Chapter 46 - 44 What is a Spirit Master

It was as if struck by a rod, everyone in the room was dumbfounded! The middle-aged man looked panicked and dashed over to see the place revealed by his old father. Instantly, he was stunned! Everyone believed it now. Breaths of varying intensity echoed throughout the room, each face wore a look of shock. Besides shock, they couldn’t find any expression to describe their feelings at the moment. A natural spirit beast bloodline, something never seen across the entire Profound Cyan Continent! Outside the room, the young children looked on in confusion, attracted by their parents’ strange reactions. "Cousin Su Ya, what happened to daddy and uncle? What is the Kirin bloodline?" A little girl, looking no older than two, with a cute face asked a slightly older child beside her. The slightly older girl blinked her ponytail, her fair skin and naturally almond-shaped eyes flashed with a hint of thought, "I heard my daddy say it’s a kind of spirit beast bloodline on the Profound Cyan Continent. If we humans receive their heritage, we can cultivate some powerful techniques." Her name was Su Ya, daughter of Su Hutian’s sister Su Yunyan, three and a half years old, already showing the potential of a beauty. Her tender skin, rosy lips, and sparkling almond eyes seemed to signal her early maturity compared to peers. "Spirit beast bloodline?" The little girl blinked her large eyes in thought, then focused her gaze seriously on the baby inside the room, wondering what thoughts ran through her mind. Su Hutian couldn’t contain his inner excitement and laughed, "Hahaha, I never expected that, in my half life of not having a child, I would receive two joyous news today. Su Xiong, quickly prepare the celebration feast. Tonight, I want to invite the city’s dignitaries and have a grand celebration!" The middle-aged man trembled all over, his expression complicated as he glanced at Su Hutian, then swiftly left the room. "Daddy, where are you going? Xue’Er wants to go too!" The little girl called out sweetly. Su Xiong turned back to look at his daughter, shook his head, and left with a look of despondency. Suddenly, he felt a deep longing to have a son. Unfortunately, unlike the late-born child of Su Hutian, he seemed more helpless because he and his wife had both daughters. "Father, what name should we give the child?" Su Hutian held the baby, his mouth in an unrestrained smile, the face usually solemn and stern now seemed to blossom with joy. The elderly man gently stroked his beard, looking lovingly at the infant with eyes that changed several times. Then the sleeping baby seemed to hear his father’s voice, suddenly opened his eyes. His cute little face wore a hint of a smile, and in his drowsy eyes, an exceptionally bright light shone! The elder’s heart stirred, and he couldn’t help but blurt out, "Su Chen, how about calling him Su Chen?" Su Hutian was overjoyed, "My dear son, just like a celestial star, eyes as bright as the morning!" Several people in the room simultaneously showed happiness and stepped forward to offer congratulations, "Congratulations to eldest brother on having a child late in life!" Su Hutian nodded to each, sitting on the bed holding the baby, grasping the hand of the slumbering beautiful woman beside him, happily said, "Wife, you must wake up quickly, our child is called Su Chen. You will surely like it too..." In the Auslan Empire’s splendid Imperial Palace, an elderly man with white eyebrows, seated on a Seven-Colored Lotus Platform, suddenly opened his eyes, looking towards the vast blue sky beyond the palace walls, showing slight fluctuations in his expression. "That green lightning before seemed to hide something strange, but..." He muttered softly to himself, his expression changed instantly when suddenly footsteps came from outside the hall. "His Majesty arrives!" The old man’s expression changed, floating off the lotus platform, instantly landing in the center of the hall. A middle-aged man with a golden crown, dignified and imposing, strode in, accompanied by two men and two women, all with solemn expressions as guards. Upon seeing the old man, he became respectful, "Master Celestial Star, sorry to disturb your peaceful meditation, but I came this time..." "Your Majesty, I know your intention. You seek the master of that green