Chapter 355: Sibling Bonds
No Money to Cultivate Immortality?
Facing Zhang Pianpianâs inquiry, Zhang Yu glanced at the Dao Seed glowing faintly on her chest, then at Yu Xinghan, who was happily chatting with Li Xiao. He sent a private message:
"Donât worry, Senior Sister. I donât need the money right now anyway. Take it."
Zhang Pianpian felt a strange stir in her heart. When sheâd helped this boy back then, it had only been on a whimâhe seemed talented, that was all.
Who wouldâve guessed that heâd rise so quickly? Not only was he now her classmate at Wanfa Sect University, he could even offer her this many spirit coins.
Especially that reply of his:
"Donât need it right now, take itâŠ"
Who says things like that? What kind of normal person says something so outrageous?
And yet, for some reason, hearing those crazy words filled Zhang Pianpian with a feeling sheâd never experienced before.
She nodded slightly and looked at Zhang Yu seriously.
"Alright. Lend me 25 spirit coins. Iâll pay you backâsix months at the earliest, a year at the latest."
Zhang Yu replied,
"Is 25 spirit coins enough? I can lend you 50 if you need it."
He thought to himself:
"After all these months of testing and idle chatter, the Dao Seed has always asked for 50 spirit coins. That requirement hasnât changed."
"Looks like it really
does
need exactly 50."
Zhang Yu had always been deeply aware of his sisterâs strength.
Especially since arriving at Wanfa Sect Universityâseeing her tamper with dormitory mana consumption data, then watching her in the underground tomb disable networks, hijack surveillance, and toy with peopleâs Law Husks.
Now, with the Dao Seedâs price tagâ50 spirit coins for the Supreme Purity SigilâZhang Yu was convinced Zhang Pianpianâs Dao Seed had to be incredibly powerful.
"Well then⊠Supreme Purity Sigil! Activate!"
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On the other side, Zhang Pianpian blinked in surprise when she received Zhang Yuâs message.
Fifty was obviously better than twenty-five⊠but the guy only had 56 coins total. Giving away this much in one goâŠ
As she was still hesitating, she saw the transfer come through.
50 spirit coins.
Zhang Pianpian:
"Are you insane?"
"Who the hell just
sends
this much money without a second thought?"
She looked at Zhang Yu like he was the dumbest person in Kunxu.
Because in Kunxu, giving away money like this? That was beyond stupid.
Money meant potential. It meant power, it meant a future. It meant life.
Lending 50 spirit coins all at once was the same as lending someone your lifeâit was giving them your future potential.
But since Zhang Yu had already made up his mind to lend her the full amount and activate her Dao Seed, he didnât intend to drag things out.
"No point beating around the bush."
So he replied:
"Senior Sister, just take it."
"I know you're strapped for cash."
"And the stronger you get, the better you can protect me."
Looking at Zhang Yu, Zhang Pianpianâs heart swelled. Her younger brother had just handed her nearly all his spirit coins.
Sheâd seen mountains of money before. But right now, not even ten thousand spirit coins could compare to the fifty sheâd just received from Zhang Yu.
"This⊠is what it means to be family?"
Silently, she accepted the transfer.
Zhang Pianpian felt as if a warm current flowed from his body into hers.
That warmth was his potential. His life. His future.
And now⊠he was giving it all to her.
"Little brother, Iâve felt your strength. I understand your heart."
"I wonât waste any of itâŠ"
Right after Zhang Pianpian accepted the money, Zhang Yu received a digital contract from her.
He blinked in surprise as he read it:
"A repayment contract? Starting next month, pay me back 5 spirit coins per month⊠for 12 months?"
Zhang Pianpian:
"Iâve accepted the money. And for what I need to do now, the more I have, the better."
"Sign the contract."
Zhang Pianpian:
"You lent me this money, Iâll pay it backâwith interest. Thatâs how we honor our bond."
In her heart, she thought:
"You were willing to lend me this money. Iâm willing to repay you with interest. Thatâs what makes us true family. This repayment contractâthatâs the bond between us."
Zhang Yu didnât know what kind of "bond" Zhang Pianpian was thinking about, but since she insisted, he signed the contract.
As the agreement finalized, Zhang Pianpian could feel their sibling connection deepen.
Zhang Yu, on the other hand, watched her curiously, eager to see how this Supreme Purity Sigil Dao Seed would activate.
But all he saw was Zhang Pianpian close her eyesâher consciousness diving into the Spiritual Realm.
Moments later, when she opened her eyes again, the Dao Seed silently lit up.
Supreme Purity Sigil (Sigil) â Level 1
Zhang Yu thought:
"It worked?"
Just then, Yu Xinghan tugged his sleeve.
"Come on, what are you standing around for? Class is starting!"
"First lecture of sophomore yearâwe canât be late."
