Innate Full Soul Power, Inheriting the Legacy

"Young Master, has your Martial Soul mutated?"

As the former steward of a great clan, Uncle Fu's insight far exceeded that of ordinary people. He carefully scrutinized the Black Jade Bamboo Martial Soul that his young master had summoned once more, half-asking and half-stating the conclusion.

Martial Soul mutation referred to a special, extremely low-probability, irreversible phenomenon where a Martial Soul broke away from its original bloodline template during inheritance or growth, undergoing fundamental changes in form, attributes, and abilities.

At the same time, Martial Soul mutations were also divided into beneficial mutations and malignant mutations.

Examples of beneficial mutations included Ma Hongjun's Evil Fire Phoenix, Feng Tianxiao's Gale Two-Headed Demon Wolf, and Liu Erlong's Fire Dragon.

A classic example of a malignant mutation was Yu Xiaogang's Luo Sanpao.

The original green bamboo had transformed into a Black Jade Bamboo while emitting a powerful aura, which naturally fell into the category of a Martial Soul mutation.

"It should be a beneficial mutation. I can feel that this Black Jade Bamboo possesses the Spirit Bamboo Martial Soul's traits of sensing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and searching for heavenly treasures and rare herbs. At the same time, its texture is extremely, extremely hard, which is very different from the Spirit Bamboo Martial Soul. I just don't know what kind of bamboo this is; it looks somewhat familiar."

Mo An touched the Black Jade Bamboo Martial Soul with his hand, recounting the traits he could perceive one by one.

"Young Master, put away your Martial Soul first and come test your Innate Soul Power."

Uncle Fu took out a crystal ball used for testing Soul Power from his pocket, placing it in front of Mo An. Only those with Innate Soul Power could become Soul Masters; conversely, they could only remain ordinary people.

Using his mind to retract the bamboo on his right hand back into his body, Mo An placed his small hand on the crystal ball. The warm breath inside his body spread out along his arm, and a blue light emerged from the crystal ball, spreading continuously.

In the blink of an eye, the crystal ball shone brightly like a brilliant sapphire, its blue light illuminating Mo An and Uncle Fu. Smiles appeared on both of their faces at the same time.

"Hahahaha, Innate Full Soul Power! This is Innate Full Soul Power!! Heaven bless my Azure Bamboo, hahaha..."

Looking at the crystal ball that had completely turned blue and understanding what this meant, Uncle Fu could not help but burst into hearty laughter. As he laughed, a sorrowful expression appeared on his face as he thought of the deceased master and madam, and of the exterminated Azure Bamboo.

"Uncle Fu, when I successfully cultivate in the future, I will definitely seek justice from the Clear Sky Sect and Spirit Hall for the Azure Bamboo and make them pay the price."

Possessing the beneficial mutation of the Black Jade Bamboo Martial Soul, coupled with the aptitude of Innate Full Soul Power and the knowledge of many future opportunities, Mo An looked at the sorrowful expression on Uncle Fu's face and made a promise to him, his confidence greatly boosted.

"I don't understand the matters of Soul Masters, nor can I help. Everything in the future will have to rely on you alone, Young Master. As for seeking justice, just do what is within your capacity. If it really doesn't work out, giving it up is fine either. When the master and madam asked me to take you away, they didn't wish for you to seek revenge; they only hoped you could live in peace and safety. That is where the young master's name came from."

Hearing the young master's promise, Uncle Fu hesitated for a moment before taking the opportunity of the master and madam's words to speak his mind. Spirit Hall and the Clear Sky Sect were simply too powerful; seeking justice from them could not possibly be compared to the young master's safety.

Hearing the meaning behind his name once again and knowing that Uncle Fu was worried about him, Mo An spoke to Uncle Fu: "Uncle Fu, rest assured. Before I have sufficient strength, I will never act rashly."

He had been cared for for so many years and possessed such exceptional talent; if he did nothing, his heart would find no peace.

"Sigh, as long as the young master has a clear idea in mind."

Uncle Fu stopped saying those overly sentimental and nagging words. He gathered his emotions, took out an Azure Jade Ring from a pocket sewn inside his clothes, and placed the ring into Mo An's hand:

"This is the Storage Soul Tool the master gave me when we fled back then. Inside are the things he left for the young master. You only need to inject Soul Power to open it, and today I can finally hand it to you with my own hands."

