The Spirit Hall soul master who came to awaken soul powers had limited experience. Seeing that the soul master's martial soul was merely a ball of light shrouding the body, he did not get overly excited. Instead, he handed over a crystal ball with slight anticipation, asking Lang Lei to test his Innate Soul Power level first.
Before Lang Lei could take the crystal ball, Snow Empress and Ice Empress walked over.
"Sorry, our child won't be testing his Innate Soul Power."
Upon seeing the appearances of Snow Empress and Ice Empress, a flash of breathtaking awe crossed the Spirit Hall soul master's eyes. What a pity, though—they actually had children already. But surely it was impossible for both of them to have children, right?
Still, he remained conscientious and offered an explanation.
"Two beautiful ladies, please allow me to explain. If we don't check the Innate Soul Power, we won't be able to issue a certificate. Without this certificate, it will be very difficult for your child to enter a Junior Soul Master Academy or receive the soul master subsidies provided by Spirit Hall."
Neither Snow Empress nor Ice Empress cared about what this soul master said.
Junior Soul Master Academy?
As long as Lang Lei wanted to, they had plenty of methods to help him enter any soul master academy on the continent.
Gold Soul Coins?
The number of soul masters who had died in the Extreme North over all these years was far from small, and the wealth they left behind...
That was an astronomical figure. Coupled with the fact that Snow Empress and Ice Empress had purposely had their subordinate soul beasts pay attention to gathering these items for Lang Lei's sake during this time, the wealth Snow Empress and Ice Empress currently possessed was still growing at a terrifying speed.
Furthermore, the number of soul beasts that had died in the Extreme North over the years was also countless. Since having Lang Lei, if any soul beasts left behind soul bones upon death, they were naturally collected by Snow Empress, the ruler of the Extreme North.
Moreover, soul bones qualified to be kept in Snow Empress's collection were, to soul masters, treasures among treasures.
Perhaps, aside from those fellows in the Star Dou Great Forest, the soul bones in the hands of all other factions across the rest of the Douluo Continent might not even add up to as many as Snow Empress alone possessed.
"We know." Snow Empress nodded, taking Lang Lei by the hand as she prepared to leave.
The Spirit Hall soul master wanted to say something more, but Ice Empress let out a cold snort, an aura of soul power directly overwhelming that soul master and freezing him in place.
Ice Empress followed Snow Empress and Lang Lei without looking back. They were not naive little mortals completely ignorant of the outside world; what this soul master was thinking was crystal clear to them. They simply couldn't be bothered to deal with ants.
That Spirit Hall soul master broke out in a cold sweat, fine beads of perspiration appearing on his forehead.
"Crap, crap! I actually harbored improper thoughts toward two high-level soul masters, and I even got caught. Damn it, damn it!"
As for what would happen to this soul master afterward, Lang Lei was not interested. After all, apart from this time, the two sides would most likely have no further intersections. Snow Empress and Ice Empress wouldn't take action over this anyway, and everything was probably just the soul master's overactive imagination.
"Sister Xue, will I continue to cultivate on my own as before?"
"No. After we obtain a soul ring for you, Bing'er and I will send you directly to an Advanced Soul Master Academy," Snow Empress answered patiently. "Although Bing'er and I know many things, some matters still require systematic study at an academy."
"Am I not going to a Junior Soul Master Academy?" Lang Lei asked additionally.
According to the common sense he had learned over the years, soul masters without exception all went to Junior Soul Master Academies right after awakening their martial souls.
"Lang Lei, you don't need to go to those useless places~," Ice Empress chimed in at this moment. "If it weren't for the fact that you genuinely need certain things, you wouldn't even need to go to an Advanced Soul Master Academy."
Lang Lei was pensive. Not needed...
"Lang Lei, a Junior Soul Master Academy is used to provide soul masters with enlightenment, plus teach basic soul power breathing methods and serve as a transition before going to an Advanced Soul Master Academy," Snow Empress explained. "Think about it yourself, what else do you still need?"
"Umm... As for enlightenment, Sister Xue and Sister Bing have already helped me with that. As for soul power breathing methods, Sister Xue demonstrated them a long time ago, and I've pretty much memorized them. But a transition kind of thing..."
"Lang Lei, use the method of checking soul power that I taught you earlier to look at your soul power level."
"Oh, okay."
Lang Lei nodded and obediently began to check his own soul power level. Upon taking a look like this, he couldn't help being startled.
"My oh my, little Lang Lei is still as careless as before~?" Elysia's voice came over at this moment.
"Aili, you must have noticed it long ago, why didn't you remind me!" Lang Lei said in his mind.
"Wasn't I just wanting to see little Lang Lei's expression right now~?"
"So cute, you know~?"
"Alright..." Lang Lei could roughly understand. This should be considered Elysia's counterattack, right...
Though it felt rather harmless.
"Sister Xue, how come I am at level twenty?" Lang Lei pulled his focus back and looked at Snow Empress, asking, "Didn't the book say the highest Innate Soul Power is level ten? Which is the legendary Innate Full Soul Power..."
"Lang Lei, you must understand that talent in this world cannot be painted with a broad brush. The so-called Innate Soul Power, in the eyes of us soul beasts, is simply the strength of the human body's natural ability to absorb soul power before awakening its martial soul, only it has been quantified. Book records are limited; it's impossible for them to record every exception."
"So... I am that exception?"
"That's right, and you're a one-in-a-million—no, one-in-ten-million existence." When Snow Empress said this sentence, she herself relaxed quite a bit.
Although getting along over the years, coupled with that faint, special connection between the three of them, had caused both her and Ice Empress to not care too specially about what Lang Lei's talent was like at all times, they had still felt a bit nervous when Lang Lei's martial soul awakened.
And when they saw clearly Lang Lei's Innate Soul Power, the two women's hearts finally settled.
Innate Super Spirit Power, Innate Level Twenty.
Without a doubt, he was properly a deity's successor.
After all, level ten truly was the limit of the human body's natural absorption of soul power.
When the soul power level reached level ten, because no soul ring had been absorbed, the human body reached a bottleneck and would no longer automatically absorb soul power. This was also why, even with Innate Full Soul Power, cultivation speeds varied from fast to slow.
As for the remaining ten levels, those were bestowed by deities.
As for why they didn't explain it clearly to Lang Lei...
In Snow Empress and Ice Empress's eyes, Lang Lei was still just a child.
They had read quite a few books on how to educate children beforehand, and this kind of praise-based education deeply won their favor.
Therefore, they simply chose this way to inform Lang Lei of his specialness.
This could also be considered a kind of special, well-intentioned white lie...
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