Afterward, Su Yuntao led everyone out of the room, looked at the village chief, and said with a smile, "Village Chief, your village has awakened quite a few Spirit Masters with spirit power this year—a total of three. One of them even has innate level five spirit power. Although his Spirit is just a rusty iron sword, it's still quite good."
Then, Su Yuntao looked at Xiao Tian with a smile and asked, "Little fellow, are you interested in joining Spirit Hall and studying at the Spirit Hall Academy?"
Su Yuntao extended an invitation to Xiao Tian. As a commoner, he knew that Spirit Hall was definitely the most suitable force for commoner Spirit Masters.
When the village chief saw Su Yuntao's gaze fall on Xiao Tian, he immediately understood. It seemed Xiao Tian had also awakened a Spirit that he liked.
Although it was just a rusty sword, due to his innate level five spirit power, becoming a Spirit King wouldn't be an issue if he cultivated normally.
He himself was also a Spirit Master and knew that Spirits would undergo some changes, more or less, after attaching spirit rings. Moreover, he was also a blacksmith, so he naturally understood that Xiao Tian's sword Spirit would eventually have a day when it wasn't a rusty sword!
Attaching spirit rings had a certain chance of changing the appearance of a Spirit, and even strengthening it.
"Xiao Tian, what do you think?"
The village chief was not in a hurry to have Xiao Tian join Spirit Hall.
Every year, Spirit Masters with spirit power who awakened in their village, as long as their innate spirit power was above level two, were basically invited by Su Yuntao. He was accustomed to it.
However, because most of the Spirits awakened in their village were related to forging, many people ultimately chose to study at a nearby academy and then returned to the village's blacksmith shop to work after graduating.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Tian showed Su Yuntao an innocent smile and said, "Spirit Master, I want to see the World outside first. As for Spirit Hall, I'll go when I have the chance later!"
Xiao Tian's refusal surprised Su Yuntao a little, but he couldn't say anything.
He thought that Xiao Tian was indeed a bit too naive, yearning for the World outside, but the World outside wasn't that friendly to commoners.
Never mind. After Xiao Tian hits a wall, he might go to Spirit Hall Academy on his own. A little tempering outside wouldn't hurt.
Then, Su Yuntao bid farewell to the old village chief and headed to the next village.
Xiao Tian indeed didn't want to enter Spirit Hall too early. He was more curious about what this system was all about, and if he had the chance, he also wanted to meet the people of this World.
Douluo was commonly known as the Continent of Love.
In his previous life, besides collecting various famous swords, he also enjoyed admiring beautiful women!
Hehe.
The old village chief also respected Xiao Tian's choice and said, "In that case, our village's work-study student slot will be yours. Three months from now, you can go to Notting Academy near the village to study."
Xiao Tian hesitated and said, "Grandpa Village Chief, wouldn't it be bad to just give the slot to me? There are other people in the village who have awakened their Spirit and spirit power..."
"Hahaha, who told you our village only has one work-study student slot? It's just that Notting Academy only has one work-study student slot. Alright, you don't need to worry about this. Come, follow me to the blacksmith shop. Didn't you want a long sword?"
Saying that, the village chief looked at Su Yuntao again and bowed slightly to him gratefully, "Thank you, Spirit Master, for coming tirelessly every year to awaken Spirits for our children."
"Ding, it has been detected that there is an 80,000-year-old Blue Silver King near the host. Please handle it with care!"
Xiao Tian also followed the village chief to the blacksmith shop. Along the way, this crazy system kept broadcasting that there was a Blue Silver King nearby, but all he saw along the way were common Blue Silver Grass. Where was the trace of a Blue Silver King!
Xiao Tian shook his head, annoyed, not wanting to bother with it.
Suddenly, he accidentally stepped on a Blue Silver Grass. Not paying much attention, he directly moved his foot. Blue Silver Grass was like weeds in his previous life, making people unable to pay attention to them at all.
But at this moment, the system's voice suddenly rang out.