Perhaps recalling the past once again, Uncle Fu's emotions, which had just improved a little, grew downcast once more, and a trace of tears seemed to swirl in his eyes.

Mo An took the Azure Jade Ring and used his mind to rouse the warm current within his body, injecting it into the Azure Jade Ring. A space the size of a standard classroom appeared in his mind, filled with quite a few items. When he focused his attention on a certain object, that object would automatically magnify, ensuring he could see the details on it clearly.

After inspection, Mo An roughly confirmed the contents of the Azure Jade Ring: the Green Bamboo Compendium, the Treasure Record, the Soul Beast Compendium, bearer storage cards, a large pile of Gold Soul Coins, and a number of unfamiliar objects.

Having roughly confirmed the items inside the Azure Jade Ring, Mo An withdrew his Soul Power, and the space inside the ring vanished from his mind accordingly.

"These things are very useful to me. Thank you, Uncle Fu."

"This... this originally belonged to the young master. I was only keeping it on your behalf, so I don't deserve the young master's thanks. I'm going to return these borrowed items; you go ahead and busy yourself with your own matters, Young Master."

Having lived in this world since childhood, Uncle Fu reacted strongly to the young master's expression of gratitude. Stumbling through his reply, he picked up the borrowed Awakening Stone and Soul Power testing crystal ball and left the apothecary.

Watching Uncle Fu's reaction and seeing the old man off as he left the apothecary, Mo An let out a soft sigh, turned around to return to the back courtyard, took out the Green Bamboo Compendium from the Azure Jade Ring, and began reading it attentively.

The Green Bamboo Compendium detailed the special meditation method suited for the Spirit Bamboo Martial Soul, different development directions for the Spirit Bamboo Martial Soul and their corresponding Soul Beasts, how to more efficiently utilize the Spirit Bamboo Martial Soul to sense the spiritual energy of heaven and earth and search for heavenly treasures and rare herbs, as well as three mutation examples of the Spirit Bamboo Martial Soul, and so on.

What was rather regrettable was that the three Martial Soul mutation examples recorded in the Green Bamboo Compendium were all malignant mutations, and none of them possessed Innate Soul Power, holding no great reference value.

After reading the meditation method recorded in the Green Bamboo Compendium repeatedly, Mo An impatiently sat cross-legged in the courtyard, injecting his internal Soul Power into the Black Jade Bamboo Martial Soul to use the Martial Soul to perceive the spiritual energy of heaven and earth flowing in the surrounding air.

The Spirit Bamboo Martial Soul inherently possessed the function of perceiving the flow of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and the mutated Black Jade Bamboo Martial Soul possessed this ability as well, but in an enhanced version.

In a mere three seconds, Mo An perceived the surrounding flowing spiritual energy of heaven and earth.

After perceiving the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, the next step was to use Innate Soul Power to guide the surrounding spiritual energy of heaven and earth, drawing it into his body to perform one complete circulation, transforming the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his own Soul Power.

Experiencing the cultivation firsthand, Mo An finally understood completely why Innate Soul Power was so important. People without Innate Soul Power were completely unable to guide the spiritual energy of heaven and earth; this was the primary reason why those without Innate Soul Power could not become Soul Masters.

The amount of Innate Soul Power determined the amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy one could guide, which was the source of the saying that the level of Innate Soul Power determined one's future upper limit.

Having confirmed the importance of Innate Soul Power, Mo An grew curious about the gap between the Green Bamboo Meditation Method and the universal meditation method. He first operated the Green Bamboo Meditation Method for five minutes, then switched to the universal meditation method for another five minutes.

The result was obvious: the Green Bamboo Meditation Method was more than three times faster than the continent's universal meditation method, and the two were completely on different levels.

The cultivation speed of the Green Bamboo Meditation Method is already this formidable; I wonder how fast that Tang San's Mysterious Heaven Skill cultivation would be. I really want to snatch the Mysterious Heaven Skill over!!

Cursing Tang San—that cheater—in his heart, Mo An resumed cultivating with the Green Bamboo Meditation Method. No matter what he planned to do in the future, possessing formidable strength was always the right choice.