Another Trash Martial Soul

Another Trash Martial Soul

Striding up to Yu Luomian, Yu Xiaogang bowed slightly and said respectfully, "Second Uncle."

"Go in. I'll awaken your Martial Soul."

A kind smile appeared on Yu Luomian's face. Like the other clansmen, he was full of expectations for Yu Xiaogang.

Nodding slightly, Yu Xiaogang stepped into the Awakening Array under everyone's expectant gazes.

As Yu Luomian poured in his soul power, the Awakening Array erupted with Golden Light and Dragon Might even denser than Yu Xiaomen's.

"What Martial Soul is this? Could it be the legendary Golden Holy Dragon?"

Feeling the Dragon Might emanating from Yu Xiaogang—so powerful that even his own Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul feared it—Yu Luomian was astonished as he secretly speculated.

But the Dragon Might came quickly and vanished just as fast. A moment later, a pale-purple, strange creature with a fat head and big ears, neither pig nor dog, appeared before everyone's eyes.

Unlike ordinary Beast Martial Souls, after awakening, it was not illusory but a tangible existence that could not possess its master.

The entire hall erupted into an uproar, with discussions breaking out everywhere.

"What Martial Soul is that? Could it be a pig?"

"No, it clearly looks like a dog."

Some still supported Yu Xiaogang. "Don't jump to conclusions yet. We still need to see his Innate Soul Power. Perhaps it's some powerful Mutated Martial Soul no one has ever seen before."

"Second Uncle, test my soul power."

Under everyone's gazes, Yu Xiaogang felt as though thorns were pricking his back. The composure and confidence he had shown earlier were gone, replaced by fear and unease. All he could do now was hope that the Mutated Martial Soul he had awakened was powerful.

Otherwise...

He could fully imagine how humiliating it would be once everyone learned that Yu Xiaogang had awakened a Trash Martial Soul.

He seemed to already see everyone laughing at him, insulting him, and mocking him behind his back.

Even House Slaves like Lin Hanye would begin looking at him differently, believing that he was unworthy of being the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan leader's son and unworthy of being a descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

"Fine."

Yu Luomian handed over the Soul Power Testing Crystal Ball, but his tone no longer carried the same warmth as before.

Clearly, he did not think highly of Yu Xiaogang.

I have to awaken high Innate Soul Power. Even if it isn't Level 10, Level 9 or Level 8... even Level 7 would do.

Praying inwardly, Yu Xiaogang raised his hand and lightly touched the blue crystal ball.

The result disappointed him.

The crystal ball only flickered slightly, emitting a dim glow nearly identical to the one Lin Hanye had produced earlier.

Clearly.

Like Lin Hanye, his Innate Soul Power was also half a level.

And so!

The entire hall instantly exploded.

"Another Trash Martial Soul." Someone said it.

Immediately afterward, mocking and contemptuous voices crashed over him like a tidal wave.

"Haha, I told you it was a dog."

"Bullshit, it's obviously a pig."

"A dignified descendant of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan actually awakened a Trash Martial Soul just like that lowly maid's child, and his Martial Soul is even a piglet. This time, he's completely disgraced our Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan."

"..."

Similar ridicule and laughter rose and fell without end.

Those Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon disciples who had once envied Yu Xiaogang's Heaven's Favored Child aura, as well as those whom Yu Xiaogang had offended in the past, did not miss this chance to mock him. They taunted him mercilessly.

How insignificant they had once seemed before Yu Xiaogang.

Now, their roles had switched.

Yu Xiaogang's mentality completely shattered.

His hands clenched into fists, veins bulging on his forehead as fury filled his face.

The Awakening Hall suddenly fell silent.

No matter what, Yu Xiaogang was still Yu Yuanzhen's Direct Descendant Son. He had a Titled Douluo father, didn't he?

Just as everyone thought Yu Xiaogang was about to lose his temper.

He ran.

That was right, he ran.

Before awakening his Martial Soul, he had been as arrogant as could be; after awakening it, he became just as deeply inferior.

Just like on his wedding night with his cousin Liu Erlong in the Original Work, when faced with Yu Luomian's deliberate humiliation, he ran.

The silent kind, at that.

It was only when he brushed past Lin Hanye, who stood in a corner near the entrance of the hall, that he instinctively glanced at him. Lin Hanye happened to be looking back as well.

Their eyes met.

There was none of the awe and humility Lin Hanye had shown before awakening his memories. His gaze was calm, and his face showed not the slightest emotional fluctuation.

Yet Yu Xiaogang could vaguely make out mockery, ridicule, and disdain within those calm eyes.

He knew that look well.

Because in the past, that was exactly how he had looked at the other party.

Why? Why would even a House Slave who had been constantly bullied dare to look down on me?

In a burst of impotent rage, Yu Xiaogang ran out of the Martial Soul Awakening Hall and vanished from everyone's sight.

Not long after he left, another wave of jeering rose within the Martial Soul Awakening Hall.

Some of it was directed at Lin Hanye, and some at Jail Xiaogang.

Before long, the martial soul awakening ceremony came to an end.

In the end, aside from Lin Hanye and Jail Xiaogang, the two "trash" with only Innate Soul Power Half Level, everyone else possessed at least level-three innate soul power. Not a single person had failed to awaken soul power.

After all, other than Lin Hanye, all those participating in this martial soul awakening ceremony were Direct Descendant Disciples of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect. As Long As their martial souls had not undergone a malignant mutation, they would basically awaken innate soul power.

Lin Hanye paid no attention to everyone's mockery.

After Yu Luomian announced the end of the martial soul awakening ceremony and dismissed the crowd, Lin Hanye left the awakening hall, crossed the central street, and turned into an alley.

When he opened the somewhat rusty gate, a modest courtyard came into view.

This was Lin Hanye's home.

More precisely, it was what his parents had left behind.

His father had died while protecting Direct Descendant Disciples of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon during a Hunt for Soul Rings, leaving behind this residence and a pitiful compensation payment that had been skimmed away.

Closing the iron gate behind him, Lin Hanye entered the house and sat cross-legged on the bed. According To the soul power meditation method his father had taught him before his memories returned, he began cultivating to increase his soul power.

Blue Lightning Tyrant Sect, main compound, inside a dim room in a small courtyard.

Three days had passed since the martial soul awakening.

Yet Yu Xiaogang still sat blankly inside the pitch-black cabinet.

He had neither cultivated nor slept. Since leaving the awakening hall, he had not consumed even a drop of water or a grain of rice. His body had already fallen into an extremely weakened state.

But compared to the torment of his body, the anguish in his mind tortured him even more.

"Jail Xiaogang, martial soul Piglet, Innate Soul Power Half Level, Trash Martial Soul."

"Haha, I thought he was a dragon, but who would've guessed he was a pig."

"Nonsense, he's obviously a dog."

Over the past three days, the sarcastic and mocking voices of his clansmen had echoed in Yu Xiaogang's mind almost every moment. Especially when he had locked eyes with Lin Hanye upon leaving the awakening hall—the mockery and ridicule in the other party's gaze lingered, impossible to dispel.