Sai Joshi nodded and said, "Teacher, I've already thought this matter through carefully. I need to became stronger, and am of a young age as well. I know how dangerous the outside world.
I want to become an outstanding individual and a powerful Spirit Master. Joining the Spirit Vert Sect is no doubt a shortcut for me to achieve that. Not only does joining the Spirit Vert Sect let me enter no one academy, Seven Premier Academy. I can furthermore receive guidance from you. Moreover, I believe in the you Teacher. Moreover you were willing to tell me of the predicaments the Spirit Vert Sect is currently facing. I can thus feel the sincerity that the you hold towards me. I'm willing to help the Spirit Vert Sect regain its glory together with you."
"Good, you couldn't have said it any better." Grandmaster looked at Sai Joshi, nodded. Sai Joshi was much more mature than his peers of the same age, and even though talent was important, hard work was absolutely necessary, let alone the fact that he was a rarely-seen owner of a spiritual-type body soul. It could be said that the Spirit Vert Sect had gotten him for a cheap price.
Grandmaster said:
"Tomorrow is the opening ceremony, the day. However, from your point of view, this is only a delay, nothing more. Right now the most pressing matter, is to make your spirit able to continue cultivation. In the morning you act only after I've carefully thought about it. Early tomorrow morning you will follow me from the academy and I will bring you to go look for a suitable spirit ring, to let you advance up to spirit master title."
Sai Joshi rejoiced due to what Grandmaster said. Only after having obtained a spirit ring could he confirm whether it was because of lacking a spirit ring that his Mysterious Heaven Kally Skill was restrained. Grandmaster's method was what he wanted, and hurriedly he very happily agreed.
Grandmaster continued speaking:
"On the way back I can instruct you in spirit lore. Sai Joshi, what is your view regarding your spirit?"
Sai Joshi said:
"Everyone says it's a rare spirit, however, I feel that everything has some purpose. Even the most ordinary green gray grass should also be that way."
Grandmaster, pleased, nodded and said:
"Not bad. Every spirit has its characteristics. In my research, inferior spirits constitute a very large portion. I've always maintained that there are no trash spirits, only trash people. Tomorrow I'll bring you to look for a spirit ring, so right now you must decide the direction of your spirit's growth on your own."
Sai Joshi was somewhat dumbfounded.
"Direction of a spirit's growth? Teacher, what does this mean?"
Grandmaster said:
"For this we must speak about spirit classification itself. To broadly distinguish them, spirits only have two large categories: beast spirits and tool spirits. Body type spirits are also included within tool spirits, so both your spirits are counted as tool spirits. The biggest difference between tool spirits and beast spirits is in their manifestation."
"When beast spirits are employed, the beast's power is added to your own, and will also add its effect to the body. Relying on the human body with beast spirit integration to enhance its strength, achieving human-spirit unity to launch an attack is the goal. But tool spirits are completely different - the tool spirits possess effects that can be used independent of the body. Consequently, assisting nature of tool spirits is greater than beast spirits. Raising a simple example, if your spirit was our most common food the oldest sword rice, like that, your spirit could be treated as food. Furthermore because it is given form by spirit power, the effect can be much better when compared to ordinary rice."
Sai Joshi said, amazed:
"Can spirits also be eaten?"
Grandmaster gave a confirming nod and said:
"Food category spirits can all be eaten. Therefore, talented higher ranked food system spirit masters are always eagerly desired by the army. A single food system spirit master over rank thirty can supply enough food to feed a hundred soldiers, greatly reducing the depletion of resources by the army."
Sai Joshi dully said:
"I still don't understand."
Grandmaster patiently said:
"The principle is actually very simple. Food, for any living organisms, is all treated as replenishing energy. And spirit power is also a kind of energy. Just as spirit power can change to be able to be absorbed by humans as energy, like that, it is from our point of view certainly no different from genuine food. The same as the energy the human body requires."
Sai Joshi listened and only faintly understood a bit, but he understood the general idea.
"So to say, tool spirits are for the most part used to give assistance, right."
Grandmaster said:
"Nothing is definite, some tool spirits can become battle spirits. For instance, if your tool spirit was a sword, it could be regarded as a weapon. Like that, you could also become a battle spirit master, like what is spoken of in the outside world as magic weapons, is actually just tool spirit battle spirit masters with their spirit cultivated to the pinnacle. Although tool spirit masters and battle spirit masters are different, there are some connections between them. Every spirit master has a growth direction: food system, detection system, battle system, healing system, controlling system and so on and so forth. Right now, before obtaining a spirit ring, you must first quickly decide on your spirit's future growth direction. A spirit master's spirit cultivation, must have a direction in which to develop."
"So to speak, when obtaining spirit rings in the future, as far as possible obtain spirit rings with similar abilities. Not necessarily completely the same, but a similar general direction, in order to avoid spirit rings conflicting with each other and instead restricting its power situation."
Speaking of this, on Grandmaster's face appeared a trace of a grim smile. "Very many people all think spirit eyes are rare, as well as is a useless spirit, but as a result of my many years of research, I believe spirit eyes similarly has its own purpose. If spirit eyes was weak at the time of awakening spirit power, even becoming a battle spirit is definitely is not impossible."