Douluo Dalu 3: Legend of the White Fox

After confirming the identity of the Seed of Life within the Golden Ancient Tree, Gu Yue's mood became noticeably gloomy.

"The Blue Silver Emperor, Ah Yin, the wife of the Plane Lord!" Xia Yi murmured softly. He wondered—if he stole the Seed of Life, would the Plane Lord jump out and fight him to the death?

Of course, it was just a passing thought.

He still didn't even know how he had managed to steal the power of the Golden Ancient Tree in the first place.

And how could he steal the Seed of Nature?

The Seed of Nature wasn't just energy—it was a tangible entity. To steal it, he would have to pass through the Golden Ancient Tree's body.

If he really attempted that, there was no way he could hide it from the Golden Ancient Tree or the powerful experts of the Sea God Pavilion.

Right now, he had just broken through to three soul rings.

Even if he reached the rank of an Ultimate Douluo, it wouldn't be easy to take the Seed of Nature away from so many powerhouses of the Sea God Pavilion.

"Alright, stop frowning. Even if we've confirmed that the Seed of Nature is the transformed seed of the Sea God's mother, the Blue Silver Emperor, frowning won't solve anything. Instead of dwelling on it, we should work on strengthening ourselves so that we can gain control over her before she fully regrows," Xia Yi comforted Gu Yue, ruffling her hair.

"I know." Gu Yue clenched her silver teeth, her heart burning with rage.

The Douluo Continent was the transformed body of the Mountain Dragon King.

It was already strange enough that a Plane Lord had appeared out of nowhere, but now, even the life core of the Douluo Continent was being taken.

The Sea God, the Plane Lord of Douluo Continent… if they also took control of the life core, then wouldn't the entire continent—formed from the Mountain Dragon King—become the Sea God's personal backyard?

The issue of the Seed of Life was just a small interlude for Xia Yi. Right now, his priority remained the same—training as usual.

His daily routine still revolved around helping Zi Ji complete the crafting of her two-word battle armor.

While Xia Yi was busy forging like mad, in Shrek Academy, Tang Wulin—who had consumed the ten-thousand-year spirit herb given by Feng Wuyu—finally woke up.

His soul power had directly broken through to level 30.

Seeing Tang Wulin's breakthrough, Feng Wuyu was naturally overjoyed and immediately had him attempt spirit forging before teaching him fusion forging.

With a loud bang, a Life Crystal shattered under Tang Wulin's spirit-forged Heavy Silver Hammer.

"My Life Crystal! You've ruined another one! You idiot, why can't you get it right no matter how much I teach you?" Feng Wuyu roared furiously, smacking Tang Wulin hard on the back of his head.

"Spirit forging a Life Crystal is something only a rank-six blacksmith can do," Tang Wulin protested, feeling wronged. He hadn't expected Feng Wuyu to be this strict.

He thought he had been making excellent progress over the past few days, but in Feng Wuyu's eyes, it was worthless.

"Still talking back? Is this how Mu Chen taught you?" Feng Wuyu scolded coldly.

He knew Tang Wulin's forging skills were already excellent.

But every time he saw Tang Wulin, he couldn't help but think of that monster, Xia Yi.

Right now, both were rank-five blacksmiths with soul power at level 30.

He just couldn't accept that his student was lagging behind Xia Yi in forging.

"Isn't Starfall Iron impossible to spirit forge?" Tang Wulin asked cautiously.

"Impossible? Look at this." Feng Wuyu tossed a piece of fusion alloy forged from Life Crystal and Starfall Iron—crafted by Xia Yi—into Tang Wulin's hands and said, "Nothing is impossible. Let me tell you, there are no useless metals, only useless blacksmiths. You need to understand one thing—if your forging skills are high enough, forget Starfall Iron, even a random stone from the street could be spirit-forged."

"I understand," Tang Wulin forced himself to say.

His gaze, however, remained locked on the alloy in his hands.

"Just take it. It's fusion alloy and can be reforged. Whether you use it for a mecha or battle armor, it's up to you," Feng Wuyu said indifferently.

"Thank you, teacher!" Tang Wulin hurriedly stored the alloy away.

If Feng Wuyu changed his mind, he'd have nowhere to cry.

"Look at you, acting like a greedy little miser." Feng Wuyu shook his head helplessly.

Since he had already given it, there was no point in taking it back.

Although spirit-forged Starfall Iron was precious to him, he could always ask Xia Yi to forge more when he returned to the academy.

Xia Yi's prices were a bit high, but still acceptable.

