Chapter 2: Useless spirit with innate full spirit power
Part 1
Old Jack obviously answered Tang San with great patience. In his heart, the village’s most intelligent child was none other than this Tang San. It was truly difficult to imagine that such a father could have as clever a son as this.
"Spirit Grandmaster is a Spirit Master rank. Spirit Master is the noblest vocation on our Douluo continent: they can be formidable champions, they can possess remarkable assisting ability. But no matter which kind of spirit master, all are sorted and accorded titles."
"Spirit Masters all possess their own spirit power. Based on spirit power intensity, these are subdivided into ten general titles. Each title is further subdivided into ten ranks. At first after only crossing the threshold, one is called Spirit Scholar. As soon as a spirit awakens, everyone is a spirit scholar. In the event that the spirit is capable of cultivation, when the spirit power reaches the eleventh rank, one can enter the next title, which in that case is Spirit Master. And Spirit Grandmaster, it is the third in this sequence of titles. Having reached the Spirit Grandmaster realm, one already is a fairly fad Spirit Master. There are a total of ten like this.”
"Spirit Scholar, Spirit Master, Spirit Grandmaster, Spirit Elder, Spirit Ancestor, Spirit King, Spirit Emperor, Spirit Sage, Spirit Douluo and Title Douluo. This is precisely where our Douluo Continent’s na cos from. It is said that when attaining the power of a ninetieth ranked Title Douluo, one can take a title for oneself. They are simply unparallelled existences, ah!"
His eyes shone with proud radiance,
"A hundred years ago our Holy Spirit village produced an eighth ranked Spirit Sage, ah. In all of Nuoding city, even in the whole Fasinuo region, this is extrely rare."
To the side Tang Hao curled his lip,
"Old Jack, that’s just a legend, nothing more."
Intentionally rubbed the wrong way, Old Jack beca indignant,
“What are you calling a legend? This legend cos from fact. Tang Hao, it’s already been six years since you ca to the village, you ought to realize that the Spirit Sage is part of our history. If you let hear you insult the lord Spirit Sage again, I will banish you from the village. Were it not for little San, you think I would want to co to your doghouse, huh?”
Tang Hao wasn’t angry, still pounding on the farming tool in his hand, still looking as if he hadn’t heard Jack’s words.
Jack resolutely glared at him, and facing Tang San, said:
“You mustn’t take after such a dispirited father in the future. Alright, I’ll leave first, and in three days, I will co get you.”
Having finished talking, Old Jack left the smithy in spitting anger.
“Dad.”
Tang San called out.
“Ng?”
Tang Hao coldly shot a glance at him. Catching sight of the chill in his father’s eyes, Tang San could only swallow back his words. He returned to his room with a drooping head to continue striving for ten thousand swings.
At nightfall, after eating dinner, Tang Hao wiped his mouth and was about to leave as usual; that is to say, this was routine; going out to drink and drinking the cheapest ale.
“Dad. Wait a mont.”
Tang San, without ti to clear away dishes, first called out to stop Tang Hao.
“What?”
Tang Hao impatiently glared at him. Even though Tang Hao had never hit Tang San, for so reason, Tang San innately held so fear towards this father. For this person of two lifetis, he was unable to change this feeling.
“Those ten thousand blows, I have completed forging them.”
Tang San said.
“Oh?”
The look in Tang Hao’s eyes was brilliant, as if it had so lustre.
“Fetch it for to have a look.”
“Alright.”
Tang San sprinted back to his room. Very quickly, he ca running out holding a chunk of iron in his hands.
The entire iron chunk was pitch black, and though irregular in shape, each facet appeared extrely brilliant, a black light dimly visible within. The entire iron chunk was approximately one fourth the size of the original, and when Tang San used Mysterious Heaven skill to hold it he didn’t feel strained by any ans.
Tang Hao took the pitch black iron chunk into his hands, raising it before his eyes to carefully study it,
“Do you now understand what I said?”
Tang San nodded,
“When tempered into steel, tal of once insufficient quality is refined through continuous forging, it changes into high grade. Dad, did you want to tell this principle?”
