Yes, I Do

"Tang Hao, why won't you let Xiao San join Spirit Hall?"

Old Jack looked at Tang Hao with bitter grief and indignation.

As if he were looking at a criminal.

"Do I really need to remind you how powerful Spirit Hall is? That's the strongest organization on the continent. If Xiao San can enter Spirit Hall, wouldn't that be far better than going to some Notting Junior Soul Master Academy?"

sigh, Xiao San is such a good child. How did he end up so pitiful, saddled with a drunken, degenerate father? His bright future is being ruined.

Tang Hao had no desire to deal with Old Jack at all. He only looked seriously at Tang San and said, "You absolutely cannot join Spirit Hall. If you dare join them, I'll break both your legs!"

This was the first time Tang San had ever seen Tang Hao wear such an expression, and he felt surprised and confused.

Father seems to really dislike Spirit Hall.

Why is that?

Tang San pondered inwardly, then nodded and agreed to Tang Hao's demand.

He did not want his legs broken.

"I'm so mad. What is wrong with that guy? Everyone else can't wait to join our Spirit Hall, but that guy actually stopped his own son from joining us..."

After walking out of Tang Hao's house, the more Su Yuntao thought about it, the angrier he became, and he could not help muttering nonstop.

Mashuno looked at Su Yuntao and shook his head.

He sighed and said, "Enough. It seems that child Tang San has no fate with our Spirit Hall. Yuntao, that other child you mentioned yesterday, is he in Maple Forest Village?"

After Su Yuntao finished talking about Tang San yesterday, he had also reported Lin Bei's situation to Mashuno.

Today, aside from coming to see Tang San, Mashuno had also planned to go take a look at the boy who had awakened a giant axe martial soul.

"Yes, Master. Are we going to find Lin Bei?"

Su Yuntao asked.

Mashuno nodded. "Since we're already here, and Maple Forest Village isn't far from Holy Soul Village, lead the way. Let's go see that child."

Lin Bei naturally did not know that Su Yuntao was coming today.

So when he saw Su Yuntao and Mashuno standing at his front door, he was somewhat surprised.

Just like Tang San, Lin Bei blurted out, "Peach... ahem, Uncle Tao, why are you here? And this is..."

"Oh, this is Master Mashuno from our Notting Spirit Hall."

"Oh, so it's Grandpa Mashuno."

Lin Bei greeted him cleverly, then asked, "Why are you here?"

This impatient?

Or are they worried I won't agree and came to silence me?

Such a thought flashed through Lin Bei's mind, but he immediately overturned it himself.

If they wanted to silence him, there was no way only the two of them would come.

And so openly, too. The other villagers had all seen them. Wouldn't that just leave evidence against them?

"We came to ask you whether you've thought it through."

"I told you yesterday, if you join our Spirit Hall, you'll receive the best treatment.

"Not only will you be able to enter Spirit City to study, you'll also receive guidance from the great figures of Spirit Hall. Among those great figures, there's no shortage of Soul Saints, Soul Douluo, and there may even be Titled Douluo to guide you."

He had just been rejected in Holy Soul Village.

Su Yuntao did not want to be rejected again, so all sorts of benefits came pouring out of his mouth. He was afraid Lin Bei would be dissatisfied and refuse him too.

Lin Bei looked at Mashuno.

Mashuno noticed Lin Bei's gaze, and a kind smile appeared on his wrinkled face. He said, "Yuntao is right. A genius like you will absolutely receive the best treatment if you join Spirit Hall."

Lin Bei nodded and said, "Grandpa Mashuno, Uncle Tao, I thought it over carefully last night."

"Well?"

Su Yuntao looked at Lin Bei expectantly.

In his view, this boy Lin Bei was far more worth nurturing than that child from Holy Soul Village.

Although that child might have twin martial souls.

Lin Bei's axe martial soul, however, had split open a deep trench the moment it appeared, and that trench was still beneath that ancient tree even now!

This child's martial soul was absolutely a top-tier power-attack martial soul, and might even be stronger than that Clear Sky Hammer that was supposedly the world's number one power-attack martial soul.

"Yes, I'm willing to join Spirit Hall," Lin Bei said with a smile.

"..."

Su Yuntao blinked first, then a smile he could not hold back appeared on his face. "This is truly wonderful!"

With Lin Bei joining Spirit Hall, as the soul master who had awakened Lin Bei's martial soul, he would also receive certain benefits, such as cultivation resources, promotion in position...

Mashuno was also very happy, and said with a smile:

"Child, we are very glad you can join Spirit Hall.

Next, I will report your situation truthfully to His Holiness the Pope. It won't be long before you can set off for the Holy City.

There, you will receive the best soul master education!"

After a pause, Mashuno asked, "Child, can you show me your martial soul?"

Su Yuntao had described the child's martial soul as extraordinarily powerful, but Mashuno had not seen it with his own eyes, so he still had some doubts—

Could there really be a tool martial soul stronger than the Clear Sky Hammer?

The Clear Sky Hammer had been passed down to this day, and it had always been the most powerful assault-type martial soul on the continent.

Lin Bei naturally had no problem with that. He nodded slightly, then stretched out his right hand.

Chaos Light surged out from his hand.

Boom!

Mashuno seemed to see a Sky-Supporting Giant standing within endless divine light.

That giant shadow swung its arm, and at once, a plain, unadorned giant axe swept forward, cleaving open the divine light!

Boom!

A tremendous sound, as if heaven and earth had been born, rang out in Mashuno's heart—

The next moment, the Chaos Light in Lin Bei's hand condensed, turning into a huge, ancient, unadorned axe.

Huff...

The illusion vanished. Mashuno could not help but breathe out a mouthful of hot air. He looked at the giant axe in Lin Bei's hand and could not resist wiping his forehead with his hand.

When he lowered his hand, it was already covered in sweat.

Holy shit.

A martial soul could come with an illusion when it appeared?

That illusion was way too terrifying, wasn't it?

That giant shadow within the endless divine light was simply like a god... No! It had to be a god!

When Mashuno recalled the Sky-Supporting Giant he had just seen in the illusion, he still felt an urge to kneel and worship it.

At this moment, Lin Bei's lips trembled.

He felt the Soul Power inside his body draining away wildly, and his body was already on the verge of exhaustion.

Lin Bei immediately put away the Pangu Creation Axe—

This thing was too powerful.

His current physical constitution and Soul Power simply could not withstand its manifestation for too long.

If he had not received the reward of powerful willpower last night, Lin Bei might not even have been able to hold on for this long today.

This time, when he released his martial soul, he had lasted about two seconds longer than when it awakened yesterday.

It seemed he would have to strengthen his body from now on...

Lin Bei murmured to himself.

If he did not strengthen his body, then no matter how powerful the Pangu Creation Axe was, if he could not use it, what difference was there between it and a trash martial soul?

Logically speaking, Lin Bei had awakened the Pangu Creation Axe.

As a super martial soul, it should have been able to strengthen Lin Bei's physique and Soul Power.

But the Pangu Creation Axe was far too domineering.

In front of the Pangu Creation Axe, Lin Bei was like a mayfly, far too weak. Any benefit it brought him was like a flood bursting through a dam—Lin Bei simply could not withstand it.