With the Final Exam over, Zhang Yu once again took first place in his class, as he had in previous years. As his Comprehensive Score rose, the Civil Engineering Department ranking also climbed to 23rd in the entire department.
This gave him new Scholarship Loans to apply for. First in class plus 23rd in the department brought him over 20 Spirit Coins in low-interest Scholarship Loans.
Though Zhang Yu's income was high now, his expenses were no less considerable.
The manufacturing and maintenance costs of Dharma Treasures, the purchase and practice of artifact forging blueprints, the cultivation of artifact forging techniques—each one alone was enough to employ quite a few Civil Engineering Department students!
And with these 20 Spirit Coins in loans, Zhang Yu's account balance had approached 60 Spirit Coins!
Besides the Scholarship Loans, high rankings naturally came with all sorts of other benefits, such as a weekly food distribution and discounts on various school facilities. Zhang Yu had gradually grown used to these benefits and even found them a little stingy, but to other students, they were already things of boundless envy!
And now that he had more Spirit Coins in his account, Zhang Yu naturally had to spend them. He had to keep raising his cultivation, since raising cultivation meant raising his ability to make money!
"How could I improve my strength without spending money? How could I make even more money?"
With yearning for the peak of Immortal Dao in his heart, Zhang Yu plunged headfirst into the Artifact Forging Laboratory once again!
For him now, the first goal in improving his strength was naturally new Military Grade power, but that road would have to wait until he transferred to the Artifact Crafting Department before he could continue down it!
Though he could not obtain new