Zhang Yu, while browsing the various items on the platform, couldn’t help but mutter in his heart, “Fuji! Didn’t you tell me before that the immortals of the Ten Great Sects wanted to recruit more people to come up and compete?”

“But now, not only are they reducing recruitment, they’re even stopping it altogether!”

Fuji sighed, “The immortals definitely want the people below to compete more fiercely, to squeeze themselves dry, to squeeze their entire families dry, to offer everything, so that the profits of the Ten Great Sects can continue to increase, so they can comfortably sit upon the clouds.”

“Otherwise, you wouldn’t even have the chance to participate in the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate exam!”

“But now that the Ten Great Sects are reducing recruitment more and more, it can only mean that there are really too many people in the sect’s blessed lands!”

Fuji pondered, “After establishing the current college entrance examination, university, and company system, the Ten Great Sects recruit immortals with unparalleled talent every year. Among them, Golden Cores can live for 400 years, Nascent Souls can live for nearly a thousand years, and breakthroughs beyond that, whether Transformation Gods or Refinement of Emptiness, can live even longer!”

“Thinking about it this way, the population of the sects is indeed consuming far less than it’s growing.”

“However, Zhang Pianpian’s statement that the Ten Great Sects have stopped recruiting, dividing the world into two, I don’t think is entirely accurate.”

“This should only be temporary!”

“Once a batch of people above die, the Ten Great Sects will definitely start expanding recruitment again!”

“It’s just that this may take hundreds of years, or even several centuries…”

Fuji suddenly exclaimed, “I understand, this should be cyclical!”

“Expanding recruitment for a period of time, reducing recruitment for a period of time, all of this is related to the population changes of the Ten Great Sects!”

“It’s just that for the immortals, this may only be a brief fluctuation, a small ripple, but for you below the sects, it’s a matter of generations, ten generations, or even dozens of generations!”

“Moreover, because the reduction in recruitment by the sects has been transmitted to the company and university levels, it may eventually affect the entire Kunxu!”

Listening to Fuji’s deduction, Zhang Yu cursed inwardly, “What unfortunate timing!”

He then asked, “Then can’t the wish of this ritual be withdrawn?”

“If I die by then, I’ll definitely take you with me!”

Fuji smiled helplessly, saying, “Ordinary wishes are fine, but this one, there’s really no way. Wasn’t it you who acted clever and personally made the plan to fulfill the wish in the first place!”

“After the ritual was approved, it has been fully operational and has reached this point, it’s long beyond my ability to cancel it!”

“This is related to the essence of the ritual, which are the ritual rules set by the Evil God Kings!”

Zhang Yu sighed inwardly, but he didn’t regret it. If he hadn’t had a flash of inspiration and temporarily blocked Fuji’s wish in the first place, he probably wouldn’t be where he is now!

As things stand, neither the immortals nor the Evil God Kings are something he can influence!

“I can only try my best to do what I can!”

Looking at the dazzling array of goods in the network, Zhang Yu thought, “My cultivation speed of the techniques is already astonishingly fast!”

“What I need most now is to further improve my basic attributes!”

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu had already opened the product and service pages one by one!

Half an hour later, the first thing Zhang Yu bought arrived!

Along with the opening of the packaging box, a large box of jade coins shimmering with light appeared in front of Zhang Yu!

These jade coins were shaped like round coins, their color was verdant green, the surface had flocculent textures, containing a trace of misty spiritual energy, and were exactly the low-grade spirit stones Zhang Yu had purchased!

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “Low-grade spirit stones, middle-grade spirit stones, high-grade spirit stones, were once the currency used in Kunxu, but now if you use this to pay, you’ll probably be scolded and refused!”

Long before the advent of spirit coins, this network payment system, Kunxu’s currency system had undergone several evolutions, and spirit stones as currency had long been eliminated!

Later, because of the spiritual energy contained within, middle and low-grade spirit stones were regarded as immortal resources, while high-grade spirit stones, in addition to their immortal value, also had collectible value!

But as the spirit world network became more and more developed, and the arrays, spiritual energy pathways, and various facilities in the buildings continued to develop, spiritual energy was channeled into dormitories, connected to every household, and fewer and fewer people used middle and low-grade spirit stones!

“But with the price of spirit stones decreasing, there are naturally some people who are greedy for cheapness, who would rather go to the trouble of buying spirit stones to absorb spiritual energy for cultivation!”

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “But because there are always poor people buying them, the price of spirit stones has gradually been maintained in a stable range.”

Thinking of this, he had already picked up a low-grade spirit stone and swallowed it in one gulp!

Along with the circulation of the Mixed Yuan Fetal Breath Scripture, a trace of spiritual energy in the spirit stone was directly extracted, integrated into Zhang Yu’s mana circulation, and refined by him little by little into his own mana!

The reason why Zhang Yu wanted to buy low-grade spirit stones was naturally to improve the efficiency of absorbing spiritual energy, so that he could refine more mana every day!

After all, he now has to attend classes during the day and work on construction sites at night, so the time to absorb spiritual energy in the dormitory is extremely short!

And he had seen similar spiritual energy array stone products, as long as you hold an array stone, it is equivalent to carrying an array node, no matter where you go in the university town, you can enjoy the infusion of spiritual energy!

But this is both very expensive and will lead to people calculating his monthly spiritual energy absorption!

So after searching around, Zhang Yu chose to swallow low-grade spirit stones!

