Twin Star Talent

The little girl's question immediately snapped the beautiful woman back to her senses.

She hurriedly wiped away her tears, smearing her whole face into a mess. Seeing her face ruined by dirt and tears, Yue Yang felt his eyes grow a little hot. He took a deep breath, suppressed his agitation, and reached out to wipe her face for her.

But the beautiful woman would not let him wipe away her tears. She blocked Yue Yang's hand at once, turned, and hurried outside.

Yue Yang stood there for a long while, watching her disappearing back.

"Third Brother, why is Mommy crying too?" the little girl asked curiously. But she did not dwell on it, instead holding her large pinwheel high. "Look, isn't my pinwheel pretty? I bought it on the street. They had really tasty candied hawthorns too, but Mommy didn't buy any... Third Brother, I want to ride a horned horse! Up high, so my pinwheel can spin faster!"

Yue Yang broke out in a cold sweat. Was this little girl not far too mischievous?

Ride a horned horse?

Could it be that the unlucky fellow who had jumped into the river to kill himself used to indulge her like this all the time? He absolutely could not let this little thing spot any flaw.

Letting her ride on his shoulders like a horned horse was out of the question. What if she fell?

Still, there was no need to refuse the little loli's request. He could just turn into a creepy uncle. Yue Yang scooped her up and swiftly lifted her high into the air, then lowered her again. She laughed merrily, and after he lifted and lowered her four or five times in succession, the little girl had gone limp with laughter in Yue Yang's arms.

Ha, was it not easy for a creepy uncle to deal with a little loli?

The beautiful woman returned from outside, having hurriedly washed away her tear stains, her face still damp with water. Yue Yang quickly set the little girl down.

But the little girl refused to comply and insisted on snuggling into his arms. The beautiful woman bent down and hugged the little thing, her face beaming as she said, "Third, quick, let Fourth Mother see what your Talent and Life Guardian Beast are... Third, I told you long ago that you would succeed. Ah, this is wonderful. After waiting bitterly for so many years, you finally succeeded. Third, you have finally endured through it all! Quick, open the Summoning Codex and let Fourth Mother see. Let me be happy too!"

Talent?

And a Life Guardian Beast?

The moment the question arose in Yue Yang's heart, knowledge flooded into his mind like a flash of inspiration.

First, he discovered one thing: he had transmigrated. This was no longer Earth, but another world.

On this land called the Dragon Soaring Continent lived countless powerful experts, led by the royal families of the Three Kingdoms, the Four Great Families, and the Four Great Sects. Apart from the royal families of the three great nations, whose emperors passed down their thrones generation after generation, there were also the four great families of Feng, Xue, Yue, and Yan, where powerful experts emerged one after another. Beyond them were the even more mysterious Four Great Sects. The Four Great Sects gathered many experts of the Dragon Soaring Continent who single-mindedly pursued the Heavenly Dao. They rarely involved themselves in worldly affairs, only sending disciples down from the mountains every three years to guide the finest young talents into their sects for cultivation.

Among all powerful experts, aside from descendants of the royal families and the Four Great Families, only an extremely small number of geniuses could successfully contract a very special treasure: the Summoning Codex.

The advantage of the Summoning Codex was that every one of its owners had the potential to grow into a peak powerhouse.

Without one, the chance of becoming a peak powerhouse was infinitesimal!

Yue Yang discovered that this Dragon Soaring Continent was practically a world belonging entirely to Summoners.

There was neither magic nor battle aura, only summoning!

Summoning arts encompassed everything in this world. There were elemental summons similar to magic, enhancement summons akin to battle aura, and battle beast summons... In short, summoning arts in this world were as commonplace as Chinese students going to school to study. Every region likewise had academies dedicated to teaching summoning arts.

Although nearly everyone knew summoning arts, not everyone could possess a Summoning Codex. On the contrary, its owners were exceedingly rare.

To make an analogy, those who possessed a Summoning Codex were like outstanding students among hundreds of millions who could gain admission to Harvard or Cambridge.

Everyone longed to possess a Codex, but it was the privilege of only a handful of geniuses!

After successfully contracting a Summoning Codex, every owner of one would automatically awaken a certain Talent within their body, while also gaining a Life Guardian Beast most suited to helping them improve.