Tang Hao realized that these days, his son caused him quite a bit of astonishnt. Returning the iron chunk to him, he said:
“Then continue. When you have completed forging it to the size of a fist, bring it to again.”
Done speaking, he turned around and walked out of the house.
According to what he originally said, after forging that iron lump ten thousand tis he would teach Tang San forging, but now he seed to have gone back on his promise. But Tang San didn’t take this to heart, he only thought of Tang Hao’s words.
“Fist size?”
This big iron lump, could it really be forged to the size of a fist? Despite only being a quarter of the original volu, Tang San was still very clear that along with continuous forging, as the iron lump was becoming more and more concentrated, reducing volu also beco even more difficult. Thinking about forging it to only fist size, it absolutely couldn’t be accomplished with another ten thousand blows.
After being tempered into steel, what would it beco after another ten thousand blows? Glittering radiance flashed through Tang San’s eyes, and he staggered slightly as he dexterously entered his room. Very soon, ting ting dong dong hamring noises, once more rose from the smithy.
Three days passed very quickly, Tang San still went to the hilltop in the early morning to do his routine exercise every day, and returned ho afterward. In addition to cooking, he was also forging, testing his strength against that piece of pig iron. Every day the tempo of the beats increased. Mysterious Heaven Skill helped him recover physical strength quickly, so that he could especially maintain this continuous forging process.
“Little San, grandpa has co to get you.”
Old Jack punctually ca to the smithy, this ti he didn’t even go inside, only calling Tang San from the outside.
Tang San glanced at his father by his side who just now had eaten. Tang Hao indifferently said:
“Go. Don’t delay midday cooking.”
Part 2
Tang San promised to be back soon, then left the smithy.
With old Jack leading, Tang San followed him to the Spirit Hall in the middle of the village. Naturally, this so-called Spirit Hall was rely a large log cabin, nothing more.
Because everyone had spirits, every year would have children undergoing spirit awakening. Therefore, Spirit Halls could be found everywhere on the Continent. Naturally, these were all only subsidiary halls, there was a distinct hierarchy.
The village children didn’t have a very good opinion of Tang San. To favor the rich and disdain the poor is an ability not only among nobles, among common people the circumstances are instead even more distinct. With Tang San originally being a reincarnated person and his real age having long ago exceeded 30, naturally he was also unwilling to co into contact with these children. To him, spare ti was better spent on cultivation, consequently, he of course never had a childhood playmate.
In addition to village elder Jack and eight children present, there was also one youth in the Spirit Hall. This person appeared to be just over 20 years old, dashing eyebrows slanting above starry eyes, his facial features extrely bright and handso. He was dressed completely in brilliant white clothes, a black cloak on his back, and right on the center of his chest, above his heart, was a palm sized ‘spirit’ character. This was standard attire for staff directly subordinate to Spirit Hall.
On the left side of the chest was a carved badge with three crossed long swords. It seed like Jack knew this kind of Spirit Master well; three in quantity represented a Spirit Master of third degree, titled Spirit Grandmaster, and the long swords represented this Spirit Hall attendant was a Battle Spirit Master.
“Greetings, esteed Battle Spirit Grandmaster, this ti we will inconvenience you.”
Old Jack respectfully bowed to the youngster.
The centre of the youngsters forehead betrayed an indifferent arrogance. Indifferently bowing slightly, he at last returned the greeting,
“My ti is scarce, let’s begin.”
Old Jack said:
“Very well. Children, this is a Battle Spirit Grandmaster from Nuoding City. Next, he will guide you to open yourselves to your spirit. You must cooperate well with the great teacher to conduct your spirit awakening; grandpa is looking forward to seeing who among you has the capability to beco Spirit Masters.”
The youngster sowhat impatiently said:
“Very well, you said the sa thing last year. Do you think becoming a Spirit Master is really that easy? I already passed six villages, and not one of them had a person with spirit power. They also didn’t have suitable spirits.”
