic Extremes True Lord have helped me Transfer Departments?"

Seeing Zhang Yu's somewhat arrogant reply, Zi Yun Zhen displeased, but after looking at the parameters of his Law Treasure, she could only swallow her anger!

After all, Law Treasure are the best testament to a cultivator's skill level. As long as the result is good enough, it can shut everyone up!

Zhang Yu asked, "Zi, do you still need the Dragon Vein Treasure Forging Manual service?"

Zi Yun Zhen: I want

Zhang Yu: What Law Treasure?

Zhang Yu: Could you please send me the parameters so I can take a look?

Zi Yun Zhen glanced at the array flag she planned to infuse with the Dragon Vein Power, then suddenly blushed. After hesitating for a moment, she still sent the message: "Five Elements Banner"

Then she quickly explained: This Five Elements Banner is not my highest level.

Zi Yunzhen: I used it to assist in experiments, for temporary use.

Zhang Yu: 3 Spirit Coin

Zi Yun Zhen: Okay

Upon seeing the other party's price, Zi Yun Zhen immediately agreed!

This is also why Zi Yun Zhen placed an order with Ye Xingli; the other party's price was indeed not expensive!

As a student in the Artifact Crafting Department, Zi Yun Zhen has actually sought out quite a few upperclassmen for customized services!

After all, while large companies offer high-quality, cost-effective weapon-refining products with stable quality and various Spirit Realm Service, many personalized customization needs are either difficult to meet or prohibitively expensive!

At this point, it's necessary to find a master craftsman to perform a secondary refinement, achieving effects such as increasing the Law Treasure's strength, expanding its additional functions, and enhancing its spirit's intelligence!

Even Law Treasure of the same brand and model can have huge differences after being refined in different personalized ways!

After some discussion, Zhang Yu and Zi Yun Zhen successfully signed the contract. They were just waiting for the other party to deliver the Law Treasure, and then for him to complete the second refinement before sending Law Treasure over!

After accepting the deposit, Zhang Yu, though extremely reluctant, still transferred 0.3 Spirit Coin as a commission to Ye Xingli!

Ye Xingli: No need to switch. You've made a name for yourself since you joined the Artifact Crafting Department, so I don't need to cover for you anymore.

Zhang Yu: Senior Sister, I've always relied on you to help me find business. I'm new to the Artifact Crafting Department and don't know anyone here, so I'll have to trouble you to continue introducing me to business.

Seeing that Ye Xingli had accepted the agency fee after his insistence, Zhang Yu finally breathed a sigh of relief!

"After all, I don't have a well-known reputation, and I have a background in the Civil Engineering Department. Without Ye Xingli's help, I'm afraid it would be difficult to get orders in the Artifact Crafting Department!"

"I still need my senior sister to help me get more business!"

Besides business considerations, Zhang Yu also had an idea about the Dao Seed on Ye Xingli's body!

"Senior Sister Ye was able to win a place in the Design Competition so early, her talent for weapon crafting must be incredibly strong, and she probably even Dao Seed!"

Besides his teacher, Magnetic Extremes True Lord, Zhang Yu also plans to get to know this Ye Xingli better, hoping to copy a Dao Seed from her!

Several days later, Zi Yun Zhen received the Law Treasure returned by Zhang Yu. After testing it, she couldn't help but think, "It really is a Level 20 Dragon Vein Treasure Forging Manual!"

Desiring to show off, she quickly sent information about the Law Treasure in the group chat, and soon classmates started replying!

"Yun Zhen, you've finished forging your Five Elements Banner?"

"Did someone infuse it with the Dragon Vein Power?"

"That's a very high level of skill! How much did it cost?"

Zi Yun Zhen's lips curled slightly as she replied: You definitely won't believe it if I told you.

Zi Yun Zhen: Zhang Yu helped me refine this.

8th place Rong Xuan: Zhang Yu? That Civil Engineering dog helped you refine him? You must be kidding me.

Zi Yun Zhen looked at her chat history with Zhang Yu, as well as the screenshots about Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill. Although she wanted to post them to show how well-informed she was, she decided against it without Zhang Yu's permission.

Zi Yun Zhen replied, "I spoke with Zhang Yu, and his weapon-refining skills are quite high."

Zi Yun Zhen: Taiyi Golden Liquid Pill Level 20, Dragon Vein Treasure Forging Manual Level 20

Rong Xuan: How is that possible? He has time to learn weapon crafting on a construction site?

Zi Yun Zhen: If he didn't have some skill, why would Magnetic Extremes True Lord have captured him to join the Artifact Crafting Department?

Someone replied, "Perhaps it's the result of an experiment on the Spirit Transformation Magic Skeleton."

Someone else replied: Yun Ni, this time they might steal your first place!

Su Yun Ni, who was ranked first in the class, narrowed her eyes slightly when she saw the messages in the group chat!

Having consistently ranked first in her class from freshman to junior year, Su Yun Ni had already set her sights on the departmental rankings and didn't care much about her class rankings, simply because she had absolute confidence in being number one in her class.

But unexpectedly, a Transfer Departments student from the Civil Engineering Department Transfer Departments second in the class, and now it seems that he may even pose a threat to her!

Su Yun Ni simply couldn't imagine what would happen if this Civil Engineering student surpassed her and took first place in the class. She would be ridiculed by the other weapon-refining students, her personal brand value would plummet, and the company's revenue would be affected as well!

Thinking of this, a strong fighting spirit surged in Su Yun Ni's heart!

