Bai Pu, You Are Truly a Generous Person

Bai Pu understood that Spirit Energy Points were more valuable, as they could be exchanged for money at any time; however, with money in hand, there were very few opportunities to exchange it for Spirit Energy Points.

The main reason was that Awakened generally didn't lack money. 'Poor in academics, rich in martial arts'—how many Awakened who successfully reached the critical value of 20 attribute points and passed the trials came from impoverished families?

Bai Pu, in this regard, was an anomaly.

Even though Bai Pu was so poor, he was still reluctant to exchange Spirit Energy Points for money. Like this time with the equipment recycling, he still chose to settle the transaction with Spirit Energy Points.

Su Xiaoxiao brought Bai Pu to an abandoned equipment recycling warehouse, and Qilin shamelessly followed, saying he wanted to broaden his horizons.

With a wave of Bai Pu's hand, one piece of discarded equipment after another poured out from his Storage Space, forming a small river of equipment!

Qilin's jaw almost dropped to the ground.

"Holy crap, how many pieces of equipment is that? You didn't empty out the Dead Bone Mountain Range, did you?"

"It's only 10 cubic meters of equipment." Bai Pu shook his head and said, "The Dead Bone Mountain Range is very large; I probably only cleared out ninety percent of the skeleton monsters in the Black Mist Valley."

"The entire Black Mist Valley's... ninety percent?" Qilin murmured.

Su Xiaoxiao quickly called out, asking the base's staff to come and sort the equipment, then weigh it, while she was responsible for pricing.

While waiting, Bai Pu took out his book again.

"Bai Pu, have you ever thought about giving yourself a code name?" Qilin said softly, "Why not go for a zoo theme, to keep in line with us? I've already thought one up for you."

Bai Pu didn't even lift his head, multitasking as he said, "Qilin isn't a zoo theme."

"Hey, my name is Kong Qi, so that's why I named myself Qilin, who says divine beasts aren't animals?" Qilin continued softly, "You could be called... Honey Badger, isn't that cool?"

The Honey Badger, known as the 'bald-headed brother' of the animal kingdom, a fearless animal, Qilin inexplicably felt it suited Bai Pu very well.

"No."

Bai Pu ended the conversation and continued reading.

"Okay, that's a total of... 10928 Spirit Energy Points." Su Xiaoxiao pulled Bai Pu over to look at the detailed statement.

Bai Pu glanced at it, confirmed it was correct, and nodded in agreement. After the transaction, Bai Pu's Spirit Energy Points directly broke through the 20,000 mark.

"I've sold so much discarded equipment, which counts as a contribution to the organization, do I get any benefits?" Bai Pu asked seriously.

Su Xiaoxiao, stared at by Bai Pu, inexplicably had some strange thoughts: "W-what benefits? Don't look at me like this, I'm very traditional."

"Room and board." Bai Pu's account didn't have much money left, and even eating was becoming a problem.

"Oh, that's no problem!" Su Xiaoxiao clicked on the personal information terminal, "I can make the call on such a small matter; I'll open up the permission for free meals and lodging on your identity card, but it's only for you to eat, okay?"

In fact, professional military Awakened of the God Strategy Army all had the benefit of free meals and lodging. Giving Bai Pu a small green light wasn't a big problem, which was why Su Xiaoxiao agreed so readily.

Qilin sighed, "You earned more than ten thousand Spirit Energy Points in ten days; you're practically a millionaire, why do you even care about these meal and lodging fees..."

Bai Pu coughed lightly, "I have a use for the Spirit Energy Points."

Besides being used for transactions between Awakened, the main use of Spirit Energy Points was to enhance equipment.

Enhancing equipment to +4, +7, and +10 were all key enhancement levels, which would randomly grant enhancement effects.

Of course, Bai Pu didn't have any equipment worth enhancing right now.

The most valuable accessory, the [Manticore's Thorn], had already been enhanced by Fish Intestine to +4, obtaining the first enhancement effect. There was no point in pushing it to +5, as accessories don't provide any stat boosts until they reach a key level, unless it could be pushed to +7, but that was too difficult.

