What’s the point of cultivating immortality if you don’t have money?

At Ziyun High School, a photo is currently displayed on Le Mulan's phone screen.

The photo shows Zhang Yu standing in front of a grocery store with a big smile, giving a thumbs up to the camera.

The text below the photo reads: Gaofeng Stationery Store, the best stationery store at the entrance of Songyang High School. The owner is super nice, and the products are very cost-effective. Highly recommend everyone to check it out.

Two slender fingers pinch and zoom on the screen, enlarging the photo until Zhang Yu's face fills the entire screen.

After a long while, with the swipe of a finger, another set of new photos appears.

Opening the first photo, it shows Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen with their arms around each other's shoulders, taking a selfie in front of Bailong High School's gate.

The second photo shows Bai Zhenzhen holding a huge beverage bottle filled with energy drinks.

The third photo shows Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen sitting back-to-back, surrounded by a circle of beverage bottles, with Song Hailong looking speechless at the edge of the photo.

The text below reads: Came to Bailong High School again. The energy drinks here are really strong and delicious. Every time I come, I have to bring a few buckets. I'm a monthly subscriber of Bailong. Contact me directly if you want to promote the drinks.

Slender fingers once again zoom in on Zhang Yu in the photos one by one, before swiping to the next set of photos after a long while.

This set of photos captures the night view of Songyang City, seemingly taken from a building in the suburbs.

The center of the lens is the towering Central Building that seems to reach the sky, with the Oasis Building under construction not far away. Then, there are various skyscrapers flashing with neon lights, and finally the outer suburban areas... From bright to dark, it outlines the night view of Songyang City.

The text below reads: Songyang at four in the morning, you can choose to slack off for 3 years, or you can choose to work hard for 3 years. If you slack off for 3 years, you might suffer for more than 100 years later. But if you choose to work hard for 3 years and eventually get into college and successfully establish your foundation, then you can suffer for another 200 years.

Accompanied by a chuckle, slender fingers continue to scroll down Zhang Yu's Moments, but just then, a message pops up on the top of the screen.

Lian Tianji: Sacred first place, are you kidding me? You want me to buy what from Zhang Yu???

Slender fingers quickly tap on the phone screen, starting to reply.

Le Mulan: I'm not kidding, please. I can give you more money.

Transfer 2000

Transfer 2000 accepted

Lian Tianji: It's not about the money, and you can ask him to buy it yourself. Why do you want me to find him?

Le Mulan: If you don't want to, I'll step on your head to class every day.

Lian Tianji: Do you need express delivery or should I bring it to you in person?

Looking at Lian Tianji's reply on the screen, Le Mulan nodded slightly: "As expected, it's more effective to be tough when talking to classmates who score lower than me."

Returning to continue watching Zhang Yu's Moments, Le Mulan muttered, "Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, these two poor people are really inseparable."

However, she didn't care about it, just a sentimental thought while browsing Zhang Yu's Moments.

And under the reflection of the phone screen's light, Le Mulan's mouth gradually revealed a satisfied smile as she continuously looked at Zhang Yu's photos.

"My hard work these days hasn't been in vain. Now when I look at Zhang Yu's photos, I basically don't feel anything anymore."

"Next, I'll just wait for Lian Tianji to send Zhang Yu's clothes over."

"Once I get used to the clothes too, I shouldn't feel so uncomfortable when I meet Zhang Yu."

Le Mulan thought to herself, the time to face the poor Zhang Yu and completely overcome the weakness in her heart will come.

...

In the cafeteria.

Bai Zhenzhen's mind is still constantly replaying the message that Lian Tianji sent to Zhang Yu just now.

Zhang Yu brought the newly bought food to Bai Zhenzhen, while thinking about talking to A-Zhen about the illegal tutoring thing.

He didn't notice that Bai Zhenzhen's gaze towards him always had a strange hint.

After eating, Zhang Yu said to Bai Zhenzhen, "A-Zhen, accompany me to the rooftop, I have something to tell you."

So the two came to the rooftop.

This is one of their secret training bases in the school. Over the past few days, the two have left countless drops of sweat here, witnessing each other's growth.

Coming here again today, Zhang Yu first said, "A-Zhen, I have something to tell you. You can probably sense that I've been earning some small money recently, right?"

I can not only sense it, I even saw the message your client sent you!

Bai Zhenzhen's face turned slightly bitter as she listened to Zhang Yu's words, and she was shocked in her heart: "Could it be that Yu-zi wants to tell me the secret of his recent money-making? His secret with Lian Tianji?"

Bai Zhenzhen knew that every year, some high school students take this path under the pressure of money.

Some people look down on these students who are willing to sell themselves in order to pursue immortality, thinking, 'Why should poor people cultivate immortality?' Others admire them, thinking they have a strong Dao heart to pursue immortality.

But Bai Zhenzhen didn't expect that Zhang Yu would also take this path, and even went to Lian Tianji.

"Yu-zi, you've gone too far, I can't keep up."

"And even if you're doing it, why did you have to find Lian Tianji? He's only in the top eight of the martial arts competition, he doesn't deserve you at all."

"Couldn't you find some real academic masters? Even if you found Song Hailong... No, Song Hailong's physical strength is too high, the medical expenses might not be enough to cover."

"If Le Mulan was the one spending the money, I might even be more accepting of it!"

Although her mind was racing for a moment, Bai Zhenzhen quickly regained her composure.

