The Spirit World

Chapter 1026 Facing doubts calmly is the first step to self-achievement.

Xun Huangying obviously understood what Rosades meant. Chang Yufeng got this rare opportunity because of Old Tom. Although they were in the guide hall now, it was definitely an occasion that required seriousness. A "summoned beast" was lazily standing on Chang Yufeng's shoulder and fanning himself, which lost the sense of formality. He put away the fan somewhat angrily, and the wool blown by the wind covered his belly again. Sweat instantly broke out on his face. He pouted and didn't speak.

"I will take this seriously."

Chang Yufeng only knew that Rosades had agreed to let him participate in the next inspection, so he nodded in agreement. The female noble beside Rosades spoke and leaned towards Chang Yufeng's face.

"Hey, this is the guide genius of Wenti County? I heard that you have the trait of being friendly to nature? Is it true?"

This woman obviously has some style of a beautiful girl next door. As a noble, she is dressed in gold, silver, jade and silk. She is rich and gorgeous. She has long green hair, bright eyes, a high nose and a small mouth, but her chin is a little sharp and round. She is very beautiful. She is standing in the main seat next to Rosades. She is Rosades' only daughter, named "Shirley".

"Yes!" Chang Yufeng nodded in astonishment.

It is not a special thing for the Chamber of Commerce to inspect guides in the guide hall. If there are no problems, the guides who are qualified by the Chamber of Commerce can follow them to carry out exploration work after the inspection.

Rosades apparently had not prepared any special place for the inspection, so his daughter was naturally more casual.

"Oh~" Shirley was quite interested in this handsome boy. She also noticed Xun Huangying who was sweating profusely. Xun Huangying glared at her, and she took a few steps back in fright.

"Ah! This sheep! It's staring at me!" Shirley looked at Rosades unconvinced. Rosades could only close his eyes and gently pat her hands to calm her down.

"Sir Jack, please demonstrate your natural affinity and the guide's unique sound location skills."

Rosades didn't move at all, but what he said forced Chang Yufeng to do it. Old Tom looked at Chang Yufeng, and Xun Huangying looked at Rosades.

Chang Yufeng must be very familiar with this ability, but he couldn't show all his abilities, nor could he reveal obvious flaws. This didn't bother him, and he casually told the location of a few items.

"Please allow me to listen carefully."

Chang Yufeng nodded again, his gestures were very natural, without any stage fright.

Rosades looked at him solemnly, and couldn't help but feel a strong interest in this "young boy".

In principle, nature affinity can allow this kid to understand the sounds of all animals and plants. No matter where he is, as long as there are animals and plants that can transmit information, he can obtain this information. No matter whether it is a dead or alive thing, it can be transmitted to his ears like a message.

However, the biggest flaw of this method of obtaining information is its timeliness. Even if the time asked in the previous second is extremely accurate, there will be errors in the next second due to the time required for transmission.

Although this shortcoming seems insignificant in terms of information intelligence,...it is impossible for him to report the enemy situation and specific details in real time.

If this ability is only useful when I ask him where the enemy is, it would be too useless. Moreover, some important details will be omitted, and it is not as powerful as it sounds.

This is where Rosades's suspicion of Chang Yufeng comes from. Since the intelligence acquisition ability is created by natural affinity, it must have the disadvantage of timeliness. Sometimes this disadvantage can be particularly fatal.

This is also the reason why Rosades did not formally inspect Chang Yufeng in one place. Generally speaking, such an important commission would naturally have strict requirements for the guide, and the inspection of the ability to locate by sound would never be conducted in a busy area like the guide hall.

He had never had any hope for Chang Yufeng in the first place.

What's more, the Wolf Fang Guild itself also has a wind guide. It is foreseeable that without Old Tom, Chang Yufeng would not be able to see Rosades at all.

But, how could Chang Yufeng really rely solely on natural affinity to obtain information?

What he learned was the power of shadow of Xun Huangying. The power of shadow relied on [qi] to find the location of the enemy. And this kind of qi was like the breath that a person must release, which came from the product of the most fundamental structure of his life. So no matter who it was, there was no way to escape Xun Huangying's exploration.

