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

Without much time for reflection, Zhang Yu returned to the classroom, and soon after, the math teacher with black-framed glasses walked in carrying a stack of test papers.

"Today, we're going over the last test."

"Pass the papers down."

"Look at the questions you got wrong. How many times have I told you to come ask me if you don't understand something? I sat in the office for three hours yesterday afternoon, and not a single person came to ask me a question…"

Not long after the math tests were handed out, the tall and sturdy physical education teacher came into the classroom and said to the math teacher, "You're sick."

After dismissing the sick math teacher, the PE teacher, Wang Hai, looked at the students and said, "This class is changed to PE."

"But don't forget to review math on your own time. General knowledge subjects account for fifty points in the college entrance exam. One point can make a big difference."

"Speaking of general knowledge subjects, I'll also let you know that I've already spoken to your Chinese teacher, and the next Chinese class will also be changed to PE. Adding that to the original PE class, the entire morning will be my PE class."

The students followed PE teacher Wang Hai to the indoor training ground, which was as large as a plaza and filled with all kinds of exercise equipment.

Wang Hai said, "The Qi Refining realm is the first realm of the Immortal Path, and the important thing is to build a solid foundation. How solid your foundation is in the first year of high school will determine what level you can reach in the second and third years…"

As he sensed these familiar scenes, many detailed memories constantly湧 out from Zhang Yu's mind.

Since the Ten Great Sects consolidated and integrated Immortal Path cultivation, it now has a systematic division of realms and strengths. It's all-encompassing, covering all aspects of Immortal Path techniques, and can be described as vast as the sea.

The most well-known is the Ten Great Realms of the Immortal Path.

The key indicators that determine which Immortal Path realm a person can reach are Dao Heart level and Mana level.

For high school students, only by crossing the level 10 threshold for Dao Heart and exceeding 60 points of Mana can they break through from the Qi Refining realm to the Foundation Establishment realm.

The high school PE class in front of them was for honing the physical body and tempering the will.

After all, a strong physical body can not only increase the efficiency of Mana enhancement but also greatly help with the strong will required for Dao Heart level and enhance the combat ability of the Qi Refining realm.

If Dao Heart and Mana are the foundation of the Immortal Path, then the physical strength trained in PE class is the foundation of the foundation.

At the same time, waves of light swept across the bodies of the many students present, displaying their physical strength data on a large screen not far away, arranged from highest to lowest.

1st place, Qian Shen, physical strength level 1.15

2nd place, Bai Zhenzhen, physical strength level 1.13

3rd place, He Dayou, physical strength level 1.12

...

Zhang Yu didn't find his score until he saw the 19th place.

19th place, Zhang Yu, physical strength level 0.82

After continuous development in Kunxu, Immortal Path technology has become increasingly refined in terms of various data and indicators.

For example, physical strength is not only quantified but also re-tested every PE class.

This indicator, like Dao Heart, can only reach level 10 in the Qi Refining realm.

Although physical strength is not a key indicator for breaking through the Immortal Path realm, it is related to the cultivator's efficiency and combat power and is an important foundation of the Immortal Path, accounting for 150 points out of 650 in the Immortal Path subjects.

"Has my physical strength dropped to 19th place?"

Looking at his score, Zhang Yu recalled how his physical strength improvement rate had been constantly surpassed by those around him during this period.

At the same time, the surrounding students took out needles and injected various enhancement supplements into their arms.

After these supplements of various brands are injected into the body, they not only enhance the strength of muscles and bones but also increase the efficiency of exercise by several to dozens of times, which is an essential drug for first-year students.

Here, you can skip a day of exercise, but you can't skip a day of injections. Excellent students often inject eight or more needles a day.

Zhang Yu saw Bai Zhenzhen not far away inject a total of nine needles into her buttocks, arms, and thighs in one go.

However, compared to the many burly figures around, Bai Zhenzhen seemed much smaller. Zhang Yu remembered that this was because the direction of their physical training was different, so the shapes they built were also different.

