Douluo Dalu 3: Legend of the White Fox

"From now on, my contribution points are yours to manage. Go pay for the courses." Xia Yi transferred all his contribution points to Gu Yue.

"Do I look like your nanny?" Gu Yue gritted her teeth and asked.

If Xia Yi had voluntarily handed over his contribution points, she would have been happy to accept.

But now, she felt like a caretaker.

"I can't help it. You're not a working student, after all," Xia Yi chuckled.

The courses cost nearly ten thousand contribution points. If Xia Yi bought them himself, it would have cost over twenty thousand.

If he had to pay on his own, all his hard-earned contribution points would be gone in an instant.

Although Gu Yue and Wu Jin lived in the working students' dormitory, they weren't actual working students, so they received various discounts.

Some courses were even free for them.

On top of that, Gu Yue was the class president, which granted her additional discounts.

So, without hesitation, Xia Yi had Gu Yue pay for all the courses using her contribution points.

After reluctantly making the payment, Gu Yue said flatly, "Pick the ones you need."

The so-called courses were actually just a bunch of discs.

"Hehe!" Xia Yi grinned and selected a few lessons on spirit forging, fusion forging, mecha repair, and martial soul cultivation.

The rest were left for Gu Yue.

"Do whatever you need to do. We're leaving." Gu Yue stored the remaining courses in her spatial soul device and left with Wu Jin.

Since Xia Yi could already forge alloys, they needed to start designing battle armor with the soul beasts.

Most of the courses Xia Yi picked weren't for his own use at this stage.

They were for Gu Yue, Wu Jin, and Zi Ji—the soul beasts he was working with.

Since he was at Shrek Academy, he couldn't waste the opportunity.

Before this, Xia Yi had required Zi Ji and the others to study human soul devices.

However, since they had been self-studying, their knowledge was fragmented and incomplete.

Now, with a full set of Shrek Academy courses, Xia Yi believed they would make a qualitative leap.

Shrek Academy was known as the number one academy in the world. While other aspects might be debatable, its teaching quality was undoubtedly top-tier.

And this was exactly what soul beasts lacked the most.

After seeing Xia Yi's course selections, Gu Yue immediately understood his intentions.

Though she complained about being treated like a nanny, deep down, she was grateful.

Wu Jin also left with Gu Yue.

Since Xia Yi had already mastered alloy forging, it was time to start making their battle armor—not just for the soul beasts but for the three of them as well.

Normally, wearing one-word battle armor required at least the Soul King level.

For a Soul Elder, wearing just one or two pieces was completely fine.

As a forger, Xia Yi had to be present when Gu Yue designed the soul formations.

A disconnect between design and manufacturing was a fatal flaw in battle armor crafting.

Battle armor design was incredibly complex. Even the simplest one-word battle armor had multiple soul formations per piece.

These formations were intricate three-dimensional structures that had to be embedded and combined seamlessly.

It was impossible to record everything accurately using just blueprints.

That's why the forger needed to be present with the designer to remember every detail of the design.

Ten minutes later, Xia Yi stood alone at the cafeteria entrance, feeling like slapping himself.

"Why didn't I think to keep at least a little for myself?"

Earlier, he had handed over all his contribution points to Gu Yue without thinking.

Now, he didn't even have enough to buy food.

"Fine! I just won't eat!" Xia Yi gritted his teeth, turned around, and walked away.

Being this foolish, he felt unworthy of eating.

"Xia Yi!"

Just as he was about to leave, a cold voice called out from behind him.

"Yuanen?" Xia Yi turned around and saw Yuanen Yehui.

He still didn't know her full name, but when she transferred contribution points to him yesterday, he caught a glimpse of her student ID, which had the name "Yuanen" on it.

"What are you doing here?" Yuanen Yehui asked curiously.

"I'm seeing if any classmates left some leftovers." Xia Yi smiled awkwardly.

"You ran out of contribution points for food?" Yuanen Yehui raised an eyebrow. "Where did all the points you earned yesterday go?"

"Gu Yue confiscated them," Xia Yi replied.

"Confiscated?" Yuanen Yehui raised an eyebrow again. "Do you want me to treat you?"

"How could I accept that?" Xia Yi started, then immediately added eagerly, "What are we eating?"

Yuanen Yehui's eye twitched slightly.

Why were all these genius forgers so weird?

"Whatever you want, just use my student ID to pay," she said, handing her student ID to Xia Yi.

Since someone was offering, Xia Yi didn't hold back. He ordered four or five expensive dishes, spending over 300 contribution points.

"This is for you." Of course, he wasn't going to take her points for free, so he tossed her a piece of thousand-refined metal.

"You're really generous," Yuanen Yehui accepted the metal without hesitation. "I've noticed something about you."

"What is it?" Xia Yi asked curiously.

"You don't seem to care about contribution points at all, like some rich young master who doesn't worry about money."

"Are you complimenting me?" Xia Yi rolled his eyes.

"Of course!" Yuanen Yehui nodded seriously. "Then again, with your level as a fifth-rank forger and your ability to fuse alloys, you really don't need to worry about contribution points."

"Wait… how do you know that?" Xia Yi was surprised.

He remembered boasting about it to Gu Yue this morning, but Yuanen Yehui hadn't been there.

"Ye Xinglan told me."

After Yuanen Yehui's explanation, Xia Yi learned that Ye Xinglan and Xu Lizhi had also moved into the working students' dormitory.

Xu Lizhi had squeezed into Tang Wulin's room.

Ye Xinglan, who wasn't good at socializing, had originally planned to get her own room.

But Xu Xiaoyan, who was naturally outgoing, dragged her into the room she shared with Yuanen Yehui.

While chatting, Xu Xiaoyan asked Ye Xinglan why she suddenly transferred to the outer court, and Ye Xinglan revealed Xia Yi's alloy forging ability.

"Tch, I thought you treated me to a meal because you were captivated by my handsome face, but it turns out you just wanted to get on my good side for my forging skills," Xia Yi said in mock disappointment.

"Are all you genius forgers this odd? Tang Wulin is a food vacuum, and you act like a street thug," Yuanen Yehui sighed deeply.

"Being a proper gentleman is exhausting. Being a thug is much more comfortable," Xia Yi said shamelessly.

"Fine, I want some forged metal. Let's talk about the price," Yuanen Yehui said.

"In honor of this meal, I'll give you a 5% discount off Shrek Academy's standard price—whether it's spirit forging or alloy forging," Xia Yi said seriously.

"Can you really fuse alloys?" Yuanen Yehui asked cautiously.

Even though she had heard about it, she still found it hard to believe.

After all, in their second year, the best forger could only thousand-refine metals.

"No big deal," Xia Yi said nonchalantly.

"Alright, I want alloys. Once you forge them, we'll calculate the price based on the fusion rate, at 95% of the academy's price," Yuanen Yehui agreed without hesitation.

The metals Xia Yi had given her—both yesterday's hundred-refined metal and today's thousand-refined metal—had far stronger life energy than anything from other forgers.

Such materials were worth twice the price, and people would still fight over them.

Since he was giving her a discount, she didn't feel right haggling further.

"In that case, let me finish eating, and then we'll head to the Forging Association," Xia Yi said, feeling delighted.

Last night, he had successfully fused Life Crystal and Starfall Iron.

But since it was a last-minute effort, he needed more practice.

If not for this, he would have already left Shrek Academy with Gu Yue and the others.

Now, Yuanen Yehui was giving him free metal to practice with, plus contribution points.

It couldn't get any better.

(End of Chapter)