Chapter 22 Spirit power level 10, go to Spirit Hall

Nuoding City, outside the Spirit Hall.

"Stand still, little friend. This is the Spirit Hall, so you can't just barge in here."

Just as he approached the entrance, Lin Manshan was stopped by the guards lined up on the side.

"Big brother, I'm a student of the Nuoding Primary Spirit Master Academy. Now that my spirit power has reached level 10, I'm here today to apply for a warrant to go to the Spirit Forest to hunt a spirit beast to obtain my first spirit ring." Lin Manshan pointed to the school uniform on his body and politely said.

After a year of cultivation, he finally made use of his one-month annual leave to fully cultivate and have his spirit power break through to level 10 at the start of this new academic year.

Since the awakening of his martial soul, except for the 1st month when he had been cultivating his soul power to solve his headache, he had used only 2 months to raise his spirit power from level 3 to level 4 later on, and at that time, he thought that he should be able to quickly pass the first 10 levels.

But as a result, reality slapped him hard.

In the later levels, he deeply experienced what was called a talent gap.

Firstly, it took 3 months to raise 1 level, then 4 months to raise 1 level, and in the latter 4 months, he was unable to raise even 1 level, and this was even with his improved meditation methods. Although he only cultivated his spirit power at night every day during his time at the academy and also needed to divide a small portion of his time to cultivate his soul power.

But Lin Manshan still hadn't expected it to be this slow.

This was still only the first 10 levels! How could he possibly train to higher levels in the future?

'Suddenly, I have some empathy for Yu Tianheng, Huo Wu, and the others who are only at the beginning of level 40 in their 20s in terms of their spirit power.' He often lamented with emotion.

In a pure contest of innate qualifications, it was just too difficult for a civilian to get ahead. It took him two whole years to raise his spirit power from level 3 to level 10, whereas people like Tang San and Feng Xiaotian, whose martial souls had awakened with innate full spirit power, possessed level 10 spirit power as soon as they started.

Compared to him, they directly saved two years of bitter cultivation, so the gap between them was not just a big one.

"I see, then you can enter. Deacon Matthew Nou, who is in charge of spirit power authentication and issuing warrants, is in the reception room on the first floor, so you can go there to find him." Although there was some doubt in his heart as to why Lin Manshan, a small child, didn't seek help from his academy teacher to hunt spirit beasts, instead came to the Spirit Hall on his own to apply for a warrant, still out of duty, the guard followed the procedure and pointed the way for Lin Manshan.

"Thank you, big brother." Lin Manshan bowed slightly and walked straight in.

"Rather a polite child." The guard smiled and stood up straight with his chest slightly raised, continuing his guarding duty.

Entering the hall, what met his eyes were the murals all over the dome and the huge crystal windows all around. The sunlight refracted down through the crystals, flashing with dazzling golden light, the marble-paved white floor was dyed with brilliant colours, elegant and noble.

Who am I, and where am I? Such a rich and vast hall. Which side is the staircase on?

Looking at the hall with only a few servants cleaning around, Lin Manshan suddenly had a feeling similar to a country kid entering the big mall to buy groceries.

Speaking of which, where's Brother Tao (Su Yuntao)? Why isn't he here today?

Did he go to the surrounding villages to help the children awaken their martial souls?

Lin Manshan couldn't think of anything else, so he hurriedly walked towards the nearest servant.

After some enquiry, he finally learnt where the staircase was.

After making it to the first-floor corridor, with the help of the door plate embedded on the side of the door, Lin Manshan finally found the reception room.

Stretching out his right hand, he knocked lightly on the edge of the door.

"Please come in!" A response quickly came from inside the door.

Lin Manshan pushed the door to enter. The interior was simple and clean, spacious and bright, long sofas were neatly arranged on both sides, a long wooden table was placed right in front of it, and behind it sat a white-clothed old man, who looked to be in his sixties, in high spirits, and was looking quite healthy.

At a glance, he is someone who has had a good life.

Seeing that the one who walked in was a kid who was about 1.45 metres tall and wearing a Nuoding Academy uniform, Matthew Nou couldn't help but get up and ask.

"Little friend, is there something wrong?"

"Deacon Matthew Nou, my name is Manshan, I'm a third-year student of Nuoding Primary Spirit Master Academy. My spirit power has just reached level 10 now, and I've come here this time to apply for a warrant from you to enter the Spirit Forest." Lin Manshan bowed slightly and politely said.

"Oh? Doesn't Nuoding Academy possess a permanent token? And as far as I know, Nuoding Academy arranges its instructors to help new students hunt spirit rings every month, so why don't you wait a little longer and let your instructor take you there?" Matthew Nou looked a little puzzled and asked.

"Because I want to hunt an optimal hundred-year-old spirit beast." Lin Manshan said directly, "But my Innate Spirit Power is only Level 3."

He didn't say that he wanted to hunt power-type ones, because if he said that, the other party would think that he had lost his mind. Most of the Power Attack System spirit beasts are carnivorous beasts and extremely aggressive, and when encountering it, even the 2-ringed battle spirit masters with optimum years of experience would not necessarily be able to just overpower it. Usually only with a few 2-ringed battle spirit masters or with the help of a higher level spirit master, they could be stably suppressed, allowing someone to make up the last knife and kill it.

