Three with Innate Full Soul Power? Lin Xuan Draws a Talisman on the Spot

Tang San kept his eyes on Lin Xuan.

He had seen that paper clearly.

A pale yellow background, green markings, then a burst of light that sank between Lin Xuan's brows when activated.

The whole process...

In his previous life with the Tang Sect, Tang San had met plenty of people from the martial world, including wandering Daoist practitioners from Ba-Shu. Their methods of drawing talismans to ward off evil and protect homes were crude, but Tang San understood the basic principles.

What Lin Xuan had just done was almost identical to drawing a Daoist talisman.

But this was Douluo Continent. Where would he have learned that?

Tang San stared at Lin Xuan, his mind racing.

Lin Xuan had noticed Tang San watching him.

The Clear Mind Talisman was still working; its half-hour duration was nowhere near over. With his mind this sharp, Tang San's little movements were impossible to miss.

In Tang San's previous life, he had come from the Tang Sect in Ba-Shu, a world where Daoist culture was everywhere. Talismans, formations, alchemy—even if Tang San had never studied them, he had certainly seen them.

So he had probably guessed.

That was fine.

Lin Xuan had never intended to hide his Martial Soul forever.

The Paper Martial Soul's ability to draw talismans would come out sooner or later. What truly needed to stay secret was that the talismans could be stored long-term.

As long as that trump card remained hidden, everything else was manageable.

Xiao Wu got up, dusted off her skirt, and stepped up to Lin Xuan.

"Hey, you still haven't answered me! What does that paper do?"

Wang Sheng edged over too.

"Yeah, Boss Lin Xuan, you used it when we fought, too. Your reactions got really fast afterward. What's so special about that paper?"

Lin Xuan glanced around. The Work-Study Students were all listening intently. Tang San stood a few steps away, but he was clearly listening too.

May as well tell them what I can.

"It's an effect of my Martial Soul."

Lin Xuan raised his right hand, and that pale yellow Talisman Paper appeared in his palm.

"My Martial Soul is paper, and I have Innate Full Soul Power. Little San already knows that."

Tang San nodded and said, "Yeah. My Martial Soul is Blue Silver Grass, and I have Innate Full Soul Power too."

Xiao Wu whipped her head toward Tang San.

"What?"

She pointed at Lin Xuan, then Tang San, her finger darting back and forth between them.

"Fine, paper having Innate Full Soul Power is one thing, but Blue Silver Grass too? Everyone knows it's a useless Martial Soul!"

Tang San spread his hands. What could he say? He could hardly tell her about his Mysterious Heaven Skill and Twin Martial Souls.

Xiao Wu tugged at her braid, looking stunned.

"Then I'll say it too. I have Innate Full Soul Power. My Martial Soul is a Soft Bone Rabbit."

The clearing went quiet for three seconds.

Wang Sheng was the first to explode.

"Wait, wait, wait!" He raised a hand as if calling a time-out. "All three of you have Innate Full Soul Power?"

Another Work-Study Student poked his head out from behind the others.

"Seriously? Three people with Innate Full Soul Power showed up at our Work-Study Student Dormitory at once?"

"What's going on this year..."

"I thought my level-nine Soul Power was pretty impressive. Turns out I'm surrounded by experts?"

Wang Sheng crouched down, clutching his head in despair.

Lin Xuan ignored him and turned back to Xiao Wu.

"Soft Bone Rabbit?"

"Yep!" Xiao Wu lifted her chin proudly. "A Soft Bone Rabbit is way stronger than your paper and grass! At least mine isn't a useless Martial Soul!"

A flicker of embarrassment crossed Tang San's face.

Lin Xuan didn't mind.

A Soft Bone Rabbit certainly wasn't a useless Martial Soul, but Xiao Wu herself was a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soft Bone Rabbit in human form. Her "Innate Full Soul Power" wasn't some extraordinary gift; it came from her cultivation as a Soul Beast.

Xiao Wu was clearly more interested in Lin Xuan's Martial Soul.

She leaned closer and studied the Talisman Paper in his palm.

"So what can your paper actually do? You burned it just now, and then you got better at fighting?"

"I didn't burn it," Lin Xuan corrected her. "I activated it. Once activated, the pattern on the paper takes effect."

"What pattern?" Xiao Wu stood on tiptoe, trying to make out the markings.

Lin Xuan raised his hand a little higher for her.

"See these lines? After my Martial Soul awakened, I kept trying to figure out what the paper could do. Then I stumbled on a way to draw on it with Soul Power."

"Draw on it?" Wang Sheng moved closer too.

"Yeah. Once I'd drawn something, it reminded me of the protective charms our village elder, Grandpa Jack, carries."

Lin Xuan kept a straight face as he made it up.

"The old folks in our village put up door-god pictures and hang peachwood charms for the New Year. They say those things ward off evil. So I wondered whether my Martial Soul, being paper, could do something similar."

Xiao Wu tilted her head.

"And then?"

"Then I tried it."

Lin Xuan put away his Martial Soul, his tone casual.

"After more than two months of experimenting, I worked out a way to draw one. Once activated, it helps the user focus, calm down, and clear away distractions. Everything becomes much clearer."

"I guess you could call it a Self-Created Soul Skill."

The clearing fell silent again.

This time, Tang San was genuinely shocked.

A Self-Created Soul Skill?

With only level-ten Soul Power, no Soul Ring, and nothing but the properties of his Martial Soul, Lin Xuan had developed a skill he could use reliably?

Unbelievable!

Lin Xuan was a child who hadn't even obtained his first Soul Ring, yet he had pulled this off in just over two months?

And judging by its effect in a real fight, this "Clear Mind Talisman" was no mere trick.

When Lin Xuan fought Xiao Wu, his precise judgment and reaction speed had clearly exceeded what a six-year-old should be capable of.

The more Tang San thought about it, the more remarkable Lin Xuan seemed.

Someone like him couldn't be left to anyone else.

Xiao Wu didn't think that far ahead. Her eyes lit up, and she grabbed Lin Xuan's sleeve.

"Lin Xuan, Lin Xuan! Can I try it? I want to know what it feels like to have a clearer head!"

Lin Xuan considered it, then nodded.

"Sure."

He summoned his Martial Soul and gathered Soul Power at his fingertip. The Talisman Paper floated above his palm as he pressed his right index finger to its surface and began to draw.

The others had never seen the full process before. They crowded around him.

Lin Xuan's finger moved across the paper. He wasn't fast, but every stroke flowed smoothly.

Pale green lines spread across the yellow paper, bending, curling back, and intersecting in an intricate pattern.

About half a minute later, the Clear Mind Talisman was finished.

Of course, Lin Xuan had deliberately taken half a minute. With his current mastery of the Clear Mind Talisman, he could have drawn it in an instant.

He didn't stop. He immediately drew a second one.

When both talismans were done, Lin Xuan handed one to Xiao Wu and the other to Tang San.

"Just activate it with Soul Power. You can press it to your forehead or hold it in your hand."

He was only pretending to be out of breath, too.

Xiao Wu eagerly pressed the Talisman Paper to her forehead and fed a trace of Soul Power into it.

The paper dispersed into flecks of green light that sank between her brows.