You dare to cultivate without money?!

Amidst the recent economic crisis where every industry faces difficult challenges, Zhang Yu originally thought the related experiments on the Divinity Transformation Remains would also encounter some hindrances.

"Calculating the days... The progress on my master's Magic Treasure crafting isn't delayed at all; it's as if there's no external influence."

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu couldn't help but marvel at the focus of the Magnetic Pole True Monarch, as well as the university's emphasis on the Divinity Transformation Remains project.

"After all, this matter seems to be valued by the Divine Monarch of the university, right?"

"To remain unaffected amidst Divinity Transformation conflicts, it's probably only projects representing the interests of Divinity Transformation that can do so."

Ideas flashed through his mind like lightning, and Zhang Yu couldn't wait to explore the effects of the Heavenly Crafts Discovery.

Under his voluntary sensing, Zhang Yu gradually gained some understanding of the Heavenly Crafts Discovery's usefulness.

He slightly closed his eyes, and a blueprint for the Blessing Relic design emerged in his mind.

"I want to... reduce the manufacturing cost of the Blessing Relic."

In an instant, Zhang Yu's mind sparked with thoughts, and his thinking began to operate at an unprecedented speed.

Countless pieces of knowledge he had learned, Magic Treasures he had seen, and blueprints he had researched flashed before him like myriad bolts of lightning.

In the next moment, a brand-new design blueprint for the Blessing Relic appeared in Zhang Yu's mind.

It was the result of his mind instantly linking, comprehending, and applying all accumulated knowledge, like an instinct, to achieve this design outcome.

According to the results on this new blueprint, it could save about 32% of the cost of the old version of the Blessing Relic.

Although this old version of the Blessing Relic had long been phased out in the market, this improvement still made Zhang Yu realize the potential of the Heavenly Crafts Discovery.

"Heavenly Crafts Discovery is an ability that can continuously enhance one's Artifact Refining design skills through learning."

"It stores the knowledge learned, Magic Treasures observed, and blueprints researched as a foundation."

"When needed, it instantly integrates all these to complete the design of an improved blueprint for a certain Magic Treasure, optimizing basic attributes such as weight, manufacturing cost, material strength, and Mana storage, etc."

"As more knowledge and blueprints are mastered, the optimizations that can be designed become stronger."

"Especially among Magic Treasures of the same type, the effect is even better."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "It's a skill that constantly improves as long as you keep learning and imitating."

At that moment, Zhang Yu seemed to feel an insatiable thirst for knowledge.

He also thought, "The more you imitate, the stronger you get. A teacher with this skill would probably observe many similar Magic Treasures when improving their own."

He then thought of the yang artifact remains he and his teacher had recently refined together and thought to himself, "I guess my teacher's collection folder has filled with a pile of yang artifact designs of different brands and schools recently."

But in the next moment, Zhang Yu felt a wave of dizziness, and his mind became a bit disoriented.

"Is the side effect coming?"

Zhang Yu opened the Yu Shu to see the Dao Heart data changing, dropping from the original Level 20 to Level 19 (86%).

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "Completing Artifact design reconstructions like an instinct through Heavenly Crafts Discovery in an instant will burn rationality, causing mental shock and instability of intention."

"The result is a decline in Dao Heart level."

"The higher the design improvement requirements, the greater the impact on the Dao Heart."

"But this slight drop in Dao Heart level before me, I can recover in no time, probably within a week."

Although the Dao Heart level can recover quickly, it made Zhang Yu realize that the Heavenly Crafts Discovery should not be used indiscriminately.

Meanwhile, Zhang Yu began to jot down the design blueprint in his mind.

Although he did not need the Blessing Relic himself, and the old version probably had no competitiveness compared to the new version on the market.

Just like how the eye relic from ten years ago, no matter how optimized, definitely can't match the new version of eye relic now.

But since it was a product of his Dao Heart expenditure, Zhang Yu still planned to keep it.

Yet, during the process of recording the new design blueprint, he noticed something unusual.

"Hmm?"

"Why do I not quite understand this?"

"Logically speaking, I've already pushed the Blessing Relic to Level 20; the knowledge and technology of Spirit Realm transmission and internal sensing should be deeply grasped by me."

Reveloping in his mind, various aspects of the Blessing Relic immediately resurfaced, as if they were refined a thousand times, and perfectly integrated into his mind.

But looking at the new blueprint in front of him, he found parts of it that he truly couldn't understand.

This incomprehension wasn't due to not understanding how to refine the Blessing Relic according to this new design—it's that he couldn't understand why it needed to be changed this way.

"Why is this happening?"

"Clearly, it's according to my thinking, according to the foundations in my mind..."

Suddenly, Zhang Yu was slightly taken aback, pondering in his heart, "Could it be... no way?"

At this moment, Zhang Yu suddenly thought of the Taiqing Realm shared with his sister and the Green Lotus Sword Embryo he had copied from Bai Zhenzhen.

