Guild, Spirit Master Identity Registration Office.
Under Instructor Bear’s assistance, Su Hao quickly completed the formal Spirit Master identity registration.
He was from Ancheng.
Whether or not he took a position in the Spirit Master Guild, the initial registration had to be done here.
What Su Hao was doing now was filling in detailed information.
After this, there would be further reviews.
For instance, identity checks, criminal record checks, and so on—these would be stricter than the checks done before contracting a spirit.
Because even entry-level spirits were more lethal than ordinary firearms.
In a sense, formal Spirit Masters were privileged individuals.
The review process was very tedious, but after the attack he’d experienced, Su Hao only found it reasonable.
Those with criminal records who couldn’t pass the review would have their spirits restricted.
If someone had relatives abroad or certain special family circumstances, they could still register for a formal identity, but as Instructor Bear said, they would face some supervision and restrictions.
Once the review passed, the identity file would remain at the Ancheng Guild, and the information would also be uploaded to the Spirit Alliance.
Later, if he got into a Spirit University, the corresponding file would be transferred there.
“Your review definitely won’t be a problem, but it’ll take some time to get the official Spirit Master identity.”
“Instructor, what if I want to upgrade my Spirit Master rank later?”
Su Hao asked.
In the office, Instructor Bear took out two cigarettes, put one back, and lit the other.
He thought for a moment. “You don’t have a systematic understanding of Spirit Master rankings yet, do you?”
Su Hao nodded.
After all, high school hadn’t taught this.
And online, it was hard to tell truth from fiction.
Instructor Bear began, “After a spirit reaches the entry level, Spirit Master certification is divided into: Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Elite, Master, Champion, and…”
He paused, then said the final rank Su Hao had never heard of.
“Sovereign. The Sovereign Spirit Master—in our Dragon Kingdom, and even worldwide—is the highest honor and status symbol.
“Each rank of Spirit Master has corresponding certification requirements.
“The most important is the spirit’s cultivation level, such as Entry, Elite, Transcendent, Monarch…
“Corresponding to the main or ace spirits of Ordinary, Elite, Master, and Champion-level Spirit Masters.”
Su Hao suddenly noticed a blind spot.
Instructor Bear had said “Ordinary level.”
“You should know that in spirit cultivation, the entry level is a threshold—a clear dividing line in spiritual power compression.
“Elite, Transcendent, and Monarch-level spirits also have clear boundaries.”
“In the past, spirits didn’t have the divisions of Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced…” Instructor Bear slowly explained the reason. “But many spirits and many Spirit Masters might spend their whole lives stuck at the Ordinary level, which encompasses far too many people.
“It also caused many Spirit Masters with no hope of reaching Elite to lose their motivation.
“Later, the Spirit Alliance issued new rank certifications, subdividing the Ordinary level into Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced, and also provided some subsidies…”
When Instructor Bear got to this point, Su Hao roughly understood.
The instructor was also telling him not to get cocky over small achievements—there was still a long road ahead.
“A Beginner Spirit Master requires having one Entry-level spirit.
“An Intermediate Spirit Master requires having one Intermediate-level spirit.
“An Advanced Spirit Master needs one Advanced-level spirit and at least one spirit above Entry level.
“An Elite Spirit Master needs at least one Elite-level spirit and two spirits above Entry level.”
Instructor Bear paused, looking at Su Hao.
“…You’re asking how it’s calculated? Spiritual power above 300 is Intermediate, above 600 is Advanced, but the Alliance doesn’t certify based on spiritual power numbers—it’s based on the spirit’s attack intensity.
“Take a spirit with 300 spiritual power that’s proficient in its ultimate move—the attack intensity it produces is 300 units. As long as the spirit’s ultimate move exceeds 300 units in intensity, it’s an Intermediate spirit.”
Instructor Bear saw the eagerness in Su Hao’s eyes.
“What? You want to test the attack intensity with your silkworm?”
He recalled the silkworm’s remarkable performance and swallowed the words “Your silkworm just broke through.”
“Yes.”
Su Hao nodded.
The silkworm’s spiritual power was only 215, far from 300.
But… the silkworm’s spiritual power had been compressed multiple times, making it denser and more solid, so its ultimate move would have higher intensity.
Trying it out—turning the 3,000 subsidy into 6,000—Su Hao felt it was necessary.
…
Having connections at the guild made things easier.
Su Hao knew Instructor Bear, Uncle Pan, Vice President Luo, and others, so he skipped the usual “application-waiting” process and went straight to the testing phase.
In a large room similar to a training hall, a target slowly emerged from the wall directly in front of them.
A staff member said, “Have your spirit use its ultimate move to attack the target—close-range or long-range, whichever it’s best at.”
“Gu-no?”
Su Hao turned and asked the staff member, “Can it charge up?”
The staff member smiled. “Yes, as long as it can charge, no matter how long it takes.”
Though he wasn’t a formal Spirit Master, he knew the instability of spiritual power release.
It wasn’t like giving time to charge would multiply the damage several times over—that didn’t happen.
At most, the attack intensity would be slightly higher than in regular combat, which was a kind of unspoken rule allowed during testing.
The staff member looked at Su Hao. “Ready? If you’re ready, start. You have three test attempts.”
The implication was that if all three failed, you might as well give up.
He then activated the testing system, and a faint light glowed at the top of the target. Several high-frame-rate cameras inside the room simultaneously focused on the area in front of the target from different angles.
This was for recording, leaving a certification record.
Su Hao stepped back, leaving the center spot for the silkworm. “Use your strongest energy ball.”
“Gu-no!”
Its little face was serious.
The little fire crow nervously landed on Su Hao’s shoulder, chirping “Ya-ya” in encouragement.
Instantly,
Green light particles gathered in front of the silkworm, gradually forming a sphere.
From the size of a peanut, to a ping-pong ball, to a basketball…
The energy ball condensed slowly.
But steadily.
“Gu—no—gu—no—”
In focused cries, the basketball-sized energy ball continued to expand.
It swelled by one circle, then two.
The patterns on the silkworm’s back grew increasingly vivid green.
The staff member, who wasn’t a Spirit Master, opened his mouth slightly, then decisively stepped back a few paces, then a few more, and then a few more.
He retreated all the way to the door, ready to bolt out at any moment.
But this massive energy ball didn’t explode. Its inner ring of vivid green was eye-catching, while countless light particles on the outer ring spun rapidly around the center.
Then it was hurled out fiercely.
The oversized energy ball lumbered across the twenty-plus meters in front of the silkworm, slamming straight into the target’s center.
It exploded with a bang.
Boom!!!