After equipment is enhanced to +4, the failure rate is very high, and each failure will reset the enhancement level to zero. And after enhancing to +7 (including attempting +7), the failure rate is even higher; failure not only results in the loss of the enhancement level, but even the equipment itself can be destroyed! Other items, such as the [Smooth Bone Hammer], as a weapon, should be the most enhanced, but Bai Pu had already decided to replace it. The [Iron Thorn Shoulder Guard] wasn't a main armor piece, so enhancing it wouldn't be very meaningful.

After freeloading a meal in the restaurant, Bai Pu returned to his room and fell asleep. In the Intersection Lands, he hadn't had a good night's sleep for ten days, at most napping for two hours to recover his depleted Spirit Energy Points; now he needed to catch up on sleep.

He slept until the next day. After Bai Pu got up, the intelligent assistant Xiao Bai sent a series of messages.

Bai Pu scanned the messages and selected the important ones to reply to.

[966xxxx4068: Bai Pu, I am Golden Bull. I'm sorry, I didn't know those people wanted to kill you, and I didn't know they had prepared bloody props. I thought they just wanted to drive you out of the Intersection Lands and teach you a lesson. I am willing to compensate you, and I hope you can forgive me.]

Then there was Li Ling's message.

[Li Ling: Bai Pu, I talked to Golden Bull, and he wants to compensate you with a set of virtual combat training equipment. Do you think that's feasible?]

Bai Pu replied to Li Ling first.

[Bai Pu: There's no need, I didn't expect him to sacrifice his interests to protect me anyway. At most, I just won't add him as a friend in the future.]

[Li Ling: Are you sure? A set of virtual combat training equipment costs more than 300,000.]

Bai Pu's eyes widened.

He replied immediately.

[Bai Pu: Since he is sincerely apologizing, it wouldn't be good for me not to accept, after all, we are all in the same organization.]

[Li Ling: Okay, where should I install it for you? Your room probably won't fit it.]

Bai Pu thought for a moment.

[Bai Pu: Install it at Xi City Seventeen Middle School. The college entrance examination is about to begin, and I'm going to Xi City Seventeen Middle School to concentrate on studying.]

[Li Ling: Donation or loan?]

[Bai Pu: Donation, after the college entrance examination, I probably won't need that equipment anymore.]

[Li Ling: I thank you on behalf of my alma mater.]

[Bai Pu: Don't rush to thank me, there are conditions for the school to want this equipment.]

[Bai Pu: The cafeteria has to provide meals, the free kind.]

Li Ling waited for a while before replying.

[Li Ling: Okay, no problem, and we'll arrange a dormitory for you.]

[Bai Pu: Thank you.]

After ending the communication with Li Ling, Bai Pu sent a message to 966xxxx4068: Thank you for your compensation, I'm not angry at all.

[966xxxx4068: That's great, thank you Bai Pu, you are such a generous person.]

[System Notification (blue font): 966xxxx4068 has requested to add you as a friend. Do you agree?]

Bai Pu clicked "No" without hesitation.

Seventeen Middle School, Xi City.

A military green jeep stopped.

The students of Seventeen Middle School's combat class stood on both sides of the main road, welcoming them.

The old principal held Li Ling's hand, "Thank you, thank you! Li Ling, you truly don't forget your roots. I've applied for this set of equipment from the bureau countless times, and every time they just played me along. Now it's great, the combat class students can finally practice more efficiently."

Li Ling glanced at Bai Pu somewhat awkwardly and said, "Old Principal, our Great Tang Group's donation also comes with conditions, we have to give Bai Pu priority in using this equipment..."

"Of course, of course." Teacher Ren, the class teacher beside the old principal, quickly assured.

"In addition, please help the school solve Bai Pu's food and lodging problems before the college entrance examination."

The old principal was taken aback, "Then, are there any special requirements for food and accommodation?"

"No special requirements, just the same as other students." Li Ling confirmed.

The old principal laughed, "Then no problem."

Bai Pu looked at the students standing upright like white poplars on both sides of the road and frowned slightly. Li Ling understood and said, "Teacher Ren, let the students disperse. There are only ten days left before the college entrance examination, everyone's time is very tight."

Teacher Ren nodded and beckoned the combat class students to leave.

The old principal called over a girl, "This is Shi Yi, my granddaughter. Shi Yi, take student Bai Pu to the cafeteria and dormitory to take a look around and familiarize himself with the place."