Spirit Hall's Visitor, Tang Hao Flees (Please Bookmark)

Together with Old Jack, he sent Tang San back to Tang Hao's home.

After that, Xu Yuan began studying his own spirit in the courtyard of his home.

His spirit was a Book.

It was not thick. Its appearance was ancient and simple, resembling a tome, with runes representing ten elemental attributes engraved on its cover.

Having never studied in this world, Xu Yuan naturally did not know what those runes were called.

Fortunately, those runes were not merely words; they also had corresponding colors.

For example, the fire element was red, the water element was blue, the earth element was brown, and so on.

Aside from the cover, the entire Book contained ten pages, each corresponding to an elemental rune of a different color.

Whichever page Xu Yuan turned to, he could use the elemental power recorded on that page.

Through experimentation, Xu Yuan discovered that if he quickly opened two pages at once, he could even summon elements of two different attributes.

That discovery invigorated him and reminded him of some things from his previous life.

In his previous life, Xu Yuan had been a prospective college student who had just finished the college entrance exams and achieved the excellent result of placing second in the province in science.

Unfortunately, after learning that he had placed second in the province, he had gotten too excited. In a moment of exhilaration, he ended up here.

Whenever he thought of it, Xu Yuan could not help but sigh softly.

Why hadn't he controlled himself a little back then?

Still, things had not turned out too badly now.

Recalling some of the physics principles he had learned, Xu Yuan summoned his spirit, which he had named the Elemental Canon, and flipped to the water element page.

He raised his hand and beckoned.

The next moment, an area one meter across in front of him was immediately covered by a pool of clear blue water.

Afraid that the water he summoned would quickly seep into the ground, Xu Yuan swiftly flipped the Elemental Canon to the lightning element page.

He raised his hand and beckoned again.

What followed was an incomparably dazzling sight.

Countless silver-white bolts of lightning crazily darted across the water's surface, sending ripples spreading outward. Silver lightning scattered in every direction, splitting into countless tiny lightning arrows.

Xu Yuan's eyes lit up. It really worked!

It was not that lightning in water could cause large-scale electrocution—that was something even an elementary school student knew—but that when two elements were combined, the original attack's power increased exponentially.

Originally, summoning lightning only produced a single bolt.

It vanished with a crackle.

But adding the water element changed everything. A single bolt instantly became a Thunder Curtain, turning a single-target attack directly into an area attack!

Xu Yuan felt a little excited.

He then tested several other combinations, such as water and fire for vaporization, fire and lightning for overload, light and darkness for explosion, and so on.

All of them displayed extraordinary power.

What disappointed Xu Yuan somewhat was that the water element could not directly transform into forms such as ice or mist. Otherwise, he could have created even more combinations.

Its current uses still had many limitations.

However, that problem could be solved through spirit skills, so it was not a major issue.

Old Jack had been in high spirits these past few days. The village had finally produced promising spirit masters, and they possessed Innate Full Soul Power—and one of them was his own grandson!

To him, that was like three joys arriving at once.

It was impossible for him not to be happy.

At the same time, he was a very warmhearted person. His own family was doing well, but he had not forgotten the other families in the village.

For example, Tang San from the blacksmith's shop at the village entrance.

Though his spirit was Blue Silver Grass, he possessed Innate Full Soul Power. Old Jack had asked Su Yuntao, and in this situation, Tang San only needed to acquire a spirit ring to become a spirit master.

Old Jack did not want to give up on him so easily.

Whenever it was time to eat these days, he would pack up some food and carry it to Tang San's home.

Xu Yuan saw it all, but he did not say much.

When people got old, they liked to keep themselves busy. It was also a hobby of sorts. Even without Tang San, there would be Zhang San, Li San, or some other stray cat or dog.

He could not deprive his grandfather of his interests, could he?

Still, thinking of the original story he had read in his previous life, Xu Yuan could not help feeling that Old Jack's kindness was wasted.

The old man had treated Tang San so well in the early days. He brought Tang San food every so often. Without Old Jack, it was uncertain whether Tang San could even have become a spirit master.

Yet after Tang San rose to great heights, not only did he fail to provide any material assistance that could improve the old man's life, he never even came back to visit him.

Even a dog would know to wag its tail at you after you fed it.

Truly...

In the blink of an eye, a month had passed since the day of the spirit awakening.

The village seemed to have returned to how it had been before.

However, just two days earlier, Tang Hao, the village's only blacksmith, had moved away. He had told no one in the village and left in secret.

When Old Jack returned home and told Xu Yuan about it, he was rather furious, because just the day before, he had mentioned sending Tang San to study at Notting Junior Spirit Master Academy.

Yet after only one night, when he went looking again, Tang Hao and Tang San had vanished without a trace.

They had lived together for five years, after all. If they wanted to leave, they could at least have said goodbye.

Leaving without a word—what sort of behavior was that?

Xu Yuan, however, knew the reason.

Su Yuntao had definitely reported the matter of Xu Yuan possessing a top-tier Tool Spirit and Innate Full Soul Power to Spirit Hall's higher-ups.

Spirit Hall would certainly send someone, and it probably would not be some insignificant nobody.

Given the grudge between Tang Hao and Spirit Hall, could anything good happen if Spirit Hall discovered he was here?

Furthermore, Tang Hao's injuries had not improved in the slightest. If he did not flee overnight with Tang San, was he supposed to wait for Spirit Hall's people to come to his door and settle the score with him?

Though he usually acted like he was half-dead, he valued his life dearly.

Of course, Xu Yuan had no intention of reporting them either.

He had no grounds to do so.

Even Old Jack, the village chief, did not know Tang Hao's identity. How could he, a six-year-old child, know about Tang Hao?

That day.

The weather shifted from cloudy to clear. It was already May, and even the air was filled with heat and unease.

After breakfast, Old Jack was preparing to go for a walk when he suddenly discovered that a rain of golden petals was drifting through the small courtyard outside his door.

Before Old Jack could come to his senses.

A golden figure slowly descended from the sky and landed in the center of the courtyard.

His skin looked as tender as an infant's, his face full of collagen. His features were alluring, with a masculine body and feminine appearance. If not for his attire and the Adam's apple at his throat, it would have been difficult to tell that he was actually a man.

Old Jack had not noticed it earlier, but now he discovered that the man was carrying someone in his hand.

Judging from his clothes, if he was not Su Yuntao, the deacon of Spirit Hall in Notting City, then who else could he be?

However, Su Yuntao had long since lost his pride and poise.

Gripped by the back of his neck by the golden figure, his face was deathly pale, and his legs trembled uncontrollably.

"Sir, you are...?"

Old Jack stepped forward trembling, his legs feeling weak.

He had just seen this man fly down from the sky. As far as he remembered, not every spirit master could fly. Only those who had reached the legendary rank of Title Douluo could remain airborne.

A Title Douluo!

Even a Soul Grandmaster could swagger through a place like Notting City. To Old Jack, a Title Douluo was no different from an immortal.

Glancing sideways at Su Yuntao, who had been frightened into a limp heap by flying too high, Yue Guan silently cursed him as useless.

When he saw Old Jack approach to speak, a spring-breeze smile appeared on his face.

"Greetings, old sir. I am an elder of Spirit Hall. My name is Yue Guan, and I came for your child, Xu Yuan."