After leaving Feng Wuyu, Tang Wulin headed to the Shrek City Blacksmith Association.

Mu Chen had specially asked him to go.

For Tang Wulin's sake, Mu Chen had resigned from his position as the Eastsea City Blacksmith Association President and taken over as the President of the Shrek City Blacksmith Association instead.

When Tang Wulin knocked on the office door, he was surprised to find that the person sitting in the President's seat wasn't Mu Chen.

Mu Chen was sitting on a sofa to the side instead.

"You're here, Wulin! Come, let me introduce you—this is my senior brother, your and Mu Xi's martial uncle, the Divine Blacksmith Zhen Hua. Come and pay your respects to your uncle," Mu Chen said with a smile.

"Greetings, Uncle!" Though Tang Wulin was shocked, he immediately bowed in respect.

"Such a promising young talent. I just heard from Mu Chen that you've already reached rank-five in blacksmithing. Is that true?" Zhen Hua asked curiously.

"I was just lucky," Tang Wulin replied humbly.

"Wulin, your uncle says he wants to test you. Do you dare to accept the challenge?" Mu Chen asked, smiling.

Tang Wulin was stunned at first but quickly became excited. He immediately responded, "Yes, I do!"

Zhen Hua: "???"

"Test? What test? When did I say that?" Zhen Hua looked at Mu Chen, baffled.

Mu Chen simply turned his head away, avoiding eye contact.

In that instant, Zhen Hua understood—this wasn't about testing Tang Wulin at all.

Mu Chen just wanted him to personally instruct the boy.

"Oh well. I might as well see what kind of level the younger generation of blacksmiths has reached these days," Zhen Hua said, not bothering to get angry at Mu Chen's trick.

He had only come to Shrek Academy for two reasons:

One, to attend Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu's wedding.

Two, to lend support to the Shrek City Blacksmith Association so that it wouldn't get overshadowed by the Shrek Academy Blacksmith Association.

…

Five days passed in the blink of an eye. Xia Yi, Gu Yue, and Wu Jin returned to Shrek Academy.

As soon as they arrived, Wu Jin went straight back to the dormitory.

Meanwhile, Xia Yi and Gu Yue headed toward the Sea God Lake.

They had been invited.

In the eyes of outsiders, Xia Yi and Gu Yue were both students of Leng Yaozhu.

For such an important event, how could they be absent?

That's right—Yun Ming and Leng Yaozhu's wedding was being held on the Sea God Lake.

By the time Xia Yi and Gu Yue arrived, massive lotus leaves had already risen across the lake's surface.

The Sea God Lake held special significance for Shrek Academy.

Almost every wedding at the academy took place there.

Naturally, the wedding of Skycover Douluo Yun Ming was no exception.

The lake was already packed with people—Shrek Academy students and guests who had come to offer their congratulations.

What surprised Xia Yi was that he couldn't see Yun Ming or Ya Li anywhere.

For such a grand wedding, they should have been out greeting the guests.

Just as Xia Yi and Gu Yue arrived, Shen Yi rushed over anxiously. "Why are you two here? The Pavilion Master has already gone to the Spirit Pagoda to pick up your teacher. Shouldn't you be with her instead of standing around here?"

"Huh? He already left for the Spirit Pagoda? Wasn't that scheduled for later?" Xia Yi was startled.

According to the original wedding schedule announced by Shrek Academy, there was still over an hour before the bride was to be picked up.

"The wedding was suddenly moved up due to some unexpected circumstances. Didn't Tianfeng Douluo inform you?" Shen Yi asked in surprise.

"No, she didn't!" Xia Yi shook his head, then asked curiously, "What exactly happened to make them move the wedding up?"

Such a grand wedding wouldn't be rescheduled without a serious reason.

"It has something to do with the Holy Spirit Cult," Shen Yi said gravely.

"Holy Spirit Cult!" Xia Yi's eyes narrowed as he grabbed Gu Yue's hand and quickly left.

If the Holy Spirit Cult was involved, then something big was about to happen.

As they walked away, a crisp crack sounded.

A girl with golden twin ponytails had crushed the glass in her hand to dust.

Three days ago, Mu Xi had left the Spirit Pagoda. Since Shrek Academy was on break, she couldn't complete her enrollment process, so she had been staying at the Shrek City Blacksmith Association.

Mu Chen, now the President of the association, naturally had to attend this grand, continent-wide event.

Mu Xi had begged both Mu Chen and Zhen Hua for days before they finally agreed to bring her along.

But she never expected to witness this scene.