The Spirit World

Chapter 11 The Eve of Training
Chang Yufeng knew that if he wanted to survive in this magical world, he had to become stronger. He also knew that he could not go back.

Ten years ago, he traveled to the world called the spirit world. The warm embrace of the bunny-eared boy seemed like yesterday. The sight of the bloody armored octopus chasing him could still make him break out in a cold sweat. Where did the huge flaming eagle take them to? What happened after he fell asleep? He knew nothing, not even a trace. The green jade pendant was gone, as if nothing had happened except for that little bit of memory.

The only thing he knew was that his name was Jack Nyman, and he had a father named Rajel Nyman who was a little humorous, a mother named Amyna who loved to nag, and a sister named Erica who always wanted to follow him. Although he looked a little different from the other three, he looked more like a Chinese, with black hair and black eyes. He had lived with them for nine years.

Walking out of the tavern, he looked at the streets filled with people of all races, his mind still thinking about the conversation he had just had with his master.

"Practice?" Chang Yufeng asked in surprise, his eyes shining.

"Yes, practice. Your becoming a formal guide means you have learned the basics. It's time to teach you some real skills." Tom changed his depressed attitude and looked at him with narrowed eyes.

"That's great!" Chang Yufeng was very excited, because the magic and swordsmanship he had learned were very rare and he had never even touched a decent bronze scroll, let alone those lethal high-level scroll attacks.

"Don't be happy too soon. You will definitely suffer, and it may even cost you your life. You must have a good talk with your parents." Tom took a sip of wine: "Of course, I won't force you. Even if you don't agree now, I will not stop being your master. I will continue to teach you how to read directions, how to deal with ferocious beasts, and how to be a good guide."

"Of course I am willing. Being able to become stronger through practice has always been something I have been longing for."

"If you are following me just to become stronger, I won't agree." Tom continued: "Come here, I want to ask you a question."

"Oh." Chang Yufeng obediently put his ear closer.

“Do you want to go back?”

"What do you mean going back or not? Master? Are you going home now? It's too early." Chang Yufeng was surprised with a puzzled look on his face. He clearly had not mentioned anything to anyone.

"You don't have to pretend, I already know everything." Tom glanced at Chang Yufeng who was already serious: "You don't have to be afraid, I won't tell anyone, and I will teach you everything I have learned in my life."

"Why?" Chang Yufeng lowered his voice. Even though no one was around, he was very afraid of being heard.

"Don't worry, apprentice. I have set up a barrier. No one can hear us here." Tom pointed at the boss who was still serving the dishes. The boss pretended not to see them and asked the waiter nonchalantly: "Is Tom gone? How come he disappeared in an instant?" At this time, the two were still sitting on the chairs.

This was completely different from the Tom that Chang Yufeng had come into contact with. It was as if Tom had become a different person in an instant.

"I don't know what you are talking about, Master." Chang Yufeng still looked at him with confusion. If he knew that he had traveled through time, then this person was definitely not a simple person. Fortunately, he was his master. After a year of getting along with him, Chang Yufeng did not tell him the secret, nor did he tell anyone else.

Tom looked at him seriously, and Chang Yufeng also looked at him with a puzzled look. The two looked at each other for a long time. Although Chang Yufeng looked only 9 years old, he had lived for at least another years, which added up to years old. But at this time, Chang Yufeng was sweating. He was also struggling whether to admit it, because if the master had seen through it, then there was nothing to deceive. The care that the master had given him in the past year was definitely not the kind of person who would harm him. However, Chang Yufeng was not afraid of this stalemate.

Just when Chang Yufeng was about to look away, Tom suddenly burst into laughter.

"Hahaha, I'm just kidding, apprentice. I recently saw people from another world being captured in Lastal, so I wanted to tease you. Don't be angry, don't be angry." Tom looked at Chang Yufeng, his eyes revealing a sad look.

"What are you talking about, Master? I don't understand a word you said." Chang Yufeng breathed a sigh of relief. What? Lastal? The city that claims to be the most open has captured a person from another world.

