"So many years have passed, I wonder how Uncle is doing?"
As he rode Pidgeot back to Nuoding City, Mo Hui couldn't help but think.
It had been six years since he graduated early from Noding Academy. He wondered what Nuoding City and Jiangrong Village had become like now.
"But with the money I sent back, Uncle should be doing alright, right?"
Although Mo Hui hadn't returned in these six years because he needed to focus on cultivation, he had sent back some money and letters through a specialized merchant association. For a Spirit Grandmaster, this money was not insignificant.
Feeling Mo Hui's slightly excited mood, Pidgeot's speed couldn't help but increase.
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Noding Academy.
"Ding-a-ling-ling—"
As a crisp bell rang, students streamed out of the teaching building and headed towards the cafeteria.
Some who were anxious even used their Spirit, running towards the cafeteria at the fastest speed possible, just to avoid waiting in line later.
At this moment, Mo Hen slowly walked out of the teaching building. Looking at these lively students, he couldn't help but smile and shake his head.
Then, he thought of his talented nephew and sighed, "I wonder how Mo Hui is doing now. With that kid Mo Hui's excellence and diligence, if he's fast, he should be a Spirit Ancestor by now, right?"
In Mo Hen's opinion, although Mo Hui's cultivation speed was very fast initially, his Spirit was, after all, just a mutated sparrow with innate level three spirit power.
And the further a Spirit Master progresses, the more difficult it becomes, and the greater the influence of the Spirit.
To be able to improve 18 levels in six years, Mo Hen was already quite overestimating. If others knew Mo Hen's thoughts, they would only laugh at him without hesitation, thinking, 'With mere innate level three spirit power, you want to break through to Spirit Ancestor, and at sixteen? You must be crazy!'
However, Mo Hen would never have imagined that in just six years, Mo Hui not only broke through from level 22 to level 60, but his Spirit also evolved twice, from the original Pidgey to Pidgeot.
Just as Mo Hen shook his head and returned to his room, he found a somewhat familiar figure had appeared inside.
Looking at Mo Hen who had returned from teaching, Mo Hui smiled and greeted him, "Uncle, long time no see!"
At the same time, Mo Hui glanced at Mo Hen, a level thirty-three Spirit Elder. It seemed Uncle hadn't wasted these years either.
Although reaching level ten and attaching a spirit ring already surpassed ninety-nine percent of people on the Douluo Continent, level thirty was definitely a watershed for a Spirit Master.
Not only because level thirty was the first attachment point for a thousand-year spirit ring, but also because Spirit Masters at level thirty had completely moved beyond the commoner class in terms of social status, formally entering the noble class.
This could be seen from the fact that major kingdoms and duchies were willing to grant noble titles to Spirit Masters above level thirty. Spirit Masters above level thirty already possessed the qualifications that these ruling classes were willing to spend a lot of money to recruit.
"You are... Mo Hui?"
Looking at the figure before him, who was both familiar and somewhat unfamiliar, Mo Hen said with some disbelief.
Mo Hui nodded and said, "It's me. I've graduated from Shenfeng Academy, so I came back to Noding Academy to take a look. How have you been these years, Uncle?"
"Just okay, I guess. Speaking of which, I have to thank you for the gold coins you sent back. Now, I, your Uncle, have already broken through to Spirit Elder."
Although Mo Hen had an indifferent look, the smile on his lips still revealed his current mood.
After all, with the gold coins sent by Mo Hui, he bought quite a bit of hundred-year and thousand-year whale oil. After consuming it, his physical fitness greatly improved, and his third spirit ring was attached from a Black Flame Sparrow over fifteen hundred years old, obtaining a thousand-year spirit ring for his third spirit ring, which many Spirit Elders envied.
As if merely talking wasn't enough, Mo Hen directly used Spirit Possession. One white, one yellow, and one purple spirit ring circled around Mo Hen. Within the black spirit power, a faint scorching aura emanated.
However, after seeing Mo Hen's form, Mo Hui frowned and said, "Uncle, what Spirit Beast did you absorb for your third spirit ring? Why do I feel your Spirit has changed compared to before?"
"My third spirit ring is from a Black Flame Sparrow over fifteen hundred years old. Is there a problem?"
After hearing Mo Hui's words, Mo Hen said with some confusion.
You should know that although the Black Flame Sparrow isn't the top-tier among Spirit Beasts, it's still a considerably powerful existence, and it's also a rare dark-attribute bird Spirit Beast similar to his Spirit. When he attached this spirit ring, Dean Feng and Director Su were very envious.
Mo Hui explained to Mo Hen, "I sensed a trace of fire attribute aura from your Spirit. It should be the Black Flame Sparrow you absorbed that influenced you, causing a slight change in your Spirit."
Originally, Mo Hen's Spirit was the dark-attribute Black Feather Crow, but now within that dark attribute, there was a trace of fire attribute.
It wasn't that the dark-plus-fire attribute wasn't strong; in fact, in Mo Hui's opinion, the dark-plus-fire dual attribute was one of the quite excellent attribute combinations.
But the problem was that the fire attribute on Mo Hen was simply too little. Not only could it not bring Mo Hen any advantages, but it also affected the purity of the Spirit itself.
"Ah, what should I do about this?"
After hearing Mo Hui's words, Mo Hen became a little flustered. After all, when it involved one's Spirit, even as a teacher, he couldn't remain calm.
Mo Hui said, "There are two solutions. One is for you to continue attaching dark-plus-fire dual-attribute Spirit Beasts in the future, and the other is for you to find other methods to strengthen or eliminate the fire attribute brought by absorbing the Black Flame Sparrow spirit ring."
Although Mo Hui spoke lightly, he also felt it was very tricky when it involved a Spirit. If not handled properly, Mo Hen's Spirit could mutate, and the direction of mutation was uncertain.
"Wait!"
Suddenly, Mo Hui thought of something that might be able to resolve the current situation.
Immediately after, Mo Hui took out a plant with a red cockscomb from his spirit tool. It was the Immortal Herb that Mo Hui had dug up from Dugu Bo's Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower.
Because this Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower's attributes didn't match Mo Hui's originally, and it was also slightly damaged during digging, it was once forgotten by Mo Hui.
The Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower has the effect of removing impurities and purifying fire-attribute Spirits. If any fire-attribute Spirit Master obtains it, their Spirit could potentially increase by one level. It is a treasure coveted by all fire-attribute Spirit Saints.
With the help of the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower, that bit of fire attribute within Mo Hen's Spirit would definitely receive a significant boost, and it would also remove impurities from Mo Hen's body, increasing his cultivation speed.
Although the Cockscomb Phoenix Sunflower's medicinal effect was weakened quite a bit because it was slightly damaged during digging, it might not be a bad thing for Mo Hen.