Zhang Pianpian continued, “Hearing this, you should understand that your time is very tight.”

“Of course, even if you fail this time, you can fight again next year.”

According to Zhang Pianpian, this high school Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate exam starts in mid-June every year and results are released in early January of the following year.

That means, for each graduating class of high school students, there are a total of two opportunities in three years.

The first is to register at the end of the first year of high school and obtain the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate in the second year.

The second opportunity is to register at the end of the second year of high school and obtain the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate in the third year.

Meanwhile, the voice of the Evil God rang in Zhang Yu’s mind, “Although both involve obtaining the Foundation Establishment Certificate, receiving it in the second year of high school is clearly of a different caliber than getting it in the third. Writing it on your resume will inevitably lead to different treatment in college…”

Without the Evil God needing to elaborate, Zhang Yu naturally could guess this point.

“Given Kunxu’s habits, getting the Foundation Establishment Certificate in the third year compared to the second… probably creates a difference akin to that between a Bailong person and a Songyang person.”

Which to choose between a Bailong person and a Songyang person?

Given a choice, He Dayou, the school board director’s son, would probably have already emigrated to Bailong.

Facing an opportunity to, with some effort, completely transform himself into a Bailong person on the second floor, how could Zhang Yu let it pass?

He nodded towards Zhang Pianpian, “We will definitely try both opportunities. It’s best to obtain the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate as early as possible.”

Zhang Pianpian continued, “It’s good that you understand this yourselves. Besides, there’s the choice of exam specialty and some arrangements I have for you before I leave…”

Because there are only four slots for the Foundation Establishment Certificate exam, one each for Dao Heart, Mana, Physique, and Martial Arts, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen naturally have to stagger their development.

Bai Zhenzhen has the help of her Spiritual Root, making her progress in Mana, Physique, and Martial Arts not slow.

However, considering that, empowered by her True Spiritual Root, her talent for Martial Arts has always been the strongest, she ultimately chose the Martial Arts track.

Zhang Yu, with the assistance of the Feather Book and his True Spiritual Root, is also confident in his progress in Mana, Physique, and Martial Arts. But considering that Bai Zhenzhen has already chosen Martial Arts, the only options left for him are Mana and Physique.

“Naturally, I’ll choose Physique. After all, my progress in physical strength has completely surpassed my Mana during this period of preparing for the sports competition. Continuing to advance rapidly in physical strength, and eventually becoming the physically strongest among high school students on the first floor of Kunxu… is not impossible.”

After Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen respectively chose their exam directions, Zhang Pianpian continued, “Your time is tight, your tasks are heavy, and your funds are not plentiful. So, after the bonuses and endorsement fees are received, remember not to squander the money.”

“For example, don’t pay off the loan all at once. Not only should you not repay it, but if possible, you might even consider borrowing a little more.”

“In the next 8 months, spend every penny on improving your strength.”

“Before I leave, I will also try to cover for you again, to buy you more time to become stronger.”

“I will be waiting for you at Wanfa University.”

Dawn.

Songyang High School.

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen slowly walked towards the school gate with tired bodies.

The sports competition last night had already greatly exhausted their physical strength. After the competition, they discussed the matter of the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate with Zhang Pianpian. After Zhang Pianpian left, they didn’t idle either, and started planning their cultivation plan for the next period.

After all, if they wanted to successfully pass the Foundation Establishment Qualification Certificate exam and defeat the other competitors, relying on the high school courses in Songyang High School was definitely not enough.

They needed a cultivation plan that was more suitable for them, more aggressive, and more effective.

Things like how to spend money next, which cultivation techniques to practice, what medicines to use, and some expenses related to the exam… were all carefully calculated and planned.

Just then, Bai Zhenzhen suddenly stared wide-eyed at the big screen at the school gate.

“Congratulations to Zhang Yu for winning first prize in the Songyang City Sports Competition. Zhang Yu, with his outstanding talent and extraordinary aptitude, overcame difficulties in material conditions. With such unparalleled talent, he will surely achieve even more outstanding results in the future…”

Bai Zhenzhen looked at the small essay scrolling on the screen, almost the entire screen was praising Zhang Yu’s peerless talent.

After reading it, she was shocked, “What about me? Why didn’t they mention me?”

After all, she was also fifth place in the sports competition, and wasn’t even worthy of being mentioned?

But Zhang Yu, looking at the small essay on the screen, only felt angry and cold, and wasn’t happy at all.

If he were a few months younger, he would have liked this kind of article praising himself.

But now, seeing the screen full of talent and aptitude… he only felt that his commercial value had been further reduced.

“Who understands this? Getting first place and being said to rely purely on talent, how much more malice is this world going to show to geniuses?”

“Who wrote this article? Can’t someone have it removed?”

Later, Zhang Yu found out that this was an article arranged by the student union.

He immediately understood, “Zhou Chechen, this guy, also wants to suppress my commercial value?”

“Could it be that he and Ziyun’s Le Jingchen are in cahoots?”

Recalling that Zhou Chechen and Lan Ling had specifically come to warn him during the competition, Zhang Yu became more and more suspicious that these two had gotten together with Ziyun High School or Ziyun Pharmaceuticals.

