Within the Martial Arts class, Zhang Yu was focusing intently on practicing a series of foundational cultivation techniques.

By early September, he had consecutively raised both his original Basic Mind-Refining Art and Basic Breathing Technique to level 10.

He had also mastered the newly learned High School Basic Digestion Art and High School Basic Pill-Taking Art, reaching level 10 in all of them.

However, these foundational techniques were, after all, just the basics. Even after reaching level 10, enhancing the effects of the techniques to some extent, they were barely satisfactory in Zhang Yu’s eyes.

If it weren’t for the Lianfa Diagram within the Feather Book, he probably wouldn’t have bothered spending so much effort on these many fundamental techniques.

Especially since some of these basic techniques involved numerous movements, which were quite time-consuming for him.

“Alas, for me, the speed of mastering a technique depends on the time it takes to practice it once. If a basic technique takes too long to complete a set, it’s actually slower to improve than an expert-level technique.”

Currently, Zhang Yu was practicing the High School Basic Footwork.

Once this High School Basic Footwork reached level 10, he would have completed six of the techniques required for the High School Sacred Body, allowing him to unlock the first layer of enhancement.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu felt even more invigorated, “What kind of effect will it be?”

Lei Jun, who was beside him, watched Zhang Yu’s passionate gaze and proactive attitude, and sighed inwardly. He could only try his best to guide him, hoping that he would master the remaining basic techniques of Songyang High School as soon as possible and not continue to waste his time on these.

In another corner of the Martial Arts class, Bai Zhenzhen said indifferently, “All ten of you, come at me together.”

In an instant, her figure, surrounded by layers of lightning, had already weaved through the ten high school sophomores.

Although her strength was far superior to any of them individually, facing the combined assault of ten people and feeling the techniques coming from all directions, she still felt an unprecedented pressure.

After all, when everyone was at the Qi Refining stage, the difficulty of the battle increased exponentially with each additional opponent.

At this moment, Bai Zhenzhen had to face the attacks of ten people from ten different angles every single moment.

But Bai Zhenzhen still gritted her teeth and persevered.

“I am going to fight the strongest high school student in Kunxu to seize the martial arts first place…”

“Since the quality in the class is not enough, then quantity will make up for it. I will break the limits again and again to enhance my actual combat ability.”

After school, during the Taoist Arts tutoring class.

Zhang Yu appeared to be working on the piles of test papers in front of him, but in his mind, the Remnant Ox Sacrificial Body Heart Mantra was operating frantically.

Since experiencing cultivation in the Spirit Realm, Zhang Yu had comprehended the true meaning of the Remnant Ox Sacrificial Body Heart Mantra. The more pressure he faced, the more he could unleash the mysteries of this heart mantra.

And at this moment, the layers of pressure brought by Zhou Chechen added many obstacles to Zhang Yu’s Immortal Path, but this obstacle and pressure… increasingly stimulated the effectiveness of the Remnant Ox Sacrificial Body Heart Mantra when facing pressure and adversity, making Zhang Yu more and more courageous in battle.

With the continuous blessing of the Remnant Ox Sacrificial Body Heart Mantra, Zhang Yu felt that every day he faced pressure, both his physical body and mana operated more actively, and the potential within his body was constantly stimulated, improving his cultivation efficiency beyond his limits.

Especially during the four hours of tutoring after school every day.

Facing the endless talisman test papers in front of him, which were meaningless to complete, this could be said to be the moment when Zhang Yu faced the greatest pressure every day, but also when the Remnant Ox Sacrificial Body Heart Mantra was most stimulated.

Under such circumstances, not only did the heart mantra operate more intensely, striving to improve his Dao Heart, but the passively operating Great Sun Qi Sea also became more turbulent.

Even the process of using the True Spiritual Root in his Dantian to deduce the Dragon Elephant Mountain Crushing Palm became faster.

Suddenly, a sense of emotion arose in Zhang Yu’s heart: “Cultivating this Remnant Ox Sacrificial Body Heart Mantra requires facing layers of pressure, facing stronger and stronger pressure, to make rapid progress.”

“The stronger the pressure, the more at ease one becomes.”

