Gatekeeper Of All Realms Chapter 115

Afternoon.

On the playground.

“So, someone from the Song family just came to see you?”

Xiao Mengyu asked curiously.

“Yeah.” Shen Ye sighed and recounted everything that had happened.

“So, it was Miss Song’s people who made a move at the hotel back then!” Xiao Mengyu suddenly realized.

“I heard she was on the verge of death, so I found something to lift the curse and had her people take it back,” Shen Ye said.

“On the verge of death? It’s that serious already?” Xiao Mengyu murmured.

“Is there some hidden story behind this?” Shen Ye asked.

“It was a famous event back then – two sisters underwent the family’s talent test. The elder sister was identified as having an extremely powerful talent, but the younger sister seemed to have a conflict with her sister on the spot… Her father slapped her unconscious.”

Xiao Mengyu’s eyes showed sympathy as she whispered,

“After that, her health was never good. Sometimes she was manic, sometimes she spoke nonsense to thin air. Some said she was cursed, others said she was crazy, but gradually, news of her faded.”

“I never expected it to come to this.”

Shen Ye asked doubtfully, “Across all these years, there was no news of her at all?”

“I heard she went to school once but was bullied there and dropped out,” Xiao Mengyu said.

Shen Ye had been very calm, but hearing this, he was moved.

“The Song family is such a prominent family, yet someone dared to bully their second young lady?”

Xiao Mengyu was stunned and murmured,

“Yes… Didn’t her parents stand up for her…?”

Just then, the class bell rang.

The two stopped talking and returned to their positions.

Officer Wu came onto the playground and announced loudly,

“Alright! You’re all about to start attempting to become Job Holders tomorrow.”

“But do you meet the requirements for that profession, and can you reach the minimum threshold for learning it?”

“Let me explain.”

A pickaxe appeared in his hand.

“For example.”

“If the profession is a miner, then you must have at least 7 points in strength and 2 points in spiritual power in your basic attributes to be eligible to learn the miner’s skill—”

“Swing the pickaxe to seek ore.”

Officer Wu swung the pickaxe, tapping it lightly on the ground.

Seven or eight cracks immediately appeared on the ground.

At the same time, a series of muffled sounds came from underground.

Officer Wu listened for a moment and explained, “Alright, I just searched for ore—of course, there won’t be any mineral deposits here.”

“But mastering this skill is what makes you a qualified miner and means you’ve successfully become a Job Holder!”

“Don’t look down on miners!”

“Mining is the most basic underground activity. Every profession needs to know how to do this, otherwise, you’re not qualified to enter the underworld.”

“Do you all understand?”

Everyone was astonished.

Because in everyone’s observation, Officer Wu didn’t use much force at all, and the ground cracked.

And those sounds from underground.

Is this a skill?

Everything appeared differently in Shen Ye’s eyes.

The moment Officer Wu swung his pickaxe, he saw a pangolin clearly appear on it.

As the pickaxe touched the ground, the pangolin immediately burrowed into the ground along the cracks.

“Did you see it? That pangolin?”

Shen Ye whispered to Xiao Mengyu.

“Pangolin? Where?” Xiao Mengyu asked in surprise.

Shen Ye pondered for a moment.

…It seems one must possess a Spirit Eye to see that animal.

Then.

Besides himself, who else here could see the pangolin?

He turned to look at Nangong Sirui, only to find that Nangong Sirui was looking back at him.

Nangong Sirui pointed at Officer Wu and then made a gesture towards Shen Ye.

“?” Shen Ye.

Nangong Sirui raised an eyebrow, then pointed to his own mouth, and then to Officer Wu.

Now Shen Ye understood.

The other party was hinting for him to ask Officer Wu.

—As someone meticulously groomed by a prominent family, Nangong Sirui surely knew what that was.

But he let himself ask.

…This wasn’t for his own sake, but to help his classmates gain more knowledge of the spiritual realm.

He might even think this matter was quite important, and that Shen Ye also needed to know this information early.

Interesting.

This third wheel had quite a lot of thoughts in his head.

“Officer!” Shen Ye immediately raised his hand and asked loudly, “I saw something on your pickaxe when you swung it.”

“You can see it? As expected of a disciple from Huntian Gate, I might as well explain it then.” Officer Wu flattered him without restraint, his attitude exceptionally good.

He rested the pickaxe on his shoulder and announced loudly,

“According to your human strength classification system, there are nine levels of strength in total.”

“You, first, need to become Job Holders.”

“The essence of a profession is the way you use the power of the spiritual realm!”

