Chapter Eighty-Seven: Notting City, the Master (2)

At last, his suspicions were confirmed.

Su Yuntao was not sure whether he truly believed Lin An’s words, or whether he simply thought it would not take long to let him try, so he agreed to let Lin An test his spirit.

Lin An drew a deep breath and, following Su Yuntao’s instructions, stood in the center of the six black stones. In an instant, layers of golden radiance flowed out from the stones, forming a pale golden barrier that enveloped him.

Countless specks of gold drifted up from the black stones and sank into Lin An’s body.

“Hold out your right hand,” Su Yuntao said.

Lin An instinctively extended his right hand. At once, all the golden points surged forth, and in the center of his palm a spirit form appeared: a dragon-elephant.

“An elephant spirit? If you have spiritual power, this beast spirit should still be able to play some role,” Su Yuntao said.

Lin An smiled without refuting him. So the bloodline he had fused with before was the very spirit he had awakened.

This world had probably never even heard of a dragon-elephant spirit, so Lin An could not be bothered to explain further.

After all, he was merely a traveler passing through.

At the same time, Lin An also knew that he possessed a second spirit: the reward he had obtained from Xiao Yan, the true five-clawed dragon.

Sure enough, twin spirits and innate full spiritual power were the standard configuration for one who possessed the system.

“Next is the spiritual power test. If that innate full spiritual power of the boy named Tang San had belonged to you instead, I might have been able to recommend you directly to the Spirit Hall.”

Before Su Yuntao had even finished speaking, he helplessly shook his head and forced that absurd idea from his mind. There was already one person with innate full spiritual power, and how could someone this old, only now coming to test his spirit, possibly turn out to have it as well?

That was far too unrealistic.

Then Su Yuntao began Lin An’s spiritual power test.

“It really is innate full spiritual power!”

Su Yuntao’s mind was somewhat dazed. Since when had innate full spiritual power become so worthless? Two people in one day?

He did not know what else to say about this luck.

However, Lin An’s spirit was much more useful than Tang San’s. It was a pity that he was too old; otherwise, Su Yuntao really could have introduced him to the Spirit Hall.

Lin An was not surprised. The moment his spirit had been tested, he had already guessed that he must be born with full spiritual power.

After all, he had cultivated in the Dou Qi Continent for so long; there should not be a single trace of improvement at all, should there?

He even felt that, so long as he could fuse a spirit ring, he could at least break through directly to level thirty or beyond.

“What a pity. If you had awakened a giant elephant spirit at the age of six, and with innate full spiritual power besides, then no matter which clan or faction you belonged to, you would absolutely have been nurtured as a priority. But now... your age is a little too great.”

Su Yuntao said with some regret.

“It’s fine. Being able to awaken a spirit is already enough for me. As for the future, I’ll just take things one step at a time,” Lin An replied carelessly.

Seeing how optimistic he was, Su Yuntao did not say anything more.

The door opened, and Old Jack hurried forward with a tense expression. “Sir, how was it? Do any of the children in our village have the chance to become spirit masters this year?”

Su Yuntao glanced at him and sighed. “There is one, but it is a pity.”

Jack’s eyes flickered with uncertainty as he asked tentatively, “Sir, then that is...?”

Su Yuntao said, “Among this year’s nine children, only two possess spiritual power. One spirit is Blue Silver Grass, and the other I feel is not of much use either...”

With that, Su Yuntao shook his head and left Holy Soul Village. He still had other villages to test, and with two spirits of little use here, he felt there was no need to remain any longer.

Watching Su Yuntao depart, Old Jack could only sigh helplessly in his heart. He had not expected that even this year, no child worthy of becoming a spirit master had been found.

...

Now that his spirit had been tested, Lin An had no reason to stay here any longer.

As for Tang San, Lin An did not wish to become entangled with him.

At present, all he wanted was to hurry off and hunt spirit beasts, fuse a spirit ring that belonged to him, and raise his strength.

“This young master should be visiting our Holy Soul Village for the first time, yes? I wonder if there is anything I can help you with?”

Seeing that Lin An was unfamiliar, Old Jack took the initiative to step forward and ask.

“I want to go to Notting City. How do I get there?”

Holy Soul Village was simply too small, and since he was unfamiliar with the place, he did not want to linger here any longer.

Soon, Old Jack told Lin An the road to Notting City.

With Little Purple’s speed, it was not long before he arrived in Notting City.

As for the attention Little Purple attracted, Lin An paid it no mind at all.

After resting for a night and eating something, Lin An began to ponder how he ought to establish himself in the Douluo Continent.

After thinking for a long while, Lin An ultimately decided to go take a look at Notting Elementary Spirit Master Academy first. The academy’s master had left a deep impression on him, and even after so much time, he still remembered that man clearly.

Thinking of this, Lin An washed up briefly, ate breakfast, and then went straight to Notting Elementary Spirit Master Academy.

The way Lin An dressed marked him as either rich or noble, and the two guards who saw him were extremely respectful, not daring to show the slightest discourtesy.

“I want to see the master of your academy.”

Lin An stated his purpose directly.

“The master is currently in the academy. I’ll take you to him right away!”

The master’s status was rather special. More often than not, he remained within Notting Academy, and aside from the dean, it seemed no one else wished to have anything to do with him. Most of the time, he was entirely alone.

Led by one of the gate guards, Lin An soon arrived at the master’s residence.

The master was sitting leisurely in the courtyard reading. Only when Lin An stopped before him did he set the book in his hands aside.

After bringing Lin An here, the man returned to his post.

“You are looking for me?” the master asked, studying Lin An. In his memory, he did not know this person.

“That’s right. I have something I need your help with,” Lin An said.

“Not interested.”

Before Lin An could even say what his purpose was, the master flatly refused.

“Aren’t you at least curious what I came to ask you about? Maybe it’s something that interests you very much?”

Lin An said helplessly, not expecting the master to reject him so decisively.

“There are not many things that can interest me now. Are you sure?”

Seeing Lin An so confident, the master also became interested.

Lin An said nothing. He simply summoned his spirit.

A vividly lifelike dragon-elephant appeared behind him. Upon its massive body were scales that seemed cast from divine iron, and all around it radiated the imposing might of one born to command. The sight startled the master so badly that he practically sprang from his seat.

But that was not all. Lin An immediately summoned his second spirit as well.