PE teacher Wang Hai, seeing that Zhang Yu hadn't injected himself, frowned and walked over, "Zhang Yu, how many days have you not injected performance-enhancing drugs?"

Zhang Yu didn't dare to say that he was out of money. He knew that this was as embarrassing as having poor grades in Songyang High School. He would only dare to say it when communicating with close friends like Bai Zhenzhen.

Secondly, the broken memories in his mind told him that the original owner had been injecting too much medicine, his internal organs and cardiovascular system were under heavy burden, and he had fainted several times, which had begun to endanger his life.

So Zhang Yu perfunctorily said, "I want to try not taking medicine…"

Who knew that Wang Hai frowned even tighter after hearing this and said in a thunderous voice, "Have you been watching those natural body-building influencers who can't stand the pain of taking medicine? That's all a lie. How can you keep up without taking medicine?"

"Look at how many places you've dropped! If this continues, you'll be kicked out of the demonstration class in the next monthly exam."

He said with a look of disappointment, "Am I making you take medicine and train for my sake? I won't gain any muscle if you take medicine."

As he spoke, he casually pointed to a student in the distance, "Look at Qian Shen. He injects 12 Dragon Elephant preparations a day to increase muscles and bones, 2 painkillers to suppress the pain of muscle tearing and growth, 2 Gluttony boosters to speed up metabolism and absorption of Immortal Path elements from food, and eats fifteen pounds of food every day to gain weight…"

"In just three months, his physical strength has skyrocketed from 0.13 to the current level of 1.15, becoming the strongest physique in the first year, surpassing your natural body training of twenty years."

Along with Wang Hai's narration, Zhang Yu remembered how Qian Shen had transformed from a skinny guy less than 1.7 meters tall three months ago into a small giant who was now over two meters tall and weighed over three hundred pounds.

Wang Hai then pointed to another student, "Look at Zhao Tianxing, who used to be worse than you. His physical strength also broke through level 1.00 the day before yesterday. Now his blood is like lead mercury, his arteries are arteriosclerotic, and his heart has tripled in size…"

After casually pointing at a group of students, Wang Hai sighed, "Zhang Yu, I'm saying so much to you because your physical strength used to be in the top ten, you have good talent, and you have excellent drug resistance…"

Looking at Wang Hai's earnest appearance, Zhang Yu also felt the other party's concern, but whether it was lack of money or fear of death, he was unwilling to take medicine now.

Just as he was thinking about how to explain to the other party next, he saw Wang Hai take a box of medicine from the bag beside him, "As the saying goes, three points of training, seven points of eating, and the remaining ninety points depend on how you inject medicine."

"This is the latest Divine Elephant Force performance-enhancing drug launched by the Vajra Sect. The quality of the big sect is guaranteed, and one injection is worth ten injections."

"To be honest with you, this thing was originally still in the laboratory. I got it from a good brother. Seeing that you have good talent, I'll sell it to you at an 80% discount, ten bottles for 8800…"

Looking at Wang Hai selling him medicine, Zhang Yu now fully remembered that more than half of the various physical enhancement supplements that the students in the class ate and injected were bought from Wang Hai.

Such a situation is normal in Songyang High School. After all, medicine and body are inseparable. Every PE teacher is not only an excellent body training expert but also an excellent drug salesman, and behind them, there are often multiple pharmaceutical channels.

But Zhang Yu couldn't afford these things now, and his body couldn't handle the drugs, so he could only think about getting by.

Looking at Zhang Yu, who was making excuses and constantly finding reasons, Wang Hai snorted coldly, put the medicine back, and said with a disappointed look, "Then good luck to you."

Watching the PE teacher turn around and leave, starting to guide and sell to other students, Zhang Yu sighed helplessly in his heart, "Is it so difficult to take PE class in this broken place?"

Just then, a boy walked over and asked, leaning close to Zhang Yu, "Wang Hai tried to sell you something again?"

