Cang Lanyu was the sixth-ranked student in the Talisman Department at Ten Thousand Dharma University. Dazzling brilliance constantly shimmered on his body, hands, feet, and even on every strand of his hair. These were projections from the depths of the Spirit Realm, continuously converging before the eyes of anyone who looked at Cang Lanyu, transforming into lines of mysterious text within their eye-skeletons. It was the talismans bestowed upon him by the True God that allowed dazzling effects to continuously manifest all over Cang Lanyu’s body. It could be said that the longer one gazed at him, the more personalized the visions became, exuding an even more powerful allure!

At that moment, he stood on an open plain, surrounded by followers of the Dual Cultivation Sect whom he had apprehended. Feeling the furious gazes of these followers, Cang Lanyu calmly said, “You fools, do you really think you’ll find dual-cultivation jobs by sneaking into Underworld University? They were going to sell you to an underground human-animal factory…” Glancing at the even angrier stares of the followers, Cang Lanyu smiled faintly, as if he saw his fees increasing again and his income growing. For him, simply by being looked at, he was making money and growing stronger!

Just then, Zhang Pianpian established communication with Cang Lanyu and said, “I’m done on my end!” With a flash of thought, Cang Lanyu projected himself into the Spirit Realm right beside Zhang Pianpian. Sweeping his gaze over the underground base before him, Cang Lanyu thought, “This Zhang Pianpian isn’t highly ranked, but she’s certainly quick!” The next moment, Cang Lanyu looked at the subdued followers around him, suddenly frowned, and thought, “These marks…” He extracted footage from the surrounding surveillance and from the eye-skeletons, and his heart leaped when he saw the content!

“As expected… she forcibly controlled the Dharma Bones, Dharma Treasures, and even the physical bodies of these followers. This is the Taoist art of the ‘Great Star Shifting Divine Transformation Technique.’ When did this woman master a military-grade Taoist art from the Talisman Department? I don’t recall her among those who passed the military certification exam…” Cang Lanyu quickly pulled up Zhang Pianpian’s data. At first glance, it seemed very ordinary, so he broke through the hidden information, but found there was still a confidential section! When he tried to crack the confidential section, he immediately received a warning, and his heart trembled again! “It’s a military rank!” Cang Lanyu was utterly astonished: “Who exactly is this woman? She actually holds a military rank directly conferred by the Heavenly Court? Has she already been successfully designated as a candidate for a divine body?”

Zhang Pianpian looked at Cang Lanyu beside her and said, “Student leader, are you done looking?” Cang Lanyu was slightly taken aback. For a moment, he wasn’t sure if she had a hidden meaning or if she had detected his prying. He even had a faint feeling that she was deliberately showcasing the power of military-grade Taoist arts.

Zhang Pianpian continued, “Currently, it seems that Underworld University is indeed behind the Dual Cultivation Sect, but it might not be *only* Underworld University! Furthermore, followers of the Dual Cultivation Sect are also buying Ambrosia Coins!” Cang Lanyu suppressed his inner surprise and uncertainty, nodded, and said, “How can they dual cultivate without money? It’s certainly something these fools would believe, trying to invest a small amount into Ambrosia Coins and then expecting to support themselves with dual cultivation every month! However, I didn’t expect the Dual Cultivation Sect to be promoting Ambrosia Coins internally!” Cang Lanyu stroked his chin and analyzed, “Perhaps this Ambrosia Coin scheme isn’t just being run by Joyous Union University; other universities, like Underworld University, might also be involved!”

Zhang Pianpian thought, “It seems other universities’ counterattacks will arrive soon, then.” With this thought, Zhang Pianpian sent a message to Zhang Yu to warn him, so her brother wouldn’t accidentally get involved! In the following days, Zhang Yu spent his time studying, working part-time, and cultivating the Dragon Vein Sense Scroll.

