The Soul-Calling Holy Kingdom is located in the northeast of Hess Continent, so it is called the Northern Kingdom.
The Northland Mall in front of Rogge is one of the larger trading places in the Spirit-Calling Holy City, with a large number of people coming and going. When Rogge's team walked into the mall, they were like bumpkins from the countryside, not knowing where to look.
The mall is mainly divided into three major areas. The largest area sells various things related to spirit beasts, such as spirit beast food, potions that promote the growth of spirit beasts, various equipment that spirit beasts can use, and even spirit beast cubs. beast.
In the Spirit Summoning Holy Kingdom, adult spirit beasts are prohibited from trading, but spirit beast cubs can. Spiritual beasts mature spiritually when they reach adulthood, and no one can voluntarily be traded as a commodity. The Spirit-Calling Holy Kingdom respects spirit beasts, so it is strictly forbidden to force the sale of adult spirit beasts.
The reason why spirit beast cubs can be bought and sold is because even if the cubs reach adulthood, they must follow the spirit beast's wishes to decide whether to stay or leave. Even so, the buyer's financial resources will be investigated by the seller to ensure that the cub can be properly raised before being sold, and one person can only own one cub at a time. If the cub reaches adulthood and does not sign a spiritual contract with its owner, it must be released into the Secret Garden of Spiritual Beasts.
Although buying spirit beast cubs seems troublesome, the cub market has the largest number of people.
This is because the probability of successfully signing a spirit beast contract is much higher for an adult spirit beast than an adult spirit beast in the spirit beast secret garden. In the Holy Spirit Summoning Kingdom, everyone is proud to be a Spirit Summoner. Moreover, the Holy Spirit Summoning Kingdom has a developed economy and its citizens are relatively wealthy. There are many people who can raise cubs. Everyone will visit the cub market from time to time. Go shopping and choose your favorite cub.
"Wow! The little spirit beasts are so cute!" Ofina looked at the many spirit beast cubs around her and wanted to reach out and touch them.
Even a pig was cute when it was a child, let alone these spiritual beasts. From small fluffy spiritual rabbits to giant elephant cubs that are taller than adults, the full range of species includes almost everything recorded in the books that Rogge has read.
The timid spirit rats hid in their nests with their big eyes and looked timidly at the crowd. The bold spirit bear cubs played with the guests, and some spirit monkeys even jumped on people. They confidently pull people by their hair to get food.
A young deer came close to Ofina and rubbed her hard. Ofina got her wish and touched the spiritual beast. The furry cub is easy to touch. Ofina opened her little hands to Rogge: "Brother, where is the food for the spiritual beasts you made? Give me some."
Rogge grabbed a handful for Ofina, who held it in both hands and brought it to the fawn's mouth. The deer's nostrils expanded and contracted, and it sniffed vigorously, then plunged into Ofina's hand and ate while humping.
Ofina's little hands couldn't hold much food, so the fawn finished it in a short while, licking Ofina's palm with unsatisfied interest.
"Oh, don't lick it, don't lick it, it's so itchy." Ofina giggled, rubbed the deer hard twice, and wiped off the saliva on her hands.
"Hey~~" Xiaolu whispered to Ophina, rubbing her head harder, as if to say: "Little sister, take me away quickly!"
"I can't take you away. I have other things to do and don't have time to take care of you." Ofina said, scratching the deer's chin.
"Yoo~" The deer seemed to understand, and his ears drooped down, looking very disappointed.
"Don't be sad, you are so cute, you will definitely find a good master."
"Yo~"
One Na and one deer seemed to be communicating without any barriers. Rogge thought to himself: "If Ofina buys this young deer, she will definitely become a spiritual summoner. Why do you think it is not difficult to become a spiritual summoner?"
In fact, it is quite difficult. When the cubs grow up, they will be grateful to their owners for their adoption. However, spiritual animals long for freedom, and less than one tenth of them sign a spiritual contract with their owners.
Ofina reluctantly said goodbye to the deer and looked at other spiritual beasts. Rogge discovered that all the cubs seemed to like Ofina very much and liked to get close to her.
The situation of the rest of the team is different. Although they would reach out to touch the spirit beasts and would not avoid them, there are only some different kinds of spirit beasts that are close to different people among them, and none of them are as close as Ophina. I'm afraid. It’s the so-called spiritual beasts that have different characteristics.
The same was true for Rogge himself. He found that he was particularly attracted to winged spiritual beasts, such as falcons, spiritual birds, flying tigers, spiritual bats, and the like. There was even a young dragon that bit the corner of his clothes and refused to let him go.
The trip to the spirit beast market was an eye-opener for everyone, and the following trip to the arcane device market gave them an even more exciting experience.
The lamp that lights up when you pull it, the lighter that lights up when you press it, and the photo-taking device that is the same as when you buy adventurer badges at the association counter, everything is very attractive.
Of course, it only attracts foreigners like Rogge and the others, and the locals of the Soul-Calling Holy Kingdom have long been used to it.
Rogge was so excited about the photo-taking device that he bought one at a high price equivalent to five imperial gold coins, and became the victim of being ripped off without knowing it.
The afternoon went by quickly while shopping. Everyone found a specialty tavern and ordered several special dishes from the Holy City of Summoning Souls.
The Holy City of Summoning Spirits is a port city, and seafood is plentiful and cheap. Everyone made up for the crabs they didn't eat during the New Year's Eve dinner, and also ate two types of sea fish that they couldn't even name. As for other special dishes, Ofina thinks they taste pretty good, but it will definitely taste better if Rogge makes them.