The student who spoke looked handsome, with the appearance of a boy next door.

Memories related to the other party also surfaced in Zhang Yu's mind.

"He is… Zhou Tianyi."

Zhou Tianyi was Zhang Yu's eating and self-study buddy who he met on the first day of school.

The two had eaten together for three months, studied together for three months, and established a fragile friendship in the process.

However, at the same time as the memories湧 out, the first thing Zhang Yu thought of was the other party's grade ranking.

"Ranked 25th in the grade, qualified to eat at the same table as me… huh? Why do I also have this kind of achievement discrimination?"

Zhang Yu felt that as his memories continued to merge, he seemed to be constantly influenced and was paying more and more attention to the ranking in this school.

Hearing Zhou Tianyi's question at this moment, he nodded and said, "Yeah, he wants to sell me Divine Elephant Force."

"You didn't buy it again?" Seeing Zhang Yu nod, Zhou Tianyi hissed and said, "Aren't you afraid that Lao Wang will mess with you?"

"Mess with me?" Zhang Yu said, "It's just not buying medicine, it shouldn't be that bad."

Zhou Tianyi shook his head repeatedly and said, "Hey, do you want to hear a gossip about Wang Hai?"

"Forget it, I'm not a gossip person."

Zhang Yu turned around and walked towards the exercise equipment to familiarize himself with his physical body and the content of the PE course.

Zhou Tianyi continued, "Some teachers complained that Wang Hai was masturbating in the office next door, and the roof cracked when he ejaculated."

Zhang Yu stopped, he wasn't a gossip person, but such a bad gossip… he had to see what was going on.

Zhou Tianyi said, "Wang Hai later explained that he didn't do it, the banging sounds were him teaching disobedient students."

"Later, I asked the students from the previous two grades, and it turned out that Wang Hai had a habit of physically punishing poor students."

"Especially if their grades drop and they don't buy his medicine, they will be bullied by him."

"I heard that a few years ago, a student was driven mentally ill by him."

Hearing this, Zhang Yu's gaze suddenly condensed, "Wang Hai is okay?"

Zhou Tianyi didn't think it was a big deal, "Wang Hai's teaching performance has always been very good. He is Songyang High School's ace PE teacher and has taught three students who were the city's top physical strength in the college entrance examination. Some people say that he has access to some drugs that are still in the laboratory from big sects."

"Even if the school really doesn't want to use him, most students and parents won't agree. They all rely on Wang Hai to buy medicine to help them improve their physical strength."

Saying that, he looked at Zhang Yu and warned, "If you keep not buying medicine and your grades don't improve, I'm afraid you will be messed with."

Looking at Zhang Yu, who was frowning, Zhou Tianyi asked curiously, "I said… you used to inject a lot of needles, why did you suddenly stop buying them? Could it be that you're out of money? Do you want me to lend you some?"

Feeling the sincerity in the other party's eyes, Zhang Yu smiled helplessly, "No need."

"Really no need?" Zhou Tianyi: "Why don't you inject mine today?"

Zhang Yu naturally shook his head repeatedly. He was really afraid that he would die directly if he injected a few more needles.

According to the memories in his mind, there was no shortage of people in this world who were severely injured, disabled, or even died due to excessive drug loads, and even Songyang High School had people who were seriously injured every year due to excessive drug use.

But even so, students who used drugs in pursuit of physical strength were still endless.

And the original owner had already shown signs of being overwhelmed since last week.

Thinking that the original owner not only owed 700,000 in debt but also left him with such a physical body, Zhang Yu sighed again in his heart.

Just as the two were whispering, a cold gaze suddenly swept over, and Wang Hai shouted, "Don't talk under the stage during PE class."

Zhang Yu and Zhou Tianyi immediately stopped communicating and started exercising.

Zhang Yu came to a large iron ball, his muscles shook, and after exerting force, he lifted the hundred-kilogram iron ball.

Then, as his body muscles contracted and expanded, the large iron ball was moved to all parts of his body like a toy.

