Ning Chuan (Signing Contract Next Month)

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--The zombies ate my brain (Green Pepper's only alt account)

"Little Six, it's time to awaken your spirit."

Early in the morning, when the sky was only beginning to brighten, Village Chief Old Tom called Little Six to awaken his spirit.

Little Six forced his sleepy eyes open and rubbed them, making himself wake up as soon as possible. He knew very well that if he did not get up obediently now, he would have to wait until next year to awaken his spirit.

Little Six's surname was Ning, and his given name was Chuan.

His parents could never have come up with such a nice name. Besides, he had no parents. It was the name from his previous life, one he had given himself.

That's right!

He was not from this world. He was a transmigrator.

It was all because Green Pepper's first novel had been dropped, the second had been reported and cut short, and the last had even been reported and banned. Three flops in a row.

He had been so angry that he failed to catch his breath and died suddenly on the spot.

Then, after reincarnating into Douluo Continent, he became an orphan.

Ning Chuan was called Little Six not because he was the sixth child in his family.

In fact, his parents had only ever had him.

He was called Little Six entirely because Ning Chuan was the sixth child Old Tom had adopted. Before him, there had already been five "older brothers and sisters."

And so the name Little Six naturally fell upon Ning Chuan.

It was nothing much. Other children in the village were constantly called names like "Silly Girl" and "Big Head"; there were even some called "Second Dog." Compared to those, "Little Six" was already much better.

Therefore, Ning Chuan did not dislike the nickname.

Ning Chuan was fairly good-looking. Although his skin was dark from often going up the mountains to gather firewood and helping the old village chief with farm work, his features were exceptionally well-defined. He was one of the village's few "handsome men."

At first, he had also fantasized about becoming a powerful Soul Master, lifting his household out of poverty, and living a good life from then on.

Then he would marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, perhaps even become a god.

But as he grew older, reality quickly crushed those dreams.

He had become an orphan from the moment he was born and had never even seen his parents.

If Old Tom had not adopted him, and if the villagers had not helped support him, he would have starved to death long ago.

Still, deep in his heart, he had a dream.

It was to leave this small village and see the outside world.

Of course, Ning Chuan had never told anyone else about this thought.

Otherwise, the villagers would surely have been astonished.

This was a world of rigid social classes ruled by Soul Masters and nobles. To leave this little village, one had to possess soul power after awakening one's spirit.

Yet aside from a Spirit Emperor who had left the village a hundred years ago, no one in the village had ever awakened Innate Soul Power again.

Ning Chuan had fully woken up by then. He quickly got out of bed and asked, "Grandpa Tom, has the master from Spirit Hall come so early? I remember he seemed to arrive in the afternoon last year."

"This year is different. You're the only child of the right age in the village, and we didn't want to trouble Master Su Yuntao to make a special trip. So I made arrangements with Old Jack from the neighboring village to take you there and awaken your spirits together."

Old Tom was a thin, wizened old man with a goatee. He had no children of his own, and having adopted six children, his life was somewhat strained.

But Ning Chuan secretly resolved that he had to awaken soul power and become a powerful Soul Master. Then he would lift the village out of poverty, let Old Tom live a good life, marry a beautiful, wealthy woman, perhaps even become a god, and reach the pinnacle of life.

Half an hour later, led by Old Tom, Ning Chuan arrived beneath the blazing sun at the "Spirit Hall" in the center of the neighboring Saint Soul Village. The children of Saint Soul Village who were old enough had already gone inside to awaken their spirits. Outside, only a short, thin old man with a lively gaze and clean, neat clothes was waiting anxiously.

Seeing the old man and the child approach, he hurried over and said, "You old fool, why are you so late? Master Su Yuntao has already been inside for quite a while."

Though Saint Soul Village's Spirit Hall was called a Spirit Hall, it was actually just a wooden hut with the Spirit Hall emblem hanging on it.

Emperor Soul Village's Spirit Hall was much the same.

Hearing this, Old Tom did not dare delay. He hurried forward, knocked on the door, and said respectfully, "Master Su Yuntao, I've brought the child."

"Old Tom, is it? Since you're here, let him come in." A young man's voice came from within the wooden hut.

Upon hearing this, Old Tom quickly gestured for Ning Chuan to enter.

Ning Chuan stepped forward, gently pushed open the wooden door, and walked inside. Apart from the eight children from Saint Soul Village who were awakening their spirits this time, there was also a young man in his twenties wearing a fitted white outfit.

The man had sword-like brows, bright eyes, and a rather handsome appearance. His clothes bore the emblem of Spirit Hall.

When he saw Ning Chuan enter, he said nothing, merely signaling for him to stand to the side.

He himself had already undergone Spirit Body Possession, transforming into a humanoid Gray Wolf, and was awakening the final child's spirit.

Is this the spirit of a single dog?

Ning Chuan studied him curiously.

"Innate Full Spirit Power. What a pity—another useless spirit."

He had awakened the spirits of seven children in a row, and none of them had soul power. Now, at long last, one had awakened with soul power, and it was even the legendary Innate Full Spirit Power.

Yet it was the useless spirit Blue Silver Grass. Su Yuntao was speechless.

But Ning Chuan narrowed his eyes slightly. This final child was not simple. Aside from the Blue Silver Grass in his right hand, his left hand was hidden behind his back, clenched tightly into a fist, as though something were being suppressed.

Tang San?

Ning Chuan first sneered inwardly, then felt helpless. As a Green Pepper fan, he was naturally a firm anti-Tang supporter. He had once fantasized about being like the protagonists in Green Pepper's novels—trampling Tang San and taking down Yu Xiaogang.

But he was only an ordinary person. Whether he could even awaken soul power was still a question, so how could he accomplish such great feats?

Besides, he had never truly disliked Tang San.

He only hated that he could not become an overpowered cheat like Tang San.

If his talent was high enough, he would not mind imitating the protagonists of Green Pepper's fanfiction. But if he had no soul power, then he would simply be an ordinary person in peace, find some way to earn money, and become a wealthy man.

"All right, child. Come over here."

At Su Yuntao's signal, Ning Chuan stepped into the Awakening Formation formed by six black Awakening Stones. As Su Yuntao poured in soul power, a faint golden-red glow enveloped his entire body.

Then, it felt as though he had entered a warm world, indescribably comfortable.

The warm aura seeped into his body. Ning Chuan vaguely felt as though something inside him had shattered. Immediately afterward, a warm current that had not existed before appeared within him. It was weak, but it undeniably existed and did not disappear.

Finally, it surged toward his palm together with the warm aura.

Su Yuntao's eyes immediately lit up. Before this, he had already visited six villages, yet not a single person had awakened soul power. But within that golden radiance, the golden specks of light that appeared this time, while not comparable to Tang San's, outnumbered the combined total of the previous seven children. He vaguely sensed that this seemed to be a rather good spirit.