Coming back from his wandering thoughts, Lin Guang began to contemplate what kind of reward he should ask for this time.

Though it seemed somewhat utilitarian, the value of favors diminished over time for someone like Lin Guang, who was growing rapidly.

Bai Wu probably considered this point as well, which is why he straightforwardly asked Lin Guang at this moment.

After some thought, Lin Guang asked, "Master Bai Wu, is there any spiritual artifact you have that might suit me?"

— To be honest, he was too lazy to think about what type of spiritual artifact he wanted.

The power of a Spirit Master grows the fastest at Two-Star and Three-Star; it changes rapidly every day for a prodigy.

Any offensive or defensive spiritual artifact might soon become obsolete.

It's not that they are useless, but if the final result is that they become obsolete and then sold or gather dust, Lin Guang wanted at least something that would last longer.

He believed that with Bai Wu's insight, he would be aware of this as well, so Lin Guang left the troublesome decision to him.

Hearing these words, the tall master hesitated for a moment, sized up Lin Guang, thought for a few seconds, then suddenly nodded, "Yes."

Saying this, he flipped his wrist and took out two bracelets.

They appeared to be made of some creature's teeth, pale and fierce, each one extremely sharp and finely serrated, but in Bai Wu's hand, the edges emanated a soft repelling force field, preventing the holder from getting cut.

The two bracelets looked almost identical in appearance, but Lin Guang could feel notable differences between them.

Before Lin Guang could identify them with the Eye of Omniscience and Omnipotence, Leng Shengnan spoke up.

"Shark Tooth Bracelet?"

Leng Shengnan teased with interest, "I remember when I was younger, I thought this bracelet was cool and wanted it as a birthday gift, but Master, you refused me."

Of course, everyone knew this was merely a joke.

Bai Wu handed the two bracelets to Lin Guang and said, "The Tier Four spiritual artifact 'Shark Tooth Bracelet,' its main material is the teeth of the Thunderous Evil Shark, a Tier Five blue spiritual material."

"The upper teeth of the Thunderous Evil Shark contain the power of the water element, while the lower teeth have the power of the evil element."

"The water element bracelet, when the wearer is attacked, will repel the attack with water attribute ether, and if used actively, can conjure a phantom water shark for much higher defensive and offensive capabilities than when activated automatically."

"Additionally, it can directly use Water Attribute Ether Crystals to recharge, no need to find a Miracle Master."

Lin Guang raised an eyebrow, a bit surprised.

Non-disposable autonomous protective spiritual artifacts are rare, and most of them require tedious recharging. They need to be given to a Miracle Master knowledgeable about their structure to avoid damage.

But for Spirit Masters exploring secret realms in the wilderness, where could one find someone to recharge their artifacts?

Apart from the rarity of the spiritual materials, Bai Wu must have originally found a skilled Miracle Master. Without this convenient recharging ability, the spiritual artifact could probably reach Tier Five.

"The other bracelet is naturally the evil element one... When I hunted this Thunderous Evil Shark, I couldn't control my strength well and damaged most of its lower teeth. They weren't marketable, so I entrusted them to that Miracle Master instead."

"Because the spiritual materials were damaged, creating a spiritual artifact like the water element one was impossible, even making a Tier Four spiritual artifact was challenging. So that Miracle Master ingeniously created a Tier Four spiritual artifact with no active abilities."

"Specifically, wearing it long-term can increase a person or spirit beast's sensitivity to Evil Attribute Ether. For a suitable Spirit Master, its effectiveness and value aren't less than that of the water element one."

"Clearly, it has now found the right person."

Lin Guang slightly raised his eyebrows, rubbed the evil attribute shark tooth bracelet in his hand and smiled—Vishdair will probably like this gift very much.

"Thank you, Master Bai Wu, this is indeed quite fitting for me."

Beside him, Chelina seemed to understand where his smile came from, and she blinked gently.

"For the help you gave to me and Shengnan, the value of this spiritual artifact isn't that high, but I don't have anything more suitable for you. Do you have any other requests?"

Bai Wu asked.

