Spirit Reader Talent, Junior War General!
"Here it comes, here it comes!"
Chen Yi was eager with anticipation.
He glanced at the odds for this item draw.
As for the draw probabilities,
the more important a Yun-raising target's completed milestone was to the target himself,
the greater the chance of drawing a high-value talent or item... If a target with a full five-star rating was completed, he could even specify an item to draw.
[Milestone: "Improve family living conditions"] [Target importance: ★★★☆☆]
The target completed this time was one of Luo Feng's three-star milestones, so the draw opportunity it granted was quite good.
Among the hundreds of items,
the chance of drawing the Spirit Reader Talent was a full 32.7%!
Nearly one in three.
"Draw!"
In Chen Yi's mind, a cursor moved back and forth across the wondrous mirror, drawing an item...
It has to be the Spirit Reader Talent! Chen Yi prayed silently. There was no telling how long it would be before another milestone was completed and he got another chance to draw a reward.
The cursor moved bit by bit.
Finally...
It stopped on a dark-gold sphere.
[Congratulations! You have drawn the Spirit Reader Talent of your Yun-raising target, Luo Feng!]
"I got it!"
But before Chen Yi could celebrate,
whoosh!
A dark-gold sphere flew out of the mirror in his mind and hovered in Chen Yi's sea of consciousness. It began absorbing cosmic energy and converting it into Spiritual Force.
At that moment, a wave of terrifying pain struck.
Chen Yi instantly understood that this was the pain of a Spirit Reader's awakening. His entire body quickly became engorged and flushed red. The extreme pain was unbearable, far beyond what someone at his level could endure...
He tried to grit his teeth and stay conscious.
Chen Yi understood that if he wanted to become a super powerhouse standing tall in the universe, the road there could never be too easy.
But...
This pain was not something the willpower of someone at his level could overcome.
In the end, he fainted.
Chen Yi lived alone in Mingyue Residential Area, so no one noticed what had happened.
Time passed bit by bit.
Not until his phone rang...
Did Chen Yi gradually struggle to his feet and answer it:
"Hello?"
"What do you mean, 'hello'? I'm your dad. You didn't even save your dad's number?" A brusque voice came from the phone.
Only then did Chen Yi glance at the screen. The contact was saved as "Dad."
In this life, Chen Yi was not an orphan.
His parents and older brother were all martial artists.
On Earth, martial artists of the Apprentice Ninth Rank were divided into three realms: Warrior, War General, and Wargod, each further divided into junior, intermediate, and advanced grades.
When his parents had him, they were both Advanced Warriors.
But after improving over the years,
Chen Yi's father was now an Advanced War General, while his mother was an Intermediate War General.
His older brother had also graduated from military academy a long time ago and was an Advanced Warrior.
Aside from him, all three of them served in the military and carried out missions year-round.
As for the villa Chen Yi lived in at Mingyue Residential Area, he had obtained it by signing a contract with the Dojo of Limits himself. Before awakening the memories of his previous life, Chen Yi had resolved from childhood to pursue the ultimate martial path and become a free martial artist, so he had signed with the Dojo of Limits first, without telling his parents.
"Dad..." Chen Yi said.
His father, Chen Weilong, was a hot-blooded man who might not be particularly thoughtful, but he was certainly an excellent example as a father. He carried out dangerous missions in the military year-round, and his tenacious, fearless character had earned him the friendship of even some Wargods.
Chen Yi greatly admired his father in this life.
Chen Weilong did not respond to the greeting. Instead, he said:
"You've got some nerve, kid!"
"I told you to apply to military academy and join the Military after graduation, like your brother and the rest of us, to serve the motherland. But you..."
"Hah, you went behind my back and signed with the Dojo of Limits, joining them before anything else."
"Act first and report later, is that it?"
Chen Yi did not offer much of an explanation.
He had done that before awakening the memories of his previous life. The more mature man he was now certainly would not have done the same. Leaving aside the differences between the Military and the Dojo of Limits, even if he wanted to pursue his own ideals, he would have discussed it properly with his parents.
