"There's primary and intermediate, then there must also be advanced?”
Old Jack nodded, his eyes revealing a somewhat envious light,"You don't need to think about advanced Spirit Master academies, that's not something anyone can casually enter."
In our Heaven Dou Empire, there are altogether only two advanced Spirit Master academies, and the number of students admitted each year added up is still less than a hundred. That was the cradle of one's future.
Any student who graduated from an Advanced Spirit Master Academy, regardless of whether it was the country or Spirit Hall, would fight for it, directly being conferred the title of nobility.”
"Nobles? With such good conditions." Tang San said in astonishment.
"Of course." Old Jack said. Spirit Masters were the noblest profession, and even more so for high-ranked Spirit Masters.
They are all talented people, so if we commoners want to reach the heavens in a single bound, becoming high-ranking Spirit Masters is clearly the best shortcut. Only, how many commoners born in the ordinary world can possess such a good spirit?
Even if there was, without the support of a large clan, it would still be very difficult to graduate from an advanced Spirit Master academy.”
"The graduation exam is your own business. Why do you need others to help you?”Tang San somewhat didn't understand.
"This is the difference." Old Jack sighed. The difference between the poor and the rich, the commoners and the nobles.
The requirements to graduate from the primary Spirit Master Academy were very simple, as long as one's spirit could reach rank ten, obtain a spirit ring under the guidance of the academy teacher, and successfully advance to the Spirit Master title.
This wasn't difficult, as long as the child had martial soul force when awakening, he could do it. It was said that the tenth rank of spirit power for a Spirit Knight to become a Spirit Master was the easiest to raise.”
"But it's different at the intermediate Spirit Master Academy. If you want to graduate here, your spirit must reach rank twenty, and you must also obtain a second spirit ring, obtaining the title of Spirit Grandmaster.
Rank-10 to rank-20 was something that many Spirit Masters were unable to reach in their entire lives.
Moreover, after reaching rank-20, if one wanted to obtain a spirit ring, one had to rely on one's own strength to hunt spirit beasts to obtain a spirit ring. That was extremely dangerous.
If one was born in a noble family and was accompanied by a family warrior, the danger would naturally be much smaller. And Spirit Masters like us who were born commoners can only rely on ourselves.”
"The advanced Spirit Master academy's graduation requirements are even more demanding, only after passing the thirtieth rank bottleneck, obtaining the third spirit ring, rising from the Spirit Grandmaster title to the Spirit Elder title can.
It was said that thirtieth rank was a threshold, crossing it, one could be called a formidable Spirit Master, and also a true noble, if one couldn't cross it, it would be difficult.
Moreover, there seems to be some restriction on obtaining a spirit ring at rank thirty. You should be able to learn the specifics at the academy. In any case, the number of those advanced Spirit Master academy students who could truly graduate didn't seem to be even a third.”
Hearing old Jack's words, Tang San had some basic impressions of the Douluo Continent's teachings for spirit masters.
"Grandpa Jack, didn't you say that there are ten Spirit Master titles? Only students who graduated from advanced Spirit Master academies were Spirit Elders, then how could they obtain those titles?”
"How would I know?" Old Jack smiled bitterly. Those who surpass the title of Spirit Elder are all important figures. For example, the Spirit Sage from our village was directly supported by the country back then. I've heard people say that the cultivation of a soul master gets more difficult and dangerous the further one goes. How many people can truly reach the peak of a Title Douluo?
It can even be said that I'm not sure if our Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire have such an existence now.”
Old Jack also only had some simple understanding of Spirit Masters, he didn't explain in detail. Tang San understood that he could only slowly fumble about this knowledge in the Academy. Especially regarding soul beasts, spirit rings and the like.
Nuoding City was not far from Holy Spirit Village. The two of them walked for half a day and ate some dry rations along the way. In the afternoon, they could already see the city wall in the distance.
Even though Nuoding City wasn't a big city, because it was very close to the Heaven Dou Empire's border, the city walls were also very thick. After Tang San and old Jack were inspected like passing pedestrians, they entered Nuoding City.
"Little San! Grandpa will send you back to the academy later. You must listen to the teacher when you are alone in the academy. You must not leave the academy without permission.
When the semester ends, Grandpa Jack will come and pick you up. It was almost the New Year.”
This was after all Tang San's first time leaving home, his heart somewhat flustered, subconsciously saying: "Grandpa Jack, are you leaving so soon?”
"A hotel isn't something poor people like us can afford." Old Jack smiled bitterly. When grandpa sees you next time, I hope you have already become a soul master. In that case, our Holy Spirit Village will be proud of you.”
Nuoding primary spirit master academy was located in the west of Nuoding city. Old Jack inquired several times from passersby, and finally brought Tang San here.
In the distance, they could already see a tall arched door, twenty meters wide and ten meters high, all built from hard rock. Below it were two iron gates, pitch black. Tang San could tell at a glance that they were made of fine iron.
Through the iron bars, one could see a winding path leading to the inner area. There was a main road leading to the inner area, and there were tall trees on both sides.
In the middle of the arched door, there were four large words: Nuoding Academy.”
Just from the academy's entrance, one could see how important the soul master profession was on the Douluo Continent. This was only a primary soul master academy.
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