Chapter 33: Have you seen my wife?

"Oh?" Li Wenhao was slightly surprised. "It seems that Mr. Fang knows something about spirit masters."

Li Wenhao didn't ask how Fang Xiu knew about it, but continued to explain, "Since you know about spirit masters, you must also know about spirituality, so I won't explain too much.

The power levels of Spirit Masters are determined by the degree to which they have awakened their spiritual essence. For a newly minted Spirit Master like you, Mr. Fang, the typical degree of awakening is one percent, which we refer to as a first-tier Spirit Master.

Those who have activated 1% to 20% of their spiritual essence fall under the first-tier category, characterized by the initial manifestation of abilities, having recently obtained them, and their abilities strengthening as spiritual essence increases.

Those who have activated 21% to 40% of their spiritual essence are second-tier Spirit Masters, characterized by enhanced abilities, which undergo a significant increase and qualitative transformation.

From forty-one to sixty percent is the third-tier Spirit Master, with specific manifestations classified as confidential—I am unaware of them at my current level.

Similarly, there are fourth-tier and fifth-tier levels beyond this.

"What happens after awakening one hundred percent of spiritual energy?"

Li Wenhao shook his head: "I don't know. As far as I am aware, no one in the world has awakened one hundred percent of their spiritual energy. The difficulty of awakening spiritual energy increases exponentially as one progresses.

To unlock more spiritual energy, Spirit Masters must continuously seek out powerful anomalies, endure life-and-death situations, and break through the boundaries of life and death. However, as anomalies grow stronger, the mortality rate skyrockets, and no anomaly powerful enough to unlock 100% spiritual energy has yet emerged.

Spirit Masters and anomalies are naturally adversarial yet mutually dependent; the stronger the anomalies, the stronger the Spirit Masters can become. However, the current strength of anomalies is insufficient to cultivate overly powerful Spirit Masters.

Therefore, not only are there no Spirit Masters with 100% spiritual energy, but there are also no Spirit Masters who have reached the fifth rank—the fifth rank exists only in theory.

As for fourth-tier Spirit Masters, there are some vague rumors circulating among nations, but no one knows if they are true or false. They are already considered legendary beings, and their existence remains uncertain.

In any case, the strongest group of people currently known globally are third-tier Spirit Masters."

"The third question..."

Fang Xiu wanted to ask the third question, but was interrupted by Shen Lingxue, who impatiently said, "I don't have time to listen to you ask so many questions. Li Wenhao, give him the URL for the global Strange Phenomena Forum so he can look it up himself."

Li Wenhao sighed and gave Fang Xiu the URL, adding, "This is a dark web forum, the largest of its kind globally. Basic information is available there, but if you want access to classified information, you'll need to pay. Also, I must remind you that since this is a global forum, it's not under the jurisdiction of our investigative agency. When browsing, never trust emails from strangers."

Fang Xiu nodded, indicating he understood.

"Now it's our turn to ask questions. Tell us about your experiences in the mysterious realm of Bai Liu Academy. Be thorough and leave nothing out. If you dare to fabricate anything and cause irreparable losses, you will be held fully responsible for the consequences." Shen Lingxue said with a hint of warning.

Fang Xiu ignored the threat and continued calmly, "I have one final question."

Shen Lingxue's eyebrows furrowed, and she glared at him, "Are you done yet?"

Fang Xiu ignored her gaze and pointed to his side, "Can you see my wife?"

Upon hearing this, Shen Lingxue, who had been about to explode in anger, froze. She looked at Fang Xiu's empty right side and then glanced around, but she couldn't find any sign of his so-called wife.

Li Wenhao also froze: "What are you talking about, Fang Xiu? The records show you don't even have a wife, let alone a girlfriend."

"Can't you see her? Or are you pretending not to see her?" Fang Xiu stared calmly at the two, muttering to himself.

For a moment, the atmosphere in the room grew eerie.

Li Wenhao's heart skipped a beat. He suspected Fang Xiu's mental state was unstable.

It must be so. How could an ordinary person remain so calm after experiencing such an eerie event? Especially after being corrupted by an eerie force and becoming a spirit master, whose mental state is already unstable.

Under the dual influence, Fang Xiu's calm demeanor was already abnormal.

Now he's actually asking others if they can see his wife?

You're a single guy—don't you know whether you have a wife or not?

Fang Xiu's mental state was not only abnormal, but even more severe than that of an ordinary spirit master. He was even hallucinating.

"Fang Xiu, are you playing with us?" Shen Lingxue suddenly said angrily.

Fang Xiu glanced at the angry Shen Lingxue and felt that she did not seem to be pretending, but it did not matter. He was prepared.

He turned to look at his wife, and their eyes met.

"Wife, I see you."

"You can see me!!" A voice filled with suppressed excitement rang out.

Whoosh!

Shen Lingxue and Li Wenhao jumped to their feet, staring at Fang Xiu's right side with a look of disbelief.

In the previously empty space, a beauty dressed in a moon-white silk nightgown had suddenly appeared.

However, her cold, white skin began to crack like porcelain, forming countless tiny fissures. In the blink of an eye, countless black cracks spread across her entire body, making her resemble a shattered piece of porcelain.

From within the black cracks, the sound of flowing water could be heard, and crimson blood oozed out like writhing insects from the fissures.

Her wife's smooth, long hair began to move, resembling twisted black snakes dancing wildly in the air.

At this moment, her cherry-red lips had stretched all the way to her ears, her once-even teeth now jagged like saw teeth, and inside her mouth was another mouth, as if a mouth had grown inside her throat.

"Eerie!" Shen Lingxue screamed, "Damn it! Fang Xiu, who are you? Your wife is eerie!"

Fang Xiu furrowed his brows slightly. Could they only see her now?

It seemed that because he had "seen" his wife, it had triggered some kind of medium, causing the originally illusory wife to enter reality, so Shen Lingxue and the others could see her.

Just like the Qing Shan Mental Hospital earlier, at first only he could see it, but later it intruded into reality and blended into the sales office, so all his colleagues could see it.

This means that "seeing" the eerie has nothing to do with being a spirit master. Whether ordinary people or spirit masters, they can't see the eerie creatures everywhere.

If Zhao Hao can't see it because he's too weak, then there's no reason why Shen Lingxue, who comes from the Investigation Bureau, can't see it either.

Perhaps... only I can see them.

This made Fang Xiu's heart sink. He didn't want this special ability. No one likes the feeling of being surrounded by strange phenomena everywhere, as once discovered, they would die.

It was like walking through a forest of knives, always on edge, and the slightest mistake would result in being dismembered by random blades.

"Hahaha... humans!" His wife burst into a teeth-grinding laugh.

Shen Lingxue acted first, spreading her pale, delicate hands. The air suddenly warped, and two bursting flames appeared in her hands. The room's temperature skyrocketed, and even the curtains and sofa nearby spontaneously combusted.

This showed how high the temperature of the flames was.

Shen Lingxue flung the two bursting flames.

They fiercely attacked the wife.