I’m Xiao Wu, Wu of Dancing (5)

Grandmaster took a bundle of paper from his arms and passed it to Tang San.

"First eat, right. Even if I've carried it for a long time, the food is still good."

Tang San was dumbfounded for a moment, then unfolded the paper bundle. Inside he saw two chicken legs and a steamed bun, still lukewarm.

"Teacher..."

"Go on, eat it quickly. When you've finished I still have things to speak to you about. The time of youth cannot be wasted."

Grandmaster's expression was calm and serious, his voice cool.

It was not easy to eat one's fill on the coarse flat cake alone, and Tang San's appetite also was not bad. Very quickly he grabbed the food Grandmaster gave him and wolfed it all down.

Grandmaster poured him a cup of water, then sat down behind the desk.

"This year you are six years old, with innate full spirit power, and twin spirits. Release your other spirit, and let me have a look."

Tang San nodded. Grandmaster already knew he had twin spirits, so he had no reason to hide it. Lifting his left hand, black light surged out, once again coalescing into that not large hammer.

Because between last time and coming to school he had been training, his physical strength had had significant progress. Right now he could hold the hammer with an effort and not feel overwhelming strain.

Seeing the hammer in Tang San's hand, Grandmaster suddenly shot up from his seat to his feet, his eyes exuding an extremely agitated light. Unwaveringly staring at the hammer, murmuring:

"Tang San, Tang San, surname Tang… ok, you can put away the spirit. You must not lightly reveal it in front of other people. Without my permission, hereafter you definitely must not give that spirit additional spirit rings. This part you have to remember well."

Tang San rather surprised looked at Grandmaster,

"Dad also told me this. Why can't I add spirit rings to this spirit?"

The agitated light in Grandmaster's eyes gradually dulled,

"What does your father do?"

Tang San said:

"He's a village blacksmith."

"Blacksmith?"

Grandmaster's gaze was rather strange, heaving a sigh he shook his head,

"Blacksmith, hammer, unexpectedly it's a perfect match."

"Now is not yet the time to tell you, you just need to remember: right now you are not to use this spirit and add spirit rings, only for the sake of your future plan. You must properly keep this firmly in mind."

Since father said so, and Grandmaster also said so, this made Tang San's confidence in Grandmaster increase.

"I understand."

Grandmaster said:

"Tomorrow is the opening ceremony, the day after tomorrow the regular classes will start. However, from your point of view, this is only a delay, nothing more. Right now the most pressing matter, is to make your spirit able to continue cultivation. In the morning you act only after I've carefully thought about it. Early tomorrow morning you will follow me from the academy and I will bring you to go look for a suitable spirit ring, to let you advance up to spirit master title."

Tang San rejoiced due to what Grandmaster said. Only after having obtained a spirit ring could he confirm whether it was because of lacking a spirit ring that his Mysterious Heaven Skill was restrained. Grandmaster's method was what he wanted, and hurriedly he very happily agreed.

Grandmaster continued speaking:

"For the academy side I can help you explain, you need not worry. On the way back I can instruct you in spirit lore. Tang San, what is your view regarding your blue silver grass spirit?"

Tang San said:

"Everyone says it's a useless spirit, however, I feel that everything has some purpose. Even the most ordinary blue silver grass should also be that way."

Grandmaster, pleased, nodded and said:

"Not bad. Every spirit has its characteristics. In my research, inferior spirits constitute a very large portion. I've always maintained that there are no trash spirits, only trash people. Tomorrow I'll bring you to look for a spirit ring, so right now you must decide the direction of your spirit's growth on your own."

Tang San was somewhat dumbfounded.

"Direction of a spirit's growth? Teacher, what does this mean?"

Grandmaster said:

"For this we must speak about spirit classification itself. To broadly distinguish them, spirits only have two large categories: beast spirits and tool spirits. Plant type spirits are also included within tool spirits, so both your spirits are counted as tool spirits. The biggest difference between tool spirits and beast spirits is in their manifestation."

"When beast spirits are employed, the beast's power is added to your own, and will also add its effect to the body. Relying on the human body with beast spirit integration to enhance its strength, achieving human-spirit unity to launch an attack is the goal. But tool spirits are completely different - the tool spirits possess effects that can be used independent of the body. Consequently, assisting nature of tool spirits is greater than beast spirits. Raising a simple example, if your spirit was our most common food the oldest sword rice, like that, your spirit could be treated as food. Furthermore because it is given form by spirit power, the effect can be much better when compared to ordinary rice."

Tang San said, amazed:

"Can spirits also be eaten?"

Grandmaster gave a confirming nod and said:

"Food category spirits can all be eaten. Therefore, talented higher ranked food system spirit masters are always eagerly desired by the army. A single food system spirit master over rank thirty can supply enough food to feed a hundred soldiers, greatly reducing the depletion of resources by the army."

Tang San dully said:

"I still don't understand."

Grandmaster patiently said:

"The principle is actually very simple. Food, for any living organisms, is all treated as replenishing energy. And spirit power is also a kind of energy. Just as spirit power can change to be able to be absorbed by humans as energy, like that, it is from our point of view certainly no different from genuine food. The same as the energy the human body requires."

Tang San listened and only faintly understood a bit, but he understood the general idea.

"So to say, tool spirits are for the most part used to give assistance, right."

Grandmaster said:

"Nothing is definite, some tool spirits can become battle spirits. For instance, if your tool spirit was a sword, it could be regarded as a weapon. Like that, you could also become a battle spirit master, like what is spoken of in the outside world as magic weapons, is actually just tool spirit battle spirit masters with their spirit cultivated to the pinnacle. Although tool spirit masters and battle spirit masters are different, there are some connections between them. Every spirit master has a growth direction: food system, detection system, battle system, healing system, controlling system and so on and so forth. Right now, before obtaining a spirit ring, you must first quickly decide on your spirit's future growth direction. A spirit master's spirit cultivation, must have a direction in which to develop."