Su Yuntao: Hesitate to Join the Martial Soul Hall?

Nuoding City, Stone Mirror Village.

The villagers here mostly possess stone or mirror-type Martial Souls.

In a house in the center of the village, the annual Martial Soul awakening ceremony was underway.

The person responsible for the awakening was Su Yuntao, a deacon from the Nuoding City branch of Martial Soul Hall.

"Martial Soul: Stone Tablet. No soul power. You cannot become a Soul Master. Next."

"Martial Soul: Mirror. No soul power... Next."

"..."

Out of eleven six-year-old children, not a single one had soul power. Su Yuntao turned his gaze toward the final child.

Su Yuntao had long noticed the difference in this last six-year-old; his calm demeanor and steady gaze reminded him of Tang San from Holy Soul Village.

Before coming to Stone Mirror Village, when he presided over the awakening ceremony at Holy Soul Village, the performance of that child was much like the one before him now.

Despite being only six years old, they both gave him a sense of maturity and composure.

The image of Tang San's trash Martial Soul, Blue Silver Grass, combined with his Innate Full Soul Power, flashed through Su Yuntao's mind.

He held a glimmer of expectation: would this child awaken soul power? With this thought, Su Yuntao spoke, "You're the last one. Stand in the center of the awakening array."

Ling Yun took a deep breath and stepped into the awakening array.

Ever since he realized this was Douluo Continent, he had been waiting for this day.

"Focus your mind and spirit, and carefully feel the changes in your body!" After Su Yuntao gave this reminder, he injected soul power into the six awakening stones. Specks of golden light drifted out, more numerous than all the previous children combined.

Seeing this, Su Yuntao's expectations grew even higher.

Ling Yun only felt his body growing warm, experiencing an unprecedented sense of relaxation. A warm current surged from the depths of his bloodline, then split in two, converging toward his hands. He clenched his left hand, and with a thought, the Martial Soul in his left hand vanished in an instant.

Su Yuntao's voice rang out, "Extend your right hand!"

Ling Yun subconsciously opened his right hand, and a mirror hovered silently above his palm! The frame of the mirror was gold and circular. The surface was half white and half red, the two colors presenting an interlocking Yin-Yang pattern, just like a Taiji diagram. Each color occupied half, but they could shift according to Ling Yun's will. The Yin-Yang could transform, the proportions were at his command, and the size was as he pleased.

"Yin-Yang Mirror!" Ling Yun spoke the name transmitted by the Martial Soul.

"Yin-Yang Mirror! Named after Yin and Yang..." Su Yuntao had his own criteria for judging Martial Souls; names that sounded this imposing and carried elemental attributes were usually powerful Martial Souls.

After he stared at the Yin-Yang Mirror for two breaths, a vast and ancient aura emerged. In his state of Martial Soul Possession, he looked like a werewolf, and now, his eyes turned even greener and brighter!

"Quick, put the Martial Soul away. Just think about retracting it, then place your hand on the soul power testing crystal ball."

Ling Yun followed his instructions. The next moment, the blue crystal ball lit up with a dazzling radiance, shining like a hundred-watt lightbulb.

"Innate Full Soul Power! Hahaha..."

Su Yuntao opened the door and called the other children out. Afterward, he deactivated his Martial Soul Possession, returning to his handsome appearance with a face full of smiles.

"That... little Yun! I would like to invite you to join Martial Soul Hall."

"Thank you for your invitation, but I am used to being unrestrained. Such a major decision as joining Martial Soul Hall requires me to go back and consider it."

"Consider? Does joining Martial Soul Hall require consideration? What is there to consider!" Su Yuntao was anxious; he wanted to advance his career too much!

With such talent, as long as he recruited him into Martial Soul Hall, it would be a great achievement, and he would never lack resources for cultivation up to the Soul Elder level.

Martial Soul Hall's branches were spread across Douluo Continent; no matter how remote the area, staff were sent to awaken the Martial Souls of age-appropriate children. Why? For the sake of talent!

