Volume 1: Onboarding Section 5: Promises
"I don't know if I'm going to be up to the job."
Zhang Su finally failed to think clearly, and reluctantly said his thoughts, he already had some understanding of the soul world, and it was just from other people's mouths, for the means needed to become a soul master, Zhang Su didn't know at all, he was saved by Lu Sen, but there is a separation between yin and yang, and he can't see the means used by Lu Sen to deal with evil ghosts, so now that many things have stopped at hearing, it is still too early to talk about what to do.
"It's okay, our company also needs to train candidates!"
Hu Xi ran to Zhang Su's side with small steps, his arm was directly on Zhang Su's shoulder, his white and tender little face was almost attached to Zhang Su's thin yellow face, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and he looked at Zhang Su with a smile.
"Training?" Zhang asked puzzled.
"Of course, you don't know how to be a soul master, you have to go through our training and be judged by the company to be able to take charge of your own affairs, and our company will officially accept you, otherwise the contract will be terminated after the internship period." Hu Xi nodded.
From Hu Xi's mouth, Zhang Su knew, the so-called training, is the soul hunting company's modern name for cultivating soul masters, if people in ancient times wanted to become soul masters, they needed someone to lead the practice, the person who led the way can be the elders of the family, or they can be wandering people, just like the inheritance of those traditional crafts in the past, by the old craftsmen to pass on what they have learned all their lives to the people who will inherit the mantle, and accept the heirs to continue and carry it forward, of course, this is the inheritance of the old period, and now, Modern inheritance methods have made some reforms to the old inheritance mode of cultivation, and have also achieved keeping pace with the times, such as the pre-job training of the soul hunting company is equivalent to a short-term crash course for soul masters.
The person who created the soul hunting company and improved the training method of the soul master is called Mr. Nan Guo, known as the strongest soul master in the soul master world today, is the first initiator of the soul hunting company, and is also the president of the current soul hunting company, it is said that he comes from a family with a long history of ancient soul masters, and the family founded this soul hunting company after the middle and backward families, and uses the way of absorbing people from outside to become soul masters to make up for the impact of the family's decline on the soul world, and everyone who enters the company must undergo training to become soul masters, and the training content comes from the soul master inheritance of the Nanguo family, After the training, those who have been identified by the company can officially take up their posts and hunt the souls freely, otherwise the company will not accept their entry request.
After this, Lu Sen and Lin Yan added some questions about the cultivation of soul masters.
The soul master majors in soul power, and minors in soul skills and horcruxes.
Soul power is the most basic, is the embodiment of the strength of the soul, the most intuitive way to judge the strength of a soul master's ability depends on the amount of his soul power, the soul master must also have enough soul power as a support when using various techniques, the stronger the soul power of the soul master and the revenant, the stronger the corresponding strength, although this is not the only criterion of the soul world, but it is the general standard of the soul world, whether it is the confrontation between the soul master and the soul master, the confrontation between the soul master and the ghost of the soul, or the confrontation between the soul master and the ghost of the soul, or the confrontation between the soul and the soul, Soul power plays a pivotal role in this.
If the soul power corresponds to a person's strength, then the soul skill is equivalent to the means used by people in the fight, and it can also be said to be the soul kung fu moves, the soul skill provides strong combat power support for the soul master, and the powerful soul skill can even make up for a certain soul power gap, so that the soul master's combat power is doubled, but the soul hunting company does not have a particularly strong soul skill training content, it is said that the powerful soul skills are the existence of secret transmission, and even some soul skills have to rely on their own comprehension and creation.
Compared with soul skills, the practice of Horcruxes is relatively unpopular, the reason is more complicated, but there are also people who choose to become a soul master, soul masters need to find material formulas when refining Horcruxes, and need to be fed and forged in special methods, some Horcruxes have to be warmed and refined after they are practiced, it is said that in ancient times, there were many ways to refine Horcruxes, there were many types, and the Horcruxes practiced were also functional, some could strengthen soul power, some could assist soul skills, some could attack and defend, etc., all kinds of strange, It's a pity that most of the recipes have been lost now, and there are only a few common Horcrux manufacturing methods left, and the legend says that powerful Horcruxes can easily kill evil spirits and ghosts in the hands of ordinary people, of course, this is just a legend, and few people have seen it with their own eyes.
Ordinary soul masters belong to technical soul masters, that is, those who practice conventional soul skills, and some soul masters have some special soul skills, such as soul masters who practice special soul cultivation and soul replenishment techniques, which can repair the damaged souls of others, this kind of soul master is called a medicine soul master, Lin Yan is the only medicine soul master in the Qicheng branch of the soul hunting company, there is also an alchemy department in the soul hunting company, and the soul masters in the alchemy department specialize in the refining method of horcruxes, these soul masters are called instrument soul masters, in addition, there are all kinds of soul masters in this world, Each type of soul master has its own unique means.
