Facing Zhang Pianpian’s inquiry, Zhang Yu glanced at the Dao Seed on her chest, then at Yu Xinghan, who was currently engrossed in conversation with Li Xiao. He sent a private message: “No matter, Senior Sister. I don’t have immediate need for this money. Take it and use it.”

A wave of emotion stirred within Zhang Pianpian. Initially, she had offered her aid to this junior brother simply because she saw a flicker of talent in him, a momentary impulse to lend a hand.

Little did she anticipate his swift ascent. Now, not only was he attending Wanfa University alongside her, but he was also capable of offering her a considerable sum of spirit coins.

Especially the words he had just sent in reply.

“Don’t have need, take it and use it.” These words were utterly nonsensical, the ramblings of a madman! Who in their right mind would say such a thing?

Yet, for some inexplicable reason, hearing these absurd words stirred a feeling within Zhang Pianpian that she had never experienced before!

Zhang Pianpian nodded slightly, her gaze fixed on Zhang Yu. She sent a message: “Very well. Lend me twenty-five spirit coins. The soonest I can return them is in half a year, at the latest, one year. I shall definitely repay you.”

Zhang Yu: “Is twenty-five spirit coins enough, or should I lend you fifty instead?”

Zhang Yu mused inwardly: “For several months now, through subtle probes and casual conversations, the Dao Seed’s requirement of fifty spirit coins has remained constant!”

“It seems fifty spirit coins are indeed the necessary amount!”

He held a profound sense of admiration for his senior sister’s potential!

Especially since arriving at Wanfa University. First, he had seen the records of her consumption modifying her dormitory’s spirit machine. Then, in the underground tomb, he had witnessed her ability to seal the network, hijack surveillance, and manipulate others’ techniques!

Combining this with the price of the Taiping Talisman being fifty spirit coins, Zhang Yu was convinced that Zhang Pianpian’s Dao Seed must be exceedingly powerful!

“Taiping Talisman first, open for me.”

At the same time, Zhang Pianpian, upon seeing Zhang Yu’s message, was momentarily stunned, a flicker of hesitation crossing her mind!

For her, fifty spirit coins were naturally preferable to twenty-five, but he only possessed a total of fifty-six spirit coins. To lend so much at once!

Just as Zhang Pianpian was still contemplating, she found that Zhang Yu had already transferred fifty spirit coins to her!

Zhang Pianpian: “Are you mad? Who lends money by transferring so much at once?”

Zhang Pianpian looked at Zhang Yu as if he were a fool!

After all, in the Kunxu, such lending behavior was the height of folly.

Money was truly paramount. With money came potential, strength, future, and life!

Lending money, especially lending fifty spirit coins at once, was akin to lending one’s life, lending one’s own potential to another!

And since Zhang Yu had decided to lend fifty spirit coins to Zhang Pianpian to activate her Dao Seed, he had no intention of dragging things out and wasting time!

“Since I’m lending it anyway, might as well be straightforward!”

So he replied: “Senior Sister, receive it!”

Zhang Yu: “I know you’re short on money.”

Zhang Yu: “Furthermore, your becoming strong benefits me as well. You can better cover me.”

Zhang Pianpian looked at Zhang Yu before her, considering that this junior brother would lend her the fifty spirit coins he had painstakingly accumulated. She felt an unprecedented surge of emotion in her chest!

Zhang Pianpian had once witnessed thousands upon thousands of spirit coins, but at this very moment, she felt that even mountains of those coins could not compare to the preciousness of the fifty spirit coins Zhang Yu was giving her!

“Is this… the bond of family?”

Silently accepting the fifty spirit coins Zhang Yu had transferred, Zhang Pianpian felt as though a warm current flowed from his body into her own!

That was his immortal path potential, his life, his future!

And now, he was pouring these precious things into her body!

“Junior Brother, I already sense your potential. I already understand your intent!”

“I will make good use of all of this!”

Zhang Yu had just seen her receive the fifty spirit coins when he received an electronic contract from her!

Seeing the content of the contract, Zhang Yu was slightly surprised: “Repayment starts next month, returning five spirit coins each month for a total of twelve installments?”

Zhang Pianpian: “I have received the money. What I need to do now indeed requires as much money as possible!”

Zhang Yu: “You should sign this contract.”

Zhang Pianpian: “You lending me money and me returning it with interest, this will not diminish our feelings.”

Zhang Pianpian mused inwardly: “You are willing to lend me money, and I am also willing to return it with interest. This is true family! This repayment contract is the bond between us siblings!”

Zhang Yu, of course, did not know the depth of Zhang Pianpian’s feelings, but since she supported it, he also signed the contract!

As the contract was finalized, Zhang Pianpian felt the sibling bond between them deepen even further!

Zhang Yu then observed Zhang Pianpian with curiosity, eager to see how this Dao Seed called the Taiping Talisman would be activated!

But all he saw was Zhang Pianpian closing her eyes, her consciousness seemingly venturing into the depths of the spirit realm!

Moments later, when Zhang Pianpian opened her eyes again, it was without sound or form!

The Dao Seed was then thoroughly illuminated!

Taiping Talisman (Charm) Level 1

Zhang Yu’s heart stirred: “It’s done.”

Just at this moment, Yu Xinghan on the side pulled Zhang Yu, saying, “Come on, what are you still spacing out for? Let’s go to class!”

“The first class of the second year, we can’t be late!”

Without time to carefully examine the effects of the Level 1 Taiping Talisman (Charm), Zhang Yu first headed towards the classroom with Yu Xinghan and Li.

In the classroom!

