Chapter 806
Transformation into God!
Chapter 806 Transformation into God!
The path to immortality is full of thorns, with endless difficulties and insurmountable opponents.
Troubles such as poverty, lack of money, and financial difficulties are commonplace for most cultivators.
Zhang Yu already had a wealth of experience in dealing with this type of situation.
What can relieve my worries? Only a loan.
Zhang Yu had already taken out a loan of 18 sen coins at the lowest interest rate on a legitimate platform.
As he was promoted to the fourth rank, the amount of some lower-interest loans also surged.
Perhaps some cultivators who are cautious by nature, or who are afraid that they will not be able to repay the money, will choose to repay the money first after being promoted.
But Zhang Yu had already made up his mind and decided to do the opposite.
He wants to borrow more immortal coins! To advance his cultivation level faster and gain even greater earning power, making it easier to repay the loan in the future.
"If you don't even have self-confidence, what are you trying to achieve by reaching the pinnacle of immortality?"
"Besides... this quota is an advantage I have after becoming a Level 4 Clan Affairs Officer. If I don't make use of it, wouldn't it be a waste of my promotion?"
"Loan platform, let me see your limits."
Before Zhang Yu, one after another spiritual realm interface appeared, and he opened one loan platform after another.
"The shortfall is 20, so I estimate I'll need to borrow 25 in the future. Otherwise, if all the money is spent on the Nascent Soul Pool, I can't afford to not even have enough for living expenses and monthly loan repayments..."
Of course, Zhang Yu didn't borrow the money right away. He planned to borrow more after he had spent most of the 40 yuan he had on hand.
So in the days that followed, Zhang Yu, having made up his mind, stayed in his dormitory every day, either refining his primordial spirit or refining immortal techniques.
He first refined all the immortal cultivation techniques he had mastered, then military-grade techniques, expert-grade techniques, and so on. He then exchanged all of them for lottery tickets through the [Myriad Laws Immortal Clan], obtaining a large number of rewards of +1 level to selected cultivation techniques, as well as several rewards of mutated selected cultivation techniques.
However, Zhang Yu did not use these rewards for the time being, but stored them away, waiting to use them after he broke through to the Nascent Soul stage.
While Zhang Yu was engrossed in his training, he handed over all his work to Yan Qianji.
As the deputy minister of the Youxin Department, Zhang Yu was mainly responsible for the maintenance of soul cultivators. He had four maintenance teams under his command, and he took charge of all the soul cultivator maintenance work in the entire Youxin Department.
The work of these maintenance teams was not complicated; they were all just odd jobs. Whether Zhang Yu was in charge or not didn't make much of a difference. Yan Qianji was only responsible for some simple administrative tasks, such as receiving and sending documents, data statistics, and communication and coordination. He was not busy at all; on the contrary, he felt that he was too idle.
"The Youxin Department was already quite marginalized, but this maintenance work is the most marginal of all. The higher-ups probably want to suppress Zhang Zhenjun, but it has affected me. Sigh..."
Yan Qianji really wanted to tell everyone about the existence of the Immortal Shuttle, so that everyone would know how much Zhang Yu's backer doted on him.
But he understood that since Zhang Yu had asked him to keep the secret, he couldn't do so.
"But if you keep boiling a frog in lukewarm water like this, it'll ruin a person..."
So Yan Qianji decided to find more things to do. Even if his current job was a marginal and idle one, he wanted to try to learn more within this sect.
The first challenge that Yan Qianji wanted to solve was the problem of physical body storage.
"It's still too inconvenient for our physical bodies to move around in the old graveyard, but I don't think Zhang Zhenjun and I will need the physical body storage equipment in the Department of Ghosts."
After working with them for some time, Yan Qianji could sense that although the clan affairs officers in the Youxin Department did not openly oppose them, they seemed to have formed an invisible barrier, isolating them and using various legal and compliant means to continuously reduce their potential for immortality.
Yan Qianji sighed and clicked on the advertisement in front of him.
"Still storing your physical body? What to do with an idle physical body? Why not put it on a loan platform and rent it out? You can get exercise every day, earn some pocket money, and enhance your potential for immortality."
Yan Qianji thought to himself, "Renting out a physical body? That seems like a good idea."
Just then, a series of messages popped up in front of Yan Qianji's eyes. It was a message that the maintenance team below was severely lacking in Yin energy reserves and that he was required to report to Zhang Yu.
……
Minister Qin Chuan asked, "Haven't you found the Immortal Shuttle yet?"
Logistics team leader Ding Ze said, "No, it hasn't appeared since the Immortal Shuttle disappeared. I guess the noble person inside has left the old graveyard."
Qin Chuan nodded slightly, thinking to himself that a place like an old cemetery shouldn't have any dignitaries of that caliber, let alone someone who would stay there permanently.
