Zhang Yu formed a Daoist hand seal. Driven by the Level 20 “Tiandi Huaijie Wuxing Xinbing,” he felt a connection with all the items in the laboratory.

He only needed to inject his magic power to temporarily transform these items into his magical artifacts. He could further inject magic power to activate the “Huojie,” pushing these temporary magical artifacts into overload mode. He could also inject spiritual realm flow to incorporate these temporary magical artifacts into the spiritual realm network one by one.

Zhang Yu thought to himself, “After being driven by the ‘Tiandi Huaijie Wuxing Xinbing’ and then connected to the ‘Taihao Jianjie,’ all the temporary magical artifacts that have been empowered… will become part of my ‘Taihao Shenglü Jianzhen.'”

As he practiced the Level 20 “Tiandi Huaijie Wuxing Xinbing,” Zhang Yu’s mind reviewed the military-grade powers he currently possessed.

Zhang Yu mused, “‘Tian Kunlun’ and ‘Tian Rihuang Shen’ are my most effective construction methods. When the ‘Jianzhen’ unleashes the ‘Jianjie,’ it can integrate all powers. Under this integration, the ‘Tiandi Huaijie Wuxing Xinbing’ can further enhance my various abilities.”

“But that alone isn’t enough.”

“After all, I don’t have a divine spiritual root that I can use at full power in battle. The ‘Qinglian Jiantai’ can only provide a passive effect.”

“Nor do I possess any military-grade magical cadavers.”

“The number of military-grade magical artifacts I can control hasn’t reached my limit.”

Zhang Yu knew that the top students in the Ten Great Universities all possessed divine spiritual roots, military-grade magical artifacts, military-grade cadavers, and mastered military-grade cultivation techniques.

“Even with Bei Wufeng’s help during the competition, having a ‘Jianzhen’ composed of 24 ‘Taihao Shenglü Feijian’ still isn’t enough.”

“To defeat formidable opponents like Dao Qiankun and Kuang Tianqing and win first place in the Ten Great League, I need even stronger power.”

Zhang Yu understood that compared to the years of accumulation by the top academic elites in the Ten Great Universities, his growth period was still too short.

Especially with only a little over a month remaining.

So, after completing his cultivation of the “Tiandi Huaijie Wuxing Xinbing,” Zhang Yu wholeheartedly dedicated himself to a new project.

The “Bishui Jinjing Jia,” the blueprint for the magical artifact awarded for first place in the Civil Engineering Competition, became Zhang Yu’s latest research target.

However, the design blueprint for this armor had recently been deciphered by the Artifact Forging Department, with all crafting steps and processing methods clearly understood.

Zhang Yu chose this armor because, in addition to being a military-grade power, his observations indicated it was also one of the items in the “Dasheng Chuanren” chain-law diagram.

According to Zhang Yu’s speculation, it was highly likely that this armor contained one of the cultivation techniques of “Dasheng Chuanren.” Therefore, Zhang Yu ultimately chose the “Bishui Jinjing Jia,” wanting both an additional military-grade power and the cultivation technique it contained, a win-win situation.

Now, referring to the blueprint, Zhang Yu purchased online courses, planning to use the spiritual realm acceleration function of the Taiqing Realm to quickly learn the related foundational knowledge.

It was only when he first saw the detailed content of the “Bishui Jinjing Jia” design blueprint that Zhang Yu truly began to understand this armor.

“To be precise, the ‘Bishui Jinjing Jia’ is a bio-armor manufactured using imitation-demon technology.”

“Once this armor is refined, it will encase the body like a living organism, even connecting with the flesh and blood, becoming an extra organ of the body.”

Zhang Yu mused, “From this perspective, the ‘Bishui Jinjing Jia’ is actually something between a magical artifact and a magical cadaver.”

“But what cultivation technique does it contain?”

Zhang Yu, after his initial look, hadn’t found any clues about the cultivation technique, but he believed that if he continued his research, he would eventually uncover its secrets.

Time quickly arrived at August.

Just as Zhang Yu was concentrating on the “Bishui Jinjing Jia,” another major event caused quite a stir on Kunxu’s second layer.

A vocational college under Wanfa University, named “Shanhai Zhiye Xueyuan,” was exposed for rampant corruption. It was even discovered that a large number of people, from the principal to the students, were believers of the “Shuangxiu Jiao.”

As soon as the incident broke, it attracted attention from multiple forces. Several True Gods descended directly, sealing off the entire school.

By the time Zhang Yu learned of the matter, all “Shuangxiu Jiao” members in the vocational college had been apprehended. The school began to be dismantled piece by piece, and many teachers and students were transferred to different vocational colleges.

“This Shanhai Zhiye Xueyuan… it seems to be Shui Haiyu’s school.”

Zhang Yu still remembered this student he had encountered while collecting data on vocational college students, especially since it was his involvement in the “Shuangxiu Jiao” matter that led to Xu Yang Zhenren’s investigation of himself.

“The entire school was dismantled because of the ‘Shuangxiu Jiao’?”

“Could it be that Shui Haiyu’s investigation yielded results?”

Zhang Yu asked Zhang Pianpian, and her response confirmed his suspicion.

Zhang Pianpian said, “Shui Haiyu was indeed framed. Because he sent his investigation recordings to too many places, the ‘Shuangxiu Jiao’ created a false impression of his joining the cult to solve the problem.”

Zhang Yu then asked, “But didn’t Shui Haiyu commit suicide? Didn’t his soul transmit a message through the spiritual realm?”