In the blink of an eye, it was late November. On this day, Zhang Yu had advanced the Dragon Vein Sense Scroll to the 16th level! Just then, shouts and crashing sounds suddenly erupted from the construction site on the 669th floor! Zhang Yu turned his head and realized that a worker was rampaging across the construction site, causing destruction everywhere! “Gone mad?” Zhang Yu was utterly bewildered as he watched the worker, subdued by security guards, being dragged away. But a moment later, something even more surprising happened to Zhang Yu! A divine light descended from the sky, directly immobilizing a worker! Watching the worker’s soul being deeply extracted, Zhang Yu was greatly alarmed and asked, “What’s happening?” Immediately afterward, more divine lights descended from the sky like pillars connecting heaven and earth, directly guiding the souls of one worker after another into the Spirit Realm! Zhang Yu opened his mouth and said, “What in the world is this…?”

All the way back to his dormitory, Zhang Yu intermittently saw pillars of light descending, instantly transforming vibrant, living people into corpses! The corpses were then quickly processed and decomposed by the divine light, before being loaded into rapidly approaching iron coffins.

At the same time, messages constantly popped up in Zhang Yu’s eye-skeleton: “Storm warning: Emergency. A financial storm triggered by Ambrosia Coins is predicted to be approximately level 1.3 in intensity. Small-scale debt recovery phenomena will occur in your area! Please stay away from crowds, reduce outings, and ensure the security of your account funds! Invest cautiously after the disaster; do not believe rumors!”

Ten Thousand Dharma University!
Fu Ji sighed, “The financial storm has arrived. Fortunately, it’s only level 1.3. At most, there will be some disturbances, but it won’t be a catastrophic disaster.” Zhang Yu asked, “What about this warning message?” Fu Ji explained, “It’s both reassurance and a deterrent, to prevent people from causing trouble during the chaos! However, that was its purpose a long time ago. Now, the True Gods are increasingly efficient and professional in handling such matters! A level 1.3 financial storm is far from their work capacity limit, so there won’t be any major problems! As for the Ambrosia Coin, go see what’s actually happening!”

Zhang Yu nodded and quickly checked the Ambrosia Coin situation through the Spirit Realm, seeing its price plummet like a diving stone! “What happened? Why did it suddenly crash so much?” Zhang Yu clicked on a related news article and saw it read: “Highly intelligent spirit tools riot at Joyous Union University; a large number of spirit tools have escaped!” He wondered, what did the escape of these spirit tools have to do with the Ambrosia Coin crash? Zhang Yu continued reading and found that the escaped highly intelligent spirit tools seemed to all belong to the Ambrosia God-Monarch’s faction! He secretly thought, “Is this a sentient artifact crisis?”

Just as Zhang Yu was pondering, Feng Tingting sent him a message: “Did you see? Even the Ambrosia God-Monarch’s Dharma Bones rebelled and ran off!” Zhang Yu: “What Dharma Bones?” Feng Tingting: “The most important Dharma Bones for the Dual Cultivation Path! The Ambrosia God-Monarch’s Yin-Instrument Dharma Bones are all made from highly intelligent spirit tools! This time, these highly intelligent spirit tools rebelled and directly took the Ambrosia God-Monarch’s Yin Instruments with them.” Zhang Yu: “Huh?” Feng Tingting: “The Yin Instruments are one of the most important production tools at Joyous Union University. The Ambrosia God-Monarch suddenly lost a large number of production tools, so who knows how much Ambrosia Coin will fall now!”

“What the hell…” Zhang Yu thought, “Is this like a God-Monarch’s intimate artifacts becoming sentient and running away?”

