Qiangu Dongfeng of the Spirit Pagoda had recognized this fact long ago.
Therefore, over the years, the Spirit Pagoda had stationed personnel at awakening ceremonies in major cities, ready to extend an olive branch the moment they discovered a particularly gifted child.
The Spirit Pagoda had even specially allocated a batch of small Storage Soul Guidance Devices as meeting gifts.
After all, the Spirit Pagoda had vast resources and could easily afford such trifles.
But if they could befriend someone—or even attract a genius to join the Spirit Pagoda...
The returns would be hundreds or thousands of times greater.
After all, the value brought by a top-tier powerhouse far surpassed the cost of such a tiny Storage Soul Guidance Device.
Han Li accepted the bracelet, casually put it around his wrist, then nodded and replied crisply.
"Alright."
There was no reason to refuse something offered for free.
As for whether he would join the Spirit Pagoda, that was a matter for the future. There was no need to reject them now.
After all, while a Storage Soul Guidance Device was not especially valuable, there was no reason to turn down a free gift.
Han Li then bade the Spirit Master farewell and turned to leave the room.
At that moment, another awakening ceremony had just ended in a different awakening room at Red Mountain Academy.
Tang Wulin stood in the center of the room, with two masses of light floating before him.
One was a shimmering Blue Silver Grass, while the other was a small, black, heavy hammer.
The Blue Silver Grass had slender, resilient leaves that gave off a faint aura of life.
Though the Clear Sky Hammer was only a tiny hammer-shaped Martial Soul, it faintly radiated a domineering yet steady power.
Tang Wulin stared at his two Martial Souls, his eyes brimming with excitement and joy.
After testing his Innate Soul Power, the Spirit Master was even more astonished.
Innate Full Soul Power.
Twin Martial Souls: Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer.
Such talent was exceedingly rare even across the entire Federation.
Thus, without hesitation, the Spirit Master gave him a Storage Soul Guidance Device and warmly invited Tang Wulin to visit the Spirit Pagoda in the future.
Tang Ziran stood to one side. As he listened to the Spirit Master praise his son, his expression was somewhat complicated.
Especially after Tang Wulin came out of the room and eagerly ran up to him, tugging on his hand as he said.
"Dad, do you know? My Martial Souls are Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer, and I have Innate Full Soul Power too!"
"I actually have the same Martial Souls and Innate Full Soul Power as Tang San, the ancestor of the Tang Sect!"
After speaking, Tang Wulin gazed at Tang Ziran with sparkling eyes, his face full of pride and delight.
Tang Ziran's expression grew even more solemn after hearing those words.
Before coming here, he had never expected his son's awakening to produce such a result.
Blue Silver Grass, the Clear Sky Hammer, Innate Full Soul Power...
Those things combined.
In the history of the Douluo Continent, only one renowned figure had ever possessed them.
That was Tang San, the founder of the Tang Sect two thousand years ago—the Sea God and Asura God.
Tang Ziran was merely an ordinary man.
But he was not entirely ignorant of history.
The legend of Tang San, ancestor of the Tang Sect, had been passed down for a full twenty thousand years. The combination of Blue Silver Grass and the Clear Sky Hammer was unique, impossible for anyone to replicate.
Yet now, his son Tang Wulin had awakened the same Martial Souls and the same Innate Full Soul Power.
Was this truly just a coincidence?
One had to know that the Clear Sky Sect within the Federation...
Though it was not well-known.
Ordinary people did not even know that such a sect existed.
But because of his work, Tang Ziran had come into contact with some relatively confidential information.
He vaguely knew that the Clear Sky Sect was a reclusive sect that had quietly existed somewhere on the continent, with countless ties to the Tang Sect.
So...
What exactly was Wulin's relationship with the Clear Sky Sect?
This thought lingered relentlessly in Tang Ziran's mind.
He lowered his head and looked at his son's smiling face, his heart filled with conflicting emotions.
He instinctively thought of even more possibilities.
But he also felt that his thoughts were far too absurd.
Of course, Tang Ziran did not consider the possibility that Tang Wulin was Tang San's son.
After all...
Tang San had lived twenty thousand years ago.
Tang Ziran took a deep breath and temporarily suppressed his doubts. He reached out to ruffle Tang Wulin's hair, forcing out a somewhat strained smile.
"Wulin, that's wonderful."
Tang Wulin's smile became even brighter. He did not notice the trace of complicated emotion in his father's eyes at all.
Meanwhile.
Han Li returned to Red Mountain Orphanage.
Yes, an orphanage.
After all, the way he had crossed over to the Douluo Continent was rather unusual. He had not been reincarnated like a normal person, but had descended from the sky as a streak of light.
Moreover, he had fused with the Golden Dragon King for thousands of years and experienced a long period of slumber and fusion.
Only in the end had he finally taken human form.
But that brought another problem.
In this information age of the Sun Moon Federation, he lacked legal identification.
Without household registration, a birth certificate, or any social records, it was nearly impossible to get by in this era.
So he came to Red Mountain Orphanage and settled down here, gaining a foundation in this world under the identity of an orphan.
Of course, he was human.
A true human in every sense.
He was certain of that.
Although the Golden Dragon King's power was formidable, it was not enough to affect his soul, which came from a higher-dimensional world.
Thus, his human essence had never been corrupted into that of a Soul Beast by the Golden Dragon King's power.
Afterward, Han Li briefly spoke with the orphanage director, telling her that he had awakened his Martial Soul and that everything had gone smoothly.
The director was a kind middle-aged woman. Her face filled with relief upon hearing this, and after telling him to get some proper rest, she left.
Han Li returned to his private room.
The room was small, but clean and tidy.
There was a bed, a desk, and a wardrobe—simple yet practical.
Outside the window, he could see the orphanage courtyard, where several old trees swayed gently in the wind.
Ever since awakening the Heavenly Bottle as his Martial Soul...
He no longer had any intention of joining the Spirit Pagoda.
When that Spirit Master had invited him while giving him the Storage Soul Guidance Device during his awakening, he had only agreed casually. He had never truly planned to go.
Now, he had completely abandoned the thought.
After all, the Heavenly Bottle's greatest function was increasing the age of spiritual plants.
And on the Douluo Continent...
Plants were also a type of Soul Beast.
The older a plant Soul Beast was, the greater the improvement it provided after becoming a Soul Ring.
With the Heavenly Bottle in hand, he could completely cultivate high-age plant Soul Beasts himself.
Then he could absorb them, without needing to spend a fortune at the Spirit Pagoda to purchase Soul Spirits.
Furthermore, plant Soul Beasts lacked offensive means more than anything else.
They were rooted in the soil, moved slowly, had limited attack methods, and possessed comparatively weak offensive power.
Even if he cultivated one to a thousand years of age, he would not need to worry too much about being unable to kill it.
Therefore, for him at present, this was undoubtedly the safest and most reliable way to obtain Soul Rings.
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