“I wonder what kind of situation the Great Wild Ox Saint was in when he created this technique.”

“But my current state can be considered to be in line with the essence of this technique by chance.”

As for the True Spiritual Root in his belly, it was lent to Zhang Yu by Bai Zhenzhen during this time period every day under Fu Ji’s suggestion, just to take advantage of the time spent doing test papers.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu casually scribbled a few answers on the test paper, then glanced at Teacher Zhou in front, only to see that the other party was engrossed in browsing his phone.

Zhang Yu thought in his heart, “For me… if I purely do test papers for 4 hours, it would be a waste of life. But for the teacher who accompanies me to do the test papers, it is also a boring and meaningless 4 hours of wasting time.”

“After all, the other party is just a worker, how can he be monitoring me attentively for these 4 hours?”

Zhang Yu thought secretly in his heart, “And these broken test papers are meaningless for me to do, and it seems that these guys will not come to grade them at all.”

He felt that the test papers he was doing now were like homework during winter and summer vacations on Earth, and the tutoring teacher in front of him was too lazy to check them.

While Zhang Yu was secretly cultivating during the Taoist Arts tutoring, on the other side of the city…

Bai Zhenzhen, bringing with her strands of electric light, traveled through the traffic like a bolt of lightning.

The next moment, her figure lightly leaped and had already dashed into the main entrance of a building, then accompanied by layers of electric light lighting up in the stairwell, she had already arrived on the 20th floor.

“Hello, your delivery is here…”

“I wish you a pleasant meal.”

Looking at another completed delivery order, Bai Zhenzhen, wearing a delivery uniform, smiled slightly, and with the operation of the Electric Light Step, her whole body, bringing with it afterimages, had already darted out.

Because there was always someone watching her, Bai Zhenzhen had no way to go to the Dark Learning Gang to earn money through tutoring.

But she and Zhang Yu had already borrowed the loan quota long ago, and the monthly loan repayments, medicine costs, food expenses… and other expenses were a considerable pressure.

Fortunately, in addition to the income from being a sparring partner for Yu Xinghan, Song Hailong, and Yue Mulan, there was also Zhang Yu’s income from selling seeds at Red Pagoda every week to subsidize the household.

But even so…

“Alas, that guy Yu Zi, the seed quality is too low, the income from selling seeds every week is getting less and less, I can only rely on delivering food to support him for a while.”

“But fortunately, in the process of delivering food, I can also exercise with thunderous mana, which is not a complete waste of time.”

Just then, with a burst of vibration from the phone, Bai Zhenzhen felt her heart skip a beat when she looked at the notification: “Crap, I’m going to be late.”

The next moment, she saw her body accelerate again, merging into the traffic, and racing against time like other delivery drivers.

While Bai Zhenzhen was delivering food, not far from her location, a graceful figure wrapped in darkness was silently staring at Bai Zhenzhen’s back.

She wore a pair of glasses on her head, and as her gaze moved, the camera on the glasses was always aimed at Bai Zhenzhen.

No matter how much Bai Zhenzhen accelerated or rushed to deliver food, she always maintained a position that was neither too close nor too far from Bai Zhenzhen, so that Bai Zhenzhen could never escape her pursuit.

The woman staring at Bai Zhenzhen was named Si Zhouyu, belonging to the Zhou family’s security force, and graduated from Jinzhou Junior College with a major in business intelligence.

“Alas…”

Thinking that her work during this recent period was actually tracking a delivery driver and a high school student, Si Zhouyu felt a sense of helplessness.

“Giving competing companies bad reviews and leading the rhythm, stealing hostile companies’ contracts, destroying competitors’ feng shui wealth trees… these major events should be what I do.”

“How can I get a promotion and a raise by following such a poor ghost every day?”

Si Zhouyu approached Bai Zhenzhen again, and as her body completely merged into the black shadows, she almost stuck to a distance of a dozen meters, recklessly but silently taking pictures of Bai Zhenzhen with the lens.

“Can you guys hurry up and do something big?”

Time passed day by day, and the monthly exam in early September quickly ended.

Before the results were announced, Zhou Chechen had already preemptively seen Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen’s grades.

