After the Awakening

"Old Jack is going to be overjoyed—there are actually two people with Innate Full Soul Power." Su Yuntao said blankly. "This oppressive force... What kind of Martial Soul is this?"

Gu You looked at his hands and feet, which had transformed into claws, then turned to glance at the long tail behind him. He clenched his right hand and suddenly recalled the Yu-Gi-Oh! deck he had loved playing before transmigrating, along with its ace card.

"Tyranno. My Martial Soul is called Ultimate Conductor Tyranno."

After speaking, Gu You took a deep breath. The changes on his body slowly receded. "Brother Tao, Xiao San and I both have Innate Full Soul Power this year, but there is only one Work-Study Student spot in the village. What should we do?"

Su Yuntao shook his head to clear it. "Ultimate Conductor Tyranno? That's a good name. The Work-Study Student spot... Right, the Work-Study Student spot. Xiao You, Xiao San, are you willing to join Spirit Hall? I'll apply to Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo and recommend you for admission to Spirit City. I guarantee that your talents will be fully developed."

Gu You and Tang San exchanged a glance. Tang San said, "I have to go home and tell my father first and ask for his advice." "I'll decide together with Xiao San later."

"All right. It's good that you two have your own ideas, but I still recommend that you choose Spirit Hall. Spirit City has more Soul Masters than anywhere else in the world. There are plenty of Soul Masters there more outstanding than me. Since you both have Innate Full Soul Power, it wouldn't be impossible to find a Title Douluo as your teacher. With a Title Douluo's abilities, they could even help you find the Soul Beast most suited to you. Xiao You, you like reading, and Spirit City has more books than anywhere else in the world. It will definitely satisfy you."

"Thank you, Brother Tao, but I still want to stay with Xiao San."

"It's not too late to decide after you've thought it over. Spirit Hall's doors will always be open to you." Su Yuntao pushed open the door and walked toward Old Jack, who was waiting outside.

Old Jack looked Gu You and Tang San up and down. Seeing that the clothes on Gu You had nearly been torn into strips, he asked Su Yuntao, "Master Su, how are the two children?"

"Congratulations, Old Jack. Both children have Innate Full Soul Power. Your Xiao You's Martial Soul is Ultimate Conductor Tyranno, while Xiao San's Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass."

"Really?" Old Jack's eyes widened, and his lips trembled slightly. "Innate Full Soul Power? Both of them?" "That's right, Old Jack. It looks like your village might as well be renamed Douluo Village in the future. Hahaha."

"Grandpa, Brother Tao wants us to join Spirit Hall and help Xiao San and me apply to study in Spirit City. Xiao San said he wanted to ask Uncle Tang Hao for his opinion first, so I'm going with him to find Uncle Tang Hao." Without waiting for Old Jack to answer, he pulled Tang San outside.

"You brat, wait for me! Wait until I take the others home, then I'll take you two there." Old Jack cursed loudly. "Master Su, please don't mind him. This brat has always been so disrespectful."

"Don't worry, Old Jack. I still have several villages to visit to preside over their Martial Soul awakenings. Once they've made up their minds, take them to Grandmaster Ma Xiunuo at Spirit Hall in Nuoding City." Without waiting for Old Jack to reply, he turned and left.

Gu You pulled Tang San into a mad sprint. When they reached a small forest, he looked around and, seeing that no one was nearby, led Tang San into the woods.

Gu You pulled Tang San down beneath a thicket and whispered, "Xiao San, aren't we best friends?"

"Of course. We're best friends. Why did you suddenly drag me here?" Tang San asked in confusion.

"Xiao San, do you know that, generally speaking, the quality of a Martial Soul is linked to the amount of Innate Soul Power? Even with a mutated Martial Soul, there has to be a very obvious change in appearance. Your Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass, hasn't changed at all, yet you have Innate Full Soul Power. So, Xiao San, can you tell me what your second Martial Soul is?"

Tang San's eyes widened in shock. After a while, he took a deep breath and slowly raised his left hand, palm facing upward. Faint black light surged from his palm, and a small black hammer gradually emerged. Tang San gripped the hammer with his left hand, and his arm slowly lowered until he placed the hammer on the ground.

"Your second Martial Soul is a hammer? No, this shape and feeling..." Gu You stroked his chin with his right hand. "And this weight... Could it be the Clear Sky Hammer? Your second Martial Soul is the Clear Sky Hammer?!"

Gu You put on a shocked expression and had Tang San withdraw the Clear Sky Hammer. In a voice Tang San could hear, he muttered to himself, "A hammer that grants Innate Full Soul Power. Its name is Tang Hao. Could it be...? No, that's not right. It doesn't make sense. Why would he be in our village? There's no reason. Then what's the deal with the Blue Silver Grass? A mutated Martial Soul, equal to the Clear Sky Hammer in quality? Upward... No, downward. Its form should have degraded. But since they're Twin Martial Souls, their essence shouldn't have changed."

"What is it, Xiao You? Is there a problem with my father being named Tang Hao? What do you mean by equal, upward, and downward?" Tang San waved his hand in front of Gu You's eyes.

"Xiao San, first of all, everything I'm about to say is only my personal speculation. It may not be correct, so just listen."

Gu You took a deep breath and said, "Your hammer Martial Soul may be the Clear Sky Hammer, the renowned Martial Soul of the Clear Sky Sect, one of the Upper Three Sects. And your father may be Tang Hao, who became famous several years ago after inheriting the title of Clear Sky Douluo."

Tang San stared blankly. "Father is a Title Douluo?" "That's only my deduction. The most recent news about the Clear Sky Douluo happened to be six years ago. Spirit Hall announced that the new Clear Sky Douluo, Tang Hao, had killed the Pope of Spirit Hall, so they issued a wanted notice. The Clear Sky Sect even sealed off the mountain because of it."

"Grandpa once said that you and Uncle Tang weren't from our village. Six years ago, Uncle Tang happened to carry you into the village, and Grandpa gave him an unused house so that he could settle down with you."

"Of course, all of that was merely deduced from hearsay. What truly made me suspicious was your Twin Martial Souls."

Tang San forcibly suppressed the shock in his heart. "Twin Martial Souls?"

"That's right, Xiao San. You have Twin Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power. First, the quality of a Martial Soul affects Innate Soul Power. Since you have Innate Full Soul Power, the quality of your Martial Souls must be extremely high. But your first Martial Soul currently appears to be Blue Silver Grass. The most likely explanation is that your second Martial Soul gave you your Innate Full Soul Power."

"But Xiao You, you told me before that Twin Martial Souls are so rare because the prerequisite is that the two Martial Souls must be exactly equal in quality. Even the slightest difference would make Twin Martial Souls impossible. What's more, both have to be high-level Martial Souls. Even low-level Martial Souls of equal quality won't produce Twin Martial Souls. My Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass—how could it possibly be equal in quality to a top-level Martial Soul like the Clear Sky Hammer?"

"Right, you're correct. That's my second hypothesis."

Gu You fell silent for a while before slowly saying, "Your Martial Soul is disguising itself."

P.S. We, as readers with an omniscient perspective, and the transmigrated protagonist both know the truth. However, in that environment, the protagonist can't act as if he knows everything. He can only present it in the form of deductions and guesses. The protagonist's performance as a child prodigy and his going to Spirit Hall to read are meant, first, to compare the descriptions in the books with the reality he has arrived in. After all, in a world like this, one mistake could be fatal. Second, they lay the groundwork for the later plot. Titles like child prodigy and genius are extremely useful in worlds like these. (Since this isn't a paid chapter, I'm explaining it here in the main text.)

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