Brother Tao! Where Is My Brother Tao!

Douluo Continent, Heaven Dou Empire.

Nuoding City.

Early morning, when the sky had only just begun to brighten.

A faint fish-belly white quietly emerged in the eastern sky, spilling the dim morning light over the city's countless homes.

In one such small courtyard.

Inside a room.

A little boy with short black hair and delicate features, who looked five or six years old, quickly began getting dressed after climbing out of bed.

Because today was the day of his Martial Soul Awakening.

He needed to get to Nuoding City's Spirit Hall Branch early and line up to awaken his martial soul.

Otherwise, if he arrived late, he might have to wait in line for several hours.

I wonder what kind of martial soul I'll awaken.

The little boy thought as he dressed.

His name was Ye Yu, and he was a transmigrator from Blue Star.

In his previous life, he had merely been an ordinary Huaxia teenager who liked drawing and reading novels.

During a trip, he had been perfectly fine upstairs when a truck suddenly came calling.

He closed his eyes, then opened them again.

Only to discover that he had transmigrated to the Douluo Continent he had known from his previous life.

However, his background was very ordinary. Both of his parents had been commoners.

Before his death, his father had served as a squad leader in the Heaven Dou Empire's border legion.

He had accidentally died in a conflict with the Star Luo Empire's border legion.

At the time, Ye Yu had only been three years old and had yet to awaken his memories from a previous life.

After his father died, his mother had become ill from overwhelming grief and exhaustion.

Before long, she too passed away.

For the next few years, he had relied entirely on one of his father's friends, a retired soldier who served as the captain of the City Guard in Nuoding City.

Until a few days ago, when he awakened his memories from a previous life.

Because he knew the martial soul inheritance rules of the Douluo Continent.

Since his parents in this life had both been ordinary people rather than soul masters.

As for Martial Soul Awakening.

To be honest, Ye Yu did not hold much hope.

Of course, that was not to say he had none at all.

In the Douluo fanfiction novels he had read in his previous life.

The protagonists always activated and bound their systems before or during Martial Soul Awakening.

If it really was as people online had said when he read novels in his previous life.

If every transmigrator had a system.

Then he was destined to rise above the rest and create an epic legend.

But if he did not.

Heh.

Then Ye Yu could only say, whatever happens, happens!

After getting dressed.

Before Ye Yu could leave.

A sudden knock sounded at the courtyard gate.

Then a rough, booming voice rang out.

"Little Yu, Little Yu, are you up yet?"

"Today is the day of your Martial Soul Awakening. I came to take you there."

"Open the door! Open the door!"

"Uncle Hongshan, I'm already up!"

"Wait a moment, I'm coming right away!"

He had not expected Uncle Hongshan to come and call for him so early.

Ye Yu hurriedly answered as he ran over and opened the courtyard gate.

Outside stood a burly man in his thirties, tall and powerfully built, with dark skin, numerous scars on his face and body, and a rugged yet honest-looking face.

"Uncle Hongshan! You're the captain of the City Guard. Don't you need to lead patrols today?"

"For something like Martial Soul Awakening, I can go by myself!"

Seeing Wang Hongshan hand him several warm steamed buns after arriving, Ye Yu felt touched and could not help saying this.

"What do you mean, something like Martial Soul Awakening?!"

"Martial Soul Awakening is the most important thing on our Douluo Continent!"

"Brother Qingshan and Sister Yulan left too early, so they can't accompany you."

"Brother Qingshan and I may not be blood brothers, but we're closer than brothers. That makes me your uncle too."

"How could an uncle possibly miss his nephew's Martial Soul Awakening?"

Wang Hongshan glared at Ye Yu before urging him on.

"Hurry up and eat the buns. Once you're done, we'll go for your Martial Soul Awakening!"

"Alright, Uncle Hongshan."

Hearing Wang Hongshan's words, Ye Yu felt deeply moved and warmed.

It was not easy to get leave in the City Guard.

His military pay would be docked for this!

Uncle Hongshan is always so good to me, but he never says it aloud.

