Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio
Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio
“Kaixuan, come over and greet all your seniors.”
It was frowned upon to interrupt any Spiritualist who was in the basic process of absorbing Spirit Power of Heaven and Earth. Rong Yiyao and the rest of them waited quietly by the side until Rong Kaixuan had finished his absorption process before calling out to him.
Rong Kaixuan nodded and walked over. He looked at all of them and politely greeted them. “Rong Kaixuan greets all my seniors here.”
Everyone smiled and returned his greeting, but each of their faces carried a slightly strange expression. There were also a few who stole some glances at Rong Kaijie.
Everyone in the Rong clan knew about what happened between Rong Kaixuan and Rong Yitie and his son. While everyone found out that there was a new Spirit Gatherer in the clan, they also knew that this Spirit Gatherer now had a feud with Rong Kaijie, who was known to be the most powerful Spirit Spellcaster of his generation in the clan.
Right now, Rong Kaijie also kept a smile on his face. It was as if he didn’t care about all those unhappy things that had happened.
Everyone else admired Rong Kaijie and thought that he was a magnanimous and forgiving person. Only Rong Kaixuan knew that this man was very scheming and the smile on his face was just for show.
Rong Yiyao looked at everyone and said, “Kaixuan is a Spirit Gatherer. Since the clan doesn’t have any Spirit Gatherers, we never created a hall for Spirit Gatherers. So, I have decided to let him stay in the hall for Spirit Spellcasters to train for the time being.” After a short pause, he gave instructions. “Lady Wang, I’d like you to train him in basic spellcasting. Is that alright with you?”
Everyone was taken aback by that. Even the smile on Rong Kaijie’s face had become a little forced.
Lady Wang’s identity was extremely special, and she wasn’t a direct descendant of the Rong family. Even someone like Rong Yiyao didn’t have the authority to ask her to do anything.
Some had feelings for Lady Wang, and they were all desperately shouting at her in their hearts for her to reject this request.
To their great disappointment, Lady Wang only hummed to herself for a while before nodding and replying, “I will do it.”
An intention to kill someone flashed across Rong Kaijie’s heart, but he quickly filed it away. He smiled and said, “Lady Wang, you’re about to hit Spiritualist Mentor now, so it’s an important time for you. Why should you be distracted by something else?” He took a step forward. With a big smile on his face, he asked, “Uncle Yiyao, why don’t you let me do this instead?”
Rong Yiyao frowned slightly and said, “I’ve already decided on who it should be. Are you questioning my decision?”
Rong Kaijie’s expression changed slightly. He quickly said, “Oh no, I wouldn’t dare.”
He was an arrogant character, but he didn’t dare be rude to Rong Yiyao since he was a Spiritualist Mentor.
Rong Yiyao slowly nodded. His tone of voice calmed down. “You are also a Peak Stage Spiritualist who could get to the Spiritualist Mentor stage anytime now. Humph, remember this well. Our ability is the most basic part of being a Spiritualist, so don’t lose focus on that.”
Everyone’s hearts trembled and deeply felt his words, regardless of whether it was Rong Kaijie, Lady Wang, Rong Kaixuan, or any of the other people listening.
Rong Yiyao hid the fierceness in his eyes and said, “Lady Wang, you can go ahead and teach him basic spells.” After a pause, he laughed and said, “But if Kaixuan’s constitution is too poor and it becomes too tough for you to continue, I will take over and teach him myself.”
Lady Wang smiled faintly and replied, “Uncle Yiyao, how could that be? Since Kaixuan is a Spirit Gatherer, I don’t believe his constitution could be that poor.”
Rong Yiyao laughed loudly and said, “You know, there are many Spirit Gatherers who are really great at gathering spirits while their advancement in attack spells are…”
A mocking look flashed across his face. Everyone else started laughing loudly.
They were all Spirit Spellcasters and naturally carried a sense of envy and jealousy toward Spirit Gatherers, who were placed in a higher position than themselves.
Thus, everyone enjoyed joining Rong Yiyao in teasing a Spirit Gatherer.
Lady Wang smiled politely. She turned and asked, “Kaixuan, have you tried spellcasting before?”
Rong Kaixuan thought about it and said, “Senior Wang, with the guidance of the Elder, I have learned how to do a Spirit Power Bounce.”
Everyone burst out laughing.
Lady Wang shook her head and said, “My junior, Spirit Power Bounces are not considered a proper sort of spell.”
One of them added, “She’s right. Spirit Power Bounces are what we Spirit Spellcasters use to test how strong one’s gifting and Spirit Power is. It’s really not considered a spell at all.” He paused before continuing with a strange smile on his face, “If you can’t even grasp a Spirit Power Bounce, there’s no point in trying to learn the Art of Spellcasting anymore.”
Rong Kaixuan’s face turned slightly red as he said, “Senior, please guide me along.”
Lady Wang gently replied, “Sure. But before I teach you proper spells, I need to test what sort of Spirit Power you have.”
Rong Kaixuan was puzzled. “What?”
Lady Wang was a truly well-brought-up young lady. Even though Rong Kaixuan seemed to know absolutely nothing, she never lost her patience with him.
“As Spiritualists, we have Spirit Power in us, which is something that many people are envious of, but this Spirit Power is not all-powerful,” she replied. “There are some Spiritualists who are better at using earth element Spirit Power, and some Spiritualists who are better at using water element Spirit Power. There are also many other types. If a Spiritualist can find out what type of Spirit Power he has and focuses on cultivating the spells that are suitable for this type, it would save him a lot of effort as well as help him to move up in level faster.”
Rong Kaixuan nodded in enlightenment and was very excited. “Senior, how can I be tested?”
