Chapter 506: Financial is Financial, All Laws Are All Laws

Magneto True Lord: "Loans were originally intended by the school to meet the financial needs for expanded reproduction across various departments. Yet, some people treat them as their personal money bags..."

Chainlink True Lord snorted coldly: "Magneto! All your departments know is blind expansion. When you lose money, you expect the school to subsidize you. Isn't it our Finance Department that's constantly finding ways to cover the deficits? Who exactly is thinking only of their own pockets, and who is thinking of the school, thinking of Myriad Arts?"

"I just don't understand. The Finance Department has dedicated itself wholeheartedly to the school, pouring its heart and soul into it. How many spirit coins have we provided as subsidies? Why is it that the more money you spend, the more aggrieved you feel?"

As Magneto True Lord and Chainlink True Lord clashed directly, light and shadows roared in the Spirit Realm!

The Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Pagoda suppressed Spirit Realm information, freezing the freely flowing data like amber!

On the other side, spirit coins rumbled... Vast sections of the Spirit Realm network were directly contracted, causing Spirit Realm data usage fees to skyrocket!

As the Nine Heavens Primordial Yang Pagoda and the glow of countless spirit coins resonated, they were like ice and fire, each occupying half of the banquet hall.

Caught in the middle, everyone felt their thoughts unable to move even an inch in the Spirit Realm, unable to send or receive any messages from the outside world!

At this moment, the onlookers dared not resist. They watched the conflict between the Artifact Forging Department and the Finance Department, each as silent as a cicada in winter, terrified of making unnecessary noise and attracting the attention of these two major figures from the top departments.

Just then, layers of cloud sea emerged from the Spirit Realm. Everyone felt as if they were suddenly pulled from the banquet hall tens of thousands of meters into the sky, their feet resting on undulating layers of clouds!

At the same time, Skycloud True Lord coughed lightly. From his critical projection, formed by clouds and mist, a lightning-like gaze thundered, sweeping over Magneto True Lord and Chainlink True Lord!

Skycloud True Lord: "Alright, this is the Civil Engineering Department's celebration banquet. What kind of decorum is this, with the two of you bickering so loudly? Speak if you have something to say, don't resort to reckless actions!"

Looking at his own data bill, Skycloud True Lord thought to himself: the aftershocks of these two guys' recent actions caused his data fees to skyrocket!

After all, other teachers and students present could temporarily cut off communication with the outside world, but as a Vice-Principal and a Spirit Realm projection, he couldn't disconnect for a single second!

Meanwhile, deep within the Spirit Realm on the other side, the old director looked at the disconnected Spirit Realm projection and cursed inwardly, "Who raised the internet fees?"

He messaged Su Yan Yang: "How's the situation there?"

On the other side, Chainlink True Lord nodded slightly: "The Vice-Principal is right. Magneto, I won't stoop to your level today!"

Magneto True Lord: "Heh!" With that, Chainlink True Lord looked calmly at Zhang Yu and said, "Student Zhang Yu, you don't need to rush your reply to me!"

He opened his palm, and streams of light and shadow from the Spirit Realm seemed to transmit from afar, forming a gleaming golden card in his hand!

"This is an invitation I just had signed by the Golden Tower God-Lord, inviting you to visit the Finance Department!"

Feeling Chainlink True Lord's scrutinizing gaze, Zhang Yu wanted to refuse again, but felt a hand gently placed on his shoulder!

Then, a message from Director Gao appeared in his eye-bones: "Don't offend them too much; it will be detrimental to your immortal path at Myriad Arts University in the future!"

At the same time, Director Gao sighed inwardly: "If it were just for Zhang Yu himself, it wouldn't be this serious. It must be about the Divine Transformation Artifact Body."

Skycloud True Lord, not far away, frowned slightly upon seeing the invitation, but still said, "Zhang Yu, since it's an invitation signed by a God-Lord, just accept it!"

Everyone present looked at the projected invitation in Chainlink True Lord's hand, feeling increasingly surprised. It seemed no one had expected him to have an invitation signed by a God-Lord!

Everyone sensed Chainlink True Lord's determination to secure Zhang Yu for this purpose!

Chainlink True Lord watched as Zhang Yu accepted the invitation through his eye-bones and smiled faintly: "Once you receive the invitation, your consciousness can travel directly to the Finance Department via the Spirit Realm. All expenses will be reimbursed by the Finance Department; you won't have to pay a single coin..."

As the invitation crumbled inch by inch, the world before Zhang Yu's eyes swirled, and his entire surroundings violently transformed!

The next moment, his consciousness seemed to have flown rapidly through the Spirit Realm, heading towards the Finance Department!

Zhang Yu opened his eyes, looking at the somewhat familiar surroundings and the ground paved with spirit stones. He thought to himself, "The Finance Department."

It wasn't Zhang Yu's first time in the Finance Department; he still recognized some of the scenes here!

At the same time, a person appeared before Zhang Yu—it was Nine Heavens Gilded, the strongest student in the Finance Department and second in the entire university!

Seeing Zhang Yu appear, Nine Heavens Gilded smiled faintly: "Student Zhang Yu, long time no see. Today, I'll be your guide for a tour of the Finance Department." With that, Nine Heavens Gilded, not caring about Zhang Yu's reaction, led him towards the deeper parts of the Finance Department!

"This is the virtual currency exchange center. Want to try your hand?"

