Worldwide Awakening: My Soul Kinds Are Lost-Chapter 425: Gentleman Six Arts, the Beginning of Wenqi to Carry the Books_1
"I never imagined you would actually become a Spirit Master." With a complicated look, Jin Cheng regarded Wang Linchi. He had assumed they were both slackers, but Wang Linchi had actually managed to succeed.
If Wang Linchi had been a top student from the start, it would have been one thing, but he had always been merely average.
Not just Jin Cheng, but the other top students also harbored complex feelings.
No one dared to question if Wang Linchi had cheated. Once someone mastered the Spirit Law, they were a Spirit Master. It wasn’t something that could be revoked by mere allegations of cheating. They were no longer on the same level.
"If you study hard and delve into your studies earnestly, you too can succeed," Wang Linchi said, directly offering Jin Cheng some encouragement.
The notion that hard work alone leads to success is, in fact, the greatest lie.
But some people loved to hear such comforting words. As his roguish friend, Wang Linchi felt obliged to console him. How could he bluntly tell him that with his talent and aptitude—even with Spiritual Bone and Spiritual Meridian—he had no chance of becoming a Spirit Master? What a blow that would be!
This year, from the Origin Flow Academy’s older student cohort, Wang Linchi was the only one to become a Spirit Master. In contrast, twelve students who had been enrolled in the academy’s early education program succeeded. They weren’t very old either; the oldest was merely eleven, and the youngest, nine.
The reasons were simple. First, their talent and aptitude had already met a certain threshold to be accepted as young students. Second, they received a better education.
They had classes taught by renowned teachers, after-school tutoring, and more. In contrast, older students like them only had the right to listen during lectures. They couldn’t ask questions, nor were they given homework. How could their situation compare to the treatment these youngsters received from childhood?
Success completely depended on oneself.
Moreover, the youngsters were also evaluated, and even the worst performers among them achieved at least a B-Lower grade. In contrast, among their group, there were even students who received C-Lower assessments.
Jin Cheng fell silent upon hearing Wang Linchi’s encouragement. Could he really make it?
"Alright, I still need to go to the Government Office to get my name registered on the rolls. We’ll catch up when I’m free," Wang Linchi said, not chatting with Jin Cheng for too long.
He had many things to attend to. All Spirit Masters were required to register with the Court. Afterward, those interested could be arranged to take up official positions. If not, they simply needed to abide by the law. The Court wouldn’t interfere whether they chose to establish a Great Family or prepare for further scholarly pursuits.
He was merely a Spirit Master without any official rank, so the Court wouldn’t pay him much mind.
It was different for those young Spirit Masters. The Government Office sent someone to handle their registration. After all, any child who became a Spirit Master at such a young age was undoubtedly a great talent.
Some people spent their entire lives preparing for the Elementary Learning Test without success, dying in despair, while these youngsters passed easily. If they weren’t talents, who was?
Wang Linchi didn’t pay much mind to these matters, instead focusing on his Spirit Law as he walked.
After leaving, Wang Linchi had developed his own Spirit Law by analyzing, categorizing, and summarizing existing knowledge, then refining, optimizing, and perfecting it.
Well, after his modifications—incorporating his own elements like the Soul Forging Method, secret techniques, Soul Kind, and aspects of his game character—he had formed the fundamental Cultivation Technique of his own system. It couldn’t be said to be entirely unrelated to the original Spirit Law; rather, the original Spirit Law was now a thing of the past.
The Cultivation Technique had not yet been perfected and was only in its initial form; hence, it had no name yet.
Nevertheless, it had already given rise to six Spiritual Talents, which Wang Linchi considered Passive Skills.
They were: Rites, Music, Archery, Charioteering, Calligraphy, and Mathematics.
That’s right, the Gentleman Six Arts.
In terms of data, they increased Charm, Perception, Strength, Agility, Constitution, and Spirit respectively.
They were all currently inactive. These six Passive Skills also corresponded to the six stages of his current cultivation. Each Passive Skill simply increased its corresponding attribute by 100%.
More importantly, reaching each stage provided an additional 10% increase to that attribute. Upon completing all six stages, an extra 40% would be added, changing the base 100% boost for each attribute to a total of 200%.
Currently, he was filled with Passive Skills. Compared to active skills, he naturally favored Passive Skills.
Fanciful and Fickle was also a Passive Skill, albeit one that could be actively triggered. If manifested, it was his indescribable essence.
For other Spirit Masters at this stage, even having one Spiritual Talent would be good, but I have an entire set. That’s undeniably powerful.
But there’s still one problem. What on earth is this thing...
Wang Linchi discovered a strange energy forming within him.
