Chapter 18
Awakener Level
After leaving Wang Zhiguo’s house, Qin Lingyun and the two Taoist boys boarded a BMW.
One of the Taoist boys asked, “Master, this is your first time meeting Ning Shi. Why are you deliberately targeting him? After all, he is also Junior Brother Yuwei’s relative.”
Qin Lingyun stroked his Taoist robe and snorted coldly. “I hate men who are more handsome than me the most! Moreover, what I said is not wrong. Strength-type awakeners are all trash.”
The two Taoist boys looked at each other speechlessly. They had only recently been assigned to Qin Lingyun as personal disciples by the White Cloud Temple. They did not expect their master to have such a strange personality.
As if sensing the doubts in the hearts of his two disciples, Qin Lingyun leaned against the car seat, he closed his eyes and said, “We have racked our brains and finally obtained a good set of cards. Wang Zhiguo should be able to understand my hint. The day after tomorrow morning, he will use an A-level spiritual crystal for the apprenticeship ceremony to complete the process.”
“The grievances that the Wang family suffered because of the A-level spiritual crystal will be accepted by our White Cloud Temple as well.”
“Senior Brother will arrive at Donglin City tomorrow night to meet us. He is not as easy to talk to as I am. You guys should also prepare yourselves. Do not be negligent.”
“Yes!”
The two Taoist boys answered in unison and were abnormally respectful. Qin Lingyun nodded his head in satisfaction and did not say another word.
Little did he know that four people were standing by the side of the road, staring at the BMW he was riding.
Three of them were Steel Needle, Green Snake and the trainee.
Steel Needle bowed and said, “Lord Flame Messenger, I have just heard the conversation of the people from the White Cloud Temple. Qin Lingyun personally said that the day after tomorrow morning, Wang Zhiguo will give him an A-level spiritual crystal at the apprenticeship banquet. Please tell me how we should act.”
The Flame Messenger was extremely tall. He was nearly two meters tall and wore a mask that was full of flame patterns.
Only a Tier 7 awakener could be called a Messenger.
Only the Messenger had the right to change a mask that was full of stars into his unique mask.
This person’s mask had a flame pattern on it. He had mastered the fire-type special ability.
His tone of voice was very strange and judging from his accent, he was a foreigner.
“If we act rashly, we’ll easily alert the enemy.” It had to be said that the Flame Messenger knew Yunmeng Kingdom very well and his use of idioms was quite good. He continued, “We’ll stay put and go directly to the apprenticeship banquet the day after tomorrow morning to steal the spiritual crystal.”
“This is Yunmeng Kingdom and the Investigation Department is very powerful. We only have one chance. After we get the spiritual crystal, we’ll leave. You have to arrange the route back to the Kingdom of Mies in advance.”
The Flame Messenger’s orders were reasonable and clear, but Steel Needle and Green Snake still had a trace of worry in their eyes.
They didn’t expect that the Pantheon of Gods would send the Flame Messenger Brian to Donglin City to steal the spiritual crystal.
After all, the process of cultivating special abilities was extremely painful, so many high-level awakeners were a bit abnormal.
This Flame Messenger was even more abnormal.
He had once slaughtered a village in North Gull alone and burned more than 3000 people to death. This village was also his hometown. Among the people who were burned to death were his parents, relatives and friends.
After Brian finished talking about his plan, he opened his arms, raised his head and took a deep breath.
“Ah! What sweet air. It just lacks a little It’s been a long time since I smelled the smell of human flesh being burnt. I miss it.”
Hearing this, Steel Needle and Green Snake lowered their heads, not even daring to breathe loudly. As for the trainee, at this moment, he was already trembling. He was somewhat regretful.
Early the next morning, a guest arrived at his uncle’s house. It was Wang Yunlin, Captain Wang of the Investigation Department.
His expression was extremely angry. The scar on his face was trembling, and his entire body was exuding an invisible pressure.
Zhu Daniu stood behind Captain Wang and did not say a word. It was obvious that he was expressing his dissatisfaction.