"Holy crap! The host actually stepped on an 80,000-year-old Blue Silver King and killed it! The system is greatly shocked and a critical reward has been triggered!"
"Reward: Host's comprehension has been improved, and innate spirit power has been raised to level ten!"
Xiao Tian: ???
Xiao Tian looked bewildered. Was this system really that crazy?
He couldn't help but glance behind him at the Blue Silver Grass he had just stepped on. Wasn't it just ordinary Blue Silver Grass?
How could he have the ability to step on and kill a Blue Silver King?
Even he, who had read many web novels in his previous life, was confused. He had reason to suspect that this system was just giving him a reward in a roundabout way because it thought his talent was too poor!
After all, he was someone with a system. If the host was too bad, wouldn't the system lose face?
Since the system was so proactive, he would reluctantly accept this reward. Hehe, a typical case of getting a good deal and still acting modest!
Blacksmith shop.
The village chief handed the long sword he had forged to Xiao Tian and said with a smile, "Xiao Tian, this is the iron sword you've always wanted. It's made from the best ore available in the village.
However, I was thinking, since your Spirit is also a sword, then this iron sword..."
Before the village chief could finish speaking, Xiao Tian snatched the iron sword, protectively saying, "Grandpa Village Chief, since you said this iron sword was forged for me, you can't go back on your word, even if my Spirit is a sword."
"Alright, alright, I didn't say I wouldn't give it to you. Oh, by the way, Xiao Tian, can you show me your Spirit?"
Xiao Tian nodded, flipping his right hand: "Fifteen, come out!"
The next moment, a dark long sword appeared in Xiao Tian's right hand. But Xiao Tian noticed that the rust on Sword Fifteen's body had disappeared. Could this be due to the improvement in innate spirit power, which also improved the Spirit's quality?
"Oh, Xiao Tian, is your Spirit called Sword Fifteen? What a strange name. Didn't that Spirit Master say it was a rusty sword? Why don't I see any rust? That's strange."
Then, Sword Fifteen in Xiao Tian's hand even politely bowed to the old village chief, its blade swaying softly from side to side, appearing inexplicably comical.
This somewhat shocked the old village chief. He had been a Spirit Master and blacksmith for so long, and this was the first time he had seen such a spiritual Spirit!
"Xiao Tian, your Spirit seems to be very extraordinary. There's a feeling I can't quite describe..."
The old village chief's eyesight was still quite sharp. He believed Xiao Tian's Spirit should be quite special.
And now, Xiao Tian was even more certain that his Spirit was very likely Sword Fifteen, the Sword Intent transformed from the Xuanyuan Sword in his past life's memory!
Xiao Tian then smiled at the old village chief, saying nothing.
Soon, three months had passed.
Led by the village chief, Xiao Tian finally arrived at the entrance of Notting Academy.
During these three months, he also spent his days practicing swordsmanship in the back mountain. When his spirit power was abundant, he used Sword Fifteen. When his spirit power was exhausted, he used the iron sword given by the village chief.
And he didn't know if it was because of the comprehension improvement rewarded by the system, but he very easily cultivated Sword Intent, and could even condense Sword Qi with his fingers and shoot it out!
This made him feel a bit surprised, because besides swinging his sword, he didn't know too many other sword moves, yet he had cultivated Sword Intent first. Was this sequence a bit off?
The gate guard looked at Xiao Tian's work-study student certificate and didn't say much, letting him in directly. Xiao Tian thought, 'This is how it should be. Why would there be so many face-slapping scenarios? A gate guard is just an ordinary person, how would he dare to provoke a future Spirit Master?'
As expected, Xiao Tian was assigned to the work-study student dormitory, Room Seven.
As soon as he entered, everyone in the dormitory focused their gaze on him. One person said with a somewhat arrogant expression, "You must be the new student. My name is Wang Sheng. We have a rule in Room Seven: if you want to come in, you have to fight the dorm leader!"
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