1 Spirit Summoning (1/2)
The Xiao Clan is one of the largest families within the Eastern Region and also the lord of a small city named after one of the Holy Spirits, Zhu Rong City.
And currently, at the Xiao Clan's manor, there is an event that occurs annually being hosted.
This event gathered every youngster in the Zhu Rong City that is under thirteen years of age and without a Spirit. The purpose of this event is simple — to see if there are any children in this city with the apt.i.tude to become Spirit Masters and hopefully rope those with such talent into joining the Xiao Clan and increasing their military power.
Spirit Masters are as the name implies, people who successfully called upon a Spirit from the Spirit Realm to a.s.sist them in Cultivation.
In this world, there exists a Human Realm and a Spirit Realm, both separated from each other by a profound barrier that is unbreakable by either side. However, that being said, as long as both parties accept, it is possible for Spirits to traverse to the Human Realm by becoming a Summoned Spirit.
However, not every human has the ability to call upon Spirits, as only one in a thousand are born with the apt.i.tude to become Spirit Masters.
At the Xiao Clan's summoning area, thousands of people gathered around a handsome young boy with short black hair and clear eyes as he prepared to summon his Spirit.
”Xiao Tian! You can do it! Mother believes in you!” A beautiful woman cheered for him in the crowd.
The young boy was Xiao Tian, the youngest of five children in the Xiao Clan.
Xiao Tian had turned eleven years old just last month and 'decided' to join this year's Spirit summoning event. Most people that are born with the apt.i.tude to become Spirit Masters usually succeed in summoning their first Spirit at the age of thirteen, whilst some people, also called geniuses, manage to achieve that earlier.
As for Xiao Tian, he was actually urged by his family to partic.i.p.ate in this event despite being two years younger than the recommended age, as all of his siblings managed to summon their first Spirit at his current age.
Xiao Tian looked at the pebble-sized Summoning Crystal in his hands with a calm face and sighed inwardly, ”A low-grade Summoning Crystal? Can you really call upon a Spirit with this thing?”
Summoning Crystals are what allow humans to communicate with the Spirits in the Spirit Realm. There are different grades and types of Summoning Crystals, and depending on the Summoning Crystal, one can even call forth a unique Spirit that cannot be summoned by normal Summoning Crystals.
”Well, here goes nothing…” Xiao Tian closed his eyes and began mumbling the chant used to call for Spirits.
”My name is Xiao Tian, here to call upon the Spirits that reside within the ancient Spirit Realm. If you can hear my voice, heed my summoning — Spirit Summoning!”
The instant Xiao Tian finished his chant, the Summoning Crystal in his hand glowed a bright light, indicating that he had successfully made contact with a Spirit.
”Yes! That's my baby!” Xiao Tian's mother began crying tears of joy upon seeing the Summoning Crystal glow.
However, a few seconds later, the Summoning Crystal in Xiao Tian's hand began showing signs of fracture. After another moment, the Summoning Crystal shattered into many tiny fragments, and the Spirit Summoning came to an official halt.
”...”
The place instantly turned silent, and Xiao Tian's mother stared at him with a shocked face.
Xiao Tian opened his eyes to look at the shattered Summoning Crystal in his grasp. Despite failing the Spirit Summoning, he did not look disheartened at all. In fact, his calm expression barely changed from start to finish, almost like he'd expected this outcome.
A few moments after Xiao Tian failed his Spirit Summoning, his mother approached him and immediately hugged him once in distance.
”It's okay, my dear. Although you failed your Spirit Summoning today, you are still only eleven years old. You still have two chances before…”
His mother did not finish her sentence, as she did not want to remind him that almost all people that have failed to summon their first Spirit by the age of thirteen will never succeed in summoning a Spirit no matter how much they try again, and they are also what Spirit Masters in this world address as 'cripples'.
Additionally, because Spirit Summoning is a profound ritual that humans have yet to fully comprehend, one can only engage in Spirit Summoning once per year, or else they will risk suffering life-threatening injuries.
”I am fine,” Xiao Tian said as he gently pushed away his mother.
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”Xiao Tian…”
His mother quickly misjudged his action as him being depressed and began thinking of ways to cheer him up.
However, before she could think of anything to say to him, Xiao Tian walked away and returned to the Xiao Clan's living quarters.
”What should I do to cheer him up?” His mother sighed as she watched his small figure walk away.