A Great Difference in Spirit Awakening, All Because Tang San Isn't Human

[Su Yuntao's Happy Life first two chapters read-through completed.]

[Read-through count: 26.]

Once the spirit awakening is over, I must get the read-through count up. Seeing that he was only four short of the 30 required to unlock the reward, Xiao Wuji braced himself.

He practiced the Nine Yang Manual for a while, and once it was bright outside, he left his room, ate breakfast, and joined the other orphans for the spirit awakening.

The orphans of Spirit City gathered, numbering at least a thousand. Ten deacons were in charge of the awakening, and the orphans lined up in an orderly fashion.

Xiao Wuji had originally thought he was just going through the motions, but once the spirit awakening actually began, he realized it wasn't as simple as he had imagined.

As the deacon injected his spirit power, six stones suddenly lit up with golden light, forming a halo of light that enveloped him.

Xiao Wuji first felt the warm sensation mentioned in descriptions of spirit awakening; it was indescribably comfortable.

As the warm energy permeated his body, Xiao Wuji suddenly felt his weak internal energy circulating rapidly, just as the manual described: "Energy is like a wheel; the whole body must follow. Where there is no following, the body becomes scattered..."

Xiao Wuji's body shifted from warm to scorching, and the purple mist in his dantian achieved a small measure of success, equivalent to nearly two years of cultivation.

In this state of feeling as if his whole body were on fire, Xiao Wuji sensed something inside him shatter, and he clenched his palm abruptly.

All sensations receded like a tide, leaving behind only the solid, tangible grip in his hand.

The Spirit Hall deacon was already numb to the process, but upon seeing a spirit completely different from farm tools, Blue Silver Grass, or other trash spirits, he was momentarily struck with disbelief.

After a moment of stunned silence, the deacon's eyes widened: "A sword spirit!"

Xiao Wuji looked at the sword in his hand. It was four feet long, and the scabbard emitted a faint cyan aura. Even without being drawn, its extraordinary nature was evident.

On the scabbard, two characters were inlaid in gold thread: Heavenly Sword.

"This is the Heavenly Sword." Xiao Wuji flipped his palm to let the deacon see it clearly.

"So it is the Heavenly Sword spirit." The deacon nodded excitedly. He had never heard of such a spirit name, but being able to awaken such a tool spirit was truly rare. He skillfully took out a crystal ball to test the spirit power.

Under normal circumstances, such a spirit would certainly possess innate spirit power, though it was unclear what level it would reach.

Xiao Wuji put away his spirit and placed his hand on the crystal ball. In an instant, the blue crystal ball erupted with a dazzling light.

The deacon gasped. As long as the crystal ball showed any reaction, it proved the tester possessed innate spirit power. Such a brilliant light could only mean one thing: innate full spirit power, the highest level of innate power one could reach during spirit awakening.

"Heavens! It's actually innate full spirit power!"

Before the middle-aged deacon could say anything, the shining light had already attracted the attention of the other deacons, who exclaimed in unison.

The middle-aged man smiled as he put away the crystal ball, asked for his name, and showered him with praise, telling Xiao Wuji to return to his residence and not to wander off.

Xiao Wuji walked slowly toward his residence, suddenly feeling puzzled. His spirit awakening was vastly different from Tang San's.

They both practiced internal energy, so why was there such a difference, and why did it accelerate his internal energy cultivation?

Xiao Wuji pondered the entire way, analyzing factors from the timing of his practice to the differences in their internal energy, until he returned to his room and suddenly realized the reason.

It wasn't hard to figure out. Aside from all those other reasons, it ultimately boiled down to the fact that Tang San was not human.

Tang San looked like a normal person, but in reality, he had half spirit beast bloodline. The Blue Silver King even said that human spirit masters could never awaken his true Blue Silver Emperor spirit.

It was precisely because Tang San was not human that he had shown innate full spirit power since he began practicing the Mysterious Heaven Skill at age four.

Xiao Wuji, however, was a pure-blooded human. His spirit awakening had triggered the innate spirit power inherent to his spirit, thereby stimulating his internal energy cultivation as if he had consumed some miraculous elixir, resulting in a massive increase in power.

Thinking of this difference, Xiao Wuji smiled and sat cross-legged to practice, experiencing the refined internal energy.

He controlled the purple mist as it circulated, feeling as if he were experiencing the spirit awakening all over again. His whole body felt warm and indescribably comfortable—the very effect of strengthening the body and cleansing the marrow.

After practicing for a while, Xiao Wuji began his update work, feeling full of energy.

The Spirit Hall's awakening speed was much faster than Su Yuntao's, who had to travel around, allowing him to exploit the time difference once more...

Once the update stopped, Tang San felt as if he had lost his soul. Although his father was amiable and the spirit awakening was imminent, he felt like something was missing.

While listlessly hammering a piece of iron, Tang San felt a heat in his chest, causing his eyes to widen. He quickly stopped and pulled out the Peerless Tang Sect book gifted by his ancestor.

He had paid his respects thoroughly that morning to seek the ancestor's guidance; it seemed the ancestor had sensed his sincerity.

Tang San opened the book and, sure enough, saw new content.

[Chapter 5: Silent Sleeve Arrow, Attending Notting Junior Spirit Master Academy]

Tang San read it respectfully and learned that he would use the hammer techniques his father taught him to forge a Silent Sleeve Arrow hidden weapon over three months, and that he would be going to a spirit master academy.

His father had refused at the time because he disliked the village head and wanted to make him anxious.

Tang San chuckled as he read; he hadn't expected his father to remember such trivial daily matters.

[Chapter 6: Grandmaster, Teacher?]

Xiao Wuji had thought about this matter for a long time before he understood the distinction.

"Teacher" was a professional title, but also a respectful form of address.

The latter usage was reflected in the novel Demi-Gods and Semi-Devils, specifically in the line spoken by Yun Zhonghe: "Teacher Duan, the head of the Duan family of Tiannan, has arrived."

Duan Zhengming, the monarch of the Dali Kingdom, was not anyone's master, yet he was addressed as "Teacher."

Furthermore, it was used in dialects and daily life. A more familiar example was the radio host Zeng Xiaoxian from iPartment, who was always called "Teacher Zeng."

In Douluo Continent, "Grandmaster" was somewhat similar to how modern people understood this, but "teacher," aside from referring to academy instructors, specifically meant someone's master, carrying significant weight.

Tang San did not share Xiao Wuji's perspective; upon seeing the secret of his twin martial souls laid bare, he was deeply shocked and longed to immediately strike the man down with the Silent Sleeve Arrow he had prepared beforehand to protect his secret.

However, seeing the subsequent analysis laid out so logically, he knelt to acknowledge his master, nodding slowly. This man was truly the renowned teacher appointed to him by his ancestor!

After finishing the two chapters, Tang San felt like a parched sprout receiving sweet dew; his spirits were greatly lifted, and he hammered the iron with a rhythmic clang, clang, clang.

[Latest chapter of Peerless Tang Sect read.]

[Read count: 28]

Xiao Wuji raised a hand to stroke his chin. Although each novel only had one reader, the speed at which he was accumulating read counts was not slow at all; the protagonists all enjoyed reading them.