Under the guidance of Fu Ji, Zhang Yu placed a half-burnt candle in the middle of a stool, a phone behind the candle, and two open flashlights on either side of the phone. Then, he picked up a wire and circled the stool.

After setting up the ritual, Zhang Yu asked with some disbelief, “Is this ritual really reliable?” Fu Ji snorted, “In the entire first layer of Kunxu, no one understands rituals better than I do. What problems could there be? Even if there are problems, it can only be the quality of the ritual materials you prepared!” “Alright, now do as I say and activate the ritual directly!” Following Fu Ji’s instructions, Zhang Yu walked around the circle formed by the wire, hearing Fu Ji recite mysterious incantations in his ear.

The next moment, as the half-burnt incense on the altar turned to ashes, a strand of extremely subtle divine power floated above the ritual.

Fu Ji shouted in a low voice, “There’s a worm! There’s a worm! Extract the shadow, celestial power, hurry as the law commands!” That faint divine power suddenly revealed a trace of eerie aura and was temporarily controlled by Fu Ji.

Listening to Fu Ji’s voice, Zhang Yu felt that she seemed to be running out of strength.

Clearly, this extremely weak evil deity was in a very bad state, as she had said, so much so that completing the ritual before him was also shaky.

In the next instant, this divine power burrowed into Zhang Yu’s shadow.

A roar came from the shadow.

Immediately afterward, a small black worm struggled out.

Fu Ji’s controlled divine power stalemated with the black worm for a long time before she let out a soft shout, barely yelling, “Hmph, disperse!” The black worm struggled again, and then gradually scattered.

Countless black incantations exploded from the worm’s body, floating in front of Zhang Yu like wisps of dense smoke.

Zhang Yu asked, “What is this?” “This is the Shadow Gu!” Fu Ji said tiredly, “The so-called Shadow Gu is essentially a tool condensed from the power of an evil deity!” Fu Ji took a deep breath, and the incantations that filled the sky poured into her body, absorbed by her.

Fu Ji continued to explain, “Those who activate the ritual want to collect information and transmit information through the Shadow Gu!” “Naturally, instructions must be left within the Shadow Gu!” “These instructions not only include how to collect information, but also how to transmit information!” “With careful analysis, you can know who is investigating you!” After a long while, Fu Ji smiled slightly and said, “The analysis is almost done. I already know how the other party is transmitting information.”

“The next time you enter the spirit realm, I can disguise the Shadow Gu to transmit some false information to the other party and find out who they are!” Another thing that made Fu Ji happy was that after absorbing the evil deity power contained in the Shadow Gu, she had finally recovered a bit of her strength.

Fu Ji thought to herself, “In this way, when I go with Zhang Yu to participate in the exam next time, my safety will be greatly improved!” Zhang Yu said, “Are there any unwritten rules among you evil deities? For example, what do you do when you discover each other? Do you directly engage in a never-ending battle, or can you sit down and talk?” Fu Ji said, “We evil deities are very reasonable and can distinguish right from wrong.”

“Generally, if we encounter the weak, we just eat them in one bite.”

“If we encounter the strong, we turn around and run!” “If we encounter someone of equal strength, we find their address and order them takeout as a warning.” Zhang Yu curled his lips and said, “Indeed, you are reasonable!” Zhang Yu continued, “Then the next time you enter the spirit realm, don’t alarm the other party. Send some false information while figuring out their strength, location, manpower…” Fu Ji said, “Do I need you to tell me that? Once your strength is stronger and the time is right, we will devour my colleague alive!”

In the basement.

Song Xu slowly took off his spirit realm mask and thought to himself, “The Shadow Gu has been successfully planted!” “Next is to wait for Zhang Yu and the others to log into the spirit realm next time!” “At that time, I will know what secrets you have.”

“If I can grasp the secrets on you, capture the evil deity behind you, and stimulate my potential again…” A hint of anticipation appeared in Song Xu’s eyes, “Then I will have more than a 90% certainty of passing the Top Ten exam.”

Early August.

In the following time, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen continued to devote themselves to frantic cultivation, making final preparations for the first round of exams in mid-August.

This day, the two came to the live broadcast room and promoted the Xianyun Group’s new body refinement surgery as spokespersons along with Yu Xinghan.

The sales anchor snapped his fingers and threw two pieces of muscle in front of the camera.

“Two pectoral muscles!” Then several large pieces of muscle were thrown up.

“Here come eight abdominal muscles!” “Here come the lumbar muscles, platysma, trapezius, latissimus dorsi…” As the pieces of muscle piled up like a small mountain, the sales anchor shouted, “How much will so many bionic demon muscle modifications cost in the live broadcast room today?”

“299,000, take it all!”

“All of them are Xianyun Group’s latest technology. No hospitalization is required, let me say it again, no hospitalization is required.”

“Everyone goes to the clinic to cut off the muscles and send them to us. After we cultivate them, we will send them back to you. After you install them, you will have the potential to rival competition athletes!”