Just then, Zhao Tianxing on the road saw Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, his eyes lit up, and he took the initiative to come over.

Seeing Zhang Yu deep in thought, Zhao Tianxing asked curiously, “A Yu, what are you thinking about?”

Zhang Yu sighed, “I’m thinking about how to prove that I’m not a genius, but just an ordinary person who can only improve his grades with money.”

Zhao Tianxing was slightly stunned, was Yuzi hinting at him?

Zhang Yu continued, “Then I found out that for me, proving that I am an ordinary person is much more difficult than proving that I am a genius.”

“My talent is like the sun, it’s hard to hide it… Difficult, it’s really too difficult.”

Zhao Tianxing couldn’t help but recall Zhang Yu six months ago, and thought to himself, “A Yu, I still like you the way you were six months ago.”

“You weren’t like this back then. Back then, you, like me, looked like a clown when standing in front of A Zhen, Qian Shen, and He Dayou.”

Looking at Zhang Yu, who had changed his tune at this moment, Zhao Tianxing had to sigh that grades changed students, and then he suddenly had a deeper understanding of his own poor and weak clown theory.

“Clowns can also be transformed into each other. Half a year ago, Zhang Yu was a clown in front of He Dayou, but now He Dayou has become a clown standing in front of Zhang Yu.”

“This is… the clown theory of relativity.”

“In the end, it’s still about strength like scores and wealth.”

Zhao Tianxing thought that if at the moment when Zhang Yu had just finished speaking, he grabbed Zhang Yu’s neck, pinned him to the ground, and said faintly, “Oh, is it hard to prove?”

Zhao Tianxing thought to himself, “If this kind of thing happened, then the identity of the clown would be switched again.”

“Alas, if you want to stand upright in school and speak loudly, you still have to rely on strength.”

Thinking of this, Zhao Tianxing was even more determined to purchase the technology to modify imitation demon muscles.

And within the entire Songyang High School, there were quite a few students who thought like Zhao Tianxing, except that some were keen on imitation demon muscles, some wanted super metabolism, and a small number decided to buy the Red Pagoda’s True Dragon Bloodline…

Zhang Yu and his two friends walked into the classroom, and as soon as Zhang Yu sat down, he continued to use his mobile phone to check the information of various cultivation techniques.

He thought to himself, “Although I plan to take the sports track and continue to improve my physical strength, I must also ensure that Dao Heart and Mana are not left behind.”

“Especially Dao Heart and Mana, I have to find replacements for the Heavenly Martial Tempering Heart Art and the Zhou Tian Gathering Qi Art to ensure that while I am tempering my body every day, Dao Heart and Mana can also grow steadily.”

However, on the cultivation technique website, the various cultivation techniques were simply as vast as the sea. Even looking at the rankings made Zhang Yu dizzy and he didn’t know how to choose.

Just then, the Evil God, who had been disguised as a rosary, suddenly said, “Search for the Great Sun Qi Sea.”

Zhang Yu was slightly stunned, but still searched for the Great Sun Qi Sea. He found that this was a very low-selling expert-level cultivation technique, suitable for cultivation in the middle stage of Qi Refining.

As for the first reason for the low sales, it was because this cultivation technique was very expensive. The right to use it cost a full 120,000.

And the second reason for the low sales was that this cultivation technique was too difficult to practice.

Especially the difficulty of practicing the Great Sun Qi Sea was not reflected in how difficult this cultivation technique was to comprehend, how difficult it was to practice, or how high the requirements were.

The difficulty of practicing the Great Sun Qi Sea lay in time.

This was a cultivation technique that could condense the essence of the sun and moon as long as it was exposed to light, and absorb the spiritual energy in the light of heaven and earth to refine mana.

Zhang Yu looked at the introduction and thought to himself, “Like the Zhou Tian Breathing Art, it can passively absorb energy. As long as there is a light environment, the Great Sun Qi Sea can perform continuous passive energy absorption. Especially when the light is stronger, the effect of energy absorption is stronger.”

“However, this technique emphasizes gradual progress. If the first level can be completed after one month of light, then the second level will take two months to break through. The third level is doubled again, requiring four months to break through. This is how it increases exponentially. The further you go, the longer it takes.”

“When you reach the eighth level, it will take ten years of effort to break through another level.”

“Breaking through from the ninth level to the tenth level will take more than twenty years.”

Seeing this, Zhang Yu sighed in his heart. Even if this cultivation technique was bought, it should be used as a transitional energy absorption technique to increase the mana a bit through the light absorption.

“No wonder so few people buy it.”

“But it’s just right for me.”

Zhang Yu became curious about what effect this cultivation technique, which would take decades to reach the 10th level, would have after being pushed to the 10th level by himself.

Suddenly, Zhang Yu remembered the Evil God who had asked him to search for the Great Sun Qi Sea, and thought that this guy had been following him 24 hours a day during this period, so he knew which cultivation technique was most suitable for him.

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu asked softly, “It’s been so long, I still don’t know what to call you.”

The Evil God chuckled, and a crisp female voice rose in Zhang Yu’s mind, “Just call me Fuki.”

“Zhang Yu, I told you long ago, with my help, your path to climbing up in Kunxu will be smoother.”