"As long as I have a contract spirit beast, I can become a Summoner?" Fèng Qīngjué asked, frowning slightly as she pondered, and then voiced her confusion.
In the original owner's memories, Summoners seemed to be very rare.
"No, it's because after I contracted with the Master, I vaguely sensed a feeling of being bound by rules, which is why I said the Master is at least a Bronze Summoner."
"So, Spirit Masters contracting with spirit beasts can't become Summoners either."
"That's right, unless the Spirit Master inherently possesses the bloodline inheritance of a Summoner."
The Azure Wave Phosphor Snake shrunk and crawled onto Fèng Qīngjué's shoulder, rubbing its head against her cheek. It replied, "Although I don't know how humans first became Summoners, the general condition for becoming a Summoner now is to have the inheritance of a Summoner in one's bloodline."
"Even if a Spirit Master successfully contracts with us with the help of a Beast Tamer, they cannot fully contract with us. Once the spirit beast's strength surpasses the host, there is a risk of backlash. Summoners are different. Regardless of whether they have the help of a Beast Tamer, once a contract is formed, the rules of heaven and earth are generated, and the spirit beast is bound to the host for life. If the host lives, the spirit beast lives; if the host dies, the spirit beast dies. If the spirit beast tries to harm the host, it will suffer backlash."
Fèng Qīngjué nodded. She focused her energy and silently recited the incantation for summoning in her mind.
Instantly, she felt the Spiritual Energy accumulated in her soul sea churning. She tried to activate it, and then the Spiritual Energy in the surrounding air rapidly condensed, slowly drawing a pentagram pattern in the air. The lines of the pentagram were golden yellow, firmly connected.
A book radiating white light appeared in the center of the pentagram. Seeing this, Fèng Qīngjué couldn't help but be stunned. "This is the Summoning Tome?"
The Azure Wave Phosphor Snake nodded excitedly. "Hahaha! I guessed right! It really is a Silver Summoning Tome!"
"How can I tell?" Fèng Qīngjué asked, not ashamed to learn.
In her eyes, it was a book radiating a silvery-white light with a very ancient aura. There was a pentagram totem on the cover.
The Azure Wave Phosphor Snake was not surprised and diligently explained to Fèng Qīngjué:
"Summoners are divided into three tiers: Bronze Summoner (beginner), Silver Summoner (intermediate), and Gold Summoner (advanced), and Supreme Summoner. Each tier is further divided into three levels, distinguished by the color of the pattern on the Summoning Tome's cover."
"For example, the Summoning Tome's totem for Bronze Summoners is light red for beginner, red for intermediate, and dark red for advanced. For Silver Summoners, it's light orange for beginner, orange for intermediate, and dark orange for advanced. For Gold Summoners, it's light purple for beginner, purple for intermediate, and dark purple for advanced. For Supreme Summoners, it's light white for beginner, white for intermediate, and black for advanced."
"Master, look, the pentagram on your Summoning Tome's cover is light orange, which represents beginner Silver rank."
"A beginner Bronze Summoning Tome only has the capacity to contract one spirit beast. Each time you ascend a tier, it will increase by three pages of contracts. Furthermore, after leveling up, the time it takes to summon the Summoning Tome will also decrease relatively. Therefore, improving the Summoning Tome's level is also very important."
"Master, you are now a Silver Summoner, you should be able to contract three more spirit beasts."
Suddenly, Fèng Qīngjué thought of a problem. So, did the first spirit beast contracted influence the initial level of the Summoning Tome?
Wasn't the original owner's father called a once-in-a-century prodigy precisely because he summoned a Silver Summoning Tome at the age of seven when his talent was tested?
Her Feng Family had been in decline for a century. Apart from the original owner's father, only the original owner's grandfather and elder brother were Summoners.
The original owner's father disappeared when she was three years old, more than ten years ago. The original owner's elder brother had also been away for seven or eight years on his studies, so there was no reference. However, the original owner's grandfather was a Bronze Summoner, seemingly at Tier 3, Level 7, only half a step away from Tier 4, a Nether Earth Wolf.
Was the gap between Tier 3 and Tier 4 really that big?
With this thought, Fèng Qīngjué reached out and opened the Summoning Tome. The first page had only a few strokes, but it clearly described the Azure Wave Phosphor Snake.
Name: Qīng Yáo
Species: Scaled Serpent - possesses the bloodline of the ancient Yinglong
Attribute: Water
Level: Tier 3, Level 5
Age: Juvenile
Skills: Water Ball, Water Gathering Ice Strike
Besides this, there were five more pages at the back of the Summoning Tome that were unsealed. If this was the case, she could contract five more beasts?
"Qīng Yáo, does Silver only allow contracting four spirit beasts? Including me, you could potentially contract six spirit beasts."
"I don't know either~ I learned all these things about Summoners from my inheritance, and I'm not sure why Master is different!" she changed the subject, "But Qīng Yáo guarantees the Summoning Tome is fine, because I can't sense any danger from the Summoning Tome you summoned, Master. I guess it might be because Master's family bloodline is just like this."
Upon hearing this, even the composed Fèng Qīngjué couldn't help but feel happy. To be able to contract six beasts was something only a Gold-tier Summoning Tome could do, and she had this qualification from the very beginning.
With this additional condition, it was equivalent to her having an extra means of survival in the future.
"Little Qīng Yáo, I didn't expect you to have the bloodline of an ancient Yinglong!"
Fèng Qīngjué put away the Summoning Tome and, with great interest, poked the little beast's head on her shoulder with her finger. A faint smile appeared on her childish face. "You look just like a little snake, though~"
"Master~ When I was still in my egg, my father told me that my mother was the most noble dragon, so I also have half of the dragon race's bloodline," Qīng Yáo said coquettishly.
"Then what about your parents?"
There were no traces of any other high-level spirit beast activity within a radius of several miles, so she asked.
"I don't know. They disappeared. Qīng Yáo hasn't seen them for a very, very long time." Her voice carried a hint of grievance and longing.
Fèng Qīngjué suddenly thought of the original owner. Her parents also disappeared when she was young, and the brother who had always been by her side left her a few years later.
Her grandfather was rarely around. A small, ignorant little fool struggled to survive in that wolf-like clan until she was fourteen.
She must have done her best!
Thinking of this, Fèng Qīngjué could somewhat understand the confusion and sadness of being in the original owner's situation.
"My parents also disappeared when I was three. I haven't seen them for many years either. We'll look for them together in the future." Fèng Qīngjué, not good at comforting people, could only utter these dry words.
"Okay!" The little snake instantly revived.
"Oh, right, right, Master, I haven't told you about Spirit Beast Armor Transformation yet?"
"Spirit Beast Armor Transformation is a combined combat method between a Summoner and a spirit beast. It can transform into full body armor for defense, or it can be partially armored for attack. As for partial armor transformation, it usually depends on the spirit beast's characteristics."
"Like me." It tapped its chest with its tail. "My characteristics are flexibility and toxicity. Usually, it transforms into a weapon on my hand."