“Zhang Yu is second? Although the score is still very high, it is only relative to the students after the second place.”

“In vertical comparison, not only has he not continued to improve, but the level of mana and physical strength has also declined.”

“On the other hand, Bai Zhenzhen is still improving.”

Looking at the transcripts and the specific data displayed by the two in the exam, Zhou Chechen thought to himself, “In the monthly exam in October, Zhang Yu will probably decline even more, and the gap with Bai Zhenzhen will be even greater.”

“Facing this situation of constantly declining levels, Zhang Yu should not be able to hold on for more than a month or two, right?”

While Zhou Chechen was looking at the transcript.

Inside an apartment near Ziyun High School.

Zhang Yu said, “This time I used the anti-detection ritual to hide the progress in the data, Zhou Chechen should think that the recent methods have been effective.”

Bai Zhenzhen on the other side did not do this, after all, in the eyes of the surrounding people, it was normal for Zhang Yu to be addicted to basic techniques every day and have to make up for talismans, so his grades would decline, but Bai Zhenzhen’s performance in martial arts class and physical education class was becoming more and more prominent, so it was only natural that her grades would improve.

Fu Ji said, “Not bad, that guy Zhou Chechen should still want to use the gap between you to put further pressure on Zhang Yu.”

“Let them think they have succeeded.”

“You must use this time to continue to develop and continue to become stronger.”

“Don’t rush to upgrade the intensity of the confrontation with them, time is on your side.”

Mid-September.

Inside the apartment.

Yue Mulan sniffed her nose, looked at Zhang Yu with some doubt, and suddenly asked, “Why do you… smell less stinky?”

Yue Mulan, who had super metabolism, was very sensitive to various smells.

If the sweat on Zhang Yu’s body was sour and smelly before, the sweat on his body now smelled pure to Yue Mulan, like her own sweat.

Of course, Zhang Yu would not say that this was the reason for his successful cultivation.

Not only did he diligently practice the Spring Autumn Endless Zen every day to enhance his physique and eliminate toxins.

It was also because after completing six techniques of the High School Sacred Body, he had one more enhancement.

Elementary High School Sacred Body (6/6): Drug load, absorption, and metabolism capabilities are increased to the peak of Qi Refining

Since having this layer of enhancement, coupled with Zhang Yu’s level 10 Spring Autumn Endless Zen, he felt that the toxins in his body could be discharged, collected, and controlled by him, and the Zen character on his chest was becoming darker and darker.

Zhang Yu thought in his heart, “The urine I pee out now might be given to people as water.”

After Yue Mulan left, she sent a message to her brother Yue Jingchen: Does Zhang Yu have a record of undergoing super metabolism surgery?

Yue Jingchen: No

Yue Mulan: If a person has not undergone super metabolism surgery, but the sweat discharged is very clean, is that possible?

Yue Jingchen: Collect a sample of his sweat, and I will give it to the laboratory for analysis to know the result.

Yue Mulan was slightly stunned and hesitated: “Collect Zhang Yu’s sweat?”

Late September.

Red Pagoda High School.

Yu Xinghan, who had some sunken cheeks, looked at Zhang Yu, who was full of energy and eating a big meal, and sighed: “Your physical fitness is good.”

The big meal in front of him was provided by the Red Pagoda Company to excellent seed providers, that is, Yu Xinghan.

Although Zhang Yu came to freeload, he seemed to eat more than Yu Xinghan.

Yu Xinghan couldn’t help but ask: “You haven’t participated in fewer outings than me, how can you maintain such good stamina?”

Zhang Yu smiled and said: “Eat more and replenish more nutrition.”

He glanced at his Feather Book, and saw that the High School Sacred Body’s enhancement had been improved by one more item on the basis of the primary level.

Advanced High School Sacred Body (8/8): The digestion, absorption, and metabolism capabilities of food are increased to the peak of Qi Refining

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Is this High School Sacred Body super capable of taking medicine and super capable of eating?”

“It does meet the characteristics of Kunxu high school students.”

“I just don’t know what the last item will be like?”

As time passed, it was soon mid-October.

The second round of Foundation Establishment exams was about to begin.