Su Yuntao: What a Pity, a Wasted Spirit

After leading the children to the center of the hall, Su Yuntao took six pitch-black stones and a pale blue crystal ball from his bag.

After a series of preparations, he arranged the six black stones into a hexagon on the floor in the center of the hall. Then he beckoned to Qi Lin, who stood at the front of the children, his smile kindly.

"Little one, you're Qi Lin, right? Come over!"

Su Yuntao was Sisi's boyfriend, so he had heard her mention Qi Lin's name plenty of times.

When he had first heard the name, he had even gotten jealous. But once he learned Qi Lin's age, there was naturally no way he could still be jealous of him.

Besides, he had wanted to meet this little fellow he had never seen before.

Could Qi Lin really possess some sort of magic, to make Sisi like him so much?

Yet when Su Yuntao finally met Qi Lin in person, although he felt that Sisi's praise had been somewhat exaggerated, he had to admit that Qi Lin possessed an easygoing, approachable aura.

"I'm Qi Lin. Grandmaster Su Yuntao, could you tell me why Sister Sisi didn't come this year?"

Upon hearing Su Yuntao's words, Qi Lin walked to the center of the hexagonal formation. After curiously inspecting it, he politely asked his question.

"Sisi? She went to help a friend hunt spirit beasts this year, so she couldn't come," Su Yuntao said gently.

"Hunt spirit beasts?"

Qi Lin suddenly understood. So that was it. That reason did make sense.

"That's right, hunting spirit beasts. If you test positive for soul power, then once you reach Rank Ten in the future, Sister Sisi can take you spirit beast hunting too."

As Su Yuntao spoke with a smile, he clapped his hands together and activated the hexagonal formation.

At once, the six black stones on the ground shot out brilliant golden beams that shone uniformly onto Qi Lin's body, forming a golden radiance around him.

Su Yuntao's eyes lit up at the sight.

That was quite a reaction. It seemed Qi Lin might awaken a decent spirit.

The instant Qi Lin was enveloped by the golden light, he felt a warm, comfortable sensation wash over him.

"So comfy!"

Qi Lin muttered softly as he wondered, What kind of spirit will I awaken?

His father's spirit was a Sickle, while his mother's was Blue Silver Grass, and neither of them possessed soul power.

Theoretically, Qi Lin's spirit should be either a Sickle or Blue Silver Grass, and there was a high chance that he would have no soul power.

But Qi Lin's intuition told him that his spirit would definitely be mutated, and perhaps his soul power would not be low, either.

Sure enough, just as that thought crossed his mind, he felt as though something in his palm was trying to burst out.

At that moment, Su Yuntao's voice suddenly rang out.

"Qi Lin, hold out your right hand."

Qi Lin nodded and opened his palm.

The next instant, a small blade of pale blue grass suddenly sprouted from his palm. It looked just like the wild Blue Silver Grass growing by the roadside.

Yet strangely, four leaves grew at the tip of that pale blue grass.

Su Yuntao carefully examined the pale blue grass for several moments, and disappointment flashed across his face.

"Ah, it looks like your spirit is Mutated Blue Silver Grass. This spirit is famous for becoming more useless the more it mutates. What a pitiful little fellow."

Looking at Qi Lin's curious expression, Su Yuntao sighed softly, his eyes filled with regret.

On the Douluo Continent, most spirit mutations were harmful mutations, let alone Qi Lin's spirit, which had mutated from Blue Silver Grass.

"Come, let's test your soul power!"

"Though the odds of a Wasted Spirit possessing soul power are extremely low, perhaps you'll get lucky?"

Because Sisi liked Qi Lin, Su Yuntao had come to like him as well. Even after discovering that Qi Lin possessed a Wasted Spirit, his tone remained kindly.

Qi Lin, meanwhile, suddenly became excited.

There was no other reason—he had just heard Su Yuntao call it a Wasted Spirit.

If Brother Tao called it useless, didn't that guarantee at least a God King for him?

Hehe~

Praise Brother Tao!

Thus, Qi Lin happily placed his hand atop the blue crystal ball.

This completely baffled Brother Tao, making him question himself.

I didn't say anything wrong just now, did I?

Why was this kid so happy after I said he had a Wasted Spirit?

The smile on Qi Lin's face did not look fake.

But before Su Yuntao could think any further about it, the blue crystal ball suddenly burst forth with a dazzling blue glow.

"This..."

"You actually do have soul power!"

"And this is... Innate Full Soul Power!"

Su Yuntao completely lost his composure. Even his facial expression could no longer hold, and he stared blankly ahead.

He looked at Qi Lin as though he were staring at a monster, unable to stop himself from swallowing.

"I've awakened spirits for people for so many years, and this is the first time I've ever seen Innate Full Soul Power."

"What a pity. Your spirit is a mutated Wasted Spirit. Otherwise, even the higher-ups of our Spirit Hall would probably be fighting to take you as a disciple."

"What a pity, what a pity!"

A moment later, Su Yuntao remembered that Qi Lin's spirit was merely a mutated Wasted Spirit. He quickly recovered, though the regret in his gaze toward Qi Lin only deepened.

Then he let out a long sigh and patted Qi Lin on the shoulder.

"Kid, even though you only have a Wasted Spirit, don't be sad."

"After all, you have Innate Full Soul Power. At the very least, you can become a Soul Master. Besides, Sister Sisi and I are here—we'll look after you in the future."

However, Qi Lin simply smiled unhurriedly and shook his head as he listened to Su Yuntao's words.

"Sad?"

"I'm not sad."

Su Yuntao raised a brow, about to tell Qi Lin not to force himself and to cry if he wanted to.

But after looking him over...

The kid truly did not seem sad at all!

Uh...

That was a little strange!

In the end, Su Yuntao could only say, "All right. It seems you have a good mindset. That's a good thing."

Next, Su Yuntao began awakening Xiao Wu's spirit.

At first, everything proceeded normally. She awakened the Soft Bone Rabbit spirit.

Soft Bone Rabbits were among the lowest-ranking creatures in the spirit beast world, so Su Yuntao initially did not think her innate soul power would be very high.

Until—

The blue crystal ball once again erupted with a dazzling glow.

Innate Full Soul Power!

Upon seeing the result, disbelief once more appeared on Su Yuntao's face.

"What's going on? Another Innate Full Soul Power? Since when did Innate Full Soul Power become so cheap?"

"Or is the soul-testing crystal ball malfunctioning?"

As he spoke, Su Yuntao took out the crystal ball and began inspecting it.

After examining it for a long while, he still could not find anything wrong.

"There's no mistake!"

Su Yuntao muttered under his breath, his gaze repeatedly sweeping over Qi Lin and Xiao Wu.

"This year is truly strange. One Innate Full Soul Power after another, yet they're either Wasted Spirits or half-wasted spirits."

On the Douluo Continent, people generally paid more attention to the strength of one's spirit, while innate soul power was of secondary importance.

That was why, in the original story, even though Nuoding City produced two successive individuals with Innate Full Soul Power, it still did not cause much of a stir.

Fortunately, the spirits awakened by the remaining children were fairly normal. Of all the Wasted Spirits, aside from one child who tested with Rank One innate soul power, none of the others had any innate soul power.

Otherwise, if more unusual cases like Qi Lin and Xiao Wu appeared, Su Yuntao would truly begin to doubt his life.