"Here, I'll lend you 10 spirit coins. If you lose, it's on me; if you win, it's yours. There's a market trend today; if you buy as I instruct, it shouldn't be hard to earn a few spirit coins in ten minutes!"

Though Zhang Yu didn't participate, seeing Nine Heavens Gilded earn several spirit coins with a few operations, his heart wavered!

And when he saw the traders around him making transactions of hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of spirit coins, his feelings became incredibly complex!

Noticing Zhang Yu's change in expression, Nine Heavens Gilded smiled faintly: "When I first visited Myriad Arts University in high school, what impressed me most was the trading center. You understand that feeling, don't you?"

"Especially if someone works hard all month just to earn a dozen or a few dozen spirit coins, and then they come here and see how traders make hundreds or even thousands of spirit coins in profit or loss daily with just a casual operation, people get a feeling: money isn't money!"

Nine Heavens Gilded sighed: "It even sparks a thought: Is working hard truly meaningful? A lifetime of toil might not be worth a single market fluctuation in someone else's investment!"

"If you ask me, this feeling isn't wrong! On the path of immortal cultivation, there are two kinds of people!"

"One kind relies on overtime and diligent work to advance step by step on the immortal path!"

"The other kind doesn't need to work tirelessly, doesn't need to cling to their meager monthly salary. As long as they use their minds, they can make spirit coins generate more spirit coins, moving faster and faster on the immortal path!"

"The former are called fools, the latter are called clever people!"

Next, Nine Heavens Gilded led Zhang Yu to another hall!

"This is the Fate and Fortune Monitoring Center. The entire Myriad Arts University, and even most of Kunxu's second layer, have countless pieces of intelligence and news interwoven here. Big data of all individuals with profound fate and fortune can be monitored here!"

"As long as we wish, we can gather fate and fortune onto any individual, allowing a vocational student to rise step by step, progressing all the way to a bachelor's degree, and eventually becoming the most noble and talented student among the top ten!"

"We can also extract the fate and fortune from some prodigies, making them descend from a bachelor's degree to a vocational student, becoming the most lowly and useless vocational student!"

At the same time, images of various case studies appeared beside Nine Heavens Gilded!

These were the fluctuating lives of numerous students. Yet, their lives, in Nine Heavens Gilded's hands at this moment, were like rising and falling stock prices, surging or plummeting with each operation of the Finance Department, generating wave after wave of profit for them!

Next, Nine Heavens Gilded led Zhang Yu to an exhibition hall!

The outer side of the exhibition hall was lined with huge floor-to-ceiling glass panels, revealing vast, boundless medicinal fields that stretched from sight to the horizon!

Within Myriad Arts University's campus city, it was difficult to see the outside world. Even Zhang Yu had only caught glimpses when he was at the top-floor construction site!

This was his first time standing inside the campus city and seeing the vast expanse of land outside!

Nine Heavens Gilded smiled faintly: "So, how about it? Doesn't the world look a little different from here?"

Zhang Yu calmly replied: "It looks pretty much the same as what I saw from the rooftop."

Nine Heavens Gilded smiled dismissively and continued to guide Zhang Yu through the exhibition hall.

He then began to explain, "Actually, the history of our Finance Department is even older than Myriad Arts University itself! And the Finance Department isn't just the Finance Department of Myriad Arts University; it's not even *just* the Finance Department!"

Long before Myriad Arts University was founded, various financial companies, which were precursors to the Finance Department, had existed for a long time!

And in even earlier history, we were aristocratic families, officials, hermits, and even royalty!

"In ancient times, we manipulated sects, toyed with fate and fortune, and witnessed the fall and rise of countless factions!"

"During the feudal era, we invested in promising powers, controlled the course of wars and history, and determined the rise and fall of countless dynasties!"

"Now, we span across all industries and various schools. Our power is omnipresent, determining the future paths of countless people in Kunxu!"

Nine Heavens Gilded led Zhang Yu to a large portrait. Looking at the majestic figures in the painting, he introduced, "This is the Kunlun Industrial Research Institute, jointly established by the Finance Departments of various schools, abbreviated as the Kunlun Association!"

"Apart from our school's Golden Tower God-Lord, a total of seven God-Lords from other schools are also involved!"

"Zhang Yu, perhaps you used to think a school is just a school, and at Myriad Arts University, everything revolves around the school! But I can tell you, the power of spirit coins can transcend the barriers between schools, and even between sects. Finance is finance; Myriad Arts is Myriad Arts!"

Nine Heavens Gilded turned to Zhang Yu, smiling slightly, and said, "Do you want to be a fool, toiling your whole life on a construction site or working overtime your entire life in an Artifact Forging Department laboratory? Or do you want to learn to use your mind, be a clever person, make money generate more money, and earn spirit coins that you could never earn in a lifetime in the Artifact Forging or Civil Engineering departments?"

Feeling Zhang Yu's gaze, Nine Heavens Gilded shook his head and said, "Your desire to transfer to the Artifact Forging Department isn't some big secret. I know, and Director Gao knows too!"

Zhang Yu suddenly asked, "If you're so powerful, can you get me into a sect?"

Looking at the silent Nine Heavens Gilded, Zhang Yu chuckled, "It seems the Finance Department isn't as amazing as you claim!"

Nine Heavens Gilded said coldly, "It's not that the Finance Department can't; it's that *you* can't. Affairs of sects are not something someone of your status should be contemplating!"