Ch. 36 - High Tier Spirit Master

As they were both busy with cultivating, they both lost track of time. Before they knew it, it was already late at night. The lunch Xiao Huoyan had prepared had turned cold hours ago.

"Hm?"

Tian Xin was surprised to see that it was already late at night, but what surprised her even more was her dear brother sitting on a nearby cloud… cultivating!

She could not understand how he had already reached Middle Tier Practitioner. She knew that this was his first time cultivating!

She knew that he could not have been here for more than a few hours at most.

There are nine realms in total; Practitioner, Spirit Master, Grand Spirit Master, Half Martial Emperor, Martial Emperor, Sky Realm, Heaven Realm, God Realm and Immortal.

Every realm has three tiers; Low, Middle and High.

The gap between every level is enormous even if they are in the same realm.

For most people, it would take at least a few years to advance from the High Tier of a realm to the Low Tier of another, but that was usually for the slightly higher realms. Most of the commoners won't even reach Low Tier Grand Master in their entire lives.

There was once a man who reached the Immortal Realm, but no one knows when it was nor who it was. The strongest people right now are The Five Protectors. They are all Middle Tier Heaven Realm Experts!

The only person who would dare to go up against them would be The Golden Dragon, Jin Long!

Suddenly Xiao Huoyan let out a sigh and slowly opened his eyes.

The first thing he saw as he opened his eyes were Tian Xin flying towards him.

"Brother! Congratulations!"

"Hm? For what? It is not my birthday now, is it?"

"You are already a Middle Tier Practitioner!"

"Hm? I am?"

"YES!!"

"… Is that good?"

"HUUUH?!?!?"

"Just kidding. I already know about realms and stuff."

"You! How dare you trick me?!", Tian Xin yelled at her brother while pointing her finger towards him angrily.

Xiao Huoyan just smiled foolishly at his sister and quickly changed the topic.

"Uhm… eh… Congratulations!"

"Eh, what?"

"You are already a High Tier Spirit Master! Congratulations!"

"You did not notice it before?"

"I did. I just did not know that it was normal for people to congratulate others just because of a breakthrough."

"What do you mean 'just a breakthrough'?!"

"Nothing much. It is just that it is not really that special now, is it?"

"Of course, it is special! Do you know how many people there are out there who would wish they could cultivate?!"

"Jin Long said he would not be surprised even if I reached High Tier Sky Realm before I turned nine, so I just thought that it would be easy to--"

"Of course, it is easy for you! You are a genius!"

"Oh… am I?"

"Do not play stupid with me!"

"Hahahaha, okay. Sorry sister!", Xiao Huoyan said while smiling foolishly.

Xiao Huoyan did not want his dear sister to feel envious of him advancing so fast, so he had deliberately hidden his cultivation. In fact, he had already become a Low Tier Spirit Master.

"So… brother?"

"Yes?"

"What was that thing around you?"

"What thing?"

"The thing you had around you when you were cultivating just a moment ago!"

"Oh, you mean the sphere made of my spirit essences?"

"So that is what it was… Why did you create it?"

"I do not know… I just did."

"Then, what did it do?"

"It helped me during the process of absorbing the energies."

" Energies'? As in more than one energy? How many elements?!"

"Uhm… That is hard to say…"

"Why?"

"Because I am not really sure. I think it was all of them, but the sphere made the different energies turn into one single unique energy as soon as the energies passed through the sphere while I was trying to absorb them."

"A-all of them?!"

"Yeah, I think so."

"Fate is truly unfair!"

"Do not worry sis! I have prepared a gift for you!", Xiao Huoyan said while taking out something as big as an eyeball that looked like an orb made of dark purple glass.

It seemed as if flames was surging inside of it. It was truly beautiful.

"I-is that what I t-think it is?"

"No, it is not edible."

"Y-you know that is not what I meant!"

"Hahahaha, okay I know! You are right. This is indeed Demonic Flame. Sit down, I will help you absorb it."

"…"

"What is it? Do you not like it?", Xiao Huoyan asked with a slightly sad expression.

"No, that is not it! It is just that…"

"What?"

"Is it really worth it to give me your Demonic Flame just like that?"

"Do not worry. You are too weak to absorb all of it, so I will just give you enough for you to use. As soon as you absorb it, you will have it as your second spirit essence, but I can also keep the other part.

Giving you this much is not anything significant really. It will not affect me in any way! But for you it is different. Just by absorbing this tiny orb, you will receive a second spirit essence, so of course it is worth it.

Even if I were to give you all I have and become a cripple for the rest of my life, it would still be worth it if it would make you happy… and strong enough to protect yourself at all times.

I already take you as my dear sister, so do not treat me like a stranger and just accept my gift already!"

Hearing all of this, Tian Xin was moved to tears. Her dear brother was willing to do anything for her happiness. Could she even wish for a better brother?

"I… Thank you!", Tian Xin said with a smile on her face.

Even though she was in tears, anyone could see that she was truly happy. Her smile was more beautiful than anything Xiao Huoyan had ever seen before. He could not have gotten a better sister.

"It is nothing! Just sit down so that I can help you absorb it already!"

"Okay… Thank you."

"Stop thanking me already. It is weird seeing you so grateful. I did not do anything really. It is just a small gift."

"… Still… Thank you… for everything."