As long as Ling Yun joined, as his guide, it wouldn't be impossible for Su Yuntao to rise from a deacon to the branch master of Nuoding City!

Thinking of this, Su Yuntao promoted it even more vigorously, "Perhaps you don't understand what Martial Soul Hall signifies."

"Our Martial Soul Hall is the holy land for Soul Masters, the number one Soul Master organization on the continent, and the best choice for civilian Soul Masters."

"Perhaps you don't know what Innate Full Soul Power signifies! Our records clearly state that in the past hundred years, only 19 people with Innate Full Soul Power have appeared on Douluo Continent."

"With your talent, joining Martial Soul Hall, it is very likely you will be taken as a disciple by His Holiness the Pope."

"His Holiness the Pope is a Titled Douluo; you understand what that means, right!"

Ling Yun could understand Su Yuntao's intentions, but being stared at with such naked ambition made him feel very uncomfortable.

As for Bibi Dong taking him as a disciple, the fact that he was male ruled out that possibility.

After experiencing the "secret room" incident with Qian Xunji and being chosen by the Rakshasa God as an inheritor, Bibi Dong had gone insane; her mental state was fundamentally abnormal.

She was a ticking time bomb.

If Qian Daoliu were to take him as a disciple, he would agree without a second thought and bow down immediately! Hugging a powerful thigh was nothing to be ashamed of.

The mentality of "if I can't have it, I'll destroy it" likely existed in every major faction, but he was fearless. Feng Xiaotian and Oscar, both possessing Innate Full Soul Power, were living just fine, proving that this was currently a relatively peaceful era. For those with Innate Full Soul Power, the general attitude was to win them over, and if that failed, to prioritize maintaining friendly relations.

He also had his own cheat, and while it couldn't make him invincible immediately, it was enough to ensure his safety.

With a trump card, he had more room for choice.

He wasn't inherently opposed to Martial Soul Hall, but with Bibi Dong as Pope, joining them was out of the question!

The upper echelons of the current Martial Soul Hall were rotten to the core! The faction of Qian Daoliu, which had the ability to clean up the atmosphere, didn't care and had retreated behind the scenes.

Bibi Dong was obsessed with destroying the Angel lineage, and later, she even wanted to destroy the entire continent and herself.

With this madwoman as Pope, whoever wants to join Martial Soul Hall can go ahead.

"Master Su Yuntao, there is no need to persuade me further. I am truly grateful that you awakened my martial soul, and I am not the type to forget such a kindness, but I do not wish to go against my own heart. I yearn for freedom."

"I swear upon my martial soul that once I have successfully grown stronger, I will certainly help you break through to the next major rank!"

"If it is convenient, could you please provide me with a Soul Hunting Permit? I need to enter the Soul Hunting Forest to obtain a soul ring."

Su Yuntao's heart was shattered; how could such a promising talent be so unwilling to join the Martial Soul Hall? He was completely baffled.

Ling Yun's act of swearing upon his martial soul made the reality clear to him: the child before him would not be joining the Martial Soul Hall for the time being.

"Very well! To gain is my fortune, to lose is my fate!"

"I was too impatient. Go back and think it over carefully!"

Su Yuntao took out paper and a pen, scribbling away to fill in Ling Yun's martial soul information. "This is your martial soul certificate. In half a month, come to the Nuoding City Martial Soul Branch and find me; I will take you to the Soul Hunting Forest!"

Su Yuntao thought to himself that establishing a good relationship first was never a mistake. As for the rewards from the Martial Soul Hall, he would just have to see if there were any good seedlings in the villages further ahead!

"Many thanks, Brother Tao!"

"Brother Tao is righteous. Just because you are this righteous, once I make it big, I will definitely bring you up with me!"

Listening to this, Su Yuntao felt much better. He looked at Ling Yun and sighed! His chance for promotion, gone!