Chapter 295 – Spirit Bearer! A Born Sorcerer!

Unlike humans, as a Phantom Demon, Little Hai’er could rely on her Bloodline suppression trait to prevent any being with a Bloodline lower than Nightmare Species from approaching her.

The venomous insects spawned by the Poisonous Insect Queen, no matter how tiny or formidable, could never be Nightmare Species.

Under such circumstances, whether it was venomous insects as small as microorganisms or those as large as buildings, once their Bloodline was suppressed, none could get anywhere near Little Hai’er.

With this ability, even if Little Hai’er couldn’t successfully infiltrate the Venomous Insect Cave or avoid attacks entirely, she shouldn’t encounter any overly dangerous situations.

Based on this reasoning, Su Ming felt assured letting Little Hai’er enter the Venomous Insect Cave.

At worst, given Little Hai’er’s strength, if she truly encountered danger, she could effortlessly retreat from the Venomous Insect Cave.

Of course, with Little Hai’er’s Bloodline and power, aside from the Poisonous Insect Queen herself, nothing else in the entire Venomous Insect Cave posed any threat to her.

This was the kind of existence Little Hai’er had become today, allowing Su Ming to confidently let this mermaid maiden operate independently.

“Enough idle talk.” Su Ming turned to Chi Qian and asked, “Where are your companions hibernating, and what do they look like?”

Su Ming’s question prompted Chi Qian to quickly pull out her Terminal.

“This is a topographic map of the Venomous Insect Cave.” Chi Qian brought up a map and pointed to a location, saying, “My companions are submerged in the lake here. Unless something unexpected happened, they should currently be frozen at the bottom of this lake.”

After speaking, Chi Qian pulled up several more photos.

“The children in these photos are the companions I froze.”

The screen of Chi Qian’s Terminal displayed multiple photos, making Su Ming curiously lean in for a closer look.

The photos showed many girls that caught Su Ming’s eye.

Some were in group photos, while others had individual shots, allowing Su Ming to see all members of Chi Qian’s team, including the one called ‘Crimson,’ from the B-rank squad.

It must be said that every female Professional who joined Chi Qian’s team was exceptionally beautiful. Gathered together, they gave Su Ming the impression of a celebrity gathering or a girl group posing for photos.

Su Ming even saw Chi Qian from before her disfigurement – even among all these stunning female Professionals, she stood out remarkably. By his own rating standards, she was definitely a 98-point beauty.

Of course, the others weren’t far behind either.

“They’re all beauties,” Su Ming almost whistled in appreciation.

“They’re all things of the past now,” Chi Qian said with downcast eyes. “Besides, they’re all Professionals – how bad could they possibly look?”

That was true indeed.

Female Professionals were rarely unattractive.

Especially female Sorcerers – due to their inherent spiritual nature, they were famously fair-skinned and beautiful, radiant and fresh-faced – truly none of them were ugly.

Female Hunters were similar. Though they didn’t have the natural advantages of female Sorcerers, they were either well-trained with exquisite figures or came from Hunter Families where generations of Bloodline refinement and improvement had eliminated any potential flaws.Take Xu Yanyan, for example. She always wears heavy makeup, yet somehow it still looks good on her—she remains a stunning beauty.

This fully demonstrates just how excellent her natural foundation is.

With a solid foundation and inherently high looks, no matter how heavy the makeup, there’s always something pleasing to the eye.

Therefore, among Professionals, aside from a few exceptions or cases influenced by acquired factors, very few are genuinely unattractive.

Because of this, many even say that the existence of Professionals has raised the average level of human attractiveness.

Now, with Chi Qian pointing this out, Su Ming also realized that among the Professionals he knows, very few are hard on the eyes.

The unattractive men and women he knows are mostly ordinary people, while the handsome men and beautiful women are almost all Professionals. The only exception is Yun Langyue—though she’s an ordinary person without supernatural powers, she possesses a face so captivating it could topple cities and ruin states, making one secretly exclaim how unscientific it seems.

“Are these three the survivors from a year ago?”

Su Ming looked at the girls Chi Qian had pointed out in the photo and asked.

“Yes, only these three remain.”

Chi Qian’s voice was hoarse, clearly indicating she wasn’t feeling well emotionally.

Su Ming didn’t press further into Chi Qian’s psychological scars and instead focused on confirming the appearances of the three survivors.

They were three female Professionals with distinct characteristics.

