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

Qian Shen and Zhao Tianxing exchanged glances as they observed the facilities in Songyang High School's rest area.

Both of them had visited Bailong High School and witnessed the previous martial arts competition, so they vividly remembered the treatment at Songyang High School's rest area back then.

Now, suddenly seeing such excellent conditions in the sports competition, Zhao Tianxing wondered if they had come to the wrong place.

Qian Shen couldn't help but think, "Isn't this... isn't this rest area too good for Songyang High School's average performance?"

Even Wang Hai couldn't help but marvel. In all his years of leading teams to sports competitions, this was the grandest occasion and the best treatment Songyang High School had ever received.

Lian Tianji, who was beside them, seemed to sense the surprise in everyone's hearts and explained with a smile, "This time, the on-site equipment is jointly sponsored by Ziyun Pharmaceuticals and Oasis Group, so the conditions are indeed very good."

He pointed towards the east side of the venue and said, "There's also a buffet provided free of charge by Oasis Group and Red Pagoda Pasture, available to all athletes, Ziyun students who are helping out, and other staff. Would you like to go and try it?"

Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, who had just sat down, immediately stood up. "We'll go and familiarize ourselves with the competition environment."

So, the two followed Lian Tianji across the venue to the eastern buffet area.

From a distance, they could see Ziyun High School students, their bodies seemingly emitting a purplish hue, holding plates and eating inside.

The reason they were holding plates was that Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen noticed these Ziyun people started eating as they walked after filling their plates with food.

By the time these Ziyun people reached the exit of the buffet area, they had finished everything and placed their plates on the dish return table.

Bai Zhenzhen's eyes flickered as she said, "I understand now. These students who are walking and eating must be the underachievers from your Ziyun High School, right?"

"Because their grades are too poor, they're not allowed to sit down to eat. From the moment they enter the cafeteria to get food to the moment they leave to return their dishes, they have to eat while walking, finishing everything."

Lian Tianji smiled and said, "You think too harshly of our Ziyun High School. We don't have such high demands on underachievers."

"These are just ordinary students who aren't allowed to sit down to eat."

Bai Zhenzhen asked, "Ah? Then what about the underachievers?"

Lian Tianji said calmly, "The bottom 50 students eat in the toilet. They can eat for as long as they want, no restrictions."

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "These Ziyun High School students are really something."

But then Zhang Yu thought again, although making the bottom 50 underachievers eat in the toilet was a bit inhumane, on the other hand... doesn't this prove that Ziyun High School has at least a lot of toilets?

Zhang Yu thought to himself, "In that regard, at least they're doing better than Bailong High School."

Just then, accompanied by a rumbling sound, like the sound of ten thousand horses galloping, a large group of black monsters wearing Red Pagoda High School uniforms entered the buffet area.

Zhang Yu's eyes widened in shock. "These... are students? Red Pagoda High School students?"

Zhang Yu had seen the demon-blooded Songyang people from Red Pagoda High School before.

Although they looked a bit different from humans, their appearances, such as brown bears and tigers, were still considered normal.

But these people in front of him... were all a glossy, smooth black, with only their eyes glowing with a scarlet light.

He thought in shock, "My sister said that Red Pagoda High School's technological breakthrough allowed the demon students of Red Pagoda High School to awaken a black creature's bloodline power, and successfully extract it and inject it into human students..."

"Could it be that they awakened the black dragon bloodline? Gained powerful athletic abilities, so they turned into black bears, black tigers, and... black students?"

Lian Tianji, seeing Zhang Yu's surprised expression, kindly explained, "Red Pagoda High School successfully stimulated the black dragon bloodline of the demon students, and their physique underwent a transformation."

"Look closely at their bodies. The black color is the texture reflected by the dragon scales."

After Zhang Yu got closer, he faintly noticed a layer of fine black scales from that mass of black light, faintly emitting a iridescent black.

At the same time, he noticed more black details that were difficult to detect from a distance.

For example, the two small horns on Xiong Wenwu's forehead, the sharp and much longer claws on his fingers compared to the past, the small tail on his butt, and the long whiskers on his mouth... Moreover, a palpitating pressure constantly emanated from their bodies, as if hunters had set their sights on the food in front of them.

Lian Tianji continued, "It is said that among these demon students of Red Pagoda, the more black dragon bloodlines they awaken, the more black dragon characteristics they have, and the more they inherit the characteristics of the black dragon, the more terrifying their physical strength becomes."

Speaking of which, Lian Tianji's tone became a little excited, "It can be said that in terms of physical strength, these guys have a unique advantage. I'm really looking forward to competing with them."

Bai Zhenzhen urged from the side, "Are you done talking? If you don't eat, I'm afraid there won't be any left."

They saw the students from Red Pagoda High School devouring all kinds of food in the buffet area like a whirlwind, and a large plate of food was swallowed in one gulp.

Zhang Yu quickly pulled Bai Zhenzhen in, grabbed a plate of food, and poured it into his mouth.

Bai Zhenzhen grabbed a handful of chicken legs, took a few bites of most of them, and couldn't help but have tears flashing in her eyes.

