Chapter 445: Little Junior Brother
If nothing else, Ruoshui had never forgotten where this place was.
Daring to start a fire and cook here, her little junior brother couldn't possibly be an ordinary person.
Here it came.
Ruoshui carefully took a plate of fried little spirit fish from the knight's hands.
She wanted to say thank you, but the knight had already turned and walked away.
"Little junior brother, are you really not coming with me to Mute Lake Academy? There's a kind of little fish in Mute Lake. Though not as valuable as little spirit fish, it's still one of the rarest ingredients in the Sacred City Alliance, and its taste is even more delicious."
Li Meng, who was gnawing on a fried little spirit fish, showed a slight reaction.
"I'll go!"
Seeing her "little junior brother" agree, Ruoshui's lips curled up.
As expected, still a kid.
Since he loved eating little dried fish so much,
she'd just tempt him with food.
A ripple stirred in the space.
Ruoshui took out a crystal ball from her space ring.
"Little junior brother, come, let's test your spiritual power and root bone!"
Li Meng glanced at the crystal ball.
After thinking for a moment, he placed his hand on it.
The crystal ball immediately emitted a six-colored brilliance.
Two numbers gradually appeared on the crystal ball's surface.
One was 207.
The other was 0.
The former represented spiritual power points.
The latter represented root bone points.
In this world, practitioners were divided into nine ranks.
100 spiritual power points for a Second Rank practitioner.
500 spiritual power points for a Third Rank practitioner.
2000 spiritual power points for a Fourth Rank practitioner.
5000 spiritual power points for a Fifth Rank practitioner.
And so on for the higher ranks.
A full root bone value was 100.
The higher the root bone, the better the talent and aptitude.
The more spiritual power one could gain daily.
The root bone level also determined a practitioner's future achievements.
A root bone below ten meant one would be stuck at the Third Rank.
Only those with root bone above 70 had a chance to reach the Ninth Rank.
Practitioners with less than 70 root bone weren't entirely hopeless,
but advancing would be extremely difficult.
They would have to rely on luck,
like taking spirit medicines that could enhance constitution.
"Root bone 0? Impossible!"
Ruoshui looked at the crystal ball in confusion.
Little junior brother, at such a young age, was already a Second Rank summoner.
Such talent could definitely be called genius.
As a practitioner's rank increased, so did their rate of spiritual power growth.
For someone his age to have over 200 spiritual power points was not low.
But with such talent, how could his root bone be 0?
No, something was off about these numbers.
Only ordinary people who couldn't cultivate had a root bone of zero.
If he was an ordinary person, how could he have over 200 spiritual power points?
Not only that, but the crystal ball emitted six-colored magic brilliance.
This indicated that the "little junior brother" had high affinity with all six elements.
"Could the crystal ball be broken?"
The crystal ball could only test spiritual power and root bone below the Fifth Rank.
If she injected her own spiritual power,
the crystal ball would shatter.
Li Meng glanced at the cheap "big senior sister's" crystal ball.
His body wasn't an ordinary flesh body.
If the crystal ball actually measured his root bone, that would be the real miracle.
Although Li Meng could forcibly alter the crystal ball's reading,
he didn't.
His appearance here was strange enough already.
Keeping a little mystery was necessary.
Li Meng bit into a grilled fish.
Mumbled, "Sleep."
No magical power fluctuation.
Ruoshui's body went limp and suddenly collapsed to the ground.
She fell slowly,
as if someone had gently supported her,
slowly laying her down by the bonfire.
Almost at the same time, ripples stirred on the moonlit lake.
A massive shadow appeared beneath the deep water.
A giant dragon head slowly emerged from the surface.
The dragon head was as big as a small mountain.
But compared to the enormous shadow underwater,
it didn't seem so large.
Its emergence made the air around the central lake freeze.
Under the moonlight, it radiated an overwhelming might.
A vast pressure formed rolling waves that spread out.
Ripples spread across the lake surface.
Million-year Ninth Rank Peak Magical Beast, "Azure Water Dragon Turtle."
The overlord of the central lake.
In the nearby forest by the lake shore,
a massive humanoid figure appeared without notice.
Its body was so huge it resembled a mountain.
Tall trees beneath it looked like mere weeds.
Under the moonlight, its enormous body gradually became visible.
Million-year Ninth Rank Peak Magical Beast, "Titan Giant Ape."
The two colossal beasts didn't approach the bonfire.
They just watched from a distance.
Their huge eyes carried a hint of grievance.
As if saying, why aren't you leaving yet?
Li Meng ignored the two giant beasts.
Both were million-year magical beasts.
They had about five thousand years of life left.
Once a magical beast lived for a million years,
their lifespan approached its end.
They could only live for another ten thousand years.
Million-year magical beasts had two choices:
Either transform and start cultivating from scratch
to gamble for a breakthrough to the Tenth Rank,
and become a divine beast that could live as long as heaven and earth.
Or maintain their current state until death.
However, dying peacefully was extremely difficult for million-year magical beasts.
When they had only a thousand years left,
they would gradually weaken.
Their spiritual power would disperse.
The accumulated spiritual power from a million years
would make them stand out like beacons in the night,
easily found and slain by human powerhouses to seize the "Crown of Legacy."
After a long while, the two giants silently retreated as usual.
They didn't stray far from the central lake.
They gathered together on the other side of the lake.
Under the moonlight, waves churned on the lake.
A massive figure resembling a small mountain slowly came ashore.
Meanwhile, a giant ape the size of a hill slowly approached the lake shore from the forest.
The two giants didn't fight.
The Titan Giant Ape plopped down on the lake shore.
Scratched its head with its huge hand.
The Azure Water Dragon Turtle stayed in the shallow water.
"Boss, what exactly is that little guy?"
The Titan Giant Ape's voice was extremely deep.
The water surface trembled from his voice.
"Second Brother, be patient. He will leave."
"He's so tiny. I could crush him with one finger. Boss, why did we have to run away?"
The Titan Giant Ape looked toward the opposite shore.
Though it was very far away,
he could still see a faint light.
"It's a strange feeling. If we attack him, we will die!"
The Azure Water Dragon Turtle still remembered that day vividly.
The central lake was usually a peaceful, harmonious place.
As the overlord of the central lake, the Azure Water Dragon Turtle didn't monopolize it.
It allowed weaker magical beasts to drink from the lake,
and forbade any fighting within the lake region.
Every evening, the central lake would become very lively.