Old Jack’s eyes showed a trace of dejection, sighing, he said:
“Yes, ah! Only one in very many inherit the aptitude to actually beco a Spirit Master. Among us ordinary people, it is indeed most difficult.”
Shaking his head, he moved away from the Spirit Hall.
The youngster’s gaze fell on the eight children before him. As a Spirit Hall inspecting attendant, helping ordinary people undergo spirit awakening was his compulsory assignnt, and he was long since used to it.
“Children, line up.”
Towards these children, his manner was quite lukewarm.
The eight children stood in order before the youngster, Tang San stood at the leftmost side. He was a little thinner and smaller than other children his age.
The youngster smiled and said:
“I am called Su Yuntao, a twenty sixth ranked Spirit Grandmaster, and will be your guide. Now, I will have you undergo spirit awakening one by one. Rember, regardless of what happens, do not be afraid.”
While speaking, Su Yuntao unfolded a bundle on a desk to one side, taking out two things from inside: six round pitch-black stones and one sparkling blue crystal ball.
Su Yuntao placed the six black stones on the ground in the form of a hexagon, then motioned the first child on the right to stand inside.
“Don’t be afraid, close your eyes and feel carefully.”
While speaking, Su Yuntao’s eyes suddenly lit up, and before the children’s appalled eyes, he shouted in a deep voice,
“Lone Wolf Body Enhancent.”
A wisp of thin blue-green light rose from between his eyebrows, following straight up, entering into the hair knot.
Su Yuntao’s hair was originally black, but just after that blue-green light poured in, it had turned grey in a flash. Furthermore it quickly grew longer, and similarly colored fur appeared on both his uncovered hands. At the sa ti, his body also seed to expand a great deal compared to before, his whole body swelling with muscle.
The Spirit Hall attire had very good elasticity; it actually didn’t rip when filling to the point of bursting because of his body growing large. Su Yuntao’s eyes had already changed to a faint green color. Sharp claws stretched out from the ten fingers on both hands, glimring coolly with a dazzling gleam. Two concentric halos of light shone brightly up from underfoot, constantly moving from underfoot to the crown of his head. Among them one was white, the other one was yellow. Exceedingly strange.
The boy he told to stand among the black stones, with eyes staring at Su Yuntao’s body transforming, suddenly shouted,
“Aaaaah~~~~~~”, about to run away from fear.
The fresh green radiance in Su Yuntao’s eyes was truly frightening. Catching hold of that child, he said:
“Don’t move. I said not to be afraid. This is my spirit, Lone Wolf. If one of you is capable of becoming a spirit master in the future, they will also be able to employ similar abilities.”
The only one not imdiately at the height of terror was Tang San, imdiate results appeared all over Su Yuntao’s body as he transford.
Instead of astonishnt, Tang San’s heart was full of curiosity, ‘Grey fur appeared all over him, green eyes, these really are wolf characteristics, could it be that after spirit possession people transform into wolves? No, not right, it should be that he possesses a wolf ability, right. Then, within spirit master vocation, there should be a better use of spirit abilities.’
For the first ti, Tang San realized, he beca interested in the spirit master vocation. He now already sowhat impatiently wanted to know what his own spirit was.
As Su Yuntao clapped both hands together, at lightning speed, six faint green lights poured into the black stones on the ground. At once, a layer of golden misty light released from the stones and rose.
Part 3
For so reason, as the previously noisily crying child was enveloped in the faint golden light, he imdiately beca quiet, just sowhat dully standing there.
Every speck of the golden light ca fluttering up from the black stones, further entering the body of the boy.
The boy's body began to lightly tremble, not knowing whether to shout or remain quiet.
"Extend your right hand."
Su Yuntao's two moss green eyes stared fixedly at the boy, majestically commanding.
The boy extended his right hand with a start, then paused. All the light specks surged out, instantly a sickle appeared in his hand.
It would appear, that sickle wasn’t any trick of the light, and rather it truly existed.
Su Yuntao creased his brow,
"It's a Tool Spirit. Can a sickle be regarded as a weapon? It ought to with effort."
The golden light gradually disappeared. The boy, sowhat amazed, looked at the not particularly small sickle in his hand, rather at a loss.
