Mist System: Legend of Stars and Moon

The old man brought Xu Ranqing to the place where the true body was formed. The entrance was relatively narrow, only wide enough for one person, but the space inside was extremely large. The trees and vines on both sides grew intertwined, making the inside completely dark.

But after walking further in, sporadic points of light appeared on the ground. Xu Ranqing raised his head and looked upward. The sunlight illuminated the place where the trees and vines were intertwined, like thousands of flashes of golden light.

While she was immersed in this scene, her grandfather had already walked away without a trace.

Xu Ranqing chased after him, but the old man stopped because there was no way forward and a wall of light blocked them.

The old man cast a spell to open the stone wall, which made a creaking sound. A room with dense spots of light appeared in front of Xu Ranqing. She was so surprised that she stopped where she was. Although the blood in her body was flowing, it still couldn't warm her cold hands.

Until the old man sent her an order: "Come in!"

Only then did Xu Ranqing walk in.

"Girl, this is your real body." The old man pointed at the real body that was translucent all over and said, "Go in and try it on. Take those clothes over there back to your room."

"it is good."

"I'm going to go out first. When you're done, come to the room with words."

"Uh-huh"

Xu Ranqing entered her real body and returned to reality with full of expectations. The light on her real body turned into spots of light and rose up to the sky little by little. Xu Ranqing stretched out her hands, and the light in her palms slowly flew out and turned into nothingness. Finally, she merged with her real body and formed a human again.

Now Xu Ranqing has to change his clothes and go find his grandfather.

Xu Ranqing walked to the place where clothes were hung. Almost all of them were skirts. There was a green skirt that was particularly bright. Xu Ranqing put it on and happily took the rest of the clothes back to her room.

On the way back to the room, Xu Ranqing was wondering who made these clothes.

Suddenly, a cute little girl with pointed ears jumped out from the bushes. She said to Xu Ranqing, "Do you like it, little girl?"

Xu Ranqing was startled, but when she saw that the visitor was a talking little fox, she nodded.

"Did you help me do that?"

"No, there are still many spirit beasts. They helped you make clothes and then ran off to play. I came to tell you that we want to come over to see you after you put on your clothes."

"Thank you. I'll put my clothes away first, then go to Grandpa's place and come back to play with you guys."

"Well, you're welcome. We welcome you. No human soul has come here for a long time. Now that you are here, it will be more colorful." The little fox smiled and turned around.

"When I was at the cemetery, I was also curious why I was the only one there. It was so lonely."

The little fox picked up a branch and played with a piece of grass in its mouth. "Generally, the people in the underworld go to the crematorium to collect souls, but your soul miraculously shrunk into the ashes and was not found. The people in the underworld went to the cemetery by chance and found you who had been lingering there. If your soul is not infected by evil spirits, the final result will be that your soul will be scattered. They were very scared and wanted to quietly take you back to the underworld, but you refused, so they sent us from the spirit world."

"So that's how it is. No wonder I didn't dare to when I saw them trying to get close to me." Xu Ranqing rubbed his chin with his thumb as he recalled.

"You're lucky you didn't meet someone who collects souls, otherwise it would be terrible. Many of them are devils." The little fox gestured to Xu Ranqing.

"What do they look like?"

"It's similar to ordinary humans. Even though we are spirits, we can't guess people's hearts. So in the future, when you pass the civil service exam and do missions, you need to be more careful, especially with people who look gentle and good-looking. You will never know their hearts, and you will be caught in the end. It's especially miserable."

Xu Ranqing was touched by the little fox's vivid description and chuckled, "I will be more careful."

The little fox entwined his arms, closed his eyes and pouted: "Don't blame me for not reminding you."

"Little fox, I understand all that, but the actions you described are very rich, I like them very much."

"I'm glad you like it." The little fox raised his tail and said, "We have already applied to the higher authorities for this place, and it belongs to the spiritual world nature reserve, so no humans will come to disturb us. You should study hard for the civil service exam."

“Have you ever taken a civil service exam?”

"We all have our own jobs here. We don't want to take the civil service exam. The questions are a bit difficult. After taking the exam once, we don't want to be tortured by it anymore. Besides, we will only become auxiliary spirit beasts and can't really act on our own. Since our abilities are relatively limited, we can just do something that suits us. So I finally let it go."

