Sword Fifteen, First Grasp of Sword Intent

Sword Fifteen, First Grasp of Sword Intent

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 Soul Power at rank five. Although his martial soul is only a rusty iron sword, that's still quite good."

Then, Su Yuntao looked at Xiao Tian with a smile. "Little fellow, are you interested in joining Martial Soul Hall and studying at Martial Soul Hall Academy?"

Su Yuntao had extended an invitation to Xiao Tian. As a commoner himself, he knew well that Martial Soul Hall was absolutely the most suitable faction for commoner Soul Masters.

When the village chief saw Su Yuntao's gaze land on Xiao Tian, he immediately understood. It seemed Xiao Tian had awakened a martial soul that Su Yuntao liked.

Though it was only a rusty sword, with Innate Soul Power at rank five, becoming a Soul King would not be a problem if he cultivated normally.

The village chief himself was also a Soul Master, and he knew that martial souls would more or less undergo changes after Spirit Rings were added. Moreover, he was a blacksmith, so he naturally understood that Xiao Tian's Sword Martial Soul would not remain a rusty sword forever!

Adding Spirit Rings had a certain chance of changing a martial soul's appearance or even strengthening it.

"Little Tian, what do you think?"

The village chief was not in a hurry to have Xiao Tian join Martial Soul Hall.

Every year, whenever Soul Masters with soul power awakened in their village, Su Yuntao would invite anyone whose Innate Soul Power was above rank two. He was already used to it.

However, since most 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 falling silent for a moment, Xiao Tian showed 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 Martial Soul Hall!"

Xiao Tian's refusal surprised Su Yuntao somewhat, but there was nothing he could say.

He felt that this child Xiao Tian was indeed a little too naive. He longed for the outside world, but the outside world was far from friendly to commoners.

Forget it. Once Xiao Tian ran into some setbacks, perhaps he would go to Martial Soul Hall Academy on his own. It would be good for him to gain a little experience outside first.

Afterward, Su Yuntao bade the old village chief farewell and headed for the next village.

Xiao Tian truly did not want to enter Martial Soul Hall too early. Right now, he was more curious about what was going on with this system. If he had the chance, he also wanted to meet some of the people in this world first.

Douluo was commonly known as Love Continent, after all.

In his previous life, aside from collecting all kinds of famous swords, he also loved 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. Three months from now, you can attend Notting Academy near the village."

Xiao Tian hesitated. "Village Chief Grandpa, wouldn't it be inappropriate to give the slot to me? There are others in the village who awakened martial souls and soul power too."

"Hahaha, who told you our village only has one Work-Study Student slot? Notting Academy only has one such slot, that's all. Don't worry about it. Come on, go with me to the Blacksmith Shop. Didn't you want a longsword?"

As he spoke, the village chief looked at Su Yuntao again and bowed slightly in gratitude. "Thank you, Lord Soul Master, for coming all this way every year to awaken the martial souls of our children."

Ding! Detected an Eighty Thousand Year Blue Silver King near the host. Please proceed with caution!

Xiao Tian followed the village chief to the Blacksmith Shop. Along the way, the crazed system kept broadcasting that there was a Blue Silver King nearby, but all he saw were Blue Silver Grass growing everywhere. Where was there any trace of a Blue Silver King?

Xiao Tian shook his head in irritation, unwilling to pay it any attention.

Suddenly, he accidentally stepped on a stalk of Blue Silver Grass. Not thinking much of it, he simply moved his foot away. Blue Silver Grass was like ordinary weeds from his previous life—something no one would bother noticing.

But then, the system's voice suddenly rang out.

Holy shit! The host actually crushed the Eighty Thousand Year Blue Silver King to death, greatly shocking the system and triggering a Critical Reward!

Reward: Enlightenment Boost. Innate Soul Power raised to rank ten!

Xiao Tian: ???

Xiao Tian was completely dumbfounded. Was this system really that insane?

He could not help looking 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 crush an Eighty Thousand Year Blue Silver King to death?

Even though he had read plenty of webnovels in his previous life, he was utterly confused. He had every reason to suspect that this system thought his talent was too poor, so it had taken a roundabout way to give him a reward!

After all, he had a system. If its host were too pathetic, wouldn't the system lose face as well?

Since the system was being so proactive, he would reluctantly accept this reward. Hehe, truly the type to take advantage and still act wronged!

Blacksmith Shop.

The village chief handed the longsword he had forged to Xiao Tian and said with a smile, "Little 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 said possessively, "Village Chief Grandpa, since you said this iron sword was made for me, you can't go back on your word, not even because my martial soul is a sword."

"Alright, alright, I never said I wouldn't give it to you. Oh, right, Little Tian, can you show me your martial soul?"

Xiao Tian nodded and flipped his right hand over. "Fifteen, come out!"

The next moment, a pitch-black longsword appeared in Xiao Tian's right hand. However, Xiao Tian discovered that the rust which had originally covered Sword Fifteen's blade had vanished. Was it because his Innate Soul Power had increased, causing the quality of his martial soul to improve as well?

"Huh, Little 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 isn't there any rust? How strange."

Then, Sword Fifteen in Xiao Tian's hand politely bowed toward the old village chief. Its blade swayed softly from side to side in an indescribably comical manner.

This left the old village chief rather shocked. In all his years as a Soul Master and blacksmith, this was the first time he had seen such a spiritual martial soul!

"Little Tian, your martial soul seems very extraordinary. There's a feeling about it that I can't quite put into words..."

The old village chief had a sharp eye. He believed Xiao Tian's martial soul was rather unusual.

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 had passed.

Led by the village chief, Xiao Tian finally arrived at the entrance of Notting Academy.

Over the past three months, he had spent every day practicing swordsmanship on the Back Mountain. Whenever his Soul Power was abundant, he used Sword Fifteen; once it was exhausted, he used the Iron Sword the village chief had given him.

Moreover, perhaps because of the system reward, Enlightenment Boost, he had easily cultivated Sword Intent. He could even condense Sword Qi at his fingertips and fire it outward!

This left him rather surprised. Aside from swinging his sword, he did not know many other sword techniques, yet he had somehow mastered Sword Intent first. Wasn't that order a little backwards?

After the gatekeeper checked Xiao Tian's Work-Study Student certificate, he did not say much and simply let him in. Xiao Tian thought to himself, That's more like it. Where would there be so many face-slapping scenarios? The gatekeeper is just an ordinary person—how would he dare provoke a future Soul Master like this?

As expected, Xiao Tian was assigned to the work-study student dormitory, Dorm Seven.

The moment he entered, everyone in the dorm turned to look at him. One of them, with a rather arrogant expression, said, "You're the new student, right? My name is Wang Sheng. We in Dorm Seven have a rule: if you want to come in, you have to fight the Dorm Leader first!"

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