Su Yuntao said:
"Your spirit is Sickle, a Tool Spirit. Co, let test if you have spirit power. If you possess spirit power, even a tool spirit can undergo Battle Spirit Cultivation. After all, a sickle certainly has potential for attack."
"Great-, great teacher, what should I do?"
The boy timidly asked.
Su Yuntao coolly said:
"Intentionally recall your spirit. From now try to rember the ti you employed it and use that thought to call it out.”
The boy tried a long ti, just to recall the sickle. Su Yuntao’s hands held the blue crystal ball in front of him, motioning him to place his right hand on it.
The boy’s immature little hand and Su Yuntao’s wolf claws above and below the crystal ball respectively, there was a clear contrast.
A mont later, Su Yuntao sowhat dejectedly said:
“No spirit power. You can’t beco a Spirit Master. For now, step aside.
Similar scenes continued to play out, and one after another five children had their spirits awakened. Their spirits were all a few pickaxes, sickles and such farm tools. In succession no Beast Spirit appeared, and as for spirit power, all were judged by Su Yuntao to be ‘nil’.
When the seventh child’s turn ca, this was also the last one ahead of Tang San.
After sustained use of spirit power, Su Yuntao seed to already be rather exhausted, but he still intended to help all eight children complete the awakening process.
Golden flecks of light gathered, and this once, finally it was no longer a farm tool, and sothing different appeared. A small stem of light blue grass appeared in this girl’s palm, softly fluttering to and fro.
Tang San vaguely felt that he had himself seen this blue little grass before. Very quickly, the thought ca to him; this grass was known as blue silver grass. It showed up everywhere in the village. Resembling his original world’s green grass, it was just as widespread, except its vitality was comparatively even more tenacious. It didn’t really have any other function. Only because the girl was covered in a layer of pale golden light, he did not recognize it at first.
Even though it wasn’t a farm tool, the disappointnt in Su Yuntao’s eyes was even more evident,
“It’s a useless spirit. It doesn’t have potential for attack, doesn’t have defensive power, and doesn’t have assisting ability. Blue silver grass is also considered as the standard of useless spirits.”
While speaking, he held out the blue crystal ball to the girl in accordance with procedure, and just like he predicted, like before no spirit power appeared.
At long last it was Tang San’s turn, Su Yuntao didn’t have to speak, he already stepped ahead to stand in the centre of the six pitch black stones.
In pace with Su Yuntao’s six streams of spirit power pouring into them, the pale golden light once more shone up brightly. Warmth, this was Tang San’s first sensation, as if his whole body was wrapped up inside a nice and warm world, unspeakably comfortable. No wonder those children before could smooth their emotions when wrapped up in the light.
Warm breath perated into the body, and Tang San distinctly beca aware that his own Mysterious Heaven Skill internal power seemingly fluctuated. Imdiately afterwards, in that warm energy’s traction, within the body just as if sothing had broken, in a split second warm breath surged towards the palm of his hand.
Su Yuntao’s eyes abruptly shone, because within that golden light, there appeared so many golden flecks that it was even more than what all the previous children possessed together. He faintly sensed, as if a correspondingly powerful spirit would appear. Excitent showed in his manner.
Speaking of those Spirit Hall attendants responsible for ordinary people’s spirit awakening, if they could awaken a potentially outstanding child, then bring him to Spirit Hall, they could acquire many first class benefits. With regard to getting promoted it was enormously advantageous.
But very quickly Su Yuntao lost heart.
Tang San subconsciously lifted his right hand, he saw sothing blue. This type of blue had already appeared twice at the village’s Spirit Hall that day.
Blue silver grass, exactly identical to the previous girl’s blue silver grass. The standard for useless spirits.
Su Yuntao had no choice but to say:
“Again a useless spirit, it seems. Holy Spirit village this ti was again a waste of ti. Ok, children, you can leave.”
The previously great quantity of golden flecks of light that appeared, at first gave him a great deal of expectations, but when finally unexpectedly it was rely blue silver grass, the sense of disparity caused Su Yuntao to feel sowhat in a bad mood.
