Severing Ties with Xiao Wu

Su Yuntao looked at the scissors wrapped in golden threads in Gu Han's hand, and the words "useless spirit" that had just reached his lips were swallowed back down.

Although the scissors had a strange form, the faint, indescribable aura they emitted made even a Great Spirit Master like him feel a trace of palpitations.

"This... could it be a mutated spirit?"

Su Yuntao's tone was uncertain, but it was filled with excitement. Within a single day, he had encountered a child with innate level seven Blue Silver Grass and another who likely possessed a mutated spirit.

"Child, hurry and test your spirit power." He couldn't wait to thrust the crystal ball toward Gu Han.

Gu Han placed his left hand on the crystal ball.

In an instant, a light even more dazzling than the one during Tang San's test erupted, filling the entire crystal ball.

"In... innate full spirit power, and it's a mutated spirit," Su Yuntao's voice trembled with excitement.

He looked at Gu Han with burning eyes. "Child, what is your name? Would you be willing to join Spirit Hall?"

"My name is Gu Han," Gu Han replied calmly, not immediately agreeing to join Spirit Hall. He knew he still had to go to Nuoding Academy to find Xiao Wu.

The moment his voice fell, he secretly communicated with the system.

"Use the random spirit ring reward."

[Ding! Random spirit ring reward successfully used. Congratulations to the host for obtaining a thousand-year spirit ring. It is currently in a hidden state and can be attached to your spirit at any time; it will manifest upon attachment.]

A powerful energy silently merged into Gu Han's body, circling around his Karma Scissors spirit.

Meanwhile, on a small hill outside the village, a tall figure was hidden behind a tree, taking in everything that had happened in the hall. It was Tang Hao.

He had originally come just to check on his son Tang San's awakening, but he had witnessed an unexpected scene.

"Little San's innate spirit power is only level seven? Does he not have the Clear Sky Hammer spirit?" Tang Hao's brows furrowed tightly.

This was completely different from what he had expected. As the offspring of him and Ah Yin, if he had Blue Silver Grass, he should certainly have the Clear Sky Hammer; how could it be missing?

However, he also noticed Gu Han. His sharp gaze locked onto the scissors spirit.

This spirit made him feel an inexplicable threat. "How could a mutated spirit make me feel threatened? It seems I should keep an eye on this kid in the future."

He snorted coldly, and his figure quietly vanished from the hillside.

Inside the hall, Su Yuntao was still trying to persuade Gu Han to join Spirit Hall, but Gu Han only indicated that he needed to consider it. Su Yuntao had no choice but to give up.

In the end, the two children in Holy Soul Village with spirit power this year were Tang San, who had innate level seven spirit power and the Blue Silver Grass spirit, and Gu Han, who had innate full spirit power and a mutated scissors spirit.

When Village Chief Jack heard the news, his smile never faded; Holy Soul Village had finally produced Spirit Masters again, and two of them at that.

Without hesitation, he gave the two work-study student spots for the Nuoding Junior Spirit Master Academy to Tang San and Gu Han.

After the spirit awakening ended, the children dispersed.

Tang San walked home, heavy with thoughts. The anomaly in the test and the decrease in his own spirit power left him completely baffled.

Gu Han watched Tang San's retreating back, the corners of his mouth lifting imperceptibly.

He walked to a deserted corner and locked his gaze onto the empty air before him.

A deep purple spirit ring appeared beneath him, circling his body.

Having absorbed this ring, he naturally knew what his first spirit skill was: by activating this skill, the world before his eyes would reveal the threads of karma invisible to ordinary people.

"I'll call it Karma Sight," Gu Han thought for a moment before naming his first spirit skill.

Gu Han activated his first spirit skill again. A flash of golden light crossed his eyes, and immediately, many transparent threads appeared in his field of vision, some deep in color and others pale.

He looked toward Tang San's direction and discovered that his karmic threads were so numerous they were uncountable.

There was even a thin but resilient pink thread that could be clearly seen extending from the direction Tang San had left, pointing far away toward Nuoding Academy.

Gu Han immediately realized this was the karmic thread connecting Xiao Wu and Tang San.

"No wonder they get along so well as soon as they meet; it turns out the karmic thread is already this resilient."

"However, this thread is still very weak because the two have not yet met."

The next day.

"Xiao Han, hurry up and get up so we can go to Nuoding Academy together."

"Understood, Grandpa Jack, I'm coming right now."

As soon as Gu Han finished packing, he heard Grandpa Jack's voice from outside. When he walked out, he found a young man standing beside Grandpa Jack.

Noticing Gu Han's gaze, Grandpa Jack introduced him: "This is Tang San. He is the other work-study student."

Gu Han greeted Tang San, and the other boy returned the gesture.

They soon arrived at Nuoding Academy. Gu Han made an excuse to walk into a dark alley and activated his spirit skill.

Once he found the pink thread connected to Tang San, he whispered, "Now is the time."

Gu Han murmured, his right hand grasping at the air as the phantom of the Karma Scissors appeared once more.

He condensed his spirit power and gave the thin pink karmic thread a gentle snip.

"Snap!"

A crisp sound rang out as the thread of karma severed instantly, dissolving into tiny specks of light that vanished into the air.

[Ding! Successfully used the soul skill "Karma Sight" to sever the weak, early-stage karmic connection between Tang San and the key character "Xiao Wu."]

[Reward: 50 modified-plot points!]

[Note: This action has significantly weakened the inevitability of Tang San and "Xiao Wu" meeting and coming to know one another; subsequent destiny trajectories will deviate even further!]

After finishing this, Gu Han felt that he had consumed a fair amount of soul power, but his mood was incredibly light.

Just then, Tang San suddenly felt as if he were missing something, yet no matter how hard he tried to think, he could not fathom the reason why.

"Who told you to come here? I suspect this list of work-study students is fake. Get lost, hurry up and leave."