Arc 47Needles and Alliances
Zhang Xuezhou built a research partnership with Luo Burang while Ren Yisheng’s recovery brought the Mental Strengthening Chapter into negotiations with the Luo Household. Back in the Han world, Zhang Xuezhou worked with Chunyu Tiying and Zheng Wukong to suppress his dangerous Incantation, then helped arrange care for Wei Shao’er’s perilous pregnancy.
- Zhang Xuezhou taught students to communicate with animals, then helped Wang Haoran confront his uncertainty about Ren Yisheng and agreed to teach him Realm Techniques if he made progress.
- Wang Haoran and Ren Yisheng formed an organization, while Zhang Xuezhou refused to spread Realm Techniques widely and recognized Wang Haoran’s connections could help secure research resources and blood serums.
- Luo Burang showed Zhang Xuezhou his life-extension research and the living head in Professor Luo Hui’s laboratory, and Zhang proposed exchanging laboratory resources and building a market for Luo Burang’s blood serums.
- Zhang Xuezhou recruited buyers through Wang Li and encouraged Zhang Manqian to learn from Luo Burang, while he used Ren Yisheng’s research video to draw attention to the Ferocious Beast findings.
- Ren Yisheng regained consciousness, and Zhang Xuezhou helped Ren Anran negotiate with Luo Tianming to exchange the Mental Strengthening Chapter for Professor Luo Hui’s treatment.
- After Ren Yisheng remained paralyzed, Zhang Xuezhou returned to the Han world, where Chunyu Tiying and Zheng Wukong used needles and a Breathing Method to suppress his Yang Corporeal Soul Dharma Form and help him cultivate.
- Zhang Xuezhou introduced Zheng Wukong and Chunyu Tiying to Wei Shao’er, whose borrowed dragon Demon Power threatened her and her child, and persuaded Chunyu to treat her despite the cost and legal risks.