She tried her best to control her expression and slowly said, "So what you want to say... is about your recent money-making?"

Zhang Yu nodded and said, "Yeah, I have a way to make money that I want to bring you along with. The place is in the distant suburbs, I've been there many times, and I feel like there's no problem..."

Bai Zhenzhen's face changed drastically, and she looked at Zhang Yu with a face as wrinkled as a squash, thinking in her heart: "Yu-zi wants to pull me into this race too?"

At this moment, Bai Zhenzhen realized that she was completely unprepared for this, and her first reaction was to refuse.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but show a trace of admiration in her eyes as she looked at Zhang Yu.

"Yu-zi is already better than me in terms of grades, and he's still making money in other races after school, 'tutoring' at Lian Tianji's place, and working hard to save up resources for cultivation. I admit that my Dao heart is not as strong as yours, you win this time."

She took a deep breath, patted Zhang Yu on the shoulder and said, "Thanks, good brother, but really, no need. Just enjoy this good way to make money yourself. I haven't reached that point yet."

"Lian Tianji's physical strength is not low either, be careful not to get injured and go to the clinic."

Zhang Yu asked puzzled, "What does it have to do with Lian Tianji?"

Bai Zhenzhen sighed softly, turned her head and said helplessly, "I accidentally saw the message Lian Tianji sent you at noon today."

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"But don't worry, I helped you turn off the phone screen, only I saw it, Qian Shen, Zhao Tianxing, and the others don't know."

"I will keep this secret for you."

Zhang Yu frowned and took out his phone. The moment he saw Lian Tianji's message, he couldn't wait to smash his phone.

"Bastard! This bastard! I treated this Lian Tianji as a friend! But he's trying to take advantage of me?"

Then Zhang Yu thought of Bai Zhenzhen's performance just now, and quickly explained, "Nothing happened between me and him!"

He picked up the phone screen and showed Bai Zhenzhen his chat history with Lian Tianji: "Look, it's all clear, nothing happened."

Bai Zhenzhen subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, then asked curiously, "Then why does Lian Tianji want to buy the clothes you wore?"

"Who the hell knows what he's thinking?" Zhang Yu picked up his phone angrily and started replying: "I'll ask him what price he's offering first, and decide my next reply based on the price."

Unknowingly, Zhang Yu had become increasingly adapted to the lifestyle of Kunxu, and had the habit of reacting differently to different numbers.

Bai Zhenzhen also watched curiously from the side.

On the phone screen, Zhang Yu: What price?

Lian Tianji: Any piece of clothing you've worn is fine, 2000 yuan.

Bai Zhenzhen said from the side, "Try replying with 5000."

After waiting for a moment, Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen found that Lian Tianji had sent an agreement reply.

Bai Zhenzhen laughed from the side: "Haha, you can earn 5000 so easily?"

But Zhang Yu still felt awkward: "What is he buying my clothes for?"

Bai Zhenzhen patted Zhang Yu on the shoulder and said, "It's 5000 yuan to buy a piece of your clothing, why do you care what he buys it for?"

Zhang Yu's eyes moved: "Right, I forgot what I was going to tell you just now, I was going to introduce a way to make money to you today."

At this moment, the doll who had been quietly staying in Zhang Yu's chest, silently disguised as a black rosary, spoke up.

The doll's voice entered Zhang Yu's mind, reminding him: "Zhang Yu, I reminded you, the most important thing in this business is that you can't trust anyone. Even your own son can sell his father. Are you sure you want to tell the woman in front of you?"

Zhang Yu said to Bai Zhenzhen without hesitation, "A-Zhen, do you know about the dark tutoring world?"

Under Zhang Yu's explanation, Bai Zhenzhen learned that the money Zhang Yu had been earning recently was all from tutoring.

Bai Zhenzhen's expression became complicated for a moment.

Good news, the son didn't sell his ass.

Bad news, the son joined a gang and is doing a job that is more dangerous than robbery.

Bai Zhenzhen is, after all, a serious poor top student from a key high school. She not only respects copyright, but also has a deep-rooted awe of companies from a young age.

Hearing that Zhang Yu wanted to take her to join a gang, she became a little nervous: "Is this really not dangerous? If the company finds out, I'm afraid you'll be caught and become a working slave for life."

Zhang Yu explained, "I was worried like you at first, but after going there, I found that the Dark Learning Gang is a legitimate gang that pays taxes according to the law and worships gods. If you're a part-timer, you only need to consider teaching. We don't need to consider things like fighting and killing people."

"And it's really profitable. I can earn an hourly wage of 6500 there."

Speaking of this, Zhang Yu paused, then said helplessly, "And in this Kunxu... it's too difficult for us poor people to make money in legitimate industries. Only places like the dark tutoring world can give us a relatively decent income, so that we have a better chance of getting into the top 10 universities."

When Bai Zhenzhen heard the hourly wage of 6500, she felt her heart beating faster, and immediately understood why some people joined gangs.

And when she heard Zhang Yu's sigh at the end, she nodded in agreement, thinking in her heart: "Yeah, how can we poor ghosts climb up without doing something that licks blood from the knife's edge?"

So Bai Zhenzhen also nodded firmly and said, "Yeah, I believe you, just tell me what you want me to do."

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Tomorrow I should be able to collect the chapter fragments, repay a monthly ticket loan, and ask for monthly tickets again.