As the iron ball flew up and down and rotated, Zhang Yu also felt the blood surging throughout his body, and various parts of his body gradually warmed up.

"This is a warm-up…"

The whole process seemed to be engraved in his flesh and blood like instinct. Zhang Yu completed the warm-up exercise without hardly using his brain.

In the following training, his mastery of this physical body became more and more in-depth, and related memories continued to emerge from his mind.

"The body training in the Qi Refining stage mainly focuses on tempering muscles and bones, breaking the upper limit through repeated practice, and ultimately improving the physical strength level."

"The specific method… for example, the most popular method among high school students is the exercise called the Thirty-Six Forms of Body Building."

The Thirty-Six Forms of Body Building is a body training exercise created by the Ten Great Sects specifically for high school teaching. Thirty-six movements combined with different equipment can fully develop the physical body and effectively improve physical strength.

Under the Immortal Path framework summarized by the Ten Great Sects, all martial arts and Taoist techniques are divided into 1 to 100 levels.

Most students in Songyang High School can successfully get started after studying for a week or two and practice basic martial arts such as the Thirty-Six Forms of Body Building to level 1.

If they can continue to improve their level, the training effect of the Thirty-Six Forms of Body Building will become stronger and more incredible.

But this is obviously not easy. In Zhang Yu's memory, only Bai Zhenzhen had improved the Thirty-Six Forms of Body Building to level 2 in the three months since school started.

It was precisely because of this that Bai Zhenzhen was able to maintain her physical strength score at second place in the entire grade with nine injections a day, closely chasing after Qian Shen, who had sixteen injections a day.

"The level of the 'Thirty-Six Styles of Body Strengthening' is related to the efficiency of improving physical strength, but the key to truly determining strength and physical education scores is still physical strength itself."

"Speaking of which, my physical strength is at level 0.82, and I can easily toss around things weighing several hundred pounds. The highest physical strength achievable in the Qi Refining realm is level 10, and after Foundation Establishment, it can reach level 20... The difference between people is just too great."

Initially, Zhang Yu just wanted to practice casually, familiarizing himself with the content of the physical education class and his own body.

But as he practiced the 'Thirty-Six Styles of Body Strengthening' set by set, he became more and more serious and meticulous, as if there was an instinct within him urging him, encouraging him to persevere in his training.

His muscles were constantly torn, his bones were constantly impacted, and through repeated practice, his body underwent repeated torment, finally releasing a warm current from within, which silently began to repair the damage in his flesh and blood.

This was Zhang Yu's internal mana, and just like the past few months of physical education class, the body was tormented under heavy pressure, and then constantly repaired by the power of mana, becoming even stronger.

Huff!

In the blink of an eye, two hours had passed, and Zhang Yu exhaled deeply, feeling sore all over, as if his entire body was about to fall apart.

"No wonder they need to take painkillers..."

He looked up at Bai Zhenzhen in the distance, still sweating profusely, and the other students on the other side who were also training frantically. A sense of urgency instinctively welled up in his heart, seemingly urging him to continue squeezing his body.

"If I trained this frantically in the original world, I'd probably have trained myself to death, right?"

"It's only here, with the support of various immortal techniques and medicines, and with mana... that I can endure it and become stronger."

Feeling the pain coming from all parts of his body, and the instinct that still craved training and becoming stronger, Zhang Yu couldn't help but marvel at the depth of the original Zhang Yu's obsession.

However, as the training continued, this instinct hidden deep within the human body seemed to be fading more and more.

The future path ultimately had to be chosen by the current Zhang Yu himself.

When the morning physical education class was completely over, Zhang Yu had collapsed on the field, surrounded by a group of students who were still lively and kicking, still training like crazy.

Zhang Yu sighed, thinking that this was the difference between using medicine and not using medicine.

Suddenly, he caught sight of the black patch on the palm of his hand and noticed that less than a quarter of the area remained unfilled.