"Ah, all right, but I don't know what my Talent is!"

The knowledge surging into his mind made Yue Yang intensely curious as well. What kind of Talent had the Summoning Codex awakened in him?

He prayed inwardly that it would not be instant noodles, downloading porn, playing erotic games, or looking at lace underwear, nipple outlines, and uncensored cavalry films. Otherwise, he would be mortified to death. It absolutely could not be a Talent related to an otaku, or he would be finished if the beautiful woman saw it!

The transmigrator Yue Yang opened the first page of the Summoning Codex and found a large portrait of himself at the top.

He looked quite handsome and cool.

Below it was his level: Level One Novice Apprentice, Beginner Rank.

After the words Novice Apprentice was a very brief rank assessment note.

Novice Apprentice: You are the weakest existence in the world, but fortunately, as an owner of a Summoning Codex, you still have hope of becoming a powerful expert.

Yue Yang immediately rolled his eyes when he saw it... Ants were the weakest, all right? No matter how weak he was, he was far stronger than an ant. Having his self-esteem crushed like this felt awful. Skipping over that rank assessment, he found each person's Talent on the lower half of the page. According to the knowledge the Codex had transmitted into Yue Yang's memory, everyone had one Talent. Other than a very few people sharing the same one, the Talents of the vast majority were completely different.

Of course, that might have been because not many people possessed a Summoning Codex.

The moment Yue Yang saw his Talent, he was dumbfounded.

His Talent was neither making instant noodles nor downloading porn and playing erotic games. Instead, it was a Talent that made Yue Yang sweat profusely.

To be precise, it was an exceptionally special, rare, miraculous, and enviable Twin Star Talent. Normally, every person's Talent displayed a related symbol beneath their portrait, but Yue Yang's Talent image was formed from two symbols merged together, one on the left and one on the right.

On the left was a mysterious back view, vaguely recognizable as Yue Yang's own back.

On the right was a front-facing image hidden in darkness. If not for the back view beside it, it would have been even harder to recognize as Yue Yang. His face could not be seen clearly; aside from a pair of gleaming wolf-like eyes, no other specific facial features could be made out. Most of the entire image was dark and blurry. Other than those two starlike points of light that were his eyes, there was no light at all.

What made Yue Yang sweat and go mad the most was the evaluation of this Twin Star Talent.

Camouflage Talent: You are as cunning as a fox, as sinister as a venomous snake, and as adept at disguising yourself as a chameleon. Your entire image is filled with falsehoods; no one can see through your heart. Your Talent ability will grow stronger as your level rises. Your current Talent level is Level One.

Keen Eye Talent: You possess eyes like an eagle's, senses like a prophet's, and you see through the souls of living beings like the God of Death. You possess Keen Eyes that see through everything in the world, never deceived by any illusion or false appearance. Your Talent ability will grow stronger as your level rises. Your current Talent level is Level One.

"Holy shit..." Yue Yang nearly toppled over. Am I really that cunning and that sinister?

Though he did try to see through censorship with his eyes when watching cavalry porn, every horny man knew that trick.

As for his eyesight, Yue Yang felt that it was actually not all that good. Once actresses put their clothes on, apart from Pirate King Wu, Aoi, and the Four Kings of the New World like Yoshizawa, he could not recognize many of them.

And that counted as Keen Eye?

As for camouflage, that was even more absurd. He did not know disguise or makeup at all. At most, he could tell lies to fool people!

Besides, who had never lied? Even if parents asked children who had watched erotic films, who would be dumb enough to honestly admit it?

Such a Twin Star Talent...

Yue Yang was utterly mortified and wanted to squat in a corner and draw circles.

"Third, it doesn't matter even if you have no Talent. So long as you work hard, Fourth Mother believes that you will certainly become a powerful expert like your father!" The beautiful woman's eyes reddened, and her voice caught as she comforted Yue Yang.

"Huh?" Yue Yang was stunned when he heard that. He clearly had a Twin Star Talent, so why did she say he had none?

Could it be that she could not see his Talent?

Could the Camouflage Talent be a passive skill? Was it always in effect without needing to be activated? No... Yue Yang jumped up and pointed at the image in the Summoning Codex. First, he nervously swallowed, steadied his racing heart, then asked, "Y-you... you can't see this image? You really can't see the words on here?"