CHAPTER 35: CHAPTER 35: LEARNING SPIRIT RUNE SECRET TECHNIQUES

Ouyang Wei was stunned for a moment, then shook his head with a smile: "You really aren’t worried about biting off more than you can chew. However, with your grades, juggling research and combat isn’t out of the question."

"Here’s what I’ll do, I’ll write you a leave note, so you can visit Dr. Kaiwen tomorrow morning. I expect there will be some tests waiting for you. If you really succeed, you can manage your future course schedule independently."

After a pause, Ouyang Wei added: "The status of a researcher isn’t lower than that of a combat spirit master, but this world is not as peaceful as it seems on the surface. At any time, power is the best option. Every year, the resources allocated to schools by the education bureau are limited. Whether to lean towards the elite or distribute more evenly to regular students is a decision for Principal Liu to make. No matter what choice he makes, no one will say a word because of his status as a five-star spirit master."

"Whether to lean towards combat or research, I believe you can make a good balance."

A spirit beast researcher is just another term for ’scientist.’ Some study how to better cultivate certain spirit beasts, while others study how to adapt spirit beasts to different habitats.

No matter what specific direction they focus on, they all devote most, if not all, of their energy to researching the spirit master system, the most suitable extraordinary system for this world.

Even if they study snippets of extraordinary systems from other worlds, it’s all to absorb them into the spirit master system and turn them into nourishment.

Especially those who study potions or evolutionary methods for spirit beasts. In this vast world, who knows how many types of spirit beasts and spiritual materials there are, and most researchers can only spend a great deal of time making mistakes over and over and eliminating wrong answers.

Lin Guang, despite his excellent grades, only indicates his talent for problem-solving. It doesn’t necessarily mean he will succeed in research, and there are many researchers who spend most of their lives achieving nothing.

In response to Ouyang Wei’s concern, Lin Guang naturally expressed his acceptance with humility.

What else could he say? That the evolutionary paths of spirit beasts, undiscovered by mankind, in his mind were enough for him to write countless papers, managed well, they could absolutely bring endless benefits to all of human civilization?

Before concrete verification and producing usable results, he won’t be so arrogant as to think the knowledge from a game can seamlessly translate into reality.

"By the way, you and... never mind, it’s nothing."

Ouyang Wei seemed to want to say something more, but then closed his mouth midway. Lin Guang didn’t ask further, taking the leave note and leaving the office.

"I almost forgot, spirit beasts under an equal contract can sense the external environment. Even if they don’t understand the Daxia language now, they will eventually learn it. Although she seems to be just a beast of intuition and instinct, not very smart, it’s unnecessary to increase the risk."

With only himself left in the office, Ouyang Wei shook his head and said this.

He just almost revealed a hidden benefit of the equal contract.

Although equal contracts don’t have a ’brainwashing’ effect, the existence of the contract aligns the soul and spirit wavelengths of both parties, like the so-called ’couple resemblance.’ Unless there’s an extremely contrary personality that loves to oppose, in most cases, it naturally deepens the affection between the contract parties over time.

In a sense, although not brainwashing, an equal contract will slowly hypnotize both sides evenly...

Of course, that’s not a bad thing.

...

The afternoon martial arts course was on the teaching of spirit pattern secret techniques, and students from classes one and two gathered in front of the meditation room.

A male and a female teacher stood at the entrance to the meditation room, with instructor Yu Haidong and another male on the other side, beside the expansive playground.

The male’s surname was Li, responsible for teaching the one-star spirit pattern secret technique [Barrier];

The female’s surname was Liu, responsible for teaching the one-star spirit pattern secret technique [Ether Charging].

Both are artificial spirit patterns, or rather, all standard spirit patterns are artificial.

For students, these are both very significant spirit pattern secret techniques, which can also serve as foundations and prerequisites. Learning the upgraded versions later will be much easier.

But most students can only master one spirit pattern secret technique per semester, so the school decided to let students decide for themselves. And since starting the meditation room consumes more resources than maintaining its operation, combining the classes maximizes the benefits, enhancing inter-student communication and sparking their competitive spirit.

The other two instructors were responsible for spirit beast training, and students raised their right hands to summon their partners from the spirit beast space. It was like entering a zoo for a while, with spirit beasts of various sizes causing a ruckus on the field.

Under the students’ orders, the spirit beasts began to move to the playground in an orderly fashion; some simply ran laps, while others picked up dumbbells in the equipment area or large stones by the roadside.

Although spirit beasts have the word ’spirit,’ most of them are still younglings newly born. Furthermore, their masters are not around, so the instructors’ duty is to prevent some extreme incidents—like an elephant type spirit beast stepping on and crushing an insect type spirit beast—and also to supervise training.

Vishdair was, of course, released as well, and even the students of class one couldn’t help but glance her way, let alone class two students who were seeing a ’spirit beast’ almost identical to a human for the first time.

Many people weren’t focusing on her battle achievements but on her deceptively attractive appearance and great figure.

"That’s Lin Guang’s spirit beast? Except for the red, hairband-like horns and that demon tail behind her, she’s really identical to a human."

"Damn, I want a contracted spirit beast that’s a beautiful maiden too..."

"Why! Why does he get all the good things just because he’s handsome and has good grades? I can’t accept it!"

"This is a setup that even sci-fi novels wouldn’t dare use, damn."

"Guys really are... pathetic."

There were also serious discussions.

"I heard it’s only been a few days since he made the contract, and he managed to defeat He Shenghuang’s Thunder Little Ox that took half a year to cultivate. I guess it’s at the blue elite level."

"So that means double blue... Damn, even if he’s not the top of the year, he’s definitely going to represent us in the competition in two years."

Curiosity, envy, jealousy—various glances were cast at Lin Guang and Vishdair.

As the top of the grade, Lin Guang was already used to such glances, but Vishdair was a bit irritated. She was particularly sensitive to those malicious looks. Her right hand twitched, but seeing Lin Guang’s indifferent profile, she put her hand down again. Her eyes rolled, seemingly having come up with some mischievous idea. After waving at Lin Guang, she walked towards the playground.