Chen Weilong fell silent for a long while. He had not expected his second son, for once, not to talk back.
In fact, when Chen Yi signed the contract,
an old friend of his father's at the Dojo of Limits, Zhuge Tao, one of the four giants of the Jiangnan Dojo of Limits headquarters, had told him the news and asked whether he, Chen Weilong, knew that Chen Yi was joining.
Chen Weilong had fallen silent for a long time then. He had not expected his son to take it upon himself to make such an important decision without discussing it with him.
After much deliberation,
he had ultimately pretended not to know and refrained from asking his old friend Zhuge Tao to stop it, choosing to support his son's decision.
Of course, Chen Yi knew nothing of this.
Chen Weilong gathered his thoughts and continued:
"You've grown capable, kid. I can't control you anymore."
"I won't interfere with whether or not you become a free martial artist."
"But remember this: whatever the circumstances, if the need arises, you must understand that wanting to be a free martial artist and protecting Huaxia are not at odds."
"Father, I understand," Chen Yi replied.
Chen Weilong paused, then said:
"One last thing."
"About your failure in the martial artist assessment last time..."
"I wanted to personally teach you practical combat techniques with cold weapons, but I can't get away. You can go to the Dojo of Limits and ask your Uncle Zhuge for help. He'll arrange for a martial artist to instruct you. Work hard and catch up to your brother soon."
Find a martial artist to instruct him?
When Chen Yi heard that, he felt there was no need. After awakening his Spirit Reader Talent, he felt that his physical fitness had also improved during the time he had been unconscious.
It should have reached the Intermediate Warrior level.
Given that a Spirit Reader's realm was two levels higher than a martial artist's, his Spirit Reader realm might have already reached Junior War General!
His brother was only an Advanced Warrior.
He was already no match for Chen Yi now...
As for the martial artist assessment,
how could it possibly be difficult for a Junior War General?
Chen Yi was just about to tell his father that he had awakened as a Spirit Reader. "Dad, about asking someone to help instruct me..."
He was still speaking
when a beeping sounded from the other end of the line. Chen Weilong had already hung up.
Meanwhile, Chen Weilong watched the video message Zhuge Tao had sent him once again. His second son had performed quite well in his last martial artist assessment, killing a full two monsters. It was just that... usually, three monsters were needed for a fairly reliable pass.
Passing with a record of two monsters took some luck, and Chen Yi had been just a little short of it.
"There's one month left. If the kid follows my instructions and trains in practical combat under an experienced martial artist, then... as long as he works hard enough, he should be able to pass without trouble." Chen Weilong sighed, but he had another mission to carry out now and had no more time to think about it.
Yangzhou City, Mingyue Residential Area.
"Looks like Dad has another mission."
"I'll go measure my current physical fitness first."
Chen Yi tested his current physical fitness in his villa at Mingyue Residential Area.
He confirmed his physical fitness.
After that spell of unconsciousness, he was already an Intermediate Warrior!
The "dark-gold sphere" in Chen Yi's mind was the same as Luo Feng's, so until he became an Invincible War God, his Spirit Reader level would remain two realms ahead of his physical fitness.
"My physical fitness is at Intermediate Warrior level."
"That makes my Spirit Reader realm Junior War General!"
An eighteen-year-old Junior War General...
For a human born on Earth, with a poor bloodline, that was already terrifying.
Chen Yi felt the power of the mirror in his mind, the "Cloud Raising System."
Now,
he had drawn only one Spirit Reader Talent.
In the future, if he had more Yun-raising targets, he could, for example, collect all the Innate Secret Techniques of the Starry Sky Behemoths, such as the Golden Horned Beast's clone technique, the Innate Secret Techniques of various special life-forms, and talent affinities for the Ten Great Laws...
None of that would be a problem, right?
Besides, he could even draw the treasures he fed to his Yun-raising targets.
That was effectively the same as being able to customize treasures he needed and then draw them from his Yun-raising targets!