Furthermore, as the Lord of the White Spirit, Chang Yufeng's natural affinity is obviously much higher. He can obtain the vision of the observed person in a short period of time, as if he were there in person.

If the interrogative method of obtaining intelligence does not work, then immersive self-observation will definitely provide more complete intelligence.

This has long gone beyond the scope of locating the position by listening to the sound, and is like some kind of omniscient and omnipotent gaze, as if all living beings are in his eyes, and any tiny movement, as long as he wants to check, he will never miss it.

However, this ability would interfere with Chang Yufeng's normal life, which was completely thankless. He didn't have any bad intentions, and would only use this ability when needed.

Chang Yufeng's ability to obtain intelligence in the Wenti County guide community was promoted as natural affinity, which was nothing more than a cover-up and dispensable. He didn't need to explain too much, because natural affinity was indeed a wonderful ability that could communicate with all things in the world.

Of course, it is true that Chang Yufeng must have a natural affinity, and it is not just nonsense. In his one-year career as a guide, his reputation and the amount of commissions he received have been growing. A big order like Rosades just happened to fall into his hands.

As long as he can seize this opportunity, he will become famous and make a name for himself in the national guiding community.

And this is only the first step for him to return to the present.

"Excuse me, Mr. Rosades, what is the location of something you would like to obtain?"

Chang Yufeng didn't open his eyes. He was really a bit bluffing when he was pretending. After all, in front of him, everyone's whereabouts were meaningless, and there was no privacy at all. After all, all the plants and trees in the world would tell him everything he wanted to know.

Looking at Chang Yufeng who was thinking with his eyes closed, Rosades couldn't help but wonder if he had known that he would come to observe him.

"I have hidden three things in this guide hall. I hope you can report their situation truthfully. There is a unique seal of Rosades on them, and the magic used in the investigation is specially marked. If you find it, a special secretary will remove the magic to prove that your statement is true." Rosades glanced at the bored Xunhuangying again. Xunhuangying didn't know why he was looking left and right and staring at him. He made an impatient sound. Who knew that after he finished clicking his tongue, Chang Yufeng grabbed his neck with one hand and lifted him off his shoulder, and then held him with both hands and lifted him to his shoulder.

Xun Huangying didn't react and looked at Rosades with a very confused look. When the eyes of the man and the sheep met, there was an indescribable strange feeling.

Without waiting for Xun Huangying to react, Chang Yufeng lifted him high above his head and chanted loudly like a wizard.

"Goddess who listens to everything~ please grant me strength~ and give me the wisdom to understand the world!"

He raised his voice higher and higher in pitch, and then began to coax "mummy, mummy" into submission.

"What the hell?" Xun Huangying blinked hurriedly, looking around, hoping to see the goddess that Chang Yufeng mentioned. Generally speaking, for an honest guy like Chang Yufeng, if there is a goddess, there must be one. He suddenly wanted to go find her, but he couldn't find her. He didn't understand what was going on.

Chang Yufeng's coaxing calls of "Mommy Mommy" scared Old Tom so much that those who didn't know would have thought that Chang Yufeng was whispering the devil's words.

The mage's chanting was really mediocre in the spirit world, and everyone present was not too surprised. However, they did not expect that the lamb lazing on Chang Yufeng's shoulder was such an important "magic tool" that could communicate with the goddess.

Under everyone's stern gaze, Xun Huangying was also confused, but a strange touch under his armpits made him shiver.

“Hahahahaha, it’s itchy—mmmm—it’s itchy—hahahaha—you—haha—ah~wu~hahahaha—”

As everyone couldn't help but laugh, Xun Huangying laughed so hard that he fell backwards, but he couldn't break free from Chang Yufeng's grasp.

Xun Huangying's laughter was already unrestrained, and this tickling without any defense made him laugh and cry. Everyone in the hall was attracted by the laughter, and the crowd gathered around, wanting to see what was going on. What kind of funny thing could make people laugh like this?
The nobles and Shirley who followed Rosades frowned, even looked gloomy. They looked at Xun Huangying Wangyang laughing wildly, and their faces turned dark.

Someone whispered in Rosades' ear, and sweat began to appear on Old Tom's face. He was trying hard, worrying about Chang Yufeng.

