Chapter 144 The Price of Giving Up (Thanks to 'sfqk' for the reward)

In a fantasy.

Ten handsome men with different temperaments, sizes and outstanding qualities appeared in front of Zhang Yu.

And with just a glance, you can see that each of them is the best among men, and each of them has unique skills.

But feeling the meaningful gazes of these ten men and watching them approaching step by step, Zhang Yu only felt that it was more terrifying and more desperate than having to deal with ten Song Hailongs on the ring.

“Get lost!”

"Don't come over here!"

At this moment, Zhang Yu was extremely frightened and furious.

He didn't expect that someone in Kunxu would use this method to insult him and force him to give up the foundation-building exam.

"I want to give up too!"

"At worst, I can take the exam again next year..."

But as soon as this thought came to his mind, Zhang Yu felt the chill coming back, and he knew that he would not give up this ritual at all.

…

In the office.

Huang Zichou frowned and said, "He doesn't want women, and he doesn't want men either. Could it be that he wants..."

Deng Bingding said calmly: "It's normal for men and women to have no interest in love. Some people just like money more, like power more, like authority more..."

"But as long as you are a wise person, you always have a price, your own weaknesses, your own soft spots."

"It's generally easy for poor people to find jobs in this area."

Deng Bingding pointed casually and said, "Huang Zichou, you should be responsible for Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, the two poor people. Eliminate them as soon as possible to avoid wasting the budget."

Huang Zichou was slightly stunned, and quickly said: "Uh, no..."

In his opinion, these two poor guys obviously couldn't get good results. Wouldn't it be the most useless thing to be responsible for their Dao Heart test during this test? But Deng Bingding didn't give Huang Zichou a chance to object. He stopped him with a big hand and said, "Everyone is working overtime this time. The time is tight and the task is heavy. If you have any complaints, you can talk about it later."

Deng Bingding instructed again: "Remember, pay attention to the illusion and don't blindly increase the price in the illusion."

"The key is to find the opponent's weaknesses and spend money where it counts. Otherwise, you'll just be wasting money and the valuation will be inflated."

"Which of you was criticized during the review of the foundation building exam? Don't blame me for not reminding you."

All the gods present knew that the process of the foundation-building exam would be reviewed, and if they gave random evaluations to the students, they would be punished.

Huang Zichou on the other side thought to himself, "Oh, isn't this giving me the worst job in this project? Is Lord Deng deliberately making things difficult for me?"

Although Deng Bingding seemed to be assigning him to do this casually, he knew how could a sixth-class god do this casually? "Impossible, I put 5,000 yuan in the favor charm I gave her."

"Before the four of us came here, we agreed to use 3,000 favorability charms together. I've already added 2,000 more..."

He couldn't help but look at his three colleagues beside him, but found that the three Gongcao gods were working seriously and attentively, and had no intention of speaking at all.

With a hint of depression, Huang Zichou could only turn his attention to Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen, cursing his bad luck in his heart.

"What's the point of two poor fellows taking this exam?"

"Help them finish the test quickly."

"I can also assign some other good students to take the test..."

Just when Huang Zichou wanted to seize the time to eliminate Zhang Yu and Bai Zhenzhen.

Across the light screens, students have gradually begun to surrender in the Dao Heart Test.

Deng Bingding used his magical power to record down the things that each student received when they surrendered according to their estimated value.

400 million withdrawal

600 million withdrawal

320 million withdrawal

Seeing these figures of hundreds of millions, Deng Bingding sighed in his heart: "After all, this is a fantasy world. In reality, no one would offer such a high price just to make them withdraw from the competition."

"The illusion also made them subconsciously ignore many things that were wrong, just to test the limits of their hearts."

The numbers recorded by Deng Bingding are high and low, simply because everyone's background, strength, and wealth are different, and the temptations they face are also different. Spending a long time in the illusion does not necessarily mean that one's valuation is higher than others.

Among them, personal wealth has a great influence, which is normal in Deng Bingding's view. After all, wealth has always been one of the important sources of immortal potential and determination.