When Zhang Yu walked in, he noticed that the middle seat in the first row had been left empty!

Ying Xin was waving towards him, saying, “Senior Brother, over here.”

Looking at Ying Xin’s enthusiastic appearance, Zhang Yu thought to himself: “As expected of a sixth-generation civil engineer, she adapts quickly! Truly a deep family tradition!”

Zhang Yu brought Yu Xinghan, who was on his left, to sit down!

Li Xiao was about to sit on Zhang Yu’s right when Ying Xin squeezed him out!

Ying Xin glanced at Li Xiao and said, “I have things to discuss with Senior Brother. You sit over there for now!”

Sitting on Zhang Yu’s right, Ying Xin took out a medicine box shaped like a bottle of energy potion and placed it in front of Zhang Yu: “Senior Brother, I went to your dormitory last night to find you, but it seemed you weren’t there!”

“So I thought I’d just give you this in the classroom!”

Zhang Yu accepted the medicine box. When he saw it was an energy potion, he didn’t think anything of it. But upon opening the cap and seeing the white powder inside, he was startled!

“Flour!”

“You brought me this thing in the classroom!”

But the next moment, he reacted.

“That’s not right. Could this be the family bone ash Ying Xin mentioned? Why is it so white?”

Fu Ji said: “This indicates the bone ash is of high quality and the cremation technique was flawless. It might contain some metallic substances, and moreover, the person cremated was at least in the Foundation Establishment realm!”

Thinking that the contents of the medicine bottle were not flour, but bone ash, Zhang Yu breathed a slight sigh of relief!

Fu Ji commented: “This Ying Xin fellow deliberately put it in a medicine bottle to prevent others from seeing it, I presume. Quite the civil engineering talent!”

Ying Xin, seeing Zhang Yu open the cap, added: “This is from my great-grandfather. As long as you mix a little into concrete using the blood sacrifice method, it can greatly improve the building’s strength!”

“Senior Brother, you’ll definitely participate in this year’s civil engineering competition, right? You can use this then!”

Zhang Yu looked at Ying Xin, weighing the medicine bottle and feeling the amount inside. He smiled slightly: “Little Ying! I appreciate your intent!”

Ying Xin smiled faintly, thinking that Zhang Yu had become a nominal disciple of the High Director. As long as she connected with Zhang Yu, she would also be connected to the High Director!

She murmured inwardly: “Great-grandfather, when you reach Zhang Yu’s hands, you must protect me well! In the future, I can stand out under the High Director and become someone above others on the construction site!”

Just at this moment, the class teacher entered the classroom!

He walked up to the platform and said directly: “My name is Wei Huai. I am your teacher for this engineering geology class!”

“Starting from the second year, all students in the Civil Engineering Department must learn the cultivation techniques for large-scale construction!”

“And to successfully cultivate these techniques and maximize their power, it is inseparable from understanding the terrain of mountains and rivers and gaining insight into the geological environment of the site!”

Sitting in the middle of the classroom, Zhang Yu attempted to multi-task using the Wuliang Heart Inner Law Body. While listening to the teacher’s explanation, he also opened the Yushu Dao Seed Spectrum and began to carefully sense the effects of the Taiping Talisman Dao Seed!

“To advance to the second level, I have to give my sister 100 spirit coins!”

“My sister’s talent is truly demanding of money!”

And as Zhang Yu carefully sensed, more information emerged from within the Dao Seed!

“The specific effect of the Taiping Talisman is just one: it can open up a spiritual realm cave mansion through the spirit realm?”

Sensing this, Zhang Yu felt an urge to immediately delve into the spirit realm and see what this spirit realm cave mansion was like and what its effects were!

However, he remembered his sister’s warning: it was best not to operate the Wuliang Heart Inner Law Body, this dark technique, when entering the spirit realm!

And without operating this dark technique, he would be unable to multi-task, listening to the class while trying out the Dao Seed’s effects!

“Class cannot be missed!”

“I’ll try it when I have some free time!”

Listening to the teacher’s explanation, Zhang Yu gradually gained a rough understanding of various large-scale construction methods and their relationship with different types of terrain and landforms!

Zhang Yu spent the entire day concentrating on the class. It wasn’t until he returned to his dormitory that he stopped operating the Wuliang Heart Inner Law Body and put on the spirit realm mask!

The next moment, as he activated the power of the Taiping Talisman seal, he felt his consciousness shuttle rapidly through the spirit realm. Countless things of five and ten colors flashed before him!

When Zhang Yu regained his senses, he found himself in front of a Taoist temple surrounded by clouds and mist, nestled among mountains!

Looking at the three large characters on the temple gate, Zhang Yu murmured: “Taiping Realm.”

He walked into the Taoist temple and found that it was not large, with only a single main hall. Zhang Pianpian was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the hall, before an extremely tall, but facially indistinct, deity.

And just as Zhang Yu stepped forward, Zhang Pianpian suddenly turned her head, staring in shock at Zhang Yu outside the hall!

But the next moment, a hint of killing intent rose in her eyes. She thought inwardly: “Zhang Yu cannot possibly be here!”

“How dare you impersonate my junior brother and sneak into the Taiping Realm!”

She formed a seal with one hand, and suddenly the heavens and earth shook!

Zhang Yu felt a great force strike his body. The next moment, his body felt as if it was about to be torn apart!

And in Zhang Yu’s unbelievable gaze, his identity account, browsing history, bank account, consumption records, and other information flowed out of his body, like pieces of garbage, floating in the surrounding air!

Looking at this information, Zhang Pianpian was also slightly shocked: “Zhang Yu… it really is you!”

“How did you get to the Taiping Realm?”