The first survivor appeared to be only a few years younger than Chi Qian, around twenty-seven or twenty-eight, roughly the same age as Bai Xuefei and Bai Ruxiang. In the photo, she sat in the corner of a sofa reading a book, her expression cool and detached, giving off the vibe of an icy beauty.

The second survivor was around twenty years old, about the same age as Xu Yanyan and a few years older than Su Ming. In the photo, she was enthusiastically devouring a plate of food, clearly a foodie. At a glance, she seemed like a youthful, lively, and pretty girl.

The third survivor was the most surprising. She looked about the same age as Little Hai’er before her evolution—around twelve or thirteen, with a face full of childish innocence. She was constantly tugging at Chi Qian’s clothes, following her around like a shadow, seemingly very clingy.

Su Ming pointed at this little girl and looked at Chi Qian with surprise.

“Are you sure this child is old enough to debut and join a team?”

A twelve- or thirteen-year-old girl—forget officially debuting and joining a team, she wouldn’t even be able to attend the Demon Hunter Academy for another three or four years.

A girl this young wouldn’t be able to join a team even if she wanted to.

What team would be willing to recruit such a young child?

Moreover, without a license, she wouldn’t be able to join a team or participate in the regular activities of Professionals, right?

At the very least, the Professional Center definitely wouldn’t allow unlicensed apprentice Professionals to take on missions.

Now, Chi Qian was telling Su Ming that this little girl was a member of her former team, and Su Ming couldn’t help but feel skeptical.

To this, Chi Qian offered an explanation.

“Don’t let her age fool you. She’s a Three-Star Sorcerer, the genuine kind who passed the star-level examination. She received her Professional license at the age of ten and is a nearly unparalleled genius in all of Tianfeng City.”

However, Chi Qian’s explanation didn’t clear Su Ming’s doubts; instead, it made him even more astonished.

“She got her Professional license at ten? And she’s already a Three-Star Sorcerer at such a young age?” Su Ming couldn’t help but say, “Who are you trying to fool?”It was no wonder Su Ming would say this.

In the knowledge he possessed, he had never heard of any Sorcerer genius who could achieve such a level.

Sorcerers were not like Hunters; they were not born Professionals. Instead, they became Sorcerers only after suddenly awakening their Spirit Constitution and gaining Spirit Power at some point in their lives.

Generally, a Sorcerer’s Spirit Constitution began to awaken after the age of fifteen, with the latest being no later than seventeen.

This was why the Demon Hunter Academy conducted Spirit Constitution tests when people turned seventeen, as this age marked the stage when a person’s Spirit Constitution had mostly awakened.

Thus, every Sorcerer entered the Academy at seventeen to begin developing their Spirit Constitution, discovering Spirit Power, and learning Spirit Arts. Only a small number of special individuals started developing their Spirit Constitution, discovering Spirit Power, and learning Spirit Arts at fifteen, and none younger than that.

Given this, how could there possibly be a so-called Sorcerer genius who obtained a formal license at the age of ten, becoming an official Professional, and even reached the Three-Star level by twelve or thirteen, surpassing all their peers?

Not even a genius could achieve that.

Even those born into Hunter Families as natural Hunters, though they underwent combat training and exercises from a young age, could not obtain a formal license and become official Professionals before the age of fifteen, no matter how talented they were.

After all, as Hunters who relied on physical abilities, their Bloodline could not be fully developed until their bodies had matured and their physiques had fully grown.

Because of this, even a genius like Xu Xiayan only graduated from the Academy and became an official Professional with a license at the age of eighteen.

Although Xu Xiayan debuted as a Three-Star Professional, far more talented than Xu Yanyan, before the age of fifteen, even a genius like her was nothing more than an apprentice Hunter below the One-Star level.

To give another clear example, the Wang Family Eldest Miss, Wang Yihan, was sixteen this year. Despite being the only direct descendant of the Longyao Wang Family in her generation, with a naturally pure and powerful Bloodline, she was still a novice below the One-Star level.

Why?

Was she not talented enough?

No, it was simply because, until now, the body of this sole direct descendant of the Longyao Wang Family had not fully developed, and her Bloodline could not be properly developed. No matter how much training and exercise she underwent, her progress was minimal.

As a result, even the children of great Families only began formal training and Bloodline development after the age of fifteen.

In summary, there were no Professionals that young in this world, nor were there any so-called geniuses of that age.

Su Ming, who thought this way, was actually unaware.

