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After leaving Holy Soul Village, Lin Ye headed toward the back mountain.

It was already past morning, and the sun hung high overhead. Under the blazing sunlight, the temperature was scorching, so Lin Ye did not encounter a single person along the way.

He arrived at the back mountain.

Because the sunlight was too harsh, Lin Ye did not plan to climb to the summit. Instead, he came to a large tree halfway up the mountain.

There happened to be a smooth boulder beneath the shade before him, just large enough for Lin Ye to sit on.

Sitting atop the boulder, Lin Ye looked around. Once he confirmed that no one was nearby, he extended his right hand.

With a flash of white light, a pristine Begonia Flower appeared in Lin Ye's hand. Its elegant stamens gave off a refreshing fragrance, while its snow-white petals emitted a faint glow.

Generally speaking, as far as Lin Ye knew, the vast majority of Begonia Flowers were pink.

Of course, some Begonia Flowers differed slightly in color from ordinary ones due to their environment and variety. However, Lin Ye had never seen one as flawlessly white as the Begonia Flower in his hand, one that radiated an aura of holiness.

This probably wasn't an ordinary Begonia Flower, was it?

Looking at the Begonia Flower in his hand, Lin Ye frowned slightly as he thought to himself.

According to what Grandmaster Su Yuntao had said during the awakening at the Spirit Hall Branch, whether a martial soul was trash depended on its abilities. Tang San's Blue Silver Grass had no abilities whatsoever and was widely known as a powerless martial soul, which was why it was considered a Trash Martial Soul.

But his Begonia Flower Martial Soul was clearly different from an ordinary Begonia Flower. Although it probably had no offensive power either, a martial soul with Innate Full Soul Power could not possibly be completely useless. The problem was, how was he supposed to trigger the Begonia Flower Martial Soul's ability?

Martial soul... soul power...

Lin Ye suddenly thought that perhaps if he injected soul power into the Begonia Flower Martial Soul, he could activate its ability.

Since soul power was the key for soul masters, that proved martial souls and soul power must be closely connected. Most likely, martial soul abilities relied on soul power for activation.

No sooner thought than done!

Although Lin Ye did not possess a soul master's soul power in the conventional sense, he had true qi. Since his Nine Yang True Qi had made the crystal ball used to test soul power light up earlier, that proved the Nine Yang True Qi could certainly be used as soul power—a special kind of soul power.

Circulating the cultivation method of the Nine Yang Divine Skill, Lin Ye injected the Nine Yang True Qi within his body into the Begonia Flower Martial Soul in his hand.

As the Nine Yang True Qi flowed in, the Begonia Flower Martial Soul immediately bloomed with Holy Light. To his surprise, Lin Ye discovered that he could actually control this Holy Light.

So this is the ability of my Begonia Flower Martial Soul! But where should I use this light?

Lin Ye surveyed his surroundings before finally fixing his gaze on the grass beneath his feet.

He extended his right hand, and with a thought, the Holy Light burst forth from the Begonia Flower Martial Soul under Lin Ye's control and fell upon the grass.

Using Nine Yang True Qi to power the Begonia Flower Martial Soul, Lin Ye could clearly feel the Nine Yang True Qi in his body being rapidly depleted. If he kept this up, it could probably only last a little over a minute.

He had no idea whether one minute would be enough to test the martial soul's ability.

But reality quickly gave Lin Ye the answer.

Under the illumination of the Holy Light, Lin Ye discovered in astonishment that a small patch of grass touched by the light began growing wildly. The grass, which had originally been less than a finger deep, grew to more than two fingers deep in just over ten seconds.

"Is this my martial soul's ability? It can stimulate plant growth. Perhaps it has something to do with life force..."

Seeing the changes in the grass beneath his feet, Lin Ye could not help but feel surprised.

Through his experiment with the grass, Lin Ye gained a rough understanding of the Begonia Flower Martial Soul's ability. But testing it on grass alone was far from enough, since grass could reveal only so much.

After discovering that the martial soul's ability was harmless, Lin Ye decided to use it on himself.

