Right after Zhang Yu returned to his apartment, he immediately resumed practicing the Boundless Spring and Autumn Meditation.

With the persistent refinement of the forty-nine stances, the Longevity mana continuously stimulated the repair and regrowth of every inch of his flesh. Zhang Yu’s body, which had been gradually withering under the brutal training and drug use, seemed to be reborn.

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Although immersed in cultivation, the conversation with Yun Ni was not without its impact on Zhang Yu.

“The patrol team…are they investigating matters of the Evil Gods?”

Yun Ni’s attention made Zhang Yu feel even more pressure.

Although Zhang Pianpian had asked her to look after him, he did not believe that she would continue to do so if she discovered the secrets of the Evil God within him.

To counter the possible investigation by the patrol team, Zhang Yu could only speed up the preparation of the rituals, to acquire anti-detection abilities and the power to interfere with information as soon as possible.

Recalling Zhang Pianpian’s words, Zhang Yu sincerely sighed in his heart: “Controlling information and mastering the information gap are essential skills for climbing the ranks in Kunxu.”

The next day, with all the necessary materials finally gathered, Zhang Yu brought Fu Ji and Bai Zhenzhen to the familiar unfinished building, preparing to begin Bai Zhenzhen’s wish fulfillment ritual, as well as their own detection and anti-detection rituals.

Inside a room in the unfinished building:

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen were setting up the ritual site according to Fu Ji’s instructions.

Fu Ji spoke eloquently: “Rituals emphasize sacrifices and scale. The better the sacrifice, the better the effect, the higher the success rate, and the less likely it is to be discovered by righteous deities. The larger the scale, the greater the range and distance of the ritual’s effect.”

“Besides these, the altar, the medium between humans and gods, spiritual objects, Evil God symbols, and incantations are all essential elements, none can be missing…”

At the same time, the room was seen filled with lit red candles.

Fu Ji transformed back into a rag doll and was placed on a brass altar.

Two phones with unlimited data, serving as intermediaries for communication between humans and gods, were placed on either side of Fu Ji.

The rented Qi Sea Spiritual Root became an excellent spiritual object for preserving spiritual energy, held in Fu Ji’s hands.

As for Fu Ji herself, as the embodiment of the Evil God…she was the most exceptional Evil God symbol.

Four antiques were placed in the four corners of the ritual space, their accumulated incense offering power waiting to be extracted and used by Fu Ji.

“Taiji’s hidden mystery, shadows rise and fall, all living beings, sincerely offering, incense power come forth!”

With Fu Ji pointing in the air, the antiques shattered one by one, the released intangible power flowing into her.

“Spiritual awareness veiled, believers wander in delusion, truth and falsehood indistinguishable, wishes gather in my bag, hasten according to the law!”

As a strand of dark golden divine power appeared above Fu Ji’s head, Bai Zhenzhen, who was in the midst of the ritual, stiffened. The next moment, she was infused with the power of the Evil God…

After a long while, as the ritual concluded, Bai Zhenzhen slowly opened her eyes, looking curiously at her own body.

“How is it?” Zhang Yu asked, “Are you alright, A-Zhen?”

A flash of lightning suddenly flickered in Bai Zhenzhen’s eyes, and then she smiled: “Yu-zi, is this the feeling of potential being unleashed?”

“Is this the power that has always been hidden within me?”

Strands of lightning erupted from Bai Zhenzhen’s eyes, and then lightning flashed all over her body.

Looking at Bai Zhenzhen’s long hair rising up, crackling with electricity, Zhang Yu asked in surprise: “What exactly has your potential unleashed?”

Bai Zhenzhen opened her mouth, and streaks of electricity flickered within: “It’s hard to say right now. I need to do more experimentation to know what’s going on.”

As the lightning subsided, the unusual phenomena emanating from Bai Zhenzhen’s body gradually disappeared.

Bai Zhenzhen planned to explore the specific changes within her body at her own pace.

The immediate priority was to complete the remaining rituals.

With the two of them working together, they performed the detection and anti-detection rituals.

As the rituals were completed, a series of runes flashed across Zhang Yu’s back, and he felt two distinct ritual powers added to his body.

Zhang Yu tried to activate the power of the detection ritual and immediately felt a spot in the pitch-black room begin to glow, emitting a unique attraction to his eyes. It was the surveillance camera they had brought.

This surveillance camera was brought by Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen specifically to test the effectiveness of the detection ritual.

“So that’s how it is.” Zhang Yu looked at the camera glowing faintly in his vision and tried to withdraw the power of the detection ritual. The camera disappeared back into the darkness.

“As long as I activate the power of the detection ritual, I can directly see the location of the camera?”

Then Bai Zhenzhen placed the camera behind a wall on the other side.

As the two activated the detection ritual, they directly saw the camera behind the wall.

After testing back and forth for a few minutes, Zhang Yu confirmed that the power of the detection ritual, once activated, could help him detect cameras within a radius of 30 meters, and ordinary obstacles could not block this detection.