“Uncle, you still have not let undergo spirit power test, right.”
Tang San saw Su Yuntao already wanted to pack up that blue crystal ball, and hurriedly reminded him.
Su Yuntao said without looking back:
“No need to test. Blue silver grass, for this useless spirit I still have never seen one instance where spirit power appeared.”
“Let give it a try, uncle.”
Tang San persistently said. When the golden light brought the warm feeling inside him, it produced a strange sensation, as if a great door opened and caused a subtle change in his Mysterious Heaven skill. At the sa ti, he also very much wanted to know, what the actual difference was between his inner strength and this world’s spirit.
Su Yuntao was dumbfounded all of a sudden, turning around, to Tang San’s calm and rather steadfast gaze. In his heart musing, this child was seemingly out of the ordinary.
Part 4
“Very well.”
Trying once could not waste much ti. While speaking, he handed over the blue crystal ball to Tang San.
As before, Su Yuntao instructed to withdraw blue silver grass from within the body. He realized, this really was not difficult; with respect to Mysterious Heaven Skill control it was similar to what the skill to withdraw could accomplish. Simultaneously, he additionally discovered, the mont blue silver grass appeared, seemingly it also was his Mysterious Heaven skill pouring out, and like that blue little grass beca condensed through Mysterious Heaven skill.
With his palm just about to touch the blue crystal ball, Tang San’s body fiercely trembled all of a sudden. He was shocked to discover, that seemingly very beautiful blue crystal ball unexpectedly possessed trendous attraction, his inner strength surging out as if finding an outlet. He wanted to struggle free, but no matter how he tried he was unable to escape out that strong attraction.
Su Yuntao was similarly amazed. To think that this situation would arise while the last spirit power test of this Holy Spirit village’s was taken. Suddenly, the blue crystal ball in his hand began to shine, dazzling blue light starting from a point spread in a flash. In an eye blink, this crystal ball looked just like it was a resplendent gem giving off sparkling luminescence. A cool blue flare showed, unspeakably moving.
In accordance with the traditional test, as long as the crystal ball gave so response, even a single trace of radiance, it would prove by test that spirit power existed, and at present the blue crystal ball radiated such dazzling radiance that there was only one explanation.
“Heavens, it actually is innate full spirit power.”
Blue green light released again from Su Yuntao’s body, and the crystal ball shot out from Tang San’s palm. At this mont, he saw before his eyes this boy’s gaze had already beco completely different. It seemingly resembled the appearance of a monster.
Tang San naturally also noticed that his situation was different from the other children’s test. Feeling uncertain, he asked:
“Uncle, what is innate full spirit power?”
Su Yuntao dully looked at him, and subconsciously explained:
“For everyone at the ti of spirit awakening, apart from a spirit’s form, while deciding whether it is big and powerful, the amount of spirit power is also extrely important. Vast amount of people at the ti of spirit awakening do not have spirit power, like the several children before this. They are destined to be unable to beco spirit masters in their lifeti. But provided spirit power appears, even if only a little, anyone can undergo ditation cultivation. And at the ti of spirit awakening the spirit power amount is crucial for setting spirit master cultivation starting level. With higher spirit power level, acquired cultivation rate is greater. Moreover, because of starting level, the fundantals will naturally also be practiced earlier than others. What is known as innate full spirit power is that at the ti of spirit awakening, one is innately capable of attaining the highest spirit power.”
“Highest spirit power?”
Tang San looked at Su Yuntao, his heart swirling. He did not know what his spirit power was, but it could certainly be, that the testing blue crystal ball absorbed his internal strength from Mysterious Heaven skill. Could it be said that, his internal strength in this world transford into spirit power?
Perhaps it was because Tang San’s innate full spirit power caused no small shock to Su Yuntao, but he did not mind taking the trouble to explain:
“Our spirit is graded like this: every ten ranks is a title. After spirit awakening, one can automatically be known as spirit scholar. Of course, only a first level spirit scholar. In accordance with spirit strength intensity it is subdivided into ranks. What is ant by innate full spirit strength is that exactly after awakening, spirit strength level is innately the highest tenth rank. I still have never co across a person with innate full spirit strength; originally when I awakened, I also was only second rank spirit power, nothing more.”