Zhang Pianpian replied, “The ‘Shuangxiu Jiao’ intercepted his soul.”

Zhang Yu was startled by this statement. “Intercepted his soul? Was a loophole in the spiritual realm discovered by the ‘Shuangxiu Jiao’? Or were even the True Gods influenced by the ‘Shuangxiu Jiao’?”

Regardless of which it was, Zhang Yu felt that the situation was far more complex than he had initially imagined.

Zhang Pianpian didn’t explain the inside story, only continuing, “Junior, I’m probably going to Kunxu’s third layer for graduate studies in September.”

“As for you…”

Actually, in Zhang Pianpian’s heart, she didn’t want Zhang Yu to participate in the upcoming Ten Great League.

During her investigation into the “Shuangxiu Jiao” case, Zhang Pianpian could sense the undercurrents stirring throughout Kunxu’s second layer.

It was as if several invisible hands were manipulating behind the Ten Great Universities, preparing to unleash some earth-shattering event.

Only as the Ten Great League approached did these undercurrents gradually subside.

But Zhang Pianpian knew this wasn’t the end of the matter, but rather the calm before the storm, with an even more tumultuous tide about to arrive.

Zhang Pianpian had a premonition that during the Ten Great League, right among the Ten Great Universities, some monumental event was about to be triggered.

And the Ten Great League, as the most watched stage, would undoubtedly be the epicenter of conflict.

“Zhang Yu, don’t participate in the Ten Great League.”

Zhang Pianpian ultimately didn’t say these words, because she knew Zhang Yu had already sacrificed too much and made up his mind for this battle, and could not be dissuaded with a few words.

“Thankfully, Zhang Yu shouldn’t be the focus of attention in the Ten Great League.”

Thinking this, Zhang Pianpian reminded him, “You must be careful during the Ten Great League. This competition, due to the reward of self-selected immortal sect cultivation techniques, has attracted too much attention, and conflicts are highly likely to occur on-site.”

“Remember, if you encounter danger, run immediately. It doesn’t matter if you forfeit the competition.”

“If anything happens, remember to contact your teacher.”

“If it’s inconvenient to contact your teacher, send me a message.”

“I’ll reply as soon as possible after receiving the relayed message on the third layer.”

After Zhang Pianpian’s admonishments, Zhang Yu ended his call with her and once again immersed himself in studying the “Bishui Jinjing Jia.”

Soon, another matter spread widely within Wanfa University.

However, unlike the commotion caused by the vocational college’s dismantling, this matter was almost entirely passed by word of mouth among teachers and students, circulating as mere gossip, with no news reports or official reactions.

Feng Tingting: “Jin Guangyuan, the second-place student in the Finance Department, has been kicked off the school team and expelled from the university!”

Zhang Yu was startled when he saw this message: “Expelled? What did he do?”

Feng Tingting: “No one knows. I heard he was taken away by a True God right after work.”

Feng Tingting: “No one has seen him since.”

Zhang Yu’s heart suddenly stirred, remembering what Xu Yang Zhenren had said.

“Could the finance student who contacted Xu Yang Zhenren be this Jin Guangyuan?”

Zhang Yu opened the school team group chat and found that Jin Guangyuan, who used to be there, was indeed gone.

He then opened the top 50 in the school group chat, and Jin Guangyuan was no longer there either.

However, Shan Congning, who had been cleared from the group last time after Zhang Yu squeezed into the top 50, becoming 51st, reappeared.

Shan Congning: “I’m back again.”

Seeing this, Zhang Yu couldn’t help but sigh, “The second-place student in the Finance Department, among the top 50 in the entire school, was expelled just like that?”

He sent a message to Xu Yang Zhenren to inquire, but the reply was: “Young friend, this matter cannot be discussed yet.”

Looking at the reply, Zhang Yu was pensive, thinking, “It seems… it’s probably related to Xu Yang Zhenren’s matter after all.”

And with Jin Guangyuan’s expulsion, whether it was Zhang Yu’s illusion or not, the outcry against him from the demon-descended suddenly diminished significantly.

The most noticeable point was that the number of comments in his comment section rapidly decreased, with the demon-descended’s comments being less than a tenth of the original.

Fuji laughed, “Hehe, the second-place student in the Finance Department was expelled. That must mean the Finance Department lost ground in the struggle and was suppressed by Ciji and his group.”

“And the demon-descended who came to Wanfa University are backed by the Finance Department.”

“It’s likely that the Finance Department isn’t providing funds anymore, the demon rations have been cut off, so those leading demon-descended who were paid naturally stopped working, and the momentum naturally weakened a lot.”

Zhang Yu thought Fuji’s猜测 was very reasonable. However, even though the leading demon-descended were gone, the demon-descended still held considerable prejudice against Zhang Yu.

For instance, at this very moment, Zhang Yu, who rarely visited the construction site, felt the hostility in the eyes of many demon-descended towards him.

After all, in the spiritual realm vision of the demon-descended, Zhang Yu’s head was crimson to purple, already a top hundred existence on the demon-descended discrimination list.

Zhang Yu, however, paid no mind.

Two military credentials lit up behind Zhang Yu. With his school-wide rank of 18 above his head, he calmly said, “You all…”

“Little beasts!” Shi Yunxiang stood beside Zhang Yu and shouted amidst the shocked gazes of the many demon-descended.

Zhang Yu: “I hate rework the most. You’d all better cooperate with my work from now on, or else…”

Shi Yunxiang: “I’ll eat you all.”

Zhang Yu: “Did you hear that? Everyone…”

Shi Yunxiang: “Little beasts!”