Chapter 174

"Hahaha, watch me operate a mecha with my spirit soul!"

In the mecha control class, Xie Xie watched his spirit soul fuse into his familiar mecha, operating it and enjoying the envious gazes around him.

They had been at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for some time now.

The learning atmosphere here was more relaxed than they had imagined; competition certainly existed, but it was not as fierce as they had expected.

Perhaps it was because the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineers focused more on innovation and practice of soul guide technology rather than pure contests of strength?

The entire academy was more like a massive research institute; everywhere one could see students in groups of three or five discussing soul tool design diagrams or testing new core formations, filled with an academic atmosphere. Xie Xie felt he had adapted well.

The spirit soul controlled the mecha to nimbly spin a circle on the training ground; the metal joints emitted a smooth "click-clack" sound.

Under the blessing of his spirit soul, this basic training mecha's reaction speed was obviously stronger than what most people could pilot; only a few who also came from mecha families could match Xie Xie.

He got away with it.

"Tsk, this guy Xie Xie..."

Zhang Yangzi clicked his tongue in amazement, feeling somewhat unhappy for some reason.

His own poverty was not worth mentioning, but his teammate's wealth made him hate them to death.

Their family's hereditary spirit souls could all operate mechas; in this kind of class, they naturally had an added advantage.

"This is what his family earned through years of effort; don't be envious. We can also leave wealth for future generations." Wang Jin Xi patted his shoulder and laughed, "Besides, our thousand-year spirit souls were also carefully selected for us by Teacher Luo; they're not much worse than his."

Apart from Wu Lin and Xiao Yan, they had all already absorbed their second spirit soul; this was the choice most soul masters made for the sake of stability.

After all, a yellow spirit soul can only provide two soul rings, a purple spirit soul can only provide three soul rings. If a person upgrades their first spirit soul to purple, then unless they are confident they can break through from the Spirit Connection realm to the Spirit Sea realm at the four-ring Soul Ancestor stage, it will be somewhat troublesome.

Could it be they would have to fuse a hundred-year spirit soul at the four-ring Soul Ancestor stage, or go overseas to hunt soul beasts?

The former seems a bit laughable; the latter, who knows how much time it would take — in this era, both seem inadvisable.

Not only that, the Spirit Sea realm is called the threshold of a Titled Douluo; if one wants to break through to Titled Douluo, Spirit Sea realm spiritual power is a must.

This is because the Spirit Sea realm spirit soul fusion limit is three. If one fuses a yellow, a purple, and a black spirit soul, then one can just obtain two yellow, three purple, four black — nine soul rings — to advance to Titled Douluo. So one occasionally sees people who become Titled Douluo existing with this soul ring configuration.

If one chooses to upgrade the first spirit soul to purple and uses a ten-thousand-year for the second spirit soul, then one must advance to the Spirit Abyss realm before reaching eight-ring Soul Douluo.

Xie Xie and the others currently lack this kind of confidence; Luo Yulu previously told Tang Wulin not to rush spirit ascension in order to observe whether he had the possibility to do this.

Judging by the spiritual power advancement speed of the past two years, only Xu Xiaoyan and Tang Wulin have the highest probability.

Hearing Wang Jin Xi's comfort, Zhang Yangzi's mood gradually calmed down; he looked toward Tang Wulin, who was excitedly fiddling with the training mecha with a face full of excitement.

He really likes mechas.

Thinking this, Zhang Yangzi said in a low voice:

"We should probably also put some real effort into our sub-occupations; Wu Lin is almost reaching the Spirit Forging level."

Hard to say what thoughts they had before, but after these years of getting along with Teacher Wu, they had already understood that what the other party said was not wrong. Battle Armor Masters are now stronger than Mecha Masters; this is a fact.

If they don't want to stay under someone else's wing forever, becoming a Battle Armor Master is the best choice.

"... Can't we just lie flat and be fine?"

Xu Xiaoyan popped out from the corner, her tone subtle, "Yuhao alone can complete design and manufacturing, Wu Lin forges; we just need to learn maintenance."

Among sub-occupations, maintenance costs the least effort. If someone can help you forge, design, and manufacture battle armor, then choosing maintenance is the most labor-saving operation...

The people around her are too exaggerated; they even want to lie flat in their sub-occupations.

"..."

That pierced the heart, old bro; how do you expect us to reply? Let us motivate ourselves a bit!

Wang Jin Xi and Zhang Yangzi looked at each other and secretly sighed.

They only found out later that Yuhao didn't tell the whole story when he first introduced sub-occupation capabilities. The gap is even larger than they imagined.

Xu Xiaoyan spoke, somewhat puzzled:

"Speaking of which, Sister Na's sub-occupation is Designer, right? Then who is the blacksmith Yuhao and them found?"

