: Brother Yu, no!

Besides that, Zhou Yu also discovered that something else had changed.

[Shop Upgrade Progress: 46300/60000]

Zhou Yu: "..."

Zhou Yu: "How come I remember when I upgraded from Lv1 to Lv2, the upgrade progress cap only increased by 5000? How come this time, after upgrading from Lv2 to Lv3, the upgrade cap increased by 55,000?"

Is this numerical change really reasonable?

Zhou Yu reasonably suspected that the store knew he was selling his dignity outside and then "making money easily," so it deliberately increased the store's upgrade progress a lot. Otherwise, the change in the value would definitely be wrong!

Scratching his head, Zhou Yu had no choice but to accept reality, given the numbers already laid out before him.

"Spirit Gathering Agent and Body Tempering Agent now cost at least 4000 yuan a day... Damn, I only have 12,000 yuan on me right now!"

"That means... it only lasts me three days!"

Just as Zhou Yu was brainstorming, his phone rang again.

"The vast Malgobi Desert, with its magnificent scenery, is sung in praise of the brave Chaoni people."

Zhou Yu paused for a moment, then picked up his phone and answered the call. "Feed?"

"Hey, Brother Yu," Gao Ying's voice came from the other end of the phone, "Are you awake?"

Zhou Yu: "No."

Gao Ying: "Oh, then I'll call you after you wake up. Bye."

beep-

The call was disconnected.

Zhou Yu, his face ashen, redialed Gao Ying's number. "I'm awake. Spit it out."

"Oh, okay," Gao Ying responded. "Liu Bei sent me to ask you how things went yesterday. What did you do?"

"I didn't do anything special, just made a contribution to human science. Just tell him that it went smoothly. It wasn't going smoothly at first, but an old man wanted to pay to see me make this contribution, and then it all went smoothly."

Gao Ying was completely confused, only understanding the phrase "contributing to human science." She couldn't help but give Zhou Yu a thumbs up, "Brother Yu, you're amazing! What kind of research project are you working on? Could you let me join? I also want to contribute to human science!"

Now that spiritual energy has fully recovered, the path of immortality is rampant while science is waning. If I can contribute to human science, I will die without regret.

Zhou Yu glanced down at it.

"I'm afraid it won't fit."

"Okay...that's a pity. I was wondering if there was anything I could do to help you," Gao Ying suddenly remembered something and said, "Oh right, I remember now, that's not what I came to talk to you about!"

Zhou Yu: "Speak your mind, or shut up."

"The weekend is over, and then there are the entrance exams. Yu-ge, are you sure you can handle it?"

Upon hearing this, Zhou Yu remembered that his homeroom teacher had indeed mentioned that there would be an opening test next week, but had not specified the exact date.

He's been so busy making money lately that he almost forgot all about the opening exam.

Only when a student demonstrates spiritual awakening in the opening exam will they be considered a proper "student" in the eyes of teachers and the school, rather than simply a "consumable" used to support teaching expenses!

However, for Zhou Yu now, his goal is definitely not just to let others know that he has awakened spiritual energy.

Zhou Yu needs money; he needs to attract others to invest in him.

In particular, it is important to make Liu Bei, the major benefactor, realize that investing in us is valuable.

Therefore, the more high-profile you are during the entrance exam, the better the results you will achieve afterwards!

Two days over the weekend, plus the day of the opening exam.

Over three days, with ten injections of Spirit Gathering Agent and ten injections of Body Tempering Agent each day, the minimum expenditure was 4000 yuan, and the total expenditure just matched my balance!

This coincidence might just be a divine arrangement!

"Very well..." A cold smile flashed across Zhou Yu's lips. "Three days from now, I'll definitely surprise everyone!"

On the other end of the phone, Gao Ying said, "Brother Yu...isn't that necessary...?"

"What's wrong?"

Even if your butt is going to shock everyone... I'm afraid it won't be able to poop properly...

"..."

"Also, can I not eat it?"

"I'll fucking shove it in your mouth first."

"Brother Yu, no!"

beep-

After hanging up the phone, Zhou Yu spent 4000 yuan to inject ten needles of Spirit Gathering Agent and ten needles of Body Tempering Agent into his body.

"Hiss... Ah~"

Zhou Yu let out a long breath and shivered violently.

Those twenty injections were quite impressive.

"For the rest of the time, focus on practicing the Returning to Truth Breathing Technique."

Zhou Yu didn't plan to buy any of those automatic operation coupons; he didn't have the budget for that.

It's better to take action yourself than to let others do it!

That's what gives you a sense of accomplishment!

Thinking of this, Zhou Yu, who was practicing the Returning to Truth Breathing Technique, couldn't help but hum softly, and reached down with his right hand.

At that moment, Wang Xiao's face suddenly and involuntarily popped into his mind.

Holy crap!

Zhou Yu suddenly woke up with a start.

……

beep-

Seeing that Zhou Yu had hung up the phone, Gao Ying scratched her head and relayed everything Zhou Yu had told her to Liu Bei verbatim, without missing a single word.

Liu Bei in the chat software was initially pleased with the first half of the message, but fell silent after reading the second half.

What does it mean that an old man wants to pay money to see him make a contribution?

And why did things go smoothly once the other party spent money?

He was just going to donate sperm, so why did this happen?

What exactly happened?

Sighing and rubbing his forehead, Liu Bei hesitated for a second before typing a line of text into the chat interface.

"Do you really think it's possible for Zhou Yu to awaken his spiritual energy during the entrance exam?"

Gao Ying quickly replied, "If Brother Yu says it's possible, then it definitely is!"

Liu Bei didn't quite understand where Gao Ying's confidence in Zhou Yu came from.

If it were possible to awaken spiritual energy in someone without the talent for cultivation simply by spending money, then all the paths to immortality in this world would have long been monopolized by the powerful and wealthy.

but……

"What if he's lucky?" Liu Bei thought to himself. "Maybe he was already on the verge of awakening, and this school entrance exam just happened to coincide with it, so it seems like he used money to help himself awaken."

He had seen far too many families who wanted to spend money to help their children awaken their spirituality.

But it was completely useless.

In the path of cultivation, money is the least valuable thing.

A piece of waste paper, a string of meaningless numbers—anyone who tries to place their hopes on this will undoubtedly meet a tragic and desperate end.

Although Liu Bei did have the thought that "investing in him would definitely be a good idea" before, he mostly gave him more sympathy votes because of his special relationship with Gao Ying.

Even though Zhou Yu had no connection with him before, since he was Gao Ying's friend, Liu Bei did not want to see Zhou Yu fall into a situation of family ruin and death.

Thinking of this, Liu Bei couldn't help but sigh.

"I'll confront him after the entrance exams."