Radiant Sacred Tiger?

Ye Qing was not surprised in the slightest that Bei Bei had awakened the radiant blue lightning tyrant dragon martial soul, with innate full soul power to boot.

Who would believe Bei Bei had nothing up his sleeve when he could become the big brother of this generation's Shrek Seven Devils? Could Mu En's great-great-grandson possibly be a good-for-nothing?

He was not Yu Xiaogang...

Of course, none of that had anything to do with Ye Qing.

When Bei Bei awakened his martial soul, Ye Feng had taken Ye Qing to watch. Once Bei Bei successfully awakened it, Ye Qing offered a token word of congratulations.

After Bei Bei awakened his martial soul, they spent even less time playing together.

Over the next three months, until Ye Qing also turned six and needed to awaken his martial soul, he saw Bei Bei a mere four or five times in a full ninety days.

Sigh~

He was a soul master, after all. Once he awakened his martial soul, of course he had to cultivate. Where would he find the time to read and fish every day like Ye Qing?

Bad news: his buddy was driving a Land Rover now.

Good news: the buddy driving the Land Rover seemed to have stopped being his buddy.

"What's so bad about being alone?" Ye Qing asked himself. In the end, his answer was that being alone was no big deal either.

The much livelier personality he had developed after becoming a child began to settle down, and the brilliant smile often on his face shifted toward a formulaic, gentle smile. These changes in Ye Qing nearly scared Ye Feng into thinking his soul had collapsed again.

By the time Ye Qing needed to undergo his own martial soul awakening ceremony and saw Bei Bei again, the wooden expression on Bei Bei's face had vanished. In its place was a proud smile that belonged exclusively to a genius.

It was subtle, but it was there.

"Ye Qing, believe in yourself. You'll definitely awaken a powerful martial soul too!" Bei Bei said with a smile, offering his well-wishes.

Hmm... I'm happy you came to wish your buddy luck with his martial soul awakening, but your buddy really doesn't like that tone you're using with him.

Bei Bei, who had already obtained a soul ring and stood more than a full head taller than Ye Qing, seemed to have suddenly turned back into the Bei Bei from the original story over these past six months. At any rate, Ye Qing could not hear any trace of their closeness from half a year ago in his words.

It was just... pretty bland.

Fair enough. He had only played with Bei Bei for a few days. Half a year was enough to wash away plenty of things.

"Thank you. I hope so." Wearing the same formulaic smile, Ye Qing replied politely, then followed Ye Feng to the martial soul awakening array.

"My dear grandson, Grandpa is going to awaken your martial soul now. Relax your whole body, carefully sense the power within you, then release it," Ye Feng instructed.

"I understand. Go ahead, Grandpa." Ye Qing closed his eyes and let his hands hang naturally at his sides, relaxing his entire body.

His body was relaxed, but he was still quite nervous inside.

Although he had gotten quite a few Golden Tree tea leaves from Mu En to improve his constitution, and bathing in the Golden Tree's radiance every day had imperceptibly strengthened his body, Ye Feng had also used a great many treasures to build his foundation.

But this was the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger... It was hard to say whether his little body could withstand it.

As far as Ye Qing was concerned, even after several years of laying a foundation, his body was still pretty scrawny.

But regardless of what Ye Qing thought, the Awakening Ritual had to begin.

Life and death are decreed by fate; wealth and honor lie with Heaven. The bigger the waves, the bigger the fish. Risk and reward go hand in hand! How could I expect a martial soul on the level of the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger without shouldering an equal risk?

Come on!

As Ye Feng poured soul power into the awakening array, Ye Qing roared inwardly.

A great quantity of pure, milky-white soul power flowed from Ye Feng's hands into the array. After being transformed by the six martial soul awakening stones, it became countless golden motes of light that Ye Qing's small body absorbed.

With his entire body relaxed, Ye Qing felt as though he were soaking in a hot spring, or soaring freely through the sky. The unprecedented sense of exhilaration nearly made him cheer aloud.

Such a comfortable awakening ceremony proved that his martial soul had not actually burdened his body. Otherwise, the awakening process would have brought pain, with the powerful martial soul constantly bearing down on his body.

No pain and no pressure meant he had withstood his choice.

He could fully awaken the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger martial soul!

Come forth, Dark Demon Evil God Tiger!

Whoomph!

The sound of wings unfurling suddenly rang out. Ye Qing felt his back lighten. As expected, these had to be the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger's evil god wings. He also felt a slight itch at his tailbone, as though a tail were about to grow out.

So this is the Evil God Hook?

Ye Qing did not open his eyes, because he felt that his Awakening Ritual had not quite ended. Power was still pouring out from the depths of his soul.

He could even hear his bones cracking. His muscles bulged and swelled, his blood surged with a wild roar, and his soul power boiled over completely!

"Roar!!!"

Yes, that's the sound! A tiger's roar shaking the mountain forests!

Ye Qing's eyes snapped open, and he let out an equally deep, overwhelmingly oppressive tiger's roar. That wonderful sound, like the King Engine, filled him with exhilaration!

Wait...

What's that really white thing?

Ye Qing looked behind him in confusion, then saw a pair of broad, pure-white wings and a huge white tiger.

"...?!" Good grief. The composure he had cultivated over half a year crumbled completely at that moment. Ye Qing had not seen the Dark Demon Evil God Tiger he wanted. Instead, he saw a huge white tiger radiating a holy aura.

Where the hell did that kick send me? Is this still the reward I picked from the resurrection round?

"Snow-white fur, brilliant golden eyes, wings upon its back, slaying evil and suppressing wickedness... This is the Radiant Sacred Tiger!" The old geezer Ye Feng's pupils quaked, his face filled with disbelief. "To think that my Shadow Tiger lineage would produce a descendant with the radiant sacred tiger martial soul!"

"Radiant Sacred Tiger?" A hint of confusion appeared in Mu En's eyes.

He had come to Ye Qing's martial soul awakening as well, because he also very much wanted to see what sort of martial soul this child with a congenitally incomplete soul could awaken.

He had heard Ye Feng's startled exclamation too. Although Ye Qing's martial soul largely matched the Radiant Sacred Tiger recorded in ancient texts, Mu En kept feeling that something was off. Yet when he thought it over carefully, he could not put his finger on what it was.

That sense of holiness...

Mu En fell silent.

No one had ever seen a real Radiant Sacred Tiger, so no one could say for certain that Ye Qing's martial soul was not the radiant sacred tiger.

Mu En felt something was wrong because his own martial soul was the radiant sacred dragon, yet it lacked that holy quality present in Ye Qing's martial soul.

Both were martial souls in the "radiant sacred" series. There was no reason the dragon and tiger should be different!