What You Call a Martial Soul Awakening?

The doors of the Holy Soul Village Spirit Hall Branch were shaking.

At least forty people were crammed outside.

Some wanted to take Tang San as their disciple, some wanted to adopt Xiao Wu as their goddaughter, and two guys had already started fighting in the corner over who would get to go to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well first.

Xu Zhou even saw the village blacksmith holding up a banner.

Eight large characters were written on it.

"Boycott Tang Hao, Protect Children."

Well, damn.

Tang Hao had not even shown his face yet, but he had already lost public support.

"Stop making noise!"

Old Jack raised his cane and slammed it against the door.

"Today is the day the children awaken their Martial Souls. Whoever dares barge in will be expelled from the Sacred Soul Village Transmigrator Mutual Aid Association immediately!"

Outside, everything fell silent at once.

A moment later, someone timidly asked:

"After being expelled, will I still get a share when the village divides up the Immortal Herbs?"

"No!"

"Then I'm going home to sleep."

The chaotic footsteps gradually faded away.

Xu Zhou's eyelids twitched as he watched.

The Immortal Herbs were still in Dugu Bo's hands, yet these people were already discussing how to divide them.

Had they not considered that Dugu Bo might also be a transmigrator?

Once the doors were quiet again, Old Jack called all the village children of suitable age into the awakening room.

Including Tang San and Xu Zhou, there were exactly nine of them.

The nine children lined up along the wall, each one more well-behaved than the last.

Judging by appearances alone, they were nothing more than a group of children ignorant of the world of Soul Masters.

Yet Xu Zhou clearly saw Niu Dali, standing at the far left, giving Tang San a look.

That look carried profound meaning.

He was probably asking, Brother, count me in for the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well?

Tang San looked at his nose, and his nose at his heart.

He pretended not to see it.

"Children, my name is Su Yuntao. I am a level twenty-six Great Soul Master, and today, I will awaken your Martial Souls."

Su Yuntao stood before six black stones, his expression solemn.

"No matter what you see later, do not be afraid."

After saying that, he gave a low shout.

"Lone Wolf, possess!"

A faint blue-green glow surged from his body.

Two Soul Rings rose beneath his feet. Su Yuntao's body swelled, his eyes turned a deep green, and gray-black wolf fur grew across the backs of his hands.

"Wow!"

The eight children cried out in unison.

Their movements were synchronized, their emotions perfectly delivered.

Niu Dali even covered his mouth and took half a step back.

Xu Zhou did not move.

It was not that he did not want to play along. These people were simply acting far too badly.

Su Yuntao's temple twitched.

He had clearly rehearsed this three times in advance. Why did he feel no sense of accomplishment at all?

"Don't be afraid. This is merely my Martial Soul."

Su Yuntao forced himself to continue.

"Niu Dali, you're first."

Niu Dali immediately stepped into the stone formation.

Golden specks of light merged into his body, and a hoe appeared in his right hand.

The awakening room instantly fell silent.

Niu Dali lowered his head to stare at the hoe, and the smile on his face slowly vanished.

"Why is it still a hoe?"

"You knew you would awaken a hoe?" Su Yuntao asked.

"My parents both have hoe Martial Souls. I figured that since I'm a transmigrator, I should at least mutate a little, right?"

Still unwilling to give up, Niu Dali swung it twice.

"Where's the Clear Sky Hoe?"

"Where's the Pangu Axe?"

"At worst, I should've gotten a Sea God's Trident, shouldn't I?"

"Could it be that you're just an ordinary person?" Xu Zhou reminded him.

Niu Dali's body stiffened.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"

The test results came out quickly.

Innate Soul Power, level one.

Niu Dali was carried away.

Not because he was injured, but because his dreams had shattered and he refused to face reality.

After that, the children underwent their awakenings one after another.

Some awakened sickles, while one girl awakened two long knitting needles.

Forget top-tier Martial Souls; there was not even a decent beast-type Martial Soul among them.

The crowd that had initially been full of anticipation fell increasingly silent.

"Where are the transmigrator benefits we were promised?"

"Is my system stuck in traffic?"

"Is there customer service? I want to file a complaint!"

With a dark expression, Su Yuntao drove them all to the side.

So what if they were transmigrators?

Without talent, they would still go home and farm.

"Next, Tang San."

The moment they heard that name, the atmosphere in the awakening room changed.

Niu Dali stopped lying down and sprang to his feet with a carp flip.

Everyone stared at Tang San.

Their eyes held envy, jealousy, and the excitement of finally witnessing an iconic scene.

Tang San took a deep breath and walked into the stone formation.

