You dare to cultivate without money?!-Chapter 24 - 14 Preparation and New Job

The stationery shop at the school gate is always selling various things that students need.

The stationery shop at the gate of Songyang High School is no different.

Besides all sorts of stationery, the huge display cabinet behind the owner looks like a pharmacy, filled with various drugs high school students need, from sedatives and stimulants to concentration pills.

Zhang Yu leaned on the counter with both hands and asked, "Boss, do you have any neuro-filling agents?"

The boss, who was playing on his phone, replied without looking up, "Do you want the expensive one or the cheaper one?"

Zhang Yu: "I'm a student, can you sell me the expensive one at a cheaper price?"

The boss finally looked up and glanced at Zhang Yu.

Zhang Yu, unbothered, said, "I'm the tenth in my grade in Class 1 of the first year, a campus celebrity. If I take your medicine and it works, my classmates will definitely come here to buy it too."

The boss smirked and took out a box of medicine from the cabinet, placing it in front of Zhang Yu: "Purple Cloud Company's neuro-filling agent, guarantees you only need 20 minutes of sleep a day, 500 a box, I'll sell it to you for 480 this time."

Zhang Yu picked up the medicine box and looked at it: "Nothing extra thrown in?"

The boss frowned, took out a few painkillers, and said, "These are on the house."

Zhang Yu grinned, stuffed the painkillers into his pocket, and said, "Thanks, boss. But can I not take the neuro-filling agent?"

Seeing the boss's face darken, Zhang Yu scanned the payment code nearby: "Just kidding, I'll pay now."

Picking up the neuro-filling agent from the counter, Zhang Yu felt a twinge of pain in his heart.

This box of neuro-filling agents would only last about a week, but it cost him a whole 480, instantly dropping his account balance to over seventeen hundred.

But Zhang Yu believes it's all worth it.

After all, having decided to participate in the competition, Zhang Yu is ready to give his all, planning not to sleep for the next week and fully focus on practicing the Circulation Qi Gathering Method.

"Heh, my goal isn't just to be in the top ten of the grade."

On the other side, Zhao Tianxing walked into the stationery shop and saw Zhang Yu leaving after buying medicine, thinking to himself, "Is it really a neuro-filling agent?"

He followed Zhang Yu out of the stationery shop and walked along the street until he reached a corner and suddenly noticed Zhang Yu standing there waiting for him.

"Uh... hi Zhang Yu," Zhao Tianxing said awkwardly, "What a coincidence, you're taking this route too?"

Zhang Yu looked at him and asked, "Why are you following me?"

Zhao Tianxing scratched his head, pretending to be clueless: "Following you? I take this route home from school too."

Zhang Yu impatiently said, "You should look at yourself."

"Over two meters tall, weighing over three hundred pounds, I saw you the moment you came out of the cafeteria."

"What exactly do you want?"

Of course, Zhao Tianxing couldn't tell him that PE teacher Wang Hai had asked him to get close to Zhang Yu to find out his supply channels.

So Zhao Tianxing scratched his head again, a bit embarrassed, and said, "Zhang Yu, I think you're really outstanding, and I'd like to follow you and learn more from you."

Seeing the shy demeanor of the eighteen-year-old three-hundred-pound boy in front of him, Zhang Yu thought to himself, "No way... your social skills are still at elementary school level, right?"

Zhang Yu pondered and said, "Alright, as long as you treat me to fried chicken, you can follow along."

Feeling the waves of discomfort in his body and the ticking countdown in his mind, Zhang Yu knew he couldn't linger any longer.

So he walked forward reluctantly, waving his hand: "Let's talk while walking."

Zhao Tianxing followed behind Zhang Yu, hesitantly said, "You want to eat fried chicken? But that's taboo for Body Refinement, Mr. Wang told us not to eat it, can we switch to chicken breast instead?"

"Don't worry, I'm not making you eat it, you just have to treat me." Thinking about the taste of fried chicken, Zhang Yu couldn't help but wipe the drool from the corner of his mouth.

Since coming to this world, having three meals a day in the high school's cafeteria with miserly healthy meals, Zhang Yu hadn't eaten something like fried chicken for a long time.

The relentless practice every day had been building up pressure in his heart, with no time to relax and no courage to spend even a bit more money.

At the thought of eating fried chicken soon, Zhang Yu felt considerably lighter at heart, almost as if the pressure had been relieved somewhat.

Following Zhang Yu all the way as he got on and off the subway, Zhao Tianxing watched as they arrived at the entrance of a fried chicken shop and curiously asked, "Coming so far just for this shop, it must be especially delicious, right?"

Zhang Yu: "Because it's on the way."

Unfortunately, as soon as Zhang Yu stepped into the fried chicken shop, that damn countdown started again in his mind.

He could only turn to Zhao Tianxing and say, "Buy me a fried chicken combo, I'll wait here for you."

Watching Zhang Yu sit down and start meditating on the spot, Zhao Tianxing scratched his head, confused about the situation.

A while later, watching Zhang Yu happily gnawing on a fried chicken leg on the street, Zhao Tianxing felt even more strange.

"Clearly so disciplined to use even the waiting time for breathing practice, yet wanting to eat fried chicken... what a strange person."

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And tagging along with Zhang Yu, Zhao Tianxing was even more surprised to find that instead of going to a tutoring center or buying more medicine, Zhang Yu went to a plaza to wait for a temporary job.