The other party came here for a few days and then left because of some matter, which matches Qin Chuan's deduction.
"It's good that it's gone. Otherwise, I'd be afraid of being accidentally hit by one of these things whenever I went out these past few days."
Qin Chuan then asked, "What about Zhang Yu? Is he still holed up in his dorm?"
Ding Ze nodded and said, "Yes, it hasn't come out yet."
For the past month, Zhang Yu has stayed in his dormitory and has hardly come out at all.
After waiting for a month, Qin Chuan found that no one came to rescue Zhang Yu, and no one greeted him on Zhang Yu's behalf, which made him even more certain of his original guess.
"This kid has probably really been abandoned."
"That's true... It's the Immortal Clan. It's perfectly normal for them to rape someone on a whim and then throw them away. In a few months, that Daoist Bu might not even remember Zhang Yu anymore."
However, Qin Chuan still did not act rashly. After all, it's better to be safe than sorry. He planned to have someone test the waters again, which is why the maintenance team's Yin energy reserves were insufficient.
……
When Yan Qianji arrived at the maintenance team's location, he could feel the temperature in the air slowly rising.
The wisps of yin energy seemed to be swallowed by a giant vortex, converging towards the sky.
Because a large amount of Yin energy was extracted, the maintenance team's efficiency in soul cultivation dropped sharply.
Yan Qianji knew that in the gloomy environment of the old graveyard, the soul cultivators were constantly nourished by yin energy, which made them thrive. Not only did their lifespan increase, but their work efficiency also increased significantly.
However, the massive extraction of yin energy from the environment is like throwing fish into the desert, which will not only reduce the efficiency of soul cultivators but may even shorten their lifespan.
Thinking of this, Yan Qianji, dressed in the Biyang robe, couldn't help but soar into the sky, passing through layers of dense Yin energy, and shivering as he approached the source of the Yin energy.
The closer Yan Qianji got, the more he could feel the concentration of Yin energy in the air increasing. It even seeped into his body through the Biyang Robe, gradually breaking through its protection and freezing his Qi and blood bit by bit.
Knowing he couldn't stay there any longer, Yan Qianji quickly called out to the blurry figure ahead, "Senior, I am the assistant to the deputy minister of the Youxin Department. Please be lenient. If you continue to extract Yin energy here, the soul cultivators below will find it difficult to work. Can we discuss this further..."
But before Yan Qianji could speak further, the figure sneered, "Outsourcing? Or a Golden Core cultivator from the lower realm? You piece of dog shit, do you even deserve to speak to me?"
"roll."
Yan Qianji felt a powerful force suddenly press down on him, and he fell to his knees with a thud.
"I am here to cleanse my Yin energy and cultivate my soul. If you dare to disturb me again, I will kill you on the spot and make you a soul cultivator. This will save you the trouble of searching for a place to store your physical body."
"Get lost."
"If there's anything, have your superior report to me."
Yan Qianji stood up with some difficulty and looked up at the figure in the sky that was swallowed by thick yin energy.
The approach just now was not without its gains; at least Yan Qianji was able to see clearly who the other party was through the information from the spirit world.
"Jiang Xunyi, another vice minister of the Youxin Department?"
Yan Qianji gave a wry smile: "Level 4 Sect Affairs Officer, a cultivator at the Nascent Soul stage..."
Yan Qianji understood that this matter concerning Nascent Soul cultivators was completely beyond his ability to handle.
Yan Qianji immediately reported the situation to Zhang Yu.
At the same time, he thought to himself, "Although Zhang Zhenjun is also a level 4 sect affairs officer, he has not yet broken through to the Nascent Soul stage. If I don't show my Immortal Shuttle, it will probably be difficult to do anything to him."
High in the sky, Jiang Xunyi coldly watched Yan Qianji's departing figure and continued to extract Yin energy.
As the deputy minister of the Youxin Department for many years, Jiang Xunyi, who was also a god-level deity, once thought about being promoted and escaping the old graveyard.
But as time went by, he had to admit that the possibility had become increasingly slim.
"Relying solely on my job, I could never escape this rural cesspool that doesn't even have a legal framework in my entire life."
"The only way is to take a gamble." With the Heavenly Fortune Immortal Venerable descending his Dao lineage, he has won a glimmer of hope for all cultivators in the world. When faced with a desperate situation, when the path to immortality comes to an end, when one's potential has been exhausted... everyone has the chance to take another gamble.
In pursuit of immortality, Jiang Xunyi gradually became addicted to gambling.
Especially as the gambling platform within the Wanfa Sect grew, all sorts of things could be gambled on, and Jiang Xunyi gambled bigger and bigger, constantly losing his potential for immortality, and unknowingly accumulating a mountain of debt.
This time, in order to pay off his debts, he decided to test Zhang Yu as instructed by Minister Qin Chuan.
