Our eldest brother really is a lost cause!
"Oh, damn."
"I actually have twin martial souls?"
Even Qian Renchuan, standing on the platform, was utterly astonished.
He was genuinely astonished.
Twin martial souls, of all things.
And both his skin martial soul and his angel martial soul ranked among the very best.
Especially after hearing his two younger siblings' thoughts from below.
Qian Renchuan wanted to burst out laughing even more.
Both Qian Renxue and Huo Yuhao now believed their memories of their previous lives would let them crush him.
To crush him next.
They would surely push themselves even harder.
Train like mad.
Go on, train. Train as hard as you can.
Your big brother has high hopes for you!
Once his martial souls had been identified.
Next came the test of his innate soul power.
The Red-Robed Cardinal took out a deep-blue crystal ball and courteously held it out before Qian Renchuan.
He also thoughtfully explained how to use it.
Qian Renchuan placed his hand on it.
Hum.
The crystal ball instantly erupted with dazzling light, illuminating the entire Awakening Platform.
"Innate soul power, rank twenty-five!"
The Red-Robed Cardinal shouted excitedly again.
At once, another wave of astonished cries swept through the crowd, and Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji were even more stunned.
Then their faces broke into delighted smiles.
Everyone knew that awakening a martial soul was much like opening a mystery box.
Good luck meant a top-tier prize.
Bad luck meant junk.
But this time, Spirit Hall already had a guaranteed win.
With Qian Renchuan's twin martial souls and rank-twenty-five innate soul power, Spirit Hall had nothing to worry about for the next hundred years!
Next.
Naturally, the Second Young Lady, Qian Renxue, stepped onto the platform for her test.
With her memories of her previous life, Qian Renxue already knew what martial soul she would awaken.
She was therefore very confident.
Sure enough, it was exactly as in the original story.
Qian Renxue's test results were also incredibly impressive.
Golden light blazed.
Her six-winged angel martial soul appeared.
Then came the soul power test, and the crystal ball erupted with dazzling light once again.
"Innate soul power, rank twenty!"
The Red-Robed Cardinal shouted again.
Everyone in Spirit Hall was overjoyed once more. All the elders flushed with excitement and shouted in unison,
"Spirit Hall shall prosper!"
"Long live Spirit Hall!"
Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji were grinning from ear to ear.
An angel martial soul with innate soul power at rank twenty-five, and another at rank twenty!
The Qian Family was about to defy all expectations!
Immediately afterward, everyone's gaze fell on the Pope's third child, Qian Yuhao.
They were all filled with anticipation.
The eldest and second children both had angel martial souls and extraordinary talent.
As for the third.
Could he also have an angel martial soul?
If that were true, Spirit Hall's future would shine brighter than the sun.
One Qian Daoliu had already held the Douluo Continent in check for hundreds of years.
What about three Qian Daolius?
They could hardly imagine it!
Under everyone's expectant gazes, Huo Yuhao walked onto the Awakening Platform with an expressionless face.
He stood in the center of the Awakening Array.
The Red-Robed Cardinal poured in his soul power.
Golden light flared.
However, this time, everyone was destined to be disappointed.
After his martial soul awakened, no enormous Angel Phantom appeared behind Huo Yuhao.
Only a faint gleam of gold flashed through his pupils.
It was unmistakably a body martial soul:
Spirit eyes.
At the sight, all the Spirit Hall elders present frowned deeply.
"Eyes?"
"Another strange martial soul?"
"What kind of martial soul is that?"
"Can it be used in combat?"
Everyone murmured, disappointment in their voices.
But with Qian Renchuan's example still fresh in his mind, Qian Xunji was unwilling to give up. He stared at Huo Yuhao and said loudly,
"Yuhao, search carefully within yourself. See if you have a second martial soul."
Huo Yuhao sneered inwardly, but outwardly, he made a show of closing his eyes.
They waited for quite a while.
Still, no new martial soul appeared.
This time, Qian Xunji's expression truly darkened.
Everyone could only reluctantly accept the fact.
The Pope's third child, Qian Yuhao.
Had awakened a useless eye-type martial soul.
"Test his soul power."
Qian Xunji waved his hand, his tone cold.
Huo Yuhao then placed his hand on the crystal ball.
Light flared. Although it was not as dazzling as the previous two times, it was still quite impressive.
"Innate soul power, rank ten!"
The Red-Robed Cardinal announced.
Only upon hearing this result did Qian Xunji's expression improve slightly.
Rank ten.
He could just barely be considered a genius.
But compared with the eldest and second children, this third child was simply worthless.
At that thought, Qian Xunji's gaze toward Huo Yuhao filled with disgust once again.
Yet Huo Yuhao remained calm where he stood.
Innate full soul power.
Not bad.
It was not merely rank-one innate soul power, as it had been in his previous life.
This also meant that his life this time would not be as difficult as the last.
However, Huo Yuhao knew perfectly well why he had innate full soul power.
It was not because his talent had improved.
It was entirely because he had begun practicing the Mysterious Heaven Skill at the age of two.
Still, overall, today's martial soul awakening had gone according to his plan.
With slightly poorer talent, no one would focus their attention on him.
His escape plan.
Would proceed all the more smoothly!
After the Pope's three children had awakened their martial souls, it was time for the ordinary children of the appropriate age to undergo testing.
For such a boring part of the proceedings.
There was naturally no need for Qian Renchuan and his two siblings to stay.
So, after briefly asking permission, the three turned and left the square.
But none of the three siblings noticed that Bibi Dong, seated on the raised dais, was staring fixedly at Qian Renchuan's and Qian Renxue's retreating backs.
Her eyes were filled with utter disgust and icy coldness.
After leaving the square, Qian Renchuan yawned, ready to return to his little courtyard and lie down some more.
He had stood around for so long today.
It was exhausting.
But just then, Qian Renxue's voice suddenly came from behind him,
"Big brother, wait a moment."
Qian Renchuan stopped in surprise and turned to look at her,
"What?"
His younger sister.
Because she had been reborn, her personality was already completely different from Qian Renxue's in the original story.
She had become incredibly cold.
Over the past few years, she had never called out to him first.
Even when they occasionally met, she would not so much as nod. She treated both him and their younger brother like complete strangers.
Of course, their youngest brother, Huo Yuhao, was not much better.
Only after Qian Renchuan stopped did Qian Renxue speak, her little face stern and her tone serious,
"Your talent is good."
"Not only do you have twin martial souls, but you also have a six-winged angel martial soul."
"Now that we've successfully awakened our martial souls, we'll begin formal soul power cultivation."
"I hope you won't keep being as lazy as you were before."
"Train properly. Don't let your angel martial soul go to waste, and certainly don't disgrace the Qian Family."
"Oh."
Qian Renchuan picked at his ear, thoroughly dismissive,
"Sure."
"Got it."
With that, he lazily turned and walked away.
Cultivate?
You and our little brother can work yourselves to the bone.
Don't pin your hopes on me!
Watching Qian Renchuan saunter away as carelessly as ever, Qian Renxue frowned deeply,
"He really is a lost cause!"
Beside her, Huo Yuhao also watched Qian Renchuan's retreating back and shook his head slightly.
In his view.
Their eldest brother really was useless,
"He has such incredible talent, yet he doesn't appreciate it. I've never seen such a lazy soul master."
"Someone like him will never amount to anything, no matter how talented he is."