If you want to become a powerful soul master, in addition to innate talent, you also need the acquired efforts of cultivators, even if many people become soul masters, but they still don't have enough strength to fight against powerful soul masters, and it is easy to die at the hands of ghosts when hunting soul souls, the company does not want to see this situation, so it will do some induction tests after soul master training.
"You understand now, it's still early for you to officially join the company, and what Sister Gu gave you at that time was just an internship contract." Hu Xidao.
"I see."
Hearing Hu Xi say this, Zhang Su was not disappointed, but a little more relieved, if he was asked to join the company directly, Zhang Su really didn't want to agree, Zhang Su was also afraid that he would join the soul master team inexplicably, but in the end he found that he was not that material, and it was a small matter to be expelled, if he died because of his own strength, Zhang Su was really unwilling.
"I received training from the company, and if I found that it was not suitable after the training, then I would leave at any time." Zhang Su immediately said.
"Of course, if you are not suitable for the soul master, the company will also fire you as soon as possible, in our company, if a soul master can't even accept the reward of the ghast level, the company will not leave this drag, I hope you can be trained well and become a powerful soul master." Hu Xi nodded.
"Then I'll take care of the rest, you go back and wait for the notification, and I'll contact you when I need training." Hu Xi nodded.
Zhang Su agreed in this way.
Zhang Su left the board bed in the infirmary and tried to walk a few steps on the ground, but he could barely feel the pain in his legs, and the only place where he still felt pain was that the surface wound was bandaged, but it did not affect his walking.
The injury has been dealt with, and the conversation between Zhang Su and Hu Xi and others can be regarded as over, since Zhang Su agreed to participate in the company's internship first, Hu Xi and Zhang Su exchanged contact information with each other, and at the same time, Lu Sen and Lin Yan also added friends with Zhang Su, in order to facilitate future contact.
"Here is the internship contract, after the internship period, the real contract will be signed again, the internship contract is three months, the formal contract is lifelong, of course, if you want to cancel the contract and leave during the period, it is okay, but it will erase your memory, after all, what we do cannot enter the public eye, and this contract can be regarded as a "yin and yang contract", what you see is the contract specification and content of the soul master, but if you show it to outsiders, this is a simple buyer contract, because what we do cannot be made public, You have to abide by the confidentiality agreement outside, keep your mouth shut, and abide by the soul master norms, you can't rely on manipulating the soul to do illegal profit-making in this world later, if there is a problem about the soul world, you need to negotiate with the company in a timely manner, and the company will discuss and set up the best solution, I'll just say that, you can see the specific content for yourself. ”
After this exchange of communication methods, Hu Xi brought an internship contract, which was exactly the same as the one Zhang Su saw during the first interview, Zhang Su roughly flipped through it, and made sure that there was nothing wrong with the internship contract, so he signed his name on the contract in duplicate and kept one of them.
Because the internship time is not set today, so after Zhang Su signed the internship contract, he left the soul hunting company, Lu Sen left with Zhang Su, he kept looking at the time, with an anxious look on his face, as if he was missing the appointment time, but when he and Zhang Su parted at the entrance of the alley, Lu Sen still smiled and said goodbye to Zhang Su, and then hurriedly ran in the opposite direction to Zhang Su.
Zhang Su returned home and slowly digested what happened in the soul hunting company, if it weren't for the wound on his leg and Hu Xi's bandage, Zhang Su thought that the soul thing was a dream he had when he was sleeping, and the cycle was ethereal, but it really happened to him.
Regarding ghosts and spirits, Zhang Su checked a lot of information on the Internet, most of which were recorded in ancient books in the past, or about the supernatural phenomena that occurred around the world, these supernatural phenomena have a common feature, that is, they cannot be confirmed, most of them are legends or one-sided words, even if they are true, there is not much reference value.
For the soul, many remarks regard it as feudal superstition, and as a kind of psychological comfort when people face the inevitable fear of death, but for this kind of thing that cannot be explained by today's science, many people will attribute it to a kind of conjecture or the emotion of fear of death, so the things about the soul are mostly recorded in the legends of ghosts and gods, Taoism, and Taoism, saying that the soul is out of the body to marry a primordial baby, out of the yang god, Zhang Su does not have much involvement in this strange thing, and does not know which ones are right and which are wrong, I took a look out of pure curiosity.
Zhang Su also went to search for the situation about the Soul Hunting Company, no matter how many pages Zhang Su pulled down and flipped, there was no information and traces of the existence of this company at all, Zhang Su even doubted whether the Soul Hunting Company really existed, but Zhang Su thought about it, if the information of this company was made public, then it would also be a threat to the soul world, so the Soul Hunting Company should rely on some means to erase the traces of its company's existence as much as possible.
It's a secret thing, and it's normal that it doesn't exist in a public place, but if it can be searched on the Internet, then doesn't it mean that the secrets of the spirit world are gone.