"I absolutely cannot let this Civil Engineering student surpass me!"

"I need to Wan Wuyi in this semester's Final Exam!"

Thinking of this, Su Yun Ni immediately adjusted her original cultivation plan, slightly reducing the amount of advance study and increasing the amount of time spent consolidating and reviewing her third-year courses!

Zhang Yu was naturally unaware of what the other students in the class were thinking!

As for the Final Exam this semester, he didn't take them too seriously!

On the one hand, he had already completed the first three years of the Artifact Crafting Department course and even passed the Magnetic Extremes True Lord's exam!

On the other hand, his main focus now is on the Artifact Forging Prodigy. After finishing the Artifact Forging Prodigy, he will work on the Heavenly Sun Brilliant God Prototype Machine. Final Exam and such are just side things!

When Zhang Yu returned to his dormitory that day, he saw his Elder Sister Zhang Pianpian for the first time in a long time!

Since joining the experimental project on the Spirit Transformation Magic Skeleton and raising her Taiqing Realm to Level 2, Zhang Pianpian has become increasingly busy!

With Zhang Yu becoming increasingly busy, the two rarely met!

Seeing Zhang Pianpian's ranking of 10th in the Talisman Department above her head, Zhang Yu exclaimed in surprise, "Senior, your ranking has gone up again?"

Zhang Pianpian nodded. "I recently participated in a competition to improve my grades, so it will be easier to participate in the Top Ten League!"

As she spoke, Zhang Pianpian smiled and asked, "You switched to the Artifact Crafting Department?"

"Not bad, they should be able to participate in the Top Ten League in a couple of years, right?"

Seeing his Elder Sister's improvement, Zhang Yu's initial slight smugness immediately subsided. He mustered his energy to continue earning money and cultivating, striving to qualify for the Top Ten League as soon as possible!

A few days after Transfer Departments!

Zhang Yu sent a message to Magnetic Extremes True Lord: Teacher, has the sanctions against the Finance Department not stopped yet?

Magnetic Extremes True Lord: I can't control the sanctions imposed on the Finance Department.

Magnetic Extremes True Lord: Alright, stop bothering me. There's a project at the factory; let your company take it on.

Zhang Yu: Thank you, teacher.

Magnetic Extremes True Lord: Hmm?

Zhang Yu: Thank you, teacher, for the '1 Spirit Coin '.

Magnetic Extremes True Lord: Hmm

Looking at the chat history, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "It seems that after taking on the Civil Engineering engineering projects in the weapon forging field, they'll all have to give me, their teacher, a kickback!"

Upon arriving at the factory area mentioned by Magnetic Extremes True Lord, Zhang Yu realized that this was an expansion of a Lower School factory undertaken by the Artifact Crafting Department of Ten Thousand Laws University!

Unlike the large-scale projects in the Civil Engineering Department, the factory construction projects in the Artifact Crafting Department are not very large in scale. Most of the portion assigned to Zhang Yu can be completed by the employees of Zhang Yu's company!

"I can get 20 Spirit Coin for this project. It's not as big as those Civil Engineering Department engineering projects, but it takes me less time!"

Zhang Yu calculated that he only needed to circulate the Heaven Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power for a few days, and he could leave the rest to Ying Xin's grandfather, Zhao Tianxing, and the others!

After some research, Zhang Yu discovered that while there weren't many large-scale projects in the Artifact Crafting Department, there were numerous similar smaller projects, which suited his current situation perfectly, allowing him to focus more of his energy on the path of weapon crafting!

"The only problem is when will the payment for this project be released!"

"Once the first payment for the project comes in, everything else will go smoothly!"

Zhang Yu looked at his savings. Although he had taken on some weapon-refining orders these days, he also had to Cultivation Method and advance funds for Civil Engineering projects every day. His Spirit Coin were always short-lived, and his savings were still hovering around 10 Spirit Coin!

As time went by, it was already mid-March!

All that could be seen were streaks of true fire emitting White-hot light, swirling and dancing back and forth according to Zhang Yu's will!

That day, Zhang Yu finally pushed the Divine Fire Control Mirror to Level 20!

"Phew, I can now begin practicing the fourth Cultivation Method of this Artifact Forging Prodigy!"

"There's also the Level 20 Divine Fire Control Mirror, which can be used to repair Law Treasure by Material Refining!"

Zhang Yu's spirits lifted at this thought!

The repair of Law Treasure can be divided into many areas, such as the repair of various outer shells, the repair of components, the repair of Spirit Energy Circuit, and the repair of Intelligent Artifact Spirit, all of which require different skills!

The Divine Fire Control Mirror, which refines materials at high temperatures, is well-suited for repairing the outer shell of Law Treasure!

"There are quite a few people who want to repair Law Treasure, which should bring me a lot of income!"

Just then, Zhang Yu received another picture from Wen Wuya!

After skillfully parsing the file, Bai Zhenzhen's video popped up!

Bai Zhenzhen smiled and said, "Yu Zi? You successfully Transfer Departments?"

"Great! Now you're in the Artifact Crafting Department, not the Civil Engineering Department department. Not only will you have more face when people talk about it, but it will also be easier for you to participate in the Top Ten League!"

"I'm doing great here. The management is getting laxer and laxer. I might get out anytime soon, and then I'll come find you..."

Just as Zhang Yu was watching Bai Zhenzhen's smile in the video, he slowly smiled too!

But then the video in front of them changed in a flash, and streaks of seven-colored light suddenly appeared!

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