You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 345 - 294: Earn Spirit Coins, Spend Spirit Coins

Along with the activation of Infinite Shock Zen, Zhang Yu felt a buzzing within his body, his flesh and blood tempered through repeated vibrations, while bubbles in the concrete wrapped by Gang Qi were expelled, increasing efficiency by several degrees compared to before.

"Very good..." Zhang Yu thought to himself, "This way, not only can I increase work efficiency, but I can also cultivate the Sacred Body of Civil Engineering."

"From now on, I should follow this thinking in my construction site work."

"Many of the cultivation techniques in the Sacred Body of Civil Engineering should be compatible with the construction site’s tasks."

However, as work progressed and Infinite Shock Zen continued to operate, Zhang Yu began to feel his body becoming sore and weak.

He recalled the side effects introduced in Infinite Shock Zen.

"If operated for a long time, it will harm nerve endings and the joints, tendons, and muscles, causing muscle vibration syndrome."

"In severe cases, it could even cause fingertip gangrene, limb deformities, severely damaging physical movement capabilities..."

"However..."

Zhang Yu took a deep breath, and while operating Infinite Shock Zen, he was already trying to control the activation of his body, continuously repairing the damaged parts of his body.

While Zhang Yu was working hard, not far away, Yu Xinghan was lying on a wooden plank, quietly gazing at the stars in the night sky.

"Ah, this work is too exhausting, I need to rest, otherwise my body will be damaged."

"In immortal cultivation, balance between income and health is very important."

"I can’t just earn money for half a day only to spend it all on healthcare."

On the other side, Li Xiao was looking at the resting Yu Xinghan, secretly mocking Yu Xinghan for not being able to endure hardship.

"If you can’t handle this bit of hardship, how can you do civil engineering?"

Li Xiao watched as the spirit coin numbers in the salary grew, feeling increasingly motivated, as if the soreness in his muscles was nothing.

Especially looking at the massive construction site spanning tens of thousands of square kilometers across the 666th layer, Li Xiao felt like a gold and silver mountain was waiting for him to collect money.

Yu Xinghan watched Li Xiao working tirelessly, thinking, "Can he really keep going like this? Just like Zhang Yu said, this guy must be hiding his strength all along?"

Then Yu Xinghan glanced at Zhang Yu, and saw Zhang Yu’s body subtly expand in size, with an even more astonishing force erupting.

Only to see Zhang Yu operating Gang Qi, pouring concrete into large areas of rebar mesh, like a dragon rolling through a river formed by steel bars.

This was Zhang Yu slightly activating the War Demon Life-Extending Technique to hasten efficiency, boosting physical strength by 0.2.

And relying on the activation brought by Residual Cattle Life-Sacrifice Heart Technique, he could fully endure the bodily damage inflicted by War Demon Life-Extending Technique and Infinite Shock Zen.

As Zhang Yu looked at his work’s salary, the spirit coins had unknowingly risen to 0.01135 spirit coins, his cultivation technique couldn’t help but accelerate fiercely once again.

Seeing Zhang Yu’s actions quicken a bit more, Yu Xinghan thought, "What a monstrous physique."

He remembered when Zhang Yu got knocked down repeatedly under Master Xinghuo’s training on the first layer, recovering quickly each time and standing back up, his eyes showing a look of envy involuntarily.

Meanwhile, behind the surveillance cameras at the construction site, Tu Lishan was also observing the work situation of the newly arrived students.

"Yu Xinghan, this kid... still quite good at slacking off."

"Li Xiao is reliable and hardworking, a good prospect for civil engineering."

Tu Lishan thought to himself while observing, "And Zhang Yu... truly possesses the Sacred Body of Civil Engineering. His efficiency matches that of twenty Qi Refining Workers but he requires only ten times their wage."

Low martial arts aptitude but reliable and hardworking, capable of enduring hardship, decent physical condition, and lacking money from the rural first layer...

Low aptitude, good physique, willing to endure hardship, poor family background, from rural areas... According to Tu Lishan, if this isn’t the Sacred Body of Civil Engineering, what is? An innate civil engineering prodigy.

Meanwhile, Ying Xin and the other two followed the quality inspector seniors and arrived at Zhang Yu’s location.

Seeing this, Yu Xinghan immediately stood up and continued working.

But Ying Xin, looking at the three struggling figures, thought to herself, "Construction site’s work is most damaging to the body, even a Foundation Establishment Cultivator would eventually fall ill with this kind of daily depletion."

Jobs like Zhang Yu pouring concrete, maintaining Gang Qi operation and high-frequency vibrations year after year could easily lead to meridian expansion syndrome.

Also, prolonged bodily vibration could cause muscle vibration syndrome.

Construction workers are plagued with ailments... these stories she’s seen and heard since childhood.

So she told herself that once she joined the Civil Engineering Department, she would absolutely not do these tiring and burdensome tasks.

She hoped that from her generation onward, her family would not have to endure such hardships in future generations.

"This blood and sweat money, let these people from the first layer earn it."

"I want to be management personnel."

And Ying Xin’s greatest goal during this construction site internship was to perform outstandingly during the upcoming assessments, to attract the attention of a leader and be selected to the overseas construction site.

"The truly capable figures in the Civil Engineering Department aren’t in the university city but are running the outside projects."

