23 What a surprise!

"No way. There's no way I'm letting you guys in. You two clearly dont look the age you should be and this country kid says he has innate full spirit power! And you dont even have the spirit hall's letter!", the annoying guard at the gate continued to be annoying. "Agh! Look! for the millionth time, we are who we say we are! Brother San has his letter, and if you reaaally wanna know, I can show you with my physical strength that I am a cultivator!", Ryan said as cracked his knuckles. He never thought the guard would be this infuriating in real life. But yeah, in his and Jin's case, he couldn't blame the guard entirely. He had removed the illusion before coming to the school. Hence, they had their original appearance today. So makes sense the guard wouldn't believe two kids saying they're six years old when they clearly looked around 10. "Plus, me and my sister also have a letter to deliver to a mister Yu Xiaogang!", Ryan added as he used his piece de resistance.

"Please, call me grandmaster.", the voice of a middle-aged man sounded from behind the ates. When they all looked back, they say a grey-haired man with average build approaching them. His eyes were only half open, which made him look lazy/tired. Seeing the man, the guard suddenly turned around and bowed. "I heard a commotion at the gate and came to check it out. But then I heard my name.... So, how can I help you?", Xiaogang asked the four of them, giving them a curious look. "Hello, grandmaster, I am Xiao Yan, this is my sister Jin and this is our friend Tang San and his associate Uncle Jack", Ryan replied and looked at Uncle Jack to continue.

"Yes yes esteemed spirit master, me and this child have come from the Holy Spirit Village. He has awakened Blue Silver Grass as his spirit and has innate full spirit power, so we came here to seek admission. But this young man is not letting us in. Not just us, our friends here are also unable to enter". Uncle Jack conveyed the issue. After grandmaster heard this, he took the letter from SH and read it. "Hmm. Interesting". Then he turned to the guard and scolded him, after which he took all four in, Yan and Jin as messengers. He sent Jack and San to the principal's office and then turned towards the duo, "Okay now, you said you had a letter for me?", he asked.

Ryan took the letter from a small bag in his hand and gave it to him. As soon as he looked at the handwriting on the letter, grandmaster's eyes widened due to shock, then he giggled quietly, with a few sobs suppressed within them, like he was genuinely happy to see it. "Still as beautiful as ever I see", grandmaster said. 'Indeed, his handwriting is admirable', Ryan nodded inside, agreeing with the grandmaster. The latter then opened the letter and started reading it. After a few seconds, he looked at Ryan and Jin with a shocked expression. Ryan guessed that he just read the part about them being Shan's kids. After reading the letter, he asked the kids, "So, Jin is adopted?", to which they both nodded. 'Is that the first thing you ask?! Seriously?!', Ryan thought. The former continued, "And she awakened spirit eyes as her spirit the day after your awakening?", 'NANI???!!!' Ryan was suuuper shocked. 'When did she awaken her spirit? Wasn't she a couple of months younger than him?', Ryan thought as looked back towards Jin. But he kept a poker face on just so that grandmaster doesn't feel any doubts. He was further shocked to see his sis nodding. Although he was stunned for a second, Ryan quickly remembered the conversation he had with Shan a couple days ago. 'OOOh, so thats why....', he thought as all his doubts faded away.

Next, the Grandmaster smiled gently and said, "Come, let's go to my office".After they reached his office, the former asked them to show their spirits. He was amazed when he saw Jin's eyes and flabbergasted when he saw Ryan's bow. "Yan, showing that spirit in the open could put your life in danger. So, unless you're strong enough to protect yourself, or your face is masked, you shouldn't manifest it. So, I will give you something to use till then. Curiously, I found it a few days ago when I was taking a walk near the forest. I looked majestic, but it looked like it was an old, abandoned weapon", the Grandmaster said this and took a belt lying on his table. It was a spacial treasure. From it, he pulled out the weapon he was talking about. The moment he saw the weapon, Ryan was shocked to the core.

His exact thoughts were, 'What in the god's name is happening?! First the name and now this?! Feels like someone deliberately put it there! Probably that dumbass space god! Hmmph!'. At the same time, millions of light years away, Kong Jian sneezed. "Achoo!".

Well, Ryan's expression was justified. Because the weapon was a Heavy Black Ruler!!!!!!!