Zhang Yu thought, "Could it be that during my recent activation of Heavenly Craftsmanship to create a new design blueprint... I used the teacher's foundation?"

Zhang Yu looked at the new blueprint before him in amazement, feeling more certain the more he looked.

"I just combined my own and my teacher's knowledge to create this new design blueprint!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Yu gradually became excited, "No wonder, I was saying that although this merit sharira is the old version, the new blueprint reducing costs by 32% is more impressive than I expected."

"Is it because my recent design incorporated the teacher's accumulated foundation?"

"Good, good, good, Magnetic Pole True Monarch, you truly are my great teacher!"

At this moment, Zhang Yu's desire for his teacher to succeed was unprecedentedly high, deeply wishing for his teacher to study diligently and best to master all magic treasures in the world.

"I can't just rely on the teacher to learn on her own, I should give her a little push and help her upgrade her Dao Seed."

"Not just Heavenly Craftsmanship, if because of this... she can strive to achieve Divinity Transformation, it would be even better."

Zhang Yu understood that compared to the day of achieving his own Divinity Transformation, evidently helping his teacher achieve Divinity Transformation, and thus becoming a Divinity Transformation Disciple, was somewhat easier.

So, the next day, Zhang Yu once again went to Magnetic Pole True Monarch's laboratory, seizing the opportunity to observe the conditions for upgrading her Dao Seed.

"Level 2 Heavenly Craftsmanship, to continue upgrading, do I need to co-refine ten Artifact Refining products above Level 30?"

Seeing this condition, Zhang Yu gasped, "At my current level, this task might not be something I can achieve easily in a short time."

Zhang Yu knew that the previous chance taken with the Divinity Transformation Remains allowed him, even as a reference material, to barely co-refine a magic remains with Magnetic Pole True Monarch.

Now, asking him to find the same ten opportunities, how could it be so simple?

Nevertheless, Zhang Yu knew as long as he persisted, there would eventually be a day when this task would be completed.

He also looked forward to the effects of Level 2 Heavenly Craftsmanship in his heart.

Magnetic Pole True Monarch glanced at Zhang Yu from the side, thinking, "Why is this kid looking at me so strangely?"

Magnetic Pole True Monarch turned her head and reminded, "Remember to keep a low profile during this period, spend less money, avoid showing off, and spend more time studying."

Zhang Yu took the opportunity to ask, "Teacher, will this economic crisis last long?"

Magnetic Pole True Monarch said, "Not for long, the higher-ups won't watch these old guys mess around."

"Even if a university war does break out, this chaotic brawl is not the way the higher-ups hope for."

"I estimate that it won't be long before, once it affects their interests... someone will call a halt."

"In short, during this period, just stay in your own place, wait peacefully for the storm to pass, and don't worry about anything else."

...

On his way back to the dormitory, Zhang Yu received a message from Director Gao.

Director Gao: Zhang Yu, there's something I'd like you to help with

Director Gao: The construction site on the 670th floor has been a bit chaotic recently, and we need someone to stabilize things

With various construction sites temporarily ceasing work and various arrays requiring urgent maintenance, in Director Gao's view, Wanfa University had already stepped one foot into a state of war.

In such circumstances, as most ordinary projects were suspended, a large number of small workers had nothing to do.

But high-end talents from the Civil Engineering Department were assigned to crucial positions, responsible for the maintenance of various arrays, spirit veins, and defensive works, becoming busier than usual.

Thus, for a time, sites like the one on the 670th floor became slightly chaotic due to a lack of powerful figures in charge.

Especially now that many people on the site were Foundation Establishment Students who had graduated years ago, coming here to do odd jobs due to recent unemployment, often overstepping due to their seniority and experience, causing material loss rates, surveillance damage rates, and demon-descendant worker disappearance rates to rise.

When Zhang Yu arrived at the site, he saw many people influencing each other, obstructing workflows, and even competing for tasks.

Looking at the construction site on the 670th floor, curiosity surged in Zhang Yu's heart: "The construction of new floors in University City hasn't been halted; could it be because this is a project the Divinity Transformation beings care about?"

Zhang Yu didn't say much thereafter, just activated the Heavenly Kunlun Mountain Shifting Divine Power. The violent Earth Evil Gravity swept through the place, lifting cement, twirling steel, and completing a large portion of construction work in an instant.

As Zhang Yu, with formidable strength, quietly finished the work, the workers on the site were gradually overawed by his divine power, becoming obedient while the site slowly restored order under Zhang Yu's suppression.

During this process, Zhang Yu spotted Ying Xin and Shi Yunxiang outside the construction site.

The two, unable to compete with the graduates inside the site, were squatting quietly outside, watching the busy workers with eyes filled with envy.

Shi Yunxiang's cheeks were somewhat sunken, his fur dried and considerably grayer, and he had more white hair, along with a wary expression of his surroundings and occasional flashes of panic, clearly indicating rough times.

Beside him, the magic remains on Ying Xin showed obvious wear, especially his right arm hanging limply, clearly malfunctioning, looking like a lame stray dog.

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