Shocking Change, Thoughts Manifest

The day after school, Tang Ziran took his son to Mang Tian's workshop.

Under the blessing of the Golden Dragon King's "world-shaking power," Tang Wulin passed Mang Tian's test, successfully became an apprentice at the workshop, and began his blacksmithing career.

Long Yuan said nothing; in his view, learning to forge was indeed Tang Wulin's only way out.

Although the Spirit Pagoda had a series of support plans for talent, with his level-three soul power and Blue Silver Grass, he couldn't even touch the requirements.

Unless he exposed his Golden Dragon King bloodline, but how could that be possible?

Consequently, for the past few days, Tang Wulin had been living a routine life: eating breakfast and going to school every morning, rushing to Mang Tian's workshop immediately after school, learning to forge for two hours, then returning home to eat, wash up, and sleep or meditate.

During this time, Long Yuan gave Tang Wulin a special technique.

It was a cultivation method for qi and blood, capable of assisting the circulation of qi and blood while Tang Wulin forged. By circulating it through the body, he could slowly increase his qi and blood strength, which in turn helped him learn to forge and conserve physical energy.

Although Long Yuan possessed no "world-shaking wisdom," his level was set there, and his perspective was different. Standing on high ground, even his casual, clever ideas could benefit others immensely.

Just like that, a year flashed by.

It was another Martial Soul Awakening Day. Long queues had already formed in front of various academies, filled with eager, age-appropriate children and their hopeful parents.

Tang Ziran's family was among them. Since it was Saturday and everyone was home, they had all come to accompany Na'er to Red Mountain Academy for her awakening.

"Na'er, what martial soul do you think you'll awaken?"

Compared to a year ago, Na'er was significantly more cheerful. She shook her head. "I don't know. They all say there's a high probability of inheriting one's parents' martial souls, but..."

Right, Tang Wulin fell silent.

Soon it was Na'er's turn. They followed the guide to the outside of the awakening room, where the Spirit Master invited by the academy was already prepared.

"Hmm... your name is Na'er, right?" Seeing Na'er for the first time, a flash of amazement crossed the Spirit Master's eyes.

Na'er nodded.

"Very well, come in with me. As for the others, please wait outside for a moment."

The Spirit Master opened the door to the awakening room and walked in first.

Na'er followed closely behind.

Of course, there were actually more than just the two of them entering.

Long Yuan floated in mid-air, watching the two perform the martial soul awakening ceremony.

Although he already had some guesses as to why Na'er hadn't been able to awaken a martial soul, he still decided to watch the ceremony in person to see if there were any details he had missed.

In the room, the Spirit Master waved his hand, and a white light rose, activating the Soul Guidance Array within the room. The energy of heaven and earth surged into Na'er's body.

"Ugh..."

Suddenly, Na'er's face turned pale, and she clutched her head and crouched down.

The Spirit Master was startled and hurriedly tried to stop the array.

But the next moment, a powerful mental shock erupted within the small space.

Caught completely off guard, the Spirit Master's mind went blank, and he collapsed straight to the ground, unconscious.

Of course, even if he had been prepared, it would have been useless; this level of mental shock was not something a level-thirty Soul Grandmaster could withstand.

Long Yuan remained unmoved amidst the mental shock, though his gaze became increasingly serious.

He hadn't expected an accident to actually occur.

After the mental shock ended, images began to emerge around Na'er.

The vast majority were pitch black, with only a small portion visible.

What caught his attention most was the final image that appeared: it depicted a Golden Dragon with a body that blotted out the sky and an aura as majestic as a mountain, alongside a nimble, agile Silver Dragon, surrounded by one figure after another.

"Is this the scene where the gods of the God Realm besieged the Golden Dragon King and the Silver Dragon King?"

He only had vague impressions of this memory. This was the first time he had seen such a clear image. Perhaps it was because he had been imprisoned in the forbidden grounds of the God Realm for so long, or perhaps because of the power of destruction and his tyrannical personality, but in any case, the memories he had inherited were truly scarce, and a significant portion consisted of people cursing.

Of course, this was not the time to dwell on that.

More importantly, it was the power Na'er was exhibiting at this moment.

Thought Manifestation!

It was a hallmark ability of a Limit Douluo, yet it was clear that Na'er could not control this power.

Watching Na'er painfully clutching her head, Long Yuan floated down in front of her, placed his hand on her forehead, and used his divine sense to soothe her rampaging mental power.

In his vision, the memories within the seal were gushing out like water from an opened dam. Although the seal composed of seven-colored chains was absorbing those memories back, it wasn't enough.

The massive amount of memories was simply not something Na'er could bear in such a short time; they could only leave her body in the form of Thought Manifestation, driven by her vast and powerful mental energy, waiting for the seal to eventually lock them all away again.

As for the reason why this was happening...

Long Yuan looked at the silver-white spear in Na'er's Sea of Consciousness and had a guess.

The Silver Dragon Spear, while a divine artifact, was also Na'er's martial soul.

And a martial soul, before awakening, remained hidden within the bloodline and the soul. Only through the awakening ceremony could these two parts be unified, drawing out the true martial soul and finally anchoring it to the body.

However, Na'er did not possess a true physical body, so she could only store her martial soul within her soul. The awakening of her martial soul at this moment had impacted the seal, which was the cause of this accident.

However, this spiritual power surge did not last long; half an hour later, the seal stabilized once again.

"Ugh..."

Na'er's body suddenly went limp, and she collapsed into Long Yuan's arms.

Perhaps because they were both manifestations of spiritual power, Na'er was actually able to touch him.

Na'er opened her eyes in a daze, looking at the person before her: "Who... are you?"

She blinked, filled with confusion, as she clearly remembered there being only two people.

Long Yuan helped her sit down: "Me? My name is Long Yuan."

Na'er blinked her amethyst-like eyes, as if recalling something: "I remember you."

She remembers me? Long Yuan was startled.

Na'er continued to herself: "Sometimes, I can occasionally see you. You float beside Brother, and sometimes you look at me."

Long Yuan's expression remained unchanged: "Then why didn't you tell anyone else?"

"I don't know, but I always feel you are very familiar, and also... close?" Na'er shook her head, "However, when I try to look at you carefully, I can't see you anymore."

"I thought you couldn't see me, but it doesn't matter." Long Yuan used his divine sense to check the Silver Dragon Spear, which was now firmly locked away, and finally set his mind at ease.

He then looked at the Spirit Master, who was already showing signs of waking up: "Alright, I should go. Let this matter be a secret between us."

With that, Long Yuan used his divine sense to wipe away the memories the Spirit Master had seen earlier, then drifted out of the awakening room.

"Sigh, what a mess."

Passing through the wall, Long Yuan looked back at the wall of the awakening room and sighed.

"Forget it, fooling one is fooling, and fooling two is the same; they are just two children, after all."