No Martial Soul? Secret Technique Awakens!

Luo An'an's second attempt still failed to awaken her martial soul.

After the light of the magic circle dissipated, Luo An'an's palms remained empty; nothing had appeared.

She stood before the stone platform, her mouth pouting, and burst into tears.

"Brother, where is my martial soul?" she asked, her voice filled with grievance.

Luo Chen did not answer. His spiritual power remained within Luo An'an's body, probing her dantian inch by inch.

It wasn't that she lacked a martial soul. It was that the martial soul had devoured the power of the magic circle!

When the circle had activated just moments ago, Luo An'an's dantian had acted like a bottomless pit, frantically absorbing the soul power contained within the awakening array. The white, yellow, purple, black, and red lights—those multicolored rays had not emanated from the awakening crystal, but were instead the various phenomena produced as her martial soul absorbed soul power!

The martial soul in her dantian was a spherical object! But it was definitely not a Gulu Ball; it looked more like the egg of something.

Luo Chen opened his eyes and took a deep breath.

"Mr. Hasen," he turned to Bishop Hasen and said in a calm tone, "it is not that my sister lacks a martial soul, but that her martial soul requires more energy to awaken."

Hasen was stunned for a moment. "More energy? The soul power provided by the awakening array is already sufficient..."

"It is not enough, Mr. Hasen." Luo Chen interrupted him. "Her martial soul is very special; an ordinary awakening array cannot satiate it."

Hasen frowned. Having served as a deacon for over twenty years and a bishop for six, he had overseen the awakening ceremonies of thousands of children and had never encountered such a situation.

"How can you be sure?" Hasen asked, deeply skeptical. He still did not know Luo Chen's true strength.

Luo Chen raised his right hand, the silver-white power of time flickering slightly at his fingertips. "Because I have probed her dantian with my spiritual power. Her martial soul has already taken shape, but it is missing the final step: it needs enough energy to wake it up!"

Hasen stared at the silver-white light on Luo Chen's fingertips for two seconds, suddenly realizing that the young man before him was no longer the little brat who had just awakened his martial soul ten years ago. It seemed he held many secrets!

He could not discern Luo Chen's soul power rank, but the faint, lingering pressure suggested that this young man was at least a Soul Sect expert. Although his rank was lower than his own, he could vaguely sense a hint of a threat.

Experience told him that he likely could not defeat this young man.

If Luo Chen knew that Hasen credited him with the strength of a Soul Sect expert, he would have felt compelled to explain that, in reality, he hadn't even obtained his third soul ring yet.

"Then what do you intend to do?" Hasen asked.

"My teacher is Chief Meng Shenji of the Heaven Dou Royal Academy. I will take her to Tiandou City; my teacher should have a way."

"To think you are already a disciple of that great man—no wonder you possess such insight at such a young age."

He continued, "Going to Tiandou City is indeed an excellent choice."

After bidding farewell to Hasen, Luo Chen took Luo An'an home. On the way, Luo An'an could not stop the tears from falling.

"Brother, does An'an really not have a martial soul? Does that mean An'an won't be able to catch lots and lots of cute soul beasts?"

Looking at his sister's teary, wide eyes, Luo Chen's heart ached.

"How could my An'an not have a martial soul?"

Luo Chen crouched down, cupped her face in his hands, and looked into her eyes.

"An'an, listen to your brother. It's not that you don't have a martial soul; it's because your martial soul is too powerful, and the magic circle here in Hailun City isn't enough to feed it. Brother will take you to Tiandou City to use a larger array to help you awaken, okay?"

Luo An'an blinked. "Really?"

"Really! When has Brother ever lied to you?"

Luo An'an thought for a moment, then broke into a smile through her tears. "Then Brother, you have to keep your promise!"

"Of course I will!"

Luo Chen picked up Luo An'an and placed her on his shoulders. "Come on, giddy-up!"

"Hee hee hee, giddy-up! Brother, I want to ride the big doggy too!"

The "big doggy" referred to the Blazing Wolf. It had been tormented terribly by the Blazing Wolf recently, serving as both a beast of burden and a mount!

"Alright, Brother will call it out right now! Come out, Little Wolf Cub!"

The Blazing Wolf emerged. It actually quite liked the little girl, Luo An'an, and never grew annoyed no matter how she teased it.

Back home, the family sat in the courtyard. Lin Xiaomei spoke up, "It's alright. If An'an didn't awaken a martial soul, let her just live a peaceful life as an ordinary person. There's no need to put her through any more trouble."

Luo Dashan echoed her sentiment, "Yes, that's right."

Luo Chen shook his head. "The current situation won't allow for that. Based on my observations, An'an's martial soul must absorb enough energy. If we do not intervene, it will start consuming An'an's own vitality and blood essence, which will make her weaker and weaker."

"What! How could there be such an evil martial soul?" Luo Dashan stood up abruptly.

Luo Chen said, "Dad, don't worry. With me here, I won't let An'an come to any harm. I plan to go to Tiandou City to consult my teacher; it will be safer with him there to protect her."

In truth, what Luo Chen was thinking of was the great "treasure basin" inside the Sunset Forest: the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well!

That was a natural energy reservoir! But he needed to return to Tiandou first, find Su Heng, and find Prince Xue Xing. He didn't know if Prince Xue Xing and Dugu Bo had met yet, but if that path didn't work out...

For his sister's sake, he would have to brave the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well himself!

"But you just got back..." The couple was deeply worried that Luo Chen would disappear for another ten years.

Suddenly, a good idea occurred to Luo Chen. He looked at his parents earnestly and said, "Mom, Dad, why don't we move to Tiandou City?"

As soon as these words were spoken, Luo Dashan and his wife were stunned for a moment, then their brows furrowed, before finally, their expressions cleared.

Luo Dashan was the first to speak. "That's right, why didn't I think of that! Xiaomei, what do you think about us buying a house in Tiandou City?"

Lin Xiaomei also came to her senses. Since they didn't have any relatives or friends here anyway, they might as well follow their child to Tiandou City. That way, their family wouldn't have to be separated for so long ever again!

"Good! I agree too. Let's move to Tiandou City, and we'll leave the shop here to A-Tian!"

The family decided happily just like that, but Luo Chen spoke up, "Before that, we need to prepare to welcome a guest!"

"What guest?" Luo Dashan asked in confusion. His son didn't have any friends.

"It's Uncle Fule. I saw him when my martial soul awakened, and I invited him to our home for a meal. Let's hurry up and cook to host him!"

Luo Dashan and Lin Xiaomei looked a bit embarrassed.

Luo Dashan bit the bullet and said, "Little Chen, you went missing that year, and we were so anxious at the time that our attitude toward Uncle Fule wasn't very good..."

"Oh, Brother Luo! What are you saying!" Before the person even arrived, his voice preceded him; wasn't it exactly Fule!