"Hunting a hundred-year-old spirit beast!?"

Matthew Nou's face looked shocked. The instructors of Nuoding Academy generally had a spirit power level around level 25, and had an average spirit ring configuration, so hunting a hundred-year-old spirit beast would indeed be very risky for them. In addition, with only level 3 innate spirit power, a talent such as this, in the commoner class, it is quite okay, but when placed in the noble class, it can only be said to be so-so, which makes it difficult to convince the dean to make a move.

If you have some connections, you may still have a chance.

If you don't have connections, you have no background, and you're just an ordinary civilian, then it's simply not possible.

Even a noble child wouldn't be able to get the dean's help in hunting a hundred-year-old spirit beast, let alone an ordinary civilian with little talent.

'Could it be that this child is trying to resort to group hunting?' He couldn't help but think like that.

"Ah Man, do you know how dangerous it is to hunt a hundred-year-old spirit beast? Does your family know?" Matthew Nuo frowned slightly, "Moreover, the ones who go to the Spirit Forest to form a team are basically spirit masters who have already obtained their spirit rings, you don't even have your first spirit ring now, no one will let you join the team. Even if there is a team that lets you make up the numbers, they probably won't risk their lives to help you hunt a hundred-year-old spirit beast."

"Deacon Matthew Nou, I'm an orphan." Lin Manshan whispered.

"Orphan..." Matthew Nuo immediately felt a blockage in his chest, his mouth opened as if something was stuck, and he was unable to speak. This is not going to hunt a spirit beast, this is going to commit suicide. Success counts as good luck, failure means death, anyway, he has nothing to worry about. After looking at Lin Manshan with compassion on his face, Matthew Nuo suddenly asked again, "Little friend, what is your martial soul?"

"Hatchet." Lin Manshan answered truthfully.

Hatchet. Matthew Nuo suddenly fell into silence. If Lin Manshan's martial soul is a rarer food system martial soul or auxiliary system martial soul, he could persuade Lin Manshan to drop out of Nuoding Academy and transfer to the academy under the banner of Spirit Hall.

Food system martial souls and auxiliary system martial souls had always been the object of scrambling by major academies and the imperial army, so even if their spirit power was poor, they would still be cultivated with priority. But for an average common martial soul like Hatchet, even if he joined an academy under the banner of the Spirit Hall, it is expected that it would be difficult to be taken seriously and no one would be dispatched to help him hunt a hundred-year-old Spirit Ring.

"Then have you thought about what kind of spirit beast you want to hunt?" Matthew Nuo asked again, Lin Manshan is after all a student of Nuoding Academy, their Spirit Hall doesn't have a tradition of poaching people like him, nor does it have the responsibility or obligation to help non-Spirit Hall exclusive spirit masters to hunt spirit beasts. However, out of his personal feelings, he didn't want Lin Manshan to choose to hunt an overly powerful hundred-year-old spirit beast and die.

If he only hunted hundred-year-old spirit beasts that weren't very aggressive, he would still be able to feel better in his heart, because at least there is still hope. If he chose to hunt the ferocious and aggressive Power Attack System or Agility Attack System Spirit Beasts, he would have to consider whether or not he should send this child to his death; or send this child back to the Nuoding Academy, inform the Academy's instructor of his situation, and let the Academy's instructor or dean make the decision.

In this way, he could at least have a clean eye and a clear heart.

"The academy's Master Yu Xiaogang once suggested to me to hunt hardwood-type plant system spirit beasts." Lin Manshan almost blurted out loud, although Yu Xiaogang's suggestion was a pitfall, it was indeed a good way to help him disguise the type of hundred-year-old spirit ring he wanted.

Yu Xiaogang, Plant System Spirit Beast. Matthew Nuo's face turned cloudy as he nodded, the hundred-year-old hardwood plant system spirit beast basically had no aggressiveness except for its thick and rough bark, so as long as he could find it, it was indeed very likely that he would succeed in hunting it.

"It can increase the hardness of your martial soul, it is indeed a good choice. Ah Man, then did you bring the certification paperwork written by three nobles? This is something that must be prepared in advance, if not, it would be best for you to go back to the academy now to seek the help of the academy's instructors, and have the parents of the noble students in your class help to write it."

The Spirit Hall's issuance of a token of warrant required nothing more than a test of spirit power to confirm that the spirit power had indeed reached level 10. But there was also another requirement set by the empire, which was the seal of approval from three nobles, but there was no need for the nobles to be present in person, no one else had that kind of free time. You just needed to have the nobles write a letter, and then give it a stamp with the special seal that the empire had issued to each of the nobles.

"Have brought it." Lin Manshan nodded and hurriedly pulled out three papers from his arms. When he fought with Xiao Chenyu, he also became well-known in the academy. Coupled with Xiao Wu from his dormitory being rampant in the academy, the noble students in the academy were also quite polite to him. Finding three students to ask their families for a written certificate was simply not too difficult.

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