Discovering the Anomaly in Martial Soul Hall

Although he held back during his martial soul awakening and did not reveal the fact that he possessed Innate Super Soul Power, a surplus of soul power had still entered the crystal ball at that time.

While it would not cause the crystal ball to shatter immediately, it was bound to cause problems after a long period of use. If Martial Soul Hall were determined to investigate, they would certainly trace it back to him; it was only a matter of time.

When that time came, if Martial Soul Hall discovered Tang Hao and then found out that his son possessed Innate Super Soul Power, would that not be a disaster? Martial Soul Hall would surely go mad!

By then, the three of them—father and sons—would be in grave danger!

And the facts were exactly as such.

At this moment, inside the Martial Soul Hall of Nuoding City.

A group of children was preparing for the martial soul awakening ceremony, and as luck would have it, the one presiding over the ceremony was Su Yuntao, and he was using that same blue crystal ball to test soul power.

The quality of soul masters in Nuoding City was significantly better than in places like Holy Soul Village. Among the eight children who had already awakened, four possessed innate soul power, with the highest being level five, and the martial soul was quite decent—a Wind Baboon.

There were two children left, and Su Yuntao awakened them one by one.

The ninth was a boy whose martial soul was a dagger, with Innate Soul Power of level one.

The last was a girl; her awakened martial soul was excellent and belonged to the plant category.

"Not bad, come and test your soul power," Su Yuntao said, taking out the crystal ball.

The girl placed her hand on it, and the crystal ball released a dazzling light.

"Innate Full Soul Power!" Su Yuntao widened his eyes.

However, before he could even rejoice, the crystal ball in his hand went "crack" and shattered into powder.

The girl looked at Su Yuntao in a panic.

Su Yuntao stood there stunned, then looked at the girl as if she were a monster, his eyes filled with a fanatical expression.

"Could it be... Little one, don't run around; I'm going to go get someone," Su Yuntao instructed, then ran off with an excited expression.

Before long, Su Yuntao returned with an old man who looked to be sixty or seventy years old, carrying a yellow crystal ball.

"Master Ma Xiunuo, this is the child," Su Yuntao said, appearing very respectful in front of the old man.

Ma Xiunuo was also a bit excited at this moment. "Are you sure? Is it Innate Super Soul Power?"

"I'm not certain yet, but the crystal ball did indeed shatter," Su Yuntao said.

Ma Xiunuo looked at the slightly timid girl and said to Su Yuntao, "If it really is Innate Super Soul Power, then your contribution will be immense! You might even be transferred directly to the main Martial Soul Hall; I guarantee you'll become a Soul King without any issues!"

"Thank you, Master Ma Xiunuo!" Su Yuntao looked exceptionally excited.

Ma Xiunuo waved his hand, looked at the girl with a gentle expression, and said, "Child, what is your name?"

"Grandpa, my name is Mu Jing," the girl said weakly.

Ma Xiunuo chuckled, "Don't be afraid, we are just surprised by your talent."

"Is my talent very good?" Mu Jing asked curiously.

Ma Xiunuo thought to himself that Innate Full Soul Power was a certainty, and if it were Innate Super Soul Power, she would be a rare genius indeed; in any case, either one qualified as an extraordinary talent.

"Your talent is very good, I can confirm that, but now we want to see if your talent can be even better," Ma Xiunuo smiled, then signaled for Su Yuntao to test her soul power.

"Little one, I am going to test your soul power once more to verify your talent," Su Yuntao said with a gentle smile.

"Okay," Mu Jing nodded and placed her hand on the crystal ball again.

This crystal ball was different from the one that had just shattered; it could measure any soul power below level thirty, making it the most suitable for testing Innate Super Soul Power.

As soul power was injected, the crystal ball lit up again, quickly reaching the level ten mark.

Ma Xiunuo and Su Yuntao both watched the crystal ball expectantly.

But after waiting for a long while, the light of the crystal ball did not advance even an inch further.

Ma Xiunuo sighed, "It seems it is not Innate Super Soul Power after all."

"Then why did the crystal ball shatter?" Su Yuntao asked hurriedly.

Ma Xiunuo frowned and pondered for a few seconds. "Usually, the only reason a soul power testing crystal ball would shatter is if the level of soul power being tested exceeds the range the crystal ball can withstand. But this child who just awakened has Innate Soul Power of level ten, which is exactly within the maximum testing range of the crystal ball. So why would it shatter?"

After thinking for a moment, he said to Mu Jing, "Did you hold back any soul power that you didn't inject into the crystal ball?"

Mu Jing shook her head.

To verify if Mu Jing was lying, Ma Xiunuo personally checked the state of the soul power within her body.

Mu Jing was certainly not lying, so Ma Xiunuo, unable to find the cause, let the children go and took Su Yuntao to his office.

"Yuntao, have you caused any accidents that might have damaged the crystal ball?" Ma Xiunuo looked at Su Yuntao with a serious expression.

Su Yuntao shook his head quickly. "No, I have always been very careful. Besides, ordinary drops or impacts cannot cause any damage to the crystal ball!"

"Then there is only one possibility," Ma Xiunuo's tone also became serious. "Among the children you awakened previously, one of them must have had Innate Super Soul Power! But when they tested their soul power, they suppressed it and didn't let it all flow into the crystal ball. However, because it was their first awakening and they lacked strong control, they still injected a tiny amount of soul power that exceeded the crystal ball's testing range."

"This tiny bit of excess soul power wasn't enough to shatter the crystal ball immediately, but it still caused some damage. Combined with the subsequent uses, the damage to the crystal ball expanded, and finally, when it encountered this child with Innate Full Soul Power, it led to the crystal ball shattering."

After speaking, Ma Xiunuo paused for a moment, as if giving Su Yuntao time to digest the information. "Think carefully: over the past few months, how many children with soul power have you encountered in total?"

Su Yuntao frowned and pondered for a moment, then said, "For the past few months, I have been conducting awakening ceremonies in various villages around Nuoding City, but there were only... five children with soul power. If you add the six from just now, that makes eleven in total."

"The six children from just now have already been checked and can be ruled out. Think about those five—were there any special cases?" Ma Xiunuo said.

Soul masters have excellent memories, so Su Yuntao certainly remembered Tang San and Tang Liu, the two with trash martial souls but Innate Full Soul Power. "Yes, there were two children with Innate Full Soul Power, but they both had the trash martial soul, Blue Silver Grass."

"And the other three?"

Su Yuntao shook his head. "Those three only had Innate Soul Power of level one or two, and their martial souls were also extremely poor."