With Yuhao's ability, battle armor should have already started manufacturing, but they also haven't seen the other party approach Wu Lin to ask for metal.

"Don't know."

Wang Jin Xi shook his head, "Maybe they found a Saint Craftsman to manufacture Spirit Forged metal? The gap between their progress and ours is too large."

Hearing this, Xu Xiaoyan silently nodded.

Indeed, there are very few things they can help Yuhao and Sister Na with...

"Xiao Yan."

A clear, cold voice suddenly rang out beside the three; Xu Xiaoyan turned at the sound, revealed a smile, and softly asked, "Sister Shen Xing, is something the matter?"

The arrival was precisely Shen Xing; her figure was graceful, her steps light; even wearing a simple school uniform, she could not conceal her exquisite curves.

However, forming a stark contrast with this moving appearance was her exquisite face, cold as frost, as if she naturally carried an aura that strangers should not approach, making one involuntarily feel awe and not dare to easily draw near.

"Can't I chat with you if there's nothing wrong?"

However, after drawing close to Xu Xiaoyan, Shen Xing's indifferent face revealed a smile, and she chatted with her in a completely unguarded manner.

Wang Jin Xi and Zhang Yangzi looked at each other in blank dismay.

When did these two become friends?

Regarding this, Xu Xiaoyan expressed that she had already seen a girl who liked to keep a cold face, and successfully became friends with her. After all, when it comes to affinity and "favored" status, she is the number one in their group. Shen Xing had long since sunk under her sentence after sentence of intimate "Sister, Sister."

'This is also a special operation to avoid Xie Xie causing trouble; as long as they become friends, the effect of Xie Xie's venomous tongue will decrease.'

Xu Xiaoyan secretly thought.

Xu Yucheng walked over at some point, "Wang Jin Xi, Zhang Yangzi, next class is virtual space combat; interested in teaming up?"

Zhang Yangzi sized him up and down, glanced at Wang Jin Xi, and finally nodded slightly, "Okay."

Their relationship with this person was average, but some courses at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy require cooperation to complete, so they had teamed up with Xu Yucheng before, which counted as friends.

Xie Xie and Tang Wulin, who had just gotten off the mecha and exchanged two sentences, the former noticed this scene, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

Just letting him notice; you guys became friends yourselves.

Thinking this, Xie Xie turned his head and discovered that someone had come over to Tang Wulin's side as well, leaving him set aside.

The world forgot him.

"Student Tang Wulin, can you forge Spirit Alloy?" Yuan En Yehui asked.

"Yes."

Yuan En Yehui's eyes brightened, "What is the fusion rate of the Spirit Alloy you forge?"

"Ninety... percent." Tang Wulin nearly said one hundred percent, but fortunately corrected himself at the last moment.

The Spirit Alloy he forged currently had a ninety percent fusion rate; this was peerless even among Saint Craftsmen, many Saint Craftsmen could not achieve it.

However, if he gave the metal to Yuhao, the other party could give him alloy with one hundred percent fusion rate, and then let him forge it — that was something even a Divine Craftsman might not be able to accomplish!

Tang Wulin also did not know how the other party did it, but he understood this matter must not get out.

Unless he and his companions needed to manufacture Battle Armor and Mecha, otherwise he would not use those Special Metals Yuhao gave him.

"I see..."

Yuan En Yehui nodded thoughtfully.

"Then, may I ask you to forge a batch of Spirit Alloy?"

"Of course." Tang Wulin familiarly took out a Soul Guidance Light Screen, making Xie Xie's eye corner twitch, "One piece of Spirit Alloy, if you provide the materials yourself, the processing fee is one hundred thousand Federal Coins, no problem?"

Once upon a time, the young Tang Wulin who could not even scrape together seventy thousand Federal Coins was now a wealthy man too.

His opening price was one hundred thousand.

"Okay."

Yuan En Yehui nodded without changing expression, then hesitated a moment and asked: "You are companions of Students Huo Yuhao and Gu Yue Na, right? Can you help arrange a meeting? I want to see them."

Tang Wulin and Xie Xie looked at each other in surprise.

Yuan En is Yuhao and the others' friend?

"We will tell them."

Hearing this, Yuan En Yehui breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "Thanks. By the way, are you interested in participating in an Exchange Competition with Shrek a few months from now?"

"Exchange Competition?"

"Yes, heard it started two years ago, initiated by Shrek Academy; for them it seems to be part of their final exam. Teacher Lin has designated me, and is currently looking for other teammates."

Xie Xie revealed an expression of great interest.

This means... they have a chance to compete against Shrek again?

Back then they were background board, this time they can be the protagonists?

"But, the end of this semester... that seems to be the agreed time to go to the Ice Fire Yin Yang Well, right?"

Xie Xie couldn't help but frown.

Feels like there will be quite a bit of trouble...

(End of Chapter)