252: Lock Dragon Inn

Under Xu Huan's introduction, Xu Le finally learned about the Rank divisions of Spirit Tamers.

The four Realms: Candlelight, Morning Star, Bright Moon, and Blazing Sun.

The candlelight realm involves using one's spirit to nourish the ancestral spirit, helping it strengthen until it can manifest in reality.

The Morning Star Realm involves helping the ancestral spirit undergo Awakening and refining its Lifebound Treasure; once successful, the ancestral spirit's physical toughness and power will increase significantly.

The Bright Moon Realm is when the ancestral spirit gives back to the Spirit Tamer, helping him increase his Mental Energy and enhance his five senses.

Finally, the Blazing Sun Realm is when the ancestral spirit's spirit breaks through its limits and can manifest a spirit Domain.

"Below the Blazing Sun, all are but chickens and dogs. Only experts of the same Rank can stand a chance."

The more Xu Huan spoke, the more she yearned for it, her eyes shining. "Brother, are you in the Blazing Sun Realm?"

Xu Le stroked the stubble on his chin. Seeing as he currently couldn't help Ghost manifest in reality, he hadn't even entered the candlelight realm yet; he was still in the spirit Gestation Period.

But seeing as Ghost could give back spirit to help increase his Mental Energy, he belonged to the Bright Moon Realm. Furthermore, he was at a relatively high level within the Bright Moon Realm, having successfully enhanced his five senses.

He looked at his attribute panel:

[Name] Xu Le

[Class] Spirit Tamer

[Rank] 16

[Talent] Innate Divinity

[Power] 1

[Agility] 1

[Physique] 1

[spirit] 42.41

[Skill] Under Seal

[Equipment] Under Seal

After reaching Rank 10, the spirit gained per Rank increased from 1 point to 5 points, which was a significant boost.

If he encountered that Lantern Ghost from before again, he could definitely defeat it easily.

He rubbed his nose and said truthfully, "I'm definitely not in the Blazing Sun Realm; Ghost can't manifest a spirit Domain yet. I think I might be in the Bright Moon Realm or the spirit Gestation Period."

"You—you're talking nonsense! Those in the spirit Gestation Period can't even manifest in reality, so how could you defeat a Lantern Evil spirit? Brother, why don't you let me see your ancestral spirit?"

Xu Le spread his hands. "I can't release it. If I could, I would have released it last night."

Xu Huan tugged at the corners of Xu Le's clothes with both hands, shaking them. Her voice was so sweet it made one's skin crawl. "Oh, come on, dear brother, let me see, just one look, okay?"

"Sss!" Xu Le took a sharp breath. "Don't be like this. If I could make it manifest in reality, I would have shown you already. Why would I endure this disgust and let you torture me like this?"

The two were twin siblings, but as a transmigrator, Xu Le's consciousness had awakened long ago. He also had to bear the spatial repairs for Ghost, making him groggy every day. He basically didn't play with anyone his age, including his own sister.

Xu Huan's personality was also quite cold. She spent every day diligently nourishing her Golden Dragon. Though they were siblings and cared for each other in their hearts, it was merely because of their Bloodline bond. Their actual interactions were mostly bickering and fighting; they never played intimately.

Even grabbing his clothes was something Xu Huan did by suppressing the discomfort in her heart, driven by curiosity after he had saved her life.

Her voice began to turn cold. "You're really not going to show me?"

Xu Le spread his hands. "It's not that I won't, it's that I can't!"

Xu Huan was furious. "Damn you, Xu Le! Remember this! You actually said I was disgusting. In the future..."

Xu Le breathed a sigh of relief. "Right, this is normal!"

Xu Huan: "..."

...Time flew by.

The two of them graduated from high school.

During this period, Xu Le helped Xu Huan once more by eliminating a Bright Moon Realm evil spirit. From the dissipating Spiritual Qi, Xu Le confirmed that killing evil spirits could help Ghost increase its strength, even if the opponent was only a Bright Moon Realm evil spirit.

