Inside the White Dragon High School rest area.

Yu Xinghan was currently gazing at the ranking on the Sky Pillar, especially the name in the top spot.

He mused to himself, “Zhang Yu, eh?”

“No wonder Senior Sister Li took a liking to him back then. Although he was ultimately eliminated during my disciple selection process, he certainly possesses some merit.”

He glanced at Song Hailong beside him, thinking, “Time to find a new sparring partner.”

On the other side, Song Hailong seemed to sense Yu Xinghan’s gaze. He glanced at the departing figure and then turned his attention back to the names on the Sky Pillar.

Looking at Zhang Yu’s name at the top, he thought, “Perhaps I should also change my training partner.”

A hint of regret even welled up in Song Hailong’s heart. He thought he shouldn’t have canceled his sparring sessions with Zhang Yu. That way, perhaps he could have witnessed Zhang Yu’s transformation step by step to reach his current level.

In the rest area of Songyang High School, to everyone’s surprise, Yu Xinghan walked over.

Although Zhang Yu had defeated him this time, Yu Xinghan’s dominant performance in the first three rounds of the competition was still deeply etched in their minds.

Now, seeing Yu Xinghan up close, the students of Songyang High School were even more intimidated by the aura of a Golden Core disciple and the top student of White Dragon High School, causing them to retreat in succession.

The girl next to He Dayou whispered, “Isn’t it the custom at White Dragon High School to kneel? Should we kneel to greet him?”

“What nonsense are you talking about!” another boy said. “This is Ziyun High School. Do you know what the etiquette is for Ziyun students to greet the top student?”

He Dayou couldn’t bear to see these fellow students acting so servile in the face of a White Dragon student. He said coldly, “This is the Songyang High School rest area, and the ground beneath your feet is Songyang High School territory. At most, give this White Dragon person a bow.”

Bai Zhenzhen thought to herself, *What a bunch of useless individuals.* It was up to her, the fifth-place finisher in the physical competition, to step forward and communicate with Yu Xinghan.

She walked up to Yu Xinghan and asked, “What do you want?”

Yu Xinghan glanced at her and said indifferently, “Let’s add each other as friends.”

Bai Zhenzhen was slightly stunned. *This guy came to add her as a friend? Couldn’t tell, this Golden Core disciple is so fond of making friends?*

Coincidentally, she, Bai Zhenzhen, also liked making friends. She immediately said, “One friend slot is 500.”

“Never mind then.” Yu Xinghan put away his newly purchased phone, saying casually, “Actually, I didn’t really want to add you that much.”

Bai Zhenzhen quickly said, “Then 100, will 100 do?”

Seeing Yu Xinghan proactively take out his phone again to add her as a friend, Bai Zhenzhen was astonished.

*Is this guy really a Golden Core disciple, a rich person?*

This was the first time Bai Zhenzhen had seen a rich person haggling with her over a few hundred.

“I came over here mainly to see Zhang Yu,” Yu Xinghan said, looking at Zhang Yu, who was still resting on the sofa.

Yu Xinghan wasn’t someone who was born invincible and had never seen anyone stronger than himself.

Moreover, even when encountering opponents weaker than him, sometimes there were things he could learn and reflect on.

Just like Song Hailong, his previous sparring partner, whose unyielding and upright spirit was something worth emulating.

It constantly reminded him not to get arrogant just because he was the top student and to give up his martial arts specialty—stealth attacks—for the sake of petty pride or prestige.

Of course, besides learning, there was another important reason for hiring Song Hailong as a sparring partner.

But that reason was a secret that belonged to Yu Xinghan alone. No one else in the world knew about it.

As for learning, Zhang Yu had even more things he could learn from.

“That exquisite physical technique…”

“I really want to learn it.”

“Want to learn by fighting him.”

At this moment, Yu Xinghan looked at Zhang Yu as if he were looking at a feast full of knowledge, wanting to absorb him completely, bit by bit, and turn him into nutrients to become stronger.

So Yu Xinghan looked at Zhang Yu and said, “Train with me, I’ll give you 6,000 spirit stones per hour. Deal?”

Zhang Yu’s eyes flickered. Although bonuses and endorsement fees were coming soon, no one in Kunxu ever felt that they had too much money.

Zhang Yu asked, “How would we train?”

Yu Xinghan stroked his chin, thinking as he spoke, “It’s… practical combat training, I suppose. You just try your best to defeat me.”

Zhang Yu: “15,000 spirit stones an hour.”

Yu Xinghan: “7,000 at most.”

Zhang Yu: “7,000 is impossible. It has to be at least 12,000. I can’t be lower than Song Hailong, can I?”

Zhang Yu remembered that Song Hailong got 10,000 spirit stones per hour for being Yu Xinghan’s sparring partner.

Yu Xinghan said helplessly, “Then 11,000, that’s the most I can do. If you don’t want it, I’m leaving.”

Seeing him turn to leave, Zhang Yu quickly said, “Okay, okay, 11,000 it is.”

Thus, when Yu Xinghan left, he had already added Zhang Yu as a friend and arranged to come to White Dragon High School next time for practical combat training.