Therefore, Jiang Xunyi's purification of Yin energy was legal and compliant, but the commotion was a bit too much, making it difficult for the soul cultivators in the maintenance team to work normally.
If the opponent is also a senior Nascent Soul cultivator, they can fight against him and snatch Yin Qi based on their cultivation level.
"But a mere Nascent Soul cultivator cannot possibly compete with me in terms of ability."
Jiang Xunyi understood that this was a crushing defeat in strength. With the huge gap in strength between him and Zhang Yu, he could easily overwhelm his opponent with a simple cleansing of Yin energy and a normal procedure.
"The only thing they can do... is call for backup."
"Hmph... let's see what kind of people you lowly beast can summon."
Anyway, Jiang Xunyi believed that what he did was legal and compliant, and that the other party would not be able to find any fault with him. At worst, he would just kowtow and admit his mistake.
As for losing money? We're already drowning in debt, so losing money is out of the question.
……
Listening to Yan Qianji's story, Zhang Yu said calmly, "Then arrange for the soul cultivator to work in a different place."
Yan Qianji asked, "But I sense that the other party is not friendly. I'm afraid that if we change locations, they will follow suit."
Zhang Yu casually said, "Then let's take a break and postpone our work for now."
"In short, let's avoid conflict and wait until I break through to the Nascent Soul stage before discussing anything else."
Yan Qianji tentatively asked, "True Lord, should we speak to Lord Bu Dao about this matter?"
Zhang Yu objected, saying, "If we ask Daojun about everything, he'll only think we're incompetent. Just hold on for another month, and once I break through to the Nascent Soul stage, I'll have a way to resolve this."
Hearing Zhang Yu's reply, Yan Qianji sighed inwardly and left reluctantly and helplessly.
Not long after dealing with Yan Qianji's matter, Zhang Yu received another message from Bu Yingshu.
Bu Yingshu: Zhang Yu? Did you use the magic shuttle I gave you? Why was your bill so low last month?
Zhang Yu replied: Daoist Lord, I'm busy trying to break through to the Nascent Soul stage these days, so I don't have much time to use the Immortal Shuttle.
Bu Yingshu: Okay, remember to use it after you break through to the Nascent Soul stage.
Seeing Bu Yingshu's reply, Zhang Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhang Yu understood that whatever problems he was facing in the Youxin tribe, the best course of action was to solve them himself.
Once Bu Yingshu's connections are involved, it becomes too high-profile, especially if the Immortal Shuttle is used... then not only the Youxin tribe, but countless forces throughout the entire Old Graveyard will pay attention.
"That would be too detrimental to my subsequent exploration of the old graveyard, the liberation of the ancestors' corpses, and the enhancement of my [Descendant of the Immortal] status."
So in the days that followed, Zhang Yu remained holed up in his dormitory, devoting himself wholeheartedly to refining his primordial spirit.
A month has passed in the blink of an eye.
The nascent soul within the Nascent Soul Pool flickered, seemingly shifting between reality and illusion, before finally collapsing violently.
"coming!"
Seeing this scene, Zhang Yu's gaze sharpened, knowing that the crucial moment of refining the primordial spirit had arrived, and he would officially disintegrate the nascent soul and reorganize it into the primordial spirit.
As Zhang Yu manipulated the Divine Transformation Pool, strands of radiance gathered within it, gradually forming a human figure over several hours.
As Zhang Yu continued to refine it, the humanoid form composed of light became increasingly agile and under his control.
Finally, with a thought from Zhang Yu, he felt his consciousness merge with the light figure, and this primordial spirit, which was like light and shadow, was completely under his control.
Immediately afterward, Zhang Yu silently channeled his profound energy and saw his primordial spirit transform into a patch of earth and stone within a few hours, then into a patch of metal within a few hours, then into flowing water, and finally into a raging wind.
A whirlwind, like a tornado, raged within the Divine Transformation Pool, eventually transforming into the initial form of a luminous human.
With this step completed, Zhang Yu understood that he had not only successfully refined his Nascent Soul into a Primordial Spirit, but also transformed the original cultivation technique "Kunlun in the Palm" that the Nascent Soul was empowered into the current cultivation technique "Blood Tide Essence Holy View" that the Primordial Spirit was empowered by.
All the effects that the Nascent Soul originally had on the cultivation technique were transferred to the "Blood Tide Essence and Qi Sacred View".
Zhang Yu could sense that if he used his primordial spirit to unleash this sect's signature technique again, it could transform into a mighty river sweeping across the heavens and earth in an instant, or into a gentle breeze enveloping an entire city with a single movement of his energy.
At this moment, the range of the Blood Tide Essence Holy View was greatly enhanced, making Zhang Yu's operation seem more like a celestial phenomenon, a disaster.
