Second Awakening of the Body Martial Soul!

"Three esteemed guests!"

"The items you consigned sold for twenty-two million gold soul coins. The auction house charges a ten percent handling fee; after deducting the auction funds you advanced, eighteen million seven hundred thousand gold soul coins remain!"

"Here are your auction items!"

"And here is your anonymous gold soul card!"

The staff member presented the Wishful Hundred-Treasure Satchel, then handed over a gold soul card. The balance on the card was exact to the coin.

"The balance on this gold soul card is accepted by both the Seven Treasures Commerce and the Heaven Dou Auction. In the future, you may use this card to receive a ten percent discount when shopping!"

Xia Mu accepted the auction items, Liu Yuer took the gold soul card, and only then did the three of them leave the Heaven Dou Auction.

"Supervisor, should we..."

A staff member stepped forward and asked in a low voice. It seemed he was considering robbing them after the sale.

"Not advisable!"

"Heaven Dou City is not a lawless place!"

"Though this amount of gold soul coins is considerable, it is far less valuable than the Heaven Dou Auction's reputation. Such conduct is improper!"

The supervisor raised a hand. It was only a little over ten million gold soul coins; he truly did not care about such a small sum.

The Heaven Dou Auction occasionally auctioned Ten-Thousand-Year soul bones, with a starting price of fifty million gold soul coins!

This bit of money did not even meet the entry threshold!

To true bigshots, ten million gold soul coins were nothing at all—not even worth calling insignificant.

"Phew..."

"This was still too risky!"

After leaving the auction house, the three of them blended into the crowd and swiftly changed their disguises.

After tearing off their human-skin masks, the three met up in a small courtyard and finally let out a long breath.

"Our auras have been completely concealed!"

"I checked. No one followed us. It seems we'll have to keep a low profile for a while."

Liu Yuer and Xia Feng were both seasoned veterans. Only after concealing their auras did they begin examining their gains.

"Four ordinary Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glues!"

"One premium eighty-thousand-year Whale Glue!"

"One special storage soul tool—the Wishful Hundred-Treasure Satchel—and more than ten million gold soul coins."

"With so many gold soul coins on us!"

"I'm afraid we can't stay in this place any longer!"

"If someone follows the trail back to our door, how could the three of us possibly keep our lives?"

Xia Feng spoke softly, the urge to leave rising in his heart.

"Then where are we going next?"

They had only just arrived in Heaven Dou City and had yet to gain a foothold. After this incident, they would likely have to move again.

"I have a suggestion!"

"Why don't we go to Vast Sea City!"

"It lies near the coast. Not only does it have a city port, it also has the Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue we need most!"

"And we have money. We can buy Whale Glue in bulk, or even stockpile it directly there!"

Xia Mu pointed at the map and made his suggestion.

"Vast Sea City is close to the Xiling Mountains. The resources there are enough to support our cultivation until we reach the four-ring Soul Ancestor rank!"

"Once Xia Mu grows stronger, we can come back. In the end, it's because we aren't strong enough."

Xia Feng let out a deep sigh. If they had been strong enough, they would not have had to keep hiding.

A man's only crime was possessing jade!

This was a world where people devoured one another. One had to be especially careful when traveling and protect oneself well.

"Let's go!"

Under cover of night, the three set off overnight.

Half a month later, Vast Sea City, Heaven Dou Empire.

After traveling through many places and enduring the dust and fatigue of the road, the group of three finally arrived at this coastal city.

With the power of money behind them, the family of three settled down in Vast Sea City at last.

"Xia Mu, my good son!"

"Do you want to go to school?"

After settling in, Liu Yuer suddenly asked.

"School?"

"You're planning to send me to a junior soul master academy?"

Xia Mu pointed at himself in surprise, then glanced at his mother. Did he still need to attend school?

"Junior soul master academies teach only basic soul master knowledge, and the graduation requirement is level fifteen!"