Although a fine piece among Tier Four spiritual artifacts, compared to the favor Lin Guang did for Leng Shengnan by spending his resources, owing a Five-Star Peak Spirit Master like Han Lingxi, and the compensation he was supposed to receive, it was far inferior.

Lin Guang didn't bother with formalities and got serious, "I do have a very important matter I wanted to ask Master Bai Wu for help with."

"Can you help us find some training opponents, those proficient in unrestricted combat, preferably those who have been adventuring in the Secret Wilderness for decades?"

While Teacher Kaiwen is a True Man, the impression she gave Lin Guang was more of a scholar, not to mention the size of the Beast King was too large, unsuitable as an opponent for unrestricted combat.

Moreover, although Bai Wu and Kaiwen both appeared as cold and unsentimental types, Lin Guang inexplicably felt that Teacher Kaiwen... she probably really didn't have many friends.

Bai Wu's style was quite focused on real combat, with his connections he could certainly find a lot of suitable people.

And for Lin Guang, from any angle, what he needed most now were opponents with not much difference in strength.

"You mean to accumulate combat experience, preparing for next year's state competition."

Bai Wu understood what he meant—after all, because Leng Shengnan was competing next year, he naturally paid attention to related information—he nodded, the corners of his mouth slightly curling up, revealing an appreciative gaze, "Of course, no problem."

"Once you reach a combat site, just send me the address—of course, if you want to come to the Ice Sword Daoist School for real practice, you're very welcome."

"Thank you, Master Bai Wu, there's nothing else needed."

"Okay."

"You also need to retrieve those testing instruments and Shengnan might need to cooperate with you for some tests, so I won't waste any more of your time."

When he finished, Bai Wu looked at Leng Shengnan and suddenly stopped speaking.

Leng Shengnan was taken aback, "Master..."

Facing his niece and student, Bai Wu returned to his dignified appearance, "You still haven't given up the thought of going to the Icefield."

"And due to Xiao Jiu's successful evolution, your inner confidence and desire for challenge has grown even stronger, am I right?"

"..."

Seeing Leng Shengnan looking like she wanted to say something, he suddenly changed his tone lightly, "Prepare yourself mentally for this period."

Leng Shengnan was surprised, who originally thought she would be refused—

Could it be...

"You will also participate in the combat training, and I will find someone to guide you in the introductory ancient martial art spirit mastering—do know, being an Ancient Martial Spirit Master is not just about contracting a possession-type spirit beast."

"The key points, the path forward, cannot be understood by sheer stubbornness alone."

Leng Shengnan subconsciously said, "Then... "

"Let's see if you satisfy me during this period."

She was dumbfounded, but immediately understood Bai Wu's meaning, and then said excitedly, "Thank you, Master!!!"

...

September 2nd.

Evening.

Underground in the Experimental School's research building.

Swish—

After closing the shower head, Lin Guang walked out of the bright white shower room in the research building's underground facility.

The young man put on his clothes, dried his hair, returned to the room where the Meditation Pod was placed, and looked toward the figure clad in a white coat.

"Teacher, I'll be leaving first then."

Seated at the computer, seemingly organizing materials, Kaiwen looked away from the screen, glanced at Lin Guang, and nodded, "Mm."

Today, Kaiwen was wearing her usual white lab coat again, as if yesterday's exposed shoulders and back, along with those snow-white slender legs, were just on a whim.

It was quite surprising.

Who'd thought that wearing a closed lab coat could really conceal the curves up front so completely...

Lin Guang's gaze slightly drifted, then he quickly retracted it without a trace.

Perhaps from spending too much time recently with Vishdair and Chelina, even sharing sleeping quarters at night, or maybe the evolution of his Talent had affected his soul, sparking certain desires.

His fire, indeed, was burnier than before, and he found himself thinking about his teacher.

With this thought, in Lin Guang's Sea of Spirit, the Spirit Pattern from the Meditation Contract Technique flashed by, and his mind returned to calm. Then, feeling sheepish, he glanced at his teacher.

Kaiwen was bowing her head, dealing with data and paperwork, seemingly unaware of anything.

Could it really be so?

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