In the quiet room.
Zhang Yu rely tapped his finger, and the tallic powder before him floated back and forth with the vibrations of his mana, forming a spherical shape, then dispersing into a cloud-like form.
Turning Earth to Gold, the sixth of the Seven Extres of Civil Engineering, is a martial art that refines tal with mana.
However, for Zhang Yu, cultivating this technique wasn’t as troubleso as for others. As long as he repeatedly manipulated the tallic powder to undergo various transformations, he could continuously increase his practice frequency.
After several hours, Zhang Yu finally pushed Turning Earth to Gold to Level 10 and let out a light sigh of relief.
At this mont, a knocking sound ca from the door, followed by Xiao Yun Ji’s voice.
Xiao Yun Ji: "Zhang Yu, are you done? We’re ready to set off."
Zhang Yu opened the door and said: "Mm, let’s go."
Walking beside Zhang Yu, Xiao Yun Ji suddenly asked: "Zhang Yu... why do you use your pure physical body to drive the cultivation technique instead of a magic remains?"
"If it’s inconvenient to answer, you don’t have to."
Zhang Yu thought for a mont and casually said: "I want to maintain my body’s cultivation, and I’ll use a customized magic remains later. By then, enhancing my well-tempered body to be both a magic remains and a magic treasure, and controlling it with my own will, wouldn’t that be stronger?"
Xiao Yun Ji replied: "But this path... is very expensive."
Zhang Yu smiled slightly and said: "Take it slowly, earn what I can, refine what I can."
Xiao Yun Ji looked at Zhang Yu with a sowhat complex expression and suddenly frowned slightly, feeling a sharp pain in her nerves, and the reagent inside her magic remains was automatically injected.
Zhang Yu noticed the change in Xiao Yun Ji’s expression and said: "Still can’t improve the synchronization rate of the magic remains? Have you considered switching to a lighter one?"
Xiao Yun Ji was slightly taken aback. This was the first ti soone had suggested she switch to a weaker magic remains.
Xiao Yun Ji said: "That would reduce my strength, scores, rankings... everything would go down."
"That’s true." Zhang Yu replied: "But if you keep going like this, won’t you be unable to sustain it?"
Xiao Yun Ji gritted her teeth, initially planning to obtain a military certificate, after which she could replace her deformable magic remains and focus on cultivating the Seven Extres of Civil Engineering with more investnt.
But without the military certificate, she needed this set of deformable magic remains even more to enhance her strength.
Especially in this inter-school league competition, she needed to seize the opportunity to prove herself to her teachers and the school with outstanding performance.
When Zhang Yu reached the entrance, he realized Su YanYang was still absent. After continuous urging, divine lights fell, and several True Gods descended onto the venue.
"Why have the True Gods co?" Zhang Yu wondered: "They can’t possibly be here to raid this place, right?"
Monts later, they saw a True God approach them and ask: "Is Su YanYang your classmate?"
Mo Enting’s projection spoke up: "He ca with us for the competition. Is there a problem?"
This True God said: "No major issue, just that his dual cultivation partner suddenly had a malfunction with their yin implent."
"I’m just here to confirm the information with you."
Regarding the students from Wanfa University in front of him, this True God was rather courteous. He smiled and said: "Don’t worry, once the higher-ups finish their inspection and confirm there’s no problem, he’ll be allowed down, and it won’t take too long."
...
In the room, Su YanYang stood to the side with a sullen expression, his mind still replaying the earlier scene.
"Damn... how did the yin implent explode halfway through?"
"And it seems like it was intentional by the Soul Cultivator inside, but..."
Su YanYang frowned slightly, feeling that the Soul Cultivator inside the exploding yin implent didn’t return to the Spirit Realm but instead dissipated into nothingness.
"The Soul Cultivator died directly; this isn’t an ordinary yin implent malfunction. It can be considered a Soul Cultivator’s self-sacrifice incident."
In his lifeti, Su YanYang had seen many Soul Cultivators and many deaths, but witnessing a complete dissolution... it was indeed his first ti.
anwhile, two True Gods continued scanning the exploded yin implent and rapidly communicating through the Spirit Realm.
Among them, the male True God said with a grave expression: "The yin implent was forcibly overloaded and then detonated."
The female True God next to him said: "So... did the Soul Cultivator do it himself? Did he detonate the yin implent he worked with? Why would he do that? Did he not want to live?"
The male True God asserted: "Normally, such self-sacrificing behavior shouldn’t occur."
"Check his chat records to see if there was any kind of bewitchnt."
A large amount of text and image information appeared in front of the male True God.
So tired, so tired, so tired, so tired!
Don’t want to live!
Can’t repay the debt at all!
Why won’t they let die! Why won’t they let die! Why won’t they let die!
Seeing the deranged content, the male True God frowned even more: "Sure enough, his mind is troubled, clearly influenced by sothing."
"And most of the chat records have been deleted, and there’s no information about today’s action."
"Hmph, there must have been a preditated plan."