Once I make something of myself in the future, I'll definitely repay Uncle Hongshan properly!

Ye Yu silently swore to himself as he took big bites of the steamed buns.

He was resolute about this.

After all, he was not some Buddha Tang who only knew how to talk.

Nuoding City, Spirit Hall Branch.

It was located in the center of Nuoding City.

The towering, majestic building rose from the ground, appearing especially magnificent and resplendent.

Its glazed dome in particular scattered rainbow-hued radiance beneath the sunlight, looking utterly beautiful.

After bringing Ye Yu to the Spirit Hall Branch.

Wang Hongshan stood outside and watched Ye Yu enter the Spirit Hall Branch.

"Little Yu, remember not to be nervous. I believe you can do it!"

At the very last moment, Wang Hongshan still shouted loudly from behind, offering Ye Yu encouragement.

"Little brother, come with me."

In Nuoding City.

Because there were many children participating in Martial Soul Awakening, parents were not allowed to accompany them.

A female soul master responsible for guiding the children, dressed in a Spirit Hall uniform with a good figure and pretty features, led Ye Yu to the hall for Martial Soul Awakening with a smile.

"Little brother, go on in."

"The Martial Soul Awakening will take place inside."

"Mm, thank you, big sister."

Ye Yu politely thanked her, then pushed open the door and walked in.

"What an adorable and polite child!"

Watching Ye Yu enter the Martial Soul Awakening Hall, the female soul master could not help smiling.

However, she still had to lead over the other children who had come for Martial Soul Awakening.

So after Ye Yu entered the Martial Soul Awakening Hall.

The female soul master turned and left.

After entering the hall.

Ye Yu saw that it was quite spacious.

Because he had arrived relatively early.

There were only four or five children inside, waiting in line for their Martial Soul Awakening.

However, before the hexagram array formed from six black round stones.

The person presiding over the Martial Soul Awakening was not the famous Blind Douluo Su Yuntao, Brother Tao.

Instead, it was a middle-aged man whose martial soul was an iron staff and whose cultivation was at the Soul Elder rank.

When Ye Yu saw that the person presiding over the Martial Soul Awakening was not Brother Tao, he immediately felt somewhat disappointed.

Because in the Douluo fanfiction novels he had read in his previous life.

The protagonists always had to have Brother Tao there, calling their martial souls useless.

No matter what their Soul Power was, even Innate Full Soul Power, he had to call it a useless martial soul.

Only after adding that buff could they rise above the rest.

Without Brother Tao presiding over my Martial Soul Awakening and giving me that buff.

What am I supposed to do now?!

Brother Tao! Brother Tao!

Where are you now?!

Without you, what am I supposed to do?!

Ye Yu sighed and fretted inwardly.

But although countless thoughts ran through his mind, Ye Yu still obediently lined up at the back of the queue.

And began waiting.

"Martial soul: wooden stick. No Soul Power. Next!"

"Martial soul: white cat. Innate Level 1 Soul Power. Next!"

"Martial soul: short blade. Innate Level 2 Soul Power? Not bad! Not bad! Next!"

Of the five children before him who awakened their martial souls, two possessed Soul Power while three did not.

Very soon, after they had all finished awakening.

It was Ye Yu's turn.

"Come, little fellow. Step into this Martial Soul Awakening array."

At the instruction of the middle-aged soul master presiding over the Martial Soul Awakening.

With a nervous heart, Ye Yu stepped into the Martial Soul Awakening array and closed his eyes.

Very soon, he felt waves of warmth flow into his body.

"Summon your martial soul!"

Suddenly, a low shout rang out beside his ear.

Instinctively, Ye Yu abruptly opened his eyes and extended his right hand.

Following the strange sensation deep in his heart, he willed it into motion.

The next moment, amid a faint blue glow.

A Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul, resembling a watermelon sprout and entirely blue-silver in color, radiating a faint blue light, instantly appeared from his right hand.

"Blue Silver Grass?"

When Ye Yu saw the martial soul he had summoned in his hand, he was immediately stunned.