"Where is the other world, Master?" Chang Yufeng wanted to know more about the visitor from another world. Maybe that person was just like him: "What is in the other world?"

"That's something only space mages know. I really don't know. If you have the chance in the future, you can visit an old friend of mine. He is a grandmaster-level magician who studies space magic." Tom didn't ask any further questions.

"Aren't you curious why I want to teach you?" Tom looked at the little Chang Yufeng with interest.

"Curious, curious, really curious," Chang Yufeng nodded frantically.

"Because you are my apprentice!" Tom laughed again and returned to the old Tom.

Chang Yufeng was somewhat speechless. Although he knew that Tom was a master who hid himself very well, he didn't expect that he would guess right at once. He was scared to death. He didn't know what would happen if he was found out to be from another world. He didn't dare to say anything. After all, compared to the strange people here, a person from another world seemed more isolated and helpless.

"Master, I am really grateful that you are willing to teach me." Chang Yufeng wanted to kneel down to thank him, but was stopped by Tom. "I haven't taught you yet. It won't be too late to thank you after you teach me. But..." Tom narrowed his eyes, obviously happy.

"But what, Master?"

"It's okay, just study hard. Go back today and prepare for the long journey, and leave tomorrow."

"Okay, what do I need to bring, Master?"

“Take whatever you think you need!”

"Ah?" Chang Yufeng suddenly felt unreliable. "Then where are we going tomorrow?"

"You'll know when you come tomorrow."

“How long will it take?”

"It could be short, like one or two months, or it could be long, like one or two years. It depends on how much you can learn." Tom still squinted his eyes and looked outside the barrier.

This is even more unreliable! Chang Yufeng was stunned when he heard this.

"So you'd better make a very long plan." Tom's sarcastic look made Chang Yufeng angry and amused.

"Alright. Whatever you say is what it is. You are the master after all." Chang Yufeng spread his hands helplessly. This was the Tom he knew. The Tom who was so serious just now was not like the person he knew at all.

"Okay, go get ready." Tom waved his hand to signal Chang Yufeng to leave. Chang Yufeng also left slowly, standing in front of the tavern with an umbrella on his back.

Phew, it was a close call today. The princess I accidentally bumped into today is the daughter of the current king of the principality, and she is also one of the representatives of the Holy See of Light. I am lucky enough to have saved my life today. A similar situation will never happen next time. I am alone in this cruel magical world, and I will die if I am not careful.

"Alas, the next thing is the most troublesome thing." Chang Yufeng would only put down the lotus umbrella to travel when he was out of the city wall of Wenti County. It was not that he did not want to fly in the city, but there were magic controls in the city, and magic and duels were not allowed.

Just when Chang Yufeng was about to leave the city gate, he felt a pair of eyes looking at him from behind. He turned around and saw only a bustling crowd of people. Instead, some eyes were looking at him because he turned back. Chang Yufeng's eyes rolled around and he quickly left County Wenti City.

In the tavern, Tom drank the wine in one gulp and laughed: "Finally found the young master! I am so tired!"

"Yes, I have been looking for it for so long and finally found it! I am so tired!" The innkeeper came to Tom's table. He was short and fat and sat on the chair a little awkwardly, with his short legs crossed, just like a charming woman.

It's really a bit eye-catching.

"Don't say that. I can't see the effort you've put in." Tom suddenly spoke in a woman's voice. His messy stubble and wrinkles on half of his face were really not flattering.

"Alas, when can I stop using this fake identity?"

"Tomorrow, we won't have to stay in this place anymore."

“I hope so.”

"But why do I feel that our young master is stupid?" the innkeeper said, pouring the wine into the glass. She drank it all in one gulp, feeling very happy, but then she smacked her lips, feeling that the wine was not very satisfying.

"Really? I think he's quite smart..." Old Tom also drank a glass of wine, but picked up a few pieces of food.

"You're not smart at all! You were almost killed by the hidden guards. How can you be smart?" The innkeeper was a little puzzled and disdainful.