“This child is a very special case,” Chi Qian said. “She is a natural-born Sorcerer.”

“What?” Su Ming was stunned.

A natural-born Sorcerer?

“You heard correctly, she is a natural-born Sorcerer.”

Seeing Su Ming’s confusion, Chi Qian immediately explained.

“Although Sorcerers are different from Hunters and do not have Bloodline Legacies, meaning their descendants are not necessarily the same type of Professionals, there are always exceptions.”

A Sorcerer’s Spirit Constitution was something that could not be inherited; it was a trait of the spiritual realm.Due to this characteristic, the talent for being a Sorcerer cannot be inherited through simple genetic transmission, leading to many situations in this world where elders are Sorcerers while their descendants are ordinary people, or descendants are Sorcerers while their elders are ordinary individuals.

Sorcerers are such non-specific individuals—they all initially come from ordinary families, and one day, they suddenly awaken a Spirit Constitution, possess Spirit Power, and can become Sorcerers.

However, the descendants of Sorcerers are not necessarily Sorcerers themselves, as the Spirit Constitution is not hereditary. Thus, it is rare for two Sorcerers to appear in the same family.

But as Chi Qian said, there are always exceptions to everything.

“Just as Hunters sometimes undergo sudden mutations, developing mutated traits and abilities, the Spirit Constitution of Sorcerers can, under special circumstances, become a hereditary Physique.”

This is an extremely rare phenomenon known to very few people.

Su Ming was unaware of it.

It was only today that Chi Qian told him about it, revealing this secret to him.

“Because the Awakening and emergence of the Spirit Constitution are completely irregular, it is rare for two Sorcerers to appear in the same family, let alone among direct relatives.”

“But in this world, there are always some people who happen to encounter this minuscule probability.”

“If, in a family, one of the parents is a Sorcerer with a Spirit Constitution, and one of their descendants also happens to awaken a Spirit Constitution and becomes a Sorcerer, that descendant’s Spirit Constitution may carry a trace of the special Spirit Power from their parent.”

This trace of special Spirit Power becomes a precious quality that can be inherited by future generations.

In other words…

“This Sorcerer, who inherits the Spirit Power of their parent, has a certain possibility that their descendants will inherit this special Spirit Power again, awakening a Spirit Constitution and becoming natural-born Sorcerers.”

Chi Qian explained this to Su Ming.

“Such individuals are known in the industry as Spirit Bearers, meaning they carry special Spirit Power or a special Spirit Constitution. They are extremely rare.”

A Spirit Bearer must have at least one Sorcerer among their parents and at least one Sorcerer among their grandparents, representing a trait passed down through three generations.

The conditions for their emergence are very stringent: among the two preceding generations of elders, there must be direct relatives who have awakened a Spirit Constitution, and even then, there is only a certain probability of a Spirit Bearer appearing.

Yes, it is only a certain probability—not a guaranteed occurrence.

Given that it is already rare for two Sorcerers to appear in the same family, the probability of two consecutive generations of direct relatives being Sorcerers is even smaller. And even under such circumstances, there is only a slight possibility of giving birth to a Spirit Bearer, which highlights how rare Spirit Bearers are.

“At least, to my knowledge, there is only one Spirit Bearer in the entire Tianfeng City.”

Chi Qian pointed to the little girl in the photo.

“That child is the one.”

As the Holy Land of humanity and the center of the world, Tianfeng City has millions of Professionals, yet there is only one Spirit Bearer.

This sufficiently illustrates how rare and precious Spirit Bearers are.

And precisely because of their rarity and uniqueness, the special nature of Spirit Bearers is undeniable.

“Spirit Bearers, who carry the special Spirit Power inherited from their elders, are naturally endowed with strong Spirit Power. Every one of them has the potential to grow into an Upper-Rank Professional without fail.””They are the universally acknowledged Geniuses of the sorcery world, the darlings of heaven, the natural favorites of the world.”

“Especially since the descendants of Spirit Bearers have a high probability of inheriting their elders’ spirituality and Awakening the Spirit Constitution, which directly makes Spirit Bearers treasures of the sorcery world.”

Chi Qian spoke these words one by one.

“I’ve heard that some Spirit Bearers who have inherited the trait for over ten generations can even naturally Awaken the Vision Mark at birth.”

“That’s no longer being a natural-born Sorcerer, but a natural-born Upper-Rank Professional.”

“Of course, that’s something only found in legends—I’ve never seen one myself.”

(End of Chapter)