Martial Soul Awakening Day: Brother Tao Appeared at Holy Spirit Village Martial Soul Hall?

"Brother Wang Xiao, what good news has you so happy?"

After Tang San climbed up the small hill, he curiously asked Wang Xiao, who was already sitting at the summit.

"Little San, you're still too young to understand what's in my heart, so don't ask!" Wang Xiao said, not particularly interested in dealing with him.

I'm not that young, okay?

Tang San thought to himself. He was already over thirty years old, but he couldn't reveal that secret.

So he shut his mouth. "By the way, Brother Wang Xiao, can you stop calling me Little San from now on?"

Wang Xiao frowned upon hearing that. "Then what should I call you? Little Kid? Third Kid? Or maybe Little San San? Tiny Little San, San Little Tiny? Youngest San, one-two-three, three-two-one? San San? San San Liang Liang..."

Sigh~

Tang San's forehead darkened with black lines. All he could do was sigh and shake his head. "Forget it! You might as well keep calling me Little San!"

"Since you don't like Little San, then I won't call you Little San anymore. I'll call you Third Kid instead."

"No!" Tang San hurriedly waved his hands. "Don't, Brother Wang Xiao. Third Kid sounds even worse. Just call me Little San."

"Fine!" Wang Xiao agreed with an expression of great reluctance. He patted Tang San on the shoulder, then looked toward the horizon. "I heard Grandpa Jack say that in a few months, Brother Tao will come to the village to test the Soul Power and Martial Souls of children around six years old?"

"Mm-hmm." Tang San followed Wang Xiao's gaze. "I often heard Grandpa Jack mention that Holy Spirit Village was called Holy Spirit Village because a Soul Saint-level Soul Master once came from here a hundred years ago."

"I also heard that the giant handprint on the stone monument at the village entrance was left behind by that Soul Saint back then."

Naturally, Wang Xiao knew all that. It was recorded in the books, and because of that Soul Saint, Village Chief Jack had always taken great pride in it.

That was why he actively encouraged the children of the village to undergo Martial Soul Awakening, hoping another Soul Master like that would emerge and fill the emptiness in his heart.

At present, the grain, fruits, and vegetables from Holy Spirit Village sold extremely well.

That was because the village lay in the southwest of the Heaven Dou Empire, along the necessary trade route between Fasno Province, Nuoding City, and the Two Great Empires.

That advantage allowed the villagers of Holy Spirit Village to live even more comfortably.

"Brother Wang Xiao, are you going to take part in the awakening at Holy Spirit Village Martial Soul Hall this time?" Tang San suddenly asked.

Wang Xiao shook his head. "I don't have that plan for now, but I'm very curious about what kind of Martial Soul I'll have."

Tang San was somewhat tempted as well. "I really want to know too!"

Actually, Wang Xiao really wanted to say that Tang San's Martial Soul would be Blue Silver Grass, a Trash Spirit.

But that wouldn't be appropriate. After all, Tang San's Blue Silver Grass was not ordinary grass. It was emperor-level grass.

Besides, he also had a hammer, so he wasn't trash at all.

Anyone who called him trash would definitely get slapped in the face.

Sigh~

"Let's go!" Wang Xiao sighed and started climbing down the small hill.

Tang San was left alone, staring at Wang Xiao's departing back.

He muttered to himself, "I wonder what kind of Martial Soul Brother Wang Xiao has? And what kind of Martial Soul will I have?"

"I often heard Grandpa Jack say that it's been a long time since any child in Holy Spirit Village awakened a useful Martial Soul."

"They were all Trash Spirits without Soul Power. I hope I'll be different from them!"

After Wang Xiao ran all the way back to Pang Ergou's backyard, he picked up the Forging Hammer and began practicing his blacksmithing skills again.

After many days of training, along with the powerful physical control granted by the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart, his strength, forging speed, output, and force had all increased considerably.

He had gone from striking a hundred times in one session, to a thousand, then five thousand, and now ten thousand consecutive strikes. He was still accelerating and improving.

Wang Xiao felt that without the powerful energy supplied by the Seven-Orifice Exquisite Heart, with his six-year-old body weighing less than sixty pounds, he simply wouldn't have been able to lift this ninety-nine-pound, nine-tael, nine-qian Forging Hammer.