No time to test the Sigilâs effect in detail, Zhang Yu followed Yu Xinghan and Li Xiao to class.
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Classroom.
When Zhang Yu entered, he saw that the seat dead center in the front row had been left open.
Ying Xin waved him over.
"Senior Brother! Over here!"
Seeing her so eager, Zhang Yu thought,
"As expected of the sixth-generation civil engineering prodigyâadapts quickly. Must run in the family."
He sat down with Yu Xinghan on his left.
Li Xiao tried to sit on Zhang Yuâs right, but Ying Xin bumped him aside.
"I have something to talk to Senior Brother about. You go sit somewhere else."
Seated beside him, Ying Xin pulled out a pillbox and offered it to Zhang Yu.
"I went to your dorm last night, but you werenât in. So I figured Iâd give this to you in class."
Zhang Yu took the box and casually opened the lidâexpecting to see a standard stamina pill.
Instead, he froze.
"Wheat flour?!"
"Youâre seriously giving me
this
in the classroom?!"
But a moment later, it clicked.
"Waitâis this the ancestral bone ash Ying Xin mentioned? Whyâs it so white?"
Fu Jiâs voice echoed in his mind:
"That just means itâs high qualityâburned cleanly, maybe contains some metal elements. And the person it came from was probably Foundation Establishment Realm at least."
Realizing it wasnât flour but bone ash, Zhang Yu let out a breath of relief.
Fu Ji added,
"She put it in a pill bottle on purposeâto avoid attracting attention. Not bad. Sheâs got real civil engineering talent."
Watching him open the bottle, Ying Xin explained:
"Itâs from my great-grandfather. A few drops of blood and a sprinkle of this into your concreteâmassive structural boost."
"Youâre definitely entering this yearâs civil engineering competition, right? Youâll need it."
Zhang Yu weighed the bottle in his hand and smiled.
"Thanks, Ying. I appreciate the gesture."
Ying Xin smiled back. Zhang Yu was now Director Gaoâs named discipleâif she got close to him, sheâd be connected to Gao as well.
Inwardly, she thought:
"Great-grandpa, now that you're in Zhang Yu's hands, please bless me. Let me rise under Director Gao and become a true queen of the construction site."
Just then, their instructor arrived.
He stepped up to the podium and got right to the point.
"My name is Wei Huai. Iâll be teaching your Engineering Geology course."
"Starting sophomore year, civil engineering students will learn construction-based techniques."
"And to fully master these, youâll need to understand terrain and site geologyâonly then can you draw out a techniqueâs full potential..."
Seated in class, Zhang Yu began multitasking with Limitless Heart: Inner Incarnate Bodyâhalf his mind on the lecture, the other diving into the Dao Seed Codex via Feathered Tome to study the Supreme Purity Sigilâs effects.
"Waitâraising it to level two needs
another
100 spirit coins?!"
"My sisterâs talent really is a money pitâŠ"
As he focused, more information surfaced from the Dao Seed.
"The Sigilâs core function⊠is to create a Spiritual Realm dwelling?"
Zhang Yuâs curiosity flared. He wanted to dive in and see this Spiritual Realm dwelling for himself.
But he remembered his sisterâs warningâdo
not
activate Limitless Heart: Inner Incarnate Body while entering the Spiritual Realm.
Without it, he couldnât multitask.
"And I canât afford to skip class."
"Iâll check it out later when Iâm free."
He continued listening to the lecture, gradually gaining a sense of how large-scale construction techniques interacted with various terrains and landforms.
The whole day passed with Zhang Yu focused on his classes. That night, back in his dorm, he finally stopped using Limitless Heart: Inner Incarnate Body and put on his Spiritual Realm Mask.
As he activated the Supreme Purity Sigil, his consciousness shot through the Spiritual Realmâpassing flashes of radiant color in rapid succession.
When he came to, he stood before a mist-shrouded Daoist temple nestled in the mountains.
Looking at the characters above the gate, he murmured,
"Supreme Purity Domain?"
He stepped inside. The place wasnât bigâjust one main hall. Inside, Zhang Pianpian sat cross-legged before an immense, faceless statue.
As Zhang Yu entered, Zhang Pianpian suddenly turned, shocked to see him at the door.
But then her eyes narrowed, a glint of killing intent rising.
"Zhang Yu canât be here," she thought.
"Someone dares impersonate my brother and sneak into the Supreme Purity Domain?!"
She formed a hand seal. Instantly, the world trembled.
Zhang Yu felt an immense force crash into himâlike his body was about to shatter into pieces.
Before he could even react, his ID, browsing history, bank records, and transaction logs flowed from his body like discarded data fragments, hovering in the air.
Zhang Pianpianâs eyes widened in shock.
"Zhang Yu? Itâs really you?"
"How did you get into the Supreme Purity Domain?"