Ying Xin thought to herself, "Otherwise, how could the projects in the university city sustain the Architectural Academy’s many Golden Cores and Nascent Souls?"

"Especially now that university wars are frequent, it’s the golden age for the Civil Engineering Department’s grand ambitions and the rise and development of numerous civil engineering talents, how can I stay in the university city earning this bit of weary money?"

"As long as I can be chosen by the deputy director of the Civil Engineering Department this time to participate in that project..."

Ying Xin’s mind stirred with intelligence related to the Seven Extremes of Civil Engineering.

She knew she was no match for Gongshu Jin, let alone Ji Yuanshu; it was impossible to compete with these two in the rankings.

"But who says only being first in class for seven consecutive years gives the chance to collect the Seven Extremes of Civil Engineering, eventually merging the seven energies and mastering the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power?"

As a sixth-generation civil engineering person, Ying Xin understood that the wealth of information she held would be crucial to her soaring success in the future.

Unnoticed, Zhang Yu had already worked through the night.

Yet, due to the effect of heightened physical vitality, he appeared full of energy, looking extremely motivated at the moment.

Infinite Shock Zen Level 4

Salary earned: 0.038 spirit coins

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "At this rate, it would be 1.14 spirit coins a month, and 13.68 spirit coins a year... Master Xinghuo didn’t lie to me, this civil engineering work really makes money."

Li Xiao, watching Zhang Yu from not far away, secretly thought, "Zhang Yu’s workload today seems far greater than mine. No wonder he is my rival; he can endure so much more hardship than I can."

On another note, Ying Xin shook her head in silence, "Zhang Yu is working so hard, he’ll have problems in at most half a year."

At that moment, a Yellow Turban Warrior named Huang Yun saw the three students leaving after work, and he reminded them, "You three, don’t blame me for saying too much."

"Although our field makes a lot of money, it also causes a lot of wear and tear on the body; after work every day, you need to maintain properly."

"There is a massage parlor at the site gate, the therapists there have superior skills and excellent service, they can alleviate much of the body’s wear and tear..."

With that said, Huang Yun left, seeing as he, being a Yellow Turban Warrior, could no longer maintain his body through massage.

Upon hearing what Huang Yun said, Zhang Yu paid no heed; after all, he had the Residual Cattle Life-Sacrifice Heart Technique, which kept his body vitalized, and if lacking, he could switch to the Martial Sacred Body for self-healing.

At least tonight’s work, he’s been holding back to not draw too much attention.

He was particularly clear on how he planned to use the money earned from this work site.

"To buy high-quality mana."

"Not only could it be used later to enhance Le Mulan’s mana quality."

"In the future, when I sell my own high-quality mana, I can also make money."

Zhang Yu was honestly quite jealous of those who earned money selling mana, it was far more relaxed compared to site work.

Meanwhile, Li Xiao was also dismissive of Huang Yun’s suggestion; he’d rather spend massage money on more learning and cultivation.

"Wear and tear on the body needs to be treated earnestly," Yu Xinghan said gravely, "I’ll go to the massage parlor and try it out for you, if it’s alright, we can go together after work in the future."

Zhang Yu waved his hand and said, "Not interested, you go by yourself."

...

Inside the massage parlor.

Yu Xinghan waited nervously for a few minutes, and when he saw the masseuse who was even more muscular than him, he nervously said, "You..."

The masseuse grinned widely, patted his chest loudly, and said, "Don’t worry, little brother, we’ve been servicing the work site for a long time, we know how to help you maintain your muscles."

Yu Xinghan wanted to stand up and leave, but his thoughts turned to the spirit coins he’d already spent, and ultimately he endured.

He asked, "Are there female masseuses?"

The other smiled and said, "I am female."

Yu Xinghan took a deep breath and said, "Go ahead."

...

Over the following week, Zhang Yu was constantly busy.

After taking his morning medicine each day, he went to class, learning Immortal Path knowledge such as arrays, engineering, and vital energy, and practicing the foundational techniques of the Civil Engineering Department.

After finishing a full day of classes, he would receive an infusion of high-quality mana, digest it, and then work all night at the site, pouring concrete while cultivating Infinite Shock Zen.

In the morning, he would receive another infusion of high-quality mana, without pause, and head to the classroom for lessons.

For this... he invested an additional 0.5 spirit coins monthly on high-quality mana, meaning nearly half of the spirit coins earned at the site this month were already spent before they hit his account.

Without realizing it, a week passed, and his Dao Heart reached Level 11 (93.6%), mana increased to 320.5, physical strength reached Level 11.367, and mana quality also reached 115%

Infinite Shock Zen was continually advanced by him, now reaching Level 13.

Upon breaking through Level 10, he gained the Level 10 effect, allowing the body and Gang Qi to resonate at the same frequency, erupting with higher oscillation frequencies.

Simultaneously, this increased the burden of Infinite Shock Zen on the body, raising the rate at which the body was worn down, heightening the likelihood of disease onset.

These days, whenever Zhang Yu had spare time, he would read about various cultivation techniques under the Sacred Body of Civil Engineering, increasingly certain of one thing.

"The cultivation techniques under the Sacred Body of Civil Engineering either inherently carry great side effects, or the work site’s compatible environment is problematic, with conditions like pneumoconiosis, vibratory syndromes, cancer... each worse than the last."

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