"I was there, okay! Chunxi, he went to look somewhere else. It was the young master's first day as an official guide and he entered the guide hall, so it was quite unlucky for him to meet the princess, to be honest. How could those dignitaries of the principality stop a little brat? Would they care about their lives?" He was eating the food while the innkeeper refilled the wine.

"That's true... but this won't do... Ever since the young master of Bailing Mountain suffered such humiliation, even if the princess met him, she would have to be respectful. Alas, the young master has it really hard." The innkeeper also took a bite of the dish, but he ate it with his hands. He raised his index finger, and his stubble was as black as beans on his chin.

"When we get back to Bailing Mountain, the young master will look the way he should. You should worry about your weight. Is the food in the principality so delicious? Seeing how fat you are, I always feel like I am carrying a pig and moving around. You eat as much as you want and aren't you afraid of getting fat to death?" Old Tom drank a glass of wine and looked at the innkeeper with some disgust. He was obviously joking, but his eyebrows didn't move from time to time.

"Hey! You're so fat! I'm obviously much lighter! It's you who's eating so much here! You're so fat! You're the one who's getting fat to death!" The innkeeper hit old Tom's arm with his "little fist", causing the wine glass he was holding to shake and he couldn't drink it.

"Hahahahaha~" Old Tom laughed even more happily. This kind of hammering seemed more like acting coquettishly.

"Hmph!" The innkeeper put his hands on his hips and drank a glass of wine angrily.

"Save some energy, we still have to go to the young master's house later ~ Hahaha ~" Old Tom's hand slipped while pouring the wine, and the clear white wine slowly flowed into the glass like a white line.

"Hmph! How stinky!" The innkeeper put down his glass. The lines in the tavern were dark, like a deliberate setting.

"So...what do you think?" Old Tom looked at the innkeeper's big belly, put down the cup and stopped drinking.

"Silly..." The innkeeper looked at the wine in the glass and shook it. The wine was like a swirling whirlpool, colliding in the glass and spilling out inadvertently.

"Huh? You actually said the young master is stupid?" Old Tom glanced at the door, where a bustling crowd was passing by the tavern. Adventurers were basically walking in a hurry. People here made a living by hunting monsters. Their daily livelihood was basically related to the various monsters in the Dragon Forest. They could be called hunters, but more often they were called adventurers, because they were going to a relatively dangerous area, the Dragon Forest - deep in the dense forest. The monster crystals here could get people more gold coins.

The living environment of the magic beasts and fierce beasts in each region is different, so there will be considerable differences. If I hadn't come here, I guess the young master would most likely survive as an adventurer.

A foolish son of a farmer will never achieve anything. At best, he will be able to thrive here... but his mission will vanish into thin air.

"Isn't that stupid?" The innkeeper also looked in the direction of Old Tom, but didn't see anything, so he drank the shaken sake. He let out a very comfortable sound, and it was obvious that he didn't drink this kind of sake often.

"I don't think... I can say I'm stupid..." Old Tom continued to fill his glass, "It's just... I'm too ignorant..."

"I don't understand what you mean." The innkeeper also put down his wine glass and shook his head. A blush came to his face and his big nose began to become redder and rounder. The light was dim and not that strong.

"When you were ten years old, you were much dumber than the young master, much, much dumber..." Old Tom emphasized: "I don't know what his adoptive parents think... They didn't teach him magic, but at least they taught him well. The young master is kind now... Maybe he's too kind."

"Farmers' sons... all have this problem... hiccups..." The innkeeper put one hand on old Tom's shoulder and moved his fingers up slowly.

"That's right...it doesn't look like we have to compete with Qiuqiu in wits and courage." Old Tom drank the wine in the glass, but he didn't see any improvement.

"Yeah, the ball is so bad, it hurts me every time." The innkeeper blew the smell of alcohol on Old Tom's face shyly.

"Ah! What are you doing? Stupid!" Old Tom waved his hands to dispel the smell of alcohol: "You are not drunk! I told you not to drink!"

"Don't hold me! Let go!"

"You can't do that! Let go! Stupid Xi!"

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