lightning." The elder with white eyebrows named Celestial Star said calmly. "Precisely, then can you tell me, Master Celestial Star, who is its master?" The man’s name was Ao Kun, and despite being the ruler of the Auslan Empire, he showed utmost respect for the old man. Because the ordinary-looking Celestial Star before him was a remarkably strong beast soul! "The place struck by lightning, from my observation, is a city over a million kilometers away from the capital, but..." "But what?" Ao Kun asked eagerly, wishing to recruit the newly born beast soul level expert. "But the strange thing is, following the green lightning, there seemed to be a mysterious dark force carried within it." Celestial Star spoke seriously, "And even I cannot fathom its origin." "Even you cannot fathom its origin?" Ao Kun exclaimed, disbelief in his brow. In his view, besides the few peerless experts of beast demon level in the three great empires, those like Celestial Star among beast soul masters were the strongest. Normally, beast soul experts possess the ability to perceive the origin of forces. But now Celestial Star admitted he couldn’t see through the mysterious dark force’s origin, which was hard to believe. That meant the power level was above beast soul. Ao Kun hesitated several times, then sighed softly, "Seems like this summer in the Auslan Empire will not be so peaceful and quiet." Celestial Star appeared not to hear, only gazing far towards the sky beyond the palace walls, his expression vast and distant....... The Su Family, bustling with activity due to the birth of young master Su Chen. In the vast courtyard, the family servants and maids came and went, their faces all showing busy yet festive expressions. "I’ve heard the master invited many city dignitaries to the Su Family. I wonder if Lord Di Geng will come?" A clever-looking young servant spoke quietly while walking. "Lord Di Geng? What’s he coming for?" A good-looking boy next to him asked curiously, his attire indicating he was just an ordinary servant of the Su Family. "You fool, the young master has the natural Kirin bloodline. Do you think the master wouldn’t invite Lord Di Geng? Lord Di Geng, that revered spirit master!" After speaking, his face showed a touch of yearning, as though the position of spirit master was sacred and inviolable. "But... where did you hear this news? I haven’t heard anything." The younger servant asked curiously. "Ah, anyway, I heard it as a rumor, let’s go, let’s go, no more telling you." Walking on a narrow gravel path in the courtyard, Su Xiong heard this and was stunned. After a short time, his face showed a layer of gloom, and the little girl Su Xue holding his hand looked up with big eyes, speaking sweetly, "Daddy, what’s wrong?" Su Xiong looked down at his daughter, sighed after a long time, "Xue’Er, why aren’t you a boy..." "Daddy, why can’t Xue’Er be a girl?" Young Su Xue asked curiously. Su Xiong smiled bitterly, taking a deep breath to dispel the gloom on his face, "Because if you or your sister were boys, the Patriarch position in the Su Family might..." "Might what?" Su Xue raised her tiny head to look at Su Xiong. "Alas!" Su Xiong sighed heavily, then showed a faint smile, "Xue’Er, let’s go. Tonight we have many city dignitaries to entertain, don’t disgrace daddy." Su Xue seemed unaccustomed to his sudden change, opened her rosy little mouth, wanting to speak but hesitating. Her sparkling eyes showed a hint of thought, at such a young age, she already understood her father’s worry. "Daddy, Xue’Er wants to know what a Spirit Master is..." She cleverly changed the topic, then looked at Su Xiong expectantly. Sure enough, Su Xiong smiled slightly and explained, "Spirit Master, as the name implies, is a master at detecting spirit beast bloodlines. They themselves may not possess spirit beast bloodlines but must have comprehensive knowledge of the Spirit Beast World. From the origin and types of spirit beasts, to the form, skills, and habits of spirit beasts, they are all required to know thoroughly. To us, Spirit Masters are akin to the enlightenment and primary teachers of Beast Cultivators. They are a highly revered occupation among several major professions on the continent. Without them, many ordinary beast cultivators would be unaware of their bloodline kinds and cultivation levels."