Just then, accompanied by the vibration of his phone, Yu Xinghan opened it to see that it was a call from Li Xuelian.

Remembering the weight she had asked him to report in the final round, Yu Xinghan smiled slightly and answered the call, “Senior Sister Li, you should have seen the competition results?”

Li Xuelian didn’t dwell on the final round. In her view, that was purely accidental. No one could have predicted that Zhang Yu would achieve such results at that stage. Her previous judgment was correct.

It was just that Zhang Yu as a person… was somewhat unexpected for Li Xuelian.

But at this moment, Li Xuelian wasn’t interested in talking about these things with Yu Xinghan. She simply said crisply, “The contract has been adjusted. The upcoming advertisements and endorsements will be done together by you and Zhang Yu…”

After explaining the contract matters, Li Xuelian was about to hang up.

But Yu Xinghan suddenly said, “Senior Sister Li, I want to ask Zhang Yu to train with me. He has many advantages that are worth learning and absorbing.”

Then Yu Xinghan said somewhat nervously, “I discussed a fee of 15,000 spirit stones per hour with him. Can you approve it?”

As a Golden Core disciple, Yu Xinghan could be said to be very wealthy or very poor.

Wealthy, because Starfire True Person and Li Xuelian had invested countless resources in him, enough to make many wealthy students in Songyang City envious.

Poor, because every expense of his needed to be approved by Li Xuelian, and he only had 5,000 spirit stones of pocket money to spend each month.

This state of being both poor and wealthy was the reason he initially refused Bai Zhenzhen’s friend slot.

After all, Li Xuelian probably wouldn’t approve of a 500-spirit-stone friend slot with Bai Zhenzhen, which would be too expensive for him.

It was also another reason he had hired Song Hailong as a sparring partner before.

It was an opportunity for him to embezzle tuition fees.

“15,000?” Li Xuelian recalled Zhang Yu’s performance and said calmly, “That’s fine. Remember to record your fee records and sparring sessions and report them to me.”

Yu Xinghan understood that she was afraid that he would falsely report tutoring fees and tutoring time, and embezzle the funds. He had his own ways to deal with it.

After Li Xuelian hung up the phone, she was slightly curious about the results of Yu Xinghan and Zhang Yu’s sparring.

Yu Xinghan had received Starfire True Person’s training for so long, and in Li Xuelian’s view, he was definitely far superior to Zhang Yu in practical combat.

“…But Zhang Yu does have something worth learning from Yu Xinghan. 15,000 is worth it.”

“Maybe we should have signed Zhang Yu back then.”

When she told Starfire True Person about the physical competition results and her thoughts, she also received a response from Starfire True Person.

Starfire True Person said somewhat regretfully, “That Zhang Yu seems to be very good. I underestimated him a little back then. If we had enough resources, we should have signed him.”

“But since we only have enough resources to cultivate one disciple, we can only choose the most outstanding and promising one.”

“Alright, Xuelian, the past is in the past. Don’t be anxious and increase your troubles.”

In the rest area of Songyang High School.

Zhang Yu had just negotiated a sparring project with Yu Xinghan, and then he received a sparring request from Song Hailong.

But before he could finish negotiating the price with Song Hailong, he received a message from Le Mulan.

Le Mulan: “Can I hire you to practice ground combat with me?”

Zhang Yu suddenly felt a scorching and overwhelming busyness.

He sighed, “Alas, there are too many lessons to schedule, and there’s too much money to earn.”

Bai Zhenzhen, who had been watching Zhang Yu reply to messages, said, “Yuzi, if you can’t handle it, I can help you teach.”

“I’m not the same as I was two months ago during the martial arts competition.” Zhang Yu’s eyes flickered, thinking of Bai Zhenzhen’s fifth-place ranking this time.

In fact, Bai Zhenzhen’s results and improvement speed were already very fast and amazing. If she had a good background, then as long as she maintained this in her second and third years of high school, she would definitely be able to get into the top ten universities.

But now, because of her status as a poor person, she needed even higher requirements to get into the top ten.

“A Zhen’s improvement speed is only a little slower than mine, and even faster than Song Hailong’s and Le Mulan’s.”

“There’s definitely no problem with her being a sparring partner for Le Mulan and Song Hailong.”

“And…”

Zhang Yu knew that A Zhen also needed this money very much.

“With money, A Zhen can improve faster, and we can get into the top ten universities together in the future.”

Thinking about getting into the top ten universities with A Zhen, a cloud of gloom rose in Zhang Yu’s heart again.

He still remembered that his sister’s request was for them to win first and second place in the competition.

But this Yu Xinghan, Song Hailong, Le Mulan… each one was more competitive than the last, and each one was more perverted than the last. He didn’t know what impact A Zhen’s current competition results had on getting into the top ten universities.

“I’ll ask my sister tonight.”

That night, not long after the competition ended.

Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen, and Zhang Pianpian met under the bridge.

The three of them stood by the river and chatted casually for a few words.

Looking at the gurgling water, Zhang Pianpian suddenly asked a question: “Zhang Yu, if I give you a chance to join me on the second level in two months, would you be willing?”