“But in just a few minutes, nearly half of the power of the detection ritual has been consumed.”

“Fortunately, after this detection ritual is complete, as long as it is in a network environment, it will automatically steal power from the divine power network to restore itself.”

“Calculating it, there are probably 10 minutes of detection time per day.”

Ten minutes didn’t sound like much, but Zhang Yu felt it was enough for detection purposes.

Next, the two picked up the prepared detection patches, intending to test the power of the anti-detection ritual.

Zhang Yu, whose mana should have exceeded 90 units, now measured only 85 units. When Zhang Yu continued to activate the power of the anti-detection ritual, the mana measurement data reached a minimum level of 50 units.

“The anti-detection ritual can be maintained for 1 hour each day.”

“It can conceal the detection data of mana and physical strength.”

Zhang Yu said with satisfaction: “Not bad, not bad. The monthly exams won’t have to be so flamboyant from now on.”

Seeing their satisfied looks, Fu Ji said proudly: “What do you think? I told you these two rituals would be of great help to you.”

“The rituals of the Evil Gods are like this. If you want to make a lot of money in the future, want to develop in the dark tutoring world, or even make achievements in fields such as fraud, smuggling, and commercial warfare, the stronger the ritual power you possess, the better.”

Zhang Yu knew that Fu Ji was saying this to encourage him to assist her in continuing to improve her status and strength, so that she could activate more rituals.

Just like the four antiques consumed in the previous ritual, Zhang Yu strongly suspected that Fu Ji had inflated the number of antiques needed, in order to replenish her own Evil God power.

But for the moment, it seemed like a win-win situation, and Zhang Yu didn’t bother arguing with her.

Hearing Fu Ji’s words, Zhang Yu asked: “How many rituals can you maintain now?”

Fu Ji said: “I can maintain a total of 10 rituals now.”

“Deducting the wish fulfillment ritual, detection ritual, and anti-detection ritual on you two, that still leaves 4 rituals that can be supported.”

“But you don’t need to rush. The money needed to consume the remaining rituals aren’t cheap. You can leave them empty for now and choose rituals as needed in the future.”

Zhang Yu asked again: “What can be done to allow you to maintain more rituals?”

Fu Ji smiled and said: “Two methods. Either swallow the status of other colleagues. The closer I get to Level 2 Evil God, the more rituals I can maintain.”

“Or steal the authority of righteous deities, but you don’t need to consider this for the time being.”

“In short, as long as my status continues to improve, you will also be able to have increasingly powerful ritual blessings, and one day you will be able to escape the burdens of life, and achieve cultivation freedom and financial freedom.”

“Otherwise, no matter how strong you are, you will only be slaves of the Ten Great Sects.”

After packing up, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen returned to the apartment near Ziyun High School.

As he entered the apartment building, Zhang Yu tried to activate the detection ritual and immediately saw the surveillance cameras inside the building.

After entering the apartment room, he activated the detection ritual again.

Although he and Bai Zhenzhen had checked it once before, he felt more at ease after using the power of the detection ritual to check it again and confirming that there were no cameras in the room.

Next, Bai Zhenzhen kept experimenting with the changes in her body and gradually understood what she could do after having her potential unleashed.

Her mana had a lightning attribute and became a special type of mana.

With the blessing of this special mana, she found that the effects of using Electric Flash Step and training the Lightning Strike Body had been greatly enhanced.

In particular, the process of mana circulation constantly stimulated her muscles and nervous system, greatly improving her reaction, speed, agility, and explosive power.

Besides that, she felt that if she cultivated similar techniques in the future, she would achieve twice the results with half the effort.

Finally…

Zhang Yu looked at Bai Zhenzhen sticking her fingers into the socket, her whole body flashing with electricity. He heard her laugh and say: “Yu-zi! Look, I can recharge mana by charging, and charging also has the effect of body tempering! I can become stronger by charging from now on!”

“Once my True Spiritual Root adapts to this new cultivation method, the efficiency will definitely be higher…”

Zhang Yu nodded slightly at first, but his expression suddenly changed, and he looked sharply at his electricity meter.

Seeing the electricity meter spinning wildly, Zhang Yu quickly shouted: “Stop! Stop it now!”

“If you continue to cultivate like this, Le Mu Lan might kick us out of this apartment.”

Bai Zhenzhen reluctantly pulled her fingers out of the socket: “Alright, alright.”

“Then I’ll go to school tomorrow to steal electricity for cultivation.”

“Hehe, while stealing electricity, I can use the detection ritual to avoid cameras…”

With the ritual matters successfully completed, Zhang Yu once again focused his attention on his own cultivation.

In the blink of an eye, a night passed. With the circulation of Longevity mana, Zhang Yu felt his body becoming more and more pure, and the Boundless Spring and Autumn Meditation had once again reached a breakthrough.

Boundless Spring and Autumn Meditation Level 9 (24/90)

Second chapter to be released in the afternoon.