You know, normally Chang Yufeng doesn't need to go through so much trouble to use natural affinity to describe locations or things. Maybe it was because this was a quest designed by Rosades, which made Chang Yufeng feel a little difficult, so he used a more powerful spell that he had never known before.

In fact, everyone present could not quite understand the principle of Chang Yufeng's use of natural affinity to explore the location. Although the people of the Principality could use magic, natural affinity was not a common trait of the people of the Principality, nor did it have a searching function. At most, it could allow their elementals to sense the surroundings, and they could not say anything in detail.

They were confused by Chang Yufeng's actions, but they could only guess that it was a special chanting spell.

Chang Yufeng naturally knew this, but he could not fully demonstrate it, or he had to make the process of "perception and exploration" more complicated and more in line with the expectations of those around him.

So much time has passed, and of course he knows that it is because of the name of the White Spirit Lord that he has such special perception abilities, but this is not consistent with everyone's cognition.

Not to mention the Lord of the White Spirit, even a person with natural affinity can be a special physique that is one in a million. He must make the "unacceptable special" become "acceptable ordinary", which requires a little bit of "ordinary" cover-up.

So, chant.

Look, nature affinity is nothing big. The chanting is so strange, it takes so long, and it requires a very energy-consuming and even side-effect magic to release it. And it can only be used to search for items. It’s no big deal. Even if it can be developed further, it will be difficult to achieve anything. It’s more than enough to be a guide, but it will be extremely difficult to do anything else.

Even if a farmer's son possesses unique qualities, he is destined to be buried. In this way, the farmers can be at ease, the nobles can be satisfied, and Chang Yufeng will have no chance.

The nobles present, including Rosades, did not expect Chang Yufeng to bring him anything. It was just that the mission of transporting supplies this time was too important, so he wanted to completely avoid conflict with the Shadow Hunters. It was enough for the Wolf Fang Guild to have a guide to explore the location of the Shadow Hunters.

He recruited guides from outside the guild just to have a double insurance policy. He had met various talented people and veterans in the guiding world of Wenti County, but he had never found a satisfactory one.

From the moment he saw Chang Yufeng, he noticed the shadow of Xunhuang on Chang Yufeng's shoulder. A sheep was walking unscrupulously on the heads of the nobles in the guide hall. If he was just cursed for being naughty, there would be absolutely nothing to say.

But when he saw Xun Huangying, he was surprised by his peculiar laziness.

It was an absolutely unruly and disdainful attitude that did not take everyone present seriously. This disdain manifested itself as indifference, and Rosades could feel that the only thing this lamb, which did not care about anything here, cared about was the boy who was singing. If this lamb was just a funny guy or a fool who did not understand the world, it probably would not give him such a wonderful feeling.

So, he also wanted to see if there was anything worth looking forward to about this man and this sheep.

“Mummy, mommy, coax me… Mommy, mommy, coax me… Hurry up and follow the order… Hurry up and follow the order…” Chang Yufeng was still “doing the ritual”, while Xun Huangying was laughing so hard that his face turned red and he couldn’t stop coughing.

This process lasted about half a minute, which was not a very long time, but it was too long for magic chanting.

Everyone went from being surprised to looking forward to what this boy was up to. If Old Tom hadn't been a little famous and had guaranteed Chang Yufeng, it's conceivable that they would have turned hostile quickly.

Young Shirley was even more aggressive. After only half a minute, she was already a little impatient. She pouted, obviously still holding a grudge against Xun Huangying's glare.

At this moment, Chang Yufeng suddenly let the wind surround him and slowly rise, forming a tornado, until it came around Xun Huangying, like a rising formation covering himself and Xun Huangying. His hand stopped, and Xun Huangying stopped itching instantly. He looked at the cyclone around him in confusion, and looked at Rosades with an unsatisfied look: "What is it this time?"

It was obvious that he was asking Chang Yufeng, and Chang Yufeng calmly intensified the cyclone. Flames began to climb above the tornado, and his clothes and hair were flying. Everyone looked at him in surprise and was swept by the wind he released. In the guide hall, the only person who could be seen clearly was him.

A tornado of wind and fire covered him, as if everything in the world started from him, turning everything upside down.

(End of this chapter)