More Gold Again? · Part Two

Although Martial Soul Hall charged fees, compared with the chaotic era ten thousand years later, it was still quite conscientious and would not cripple commoners financially.

Several children before Dan Lei had been in the same situation.

After all, ordinary people would be stopped from entering Martial Soul Hall, let alone children like them, who had looked like beggars before.

In addition, being homeless children with limited access to information, along with various other scattered issues, had resulted in people like Dan Lei never awakening their Martial Souls.

The next day, Dan Lei was queuing again.

But this time, he was waiting to awaken his Martial Soul.

Faced with something like this, even Dan Lei, who was usually calm as still water, could not help feeling a little excited and nervous.

After all, how could someone from Douluo Continent not have a Martial Soul?

But when he thought of his former parents, Dan Lei felt that even if he awakened a Martial Soul, it might not change his situation.

His mother's Martial Soul had been a little green snake, while his father's had been a wooden stick. Neither of them had possessed Innate Soul Power.

Even ordinary civilians on Douluo Continent knew that a child's Martial Soul was closely related to those of their parents.

Thus, Dan Lei understood that his Martial Soul would most likely inherit one of his parents' Martial Souls and would probably lack Innate Soul Power as well.

So even if he was lucky enough to have a tiny bit of Innate Soul Power like certain legendary Blue Silver Grass Soul Masters, Dan Lei felt that he would still be unable to leave this orphanage.

Having figured this out, Dan Lei's gaze gradually returned to calmness.

Just then, it was finally Dan Lei's turn to step onto the Awakening Formation.

"Don't be nervous, little one. Big sister is very gentle."

The female Soul Master responsible for the awakening reassured him instinctively.

Then she met Dan Lei's calm, waterlike eyes and paused slightly, sensing that this child was somewhat unusual.

However, the female Soul Master did not say anything else.

It was just a job. Why worry so much?

She began injecting Soul Power again and activated the Awakening Formation.

In an instant, Dan Lei felt a warm current enter his body from outside. His whole body felt incomparably comfortable.

As he immersed himself completely in that comfort, Dan Lei suddenly noticed that something had appeared in his right hand. At the same time, he vaguely heard the female Soul Master's cry of surprise beside him.

A wanderer's vigilance was instantly triggered.

Dan Lei's eyes immediately regained their clarity. He vigilantly looked around, wanting to see what had happened.

But after sweeping his gaze around, the room was still the same room. Only the people around him were looking at him with astonished eyes.

Dan Lei quickly realized that the problem lay with himself and immediately thought of something. He lowered his head to look.

A blue shaft entered Dan Lei's vision, making him instinctively think that he had awakened the same wooden stick Martial Soul as his father.

But Dan Lei quickly noticed that something was wrong.

First, this stick of his was blue. Second, it was covered in purple patterns, with a faint fluorescent glow shining from them.

The purple patterns were extremely orderly, as though they depicted something.

Dan Lei followed the patterns upward and saw that at their end was a bizarre beast head. He had no idea what it was.

Beyond that, extending from the beast head was a sharp spear tip that flashed with lightning.

"Is this... my Martial Soul?"

Dan Lei murmured in disbelief.

At that moment, the female Soul Master finally recovered from the domineering appearance of Dan Lei's Martial Soul and said happily.

"Come, little brother! Quickly hold out your hand so we can test your Innate Soul Power!"

Dan Lei did as instructed. The next instant, the entire awakening chamber lit up as bright as day.

The female Soul Master nearly went mad with joy at the sight.

"Hahaha, Innate Full Soul Power! I'm going to strike it rich!"

The female Soul Master laughed maniacally inside.

If it had only been an ordinary job, she would naturally have just gone through the motions.

But if she could recruit such a genius into Martial Soul Hall, that would be an enormous merit! It could earn her a promotion and a raise!

The female Soul Master immediately said impatiently, "Little brother, you have Innate Full Soul Power! Such talent is rare throughout all of Douluo Continent.

"Well? Do you want to join Martial Soul Hall? You would receive the best training there. In the future, becoming one of the legendary Title Douluo would not be impossible either~"

Hearing the invitation, Dan Lei was instinctively tempted.

After all, he would receive guidance from a top-tier force and might become a Title Douluo, standing at the peak of the continent in the future.

What ordinary child could resist such temptation?

But Dan Lei was no ordinary child. His gaze quickly regained its clarity, and he silently shook his head.

"Sorry, big sister. I need to return and ask our headmaster about this."

In those brief seconds, Dan Lei had already weighed the pros and cons through a merchant's wisdom.

Under normal circumstances, Dan Lei would definitely have agreed immediately. After all, his former self had been poor and had nothing to worry about.

But things were different now, because he belonged to the orphanage.

And the fact that people from Martial Soul Hall fawned over the orphanage did not necessarily mean that the people behind the orphanage were from Martial Soul Hall.

So if he agreed rashly, Dan Lei feared that something bad might happen to him.

Furthermore, if the people behind the orphanage truly were from Martial Soul Hall, then compared to the female Soul Master before him, who was obviously just a low-level worker, being recommended into Martial Soul Hall by the adults behind the orphanage would certainly earn him far more attention.

But upon hearing that answer, the female Soul Master froze. She had even flirted with him to tempt him, so why was this little brat not taking the bait?

Then the female Soul Master grew anxious. Could she really let a meat bun delivered right to her mouth fly away?

Immediately, the female Soul Master clenched her fists. Then her eyes turned seductive, and with a coquettish cry of "Little brother," she pressed herself toward Dan Lei.

Threatening him with force?

That definitely would not work. Not only would it violate the rules, but it would also be a suicidal way to offend a future powerhouse.

Therefore, the female Soul Master could only find a way to make this little brat understand, through some "sincere" persuasion, what a glorious and great undertaking it was to join Martial Soul Hall!

But just as the female Soul Master was about to act and make a sacrifice of herself—

Bang!

A crisp knocking sound rang out. It was clearly a solid hit to the head.

The female Soul Master immediately cried out in pain and turned her head in dissatisfaction, wanting to see who was trying to ruin her good fortune!

She then saw the deacon responsible for recording the work results glaring at her in displeasure. Clearly, he was the culprit.

Before the female Soul Master could complain, What are you doing?

The deacon leaned closer, lowered his voice, and snapped irritably.

"Have you lost your mind?!

"This child is from the Hall Master's Orphanage. Are you trying to steal someone from the Hall Master? Do you still want to keep working in Martial Soul Hall?!"

Having been called out so directly, the female Soul Master immediately recalled Sister Zhang's face, and her entire expression turned as though her parents had died.

Sob~ The promotion and raise that had been within reach are gone~

But even though her merit had flown away and she had been struck on the head, the female Soul Master still had to thank the deacon.

After all, these days, it was not easy to find a Soul Master job as relaxed and respectable as one in Martial Soul Hall.