In the first few days, Zhang Su has been waiting at home for Hu Xi to send him information on internship training, surfing the Internet, reading books, and living a very leisurely life, but a few days have passed, Hu Xi has not sent him training news, and he is almost in a state of no news, which makes Zhang Su a little impatient, Zhang Su can't help but wonder if he has forgotten, and even a new resume has been printed, ready to find a company to interview.
Finally on the seventh day, Zhang Su received a training notice from Hu Xi.
"Zhang Su, the training will start tomorrow, you can come to the company at eight o'clock tomorrow morning." Hu Xi's voice came from the other end of the phone.
"It's been seven days since we last separated, and I thought you forgot about me." Zhang Su complained that he just wanted to take his resume to an online company for an interview.
"I'm sorry, there are some special things that have been delayed, I'll send you a list of things that need to be prepared for the training internship later, and you can just prepare according to the things on the list." Hu Xi apologized simply, but his tone seemed to be in a hurry.
"Anything else to prepare?" Zhang Su didn't understand why he had to bring his own things for the internship.
"That's right, because the internship is not in our branch in Qicheng, but a unified training arranged by the head office, so it is similar to a summer camp, no, now it is about to enter winter, it should be said that it is a winter camp, you have to be ready to travel, so you need to bring some things." Hu Xi explained.
"Not in the company, where is that?" Zhang asked puzzled, for fear that he would be abducted, so he wanted to ask the place first.
"The training sites are all determined by the head office by lottery, and this year's place is not bad, just on the Heavenly Soul Mountain on the outskirts of Qicheng." Hu Xi gave the address.
Zhang Su naturally didn't know where the Heavenly Soul Mountain was, so he opened the map and checked, sure enough, it was on the outskirts of Qicheng, not too far from Qicheng, and the map marked it as a resort, but Zhang Su didn't take it too seriously.
"Okay, I got it." Zhang Su hung up the phone.
Not long after the phone call ended, Hu Xi sent Zhang Su the things that needed to be prepared for this closed training camp, clothes, shoes, most of the things were always for travel, but Hu Xi did not send some toiletries, indicating that the place to go should have these, so Zhang Su only needs to prepare his own travel supplies for his own use, a medium-sized travel backpack is enough, and even the suitcase does not need to be supported.
"Why don't you make a phone call and tell Wang Rui about this?" Zhang Su remembered his good friend and wanted to inform him of his whereabouts, so as to add another guarantee to his safety.
"Forget it, he must think I'm a big jumper."
Zhang Su said to himself again, decided not to say it yet, just picked up his mobile phone and sent a message to Wang Rui, saying that he had met a company and was arranged to participate in training in Tiansoul Mountain, Wang Rui thought that Zhang Su had found a satisfactory job, and sent two words of blessing, and the two chatted on the mobile phone, but Zhang Su never mentioned the soul hunting company that he had previously called a crazy company, but only said that he had found a job as a buyer in a small business.
At night, Zhang Su packed his luggage and lay on the bed tossing and turning, he didn't know if the step he took was correct, this was not regret, but worry and confusion about the future, because he never figured out why he would enter that company for an interview, why the ghast would choose to attack him, why these mysterious things would appear in front of his eyes without alarm, these seem to be an accident and an accident, but Zhang Su has not believed in accidents for a long time, the so-called accident, It's just a mistake made by people in the world who don't know the cause of things, and Zhang Su thinks that he is already very careful about living.
On the other hand, Zhang Su felt that if he could be like the gods and legends in the gods and legends, he would be out of his body and travel thousands of miles, and the world in his eyes might have one more way of presenting, and at that time, he might not be as ordinary as he is now. In the world of the jungle, mortals are the lowest level of the herringbone pyramid, and they are the objects of cannibalization by the strong and competitive at the top of the tower, and those who do not fight have become slaves of the strong, but those who are strong have put on the skin of civilization in the way of enslavement.
Thinking of this, Zhang Su suddenly wanted to become a soul master, and wanted to become those powerful soul masters in Hu Xilusen's mouth, those soul masters saw the world from a higher perspective, they controlled the life and death cycle of the soul, they were the guards between the soul world and the human world, they could protect their loved ones from intrusion, and they could spy on the good, evil, beauty and ugliness of the world from the perspective of the soul, although in Hu Xi's mouth, the soul master was only the executor of the circular law of the soul world, and it was a node in the closed loop of the circular world, but Zhang Su knew, Once the soul can be out of the body and can look down on the world, the final result is far more than just hunting the souls of the dead for a living.
Zhang Su's judgment is based on the contact with Lu Sen, Hu Xi and Lin Yan, although the three have very different personalities, Lu Sen is more calm and solemn, Hu Xi is more cheerful and jumpy, Lin Yan is more hearty and light, but from the contact with these three people, Zhang Su can feel that these three people are not as simple as they seem, every move reveals an unusually solid and quiet feeling, the strong breath is like three standing mountains, when Zhang Su thinks in front of the three people, there is an inexplicable feeling that his thoughts are perceived to be naked, Zhang Su feels, This is inextricably linked to the cultivation of the soul.