"The replacement was successful..."
A cultivation method that is empowered by a Nascent Soul or Primordial Spirit can be called a cultivator's fundamental cultivation method.
After mastering the sect-level technique "Blood Tide Essence and Qi Sacred View", Zhang Yu had always wanted to change his fundamental technique from "Kunlun in the Palm" to "Blood Tide Essence and Qi Sacred View".
This is also one of the reasons why he chose to refine his primordial spirit himself, since it is not convenient for him to expose the "Blood Tide Essence and Qi Sacred View" he has mastered.
Next, Zhang Yu controlled his primordial spirit to flash slightly, and it had already circulated around the dormitory at an extremely fast speed.
Zhang Yu understood that after the Nascent Soul was successfully refined into the Primordial Spirit, the first major enhancement would be an extreme transformation in speed and range.
Compared to the Nascent Soul, the Primordial Spirit is more than ten times faster, and its range of activity is greatly increased. Traveling thousands of miles is just the beginning. As the power of the Primordial Spirit continues to grow, crossing tens of thousands of miles will be a piece of cake in the future.
The cultivation of the primordial spirit is a course that runs throughout the entire Nascent Soul stage.
Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Judging from the immortal cultivation system that the ten major sects have now developed, their understanding of the primordial spirit is far more thorough than that of ancient times."
"First is the state of the primordial spirit, which is called the divine light state, a form between qi and light."
"The newly broken primordial spirit can be called the first transformation of divine light. In the future, after the second transformation, the third transformation... all the way to the final tenth transformation of divine light, it will be the limit of the primordial spirit in the Nascent Soul stage."
Zhang Yu knew that this was a method for cultivating the primordial spirit that incorporated the explorations of many sects into the primordial spirit, and that combined and sorted out the primordial spirit cultivation methods of various ancient sects. It was the only way to create the most complete, reasonable, and immortal primordial spirit cultivation method.
"At the fifth level of Divine Light, one can escape into the Spirit Realm and use it to teleport one's primordial spirit. When one reaches the tenth level of Divine Light, the speed of the primordial spirit's escape becomes as swift as lightning and as fast as light, even faster than thought. It requires the cooperation of magical treasures and magical bodies to fully control it..."
After sensing the state of his primordial spirit, Zhang Yu then began to sense the changes in the magical power within his body.
The magical power that had been brewing for so long underwent a qualitative change the moment Zhang Yu broke through.
The moment the quality of the magic power increased from 400% to 401%, the previously somewhat illusory magic power instantly solidified into a tangible form.
This is a power that can only be achieved at the Nascent Soul stage. As the magical power becomes more material, its influence on the material world becomes stronger, not only making the power of the cultivation technique even stronger, but also blurring the boundary between magical power and the physical body.
As the quality of magical power increases from 401% to 500%, the materialization of magical power becomes increasingly stronger, propelling the cultivator's physical strength and the power of their techniques to become increasingly powerful as well.
Besides the changes in his primordial spirit and magical power, Zhang Yu also felt that the layers of constraints that originally bound his physical body, Dao heart, and cultivation techniques were being broken one by one, giving him a feeling of exhilaration.
"Cultivation technique! Break through for me!"
With a loud shout in Zhang Yu's mind, the cultivation techniques within his body began to break through.
The draws obtained by the [Myriad Laws Immortal Clan] were released one by one.
First, the level of the chosen immortal sect's strategic-level cultivation technique is increased by 1.
As the rewards from each draw were consumed, the "Myriad Transformations Freedom Technique" leveled up steadily, reaching level 50 in one go.
Bang! Zhang Yu felt his clone inside his body stirring, as if heads were trying to pop out of his body.
The level 50 "Myriad Transformations of Freedom" technique caused Zhang Yu's number of real clones to surge from 16 to 32.
Sensing the restlessness within his body, Zhang Yu immediately used his chosen military-grade cultivation technique, adding 1 level to "Boundless Inner Body."
As the "Boundless Mind and Inner Dharma Body" broke through the level 50 mark, the multiple thoughts in Zhang Yu's mind also increased from 16 to a full 32.
In an instant, a loud bang came from Zhang Yu's sea of consciousness. The original 16 white bulls roared to the sky, and their heads split apart, turning into a total of 32 bull heads.
Roar!
The 32 bull heads roared in unison, but Zhang Yu only felt a sudden clarity of mind and vision. His thoughts seemed to be magnified and accelerated instantly, and he regained control of the clone within his body.
However, as the level of the "Boundless Mind Inner Dharma Body" skyrocketed and multiple thoughts converged, the balance between this second and first mental cultivation method was also broken.
So Zhang Yu used up more points to push his first mental cultivation technique, "The Body and Mind Technique of the Remnant Ox," to level 50 in one go.
(End of this chapter)