Martial Soul Awakening

Spirit Hall's grassroots truly had the interests of commoner soul masters at heart. As for Spirit Hall's upper ranks, Su Yu found them hard to judge. All he could say was that there were good and bad among them.

Spirit Hall kept the Two Great Empires in check. Otherwise, they would likely have gone to war long ago. Either the Star Luo Empire would swallow the Heaven Dou Empire, or the Heaven Dou Empire would swallow the Star Luo Empire.

In truth, unification was a good thing, as it could promote the development of civilization. But once war broke out, the entire continent would be plunged into misery.

Moreover, Su Yu truly could not understand the mindset of Douluo Continent's soul masters. They accepted the subsidies provided by Spirit Hall while cursing Spirit Hall at the same time. Wasn't that hypocrisy?

If you truly thought Spirit Hall was bad, then stop taking their subsidies.

In any case, Su Yu thought Spirit Hall was quite good. At the very least, while Spirit Hall existed, those Evil Soul Masters all kept their heads down and did not dare show themselves. After Tang San wiped out Spirit Hall, Evil Soul Masters were everywhere across the continent ten thousand years later. Many commoners could not even awaken martial souls.

Furthermore, without subsidies, it became even harder for commoner soul masters to improve, and they did not even have opportunities to rise. Wasn't Jiang Nannan an example? Her mother was ill and needed medicine, yet without money, she could only sleep with Xu Sanshi in exchange for the medicine that would save her mother.

After Spirit Hall was destroyed, a whole series of problems emerged.

But Su Yu had no intention of involving himself in such matters. As long as they did not provoke him, he would not provoke them. Whoever provoked him, he would deal with them.

"Today, I'll finally awaken my martial soul. I'm finally taking my first step toward becoming strong."

Su Yu thought silently to himself. When he imagined his grandfather's expression after seeing his awakened martial soul, a smile appeared on his face.

This year, only five children in the village were awakening their martial souls, and Su Yu stood at the very back.

Before Su Yu had waited long, Su Yi arrived with a young man.

The man appeared to be in his twenties. He had sword-like brows, bright eyes, and a handsome face. He wore fitted white clothes and a black cape, with a fist-sized character for soul emblazoned at the center of his chest. This was the standard attire of Spirit Hall personnel.

On his left breast was a badge engraved with longswords, with three longswords crossed upon it.

The three swords represented the third-ranked title of soul master, Soul Grandmaster, while the longswords indicated that this Spirit Hall deacon was a battle soul master.

Damn, this guy looks familiar. Isn't this Tao Ge? Before Su Yu could ponder further, the young man spoke.

The young man looked calmly at Su Yu and the others. "My name is Su Yuntao. I am a twenty-sixth-rank Soul Grandmaster and will serve as your guide. Now, I will awaken your martial souls one by one. Remember, no matter what happens, do not be afraid."

Damn, it really is Tao Ge. Main characters may come and go, but Tao Ge remains forever. Su Yu looked at Su Yuntao and chuckled softly, quietly enough that no one noticed.

Su Yuntao gave a low shout. "Martial Soul Possession—Lone Wolf."

Watching Su Yuntao transform into a wolfman exactly as described in the original work, Su Yu could not help showing a trace of astonishment in his eyes.

So this is a martial soul. I'm really looking forward to it.

"Alright, come up." The ceremony proceeded quickly, but by the time it was Su Yu's turn, a light sheen of sweat had already appeared on Su Yuntao's forehead.

"Master Su Yuntao, how about taking a short rest?" Su Yu looked at Su Yuntao with some concern. He was not worried about Su Yuntao himself; he was worried about himself. What if Su Yuntao ran out of soul power halfway through and something went wrong with his martial soul?

He was scared. There was no helping it—anyone who said they were not scared would be lying.

However, Su Yuntao clearly did not realize this. He glanced at Su Yu and spoke sternly.

"No need. I'm fine. Hurry over. After awakening your martial soul, I still have another village to visit."

Su Yu walked helplessly to the center of the six black stones before Su Yuntao and excitedly extended his left hand.

As six streams of soul power entered him from Su Yuntao, pale golden light rose once more.

Su Yu, immersed in the awakening formation, was enveloped in golden light.

Guided by the formation's energy, Su Yu seemed to enter a mysterious and warm world.

Crack!

Su Yu clearly felt as if something within his body had broken open.

Brilliant golden radiance instantly enveloped Su Yu, and an intangible aura surged from his body.

The Blue Silver Grass within several dozen meters grew wildly and rapidly, as though it had been drugged.

At the same time, Su Yu's body began to change. His somewhat dry, yellow hair instantly turned into long golden hair. His originally thin body became sturdier, and his slightly dark skin quickly became fair.

At the same time, a Little Gold, only around thirty centimeters long, appeared directly on Su Yu's shoulder.

Little Gold had golden fur, and its entire body seemed like translucent crystal, filled with an unusual texture. Its overall shape resembled a lion's, yet its four claws were like those of a dragon, with a cluster of golden flames beneath each dragon claw. Its mouth was also somewhat longer than that of a lion-type soul beast, and beneath its fur appeared to be dense golden scales.

Ding! Martial soul awakening successful. Additional reward: three Fishing attempts. Please keep up the good work, Host!

"Come, let's test your soul power." Su Yuntao glanced suspiciously at the Three-Eyed Golden Lion on Su Yu's shoulder.

A martial soul that caused such a commotion should probably possess soul power.

Su Yuntao then tested Su Yu's soul power. As expected, it was exactly as the system had said: Innate Full Soul Power.

"Another Innate Full Soul Power? Since when did I become so lucky?" Su Yuntao said in astonishment as he looked at the Crystal Ball filled with light.

"Another?" Su Yu fell into thought upon hearing Su Yuntao's words. Soon, however, he understood. That other one was likely Tang San, who had awakened the Blue Silver Grass martial soul.

"Not bad. It's a beast martial soul. Though it's somewhat small, it doesn't look any weaker than my Lone Wolf. Little fellow, would you like to join Spirit Hall?" Su Yuntao asked Su Yu gently.

"I'll pass, Uncle." Su Yu shook his head. He did not want to get involved in Spirit Hall's affairs. Even if he had some favorable feelings toward Spirit Hall, those feelings were not enough for him to work his life away for them.

"Ah, alright." After seeing Su Yu refuse, Su Yuntao quickly issued him a certificate. Su Yu stared blankly at the certificate in his hand, immersed in excitement for a long time.

Deep within the Star Dou Great Forest

Lake of Life.

A Black Dragon emerged from the lake, shattering its former tranquility. The Black Dragon churned endlessly in the water before finally settling down, and everything returned to its previous calm and peace.