“When you successfully become a Job Holder, it will draw upon your fated star from the spiritual realm to shine upon you, creating a star-form manifestation and granting you the blessings of the spiritual realm’s power, allowing you to master your first professional skill.”

“At this point, you will have successfully advanced to the first level of spiritual realm strength.”

“Is this first level of spiritual realm different from our usual combat power?” Zhang Xiaoyi couldn’t help but ask.

He voiced the thoughts of many common students.

Officer Wu roared,

“Fool! Once you unleash the power of the first level of the spiritual realm in combat, it’s like you’re acting on behalf of a deity; compared to your previous strength, it’s a world of difference!”

“Can you explain it more clearly?” Shen Ye asked.

Officer Wu’s tone softened as if bathed in a spring breeze.

“To put it more precisely—”

“The recognition of the spiritual realm for you will manifest as a ‘name’. Job Holders who possess a ‘name’ represent a deeper trust and support from the spiritual realm.”

“Job Holders with a ‘name’ can mobilize the power of the spiritual realm to a greater extent, unleashing professional skills of endless power.”

“Then can we obtain a ‘name’?” Zhang Xiaoyi couldn’t help but ask.

A hint of sarcasm appeared at the corner of Officer Wu’s mouth, and just as he was about to scold, he heard Shen Ye add,

“Yeah, can we obtain a ‘name’?”

Officer Wu immediately smiled and nodded,

“Very few people can directly gain the spiritual realm’s recognition and thus possess a ‘name’.”

“But you are lucky.”

“—The reason the three major high schools are renowned is because they have the spiritual realm’s recognition and can communicate with it, making it easier for you than for ordinary Job Holders to obtain a ‘name’.”

Many ordinary students looked bewildered.

A name?

Where?

Why didn’t they see it?

Officer Wu waved his hand and said, “A name cannot be seen. Only a very few Spirit Eyes can see the ‘name’ of each Job Holder, but this is all recorded in history. No such person has appeared in modern times.”

Upon hearing “Spirit Eye”, everyone looked at Shen Ye and Nangong Sirui.

“Don’t look at me,” Nangong Sirui said, “That’s just a legend; I can’t see whether you have a ‘name’ or not.”

Shen Ye also shrugged, “Me neither.”

Only then did everyone withdraw their gazes.

Officer Wu continued,

“The most important function of a Spirit Eye is to perceive things of the spiritual realm, and to gain powerful combat pupil techniques upon advancement. So, it doesn’t matter if you can’t see the ‘name’; don’t worry about it too much.”

This extinguished the students’ thoughts.

Since no one could see it, there was nothing more to think about.

Shen Ye’s expression remained calm.

Name—

He stealthily glanced at Xiao Mengyu.

Above Xiao Mengyu’s head, there were the words “Sword Saint”.

He remembered her evaluation entry’s additional effects:

“Resonance with swords increased by 10 points.”

“All attributes increased by 5 points.”

“Sword arts damage increased by two times.”

—Is this Xiao Mengyu’s “name”?

According to Officer Wu, once she becomes a Job Holder, will her sword moves gain further buffs when she uses the power of the spiritual realm?

Shen Ye looked around.

Currently, only Xiao Mengyu had evaluation entries.

Not even Nangong Sirui did.

“Very few people can directly gain the spiritual realm’s recognition and thus possess a ‘name’.”

This aligned with what Officer Wu said.

A realization dawned on Shen Ye.

It seemed that the evaluation entries he could see were the ‘names’ bestowed upon Job Holders by the spiritual realm.

…He had evaluation entries too!

He stretched his neck, pretending to look up.

Above his head floated the evaluation entries “Little Match Girl” and “Boy Who Lived”.

Compared to Xiao Mengyu’s, they seemed less serious.

But his Thunderclap Palm had already advanced to the first level of the spiritual realm.

With these two ‘names’, would its power also be incomparable?

—He hadn’t tried it yet!

“Once you enter the spiritual realm, you are no longer mortal, but if you wish to continue advancing, it becomes more difficult the further you go.”

Officer Wu continued speaking:

“Among those of the same rank, those with a ‘name’ are stronger than those without.”

“Professions also have strengths and weaknesses.”

“A miner specializes in digging holes, and their combat ability is definitely inferior to a cave scout, not to mention other professions.”

“So, at the same level, strength from weakest to strongest is:”

“Successfully Job Held, ordinary profession, rare profession, rare Job Holders with a ‘name’.”

“Speaking of which, I have to mention Shen Ye.”

Everyone looked at Shen Ye again.

Shen Ye felt a little tired from being stared at.

“Huntian Gate, their professions are truly powerful; you’ll know more about them later,” Officer Wu began to boast again.