Among them, freshmen tend to perform a little worse than sophomores because they have two opportunities to take the foundation-building exam, which is similar to the differences between freshmen and sophomores in terms of Taoism, magic power, and physical body.

The next moment, as Deng Bingding's eyes moved, he saw Yu Xinghan's illusion.

…

In the illusion.

"This is Xianyun High School in Xiandu City. What do you think of the environment?"

"In order to build this school, the group specially moved an entire spiritual vein here, just to provide the first and a half floors of high school students with the best learning environment."

"Here is the application for admission."

"As long as you agree, you can come here to study in the future."

Yu Xinghan took a deep breath of the air at Xianyun High School and felt that it was the best air he had ever smelled in his life.

But after hearing what the other party said, he gritted his teeth and chose to refuse.

"What about the citizenship of Xiandu City? Don't you want to live here?"

"What about a formal job at Oasis Group? This is something that many people dream of, but have worked hard their entire lives to get."

Yu Xinghan rejected one request after another, not because he was not tempted or didn't want it.

But his rich experience in asking for money told him that now was not the other party's bottom price, and he could still ask for more.

Until the other party said something that really shook his heart.

"We can pay to buy you back from Master Xinghuo."

Yu Xinghan's expression changed obviously when he heard this.

"We can pay to help you transfer your contract with Xinghuo Zhenren to the name of Oasis Group."

"The new contract will be better and more lenient, and you will have real freedom."

"This is the highest offer. If you don't accept this, there is no room for negotiation."

Yu Xinghan didn't know whether this was the other party's highest bid.

But he knew that this was a lifebuoy that had floated in front of him.

In this vast, dark ocean, this was the first time he encountered a lifebuoy.

If you choose to let go, you may never have such an opportunity again in your life.

So he reached out his hand without hesitation and seized the opportunity.

Yu Xinghan: "I...my penalty is very high."

"Everything in this world has a price, and the penalty for breach of contract is not unlimited."

The other party smiled and said, "You are only at the Qi Refining Stage now. How much are you worth in the eyes of Master Xinghuo?"

…

In the office.

Deng Bingding watched Yu Xinghan's rapid defeat and thought to himself, "Haha, once the real flaws in his mind are discovered, he will be defeated like a mountain after these fierce attacks."

"Well, according to the information, Master Xinghuo may have invested about 80 million in Yu Xinghan so far."

"Referring to the situation of Master Xinghuo, it is estimated that it will cost more than ten times the price to transfer the contract, plus other additional conditions, so the final valuation is 1.3 billion? Well, with Master Xinghuo's appetite, it is almost enough to make so much money by reselling such a Qi Refining disciple and then find another disciple to train."

Of course, Deng Bingding knew that these were all the results estimated by the gods based on the data. If such a thing really happened in reality, the price would definitely be different, but it was sufficient to use it as an evaluation in this test.

Deng Bingding thought to himself, "I didn't expect this student from Songyang to be so capable."

"But at the end of the day, the weak spots are also obvious."

"The golden elixir makes him successful, and the golden elixir also makes him fail. True Man Xinghuo can make him successful, but he can also destroy him."

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"Especially since Master Xinghuo will invest more and more money in him in the future, there will inevitably be more restrictions on him."

"This is the biggest flaw in his Dao heart. On his future path to immortality, it will eventually become a huge obstacle."

After casually recording the situation of Yu Xinghan and the next few students, she looked curiously at the other two students from Songyang City.

"Those two poor people haven't been recruited yet?"

Deng Bingding was a little surprised, so she looked over.

…

In a fantasy.

The temptation that Bai Zhenzhen suffered was very similar to that of Zhang Yu.

But because of the sterilization operation, the illusion did not provide her with all kinds of temptations from men and women.

Living in a one-and-a-half-story house in the city center and enjoying the most luxurious training conditions, Bai Zhenzhen already felt that she was becoming increasingly irresistible.

The illusion and Huang Zichou who was controlling it from outside obviously also felt Bai Zhenzhen's heartbeat.

So in the illusion, the price slowly stopped rising, and they even said that Bai Zhenzhen's price was too high and they wanted to terminate the negotiations.

