Qian Renxue: I will rebuild Spirit Hall!

After a long while, Qian Renxue came back to her senses. Sitting on the bed with her head lowered, she clenched her delicate fists.

She thought of how, in history, Spirit Hall had been destroyed, and she and her mother had been killed. Above all, Shrek Academy had taken over vast amounts of Spirit Hall's resources and accumulated legacy.

It had feasted on Spirit Hall's corpse, growing stronger until it leaped to become the continent's foremost academy. That made her burn with fury.

At that moment, two golden flames seemed to blaze in Qian Renxue's eyes.

Qian Renxue silently vowed, Heaven let me cross time and space to reach this world ten thousand years in the future, so I must do something!

I will take back everything that belonged to Spirit Hall. I will rebuild Spirit Hall!

I will let every child from an ordinary family on the Douluo Continent awaken their martial soul for free!

I will let the glory of the Six-Winged Angel shine over the entire continent once again!

And Tang San, Shrek Academy, just you wait! You actually dared to slander Spirit Hall and brand it an evil force!

Once I'm strong enough, I will settle the score with you!

Beside her, Chen An, who had just finished recounting the past ten thousand years of the Douluo Continent's history, saw Ren Xue's reaction.

He thought, Has this little girl lost her mind? Why does she look so unhinged? How can hearing a bit of history provoke such a huge reaction?

At that moment, it never occurred to Chen An that the little blonde girl before him could be the renowned Qian Renxue.

After all, this was not ten thousand years ago, but the era of the Peerless Tang Sect. Qian Renxue had already been dead for ten thousand years. No matter how wildly his imagination ran, he would never imagine that a little blonde girl was Qian Renxue herself.

Just as Chen An was wondering whether the little blonde girl before him had lost her mind, something happened.

Overcome with emotion, Qian Renxue's already badly injured body, weakened by heavy blood loss, could no longer bear the strain. She toppled onto the bed and passed out.

Chen An: (;OдO) Wait, why did she faint again?!

Chen An hurried over to check Qian Renxue's injuries. After examining her, he found that her breathing was steady, though her heart was beating a little fast.

Seeing that the little blonde girl was not in any serious danger, Chen An immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

As long as she wasn't dead. If she died, all the effort he had put into saving her would have been wasted.

Then Chen An went into the living room and resumed his attempts to awaken his martial soul on his own.

Chen An sat cross-legged with his eyes tightly shut, gathering all his concentration and focusing his mind as he carefully sensed the hidden power deep within his body.

As his mental focus sharpened, Chen An could sense the power hidden deep within him. It was extraordinarily strong, but he simply could not draw it out.

Before this, Chen An had tried all sorts of methods, from adjusting his breathing rhythm to meditating under sunlight and moonlight, and even taking herbs that replenished vital energy... but none of them had worked.

After another round of attempts, Chen An still gained nothing, except a clearer sense of the power hidden within his body.

Chen An thought, Just what do I have to do to awaken my martial soul on my own?

Logically, self-awakening must exist. If no one could awaken their martial soul on their own, where did the first people with martial souls come from?

After all, those first people with martial souls had no one to awaken them.

Should I try creating a life-or-death crisis to unleash the body's potential?

An eager gleam flickered in Chen An's eyes.

Although the "An" in Chen An's name meant peace, he had never been someone who quietly stayed in line.

Chen An refused mediocrity and would not resign himself to an ordinary life. He kept trying to awaken his martial soul on his own, and even dared, as an ordinary person, to secretly carry Qian Renxue home to treat her injuries, despite her obviously extraordinary background and the considerable trouble surrounding her. That alone showed how wild his ambitions were.

Just as Chen An's head filled with outrageous schemes, the unconscious Qian Renxue woke up.

After waking, Qian Renxue looked around for Chen An. Soon, she found him sitting cross-legged in the living room.

"Huh? That look in his eyes...!"

Qian Renxue carefully studied Chen An, unsure what he was thinking.

Compared with when he had been chatting with her earlier, Chen An now possessed an extra spark of resolve.

In his eyes, she saw an ambition that refused to remain beneath others or settle for mediocrity, and a thirst to become strong.

Qian Renxue did not dislike ambition, because she knew ambition and desire were the greatest forces driving a person forward.

If someone merely muddled through life, content with being ordinary and too lazy to strive, then no matter how gifted they were, they would find it hard to achieve much in their lifetime.

Thus, Qian Renxue personally favored those with both ability and ambition.

Yes, they had to possess ability. Without it, ambition alone was delusion, nothing more than a daydream.

As she watched Chen An, admiration involuntarily appeared on Qian Renxue's face. As Spirit Hall's young mistress, her insight and learning were far beyond those of ordinary people.

She could tell at a glance that Chen An was attempting to awaken his martial soul on his own, and that he was only one final step away from success. Even from several meters away, she could feel the faint fluctuations of his martial soul's power within him.

All he lacked was an external stimulus. Without sufficient outside stimulation, simply sensing his martial soul by himself would accomplish nothing, even if he spent his whole life doing it.

Normally, to ensure safety, soul masters used a gentle external stimulus like an Awakening Stone to safely awaken children's martial souls.

Of course, without an Awakening Stone, other things could work as well, such as spiritual herbs containing the vital energy of heaven and earth, or soul power used to stimulate the dantian.

A martial soul could even automatically protect its owner on the brink of death.

Of course, without an Awakening Stone, the other methods either required far too many resources and too much money, or were extremely dangerous.

Qian Renxue thought, What a genius. He has such resolve at just six years old, and all he needs to awaken his martial soul on his own is an external stimulus.

With intelligence and talent like this, if his innate soul power is reasonably high after his martial soul awakens, he's bound to achieve something in the future.

Remembering that Chen An had saved her life, Qian Renxue immediately decided to help him.

Besides, Qian Renxue also wanted to bring Chen An under her command. After all, she wanted to rebuild Spirit Hall, and she certainly could not accomplish that alone.

She needed many like-minded subordinates to help and support her, working alongside her. Only then could Spirit Hall be rebuilt and stand at the pinnacle of the continent!

Qian Renxue said, "Chen An, I know how to awaken a martial soul on your own. Let me help you!"

Hearing this, Chen An immediately turned to look. The little blonde girl was smiling warmly at him, and to his eyes, that smile was utterly adorable.

"All right!"

Chen An immediately agreed.

Qian Renxue walked up to Chen An and placed her palm over his dantian.

The next moment, Qian Renxue's soul power flowed into Chen An's dantian.

Under that external stimulus, Chen An's martial soul awakened...