Zhao Tianxing: "You want to work?"

Zhang Yu patted his stomach, comfortably found a clean spot on the ground, sat down, and waved his hand: "A fried chicken is not enough for a chat, I'm going to practice while waiting for a job, do as you please."

Seeing Zhang Yu starting to breathe exercise on the ground like that, Zhao Tianxing was stunned again.

"Breathing exercises?" He looked at the nearby filthy water, listened to the noisy music coming from the barbershop across the street, and considered the obviously tough job seekers around, unable to help but ask again: "Breathing exercises here?"

But Zhang Yu was already fully engrossed in practicing the Circulation Qi Gathering Method, ignoring him this time.

Zhao Tianxing squatted beside Zhang Yu, observed for a while, and found that he was indeed practicing breathing exercises, his heart filled with more questions: "What benefit is there to breathing exercises here?"

"Is it just to practice while waiting for work?"

After waiting a while and realizing Zhang Yu had no intention of getting up, just when Zhao Tianxing was wondering whether to leave, his phone vibrated.

Seeing the inquiry message from Wang Hai, Zhao Tianxing replied that he was getting close to Zhang Yu. After hesitating for a long time, he finally sat down next to him and began practicing breathing exercises too.

Half an hour later, Zhao Tianxing couldn't help but open his eyes, only to find Zhang Yu still practicing breathing exercises.

An hour later, Zhao Tianxing stood up, stretched, and walked around, seeing Zhang Yu still immersed in breathing exercises when he turned back.

Over two hours later, Zhao Tianxing had long since stopped breathing exercises and began practicing the Thirty-Six Forms of Body Building one move at a time.

In his occasional observations, Zhang Yu remained still from start to finish, not even doing minor actions like scratching his head or rubbing his backside, and his breathing rhythm never changed.

Zhao Tianxing couldn't help but marvel in his heart: "Such high concentration, no wonder he can go days without any distractions."

"But without any Spirit Root here, no high spirit machine environment, and taking no medicine... is it really meaningful to have such low efficiency for breathing exercises?"

Under Zhang Yu's focused cultivation, the progress of the Circulation Qi Gathering Method improved again, reaching level 4 (12/80).

At this moment, another van drove into the plaza, and upon hearing they were looking for security personnel, Zhang Yu refocused, continuing his dedicated practice.

A high school student like him had no competitiveness against the likes of Old Deng for security jobs here.

But soon, he heard their recruitment request for youths, a good figure, looking clean and decent, and not too low on looks.

Zhang Yu suddenly opened his eyes, striding confidently toward the van, full of confidence: "What about me?"

The driver's eyes lit up and he walked over to Zhang Yu: "Great, great, we'll take you."

Zhang Yu chuckled and was about to shake hands with the driver, but found the driver bypassed him, grabbing Zhao Tianxing's hand instead, praising: "Great figure, and his face is fresh and handsome."

"What a chest!"

"Such a waist!"

"This back!"

The driver patted Zhao Tianxing's body while admiring, "Simply the perfect ratio. Although his absolute strength is not strong yet, the foundational frame is flawlessly developed, like a raw jade, exuding limitless potential."

"To reach such a level, if not for relentless hard practice, extremely disciplined living routines, alongside guidance from a master and almost extreme medication and injections, it simply wouldn't be achievable."

"You're the one, kid, I'll give you 800 per hour, come with me."

At this moment, Zhang Yu was shocked.

He didn't expect that his lean and ripped physique, refined and aloof face, and unique aura from another world would lose to Zhao Tianxing, a muscle-bound monster.

"Boss, look at me, I can do it too."

The driver glanced at Zhang Yu and shook his head: "Skinny dogs are out."

"Lacking a sense of security for security work, barely blocking half as much as others against a flying sword."

Zhao Tianxing tried to refuse: "Actually, I wasn't here to..."

Zhang Yu quickly interrupted him: "Boss, we two are blood brothers and swore to take on any job together, whether it's for one or many people."

The driver frowned, looked at Zhang Yu, then at Zhao Tianxing next to him, and finally asked Zhang Yu: "I'll give you 400 an hour, for a total of 4 hours. Will you do it?"

Zhang Yu nodded eagerly, "I'll do it! I'll do it! I'll do it!"

Zhao Tianxing was pulled by Zhang Yu towards the van.

Zhao Tianxing awkwardly said to Zhang Yu, "I'm not here to work, and if I return too late my mom would worry; I should tell the boss ..."

Zhang Yu quickly said, "You had something to talk to me about, right? Let's work a shift together, you can talk to me about anything."

Thinking of Wang Hai's assignment, Zhao Tianxing unwillingly said, "I need to call my mom first."

The van drove the two of them all the way to the city center, and the driver introduced them to their work during the ride.

"Ms. Li Xuelian is holding an art exhibition at the Cloud Hall on the 999th floor, there's actually no problem with security."

"But Ms. Li is dissatisfied with the appearance of the internal security personnel; she fears it might affect the viewing experience, so we were told to find some young and handsome guys to go over."

"When you two get there, change into the security uniforms and listen to the security captain's orders."

"Especially remember, under no circumstances should you offend Ms. Li."

Zhang Yu curiously asked, "This Ms. Li, she must be really rich, right?"

"Heh, rich?" The driver snorted with pride, "Not just rich, Ms. Li is the daughter of a Golden Core True Man!"