"I've become an Evolver, so your Tier Rank should have risen with mine. Has anything changed?"
Bai Xiaowen asked.
Zhen Mi shook her head.
After six months on Earth, spending every day with Bai Xiaowen and the other Awakened, Zhen Mi had changed considerably. She had learned simplified Chinese characters and understood most of what she had heard about Awakened, Evolvers, and other nonclassified matters.
By now, Zhen Mi was halfway to being a modern woman.
At Bai Xiaowen's request, Zhen Mi showed him her status panel.
It was the same as before: the special technique Phoenix Bearing and four supporting song-and-dance skills.
"Husband, I envy the younger sister from the Li Family... I want to help you too," Zhen Mi said softly.
"Don't worry," Bai Xiaowen said. "When I checked before, the result said you'd advance as long as I did. If you haven't advanced yet, it's probably because I haven't completed my Profession Trial. Give me a moment."
Bai Xiaowen silently commanded, Begin the Profession Trial.
The Spirit Realm Rules notified him: "You are cultivating two profession manuals simultaneously. The difficulty of your Profession Trial will increase."
"You possess a territory. Your Profession Trial has been switched to Lord Mode."
"After completing the Lord Mode trial, you will gain access to the exchange for territory subjects."
"You may choose a trial setting: forest, ocean, town, desert, or graveyard."
Bai Xiaowen was a little bewildered. After taking a moment to digest the information about Lord Mode, he asked tentatively, "Will the setting I choose affect how my territory develops?"
The Spirit Realm Rules gave no answer.
Seeing the messages, Zhen Mi said quietly, "Husband, perhaps different terrain means different kinds of enemies."
"Very possible," Bai Xiaowen said. "The forest might mean Elvenkind; the ocean, Naga and Snakefolk. The town