Xu Ranqing raised his doubts: "What does the money you earn from your job look like? Can you spend it in the world?"

"No, you can only exchange currency."

"Wow, that's amazing."

"You will have your own salary in the future."

Xu Ranqing sighed and said, "I haven't even paid the tuition for the training institution yet, and there's also the accommodation fee here. This real body will also need money!"

Xu Ranqing raised his hands and kept observing this new body.

"Don't worry, if you don't pass the exam, there are still many jobs you can do, such as being a reporter to report the situation to the demon tribe, or a scribe to record the content of the meeting. You need to keep up with the development, so there are more and more meetings, and there is a greater demand for scribes. However, scribes still need to pass the civil service exam, but some of them don't seem to require it. You can also dance if you look good."

Xu Ranqing has a deep fear of dancing: "I'm sorry, I can't accept dancing. I'm afraid of it."

The little fox understood Xu Ranqing's emotions and comforted him, "I'm sorry for bringing up your unhappiness in the human world."

"It's okay, it's all in the past." Xu Ranqing smiled at the little fox and patted her head: "I originally thought that dancing could make my brother happy, but the reality is not like that. Now I just want to pass the civil service exam and find the meaning of my continued life."

"Our place is like a paradise of joy. You will definitely forget all your unhappiness in the world here."

"Thank you, little fox."

Xu Ranqing's room was on a tall tree, and there was a spiral staircase leading up to it. When she was a soul, she could float wherever she wanted, but now that she had a real body, she could no longer do that and could only climb up obediently.

Xu Ranqing felt tired from his real body: "Tired, I once again feel that being a human is really tiring. I used to have to climb four floors to go to school. I really want to cut down all the stairs so that I don't have to climb stairs."

The little fox was also panting with exhaustion: "So how did you choose to live here?"

"Grandpa said this is my room."

"I think he thinks you like it!"

"I think so too. I really like it."

After Xu Ranqing opened the door, he said to the little fox: "Little fox, come in!"

The little fox came in and exclaimed, "That's great! This room is finally going to be occupied. In the past, I and other spirit beasts would come in to play and imagine who would live in this room. I never thought that I would finally see it in my lifetime."

"Really!"

Xu Ranqing put the clothes into the closet. The little fox sat on the stool and looked at her: "What is the test that Grandpa gave you?"

Xu Ranqing thought of the test question her grandfather gave her: "It asked me to memorize all the rules in the House of Words and recite them to him."

"We had to recite it when we came here too. Luckily you finished reciting it, otherwise we wouldn't even have the chance to meet."

"Thanks to my strong memory, but I really can't memorize all that math nonsense."

The little fox asked, "To be honest, you humans are pretty amazing. You actually created the subject of mathematics. I have never studied it before."

Xu Ranqing said: "I also think that the predecessors who were able to create those magical symbols were amazing. I respect them, but I can't learn them. I can only do some small calculations."

"It doesn't matter. You human souls just need to know some math for the civil service exam."

"That's good." After Xu Ranqing packed his clothes, he sat down next to the little fox to rest.

"But I don't know how to arrange your civil service exam this time, because few human souls will take the civil service exam. You may take the exam together with the demon race."

"That's good too. If I had to sit in a classroom alone for the exam, I would be really socially anxious."

The little fox took Xu Ranqing's hand and said, "Don't be afraid. The invigilators are all gentle little demons. Once you start chatting with them, you will forget the tension of the exam."

"Yeah, I'm not afraid of that, but I didn't expect that I would have to take an exam even for reincarnation."

"I'm not sure about that."

Xu Ranqing got up after resting and said to the little fox, "I'm going to grandpa first."

The little fox thought about the reason why he came to find Xu Ranqing: "Wait, turn around for me."

Xu Ranqing stopped and turned around to show the little fox.

The little fox looked at Xu Ranqing with pointed ears and bright eyes: "Looks great, the clothes my friends and I made are really beautiful."

The little fox accepted the reward brought by this carefully designed clothing: "I am so satisfied."

