First Meeting with Su Yuntao in Nuoding City

Just as Ye Ling had said, aside from this residence, there was truly nothing else in the entire household worth clinging to or packing up.

This was the home of this body, but it was not Ye Ling's home.

Vast Sea City lay on the western coast of the Heaven Dou Empire and could be considered the empire's farthest western point.

Nuoding City, meanwhile, was located on the southwestern border of the Heaven Dou Empire. The journey between the two was exceedingly long.

"Young Master, if you want to undergo Spirit Awakening, I can awaken your Martial Soul directly. Why do you insist on going to that little place, Nuoding City?"

Kong Deming, who was driving the carriage, asked in considerable confusion.

"Elder Kong, it's normal that you people from the Sun Moon Empire haven't heard of Nuoding City."

"That's where Yu Xiaogang, one of Shrek Academy's founders, met Tang San, the future Sea God."

"By the standards of my world, this place possesses tremendous fortune. There's a chance of awakening an exceptionally powerful Martial Soul here."

Ye Ling explained with a chuckle from within the carriage.

Kong Deming still retained his memories from the Sun Moon Empire.

However, he now had only one person to whom he was loyal: Ye Ling.

Kong Deming shook his head without saying anything.

He was an expert in researching Soul Tools. All his life, he had believed only in technology and material things, and had always disdained such intangible concepts as fortune.

Still, since his Young Master had explained himself, it would not be appropriate for him, as a subordinate, to argue.

Come to think of it, Kong Deming's demeanor truly resembled that of a technology worker from Ye Ling's previous life.

During these days, Ye Ling traveled by day and studied Soul Tool knowledge under Kong Deming at night, gaining a great deal from it.

The two endured the elements along the way, spending nearly a full month before finally reaching Nuoding City.

"So this is Nuoding City? It looks far worse than Vast Sea City."

After all, Vast Sea City stood beside the sea, and its prosperity ranked among the best in the entire empire.

The Nuoding City before them was merely a small city under Fasinuo Province. Naturally, the two could not be mentioned in the same breath.

"This is the place with tremendous fortune you mentioned, Young Master? It looks pretty ordinary."

Kong Deming had been born in the Sun Moon Empire, where the level of technological development was far beyond anything Douluo Continent could compare to in this era.

Thus, he looked down on Nuoding City even more.

"Let's go. We'll head to Spirit Hall first."

Ye Ling was growing impatient. He desperately wanted to know what Martial Soul he would awaken.

After all, the system said it would be the Divine-level Martial Soul best suited to him. But who the hell knew what Martial Soul suited him best?

Moreover, he could use Su Yuntao to find out exactly which point in Douluo I's timeline this was.

The location of Nuoding City's Spirit Hall was easy to find. Nearly everyone in the city knew where it was.

Ye Ling merely asked two people on the road and soon arrived at Nuoding City Spirit Hall.

It was an enormous domed building. Its front alone was more than a hundred meters wide, and it stood twenty meters tall. It had three floors in total and was a landmark within Nuoding City.

"This is the place."

Ye Ling looked at the brown building before him and nodded slightly before stepping toward Spirit Hall's entrance.

"Hold it. What are you here for?"

The two guards at the entrance looked to be in their early twenties. Seeing Ye Ling and Kong Deming attempting to enter Spirit Hall, they hurriedly questioned them.

"We're here for Spirit Awakening."

Kong Deming answered coldly.

"Oh, then go on in."

Perhaps sensing that neither of the two men before them was ordinary, the guards only performed a simple registration before allowing them into Spirit Hall.

There were quite a few parents with children in the reception hall, though their clothes were relatively plain and their expressions were somewhat anxious and uncertain.

No matter what, Spirit Hall conducting Spirit Awakening for commoner children free of charge was an immense merit that could not be erased.

As a dark joke, Ten Thousand Years Later, after Spirit Hall had been destroyed and Shrek Academy ruled the continent, even a commoner-born genius with Innate Full Soul Power like Jiang Nannan had to sell herself just to save enough money for her mother's medical treatment.

"Is there something you need?"

Ye Ling and Kong Deming were both extraordinarily dressed and carried an imposing presence. The moment they stood in the reception hall, they attracted plenty of attention. Before long, a receptionist came over to ask.

"Hello, we're here to ask Grandmaster Su Yuntao to conduct a Spirit Awakening for us."

Ye Ling replied to the person who had approached them.

"You're here for Deacon Su Yuntao?"

The receptionist nodded, then pointed to a room beside the reception desk.

"Deacon Su only recently returned from the villages and towns below. He rested for several days, and today happens to be his shift."

Ye Ling's heart stirred slightly at those words.

He had just returned from the villages and towns below?

Did that mean he had gone to awaken the Martial Souls of the children in those villages and towns?

Then this fellow Tang San must have awakened his Martial Soul only recently as well?

"Thank you."

Ye Ling thanked the receptionist, then walked toward the room beside the reception area.

Knock, knock, knock.

Ye Ling raised a hand and rapped on the door three times in a steady rhythm.

"Come in."

A man's voice came from inside.

Ye Ling pushed the door open and entered, while Kong Deming remained at the doorway.

Inside the small office sat a handsome young man who appeared to be in his twenties, his head lowered as he wrote something.

"Grandmaster Su, hello. I'd like to ask you to help me undergo Spirit Awakening."

Ye Ling stated his purpose directly.

"There have been especially many children undergoing Spirit Awakening in Nuoding City lately. Go back and wait. Come again after some time."

Su Yuntao replied without even raising his head.

"What did you say?"

Kong Deming's expression darkened, and a powerful aura instantly filled the room.

How domineering and terrifying was the aura of a Super Douluo?

Su Yuntao was so frightened that the pen in his hand fell to the floor. His entire body trembled as he stared at Kong Deming in terror, unable to utter a single word.

"Elder Kong?"

Ye Ling frowned slightly.

Only then did Kong Deming withdraw his pressure.

"Grandmaster Su, we have come all the way from Vast Sea City, thousands of miles away, to undergo Spirit Awakening here. Please make an exception for us."

Ye Ling cupped his hands slightly.

"You're too courteous. Of course, of course. I'll arrange your Spirit Awakening immediately."

Su Yuntao hurriedly rose to his feet, his face wearing an extremely obsequious smile, completely unlike his earlier attitude.

He was not an idiot. Having just experienced that vast pressure, he naturally knew that neither of the two men before him was ordinary.

Though he did not know why they had specifically come to him for Spirit Awakening, an expert capable of rendering him unable to move through pressure alone was not someone he could afford to offend.

Ye Ling followed Su Yuntao to a great hall resembling an altar. Six pitch-black stones were fixed in the center of the hall.

"Young Master, please stand in the middle of these six stones. No matter what happens, please do not leave the area enclosed by them."

Su Yuntao's attitude was now exceptionally good, though he still gave every necessary reminder.