Bro Tao's Day Trip to Holy Soul Village

Two days passed quietly.

During this time, Tang San and Xiaolan Lan took care of the "hybrid" rice in Zhou Qing's fields; Xiao Wu was in charge of the publicity and establishment of the Culture Department; and Romantina led the young men and women of various villages to conduct corresponding training outside the Worker-Peasant Council venue.

And what about Zhou Qing?

Outside the half-demolished Martial Soul Hall Office, they have already started providing early childhood education for children from various villages.

"Zhou Qing!"

Upon being called out, Zhou Qing immediately looked up and saw Su Yuntao not far away. He immediately stopped teaching, went up to him, and said with a smile, "Bro Tao, you've arrived."

"I never expected your village to actually demolish the Martial Soul Hall Office." Su Yuntao's lips twitched as he looked at the Martial Soul Hall Office, half of its roof gone. "While it's true that village offices are usually neglected and managed by the village chiefs themselves, this is just too much..."

"Bro Tao, don't mind. We plan to rebuild it and build an elementary school to teach the village children to read and write in advance," Zhou Qing explained with a smile. He then asked Auntie Wang and the other village women nearby to help look after the children while he prepared to take Su Yuntao to the Workers and Peasants Council.

"Don't worry, we'll take good care of these little ones," said Auntie Wang, who was breastfeeding her newborn baby with her breasts exposed.

With Su Yuntao by his side, they arrived at the stream, walked along the wide Black Soil Path, and passed the Spirit Rhyme Turtle with its mouth wide open, waiting to be fed. Zhou Qing tossed a peach into its mouth.

"This is Spirit Rhyme Turtle!"

Su Yuntao was startled and immediately Martial Soul Possession, causing two Soul Rings, one white and one yellow, to appear. "Judging by its size, it must be nearly three hundred years old, right? Also, why are there plants growing on its back? Aren't only thousand-year-old Spirit Rhyme Turtle allowed to have plants?"

"Don't be nervous, Bro Tao. It won't hurt anyone. It was a pet kept by the Soul Saint of Holy Soul Village back then." Zhou Qing explained the origin of the Spirit Rhyme Turtle simply.

"I see." Su Yuntao then put away his Martial Soul and Soul Ring. "However, we still need to be careful, as Soul Beast are quite wild."

"Speaking of which, Bro Tao, is the legend of the Spirit Rhyme Turtle eating people true?"

"I've heard this rumor from Ma Xiunuo as well. The Spirit Rhyme Turtle that stole Corn didn't actually kill the child; it just scared him and made him cry. Then it ran into the stream. The one that was caught later had an intact shell, so the villagers thought they were exaggerating... But now it seems it was this one, right? The city lord and the Hall Master caught the wrong turtle." Su Yuntao sighed deeply. He never expected that the rumor about the Spirit Rhyme Turtle was actually true, and that there were two of them.

It's a pity that the Spirit Rhyme Turtle that didn't steal the Corn became this one's scapegoat.

The Spirit Rhyme Turtle, whose shell had been smashed by the villagers, actually found plants in advance and planted them in order to survive.

Nowadays, this tortoise is actually able to live in harmony with the villagers of Holy Soul Village and the surrounding villages.

That's really amazing!

Immediately, Su Yuntao also took out a dry biscuit from his pocket, and with a gentle toss, the spinning biscuit landed in the mouth of the Spirit Rhyme Turtle that had already finished chewing the peach that Zhou Qing had thrown over.

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The Spirit Rhyme Turtle closed its mouth, tore off a piece of the dry biscuit, chewed it twice, and swallowed it. Then it swallowed the rest of the dry biscuit.

Unlike other Soul Beast, the Spirit Rhyme Turtle is an omnivorous creature that eats both meat and plants. Especially after the Golden Tree on its back grows stronger, the Spirit Rhyme Turtle prefers to eat vegetarian food rather than meat.

However, if you throw meat at it, it will eat it and won't waste a single bit.

Afterwards, Su Yuntao followed Zhou Qing to the Workers' and Peasants' Council.

Looking at that natural mountain wall—

Looking at the crowds coming and going—

Su Yuntao felt as if he had been in another world. He couldn't believe that in just one year, the thirty or so villages near Nuoding City had been connected.

That's unbelievable!

Follow Zhou Qing into the cave entrance in the mountain wall.

The cave entrance was dark, yet seemed to emit a faint light. At first, it was extremely narrow, barely wide enough for one person to pass through. After walking several dozen steps, it suddenly opened up into a bright and spacious area.

The interior is spacious, with houses built along the walls on all sides, and a clear lake in the center that seems to be connected to an underground river, with occasional ripples.

Upon entering that ring of buildings, I discovered that they were interconnected, and the cries of various vegetable and meat vendors filled the air. There were even vendors selling chicks, ducklings, and puppies.

For a moment, Su Yuntao felt as if he were going to the Market Head in Nuoding City to buy vegetables. The only difference was that there were far fewer vegetable vendors, meat vendors, and customers here than in the city.

"So, Bro Tao, isn't our countryside a hidden gem?" Zhou Qing asked with a smile.

"Indeed, I have never seen such a bustling rural area." Su Yuntao himself came from a small village in the countryside, but he had never seen such an orderly place.

A year ago, even Holy Soul Village was only better off than other villages in terms of farmland conditions, but now it seems to be developing into a town.

Zhou Qing!

They're really going to do big things!

Afterwards, Zhou Qing took Su Yuntao to the Worker-Peasant Council. Since the original house had been renovated and the space was larger, it was not ideal. The school-age children from about thirty villages were already queuing outside, and their parents were also queuing up in turn, standing beside their children.

Looking at the long line of children arranged from shortest to tallest according to their height, Su Yuntao clicked his tongue in amazement.

In the past, when he went to help awaken Martial Soul in villages with large populations, the children lined up at his command, but they were of all different heights and were either scrambling to be first or trying to hide at the last person. How could there be such an orderly situation with children from low to high?

When the parents along the way saw Su Yuntao, they all bowed to him. After all, Su Yuntao had been the one to help awaken Martial Soul in their village in previous years, so the villagers naturally remembered his appearance.

Unfortunately, Su Yuntao didn't recognize any of the villagers in these villages, but he nodded slightly to each of them.

This time, Su Yuntao was going to help awaken the souls of 155 children, averaging five per village. His Soul Power alone was naturally insufficient, so Zhou Qing also helped with the awakening. After Su Yuntao exhausted his Soul Power, he began to issue Martial Soul certificates to the children who possessed Innate Soul Power.

Of these 155 children, seven possessed Innate Soul Power.

This is good news for Su Yuntao.

It should be noted that ever since he took charge of awakening Martial Soul for school-age children in the villages surrounding Nuoding City, only one or two children with Innate Soul Power would appear every two or three years.

The best time was last year, when Zhou Qing and Tang San, both Innate Full Soul Power, appeared in Holy Soul Village.

But was this just a stroke of incredible luck?

Seven children with Innate Soul Power have appeared! And four of them are from Holy Soul Village!