Golden specks of light gathered around him.

A pale blue blade of grass grew from his right palm. Its slender leaves swayed gently, looking no different from roadside weeds.

"As expected, Blue Silver Grass."

"What about his left hand? Look at his left hand!"

"Is the Clear Sky Hammer hidden there?"

The children whispered among themselves, and no one was surprised.

Tang San's temples throbbed.

These people needed to cut it out already.

He did indeed possess a second Martial Soul, and it was indeed the Clear Sky Hammer.

But the feeling that the entire world knew his secret while he still had to pretend it had not been exposed was truly stifling.

Su Yuntao took out a crystal ball.

"Test your Soul Power."

Tang San placed his hand on it.

Dazzling blue light instantly filled the entire crystal ball. Its radiance illuminated the awakening room and reflected the utterly unmoved faces of everyone present.

Su Yuntao took a deep breath.

According to the script, he should have been shocked right now.

But if he was the only one shocked in the entire room, would that not make him look stupid?

"It's actually Innate Full Soul Power!"

Su Yuntao gritted his teeth and shouted it out.

No one responded.

For a time, the scene was unbearably awkward.

Tang San withdrew his hand and patted Su Yuntao on the arm.

"You've worked hard. Your acting was decent."

Su Yuntao nearly spat out blood.

"Next!"

He decided to finish this task quickly and leave this place of heartbreak.

"Xu Zhou, it's your turn."

Everyone's gazes gathered once more.

However, unlike Tang San, the others looked at Xu Zhou with more curiosity.

Tang San's Martial Soul had long been known.

Xu Zhou's was still unknown.

This was also one of the few sources of entertainment among transmigrators.

"Don't be nervous."

Tang San spoke quietly.

"Even if you awaken an ordinary Martial Soul, I can take care of you in the future."

Xu Zhou glanced at him, warmth stirring in his heart.

Though this Tang San was not the original model, he was still fairly loyal.

"Don't worry. I'm fine."

Xu Zhou stepped into the stone formation.

All six stones lit up at once.

Warm power entered his body and flowed through his blood toward his right hand.

A sharp pain pricked his palm.

The Black Ancient Book that had previously appeared in his consciousness slowly emerged.

It was only palm-sized. There was no title on its cover, dark golden patterns wrapped around its edges, and the open pages were completely blank.

"A Book Martial Soul?"

Su Yuntao frowned.

Tool-type Martial Souls came in countless varieties. Book-type Martial Souls were not uncommon, but most lacked combat power and could only develop along the support path.

"Place your hand on the crystal ball."

Xu Zhou did as he was told.

One second.

Two seconds.

The crystal ball did not react at all.

Everyone's expressions gradually turned strange.

"Don't tell me he has no Soul Power?"

"Six years after transmigrating, and he gets a trash Martial Soul?"

"At least it looks better than a hoe."

Niu Dali felt deeply offended.

Su Yuntao checked the crystal ball once more, then shook his head regretfully.

"There is no Soul Power reaction whatsoever."

Xu Zhou's fingers trembled slightly.

No Soul Power?

He had dreamed of this for six whole years.

Even if he only had level one, he could at least become a Soul Master.

But the crystal ball had not emitted even the faintest glimmer.

That meant he could not even become the lowest-ranked Soul Warrior.

It felt as though a stone were lodged in his chest.

Xu Zhou slowly withdrew his hand.

Just then, the Black Ancient Book began turning its pages without wind.

On the first page, blood-red words appeared one after another.

[Script of All Beings awakened.]

[Current Soul Power: Level 0.]

[Ability One: When another person's judgment of you is mistaken, you can extract Cognitive Bias and convert it into Soul Power.]

[Everyone in this world believed they knew the plot.]

[And your power came from making them all guess wrong.]

Xu Zhou abruptly raised his head.

Su Yuntao was looking at him with a face full of regret.

"What a pity."

"With no Soul Power, you're destined never to become a Soul Master in this life."

As soon as he finished speaking.

The Black Ancient Book trembled slightly.

[Su Yuntao's judgment was mistaken.]

[Cognitive Bias collected.]

[Soul Power increased to Level 1.]

A wisp of Soul Power suddenly emerged within Xu Zhou's body.

He looked at the oblivious crowd, his heart pounding wildly.

The bad news was that the entire continent was full of transmigrators.

The good news was that these transmigrators all seemed to be materials for his cultivation.

Xu Zhou lowered his head and stroked the pages, the corners of his mouth slowly curling upward.

Since all of you thought you had read the script.

Then from today onward, he would be the one tearing it apart.