After Su Yuntao led everyone out of the room, he looked at the village chief and said with a smile, "Village Chief, quite a few Soul Masters with Soul Power awakened in your village this year. There are three in total, and one of them even has Innate Level Five Soul Power. Although his Martial Soul is only a rusty iron sword, that is still quite impressive."
Su Yuntao then looked at Xiao Tian with a smile. "Little fellow, are you interested in joining Spirit Hall and studying at Spirit Hall Academy?"
Su Yuntao had extended an invitation to Xiao Tian. As a commoner himself, he knew well that Spirit Hall was undoubtedly the most suitable faction for commoner Soul Masters.
When the village chief saw Su Yuntao's gaze settle on Xiao Tian, he immediately understood. It seemed Xiao Tian had awakened a Martial Soul that Su Yuntao favored as well.
Although it was only a rusty sword, with Innate Level Five Soul Power, reaching the rank of Soul King would not be a problem if he cultivated normally.
The village chief himself was also a Soul Master, so he knew that Martial Souls would more or less undergo changes after Soul Rings were added. Moreover, he was a blacksmith, so he naturally understood that there would eventually come a day when Xiao Tian's sword Martial Soul would no longer be a rusty sword!
Adding Soul Rings had a certain chance of changing a Martial Soul's appearance or even strengthening it.
"Xiao Tian, what do you think?"
The village chief was in no hurry to have Xiao Tian join Spirit Hall.
Every year, whenever Soul Masters with Soul Power awakened in their village, Su Yuntao would generally invite those with Innate Soul Power above Level Two. The village chief had long grown accustomed to it.
However, because most of the Martial Souls awakened in their village were related to forging, many people ultimately chose to study at a nearby academy, then returned to work at the village blacksmith shop after graduation.
After a moment of silence, Xiao Tian gave Su Yuntao an innocent smile. "Lord Soul Master, I want to see the outside world first. If I get the chance in the future, I'll go to Spirit Hall!"
Xiao Tian's refusal surprised Su Yuntao somewhat, but there was nothing he could say.
In his heart, he felt that Xiao Tian was indeed a little too naive. He longed for the outside world, but the outside world was not nearly so friendly to commoners.
Forget it. Once Xiao Tian hit a wall, perhaps he would head to Spirit Hall Academy on his own. It would be good for him to gain some experience outside first.
Afterward, Su Yuntao bid the old village chief farewell and headed for the next village.
Xiao Tian truly did not want to enter Spirit Hall too early. Right now, he was more curious about what this system was, and if he had the opportunity, he also wanted to meet some of the people in this world first.
Douluo was commonly known as the Continent of Romance.
In his previous life, aside from collecting all sorts of famous swords, he had also enjoyed admiring beautiful women!
Hehe.
The old village chief respected Xiao Tian's choice and said, "In that case, the village's Work-Study Student slot will go to you. In three months, you can attend Nuoding Academy near the village."
Xiao Tian hesitated. "Grandpa Village Chief, is it really alright to give the slot to me? Other people in the village awakened Martial Souls and Soul Power too."
"Hahaha, who told you our village only has one Work-Study Student slot? Nuoding Academy only has one such slot, that's all. Don't worry about it. Come, make a trip to the blacksmith shop with me. Didn't you want a longsword?"
As he spoke, the village chief looked at Su Yuntao again and gave him a slight bow in gratitude. "Thank you, Lord Soul Master, for coming every year without complaint to awaken Martial Souls for our children."
[ Ding, an Eighty Thousand Year Old Blue Silver King has been detected near the host. Please deal with it carefully! ]
Xiao Tian followed the village chief to the blacksmith shop. Along the way, the Crazy System kept announcing that a Blue Silver King was nearby, but all he saw were Blue Silver Grass plants growing everywhere. Where was there any trace of a Blue Silver King?
Annoyed, Xiao Tian shook his head and decided not to pay it any mind.
Suddenly, he accidentally stepped on a Blue Silver Grass plant. Without giving it much thought, he simply moved his foot away. Blue Silver Grass was just like weeds from his previous life—something no one could be bothered to notice.