Much less use it to forge iron. It would be a blessing if he didn't smash his own feet.

So this Support System had truly helped him enormously.

Fortunately, he had the Support System. Otherwise, how could he compete with Tang San for the protagonist's role?

Being able to safely live as a "salted fish" in the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect would already be quite good.

Five months later.

Holy Spirit Village.

The square outside Spirit Hall.

Village Chief Old Jack had brought several children from the village who had reached the age of six to the entrance early in the morning, waiting for Brother Tao to awaken their Martial Souls.

Wang Xiao remembered that in the Douluo Dalu storyline, only eight six-year-old children from Holy Spirit Village came to awaken their Martial Souls that year, one of whom was a little girl.

But this year, there was one more, making nine.

The extra one was Wang Xiao himself.

As an outsider, he normally wasn't qualified to awaken his Martial Soul in Holy Spirit Village.

So Wang Xiao personally went to Village Chief Jack and persuaded him, saying that as long as he agreed, if Wang Xiao awakened a Martial Soul and possessed Soul Power, all the credit would belong to Holy Spirit Village.

When Village Chief Jack heard that, he didn't see any problem. One more child made no difference, and one less child made no difference either.

If this kid happened to awaken a Beast Martial Soul or some other awesome Martial Soul and had Soul Power too, then Holy Spirit Village would strike it rich.

Village Chief Jack felt that there was no reason not to take a deal where he could benefit without losing anything.

Besides, since Wang Xiao was Pang Ergou's cousin, he could be considered half a Holy Spirit Village resident. That made him even more willing to agree.

That was how Wang Xiao successfully joined Holy Spirit Village's awakening group.

Pang Ergou had also turned six and had come as well.

Among all the children, Wang Xiao was the tallest.

He was also a few months older than the others, so naturally he was the oldest.

Wang Xiao was the last to arrive. Among the children, he immediately spotted Tang San's back.

He walked straight over, draped an arm around his shoulders, and said, "Little San, morning!"

Tang San jumped in fright. Seeing that it was him, he smiled. "Brother Wang Xiao, are you here to awaken your Martial Soul too?"

"Of course!" Wang Xiao said with a smile. "Village Chief Jack said I could participate."

"Mm." Tang San nodded without saying anything more.

Just then, a streak of radiant light flashed, and Brother Tao descended from the sky.

He wore a white uniform, with a fist-sized golden soul character on his chest. He looked like an immortal descending to the mortal world, grand and imposing.

Brother Tao's entrance, worthy of being called Douluo Dalu II's Tool Man, was absolutely stunning.

When Old Jack saw Su Yuntao, he immediately stepped forward with a bow. "Honored Master, you've finally arrived. All the children in Holy Spirit Village who meet the requirements for Martial Soul Awakening are here this year. There are nine children in total."

Sigh~

Upon hearing this, Brother Tao waved his hand dismissively. "I've already awakened Martial Souls in six villages along the way. If there weren't a hundred children, there were still dozens. Every single one had a Trash Spirit and no Soul Power!"

"No support ability, no attack ability, no defense ability... I doubt your Holy Spirit Village has any hope either!"

Old Jack nodded, unable to refute him. He stood there awkwardly and waited for Brother Tao to open the doors.

Wang Xiao smiled, casually keeping an arm around Tang San's shoulders like some insignificant passerby.

Tang San was uncomfortable with Wang Xiao hugging him from behind like that.

But he was too embarrassed to push away his enthusiastic embrace, so he could only force a smile and endure it.

Only after Su Yuntao shook his head, turned around, and sent Soul Power into the doors of Spirit Hall did they open.

Wang Xiao finally released Tang San and went inside.

Brother Tao walked into Spirit Hall without looking back. He had no time to linger in such a small village.

After completing this task, he still had to hurry to the next village for Martial Soul Awakening and Spirit Power Tests.

In short, his schedule had been packed these past few days. He was extremely busy.

Most importantly, after conducting awakening tests in six villages, he had yet to find a single useful Martial Soul.

Those with useful Martial Souls had no Soul Power, making all his work pointless and leaving him with no results.

If someone awakened a good Martial Soul and had Soul Power, that would count as an achievement. Promotion and wealth would be no problem.

Unfortunately, there were none.

There had been none all along, leaving Brother Tao with nothing but one sigh after another.

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