It wasn’t foreign but his own, a special energy. This energy was primarily born from his Spirit, his Soul (corresponding to the concept of *xīnlíng*), his Soul (corresponding to the concept of *línghún*), and his thoughts, all combined with his game character, the Saint Monarch, his Spirit Bone, Spirit Vein, and the principles of Spirit Law.
It was an energy similar to Mana, Spiritual Power, or magical energy. Normally, Wang Linchi’s body contained no such inherent energy; other powers he possessed seemed more like derivatives.
To make an analogy with Essence, Qi, and Spirit: he originally only possessed Essence, representing his physical body, and Spirit, representing his mental and spiritual aspects. He lacked Qi.
Now, he had it. This special energy was growing wildly, not because of his vast spiritual power or powerful soul, but based on his knowledge.
Wenqi? Literary Grace? Or is it Overwhelming Righteousness?
It should be something similar.
Wait, could this be due to my Saint Monarch Occupation?
Wang Linchi suddenly remembered something: his game character was a Scholar. Although he had rebelled and become an emperor after his ’Five Senses Awakening,’ transforming into the Saint Monarch, all descriptions of his Saint Monarch Occupation skills and talents were still related to Wenqi.
Therefore, this energy was likely derived from his new system—the Qi he had always lacked.
However, because his current conditions were insufficient, he couldn’t reach the ultimate upper limit of the Saint Monarch Occupation. Thus, he was still using the fundamental Wenqi of a Scholar.
After all, this yet-to-be-named Cultivation Technique system was still incomplete. In his conception, the completion process required leveraging the Imperial Examination system to reach the Jinshi Realm. The next step involved acquiring the Jade Seal, a Spiritual Treasure. He had no plans beyond that for now.
Because the Calamity of the Last Law had resulted in excessively low energy levels in this world’s system, other things were useless to Wang Linchi.
In fact, Wang Linchi was pondering that if not for the Calamity of the Last Law, Spirit Masters who reached the Jinshi Realm would likely be incredibly formidable. At the very least, they would be on par with a Legendary Level Erroneous Sin.
If an Erroneous Sin were thrown into the Calamity of the Last Law, it would probably die instantly.
However, without the Calamity of the Last Law, it would be uncertain who was stronger between an Erroneous Sin and a Spirit Master. After all, the two worlds had nothing in common, making such a comparison as absurd as pitting Guan Gong against Qin Qiong.
Upon entering the Town Sea City Government Office, the clerks were extremely respectful when they saw Wang Linchi, as he was a Spirit Master. No one hindered or questioned him.
His name was quickly entered into the rolls. Wang Linchi also stated his intention to participate in the Tongsheng exam in two months and asked the clerk to register him.
The clerk quickly completed Wang Linchi’s registration, which would then await unified submission.
The Tongsheng exam wasn’t as strict and had no registration restrictions. As long as one was a Spirit Master, they could register and participate.
The entire process went very smoothly, without any hitches.
However, no actual officials paid Wang Linchi any mind. They too were Spirit Masters, and most held official ranks, placing them in a different circle from a Spirit Master novice like Wang Linchi.
If it were one of the young Spirit Masters, around ten years old, they would definitely have rushed over enthusiastically to build connections, as those youngsters had truly bright futures.
As for someone older like Wang Linchi who managed to pass, they presumed he likely had limited Potential. Considering his mediocre past performance and what they perceived as his limited upper ceiling, they naturally wouldn’t waste energy befriending him.
Wang Linchi, for his part, was quite content with the peace and quiet. The less they bothered him, the better; it saved him trouble.
After leaving the Government Office, Wang Linchi felt a bit troubled. He needed to unlock these six Passive Skills within two months; otherwise, he might fail the Tongsheng exam.
Although it still involved writing essays, like the Elementary Learning Test, it also required specific talents.
Just as in the Elementary Learning Test, the better one’s Spirit Bone and Spirit Vein, the higher the baseline of the Spirit Law one could obtain. The Tongsheng exam, on the other hand, used the Spiritual Talents derived from one’s Spirit Law and the degree of its Cultivation as certain criteria.
If he fully cultivated these six Passive Skills, it would be equivalent to having fully cultivated his Spirit Law. Other people’s Spiritual Talents required proficiency in those specific skills, whereas Wang Linchi’s system focused on the Proficiency of the Cultivation Technique itself, thus achieving two goals at once.
If I use Experience points, I should be able to max them out within a month, Wang Linchi thought, glancing at his max-level game character, where a vast amount of Experience had been stockpiled.
Even after reaching max level, the game character would continue to acquire and store Experience. This was an improvement Wang Linchi had implemented in his previous world after learning a lesson about insufficient storage capacity. In the future, when Devouring beings similar to Erroneous Sins, even if he couldn’t absorb everything himself, the excess could be funneled into the game character’s storage without affecting the character’s usability.
