Su Chen's home was very ordinary, not much different from the houses of other villagers in the village.
After returning home, Su Chen lay under the eaves to enjoy the shade while the other children got busy.
Some lit fires, while others chopped vegetables.
Children of poor families grew up early and would definitely do some chores, and that very ambitious girl had not been boasting.
From how neatly she handled that fish, one could tell her culinary skills wouldn't be too bad.
Su Chen narrowed his eyes comfortably, his right hand rubbing the droplet-shaped little pendant on his chest.
This pendant was left behind by his parents who had died early, and he didn't know if it was a family heirloom or bought in the city.
Su Chen thought the design was nice, and touching it gave a warm, jade-like feel, so he had always worn it on his body.
Suddenly, the pendant on his chest glowed slightly.
Child, you are the hope that will change everything.
A majestic voice suddenly echoed in Su Chen's mind, making him sit up with a start.
Goodness, was it haunted in broad daylight?
Fortunately, Su Chen's understanding wasn't really like that of a six-year-old child, and he quickly lowered his head to look at the pendant on his chest.
"S-Senior, are you inside the pendant?"
Whether human or ghost, shouting "senior" could never be wrong, right?
That majestic voice sounded once more:
"You could also view it that way."
Su Chen took off the pendant and looked at it carefully.
Several years had passed, yet he had never discovered anything different about this pendant.
Besides, this was the Douluo Continent, not Battle Through the Heavens, so how did an old senior get summoned from his pendant?
Yet Su Chen did not feel happy because of this.
Who knew if the fellow speaking was an enlightening Yao Lao, or some old monster plotting a body seizure?
"Um, Senior, do you need something from me?"
"Your talent is very high and shouldn't be wasted, and I can give you the best guidance to make you grow to an extent you can hardly imagine."
"My talent?"
"That's right. Although Twin Martial Souls are rare, they still cannot hide from my eyes-a spear and a shield, and the quality of both is very high. Your Twin Martial Souls are quite interesting."
Su Chen fell silent for a moment.
He had never told anyone else about possessing Twin Martial Souls.
Still, being recognized as a Twin Martial Soul at a glance always gave Su Chen a strange sense of déjà vu.
Could this nameless senior be neither a renowned teacher like Yao Lao nor an old monster wanting to seize a body, but rather a "Grandmaster" just like Yu Xiaogang?
In the Divine Realm, the eyes of the God of Destruction grew increasingly bright.
"The essences of your two martial souls conflict to a degree, causing your Innate Soul Power to not even reach Level 10, yet the conflict between the two is not absolute and remains in a state of mutual generation and restraint."
"Otherwise, you wouldn't even have Level 5 Innate Soul Power; your innate soul power would either be zero, or you wouldn't even awaken a martial soul."
The God of Destruction was very puzzled. A Soul Master with this kind of talent should have had a considerable probability of becoming a god, so why was he not among those who became gods in the past life of the Douluo Continent?
Yet thinking that Tang San existed on the Douluo Continent, everything was unremarkable.
Tang San had undoubtedly taken all the opportunities and additionally brought along a bunch of connected people to become gods.
Perhaps this Su Chen's fortune had been stolen, and he had either faded into the crowd or perished halfway.
Damn Tang San.
While the God of Destruction was "lavishing praise" on Tang San, Su Chen asked the pendant:
"Senior, might I ask who you are?"
The traits of his Twin Martial Souls were stated in one breath by "Senior," leading Su Chen to feel that this senior would be stronger than Yu Xiaogang no matter what.
"My name is Destruction! I am one of the Five God Kings of the Divine Realm."
The God of Destruction had no intention of hiding his identity whatsoever and stated it directly.
Su Chen: ...
To be honest, he suspected he had run into a scam.
I! Qin Shi Huang! Send money!
Did the Douluo Continent have this kind of operation too?
However, no one on the Douluo Continent should dare impersonate the God of Destruction, right? After all, very few people on the Douluo Continent currently knew that gods truly existed, let alone the God of Destruction.
If he claimed to be the Angel God, a few more people might have heard of it.
"Um, Senior Destruction, since you are a god, shouldn't you be staying in the Divine Realm? What are you looking for a child like me for, who has just awakened his martial soul not long ago?"
Su Chen half-believed the identity of the God of Destruction.
It was simply that he could not think of any reason for the God of Destruction to approach him-just because his talent was high?
"There will be a huge crisis in the Divine Realm in the future, and I need to borrow your strength."
Above all else, this personality of the God of Destruction where he answered every question surprised Su Chen.
After all, regardless of whether what he said was true or false, at least the person was willing to answer instead of beating around the bush or simply refusing to speak.
As for the Divine Realm crisis mentioned by the God of Destruction, what Su Chen could think of was the Space-Time Turbulence tens of thousands of years later.
Yet if this person truly was the God of Destruction, how could he foresee a crisis tens of thousands of years in the future? That was somewhat unreasonable.
"Senior Destruction, you yourself said it's a Divine Realm crisis. I am not even a Soul Master yet, so what kind of help can I offer you?"
"Therefore, I will train you to grow strong quickly."
The God of Destruction deeply felt that time and tide waited for no man. To a deity like him, several decades were equivalent to a mere instant.
If he did nothing, Tang San would become a god almost in a flash.
Before Su Chen could ask other questions this time, the God of Destruction spoke:
"I am now imparting a method of meditation to you. Comprehend it well to accelerate your cultivation speed."
As he spoke, a profound and abstruse fluctuation was transmitted from the pendant.
Su Chen only felt his mind buzz as he nearly lost consciousness.
He did not know how long had passed-perhaps an instant, or perhaps eternity-when Su Chen "saw" a bizarre scene.
Two gorgeous energies intertwined with each other, evolving two completely different laws.
Su Chen's realm fell far short of fathoming this wondrous sight, but he had a vague feeling that these two energies represented life and destruction.
After not knowing how much more time passed, these two endlessly entangling energies finally stabilized.
They respectively transformed into a towering giant tree and a cluster of purple spherical liquid.
Then, Su Chen's vision blurred, and when he opened his eyes, he was still in front of his own door.
"Su Chen, dinner is ready."
The children's call came from inside the house.
"Su Chen..."
"Coming."
Su Chen shook his head somewhat dazed. Everything that had happened just now felt like a dream.
As he slowly stood up, he was astonished to discover that his soul power had already increased by one level.
"Senior Destruction, are you still there?"
Su Chen asked the pendant.
"Practice with the meditation method I passed to you first. I'm going to find a suitable spear technique for you; besides soul power, your offensive means must also keep up."
Having spoken, the God of Destruction went offline.
There were quite a few deities who used spears in the Divine Realm. When the Divine Realm War broke out back then, a deity with a very unique spear technique had fallen, and his legacy seemed to still exist. He had to go find it.
Su Chen: ...
Was this truly not his hallucination?
Otherwise, how could a deity who spoke so nicely, answered every question, took the initiative to impart techniques, and planned for his future in advance actively seek him out?
If it was a trap, this bait was far too enticing, right?
Besides, he didn't have anything worth other people plotting against either!
"Brother Su Chen."
"Coming, coming."
Things had reached this point; let's eat first.
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