Over the past month, Zhang Yu’s cultivation progress had slowed due to his depleted physical condition. He invested more resources in fortifying his foundation and enhancing his physical reserves.

Now, after a month, although the rate of improvement was much slower, he had reached a level of Dao Heart 13 (98.5), Mana 573.4, Physical Strength 14.65, and Mana Quality 159.

Furthermore, after the Azure Vortex Qi Technique, the Primordial Nascent Breath Scripture, and the Celestial Blessing Longevity Art, Zhang Yu had completed the breathing exercises required for the fourth Qi Channel Prolongation technique.

At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged in the dilapidated chamber, cultivating the technique needed for the fifth Qi Channel Prolongation!

A milky white Qi surged from his mouth, swirling around his body like layers of cloud, forming an external circulation!

This technique, called ‘Gale Qi External Circulation Breathing Method,’ uses the external circulation of martial arts gale qi to assist in the absorption of spiritual energy!

In this way, it refines one’s control over martial arts gale qi while breathing!

Zhang Yu chose this breathing method because he knew that after his physical strength reached level 15, the conduction of gale qi to bodily power would become extremely important, greatly improving work efficiency, and he should start practicing the related gale qi control as soon as possible!

Zhang Yu estimated in his heart, “In another month, my physical depletion should be almost compensated, and my physical strength should be able to break through to level 15!”

Just as Zhang Yu was diligently cultivating, a message popped up in his eye socket. It was actually Gongshu Jin sending an invitation!

Gongshu Jin: “A senior in the Weaponry Department has just refined a magical treasure and is holding an Appraisal Banquet. He invited Senior Mo, and Senior Mo asked us to go and see it!”

Since the last meeting with Director Gao, Zhang Yu had found himself seemingly categorized into the faction of Director Gao and Tu Lishan!

And Mo Shang, who had mastered the Kunlun Mountain Moving Divine Power, was also a member of this faction!

Gongshu Jin, who ranked just below Zhang Yu in the class, had joined this faction even earlier!

During this time, the two had often greeted Zhang Yu and intermittently told him about some internal matters of the Civil Engineering Department!

Looking at the invitation sent by Gongshu Jin, Zhang Yu’s heart stirred. “Appraisal Banquet?”

He asked: “Is there food?”

Gongshu Jin: “The banquet is hosted by a senior in the Weaponry Department, of course there’s food. It’s a buffet.”

Hearing this, Zhang Yu was surprised, then delighted!

In this Myriad Law University City, food is a luxury. The poor live on pills every day, and only the rich have the opportunity to eat. The richer one is, the more one can eat!

And a buffet is obviously something that only the richest of the rich can afford. Yu Xinghan, who was beside him, exclaimed in amazement after hearing this news: “A buffet? It’s actually a buffet? And they’re inviting us to eat a buffet?”

“This is… a blatant display of wealth.” Zhang Yu nodded in agreement, unable to help but swallow, thinking in his heart, “The people in the Weaponry Department are really rich. I hope they can refine magical treasures successfully every day, and then start the feast!”

Yu Xinghan looked at Zhang Yu: “Brother, can you bring me along?”

Zhang Yu shook his head, helplessly saying, “If I could bring people, I would definitely call everyone in our dormitory. But even I am being brought by someone else!”

Yu Xinghan sighed in his heart upon hearing this: “Alas, Li Fou is right. A little bit of benefit leaking from the fingers of these rich people above is enough for us to eat and drink!”

“However, entering this circle of rich people is useless by licking their boots!” Only by relying on one’s own abilities, like Zhang Yu, can one break in!

So, under Yu Xinghan’s envious gaze, Zhang Yu continued to cultivate diligently, finally waiting for the Appraisal Banquet the next day!

Myriad Law University City, 568th floor!

Zhang Yu followed behind Gongshu Jin into a restaurant. This was Zhang Yu’s first time coming to a restaurant in Myriad Law University City. Entering it, he found that the entire restaurant was about the same size as a classroom, but the decoration was exquisite, and the air was filled with a strong aroma of food, causing Zhang Yu’s saliva to secrete frantically!

In the restaurant, more than ten people had already gathered. The rankings above the heads of the three leading figures shone like stars, standing in the center of the crowd!

One of them was Mo Shang from the Civil Engineering Department, whom Zhang Yu had met last time. Another woman’s skin shimmered like a starry sky, and her white hair was as bright and dazzling as a gemstone. Various brands and models of arcane prosthetics were displayed all over her body, enough to make most college students feel frightened and retreat, fearing that they would accidentally bump into her and go bankrupt!

Zhang Yu looked at her ranking of 15th in the Weaponry Department and knew that this woman was Ye Xingli from the Weaponry Department, who was also the host of this buffet!

Gongshu Jin, who was beside him, looked at Ye Xingli and felt his heartbeat accelerating!

“All of these top-level arcane prosthetics are custom-made, limited editions… Compared to her, the things on my body are just junk!”

“Too beautiful… This woman is really too beautiful. If I could cultivate with her once, I wonder how much money I could get!” Gongshu Jin, as a top student from the fourth floor who had studied diligently since childhood and focused on cultivation, had never been interested in cultivation with others, after all, he was not an art student who wanted to enter Joyous Union University!

But seeing the wealthy Ye Xingli, he couldn’t help but want to be cultivated by her. The sense of wealth revealed from the inside out exuded a deadly attraction, making him unable to take his eyes off her!

Zhang Yu turned his gaze to the last man among the three, Cang Lan Yu, who ranked 9th in the Rune Department!

When Zhang Yu’s gaze swept over him, he could see that his clothes, face, hands, and even every strand of hair!

