"The journey of uniting body and soul, the first phase has been completed."
"This simulation environnt is generated based on the breakthrough big data model of uniting body and soul, combined with vast historical data and user data, featuring high realism. Those with a Dao Heart level below 13, and those with the following diseases, please consult your doctor before starting..."
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"Do you wish to start your journey of uniting body and soul?"
...
Zhang Yu opened his eyes, a wave of confusion flashed through his mind.
"I am..."
Gradually, he recalled, his na was Zhang Yu, an employee at a Magic Remains factory in Tianya City.
The factory provided food and accommodation, started work at 8 AM, and finished at 5 PM, with a one-hour lunch break in between.
The cafeteria offered three als a day, with eggs and milk in the morning, two to three at dishes for lunch and dinner, and afternoon snacks.
Zhang Yu made it a habit to go to bed punctually at nine each night, listening to the soft music of the jukebox in the dormitory until he fell asleep, waking at seven the next morning, ready to embrace the new day.
For every five days of work at the factory, there were two days of rest.
During those two days, Zhang Yu would sotis go hiking in the nearby mountains or swimming, both providing him with inner peace.
Additionally, he had recently developed a new trendy hobby, surfing the internet in the factory’s library.
However, with many workers in the factory interested in this new thing, Zhang Yu wasn’t always able to seize the opportunity.
Days went by in such simplicity, and Zhang Yu’s greatest wish was to continue living like this until the year of his retirent, then quietly spend his remaining years with his pension, just like his father.
And then it was the annual health check-up day again.
Zhang Yu lay on the operating table, silently employing the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique in his mind while feeling the scalpel cut across his abdon as the factory doctors removed the ’impurities’ within.
It was sothing like a tree root, tangled and twisted, covered in strange tendrils.
Zhang Yu had overheard the doctors talking; they seed to call this thing a Spirit Root.
In any case, it wasn’t a good thing. Every year after the health check, Zhang Yu and his coworkers underwent surgery to excise the Spirit Root from their bodies.
However, whether it was because this thing was too tenacious or the surgery wasn’t thorough, the Spirit Root grew back every year.
Zhang Yu was grateful the factory covered their dical expenses, providing free check-ups, treatnts, and surgeries annually.
At this mont, he overheard the doctors conversing nearby again.
"Did you hear? The synthetic Spirit Root technology from Netherworld Palace has entered the market."
"Yes, I heard. It looks like this factory won’t last many more years. Sigh... Breeding can’t compete with their industrial production."
"Do we need to shave the fur?"
"Shave it; the weather’s hot lately, and the factory head wants to save on air conditioning costs."
Zhang Yu watched his fur fall away, struggling with displeasure.
"Why is he awake?"
"Increase the dication dose."
Drowsily, Zhang Yu only felt waves of pain from his wounds.
Naturally, he operated the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique to resist this pain.
But over the years, his condition seed to worsen, with the doctors removing more and more parts, causing him sleepless nights due to the pain.
To get a good night’s sleep, he had to continually operate the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique, repeatedly running the ntal thod.
Finally, one day, when Zhang Yu even operated the ntal thod unconsciously in his sleep, he was able to temporarily forget the pain and sleep well.
...
"Damn it..."
Zhang Yu removed the spiritual interface visor, recalling the recent experience with an odd look in his eyes.
"I was a hybrid being in a Spirit Root farm, constantly harvested, running the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique day and night to avoid pain, and eventually rged body and soul due to the pain."
Zhang Yu temporarily suppressed the emotions in his heart, trying hard to recall the feeling of turning the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique into instinct during those nights of pain.
"I think I feel sothing."
"But it seems there’s no real progress?"
Fu Ji looked at Zhang Yu’s expression and said, "ntal thods are often ambiguous and vague in sensation."
"Don’t overthink it; the more you think, the more confused you’ll get. Just practice steadily, as they say, ’effort brings natural success.’"
Similar words were also spoken by his Dao Heart class teacher. He naturally understood the principle, but recalling his experiences in the Spirit Realm, he couldn’t help having so thoughts.
"That factory... It seems like the old Kunxu? No internet, and Spirit Roots still needed to be bred in Kunxu."
"The company probably collected data of hybrids breaking through to the realm of body and soul unity at the farm, using this data as a reference to generate the simulation environnt."
"But the problem is..." Zhang Yu frowned slightly, "the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique that broke through in the simulation isn’t the full version of the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique in my mind."
"Could it be that I won’t succeed?"
"Never mind, anyway, Hamr Heart Inn said you can apply for a refund if you don’t succeed, so I’ll keep trying."
Zhang Yu then collected his thoughts and proceeded to the 667th floor to begin today’s work.
On the construction site, Formless Warriors flashed back and forth, twisting, cutting, and setting up steel bars.
Of course, at this mont, Zhang Yu hadn’t activated Qi Vein Flow but chose the university’s Sacred Body, continuing to practice the ninth breathing technique,
But even so, Ying Xin, who was inspecting not far away, was shocked to see this scene: "In just over two months, Zhang Yu’s work efficiency has improved so much?"
"To maintain human form with Gang Qi during construction signifies that his Gang Qi conduction rate, mana total, and recovery capacity have greatly improved compared to the past."