"Little foxes, thank you for your hard work. I will come to play with you later. Thank you."

"Bye, I'm going to find my friends and share this joy with them."

"How am I going to find you?"

The little fox gave Xu Ranqing a ball of light: "I'm so happy, I forgot, put this ball of light in the pocket of your skirt, and when you are free, take it out and we will come to find you."

"it is good"

Xu Ranqing ran down the stairs excitedly, her green skirt swaying in the wind. After arriving at the House with Words, Xu Ranqing walked in gently and said, "Grandpa, I'm here."

A ray of light floated in the wind and appeared before Xu Ranqing's eyes.

The old man yawned and said, "It's good that you're here. Now we are going to the next place. Come with me!"

"Yeah." Xu Ranqing followed his grandfather to that mysterious place.

The old man walked unsteadily with a cane, and Xu Ranqing followed closely behind him.

Before they knew it, they had walked out of the dense forest. The trees were now sparse, and if they walked any further down, the trees would disappear from their sight.

Indeed, the next moment, they entered a sea of ​​flowers. Xu Ranqing was struck by the scenery before him. Countless lights awakened the life in the sea of ​​flowers, making all life so dazzling.

"Grandpa, the life in there is beautiful."

"Like them, right? They are the source of spiritual power in the spiritual world. You will also have your own spiritual power later. Then, you can fly high into the sky to please them. Just don't destroy them."

"Ah."

Passing through the beautiful sea of ​​flowers, they came to a building wrapped in green vines and decorated with flowers.

"We're here." The old man stroked his beard facing the building.

"What is used in here?" Xu Ranqing asked curiously.

"You'll know when you come in."

Inside was a huge two-story library. Sunlight came in through the window and fell on Xu Ranqing's hand. Xu Ranqing stared blankly at the light on his hand.

The old man took out the key from his pocket and handed it to Xu Ranqing: "I'll leave this to you from now on. You have questions from previous civil service exams, and there are some extracurricular books to inspire you. Over there is a computer configured by the demon king, so you should prepare well for the civil service exam here!"

The old man walked over, turned on the computer, and said to Xu Ranqing: "Register now."

Xu Ranqing was thinking, shouldn't there be many people in the training institution? Why is she the only one here? "Grandpa, am I the only one receiving training here?"

"Yup!"

“Aren’t there a lot of people providing training at training institutions?”

"That's the human world, this is the spirit world."

"Oh!"

The old man clicked on the software for civil service exam registration: "You will stand next to the computer and follow its instructions. It will input your appearance, and then you will fill in your personal information."

“So high-tech!”

"We must keep up with the development of the times!"

After Xu Ranqing opened the software and performed the actions instructed, the old man said, "Treasure everything here! There are some learning software on the computer, and there are also instructions for use. Also, if you don't like studying on the computer, you can use paper and pen in that basket to study. Come on! I'm leaving now."

"it is good."

As the old man was about to leave, he said, "After you sign up, someone will come to do periodic assessments. Be prepared and don't be nervous. They will just ask you about your learning situation and feelings so that they can make improvements here."

"Okay, thank you grandpa."

"Also, you don't have spiritual power now. I'll give you some first so that you can go to the human world and accomplish what you want to accomplish. You can only have spiritual power after you pass the exam. Now just study peacefully." The old man shot a beam of light into Xu Ranqing's body.

Xu Ranqing felt the warmth brought by this beam of light: "How should I use this spiritual power?"

"You control it with your mind. Now you can only use it to float and attack with weak light. These are enough to protect you from human attacks."

Xu Ranqing tried to float in the air: "Grandpa, it really works, thank you Grandpa."

The old grandfather was also happy for Xu Ranqing: "Grandpa is gone. When you are tired from studying at night, just fly back to your room to rest. The spirit beasts here are very gentle, so you don't have to be afraid of them."

"Ah."

A light flashed, and the old man left with the light.

Xu Ranqing released the beam of light given by the little fox into the sky.

All the spirit beasts gathered together.

Xu Ranqing was a little excited when he saw the spirit beasts all melt into the bubbles and float towards him. Under the illumination of the light, the colors of the bubbles changed with the position of the light, which was very spectacular.