#28Refuse to solicitAI Model: gemini-3.0-flash
Chapter 28: Refusing the Recruitment
It was no wonder Ma Xiunuo felt confused; the form of every Spirit Master's Spirit is fixed from the moment of their Awakening. This was common knowledge for almost all Spirit Masters on the Douluo Continent.
How could an Egg Martial Soul turn into a living, dragon-shaped creature? This was completely beyond his scope of understanding.
Hearing Ma Xiunuo's question, Lin Mo did not look surprised. He had anticipated this question long before coming here.
He spoke slowly, explaining, "Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo, you aren't mistaken. The registration on the certificate indeed says it's an egg.
But my Spirit is a bit special. It... can hatch."
"Hatch... hatch?" Ma Xiunuo's mouth hung wide open, feeling as though decades of knowledge had been completely overturned today.
"Yes, hatch." Lin Mo nodded. To add more credibility, he raised his right hand and gave a crisp snap of his fingers.
With the snap, a small flame originating from the same source as the fire on Charmander's tail leaped up from his fingertips out of thin air.
"You see, this spirit power attribute cannot be faked. This Charmanderindeed hatched from my previous Egg Martial Soul. It is my Spirit!"
Ma Xiunuo stared intently at the flame on Lin Mo's fingertips and the flame burning on Charmander's tail, sensing the almost identical aura.
The doubt in his eyes finally dissipated, replaced by a sense of wonder as if witnessing a miracle.
He let out a long sigh and sat back in his chair somewhat weakly, murmuring, "Hatching... to think such a thing exists... I really am getting old."
He shook his head, his gaze toward Lin Mo becoming somewhat complicated. "Sigh, your Nuoding Academy has truly recruited quite a few geniuses this year..."
As if remembering something, he added, "Counting you, among the new students this year, three have already successfully obtained their first spirit ring and officially become Spirit Masters."
Lin Mo understood in his heart that the other two were naturally Tang San and Xiao Wu. However, he did not interject and just listened quietly.
Ma Xiunuo continued, "The two before you, one is a Blue Silver Grasswith Innate Full Spirit Power, and the other is a Rabbit Spirit also with Innate Full Spirit Power. Both are already Spirit Masters.
Now there's you... although your Spirit is a bit strange, Innate Level Six Soul Power, reaching Spirit Master after nine months of cultivation, and the first spirit ring is also at the hundred-year level... Sigh, it really leaves one speechless."
Perhaps because he had already experienced the shock brought by Tang San and Xiao Wu, Ma Xiunuo felt a sense of numbness toward Lin Mo's peculiar Charmander Spirit, as if it were nothing unusual.
The impact Lin Mo's Charmander Spirit had on him wasn't even as great as Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Spirit, which had Innate Full Spirit Power and had even absorbed a four-hundred-year Datura Snake spirit ring.
That was truly a direct challenge to his understanding.
He rubbed the bridge of his nose, organized the current situation, and looked at Lin Mo again, his face returning to its proper serious expression.
He gave a light cough and inquired, "Lin Mo, according to custom, I need to ask you once.
Are you willing to join our Spirit Hall?
If you are willing, I can directly recommend you to enter a Spirit Masteracademy under the jurisdiction of the Spirit Hall for study. They can provide you with better resources and a better cultivation environment than Nuoding Academy."
Hearing this question, Lin Mo shook his head directly without any hesitation.
He pointed his finger at the yellow spirit ring rotating around Charmander's body and said in a voice that wasn't loud but was very clear:
"Thank you for your kindness, Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo, but I still want to stay at Nuoding Academy.
I believe you can see that the Dean values me very much. My first spirit ring was personally hunted for me by Dean Wang Zongchang of Nuoding Academy."
Lin Mo directly pulled out Wang Zongchang's name as a shield, effectively blocking any possibility of Ma Xiunuo continuing to act as a recruiter.
Sure enough, upon hearing Lin Mo's words, a "just as I thought" expression appeared on Ma Xiunuo's face, and he shook his head helplessly.
Dean Wang Zongchang, the Dean of Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy, was a powerhouse at the four-ring Spirit Ancestor Rank.
This level of strength might not be much elsewhere, but in this tiny Nuoding City, he was definitely a top-tier powerhouse.
If he didn't value Lin Mo's talent extremely highly, how could a Spirit Ancestor personally take a child who had just broken through rank 10to the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain a spirit ring?
In this small territory of Nuoding City, even as a member of the Spirit Hall, he was unwilling to easily provoke Wang Zongchang.
Especially since Lin Mo had already explicitly stated his refusal, continuing to speak would make him seem somewhat tactless.
Furthermore, long before he had asked, Ma Xiunuo already had a rough idea of the outcome in his heart.
After all, the two with Innate Full Spirit Power who came before—Tang San and Xiao Wu—had also rejected the Spirit Hall's invitation without hesitation.
It seemed that this year's Work-Study Students from Nuoding Academy had no interest in the Spirit Hall's recruitment.
His inquiry was more of a formality to fulfill the required procedures; he hadn't held much hope.
Ma Xiunuo sighed once more and said no more. He then pulled out a crystal ball used for testing spirit power levels from a drawer under the desk, one that Lin Mo had seen before.
"Well, everyone has their own ambitions. Since you've already decided, I won't try to persuade you further."
As Ma Xiunuo spoke, he spread out the registration form. "Now, let's complete the Spirit Master appraisal and registration.
First, place your hand on this crystal ball to test your current specific spirit power Rank."
"Okay." Lin Mo placed his hand on the blue crystal ball as instructed.
The crystal ball instantly produced a strong suction, and soon, a quite dazzling blue light bloomed on its surface.
"rank 12 spirit power!" Ma Xiunuo looked at the light of the crystal ball, nodded, and recorded the number on the registration form.
"I assume the age of the hundred-year spirit ring you absorbed isn't low either, otherwise it wouldn't have been possible to directly raise your spirit power Rank to 12."
Next, he asked for and recorded the name of Lin Mo's Spirit and some other minor information in detail.
After finishing the recording, Ma Xiunuo looked at the form and said to Lin Mo, "Your situation is quite special; your Spirit underwent... well, a change like hatching.
According to the rules, I need to report this change in your Spirit's form to the higher-ups for the record.
Don't worry about this being disadvantageous to you; these are just routine matters. The fact that Tang San's Blue Silver Grass Spiritabsorbed an animal spirit ring was also reported back then."
"I understand. Thank you for the trouble, Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo." Lin Mo expressed his understanding.
"Keep this safe; this is your subsidy for the first month after becoming a Spirit Master." Ma Xiunuo took out a small coin pouch from another drawer and handed it to Lin Mo.
"One gold coin, keep it safe. From now on, you can come to the Spirit Hall every month with your Spirit Master identification to collect your subsidy."
Lin Mo took the heavy coin pouch and felt the outline of that gold coininside, feeling a surge of joy in his heart.
One gold coin was a significant amount of wealth for a Work-Study Student like him, enough so that he wouldn't have to worry about food expenses for a long time.
"Thank you, Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo!" Lin Mo thanked him sincerely.
"You're welcome, this is what you deserve." Ma Xiunuo waved his hand. "Alright, the procedures are all finished. You may go back."
"Alright, then I'll take my leave." Lin Mo bowed to Ma Xiunuo once more, withdrew Charmander, and turned to leave the reception hall.
Things had gone quite smoothly.
He carefully tucked away the coin pouch and set off toward Nuoding Academy.
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