At this moment, he swallowed ten low-grade spirit stones in one breath, and felt that these ten spirit stones were like turning into a small stove, constantly releasing heat in his stomach!

Releasing spiritual energy, supplying him to increase his mana!

The Qi Sea Spirit Root contracted and expanded, cooperating with the Mixed Yuan Fetal Breath Scripture to devour the spiritual energy crazily, allowing Zhang Yu to feel a burst of exhilaration!

Then he continued to swallow spirit stones, from 10 to 15, and finally swallowed until the 23rd, before feeling that the release and breathing of spiritual energy reached a limit, and his stomach felt like

Like growing out of a small spiritual vein!

“Absorbing spiritual energy from 23 spirit stones at the same time, this is the maximum efficiency of my breathing at present!”

“And cultivating by swallowing spirit stones like this every day can improve the efficiency of breathing when attending classes and working!”

“But although cultivating like this is cheaper than taking a spiritual energy array stone and enjoying the infusion of spiritual energy at any time, it still costs a lot every month!”

Zhang Yu calculated that cultivating by swallowing spirit stones like this every day would cost about 0.48 spirit coins per month!

But thinking of the number of people entering the Ten Great Sects, Zhang Yu understood that this money was only the beginning!

Daoist Arts Department service area!

Zhang Yu sat cross-legged on a thin cushion, surrounded by flashes of lightning, constantly striking into his body, stimulating the Qi Sea Spirit Root in his dantian, increasing his spirit root fusion, and enhancing his five senses!

The Daoist Arts Department student who cast the lightning spell said, “Student Zhang, how do you feel?”

Zhang Yu said in a deep voice, “Increase the intensity a little more!”

The other party smiled and said, “Okay!”

“Student Zhang, did you apply for a card?”

“For Daoist arts enhancements like Divine Snow Lightning Wave, it’s best to have 3 times a week, each time for more than half an hour!”

“Applying for a card now gets a 30% discount!”

Zhang Yu asked, “How much does it cost to apply for a card?”

The other party said with a smile, “1 spirit coin is enough. Even if you can’t use up all your Divine Snow Lightning Wave, you can also try other Daoist arts services!”

Zhang Yu’s account balance: 9.45 spirit coins

Refining Department teaching level!

Yun Jing took a jade box to Zhang Yu’s front!

After Zhang Yu helped Yun Jing drive away his classmates last time, the two had contact!

And this time Zhang Yu found the other party because he wanted to get a discount through the other party and save some money!

Hearing Yun Jing said, “This is the cultivation-type magic treasure you want, “Nine Prison Town Mountain Belt!”

“After you wear it on your body, you can use the earth vein vitality to nourish your body. Earth vein vitality is a harmless vitality that can act as a lubricant between the flesh and mana, improving your efficiency in using mana to bless your body!”

“In addition, through the earth vein vitality, the Nine Prison Town Mountain Belt can also add up to 9 times the gravity on your body, used to help you temper your body and squeeze out your physical potential!”

“For many rich people, similar cultivation-type magic treasures, or cultivation-type magic armaments, are essential for body refining!”

Zhang Yu understood that body refining in the Foundation Establishment stage cannot be separated from the blessing of mana!

Especially with the increase in spirit root fusion, the spirit root and meridians spread all over the body, the flesh and mana gradually merge, and the cultivator’s body gradually ceases to be a pure flesh and blood body, but becomes a transcendent body!

The Nine Prison Town Mountain Seal in front of him can improve the efficiency of mana blessing the body, and then raise the effect of body refining!

It can also further temper the body through additional gravity, forcing out the cultivator’s potential!

Zhang Yu opened the jade box, looked at the belt inside, and asked, “What’s the price?”

Yun Jing said, “This is a product developed by the department in cooperation with the company. I can get you a 10% discount at most, which is 1.35 spirit coins per month!”

As Zhang Yu put on the belt, the Nine Prison Town Mountain Belt sent out a crisp female voice: “Welcome to use the Nine Prison Town Mountain Belt, a strange user’s eye armament has been detected, please agree to connect!”

In Zhang Yu’s eye armament perspective, a notification was opened by him, and with the selection of agreement, a small belt tag 1 was added to the eye armament perspective!

As he clicked on the belt, the user interface of the Nine Prison Town Mountain Belt appeared in front of him!

“It has been detected that the user has not registered, please complete the new user registration before using this product!”

And after Zhang Yu completed the user registration, another notification appeared!

“It has been found that you have a coupon that has not been used…”!

Zhang Yu took a look and found that it was the 10% discount coupon Yun Jing said!

After a while, with Zhang Yu’s thought, streams of earth vein vitality poured into his body from the belt!

Under the nourishment of this earth vein vitality, his whole body of flesh and blood seemed to have a strange difference, and the blessing of mana was smoother, more silky, and more effective!

And in Zhang Yu’s eye armament vision, there are also 1 to 50 times gravity options, as well as running mode, weight-bearing mode, climbing mode, and custom mode!

You can further improve the body refining effect and carry out targeted enhancement training by circulating the gravity of the body, locally adjusting it!

Zhang Yu first felt the 5 times gravity mode, and instantly felt a sinking all over his body, and the internal organs began to have a feeling of sagging!

After trying several different modes and testing the body refining effect, Zhang Yu nodded: “This is it!”

Zhang Yu’s account balance: 8.1 spirit coins.