The nightlife in the Soul-Calling Holy Kingdom is also more colorful than that in the Nalan Empire. Everyone visited the night market and ate some snacks. Seeing that it was almost time, they returned to the camp to rest. This day was a rare break for the team. Everyone had a great time and the tense nerves were relieved a lot.
The next morning, diplomats from the Spirit Summoning Holy Kingdom brought several teachers who worked at the Spirit Summoning Academy, saying that they would conduct three days of training for people coming from the empire. The training location was in an open grassland not far from the camp. Everyone sat on the ground and listened carefully.
With the help of the teachers and captains of the Imperial Academy, every visitor from the Empire received a spirit summoning manual, which mainly contained the method of summoning spirits and brief information about spirit beasts, as well as almost half a book of spirit summoning manuals. Instructions for admission to the Secret Garden of Beasts.
The method of summoning spirits is not something that needs to be kept secret for the Holy Kingdom of Spirits, because the Secret Garden of Spirit Beasts, the largest and most densely populated habitat of spirit beasts in the Hess Continent, is in the hands of the Holy Kingdom of Spirits. There are only some scattered spiritual beasts in the place, and there is only a small-scale habitat in the Hess Forest. Even if the Imperial people learned the method of summoning spirits, they would still have to find the spirit beasts in the Secret Garden of Spirit Beasts.
"Ahem." The teacher from the Holy Spirit-Calling Kingdom who was responsible for teaching the students of the Empire held an arcane loudspeaker device in his hand, cleared his throat and started teaching: "Students from the Empire, I am a teacher from the Spirit-Calling Academy. In the next three days, Let me introduce to you everything you should know before entering the Secret Garden of Spiritual Beasts."
"First of all, let's talk about what spirit beasts are. Spirit beasts, as the name suggests, are intelligent beasts. They have very high intelligence. Powerful spirit beasts are often smarter than humans. Spirit beasts are different from the magical beasts that awaken the day after tomorrow. It’s natural and has its own bloodline.”
"Spirit beasts can be divided into seven levels based on their strength. From low to high, they are: Beginner's Knowledge Level, General Wisdom Level, Yuanling Level, Spirit King Level, Spirit Saint Level, Soul Heaven Level, and God-Destroying Level."
"Spirit beast cubs are usually at the beginner level. There are also a few types of spirit beasts with excellent bloodlines that are born at the intellectual level. Adult spirit beasts start at the intellectual level, and their strength will gradually increase after the power of blood is gradually awakened."
"In the Secret Garden of Spiritual Beasts, there is the only god-destroying spirit beast known on the Hess Continent - the Nine-Colored Divine Phoenix. It lives on the top of the sacred tree deep in the Secret Garden. You must not do it after entering the Secret Garden. Approach the sacred tree.”
"As for the method of summoning spirits, it is actually very simple. Just keep a calm mind and be sincere to the spirit beasts. Because when humans or other races sign a spiritual contract with a spirit beast, the initiative lies with the spirit beast, and the spirit beast is the one who signs the contract. Contractual.”
"Most spiritual beasts will not be enemies of humans. Herbivorous spiritual beasts are more docile and more receptive to humans than carnivorous spiritual beasts with a hot temper. They are more likely to successfully sign a spiritual contract. In addition, spiritual beasts He understands people's hearts and prefers kind people, and those who are pure and kind are more likely to be favored by spiritual beasts."
"After the spirit beast signs a spiritual contract, it will open up a contracted space for the contractor to live in. You can understand the contractor as a living space object. After signing the spiritual contract, the contractor can summon the spirit beast just like taking things from space objects. .”
"The number of spiritual contracts that each race can sign is different. The upper limit of spiritual contracts between humans and sea people is three. The upper limit of spiritual contracts for elves is unknown. Spiritual beasts will not sign spiritual contracts with vampires, orcs and dwarves."
"Currently, the elf princess Aspasia has the largest number of spiritual contracts known to the world. She has 7 contracted spirit beasts. Among humans, the most numerous ones are the saints from the Spirit Summoning Holy Kingdom, who have 3 contracted spirit beasts. .The vast majority of spiritual summoners only have one spirit beast, and a few have two."
The teacher talked a lot, and Roger and others listened attentively. This was the first time they knew that spirit beasts preferred pure and kind people. Among the people who came to the Holy Spirit Summoning Kingdom this time, there was a higher possibility of a spirit summoner among the students.
The elites in the military are somewhat tainted with blood, and may be more compatible with carnivorous spiritual beasts.
The nobles are mixed, and there are very few who are as kind as Philia.
Most of the students have not been polluted by the outside world. Except for people like Truco, there are many people with good intentions.
This may be why the empire allocates so many places to students.
"No wonder Nana is so popular with spiritual beasts." Rogge thought to himself.
As a light magician, Ofina's breath of pure goodness and holiness can be felt by the spirit beasts without being careful. In addition, spirit beasts with high IQs also have a certain degree of facial control. Ofina is so Beautiful and cute, it’s like the beast sees the beast.
Because Philia has learned fire magic, many docile spirit beasts don't like her very much, although her superb appearance makes them reluctant to part with her.
Rogge is a wind magician, so many winged spiritual beasts are close to him.
The teacher from the Spirit Summoning Holy Kingdom continued his lecture: "I know there are many magicians among you, and more than half of the spirit beasts can also do magic. They will be closer to magicians of the same type, so you try to find spirit beasts of the same type. , which can increase the probability of signing a contract with a spiritual beast."
"Okay, that's all for today. Tomorrow I will introduce various spiritual beasts and their habits. The day after tomorrow, we will bring the arcane device specially developed by our Spirit Summoning Holy Kingdom to simulate signing a spiritual contract. You all have simulations. Whenever you get a chance to practice, be prepared.”
