Chapter 1347: Chapter 842: Compensation in Hand, Inverted Kunlun (Part 3)
Zhang Yu came to secretly meet Bai Zhenzhen precisely because he had temporarily hidden his Yu Linggen inside Bai Zhenzhen’s Dantian.
And through Cave Heaven Manifestation, Zhang Yu could exist simultaneously in the Immortal Cave Heaven and the material world, and could also connect to the Dark Spirit Realm inside the Immortal Cave Heaven at any time, keeping full grasp of everything within the Cave Heaven.
Only after he saw Bu Yingshu leave the Cave Heaven did Zhang Yu bring Bai Zhenzhen into the Immortal Cave Heaven with him.
After the two of them went through that now well-practiced shivering routine, Bai Zhenzhen successfully sent the Yu Linggen back into Zhang Yu’s body.
Then the two began communicating in their minds using the Evil God Power.
Bai Zhenzhen asked, "Yu Zi, all settled?"
Zhang Yu gave a faint smile, a trace of pride flashing across his face, and briefly recounted what had happened.
When she heard that Zhang Yu had just earned 6.4 million in one go, with another 100,000 coming in every month in the future, Bai Zhenzhen practically wanted to beat herself up.
She couldn’t help saying, "Damn, Fu Ji was right after all, the most promising industry in Kunxu really is fraud! This brings in money way faster than working."
Fu Ji: "I told you ages ago, the principles of how to climb up and get filthy rich in Kunxu, I’d already explained them to you back on the first floor."
Right then, when she saw the footprints on Zhang Yu’s body, Bai Zhenzhen’s gaze shifted slightly; she knew these were marks left by Bu Yingshu.
Bai Zhenzhen asked, "That guy Bu Yingshu stepped on you again?"
Zhang Yu waved his hand and said, "It’s fine. It looks like she’s stepping on me, but in reality I’m the one holding the initiative. She just agreed to help me buy things, you know the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Clan gets discounts when they buy a lot of stuff, right?"
The confident look on her good brother’s face, in Bai Zhenzhen’s eyes, was nothing more than Zhang Yu stubbornly trying to save face. When you get down to it... since when does someone being trampled underfoot get to claim they’re the one in control?
Besides, the footprints were only the part Bai Zhenzhen could see; who knew what kind of earth-shattering humiliation Zhang Yu had suffered while being stepped on.
Back on the first and second floors, the ways those rich folks used to humiliate poor nobodies already struck Bai Zhenzhen as endlessly inventive.
And as members of the Ten Thousand Laws Immortal Clan within the sect, the top dogs on floors 11 to 20 in Kunxu, just how deranged could Bu Yingshu be? Bai Zhenzhen only had to imagine a little before she couldn’t help patting Zhang Yu on the shoulder.
"...Kind of want to see it, but I can’t exactly ask Yu Zi to record it for me, can I? Wouldn’t that be rubbing salt into his wounds? He’s not like me, the type who’d kneel for money. When Bu Yingshu is trampling him, he must be in a lot of pain inside, right?"
"If this were the Yu Zi back on the first or second floor, he probably wouldn’t even be able to endure something like this."
Thinking of this, Bai Zhenzhen sighed inwardly: "Sigh, the sect... without us noticing, it’s changed both me and Zhang Yu."
Faced with Zhang Yu’s forced smile, Bai Zhenzhen couldn’t bear to call him out, and only said, "You can even get an Immortal Clan member to give you a discount now, Yu Zi, you’re getting more and more impressive."
But having spent years together day and night, climbing up from the first floor side by side, how could the emotional shifts in Bai Zhenzhen’s eyes possibly escape Zhang Yu’s notice?
"Is this because of the influence of the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao and the Sadness Sword Dao? We’re clearly the closest of companions, yet because of Bu Yingshu, we can only meet in secret like this. Azhen must be really upset inside, right?"
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Just hold on a bit longer, Azhen. Once I reach the Seventh Level, break through to the Tribulation Transcendence Realm, and surpass Bu Yingshu, she won’t be able to stop us from meeting openly ever again."
Bai Zhenzhen looked at Zhang Yu and thought to herself, "Just hold on a bit longer, Yu Zi. Once I push the old version of the Extreme Emotion Sword Dao up to sect, or even Heaven Opening Realm, and win the Heavenly Derivation Award, I’ll definitely be able to protect you."
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After seeing Bai Zhenzhen off, Zhang Yu first restored one-third of the Spirit Realm connection in the Maze Realm office area.
He certainly didn’t plan on restoring the Spirit Realm connections throughout the Maze Realm in one dramatic wave; instead, he intended to restore them gradually over ten days.
On one hand, this could show how difficult it was to restore the Spirit Realm connection; on the other hand, during this period he could more safely organize manpower to subdue the Refining Void Corpse Items while there was no Spirit Realm coverage.
This way he wouldn’t have to worry about anyone randomly interfering again.
At the same time, Zhang Yu also started thinking about how to spend the 6.4 million Immortal Coins in his hands.
He knew that in Kunxu, especially in a place like the sect, there were just too many places to spend money.
6.4 million might seem like a lot, but if poured into the Immortal Path, it could be burned through in minutes.
So Zhang Yu began carefully planning how to use this batch of Immortal Coins.
"What do I need right now?"
Zhang Yu recalled his previous solo exploration of the Maze Realm, his battle with Ying Aikun, and the process of leading the team to suppress the Refining Void Corpse Items.
He could feel that although his abilities in survival and support were already very well developed—one might even say he could look down on cultivators of the same realm—in terms of direct confrontation, he was still lacking.
"Strength... whether it’s for work or for battle, this has already become one of my weak points."
"What I need now is a method that can unleash pure, overwhelming power."
"If I can gain even more formidable strength, not only will it improve my efficiency in subduing the Refining Void Corpse Items going forward, it’ll also allow the Corpse Items to... suffer less damage during suppression."
Zhang Yu also thought about how, once the development zone clean-up was done, various construction projects would come next.
As the leader in charge of this area, he also needed greater power to boost work efficiency and maintain his authority.
"And compared to things like Magic Treasures, Magic Remains, or talismans, what I really need is an Immortal Sect Techniques, right?"