His uncle frowned and said, “Captain Wang, if you have something to say, just say it. I’m a law-abiding citizen. Your intimidation does not affect me.”
Wang Yunlin said coldly, “I’ve been busy with the expansion of the Investigation Department for the past two days. In a moment of carelessness, I allowed you to find a so-called new backer.”
“Mr. Wang, if you know what’s good for you, just give me the A-level spiritual crystal. I’ll guarantee your safety with the reputation of the Investigation Department.”
“What A-level spiritual crystal? You don’t believe me? I told you, that gemstone is gone!”
Even though his uncle’s reaction was very real, Wang Yunlin still maintained a high degree of suspicion toward him. Now, all the evidence and clues pointed to Wang Zhiguo.
“I won’t force you if you don’t want to hand over the spiritual crystal, but you absolutely can’t host the apprenticeship banquet. Your family is like a piece of fat meat now, and it’s already extremely dangerous. Holding a banquet at this time is no different from courting death.”
“My son has awakened a lightning-type special ability and has an A-level aptitude. He has already came White Cloud Temple. The Taoist priests of the White Cloud Temple have the ability to protect us, so I don’t think they will dare to come. If they come, the Taoist priests can take care of them!”
Hearing Wang Zhiguo’s words, Zhu Daniu, who had been standing behind Captain Wang, couldn’t hold it in any longer. He rushed forward and wanted to curse, but was stopped by Captain Wang.
“Let’s go, Old Zhu. Times have changed. Some people still live in the past. Since he wants to kill his family and friends, let him be.”
Captain Wang turned around and left. Old Zhu followed closely behind him. He murmured, “Captain Wang, if Wang Zhiguo holds an apprenticeship ceremony at this time, a lot of people might die.”
Captain Wang sighed and patted Zhu Daniu’s shoulder. “Since yesterday, the number of crimes in Donglin City has increased by more than ten times. Many young people who have awakened their special abilities have lost conTomselves and walked on the wrong path of crime.”
“In order to awaken the entire population, some innocent ordinary people will have to sacrifice themselves. This price has long been predicted by the organization, and it has tacitly accepted this fact.”
“Our manpower and energy are limited. In this era of change, it will be difficult to protect our families. As for the others, we can only say it’s their fate and cannot be forced.”
Zhu Daniu did not expect the National Awakening to be so cruel. He had been looking forward to the arrival of the National Awakening. He could display his special abilities in front of his relatives and friends to his heart’s content. He could show his divinity in front of others and show off his might.
However, he didn’t expect to face the bloody reality before he could show his divinity.
After Captain Wang left, Ning Shi once again advised his uncle.
“Uncle, the National Awakening is led by the government. For Xiao Wei’s group of awakeners, the government will certainly have further arrangements for the follow-up. I suggest that Xiao Wei follow the government and not become someone’s disciple so easily.”
“White Cloud Temple is just a non-governmental organization. Although it has been passed down for many years and has some abiliAfterill very different from the government.”
In fact, after Captain Wang left with Zhu Daniu, Wang Zhiguo began to feel some regret. However, his business had been expanding over the years and he had gradually developed a character of being a man of his word. The more people tried to persuade him, the more he wanted to prove that he was right.
“The matter of becoming a disciple has already been decided. There is no need to say anymore. I have already sent out invitations to my good friends. After this banquet, everyone will know that I, Wang Zhiguo, have given birth to a good son with the best awakener talent.”
“When Xiao Wei becomes a disciple of the White Cloud Temple, I will find a top-grade gemstone and give it to Qin Lingyun as a gift. This way, the outside world will think that I’ve given the so-called spiritual crystal to White Cloud Temple.”
“D*mn it, that gemstone is really gone! Why is everyone asking me for spiritual crystals? Where would I get spiritual crystals?”
Seeing that his uncle was insisting on his idea, Ning Shi did not speak anymore.
“Ding! Ding!”
The doorbell rang.
It should be his express delivery. Ning Shi opened the door, and sure enough, it was a girl in an express delivery uniform.