"Could he really beco the top of the class?"
Ying Xin shook her head instinctively: "Impossible, Ji Yuanshu is too wealthy, there’s no way anyone in our class could surpass him."
...
Inside the 100-square-ter apartnt on the 450th floor.
Ji Yuanshu’s eyes revealed a notification from the fortune monitoring.
The fortune showed fluctuations again, and Zhang Yu’s winning rate had increased slightly during this period.
Ji Yuanshu checked the source of the fortune change and imdiately saw Zhang Yu’s recent job performance.
"Not bad progress."
"From the perspective of a traditional student of the Civil Engineering Departnt, you’ve done well."
"But unfortunately, the Civil Engineering Departnt only seeks progress on construction sites, which is a dead end."
"The gap between us... is dinsional."
...
After school the next day, Zhang Yu started another journey of rging the spirit and flesh.
When he opened his eyes, he recalled his identity.
He is Zhang Yu from Jingshui County, who, along with four others, monopolizes the county’s seed, water, farm machinery, and banking businesses, collectively known as the Four Young Masters of Jingshui.
Zhang Yu owns the largest dicinal field in the county, with hundreds of demon slave subordinates.
His first daily pleasure is watching his nurous demon slaves labor diligently in the vast expanse of his dicinal fields.
The second pleasure is hunting in the mountains.
One day, he was surpassed by another wealthy young man during a hunt and mocked afterward.
Feeling upset, Zhang Yu returned to the county and bought a magic treasure produced by a big city company from a traveling rchant.
It’s said that carrying it for years can extend one’s life, sharpen the senses, and make one agile—the most popular health magic treasure in the city.
Whether by coincidence or luck, he took the top spot in the next hunt, defeating all opponents.
Since then, he’s been a staunch believer in the magic treasure, purchasing it in bulk and filling his room with them.
Years passed, and Zhang Yu felt his health deteriorate, and during a dical examination, the doctor found that his organs had been completely penetrated by Earth Evil Qi.
In the following months, his body rapidly wasted away, and to prevent further corrosion from the Evil Qi, his organs, eyes, and limbs were removed one by one.
To withstand the pain of mind and body, he practiced the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique, constantly operating the ntal thod, hoping to forget the pain.
Whenever he felt he couldn’t hold on, his family’s calls would encourage him to endure.
"Zhang Yu! Quickly open your eyes and see, this is Dad’s transfer details. Everyone is sending money for your treatnt, you must hold on."
"Son, do you feel it? The family’s savings are flowing endlessly to you! Don’t underestimate our family bonds!"
"Hold on, brother! You spent so much on treatnt, can you willingly die and watch all this money go to waste?"
Watching the rise and fall of deposits, Zhang Yu only felt the family’s big hands pushing on his back from King Yan’s presence, trying to pull him back.
Aside from his family, the doctors’ hands also seed determined to drag him back into the living world.
But the pain was too unbearable.
Zhang Yu only felt his flesh and bones turning to sludge, gradually haunted by a single thought: might as well die.
"How is the patient’s condition?"
"Beyond saving."
"Let him hold on. Their family’s money is too abundant; the whole hospital depends on him to generate inco. Let’s prolong as long as possible."
"This Earth Evil Qi corrosion case is rare. Can it really cause such significant harm to the body?"
"Record his data as comprehensively as possible until death, then sell it to the company..."
In endless agony, Zhang Yu gradually couldn’t hear or see the outside world.
In darkness, he could only tirelessly operate the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique, hoping to forget the pain and not be awakened by it anymore.
...
"Damn it..."
Zhang Yu once again removed the spiritual interface mask, feeling lingering phantom pain all over.
"Pain... damn it, it hurts so much."
"Is it because I practice the Can Niu Soul Heart Technique that they arranged this simulation environnt for ?"
"Will the upcoming journeys of rging spirit and flesh be like this one after another?"
"Doesn’t this Can Niu Soul Heart Technique have a normal way to break through to rging spirit and flesh?"
Though his mind was filled with distractions, Zhang Yu forcefully suppressed them, striving to recall the feeling of breaking through to rging spirit and flesh in the Spirit Realm.
He felt the White Bull in his mind becoming more animated, but there was still no sign of rging spirit and flesh.
At this mont, Zhang Yu received a ssage from Tu Lishan.
Tu Lishan: Ji Yuanshu joined the team, and Ma Xuan replaced you with a substitute?
Zhang Yu: Yes
Zhang Yu knew that Tu Lishan had originally recomnded him to join Ma Xuan’s team. Now that Tu Lishan received the competitive team news, clearly he was inquiring about the situation.
But Tu Lishan wasn’t here to stand up for Zhang Yu or anything; he rely wanted confirmation of the news.
Reading Zhang Yu’s reply, he thought to himself: "Ma Xuan belongs to the old director’s faction. The old director had always been neutral about us. Now, this move... is it purely Ma Xuan seeking competition results, or does the old director have plans?"
In another dormitory, a shadow quickly passed through the door and appeared next to Zhang Yu monts later.
"Zhang Yu, let’s seize the ti."
Le Mulan hurriedly walked in and sat down right in front of Zhang Yu.
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