After some tug-of-war, Bai Zhenzhen took the initiative to state her last request.

"I want to give Zhang Yu the same conditions you gave me."

Ever since she started preparing for the foundation-building exam, Bai Zhenzhen has always had a fear in her heart, a fear that she often deliberately ignored and often dared not think about.

That is... if Zhang Yu failed to pass the foundation building test, failed the first and second times, and finally failed to get into the top ten... what should he do? There was once an opportunity to enter the Tianjiao class of Wanfa University, which was placed in front of Zhang Yu by Zhang Pianpian.

If he chose to stay with me, but ultimately failed to make it into the top ten.

If that happens, will Zhang Yu regret it? "If that happens, how can I face Yu Zi?"

She could only tell herself that it wouldn't happen. With Yuzi's performance and her true spiritual roots, she would definitely be able to pass the foundation-building test.

However, after seeing the performance of Ye Lingxiao, Yun Jing and others in the foundation-building test, Bai Zhenzhen once again began to doubt whether she could pass the foundation-building test.

And now, as long as he sacrifices one of his exam opportunities, he can help himself and Zhang Yu win a large amount of immortal resources and greatly increase the chances of passing the foundation-building exam... This seems to be the most rational and most beneficial decision.

"I can give up the foundation building exam, but the condition you agree to is not just to give it to me, but also to give one to Zhang Yu... and Zhang Yu doesn't have to withdraw from the foundation building exam."

…

In the office.

Huang Zichou, who was observing the illusion, frowned with a strange expression on his face.

"A friend actually... such a request?"

It cannot be said that such a request does not occur at all in the illusion, but in Huang Zichou's opinion it is indeed very rare.

After all, in the fantasy of most people, all they have to do is satisfy their own desires, and very few people think about others.

If he met such a person in real life, Huang Zichou would only call him an idiot in his heart.

But looking at Bai Zhenzhen who was in the illusion at this moment, Huang Zichou said in his heart that fools have good fortune.

Deng Bingding, who was standing by, glanced at the final result and recorded: "Bai Zhenzhen, the final valuation is 600 million times 2."

"1.2 billion. I never thought that students in Songyang City could reach this number. It's much higher than many high school students in Xiandu."

"It's really rare for someone of her status to persist to this extent."

"If he can catch up with the students in Xiandu in other aspects next year, he will be an excellent seed for building the foundation."

Next, as Deng Bingding observed, more and more students completed the Dao Heart Test, and before they knew it, only the last three were left.

Ye Lingxiao and Yun Jing were not beyond her expectations, but Zhang Yu's persistence was incomprehensible to her.

At this moment, Yun Jing also finished the Dao Heart Test.

…

In the illusion.

Yun Jing looked at the contract in front of him with a hint of regret in his eyes.

The Yun family, which seems to be extremely prosperous, has actually been on the decline over the years.

Especially with the reform of body refining technology, the Yun family failed to keep up due to investment mistakes, and because of the failure in the internal struggle of the company, this decline became more and more obvious.

Although the assets are still huge, the working capital is becoming increasingly tight.

After signing this contract, the Yun family will have this working capital and will definitely be able to revive.

The price was that he gave up his high school foundation-building qualification certificate.

"But it doesn't matter. Even if I don't have the high school foundation-building qualification certificate, I can still get into the top ten."

“As long as the Yun family returns to its peak, more of the younger generations of the Yun family will be able to pass the foundation-building qualification exam in the future.”

…

In the office.

"As long as you are a human being, you must have a price, weaknesses, and soft spots."

Deng Bingding's mind flashed back to what he had been saying all along.

"This Yun Jing has been educated by his family since he was young, and he is extremely loyal and grateful to his family."

"Humph, this kind of feeling is good for the family, but it is just an obstacle on the path to immortality."

"If you are not self-centered and selfish enough, how can you climb to the top of the immortal path?"

Deng Bingding shook his head and wrote down the other party's valuation: "Yunjing, the valuation is 5 billion."

(End of this chapter)