Ghost felt that if he killed three more Bright Moon Realm evil spirits, or one Blazing Sun Realm evil spirit, he would be able to comprehend a spirit Domain.

One day, Father Xu returned home looking exhausted and called for the two siblings.

"Xiao Le, what university are you planning to apply for?"

"I'm planning to apply for the Beijing Film Academy," Xu Le answered without hesitation. (PS: There's a plot reason for this, mentioned briefly; it's not a showbiz novel.)

This was the result of his calm consideration and an idea he'd had since birth.

For nothing else but to earn faith!

In passing, he could also promote the excellent cultural knowledge of Earth Star and Blue Star.

Of course, that was on the surface. In secret, he would sneak into the Spirit Realm to take a look. He would take a two-pronged approach, being strong in both!

Xu Huan mocked, "You didn't even go to the art exams. Besides, with a total score of 288 points—tsk tsk—even art schools have standards."

Xu Le: "..."

The cultures of the two sides were different. It wasn't until his first year of high school that his spirit returned to normal. He had almost zero foundation, so getting a high score was difficult!

Although his spirit was high and his memory was strong, watching movies, television, and playing games to understand the culture of this world took a lot of time. More importantly, his luck was bad; he guessed wrong on many multiple-choice questions.

Fine!

Before high school, he didn't have the spirit to study. After high school, he focused on becoming a star, only dealing with his studies casually. He didn't expect his luck to be even worse than imagined.

He coughed and explained, "I sponsored a building for the school and have already talked to the vice-principal. This is the admission letter."

With his usual pocket money plus some "unimportant" inside information, he had easily earned over 40 million.

He planned to use the remaining 20 million or so to invest in a movie that he would direct and star in himself.

Father Xu looked tenderly at Xu Huan, feeling sorrow in his heart as he forced a smile. "Xiao Huan, what about you?"

This was just an unimportant question because the real answer was always going to the Spirit Realm. From the moment she gained control of her ancestral spirit, this was the fate of most Spirit Tamers.

Only a small number of Spirit Tamers, due to injuries or special circumstances, could stay in modern society to suppress potentially hidden evil spirits... Time flew by.

September arrived.

Xu Le, Xu Huan, Wang Xueting, and others boarded a plane to "school." They also chose Beijing.

"Xu Le, see you during winter break!" Xu Huan waved with a smile.

"We're both in Beijing; we can see each other normally!" Xu Le replied.

"Ahem!" The "teacher" leading the team reminded them not to let anything slip, unaware that the two girls had already spilled everything they knew.

"Hehe!" Xu Huan glared. That damn Xu Le was messing with her again!

They parted ways at the airport.

There were eighteen people in Xu Huan's group, all of them looking around at the prosperity of Beijing.

The "teacher" leading the team thought the children were just curious and didn't notice anything special about Xu Huan and Wang Xueting.

They had proactively left a tracker to help Xu Le find the node to the Spirit Realm.

Observing everything now was because they were worried Xu Le would be caught. They were also memorizing the route so that even if they lost him, they could help Xu Le smuggle himself into the Spirit Realm.

Unfortunately, their unreliable father wouldn't reveal any information about the Spirit Realm ahead of time, no matter how much Xu Huan acted spoiled, saying it was a matter of discipline.

What kind of discipline is more important than your own daughter? ╯^╰

The population on both sides of the street became increasingly sparse, and the air grew strangely colder. Xu Huan even felt a faint trace of Spiritual Qi.

Xu Huan looked up and found that they had arrived at an old wooden building. Two large red lanterns were hanging there, and the building's sign was half-fallen, with the remaining half hanging upside down.

Four large characters were faintly visible—Dragon-Locking Inn!

When did this happen?

How could there be such an old building in Beijing?

This wasn't Beijing; it was a Spirit Realm node! It might even be the Spirit Realm itself!

Would Xu Le be able to keep up?