“Hello, Mr. Ning. Your express delivery is in the car outside the yard. It’s too heavy. Please carry it with me.”
The express delivery was an alloy sword that Ning Shi asked Hao Meng to get for him. Ning Shi followed the courier to the gate of the villa.
“I’ll take it in. Thank you.”
Ning Shi picked up the long express delivery package and returned to his room.
He opened the package and saw a long sword that looked similar to the meteoric heavy sword in the game. Ning Shi had asked Hao Meng to customize it for him.
There was a note attached to the express delivery package, and there was a line of beautiful handwriting on the note.
“Brother Shitou, the sword is made of alloy and weighs 527 kilograms. It is attached with a book, ‘Introduction to Awakener’s Abilities’. Do not participate in the competition for the spiritual crystals.”
Ning Shi felt Hao Meng’s concern and his heart warmed.
He picked up the long sword and was troubled about how to carry it when a notification popped up on his phone screen.
[Found a long sword. Do you want to put it in your backpack? Yes / No]
Ning Shi immediately clicked ‘Yes’ and found that the long sword had entered the game backpack. He took it out and the long sword appeared in the real world.
Ning Shi studied it for a while and found the long sword could only appear in the backpack and in the real world. It couldn’t enter the game world.
The meteoric heavy sword in the game world couldn’t be brought into the real world either.
Ning Shi put the sword into his backpack and picked up a book that was mixed in the bag. He flipped through it.
This book should have been printed by Hao Meng. It introduced the levels and specific abilities of the awakeners.
At present, the known awakeners were divided into nine levels.
A Tier 1 awakener had a preliminary special ability, but after releasing it, symptoms such as weakness would appear.
A Tier 2 awakener could release his special ability multiple times without any sequelae.
A Tier 3 awakener could not only release his special ability multiple times but also learn the skills to release his special ability, which increased the efficiency and power of his special ability output.
A Tier 4 awakener would inscribe his special ability onto a certain part of his body, allowing him to instantly release his special ability. His combat power would become extremely powerful, allowing him to resist most of the hot weapons.
A Tier 5 awakener would inscribe his special ability onto his body’s bloodline, allowing him to instantly release his special ability skills.
A Tier 6 awakener would be able to freely combine his special ability skills and he would be able to grasp the ultimate skills of his special ability. The ultimate skills that he released were extremely powerful and had destructive power comparable to a missile rain.
A Tier 7 awakener could be elementalized for a short period, and the power of his special ability would be greatly enhanced. A Tier 8 awakener could transform his body into elements completely, while a Tier 9 awakener could awaken his elemental spirit.
To a certain extent, the highest-level awakeners were already like the Gods in novels. It was no wonder that organizations like the Pantheon of Gods had appeared.
However, the cultivation of a special ability was not easy. There was no shortcut. One had to think of all kinds of ways to let the special ability merge into one’s body and finally transform into an elemental spirit.
This process was extremely painful.
For example, his cousin Wang Yuwei was an awakener with a lightning-type special ability. His cultivation method was to use his special ability to shock his body as much as possible so that his body could adapt to the lightning-type special ability. Finally, he would gradually become one with electricity.
Being shocked every day was a pain that most people would not be able to endure.
Luckily, he had a game avatar so he did not have to suffer such torture. Ning Shi was glad about it. At the same time, he also understood why the status of an awakener with a strength-type ability was low.
It was because there was no path.
The cultivation path of a special ability was tailor-made for elemental-type and spiritual-type abilities. After an awakener with a strength-type special ability reached Tier 3, there was no path to move forward.
Moreover, after elemental-type awakeners reached a high level, their body would become elemental, and they would be immune to most physical attacks.
Even in the later stages, a strength-type awakener would not be able to compete with them.
Ning Shi’s martial arts were all shared by the seniors in the strength-type section of the awakener forum. He could be considered to have inherited the mantle of the strength-type. If he had the ability, he was willing to pave a path for a strength-type awakener.