But at that moment, the system's voice suddenly rang out.
[ Holy shit! The host actually stepped on and killed an Eighty Thousand Year Old Blue Silver King, greatly shocking the system and triggering a Critical Strike Reward! ]
[ The host has been rewarded with Enhanced Comprehension, and Innate Soul Power has been raised to Level Ten! ]
Xiao Tian: ???
Xiao Tian was utterly dumbfounded. Was this system really that crazy?
He could not help glancing behind him at the Blue Silver Grass he had just stepped on. Wasn't that just ordinary Blue Silver Grass?
How could he possibly have the ability to step on a Blue Silver King and kill it?
Even though he had read plenty of webnovels in his previous life, he was still completely confused. He had every reason to suspect that the system thought his talent was too poor, so it had taken a roundabout way to give him a reward!
After all, he was someone with a system. If its host were too pathetic, wouldn't the system lose face too?
Since the system was being so proactive, he would reluctantly accept the reward. Hehe, truly the type to take advantage and still act innocent!
The blacksmith shop.
The village chief handed the longsword he had forged to Xiao Tian and said with a smile, "Xiao Tian, this is the iron sword you've always wanted. It was made from the best ore our village could obtain.
"But I was thinking, since your Martial Soul is also a sword, then this iron sword—"
Before the village chief could finish, Xiao Tian snatched the iron sword away and protectively declared, "Grandpa Village Chief, since you said this iron sword was forged for me, you can't go back on your word. Not even if my Martial Soul is a sword."
"Alright, alright, I never said I wouldn't give it to you. Oh, right, Xiao Tian, can you show me your Martial Soul?"
Xiao Tian nodded and flipped his right hand. "Fifteen, come out!"
The next moment, a pitch-black longsword appeared in Xiao Tian's right hand. Yet Xiao Tian discovered that the rust originally covering Sword Fifteen had vanished. Could it be that the increase in Innate Soul Power had also improved the quality of his Martial Soul?
"Eh, Xiao Tian, is your Martial Soul called Sword Fifteen? What a strange name. Didn't that Lord Soul Master say it was a rusty sword? Why is there no rust now? How strange."
Then Sword Fifteen in Xiao Tian's hand politely bent toward the old village chief. Its blade swayed softly from side to side, looking indescribably comical.
This left the old village chief somewhat shocked. After being both a Soul Master and a blacksmith for so long, it was his first time seeing such a spiritual Martial Soul!
"Xiao Tian, your Martial Soul seems far from ordinary. I can't quite put my finger on it..."
The old village chief had a sharp eye. He believed Xiao Tian's Martial Soul was probably quite special.
And now, Xiao Tian was even more certain that his Martial Soul was very likely Sword Fifteen, transformed from the sword spirit of the Xuanyuan Sword from his memories of his previous life!
Xiao Tian merely chuckled at the old village chief and said nothing.
Soon, three months passed.
Led by the village chief, Xiao Tian finally arrived at the entrance of Nuoding Academy.
Over those three months, he had continued practicing swordsmanship in the back mountain every day. When his Soul Power was abundant, he used Sword Fifteen. Once his Soul Power was exhausted, he used the iron sword the village chief had given him.
Moreover, perhaps because of the Enhanced Comprehension rewarded by the system, he had easily cultivated Sword Intent. He could even condense Sword Qi at his fingertips and fire it out!
This surprised him greatly. Apart from swinging his sword, he did not know many Sword Skills, yet he had unexpectedly mastered Sword Intent first. Wasn't that order a little off?
When the gatekeeper saw the Work-Study Student certificate in Xiao Tian's hand, he did not say much and simply let him in. Xiao Tian thought, That's more like it. Where would there be so many face-slapping scenes? The gatekeeper is only an ordinary person—how could he dare provoke a future Soul Master?
As expected, Xiao Tian was assigned to the Work-Study Student dormitory, Seventh Dormitory.
The moment he entered, everyone in the dormitory turned their attention toward him. One of them wore a rather arrogant expression as he said, "You're the new student, right? My name is Wang Sheng. We have a rule in Seventh Dormitory: if you want to come in, you have to fight the dorm leader!"
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