Were sparkling with dazzling light!

Those lights were projections from the depths of the Spirit Realm. They gathered and intertwined in Zhang Yu’s eye sockets, finally transforming into lines of mysterious patterns and words!

“Celestial Eye Arcane Prosthetic, make your world clearer.”

“Local product, the first choice for people on the second level of Kunxu. You’re not local if you don’t wear it!”

“Watch live broadcasts on the Illusory Realm of the Void, and feel the union of spirit and flesh…”

Looking at the advertisements on his body, Zhang Yu quickly averted his gaze and cursed in his heart, “Damn, did he earn money from those few glances I just gave him?”

Gongshu Jin, who was beside him, looked at Cang Lan Yu with envy. He had an advertisement rune bestowed by a true god, and he was connected to the depths of the Spirit Realm at all times. As long as he was within the Spirit Realm’s coverage, various advertisements could be refreshed all over his body at any time and place. The longer one looked at him, the more customized his advertisements would be, and the more powerful temptation they would emit.

“As long as you look at him, he is making money. As long as you look at him, he is getting stronger.”

Gongshu Jin thought to himself, “This is a man that you dare not look directly at once he becomes your opponent!”

Just as Zhang Yu and Gongshu Jin were observing the people in the room, the dozen or so men and women in the room also noticed them!

Ye Xingli, whose skin seemed to have a galaxy flowing beneath it, smiled faintly and said, “You two are late, I’ll fine you one bowl of rice each!”

Looking at the rice that was brought in front of him, Zhang Yu felt a rich aroma of rice assaulting his face. Just smelling it made him feel salivation, and he actually felt a bit of strength in his body!

Gongshu Jin, who was beside him, thought to himself, “Fine rice?”

Gongshu Jin knew that the rice in front of him was not ordinary!

“This rice made from Celestial Essence Rice is made from highly compressed food essence. One grain of rice is enough to fill a Qi Refining cultivator for three days and three nights!”

Gongshu Jin thought, “If you eat too much, it can even cause indigestion, excessive blood flow in the stomach, and dizziness!”

He knew that Foundation Establishment cultivators with insufficient appetite would get starry-eyed and light-headed after eating half a bowl of Celestial Essence Rice due to the huge digestive burden. This was called rice sickness!

Gongshu Jin thought that the people in the restaurant at this moment were probably all watching them make a fool of themselves with rice sickness!

After all, most students on the second floor could not afford food, let alone train their digestive abilities. Their appetite was often very small, so they were prone to rice sickness!

All in all, Gongshu Jin understood that once the amount of rice one could eat was related to economic conditions, the more one could eat, the more respected one would be, and the less one could eat, the more despised one would be. As for things like serving rice and fining rice, they were all common practices. Just as Gongshu Jin was concentrating and preparing to eat a good meal, he saw Zhang Yu reach out and take the rice bowl, opening his mouth to swallow it in one gulp!

“Don’t.” Gongshu Jin reached out to stop him, thinking, “Does this guy Zhang Yu not even know about Celestial Essence Rice?”

Zhang Yu swallowed half a bowl of rice in one gulp, and felt the aroma of rice explode in his mouth. The sweet and soft rice flowed on his tongue, bursting with endless flavor. But soon, he felt that the rice was particularly tough, and even after chewing it a dozen times, it was difficult to chew!

At the same time, a senior student chuckled, “Take it easy, this Celestial Essence Rice is not easy to digest, you should eat it in small bites, how can you swallow so much in one gulp like this!”

The other students also joked, seemingly already seeing Zhang Yu looking dizzy in a while!

But in the next moment, they saw Zhang Yu swallow the Celestial Essence Rice in his mouth without even making a sound, and then he swallowed the remaining Celestial Essence Rice in the bowl in one gulp!

Under the Foundation Establishment Peak digestive power brought by the University Saint Body, Zhang Yu’s digestive ability was already terrifying!

And in the last field construction site, he had also successively integrated the Erosion Abyss Gummy Membrane and No. 15 Spiritual Method Secret Steel into his stomach, as if putting a layer of weapons and armor on his stomach, turning his stomach from hand-to-hand combat to mechanized combat, allowing him to digest even No. 20 Secret Steel with all his strength!

At this moment, as his stomach wriggled slightly, it seemed like a terrifying millstone, crushing all the swallowed Celestial Essence Rice and releasing the rich food essence in it!

In an instant, Zhang Yu felt streams of heat gushing out of his stomach and spreading into his limbs. His body was like a long-droughted land meeting sweet rain, frantically absorbing these streams of heat!

With this big bowl of rice swallowed, Zhang Yu felt as if his body had soaked in a medicinal bath. His physical foundation had grown stronger, and his whole body was indescribably comfortable!

“Delicious, delicious, so delicious.”

“Aren’t you eating?” Zhang Yu looked at the stunned Gongshu Jin and grabbed his rice bowl. “Then I’ll eat it for you!”

Seeing Zhang Yu drinking two bowls of Celestial Essence Rice in a row and still looking like he hadn’t had enough, a strange look appeared in Ye Xingli’s eyes: “Good appetite.”

“Someone, give this person more rice!”

Looking at the rice bowl that was put in front of him again, Zhang Yu laughed and said, “Having rice without meat is too boring!”

“That’s easy,” Ye Xingli said loudly, “Bring him a plate of Dragon Liver and Phoenix Gallbladder!”

After saying that, she looked at Zhang Yu and asked, “Can you eat it?”

Zhang Yu said heroically, “Three more bowls of rice, three plates of Dragon Liver and Phoenix Gallbladder.”