Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower Martial Soul at the Start

By the artificial lake in the rear courtyard of the City Lord's Manor in Aolai City, a six-year-old child sat at the water's edge with a fishing rod in hand.

With a sharp lift of the rod, he reeled in a golden koi. Its tail flicked beneath the sunlight, tracing a beautiful streak of golden light through the air.

At that moment, a figure dressed in luxurious robes entered. It was none other than the lord of Aolai City himself.

Even in the small city of Aolai, he was a figure capable of stirring up trouble, yet he now wore a thoroughly miserable expression.

"Where's my little ancestor? It wasn't easy for your father to raise these koi. Please spare them!" The city lord looked at Lin Yu with a pleading expression.

Lin Yu removed the koi from the line and released it back into the pond. "Don't worry, Dad. There wasn't a hook on the line. I was just practicing my control and flicked the fish up. It won't hurt their mouths."

After hearing Lin Yu's words, the city lord sat down in a nearby chair and said, "Fine, stop playing. Today is your sixth birthday, and the awakening room has already been prepared."

Lin Yu nodded, then followed his father toward the awakening room.

Lin Yu's father, Lin Qingye, was still the lord of Aolai City. Although Aolai City was not a particularly large place, he was nevertheless the lord of an entire city, so there was naturally no need to take Lin Yu to squeeze in for the Spirit Pagoda's free awakening.

"Yu'er, if your Martial Soul awakening doesn't turn out well, then so be it. But if it turns out very well, don't go talking about it carelessly." On the way to the awakening room, Lin Qingye spoke to Lin Yu.

Lin Yu tilted his head to look at Lin Qingye. Seeing the puzzled expression on his son's face, Lin Qingye explained, "Ever since the Federation handed the authority to register Soul Masters over to the Spirit Pagoda these past few years, the Spirit Pagoda has become far more overbearing than you can imagine."

"Soul Masters without strong enough backing are basically half-forced into joining the Spirit Pagoda. People like us, neither high nor low, will basically end up working ourselves to death for them."

Lin Yu's gaze shifted slightly as he listened to Lin Qingye's warning. Although this father of his usually spoke in a harsh tone, Lin Yu could still sense his concern in the little details.

Ever since he had been sent here by a truck and reincarnated into this world six years ago, Lin Yu had grown rather accustomed to getting along with Lin Qingye.

His father's name sounded unremarkable, even somewhat feminine, but he had truly come from a hard-line military background.

If not for his injuries and for choosing the wrong side, his limits would never have been confined to being the lord of a tiny city like Aolai.

When they arrived at the awakening room, there was no one else inside. Lin Qingye walked up to the formation and directed Lin Yu to stand in its center. "Success comes through secrecy. Your Martial Soul awakening will be conducted personally by your father."

Lin Yu nodded, then followed Lin Qingye's instructions and walked to the center of the formation.

There was nothing particularly unusual about the materials used for the formation. Once Lin Yu stepped onto it, Lin Qingye did not waste any time and immediately took a step forward.

Two yellow, three purple, and two black Soul Rings spread out beneath Lin Qingye's feet. At the same time, three Soul Spirits appeared before him.

As this configuration emerged, vines coiled around his body, while a massive man-eating flower appeared behind him.

Lin Yu's pupils contracted. This was also the first time in six years that he had personally seen Lin Qingye's Martial Soul and cultivation.

Looking at the yellow, purple, and black Soul Spirits around him, Lin Qingye spoke with some emotion. "Back then, your father didn't understand that a gentleman should hide his edge. I was plotted against, and my entire set of One-Word Battle Armor was forcibly stripped away and shattered. My spirit was damaged as well. Seventy-second rank Soul Power is the limit I can reach in this life."

"I only hope you won't follow in my footsteps."

After Lin Qingye finished speaking, he raised a hand. The man-eating flower behind him opened its maw toward Lin Yu as well.

A vast surge of Soul Power poured into Lin Yu's body through Lin Qingye's palm. Lin Yu immediately felt warmth spreading through his entire body, while a force surged out from his heart.

Fine sweat began to bead across Lin Yu's forehead. The warm power in his heart started to become painful, while a blue-green poisonous mist spread throughout the awakening room.

Lin Qingye's pupils shrank. He immediately flicked his fingers outward, activating the Soul Guidance Device beside the awakening room. It began extracting the poisonous air and pumping fresh air in from outside.

As the inheritor of a plant-type Martial Soul, Lin Qingye's family's ancestral Martial Souls had all been various mutations of the vine lineage, some of which possessed poisonous properties.

Therefore, when this awakening room had been built, they had already accounted for the possibility of poisonous gas being released and prepared an air-purifying Soul Guidance Device in advance.

Meanwhile, Lin Yu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, enduring the Martial Soul awakening ceremony.

Soon, Lin Yu gradually felt the pain weaken. When he opened his eyes, his Martial Soul was already resting in his hand.

Lin Qingye began to tremble slightly as he looked at the Martial Soul in his son's hand.

It was a cluster of dark vines, upon which grew a large jade-green flower bud. Beneath the bud were nine peculiar leaves. They resembled human hands somewhat, yet each had seven fingers.

As a Soul Master from a family with a plant-type Martial Soul, Lin Qingye recognized almost instantly what Martial Soul his son had awakened.

It was the treasure coveted by all plant-type Soul Masters in the world—the Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower.

The reason he had chosen the wrong side back then was because the faction he had supported had promised to give him a Jade-Scaled Five-Extinction Flower after their success.

For the sake of that Jade-Scaled Five-Extinction Flower, Lin Qingye had sacrificed all prospects for the rest of his life, ultimately becoming trapped in the position of Aolai City's lord.

Yet now, his son's Martial Soul was the Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower, the superior form of the Jade-Scaled Five-Extinction Flower.

How could Lin Qingye not be ecstatic? His life had not been lived in vain after all.

His voice trembled as he said, "Son, your Martial Soul is the Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower—the dream of every plant-type Soul Master in the world!"

As Lin Yu looked at the Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower Martial Soul in his hand, the mindset of simply giving up that he had developed three years ago began to shift.

Originally, Lin Yu had seen that his father was unwilling even to reveal his Martial Soul, so he knew it was most likely not a particularly good one.

Then he learned that, in this era of the Douluo Federation, he lived in Aolai City. He could be said to possess no capital whatsoever to contend with those two Dragon Kings.

He had not received any kind of system either, so there was naturally nothing for him to strive toward. But now, as he looked at this Jade-Scaled Seven-Extinction Flower Martial Soul and felt the powerful poison contained within it—

Lin Yu's heart stirred with renewed vigor.

At that moment, the equally excited Lin Qingye took out a scroll-like Soul Guidance Device and said eagerly to Lin Yu, "Yu'er, hurry and test your Soul Power. This is the final stage of the ceremony..."

Hearing this, Lin Yu reached out and grasped the scroll-like Soul Guidance Device...