Awakening Martial Soul, Origin Stone

Golden wheat fields swayed in the breeze like a sea of golden waves.

The sky was azure, dotted with fluffy white clouds.

A small village stood in the middle of the wheat fields.

This village was called Stone Village.

There was no deeper meaning behind the name; it was simply because most of the martial souls awakened in the village were related to stone.

At the center of the village, a martial soul awakening ceremony was being held in a larger-looking wooden house.

Shi An looked at the woman in golden soul master robes before him, unable to hide the excitement and unease in his eyes.

Six years after transmigrating here, it was finally time to awaken his martial soul!

Six years ago, on a stormy night on Blue Star, nothing happened...

And then he arrived in this world.

When he first came here, he had only been a newborn baby who had just opened his eyes.

Before he had even been weaned, his parents met with an accident.

When his parents had gone to Nuoding City to purchase supplies, they were caught up in a battle between several powerful figures and died on the spot.

The moment Shi An heard about it, he guessed that Tang Hao and Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo were responsible.

Although he had no emotional connection with his parents in this life, they were still his biological father and mother in this world, bound to him by blood.

If he got the chance, Shi An would definitely avenge them.

But that depended on whether he could awaken a powerful martial soul.

"Stone Hammer martial soul. Come test your innate soul power."

A gentle voice sounded beside him. Shi An looked ahead and saw a six-year-old child with a completely stone hammer floating in his hand.

The woman in charge of awakening martial souls wore a gentle smile as she spoke softly.

Shi An knew that child. He was the village chief's grandson.

He placed his hand on the soul power testing crystal. After waiting for a moment, not a trace of light appeared within the crystal.

A look of regret appeared on the woman's face. "You have no soul power. You cannot become a soul master."

The village chief's grandson burst into tears upon hearing that and ran straight out of the awakening house.

"Next."

Shi An watched the small figure run out of the house and shook his head. That brat usually relied on his grandfather's status as village chief to steal and cause trouble throughout the village. This was retribution.

Casting those thoughts aside, Shi An stepped into the center of the awakening formation and tilted his little head up at the woman awakening his martial soul.

At close range, the woman's features became clearer.

She had a small face and rosy lips. She was not particularly beautiful, but she was not ugly either.

Perhaps because she was a soul master, her skin was moist and smooth, carrying a bright sheen.

Two yellow soul rings floated around her calves, rising and falling as they emitted unique fluctuations.

"Don't be nervous. Carefully feel the changes in your body," the woman said gently. A strand of soul power flew from the lotus hovering above her palm and fell into the awakening formation beneath Shi An's feet.

Buzzz~~~

Six jet-black stones released golden light, forming a semicircular golden barrier that enveloped Shi An.

Watching the golden motes within the barrier burrow beneath his skin, Shi An slowly closed his eyes. A warm sensation spread through his limbs and bones, as if he were soaking in a hot spring.

I'm willing to trade ten years of celibacy from every reader who made it this far for an insanely powerful martial soul!

Crack~~~

It was as if he heard the sound of shackles shattering within his soul.

Then, he involuntarily opened his right hand. Above his palm floated an irregularly shaped stone that nevertheless seemed perfectly formed by nature.

"A stone?" Disappointment flashed through the woman's eyes when she saw the stone in his hand. This was probably another child without innate soul power.

Shi An slowly opened his eyes and happened to catch the disappointment flashing through hers.

He did not feel disappointed or upset in the slightest, because the stone in his hand, which looked like any ordinary roadside rock, was anything but simple.

The Origin Stone of Earth's Veins.

That was the information that automatically surfaced in his mind.

As long as he stood upon the earth, an endless stream of soul power would flow into his body. In other words, his soul power would never be depleted.

Moreover, with this Origin Stone, he could freely manipulate any rock, soil, and even the power of the earth itself.

Oh no, ten years of celibacy!

"Let's see whether you have innate soul power." Shi An used his thoughts to put away the Origin Stone, then pressed his palm against the soul power testing crystal.

An icy sensation traveled through his hand. Shi An felt the soul power flowing through the meridians in his body being drawn away.

Then, dazzling light suddenly erupted from the transparent crystal.

Shi An swiftly pulled his hand back. The woman seemed to finally snap out of her shock, her eyes shining as she looked at him like a finely carved piece of jade.

"What is your name?" the woman asked.

"Shi An. Shi as in stone, An as in peace," Shi An answered.

"Shi An, peace in all things. A fine name. Are you willing to come to Martial Soul Hall to cultivate?" The woman bent down and stroked his head.

Shi An stared into her eyes for a moment before saying, "I... don't want to."

Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo were the enemies who had killed his father and mother. If he went to Martial Soul Hall and accidentally revealed a flaw, it would mean death.

Chrysanthemum and Ghost Douluo might have seemed weak in the original novel, but Titled Douluo were still Titled Douluo.

Their perception and sensitivity were beyond anything ordinary people could compare to.

If he revealed even the slightest killing intent or did anything detrimental to them, he would probably become fertilizer for Chrysanthemum Pass's garden the very next second.

The woman froze slightly upon hearing his words. Martial Soul Hall's fame across the continent was known to everyone.

It was a holy land that all soul masters dreamed of.

Yet the child before her had actually said he did not want to go.

She immediately began imagining reasons. Perhaps he was afraid of going somewhere unfamiliar, or perhaps he could not bear to leave his parents.

Thinking this, she nodded slightly. "All right. If you don't want to go, then forget it. But if you want to join in the future, you can come find me at Martial Soul Hall in Nuoding City."

"I understand." Shi An nodded and left the awakening house.

He raised his head to look at the sky. White clouds reflected in his bright eyes as he let out a long breath.

He was relieved not because he had awakened a powerful martial soul, but because of his innate soul power.

Otherwise, if he had pulled his hand away any slower, that awakening crystal might have exploded.

He was definitely not innately at level ten soul power, but at something even better.

Very likely, just like Qian Renxue... he had innate level twenty soul power.

Seeing him come out, Stone Village's chief, Shi Qiang, walked over with his cane and asked about the results.

When he heard that Shi An possessed innate soul power, envy immediately appeared in Shi Qiang's eyes.

"Good, little Shi An. Nuoding City Junior Soul Master Academy will begin classes in three months. When the time comes, you can attend using the village's work-study student quota."

Shi An nodded without refusing.

Although he knew much about the events of the original novel.

He still needed to learn the foundational theoretical knowledge.

The principle that learning had no end applied in any era.