The Beginning

"Blue Silver Grass, a useless Martial Soul. Innate Soul Power: Level One."

Yun Feng jolted awake from his nightmare, his eyes filled with terror.

After wiping the sweat from his forehead, he looked at his tiny palms and suddenly felt like crying without tears.

This damn thing wasn't a dream!

Thinking back to when he had awakened his Martial Soul during the day, Yun Feng had believed that, as a transmigrator who had come to Douluo, he should at least receive some heaven-defying Martial Soul or heaven-defying system. Only then would it suit his identity as a transmigrator.

Before transmigrating, he had read plenty of webnovels. How could anyone who came from Blue Star not become powerful?

Then reality swiftly dealt Yun Feng a crushing blow. Watching the Chosen One, God King Tang, the Double-Standard Buddha, awaken his two Martial Souls, he stepped forward full of confidence.

What greeted him was Su Yuntao's disappointed gaze.

"If only it were Blue Silver Grass. Even Level One Soul Power could become a Spirit Master."

After six years of transmigration, his hopes had been dashed in a single day.

It was impossible not to feel disappointed!

Just as Yun Feng was being overwhelmed by those negative emotions, the door suddenly opened.

An old man entered, leaning on a cane and carrying an oil lamp in one hand. Through the flickering flame, Old Jack saw Yun Feng's appearance and approached his bed with concern in his eyes.

"Feng'er, did you have a nightmare?"

Only then did Yun Feng come back to his senses. Looking at the wrinkles on his grandfather's face and the worry in his eyes, he forced a smile. After suppressing his negative emotions, he said,

"Grandpa, I'm fine."

Old Jack sighed. How could he fail to see that his grandson was putting on a brave front?

"Alright, Feng'er. You don't need to pretend in front of Grandpa."

"Grandpa will only ask you one thing. Do you want to become a Spirit Master?"

The lamplight seemed so warm within the dark, cramped room. Looking into his grandfather's eyes, Yun Feng found himself unable to say the words of refusal that had reached his lips.

In the end, he followed his heart and said firmly,

"Grandpa, I want to become a Spirit Master!"

Old Jack suddenly smiled when he heard Yun Feng's words.

"If that's the case, then in a few days, you can go enroll at Notting Junior Soul Master Academy with Tang San."

Yun Feng froze. "Grandpa, didn't you already give the village's work-study student slot to Tang San? Why...?"

Hearing this, Old Jack put on a mysterious expression and said,

"So what? Without a work-study student slot, does that mean Grandpa has no money? I'm the village chief, after all. We'll just enroll normally!"

Yun Feng fell silent upon hearing that. He had lived here for six years; how could he not know the family's true circumstances? On this continent, ordinary people were lucky just to survive.

After being exploited layer upon layer by the nobles, there was not much money left. If Spirit Hall had not managed things over the years, commoners' lives would have been even harder.

So when Jack said that, Yun Feng understood.

Yun Feng's voice suddenly trembled. Though he had been adopted and did not even know who his parents were, over the past six years, he had long since regarded Jack as family.

"Grandpa, I..."

Just as Yun Feng wanted to say something more, Old Jack changed his tone and said sternly,

"Since you chose this path, you must walk it properly, understand?"

"Feng'er, you aren't as gifted as others, so Grandpa hopes you can make up for your shortcomings through diligence. That's the only way you can go farther!"

Just as Yun Feng was about to nod in agreement, a mechanical voice suddenly appeared in his mind.

[Detected that the host has awakened his Martial Soul and received Jack's advice: diligence can make up for shortcomings. Meditate for at least one shichen every day. Reward: meditation speed increased threefold, meditation quality increased threefold.]

Upon hearing that voice, Yun Feng instantly went blank. He thought he was hallucinating, but when he saw the light screen within his sea of consciousness, he finally realized that his cheat might have arrived!

Forcibly suppressing the excitement in his heart, he smiled directly at Grandpa Jack by the bedside and said,

"Grandpa, I understand. I'll become a Spirit Master that others envy, and when that time comes, I'll let you live a good life!"

Jack smiled as well after hearing those words.

"Then it's settled."

After his grandfather left the room, he took the lamp with him. The house returned to silence, but Yun Feng's eyes now gleamed brightly.

Such were the ups and downs of life!

"System, are you there?"

Yun Feng silently asked in his heart, but he received no response.

The light screen in his sea of consciousness still displayed only the words that had just appeared.

Yun Feng tried every method he could think of during that time, but nothing changed. In the end, he could only give up.

However, Yun Feng did not go back to sleep this time. Instead, he sat down cross-legged.

He began cultivating. At first, he did not notice any improvement, making Yun Feng think that his golden finger was fake.

Still, Yun Feng persisted. After one shichen, the cultivation speed within his body suddenly changed!

The circulation speed of his Soul Power instantly increased threefold, and even its quality improved.

Feeling that change, Yun Feng understood how to use his golden finger!

Did receiving advice and fulfilling it earn him rewards?

That wasn't bad. What if he went and found more people to give him advice?

So what if his Martial Soul was Blue Silver Grass? So what if his Innate Soul Power was only Level One?

It was only one piece of advice, yet after fulfilling it, both his cultivation speed and quality had changed!

Thinking of this, Yun Feng became even more hopeful about the future!

The night quickly passed.

The next morning, when Jack came to Yun Feng's room and saw him still cultivating diligently, he was instantly gratified.

Jack was merely a commoner and did not even possess Innate Soul Power, but he knew that as long as one recognized what they wanted to do and persisted, they would surely achieve something in the future. Even if one's luck was terrible, at least one had tried and been brave. Even if one accomplished nothing, when one grew old in the future,

one would not regret in old age that one had failed to act when young.

Seeing Yun Feng like this, Jack did not disturb him. He quietly left the room and went to prepare breakfast.

Only after a long while did Yun Feng reluctantly withdraw from his cultivation state.

He had no choice. He was hungry.

However, feeling the additional Soul Power within his body, Yun Feng's eyes still overflowed with excitement.

After just one night, he felt that his Level One Soul Power was about to become Level Two.

Although he knew that the early levels of Soul Power were easier to cultivate, after experiencing his original cultivation speed and then his current one, while it could not be called the difference between heaven and earth, there was still an enormous gulf between them!