"Line up, one at a time."
After summoning his Lone Wolf Martial Soul and possessing it,
Su Yuntao stood beside the Martial Soul Awakening array, two Soul Rings—a white one and a yellow one—circling around him as he motioned for the children to come forward.
"Stand in the middle of the formation. Relax your mind, and don't resist."
The first child was a chubby little boy. So nervous he could barely coordinate his limbs, he stumbled into the formation.
Su Yuntao rapidly clapped his hands, sending streams of Soul Power into the six black stones. The Martial Soul Awakening array immediately lit up.
A hazy golden glow enveloped the little boy in the center.
At the same time, countless golden specks drifted outward, streaming into the boy's body.
"Hold out your right hand."
When the boy's body stopped absorbing the golden specks,
Su Yuntao spoke at once, his voice low and firm.
The boy opened his eyes as instructed and held out his chubby little hand.
A moment later, the faint image of a small hoe quietly appeared.
"A hoe. A Tool Martial Soul."
"Here, test your Soul Power."
Su Yuntao held the crystal ball out to him.
The little boy placed his hand on it, but the crystal ball showed no reaction.
"No Soul Power. Next."
The Martial Souls awakened in the next few children were all sorts: sickles, hoes, Blue Silver Grass...
Without exception, none of the crystal balls lit up.
At last, it was Tang San's turn.
He took a deep breath, stepped into the center of the formation, and closed his eyes.
The moment the golden light enveloped him, he felt a gentle force flow into his body, rousing something dormant within him.
"Summon your Martial Soul!"
At Su Yuntao's low command,
Tang San held out his right hand.
In an instant, amid a flash of blue light,
the faint image of a Blue Silver Grass plant appeared in his palm, swaying gracefully.
"Blue Silver Grass?"
Disappointment flickered in Su Yuntao's eyes, but professional discipline kept his expression calm.
"The standard form of a Trash Martial Soul. Let's test your Soul Power."
One child remained. He looked unusually handsome and refined, unlike an ordinary child from this village.
That left Su Yuntao with a sliver of hope.
He held the crystal ball out to Tang San, though he had little hope left.
Tang San gently laid his palm against the crystal ball.
The next moment, a sudden change!
The crystal ball seemed to ignite like the sun, bursting into dazzling blue light!
The light was so brilliant that it instantly illuminated the entire dim hall as bright as day, even outshining the formation's golden glow!
It continued to shine, showing no sign of dimming.
"I-Innate Full Soul Power?!"
Su Yuntao cried out, his composure replaced by sheer disbelief.
He stared at the radiant crystal ball, then whipped his gaze toward the seemingly ordinary Blue Silver Grass in Tang San's palm. His eyes brimmed with disbelief and bewilderment.
How could a Trash Martial Soul like Blue Silver Grass possibly possess Innate Full Soul Power?
It turned everything he knew on its head!
Just then, Tang San held his other hand behind his back.
Deep in the sleeve of his right hand, the faint image of a small, pitch-black hammer flashed and vanished.
Tang Yin noticed it, but wasn't surprised.
Just as expected!
Little San had awakened Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer as Twin Martial Souls, with Innate Full Soul Power.
I wonder if I'll be the same!
Tang Yin felt a little nervous.
As identical twins, he felt he might awaken Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer as Twin Martial Souls, too.
But in his previous life, someone online had claimed that Tang San's Innate Soul Power was entirely due to cultivating the Mysterious Heaven Skill.
That left Tang Yin unsure what level his own Innate Soul Power would be.
"Ah! Why did it have to be Blue Silver Grass?"
"It doesn't have the slightest attack power. It's a complete Trash Martial Soul."
"If only... even a sickle or a hoe would've been better..."
After recovering from his shock, Su Yuntao wore a complicated expression and gave a bitter smile.
"Next!"
After sending Tang San away, Su Yuntao turned his gaze to Tang Yin.
"You're the last one, little guy!"
"Come on over!"
A sliver of hope stirred in Su Yuntao's heart as he beckoned Tang Yin over.
At that, Tang Yin took a deep breath and stepped into the formation.
Soon, a faint golden light enveloped him. Su Yuntao formed another series of hand seals to guide the ritual, and countless golden specks streamed into Tang Yin's body.
For a moment, Tang Yin felt an incredible warmth within him, as if he were soaking in a hot spring. Countless warm currents flowed through every part of his body before gathering in his dantian.
"Hold out your right hand and summon your Martial Soul!"
At the sound of Su Yuntao's voice, Tang Yin opened his eyes and held out his right hand.
In an instant, a hazy violet gleam flashed through Tang Yin's eyes.
Tang San was startled.
Th-That flash of purple in Big Brother's eyes just now...
Why did it look so much like the Purple Demon Eye?
The next moment, following a mysterious prompting, Tang Yin focused his thoughts.
Both his hands began to change.
Beneath the skin of his fair, delicate hands, something like jade marrow seemed to flow, quickly spreading across his palms until they took on the smooth, hard, flawless sheen of fine jade.
His knuckles and fingernails became as if carved from the finest white jade, giving off a soft, restrained glow in the dim hall.
A cool, resilient aura emanated faintly from them, as if able to keep everything at bay.
"W-What is this?"
Su Yuntao was completely dumbfounded.
He had presided over awakening ceremonies for years, but had never seen anything this strange!
There was no Martial Soul apparition, yet a part of the body had undergone a substantial transformation?
Was this a Martial Soul, or some kind of mutation?
"A mutated Martial Soul of the hands?"
Su Yuntao could hardly believe it as he examined Tang Yin's jade-white hands.
"It's neither the manifestation of a Tool Martial Soul nor the Possession of a Beast Martial Soul... Child, does your Martial Soul feel unusual in any way?"
Seeing that the Martial Soul of his hands looked exactly like his younger brother Tang San's Mysterious Jade Hand, Tang Yin was rocked by a storm of emotion. He could hardly believe it.
He forced down his shock and said,
"They feel... hard and cold."
He tried clenching his fists and could clearly feel that the strength and resilience of his hands had increased considerably.
If his hands were the Mysterious Jade Hand,
then could that strange gleam in his eyes just now have been the Purple Demon Eye?
"Strange. What a strange Martial Soul."
Su Yuntao shook his head and held out the crystal ball.
"Let's test your Soul Power."
Tang Yin placed his jade-white right hand on the crystal ball.
The same dazzling light that had appeared when Tang San was tested burst forth again.
"Another one with Innate Full Soul Power?!"
Su Yuntao was utterly dumbfounded.
The light gradually faded. Tang Yin withdrew his hand, and the jade-white color slowly receded from his palm, restoring its original complexion.
He could hardly believe it. His mind was a complete blank.
The Mysterious Jade Hand and the Purple Demon Eye... the Tang Sect Secret Arts had become my Martial Souls?
And I have Twin Martial Souls?
What on earth is going on?
Tang Yin's mind was a tangled mess. He couldn't make sense of it.
Where had his Tang Sect Secret Arts Martial Souls even come from?
But these should count as Body Martial Souls.
To reach Innate Full Soul Power, the Purple Demon Eye and the Mysterious Jade Hand must both have been at least Innate Soul Power Level Five.
Their quality was top-tier among Body Martial Souls.
Could only say, they really were worthy of being Martial Souls formed from the Tang Sect Secret Arts?
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