For the past month, she and Zhang Yu had been eating synthetic food almost every day.

It was okay at first, but later she felt that the paste was becoming less and less palatable, and her body's desire for pre-made dishes was gradually suppressed to the limit.

At this moment, really eating the chicken legs, feeling the real chicken juice bursting in her mouth, Bai Zhenzhen only had one thought in her mind: "Pre-made roasted chicken legs are so delicious!"

After taking another sip of Red Pagoda Pasture's beast protein milk, the expression on Bai Zhenzhen's face became even more satisfied.

Lian Tianji walked over, sat down in front of the two who were gobbling down their food, and said with a smile, "Don't worry, the buffet here is provided by Oasis Group and Red Pagoda Pasture together. Even if there were ten times as many people, they would definitely be able to supply it."

After chatting casually with Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen for a few more sentences, Lian Tianji finally asked a question that he had been curious about for a long time.

"Zhang Yu, to what extent has your physical strength improved in the past two months?"

Lian Tianji looked at Zhang Yu, who was constantly stuffing steak into his mouth, and his mind seemed to recall the scene two months ago when he was defeated by the other party on the martial arts arena.

He thought to himself, "Although I really want to beat you, if my physical strength is too far behind yours, then there is no meaning to this victory."

Thinking that he might never be able to defeat Zhang Yu in that state again, Lian Tianji couldn't help but feel a trace of regret in his heart.

Zhang Yu said casually, "Level 4.95."

Lian Tianji was slightly stunned, and then smiled, "I'm not kidding you, I'm asking you what your physical strength is."

Zhang Yu gave Lian Tianji a strange look: "Level 4.95, who's kidding you?" After saying that, he stuffed a few more pieces of lamb chops into his mouth.

Lian Tianji frowned, and the first thing that flashed through his mind was disbelief: "After this super metabolic transformation by Ziyun Pharmaceuticals, I inject nearly ten kilograms of medicine every day."

"Constantly enduring the pain of physical tearing and organ rupture, and being sent to the emergency room for rescue several times, I have only now increased my physical strength to level 4.56."

"How could Zhang Yu be level 4.95?"

"Is he deliberately talking nonsense and doesn't want to reveal his physical strength? But what's the point? After the competition starts, everyone's physical strength will be tested."

"Could it be that he's not lying? But how is that possible?"

For a time, Lian Tianji only felt that Zhang Yu shouldn't be lying, but it was unlikely that Zhang Yu wasn't lying.

Just as he was wondering, a slender, cold, and pretty figure walked into the cafeteria unconsciously, attracting everyone's attention.

The reason for attracting everyone's attention was only partly due to the beauty of the visitor, and the biggest reason was that the Ziyun people present all stood up and saluted Le Mulan.

At this moment, Le Mulan had tied her long hair into a ponytail and tied it with a purple silk ribbon. The purple sportswear she was wearing revealed her snow-white arms and slender legs, showing a rare sporty atmosphere.

And what attracted Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen's attention the most was naturally the purple mark on Le Mulan's forehead.

The mark was much more complicated than Lian Tianji's dot, like a purple vertical pupil, printed on Le Mulan's forehead.

This proud top student nodded and said expressionlessly on her cold face, "Everyone, go and do your own things."

Hearing her response, the Ziyun people who saluted returned to their original state.

Then Le Mulan came straight to Zhang Yu, Bai Zhenzhen and Lian Tianji's dining table and stopped.

Zhang Yu looked at Le Mulan, who was breathing a little rapidly, and shrugged, "Do you want to come and eat together? But there's no room for you."

Le Mulan said lightly, "It's okay."

She glanced at Lian Tianji, who was occupying two seats because of his size, and said lightly, "I want a stool."

So several Ziyun people rushed over immediately, and the first girl to rush over lay directly on the ground, lying down in front of Le Mulan like a stool.

Damn! Zhang Yu thought to himself, "These Ziyun people... feel even more crazy than they were two months ago."

The reason for Zhang Yu's curiosity was actually very simple, only because in Ziyun, after the technological breakthrough, a large number of top students in the first year of high school had undergone super-metabolic surgery, and their physical strength had soared... Le Mulan had defeated them all over again.

The Ziyun people in the first year of high school desperately found that after having the super-metabolic surgery, the gap between Le Mulan, the richest person in the entire first year, and them not only did not narrow, but became even larger.

The role of wealth in cultivation and scores has once again been expanded.

And this gap in the environment of Ziyun High School has created an even more exaggerated worship of wealth and scores.

Zhang Yu felt that after Le Mulan came over, she would glance at him from time to time, staring at him so much that he felt a little awkward eating.

He thought to himself, "This woman shouldn't be thinking about retaliating against me all the time, right?"

Just then, he heard Le Mulan's clear and cold voice, "Can I touch you?"

Feeling the silence on the dining table, Le Mulan added, "I can pay."

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Qidian is holding a Battle of the Gods competition, can everyone help me nominate me so that I can stay in the player area to watch the competition up close and get a buffet from Oasis Group (ω) Thank you

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