Holding the Begonia Flower Martial Soul aloft in his right hand, Lin Ye once again injected his remaining Nine Yang True Qi into it. As Holy Light blossomed anew, he scattered it over himself this time.

As the Holy Light washed over his entire body, Lin Ye immediately felt as though he had been immersed in a hot spring, and a strange warm current flowed into his body.

Under the effects of this warm current, Lin Ye discovered that his Nine Yang True Qi had begun to recover. The stamina he had spent climbing the mountain also began to return rapidly, and his spirits were lifted once more.

Lin Ye was somewhat stunned.

The light emitted by his Begonia Flower Martial Soul was not merely related to life force. It could also restore true qi and Spiritual Power. Didn't that mean it had three different effects? Although Lin Ye had expended all the Nine Yang True Qi in his body through the Begonia Flower Martial Soul, under the Holy Light, his Nine Yang True Qi gradually recovered to its full state instead.

He stopped infusing the Begonia Flower Martial Soul with soul power.

Looking at the pristine Begonia Flower in his hand, Lin Ye felt somewhat strange.

The Nine Yang Divine Skill had already restored true qi quickly, and now he also had the Begonia Flower Martial Soul. The light produced by consuming true qi could instead help restore even more Nine Yang True Qi. Didn't that mean his true qi was inexhaustible?

After continuing his experiments for a while, Lin Ye cut himself. Under the Holy Light, even the wound began to heal rapidly.

Through repeated experiments and observations, Lin Ye finally confirmed the Begonia Flower Martial Soul's abilities.

The Begonia Flower Martial Soul could absorb soul power and release a kind of Holy Light. This Holy Light could restore life force, soul power, and Spiritual Power.

At present, its life-force-restoring effect had the widest range of applications. Not only could it stimulate plant growth, but it could also heal injuries and restore stamina. Its effects were extremely powerful!

With such a powerful ability, his Begonia Flower Martial Soul was definitely not a Trash Martial Soul!

Thinking of what Grandmaster Su Yuntao had said earlier, Lin Ye could not help shaking his head. It seemed even Grandmasters could misjudge things.

After testing the Begonia Flower Martial Soul's ability, Lin Ye withdrew it. Taking a deep breath, he solemnly extended his right hand again.

During the Martial Soul Awakening earlier, Lin Ye had only revealed the Begonia Flower Martial Soul. But in truth, he had sensed two martial souls within his body—no, three martial souls!

Aside from the Begonia Flower, there was also a Sword Martial Soul, as well as a martial soul that had yet to awaken...

This was not Lin Ye's imagination. Even now, he could still sense the third martial soul lurking within his body. However, Lin Ye had a feeling that if he forcibly summoned it, his body would definitely be injured because it could not withstand the strain.

Although he could not summon the hidden third martial soul in his body yet, in the strange state during the Martial Soul Awakening earlier, Lin Ye had vaguely "seen" that the third martial soul was a very slender Beast Martial Soul.

Its appearance seemed somewhat similar to the legendary... dragon!

Dragons had always been divine beasts of legend. If it was a martial soul, it would certainly be the most powerful Beast Martial Soul. So it was normal that he could not summon it yet.

Since the third martial soul had not fully awakened, Lin Ye could only summon the second martial soul first and see what abilities it possessed.

Extending his right hand, Lin Ye willed it into being. A flash of golden light appeared, and a golden longsword immediately materialized in his hand.

It was a longsword nearly three feet long, entirely golden in color. One side of the blade was engraved with the sun, moon, and stars, while the other bore mountains, rivers, plants, and trees. Its hilt was covered in all kinds of strange characters, tiny as gnats and densely packed together.

"What kind of sword is this? Why does it give off such an inexplicable sense of holiness and majesty?"

Looking at the golden longsword in his hand—his second martial soul—Lin Ye was instantly shocked.

Although he did not recognize this sword, the feeling it gave him made Lin Ye instinctively believe that it was extraordinary. It had to be an unparalleled divine sword!

Moreover, compared to summoning the Begonia Flower Martial Soul earlier, Lin Ye could clearly feel that summoning and maintaining this longsword was much more difficult.

In just a few seconds, this longsword had actually consumed nearly one-third of Lin Ye's Nine Yang True Qi!