Tang San had already collected himself by now. It was very difficult to find a true spirit master, so he naturally was unable to give up, and hurriedly asked his inner heart’s doubt,
“Innate spirit strength can only be tenth rank? It cannot be higher?”
The blue green light around Su Yuntao’s whole body disappeared, withdrawing his spirit body possession,
“Of course not. A spirit master’s strength cannot be promoted that easily. During each advancent of title, not only must spirit power first reach the summit of the title, furthermore one must obtain a spirit ring. Without a spirit ring, even if you further make great efforts with cultivation, it is still impossible to enter the next title. Just for instance like you right now, because you have already attained innate full spirit power. Therefore, if you want to continue promoting your spirit power, instead of ditation, you must first obtain a spirit ring. After entering into the lower levels of the second title, you will be able to continue ditation cultivation.”
Tang San suddenly said:
“Spirit ring, like the halo around your body just now? You are 26th rank, therefore have two spirit rings.”
Su Yuntao nodded, said:
“Exactly like that. Your circumstances are very exceptional, innate full spirit power is a rare once in a hundred year gift. It’s a pity, truly is a pity. Unexpectedly it is a useless spirit. Even if your spirit were only a farm tool, it would be stronger compared to blue silver grass. In that case, I could… ..”
He did not say more, but Tang San also faintly understood his aning, only in his heart, a covering veil was lifted.
Tang San had always been a person good at contemplation. In his previous life he was like that, in this life he was still like that. According to what Su Yuntao said, in his case spirit strength truly was linked with internal strength. That is, after arriving in this world, cultivation of internal strength beca spirit strength, and the reason why his Mysterious Heaven skill was unable to enter the secondary tier, was exactly because of this so called spirit ring. To be precise, if he wanted to further improve, he must beco like a spirit master to obtain spirit ring. But what is a spirit ring?
Tang San properly thought it through before continuing asking. But Su Yuntao had already picked up the bundle and headed to leave.
“Old Jack.”
Door open, old Jack with a tense face went to et Su Yuntao.
“Grandmaster, what do you think. Do this year’s village children possibly have capability of becoming spirit masters?”
Su Yuntao looked at him, made a sighing sound, and said:
“There is one who does, only it’s a pity.”
In Jack’s eyes revealed a bewildered indeterminate expression. Enquiring further, he asked:
“Grandmaster, that outco is… ”
Su Yuntao said:
“This year among these eight children, only one possess spirit power, and even innate full spirit power, it’s too bad, his spirit is blue silver grass. You understand?”
“Blue silver grass? Innate full spirit power? Heavens.”
On Jack’s face was a downcast expression which was much more grave compared to Su Yuntao. He who had been village chief for so many years, naturally understood what significance innate full spirit power represented. But this innate full spirit power appeared with blue silver grass spirit; that truly was…
“Grandmaster, blue silver grass truly has no way of cultivation?”
Jack asked with a frown.
Su Yuntao could understand old Jack’s state of mind. Instead of his earlier arrogant manner, patting old Jack’s shoulder, he said:
“It is not entirely unable to cultivate. Only, you consider blue silver grass in rate of spirit promotion; what can evolution accomplish? Useless spirits are in the end useless spirits. Even while becoming a spirit master, he probably will be a useless spirit master. This innate full spirit power truly is a pity. Well then, I will leave first, I must still go to another village.”
Su Yuntao in the end did not wait for Tang San to continue asking questions, departing from the village. With no Su Yuntao, Tang San could only run to Jack outside, asking his most urgent question,
“Jack grandpa, what is a spirit ring? How can one obtain a spirit ring?”
Old Jack, as if still thinking over Su Yuntao’s words, subconsciously answered:
“I also do not know what spirit ring is. In order to obtain spirit ring, one seemingly must hunt spirit beasts. This is very a very dangerous task that only spirit masters are capable of.”
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