Fu Ji said, “These highly intelligent spirit tools, by themselves, could at most escape through the Spirit Realm. How could they possibly take the Yin Instruments with them? Someone must have helped them escape from behind the scenes for these Yin Instruments to get out…”

In the following period, Zhang Yu occasionally checked the news, and soon he saw more chaotic rumors! Some said this batch of highly intelligent Yin Instruments joined the Dual Cultivation Sect and escaped for dual cultivation. Others claimed this batch of highly intelligent Yin Instruments joined a spirit tool protection organization. Still others said these Yin Instruments were bewitched by the Unemployed Demonic Cult and became disciples of the Unemployed Elder! Zhang Yu was reading with interest, but soon noticed that related news articles became fewer and fewer, quickly disappearing entirely! Fu Ji exclaimed, “Joyous Union University has activated Spirit Realm talismans and is beginning to erase the news!” Zhang Yu glanced at the news window that had been visible just moments ago but could no longer be refreshed, and sighed, “They act so fast! I remember there’s another Thousand Cultivator Convention in a few days, isn’t there? Now that all the Yin Instruments have run off, what will they do?”

A moment later, Zhang Yu searched for related news and found that the Ambrosia God-Monarch announced the Thousand Cultivator Convention would proceed as planned, stating she had a large reserve of dual cultivation tools that could fully support the event! Zhang Yu remembered: wasn’t Ping Han supposed to attend this convention? He glanced at Ping Han’s social media feed and saw numerous images of Yang-Instrument Dharma Bones posted. The text below the images read: “Don’t panic, everyone. If the Yin Instruments are gone, there are still Yang Instruments. I’ve tried them, and their effectiveness is no worse than the Yin Instruments. This convention is well-prepared, the lottery will continue, and Ambrosia Coin will eventually rise back up.”

Inside the Spirit Realm Space!
True Monarch Magnetic Pole’s eyes gleamed as he said, “Excellent, excellent. As expected of Dharma Bones refined by a God Transformation cultivator. Truly exquisite!” Feng Jiu said, “True Monarch Magnetic Pole, the Dean asked me to ask you, how long will it take to complete?” True Monarch Magnetic Pole snorted, “Dharma Bones from a God Transformation cultivator are not that easy to crack, especially the highly intelligent spirit tools within them. They can escape if they seize even a sliver of an opportunity! These few samples alone are too few. What about the rest of the goods?” Feng Jiu said helplessly, “We can’t take all the goods!” True Monarch Magnetic Pole replied, “Then I can only try my best! I also need people from the Talisman Department to help!”

Director Gao’s face showed a hint of helplessness as he watched news of students being caught in the financial storm and ultimately being tragically disintegrated. “Sigh! In this financial storm, our Civil Engineering Department didn’t gain much, but we suffered significant losses.” Just then, his eye-skeleton flashed, and a message appeared!

Ping Han: “Teacher, save me.”
Director Gao shook his head and silently blocked Ping Han.

Ping Han: “Junior Brother, please lend me some spirit coins!”
Ping Han: “Joyous Union University has been deeply cultivating the dual cultivation field for many years and will soon be able to produce a new batch of Yin Instruments!”
Ping Han: “Ambrosia Coin will rise back up then!”
Ping Han: “Once Ambrosia Coin goes back up, I’ll earn it back, and I’ll definitely repay you immediately!”
Zhang Yu looked at Ping Han’s continuous messages and thought, “He’s sending these so fast; could it be a mass message?”

Ping Han: “Junior Brother, please.”
Ping Han: “If I can just get through this, I’ll repay you double the loan.”
Zhang Yu: “Senior Brother, I really don’t have any money!”
Ping Han: “This is my hardest time. I wouldn’t beg you like this unless it was absolutely necessary!”
Ping Han: “Are you just going to stand by and watch me die?”
Ping Han: “If you help me now, I will definitely repay you ten or even a hundred times over in the future!”
Zhang Yu shook his head and immediately blocked Ping Han.

Then he received a message from Ji Yuanxu!
Ji Yuanxu: “Senior Brother, could you lend me some spirit coins?”
Zhang Yu thought of several replies, but in the end, he sent none of them, simply closing the chat window in silence.