“And we promise to compensate ten times if there are any fakes. We will never use any demon beast muscle to impersonate bionic demon muscle.”

“As long as there is one fake muscle, we will compensate you ten!” On the way out of the live broadcast room, Zhang Yu asked Yu Xinghan curiously, “Today’s bionic demon muscle technology seems a little off.” Yu Xinghan said, “It’s a little different, right? Isn’t that obvious? For less than 300,000, how could it be the original technology? It’s just a degraded version of a degraded version, used to satisfy some people who can’t afford the original. It’s impossible for everyone to use the best stuff, right?” Zhang Yu opened his mouth, thought of the 200,000 advertising fee that had already been credited, and then thought of his identity as a spokesperson. In the end, he said nothing.

Inside the apartment.

Zhang Yu was wiping the sweat off the floor.

This was what Zhang Yu had to do after each sparring session at Le Mulan’s request, to ensure that her sweat would not be leaked.

In front of Zhang Yu, Le Mulan said calmly, “The electricity bill last month was 80,000 yuan.”

“What exactly are you doing in this room? Growing herbs?” Zhang Yu was taken aback and said perfunctorily, “Well, some training equipment consumes a lot of electricity!”

“Don’t worry, it won’t cost that much electricity soon!”

Zhang Yu felt the surging magic power in his body. With the assistance of spirit veins and drugs, his magic power increased extremely rapidly, approaching 90 units of magic power.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “It won’t be long before I don’t have to bathe in sunlight and exhale every day.” In the next moment, Zhang Yu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his chest.

Le Mulan noticed Zhang Yu clutching his chest and frowned, “Side effects of the medicine?” “According to my observation, your drug dosage in the past two months has indeed been a bit too much without super metabolism.”

“I suggest you stop for a while!” “Anyway… you don’t need to pursue the limit so much!” What Le Mulan thought was that Zhang Yu wouldn’t participate in competitions or take the Top Ten exam in the future, so why bother cultivating so desperately?

Zhang Yu nodded slowly and said, “Don’t worry, I know my own body. It’s not at the limit yet!” He thought to himself, “Compared to my body, it’s my wallet that’s reaching its limit. In a few days… I won’t be able to afford this medicine even if I want to!”

Mid-August.

The time had finally come to the day before the first round of Foundation Establishment exams.

On the train to Xiandu City.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were silently exhaling and inhaling, accumulating magic power, stamina, and energy.

After this half-month sprint, Zhang Yu’s strength had improved by leaps and bounds again, with magic power reaching 87.75 and physical strength reaching level 8.06.

The Dao Heart had finally broken through level 6, reaching level 6 (18).

“In half a month, it will be September, and I will officially be a second-year high school student!” Zhang Yu thought to himself, “But by that time, with my level, I should be able to surpass most of the white dragons just entering their third year of high school, right?” Although he had reached the goal he had set before, there was not much joy on Zhang Yu’s face, because he knew that his goal was no longer ordinary white dragons, but those super high school students in Xiandu.

In addition to the frantic progress in strength, Zhang Yu’s wallet was also being consumed frantically, dropping all the way to 50,000 yuan.

Clearly, in order to pass the upcoming first round of Foundation Establishment exams, he did not think about making money or saving money at all.

In his opinion, if he did not seize the time to improve his strength and strive to pass the first round of Foundation Establishment exams, then saving a little money would be meaningless.

“But whether I pass this exam or not, I have to find a way to get some more money when I go back this time!” As the train sped along, the aerial city of Xiandu once again appeared in the sight of Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.

Getting off the train, looking at the dark sky above, Bai Zhenzhen said, “Yu Zi, how much money is left in your account?” Zhang Yu said, “50,000 yuan.”

Bai Zhenzhen nodded, “I have 40,000 yuan left. Do you know what this means?”

Zhang Yu asked suspiciously, “What does it mean?” Bai Zhenzhen said, “It means that we are so poor that we can’t even afford the loan next month!”

“Also, we’ve been taking too many drugs recently, and the side effects of our drugs are starting to show!”

“Whether it’s health or finances, the pressure and risks have reached an unprecedented level.” Zhang Yu nodded slightly. Under the strong pressure of loans, exams, balances, drug side effects, etc., accompanied by the operation of the Broken Ox Sacrifice Heart Formula, he only felt his blood accelerate throughout his body, and his body became more and more excited.

Bai Zhenzhen continued, “…But it also means that our immortal cultivation potential has been completely stimulated!”

“We are terribly strong now and are no longer the same as we were two months ago!”

“We will definitely pass this first round of exams this time!” Under the huge risk, Bai Zhenzhen’s Cold Soul Ice Heart Formula operated violently in her mind, and she also felt that her muscles, nerves, and brain were becoming more and more active.

After saying that, the two had already come to the stalls in the men’s and women’s restrooms.

As they opened the webpage and clicked the “Enter” button, a large hole appeared under their feet, and they disappeared together without a trace.