"I learned to read at three, devoured countless books, and after awakening my Martial Soul, I've now cultivated to level sixteen!"

"Do you think I need to go to school?"

That was right. Xia Mu had not been idle during this time either. His soul power had already reached level sixteen.

After obtaining his soul ring and cultivating for two months, his soul power had finally broken through to level fifteen.

With the support of the Attribute Stacking trait, Xia Mu's soul power had reached an astonishing level sixteen!

"Level sixteen?!"

"How is that possible?"

Liu Yuer cried out. That was far too fast!

"I absorbed a soul ring beyond my limit, so it had already accumulated a great deal of soul power. Then, after consuming Thousand-Year Whale Glue, I reached level thirteen after absorbing the soul ring!"

"At the time, I was only a hair away from level fourteen. After two months of cultivation, I increased my soul power by two levels. Isn't that perfectly normal?"

To be precise, over the past two months, Xia Mu had only gained about one level of soul power through cultivation. All the rest was the result of cheating.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk!"

"You brat!"

"Do you even hear what you're saying?"

Xia Feng was twenty-five years old this year, with soul power at level twenty-two. His cultivation speed was practically that of a crawling turtle!

Meanwhile, six-year-old Xia Mu had already reached level sixteen and was expected to break through level twenty by the age of seven!

Such cultivation speed was even more outrageous than innate full soul power. No wonder the two of them were so shocked.

"Dad, please put your mind at ease!"

"This is premium eighty-thousand-year Whale Glue. If you consume and refine it, it can improve your cultivation aptitude."

"Especially you, Dad!"

"There may be something that can help you!"

The second awakening of a Body Martial Soul was closely related to a soul master's vitality and blood. This might prove extremely useful.

Xia Mu took out the eighty-thousand-year Whale Glue and handed it to Xia Feng. He was planning to conduct an experiment!

"Help me? How do you plan to help?"

Xia Feng looked at Xia Mu with a puzzled expression.

"Your Martial Soul is the bones of your left and right arms!"

"A Martial Soul like this is an extremely rare Body Martial Soul. It needs to undergo multiple second awakenings before it can truly unleash its cultivation potential!"

"I want to conduct an experiment to see whether the second awakening is related to a soul master's own vitality and blood!"

"And you, Dad, are my test subject!"

Xia Mu looked at his father. This was indeed putting Xia Feng in a difficult position, but he had no other choice!

The medicinal power of eighty-thousand-year Whale Glue was vast and powerful. If Xia Mu swallowed it rashly, it would likely do more harm than good.

Xia Feng, on the other hand, had fully developed bones and muscles and was in the golden period of a soul master's cultivation. He could withstand the medicinal power.

Xia Mu's bones had not yet fully developed. For him, Thousand-Year Whale Glue already counted as an immensely nourishing treasure.

Too much was as bad as too little. Be careful not to overnourish a weak body!

"Fine!"

"I'll go all out!"

"This time, I'll trust you!"

Once everything was ready, Xia Feng soaked in a bath barrel and swallowed that piece of eighty-thousand-year Whale Glue in one gulp.

Vast medicinal power surged forth, spreading throughout his entire body!

"Bzzzzz—"

Driven by the surging vitality and blood, the bones of Xia Feng's left and right arms began to emit terrifying soul power fluctuations.

A dim glow bloomed from the bones, taking on a black-gold sheen before turning into a dazzling orange-yellow!

"This is..."

"The second awakening of a Body Martial Soul!"

"The second awakening of a Body Martial Soul truly is related to a soul master's vitality and blood. Does one need vitality and blood as fuel, with soul power as the medium, to complete the second awakening?"

"Premium eighty-thousand-year Whale Glue only allowed Dad's Martial Soul to complete a Bronze-grade awakening!"

"Without a great body-tempering medicine, achieving a Gold-grade awakening will likely require walking the line between life and death. After all, between life and death lies great terror!"

Seeing this, Xia Mu could not help but sigh.