Lady Wang smiled and said, “You’ve just begun your Spiritualist journey, so you don’t have much in terms of cultivation.” After some thought, she said, “I’ll test you for the basic five elements first. After you’ve risen in stage, I’ll test you for other types.”
Rong Kaixuan nodded gravely and said, “I’ll go with whatever you have said.”
Lady Wang nodded satisfactorily and said, “The test for the basic five elements is very simple, so it won’t be recorded in any manual.” She stretched her hand out. A small spark appeared on her silky white and flawless small hand. “I’m best at using wood element Spirit Power.”
She tapped her finger in the air. The spark on her hand immediately burst open. A faint and mysterious smell immediately filled everyone’s nostrils.
Rong Kaixuan sniffed the air hard. His heart was filled with surprise.
Lady Wang said, “I just released some Spirit Power. It gathered the woody fragrance of everything around it that carries nothing else but wood element Spirit Power.”
Rong Kaixuan was enlightened and said, “I get it. You’re trying to see which element my Spirit Power works best with.”
Lady Wang’s eyes curved as she smiled and replied, “You’re an intelligent one alright.”
Rong Kaixuan scratched his head and asked with some frustration, “What do I need to do to be able to only absorb one element?”
He had tried unleashing a Spirit Power Bounce before. The moment he released Spirit Power from his finger, the spark of Spirit Power immediately absorbed all the Spirit Power of Heaven and Earth to become a Spirit Power Bounce.
He had never tried to only absorb just one element from the Spirit Power of Heaven and Earth before.
Lady Wang pondered this question and replied, “You have to sense it and try for yourself.”
“What?” Rong Kaixuan asked in surprise.
Lady Wang said, “The world we live in is like a gigantic painting. The various elements in the Spirit Power of Heaven and Earth are like the different paints used in the painting, and these paints have produced a color that is unique to itself.” Her voice was very pleasant and seemed to draw everyone’s attention to her, making one lost in her voice without realizing it. “What we Spiritualists have to do is differentiate the primary colors in this huge painting and convert the powers of these colors into our own.”
Rong Kaixuan nodded even though he wasn’t sure. There was some confusion in his eyes.
He stretched a hand out. A spark of Spirit Power glowed on his hand.
In the next moment, a tremendous surge of Spirit Power started gathering around the little spark. In an instant, the tiny spark of Spirit Power had become a glow that was the size of a fist.
“Ha-ha!” Rong Kaijie loudly laughed and said, “What an idiot. He was supposed to test his type of Spirit Power, but he released a Spirit Power Bounce instead. What an idi… Ah!”
He suddenly yelped in the middle of his own sentence.
He yelped because the Spirit Power Bounce in Rong Kaixuan’s hand suddenly flew up and started flying toward him.
Rong Kaijie was a Peak Stage Spirit Spellcaster, so he knew the power of that ball of Spirit Power.
When he saw the Spirit Power Bounce coming his way, he had to stop his teasing. He stretched a hand out to quickly put up a force field in front of him to protect himself. He bent his head and exerted some force in his legs, practically flying back.
Because everything had happened so quickly, he still looked embarrassing even though he had reacted very quickly.
Pak!
The Spirit Power Bounce crashed hard against the ground and created a small crater in the surface.
Rong Kaixuan had a look of horror on his face as he exclaimed, “Oh dear! Senior! I’m so sorry! That was a slip of the hand. I hope you will forgive me.”
“You…” Rong Kaijie’s eyes were round and wide. If looks killed, Rong Kaixuan would have been slashed to pieces by the daggers in Rong Kaijie’s eyes.
Everyone exchanged glances. There were strange smiles on their faces now.
Through this incident, they understood Rong Kaixuan’s character.
This fellow was definitely not the type to just tolerate or stay quiet if he was bullied. The moment Rong Kaijie started mocking him, he immediately retaliated. And, he even had a pretty good excuse for himself.
It was normal for someone who had just started on his cultivation path to becoming a Spiritualist to lose control sometimes. If he could control his Spirit Power like someone who had cultivated for the past 10 years, that would have been strange.
Rong Yiyao shook his head and said, “Alright now, since it was just an honest mistake, let it go.”
“Alright,” Rong Kaijie answered with an angry expression on his face. The hatred he had toward Rong Kaixuan was growing in his heart.
Lady Wang smiled faintly and said, “Kaixuan, take your time. Sensing the Spirit Power of Heaven and Earth is not a simple thing to do. We didn’t manage to ascertain our type of Spirit Power on our first try either. If you can feel the powers of the basic five elements within the next year, that would be pretty good already.”
Rong Kaixuan nodded. He suddenly asked, “How long did everyone here take?”
One of them laughed and replied, “My dear junior, everyone takes a different amount of time to get it. Most take at least half a year, and some take just a few months. Kaijie only took three months to sense the element that works best with him, and he’s the fastest among us already.”
Rong Kaijie’s mood improved a little after hearing that. He put on a modest smile and said, “My senior, you’re too kind. Lady Wang here is the real genius. She only needed one month to be able to differentiate the five elements in the Spirit Power of Heaven and Earth.” He glanced at Rong Kaixuan and quietly said, “I wonder how long it will take for you since you’re a Spirit Gatherer.”
Rong Kaixuan tilted his head as if he hadn’t heard what Rong Kaijie said.
He slowly raised a finger again. A spark glowed on his fingertip again.
Rong Kaijie’s expression changed slightly. The Spirit Power within him started moving as he made a decision in his heart.
If Rong Kaixuan made a slip again, he was going to take the chance to attack him and teach him a good lesson.
Just as he was thinking those vicious thoughts, there was a small pak sound.
The spark on Rong Kaixuan’s fingertip had burst open. He suddenly smelled a faint and mysterious fragrance in his nostrils.