"Not only arranging self-sacrifice, but also... aiming to injure Wanfa University’s students in the process?"
Upon hearing the male True God’s words, the female True God, who was checking the records together, glanced over and said, "Senior, you seem quite familiar with this matter?"
The male True God nodded: "After soone self-sacrifices, their soul disperses, leaving not a trace of value... Most likely it’s the Yuhua Demon Sect again."
The female True God asked curiously, "Yuhua Demon Sect?"
The male True God explained: "A group of demon sect followers that go around misleading hearts, causing people to self-sacrifice and have their souls disperse."
"Alas, when Qiongjiang Coin rises, the believers from the Dual Cultivation Sect increase, barely when Qiongjiang Coin falls, they decrease, and now the numbers from the Yuhua Demon Sect are starting to rise again."
The male True God sighed: "Alas, university conflicts are frequent, and these evil sects and demon sects are becoming increasingly restless."
The female True God was more concerned about the Yuhua Demon Sect matter and asked in surprise, "A demon sect that makes people self-sacrifice and have their souls disperse? People actually believe this? Are the believers all fools?"
The male True God nodded: "So people cannot bear hardships, do not want to work, take responsibility, repay debts, or contribute to Kunxu’s construction. Eventually, they’re exploited by the demon sect, and corrupted by the Demon Path’s teachings."
"This demon sect yearly results in nurous bad debts for Kunxu and reduces its usable resources. They are even more insane and sinful compared to the Dual Cultivation Sect and the Unemployed Sect."
The female True God turned to Su YanYang nearby and asked, "What about him? Could he also have problems?"
The male True God replied: "I’ve checked his records; he’s focused on progress, working 24/7, never hesitating on the Immortal Path, unlike those from the demon sects."
He then added: "But I’m afraid he might be influenced."
"What the Yuhua Demon Sect does is seductive and easy to imitate."
"Moreover... perhaps the demon sect mbers will later contact Su YanYang."
"But more importantly is the owner of this dark artifact; they might be brainwashed by the Yuhua Demon Sect too. Let’s investigate that side first."
After their conversation, the male True God turned to Su YanYang, who looked displeased, and said, "Student, are you alright?"
Su YanYang nodded: "I still have to participate in the competition; when can I leave?"
The male True God smiled slightly and said, "The specific details have been clarified. Once we wrap up, you can leave. Don’t worry; it won’t take long."
Su YanYang said: "Has it been clarified? Was it the dark artifact exploding by itself? How will the owner compensate ?"
The male True God said, "Compensation should be negotiated between you and the other party. If you can’t agree, go to litigation; it’s not our responsibility."
"What I need to discuss with you is the confidentiality of the information."
"As a top student of Wanfa University, you should know that self-explosion incidents should not be made public. Externally, it should be stated as a dark artifact malfunction causing the explosion."
Su YanYang nodded, understanding that such actions are criticized and suppressed strongly in Kunxu.
The male True God continued: "To prevent imitation, the case’s information needs to remain confidential, so please sign a confidentiality agreent with us."
Su YanYang paused briefly, recalling the soul cultivator’s soul scattering within the artifact, wondering, "Is it because of this?"
Su YanYang nodded: "No problem."
The male True God continued: "And, given it’s a malfunction of the Magic Remains, as you encountered it closely, if any problems arise, rember to contact us imdiately."
...
More than ten minutes later.
Zhang Yu, Xiao Qingxuan, and others waiting at the club entrance were getting impatient.
Li Zhen said, "How co it’s taking so long? If we wait any longer, we’ll be late for the competition."
Xiao Yun Ji suggested, "Why don’t we go ahead? With just us five, we can certainly beat Jinhe University’s team."
As they discussed, they heard a loud bang, and Su YanYang jumped out of a window and landed steadily in front of them.
Zhang Yu looked at Su YanYang, finally down the stairs, and said, "Finally, why took so long?"
Su YanYang replied helplessly: "Encountered a malfunction with the other party’s Magic Remains, the dark artifact exploded, then discussed compensation."
Zhang Yu exclaid: "The dark artifact exploded?"
Zhang Yu initially asked casually, but found it was sothing significant and needed a thorough understanding.
"Co, co," Zhang Yu said with interest, "Tell clearly, what happened exactly."
Su YanYang: "It’s close to competition ti."
Zhang Yu, eager to learn, said: "We can talk as we walk."
Thus, on their way to the competition venue, Su YanYang recounted the story he had agreed upon with the True Gods.
After explaining, Su YanYang concluded: "...In short, it was just a malfunction of the Magic Remains, nothing special."
Mo Enting asked: "Were you injured?"
Su YanYang said: "No, I maintained 12 points of caution throughout, ensuring not a single thing leaked to the other side, not letting them earn a spirit coin from ."
"So when the explosion occurred, I imdiately withdrew."
"However, the compensation issue is still under discussion."
As they spoke, Zhang Yu, Su YanYang, and the others arrived at the competition site.
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